Mattanawcook Academy - Pine Needles Yearbook (Lincoln, ME)

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8 PINE NEEDLES Wh1te IH h1s ed1tor11l Thoughts at Slxty Flve wrote I have never had h1gher hopes for usefulness md hap plness Surely h1s hlgh hopes were for h1s future usefulness and happ1 ness The future 1s no land of mllk and honey We all know that The1e w1ll always be a h1gh ladder to the top of the Mounta1n of Success 1nd vou re bound to sl1p back a rung or two once 1n a whlle If you look to the future w1th your face to the sun and you1 heart set on an ult1m 1te goal vou c in reach xt and hold 1t w1th a greater fu ture IH v1ew M A SELF CONTROL A person must be 1ble to cont1ol hlmself before he Llll control others 1n any Way In other words a person who has the qualltv of lcadershlp 18 al ways one who has full control of h1s emot1ons and othe1 facult1es md w ho ma1nta1ns th1s self control tt all tlmes Too manv people SLOIH the word self control because they feel that 1n order to be self controlled a DEISOI1 must be verv prlm and 151013610 m fact prlm and prope1 to such an ex tent that a self controlled person has no sense of humor ind IS the type of person who dlsplavs no emot1on be cause he h1s no emotlon to dlsplay There deflmtely a1e people 1n th1s category but they could not be called merely self controlled These people are to be p1t1ed Bcctuse then emo tlons have been so long gua1ded and hldden from even themselves they ne1ther love or hate en1ov l1fe or des p1se It You may say that they obtaln a happy medlum but th1s 18 not true They lead 1 very llfeless LX1SlLdllCQ for they spend all thelr t1me t1y1ng to be self controlled VVe were g1ven a l1fe vvh1ch we were supposed to l1ve not merely control We are supposed to be humans w1th hearts not robots of our own mmds However we may actually ma1n ta1n t1ue self control and en1oy l1fe to the greatest degree True self con trol IS obta1ned when a person under stands hlmself and therefore can con trol h1s emot1ons that IS thls person l6dl1Z6S 1ust how much of each emo UOI1 can be d1splaved w1thout over domg 1t '1h1s may seem as lf a per son must guard hls every thought and actlon The avexage person uncon sc1ent1ously controls h1s emot1ons It IS when he becomes too consc1ous of h1s emot1ons and IH some way at tempts to exaggerate them that he loses self control One thmg w h1ch ls supposed to elevate man above beasts more than anythmg else IS h1S reason Yet very temat1callyY When IH a crowd we are L111'19d away by the psychology of the group and we are swayed more by the act1ons of the crowd than by our rea son Self control 1S oftentlmes lost ln crowds If only one person loses h1s self control and openly d1sp1ays some omouon one by one the crowd loses self control A good example of th1s f1ct IS to be found IH the fem1n1ne aud1ences of a famous crooner That IS certa111ly an example of c1owd psy chologv IH loss of self control Th1s 18 no doubt a dlfflcult era 1n wh1ch to control emot1ons for the ent1re wo1ld 1s 1n an emotlonal up he tval Yet lf some people would en 1ov llfe and not be too prlm and proper w h1le others would treat llfe ll 1turally a11d not 1n IH exaggerated v 1 . . .... K 4, 5 V . I k C , n L ' . ' ' 77 v U v v . ' ' . ' ' , , c L L ' s ' ss 4 - s An C . s K . ,, . . , LL: g xx 7 I x ' V f '- v ' v ts. v 4 s 4 . - . n , w I I ' ' ' L 4 K' - ' , . . y K - - l . . 4 l K . K L - I . S E , K Q i - ! U n K A s ' . . 1 ' L' ,, , ' ', ' ' t L , t, A 1 4 . . I - ' L ' L Y 5 1' , I Y 1 ' 'Aw v' U v - ' , . . , . . C Z , V' c ' K - I I - 1 I 'v Y . . y 1 ' 1 . v 1 - . . 1 . 1 . . - is K s . z ' -' - -' ' - f . 'z -Y v v I v A' K K - I . . .' ' y 1 .' S - ' S . 1 1 A w .Y x x vm Y I 1 . . . -, . 1 1 4 in a I '1 A 7 r . .N l . ., c , t . . I . tu 1 1 . . - . s - 1 1 . few of us reason,-at any rate, sys 4' 11 fn I , i . . ' V ' 7 vm , - v - ' 'Z ' I . , . , s T ' 1' - , ' 1' 1 K V cc ' I N va ' f - ' N ' 'H ' - - tl . ' l K L . 1 - - f 1 S. C S . 1 1 l w . s 2 : 1 A - ' ' - ' u 1 L' . QC - v ' . - ZS L , - ' ' 4 1 7 6 1 si R 'A ' ' ' t 1 . r I l s ' L' . it .. 3 y, ' nf A L' ' ' . ' 2 S ' - .1 -- ' - L, A 7 L A A ' lv s v y ' - ' L s K, Y '- . 7 ' .' ' . - Y 1 yy K' K . . . I V , . n 1 xl L I v , 5 ' . . .Y . .. l I U . I , . . . , , . ' f ' X 'H X 33 lf. ' 2 1 ' J ' ' ' S ' 1' ' ' ' 2 ' ' z . '

