Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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VIEHS ON GOOD CITIQUNSUIP by The Students Aprll 13 l9L5 Presldent Franklin Roosevelt died Aprll 12 l9b5 Tbls lS a crltlcal tlme for all the people of the Unlted States The Pres ldent ca rled out F15 dutles to the very best of T13 ablllty and dld much for the good of the country Trl mornlng, lprll 13 l9h5, we held a memorlal selvlce he at Qabattus llgh School ln T8COgnltlOH of the Presldent's deatl Now ls 1 tlme for each and every one of us to slow flS good Cltl z 1 h p Ie should do all ln tis power to aid T13 fellow Clt1LQ1S Thi great man passed on, but we have our entlre l1V6Q ahead of as ln VllC we may shape our careers so tkat we may make a plac fo ou selves ln th1S world tlat 1S now so troubled It could be posslble tkat one of us 1 re may +aPe a place ln the overnmnnt of tle country, after we have completed our education, and be Tac d vltk the same problems a those before us Tleretore we mav plof It from the lessons taught us here at school he should remember th quotatlon, Ha well CU1tlVQted mlnd, so to speak, ls made up of all the minds of precedlng ages In order for a person to be a uccess, I must be famlllar Wltf and carry through the fundamentals of courtesy and dlsclpllne of good cltlzenshlp Good Clt1ZfRShlp 1 defln d as dOlHg one' duty for one's country, obeylnv orders at sclool and at lome, and from all SHpLTlOTS helplng one's nelghbor ln ev ry tlme of n d and followlng out the prlnclulcs of courtesy and diSClf1lHC The most valuable SCTV1CE ol all lS tlc SGFVICC of human ty The llfe or no person can be fuller than that of one wlo has conse- crated hlmself to the SQTVlCQ of huvanlty We should all bear ln rlnd that we are ln tf1S world for a deflnlte purpose and lt lS our duty to select the purpose and make our place such that it Wlll be profltable to ou selves and our fellow countrymen Th1S, ln part, lS the reason that we attend sclool From the very flTSt day a boy or glrl enters school he taught the fundamental standards of good cltlzenshlp Many oi us wonder why we are taught to be qulet and attentlve ln sclool, but as we Cllmb the ladder of 9dUC8tlOU and get nearer to the top we re 1126 that ln order to learn and pTOflt from our lessons, we must be qulet and pay strict attention to tkose vho are lHStTUCtlHg us 1D our sublects Tt lS only rlght that we may tFlS courtesy to our superlors hlS 1S only one of the practlcal appllcatlons OI courtesy and the beneflts we gain from lt can be clearly seen A e la IH low other freat people b fore us have applled thelr llVGS lrd succeeded, we can better plan low to apply our 1lV6S ln thlS gl at 6 mocv y Recall ng a statement that Abraham Llncoln made ln his Gettys burg lddr ss, NTkese dead stall not have dled in V8lH,N we realize , l , -LJ 44 . I ' v 0 U l 6 , I L . . . , . r , - . W . . . . . . J. A . C . . . . . . . . i . M l S . 1 , .' . le .. . . . . l C , 'V . LD , . , . . . . . . , 4 , C .. . C 4 C V . 4 -, 5. 4 I . ' ' ' ' f U- Q 4. 0 L A. 4 4 r 4. 0 3 r ' . ' ' , ' . z l - ' ' :H h 1 . ' ' U .' . ' ' P e r ws ' ' x ' ' J. .. . 1 o , ' a . ' n 'A , ' -7 A K A .Lv sl s Q L 1 -L H f V . - ' e . -7 - ,, . S Q A . 1. . ' N ' . , h - A A Q L Q . . . . . I 9 . ' 'B f 1 ' . ,-7 N - A . G ,B . . 0 LD L . . , . . . 1 A ' E 1 . A, . . . , . These are the two maln lactors lH llfe ltself. They are the b8SlS . . . . . . . . . 1 O Q . U l J J U O . Q A ' 1 n A . , . . . Q . on , . , , t. ..,, , . . . . . . . , 1 i A . , . . I . A 7 13 1 - X K . 4 Q' I 1 L 1. . . .1 '- -.1 L I . . . , .A A . . . . , . U . . P . . . A .L A o . . . . 1 . - , 1S H . . . , ' 1 . 4 0 - . . . 1 ' rv L J - Y . . - U , , ., , . . . dt .LL , 2 , ' N ' I 1 A I . W . . . . - 1 1 - .L A l N , . W . . . . . . 0 .L . . . M U ' , - . s vy 1 fx 1 ' A - Q ' ' ' ' . JeA L -2 ., . . . E l . , ' ,, ' Gael le.. gac . v i b - I u u 1 . - L A , . . . . x 4 l -3 A ., A