Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO 7 Now that we have changed the natural arrangement, the law no longer holds good. Today, we baby weal-:lings and allow them to exist a menace to progress. Should we not enforce the old law of nature, survival of the fittest, by substituting some arrangement that will hold today? Suppose we pass laws prohibiting high school students with low marks from going to college, suppose we make college requirements stricter, will not this be Survival of the fittest?l, I believe that raising the standard of college requirements would make young people work harder and would be a great beneiit to the race, that those who are unht for responsibility would bemade fit, according to each person's amount of perseverance and pluck. I believe that setting a higher goal of achievement is the only way to insure mankind against breeding a race of weaklings who would some day reduce the race, and lower the glory of mankind. A -Jessie Fish GO Cnolleges Q3oys of cegoolay ln past years most fellows went to college to prepare for business or some profession. Today many fellows go to college with the idea of a four years, loaf. Their 'dea is to get a great deal of pleasure out of it even though their rank is sacrificed. After graduating from High School, they select a college which will afford them the most pleasure, with the easiest course. All they want Qs a degree. . ' Some men who get a degree, in this way are a menace to humanity, for when they go into the profession for which this qualifies them, theydo more harm than good, not knowing enough about it to practice. Take a doctor for instance. I believe that only those people who have worked hard through High School should be admitted to college. This would inspire those starting off to strive to obtain the highest ranks possible and get all they could out of their work. There are always students who will be satisfied with just enough rank to get them into college, gained by cheating or otherwise. If they knew that unless they gave the best in them, college would be barred from them, there would be fewer loafers. -Lrzwrence Meader -l'.IDC Cfme Castle of Cwisdom and Knowledge Once upon a time, one hundred and fifty freshmen princes and princesses entered the castle of Wisdom and Knowledge kown as Jordan High School. There, princes and princesses were told that if they labored for four long years they would obtain valuable rewards. At the end of the fourth year

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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

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S JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FGLIO they would be set free with a declaration in the form of a diploma which would proclaim to the world how brilliant they were. For four long years these princes and princesses slaved for their masters, known as teachers, and these masters gave them exceedingly difficult tasks to do and showed no mercy or consideration for the poor princes and princesses, even when they contracted spring fever, that terrible and dreaded disease. At certain times in the course of these four years the princes and princes- ses had to slay an immense amount of dragons. These terrible dragons were called examinations. And strange to relate a few of the princes and prin- cesses were defeated by the examination dragon, but the majority survived. At the end of the fourth year, the princes and princesses obtained the just rewards for which they had labored, wisdom, knowledge and the precious diploma. And so with these strong and wonderful weapons that can never be taken from them, they went forth to conquer all. -Blanche Carbomzcau, '27 -i 0 Keep Cgchool ,Alive Yet win or lose, yoifll ind them game. There is no doubt that the' athletes who represent dear old Jordan High follow out this phrase to a letter. Games have been won and lost, but the Lewiston players have always proved themselves true sports. They have the real jordan High Spirit! Our football team was more than a success, but at times it was hard sled- ding. Injuries and loss of men helped keep our most able Coach French awake many nights. But that team had grit and the true jordan High Spirit. The Basketball season was successful, since for the first time we were Inter-City Champs, due to the determination of the boys and their popular Coach, Mr. Kelley. Baseball, the final athletic activity of the year will soon be a thing of the past. ,Coach French, the managers and the players are doing their utmost to give Jordan High a worthy team. With your stanch support on the side lines, they will have won half the battle. So you are an integral part in each victory. Therefore, at all times keep your school spirit uppermost in your mind. Remember it is your duty as a real student of jordan High School to do so. Back up your teams with cheers and money. lt has been noticeable during the current year that many students are allowing that glorious school spirit to Wane. Come fellow students, let's get together and reassert that old J. H. S. spirit to its fullest extent. -Mary Scott, '27 - G5 P- We qdroacler CZ-Type In the senior class there are two distinct types of girls and boys. The tirst are those viho go through school for the book learning alone. They