Foxcroft Academy - Review Yearbook (Dover Foxcroft, ME)

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6 Academy Review elaborate evening dressc s. lt absolutely is not necessary. :Xs was said before, it is simply a matter of opinion. Simple, neat, and becoming dresses are perfectly all right for anyone to wear at any of our school times. As for other school times. elaborate evening dresses would be entirely out of place. Think of all the good times you've missed maybe on account of dresses - foolish dresses. Mothers and daughters, just please think it all over a little and see if you don't agree, at least in part. NV. F. B., '30. F, A.-10024, For what is li. .-X. bound? Are we going to let members of our school get low rank? I should say no! We get N024 in banking: and how did we do it? Some of the backers of the school got behind it and pushed. llut the banking project wasn't so very heavy. just a few could put that over the top: however, this ques- tion of rank is so very heavy that all li. A. students, parents of the students and the faculty, must all push together and at the same time. For altogether too long the faculty and parents have done the pushing and at that many of the parents decided that their duty was merely to send their children to school. Do you love F. A.? VVelll Show it then and make her a IOOCXJ school. COURTESY Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.-Emerson. N ot only in Foxcroft Academy but in every school there is the continued need of courtesy. There is need of courtesy in the assembly. in the corridor, in the class- room, in the home-room, at recess. at games and in all school activities. The assembly is the place where the school as a whole most closely touches the outside world. There is no better place to practice courtesy. There should be atten- tion and quietness when anyone is speaking. Students should refrain from doing anything which shows discourtesy to the one who is conducting the assembly. Another place where courtesy or discourtesy may be shown is in the corridors. One should remember to observe the trafhc rules and pass quietly and quickly from oneyclass to another. If everyone will remember a few simple rules, much conges- tionland confusion in the corridors will be obviated. i ,There is also a chance for courtesy in the classroom. Students should go at once to their seats upon entering a classroom and sit attentively. lnterruptions of

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Academy Review 2 DRESS The girls of lfoxcrof t Academy are at the present time very much interested in the manner i11 which the girls dress. A committee, consisting of two girls from the senior class and one girl from each of the other classes was chosen by the Senior Girls' Council, which is sponsoring the plan which the committee is going to try to formulate. All the girls who have been in Foxcroft Academy land their mothers, toob know how difhcult it is sometimes to wear appropriate clothing. Of course we mean particularly the style of clothing we should wear at school and at school functions. This plan we hope will help the mothers as well as the students. Perhaps, first of all. we should like to have it understood that the committee, with the aid of Miss lflessie Cooper, has not arrived at these conclusions with the expectations of making firm rules. On the contrary, that is exactly what we don't want to do. Our highest hopes were that the careful consideration of this topic might be of assistance to the mothers and students. Now to really begin the subject, why do we go to school-to work, or to play and have a good time? As we think it over we decide that school is a place of business rather than a play time, do we not? In business corporations do girls make a practice of wearing sleeveless dresses? VVe shall have to admit they do not. However, this age is a modern one and we have a great deal of freedom as to what we shall wear, but we will have to admit sleeveless dresses look more like a party and not like a business dress. Next, girls, do not ruin your feet. High heeled C spikej shoes are very attrac- tive, but they are not desirable for school. Now the question arises, VV11at shall we wear? ln regard to dresses, any simple or plain dress is advisable for school. Silk dresses tof the expensive material and decorationsj are not suitable. Another thing, girls, much jewelry does not show good taste. As for shoes, one should not wear a shoe that has a heel any higher than a cuban heel. Some people cannot wear flat heeled shoes, but it is not necessary to wear high heeled shoes to school. These kind of shoes aren't meant for schoolg they are for afternoon and evening. Sci-tool. FUNCTIONS Girls, have you stayed home from parties when you could have gone and had a good time just because you thought you hadn't a suitable dress? If you have, don't do it again. Did you ever stop to think that there are only two functions during the F. A. year that would in any way call for an evening dress? These are the Senior Dance and the Junior-Senior Reception. However, it isn't at all neces- sary that they are worn at these occasions. It is really a matter of choice. Do the boys wear tuxedoes? No. Then, why is it absolutely necessary for girls to wear

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Academy Review 9 any sort are very discourteous in the classroom. It is also a mark of courtesy to speak distinctly so that everyone in the room will be able to hear. It is just as important to be courteous in the home-room as in the classroom. It is courteous to keep the desks neat and orderly and cooperate in every way pos- sible with the teacher in making the room bright and clean. Perhaps one of the greatest needs of courtesy is at recess, when so many stu- dents use the corridors and schoolrooms for playgrounds. All forms of active play should be eliminated because of injury to persons and property. At games students should not forget to play the part of a good sportsman. To be a good sportsman students must treat the opposing team with marked courtesy. Students may develop courtesy by first learning the rules given above and then, p1'art'i.rf', j11'az'!i.rv, fvrucfisc. One has to remember only that, There is a time for some things, and a time for all things, a time for great things, and a time for small things. FACULTY FRANK ti. STONE, A. ll., Principal 1 llatesj, C'if1':v11sl1ip Training, General Mathe- nmlirs. He was a man of honor, of noble and generous nature. lhissnz ll. Cooenu, A. ll.. Dean of liirls qllates, University of Chicagob, English. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. xlAR'I'HA D. C1-msn, A. IS. flloston L'niversity, Rlcliill, Middlebury, Institute St. Germain, Parisj, l:I'Cllt'l1. All her thoughts as lair within her eyes As hotton agatcs seem to wave and float ln crystal currents of clear morning seas. ALIFREID -I. l:UR'l'IliR lSpringlieldl, FTIAVXTIYYI 1J1'1'ra'lm', Science. His memory long will live alone ln all our hearts. NTARION ll. CHANDLIER tklaine School of Commerce, University of Mainej, Com- 1lll'l't'f0l Subjects. The fountain of perpetual peace Hows there.