Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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10 V THE CRESCENT the bond which unites teacher and pupil. Unless his faith is shaken in her, she ranks next to his parents in his estima- tion. But children are quick to dis- tinguish the false teacher from the true and for this reason she needs to be sincere in her woik. It is important that the teacher should be well trained, prepared for her work and with the ability to present the subject in an interesting manner, but the power of a high moral purpose is the strongest factorinherinstruction. If she has a high moral purpose she will consider it her duty to be earnest, patient and persevering. She will realize that the parents have entrusted the children to her care at an early age and that it is of great im- portance that they be started aright because the influences of our childhood days are those that have the most to do with the formation of our character through life. How great, then, is the work of the teacher! How great her mission! If the teacher fails to impart and practice the truth, who will? Upon her stand for truth in the community depends the future of the race. The mission of the teacher, in brief, is to manufacture manhood of the best quality, to lead the pupil into the occupa- tion that will make him of the greatest usefulness to himself, his parents, his nation and his God. MEARL12 E. MAXWELL, '11, HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1911 Historians have related many strange adventures, but stranger than all their tales is the history of the class of 1911. Qur class did not have any organization during our early academy days. To use the words of Topsy, we just grew. Five of our members: Ethel Merrill, Lena Merrill, Mearle Maxwell, Ernest Delano and 1 entered, Lee Normal in the spring of 1906. We were there greeted with that detestable, insignificant title, Freshmen. But we all agree now that it was well suited to the nature of each one of us. The next fall Edith Weather- bee and Herbert Laskey entered our class from the Model School. Paul Cofhn had attended the academy several terms before we entered, but hnding the previous classes not suited to his nature, he wisely decided to unite with the brilliant class of 1911. Others, 1 ani sorry to say, have taken adifferentview of our class, for example, Mr. Laskey, the poor dear. He left us in the spring of 1910 never to return. We miss him, particularly in the laboratory where he always made our work very enjoyable, although he broke up so much glassware that our laboratory fees were greatly increased. Mr. Laskey returned from the Boys' Convention at Augusta broken in health and somewhat the worse for wear and tear. The Dr. recommended a change of climate so he entered Coburn Qlassicalllnstitute last fall.

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THE CRESCENT 9 Carlyle has said, A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudderf' If one's heart and soul is not in his work, it can never be made a thorough success, therefore, he needs Hrst to be thoughtful in the choosing of his life work, and strive for the best results. It matters not, what the occupation may be, from the highest to the lowest, the conditions remain the same. The province of the merchant is to clothe and feed the state, of the physician to keep the state in health, of the clergy- man to direct his fellowmen into the right paths of life. VVhat, then, is the province of the teacher? Since the main purpose of our school is to train teachers, this is a question which needs to be per- fectly understood by every student tak- ing the Normal course. There are two other courses offered, the English and College Preparatory, but the majority of the pupils are taking the course which fits for teaching, and for this reason, among others, the state has appropriated five hundred dollars more than in previous years and every effort is being made for good instruction along those lines. From our class of seven members, five plan to teach, and although we realize that we shall fall short in many respects yet we will ever strive to live up to the highest standards. The greatness of our country, of any country, depends principally upon three instittions, the family, the church and the school. The strongest element is the family. No nation is strong without pure, consecrated fathers and mothers. We have an example of this