Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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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

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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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JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO 9 regard it a place that is dull and uninteresting, and they are usually glad to leave it when the end of their Senior comes. To them, school life means a dry, six-period a day affair of hard lessons and rt-citations, deep books and leaky fountain pens. When they leave the City Hall on the afternoon of their graduation, they carry away a diploma in their hands and a knowledge of the Studies in their heads, and that IS all. 'l his is one type of the high school girl or boy, this kind usually known as the grind. 'l he other kind is the girl or boy who can see something in school life in addition to learning, the kind that goes in for social life as well as for the intellectual. These last are to be tound at the football, baseball and basket- ball. games, as well as supporting their school paper, and attending the plays and other entertainments given by the different school organizations. Un- fortunately, this latter type is .in the minority, but, luckily, they usually have enough School Spirit to keep the school activities running smoothly. When these girls and boys leave the school, they take with them, in addition, the lasting friendship of a host of fellow students, numberless pleasant memories of the good old times of their high school days, and a knowledge from experience of the happiness that social and good fellowship can give them. The idea that a student cannot be a good scholar and enjoy life at the same time is as old fashioned as a book-strap. For a proof, take the girl or boy of your own class whom you consider to be the most clever. ls not he or she active in at least ,one school organiza- tion? You will hnd this quite true, I am sure. You! Which type of girl or boy are you? A Show us to what class you belong by your interest in the school activities mentioned. Then, when your time comes to graduate, you may have your life in Jordan High School to remember not as a dull, grinding time, but as four of the happiest years of your life. -Mae O'Brie11, i27 Clfmr 9Vext Step Many of us are now thinking of our vocation in life. Some have had their future all planned out for them in advance, but those who had to do their own thinking are better equipped for future work, for if they have suc- ceeded in school, so they shall succed in their next step. A few of us are to go to college, business or training school, but the majority have had all the schooling they will ever have. Let us then consider most carefully what this next step will be, for it is the most important in our lives Our whole future perhaps will depend upon it. The most important and progressive business men of today consider a new deal very carefully and painstakingly before deciding. Let us follow the examples set for us 'and our efforts, if earnest, will not be in vain. Let us not think that because our high school career has ended, we have nothing more to do. This early training has prepared us for the real work in life and the most important-that of deciding what our next step will be. - -Elizabetlz Coadyg '27