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

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THE OUODDY LIPHT E 2 Art nf Seemg Gflpngs There lS noth1ng 1n w,h1ch people dlifer more than 1n the1r powers ot observauon qome are only half ahve to what IS go1ng on about them wh1le others are keenly so the1r 1ntell1gence the1r powers of recognt t1on are 1n full force In eye and ear at all tlmes They see ts well as hear everythmg whether ll concerns them or not They never pass unseen a fam1l1ar face on the Street the1r power of attentxon IS always by natural hab1t and d1spos1t1on The1r percelvmg facult1es may be Sald to be al ways on duty and they turn to the outward world a more h1gh1y sensltlzed m1nd than do other people ln V1S1IlDg new countrxes they nouce the characte 1st1c features of the people and scenery almost 1rrmed1ate lv The1r powers of observatlon suggest the keen s1ght of ammals Where fear sug gests or sharpens one lt IS love and cur1 OS1tY that sharpens the other The mothe1 b1rd w1th her lxrtle ones sees the hawk when It 1S a mere speck agamst the sky Fear makes keen her eye The hunte fa1ls to see the hawk Ulltll h1s attenuon lb called to 1t by son1e fr1ghtened b1ru We may see coarsely and vaguely as most people do or we may see nnallx tak mg ln the llttle Il'll!JgS as xx ellas the large If our powers of observation were qu1ck and sure enough no doubt vue should see through the trtcks of the slelght of hand people They fool us because the1r hands The modern ma11 looks at nature w1tl1 an eye of sympathy and loxe where the earl1ex man looked Wlth n eye of fear and SUDCFSIICIOH To a hasty traveller through the land the farms and country homes eem all al1ke but to the peonle born and brought up there what a dliference Every hor1zon l1ne every curve 1n hxll or valley every tree and nook every 1nd1v1dual and every object has 1ts speual features, and makes 1ts own lmpressmon D A gang ni Sprung EAUTIFUL Qarmg has come agam Slowly and surely she makes her wav Over the meadows w1th sun and ram Makmg each sad heart haDDY and gay The flowers peep from thetr wmtry beds The trees put forth thetr br1ght green leaves The songs 0' b1rds fill the a1r o er our heads All Nature FBJOICES a spell she weaves A, , 'I' I! o ' o I 1 Y I 4 ' ' ' - , ' I I , 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1 Q ' . I , . , v t ' 1 I I n Y A l ' I v 4 i .la '- ' S-3 7 ' . I V, . sl t sl . ' ' 3 ' . X' ' . L. on the alert, not by conscious effort, but are more dexlerous than our eyes. . 1 . a I . 1 1 x- K 4 D x ' , .ff - 1 , V 5 -' ' 1 1 ' . ' Q A 7 l ' . ' 2 E. . . f ' ' : 1 3 . . , L- L s C179

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T I' UUODDX LIL: T elsewhere When this class became num erous enough to make lt a success means for obtan mg a lngher edueatnrn were pro vrded The town saw the need of a larger blllldlllg and has erected ft modern H1gh .School Durnlg the war of the Rebell1on 200 of Iubec s sons volunteered and served 1n the army and navy one for every twelve mhabltants or one for less than every three hable to a poll tax one for every ten between the ages of 18 and 45 Nova as the dark cloud of vxar