Kingfield High School - Abram Breeze Yearbook (Kingfield, ME)

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EDITORIALS ALMOST SIXTEEN You are almost sixteen - but are you grown up? This is a familiar question. Usually if you are in doubt, there are a few things you have slipped up on. If you are grown up, your outlook on life is much different and the way you take things is very changed, also. To become grown up you must be de- pendable. This is the basic clue by which you are judged. Do what you say you will. If the windows are to be washed by Mon- day, that does not mean Tuesday or Wednesday. Don't forget Mrs. Brown wants you to take care of Mary and Billy, Friday, at 7:00 P. M. Are you careful about your person? Do you always look well in public? just one thing, such as greasy hair, will spoil your whole appearance. Too, you will want to overcome your social failures. Shyness in public can and should be conquered. Meeting people isnlt hard, since they usually donit bite. Ad- mitted it will be hard at first, but most people are uncertain at times. Remember your manners. The Golden Rule should be followed as closely as pos- sible. If you enjoy people bumping into you accidentally and not at least saying a hurried 'Tm sorryf, probably other peo- ple do not enjoy it. Also, remember the familiar Ladies before g e n tl e m e n. Thoughtfulness is the keynote. Accept things as they are. Usually they canit be changed, so there is no use crying over spilled milk. Truthfully now, are you grown up? jean Morrison ,55 - WEARING GLASSES Hey there, Four-eyes,', and Goggle- eyes,', are the remarks that usually follow me as I walk along. No matter where I am or what I am doing, people always have the same comment to make about my glasses. I guess this is the fate of all of us- who wear them. Of course, there are peo- ple who say I look good in glasses or that the rims of my glasses go beautifully with the dress I am wearing. Those I love! I think a personis eyes are accented with glasses, and that tricky usage of the eyes will make him even better looking. For instance, a trick of mine that brings out the color of my eyes is to open them very wide when someone asks me some- thing or when some one very special is talking to me. Itis fun because I enjoy peopleis reaction to this. Some even go so far as to tell me I have pretty eyes! All this with glasses on! No, I donit mind wearing glasses, in fact, sometimes I actually enjoy it. Muriel Winter ,55 HAPPINESS Happiness! What is it? What does it mean? Is it something you can buy? No, I do not believe it is although some peo- ple will sacrifice happiness for money. Afterwards they may regret it when they think of the wrong they have committed. Happiness to me is living moderately and enjoying life from one minute to the 12 next. You must make each minute count. The word happiness means a lot to you all through your life. You cannot expect it to come looking for you, you must put an effort forward to look for it. Once you find it do not throw it away for petty things. To be happy you need good friends and

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EDITORIALS BACK TO SCHOOL When we climb the school steps to be- gin a new year, the day holds excitement. Yes excitement! As the groups gather we relate the events of our summer vacation. A new student is sitting is the seat Bill oc- cupied last year. We eye him with cau- tion. Then some brave soul introduces himself to the newcomer. Presto! A new friendship is made. As we pass from class to class, we are greeted by our teachers. The books mount on our arms, books new to us, that are to be both our friends and our property for the following thirty-six weeks. As Seniors we are starting the last round of our high school career. On the agenda for our class are the long awaited trip to Washington, D. C., and our graduation. I believe nursing, which I plan to make my profession, is very worthwhile. I am anxious to finish high school so that I may get started on my goal. When people ask, Are you glad school has startedfy, I can honestly answer, Of courselv Beverly Boynton ,53 THE SCHOOL BUS g Once again, we were fortunate enough to be granted the opportunity of hiring the town school bus for basketball transporta- tion. The teachers and pupils have appre- ciated its use, because it does simplify the problem of getting to other towns to par- ticipate in games. The pupils probably have a more enjoyable time because they can all go together, instead of separately in several cars. Too, no student has the re- sponsibility of driving his familyls car. The teachers certainly are glad to have all the students together and in the hands of a responsible driver. Do you realize that in almost fifteen hundred miles of travel in the last two winters there has not been even one incident of leaving the road or being stuck in the snow? Moreover, when the teachers arrive in Kingfield, they know that all the students are in town too. One carful of them is not left stranded in the snow, neither has it been left behind be- cause some of its occupants wanted to stay a while longer in some restaurant. Parents must be glad, too, that their children are allowed to travel on the bus. The old system of private cars was ex- pensive for those families who most often had to supply a car. Now if the car goes, there is room for the family itself to go and maybe invite friends to accompany them. The school always likes to have loyal rooters at games away from home. There is, of course, some expense for each family, because each rider is asked to pay twenty cents a trip. But that ex- pense is spread over a period of time and over all the families, not just the ones who furnish cars. Why do they have to pay at all? That is to help make the cost of hiring the bus less prohibitive for the school. After all, it does cost quite a lot, and the school is not able financially to pay for the total cost in addition to all other expenses in carrying out a sports program. This past season the school has paid to the town treasurer ninety-nine dollars for the use of the bus and to the driver fifty-eight dollars. In spite of the expense incurred in the use of it, Kingfield High School is very glad to be able to hire it. The whole school joins in saying Thank Youf, Bryce Meldrum ,53 11

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EDITORIALS HAPPINESS tcon.l these you have to strive for. Enjoy your- self with them and get along with them. Trying to get your own way all the time will not bring you friends. Choosing your life work will mean your happiness, also. This is especially true for boys as they will have to do that work for the rest of their lives. So, come on! Do not let happiness slip by. Remember you have only one life. Shirley Wilbur '55 ACHIEVEMENT ' The big man starts as a boy back in the first years of school. He forms the habit of being quiet and listening when the tea- cher speaks to him. He learns what is asked of him even though he fails to see any immediate use for it. He continues doing things other and old- er people think are best for him. When he gets to high school, he does odd jobs about the school for his teachers. He does things for his class and teammates. He helps do the mean and dirty jobs that have to be done. If asked to get oranges for a basket- ball game, he does that, too, without grum- bling. After he leaves high school, he goes on to further schooling or he learns a special trade. Now he is prepared for what life holds in store for him is this work. Prob- ably he starts at a very small job in the bus- ness and, without any hard feelings, he begins working his way up the line. After many hard years of work, he is well repaid for the cooperation and effort that has made him the man he has become. These incidents all help to show that big men become big by doing what they don't want to do when they don't want to do it. Leone Chadbourne 754 YES. BUT ' Big men become big by doing what they donit want to, when they don't want to. I believe on the whole that this state- ment is true. Men 'in companies, where advancement is possible must be accomo- dating at all times, or they will not get ahead. Bosses don't like men who will do nothing out of their regular line of work. In business this is also true. In order to be popular with your customers, you must be willing to put yourself out to help others. In another sense, however, this isn,t true. Thomas Edison became great by working in his laboratory when others con- sidered it ridiculous. Walter P. Chrysler was a very independent fellow. Once he tore every piece of a new automobile-his first-apart before he even had taken a ride in it. This he did much against the will of his family. Abraham Lincoln spent time studying books when people around him were ignorant and thought he was wasting his time. The statement applies to more people than there are exceptions to it. However, I think many men have become great by yielding to inner urgings of their own, re- gardless of other people. Norman Knapp '54 13