Harmony High School - The Ferguson Yearbook (Harmony, ME)

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We think that seventeen to nineteen is the period of getting acquainted and forming friendships. These friendships should prob- ably not be taken too seriously. There should probably be a number of them and they should be looked upon as opportunities of getting acquainted with different types of boys, or girls, who might make interesting and worthwhile friends. To this end, we think that every one of our homes should be a ren- dezvous for our friends, instead of our feel- ing that we need to go out and make our friends elsewhere. Our fathers and mothers, instead of taking the attitude that they want to segregate us and keep us from others, ought to be anxious to know our friends, and to make us feel the greatest freedom in bring- ing home those with whom we keep company. This has an advantage to them as well as to us. It gives our parents a chance to guide forming ideals of friendship and it us a chance to see how our friend us in gives shows up in the setting of our own home. lmow that home is the best place to We make friendships worthwhile. The pick-up friendships, started on auto rides, at dances, or on street corners, and carried on out of sight of our parents, contain elements of the greatest dangerg and we know it. So we are glad that we can say that at least some of our parents have taken our dlesire for friendships seriously ami co-operate with us in making home a pleasant place to which to bring o-ur friends. In conclusion, we know that we should go slowly, that we should call our early affairs love-affairsng and that we friendships, not should have sense enough, at seventeen, eight- een, or nineteen, to let our heads do straight thinking and our hearts give us the very highest of ideals. YOUR DIPLOMA What is a diploma? It is a letter or Writ- ing usually under seal, confining some priv- ilege, honor, or power, or a document bearing record of degree. One high school boy or girl says, A di- ploma doesn't amount to much. Another says, It won't do me any good if I graduate from high school. My diploma will just be a piece of' heavy paper with. a few words scribbled onto it. But they are all wrong if they take that attitude towards it. Your diploma amounts to a great deal. Sit down for a couple of minutes and just think how proud you will feel when you receive your diploma on that last Friday night. To have the Superintend- ent of Schools. pass you a. diploma or certi- ficate with his signature, the school boards' signature, and your principal's signature on it, ought to mean something to you. Your diploma will also be a great benefit to you after you graduate from high school. Iln a great many cases you have to have your diploma before yo-u can get a job that amounts to very much. So don't give up the task of graduating from high school. Remember, it was once said, If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. -Jennie Fowlie, '37 PEOPLE WHO GIVE ADVICE Isn't it peculiar, the number of people around you, who are always willing to give advice? They never stop to think that they often need' it themselves. Many a man who can't even patch a tire would stop his work to tell you how an automobile should be built. Many a woman who can't even make a cake would enjoy telling you how to bring up your little Johnny, or how to run your household in a better way. I guess most all of us are bothered more or less with that incurable habit of giving advice. I can remember more than once when I've tried to tell somebody how to do some- thing, only to find out in the end that she knows more about it than I db. Are you bothered by one of those toro- .friendly neighbors who knows just how to get your clothes whiter, because she has the whitest wash on her street? Or one who al- ways knows just how to do this or do that? Then, maybe you can understand what I mean. Why, honestly, I'd rather have- the mumps twice a week than have a neighbor who is too willing to give advice. -Freida M. Fowlie, '38 The sportsman keeps the rules, keeps faith with his comrades and plays the game for his side, keeps himself fit, keeps his tem- per, keeps from hitting a man when he is downg keeps his pride under in victory and keeps a stout heart in defeat. Quoted

