Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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H. C. LSCROLL 5 iffllfll SPORTSMEN When we think of Pearl Harbor, it gives us a certain satisfaction and pride to realize that we cannot imagine our nation stooping to do the thing the Japanese did to us. ln America there's 9, sporting instinct that would make such an underhanded and clan- destine move impossible. The code that so prevalently would upho-ld us is A sporting, chance for man and beast. Summer and fall stretch ahead of us-the time of year when we all have a special chance to show whether or not we live up to this code, looked upon as one of our major characteristics. In spite of the stern condi- tions, many of us will be able to get into the woods, up on the mountain tops, out on the prairies, the lakes, the streams, the ocean shore, and drink in the peace and beauty of our land. But where d-:les the sportsman cfme in? Well, the person who follows the rules and laws, who releases the undersized trout, who fishes and hunts according to the conven- tional lawsg in other words, who gives the wild creatures the same sporting chance he would accord humans, is building up char- acter in the true American way. Hzw im- portant this devel-opment of character is during our school life! All students are con- scious cf some type of sportsmanship, not necessarily in the field with rod and gun, but in daily contact with our fellow men. The boy or girl cn the basketball couri, -:lr on any other field of sports who would rather play fair than win is laying a firm foundation of good sportsmanship which we find so essentially important as we prepare for entry into a career. Perhaps y:u are going to spend your sum- mer in war work, or even in the service of your country, thus giving up the long vaca- tion days or possibly years of your life in helping Uncle Sam in his great time of need. That in itself is as sporting a thing as you can ever do. Let's make whatever we attempt a worthwhile thing. regardless of its nature. N. S.. '45 DID YOU EVER THINK OF THIS? Why did you come to Higgins? Did you plan to have a good time, to study, or tc- dc both? You may think the first and second quite possible but you may frown upon a combination of both. Well, they go well ts-- gether. DOI1't you think most of the horor students have a maximum of enjoyment as well as of opportunity to study? The major- ity of h:nor students will agree with me. If you will refer to the Senior section of out yearbook you will notice that the honor students carried the extra curricular activ- ities. D:esn't that prove something to you? Now, to be a little more personal, look at ycur past activities and your future. In the undergraduates' remaining years here, they should pick out the extra curricular activ- ities they feel they would enjoy. Then they should stick by them. When you have four years of knowledge under your hat and the memories of many happy hours .spent be- yond the shade of a study hall or a class- rcom door doing other things, you can say. I've accomplished almost as much as 1 would like tc- have done. Further, tell yourself, Next year I'll do that little extra I couldn't dc- this year and then I can be proud--to plan more for the following year. How much longer is this? You're asking by now. Well, I've said about all .I want tc. Mull it over in your mind and find the moral to this editorial, if there is one. But then again, if y:-u've been polite enough to read this far you deserve to be told: Study and have Fun! P. L. B. '45 .. DETERMINATION To me determination is the quality most necessary for a successful career. We might ask- What is determination ? It is a pur- pzse, a resolution or the act of deciding. Throughout cur child life, teen-age days and after we have reached manhood or wimanhood, we promise ourselves to do various things. These promises are resolu- tions and each one tends to make uf: do better.

