Leavitt Area High School - Angelus Yearbook (Turner, ME)

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. ,,,.,, t M LEAVITT And now, once again, the class of 1940 extends to each and every -one of you a hearty welcome to its graduation exercises. Frederick Charles Tirrell. HONOR ESSAY: A FORWARD LOOK Life is like a garden. If we expect to get a harvest, we must plan, plant, work and tend it. If we go to college, that time of our life will lbe like a garden, for there we shall be cultivating those crops which we hope to harvest later. Some people say, What is there to look forward to, unless we can go to college? The answer is that we need to plan our future whether or not we go to college. We should not just drift along lazily, living from one day to anotherg but should de- velop a plan for the future. A college education is neither the only means nor the sure means of prlggressing toward a happy, satisfactory life. We must dbtain an education of our own. We should interest ourselves in some particular thing. We should try to be of service to others. In order to do this we must develop an interest in people, develop a pleasing per- sonality of which unselfishness is the key- note. We must not always think of our- selves, we must enjoy and serve others. We should try to bring enjoyment to -the unfortunate. There are many different ways in which we may do this. It may be done by teaching another how to do some- thing which we ourselves can do well or by being helpful to our community in times of need. We would find this very interest- ing. We can obtain ideas and take sugges- tions from all types of people. Sociability is another habit which we should form. If there are no clubs in our community, we may help to organize one. We don't have to sit home and sulk because we feel ourselves unfortunate in not being able to go to college. We can inform our- selves on world wide news, as we develop a love for reading. Thus we may become informed on subjects of interest so that we may carry on interesting conversation. . ky. ANGELUS 15 Now we have the radio. It can bring to us every kind of information we desire. It is true, we may have to work a little for it. We may have to get up and find the pro- gram we wish on the radio. We may have to read the newspapers, study up on the time, source, and station of our program. We must look forward and plan, not sit down and wait. But so it is with life. If we expect results in the future, we have to work. If there is -a certain job we wish to secure, we should expect ourselves to go after it, and obtain it. We can't step from the ground to the top round of a twelve foot ladder. We have to start from the bottom and gradually ascend round by round, step by step, before we can reach our destina- tion at the top. We must be dependable, trustworthy, honest, and employable so that when we reach the top we may be able to stay there instead of losing balance and falling back to the ground. Although a person may not have the ad- vantage of a college education, effort to be of service to others, to be sociable, to be well informed, and to be employable, there is no reason why he may not have a success- ful and happy life. Now let us take the viewpoint of the per- son wh'o goes to college. First he must choose the career which he thinks is best suited for him. Here he must set a goal for which he should strive. There are cer- tain traits which we should develop in our garden of college life: self-confidence, poise, emotional control, good posture, and good English. Our college days are the prepara- tion of our garden of life. No one else can prepare -its soil and plant its vacant spaces as we can. No one else oan tend to its harvest as well as we can. Our college slogan should be: What I can do, I will do, or Learn to do by doing. To get away from college just a bit, we often hear people say, We used to do so and so in the 'good old days '. Forget those days! They're over. We can't go back, so why try to? Besides, were those olden days really the good old days ?

