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

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Khe Quooby light VoL 9 LUBEC MAINE JUNE 1924 NO 1 It Gnu' Glgxmpmn In the annals of nearly every 1nst1tu tion there 1S one person who stands out more prommently than any other as 1tS frlend and benefactor One person whose faith in that 1nst1tut1on burns steadily on when most people s lack of v1s1on shows them only the deplorable conditions of the immediate present Only those nearest and most deeply interested 1n the fate of that 1nst1tut1on can quite apprec1ate the meaning of such a frlend Our High School is no exceptlon to the general rule for we too can boast a true fr1end One who 1S ever w1l11ng to aid and en courage any reasonable progresswe suggestion for the benefit of the school and to act as our defender when the necessity arises One who when others could not apprec1ate the need of a High School steadily and strongly advocated this publlc 1nst1tut1o11 of learn1ng Great IS the debt that Lubec owes to W urn sful Fear This year has proved in several ways one of the most successful 1n the ent1re hlstory of our school In athletlcs especially have we cause to be proud Our basket ball and foot ball teams are the happy holders of the County Champ1onsh1ps and 1t remams to be seen what kind of a showlng our base-ball team w1ll make Let us hope that we shall be able to carry out our this firm advocate of higher educatlon for those who have gone forth from any H1gh School and succeeded 1n finding w1der fields to conquer reflect credit not only on their Alma Mater but also upon the1r home town or c1ty as the case may be But what about the man who u ceasingly urged the need of a Hlgh School 1n Lubec 'P Shall he be over looked now that our school IS a success fu1 fact 'P In the distributlon of prmse and SIHCGTG thanks shall we neglect to mentlon the name of the man to whom we owe so much 7 Let us not belong to that unapprec1a txve band of humanity who take their advantages and opportun1t1es as some thlng owed them and give no thought to the source from which they come Rather let us express our thanks and grat1tude and acknowledge our debt to one of Lubec s foremost c1t1zens Dr I' H Bennet C L S 4 slogan of A Three Champ1onsh1p Year Our teams have shown remarkable will 1ngness to work and we have been most fortunate ln obtalning the advice and coachlng of one extremely well versed 1n athletlCS Coach Stubby Furey Had lt not been for h1s splend1d efforts in our behalf we could never have hoped to establxsh such a record as we already have He owed us nothlng but the h1s tory of our 1923 24 teams speaks plainly I ' 1 1 1 ' - . . -1 21 h r 1 l..........--,..,.........-- , 15 . . . 7 , 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 H- n I I- I ' ' . , . , 1 . . . . , . . 1 J I ' 1 1 ' I I u I ' . . 1 1 , 1 . ' 1 1 . ' 1 ' ' : . L- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . c . . 1 . 2 ,.,-i-.ii,-l...- e 9 5 ,,. ff ' ' 91 1 1 ' . . . . , . . . . . 1 1 I ' - cc 91 I - n , I . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ' .

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EDITORIAL BOARD Back Row Max Fanning Wendall Ingalls Montford Peabody, Ralph GIIOLX Front Row Clara Sh ldon Alma Thompson Della Houghton Eva Mathews Wlmfred Grxffin i I , , I 1 Maurice Campbell. tx , 7 3 I7

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THE QUODDY LICHT ot what he gave us Ancthe1 source of pr1de o u IS the record xy l11c11 we hold for 'achala tlc, ab1l 1ty From a 1ecent report on F1rst Se mester students 1n Malne Colleges II om 'VIa1ne hlgh schools and academms 1or 1923 24 publ1shed by the Department of Educat1on at Augusta we find that Lu bec stands X ery h1gh 1n comparlson w1th othe1 hmh schools 1n the state We are 1ncluded 1n the lxst of schools approved by the New England College Entrance Certlficate Board Many factors have worked together to make these thlnsfs DOQS1l l6 Chlef hearty cooperatlon of our townspeople HE WHO Is AFRAID D1d you ever meet a fellow who IS al ways belng plcked on by th teache s 1n school '7 How woelully he tells h1S sad story to anyone VK ho vull l1sten No hell never get through so long as th1s or that teacher IS 1n the school Thls poor abused boy usually has a story s1m1lar to th1S Say you kr-ow Mr B 2 Well he s down on me How do I know 2 Know 9 How can I help know 1ng lt What d1d he g1V6 me IH C Class 9 Yes vs hat d1d I get 9 Zero that s what I got a zero I ll tell you rlght now Ill never get through school so long as he teaches here He flunks me every chance he gets Do I study much '7 Why I could get my essons wlthout much study 1f they d glve me a square deal Most of these teacners have favorltes That s the whole trouble and I m not go1ng to hang around any teacher for the ake of belng a favor1te I tell you they ve got a grudge against me and I know It I won t pass ln one study and that s the truth The whole th1ng about It 1S that 4 l The1r 111te1est has been only by attendance at oc1 ls but oy t11c1r t1m c1al matters n1a1 1 cstcu no our games and l 1:1 1F finan 1nstructors has hlgh chool on record for scholarsh1p Once more we w1sl acknowledge o cl bt t C ch Furey Through h1m we have been able to estabhsh a record 1 1 A I Wh1Ch few hrgh schools can excel Because of all these t mg we can feel truly satisfied W1 t 1 1 sult of our year s efforts and we s1ncerely hope that the undergraduates w1ll do all 1n then' A c mpetent corps of oone much to place our y power to Carry On 122 CLQ 24 the teacher don t 11ke me that s all Now there s D he gets a h1gh ra1 k 1n evcr It 111 He s a fav0r1te Cf course I wouldn t say anythlng a ga1nst th tewchers for the world but lt s a shame that s what lt IS My father told me not to take any back talk from them and he knows what he s talklng about He always told the teacher what was what when he went to school How far d1d ne get 7 Why let s see Well he got as far as the seventh grade and the te her got a grudge agamst l11IT1 so he left school I ll bet he d tell the teachers out at school where they got off 1f he vuent out there about my stud IGS I d get Stfalght A s all rlght I don hke to say anythlng aga1nst the teachers but they make me t1red Well Ive got to be go1ng Don t blow any th1ng Ive told you Of course I hav en tsard anytlnng out of the way but you know that 1f you tell some people anyth1ng they always make a mountalr out of a mole hlll Well see you la er COB 24 . I A , I . .- V W Am ,L ,, L f ' 11' ' L, 4 . L A . A s. D . . ,'.1 S. ,L-. ', s z ,A cya - - , I . - I . w u u '14 rx ' ., . . .x I. X 1 ' S - , y 1 . ' , - 1,5 A ,I ur .c t .0 ca , , , . .x ,. ,Jute . 4 - , A I i 1 1 1t-L-.,Ll,U I I . I . 1 M. N k A- V U '1 - , - 2 , . I pil AC 3 , . 7 1 L A L 1 . 3 . I l Cl 7, among them belng the generoslty and - u 9 , l . ..,. Q ' 1 , . 4 4 I , ' - n w Q , Q n ' L I3 1' ' 'I 3 ff 1 2 . w . , ' f ' L' - . D ' 7- l . . , 9 - I 9 , , . , . , . . , . u I ' Q ' 7 sc w , U 1 . , ' - . . -. , ' 1 I 1 Y 9 . , . 1. . . , . . ' . ac ff' ' ' A .. - , I I , , , . . , , . 7 ' 7 Y - ' -A ' a ' 1 ' ,L . . . , 1, u u , ' , g . . , . , 1 9 ' 1 , , , - . , ' 7 1 - , . ' g , . . , . . . l , 9 y - S . n . . , . ' 9 - . . . , , as Q - ' , t . . . . , ,