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H. C. I. SCROLL VOL. XXXX CHARLESTON, MAINE MAY 30, NO. 14 Published by the Students of HIGGINS CLASSICAL INSTITUTE SCROLL EDITORIAL BOARD Editor ,,..,,..,..,..................,,.. ...,............. N eil Soule Assistant Editor .......,......,..,...,. .. Arnold Amero Literary Editor ............................ ....... P aul Bishop Assistant Literary Editor ....,..,.... ...... J oyce Baker Joke Editor .......,...,..........,...............,....,..............................,......... Marilyn Baker Assistant Joke Editors ,........,,,... Jean Allen, Norman Cummings, Ormand Brown Athletic Editor ......,.............................................,..,.................,..., ..,.. W alter Allen Assistant Athletic Editors ......... Harold Hanson, Marilyn Trask School News Editor .....,...,...,.......,.......,....,.....,............,.......,,....,.,...,.... Violet Call Assistant School News Editors .......... ........ E lizabeth Chase, Phyllis Osgood Exchange Editor .,.,................,..... ....,...... ,,.,, C o lleen Snow Assistant Exchange Editor ......,.. ..,......... M arion Stanhope Alumni Editor .......,..............,......... .........,.,.,..,.,.................... J o Ann Peirce Assistant Alumni Editors ..,......,...,.... Phyllis Page, Joan Johnson Art Editor .,.................,.................... ....................,.,..............., P aul Bishop Assistant Art Editor ....,...... ................. ....... E V a Stinson Business Manager ........,....................... ....,,,.,, M argaret Bradford Assistant Business Managers .,,,..,,,,,,... ,...,,....,,,.,,...,,, D orothy Libby, Joyce Robinson fCover design by Paul Lincoln Bishop '45J

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H. C. I. SCROLL : 'I ' 4 , , ,..1.- We can have the ability to work and to succeed, but if we lack determination, what. docs that ability amount to? We can be in- dustrious, but still, if we are not determined, our willingness to work does not do us a bit of good. Anyone can be courageous and still not make a success in life. Some people would agree with Coleridge, no doubt, when he said that 'The manls courage is loved by the women'g but, I should think that the femi- nine would love the quality determination more, since without it even the courageous person accomplishes nothing. Again, we have the educated one trying to succeed. Anyone would think that if he had a good education, he would be very prosper- ous. However, if he didn't use the education to a good advantage what benents would he receive from it? He must be determined to use it. If we are to succeed in life we must re- solve to be willing to work and to be coura- geous, but back of all this, we must be de- termined to do our best in whatever we attempt. M. Bradford ,45 WORK The very first disagreeable task that we face we always title work Wcrk is one thing that no one in any walk of life is spared. It is to be found at some time or ether in the darkness and in the light, for the child as for the man, among the wealthy as well as among the poor. No matter how powerful or how weak the standing of a person is, there is labor to be dealt with. We must be careful in the assumption of the actual meaning of the word labor or work. Work has a number of various mean- ings. Work can be that which is produced by mental labor as a book or literary work. it can be the material which is to be under process c-f manufactureg it can be a struc- ture in engineering, as a fort, or it can be simply the exertion of strength in order to ac-complish something. Now we can realize from these definitions that the meaning of the term work varies as it does for all other terms, according to their usage. Let us enlarge upon the subject work meaning the exertion of strength in order to accomplish something. The truth of Success is the Fruit of all Labor, a quota- tion occurring frequently in literary mater- ial, should be brought to your attention by illustration. The adjective all', modifying the no-un labor clarifies and justifies the entire statement. Ordinarily labor, such as the simple employment of sweeping a floor can easily be the foundation of a broad suc- cessful career. At this point we are able to include all the other definitions of work that I have pre- viously given, no matter what part of speech it may be. The reason for this is because of all the meanings of the term work, whether used as a noun or a. verb, the result is the same. Again we can insert a familiar quota- tion Every act rewards itself to express a desired belief. One thing we must remember is that in work as in life, we cannot cheat or carry on the work unfairly. Those who do that mere- ly cheat themselves and deduct from the reward which they will procure in the end. Thou shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done, no more, no less, is a fitting way to close this editorial. Fr:-m all work there is a return, according to the amount done. J. P. '45 .,l,.-..l- WHAT SHALL WE D0 WITH GERMANY? Everyone in the world today has the same question in his mind. That question is, What shall we do with Germany after the war? There are three important funda- mentals underlying the whole question: ill Permanently disarm and demilitarize. C23 Arrest and arraign all war criminals. C33 Compel the German people to aid in the re- construction and rehabilitation of the world. Let us enlarge on each of these. First, with respect to military occupation and military rule. The Germans should help work out their own solution. The manner of handling prisoners remains tn be worked cut, for the Gestapo has made certain that everybody with any quality of patriotic leadership has been killed. Can faith be placed in the refugees who have fled the fatherland? A study of these groups shows that While all may be anti- Nazi, the majority are still essentially Ger- mans. They damn the Fuehrer, but in the same breath they say that the Allies shculd adopt a new policy, strategy of mercy . Until sound building material can be found and tested, it would be as bad as a third war to recognize any German gov- ernment. Since might is all they can under- stand, let us show them might. The only hope of enduring peace is to completely dis- arm and demilitarize the Germans. After capitulation there will still be pock- ets of resistance. Gestapo butchers and Storm Trcopers will fight to the last. Mili- tary occupation won't doom c-ur men to foreign service. The recruited force will come from the United Nations as a whole and the call on the United States will be comparatively small. The majority don't like the proposed division of a defeated Germany into three zones, because there was the same divided authority after the last war, which resulted in quarrels. The United States wanted a. joint administration, im--