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

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M. F. H. S. PILOT 1 BUSY lv' DAY I I HOW TO GAIN FRIENDS True friendship is a wonderful thing. Few people who have the opportunity realize the beauty of it. Many do not have the chance because they have no true friends. It is for these people I am writing How to Gain Frinedsl' and I sincerely hope it will be benefi- cial to them. In gaining friends the first thing to remember is to smile. YVhen you meet anyone for the first time it is only natural for you to wish to make a good impression. The best way I know of lo do this is to smile-a genuine smile and not a silly, insincere grin. After you have met the person and are left to carry on a conversation with him. be friendly, forget yourself, think of him- Get him to talk about himself, and be genuinely interested in what he has to say-make your interest so genuine and sincere that he can't keep from becoming interested in you. Never talk about yourself or any of vour heroic deeds. If you do this your friend is immediately going to form the opinion that you are an egoist. A frood wav to get out of this difficulty is to talk on different subjects until you find out what his hobby is, or some oarticular line in which he is interested instead of forcing on him some subject which is verv boring. Another important point to remem- her is to be interested in the other ...V j person instead of trying to get him interested in y-ou because if you are sincerely interested in hi-m that will turn his interest to you. Listen atten- tively to what he has to say, don't allow your mind to wander from his subject. Make him feel he is impor- tant and do it sincerely. The next time you meet a stranger try to practice at least some of these rules. Remember the rules-Rule 1- smileg Rule 2-Be genuinely interested in the other person to get them inter- ested in you, Dorothea Bridgham, '37 FRIENDSHIP XVe have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken How many we see, and have association with, whom we scarcely speak to, whom we honor, and who honor us. To these we do not express our thoughts but we seem to have a mutual understanding that we are friends. XYe glory in this feeling for these people. The our affections, is no winter hover on the moment we indulge in all iss cheerful and there or storms. No clouds horizon of our trust in them. Old friends and dear. They are sincere and true. NYC may think aloud before them. Their advice and council is grasped as if we fear that it will escape into thin and new alike are near

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Z M. F. air. Before them we drop the outsid: exterior of formal courtesy and act with entire simplicity. One element of friendship is tender- ness. VVhen one has become dear to us, we have touched a goal of good fortune. VVe exchange gifts, are good neighbors, and are concerned with the sick. To obtain friendship, be yourself and be sincere at all times. W'e talk of choosing friends but friends are self- elected. They come to us unsought. They can't be judged unfairly, but deference to them must be portrayed al, all times. The higher the type of friendship we demand, the harder it is, of course to establish it in our world. Friends cannot be ideals, but are just like you and me, plain simple folk whose feelings are easily hurt. They are real. . Friends are like books, they are where we can find them although we seldom use them. VVe receive them not for what they have but for what they are. They furnish us entertain- ment without masking or going onto the stage to give brilliant speeches. The roots of friendship are embed- ded deep in the heart of every man. These roots grow and continue to strengthen with the passing of time. Let them expand and continue their growth. As all good things, even friendship must be saddened and broken. Though still, all the beauty is not lost but con- tinues to weave its web in the hearts of man. A Friend in need, -my neighbor said to me- A Friend indeed is what I mean to beg In time of trouble I will come to you, And in' the hour of need you'll find me true. I thought a bit and took him by the hand: My friend, said I, you do not under- stand. The inner meaning of that simple rhyme A friend is what the heart needs all H. S. PILOT the time. Laina Pullckinen, '38 LIFE IS A GAME The song writer said: f'Life is a game we're playing. It is not always as pleasant, perhaps as a game, but the smilarity of the two is noticeable. First, as in baseball, the major league clubs go into training in the spring of the year. They prepare for the season ahead. Liken this to our school system, where teachers, as coaches, will prepare their material, for a career, not a season on the dia- mond. New recruits crop up and fight for a vacant position, or to take an aged veteran's place in the line-up, even as they do in life. These veterans will warm up for a long, torturous season. They practice to prepare themselves and fight off the challenge of youth. Then ,comes the first game. What is there about the first game? Great crowds attend. VVhy is the first game important? There follows a long, strenuous scliedule-a long, hot, dry, weary sea-- son-a campaign stretching through the weeks from the latter part of April to the end of September. The sun will beat d-own on the toil- ing ball players, as again and again they go to their positions in the field. They play in a blazing heat. The games are long drawn out af- fairs. The season drags. A few big moments are remember- cd. 'How long must the team. play to build up a single tense moment? They go through' the same motions again and again. They field the ball. and exchange it around the infield . Despite anv-slowness that creeps in, the players must -keep up with the game. They must not lose track of what is happening, even if it should be dull, slow and uninteresting. They