Mattanawcook Academy - Pine Needles Yearbook (Lincoln, ME)

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.X , L F. 5 '.:,.'1L lElDI'll'0RllAlLS THIS RANKING BUSINESS Nearly every student has his own idea on the subject of rank, some of these ideas are rather odd. Too few students try to make the Honor Roll. They think, after all, you get your name puton a piece of paper and that's all there is to it. They're wrong. There's a lot more to it, being an hon- or student counts with a teacher when he wishes to entrust a student with some work, colleges and prep schools want honor students rather than C students, an honor student has a love- ly sense of satisfaction and needn't worry when exams come, an honor student feels free to enter more school activities. Some few even think getting on the Honor Roll is proving yourself a sis- sy. It isn't. It's proving you have brains and ability. It's a sad thing to see a girl or boy in an effort to prove to a small group of his fellow students that he is too worldly-wise to care about ranks and honor rolls, bring a first-rate ability and mentality down to the awful lev- el of mediocrity. Then, too many are content with getting by. They are lazy, indiffer- ent. They don't realize they must pre- pare for the future now. Others take five years to do four years of High School work. They waste one of the best years of their lives. How can we wake them up? Should we relax the Honor Roll standard? No! But we could make the prospect more alluring by giving spec- ial privileges to A students, giving cer- tificates for rank, or perhaps by form- ing an Honor Roll club to make the Honor Roll a school activity. Students could be graduated with distinction , or have it listed after their names as any other school activity in the Pine Needles. A special assembly could be held to present honor students with certificates as is done to present ath- letic certificates. At any rate, some- thing surely could be done! Students, how do you suppose Abe Lincoln became a great man if not by study? Washington? Look about youg what were the high school records of the successful men and women-doc- tors, lawyers, bridge builders, college presidents If they were not honor students, rest assured they were more than willing to work and to aim, at least, at honor rank. iWhy don't we wake up- -M. A,- MRS. BROWN This school and community were shocked by the untimely passing of Mrs. Glenroy Brown in January. Her life was one filled with activity for the well being of her home town. An accomplished musician, she spec- ialized with the violin, and many stu- dents and young people of the town were her pupils. In addition to her pri- vate classes, she found time to organ- ize and direct student orchestras which proved a very important part of the affairs of student life. She was al- so the leader of the high-school Glee Club. Her work was widely recognized and the students which she led ranged from the lowest classes to the high school. ., .A Wg. ' ,

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I .. M, , MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY PINE NEEDLES BOARD Front Row: L. Archer, V. Lutes, H. Moody, B. Thomas, H. Weatherbee, E. Steeves, B. Afholderbach. Second Row: F. Collier, K. Moody, E. Smith, D. Marston, L. Afholderbach, A. Cobb, F. Clifford. Third Row: M. Sewall, G. Cobb, B. Thomas, D. Moody, A. Read, G. Haskell. PINE NEEDLES BOARD Editor ..,......,................ . ............,. ,..,,..,,......,...,..,,.., , ...... . 1 1 Hope Moody '38 Assistant Editor ......... ...,..... .,....,..,...,..,.. ,....... ..,,. , . . ,...,.. B a rbara Thomas '39 Literary Editor ..,. .,... .,,..,,..,,. ..., G l e nice Cobb '38 Locals ..,,.., ..,..,,.. , , .... Florentine Collier '40 Ellsworth Smith '40 Athletics-Girls ,....... ,...,, .,....... ......,,...,..,...,,.....,...,...... .... .... V i r g i nia Lutes '39 Athletics-Boys ...... ., .........,...,...,.., ....,............ ......,...,,.........,. . F rancis Clifford '38 Art ...,......,,..,................. ...... . Beatrice Afholderbach '41, Leta Archer '41 Alumni .,,..,.. ..... , .,......,..... , .. Eleanor Steeves '38, Mary Sewell '41 Personals ..,..., ..,..... . . . ,...,............ ...........,.. G wendolyn Haskell '38 Bert Thomas '38 Kathryn Moody '40 Business Managers ........... ..,, ..,.., Hope Weatherbee '38 Dwight Moody, Asst. '39 Class Editors: Senior . ...,.., .. .....,................. ,...,.. A da Read Junior .... ..,...,..... ...,.. ,...,.........,.... D a l e Marston Sophomore ......... ....,,.. L ouise Afholderbach Freshman .....,. ........ ...,...,,,.... A V ah Cobb

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v xafp, MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY 7 At the beginning of the present school year, she became supervisor of music in the public schools of the town, she had to relinquish these du- ties when taken ill two months before her death. Of a most pleasing person- ality, she always found her pupils will- ing to cooperate, and they readily learned under her leadership. Held with highest esteem by her home town and by all other sec- tions where she was known, her pass- ing was and is a great loss not only to Mattanawcook Academy but to the whole community. ---M. A.- GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL. One of the finer traditions at Matta- nawcook-which the class of 1938 hopes to keep alive-is that of the leaving of a gift to the school by each graduating class. This year will mark the fifth one since the new academy was founded. The gift always has two objectives: to provide Mattanawcook with some- thing it needs, and to keep alive the memory of the class which donated it. The following is a list of gifts up to the present time: Class of 1934, A plaque in appreciation of Charles H. Cobb: Class of 1935, A plaque in ap- preciation of Dr. George Averill, Class of 1936, The flag and standard, Class of 1937, The Wicker set which is in the office and which is used for dra- matic productions. 1-M. A.- TO THE FRESHMEN We seniors wish ourselves back as freshmen. We wouldn't wait until we were seniors to start to get enough money to go to Washington, D. C. We would begin the first Week of our freshmen year. For this great mistake that we made we can blame no one but ourselves, because our teachers took time to explain to us that we should start to plan for the trip four years before we could go. Four years to you may seem like a very long time, that's what we thought too, but now we know. If we seniors could go back to the year 1934 when we entered Matta- nawcook Academy, we should start having social functions to bring up the amount of the senior-fund. The dan- ces, socials, and other activities would have been fun too, and our class would be a closer-knit group because of these good times. 5 How would you freshmen today like to go to Washington? Would the cherry-trees, the gardens, the capitol, the museums, the beautiful buildings, the law-makers in action, and the President interest you ? When we were in your place we didn't think how much we would enjoy it, but today We want intensely to see those things, to learn something about the outside world. Oh! How we should like to have something really exciting to look for- ward to after our four years of hard study. If there had been as much en- thusiasm four years ago as there was in our class meeting last night when we mentioned going to Washington, all the members of our class would still be with us instead of having left school for some foolish reason. If the class of 1941 would dream they were living four years ahead, I'm positive they would start raising mon- ey to have a senior trip. This is a time to profit by our ex- periences-to do as we say and not as we do. -Jessie Kilbride '38