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

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6 ' THE CA THERER VISITORS VVhy don't you come to visit us? XVe can't imagine what keeps you away. Vt-'e have pleasant schoolrooms, good seats, and plenty of entertainment ready for you. It can't be because you aren't interested in us. Every one of you, par- ents, alumni, and friends, would enjoy listening to our classes. Nevertheless. we have had only four visitors this year. You like to-have visitors at your homes. You like to show your friends some new piece of furniture, a choice dish, or to talk of the latest news, don't you? XVe would like to have an oppor- tunity to show you what we have acquired at high school. So, parents, alumni, and friends, we would like to have you visit us. Remember, McKinley High extends to you a hearty welcome. IIELEN IIIARSITALL, '30, SCHOOL SPIRIT I think that our school should show more cooperation in lessons and sports. Everyone should help to make the school life more interesting by forming clubs to make the daily routine vary from day to day, instead of having just the compulsory studies hour after hour, day after day. VVith these clubs we should have some interesting changes, some cooperation with each other after school. Everyone should be willing to do his part instead of let- ting just a few do all the work while he sits back and does all the watching, not caring what happens, not helping, not joining to make our school more interesting for everyone, not showing a bit of Srl1o0lSp-irit. Of course, we have no Deer Isle charity clubs, such as many larger schools have, but we could form among ourselves social clubs. I think the situation would be much better, and that our school days would be much happier, if we used more School Spirit instead of saying to ourselves, Oh! what do I care as long as I can manage to slip by and pass. il can't bother with any old clubsg I have enough to do as it is. HALGA SMALL, '31, SELF-RELIANCE ,,? .. .WI Vllhat is the meaning of the term self-reliance . It is given in e Jster's dictionary as trusting to one's own powers and judgments. In a school career self-reliance is a very essential factor. One must be able to depend or rely on himself at all times. If a person is self-reliant, he will not fear any question or subject demanding careful forethought on the part of the one answering .the question. .fIt does not pay to rely on another person for one's' work from day to day as some crisis, when the person is least expecting it, is sure to arise. The price you'll have to pay for it is hardly worth while. IZORA Joyce, '31.

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0 THE G THERER Published Irv thc' Seniors of il-IcIx'1'nIcLv High. School Vol XII DEER ISLE, AIAINE, JUNE, 1930 ko 1 EDITORIAL BOARD Ed itor-in-C lzirf ..... ................................................ IAIELEN NIARSIIALL XIESTA JOYCE Busimss Editor .... VERA' RIARSIIALL Literary Editor . ..... ....... NIARY SCOTT Alimm-i Editor ....... .... ............ Excliango Editor ...... .... Local Editor ........ ..... ....... AIYRTLE GREENLAXV ITELEN lhl-ARSHALL ROSELLA GRAY Jokc Editor .............................. .. ........ .. Assistant Business Manager ................,................. JUNE CONARY, '31 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication ..... ................................................... . 2 Editorials ...... . 5 Classes ..... .. 9 Alumni ..... .... 3 I Literary ...... .... 3 9 Locals ......... .... 5 o Exchanges ..... .... 5 4 VVise Cracks ....... .... 5 5 School Calendar ...... ..... 6 o Advertisements ...... .............. ....................................... ..... 6 1 rw + + + + + +A + + + hitnrialaa +w+A, A A EDUCATION BY RADIO Last Christmas day, as I sat listening to programs coming over the radio from England, Germany, and Holland, I thought of the great progress that we have made in radio in the last few years. A few years ago not many homeis had a radiog now almost every home has one. Through the radio we hear foreign languages spoken by people to whom they are native. We can listen'to music appreciation hours. VVe hear the great men of our country give their ideas on current events. We receive the latest news several times a day. VVe hear great singers and musicians whom we would miss because we could not afford to go to the theatre to listen to them. The men on ships at sea are able to keep in communication with the people on land through radio. Wliile Commander Byrd has been at the South Pole, he frequently heard programs from New York. At the present time radio experts are improving television so that per- haps in a few years more we will be able to see the radio artists as well as hear them. Do we not live in a wonderful age, and should we not be more satisfied with our good fortune than we are? I think so. ENID MORRISON, '30,

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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.