Samuel D Hanson School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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TH1 N11 ssaLoxs1x1 r RIPPLF th1 Is the case xx hx not put fo1th a 11ttle more effort to haxe them 1ead these books Plctules play an 1mportant part 1n 11fe from eallx Ch1ldhOOd Todlx the moxmg p1ctu1es hold a p1om1nent pla e Many of these p1ctu1es are good clean StO1l9S and a1e exceed lngly educ1t1onal but unfo1tunatelx there are a gl eat manx xx h1Ch a1e not only worthless but ue X91y harm ful I'ull of s11ly sent1ment and ha1rbreadth escapes f1om death oc cur11ng one 11ght after another th11ll1ng robberles and dark plottmg ll of xx h1ch haxe a g,1eate1 affect on the young m1nd than can be est1mat ed The trag1c pa1t of all th1s IS tl t c1reless 1gnorant pa1ents xx1ll alloxx tne1r ch1ldren to attend these 1'1lHClD0ls0Illl'1g' p1ctures regularly sexer1l t1mes a xx eek And th n pa ents you xx onder and co m1tted because murlers occur nc because xoung IIXGS 19 utterly umed Why dont you do some thmg' W hx dont xou fight agalnst th1s d6Nt1LlCt1OIl of xaluable xoung IIXGS, Thlnk of future gene11t1ons What a e thex gomg to amount to these ch1ld1en of people xx hose mmds haxe been IlOLl1l'ihGd on hor11ble scenes a11d ICIQIN fo1 xeus 1 I1tl.1l1LlSNtl0H mu t he fxced bx us all befolt m1nx xc 11 h xxe pas ed A1e xxe gomg to s1t calmlx bx ind let our g1eat splend1d be1ut1ful countlx go to I'Ll1lI IOI the laclx of a l1ttle Cdlf.-Eflll thought a11d 'IIIQIIIIOII ' DORIQ DRLNINIOIND 70 EVILS OI SCHOOL LIFE Hoxx manv of us xx h1le xxe are go nag to school r ahze that there are anx thmgs xx h1ch occur 1n school l1fe xxh1ch a1e detumental to lt Some sax that school 18 a place vxhere only the b st elements are present Otners 1 thele are some tr1x1al GVIIS 1n school hfe Tr1x1al thmgsl What IS me nt bv t11x1a1 th1ngs Let us con 1uer a fevx of these tr1v1al th1ngs Perhaps one of the most common of these trlxlal affa1rs IQ profamty 111 and about the s hool room It has txx o fa1 1each1ng effects The first IS o the 1nd1x1dual the second on the school In the first place a young felloxx uses profane language because he th1nks It g1x es h1m a more lmpre S129 nor axxe str1k1ng manner A he contmues the use of profamty h1s xx hole bemg becomes so 1mpregnated can tlllllk IH 110 other terms In the end he uses p1ofan1ty because he knoxxs no better the hablt has abso lute control ox er h1m The effect on the school IQ on the lTIOI'1lH for the mo1 als of a school are xxh xt the pup1ls make It The moral standfuds of a school cannot be h1gh xx hen 1ts membe1s can th1nk only 1n texm of p1of1n1tx Wh1 pc11ng ls 1nothe1 school ex 1l The eifect of th1s ls that It lemds to xxealxncss mf xx 1ll poxx 61 f01 a person xxho pe1s1stentlx xxh1spe1s shoxxs a lack of elf cont1ol and a man xx1tl1 out self cont1ol IS hlxe a sh1p xx1thout 1 lllflflel In thell pr1m11x effects xxhlsper mg and sxxe111ng are xx1delx dnfer ent but 1n the ult1mate effects thex a1e the ame -X xoung felloxx that . V l-, ff v v N 1 5 . 1 , Y . C Y R C ' n v Av, Y - ' . V V ' ' A : j Y Qc . Y Y . l 2 Y C YY N Y . . Y . Yu 1 1 Y' Y I v . 1 1- . V 'V ' - -V ' l ' C . c . . c ' U ' ' 1 1' 1 1 KX' V ' 1 h A, K c A - Ln L C k u . Y .2 . Y Y Y L YY N2 :YV V C YY . Y. . A . - L V - ' 1 1' . . ' C . ' a .Y 2 - V . V Y 21, Y 1' ' a . - ' 1 A 1 , gf L A. l . . Y 1 C xc u I x ii Y I C Y ra 4 v 1- 0 . ' Y Y n . . Y. , . c - -' 1 . ' , ' ' 9 I2' 2 1 a, ' A ' - - Y ' I ' ' ,, ' . S- R ' - 'L' . ' l- f v , V 1' c . S : ' 2 3 1 ' . - L - C c 1' S, ' v 'V - - 3 1 1 ' mourn because! termble Cumes are xx 1th the rotten aspect of l1fe that he f if , C a c., S , -- YV 1 Y W V ' V 5 . ' Y ' ' 4 . Q x T- 'A Y ' I ' 1 - if , c 1 s ' - Y... V Y , Y - Y , V Y v 1 u I ' v Y l A . ' k': I I 'Z Q j. 'C A' 'C n V- Y ' ' ' . ' C D c c L Y Y c . . Y- ' ' ' Ya I ., c c ' . 1' V V A . A L v v ' V Q - 1.9 ' 1 4 Y' ' ' . V . . . 2, L 2 . . Th s H f V - 'zz s gl , l s1 f.'z '. U I Y ' I if 1 ' 1 Y 4 V ix ' .sw .ll . xi A X c I L jc 5 L . 5 . ' C I Y Y . r C Y Y 2 - Y V ,Y-YV 1 V V .Y . . Y Y. - Y - ' 1 'i : 1' ' . 1 . 't . V Y C Y . Y I Y C S - . V - c c . ' - ' x V V M - ' ' C w -. . 1 , ... . . ' 2 : ' . - c I Y l ' 1 v V ' ' D 1 Y , . . S Y A YV V

