Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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ef- - e es --aes -f as ' - A ,: '4', N 'F 353, 2, ieioi it ftiaiats ,E To My Fellow Classmates: As 1 begin to write this farewell tu jordan High and to all the friends who have sojourned so happily together for four years, I wonder whether to feel joyful or dolorous at the occasion of our departure into a-broader field of activity. I realize that, perhaps, the most valuable and cheerful period of our lives is passed. Valuable, not to the world, but to ourselves, for it is the foundation of character and learning that we have gained in dear old Jordan which shall carry us on our way. Cheerful, also, to us, for never again shall we feel the care free irresponsibility of our high school days. But, fellow classmates, there is this to spur us on: we have done our best, we are prepared to meet life, we have the spirit of Jordan to urge us to fulfill our mission in our chosen work. The high school course has meant more to us than a mere cramming of languages, mathematics and sciences into our brains. We have received at jordan High School the real education that of character. As freshmen we were timid, weak, awed by upper classmen, ignorant, but willing to learn. Even in this early period, however, our athletes began to distinguish them- selves. As sophomores our confidence in our abilities had increased, our knowledge was slightly enlarged, our ambitions had been aroused. We had become inured to the routine, had learned to. love old Jordan, and were Urarin' to go. Then, in our junior year, we established ourselves as the great class of '27, We were inflamed by a desire to surpass all former efforts. On the football held, on the baseball diamond, in track, in basketball, and in the classroom, we strived and became recognized as a class of mighty capa- bilities. Then, we became seniors. Our efforts redoubled. Again and again we conquered or lost, gamely fighting. We won championship after championship in sports, we made the Booster bigger and liner than ever before to carry off first prize at the U. of M., we put over the best senior drama ever presentedg we reached the topmost heights of scholarship: we were imbued with the confidence of success and the love of sportsmanship. But, through all of our victories we have not grown cocksure or vain. Al- though, we cannot help but feel somewhat proud, we are yet willing to learn, and ambitious of reaching a higher pinnacle of supremacy. Many of us have finished their school educations, a few of us will attend institutions of higher learning. In either case, whether it be business or college, the spirit of the class of 1927 will be a compelling force to drive each one of us ever forward. The saddest rite of graduation is the parting. We have grown to be a unit and our 'hearts are joined in fellowship. To break the bonds of camara-