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

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THE QLODDY LIGHT our opportun1t1es and stand ready to meet lfulures ws 1th fresh courage the obstacles wull mulls fade 'max 11ke must IH the summer sky but the sun of Success vslll remaln Ad astra per asperl To the stars through bolts and bars It seems to me the motto chosen by the class lS a httlng one fol ewerv md1v1dua1 I thmk xt mlght serwe to champlou fury one on to hlgher thlngs ln llfe but espe- Tomght ue are 111 assembled here for the 11st tlme Is lt not a Vllal moment ln our lnes We are leavmg the portals of thls Hall ol Instructlon to penetrate the mxsts of an un certaln career Should not our resolutlon be stronger then ever to look hlgh or ID other words to Hltch our vsagon to a star the years ahead ue vull no doubt hate manv recollertlons of our school 11fe and GGDECIHIIV ot the happy eplsotles Vlllllh always mark the was of Hlgh School Llte but let us not tolget the lIl9Dll'1ll0Il ot our motto wshlch has gulderl us tor four years endeawormg always to buxld lol the nobler career Xklth a heart for any fate Stxll 1if'h16Vlllg stlll pursumg Learn to Inlor and to 11 ml Dorn ATIIPIIIIDN RXNIQIDIII Qlluss Gin Tune Take Back the Heart Haxl Lubec Hrgh Alma Mater dlvme, Praxse to thy glor1ous name ' Revered by all, may rt ever gleam Ablaze on the pages of fame A fortress of knowledge thou standest to us Flung wrde are thy gates of gold Thru whlch we have entered and leavmg them now, Are cast un a deeper mold Tlme s speedmg hand str1kes the hour to d part We l1ve but the dreams of the past Fam would we Jo1n those tres and hnks That bound us to thee firm and fast Thy children shall ever be loyal and true Though borne from thy shelterlng wlng, To thv fa1r altars and shr1nes evermore Our wreaths and our garlands shall brmg Farewell, Lubec I-hgh Alma Mater dwme Our noonday of pleasure ms gone Our thoughts now are drxftmg to other falr goals And the future ot lxfe stall unborn As ev mng shades h1de rhee e er from our vlew And no more thy klndly hghts sh1ne Thus w1th thy pralses we narch on the way, And all of the past do reslgn DE 1141 M v v . . . . v . 3 I I ' Y ' v . H ' . .H In 2 -' K v .Y . I I ,v v 7 V' ' -4 , , , rv rr W Q ' 'h ' - 1 , r. - , , ' , '. . . .. . 1 L. ,, , ' 1 -- ' . EY, V ' . . . . ' H ' , V . . 'v i . I ' ' . 1 ' f - 11.1113 to champlon the class ol 1920. 1 .Let Us then be up and domgl 1 . . . . 4 J - X ' ' I ' ' ' . V M . . . I F , . ' ' ' ' .i ,A :rf 4:,1..'20. ll YY I i ' J . ,i . . e- ! . , . ' 1 1 , 3 l , . . , . Y

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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

