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-

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G JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO derie that we have known is a grievous necessity. Yet, on this night of june 17, 1927, our class say farewell. The memories of jordan-of our classmates and of our principal and teachers-are already a part 'of our past, carefully stowed away in a corner of our thoughts, never to be forgotten. We part, classmates, but our thoughts are of each other. The past has brought us to this point in our lives, the future takes us farther-ever onward. Let us journey in peace and may we forever look back with love toward old Jordan. Sursum Corda! O class of '27. -Malvin Gottcsfeld Editor-in-Chief - GO C914 Gollege qfequirements A great many years ago when man lived by the strength of his arm, Mother Nature had arranged things so that only the fittest might survive and his arrangement was of the greatest benefit to man, for it prevented weaklings from surviving, and breeding with weaklings, to form a degenerate, weakling species of humanity. ln modern times, however, conditions are vastly altered. Physical brawn is out of place in the world of today. It is now the uneducated man who is the weakling, no matter how physically perfect he may be. People of today recognize this fact, and have built schools and colleges to prepare the younger generations for life. Parents have always tried to protect their children, and make things easier for them. While there is a fine sentiment in this, it should not be carried too far. It is a fine thing to protect a child while he is a child, but as he grows older the child should learn to carry responsibility or he will not be fitted to take his place in the World. It is, however, a common fault of parents, that they protect their offspring, babying them all through ado- lescence, and even to young manhood, and womanhood, and with what result? I believe tha.t the result is that the younger generation cared for in this way averages the laziest, most carefree of any generation which has yet been born. Many young men and women in their late teens or early twenties, spend practically their entire time in seeking pleasure. Boys and girls going to high school pick the easiest courses. and study just hard enough to meet college requirements. In picking a college they look for the one which will afford for them the most pleasure, and will be the easiest. Therefore, speak- ing from the point of view of education, many weaklings graduate from college each year, to find that they have not prepared themselves to fill a responsible position in life, and must find work for which they are suited, and eventually have to take a position that does not require education and for which any Grammar school graduate might qualify. Now let us look back into the past ages and remember that ancient law of nature which applied and was rigidly enforced, when strength of arm ruled the world, that law which states, Only the iittest may survive. Was not this natural requirement beneficial? Did it not prevent mankind from breeding a race of weaklings? L I