Mechanic Falls High School - Pilot Yearbook (Mechanic Falls, ME)

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M. F. ll. S. PILOT 3 , rv F, BUSY if .I pp, I ' 1 lar' WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR LIVES? 'l'he quest for knowledge goes on through time. If you look closely, you will tind, I think, that the impulse that keeps it all, the hope that lasts through it all, is, the hope of getting light on this great questiong XYhat shall we do with our lives? XYe should strive to live creatively. Budget your time. Time is not only money: it is life. The use you make of the twenty-four hours of the day deter- mine your character and destiny. List the ten or more types of demands upon your time in the order of their impor- tance. Put the first things of life First. Spend time on the more signiticant activities, and pass by the things of little consequence. Get under the load of human need, and lift, bearing in mind the words of Edgar A-X. Guest. These things you'll need to see through: 'l'he pluck to face a problem new. The will to do the best you can And win or lose to play the man. M .-xT'1'I1Q XVALnRoN, '35 NY .brial l THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE Do you remember the old saying, It's the little things in life that count P Perhaps you have scotfed at this little piece of counsel, hut, nevertheless, it is true. It is not the success you make of your- self as a business man or woman, as a great personality in politics, or society life, or some other superficial artg it is the little things of life that insures your future happiness. In school life, too, there are little things. It isn't the mere gaining of good standing in your studies and in the participating in athletics, that represents your success in schoolg it is the coopera- tion you give to your teachers and your friends, the obedience and gracefulness of mind with which you follow the rules of your school, that make your school life a huge success. I think we do not realize this fact until it is time to leave, then it is too late. liut we have some time left in which to make easier the work of our teachers and schoolmates. It is up to you whether or not YOUR school life will be a success. Remember it is the little things in life that count. EMILY' BRIDGHAM, '34

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5 1 'Dedication We, the Ntudents of Mech unic Falla High School respectfully dedicare this issue of the Pilorw to MRS. HELEN AARON whose unfailing generosity and willing efforts have been a constant source of inspiration to the student body.

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4 M. F. ll. S. l'll.O'l' -- A SMILE - A smile is a friendly greeting That fills our hearts with cheer, And gives to others gladness As along the way they pass. So give to the world a treasure That was meant for our happiness, Drive away the sorrows and heartaches With a smile upon your face. Give your smile to others And watch the sadness fade, Give your smile to all the world Then watch the smiles increase. Meeting people every day one can easily determine the thoughts that are hidden deep within them. VVhen we meet Mr. Jones upon the street and he greets us with a smile and a cheerful greeting, we know that he finds the happy things of life. Perhaps his smiling, cheerful greeting makes us forget our own troubles and sorrows as we walk on in the sunshine. As soon as we turn the street corner we meet a joyous group of children laughing and romping. The happy smiles on their little faces tell us that they are free from worry or care. The next thing we know we meet Mr. White, who has a very downcast look upon his stern face. This tells us that something is very wrong. However we smile and greet him cheerfully and what do you know? That downcast frown changes in the sunlight to a broadening smile as he passes on. Then we think how the smile passed to us and passing on, helped to make happiness for others, and that smile has gone on in the world to do its endless toil. After all, Life is what we make it in sunshine and in rain. XVe, ourselves, can do much for the happiness of others hy a smile and endless cheer. 9 IDOROTHY FRENCH, '34 THE LIGHT OF FAITH Long ago, in the reign of Nero, there came into existence, a struggling band of religious people who were bitterly oppressed. They were Christians. Beat- en, driven, accustomed to torture, they kept on until today they have the most unified hand in the world. In olden times, Christians tried to use their belief in peace, but Nero, and other emperors, made sport of them, threw them to the wild beasts of the arena, burned them as torches in the king's garden, and executed them by other various means of cruelty. A Christian was thought to be lower than a cur, to be spat upon, cursed at, and beaten. The secret meeting places of the people were sought out and destroyed, with the occu- pants. Strange as it may seem to us of the age, kings placed bounties upon the heads of Christians, they were killed, brought before officers, and the lected a good bounty. However, through all disaster, the Christians kept to their be- lief, having supreme faith in the one God, and following Him. As an exam- ple, A slave was captured, and brought before the king, after one of the raiding parties. The monarch wanted her, and offered her her freedom if she would give up her religion, otherwise, she would die. She replied, however, I would rather a thousand times die a Christian, than to live in the face of my sins. murderers col- this period of