Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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OAK LEAVES ELIZABETH MARTIN, '21 A TRIUMPHANT LIFE Our personality is expressed by the way in which we meet the ditiicult things of life wrote Elizabeth Martin in her Salutatory in 1927. It is seldom that one meets the supreme test so young but Elizabeth's history is now one of glorious completed achievement as her freed spirit goes forth into life eternal after shedding a radiant glow across the paths of all who knew her. Fired with zeal to bring honor and joy to her family, friends and schools, Elizabeth always gave herself lavishly to the perfecting of every task, and in twenty short years she has given more than many do in four score. Distinguished for character and scholarship at Oak Grove, she continued at Mount Holyoke until her achievements won the honor of her Junior year in France. There again, her earnestness and brilliancy placed her in the highest group, and justvat the close of her academic year when she was looking forward joyously to the culminating tour to Africa and Central Europe, Elizabeth developed a fever and was taken to the American Hos- pital. Without self-pity because of all she was losing, constantly thought- 5

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OAK LEAVES ful of others and steadfast in her beautiful faith, Elizabeth wrotethe last chapter of her life even more triumphantly than the others and lives on as an eternal influence for earnestness, loyalty and beauty. Elizabeth's loyalty, her power to apreciate, her grace of expression and her own radiant life shine out in the lovely Christmas booklet with an exquisite little engraving of Notre Dame, which Mrs. Owen cherishes. After the formal greeting Meilleurs voeux pour un Joyeux Noel et une Heureuse Aimee Elizabeth has written in her own fair hand, All of which means: A happy, happy Christmas and a blessed new year to dear Mr. and Mrs. Owen and to all Oak Grove. You would be surprised how often I think of you and Oak Grove. I adore College and have some dear friends there 'but somehow, Oak Grove seems still a sort of second home to me. As Father said once, it was my 'first love.' One doesn't forget 'first loves' and I can assure you that my love for Oak Grove and the Owens never lessens. When I come back, it seems strange to see new faces b-ut I find the spirit.always the same,- that of a large, loyal family. Best wishes and much love to the Owens, specially-Elizabeth. , No more beautiful salutatory has been written at Oak Grove than Eliza- beth's, and as a tribute to this beloved daughter whom Oak Grove was waiting to welcome back as a teacher, the Editors are publishing it as the first article in the literary columns. To Doctor Martin, our dear pastor, and to Dorothea of our Junior Class our hearts go out in united love. VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS Oak LEAVES tries to be a magazine of more than the English Department and for some time has invited and used articles in other languages. This is the first time we have used translations from the elementary Latin classes and some are included because the Department thinks it well for everyone to know Latin at Oak Grove is decidedly alive and includes more than the traditional books of Caesar, Cicero and Vergil. TO OUR ADVERTISERS We wish to express our cordial appreciation of the magnanimous gen- erosity of the many patrons whose names appear in the advertising section of OAK LEAVES. Without their fine cooperation this magazine would have had to be much smaller and with fewer illustrations. We do not expect that all of them will receive any direct profit from this generosity but we do pledge them our enthusiastic good will and pledge ourselves to patronize them at every opportunity. Not only the managers of OAK LEAVES but the entire family at Oak Grove join in this expression of thanks. 6