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MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY any other year The w1ll to w1n starts rxght here at home m the schools We xe got to get golng or every sold ler s dream of gettlng home W1ll have to walt many more years for fulflll ment Practlcally every student has somebody dear 1n the servlce a father brother or slster Thlnk what It w1ll mean to them to come home for good Just thlnk then you W1ll want to xx ork' M A TIME YET TO COME WHEREIN Usually when I peek between the cox ers of a dlctlonary I expect to be confronted by lengthy technlcal terms explfunlng a very slmple Word Thls t1me somewhat to my surprlse Mr Webster rose above my expectatlons Of the future he expla1ned tlme yet to come four slmple words wxth a xx orld of meamng and they command '1 world of people dreamers and prac t1Cdl mlnded persons al1kewho look to the future w1th varled They feel 1n the1r hearts Joy or sad ness hope or dlsllluslonment a great calm strength or fear for the myster 1ous never endxng yet descend1ng fu ture Just what does that tlme yet to come hold ln store for all of us? W1ll We be slax es to some madman s fancy or w1ll we contlnue to l1X6 1n our great grand and glorlous Amer1can way of l1f99 VV1ll we make successes of our own personal l1x es or w1ll We become dls 1llus1oned and forthxx 1th slnk to utter depths of despa1r'7 W1ll we contlnue to strlxe fox the betterment of th1s topsy turxv old world or W1ll we succumb to selfishness and greed to further our own ends? If we do succumb to such meutless mOt1X es then what would be the end? My answer lb a world wlthout emotlons a future Of course there w1ll always be a future techmcally speakmg but noxv the future of whlch I spe lk IS the t1me yet to come III whlch hlgh hopes and expectatlons w1ll bc fulfllled Thls IS the k1nd of future tow nd whlch all happy people look Happx people' What 1 glc t wealth 19 thelrsl Wh xt a beautlful fu ture lS IH store for them' The1rs 18 a great wealth because no xmount of money can buy happmess What has money to do w1th furtherlng happl ness? Money does not buy happlness Yet there are those who say Wlth money one can be unhappy 1n com fort Those are the xvords of cymcs and sophlstlcates people who sat 1r1ze the reallv beaut1ful thlngs of 1 e The future of happy people IS a beautlful one for trulv h xppx people ma1n unhappy for long And so we come to the concluslon that the more happy people We haxe 1n the world the brxghter the future W1ll seem That may be merely an 11 luslon concermng the future but at least lt IS a peaceful and cheerful thought There w1ll always be a future Don t let anyone tell you d1fferently Wlth other young folks I have always had the lmplesslon that men and women 1n the autumn of thelr years dwell mostly ln the past However I have come to the mference at whlch my v1ewpo1nt concernlng the mxtter 19 exactly the rexerse I presume these usually genlal lId19Q xnd gentlemen ofter speak of dxys gone by but I belleve they ire more concerned VVlth the future xust as IS the younger gen eratlon For example Wllllam Allen , . L L y L - 9 ' 7 r - ' . '- ' - tl 1 L . , ' . . ' v - - V - ' K . - A x , ' '1 ' ' I v. . . K K f K 1 1 ' . . . . Y . 2 Ha , . . . - I . ' - I I I . - u n A s C A 'i . s ' 1 - - I li Y! - L. u L. 1 ' A xc ' 1 v K . . . . , . I 7Y ' u v v u w 3 K K c ' . A . . ' .- n v 5 5 7 , . , . . . l . . . , . l.f . H . . 7 s n - ' ' C . .. K n c Y v v . f . 7 u w1ll never become unhappy and re- C ' n ' . c - . N . - , 7 . 'sv y D 4 C X - p - - . - , - - r v v W . . 4 I n K , A A . ' ' ' . . 1 x l K 4 5 Q y 1 7 ' 1 r ' ' ' 7 I c A , , . . A . C . , 7 1 . . . .. t Aw Y K1 - K K' . , . . . . . 2 s l v 1 . Y 1 5 L u L Q , . ' 2 . 2 . . ,. A sf ' C ' x v S, Q . I Z .' 1 ' v ' w I v 's 7- - .. ., , . . . ,u Y , . . . . . ,