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LITERARY WHY NOT AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION? An Alumni Association at Harmony High School would have two very definite. results, it would help our graduates to continue their school friendships, to get in contact with old for friendsg and it would arouse enthusia-sm the school activities an-d promote higher in- terest in the school throughout the town. Such an organization so closely in touch with the school would bring about a better co-operation and understanding among pu- pils, parents, and teachers. These three groups, working together-with the same goal in view-could not fail to raise our standing, not only in extra-curricular activ- ities but in scholarship. i,,, .T. SOME THINGS I ADMIRE IN A TRUE FRIEND In a true friend I should like to find all things which I admire in any person. I should .like him to be true, honest, faithful and de- pendable. Here is an example of but one of the ways in which I should expect him to prove that he was faithful and dependable: if I were to tell him something with his promise not to repeat it, I would not expect him to tell one of his pals the very first thingg for, as the old saying goes, it will all come out in the wash- ing ,-which is most generally the case. I admire a person who, when he says he will do a certain thing, tries his best to live up to his promiseg and I believe that if your friend really likes you and has faith in you, he will try to keep every promise made to you. Another thing which I admire in a person who -seeks to be your friend is that he does- n't say unkind things about you when your back is turned. I would not want him in any way to be deceitful. One thing that we must all remember is that we have to search a long time and a long Ways before we find a person who is really true and faithful. -Vida Fowlie, '37 CHOOSING A CAREER In choosing a career, a person should con- sider his strongest inclination. What does he like to do best? In what kind of work can he forget himself and even forget that he is working, in h.s interest in what he is do- ing? Let that occupation be his choice. Study yours-elf, -says Longfellow, and most of all note wherein kind nature meant you to excel. The successful man or woman has a pro- gram-a purpose to be accomplished this year, next year, in five, ten, or twenty years. He knows where he is going, and is not fully satisfied until he has reached that place. Most of the failures in life are fallures because they have accepted whatever came along and have not chosen. l,ll. SEVENTEEN? Does real love -ever exist at seventeen? By real love we mean love sufficient for en- gagement or marriage. Does it exist at sev- -enteen, eighteen, nineteen? Following are a few thoughts which have come to mind on that subject. First, we think that while a perhn might be unable to prove that love had never exist- ed at seventeen Qreal lovej we think that a person would be safe in saying that young people would be unwise indeed to- consider the love affairs of seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen, as a satisfactory reason for look- ting toward marriage in the near future. We are told today that twenty-Five is the best age for marriage, since by that age a per- s-on's tastes have become settled and he is therefore able to choose at that time or af- terward a life-companion who will be more likely to remain congenial to him during the remainder of his life. The choice of a life companion is a big thing. Nothing else is much bigger from a human standpoint. We think that the imma- turity of seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen hardly gives the right outlook on life, nor the real ability, to wisely make such a tre- mendous decision. We know, of course, that exceptions will occurg we are speaking of the average young person.

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DAWN When the sun comes 'peeping And rising into the sky, Then you'll know that Morn is drawing nigh. 'Tis then the birds start singing Some beautiful song, And the great black crow starts croaking As long as the day is long. The dawn is a beautiful sight, When the sun stretches his arms Out over the night, And shows us beautiful farms. Kenneth Watson, Freshman SPRING Spring is coming, coming fast, Soon we'll see small blades of grass, And the snow will soon be gone- Tiny birds will sing their song. From the meadows there will come The scent of clover in the sun. Then the branches of the trees Will burst 'forth with bright, green leaves. When at last there's no more snow All the boys will fishing go, And when the flowers bloom one by one 'Tis then you'll know that spring has come. -Doris Lane, '39 SUMMER Summer time will be here soon, With flowers nodding gay, The birds will be back by June Making music all the day. Summer makes things merry For children that are at play, The children are all cheery On most every summer day. -Crystal Post, Freshman HOME There's a cottage surrounded by climbing green vines, At the top of a long winding hill, 'Bout twilight at night when I wander up there Everything seems so peaceful and still. The windows are shaded by curtains so bright Of ivory trimmed lightly with green, The kitchen is sparkling with dishes so neatg To me, it's a heavenly scene. A thin line of smoke curls lazily up, And soon disappears out of sight, And I see hier there waiting, as I open the door And go in out of the night. Supper is waiting, the table is set With dishes we picked out together- The tiny, bright rosebiuds that cover the plates Bring sunshine in all kinds of weather. Oh, gee! But I'm happy as I close the door, Dont the plants by the window look sweet? And as I gather her close in my arms, My dreams at last are complete. -Freida M. Fowlie, '38 THE LAST OF THE FORGOTTEN TRIBE It was about 1723 when a group of explor- ers led by William Hunt set out to find a settlement. There were fifteen men in the group, each one had a pack which contained food and supplies. As they were settling down, after having supper, they heard a low mournful cry, as they listened they kept hearing it. They all jumped up, grabbing a gun, then separ- ated and headed for the sound. As they grew closer, it became more distiwnctg and they knew it was a person in pain. After they had gone a, little ways, they saw a figure stretched out in the moonlight. As they went up they found it to be an old Indian, who had been wandering along and got into a bear trap. He was unconscious. They got some poles and pried the claws apart and got him out and dragged him down to a pool, and brought him to, and from his lips he murmured, God bless you, and went back to sleep. They took him to camp and doctored up his leg, th-en they made a bed for him. In the morning when they awoke, he was up and had built a fire, and was starting to prepare breakfast. . After they had eaten, they began to talk about what they were to do next. After a while it was decided to stay around there that day and hunt for food. After dinner was over and they were set- tling down to talk, the Indian rose and said, My name Eagle's Eye, I am the last in my tribe, white man, my friend, I give him rich cave for saving my life, and he handed them a paper which was a map to the cave. Th-en. Eagle's Eye said, God bless you, and turned and walked off up the trail nev- er to be heard of again. -Elwood Watson Cooley, '40