Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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ti THE ACADEMY BELL OKEI ICXDK OCD! 10001 'OOO ' hitnrials OX1iGLf'OX11XO415 THE ACADEMY BELL This is the tirst and only issue of the lil-31.1. for this year. This has heen due lu the puhlishing ot' the li. A. XYeekly. The XYeekly hoard, which is also pulm- lishing the Til'1I,I,, hopes that the pnhlish- ing ul- this paper will he continued. The henetits of a school paper are many-it strengthens the spirit of good will in school and outg encourages school activitiesg estahlishes a friend- ship hetween schools and molds puh- lic opinion concerning the school. .Xlthouggh this is mainly a Senior is- sue. the students, one and all, have con- trihuted to the various departments. Kluch credit is due to lllrs. llasty. Nliss Nixon and Miss Vvray. who have so willingly and generously given their time to help us. l':IlI'l4tJR-I N-Cu iiaif. DEBATING There is at the present time a prize ul' ten dollars to he divided hetween the hoy and girl who show, at the end of each school year, the hest ahility in puhlic speaking and dehating. l,ast year a llehating Team was formed in the American llistory class. hut there was not sutlicient interest shown to warrant the continuation of this team. This year the linglish classes have taken up dehating, and a uumher ol very interesting' dehates have heen held in the various classes. Students, opportunity is knocking at your door. Get together, form a Ile- Iratiug Cluh and keep it going. R. G., ISVH. F. A. WEEKLY One of the world's greatest men once said that the newspaper was the eves. ears, and mouth of the xvtirltl, lf this is so what is the F. A. XYeeklv to lfryehurg Academy? Trulv it is' not a twenty-page daily newspaper, hut only a one-sheet weekly, which delivers to its suhscrihers the important hap- penings in the school. ln another sense it is more than a one-sheet week- ly. it is the voices nf the school pupils collected together in unison. Ah! uni- son. that is the word. It is a union which hinds the school into one solid mass. lt helps the school to think the same. act the same. and he the same. It promotes a general tendency to work harder, hoth in the classroom. and on the athletic field. In fewer words it is a promoter of everything which may he of henefit to the school and its surroundings. Let us all say Aye to the question. Shall the work of the lf. A. XVeekly go on? for we all know that lt ain't the individuals nor the army as a whole llut the everlasting teamwork of every hlooniiu' soul. D. B., 19213.

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8 THE ACADEMY BELL Eiterarg Emi. SALUTATORY 'l'he day is here to which our class of ISVH has been looking forward for four years, I1 is gt day of happiness to us and we are indeed glad to have you present to share that happiness with us. Trustees, teachers, parents. friends, and undergraduates. we ex- tend to you most cordial greetings at these our commencement exercises. Your help has made possible the four happy years and so, without your pres- ence. this occasion would not be com- plete. XYith our grateful appreciation of that fact, accept, today, our heart- felt welcome. Many years ago one of America's poets wrote the story of a youth who lost his life in the search for an ideal. ln the poem. l2xcelsior, Longfellow pictured the journey of a young man towards the realization of a vision. As he went on his way towards the moun- tain top, great temptations and dis- couragements were thrown in his path, but he foiled on that he might realize his ambition. In the story he was un- successful and died before he attained his goal, but the spirit that inspired him lives on. Our great explorers and adventurers have been touched with the same ambi- tion as l.ongfellow's hero, who sped on. crying. lCxcelsior. They, too, have disregarded personal safety and financial success and have thought only of the goal set before them. Columbus set a goal before him and determined to reach it. Only through great difficulties was he able to dis- cover the New XYorld. llad he not been greatly determined he would have turned back in answer to the sailors' warnings and pleadings and we. who are now free .Xinericans, might be hud- dled in liurope or Asia. Other early explorers or discoverers might he mentioned who suffered many privations because of the goals they set before themselves. but they felt satisfied. knowing that they were helping to advance the knowledge which would benefit the world. Among those who charted the north- ern seas and lands is one whose sum- mer home is not far from Iiryeburg. General Adolphus Greely. General Ureely, in the employ of the l'nited States government, had for his object the establishing of a series of posts for the furthering of Arctic exploration. As he was performing this duty his boat was sunk and many of his food sup- plies lost. Cold and hunger began to take toll of the little party. and. one by one, many of them died. A relief expedition was sent in search. since nothing had been heard from them for some time. XVhen, by a lucky chance they were discovered. neither he nor any of his men were recognizable. A member of the rescuing party leaned over him saying, Ulireely. is this you? Yes, said Greely, in a faint and broken voice, hesitating and shuf- fling with his words, Yes-seven of us left-here we are-dying-like men. Did what I came to do--beat the best