Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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,,.,,,., W.. W., .. .., . - ...,.,,, ............ ...- -. W- ... -.,, .i..,,,,,, ,- than ther dill presnlvlwy and was that he .-ople in regard can-or he was any other man l'I uf ilu' Wnrlll mliwl llp In gig ist pleasing in nergy. hahits, lllvll liUuSl'X'vlI' American. ln would seldom :ral and physi- up with him. o longer heard nat mourns his the world. mon-d for his it was these to he thought 'arely found in Exlmzsox, 1919. f 1919- n after l had if-tory for.-some i my lllllltlgiitifil hink deeply of . Looking up 1ent.a large, Zed as Henry ieeting him-21 pages of that 'ntly had his for he suggest- y henelit, the from him, but him the most l myself for 2111 tural, he chose THE CRESCENT. 9 Hallie for his lirst subject, and what mar- vels he portrayed! Hallie had taught in South Lincoln for a short time, but this did not satisfy her high ambition, she wanted something more exciting, so she had chosen for a profession that of a ballet dancer! She was surrounded by many admirers which was not surprising, for Hallie wa.s always noted for her great charm of personality. I was astonished to hear that she was a dancer for in spite of all our entreat-ies to join in our school dances, she had absolutely refused to be persuaded. By this time I wasiintensely interested. I was inspired with new curiosity concern- ing the rest of my classmates. I was im- patient to hear what Viola was doing. Well, he said, Viola is making excellent progress asa milliner. She has grown to be a stern old maid. Viola! Could I believe that of her, she who used to he so fond of sailors and soldiers! Alas! that she should settle down to such an unexciting life as this! My visitor said that while he was at a theatre in New York a few weeks before he had seen a beautifully dressed girl who took the leading part in one of the latest musical dramas. She had a voice that held the people spellbound. All New York was raving over this great Prima Donna. Of course it was Ella whom he saw. I always knew she had talent along this line, and I was not surprised that she had adopted this as her future vocation. Here Henry VIII paused. I hated to disturb him as I knew Ella's beauty had probably made him think of some of his numerous wives. However I at last ven- tured to ask about Bessie. Hejumped up, and, without any hesitation, explained that while making a tour through t-he region of Mattamoscontis, he saw av tall, stately girl with light hair and blue eyes, riding in a Buick automobile. I told him 7 that he need go no further for I could guess the rest. Why of course-Bessie, Verne, and a Buick-an ideal combination! My royal friend said that he had seen Harold not long before. He owned a large manufacturing establishment at Fall River where he was carrying on a rushing shoe business. When he saw him Harold was sitting at a large desk leisurely reading a book entitled, Various Ways of Oourting Girls. Now I never dreamed that of Harold! He always used to be so well in- 9 formed on that subject. It was very evi- dent that he had lost his tact acquired during his school days at L. A. Let us hope the shoe business will not suffer from this unusual side line. Where was Ethel? Any one half as smart as Henry VIII could have told -me about her. I learned from my prophetic, companion that she had taught in Skunk' Hill for a short time, but had finally de- cided it would be the better scheme to teach in Carroll where she would have a Page to ride in and a Bishop for a chauffeur. Here Henry closed his eyes and seemed to have a vision. He said he could see a fine residence near the garage on the mill stream. Here lived Pearle and Lester. Lester owned all the property on the stream and was getting rich quickly. I guess those long letters and frequent rides in that yellow wheeled car were for something more than mere amusement after all. Then my poor sleepy friend fell from his chair. I jumped up, and to my be- wilderment I found that I had been dream- ' ing. I will admit now, that Miss Utecht was right when she said our minds were far away when we studied our English History. . Alas! to all my fond hopes, I must re- main in total' ignorance of what the future holds in store for me, and be content to'