gathers over our heads we are all ready as our grandfathers were to go at an mstant s call In 1911 the town celebrated rts 100th an n1versary Lubeck Germany from whlch the town was named sent many prctures of then' town to us Let us hope that the terrlble struggle between Germany and the Allles may soon cease and that Lubeck rn Germany may agaln be on frxendly terms wrth Lubec rn Marne J H G Ellyn Qttgxn ni the Q,3unhhg '!Iugl1l In selectrng a name for our paper one mght The staff found rtself rn a terrxble pllght Of names there were many of preference none And that rs how the trouble begun The first was too long the second too short But come to an agreement they could not When the1r argument was qu1te vsorn bare When with addled brain and rumpled harr Havmg sought thru prose havmg sought thru rhyme Exhausted by the straln of the tnne They began to notrce the sound of a horn So dtsmal so dreary so folorn From thlq the1r attentlon was gradually led To the place from which the sound had sped Frnally someone Cextraordrnanly brrghtl Proposed that they name xt The Quoddv Lxght ' And so my readers I have told you the story Of how our paper rn all 1tS glory Has descended to you as It were then born From VISIOHS recalled by the old fog horn A E L 17 C161 Y X V 4 II , A, H . A , . . - .. ' ' -1 A . .- ' . . ., I . - . . ' 7 ' 1 ' 1 - s t A Q I X I . - . Y I A . . . , . 1. . , , wx - I . , ,, . 7 . . . ' a ' 1 . . . a' -lf J A 1 1 I 7 . D 1 - 1 Y ' Q L T n n u o . . . l 1 1 1 -4 . ,, xx V 1 , . . . V I x , Q . . , 1 I 1 - L ! x - ' 1 l ' . mc . , v a n K 1 1 t

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THE QLODD11 LIGHT IIOXX XX ONITX NIXX HELP THEIR LOLNTRX X f1llCSllOl1 11l11ch IS hung 1sl1ed b1 1111111 1111111411 1111 .,1rls 111 o1er XIHCTICI 'lt 1 prese11t UIUC IS H011 c1n I help my coun O1 C0111 sc 11o111e11 cannot go to 11ar 1 4 h 111 ts 111e11 c1n 1et can help 11 111 11 lCll11pS the V111 hrst thought of IS to lmtconu 1 1111150 1nd 1111111ster to tl1e 1111111111111 md ClXl11Q solchers Trul1 tl11s 19 1 noble Lllllll but 1101 111 1von1e11 n1a1 1c11c then homes 11l1ere tl1e1e are 11earl1 1111 11 s cl11ldre11 to be cared for 'Xlotl1e1s 11111 a1d b1 rearmg the1r sons as 11e1lth1 1ct11e 111e11 1nd then by g1V11'1g them to tl1e1r COUIIITX as so man1 have nobly done I 1r1s 11111 Cl courage the1r brothers I'll'lCll1Q thc loved 01165 they 11111 set a11 e111111plc 11 l11c11 others 11111 follo1v Some oi thc qnls 11 ho l1ve 111 tl1e COl1l1II'1 11111 de1ote t11e1r spare t1me to 1 1lS1llg Q1rde11s The most commo11 way IS, I th1nk by p1act1c111q eco11o1111 as vsas stated to tl1e 11o111en all over the U111ted States In Great 111111111 tl1e people have bee11 told to eat s1o11111 for by so domg tl1e1 requ1re less food a11d thus l1elp to save the food supply House11 IX es have bee11 111forn1ed that 11 hen tl1ey 11 aste a b1t of food the1 are wastmg a bullet VVe 1n Amer1ca should proht by th1s adv1ce Lastl1 11on1en a11d g1rls, and 1ndeed cver1bod1 111ay a1d by keepmg the body strong a11d l1ealtl1y so that they may be able to bear 1111 s1cr1f1ce 11l11ch thev may be c1lled 11po11 to make for thelr country A VV, 18 HOW