Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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THE CRESCENT slxth of the t1me belongmg to h1m and yet many parents when we make the attempt to grade 1n our rural schools feel that we are deprnlng the chxld of somethlng when we are actu ally gxvlng hlm fue O1 sm tlmes the advantage mak1ng h1m mole eihclent savlng hlm t1me Whlch ln th1s hllqtllllg, age means a great deal The consohdated school furnlshcs keen brlght chlldren from other parts of the town COmp6t1t1OH w1th whom stlmulates and encourages By savmg the time of the teacher we now glxe the pupxl more sub1ects In the good old days we put the chlld on a hard bench and only called h1m out to re clte hls A B C s He must learn them f1rst lf It took h1m three vears No wonder our young men of that day were st1ll ploddlng through fractlons Now we are dolng them ln the flfth grade or at the average age of ten thus the consolldated school means better gradmg a saxmg of t1me to ch1ldren parents and teacher a plan to go by not the old haphazard way of teachlng It also means better equlp ment for work Where three or four schools are Jomed together the eqlllp ment whlch would haue serx ed scantl ly for all places one 1n a good COHd1 t1on Trylng to teach w 1th msufflclent books few blackboards no maps or charts no materlals for drawlng 01 muslc handlcaps a teacher 1n he1 work Many of us know what lt mean to have chlldren come day after da wlth not even a pencll or paper At the present t1me our towns furnlsh supplles 1n the vlllage and consolld xt ed schools apparatus for chemlcal 1nd physlcal laboratorles or for exper1 ments ln agrlculture Years ago our educat1on all led away from the farm we all Wanted to do somethlng flne not at home how exer but now We are studylng con d1t1ons near to make the best farmers and mech xmcs 1n our home towns Our second attalnable ldeal 19 the tl uncd teacher No school can be more 6fllCl6llt than Its teacher The old t1me te zchel W is strong only ln d1sc1pl1ne th xt was the only quallflcatlon Now w e dem md not only that our teachers sh lll understand methods but that thcy sh zll understand chlldren that thcy sh ill belleve they have the best nd fmest 1ob ln the World that they hall put thelr souls lnto the work lt IN the splrxt of the thlng that makes the world go lt IS the muslc of l1fe th it makes the march easy when lt 19 leallv so hard for us The lnflu ence of the real teacher IS one of the lmmezsurable thmgs 1n teachlng Those of us who have felt the IH fluence of such a llfe and the lnspxra t1on of that mfluence know that the re zl teacher IQ not a dream but some thlng that we certalnly do and shall haxe I recently attended a meetlng of Superlntendents 1n Ph1ladelph1a 1 he earnest purpose of thls xast body ct educators to work toward ldeal con d1t1ons fo1 our pl.lp1lS was plamly BVI dent an 1nsp1rat1on ln ltself and as fur llws demand more professlonal +1 ll l1llQ' more earnest work we shall fnd the tramed teacher not at all un lttalnable Thlrd lnterested parents not one ox two ms now w ho sometlmes v1s1t but p ucnts who are on the whole as much mtclcsted ln thelr chlldren as ln thelr . . . . . U' Y - , L v 9 7 . Y . - ' y 9 Y - A - x1 1 K 1 1 . . . v 1 . . I - - L . L c L L. 1 H . . . , , 1 - I A . - . 1 . .' . T 5 L L L 2 1, . . K 1 . 1 . . . L . 1 L . H Y . Y . ' l 1 . . . . L ' L L' AL 1 EL' L' L , . I 1 1 V4 W . ' . , L c L 1 ' ' ' V 1' 1 , ' c L D 1 . 1 1 1 Y L ' r L. L' i L c L L, ' r. v N 1 1 , L 1 L , . . J x ' I 1 L , L. - - 4 L L ' 21 L' ' , - S 1 L L . Y, , ,W H- .Y Y . . . K 1 1 1 11 K ' 1' 1 1 1 1 Y ' ' ' ' , 1 v , 1 L , L 1 1 ' 1 1 - ' r , , . . . 1 N . . . 1 ' . . . I 1 1 . , . LL . , as ' L. x - ' V. ' 1 o 1 1 L - J a Y ' 2 ' L L - V L 1 1 1 . , L 1 ' Y -- fn ' K A' L L 7 L 1 K ' ' ' ' - , L A - , , , . . . . . . . a ' 1 1 1 1 v . 1 1 11 1 1 1 A 1 C L L 1 L , 1.1 . K 1 Y gg 1 -1 L 1 v 7 ' Y' l - . ' 1 1 l 4 . c . L , L L H . . ' ' . 1 . . l ,- L L, L L c ' . 1 1 1 y 1 ' 1 ' ' , H I :L L L L , L, L c 1 . X . L .1 1 K - . L L L , .5 xix' . . 1 . i. K r 1 - K A'

