Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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L zfol za S lmprovmg Our Assemblles Schoolmates How many of you eagerly awalt assembly morn1ngs'? On the other hand how many of you slgh and declare wlth a great show of fortltude that you ll survive the ordeal somehow? Many of us have a rather stale llst of excuses whlch we gllbly reel off when a member of the assembly pro gram commlttee approaches us with that hopeless hangdog expresslon that 1d6Dtlfl6S all commlttee members S0m8tlm8S we feel a lukewarm flash of class Splrlt and we agree to take part on the program Perhaps there IS a movle that mght a book we want to fimsh the next nlght and we come to assembly wlth a hastlly compiled grandfather laughed at when he was a boy Is thls the rlght Splrlt the Splrlt whlch makes for entertalnlng as well as educatlonal assemblies? No' Of course not' We should first of all take an Interest ln all our as semblles and It should become a pleasure not a duty to partlclpate ln these programs and to take an active part ln the commlttees Letssearch magazines books and student themes for fresh lnterestmg new materlal that will lnterf-st our fel low students Let's dlscover new talents and develop them vla the as sembly route along wlth class prlde ln such presentatlons If we all coop erate IH thls there wlll be no more dread of Wednesday mornlngs Here IS our pledge to the progect won t you Jom lt too? After Hlgh School What7 When one enters hlgh school he very seldom thmks what ne w1ll do after he gets out of hlgh school Would lt not be well for everyone to choose hls course of study in relatlon to the vo catlon he wlshes to take up? Take for instance the average boy of about fourteen years who takes the commer clal course because hls best pal IS tak mg It The senlor year comes and he wants to know lf he has credlts ln college He finds out too late that a doctor must have Latln chemlstry and other studles that come under the college or general courses Because of lack of lnformatlon he IS unable to pursue the vocatlon that he would really llke best Many are the ITllSfltSlf1 the world today Many are caused by the lack of knowledge as ln the example we have Just Clted Others are caused by lack of lnterest or by the influence of frlends or parents A father may have a profitable busmess ln which he wlshes hls son to enter The son IS mechanical mlnded and nelther the personallty for the buslness or the , , . . , , I - - , I r . . , 9 , lvl . , . I I , . Y V 1 , . . . - list of moldy jokes or stories that enough to entera pre-medical course , 1 ' s . . , . , . ' Y I . . . , , , . . . lv 1 - Y !

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ZV8 LV9 Q OCLI U78 L VOL S NEWPORT MAINE MAY 1936 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL U N01 gf-r -0- -Orwiffuf-of-offofwofwof-ofwv + -orwof-orfr wfw- + + + + -335,1 N f 'I' 'Ofilfi?'T'i Edltor xn Chlef Llterary Edxtor Jokes S I Athletlcs Glrls Boys Janet Barbour Gerald Mltton Lena Cookson Margaret Soper Paullne Fraser Hartley Banton Exchanges News Alumm Busmess Manager Asslstant Edward Weed Mary Dresser s Vlncent Smlth Lyndon Small Leslle Murray Homer Woodward fy O 4 fi . f . '18 of: f Q f 1 I' 7 TH RW,LAND T' EWPORY- E ..,, . , , ini. P. In , 11 ,f I Q, . K X ff. ll - -a - u 736 7 . - ' Y36 ,36 . . . '39 1 , , , . ,37 . .

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL mterest yet because of the fathers wlsh he takes up buslness Thls young fellow may be a true mlsnt Students thlnk about your future' Are you Wllllflg' to dlg dltches fora l1v1ng or do you want to prepare yourself for somethlng better? Now IS the tlme to thlnk and choose Say to yourselves after I get through hlgh school what doI want to do most? Plck your vocatlon accordlngly Clf1ZCHSh1p The senlors have been debatmg whether or not to contlnue the old to the school or to make lndlvldual awards on the basls of scholarshlp sportsmanshlp cltlzenshlp outstand mg members of all teams etc The first questxon whlch comes up IS What thlngs shall enter lnto the b3SlS for rnaklng of these awards? Cltlzenshlp we belleve is the one that covers the greatest number of thlngs to be taken lnto conslderatlon ln maklng the award What IS a good cltlzen of the school anyway? Is he the person who IS always findmg fault and who figures that the world IS wrong and he IS rlght or does he make the best of thmgs as they are? A good school cltlzen IS one who ISH t afrald of work He lS Wllllllg to do h1s part ln the outslde actlvles whlch are necessary to put the school on the map He lS one who sees somethlng ln school besldes the fun of annoylng teachers or the funny Slde of every httle petty thmg that occurs He realmes that schools are to benefit the students not Just a system to gxve teachers a Job The person wlth the mtelllgent mlnd IS one who reallzes what the future IS golng to be llke and prepares hlmself for the occasion You can always tell the person who IS dolng thls by the lnterest he takes ln school and the way he conducts hlm self Is the person a good cltlzen who especlally whlle wearlng the school symbol goes to a dance or some other school functlon and falls to con duct hlmself properly? You all know the answer to thls questlon as the school IS judged largely by the con duct of students whlle outslde of school If one follows 1n the tracks of some student who has carrled out the thmgs mentloned ln thls edltorlal he wlll be ellglble ln the mlnds of the other stu dents for thls award known as cltlzen shlp --:Qn:- -r I 5 1 1- . , . , . ! ' V ' I custom of making one large class gift - - 9 1 ' ' ' - ! ' 9 -... J L wi X I