Limington Academy - Sokokis Warrior Yearbook (Limington, ME)

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These are only a few of the pros and cons that will be voiced by those interested in the situation. Every citizen should be interested, and should consider for himself all of Ein arguments on both sides of the question. We do not know what the solution should be, but we do know that the present situation is not in keeping with Linington's reputation as a progressive community, and that no improvement is to be 4 expected until the pros and cons are thoroughly weighed by the parents in particular, and the voters in oeneral, in accordance with all good democratic governmeng. There is an old saying that nwhere there's a will, thcre'e a way.n How about developing the will to find a way ? , Improving Our Gymnasium It is obvious that wc, the students of Limlngton Academy, have the best gymnasium in the Central York County League. And since cure is the smallest school in the league, we are justly proud of our building. However, there are some improve ments which, if made, would add greatly to its usefulness. To begin with, our basketball court is not the standard size. It would be a great advantage to us if our gym were longer ond wider. During the past season, our boys' team had the privilege of playing ln such gyms as Standish, Kennebunk, and Gorham. We found that we were considerably handicapped from not having had enough experience on a large floor, but enjoyed playing the game on auch a court much better than on our own. A large court not only inspires the players, but also makes a better game for our fans. A second, and perhaps the most necessary improvement for our gymnasium is the installation of shower bathe and flush toilets. All modern gymnaeiums are equipped with both. The showers are not only an aid to the personal cleanliness of the players, but are almost essential for their health. After practice and games, if the players can taper off their overheated condition with a shower and rub-down, they are not nearly so likely to take colds. Our preeeut toilet system is far from satisfactory. If shower baths were installed, it should be a simple matter to provide for flush toilets. Running water and a sewage disposal system are both available at very short distances from the gymnasium. It would seem that the proper procedure might he to install the furnace and perhaps the showers, toilets, and dressing rooms in the base- ment. This would allow for the maximum playing surface on the floor above. All of these improvements perhaps seen impossible at the present time, just as the idea of building our present 6

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K LOUSILMQQU pXmPndmm1I 1 , mom CEDQNSS 3lQ icqgf 3 mqlfg 7yUf5770!! N ,' 1 - GUnd Qc fri cvdof Qing -I.. WEVKEQS H xx ,llxs-: s - I-. ,1::::.-1.. What will They Do? at the annual town meeting in Merch it was voted that a committee of four citizens should assist the school committee in arriving at a solution to the school problem in Linington, and that this com ittee should report its recommendations to the next annual town meeting. what will their recommendations be ? The old story of consolidation is bound to come in for its share of praise and abuse during the process of committee investigation. Those for consolidation in some form - complete or modified - will argue : Our present schools are unsightly, in poor repair, badly located, and ill equlnped....Thoy are poorly lighted, hard to heat, and not ventilated at al1..... Teaching conditions in these eight-grade schools, never favor- able, are well-nigh intolerable in some localities, where overcrowded.... The cost of operation and maintenance of these small buildings is all out of proportion to the educa- tion value forthcoming from this type of echool....Fewer teachers would be needed in a centralized school, and each teacher would handle only two grades. ---- Those oomoscd to consolidation will say : New building costs are prohl5IEIvo.... The old buildings can be put in proper repair at a moderate cost.... Transportation costs for a centralized school in Limlngton would be enormous....Roads would be impassable for part of tho year....Parents do not want their children, especially the little ones, transported... There would be no educational advantage ln a consolidated systom.---- 5

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sqm tug. can the day as town seemed impossible ten years ago. Hevertheless, no nood a er and a better fyunasium. Some of the work of remodelling 'be done by the Academy boys as a shop project. And with aid of our alumni and friends, no are confident that,some in the not too distant future we may have such a building we new contemplate. The Baseball Diamond qhy don't we get so-e hole from some of our interested speeple, and fix un our baseball diamond? The infield needs to be surfaced, the outfield needs to be smoothed out, and in t pose Goth in a a new backstop should be put up. The job ought to be done he falls -The use of the Library- Semc students make use of tho library for the sole our- of enjoymentg others use it to increase their information. reasons are worthy ones. The library can be employed number of ways as n decided asset to all. The material in our school library is varied. It ranges from encyclopedlas and atlases to magazines and pamphlets. Often the current issues on the reading table contain informa- tion better suited to our needs for the moment than that from text books. All can benefit fron the daily use of the dictionary. There are also books of bioyraohy, travel, sole of i nee, and current flctlcn from which to obtain all sorts nformatlon about places and people. To be sure, some pupils, by nature, enjoy reading more than others. Nevertheless, everyone een, by cultivating the habit of reading, develoo an interest in it and finally an enjoyment. All of us, as students, oufht to refund the use of the library as a source of pleasure rather than me a task. Vest every cewnunity of to-day has a public library. It has been proved, statistically, that weoole, who live in communities which do not have public libraries are not as well educated or informed, ns those in communities that do h9.VO a library. Since ue have this worth while oneortnnity in our own school, let us nate the oroner use of lt.