Madawaska High School - Owl Yearbook (Madawaska, ME)

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THE OWL Page5 ewanbeaQmeQQwawhhaaaaaauahnaawhhewzwQQQQB613Qhhhhhwhhmwhaamuwwumhhahamewhammwuww V ps PY' i e I pm. Seniors ALICE DIONNE . . . Al Dramatic Club, 1-2, secretary French Club, 1, secretary Science Club, 4, English Club, 1-2-3-4, Ye Merrie Stenos Club, 43 Glee Club, 1-2-3. Alice is so quiet around school, but at home -'? Alice plans to be a nurse. We know that she will make a good one. Hut. Alice, don't keep Dye waiting too long. HECTOR DIONNE . . . Hee Glee Club, 1-2g French Club, 1-2, English Club, 1-2-3-4, Gregg Club, 1-25 Dramatics, 1-3-4, treasurer of Student Council, 45 member of Student Council, 2-3-4. Hee is planning to he married and raise a familvg but, first ol' all, he is going to study to be a bookkecper. Hee has 'been prominent at the Madawuska High School as a public speaker. Hest of luck. CECILE DUFOUR . . . Sis English Club, 1-2-3-4, French Club, 1-25 Glee Club, 1-2g Ye Merrie Stenos Club, 3-4. Cecile has been with us four years and during that time we have found her a hard worker. Cecile plans to go to Fort Kent Training School, Here's wishing you the best of luck, Sis. THERESA DUFOUR . . . Threse Salutatory, 45 Gregg Club, 3-43 class secretary, 43 Dra- matics, 45 English Club, 1-2-3-4, Student Council, 4, editor of Owl, 4g Hiking Club, 3, French Club, 1-2-3-4. Threse is il very studious girl always attaining a high rank, :ind willing to help other members of the class. Although :he doesn't bother the boys much she enjoys going to Edmundston in her spare time. We hope that she will go on to a higher educational field, for we know she could easily obtain a degree. GILBERTE FONGEMIE . . . Gil Basketball, 13 Dramatic Club, 3-43 Science Club, 3. 'Gil is the tallest girl in our class, she has personality plus talent. Her line performance in the Senior Play was a surprise to us all. Didn't Spike and Claudette make a nice looking pair though? She plans to attend the U. of M. next fall and we know she'll be sue- eessful in anything she undertakes. Bonne Chance! ALCIDE HEBERT . . . Curly English Club, 1-2, French Club, 1-25 Glee Club, 1-23 Gregg Club, 45 Science Club, 4, winter sports, 4. VVe can't say much about Curly because we've never known him to get into trouble, but we do know that whatever he attempts he will succeed. Rest of luck, Curly. emmaheanaweQwaawaahwhmwwwawwawawwwwhC196DQP?wmaewanQnewahhehawwmuaahaahmwwawwamh

