Madawaska High School - Owl Yearbook (Madawaska, ME)

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Page14 THE OWL -MII QQ- hiturials THE NECESSITY OF LABOR Many of the Englishmen who first .came to Virginia were members of the gentry, and as gentlemen they had' never been accustomed to work. All their liv-es they had been waited u-pon 'by servants. They k.new little about the tasks which fafced them in the America wild- erness, but, amlbitious for wealth, t.hey set out in the little vessel which 'brought these adiven- turers to Virginia. The vessel was small and had a smalll cargo space, so they clould brivng food enough for only a few months. Yet, eager to secure the riches of which they had dreamed, they spent their time foolishly searching for gold, silver, and precious stones while their stock of provisions 'grew lower and lower. It was not long before the thoughtful ones s-aw, with concern, the coming of a day when their supplies would be exhausted, and star- vation woulld follow. For a time, some relief was -gained 'by buying cor-n from the Indians 5 but the stor-es of the redmen were poor, and as the weeks passed, conditions grew worse. In the midst of this crisis one of the lea-ders persuaded some of the men t-o drop their hunt for gold and turn their -efforts to the getting of food. The stubborn, or lazy, ones were quickly brought to terms by the leader's orders that He wiho will not work shall not eat. The .leader's .rule is a simple answer to the question why rich men work. If these early settll-ers in Virginia had found corn and po- tatoes as 'free as the air, it wouldi not have been necessary to drop their hunt for riches and give their time and energy to tililing the soil. But corn, unlike air, is Scarce. Nature does not furnish us with it in quantities to be had for the aski-nfgg it comes only in return for work, and rich me-n 'need work t-o protect their fortunes. If the wants of man could be supplied with- out work, there would' be no farming, n-o ma- nufacturing, no buying or selling, no .paying or receiving of wages, nothing of what we kno-w as activity in the world of industry. Occasionally, it is true, our wants may be satisfied without any exertion on- our part, as in the case of our inheriting money, but even in these instances someone had to work to accumulate the money. In short, our desire to have things which can only ibe Secured throuigh effort, -and to achieve goals whi-ch can be reached only by striving is the chief reason why we work. Success, in any language, means a goal that is not attained except by hand work. That do-nothing attitude will not make our for tunes in this life, neither will resting o-n our once-won laurels bring us any nearer to our shinii-ng goal. No man is born into the world whose for while work is not 'born with him. There are always work and tools to work with for those wiho will. We should make the most of our lives and ever keep our motto, Labor Conquers All , ringing in our ears. If we were to advertise in the Lost and and Found , departme-nt of the newspaper for our lost time, the article would read some- thing like this: Lost: Yesterday, somewhere 'between sun- rise anfd sunset, two golden hours, each set wit-h sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever. Mertie CAHOON. IMPROVE-MENTS I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE IN MY SCHOOL T-h.is-sehool, like anfy other, is by no means perfect. It lacks many things which it should have, and which we hope to have sometime. There are not many improvements I should like to make, but as you probably noticed yourself, we haiv-e no clubs as we used to have. Clulbs, I should say, are a necessity. T'hey bring together the puipiils from different class- es. I remember that last year we had several clubs, which were, howe-ver, 'not so very acti- ve. Let us start cluibs this year, an-d keep them active the rest of the year. Another imiproveme-nt I think this school needs is assemlbily programs. We shouuld have more get-togethers in the gymnasiumg have one act plays, lectures, educational movies. Lasit year we had a volley ball set and some paddle tennis sets, but this year they were not lent to us. For some unknown reason, we were unable to secure the use of t-his equip- ment. Another game we had last year was hand-iball, which we haven't pilayed yet this year. We could halve weekly games between the teams choseni at the beginning of the year. I think that if .arrangements for these acti- vities were made, no children would be stand- ing around the halls in the morning and du-- ring the noon-hour. We started the intra- mural teams, why not keep them goin-g by having games played for a championship of these different ga-mes? Normand PELLETIE-R, '41 'll' 9

