Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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EDITORIALS THE FUTURE OF FRYEBURG ACADEMY. The future of F ryeburg Academy will be just what its graduates, friends and students make it. The ball has started to roll. Let us keep it rolling! Every- one knows what a hard time it is to ask for money and for that reason it will take some time to get the needed funds. Cer- tainly, we are not going to let F ryeburg Academy, one of the oldest, best and most historic schools in the country be ham- pered -in its work through lack of funds! Let us all get together, shoulder to shoul- der, and work to make the future of our school as glorious as its past. Everyone must talk Fryeburg Academy. Everyone must advertise it and get it before the public, We must put the equipment of the school on a par with that of other schools. MORRISON C. JAMEs. CHAPEL TALKS. The students of the Academy have been very fortunate this year to have had some very interesting chapel speakers. The first speaker of the year was Hon. A. A. Perry. His subject was Banking. The second speaker was Sec. W. A. Rob- inson of the board of trustees. He gave Il lecture on his tour through the battle- torn fields of France. Mr. Clement, superintendent of schools, gave a talk on Teaching as a Profession. Mrs. B. T. Newman gave a very interesting reading on the History of Maine. John S. Bar- rows gave a very interesting lecture on Journalism. Anna Barrows spoke be- fore school on Household Arts. These talks have been greatly appreciated by the students, and it is hoped that next year we can have a much larger number of them. THE VISION FOR FRYEBURG ACADEMY. One of the very best testimonials that can be offered for the excellence of Frye- burg Academy as an institution of learn- ing is the fact, that for almost seventy years it has been preparing young men and young women for life, life -in which they have taken their proper places, and accomplished it all in one buildingg the substantial brick edifice which was Erected in 1852, and still stands the same, with but minor changes, made necessary to meet changing conditions. While F ryeburg Academy has accom- plished much with but poor tools, they have been wielded by splendid teachers, men and women who have adapted them- selves to the inconveniences: and what was lacking in buildings and equipment they made up from their own selves: by their own efforts and by the exercise of their personality, making a pastime of the toil of book and pen. Fryeburg Academy has been very fortunate in hav- ing such teachers, who have been so faith- ful to their work and to their pupils. The fact that this condition has existed so many years, is no excuse for its con- tinuance longer than is absolutely neces- sary, for if Fryeburg Academy is to hold its own place, and its place among thc similar institutions of the country, it must be equipped with such advantages as arc necessary for a school of the kind. The conditions of were easily met with what there wasg but the conditions of 1900 and hereafter must be met with new and extensive facilities. It is almost unnecessary to say that thc Academy needs a large endowment, and such additional buildings and advantages as such schools require for successful and

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The Academy Bell Praeteriti funibus tintinabula futuri sonalrimus CWith the ropes of the past we will ring the bells of the future.j Vol. 51. Fryeburg, Moirye, June 1920 No. l Editor-in-Chief Entre Nous MORRISON C. JAMES '20 CLARENCE L. ALLARD'2o ' Associate Editors Literary Alumni BLANCHE R. SMALL, ,2O MARY G. CHANDLER '20 KATHERINE B. DYER '20 NELLIE M. BROWN'2o MAY CHARLES '20 Athletic WILLIS C. MANSON ,2O HAROLD CONNICK '20 y Exchange Editor Business Manager THEONA FARRINGTON '20 HAROLD CONNICK '20 Assistant Business Manager HAROLD F. EASTMAN ,2I CONTENTS Harvey D. Gibson ....... ..... ................... ........ ......... . . . .. Staff and Contents ..................... ........ ........................ . , , H Editorials ............... .................................... ,,,, The Future of Fryeburg Academy ,,,,,,, Uill. Chapel TalkS , ............. .... ...... ........... ,,,,, The Vision of Fryeburgn , Literary Getteng Ahead of Father ,,,,,, IIP.. Grandmother's First Beau ,.,,,,,, ngh' O You Cupid ............ .................. ,,,,, A Case of Mistaken Identity ,,,,,, The Convoy ......... ....... ......... ...... ,,,,,,,,, Lend A Hand.. ...... .......................... , Alumni Notes ,, ,,,,, In Memoriam ............... ,.,., Dramatics ...... ..... ............. ...,, Senior Class Statistics ..... Exchanges ..................... . ..,,,..., Entre Nous ........, . ..-,,.... Basket Ball ................. ,,,,I,... Base Ball ....,............. .... .,,,, , , Advertisein g Section ,,,,,, ...----.

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6 THE ACADEMY BELL expeditious methods of preparing stu- dents for higher institutions, or for im- mediate entry to life-work. Such is the case more than everg and the fact that one generous man already has done handsomely by the institution is one in- stance of what is needed and to be hoped for, but how to secure the desirable ad- vantages is a problem. One of the first requisites is to have confidence in the institution and its future. Every studentg every graduate, every citizen of Fryeburg must be loyal in the belief that Fryeburg Academy is to advance steadily, till it reaches the point where it can rest from its efforts and assume a new and more aggressive attitude. In order to accomplish this it is absolutely necessary to have a vision . of the future. The expression is very old: Where there is no vision, the people perish, but it is as true today as when first framed. Fryeburg Academy need not perish, it need never go backward, if every person who is or has been associated with it will entertain a vision of future growth and prosperity. Much evidence of this has been given during the past year in the way that the graduates and friends have subscribed toward an endowment fundg but it is possible that they have given with but little definite imagination of the pos- sibilities of the future, which it is hoped will become probabilities. One of the lirst steps is to visualize the possibilities of future expansion in terri- tory. Instead of thinking of the limita- tions of the present area around the build- ings, one must believe that as soon as possible all the real estate bounded by Main Street, from the northern corner of the present lot, to the western corner of the land on Bradley Street, now occu- pied by the Ward Estate and Frye House: and from Main Street, maintain- ing this front, along Bradley Street, to Pine Street, in rear of the present build- ing, should become the lands of the insti- tution, on which the future buildings seen in the vision will have their proper places. The present buildings now oc- cupying this area would be removed in time to give place to the modern struc- tures, which would include: an Adminis- tration buildingg a Gymnasium, a Science buildingg an Art building, a Chapel, a Memorial building, and a Light and Power plant. All these are desirable for a modern institution of the grade of Fryeburg Academy, and some of them are needed imperatively. The others, all in good time. In addition to these peculiarly educa- tional buildings, suitable dormitories are desirable, of such size and number as the conditions of the future may demand. In further addition proper areas for de- sirable sports must be provided, with ac- cessory buildings and seating facilities. When all these improvements and devel- opments have been assured, the vision will have been fulfilled, so far as material conditions are concerned. 4 It is undeniable that these advantages and necessities should be securedg but meanwhile various make-shifts and ex- pedients must take their places. The realization of the vision must not be lost from sight, and not a stone should be placed, not a brick laid or a change in grounds effected that was not a distinct part or unit in the expected and com- pleted whole. It should never come to pass that the present Academy building should be altered or' removed. It must stand as it is for a memorial to several generations of students and their teach- ers, but the plan for the future should provide for other buildings to have their places in harmonious grouping. This vision should take some pic- torial and topographical form on which plans and expectations may be based by the friends of the institution, and all things be directed toward the realization of this dream. The realization can beg it must be, and God helpingg it will be, though those who read this may never see lt. There is one thought not to be forgot- ten: work for Fryeburg Academy done