Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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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

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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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12 JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO .My .f7JZotto Perhaps you will ask yourself why I chose such a motto as: Do the best you can, and don't worry. If I did choose it, it is because it is really my motto. When I was a freshman in High School, I was doing just as I pleased: if I did not feel like doing my work, I did not do it. I did not care what I was doing, or what rank I was getting. As a sophomore, I changed my course, I wanted to get better ranks, and do better work, but it is difficult to do some good work when you are not used to it. In the first weeks of school, I had many new subjects, such as Latin, algebra and geometry, which are not easy subjects. In the beginning I could not understand them at all, but one day I came into the geometry class and on the wall there was a pasteboard on which was written: ADO the best you can, and don't worry. Accordingly, I said to myself, 'fI'll try that out and see if it it true. ' That same day I came home and began to study my geometry, as soon as I had opened my book and tried to think over a proposition, it came like a Hash: I could understand my geometry lesson for the next day. I tried it with my other subjects and it workedg furthermore, it has worked ever since. Every time l have done my best, I did not worry. This does not apply only to school work, but to all kinds of workg because I have tested it in school work is no reason why it should not work elsewhere. So, a bit advice from one who knows: Do the best you can, and I assure you that you will not worry. -Lauriamm A. Boucher ffeeffefiffs-'QG1 To-day, we of the class of '27, Jordan High School, have reached a goal in our lives, a small one so to speak, but to us it means a great deal, for many of our high school educations have been made possible only by sacrificing parents. We stand in a great terminal, with tracks running out in every direction leading us to our world's work. The track that we take depends upon our qualifications to play this great game of life. Some of us will go on to higher institutions of learning, while others will plunge at once into the maelstrom of the world's affairs. Whichever course we take the way will not be easy, for now we will begin to realize that life is a struggle for supremacy, and may the best man win. In order to achieve success we must put our whole heart into the work, and be satisfied with nothing but our best, for what we get out of life depends largely upon what we put into it. Life is a proposition that only perseverance can conquer. We have met together for the last time. Jordan High days are now but memories, but what memories they are: thoughts that we will always want to remember with the knowledge that they were some of the sweetest of our lives. So, wherever we go, Whatever the future may hold in store for us, let us not forget the 'old' school, but think of it with reverence and say deep down in our hearts, f'Long live Jordan High-the best school on earth. LF?'lHZklil'Z Lrzrml11'c, '27