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

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E OCEA C THE OCEANIC TAKES SECOND PRIZE In the state contest whlch was held ln Orono at the UHIVCYSIIY of Mame The Oceanxc took second prlze Thts xas the first year The Oceanlc has entered Into a contest of any kmd The Edltor ln Chlef who represented Th O eanlc at the contest conveyed to us several new xdeas o how to better our school paper These contests are held for that purpo e and also for the purpose of gettmof the l'll0l1 schools and colleves nearer toffether In thxs way hxoh school pupxls become more lnterested ln hlglaer educatlon W1th your loyal support we hope to be able to contmue to take part 1n these contests whlch are held 1n March each year CROSS WORD PUZZLES It IS easy to solve a cross word puzzle after someone else has solved lt Why yes, when the needed word of the puzzle cross and refusmg to be thought of havent you heard a Why how s1mple' Why d1dn t I thlnk of that? After we have racked our bra1ns over a problem 1n Chemlstry or Algebra or over a Latln translat on the solu t1on IS UIVCH us ln class Oh of course they really are qu1te s1mple these solut1ons after all We learn them fxf we canl If we re golng to college we try to store them up for Colleve Board Exams and such ogres If we re not we re lucky At least so the othe s tell us Some of the more serlous ones among us however hav' one doubt What wlll xt be when we have to present our own oroblems as well as solxe them? Perhaps experxence vvlth cross word puzzles has taught us that the solvlng of them 1 not the only dlflicult part Perhaps all of us are lucky You m1ght call college education the acqu1s1tes of a better d1c txonarv a hne Webster chctlonary bound IH soft leather You m1ght call tl e practxcal experlence four years knowledge of the principle of puzzles of the vertlcals and of the horxzon tals POSS1bly lt mlght be so Anyway those puzzles are mterestmv Feb 20 Worst storm of year lt TE' Nl as 71 ' 4' ' 44 ' va - -4 . 1 . -. - . ' K, 6 0 C . . ' ' - -. b 3' ' 'I D TJ ' D is at last pronounced, after a few long moments of being ' t, . 3 . - . . . . , . 3 . , , H . . , b .. ' . , Q y u . . - 1 . .5 . A - . . . . A L ' A ' . I . N

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L4 ICA 5YID f3XJUx 4 brim mls QIJXDKIJOOCLCXJC We the students of Old Orchard H1 h School hope that thxs our elghth annual ISSUC of The Oceamc wxll be met wlth the same hearty approval as the precedlng xssues We have put forth specxal elTort thls year to bulld up the joke and exchange department We have also had a cover desxgn pamted whlch can be used for a permanent cover We hope all these changes w1ll meet with your approval THE OCEANIC The Oceamc from the very start has proven a very ex pensxve paper Only the hwhest grade of work has been em ployed ln making up the paper Each year the cost of the paper IS from three to four hundred dollars The money for the support of the paper comes from the sales the ads and each class has been requlred to Day enough to cover the cost of 1ts class department Edntors are appolnted each year to supervlse the dnfferent departments 'llae materlal used ln these departments IS fur Thls paper travels to all parts of the Umted States lt lS sent to hxgh schools ln every state ln the umon xn exchanve for thelr papers From thls practlce students here Get new xdeas and form new ldeas whlch can be put 1n The Oceamc Not only IS the paper sent out over the country but lt can be found m most of the homes of the townspeople It can readlly be seen that an ad run ln The Oceamc s not a dead lnvestrnent If lt IS profitable to run an ad ln a newspaper and lt IS 1sn t lt profitable to run one in our school paper? Try It and see for yourselves CAPACITY In reflectlng on Sxr Roger Steele tells us that a man of a warm and well dxsposed heart w1th a very small capacity fmeamng for learnmgj IS hlghly superlor to hlm who wlth the greatest talent IS cold and languld 1n h1s affectlons Thls IS a thought whlch we as hxgh school students may well keep ln mmd The popular student rs popular because he has an abundance of thxs lnterest ln others the unpopular stu dent unpopular because of lack of xt regardless of whether he IS or xs not br1ll1ant 1n hrs studxes Let us strxve for the Ideal combxnat on much learnmg and at the same tlme consldera t1on for others Feb l Both Basketball Teams play Gorham at Old Orchard T. .' E T E .Tl C 5 ': . .vt E 5 A Q . ' . - 'g . . . I . lb - nished wholl b the hi h school students. G Y Y g U . I . . . 5 . ,.

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