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THE QRISQMNI Lee Academy 19 1ustly proud that 1ts act of I11corporat1on stated that one of 1ts purposes would be the plepara t10ll of teachers for graduates of Lee Normal Academy serx ed fa1thfullx 1nd successfullx the lZ63Cl'111lg profes S1011 It 18 111deed f1tt1ng that 1n our cc11ten1111l xearbook xxe should honor those te1che1s tramed he1e at Lee ll d xxe fue espec1allx proud that xxe 1111 do thls bx 1ep11nt111g the sub t xnce ot a11 d1t1Cl9 xx h1ch appea1ed Ill OUI 191 C1esce11t The fOl9s1g'ht ot thc lLltll01 and he1 keen penet1at1o11 cd uc Ltl0ll IS we knoxx 1ClSY1t1C tl to that ff those men a11d xxomen xxho hlxc ll 'dc lac Academx xx hat lt 1s tod xx 'lhe luthor needs 110 1Ht1 OClllCt10ll ll1 Axa Fhldboulne 18 xxldelx k11oxx11 lo1 l1Ll book the HISTORY OF EDU C ATION IN MAINE Her 1llflLlQllCQ 011 udcnts du1111g the th1rtvs1x xears th t she has taught at the Umx crs1tx cf M 1111e has been and rema1ns a po tcnt factor 111 the Ma111e school sxs te H1 She atte11ded Lee Academx 111 the 1 ulv 90 s xx h1le her step grandfather Col Shepard Bean stlll was servlng Lee Academv falthfully as a member of the Board of Trustees AVA FHADBOURNF All of us haxe ou1 1deals some x1s 1on1rx some attalnable tovx ard xx h1ch xx e ue vx Ofklllg The XIQIOH of xx hat xxe xx 1sh our xx o1k to be the perfect DIC Lllli, xxo11de1fullx done our xerx own 1deal le ids us on to bu1ld111g more st xtelx TYIHUSIOHS 111 xx hlch ou1 souls m 1X IGIOICG But xxh1le such a x1s1on CIICOUI xgcs us a11d 1a1ses ex erx dax llfe to 1 h1ghe1 plane I xx 1sh to speak o11lx of lCl6dlS attamable f01 us bec1use the x haxe been leached bx othe1 1ural LOD1lllLlll1t19R Ifnst thele IQ the consohdated 111 the nc 11 future The Mlddle and VVcstc111 Qtates are far ahead of us 111 thls n11tte1 Consolldated schools nu Ill bcttu gladlng better teachers more f.lltllLlNldS1'l'1 better xxork Years ILO xxc placed 0Ll1 school bulldlng Ill the ctntu of the d1str1ct no matter xx hcthu the ch1ldren xx ere far or near The school house xxas a11d 1s 11oxx 1n some small d1St1lCtQ poollx bullt pool lx equlpped a11d pleslded oxer bx an lllf91101 teache1 In such a school no gl admg IQ attempted P1ctu1e a school Vllth QIX chlldren 1n the Pr1me1 class all readxng IH dlf ferent places Each ch1ld IS loslnv one 1' WN 1 YV1 28 , at 1 J A . , X, X sw . 1 1 ' ' . ' s U s . y 1 ' . 1 1 V' -- t . . . 2 ly, S . Y V Y . ' A- Aw ks U 1 1 - 1 12 ' 7 ' . v'k ' v 1 v, ' f 77 y' . . . ' 4 I , s H , Y . . v ' V L . , v . , . , ' u 7 4 kv , ,Z -s ' s 1 1 1 ' -2 JS A- 1 . 'ls A. v I 7 4 - ' z 1 C ' s ' ' '1 2 ' ' . . ' ' .Q L, L, . . I, 1- . K. . . . 3, 2 K It 2 i A 1 0 . v . 4 1 1 , . ll' ' ' I 4 K .V 1 'l . 9 . , . C ' ' ' 1 . 0 , 1 . . ' . . L 1 2 . . . X 1. ' U V -is y . 'L is ' 1 . 1 -v ' , ' 1 ' ' and L1llOC1Sl2llld1Hg of the problems ot school, ll0t only attalnable but comlng 1 z 3, ', 2 ' A 'z ' . ' X ., . , 2 ,, ,, , . K . . . . , ' 1 z Q ' ' . fa 2 e' ' ' , S, . X . y - ix, Y ,, . . A 1 Wy y v - A A J A a u ' , ' vs , A A A . ' ' x ' 4' ' ' ' 1 x V x 1 ' ' v - E! A1 L 1 my 1 J . vi Ly. by .1 I L1 YI nw 1 .ki v D ' z s s - .' 1 3 ' 3 ' . ' 1 , '- f, . ' ' Ls s ys- v ' . - K' 7 v 1 A 1 ' ' ' ' '. . ' 1 . 7 s v ' 1 ' ' 52 ., tv ' ' 1 I ' ' I . Y . ,, . 4 Y. . . A , . . Q . . . F V . .., c L n . I L. I' L' U '

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