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

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THE QLO D DY LIGHT Let us LOllSld9I' education as a benetit to the lllfllXltlll tl and the demand for It Statistics shop us that the bow who has completed the high school 6011150 is lble to surpass ln vsages it the age of nineteen 36313 the boy who has left the high school earher Naturally this en ibles the educated man to draw a larger sal an during his life The unschooled man of todas can expect nothing but hard manual labor dex oid of many comforts vshlch the earnmgs or the tramed man would have enabled h1m to enjoy Millions are not so easllv made as they were 1n olden days when the mlnerals toxests and lands ot the country were practl cillx free Our nation is being developed and such chances of fortune are rapldls dlsappear ing Instead of pioneers and courageous ad minds and tralned thinkers If the cltlzens FGCGIVG a personal gain through education as a result the whole country must leap some advantage Have you evei ll0l1CGfl the difference in a nation that has a poor educational system and the land where education lS a prominent feature? As an ex xmple let us take Mexlco and the United States the former rich in mmerals and land vet vnth a gxeat lack of school and the latter uheie we tind the larger ploportion of the people educated Hovs do the comforts free dom and gos ernment of Mexico compare with ours No parallel conditions can be found ou1 countiy excels in all points So 1t IS the polld oxer that wherever educatlon abounds prosperity IS sure to accompany xt Educated people demand the best 1n l1fe Manufacturers obeving the voice ot the publlc are forced to put forth the best articles merchants must sell the best goods industry on every hand is incrersed while the natural wealth of the iountrs IS des eloped Thus eweryone vnll agree that prosperlty is an important result of schoollng yet educatlon stands supreme as a protector of civtllzatlon and democracy This recent war was fought for democracy and our nation is a democracy Xihat IS this form of government It is a country ruled bv the vull of the people If that be true IH order to have a wise and lntelllgent gowelnment the laws must be made bv and the oiicexs chosen from such a people How can uneducated people be expected to make Jud1c1ous regulat1ons Bad laws and poor leaders soon bring a nation 1nto a corrupt gov ernment which cannot long endure If intelli gent people are demanded for the existence of '1 d9I1 lOCl8lY thev must recelve an education The school lmulldlng in the United States must tectlon For what enemv can cause more in Jury to our democracy than an 1gnorant elec torate All great statesmen have recognlzed the fact that The safety of our government depends upon the lntelllgence of its people ClllZ6IlS of Lubec If educatlon not only brings personal benefits but prosperity to our nation and protection to our country IS It not the duty of all of the people to glve the1r aid to the upbulldmg of the educatlonal svstem Let us make this a patriotic service' In thls period of reconstruction the 9mC19IlCV of our government IS belng tested as never before Let us keep alne the flame of democracy that has been handed down to us from our fore fathers' Let us perpetuate the name of our countrv forever and 1n so dolng let us do our palt to safeguard the democracv of the United Qtatcs by the education of its people' Acxrs H NIQBRIIIF 6121 ' .- : '. 1 ' ' , ' , J. ' ' . . I 4 . , ' 1 iv . 3 v . C vy ' ' l L bv X s ' v Q v h , 1 , ' , ' ' . . , . . Y ,, . . ,, . . . . . 4. 4 . , , V 71 U, i . . . . .' , ' ' ' j ' - . ' , ' . ' . venturers, the world is demanding intelligent he considered important, as a means of pro- - , , . K' Y . . . . . . . ,, ' r Y . . , - K ' 1 . . . l 1 . ' ' ' Z A . . . ' ' Y I - . 1 . - - : . ' V , , Y . 1 ' ' , , , . 7 . Y , , . . , Q , W Q . ' Y sf L Li -V ' . . , ' a -ff . qi Y . ' . . . . .

