Rangeley High School - Tattler Yearbook (Rangeley, ME)

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THE TATTLER 9 fits f' F-- ' n 'Z ix nit' , U IQ l J i,J...EOu:Mb ff' 71.3 ,j,'...r1 ..-4- f .. - SALUTATORY T gives me great pleasure in behalf of the Class of 1921, to welcome this splendid audience to our graduation exer- cises this evening. To our teachers, to whom we are indebted for kind help and advice, we extend our sincere greetings. To the School Board and Superintendent, by whose guidance we have been educated, we extend a most hearty welcome. Dear Schoolniates, we welcome you this evening with thanks for the interest you have shown and the aid you have given. 'And now we greet you, our many loyal friends and relatives, and thank you for your interest and cooperation during our school life, and we, as a class, hope that the same interest may be shown in future years to each , and every class that enters Rangeley High. Essay: Today's Call to Young America Never in the history ot our country has there been such a demand for Americzfs young womanhood and manhood as today. The youth of this 'fair country of ours is the HOPE OF THE VVORLD! The world asks you, boys and girls, to sit down and think over the needs of this country, and after just consideration, to arise and bend every effort in making this a better place in which to live. The present belongs to ns, and what are we to do with it? Shall we let our oppor- tunities pass by? It is time to wake up and see what the world has to offer. VVe must hrst notice the most important things, and strive to fit ourselves to under- take those things and carry on . As young Americans we have, however, several faults, which might hinder our progress. First of all we are wasteful. lfVe are improvident. are careless of everything beyond the enjoyment of the present hour. We do not look ahead. WVe are never prepared for the future and we must be, if we are to continue a power. As citizens we are indifferent. WVe will endure the extravagances and inefliciency of the government, instead of jumping into the midst of the conflict and helping to clean it np. We all know what the effect of our improvidence and our indifference is on our national life. Young America, it is your duty to do away with these two great destroyers of our American ideals and traditions. You, Young America, are the hope of the world! Let it be your part to find out what your city, state and nation are doing for the welfare of citizens, and if the1'e is any chance for improvement, do all in your power to bring about that improvement. You can awaken your sleeping fellows to a recognition of the needs of the country,

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8 THE TATTLER burn it there is no danger of the spread of some disease. Our home town would be surprisingly changed in appearance and would be a better place in which to live. A. T., '22. E are greatly indebted to the Class of 1920 for the splendid bust of Theodore Roosevelt which they presented us to take the place of the old corner book- shelves. That gift has been an inspiration as well as the set of Stoddard's Lectures presented by the Class of 1917. HE Editorial Board wishes to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to Tlllf TATTLER. XVe appreciate the fact that so many will- ingly responded when asked to contribute, especially the business men and others whose advertisements make the publication of this paper possible. HE North Franklin Interscholastic Speaking Contest was held in town, this year, Friday, May 20, at the Baptist Church. Everdeene Robbins and Earl Parks were chosen to represent Rangeley High School. Many people came from the towns of Kingiield, Strong and Phillips to listen to the speaking. The selections were with credit by was fortunate well chosen and delivered the contestants. Rangeley this year in having two excellent speakers, one of the cups being awarded to Ever- deene Robbins, while the other went to Glenton Thompson of Phillips. T the beginning of the second term, this school organized the Lucy Bow- doin Improvement League, based on the State constitution. One aim of this League is, as the name implies, to improve conditions about the building itself. Sufficient funds have been raised to pur- chase a typewriter for use in business cor- respondence, getting out the school paper, etc., and a mirror for the hallg to have pictures of the various school teams framedg to finance all the activities of the League. Committees have been appointed each week to keep the rooms dusted, the boards washed, and the main room tidy. The League also took charge of decorating the Grange Hall for the preliminary prize speaking. But of even more importance is its sec- ond aim, that of social betterment. To pro- mote tl1e interest of parents and friends, two meetings were held, at which pleasing programs were given. A number joined the League. Cn May 6, Miss Nettie Bauer, a repre- sentative o'E the National Parent-Teachers Association, spoke at the school building under the auspices' of the Improvement League. She made us feel that a branch of that association should be formed to work with us for the general betterment of conditions, especially for those who bring their dinners. It has been shown that we can accomplish much by having a special plan. Why not be thinking, then, of what we are going to do another year? Why not publish a school paper weekly? Why not buy app1'opriate furnishings for the recitation rooms? Why not work for a business course? Why not have a publicity committee to report our do- ings to the Franklin Chronicle P Why not adopt the motto, We have done much, we can do more ?

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10 THE TATTLER to undeveloped opportunities in home, school, college, or throughout the land. You can begin, now, to make yourself what every American should be, a vital part of the machinery of the American gov- ernment. You can do more. You can cre- ate a tradition ot public service. Public service that is clean, uncorrupted, and given for love of country, and not for greed of gain. If there is to be a tradition ofpublic service in this country it is up to you girls and boys to make the beginning. True, it must start as a spark, but once started, will kindle in the hearts of all to a flaming fire. If you are to be true Americans, then show it by letting this country waste no more of its opportunities. If you live for the highest interests of America, at the same time you live for tl1e highest interests of the world. So wake up, boys and girls, for you are the Hope of the VVorld! It is to you that the world looks to achieve greater things than ever before since Time began, to create a higher, nobler standard of civiliza- tion, and to extend that civilization to all the farthermost corners of the earth, that all men may feel its influence. X Eyes front! young America. Take up thy banner, Responsibility, and Forward March! You are the HOPE OF THE WORLD. Olive Moore, '2I. ORATION The Japanese Menace HE only remaining possible foe of the United States, according to the world situation, is japan. The most friendly observer must admit that our rela- tions have changed. In 1916 the so-called Gentlemen's agreement seemed to have definitely settled the problem of Japanese immigration. It is now all too apparent that it has not done so. The antagonisms between the japanese and the citizens of the Pacific Coast are much more strained now than then. California has passed laws against the holding of property by japanese that have made the situation more acute. Yet the japanese question in California is only one phase of a world problem-the relations of the white and non-white races. If the japanese should be permitted to emigrate at will to the Pacific Coast, Cali- fornia would soon have a great population of proud, aggressive, intelligent, industri- ous japanese and these people would al- ways have the protection of a powerful and warlike nation. And California's problem would soon become a widespread one throughout the United States. The Gentlemen's agreement has neither satisfied the citizens of the Pacific Coast nor the experts of the Immigration Bureau. In becoming a party to it, the U. S. snr- rendered the right to determine what per- sons from Japan should be admitted, and what should not. This was a grave mis- take. No nation should be placed in a position where foreigners can enter without showing that they are fit to become inmates. The dissatisfaction on the Pacific Coast resulted in the States of Wasliiiigtoii, Ari- zona and California passing laws, prohibit- ing aliens who are ineligible to citizenship from owning land, and limiting the leases of agricultural lands to three years. At first the sisted of male women. They native bosses, as railway section hands and agricultural laborers on big fruit ranches and truck farms, or going into mines, lumber mills and canneries. But as time passed, the japanese turned more and more to land, and, not as day laborers, but on their own responsibility. They literally rushed into farming, especially into the fruit and vegetable lines. They picked out the most fertile districts, the richest agri- cultural lands in California. These are the fertile, irrigated portions of the Central Valley, watered by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the highly devel- oped, irrigated regions around Los Angeles, Japanese immigrants con- laborers, with few or no worked in gangs under