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

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The school system is the root of democracy in this coun- try. Without such an educational arrangement our democratic form of government would become althing of the past. As long as there is freedom of education and self-expression the surety of the life of democracy is perpetual: Democracy today is a beautiful flower bravely standing in a garden of weeds of dictatorships which are trying to overrun and choke it. Some of its leaves have fallen, but its stalk is still firm. It cannot dieg it will not for it represents the only light on the horizon for a blind, groping world. It is the peoples only chance of self-survival, a beacon shining amidst a sea of turmoil. --Virgil Wood '40 CQO'D,BE'IIE.'R , BEST In our Freshman year we chose UGood, better, bestg never let it rest, till the good is better, and the better--best,u as the motto for the Class of 1940. This motto, the keynote of which is restlessness, presents to us the challenge to achieve, to win, to become. The restlessness suggested here is not that which frets and pines, seeing only the difficulties ahead, but is that quality that keeps us ever on the alert to do our best with the good that is within reach, until it evolves into the better, and the better into the best. During our four years of high school we have attempted to put our motto into practice, by study and work. One of our greatest Americans and a man honored by all the world-- ' Abraham Lincoln, once said, HI will study and improve myself, and be rcadyg some day my opportunity will come.' New the four years have ended. We have come to the part- ing of the ways. Some of us will go on to school, others will enter the field of industry. As we step forward into the world, whether we ge on to further education or into the world of bus- iness, we must succeed if we keep this motto always before us, and strive at all times Ute make the better best.' --Ruth Winsor '40 ff 'Jake Tnesmznvinae qnmPa'.g.f w..N Before going farther, let me give you the definition of campaign. A campaign is a period of time during which an army carries on active operations in the field. Right now I have gone far enough from one standpoint, but for other purposes I shall go on.

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EDQTUFQIALS I If it Wg '70 ' rg X W-ff a -ie? ,. ra Nfhrx ' . qv. M-,,..f ' . ' f.. 7 xi,-. ! ,. I . h. E? P. i I. f - f . ca X .4:3iNNNN ,... on-wee RAQY IN me scaeem. The school system of the United States of America is one of the finest examples of democratic government. The only rules which are made for the pupil to conform to are of a ben- eficial nature not of a selfish or detracting nature. The main requirement is that a child must pursue the path of edu- cation until he becomes 16 years of age, The other rules train the pupil in behavior and good citizenship which are necessary in any well managed institution. Our school system is not controlled by the government as ' it is in France and other countries. In the elementary school, out of necessity, the education is prescribed for the pupil for he is in no position intellectually to choose his subjects for himselfg but when the pupil reaches the high school stage he is not dictated to as to what he shall or shall not study. There is no prescribed military course as there is in so many other countries at the present time. The pupil can follow what- ever course he desires. The teachers serve only as advisors in such selections. In France all schools offer the same subjects and these subjects are taught according to a strict time schedule. Here the curriculum is left to the discretion of the faculty in conformance with certain standards set up by the department of education. The teaching of the subjects is left almost entirely to the judgment of the teacher. She proceeds as fast or as slow as she sees fit. There is no race to keep up to schedule. Under such arrangements more individual attention can be given to the pupils

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Since a campaign is carried on by an army then, naturally there must be an army to carry on a campalgng thus we have the Democnats,,the Rcpubllcans,dthe Socialists etc,, Alsogln,a cam- paign the army must enrryion activefependtlon,inwtheifyeld, In .the-QYe,fifI:. QfUGt'.v42h9fuS5fi-C1,-LT13-lielliluiliilhqfl,riiflif.-fF0fQ11Y '.--' Wsfxhg-Yfe' Ghessellitical iii Qld -,skid Zgiifhelreiie S IQfQii1211'4i,1 f.f5eii5lregS'4 ' L-'iii Fltnis l time af ?1'1QwevGI2 ,J 18 is aggrestfuneerteintffggQL51ilWdys tHeQcise,,as toywhoywlll be thefnQXbJpDSSidenh.f'geweverf thohgh lt lspearly,.I do not think it too early to say that the battle is chiefly between Roosevelt and Dewey, R U ,mx ,, 5 Since I have named the place of battle and the armies involved, I shall continue for a while to dwell on the armies which I have predicted will fight to the finish for in every battle there are some who droplby the wayside. Substituting- eandldate for commhhdenlin-chief we have Dewey Crepubliean, 38 years of agcj and Roosevelt idemecrat, 58 years of agel. w,, Having limited the finish of the battle be these two men I shall go on to describe them taking age before beauty. Inci- dentally that saying age befor beauty fit in very well with the .battle since Roosevelt is focused of being old and Dewey of being handsome, but in this case, neither age nor beauty should determine who shall be the next president of our great country. Roosevelt probable 5rd term candidate is e men of exper- ience and executive power, whereas Dewey is inexperienced in legislative work and is still a young man with a lot to learng and though Dewey has not had n chance to show what he might do if he had presidential or even gubernatorial authority, one should notice that Roosevelt has done much and with a third term would do even more for the welfare of this country, There is no law against a third term for Roosevelt nor is there any law against a first term for Dewey and if Dewey should win let us hope that he does as fine a job as president as he has during his district attorneyship, and if Roosevelt is elected hope that he continues to do as good as he has done since his inaugurwtion in 1955, ' --John Angie '41 f...f3-fig!-1 Ttyirlg EJGBI-ENGR--5 .It is the custom of every nation to have a flag as its emblem. Originally the flag was a personal emblem of a lord or knight, It usually showed his colors or bore a simple devise. Sometimes it stood for the courage or bravery of a knightg , , The flag of a high knight came to be looked upon as the flag of the people over which he ruled, Thus the flag of for- mer Austris had the colors of the ancient Austrian dukes. The flag of Greece displays the colors of Bavaria. '