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THE QUODDX LIFHT Salutatnrg Tonight we have reached the goal and ob tamed the reward toward which we have been striving for the past four years When as Freshmen we placed thls lncentlve before us the outcome seemed very far aw ay and the rec ompense only an uncertalnty that mlght he at tamed 1n the future However the years have slipped by and now behlnd us lay the work study and dlsappolntments of that time whlle before us IS the DTIZB and the waiting oppor tumtles of the World Thls high school edu cation IS worth our toil For does not a success achleved through your own sacrifices and en deavors mean more to you than that which is to be had wlthout a struggle So it is wlth us and some day We shall realize the lntrinsic value of this education Along wlth the learnlng we have reaped other benefits Experlence 1S one of the best of teachers and gradually we have become bet ter fitted to take up the duties which awalt us 1n life And what could be a dearer result of the four years than the frlendshlps which have been made here and WhlCh seems to increase our loyalty to Lubec we have taken part pleasures Together school career one of Jovments wh1ch will Hlgh School As friends in our da1ly studles and we have made our hlgh happiness and full of en always be endeared in the memory of every one of us Supermtendent and School Board Another vear has passed by and tonlht another class stands before you the largest class that has ever graduated from the Lubec High School Vte the 'nembers of the class of nineteen hun dred twenty WlSh to express our thanks and gratitude for your kind ald and guidance to oul class also for vour lnterest which has been present 1n all effol ts to maintain the hlgh standard which has been given to this school 'xl e desire this evenlng to be one of pleasure and as our class extends 1tS first welcome to vou we want you to feel that our greeting comes straight from our hearts To our teachers with whom our acquaintance has been but for a year we w1sh to thank vou for the good will and hearty cooperation which has existed As a class we are indebted for the wax in which you have set aslde misunder standlngs helped us over dlfflcultles and through your 1nstruct1ons led us to the re- ward Tonlght the class of mneteen hundred fll tvsentv gives you a heartfelt welcome to the crowning event of their Senior year Lndergraduates Welcome' You who have shared vuth us the pleasures of the Hlgh School life we greet you as dear comrades To our frlends who have always taken a great interest ln the class affairs and have gn en us vour assistance in every way posslble we extend a most C0l'fl1al greeting to you Dear parents The class of nineteen hundred tuentv bids you a welcome to the graduating everclses Yet as we do so we are mindful that lt is only through your sacrlfices of tlme and pleasures that we have enjoved the privi lege of an education You must know that we shall ever be lndebted to you and that it IS with deep gratitude that we welcome you here onlght Pecause people are beglnnmg to understand more and more the advantage of an education and because our class will soon test the value of our high school course I have chosen for my subJect The Need of Education Circumstances in this world are forever cnanglng Things which we imagme to be al most lmposslble take place and we are found plepaied or unfit to meet the demands Nev crtheless we sometimes pay a costly pr1ce be tore w reallze our mlstakes or awaken to some need It has taken the European War to arouse the people of the Umted States to some conditions wh1ch should be changed We have ever been a wide awake natlon this war has revealed the facts and surely we will SBIZS the golden opportunxtles at hand to make our countrv a better place to llve ln It IS useless for me to enumerate all the truths that the recent struggle has brought forth yet one of the most astonlshlng facts emphasizes the lack of education in our land By means of the examinatlons which we car rled on to test men for mllltary servlce lt was dlscow ered that probably twenty million people ln the Unlted States over ten years of age can not read a newspaper or Wrlte a business letter Average that up with our total pop ulatlon' You will find about one person in every five IS woefully ignorant Can we expect our nation to progress under th1s hand1cap It is the task of our country to overcome this cond1t1on for educat1on is a necessity of good government 7 Y 1 - . i '. ,gh ,- . V 'Q ' V . . -i ,U . . . 5 , , , 5 . . . - . , Y ., , ll ', - - . . . . 4 . - . , y , . . - - . . - , v . . A ' ' Q J, L y 'I ' . . . . i i Y , . . . , l - tt . H Q a 1 5- 1 . . , v .I , I . . . Y. . U - . - , V ' ' . A . . . V , 5 . - 2 ' L .. . V , 2 , . - , ' - 'J ' , . -: ' 3 , . ' 3 5 . ' H . . . . I 'sv . 3 . ' . . . : - ' n Q 1 . . . i , I 'I 1 1 I , . . . , A ' ' . l ' ' . s i 4 ' n , ' l Q n l 1 . . W . 1 l v . ' ' 1 , , . . ,

