McKinley High School - Gatherer Yearbook (Deer Isle, ME)

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8 THE CATHERER STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS Looking back over my school years, with all the privileges and gifts that God gave me of sight, speech, and hearing, I feel that I have been very for- tunate. It is surprising how little we appreciate these gifts until we have lost them. I recall to my mind a wonderful American girl who has struggled through life being deaf, dumb, and blind-Helen Keller. To think of what she has accomplished makes us feel how little we accomplish with all that has been given us to help us. She isnow capable of reading and writingg also she goes to lectures accompanied by an interpreter of the deaf and dumb language, and she is able to understand all that is going on. I think that we should make her our example. XN'hen we get discouraged we should think of all the hardships she has had and how wonderfully she has overcome them. 1 ENID NIORRISON, '30, I MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL

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THE CATHERER 7 COOPERATION Cooperation is delined as the act of working together. In a high school career cooperation is one of the most essential factors. A student must cooperate with other students. his teachers. and his parents. lt is impossible for one to think of graduation unless cooperation takes place. XVhen a person enters a school it is an absolute necessity for him to cooperate with his teachers at once. It is then the duty of the parents to cooperate with both. If it were not for cooperation. each person wouldthink and work opposite to each other in whatever duty each undertook. In sports cooperation is regarded as an essential factor. Members of a team must cooperate with each other. This might also be said of almost any duty one might undertake. Izomx jovcia, '31. OUR SPEECH Did we ever take time to decide what we are going to do after we gradu- ate? Probably not! Ute must realize that our future depends entirely upon our own ability to bear all responsibilities as grown men and women. VVe shall go about and think of what we must do, and how we should become qualified and be competent for our future activities. How? Go to high school. There we learn to cultivate our knowledge of speaking, to adjust our Words to their proper places. 'ln the grades we haven't learned fully the meaning of our English vocabulary, which is of such great advantage to us. To get even a working knowledge of it we must work diligently for years. Good business men and women should acquire good English in order to carry on the conversation and work of the business world. Wlhen one is speaking before an audience, the success and interest of his speech depends much upon the usage of the speaker's words and how he arranges them. ln fact, in every phase of life a clear understanding of our language works to our advantage and happiness. Y ERA MARsHALL, '30, AMBITION How many people are there who can really call themselves ambitious? Everyone possesses this quality to some extent, but some express it more than others. It is quite necessary for one to be ambitious in school life. If one lacks ambition, he cares not as to whether his lessons are fully prepared or whether he accomplishes all that is assigned him. Wfithout ambition no schools nor any business firms can be successfully carried on. It is a quality that one should aim to possess at all times. If one is ambitious he is sure to succeed in whatever he undertakes, while if this quality is lacking failure is almost sure to arise. A VESTA JOYCE, l3U.

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