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

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II Ull Nl! O O H S RECEIVES HONOR Thls year we are golng to let other schools know of the excellent work that we are do1ng For some unknown reason we have kept s1lent untxl now For three successlve years O O H S students have recenved state pr1zes 1n the Essay Contests carrled on by the Amerlcan Legion Last year Mlss Ruth JeFfr1es a Jumor captured the first prlze thus honorlng herself and reHect1ng honor on thls school and town Th1s essay was m the form of a pledge to the Hag The year before one of our students received the thlrd state prlze and the preced1ng year we succeeded m carrymg off the thlrd state prlze The students who won these prlzes have now left O O H S but let us contxnue m thelr footsteps The Patr1ot s Flag Creed I a lover and a firm behever 1n mv country the Umted States of Amer1ca uphold you my flag for what I make you a symbol of our Constxtutnon our country our freedom You are the emblem of our entire hlstory of the glorlous struggle and self sacrlfice of the past a safeguard for all ln the present under you our future IS assured You are a l1v1ng symbol of the past 1n the present a haven and protector of all good symbollzmg equal opportunity supreme soverexgnty peaceful un1on and a people each for all and all for each 1n all our ldeal Therefore as a patriot I wlll cherlsh respect and pro tect you wlth all my mxght Ruth Beatrlce jelfrles MUSIC In addxtlon to chorus smgmg we are taklng special work m Music Apprec1atxon correlated w1th our Engllsh work as far as possible Durmg the fall term we studxed the Danse Macabre by Sa1nt Sarus at Halloween tlme w1th analysls of the muslc Followmg thls the Peer Gynt Sulte by Grieg Mornlng In the Hall of the Mountam Kmg Death of Ase Amtra s Dance studymg the selections as a whole and learmng the dlfferent mot1ons w1th the story of Peer and h1s wandermgs We concluded the fall term wlth a brlef sketch of Handel and the famous Hallelujah Chorus from the orator1o of the Mess1ah perhaps hxs greatest composltlon Following the same lines through the year we shall study duferent composmtlons correlated w1th the wrmngs of our great Amerlcan authors and poets Other compos1t1ons and choruses approprlate to the sea son or speclal occaslon w1ll be studled Thls work and our notebooks are ranked countmg one quarter of a point toward graduatlon 1 V V V V - V Q 112 1 U 1 7 7 , 1 . ., . 1 1 H . . . 1 l 1 Y 1 1 V , Y ' 1 - 9 y H . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 H . . . 1 1 1 ' - 11 , . 9 -1 ' 1 an 11 . , . . . . 1 1 - ' . if ' Y, ' ll ' ,Y 1 1 1 as - 1 11 n 11 sc ' 1 1 .1 ,, . . . 1 an 1 11 - u - 11 - - - , . , Y -

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5l?400xC45KXD 4 htfurrals LQQIXDOOEKEO3 THE TRAVELING LIBRARY Th1s year we have one of the State Travel1ng L1brar1es nn our school It IS open each afternoon at the close of school m order to allow students to borrow books or return those already borrowed We surely appreciate thls splendld opportumty whlch we are enjoymg for the first tlme Th1s L1brary owned by the State Travel1ng Llbrary Assoclatxon contams Hfty excellent books on hxstory b ography sc1ence poetry and Hctlon We are to have thxs llbrary for a perlod of four months At the end of th1s txme lt w1l1 be sent to some other school THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCEANIC Thxs year we are celebratlng the tenth annxversary of the OCEANIC The saylng Th1ngs grow mellow w1th age may not always be true but 1n the case of the OCEANIC we beheve It IS Every year the OCEANIC IS better than the precedmg year Th1s year we b heve xt IS the best yet Wlth the co operatlon of edltors students and the faculty we hope to make It an unusual success SPORTSMANSHIP Be a sport' Play the game' Have you ever taken part ln a game or even seen one played ln whlch the loslng s1de took 1ts defeat badly? If you have you know how very d1s agreeable xt IS and what a poor op1n1on must be formed of such a team Here 1n O O H S we have always been justly proud of our sportsmanshlp and we expect that th1s same Splflt will contmue through thls year also 1n our athletlcs and all of our other act1v1t1es Good sportsmanshlp IS a necessary quallficatxon for l1fe How a person shows h1s poor manners and how unpopular he must be nf he becomes angry over a defeat and cher1shes lll feellngs agalnst the wmner What a poor reputatlon one always has who when he sees he IS gettmg beaten wlthdraws from the game llke a coward You cannot always wxn but you can do your best and keep try1ng Be a sport' Play the game' F 1 W 5 ' O g i 1 1 ' ' J Y ' U Y 9 ' U 9 D ' Y ' n - ' n ' 1 Y Y D . . . Q . . . . . -. . ' y s v . , - Y 9 Q u 9 v Y I ' U

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