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

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6 ,W good that it doesn't make any differ- ence to the teacher, Cwhat gave you the idea that it did?J but that you are destroying your one great chance, one great opportunity? Keep Sailing - - Never Drift These four words, the molto of the class of 1941, constitute a very large meaning for you and me. You have doubtless heard the words of an old hymn. Life is like a big blue ocean, we are little ships that sail. That is a very good way to describe life I think. We are all boats on the great ocean of life: and if we are going to win success for ourselves in this world, we must keep sailing through the storms and tempests that are for- ever rising. Not all of the waters are going to be smooth. You must build for yourself a boat to carry you over the roaring waves. This boat must be your character, and only a strong, sturdy character can see you across Life's troubled sea. Then make this your duty and your watchwords- Keep Sailing - - Never Drift. .-li Three Factors of a Successful Nation There are three forceful factors that constitute a successful nation. The first of these is peace. Through the ages, Peace has been virtually un- known. Our age may certainly be designated as such. At present most of the world is over-run by marching troops. Nations are being over- thrown. Empires are toppling. War is rampart. Yet peace is stub- bornly clutched in a few places - - the --,.gi1igQ,, ,.r.. 1,1 THE LIVE WIRE Americas. The U. S. is still one of the nations where there is no fear of air raids and exploding bombs, no fear of death from the diabolical war machines constituted by warped minds. There can not be any denial for Peace. The second matter is Health. A country cannot be successful if its in- habitants are in poor health. During an epidemic or plague, prominent men and women die causing the country to lose great minds that have worked for mankind. In the result- ing confusion, progress often ceases in various fields of science. After the plague, progress ceases even longer during the period of recuper- ation, There can be very little argu- ment against Health. The third factor is perhaps the cum- ulation of the other two. It is Happiness. To be successful, a country must be happy. The people in the country must be happy. Happi- ness is rarely universal, for it seems that there is always some country where it is downtrodden. A positive example of a successful nation is the U. S., where the majority of the people are happy. Here again is a factor that cannot be denied. There are always some exceptions, but on the whole, Peace, Health and Happiness may be found in all success- ful nations. Any country that loses any of these, fails in its duty as a nation and may not truly be denoted as successful. A country that does give its citizens Peace, Health, and Happiness is by all means successful. The seniors of all high schools, soon leaving to become citizens of the U. S. will have a chance, to keep Peace, Health, and Happiness alive here. Seniors, try, won't you?

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NEWPORT, MAINE lvf1g... .ee . -'M 'YWWZAYY W' W I WI 5 lIlIlHHIHlS Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf? Basketball, baseball, debating, plays, prize speaking, when you hear these activities mentioned do you im- mediately look forward, with antici- pation, to your first trial or does a wistful longing arise in your heart only to be immediately smothered by that thickest and yet most cowardly of all fogs - - an inferiority complex? I say cowardly because once you set your mind on it, it's very simple and easy to defeat it. Here's how you go about it: Supposing the subject is basketball. You just go down to that first practice and watch the fellows shoot awhile, and then before you know it, you'll be saying, Shucks, those guys are lousy. Let me down there: I'll show 'em how it's done. And your troubles are overg because once you get a taste of that cream of school life, you can't be bribed to quit it. And even if you don't always make the team, you can always say, I did my best. In overcoming an inferiority com- plex you have to have an extreme su- periority complex at first as a shield: but after the battle has been won, that shield must be thrown away, be- cause with a superiority complex you will be much worse off than you were in the first place, as this condition hurts not only you but others. Be a self-made man, but heed Con- fucius when he say: The self-made man should not take too much pride in his work. Kidciing Yourself Kidding yourself, or as it is com- monly called, Hputting something over on the teacher , has been, since the founding of our presentschool system, one of the students' most popular sports. It is usually a recognized fact, however, that those students who practice this fine art look upon themselves as very smart, tif one is smart enough to get away with ith and look down upon the rest of the school as being just too stupid. Don't you suppose we could put up with their very funny little tricks, much more easily though if they didn't go around telling how much special credit they deserve? With the sweet innocence of inexperience, they imagine that they are fooling the teacher, while in the first place, strange as it may seem, teachers are not so stupid as these clever students suppose: they hardly could be so simple and get along in this world to- day. In the second place, teachers give high grades because they want to give you the benefit of the doubt: many times probably when they feel reasonably sure that the work is not entirely honest. You are kidding only yourself, when you copy or otherwise cheat, because during this process of depending on someone else for the answer, your ability to find the answers, and your power to meet new situations is rapidly decreasing. Why not snub it now? Come! students, wake up! Snap out of this foolishness, and realize that after all it doesn't make any differ- ence whether you can fool the teacher or notg the important thing is that you're kidding yourself, you're weak- ening. Can't you realize for your own

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1 t 1xNEWPORT, MAINE ,lf .U JI J 15 ' IMS 1 fa! , VA jfx ,JJJ . ' 71 ,J ,- iff- LJ I ' ,J ,114 ll, 1 . f iv 1. ,A . f, . X ,.. M j , ' 1 ,I .- u 2.-1 ff 1 ' I I lit,-Q15 . 1 f 1 o I , 'V Av 'qi Ill ' 1' lv Al 4' 5 .,a IJ 5 ,,,-,,,,-, , ,- , , , W - .7 Robert Bean Bobby Commercial Course Honor Part, Senior Play, Speech Club 1, 2, Dramatic Club 3, Sec'y and Treas. 3, English Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Journalism Club 1, 2, 4, Booster Board 2, 4, Live Wire Board 2, 4, De- bating 3, Debate Club 1, 2, 3, Sec'y and Treas. 3. Bob may do his algebra with annoy , But if it's dramatics, why, then - - Oh, Boy! Arlene Boylan ' 'Arlene General Course Live Wire Board 4, Journalism Club 2, 4, Dramatic Club 3, Speech Club 2, Girls Glee Club 4. Arlene, you've been a pal to all, we'll miss you it's true And we will always think of Wendy , every time we think of you. Phillip Bradford ' 'Brad General Course Hartland Academy 1, Athletic Club 2, 3, 4, Winter Sports 3, Intramurals 3, 4. What may be said for any great lad, May certainly be said about our Brad . Dwight Clark General Course Giant' ' Plymouth High School 1, 2, Baseball 3, Medal 3, F.F.A. Club 3, 4, Address to Undergraduates. As soon as the bar goes down Giant will go right to town.