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

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OAK LEAVES vm, ' 34 S ' any mg 'f 15' v 4 Oc Le. o V 'O 'War w'1A:ev'N WM ' W Qu V iff VX HERE THE DARK HAS PEEN NIV lou 15 1 ke 1 h 10011 011 the sef1 'I h It th10ugh tha svx dl 11111 th10u h thc 811111 And 101T'I'lS 1 p llt 01 1ts 1111n1e11s1t5 'Ih1t p1s lllj., 21 uns 110 pllllt 1101 1 ll u1th111 N01 d1111s thy be1utx 01 OIWL 11 111 but IL IX LS A bll htu spfuklg VShL16tf1L dalk h IS beL11 MESSAGE Thur, IS somgthmg I11 thp cloudy ex enmg sky O1 41 blpathless summu rl 11 WhL11 the soft G1 2111 Is blou 11111 off the bax And the qul's H5 1011 and f 11 And sunt mnds plav Thug IS A call Ill thy d1st lllt 1011 01 thundu A1111 thu llghtlllllg flash Whg 1 the wax es dash h1Q'h Is 11 1 Qyhsy challenge To 11 a11de1 E211 f1 om home O1 11 C15 110111 d1sta11t cou11t11L B01 ne 1L1OSS the 10am O1 1ust 1 f11e11dIx Qlentlng F10111 one long k110v111 P S D0 you hem It too? 17 Lss LIL 1X LS M H H 1 - szfngqfnf .. ,-. Eval 121 - ' :P I... K' f U 'o 'Q' V - Yom-as ni .8 p rum VCWLFA-5111111 . . A Y swrms Scorr uv-ug Y K :nu V Of Of V 5 , W n O.. H.- rv f- '.',,,A -ATA, '- H ' -, f : f X r J 11x '1'l2S2,' Q: '. Q X-wx . . H- xv-' 1,.1.,.v,s C A 1 c if , 1 A 11 c 1, . A, 2 2. V 5, , K -vi X 4 . -gf' 7- v. v,1 1' 1 Q'U4 -' ' 4 411, , c .1 1,11 , - ' S , i J ' A3 .2 vlv ,Z wx, -'g ,.S.- , v J. 1, .1 Zh, ,i - . I 4 1-1 '1 - 1 ' 1' , 1 1 Q J g 1 . '4 Y 1 L 1' zj, 1 . ' sz N v. 1 V ' 0 01 K Y ' . 2' ,fx 'w . 1. 1 - , 'UZ 1 ' ,Q , f .S , XY ' ' I K . 1 I ' 1 c K .1 c L y .V . . 1 7 1 . my '. ' 1 1',. . - 4 I li W F I c 1 , , -.' L. 2 1' L, K.. A ' . v f 1 ' S C

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OAK LEAVES were the very finest posslble but that I wasn t surprxsed to find that they were because Oak Grove glrls always had been I m golng to g1V6 you some blts of alumnae news thlS next year lf the alumnae are 1nterested and lf we have enough financ1al support I 1ntend to edlt an Alumnae News Bulletm three tlmes a vear Wrlte me lt you are 1n favor of my ldea Every blt of news from you IS apprecl xted BEVERLY POWI' LL 1927 HONORS FOR SECRETARIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS The heads of our new Department of Secretarlal Sclence sent candl d xtes to the busmess scholastlc contest 1n Augusta 1n both shorthand and typmg Thns school wxs allowed two candldfntes We were uulte thulled when we recelved word that second place IH each contest had been won by an Oak Grove student p'1rt1cularly smce some of the contestants had been studymg secretarlal courses for four years wh1le the cour e IS new th1s year at Oak Grove It IS such an 1ntens1ve course however that more work 1 +P- nrm vpnr here than IS expected 1n the four years ot pubhc school program. The wi 11 . 1 , .1 3 , . . , . . . . . X ., . . . . . X .. 'I . 1 C - . , , . Y K - Z sw. 1 ' l 1 . L K I . .' 2 1 . ' X ' v 1 ' 1 v . r . . X L , I . ' ! 7 ' np.. ,J ' - - ' S Q ,tm W. Q K I Y Y ,M , Y A A A, S-, .s..-..s 1 I ., 4. 1 -' s I V . ' ' ic q' .. ' bv i ' ' Qi'-9 r if-,fi ' cs 4, 'l' a I f I2 .-1, lg I 'Q . f 1 Y A . .4 7 -s

