Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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..,...., .-N. THE CADUCEUS 17 ing a certain reception, about which you greatly wonder. Later, on a Friday night, you are fully enlightened, much to your unhappiness. The reason for holding these so-called parties on a Friday is fully under- stood the next morning, when you feel how embarrassing and tiresome it would be to have to stand up in school all day. The reception limb now far below, you continue upward and ,come upon a limb which branches of in many directions. This, you learn, is Athletics. Really, too few of you go out upon this branch. You seem to be more interested in staying about the school building after sessions and getting in the way of all the teachers. If you only realized just how much athletics can aid you, both mentally and physically, by de- veloping the brain matter and building up the muscles, without in any way interfering with your studies, you certainly would pay more att-ention to this phase of high school life. Your climb continues until one day you come upon a small but important branch called Rank. Here is where a few of you fall out, you wonder if you had better give up the ghost or hurry along the faster to catch up with those that are travelling ahead. A few have quit and just see where they are now! The best advice is for such as you to take a fresh start and try to atone for the past. After holding a debate with the Sophomores a.nd withstanding all the comments thrown at you during your climb, you finally reach a place high enough in the tree to be called Sophomores yourselves. You then turn your attention to the incom- ing Freshmen. Sophcmores: I would a word with thee on your methods of receiving the Freshmen. Of course, having been accepted so royally yourselves and b-eing so much smaller than the Sophomores, thereby not being able to revenge yourselves on them, you intend this year to do so on the incoming Freshmen and immediately make your plans as fierce a11d revengcful as possible. This seems to me to be one of the most despicable doings that the Sophs. can be blamed for. It is a mean, underhanded piece of wo1'k for a dozen or more boys to ,jump onto a single Freshman and use him unmercifully as is done. You say you must be revenged i11 some man- ner. You can revenge yourselves, if that you must be, and get more enjoyment at the same time by causing the newcomers to give speeches in front of the school, or by mak- ing them turn out for athletics fandhinci- dentally line off the field, set up goal posts, or carry water!! It is v-ery evident that, if but one class would omit this very un- gracious method of receiving members who later will help set the standard of this school, it would soon be a thing of the past, as the next ,year there would be no excuse for revenge on that class. Just think this over. Then, with the Freshmen off your mind, you turn your attention upward and soon come to a limb termed Public Speaking. You blunder by this and debating, then once more reach Athletics. This time a few of you stop at this limb, but as a. whole you prefer to get your exercise' by throwing things in school. Because of thisland nu- merous other antics, you win for yourself the name of being the worst class in school. Taken all in all, you seem to be an ideal ex- ample of the motto in the Commercial room, which reads: Idleness travels very slowly and Poverty soon overtakes Her. I would advise, Sophomores, ,that you mend your Ways and get down to business, if you ever expect to reach the top of this tree. lYell,,Juniors, I suppose you are pre- pared for the worst : Don 't Wo1'ry any lon- ger, for I have nothing but. praise for you. Taken as a whole Cfor there are always one or two black sheep in every classj you are the finest class in High School. Mind you, I'm not barring us Seniors, either. It is a fact, you contributemore to athletics, de-

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16 THE CA DUCEUS . permit me to do so. However, our respects and thanks to these other departments as well as to the school board are none the less sincere and special because of this brief mention. ,iii Part Four CMurehj Schoolmates, as you listen to these words your thoughts may be on different subjects ' and, probably, they are not all the words of this address. Some of you, especially the juniors, are perhaps, thinking of the time when you will come up here to present your graduation exercises and receive your diplomas. Sophomores, it is hard to tell of what you may be thinking, but I imagine some of you are considering that last examination or your yearly report card and some of you may say to yourself, I don't care how my rank may be, it 's nothing to me,'l but, when the time comes for you to think of graduat- ing you will realize that those ranks which you did not care aboutf' will be very im- portant. So my advice to you is try to maintain a high rank and you will find that it will pay when you become seniors. Now, freshmen, I am quite sure that you are wondering when school will begin next fall, whether it will be the day after Labor Day or two weeks after Labor Day, but, now is the time to be thinking about your graduation. This is certainly the time to take an interest in your studies and resolve to make them tl1e very best possible. Schoolmates you have all helped to make these four years the happiest and best years we have ever experienced. You have also contributed your share in upholding our plays, athletics and all other activities we have undertaken and I am proud of the chance to represent the class in welcoming you here tonight and to extend our best wishes for the coming years. In looking over my material for this pres- entation I found a short poem which I think very appropriately expreses our th oughts on this occasion. When the sehool's last lesson is mastered, And the classes are tested and tried, When the stupidest student has vanished And the dullest has stepped aside, We shall rest-and, faith, we all need it!