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

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Honor Essay We are tryrng to burld a better country I am proud of our great land of free dom and I want to keep rt a free land Thrs country belongs to us the young people and rt rs our Job to keep and dex elop rt further It rs our Job to marntarn thrs free land' We must begrn now whrle we are strll young and strong to dex elop our mrnds and bodres and prepare them for our task We haxe h rd rrght here at Ierx rtt rn excellent opporturrrty to learn how affarrs rn our country are c rrrred on through the study of current ex ents and crxrc affarrs We haxe the adx rntage of a xery good selectron of books rn our lrbrary and courses rn socral studres W e haxe our wrde xarretv of outsrde actrx rtres All these thrngs help us rn makmg new frrends and brordenrng our vrews and rnterests rn order to make better ertrzens for -Smerrea Thrs last fall a xery rnterestrng method of electrng our Stude nt Louncrl offrcers was trred It proved to be a good experrence for us From the Senror C lass we chose two candrdates for presrdent two from the Junror class for xrce presrdent and two from the sophomore class for secretary Each one of these candrd rteS secured from the student body acampargn manager who crmpargned wrdely for b candrdate and made sexeral rnterestrng speeches at drfferent assemblres We obtarned permrssron of the Selectmen to use the town house for electron day and all the students went there to xote Mrs bmrth s Crxrcs Class was rn charge and offrcrated They counted the votes and we were notrfred who had been elected After thrs electron all of us had a much clearer rdea of how offrcrzl electrons ested rn our natronal presrdentral electron thrs fall then were the students at Leaxrtt We even campargned for those who were runnrng for the presrdentral offrce Dewey Wallace and Truman and we held a trral electron for thrs too W hen the re rl electron returns came rn there was mrrch argument among the Democrats and Republrcans who seemed to be on the losrng srde thrs trme Actrvrtres such as these help to rncrease a student s rnterest rn hrs classes and rn hrs country In many of our classes we hax e also had A Current Ey ents Day once a week Then rs the trme for our debators to shrne and they usuallv do In Amerrcan Hrstory class we gaxe reports on condrtrons rn Chrn r Japan Germ my Russrr The Lnrted Natrons new dexelopments rn scrence md on many other toprcs It afforded subjects for many rnterestrng drscussrons rn the class We Qenrors have spent many happy hours enterrng rn the extracurrrcular actrxrtres of Ieaxrtt We haxe played brsketball softball baseb rll football been rn many plays clrrbs and other organrz rtrons The most valuable lesson we may learn from actrvrtres of thrs sort rs good sportsmanshrp W'e must be farr polrte and krnd to our frrends on the opposrte srde If we can do thrs xxe haxe learned one great lesson rn our efforts I hope that we fourteen have taken advantage of the excellent opportunrtres offered us by our teachers at I eaxrtt to prepare ourselxes for one of the gre ate st roles we can ever hope to play that of an Amerrean ertrzen who rs dorng hrs utmost for the advancement of hrs country Theresa Grant v ' . v 1 1 1 s , I .4 ' . . ., r L I ' L I ' , .w I 1 . 4 . , . 7 S Y . K . . . . . n . Z , . A , Z ut' l x - A 'I I l A' ' YI x 2 ' 1 A A 1 f C , . N . 1 . . . . . . . . ,. . e . . . . f S ' 9 v 1 D I ' V I I I . I x ' 1 I ' X 'I x Y I Y 1 V I . , .. y. ,. H . U . . . , . . , . . are carrred on. I don t belreve there was a group of young people more rnter- ' 3 Y 'Y Y X I L l - I L . 'I N I 1 . . . , g l x I I - I ' xx l i X . 'I l -' . . . Y . B6 Y 1 Q! ' - ' I 1 ' I l I 5 ' I ' '.. - ' - . f z , ' , - z ', J 1, l - e, r , I e. I X . I I A A . r . . , . .. , . , . . , , l . I I AV, 1 I - 1 . K. L K I I Lk' 1 I xl I - ' . LA 'w .1 K1 Av I v ' 5 K i 9 ' 7 K . Il K I 1 I Y. L I K h ' I. I hz x-' ' i I l I I A I I . . l . . ' ' - 4 9 I I -

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Honor Oratlon As we graduate I wonder how many of us know what we are worth I do not mean ln terms of dollars and cents I mean of what value are we to our famllv to our country to our communlty and to ourselves? All our years ln school hfne been spent ln preparlng ourselves to take our places ln our communlty W h tt wlll we be worth to lt? Are we maklng the most of all our opportunltles9 bonu of us are gomg on to college Surely thls wlll make us worth more to our communlty A dentlst IS worth more to hls Commun lty than l mllllonalre VN hat arc we wortll to our famlly 9 Thls does not mean whether you are beau tlful or homely brlght or dull thoughtful or careless Xour famllv sets no value on you to them you are prlccless It IS up to you to be just as valuable as they hold you to be VVhat are we worth to our country? If you are old enough to be .L soldler you know the hlgh value you have IH your country But lt IS not the servlce you render to your country ln case of war that I9 lmportant lt IS the place you hold ln the world There ls a place for each and every one of us no matter V5 hat are we worth to ourselw es? Thls depends entlrely upon the attltude we wlsh to take If you make most of ewery opportunlty and lf you work hard lt es erythlng you undertake then you cannot value yourself too hlghly I thlnk tlllS poem I Am by Ella Wheeler VVllcox IS somethlng each of us should follow I know not whence I came I knew not whlther I go But the fact stands clear that I am here In thls world of pleasure and woe And out of the mlst and murk Another truth stands plaln It IS my power each day and hour To add to IIS Joy or paln I know that the earth CXISIS It lS none of my buslness why I cannot flnd out what ltS all about I would but waste tlme to try My llfe IS a brlef trled thlng I am here for a llttle space And whlle I stay I would llke lf I may To brlghten and better the place The trouble I thlnk wlth us all Is the lack of a hlgh concelt If each man thought he was sent to thlS spot To make lt a blt more sweet How soon we could gladden the world How easlly rlght all wrong If nobody Shlfked and each one worked To help hls fellows along' Cease wonderlng why you came Stop looklng for faults and flaws Rlse up to day ln your prlde and say I am part of the Flrst Great Cause' However full the world There IS room for an earnest man It had need of me, or I would not be I am here to strengthen the plan Barbara Genthner C , I , n 5 1 Y , , . 1 .A ' ' vi I 5 f' v ' v ' B 1 S v . . . . . - ' 1 4 - v 4 ' -. ' C 1 - ', , ' fc. I ' U I 1 I . A I l , i v . ' . ' . 1 I . . . I 1 ' I .K I I I L , I how' small, alld we must do our best to be worthy of that place. z ' , ' ' V, ' ' . - - as 99 ' - ' C6 v . 5 v 9 . 9 Cl ' f I . . , I . . . Y . . . y a 1. :u l Q ' , H ' ' 9 ! I . I Y , n Q , . . , 4 7 I C5 ' . Y Z I ' . V 1