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

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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 .

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OAK LEAVEQ Some one has sald that many of us are unhappy because xve are dls couraqed by Otll fll st attempts flt self SCLllptlll9 xxhlle othels are unhappy bee IUSL they h 1xe lost slght ot th61l fln tl deslgn ln the pl ocess ot xvorklng ollt a be llltlllll p Ittblll lOl llie Thele ale some xvho ue unh lppy bec luse they haxe set thenlselxes ul lmposslble ttsk xxhlle othels have chosen 1 deslgn th It IS too slmple lllfl IS hnlshed so soon that they have nothlng lett to do ln the ye us ot llte th It should be vlttl and lntelestlng Then lle tlso tlmes xx hen unh lppllless comes to us tlom the xery fact th It xxe do the llght thlnq only xxhen necesslty pushes us md as 1 rexx ald xxe ICCQIXL 1Iltl1ffL16,HCL 1IiStP ld ot the honol xxe eox et On the othel hfmd xxe see the suplemely happy 13915011 ln one xxho hls made 1 helole 9ff01t fllld dolle lxlelt deeds IH splte ot bodlly dlselse 01 some sexele hlndlcflp th It xx ould h lxe blought li,1lLllb to a less cour xgeous soul hld lntended that mm should go backxx l1ClS he xx ould haxe glxen hlm all exe ln the b lck of hls head One xx ly to finl h lpplness IS to seek It ln lts hlghest torm It IS often fl pl letle ll help to thlnk ol one good lefxson fO1 dolng a duty we may dls llke lnstefld ot looklng T01 extuses fol leavlnq lt undone HWDDIHGSQ IS 'l mental wttltude xxhlch comes tlom an honest COIISCIOLISHGQQ that xve hflxe m ide a slntele 6ffO1t to do oul best 'md hflxe folloxx ed the hlghest ldeals xx e knoxx xxe notlced llttle pleasules As xxe notlced llttle palns We Qlllte forgot oul losses And lemembered all our qalns If xxe looked tor people s vlltues And thell flults 1GlLl'it,fl to see XX h It 1 Lonllolt lble h lppx Lh6Q1llll pl lee Thls xx olld xx ould be TRAIN XX HN FI E Thex clnnot tell nll O mln H1 lde thlng Pufllnlx yOLl1 xx ly llllxt tll1Ollf h d llkness and d IX lmpelxlous to YVlY1Cl and laln Stlonq ln 50111 stlellsrth Cleat IH xoul gl II1flQl11 Th It xoll h lxe no llte no thoughts 'md no complehenslon Do not IQIOICL IH QOUI Y1CtOlW ox Ll the elements lv . . A A C A C C A C A' 'x x ' 'Q' , ll r A -A' 1 , V 'A c V 2 H 2' . s ' 2 ' 2 2 1' 2' 2 ' 2.'x w' - . 'x w' 1 ' ' ' ' . , 1 . ' A C A A L A A A A C 1' ' 2's ' 2 Q H '2 2 ' . -'x . ' v, ' ' ,sx 3 ' C 12 ' . 2, , v I , , C , ,E A-xy K- -J X v 4 v ' 1 ZA- C C xv 's 1 C ' ' :1 1 2 '2 2 ' A 2 ' ' f '2' 'l ' : 2 2 s . v . ' 1 V ' U ' ' ' . ,f . ' It xxas V1CtO1 Hugo xxho sald, My ldea IS thls, ere: onwalld. It God Z . 1 C 2 F V V2 u , v r vx . V . I J Y ' 2 ' .H 'J V r 4 ' v .v 1 . l . 1 ' 1 ' . C L C AAA A A A A 1 an A .it . ' 1 h 4 . ' C C L C X c ' .rn A' l ' K . c A, ll c ' c v l 1 A A .A 4 4 Y 2 lv- XA 1 1 1 C C y v x I mf . 1 L1 K, v . . i If . 'Y If ' ' ' I ' a x 'K 7 v D ,1 .1 V' 2 . ' ' . 1 Q - V A I A V I K A Y a 1. c c c X, c n , 2 3 -N , , , sv A. F. S. K A 2' 2 H 2 ' 2 ' l y A ' ' '2 2 'l ' g' 2 ' 2 2j, fv Y. I I 1: - ' 1 . ' , 1 A A K A J I. V, . .2 H., gy, Ev, , an ., ' . ' ' -, ' v - v' - 2 v,. ,