Madison High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Madison, ME)

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Ct-ntcr 7 Beatrice Harvic. IU-IU. Top row. Ielt to right 7 Fthelyn IDcRochu, WSU, Margie Richard. lf!-Hi. Alberta Fortin, Well. Second row 7 Charlotte Carrington. Germaine l4cllcHcur. Third row Ruth Deschenes, Stella Adams. Bottom row Every year thc members of the Senior Class select from their number several girls eligible for D. A. R. This eligibility depends upon the qualities of dependability, leadership. scholar- ship and character. From this group the fac- ulty selects one girl to be the candidate for the Daughters of the American Revolution. This Audrey Bearor, lean Adams, Beula Rich. year the candidate from Madison High School is Miss Beatrice Harvie. The honor of being D. A. R. candidate is one of the highest to which a Senior girl may be elected. The above group represents the D. A. R. candidates for the past ten years.

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,,,., TIN ANNIYERSARYh For improvements I have no concrete sugges- tions. Possibly the poems adjoining seniors' photographs might be eliminated, and substi- tuted for them might be more pertinent infor- mation about the students, such as nicknames and ambitions. Additional humor might ap- pear in this issue to create more direct appeal to the student body. I congratulate former BULLDOG staffs on their performance and I wish to the present staff every chance for a bright, successful publi- cation of the M. H. S. BULLDOG. Robert L. Harding '46 We live in a small town. There is little sign here of racial or religious prejudice in our town. Many of you will be leaving here and meeting people of all races, and religions from all parts of the country and world. You'll find prejudice and intolerance sneaking in about you. You'll hear, That kike would gyp you out of anything, or What can you expect from a nigger? Before you realize it, these phrases that you hear will build up in your mind until you too, are prejudiced, unless you think ration- ally rather than emotionally. Rather than run- ning people down for something that is more our fault than theirs, try fighting this segrega- tion. fYou'll forgive me for saying we and they and thus not practising what I prcach. j One of my girl friends told me of an incident in her childhood. I'd like to tell you. Sylvia was only six years old. She had just moved to a new section in Brooklyn. She knelt by her mother crying as if her heart were broken. Mommy, she sobbed, as only a child of six can, when can we move again? The kids won't let me play with them here. They said I was just a dirty Iew. Why do they hate me? When can we go away? That girl has never forgotten it. Now she has an inferiority complex which she tries to cover up by being superficially gay, by trying too hard to impress people, to make people like her in spite of the fact that she is Hebrew. Many say that she's just another overbearing lewf' ls it her fault that her personality is warped-or the fault of the children who made fun of her? The children didn't know the meaning of what they said. We aren't born with hate, they heard only what their parents had said and repeated. In this world is there not enough hate and destruction without the addition of racial and religious intolerance? What does it matter if his skin is black, white, yellow, or red, or if he sits cross-legged to eat with sticks, or if he kneels or lies- prostrate to pray to a God of his own choice? Surely, in spite of all the sarcasms you hear, with your rugged New England individualism you can help overcome some of this prejudice that is so prevalent in the world today. Gloria Franklin '47 Your College You students who are planning to enter col- lege should give yourselves enough time to in- vestigate those colleges which interest you. The right choice in the beginning may save you many of the troubles and headaches that beset college freshmen who are misfits. You would do well to ask yourself the following questions: 1. Do I want to attend a small college or a large college? 2. Would it be better for me to attend a col- lege in a different section of the country? 3. How much individual help and attention shall I probably need? 4. Does my prospective college enable me to receive that help? 5. Is the college's scholastic standing as high as I would wish? 6. Am I offered a thorough course in my chosen profession? 7. I-Iow competent will my instructors be? 8. Will the competition force me to work my- self to capacity? 9. Will my financial status permit me to stay at my chosen college? Do not be frightened by the size of a college. Size means nothing. Often more individual instruction is offered in a large institution than in a small one. Above all, choose a college to fit your own personal needs. Norman Weston '48

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