Lewiston High School - Folio Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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12 JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO W How TO WRITE AN ENGLISH THEME Pick up a magazine, turn to the advertising, and ten to one you'll find How to write stories. Twelve lessons. Positively guaranteedf' l have a method-not positively guaranteed you understand-never-thu less original. The first requisite is a sturdy lead pencil minus an eraser. Inspira- tion always seem to come fas'ter when I am chewing away at a lead pencil. One without an eraser is best in case the idea that presents it- self is as brilliant or so positively absurd that one might become excited enough to forget onels self and accidentally swallow the eraser. fvext tind a comfortable rocking chair. l find that if after writing a sentence, I nearly tumble unto the floor from rocking so vigorously it lxelps me think up something else to write. lt is absolutely necessary to imitate faithfully a contortionist when sitting, if such a position may come under sitting, in the chair. If a thought comes to you and you're twisted into a hundred dfferent posi- tions, there is no chance for the thought to run away. Now for the first lesson-chew end of pencil into splinters, write down one word, then rock industriously. .Xfter fifteen minutes of this you may read your work and then it's perfectly permissible to tear it up for fuel for your stove. I warned you, however, that this method was not guaranteed. lt is just another way of making the ,enjoyable work of writing English themes so much the harder. R080 0'B leW- 6511-.,J'l:dNm:f'D UUR DRUM CORPS About a year and a half ago the idea of a Drum-Corps was brought into jordan High. It aroused much enthusiasm among a number of boys. These boys were equipped with pads and drum sticks and every Friday night from seven until nine they practiced and drilled- The fol- lowing spring they were ready for their hrst parade. lt was at a base- ball game and their snappy appearance on the street made a very favorable impression with all who saw them. .Xt the May Festival held that year the Drum-Corps again made it- self famous. The following fall they played for all the Foot-Hall games. Their good work gave them the opportunity to go to South Portland with the team. This aroused more enthusiasm among the boys and as a result more turned out for the Corps. As many of the boys were Seniors and would be graduating the next spring, l.ew Barrett decided it would be wise to train some of the Grammar School boys who would be able to Fill in the vacant places. May 12, 1928, the Corps went to XVaterville to attend a Meet of Bands and Orchestras of the High Schools of the State. As there was no competition for them, they only received honorable mention and a good applause. Much credit should be given to the very able coach, Lew .Barrett All in all, Jordan High should be proud of this organization and back it tothe limit. Garland O. Lewis.

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JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO 11 A FREE COURSE You who are today stepping into our shoes as Seniors, may won- der and ask yourselves what next year has in reserve for you. Of course you will have your lessons, tand let me say here that it is very important that you should start right in doing your best and never let upj, but what do you intend to do towards your school outside of your lessons? lf you are an athlete you will of course do your best on one team or the other, but if athletics does not appeal to you, or, if you are not big enough to compete with the athletes, why don't you try actual busi- ness work? Apply for a position on the Booster staiif, especially in the business department. The work required is not hard and yet it is agreeable. You are sent out to solicit advertisements for your school paper, which is already well known. The business men know the goal that you are aiming at, and they are always ready to meet you halfway. Imagine you, yet in school, transacting business with men that have long established business? It is a great pleasure to you and a great help to your school paper. Sign up in the fall and secure for your- self a free business course, which will prepare you for the undertakings that you will eventually follow when you leave the doors of dear old jordan High. -A. Anctil. GS1::JbdNlT THE END OF A PERFECT DAY Did you ever stop to think before going to rest at night of all the work you have accomplished during the day? If not, why not do it in the future. Think of all the good achievements you have done from morning until night. Think if you have wasted precious moments which you might have used for some good intentions. .-Xre there any souls, old or young, which you are sure you have made happy and light? lf so, you can say to yourself, T have done my work right, and so this is the end of a perfect day. - -Armande Dumont. 6'iaJlselHgf'T For the past four years our class has fought on the football Held, and on the basketball floor. Our class has been represented on the De- bating Teams, in Operettas and this year in the Senior Play. ln these different activities we have shown our ability to a marked degree. However, the time is now at hand for each of us to prove his real worth to the world. Each of us is faced with a great problem, which only we ourselves can solve. XVe are about to play the game of Life and, above all, we must play the game fairly. -Ashley M. Ferguson

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JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FOLIO 13 THE ADVANCED SCIENCE CLUB One of the most entertaining, instructive, and at the same time. unique clubs in jordan High is the A. S. C. It is unique in that it has no officers and no parliamentary form of conduct. Club- meetings are held at intervals of about two weeks, and a1'e devoted to lectures and talks by the members, this year numbering five seniors and six juniors, besides Mr. M ahan, science instructor. .Xmong the subjects taken up this year are: submarine navigation: aerial navigation, speed boats, photography, cathode and X-rays, which were demonstrated, demonstration of the .lioucault pendulum, a device for making visible the rotation of the earth: preparation of Phosf phine, a highly poisonous and spontaneously explosive gasg toxicology: radio, and so forth. The elub has also witnessed a number of moving pictures of scientific processes. This association furnishes a great deal of interesting and helpful scientific knowledge to its members, who are free to carry out any physical and chemical experiments on subjects in which they are in- terested. In the course of the year a large amount of scientific informa- tion on various topics is acquired. The senior members of the club are: Marcel lf. lflleureux - 'I'iji- nitrotoluolug .Xshley M. FCl'g'11SOI1--HCYIISSUSUI Garland C. l.ewis-W Ciar- lic g Richard Parker-A- Dickl'g George H. Pottlef- Major, di9'T X A HVIGH SCHOOL GIRL APYPER A DANCE Despair flashed from her eyes. Her hair was in Wild disorder. ller face was flushed and distorted. She Was in a terrible dilemma. Sha looked like a dreadfully injured and desperate girl. XYith anger and indignation reaching to a dreadful height, she could stand it no longer. Mereiless one-cruel one---I have stood it long enough. l was proud of you, of your beautyf-your grace-proud of my possession of you-proud of the envy of my friends--I glorified in the enemies I made through my possession. Ah, but you are smalls-small! Ilow l' have been deceived! You have ruined my standing in society 'ftorturcd me until I screamed in the agony of my soul, and still I loved you! Yes, loved you through it all. Hut now- saha! Yes, now-Y will I end it all! I cast you from me forever ! I .Nnd with that she ripped off her right shoe and flung it into the lire. The agony was over and the tragedy ended! -Eflmz M. Ilelmx. No wonder those Seniors a1'e all smiling. 'l'hey're going lu graduatef' That is what I heard the other day. XYell, why shouldn't they be smiling? I questioned myself. The more I thought about it. the sadder I became. Oh, yes, itlis hard to leave one's school. Is it easy to leave our friends, some of whom We may never meet again?