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THE CRI bCLNT of ml ch that IS new Ill lldtlllill lxlstcm 111 1914 Roosevelt, um the leadex of an Lxplm lllg panty 111 South AIIIGTILLI, xxhuc he 1119 LOVQIGC1 m IIVGI xxhul named Reo lheodoxe 111 IHS 1101101 1410111 the 1211116 that hoosexelt 5144111 ated fxom college he had been xexty 13101111 nent 111 DO11t1LS At that tlnu LXLINUIIC was tcmllmlg about polltlcs, and, JG the edumted men wele the ones most duplx mtexested, Roosevelt entuul lhuc had been somethmg vexy p6Lll1ldl .xbout pulltlw and people thought tlmttlley had littlc QM 111 the gm Gllllllbllt, that they had lust mn- tml of it and would IIC-N91 Ftgnlbill It l ml1 r Rooseveltas leadelshlp, lmwuu, thu' hc.- 1 to feel that they 11 ld ruoxuul ' og pmxel He 131911111811 the lmigllu ig. fO1 both the nation .md thu imliviclunlf and although many dimgleed mth him very few ever came to the pointot al .xllon,,- in him. e Vil'vllQS wlicl 1 'as 1 the Um Q 1 lllllLllt eager to preach with fairness, lmncstfy und sincerity were the ones which were nccdoml along political lines. mu of pulltu nl questions than they did 119.11 the und uf Rmwgwlta s preeldeney and une u Ins gxmtut ckuls was that e dmngul the llllllll of the purple lll re ard to pulltlu ll hugrlnt of hm Ldreel he N 8 mmm ui un zxllltllidll than .mg othel man tlu mum 3 In unrx part of the world s mum xx ls know 1 .md looked up toas IQ mmt pleasing ln 'lhc energy, hablts, x us uf llXlll .mdu lll 5,1 ulllull Roosevelt h ad 'hmvul lla nt lu, ww an American n tu hisl IY aftlu wmlal wc would se om inml 1 nn nn with -1 llltlltdl mural and pn 1 ' nt w ulel mum up wlt-hd. umhnr. ul ill 1 Llll x urn ' w I xr his vuiu is nu lnugvrhe ' ml nlv mn muxxtrx th xt mourns .s vu i is 1 vuv n utiuu nn the wo , ' x nsuult slr ulcl bv hnnured for 118 .uluml .xml lhuzuter, as lt' was tl quallitim-.' whim-In vntitle him to be thou ht 4 'ua ax man with ax fullness rarely fuun in an wurd. Brxsu: Emmsox, 1919. Roosevelt was elected Vice-l'x'0si1lol1t in1901 and aft-el' the ussussinutimu of Mc- Kinley he bGUZLlllQ President, to wlxivlx ullivo he was re-elected 21tt1llG end of tho LL-rm. As President, Roosevelt was very l'uitInl'ul to principal. When he plum-cl Ll new sub- ject before the people he would stale it carefully, plainly and forcibly, su that everyone might know and llIl4l0l'Stlllll1 it. It was during his presiclvncy t'-hut t3ll0l'U was laid the fOlll'ld2ltiUll for ililYllllk'Qllll'llt- which all other natirms look up to now. lt was Roosevelt who iLlltllOl'iZ0il tlw vm1slwl'1u-t iun of the Pilllillllib Uzxnzll and nw-ugnizq-41 Panannzm as an Hepulmlic. Ilo svttlm-cl ilu. strqggles between m'guniz1-cl lulmm- and capltul ab the time of thu Antlmwite Umnl Sbrikeg and IIILHIC peace lwlwovn lius:-:in NNI Jflllillll and he lllllillfvllilllxll tlw Nu JJOCt1'lllQ .NNfh0ll Europe lmuvulm- ilxllm-lvstwl 11119119 11HU1l'S Oi' Vonozuvlu. Al' nu timm- llilfl DGUDIG lookod lll0l'l' l'UW1ll'll llw -nppq ul A t . .- lll'Ul' 0:12155 3Q1'11plyrrg uf 1919. Uno hut Jllllt' axftvrunnn Ilftlff I had lwvn stmlyingnny English llistoryfoig' timv, ilu- hunk slippvd frmn IIIX pin-kwl it up and lwgam tn think deeply what I haul lvzuwu-d from it. Looking I saw, muvh lu my ammzvnwnt. u large, pnrtfy mann wlmm I rm-ugruizcd as H Ylll. llrzuimns. think uf nwvtling hi mam wlm um-upia-ml pages and pages of t40l'l'illl0 llistnry, lh- 0Villl'llIlX had ll fllIlIUllS vmuliclvm-v with him fur he ml that he prm-divx, fm' my hl'lll3fit'w futurv ui' my vlussumtvs. Nu luugor did l shrink from him. quitv tho 4-1mtr:u'y. l will-rw! him the vmu1'm'tulwlv vlmir mul svttwlml lnysvlf for vm-lmnling hull' huur. As sw-:nu-ml pm-rfvvtly natural, In' -- ..- , H ve Sr di wa ha da ad H: ch: he all dal pel I u ing pat exe gm she solc dum the: he I tool mug the ravi com kno Wag this fl istf pmt num ture and , that rfxgiq State rid in

