Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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THE ACADEMY BELL 7 It is not only the boy playing in the game who is the athlete. It is also the athletic supporter, the one who goes to the games, shows any interest in the games, whether the school wins or loses, still supporting, helping to keep up the spirit, always showing the heart and mind of a good sport. We cannot all be on the field, so let all of us, if we can- not take part, go to the games and be a bleacher athlete. LEURA HALEY, '29, THE VALUE OF A SCHOOL PAPER Nearly all high schools and academies have a school paper. Is this because of custom or is there some real reason behind? A school paper includes all the activities of the school in a revised edition. It condenses all the events of the year into a convenient form for the students. CAlmost every student buys a yearly book or ought to.J It shows what the school is doing, and how it trys to help itself. There is usually a good literary department in the paper which serves to show how much the students are gaining from their education. Originality is sure to be outstanding in these also. It brings out the poetic talent if there is any. The senior class pictures are always included in the annual. Pictures of athletic teams also have their place, and others that are of interest to the school as a whole. Every true-spirited student is sure to get a year book, for he cherishes all that is included in it. THELMA ROWE, '29, N ON-FICTION When the modern youth has reached a certain age he attains a desire more or less for stories of some kind. Gen- erally he will be inclined to read novels or fiction books. He classes the non-fiction books as dry and very uninteresting. However, he has formed an entirely wrong conception. Perhaps he did not read any further than the introduction or else fell asleep after having read a couple pages of it. Now that I have said in a long way round that We should read more non-fiction in our daily routine of life, I will try to prove my statements.

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6 THE ACADEMY BELL -N Editorials AN APPRECIATION Before sending this Bell to press I, as editor-in-chief, wish to sincerely thank everyone on the board who has helped to make this Bell a success, also the students who have freely contributed. I appreciate the hearty coopera- tion of everyone in school, and the hard work of both Miss Johnson, as advisor, and Miss Smart, as typist. The freshmen are as well represented by poems as by compositions. The sophomores are not left out either. As for the juniors-why, read a few of their stories! The seniors are sure to be predominant as the book proves. That you may have proof of the value of this book I will stop praising it, and let the book speak for itself. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. BLEACHER ATHLETICS To a small school, what does Bleacher Athletics mean? Some may say school spiritg others, public spiritg others, the cheering section. Let us consider for a mo- ment, just what we do mean. Let us go out behind the Academy some Saturday afternoon next fall, and sit on the bleachers and watch a football game. Out there on the field, we can pick out our boys, and those of the opposing team. Listen! There goes a cheer for the team in blue and white! What is behind that cheer? An empty heart, or a deep, warm-hearted school- spirited affection? Anyone listening to that yell could never mistake it for anything empty-hearted. Look around! Observe the people! Here are the teachersg there is a group of townspeople, over there we see a great collection of lively, fun-loving students, leaving their studies for the present and coming to join something apart from their studies, yet so much a part of them. The cheering section, the townspeople, the students of the school, all-all eagerly supporting their team. If she is ahead, they cheer for joy, if she is behind, they feel the need of their support and whole-heartedly they send it through the air, across the field, straight to the hearts of the players.

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8 THE ACADEMY BELL Non-fiction is usually a biography or an autobiography of a person's life which is, of course, based upon fact. You say that you like something that holds your interest? Well, isn't a person's life filled with stirring episodes of various kinds, far too many to attempt to relate? If a person started to read one of these books with the determination that he was going to like it, he would soon derive as much and even more pleasure than from fictitious stories. After one has read many novels and stories of romance they begin to seem the same to him, and he grows tired of them. In comparing people's lives, no two person's lives are the same. Let us take for instance the biography of Herbert Hoover and the autobiography of Charles Lindbergh. How dif- ferent the two men are! yet, are the histories of their lives uninteresting? What author is there who would spend hours upon hours of his time writing the story of a man's life if he knew that that man was not famous or had not led a fascinating life? JAMES E4 GUPTILL, '30. AN APPRECIATION DF ATHLETICS Too much cannot be said concerning extra curricula activities. Many students appraise these pursuits in terms of their own personal fame, just as we all value material things in terms of money. However, most students re- gard these activities from a more healthy view-point. They regard them as a means toward broadening their minds, and as a possible preparation for later life. Another group is concerned merely for the satisfaction they receive from being of service to this school. The most important factor of success in activities, be they scholastic or athletics, is getting out early. This factor is by far too often ignored. No matter how remarkable his physique, no matter how alert his mind, no boy can hope to make the varsity team, his first term at it. Therefore, this advice should be direct- ed to the under-classmen, who can by getting out early make the team in their favorite sporty and it behooves all students, in view of the broad appeal and ever broader field of exploitation, who are mentally and physically sound, to try their brand at other activities than those demanded by the school course. Fryeburg Academy affords for the girls field hockey, volley-ball, basketball, and track. There is enough outside competition to make all of these sports both profitable and interesting. For the boys there are football, basketball,