Mexico High School - Pep Yearbook (Mexico, ME)

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THE PEP aaailable corner including basements has been conaerted into class or recitation rooms Crowded conditions like these are not healthful and figures show that the enrollment as increasing esery year Something must be done ig saw Puzzles may soon die out but this one will not We must haae a new high school Action gets results y not take action toward this most necessary c use? NIAT NIOWAT 33 LET US BE CALM Iebruary 'Y Mr Pendereast us fthe lunior Enlelish Classy a test in literature After fin ishing the test I laid down my pencil and looked out of the window The sky was a bright blue There were a few white fleecy clouds near the horizon The snow on the mountain side beyond Rumford sparkled in the sunlight The flag, in front of the school house was snapping in a stiff breeze In the class room Mr Pendereast and most of the students were busy writing I foreot the trouble which surrounds our land In that instant the peaceful landscape the busy class room and the flag flying in the sunlight were amd symbols of America I thought of the many men and women old and young, that la axe been without work for the past year or two Some momentous questions came to me Perhaps all of us soon to leaye hitch school should iye them a thought How will I fare when I 50 out into the world to fight for a laying' Will S the problems of life harden me and make me cynical' XVIII some trouble maker sueceed in arous any, my passions and cause me to do something, that calm reasoning, says is wrong' Will I always haae the loae and reaerenee for the flag, that I haye now One thing stands out clearly We must Cware of the enemies of Democracy We must beware of smooth toncued aeitators no matter what name they masquerade under who seek to destroy Religion and the Home' Something must be done to eliminate corrupt politicians The problems of the Machine Age must be solyed I-Ioweser the whole matter must be handled calm ly and constructisely not destructiaely IOHN C KIDDER 'Il-IE AUTOBIOGAPHY OI A REPORT CARD Iresh and shining from the printing, press I lay in a pile of report cards There was a delight ful buzz of yoyous expectance as a chorus of my brethren chanted Do each days work each day belieye me it will pay while another ybroup responded lf you neglect your work youll sure ly fall you shirk Suddenly a lull came upon us A hand w as groping in the dark drawer and I was among a nasty tasting, blue fluid Horrid I called it but the hand soon took a bottle of brilliant red and to my gre at joy used this gay color freely to decortte my face Ah lipstick I thought as the matic red circles appeared Thrills of anticipation ran up and down my spine Surely mused l my future owner will be delielated to receiae such an ornamental card beseral days later the banner day of my life came I went to my master The boy who re ceiyed me glanced sullenly at my beautiful magic circles and with frightful scowl plopped me rudely into a mess of papers books and lunch' Shaken and shocked as neaer before an my life l yainly sought to explain this treatment At last my unpleasant reaeries were interrupted by trembling, hand which delxed into my prison and grabbed me hard as if loathe to ne me up I w as handed to tlae boy s father a eraye doctor in the Community Hospital As he studied my centents I could hear his rather absent minded comments Geometry 55 blood circulation in brain slu cash In lish 60 patient sleeping well in class History 50 blood pressure subnormal marked Patients condition on the whole unastts factory But to his son he said Henry are you satisfied with your report' My owner seemed to take an extraordinary interest in the floor After a pause he replied Wfell er anyway I rece-ised 75 in lrench Really' The fathers yoiee w as coldly furious And 50 in history 55 in He broke off at the approach of his younger son Carl Qfor that was the name of the young, many also held V 4 .3 7 r a ly V 4, '1 1 A A I V 1 A A A -. . . . . 