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-O 'Q a T H E O VV L Page 13 ememher hs Wlauhguhlin Ibanez On the night of April 28th the High School Seniors presented a play which was a great success. This success was partly due to the ability with which Miss L-eflaire, our English Teacher, directed the play and partly due to the cooperation of the actors an-d their good work. The name of the play was Hobgobli'n House , an-d what a house it was ! Gerard Soucy put chills in our bones in the person of Darius Krupp, a fearful hunchback, who was always telling weird stories. He had two tough looking characters as his confede- rates in crime who were only slightly less fearful in appearance. They were lifluebeard Bronson, played by Conrad .'Xlbert, who was an escaped flunatic, wi l1 Hector Cyr as Bill lVi'lkins, his keeper. Germaime Collin was admirabffe in the part of a rather stu-bborn. but courageous sipinster by the name of Priscilla Carter, who took efficient care of her two nieces .lill and Marion, played by Mildred Dionne and Irma lllichaud. Their fboy-rfrienrds were fine cha1ps,.lack Loring and Frank Harlow, played iby James Price and Durward Goodell. liiliner tSonnyj Hourgoin was tops in fun- making while acting the part of Henry Goober, a funny-faced Negro, who had a habit of stuttering. lilmer was ably assisted in his comical antics by Lucille Albert as Delilah NYorts, a good-natured negress, and Mildred Violette as Susan Parkins, lthe Henglisl1' 'tlusekeeperf Last ibul not least, Patricia Albert added an atmosphere of mystery to the play in the per- son of the headless phantom, and other ghost- ly apparitions, only to prove at the end lo be the kidnapped daughter of a millionaire, The stage assistants were Louis Albert, Unias Martin, XYilfrid Levasseur, and Norman Pelletier. The play was attended by a very large audience and the gate receipts were larger than any heretofore taken at a Maidawaska Senior Play. Adrien MORNEAULT Irma MICHAUD Elluniurs REIAIR ROW flelft to rlgihtl : Mr. Dadgle, Ardfvisorg E. lS0'ucfy, L. Oyr, L. Folnigemie, A. Mi- eihauud, A.Dionne, J.Ta:l:l'if, R. Sammy, A. Cayer, J. Roy, L. Sirois, L. Bouefhard, L. Beau- pre. - C. Dairgfle, Cl.iC'yr, 1-1. L3,'lO'I1'1'bf3', G.PeC11etier, L. Car rier, M..Garon, R, Dufour, E. Bouicihmfd, H. Gerard.-G. Dufour, C. L-achanee, O. Gendreau,J.fC'yr, B. Sirois, G. Barron, E. Albert, D. Oyr, A. Cote, Yivette Rioux, D. Gocldell. R. Bouchard, T. Oyr, C. Sirois, B. Messelcar, M. Drurfour, A. Tniboldeau, A. Sirois. li 9' H --,L..-. L, .,, ,, ...- A ...TTQQ1 . f'Qff ,,.v 1. -iQ L-MAL., -,- ,,,,, W, .........-.....,llf

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T H E O W L Page 15 4 A av 'Q bupbumures Rear Row lleft to right! : L. Rafyfmond, G. Guerrette, Pelletier, G. Dionne, H. Girani, R. Miichaud, R.. Goltarrt, V. Tardirf, M. De-prey, A. Ohasse, J. Cyr, Z. Vadllafncourt. - A. Martin, J. M:Malh0n, O. King, A. Co1lin,+ C. Mldwhirmie, E, Albert, F. Albert, Miss Booth, Aldrvisor. - C. Piloard, L. Cyr, L. Dangle, Ai. Ouellette, L. Oyr, R.. Beaulieu, G. Albert, A. Cyr, V. Mislhaud - A. Daigie, VM. Pelletier, G. Pelletier, V, White, L. Mi- iehratuid, B. Dulfour, R. Desazihaine, P. Fournier. why Zllfll-Ie Shuttle iiaahe jfire fills NVhat this school .needs is fire drills. These are very im-portant in a school which contains three hu-ndred or more students. Fire drills are important because they train the student to act calmly and without fright iif a 'fire should 'break lout. They allso prepare the whole student body to be readly and quick in an emergency. Fire destroys millions of homes, schools and other Ibuilcliiigs throughout o11e year in this country. Once started in a large buildintg, it is very hard to stop audi grows very fast whenever there is a draft. These things are not thiougiht of by the untrained students. Once caught in a burning ibuiniding they all rush for the doors at once, not carinff whether 5 someone IS trampled and hurt. Many injuries and sometimes deaths are caused by these stampedes. Confusion can be easily prevented if each student is welll trained in adlvance by tire drills. Fire drills should the held regularly in this school, not only bec.ause other schooils have them, but because they may prevent a lot of sorrow, disaster in the future. Our school should be pre-pared to meet this kind' of emergency. Vlfith the whole stu- dent body backing' ure drills, the students in our school, would not only be prepared to escape, if a tire would come about, but would avoid many horrors which are often present in these cases. So I say - On with the tire drills l lie prepared for the morrow, who knows. . P ,Milford DEPREY, '41 W ..---,-.e.. .W 'f ww, L.-- is A -f' --lib O' 9'