Lubec High School - Quoddy Light Yearbook (Lubec, ME)

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THE QUODDY LIGHT mg as we do what you have done to make It possible There was a t1rne when the only super VISIOD our schools recemved was an annual v1s1t from a member of the school board but now prlncrpally through the efforts of one of the school d1rectors who stxll labors faxthfully wlth us we have an experrenced Supermtendent whose duty lt IS to oversee school work We have also a body to direct that work and lt is the members of that cornmrttee we wfsh to thank for the1r un t1r1ng efforts for their wtse selectron of teachers for the arrangement of the courses of study and for the prudent d1s Teachers We the class of 1916 salute you We feel especially indebted to you for the success of the past school year and extend to you our apprecfatfon and gratl tude at th1s hour Apprec1at1on For your efforts on our behalf gratttude for the harmony that has exfsted We know that you have worked smcerely for our advance ment although we have doubtless many t1mcs tr1ed your patxence to the utmost We wlll ever retatn pleasant memorles of our Semor year rn whlch you have played so promxnent a part To the Undergraduates who have made our school ltfe both pleas nt and profitable 9 - a gifs 335 C9 we extend a cordtal greetmg, On you kmd Parents do we bestow our hea t felt gratltude for havmg enabled us to take the four years course The advantages of a Hrgh School edu cat1on are manxfold Phe frlendshxps formed durmg these years last a lxfettme much practice and self control whrch w1l1 be of unl mlted value as we travel Llfe s pathway are obtained by partlcrpatfng rn school affafrs finally the knowledge we obtain forms the basis of our future occu patrons Among our numbers, those who wfll Jofn the business world wlll 1n tfme where the1r trammg began We who study languages and scrences w11l realfze the mdfspensable advantages of our early educatlon Those who w1Il be professlon als have had the foundatron of general kuowledge and good Enghsh hrmly estab hshed fn the1r rmnds All these thmgs you have made possxble for us and we acknowledge wlth grateful hearts the large part you have played be hind the scene And trustmg that your magnanxmous effotts w1l1 be well rewarded we agafn express our thftnkfulness as we welcome you Carrre Bangs . , ' A . L . r. ' 0 . -1- . . R . t r - ' ' - : L . . . - ' I ' ' I g . 1 . , ' ' , ' - ' ' : '. S Q u 1 ' L ' - Q . pogal of sch0O1 funds. to come, look back with prldc to the place , ' , ' ' . 7 - , C , v 2 n E . . - P I ' ' y . . . C ' a . .Il , - D

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THE OUODDY LIGHT of pnbhc lands b 'added to the Permanent School Fund The first School and Mlll Fund was cre ated rn 1872 At present rt 1s one and a h tlf mulls on cxerv dollar s worth of state property III addmon to one half the taxes on the Savlngs Banks and Trust Compan rcs wrth six per cent mterest Thrs morey rs dxstrrbuted on the basrs of school popu latlon mcludmg all persons from five to twenty one years of age In 1909 the Leg1sl.1ture decrded to levy another tax of one and a half mxlls on a dollar on all state property for the support of common schools Thls 15 drstrlbuted one thlrd accordmg to school population and two thrrds accordrng to valuatlon of mumcrpahtres And 1n order to remove some ofthe more marked 1nequal1t1es Equalxzatlon Fund was desxgned to gtve spec1ala1d to those towns havlng excessxve tax rates for common schools To mcrease the1r etliclen cy such schools are rnspected by the author 1ty of the State Superlntendent and the1r condltlon 1S reported to the governor and hrs council PYOVISIOHS are then made for better teachers longer terms and the nec essary school supphes The law states that educatlon must be dxffused and as we see th1s enforced we find schools everywhere from the cxty where every advantage rs offered to the lrttle mountaln d1str1ct where many obsta cles bar the pathway Also wxth the ad vance of years we see the ' l1ttle red school houses fast dlsappearmg and 1n their places ar1s1ng modern, sanltary buxldmgs Even as the government of the state sees the necesslty for educatron so the towns recognlze its reed Lubec has kept pace wlth educatlonal advan ement Lookmg back to our first school house establrshed at North Lubec and comparmg It w1th our present number of fourteen we can easily see that we are hvmg rn an age of progress Consxder the dlgh School What a gold en opportunity for a town of thirty five hundred mhabrtants to have such a buxld mg Certainly such a proposltlon costs but no really good thing IS gamed wlthout some sacrlfice And year by year as a class rs graduated from rt 1t IS only proper that 1ts members grve a publlc testxmonlal of the1r appreclatxon to the people who have taxed themselves that the chlldren might have an education It 15 very fittmg that you have an oppor tumty of mspectmg the frults of your efforts And so fellow cltlzens me the class of 1916 would welcome you to these our graduation CXBTCISES Welcome you because of the support and encouragement you have given us because of the lnterest you have outwardly manrtested because ofthe new Hrgh School buxldmg whlch your generoslty has provided Few ln deed are the towns the s1ze of Lubec that are gxven such an advantage Wlth all 1ts modern equlpment L H S compares favorably wrth any hrgh school nn the state For these and many other favors we thank you Mr Superintendent and Members of the bchoolCornm1ttee It IS w1th pleasure that we greet you on thls occaslon real ff. . I2 Nil 4 . . Y n . , - - A . . . . ' ' A ,' I K 51 l . .1 - ' I X' A . 1 , p ' 9 xx' - g I ' . . . . . v. . . . . . , - - . .I . - . - . . .. ' n - . . . . . . .. . . . . . , . , l - 1 - - . . . 4. . . .. nc . . , , , an . - nr ' ' ,- . . . . V N, - 1 . , , . , , 5' - A4 I . . . I . . .. U Y n . ' , Q - . . . . Y I ' C U . . . - n . . , I 1 1 . Y A n l ' I J l 7 Q 7 V 0 - . In H . . . . . . ' 1 ' - .. . . . ' . . f