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Page4 THE OWL QanwwwQanMQQaahwhhwwhhahweawhhwwehwh245KD613QheanweQheMQaawaawaahhwhwawwwwuaamhw eva eclictory TODAY DECIDES TOMORROW We hope that you have enjoyed our gradua- tion exercises, for our satisfaction lies in your approval of what we have done, and in your expectation of what we may still do in the future. We wish to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to you for the privil- eges which have been ours in the schools and in the community you have built, and for the infiuence and guidance of our teachers. Hav- ing your sincere best wishes, we, the class of 1937, are confident that the future holds great promises for us. Character building may well be compared to the erection of a skyscraper. Architects must go through a long and arduous process. They must bear the heat of the day and the burden of heavy work. Their chief concern is the laying of a firm and solid foundation, upon which they may build. One defect may later cause the downfall of the whole structure. The size and the quality of the foundation de- termine the volume of the structure. Our foundation starts in the home. There the vital qualities of honesty and ambition begin. These qualities are strengthened and developed dur- ing our school days. The number of good habits formed during these years will determine our future success, for Today Decides Tomor- row. What we are now, we shall be in the future. If we are reckless, we shall later be- come powerless. If we shirk work now, we shall shirk it in later lifeg if we are willing to stand by and let the other fellow do the work, the years will not change us. By fraud and deceit we may rise to the height of a one- story building, but even that small structure will not stand without a foundation. We must lay the bricks in such a way that the greatest storms of life will not shake them down. The opportunities open to us are many. Any ambitious youth is sure to succeed. It is up to him to seize an opportunity when it pre- sents itself. If We set up a goal, possible of attainment, with the powers that we have, difficulties will disappear. America's powerful resources make it possible for any youth who has the ambition and the grit to achieve suc- cess. Why should our government spend so much money for the education of its youth if it is not thinking of America's future? They know that the future rulers of America are the youth of today. Why have we lately found in the newspapers that spies have been dis- covered in our schools, trying to corrupt youth? It is because they know that the most effective way to tear down a society is to at- tack it at its foundation. Nature has provid- ed the opportunity for youth's progress and the schools have helped him to reach great heights. 'No despotic law has prevented man from rising from poverty and obscurity to posi- tions of great wealth and leadership. Charles Dickens was once a label-sticker in a shoe- blacking factoryg Jean Millet, the painter of The Angelus, was once a farm laborer, the son of a small farmerg and Napoleon was a penniless second lieutenant in 1785 and in 1804 he was crowned an emperor. In bidding you farewell, we, the class of 1937, sincerely hope that the youth of today.. the generation of tomorrow, has laid such a foundation that America will some day become the strongest skyscraper of the entire world. Lilly Cyr, '37. hwawh-had-.mwhhhwawshwaG-.awakens-mesahuf-safqes51636 BC96G-lcsawscsesoseswsaabiesc-.0-,Qswaaa1-pcsrfaeafaar-me-,':e-me-.ahh

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Page 6 T H E O W L elhGawansueafeQasafesasahwaeaeaweaeesreaeaaawsaeaemffaeaebeaeaQQU D619afeaeuwaeaeaeaeaCeQselwasaaeaeaeafaeaeaeaeaeaaeaeaeafqheiwwam 'Giza Wge of Speea' As graduation time is here once more, the question again arises: Are we, the class of 1937, ready to take our place in this modern age of speed? We, the students of this class, cannot answer this great question, as our ships are just embarking on this mighty voyage into a world where diilti- cult and perplexing problems challenge the people of this new age. Let us go back one hundred years. This hall would have been lighted by candles, our parents and friends would have come on foot, on horseback, or in crude carriages over trails and roads, few and bad, while tonight, we have merely pressed a button, and the hall is flooded with light. You have come from far and wide in streamlined cars, on well-paved roads. Our parents and grandparents say we have changed, this is true. There are several reasons for the astonishing changes in the way we live today. The most important cause of change is the invention of the new machines, that is automobiles, streamlined trains, airplanes, radios, and steamships. Our predecessors must remember we are living no longer in a world of 'con- tentment, but in a world of speed and progress. We were born in a different atmosphere from theirs. Our one aim is recognition and its resulting pros- perity. We often hear people complaining that the young people of today are no longer the same, that the home is no longer a home, because the old respect, obedience, and loyalty have seemed to disappear in the progress of this generation. We are different because we realize that time and tide wait for no man. We must adjust our lives so that we may fit into this modern world. How may we do this? In one way only-education. Our great men of today are all well educated, yet they are puzzled by the great prob- lems with which they are confronted in this machine age. If they are per- plexed by these problems, what are we young people to do, if we have not the means for a more useful education? The same thing they have been doing for centuries, starting out on their own, finding jobs with meager wages, and merely existing from year to year. What everyone needs today is better education to prepare him to take his place in this age of magical changes. Therefore, I appeal to the graduating class to go into this modern world with a spirit that cannot be broken by the new problems that challenge us. Ruth Reed, '37. Qmaamaahwaawhauhwaaawuwaamhaahwaaa5191 DQyaQ-lwacaawaaaaaeaaawa-eaaaaaaaaeaesaaawawwaaw