Mattanawcook Academy - Pine Needles Yearbook (Lincoln, ME)

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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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EDITORIALS FULFILLMENT Man cannot l1ve by bread alone Have you ever heard that Do you know what It me1ns Stes 1ts t1ue there are not enough v1t1m1ns 1n bread to supply the body and bre td would be t1resomcta1e me xl upon meal day after day But that 1s not the meftnlng of those s1x NN ords Not at all Man cannot llve h1s every day hte for long feehng complete sat1sfact1on There are t1mes when work and plfu become so monotonous or one so ox erbalanced that hte 1s unbearable Man then needs someth1ng also 1n h1s llfe It IS splrltual asslstance Wlth all the turmo1l 1n the world today pol1t1cally 1118991151011 at home and abroad b0C13lly nat1on flghtmg natlon econom1cally countmes plung mg 1nto near bankruptcy we have very few pleasant thlngs 1n prospect good proof of ou1 need of help from It 18 an mescapable fact that vue at school conslder thc dally Blble re ld 1ng an lnterruptxon to qlllbt study 1 borlng fue mmutes thrown an ay Ol a t1me to day dream Thls demonstr tted lack of respect 1s sa 11le0'1ous The men xx ho vsrote the Blble xx ere mspued by someth1ng1nf1n1te1x great then loxe for Chrlst Those men were human belngs s1mplc and earnest and fO1 Hls cause many gnc then Ines The very fact that thelr bellef h ts enduled for n1neteen hundred yea1s should be proof of the great strength of Chr1s tlanlty and the doctr1ne of I'9l1g'lOl1 the Blble Att9Ht10H to the Blble readlngs IH the dally ekerclse 18 the smallest re l1g1ous duty any oi us can obserxe The s1ncer1ty loglc and truth of the Book haxe nexer been surpassed No man cannot hxe bv bread alone M A THE WILL TO WIN Recently a student recexved a letter from one of last year s gr mduates now 1n the Army The followlng para gl xph lb txken flom that letter Xou ll nexer reallze what a won derful thlng home IS I newer dld but now that Word 19 a wonderful dream Ex erv q0ldlF,0 tt least ex ervone I know 1ust l1ves for the day he can come back home to the one he loxes Put there s a blg lob to be done hrst and home w1ll seem a lot better when tnat 1ob 15 done md a man can feel he can hxe h1s own llfe the W ay he wants to md not haxe to sav Yes s1r and NJ excuse sn' The Armys a won delful expellence and Im glad I can be tble to h ue the prnllege to serxe Those words came from one wx ho last yeal was one of us But he s not one of us anvmore He s changed and so hax e We That soldler s change was for the good What about ours? On every Slde there s an attltude of defense What do I care Who cares 1f I do lt Why bother If we cont1nue th1nk1ng and actmg about a m ttter IQ seemmglv small as studymg of teen L9 hearts What do I care lf We don t 19549 VVhx bothel to mln th1s xx ar ln 1944 there Wlll only be another xx hlch to pay taxes There h LS to be a ulll to vun 1f we ne golng, to be XlCtOI'10US1H 1944 or 1n oon 1t ulll grow 1n m1ll1ons um the Wdl thls year or 1n 0116 Ol'1 'Y-' v v v ' X Y I U - I av - - - . 1' , f ' , 1 . , I 1 v 7 1 . , 1 1 ' v 4 5 ' ' 1 .f ' . 1 . . F M , . . ' 1 Q , ' 2 L. ,- . . y Z , 1 K . 1 I l I I , , 1 1 1 1, l Y v. v W ' . I - C L x ' L.. 1 , '2 ' 2 ' : . . .. ,, , , Y 1 . I - 1 l wi ' ' A .v L Y I , 1 1 . 1. , ' . f 1 v ' . 7 f C. 1 1 , I' ' 1 - U 2 5 ' . c , 1 , 1 1 1' ' I 1 1 . . - 7 1 . 11 . - 1 V , H y 1 1- , 11 1 . 1 c . s ' y 4 ' ' . ' v ', v ' v ' 7 y D ' ' ' . ' v ' s 5 7 4 . s' 7 7 7 - L ' - Lx L . . . - Y 1 V 4 Q A L y A-A-7 9 l - . . 1 Q. I , T 1 1 , . 2 2 . , K. , , . . . ,, somethlng greater than we. but home IS st1ll El Wonderful dream. .1' D 1 ' c I ' X 1 I 1' I ' 1 . . . , 1 1 A 2 ' M A 1. 1 . . . . I ,H A : , 2 1' ' v . 1 ' f 1 l ' v l v C Y v 4 a v 1 ' , I 1 U . 1 1 ' 1 'v x s 2 3 L s 4 Ls. . M. . 1 . , . 1 1 1 c g 1. 1 y v ' x v 1 ' s ' - v T-H 1 u 77 H A m 9 . . . . Y 1 .4 V U . . ,, 4, ,, .,' K y ' 1 , 1 c ' ' f1,1 X- 2 ' 2 211 D1 11 ' ' K ' 21' ' apt 2 ' ' ' y 1 -1 V' v. 1 's 1 ' 77 , L. J K, I, . K ,. , . 7 . K Y ,, ' 1 1 1' 1 - 2 2 11 Y ' 1'

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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 . '