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F QLODDX Lt 6512155 Enduro Our lnes are vwoxen together bx a QPIIQS of To rlaxs To morrovs and Yesterdavs -ind although to nlght our m1nds are occup1ed xxlth hopes a11d ambltlons for our To morroxxs stlll the cher1shed memorles of our Yesteulays those spent 1n dear old Lubec High steal agaln and ag'11n to ou1 thoughts Then let us forget lOl a t1n1e To dax xv1th IIS trlals and d1ffieult1es To mo11oxx xx1th 1ts obstacles and perplex1t1es 'md go hack once mote to tread together IH memory the path of Yesterdav 11 1th 1ts mtngled 1nd SOIYOXXS Xnd 111 truth 1t seems only westerdax so x1x1dlx are the events of that sunnx Sep temler dax ltnprlnted on our m1nds that xxe 11 esented otuselxes at the portals ot' Iuhec 'hgh s xfnty one eaget hrtghtficed Fresh men Oh l1ttle d1d we dream of the manv Dll ttll and stumhlmg blocks th'1t were to hlnder o111 cmeless and unaccustomed footsteps I-Ioxxexer I am sony to sav that We ente1ed x 1th '1 te1r1ble blot on our TGDIIIEIIIOIIS We xxe e knoxxn tar and wlde as the class xvh1ch h d been instrumental in causmg the mxste 11ous d1sappearance of a large oldfashloned 7Tlll'0l xwh1ch had hung l'l tht 111nth grade hessmg oom and vxh1ch was the propettx o' hat 1m1o tant alld HYYQIIISDIFITIZ lI'ldlYlflLl i1 gntnnia schoo pr1nL11'1l lVhx hex ul dee I knoxx t Ve protested our o nce loth loud and XICQOTOII'-TIN but to no x 1l lOl c'e1ta1n 1310119 'ind ho1r1fied eldets pomted SIIQDICIOIIS 'ind ICCIIQIHZ tingers at us 1t the 1n1e t1me bexxa1l1ng the moral legener ot the r1s1ng youth I 'im glad to a h1x xe1 that d1111ng our fOlIl ye11s 111 Lu ec ll l1 xx l1 txt nam 11ned a potless and unsul l 1ew1tat1o11 for honestv 'md uprxghtness o h 11 I 1m s11.e no one xxould eve1 doubt our 2 y 1 1 s1m1l1r aecusatmn should at gmv t1me 'xr made '1g'11nst us X xxe 111 ched nolsllv 1nto the '1u1ld1ng that ln x 1th remarkahlv llght hesuts and de- ll hlx h '1xx feet the teaehe1s looked upon Olll IHIIIIIJQIS aghast They d1d not seem 1tlx OXKIJOY fl to see IIS Perhaps they too 1rf thf story ot the IUISSIII., m111o1 1t 1s true that at first thev d1d 11ot seem o IPI' z the g1eat wotth of the class of 1920 xxtx 1 soon tound out thit xxe were 1 llllll 111'lx h 1ght and p1om1s111g class and tte hex took a great Iilld6 1n us and IQ o'te11 hea1d to say that they xxould not be lf 1ll SlllDllS9d to lea1n 1n later vears that lol i K xxe had all become great and dl'iIlIl2l1lQllF-fl men 'md xxomen Thex dlsplawed toxxard u an att1tude we1x ktnl but stern We s all alxvaxs remember them Time xx'1 N11 Pulu Ulll estee'11edpr1nt1p1l who gu1ded our falterlng steps through Alge bra and later beometrv Ur I 'itto ul m1ste1 who took in un'a1l1ng dellffht 111 I'6Y'lilI1dlYl5., us on all occaslon th'1t shmen shoull ln, seen and not heard N Adftrns Olll l4ngl1sh teacher the xr-1x th H2111 of xwho111 bllllifi to our minds the n11m IYQYIOQS themes 'md m 1nx pagefl notebooks xxh el xx e xx ete ohhged to pen for her appzmal V1 Pott 1 our beloxerl Latm teacher xxlth xxhom 111 1lso llfllfid Ant1entH1storx Whss n tlI' ommerelal teach r vho ruled 11 treme on the seconl floor and xxas monat ch ot 'all she surveyed N1'-s V011 0111 TWo11et1Q Smertro teachm xx1th xxhotn x e sncn m'1ny long and t9dl0llq 101 17 Xifillxlllg ll less buttonho es and c oktne all otts o tlnnfvnahle dlshes xyhlch ffl not 11sk eatl We xxere told th'1t first morning that at he sound of thf second gong xxe were to pro feed wlth the rest of the classes to the assemblv room xxhere chapel exercises were to be held We xxe1e sewel xv1th a sudden t1m1d1tx and Ol o11 11r1v'1l ll the tssemhlv hall xxe sought to h1d '11 me ence hx seekmg shelter IH the 101 seats We xxexe not allowed to remain long 1n h1d1ng f0l xxe had not eseaped the xe1 xx'1tf-htul exe ot N11 Gatto who lost 110 'une n 1m11'1rt1ng to us the humlllatlng nwxxl dge that lt xvis the custom for Fresh men to occupy the front seats Amid the ood ll ltlllfltll l111ghter and Jeers of the rest of tht choo' xye mftde our wav shamefacedlx to the flOI1f 'md 1t mftv l1e wxell to add that we sss duouslx avouled the 1ear seats the rest of our Treshnrin V611 Those first few days were very trymg Come ol' Olll class found the schedule a very p1tv'111g thlng mdeed When the bells ra11g x h1rh an11o11nced the end of each recitatlon 1er1od thev g1exx p'm1c' st11cken not knowmg xxhue to go nm. -Xnd often groups of them xxue to11nd wandettng helplessly about the col ld0lS long after the next period had begun mxnlx trx111g to find out where thev belonged r 1ad11ally however vxe all grew accustomed to the routlne ot the school and set ourselves hravelx to work puzzlmg out appa1ently IH solvable Algebra problems studymg Latin de- ' ' V 7 'N 'N H Wi T H J t I 1 H I O 2 ' D um . 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