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THF QUODDX LIGHT BL XLFBUP-l fbEpS.Jf3L1 PL:-W-LGBLQYBL f5Q':3-Lpf3l93l..vf3k'P-l Xi fthe Hath Cross Snrwtg Qt K'R'Rf,hi!11',WiTY5KJ1QJKJ1QJK9K'DQJ'R9KJ To mcct dutxcs that war or d1saster brmg upon 1 natlon wnh any degree of success unlted .lctxon lb of course necessary A httlt mo e than swtv years ago the cry Arc there no dcvrted women among us 'lble and wlllmg to go forth to mlmster to the slclc and uffermg soldxers of the E st? Arc none of the daughters of England at thls supreme hour of need ready for such a work of mercy? came from Eastern Crnnea What had happened? Great Brlt un and France had unxtedm 1854 to a1d 'lurlcey agamst Russxa The forty years deadened the memorres of the horrors of war The natlon Great Brltam acclalmed wlth Joy the v1ctory of Alma but upon the heels of vlctory came reports of the un cared for s1ck an d wounded men When thxs sapreme appeal of her lxfe her country s call for help came Florence Nlghtlngale responded Xvlth her went to Crxmea th1rtye1ght nurses called by Punch The Nxghtlngales but by Kmg lake The Angel Band' Great as were Florence Nxghtugale s personal labors to relxeve sutferlng human 1ty greater stxll were her 1nsp1rat1ons to her fr1ends Henrl Dunant of F ench Swxss descent was destmed to follow in her footsteps Asatou 1st Dunant wxt nessed one ot the greatest and most terr1 ble battles of history Forty thousand k1lled and wounded was the deadly harvest of Solferlno The medlcal servlce of the armles was not then protected by law C102 After much cons1derat1on and thought Duna t asked the world 1n general Would lt not be posslble to found and or ganlze m all C1Vll1Z6d countries perrna nent soc1et1es of volunteers whlch 1n tlme of war would g1ve ard to the wounded w1th out d1st1nct1on of nat1onal1ty 7' In 1864 a conventlon was held m Geneva Swxtzerland to consxder the ques'1on of volunteer ald for the medzcal servxce of ar mles 1n tlme of war 'l he treaty whrch was adopted lS generally called the Geneva Treaty but sometlmes the Red Cross the bvuss flag v 1th xts colors reversed a red cross on a wh1te ground was adopted as the world wxde badge of humamty and neutral1ty The organxzatxon of any soc1ety IS a dry subject but wlthout a l1ttle knowledge of 1ts constructlon and methods there cannot be a clear understand1ng of the Red Cross SOC18tY In the first place lt IS not a pr1 vate assoc1at1on created by certa1n persons but lt 15 an officlal volunteer and depart ment The Central comm1ttee forms a sort of cab1net Under thxs body are three 1mportant boards namely the War Nat ronal and Internatlonal Relref Boards to each of wh1ch have been asslgned speclal dutles Under these boards there are var 1ous sub commxttees the medxcal bureau the first ard department the nurslng ser v1ce and the Chrlstmas seal Bes1des these state boards there are local organl zatlons whlch are called chapters each in G J J 5 Y' ' . J , Au 1 , 0 'NM 715 7 . x V 1 U , , r- P P F 1 1 ' ' ' , . , I: ' 1 . . , u . . ' 3 Y' ' l. y 1 ' X I . . . . . Q, , , . . . . . ,, X gg . . 1 x , ,, , . . . - ' ' - . . . ' X . X I ' ' A ' 1 which hfid P35565 SiHCC Waterloo, had Treaty. 'As acompliment to Switzerland Y. 'nY. - 3 I ' 1 C 1 . , r . I . 1 l 4 y , , 7 , Y I . T ' ' 4 . , 1 . 1 I I :- La . . ,, . , , i . . Y . ca , , y I . . . . - . . Q , , V Q l I 3 1 1 ' l' D : - 1 In T. . - , . . , , - - . - . ' . y 0 Y . , . ' , . . ,, , I' ' n