Old Orchard Beach High School - Oceana Yearbook (Old Orchard Beach, ME)

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I Jclffll Does It pay boys and g1rls to finlsh H1gh School and then spend four years more 1n college? It surely does accordmg to nvures quoted by the Ind1anapol1s Board of Comm1ss1oners They ela1m that the average college Graduate IS earmnv S2 003 per year and the ax erage Hwh School graduate S1000 wh1le the student th t left school ln the elementary classes ls only ea1n1ng S500 per year Accordlng to these Hvures they cal culate each day spent IU Hlvh School IS worth S20 and Q50 fo e ch may spent 1n colleae Th1s Board of Commlssloners turther state that only 34 per tent of the students that enter the hfth gra e go on through h1 h s hool Cons1der lg t ll fa t one can eas1ly rudge how few of our leatnnv men pa t and prese t are Graduates from college The Vo 3'1O El Adv1ser quotes 1n part Only one 1n a hun dred of ou aiu t pOpLllZ1tlO'l IS a colleve graduate yet 36 per tent of our Conffressmen have been colleve graduates wh1le 00 per tent of our pre slde 1t 54 Der ce 1tofo..1r v1ce pres1de'1ts 69 per ce'-t of ou Supreme Cou t Judves and 87 per cent of o r Attorney Generals have hasl college deff ees A student may leave school early He has had Good for tane In the past a d sees no reason why lt 1sn t golng to con t1nue He has always been popular amonw h1s assoc1ates se ares a fa1rly good pos1t1on at a fixed salary and steps out 1l1tC tne world He w1ns ora1se for h1s work and th1nk mv he can gam more he trles for a h1gher pos1t1on Here IS where he stops He s told there are others better fitted for the pos1t1on He may ask why Th1s IS the answer Back there when he left school he d1dnt th1nk how much broader h1s 1nterests would have been how much eas1er lt would have been for h1m to meet people how many more fflends he would have made how much eas1er lt would be for h1m to push up ward 1f he had only contlnued 1n h1s educat1on Th1s does not only apply to boys but to glrls also They have an equal chance today to press forward wlth the leaders of our country Sept 26 Leglon Essav Contest TH f ' , JC ' ' ' A . , C, - U , .. . ' 4. ' 4 . 23 D ' . C, . . 1 - A Q B.. . L .4 1. ki. ' I 1 ' X ' ' . e ' D f . ' v . .1 - n - 1 b ., , ,, 1 . ' . '. . u D . . . , . , . . ,I ' . U 1 g ,C . .1 Z- ' ' . - x .' ' . .1 1 s c K ,1' ,, , ,. r, . Mb , S A .1 , h . ,- ' I . . ' . ' s. n ll . ' 1 , . , t, - , s W ' s - t 1' 1 J 1 1 c ' 1 .. , ' . . . . . b , L1 1 - .1 f br . , f' ct . b - , ,. . .. ,. .1 . - . . Y 1 C ,. He 4 cf ' ' 4 1 v ' D . . . Q, . , . , - . . . . J .

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fb UCIAA r.xJOrOOOOOOfUUUCfYY7 -Intmt xl LL OOO :OOO C!Y3f OOC VN c present thts seve1th1ssue ofthe Oceamc tc the pub hc wlth the hope tt wxll meet wlth the same popularlty as our prexlous lssues We have never yet been ible to meet he demand VVe trust that our loval supporters w1ll show the slme cnthusxasm wluch w1ll make posstb e our success VVe haxe avaxn been allowed the opportunxty to remmd the townspeople of the necesstty of a modern and up o date nah school blllldlllg w1th adequate equxpment We really be llevv the majorltv of the voters of the town reahlt the need of such a bulldlng but do not re llze that 1IPI'I16l13lC 'ict on should be taken Unfortunate y a few of our taxp yers do not concur vxlth the popular sentxment for a new bsuldmg We beheve these few could easlly be converted mf they would but VlSlt the bulld mgs whtle school 1S 1n sesslon ratner than pronounce thmgs Good enough wxthout knowledge of the prevall ng cond1t1ons VVe are llvlng today ln a tune that has changed greatly strce the day when our present xoters were scholars The requlrements for a modern educat1on dtpfers greatly from the requlrcments of thxrty ox fifty years ago Surely the puhhc must realme thls If the fathers and mothels have the desire for thcn chlldren to compare favorably wtth the chlldren of other towns and cmes they must use every effolt to provlde as good bulldmgs and equlpment as are provlded for thc chlldren of other towns and c1t1es Sept 13 School Bcgms V I A K ' Q VI ' . - ull, 'A rr 1 1 V l-VV -4 . . .gs . . K 'xjlggc' 1 c r l ww 1 I , . ' . . , ' -- , . ' , - ' . , , . . c L . ' 1, Q I .2 , . . A 1 . , , , Y . r :s . ' -y - . c. c t. A D , . c. . ' . l . . .V A .1 3. '. . f L l ' '1 1 ' r' . , . c. 1 . I . . . . . . . . . , . , . . U e ' ' Q ab 5 1 - . , A .' . , . l , . A l ' ' Q L. . . .. , , . . . ' , . ' . , ' .

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LIP OCEANIC Many puplls m the school of yesterlav and xn the school of today sav I can t It seems to be a phrase that will shp out easxly but after lt IS said more harm has been actually done than nf the puml had really falled ln somethmg When he says I cant he throws up has problem and there lS another failure even lf small addezl to the worlds failures The result IS he gradually becomes more famlhar with the phrase as hls school vears shp by and many an opportumty xs lost He may finlsh school but he has become so used to say mg I can t that he f3l1S ln evervthmg he trnes to do and the result of hls llfe IS farlure Why not say I can and stick to the problem untll lt IS Fm1shed9 Why not set out for success and find lt, It could be done lf you d only sav I can IT S ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND If you thmk you are beaten you are If you think you dare not you don t If you d llke to wm but thmk you can t It s almost a clnch you won t If you thmk youll lose you re lost For out ln the world we find Success begms wxth a fellow s w11l It s all mn the state of mmd If you thlnk you re outclassed you are You ve got to thunk hxgh to r1se You ve got to hustle and struggle Before you can w1n a prxze Life s battles don t always go To the stronger or faster man But soon or late the man who wlns Is the one who thlnks he can Sept 27 Corn Roast ln School Room ' 'r' O 'A - M v vu - f v . M 1 vu - - v . . , . , I , . v ' n v n - - - - ' v H ,, . . . . - s as vs Q r , . - v 9 , - , . . . , v v s ' 1 ' v v ' v v a . . , . Q , . . . , . y s , . . . s ' v 1 v