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if llIIllllllllllll lllll l :mall ull : SALUTATORY Trustees, members of the school board, parents, teachers, schoolmates, and friends: On this occasion, as the class of 1940 gath- ers for one more meeting, I have the rare privilege of extending to each and every one of you a very cordial welcome to our graduation exercises. Today is one of the great days of our lives, great-because it marks a change for us. During the past years we have de- pended upon you. You have worked with us, guided us, taught us, and always been near when help seemed to be needed. But now these days lie in the past, we must journey by ourselves, carry our own re- sponsibilities. You are stepping aside that we may test our abilityg to see if we are strong enough to journey through life alone. As we look forward into the Tomorrow, we see that we must strive to gain our goal in life. To do this we must have strength and courage, strength to go on, strength to determine for what we are best suited and strength to see light ahead, no matter how dark things may seem. Today we need far more strength than we have ever needed before. One can never have too much strength any more than one can have too many good friends. Let us hope that we have both in the future. We must also have courage, courage to keep trying until we have succeeded. As the old saying goes, If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In short, we must remember your advice, put our shoulders to the wheel, and work hard to succeed. Trustees, and members of the school board: It is through your kind efforts and cooperation that we have such a line school as Leavitt Institute. We welcome you here to our graduation exercises. Parents, and teachers: Words cannot ex- press how much we appreciate what you have done for us. We realize that it is you who have made it possible for us to attend Leavitt. We may have seemed discourag- ing at times, but I am sure that we have obtained a great store of knowledge that will be helpful in later life. To you we give our heartiest welcome. Schoolmates: What good times we've had together while at Leavitt, sometimes at work-more often at play. As true friends, never to 'be forgotten, w-e welcome you here. Friends: As we step out into life, we know that you will be ready and willing to aid us in any way and at any time. Some of you have gone on before us and know what it is to start out in lwife. It is with pleasure that we extend greetings to you. In closing I will leave with you a few lines from Edward Lytton. The man who seeks one thing in life and but one May hope to achieve it before life is done: But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows A harvest of barren regrets. .

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16 LEAVITT Think what inventions have done for us, what conveniences the working people have. Would we like to go back and live in those days? I think we should find it very hard to adjust ourselves to the old, hard way of living. Anyway, why talk and think about impossibilities? Look up, notidowng ward, not backward. - for- As we travel along life's highway, let us never glance backg But rather look on the road ahead And lighter will seem our pack. Though the clouds around us hover And we cannot see the light, Remember that behind the clouds The sun is still very bright. Though we seem too weak to guide Our footsteps aright, Let us aid someone else and make His load seem light. Thus will the skies seem brighter And the clouds will float awayg Our loads will seem so much lighter To carry along Life's highway. Una Lindsay. '7 TOAST TO BOYS i It is my task to toast the boys in the class of 1940. Let us hope I can wish them the best they deserve. The first of the gallant young men to receive my best wishes is: GILBERT BUCKLEY: Gib certainly keeps things lively in our class. He was in the Freshman-Soph- omore speaking contest his Freshman year. He also took part in our junior and Senior dramas. He now has the Gifts to Girls. Best wishes, Gib. EDWARD DUNN: , ' Eddy has always been a loyal member of our class. He's very studious but so bashful. Lots of luck, Eddy. RICHARD DYER: Dick is quite the actor of our class. He has taken part in both Junior and Sen- ior dramasg the operettas his Sophomore L.-I' V r fr, , nf! -ff .- 1-1 f:.as t-- , ANGELUS and junior years, and a minstrel show h-is Freshman year. He sang at the Music Festival his Sophomore and Junior years and he sang in the glee club his Junior year. He took part in' both Freshman- Sophomore Pri ze Speaking contests. Dick has 'been vice-rpresident of our class for four years. He has also played baseball three years and basketball two years. He has shown great ability as a trumpet player as he has been in the band and orchestra all four years. Good luck, Dick. ERNEST EDWARDS : t'jerry has been indispensable to the baseball team during his four years at Leavitt. He has done a marvelous job on the field. We also appreciated his work in interclass baseball which he played his Freshman, Sophomore, and junior years. Jerry belonged to the Commercial Club and the glee club his junior year. He was captain of baseball his junior and Senior years. We wish you success, jerry. EVERETT GoULn: Prof is quite a busy man. He has belonged to the Forensic Club for the past three yearsg debate for three yearsg band for four yearsg orchestra his Junior and Senior yearsg operetta his Sophomore and junior years, Western Maine Music Fes- tival his Sophomore, junior and Senior Freshman year, his Sophomore Junior year and Everett played year, and was yearsg Boys' Chorus his and Boys' Double Trio year, Boys' Glee Club his the male quartet this year. basketball his Freshman assistant manager of basketball his Junior year and manager of basketball this year. He has played interclass basketball for three years, ,and interclass track this year. Prof has also taken part in both Fresh- man-Sophomore Pnize Speaking contests, junior and Senior dramas, and the Forensic one-act play his junior year. May luck always follow you, Everett.