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

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL + I 6 1 4- I can do except wait until I amf, Then, on the other hand, you might say, Oh, heck, I,ll be joining up in a couple of months, so why dig in and study? I might as well have a good time before I have to go. Personally, I believe both attitudes are entirely wrong. First of all, you should get all the edu- cation you can. No boy can afford to neglect his work, and with a boy, work, as a rule, means study. I am no advocate of senseless and excessive cramming in studies, but a boy should work, and should work hard, at his lessons-in the first place, for the sake of what he will learn, and in the second place, for the sake of the effect upon his own charac- ter of resolutely settling down to learn it. While he studies he should study just as hard as he plays basketball in a league game. It is Wise to obey the old saying, VVork while you work, play while you play. You can join the Victory Corps and Physical Education and other activities that promote healthy bodies and minds. Get into the spirit of both of these proj- ects for the country needs today more than ever, strong and healthy people. Next you who are reared on the farms and rich in farm experience are often largely ignorant of farm facts except as they pertain to what to you is the dreary routine of some disagreeable tasks. Your interests may run wholly to other things than farm practice. You will acquire knowledge of other things and will wholly neglect those subjects which lie nearest at hand. Your interests and search for knowledge may be as remote from farm interest as sailing ships on the seas or through the air, piloting trains across the continent, dealing in the exchange of foreign coun- tries, or conquering disease in the tropics. Wherever your interest is, there your mind is, and the Held you will in- evitably build up as your principal body of knowledge. You can put your mind to anything, if you really try. If you come from a farm, you can help your parents on the farm. The boys surely could use all those vegetables and milk. In this way you could help bring the war to a close more quickly by feeding the armed forces. The Victory Garden will also help your parents and you to get a good living. Wake up and see what a chump you are! Just drifting along Without any thought of helping out. We are at war and thatls something we just can't' ignore. It is something bigger than you and I. You can't spend your money playing pool, going to the movies, eating candy and ice cream, or traveling un- necessarily. Youive got to think clearly, Do I need this or can I use my old one to serve the purpose?', If you have some money that is burning in your pockets, why not put it in the safest and best investment in the world, America? Buy defense stamps regularly and bonds. After ten years, you get so much per cent on a dollar. Imagine that, you not only help your country but yourself. It also gives the boys out there that nice feeling that we are all rooting for them and are with them 100 per cent. All of you who have played basketball know how much confidence you have when the school is cheering and rooting for you all the way. We should cooperate all we can in community activities. Be right on your toes every minute. Take up First Aid, Nutrition, Home Nursing, and General Health. Get a job as an air warden, or

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THE LIVE wma -if I 5 1 1- EIIIHIHIHIS Health and the Young American Ever since man has discovered ways of building new machinery and new meth- ods of building the things he needs, he has begun to grow lazy, to lose his initiative. This may sound like a lot of hooey, but that is what is happening to the young American today. War has proven that to us. Every day we read or see pictures where soldiers die-die because they lack the strength and abil- ity to get out of burning tanks, die be- cause they lack the ability to climb ropes hand over hand. America is learning that she can't live on luxuries and expect to build a body, physically able to meet these demands. We are learning that we canit stay up every night and expect to have a sound body, both mentally and physically. There was a lot of talk about gasoline rationing and other rationings, but, if we stop to think, we find that these are really a great asset to us. Through them We have left off enjoying all the luxuries and now spend more time doing those things which build up our body. America needs men on the land, on the sea, and in the air. She needs men who can stand the constant rattle of ma- chine guns and the drone of motors. Those men must come from the fac- tories, homes, and, yes, even the schools. Is it no wonder then that the schools stress the value of education and the physical fitness programs? They are the answer and the only answer to our problem because the building of the physical body must start with the young, yes, with those even younger than high school age. America needs you. Serve her by being physically fit. Make America free and a land of men physically and men- tally able to look out for themselves, whether it be on the fighting field or in a factory. What High School Students Can Do to Help Win This War If you want a good definition of all- outv war effort, look at the job the blind are doing. A good place to look is Brooklyn's Industrial Home for the Blind, probably the oldest shop of its kind in the United States. More than 350 blind men work in its shops, turning out war materials for the Army and Navy. Brooms and mops are an old story to the blind, but the war has brought them a new job-splitting mica, vitally needed for such things as condensers for radios. If the blind can do their bit to win this war, why canit we students of New- port High and schools all over the coun- try? VVe certainly have a great advan- tage over them, yet we never think seri- ously of how we can help in this great crisis. The boys in uniform are willing to fight to make this nation a safe place to live in. If they can risk their life to do this, we can certainly make some effort to help them and stand by them. You may think, Well, I am not old enough to join up yet, so I don't see anything

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THE LIVE WIRE +-.Q-...W-.W---. - -I 7 1 4- work in zl Iac-tory making vital War ma- tcrial. Did you ever stop to think how impor- tant a first aid course is? You might be able to save someone's life some time. No matter what you do or where you go, no onelcan take this knowledge from you. Youill know what to do and when to do it in an emergency. In case of a real air raid, you can help bandage up injured people. If you are a healthy person, a pint of blood taken from your body won't hurt you a bit. Your blood may save some soldieris life. Think of that! How about your contributing to this cause? The boys may go on guard duty in the community. The girls make bandages and sew for the armed forces. Some may take care of the children while the moth- ers help out in war work. Gather scrap, save fats, and lick the laps. Keep the cards, packages and letters going to your brothers, uncles, your dad, or some friends in the armed forces. They look for them as we all look for Christmas packages. They are all happy to hear from home and this keeps up the armed forces, morale. These are some miscel- laneous things that you can do, but they are plenty important. Donit grumble when things are ra- tioned. Get in the spirit of things. We must expect unusual conditions during an emergency. We shouldn't believe all we hear in newspapers and spread propaganda or let out information that might be useful le the enemy. If we all work together, we're bound to win. Nothing will be gained by pull- hauling both ways, so letis get in the spirit of it all. Take it with a smile. Even if it doesn't please you, you must remember that there's a war to be won and it's up to us to see that it islwon. So don't run around like a hatchet face and feel as though we were licked al- ready, we certainly aren't yet, and I feel confident that if we all get into this all- out Victory for America and pull in one direction, Weill win.