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TIE PPI ILd1tor1aIs XVI-IX 'II-Il CORRIQT PROCFDLRI SHOUIID BP IXIPI-IASIZID INI ALL CLASS XII ITINC5 IL wresent se 1ool ye1r rs nemne nts en X rn el1ss meetrnrs IIXL been he 1 ne the presr line oII1eers been 1ble to eonduet tl1e mferlngs hy themselxes' Hue my ol the te1ehers lten foreed to lnterxene fLg1I'ellIIjj methods of XOIIIIKQ I-I1s tny meettn-1 If my time been o slowly eondueted th1t e'str1 trme has been neeessny I In bflgi hut the renherg been forged to ttlse eh1rve to t1e1l1t1te mftttersf I 1ssun1e that eondttrons tn the otl1er rhrer 1l1sses hue heen the s1n1e as rn the unror 1 1ss If suth rs the 11se I tm sure thtt H I S must he the tnswers to tl1e preeedxng LILILSIIOIIS XX hy should these eondtrrons exrst' 'Ihere ts one bt' retson No methol of procedure l1 ls hten em WIIISIILL Bee 1t1se of tlns flet the wresldtne ollteer does not lenow l1ow to sroeeeel 'Ihe memhers ful to mtlee tl1e neeess1ry' motlons ml non11n1t1ons for tl1e stme re 1son Becctuse tl1e Iormthty ot lsletne for the floor l11s been Ignore ' members wl1o wtsh to 1sle eyuestlons or express Itetr ylews spe1l1 out together md eause eonfusron C course IH eyery el1ss unfortumtelv there 1re 1 few so etlled lse vuys who thrnle sn 1rr to r111e11e III swe1 er e 1re on too wr nn to to the nor e but curtous ertoutrh tl1ey nexer hue 1ny 1de1s themselyes worthy of expressron Htpplly howexer they tre 1 xery Sllllll tnrnorzty 1n1l em be etsnly quleted I thml1 thtt 1ll of you wrll agree wrth me thu my person trymg to spe1l1 nn tl1e ttce of noise 1nd rr heule lb lpt to fctlter md become sell LOHSLIOLIS P1rl11ment1ry Procedure on the other h1nd wo11l1l m 1l1e tt ClSy to leeeo order would enable the students to become better spealsers and hy 1ro1's1ng greater lf1lII'1IlXC would lncreise the r tnterest tn the meetlnrs I do not behexe thftt 1111 person shoule leue hugh sehool wrthout lenownng :he rudrments of lJlflllITlLI1IlI'y L1w 1n1l Protedure I hehewe thtt lf 1ll meetlngs were eon l1eted teeordlng to l'1rl11ment1ry Procedure tt would strengrhen the sptrlt of eoopermon wrtnln the sehool 1n1l be ol grew XllL1C. to the students 18 IIILIIXIKI I1 s It IS notteeable tt IH, town meetmg that th1 people of tl1e most nnporrance 1re the people who h.1xe eonfrelence the ablltty to thtnle 1nd e lx ele1rly md 1 lenowledge of correct procedure Nothtng eoulel ple 1se me more tl11n to se sueh 1 system esmbhshel at all el1ss meetlngs next yetr I e1rnestly l7C,lILXLIl11l ll would he of vrett heneflt lllel rnteresr to exerybo ly IOHN C IxIDDIR OUR IIG SAXV PLZZLII st ly ed IU II D1'OXl1Tl1ILly two hours or so but the xv s1w Puzzle I im referring to has been w orl1ed on for the y 1st ten ye1rs wlth no IWHIFQUI suttess II seems It should hue been cle 1red u ens 15,0 hut now tl1e wuzzle or wroh em seems more eeew mxoyee t11n exer IX 1n other eomrnunxttes hue solxed then puzzles hlse tl1e one th1t eonfronts us 11nd the mswer to ours 1 tn not he put oII mueh longer ere 1re some OI the I1ets md rules 1s to 1 ers tn sue 1 rn our wuzz e Irrst tl1e ture or Nels ground of thls wuzzle lb done tn brown 1nd whlte IH etlled The Ad ott l1ool or Nlextco I-Iteh School Seeond tl1e I1 es oyer tl1ree hun ret ln num er tre Ll ee ny 1 ' LII! 1es t r IL mos WIT stute s IL 111e mms l1lIeren1 stzes shtwes 1n1 temperunents 1 xe 1' 1 we 1 11s 1 unne1 1n1 erow1e1 wour 1 1 ' 1nd w 1 kl err ere 1t t e net 1 1 e s 11ree 1un1 re weees or students 1rou 1 1 1 tes u 1 :ll nexer ll1I'INOII ze 1 1 one now s 111 y nnpossnb to Insert ll ee 1re W 1 H 1 1 LIIS ILCISL x11oII1 1 1 e 1111 s e I w Ile IS lllllkl oo sn Ixery 8 I I 9 1 0 o ' 7 ' f T I ' f V I T . . 4 ,ti Y .i . . 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