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MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY manner the world m1ght more qu1ckly hnd the true meanlng of peace L1fe 13 DFGCIOUS true self control renders It prlceless M A ERIC KNIGHT w1as bo1n IH York sh1re the large desolate county IH the north of England He f1rst came to Amerlca as a boy and hae mnce won fame as a novellst and short story wr1ter The follow1ng 1s a letter yvhlch he rnlght have wrltten to hls nephew 1n England August 4 1942 Dear nepheyv Erlc It was splend1d news th tt your mother s letter brought me today My slncerest congratulatlons and I aseure you that my prlde 1n bemg your uncle 1s second only to hers Hav1ng an elghteen year old R A F flghter pllot among us entltles the fam1ly to a good deal of pr1de' Llttle d1d I 1eal1ze what an honor my dear slster was g1v1ng me when she made he1 only son my Th1s news howey cr dld not espec1 ally QUFDFIQQ me I can 1emembe1 too well that last t1me I saw you a few ye 1rs ago Your nose was constantly between the coyers of my and all ay 1at1on textbooks on wh1ch you could lav hand I beheye lt was your zest for fly1ng ey en as a VOLlI'1gSt91 wh1ch first lnsplred my Flylng Yo1ksh1re min Now the or1g1nal Ilylllg' York sh1reman has actually taken fl1ght and what 1s a gre tter tr1bute has txken fhght IH defense of h1s country You haye won honor for our county of Yorksh1re too Let It produce a few more sons l1ke you and It c tn no long er be alleged that Yorksh1re men are strong 1n the arms but weak 1n the head Qlllth se11ously EFIC you can be 1ustly proud I would say you are tXXlC9 blessed You haye the pr1v1 lege of S61y1Hg' our country and of Sery1ng 1n the Rovtl A1r Force that yallant glOllp of young men yvho are m1k1ng thelr own gall Lnt hlstory It 1sn t e tsy IOI us w ho must be sat 1sf1ed yy 1th th1s umchau XIGW of the yy 11 especl Llly yvc w ho seryed IH the f11st World War Yet I have been glad 01 the sm ll w I5 111 w hlch I am able to se1ye md tm str1y1ng to make It gl eat by dO111g'1t g1c'1tly In your last lettel you spoke en thus11st1c1lly ot ut and palntlng Thls p1oycd llltL1LStlDg' to me but at the sxme tlme :mused me as It brought back a flood of memoues I doubt 1f Iye ey er 1el1tcd to you at length on my adyenttue yy 1th puntmg A num be1 of yea1s ago I became greatly at t1acted by pfuntlng nor was It only an att1act1on IOI mv amb1t1on to be come an utlst soon became qulte real EIl'1'1bltlOlI w ts sxdly d lmpened by my dlscoy e1y th tt I tm color bllnd My DlCtllI'6'S uc colol mtd md sources of g1eat su1p11se 1nd dellght to my f1l9lIdQl It h ts c lused my Wlf6 a great deal of lnxlety she llISlStS upon Fldlllg besldc me yy hencye1 I drlve an tuto mobllc 1n 01 de1 to tell me whether the tralhc llght 1s 1ed Ol g1een Yet I st1ll punt SOl'lILtln'l6S It IH rel xx ttlon from my w11t1ng At p1csent I un cndetyoung to bu1ld 1 sto1y uound my dog Lmssle who 18 my const xnt comp 1111011 She 1s 1 fine llllfllll 1nd gtllynt coml ide I want to make hexs 1 s1mplc but strong StO1X ippetlmg to the hum Ln1t1r11n lnstlncts those lllSt1IlCtS whlch must t ' . v . 3 1 1. w Y . I ' ' . v 1 . ' ' . v v 1 1 . . . u A, V. H ,, ' r . . 1 ,--1 - 11 . ' l ' 1 w n v' I L A Q K , - . .- ' .1 , . H 'u . ' , l K' - I 1 . - ' , c 7 c 1 . . , , . ' s 1 'w 7 . yy ' 4 v y 1- - ' 1 4 f v w' 1 1 'Y ' 1' ' w 1 1 4 ' 1 y' L ' n A C . A A AL. , ,Z ., A, . k , , A. , . g 1' c . 1 1 1 . a C 1 1 ' u 4 v 1 1 1 ' v' ' , . , c c I - f ' ' 17, , . . , . , . , . - 5 K , n '- - -' 2 .' z.' 2 ' 'z ' 1 ' 3 7 - . Y ' ' 1 K . L , 1. 1 , , . ' I 4. . v C L. . L ' K . , ' ' ' 2 Vx I - - . . , 1 1 ' 1 2 r. - . ' . C v K A' A' V' A 4- ' ' Q 4 ' - 7 L 1 A1 ' s A . 2 . 'S K. . ' 1 Ualllesake- After two 1ea1's of stud 1 however thls . . 1 ! A' 1 1' A' - ' ' Y. . .. V . 7 I c 1 1 c A 1 4 4 -W v 1 v 4 I l L x 1 A -I C l ' n v I l ' 4 s . 1 - z a . . 2 3. l A M ,K S , 2 A- ' ' ' , . . . . . A ' . I 1 .I kv' 1 1 1 1 11- . 2 - ' 1 1 1 s 1 ' - ' 4 1 e 9 ' U L s J, A , ' ' an ' . , ' . . . . A A' 1 A - . A. Q . . K. . K . !? ' ' ' ' - - . . . - 3 1 - . Y 1 , . , . H - c , . , 1 c 1 c w l y . 1 . 1 Y vi' ' ' I I ' 1 y 4 K C , so C Ixv x I X I v ,- Q f . A C C , . . A ' 1 'v 4 v 4 1 at I iw' ,, Y Y I V C n l C D 9 C nn. , ' ' . -, 1 1 ' I . - . w K , Q C C C C C C C . as, ' ' , A . ' . ' '. A . z 1 A . z C U ' ' 1 V v , ' 1 ' , , ' 1