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THE Qtooov LIFHT Ahhrvss nn Class Hlnttn Ad astra per aspera To the stars through bolts and bars IS the motto chosen by the class of 1920 It may seem a rather hlgh sound mg phrase to the casual llstener but lts mean mg after all IS very slmple- Upward through Dlfflcultles And is not all true success ex plained 1n thls way To the man or woman w ho has the rlght and falr desire to amount to omethxng mn the world there must go hand 1n hand w1th thls Deslre '1 grlm Determmation to push on to the goal however rllstant lt may appear Fmerson says Hltch your Wagon to a star ffeneratlons have proved the value of thus aduee and lt st1ll IHSDIPQQ thousands of todaw We 'ne living ln an age of 'nanv problems struct our nathwavs Many of the weaker ones unable to overcome the dlmClllfl9Q that beset them lolter and fall by the wavslde They are heard of no more They have lived for nothlng l do not mean to say that they were not good people but IH the age 1n which we are llvlne 1t IS not enough that we are good we must be good for somethmg Many are the thou sands that have been good for somethlng Pravelv and cheerfully they stood the test untll they stood on firm ground 'md had fruits to show for their labors To whlch of these groups shall we belong? Shall we be weaklmgs or conquerorso It 'rl depends upon our equipment Pertalnly we should not start out upon the 1o1rnev of llfe unless Determlnatlon be part ot' our equipment It ls the great master of many d1fl'lr-ultmes lf we have '1 good degree of resolutmn mlstakes rebukes harsh judgments 'md ev en Y'ldlPlll9 would only serve as spurs to ha ten us on What of Robert Fulton Whose determlnatlon shone as a star guxding his whole 11fe That man who held with steadfast ness to hls ldeas and Hnallv turned the rldi rule of has fmends mto cheers and applause as C 13 h1S lxttle craft the 'lermont plowed 1ts way waters of the Hudson and at last cltv of Albany The first steam age And what shall we say of Columbus the great C'enoese I ewervthlng that he undertook was not deter mxnstxon the supreme power IH hls hte Fven when a chlld dld he not have a distinct goal w hleh w as to attaln to something that lay very near hls heart to prove to a benlghted people that the world was round Surely he would have tottered and fallen under the burden and maxhan we would not be standlng on the free sml of Amerxca tonight had not the fortltude of Polumbus been 'ls '1 mountain of strength ln the words of the poet he learned to labor thlough the reached the boat of the C hristopher Put this is not all of our equlpment We must be watchful of the ODDOY'fllIlltl6S ready to enter every open door that leads us hlgher Every American boy and glrl has forever be fore them a Shllllllg example of one who was not unmmdful of h1s opportunitles Abraham Imcoln the greatest Amerlcan born of very noor parents deprived of even a reasonable educatlon Nevertheless by simply entermg every open door he built for hlmself a charac ter of such worth that he became at last the savlour of his country It is quxte proba ble that I mcoln the barefoot boy Llncoln the rail splltter or even Lincoln the country law yer had not planned for ever becoming Pres ldent But because whenever opportunlty offered he prepared hlmself for the place-the place was prepared for him I et us then not be easily discouraged With Determmation let us cling to the higher ideals and morals of life Shakespeare describes Life as a drama where trials and temptations and Joys and sorrows are intermingled If we are weakllngs easily dispirited turned from our path by every wind that blows the real joys of hfe will be few But if we are watchful of v I . ,, . .. U .. . . v . , 1 1 . X , 4 nl' A . v . . . F K, ' ' v ' ff Y f . , 1 . n . . ,, - L Y . U F 4 . . K 1 . 1 , . V ,lr . . . . . . . . W - . V H . ' t . l . t , , , ,, , .. - 1 K , Q . , , .. , . l . u - ! v v ' . 1 g . A , , I . . . .M ,.! . K . . . L Y E X I ' Daily the snares and perplexities of life ob- 1 and to wait. . , A 4'.. .v H . . J ' D. 1 ' .. , , - f . , 1 X . . . , ' . . . I A . - - - nl n ' ' nl ' . If . - 1 v , l ' . . -. - f . f Y 4 .V v D ' ' , . 1 ., '. I . .. , . L ' , . J. , , V ' L. f. I , - ' , - 1 h . l ,. . . 1 1 . N . 1 ' , ' . 4 . , . s . , , , , I . ' Y ' , - . . N - 1