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OAK LrAvLs HAPPINESS It rs rn rnsplr ntron to belreve th lt th tt WVll1C.h We earnestly asprre to be we rn some measure alre zdy xre and rf we possess ln rdeal rt must be bet xuse we have rn us the possrbrlrty for rt It rs true th tt we can generally drstoxer the tendencres ind lderls of a person by observrng whrt he IKIITIIILS rn hls tllends Ernest came to possess the Great Stone Free bca ruse he himself rn long years of wor 'sl'11pIlll 1m1g1n ztlon had acquned the lmage and attrrbutes of hrs rdeal The rde rl of happlness rn our IIVES IS somethrng which we all seek and hue 1 rlght to obtarn but many trmes we 1re clumsy rn our efforts to secure rt md follow a path that leads xwax from happrness rather than tow ard rt Sometrmes we define a term by grvmg 1ts opposrte and we may be able to define happrness better by analyvrng unh mpprness We all know people who thrnk they are unhappy and they seldom fall to let the world know about rt Many of these self pltyrng persons do therr utmost to get someone else unhappy rn order to have company 1n therr own troubles Thrs IS often true among grrls who frequently assrgn too much rmportance to trrvral thrngs In congr atulatrng others who surpass us we selflshly bew arl I wrsh I could and 1mmed1ately set forth to make the wrnner unhappy by savrng somethmg mean because of our envy and realousy Agarn and agarn the cause of unhapprness IS due to a SGFIOUS lack w rthln ourselx es If we have no resourcefulness for occupylng our lersure t1me wrth musrc art llterature or some fasclnatrng hobby that can make us contented when we are alone rt IS certarn that lrfe wrll often seem empty and dull It rs equally tragrc when lrfe brrngs unhapplness because we cannot get along pleasantly wrth others A phrlosopher once sald No frrendless mln can be truly hrmself 1nd the frlendshrps of our lrfe have a tremendous p ut rn determlnrng our tcndencles A good frrend IS one who urges us to do the thrng seemlngly rmpossrble to us To be truly md completely hrppy rn our frrends we should choose from those xboxe us from those equ 11 to us 1nd from those below us Orr superrors wrll be 1 constant ch rllenge whrle ln help1ng those less for tunate th IH ourselves we can emov the satrsf xctron of grvrng our best We should rlways try to make many frrends I feel rt IS traglc when a board lng school grrl says I dont know wh tt I shall ever do thrs week end because all my frrends are gomg aw ay Don t ever be the grrl who has only one 01 two frrends and 15 Wholly alone w hen they are absent Qurte as rmportant as the need of drfferent types of fr lends rs the value of old and lastrng frrendshlps rnstead of takmg our frrends on and then layrng them asrde after a season as we would trade rn 1931 Models for later desrgns that afford convenrences and comforts peculrar to therr tlme 13 1 1 1 I I I' If I' 2 2 2 ' X 1 I ', ' ' I' ' ' II ' 2 2 c ' I I I'I 2 , A I .2 L1 , 1 . v k1A1 . l K I 2 'I' ' ' ' ' Q I Z ' Z I' I c I I' ' D ' 2 x ' 1 ' l v I . 1 1 1 'I 1 Z 'I' I I I . I 4 I I I I S c c ' I I I2 L1 1 ' x ' L1 ' 1 .K1 ' ' ' Z ' 2 ' ' 1 ' ' c I I' ' . . K . . ' . ' . Y . V . Y If I I I I c I YY I I. . . Y 4 I . v c c A c , 5 I c I I I . 1 ' I , 2 1' c -7 c I I Ic ' . I ' c ' Q I' I l 1 l I ' c I K c . c . c I I' ' L 1 1 ' 4 1 ' . V I c 1 1 .1 . . 1 ' I . I I . 1 1. . . v I Y V r I. c I , ' at ' as ' ' ' v 9 1' 1 Y' ' 7 . 1 - rc I' Y. . 7 Y Y . . I . I ,I I I , c , I , c I , I c . . . 1. . ' c . I K I I 7 c I'. . Y - - 1 I I 1 I 1 h ,, I Ic , II 1 c I , ' . . . 1 ' . . I c , I I' I' c 7 I 2 X . . . . V 1 . . I . 1 V I . V. I I . 2 2 ' ' SI x I' I ' ' 1 1 I y 1 1 1 I 1 I ' v 1 1 - I 1 I, I c I c I I . I 1 x . vw V. . ' ' 1 I I 2 I Z ,KT ', 7 I I I'I - I l V V . . . . . . u 1 I c . t' I I I 2 ' I 1 S 2 L s . I' K., I ' ' I ' I - r 'I ' U 7 v 1 I 1 ' 1 - s , c I ' , ' rs v ' , L 1 rc D 1 1 I A 1 v I- 'N 7 1 I c c . - ' . 1 1. 'W .N I c I . . . . . . . I - 1 , I f ' .' ' , 46 ,t ' sy I 1- ' . . . . I c .