- We shall rest for a moment or two, Till the wonderful school of Experience Shall set us to work anew. And only the big world shall praise us, And only the big world shall blame, Tho, we work for t-he joy of winning And climb up the pathway of fame, For each in his separate calling, His separate thought must express As he follows the gleam as he sees it To the goal that to ltiin means success. 7.1.1,-,lf Address to Undergraduates Attending high school seems like a holi- day party under a giant, spreading tree. During the course of the. party each person endeavors to climb to the very top branches of this tree, which might be termed Suc- cess, in so far as high school education is concerned, for many are unable to go fur- ther with their education. This party began with the very first high school and will continue until high school education is considered unnecessary to a person's life, which will never be. In order to understand fully this climb to success, it will be necessary to follow a class from the beginning of the ascent until it finishes at the top. Let us begin with the Freshman class. The 'Hrst limbs seem easy compared with the trouble you experience in getting along further up. Some of the first branches with which you have to struggle are called the faculty. Many of the latter reach down to help you along, athough it may appear that most of them are forever attempting to thrust you back to the ground. Then come studies, which are the hardest of all to over come. The classes ahead delight in pester- ing yon. The Sophomores, who for the first two weeks wave before you a fierce looking branch, somewhat resembling a paddle, have a lot of fun making vague remarks concern-

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IS THE C DUC EUS A hating, Hish 531001 Fair, CfrlI'I1iVH1S, and way High School of Norway, Maine, we Public Speaking than any other class in school. The reason for this, I suppose, is that you now find yourself getting very near the top of the tree, and in order to be able to finish, you must put forth your best ef- forts. It may be too. that you see a few Seniors drop out at the last moment because they wandered away from the main branch and you are determined that nothing like that shall happen to you. Don't let it. Keep up the good work, that a year from this month I may come back from wherever Y I am to see you up here in the predicament that some of us are tonight. VVhoever in your class has the Address to Undergradu- ates next year, may he not be required to call to mind as many faults as I have found it my duty to. Now. Undergraduates, no matter what you meet up with in your long climb, keep striving to reach the next branch above you, and, when you reach that, try for the next. Soon you will find yourselves high up and near enough to your goal to warrant cling- ing on for dear life that you may not fall after having climbed so far. Learn the spirit of co-operation with your teachers, studies, your home, school, and social life- by these alone, with a strong determination to never give in, can succeess be gained. You are no doubt wondering just what be- comes of all the classes after they have gained the top of the tree. That is impos- sible for me to say just now, for I have only just reached the top myself. Our motto says: This is not the end anyway, but just the beginning. I wish you all--Good Luck and good-bye. GARY A. Locks. The Class Will Ladies and Gentlemen, Superintendent, Teachers and Fellow Schoolmates: Upon behalf of the Class of 1927 of Nor! have gathered at this time to hear the last words of the Class of 1927 and also to re- ceive the few gifts she has to bestow. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document as duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the class of 1927, being about to pass from this sphere of education, in full possession of crammed minds, well trained memories, and also superhuman under- standing do make and publish this our last will and testament, in six distinct parts, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any heretofore made, or mayhap carelessly spoken, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. Item I. We give and bequeath to the faculty, who have been our instructors for our four short years in this institution, many pleasant and happy weeks of rest. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to difficult to manage at all times and under all conditions. They have all done their share, and now shall they have their well earned reward. Item 2. We give and bequeath to the Junior Class our ability in school activities as well as our knowledge in the school room. We hope you all clear the gates of Com- mencement next year on high. Item 3. We give and bequeath to the Sophomore Class the seats in the main room which were filled by our noble Juniors. VVe also hope your class will keep up her end and contribute many good athletes to the varsity teams next year. Item 4. To the Freshmen: When you return to N. H. S. again, you will no longer be Freshmen but Sophomores. Vile Seniors will not be around telling you what is right to do, etc. So during the vacation do as all other classes have done, grow up and get out of that class they call 'tKids. Item 5. Special bequests: