Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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10 JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO Should the .fewiston jirferchants Advertise in OG. gil Qtcblications When a Lewiston High School student goes around to the stores so- liciting advertisements, the majority of the merchants refuse even to listen to his cause either by saying that they do not advertise at all or that they are too busy. Many of them, however, being more frank than the rest, say what they really think of the idea. 'tAn ad in the Folio or Booster, they say, 'twill not help our business at all, and once we advertise in one, we must do so in every paper published in the two cities. This, however, is not true, for both the 'fBooster and the Folio', are read by more than seven hundred students who appreciate a thing done for them and are always eager to reward the doer. Seven hundred young men and young women purchase their goods from Lewiston merchants, all of them patronizing their advertisers, if possible. A merchant must not necessarily advertise in every paper because he advertises in Lewiston High School, a school which has made a man of him and is destined to educate his children and grand children in the best method possible, a school which, with its great accomplishments in sports and literary field, has made him feel proud of his home town and its people. How many times has Lewiston been praised for its football, baseball, and basketball players? How many people leave their cities to come to see Lewiston play, especially during the football season? Do not these people spend enough money in our stores to convince our merchants that advertising in L. H. S. publications helps their business and at the same time encourages the Lewiston people in their prize-winning pub- . -P. Frzmgedakis, '27 - 0O - Funny-this world! Hard to understand-this life! Of course, we shall admit that there is no real joy without sorrow-no real happiness with- out sadness-that it is only human to laugh sometimes and laugh at other times. Still, at some time or other we just sit and think and wonder why this world is so, so hard to understand. Almost always when we're just bubbling with joy and are happy, we think of this world as one of kindness. We say, '1lt's just wonderful to be alive! ll We're so glad and merry, and troubles are miles and miles away. Worry is too far away to give any thought, and the blues-well, they just know they are not wanted, and, therefore, do not bother us. Then there are times when things are vice versa. People laugh at us-ridicule uwtalk behind our backs-they just don't seem to understand us!!! It is then that we wonder why we should live in this world-a world that is so wicked, so cruel, so heartless, so misunderstanding! Time passes on. We forget our troubles. Time heals our little wounds, it always does. Once again we're bubbling with joy and are happy, and we think of this world only as one of kindness. What if it were all kindness? and we had to share no sorrows? and there would be no such thing as a heart- ache? Would that be life? Would life be worth living? Would life be so 'nterestingi' Would IT??? - -A. M. N., 'z7. i I

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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

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JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO 11 'Zffife is a .93firro'r,' XVe have often heard the axiom, Life is a Mirror, but how many of us have stopped to consider what it means. How many, having stopped and considered, have made their lives a bright and sparkling mirror, and how many a black and dull mirror? Take a mirror and hold before it a golden ball, or any other bright object, and the relleetion will be bright and sparkling. But take some- thing black or -dark-colored and hold it before the same mirror and the reflection will be dull and dreary. This is the same with life. For the deeds we do, we shall receive back the same as we give. ll' we do good work, the rellection on our 'lives will be golden, but if we do the contrary, the reflection will be dull and black. The world will give us credit for our good deeds, but not for our poor or had ones. ,Ns the old saying goes, As a man soweth, so shall he reap. -Nellie S. Wright, '27 51lxiiF'M'-Ziimel qlonit We a gfuman Qlotter Some people are regular blotters. They soak up any information that comes their way, but they never use it to any advantage. Sonic people in school absorb a new subject in very short order, but they never use the newly acquired knowledge to an advantage. They are like blotters which absorb ink butnever give up any of it. lklhen they have absorbed their capacity, they are thrown away. A person that can use his knowledge, even though it is only a little, is much better olli than one who has a great deal of learning, but does not apply it to any situation. Knowledge is of no use unless it can be used. Don't be a blotter! -A. Sirois, '27. CS'ee-rites'-S' cschool qlalys The school days spent at jordan High have been my happiest since our kindergarten era. It hardly seems possible that four years have already elapsed, but yesterday, we entered within the Walls of this loved building. Now, here we are already to leave and go forth into the world to do our best. Some will continue their studies, while others less fortunate or less ambitious will go to work. Let us hope they will remember good Old Jordan High and never do anything to bring it disgrace. Let us remember our t'Alma Mater and always stand by it. It is with sorrow that we are forced to say good-bye to our teachers who for four years were our guides, and whose kindness helped us to attain knowl- edge. Here's to the days spent in good old jordan High. May We all always remember her and look back unto her as our Alma Materv with longing and love. -Beatrice Freclzette, '27