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

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1 5 if lT'S UP TO US Throughout history Max has worried about his young. Now, in this year of 'l958, that worry has reached a new and dangerous high Why is It that some adults think that the words Teenager ancl Juvenile Delm quent are Interchangeable? These adults are more than willing to admit that there are some rotten apples in each barrel and yet all teenagers are condemned for the actions of a few lt is possible that teenagers of this mod ern age appear more reckless and more daring than teens of the past Most adults look back on their youth as a time for fun They remember the Charleston or Big Apple and Rudy Vallee or when Frank nfs MM ny 4 2 tif is lm 'ef I time af 6 SQ iii' 2' ,E M 54... 46-,af was Skinny Frankie Boy . They also re- member coats and skirts at the knees, and frizzy hair. Still, they raise a fuss over our Rock and Roll Elvis Pre ley full petti- coats and style of dress and hair If they would compare for a moment they might realize that most of us arent any more full of it than they were and that they seem to have turned out all right Although most teens are decent law abiding youths our names are being black ened We the teens of today should do our best to wipe out this attitude toward our generation We should try to live up to our teachers ministers and parents hopes ITS up to us' --.....,,,,..,,,Q-nl M 'A --w-...,,,,,M tum sn nom 'C-'M .Zi . 1 S 1 , . ll ll ll ' ' ' ' 1 ll ' ' I . 1 ' ' ' ll ' ll 1 , . 1 . I . . I ' - . i I , I 11 11 11 - , . . , I I I 11 , il' 'A' i' K ' ,Ml Hwy . .,,. ., ,RM ' . . fi if tif' l v1 .wsiyr 1 1,1 f.5,1g?,t, , Q 1 ga X, 1 T ' ,fit , - q smmf ' ., W V. 1 , . 3 , - , , , A ,, , - Vivian-A WW. J gt 5 ' 1 r 1 M-1 f f' , , .i 1 QQ wif 51. r . ,w 4, ,l ' L ,,,.,,,W kv' 1 uf' . , 'wmv' Yi, 1 14-ft' 5 ' W - r 2' fc-L K ' f -1 r' Z 1 t ' , , A Q A k in tt 1 ie g j . -' it . - - 11..1Af+Wji:5,gt. 3.4 ff A , ,sql 1 Vg nf!-viifgi? ,Q -I Tffti '45 425 71. 'N -'ES 5 x , ., - ' 1 ,a ,w 1 t. A-1-am, - 11' ' 153 cm Sag - . , I 'xl rpm-' Ag - gl: lr ' Taba Q 1 . T p if 1' , 3' , A I Q ' . 1 3 , g1?Msf 'Q fi-if 1 1 mt v Eta? cs es. MJ, W 2 , ' .. .5 1: il, 553525 1 N ,se fi sw ' ff -We Q 1 W ss -vw , T . , 1 i Q 1 t tn! E Z i ff' ' Y ' l . , , ff ' Q M' , i ..,. ' 1 wc, s is ' 1 1' . me 'r' A ,ff ' L

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6 lflf0l Ld,A Today we are luvmg In an era that IS different from any that the world has ever known There are Sputnlks that fly around un space, and long range missiles that can go half way around the world to destroy a cnty The men who develop these missiles are scuentnsts but they werent born scnen tnsts They had to learn They had to be educated Then, so do we, the young peo ple of today have to be educated All of us arent going to become sclentlsts, thats certam However, we do have the pruvl lege of attending school and learning are better in science than however they may be ln fields Your friend may ex and you may have a hard nn turn you may be better Some people other people feruor In other cel an scnence time passing than your friend nn something else School Isnt here gust to tram people to be scientists Perhaps you are going into go a hugh school diploma wall be beneficial to vou If vou should decide to go to a vocatlonal school you wull find that a hugh school education or its equivalent IS re quired WHAT Wlll. THE None of us know what the future wlll bring of course but there have been some very accurate calculations Space travel IS ln the near future Already satellites have been sent up unto space and rocket shlps have been made Have you really thought of the future concerning you? For some hugh school stu dents the future might concern plans for further education or the profession they plan to enter Others might be planning a new house car or even how to have a bet ter family or a happier llfe Whatever It IS they must plan for ut, because there are few people fortunate enough to have their dreams come true without any effort or plans on their part The world us full of people who go along from day to day without really making In school we not only learn our lessons, but we also learn to become good cntuzens, to work with one another and to enloy one anothers company You can look at lt from a thousand different angles, but you always come up with the same answer, high school IS beneficial Many students quit school nowadays and thunk nothing of It They wlll probably goto work un the shoe shop and make forty dollars a week That seems luke a lot of money to them forty dollars go have children? work In a shoe tuon wall help you get a higher position now, but how far wnll the when they get married and Even If you are going to shop, a hugh school educa People look at the opportumtses you have before you Choose your own field of member one thing whether you plan to become a scientist a business man or lust a common laborer you should finish hugh school You may not thunk me right now but nn time l believe you wall FUTURE BRING? any specufic plans These people say that they are getting along all right and that IS all that really counts That may be true, but are these people, or any other people, really certam of what the future will bring, or what will become of them and their families? Many people dream of the future as a life of ease which as full of push button de vlces to make life and work easier They dream of magnificent cuties with flying cars and streamlined skyscrapers, or other awe mspmng dreams of what the future holds In order for such wonderful dreams to come true however someone must plan and cre ate each device before It can become a reality Whether or not you are one of these people to plan for these devuces and for the future remains to be seen That someone could be you' I. . I . . I . . . . , . . . , . . . . , ' . I ' 1 Q 4 . , . . . ' , . : , ' - . . . h . I n - n 1 0 z ' , ' . , . . . . I the service when you're of age. lf you do work. Set a goal and strive toward it. Re- , . . . . . I v . . . . I . I . I . . - - ' ' , 1 , , , , ' . . . ' I Q . I 1 '

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Prnncupal of Hugh School MR HAYWARD B CARSLEY JR Guidance Bates College A B Supermtendent of Schools MR FRED ALLEN Colby B A Meme M Ed MR ARTHUR GOUIN j6LClfl,Ag Algebra Geometry Rev Math Trng Drlver Education Umversnty of Morne BA World History United States Hist. l, ll . . ' .