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

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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.

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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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if NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL -I 8 1 ' 1' Arthur Anderson Andy Agricultural Course Large oaks from little acorns grow. F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4, Guidance lg Victory Corps 45 Boys' Athletics 3. Mildred Brawn Millie General Course Life, what art thou Without lovefyo Guidance 1, Homemakers 2, Dramatic 3, Journalism Club 3, Booster Board 3, Editorial Staff of Live Wire 8, Senior Play, Girls, Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4g Girls, Athletics 1, 23 W. A. B. I. Safety Broadcast 2, Hobby Club 2. Delores Bryson Dot General Course On with a dance, let joy be unrefinedf' Homemakers Club 1, 2, 3, Dramatic Club 4, Girls, Glee Club 1, 2, 3, Secretary and Treasurer, Dramatic Club 4, Senior Play, Remedial Reading Club 1. Vincent Conant Vince General Course He puts his problems aside for a brainy day. Vice President Class 1, Remedial Reading Club 1, Fresh- man Guidance, Ping-Pong Tournament 3.