Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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J. ll. S. li'OlilO 7 That way to llappiness is not for all people, although there is a road, neither too hot nor dusty, t'or people of all ages-the road to Happiness via lt'1'i0IlllS. People live on this earth whose minds are so superior, whose ideals are so nmeh purer, that it is really a. physieal impossibility for them to be friends with the people arouml them. Not to have a friend in this vast worldg the thought is eruel, heartless. Yes, but the faet is there are people who eau not. elaim a single friend. Friends-l wonder-how many kinds ot' friends there are. Many people use the term t'friend, lightly. carelessly. A friend in the truest sense ean not be found and appreeiated by time and tests. Not tests earet'ully planned. but tests which eome as a result of eireumstanees, One of God's greatest gifts to mankind is that of friendship. lt. is a thing whieh has existed through the ages as one of the ways to the fulltillment of man's grea.t.est desire,F the desire of Happiness. Friendship is abusedg every great thing is. It is trodden upon, seorned, and even thrown away into diseard, like old clothes which have passed out ot' styleg but friends do not lie,-they appear here and there in unexpeeted plaees along the roadway of life, with a kindly hand, a sunny smile to send you on your way to Happiness. Everyone is seeking for Happiness. The ways are many and varied. Some seek it in money, in fame, in drink, or foolish pastimes. The shortest way, the truest way tried out through countless ages, is the Way to Happiness via Friends. M. G. A PLEA FOR REGULAR REUNIONS XVell, we've been togetlier t'or four years-not so very long, perhaps, in the history of the worldg but. today, looking back, it seems like a rather important. period in ODI' history. Are we well acquainted? Cer- tainly we are! Have we had good times together-and lots of 'em'? No one can deny that we have. Taking everything into consideration, won't. we blushingly admit that, o11 the whole, we're a pretty good elass. Of course! Fine! Nothing like being ol' the same opinion! Now to be serious, we are a elass of good friends-every elass is. lt is impossible for a hundred individuals to go through the work and pleasures of high sehool without being in one sense a big family. Now, why is it' that today every- thing must end '? True, we ean't all go on togetherg truer still, we shall have new interests. Can we not be broad enough so that birth of new interests will not neeessitate death of old ones? Other elasses in the past have attempted to hold regular reunions and failed. Can not we sueeeed? Can we not hold regular meetings at some time of the year, at Christmas or in June when the largest number of ua will be in town? Let's try it, eaeh year appointing a committee to take eharge of the next entertainment, reunion or whatever you wish to eall it. W0l1lfll1yt we enjoy meeting again? Psychology tells us that a happy

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6 J. lol. S. FOLIO so-called junior 1'hi Beta Kappa-the National Ilonor Society, eleetions to which are based upon the same qualifieations as are eleetions to the Phi Beta Kappa, namely, Scholarship, Leadership, Serviee and t'haraeter. The lueky fifteen per cent of our class on whom this honor was be- stowed are: Bennie Ab1'omson, Jacob AI'0HSiZllll, John tfhaplin, William Jordan, Judith Jalbert, Marion ttareelon, ttlara Parnell. Louise Provost. Maurice Lane, Beatrice Libby, Dorothy Vtfebber, Katherine Tubbs, Mar- garet Reardon, Sherwood Tribou, Albert Wood, and John Callahan. These people were recently awarded gold pins. 13. L. OUR TEAt1I1l+1RS Wherever you go, liast or West, you will hear of teaehers, good, bad and iiidit'l'erent, but Where will you find a better lot of teaehers than we have right here in Jordan High School? Well, l can tell you, you will have a. long long search and will end up right where you started. They are always ready to help those who are in need of help, ready to sacrifice their time for a good cause, or ready for a good time with the rest of us. Of course, now and then they make us a present of a period or two, but we usually deserve it, Hlld maybe more. You ean't. hold that against theme, they just want to show us how very dignified they can be. Who can forget the good times we have had together during the past four years ? Our teachers have always been ready to help us in any out- side activity, ready to aet as chaperoncs at parties, class rides, hikes and trips that may have been taken. Recall, for example, that well remem- bered Washirigtoii trip! And very fine ehaperones they make too, not too mueh so, but jolly good company and ready to be youngsters with the rest of us. We eertainly hope that their recollections of these good times will be as pleasant as ours. l wonder how many of us realize that the years spent in high sehool are the best years of our life, and that our teaehers are our best friends? Maybe we do not realize it now, but We surely will later. So let us all join in in saying, Hers-'s to our teachers, the best in the state, the best in the United States, long life, health, wealth and happiness! Nellie Dawes HAPPINESS VIA FRI ENDS The road was long to the little cottage on the outskirts ot' the town: a long, thirsty, road, with deep ruts in the gravel. or perhaps, in the mud. Large stones, embedded in the gravel, blocked the way of the weary passersby, causing them to stub their toes as they plodded along. Tiny stones played hide and seek in the shoes of the few who ehanced to pass that way. And at the end of that road, a cottage, only a cottage. but it was a shrine of Happiness that lay at the end of the long dusty road,- llappiness via Love!

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8 J. H. S. FOLIO time conquers future difficulties. For our own good let us say, Till we meet again. B. li. TO JORDAN HIGH ANU ITS TEACHERS Today the class of 1924 graduates. Some of us will be lucky enough to go further in our education, and some of us will probably go forth in the world to face the battle of life. But while we have the opportunity, we want. to thank the teachers who have so carefully spent much of their time preparing us for life. Graduation is the turning point in our eareers, for we shall now decide what we shall do for our life work. And so we thank the school that has aimed to bring us to this time and to place us before the world with a feeling of democrat-y and love for our fellowmen. We thank the teach- ers who have tried to form our morals and to give us a good outlook on life, as well as to teach us the three R's. lt is not the lessons we learn in High School that count so much, although of course they do eount, even though there are many ot' these that will soon he forgotteng it is the ideas that we form while in High School and follow throughout our lives that will count and show if we have gained anything from our four years' association with this school. Some of us will do one thing, some of us another, but whatever we do il' we do it well we will be of some use in this world. It is not always the smartest people in school who win out in life,.for often an ordinary pupil gains a better insight into life 's problems and does niueh better in the great game of life. lf we bear this in mind and always do things that seem right, way down deep in our hearts, l am sure that Jordan High will always be proud of her class of 1924. Rose Flynn KIDDING VVhat a truly destructive form of speech kidding is! It destroys faith in mankind and frankness. One man say something he truly means, but it may be regarded by the listener as just a bit of kidding. On the other hand. a person may say something in a kidding manner. but with that manner so disguised that it may seem as if he were speaking truthfully. The old days of frankness have become a thing of the past. and King Kidder is now in the height of his power. But how long must his reign last? Forever? lt must not! A person although not naturally inclined to kid his life away, has to do so now-a-days in self-defense. lt certainly is little wonder that the older generations refer with a sigh to the days when we were young. lrene Cole