Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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4 THE SCREECH OWL students who are, at the present mo- ment, enrolled at the school. The M. H. S. A. A. and the Girls A. A. are now handicapped in playing basketball. For practice and games, a hall must be hired, since the present gymnasium is less than official size. The students of the school realize that the town is under heavy financial burden in the task of their education. However, we feel that some means can be found to alleviate the present condition. Why not investigate the matter ? Edward C. Fearns, ’ 28 .

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THE SCREECH OWL 3 school and a boy who finishes the eighth grade can get a position mix- ing drinks at a soda fountain. Both of these are respectable jobs for a summer vacation but likely to have a tragic affect if continued after the school begins in the fall. Few important business positions go to young people with less than a high school education. The over- crowding of our universities shows that even college education pays. Training is not only needed for the “learned professions.” The day of the small farmer is passing and labor saving machinery is coming into use on the farms. Yet only a born genius can operate and repair these ma- chines. The best place to get the training for it is in the right kind of school. If a boy likes farming, but doesn’t like the school in his community be- cause he sees no use for Latin, An- cient History and such, he should not give up the task. There are plenty of schools in his state where he can find he can work out part or all of his expenses while he learns about his affairs. Culture cannot be bought and sold, but must be lived through. The big danger of leaving school too early is the danger of personal littleness, of stagnation in a mental treadmill, and of dying a vulgar person. Sylvia Ahola, ’28. Spirit “Say ! Why not let me in on this ? What — sure I’ll do it — aw come on let me will you?’ ' What type of person do you imag- ine the above to be ? Compare it with one who says, “Aw, I don’t want to. Let ‘Ar do it!” Perhaps it does not convey anything specific to you, ex- cept that one says, “No”; the other, “Yes.” Let us concentrate upon these familiar words, I say familiar, for no doubt you recite those very words daily. There must be something, we may term it a force, which either compels or repels us’ to or from an act. This force acts either negatively or positively. It is not a difficult prob- lem to solve which of the two com- parisons is most used. But why? There certainly must be something definite alack. What is it? Nerve? Ambition? Grit? Spirit? Spirit is the one and only word which conveys its meaning fully. To some of us the word may seem strange; to others familiar. No matter, start now and get acquainted with it. It means everything! Don’t be a drawback. We are a large family but we v ant to stick together always. You belong, I belong, we all belong. Don’t you feel it? You are one of us and we are one of you — we have wffiat you have, and that’s SPIRIT! Let’s hold on to it and say, “I’m in on this — sure. I’ll do it!” Irma Ryssy, ’28. A New Gymnasium “Mens Sana in copore sano,” a sound mind in a sound body. This well known epigram was first given by the Roman satirist, Juvenal, two thousand years ago. Despite the great lapse of time, the truth remains the same. The body must be fully devel- oped, in order that it may be a fit in- strument for the mind. It is, therefore, imperative that proper means of physical training be maintained. Systematic exercise, under suitable direction, should be re- quired of all members of the student body. At the present time, there is little opportunity for such work at May- nard High. An undersized and poorly ventilated gymnasium, without the least semblance of equipment is woe- fully inadequate for the proper train- ing of the three hundred and fifty

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TO A DEPARTED FRIEND I Like shadows passing in the night We often meet; a moment, — then We drift apart, our devious paths Perhaps never to be crossed again. But in that moment we exchange A word of trust or friendship’s smile. And drifting onward through life’s course Keep the memory of one fleet while. II Dear bygone friend, you’ll never know. By just your faith what work you wrought. Awakened to a living flame Ambition sleeping, hope forgot. New love of life, new trust in man From cynic doubt you did remake. By faith, though undeserved evoked. But prized the more — for friendship’s sake. S. W., ’30. An Interpretation of the Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln Pausing in contemplation on a life so beautiful and inspiring in its corn- position as that of Lincoln, one is filled with a sense of deep admiration and respect for that martyred hero. Abraham Lincoln exemplified the typical, true, patriotic American, a strong and worthy representative of the common people, who stepped forth from obscurity, with infinite appro- priateness in the darkest moment of our nation’s history, to rescue, and guide it safely past the whirlpools of dissension and political strife that threatened to engulf it. By merely reading an account of the life of Lincoln, one does not, can- not, fully appreciate the truly mag- nificent character of our Nation’s Savior. His place in human history is so large that he rises far superior to mere words. Every phase of his character presents a completeness which which will never be forgotten. Behind the actual facts of his life, lay a personality as fine as the finest, a soul, pure as the purest, and a mas- terly mind, the true sources of his greatness. The personality of Lincoln, com- posed by the blending of countless virtues, has not been dimmed in the minds of men in the years which have passed, but instead, has gathered