OUR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES PREPARE US FOR BUSINIESS I v1o11der lf any of us ever voluntar1ly stop to tl11nk of wl1at a serlous th1ng our school l1fe 1S of what prlnclples our school ZICIIVIIILS forn1 111 our 1n1nds and how those C187 pr111c1ples 1re apphed to later l1fe hot 1111111 I should Judge Nlost of us take some p1rt Ill tl1e 1ct111t1es of our school b11t XCYX fe11 co11s1der tl1e pI'lTlC1plCS 1n 11ol1ed Yet the fact that pr111c1ples are used 11111105 1t necessary for us to cons1der tl1e111 c1refully and to ask the questlon Do 11 e use tl1e best tl1e most ho11orab1e and the most CCOllO11l1C'I1 pr111c1ples that can pos s1bl1 bc 1ppl1ed? If 11e are not uslng sucl1 pr111c1ples Il1Cl1 1t IS our duty to adopt them for good pI'1l'lCl1D1CS are essentlal ele 111e11ts of 1 successful 13115111655 career School a11d bus1ness careers are closel1 related the former actmg as a prepara 11011 for tl1e 11tter If 11e are honest 1n our ClC'1l11lgS 111tl1 tl1e scl1ool and our school 111ates 11e 11111 be 11onest 1n our bus1ness the POSSCSSIOII of real bus1ness ab1l1t1 11l11cl1 111ust be taken 11110 co11s1der1t1o11 N1 hcn Slflllllg the essentlal qu1l1f1c'1t1o11s of 1 successful 1J11S11'lCSS man but next to tl1e 1111port111t qual1f1at1o11 of bus111ess ablhty comes l1onesty 1vh1cl1 IS nearly as necessary 1s tl1e first It IS t1ue there 1re some dls honest 111611 11l1o acqu1re success 1n 0116 1111. of b1.lSll1CSS or a11other but thelr suc cess ll tl1e1 arc sane me11 and 11uman be ll10S 19 hampered 111 that IHSISICIII l1tt1e VOICL 11l11cl1 11e call co11sc1e11ce In our scnool 1ct1v1t1es 11e usuall1 have o11ly a Ceftalll an1ou11t of t1me 111 whlch to do some spec11l dut1 XVe of necesslty must perform tl1e task 111th1n a g1VCI1 t1me In order to acco111pl1s11 th1s 11e must be s1s ten1at1c a11d economxcal 11111ch t11o cl1arac ter1st1cs of SCl1001 act1v1t1es ma1 be very s1ccesstu1l1 apphed to bus1ness l1fe 'lhere are man1 other pr111c1ples 1n vol1td 111 school l1fe that could be success full1 appl1ed to bus111ess but the most 1mportant ones ha1e been ment1o11ed and 110111 the1r d1scuss1on we see 11o1v school HLIIXIIICS really g1VC us the fundame11tal pr111c1ples on 11 h1cl1 11e may base our busl ness career A E L '17 V 1 A LA' A A, Y 4 . . I . . i T ' 1 1. . j, . . - ' - 1 c jf' 5 . ' Q 2 . tl e ' ,' ' K 1 1 ' V . it 7 K' -K V I 1 o Il'1'f. ' ' - 1 ' 1 ' 1 . 11 1 ' 1 .' . 1 1 . 1 1 I 11111 D' 'a1's. ' ' . 1 . 1 1 ' ' 1 . 1 1. ' 1 ' 1 - f 1 -' l ' 4 'f c I l. 'i .I A 1 ' I z - 1: ' gf, . 1 t 1 T D - - 1: - 1 ' - S' y - 1 , 1 ., . . 1, ,s ' I I 1 . 'E 1 4' . I c l ' l 1 . ' I '. I I Y c T I . K I I ' -' 1 M r 1 ,. ' - 1. Ii' Q z 1 1 ' . ' ' and friends to e11list. Tl1e11 by bravely sac- dcallllgs- T.l1C1'C are many UIIUSS- Such. 35 ' I ' A 1 L' v' - ,S ,. .1 al, 'K 1 ' l 5 1. . I . L . L .1 ' A ' 1 ' I ' l ' 1 ' I . 1 7 L c . 4 C 1 a K 1 1 ' ' . ' . l . K Ir, Y I L 1 1 - ,I i 1 . ' Y I l I Y 1 ,Y 1 l E I . l ' 9 ' -1 Ya 1 ' V . ' l . 'V I . . . - 'I 1 ' 1 I ' I 1 . 1 l 1 ' S J c v I . . . 'C 1' , ' 5 1 ,ly ' 1 7. Y . ' 1 - ' Y ' ' V - , 1 . . . ' O ' 1 7 - ' 7 . . sy 1 - K . n . - 7 ' v - V5 I ' . - I . 'I , a I 1 ' . 4 1 7 , 1 S ' ' v v , ' 9 - , . .