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10 y THE CRESCENT. know what 'had befallen the rest of my classmates. , BLANCHE HEATRICE NICGAFFERTY, 1919. mme nf aa 7 tribes in GBM Srhuul SQETBIIT- The European war brought to light conditions in many countries of the world which were not realized before and can hardly seem true now. One of the prob- lems the United States has to face is the state of our present school system. Never before has the need of trained men and women been greater and we must look to the schools to supply this demand. A proof of our neglect along this line is shown from the fact that 4,000,000 native-born American men and Women are unable to read and write. Another start- ling fact was discovered in the mobilizing of our forces, when it was found that 700,- 000 grown-up illiterates had become a part of the United States Army. It was necessary to close many schools during the past war because there were not enough teachers. Teachers do not re- ceive as much pay at teaching as at other lines of work, for this reason many leave teaching and t-ake up other professions. Thfe attractive salaries offered to clerical Workers sent hundreds of teachers flocking to Washington to 'do government work. Why should We not make teachers' salaries attractive also? In order to keep the schools ope11 many emigrants were hired to teach. These emigrants are quick to learn but in many cases they do not teach the English lan- guage at all, but instead they teach their native language. Is not this too bad for schools in the United States? - I School oliicials should he more careful in hiring teachers, as many who teach do so only for the money they receive or 130 prepare themselves for a better career in life. This certainly is not the kind of teachers that we want: we want well trained and capable teachers who are able to teach children as they should he taught, because these young people will in the future he the citizens of the locality in which they live, and their inlluence will depend largely upon their habits formed as students. Thinking men have concluded that at the base of our reconstruction we must have a national policy of education. There- fore, to overcome some of the evils in our present system, our federal government is about to make it possible for states to pro- vide for the training of rural teachers, these teachers to he chosen hy the l'nion and State Superintendents. An appropri- ation will be raised for improvements in Normal schools, and for industrial and vo- cational courses. Physical education is tu be provided for, and teachers must have at least two years College or Normal training before receiving a teacher's certilicate. President Wilson voiced the great aim of education when pleading for our schools during the war: To the end that no hoy or girl shall have less opportunity for education because of the war and that the nation may he strengthened as it can only he tihirpiigli the right education of all its peoplefl X' Let us wake up to the fact that we can all do our part in providing that all the young people of today have every advan- tage of the great- and loyal country in which they live. ETIIEI. lNl.ixxwi-21.1. llaxscou, lillil. harass in Qllluhvrarahuafvs. I am charged with the responsibility of addressing the undergrauluales ol' Lee AC1lll0lllN- llc- is a pleasure, and l helieve an honored one, that l should he allow-all this privilege ol' giving advice to you, schoolmates. Yon are now laying ilu. f l l: li t Q S1 a ff sc yi tl al wi th re a : or scl hir Th a gi en in tal you wh yor to so sch eve hu ii ly f selu Frei to h Seen pen: ha vi Seni Claw: thin,