in the Spartan homes. It is a sad fact that one of the greatest troublesin American homesisthe frequency of divorce cases. One of the teachings of Pestalozzi was that maternal love is the Hrst agent in education. Through it the child is led to love and trust his God. Only rarely does the child become a noble character, where the home life is not pure. The church and school are closely related, one depending upon the-other. A great many of the larger schools of our country have been founded and are supported by christian organizations. In turn, the church to do its work in the twentieth century, requires the help of the school. lVhich has the greater in- fluence, teacher or preacher, saying or do- ing? The preacher is with the child much less than the teacher, therefore, it seems a natural consequence that the school should have more to do with the molding of the child's character, than the church. The preacher sets the standard for the teacher to follow and it is her duty to fulfill these ideas to the best of her ability. just so far as she fails to meet these requirements, just so far is she deficient in the qualities that make up a true teacher. The teacher's influence for good or bad upon the child, is great. Faith is

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THE CR ESCENT II Iiut poor hcalth is not tht- only thing that has lt-sst-uctl tht- uumht-rs ol' our class. Cupitl's shafts workt-tl succt-sslully among us antl took blushing I,ula away. Lula, as you know, hatl always ht-t-n Iontl of naturt- stutly. Last spring, whilt- tt-achf ing at Salmon Strt-am, shc matlt- a spt-cial stutly of liHftlt'lt1Jl'2lI'SI yt-s. I think a succcsslul stutly. Slit- was marrit-tl at tht- Baptist Varsonagt-, onc tint- altcr- noon last Ot-tolmt-r. wht-11 sht-supposctl that school was in st-ssion. School was not in st-ssion howt-yt-r, autl wt- wcrt- at tht- wt-tltling, rict- antl all. Ask I,ula. Only tht- faithful ont-s younowlmt-htzltl wt-rc lt-lt in tht- class at tht- bt-ginning t,I our st-nior yt-ar. It may hc wt-ll for mt- to taltt- up somt- intliyitlual history. Mr. Collin has bt-t-n an t-xt-t-llt-nt atl- visor for tht- Sophomort-s this yt-ar, lor- gt-tting, I It-ar, his own Soplioinort- tlays. lIis fayoritt- pastimt- has lat-cn arguing with Iftht-l Mt-rrill. lYt- hayc tlt-t-mt-tl it ut-ct-ssary to kt-cp tht-m at a propt-r tlis- tanct- from cat-h otht-r lor both art- giftt-tl with somt-what llowing languagt- wht-n nt-ct-ssary. Itaul has tlistinguislit-tl himf st-ll, also, lJy tlrt-ssintg hair lor tht- Ircsh- 111611, lVt- woutlt-r what tht- poor Irt-shit-s will tlo XVllt'll ht- is ffonc. IJ Iftht-1 Mt-rrill's st-uior yt-ar has bt-cn yt-ry busy. It has lat-t-n illustrious too, in many ways. In tht- lirst plat-c sht- has matlc an cxtcnsiyt- stutly of lioylt-'s Law. XYt- t-yt-n ht-ar it whispt-rt-tl that conct-ruin--' this she is publishing a hook 4, sulajt-ct which tht- Irt-shmt-n will ust- at I,ct- Normal nt-xt yt-ar. Do you suppost- tht-y will t-yt-r liyt- to l1t-ct,mt- st-niors? St-contlly, sht- has at-tt-tl as privatt- st-c- rt-tary for Ilaroltl Ritlt-out, othcrwist- known as Dikt-, answt-ring his loyt- lt-ttt-rs, t-tc. 'llhirtlly antl lastly hut not lt-astly, sht- has inyt-ntt-tl a corn curt- which is saitl to bt- thc lmcst on tht- markt-t at tht- prt-st-nt timc. Miss Mcrrill can stantl hack of tht- guarantct- lat-causc shc has trit-tl it ht-rst-lf. I'. S, Miss VVt-atlicrlJt-t- says it is also gootl for chil- hlains. Iirut-st Dt-lauo has actt-tl as chit-I atl- visor this yt-ar for many ol' tht- girls at school, tlt-alintf mostly with mt-mbt-rs ol' thc Sophomort- Class. Ioncc ht-artl him makt- a littlt- spt-cch which I wt-ll rt-mt-mlat-r. Pt-rhaps you woultl likt- to ht-ar it. It ran somt-what likt- this, Fall in loyc witll only ont- girl from t-ach town, otht-rwisc tht-y may livt-too ut-ar t-ach otht-r and conlpart- nott-s. I havt- conqut-rt-tl Carroll, Chcstcr antl Lt-t-Q I'rt-ntiss now lit-s at my It-ct. I long for mort- towns to contlut-r. Although Mr. Ilt-lano has lat-cn a faithful, hartl working nit-mht-r of our class, ht- has caust-tl us consitlt-ralmlc t-xpcnst-. lYt- rt-ct-ntly paitl a hill at tht- Dormitory of Your tlollars antl st-yt-ntt-cn ct-nts for woin out stairs. It is not atlvisalmlt- to say any mort- in rt-gartl to tht- mattt-r in public, St-vt-ral changt-s in tt-xt books art- to ht- matlt- at tht- acatlt-my next yt-ar. tlut- to tht- t-llorts of our class. Miss lIt