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

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342 2 The familiar desk with its array of official papers, morning mail, the telephone, the school's record filing cabinet . . . all remind me of the administrative personnel of our school. Here I remember seeing Mr. Cutts consulting Mr. Bean . . . the Faculty coming to Mr. Bean for advice . . . the Maintenance Personnel checking on schedules of duties . . . the Commendable Couneilors conferring with their adviser and principal, Mr. Bean. The little blue box calls to mind the deten- tion slips for the students who have not learned how to cooperate or to discipline themselves. A pair of white fur earmuffs left by a forgetful student adds a personal note always found in the office where personal problems are met with sympathy and understanding. That is why stu- dents come here from all . . . THE OCEANA

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6 My work on the OCEANA is nearly finished. Graduation draws near. I find myself reminiscing over the years spent at Old Orchard Beach High School. Footsteps of memory find me walking through the beautiful grounds up to the front doors and on up the wide stair- case. At the top of the stairs, confronting me is a tall, straight door with a small plaque bearing the word, Principal. A turn of the lrnob opens the tall door into . . . t it ytfeaazmxill ,yffrrrvsawasl TI-IE OCEAN A

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Suf1fri11ffnrifnt ciF1CTL ciiIT'I l'S Pride is akin to respect. Without pride there is no incentive, no drive, no develop- ment of character or strength. Pride is the envy of the weak. We are proud of Old Orchard Beach High School. Not in the sense of being haughty, overbearing, orarrogant but in a composed dignified manner which keeps us trying, even if we are about to fail, to do our best. One of the local Maine newspapers has been running a column each week on the subject, 'LOur School Is Proud Of -- . This caused me to wonder just how our high school pupils would individually react in preparing a listing of the items or achievements of their school in which they have pride. The list, of course, would be varied because of differences of viewpoint but I am positive that every pupiliwould be able to End something about which they have some feelings of worthy pride. I personally am proud of the building itself and the appearance of its surround- 8 prick ings. But a beautiful building is a lifeless. inanimate object and is only the instru- ment or shell that sets up the environment. The teacher is the most important element in the making of a school and I am proud of our high school teachers for their exper- ience, background, and understanding. But a fine building with intelligent teachers is still not a school unless it has a student body. So, in the Hnal analysis, if we haven't a student body to be proud of, we havenlt a school of which we may be proud. I am proud of the pupils who attend our high school for their achievement in school and for the record our graduates are making as they appear on the Dean's list of -every college that they attend. Our groups are outstanding in athletics, debat- ing, and dramatics. Yes, as a school, we have much that is admirable and, so far as we are concerned. it shall he second to none. CECIL J. Cwrrs THE OCEANA