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THF XII SSXIONSRFF RIPPLE u1ed IH 'EQIITIS of dollars and cents but bx serxlce lendeled to manklnd It IS noxx hlgh t1me that xxe take account of tock to see hoxx our thought l1fe stands Has It been xxhat xt m1ght or IS thele a chance for lmproxementq If there IS let us make It noxx before It IS too late xxhen ou1 chalactels haxe become fully moulded RUSSELL M BAILEY 20 WHAT SHOULD OUR LIFE WORK BE9 In choosmg our l1fe xxork xxe should choose an occupatlon 1n xx h1ch xxe th1nk xxe axe most 1nterested and haxe the most ab1l1ty to perform If one has a desxre to be a teacher and thlnks that he can benefit the world by domg so It IS h1s duty to become a teacher The select1on of a l1fe xx ork should begm IH the H1gh School because 1t gwes a longer t1me to th1nk ox er the s1tuat1on and to dec1de xx hat occupa tlon should be undertaken People xxhose patlence IS l1m1ted should not t1y teachmg because they xx ould fall but should choose a xx ork better sulted to thelr ab1l1ty When xxe choose our l1fe xxork xxe should car1v IH mmd the essent1al deta1ls at tached to It People xx ho do not kroxx xx hat thelr xx ork IS golng to be untll aftel they haxe flnlshed thexr educatlon are at a loss because they knexx not hoxx to prepale themselx es to perform It If xxe choose a xxork xx h1ch IS d1s agreeable to us xxe are not gomg to put ou1 xxhole ene1gy and sp1r1t lnto It and the 1esult 1f It IS not a total fallule xxxll be f01 the best St'1lld'lId beloxx xx hat It should be Thele fo1e 1f one xx1shes to succeed IH every 1espect he should choose a l1fe Work 1n xxh1ch he IS mtelested and one xx h1ch he ls best sulted to perform FRANCIS S ROBINSON 21 BOOKS AND PICTURES Books and plctures are one of the most lmpoltant palts of a pelson s educatlon Parents xxhy xx 111 you not reallze thxs fact and place b fo1e your boys and g1rls the klnd of books and p1ctu1es xxh1ch xx 1ll tra1n them to become pu1e stxong mmded men and xxomenl Thmk of the trage dxes and 1u1ned hves Wh1ch xxould be axelted lf you xxould only ex pend the caleful attent1on xxhlch you should to these matters Dont let your ch1ld1en read the trash fo1 It deselxes no better name that ls so p1ewalent m these days B th1s I dont mean to grab a book axx ay from them and say Here you cant read thxs You 1ead So and So s T1axels Ill Fo1e1gn Lands xx ould be bette1 to let them fimsh the poor book than to follovx such a coulse for human natule teaches us that they xx ould read xt anyxx ay after such t1eatment Teach the young people to des11e hlgher 1deals than a1e found ln these books Put the 11ght kmd of books xx here youl bovs and g1rls wlll see them and become mte1ested 1n them It xsn t necessa1 v that they read the blographles of gleat men O1 h1stor1es We haxe many excellent books xx r1tten by good authors xxhlch are 63SlIy ob tamable to most young people As 20 .. , ' I. , ., q 4 v. 1 1 S , L, , I c c , .' . . ' I v ' 1 1 V I . I . s 1 ' . Y . , . , . , . f 9 , , , , , i11- ,, . . , . I s ' I - 1 7 . I, . . 0 1 I I, v N . I - v v . A Y . Y. . Q . . I . H 4 F , I , , v ' 7 1 ' , f ' - A n M K N A I v 1 ' v . . . . , p . ' , at va ' 9 I I I ' I ' 7 I 7 I 5- : ' ' 3 f.. y . v . . , , I 7 K -' ' ' , - , , cc ' V 9 ' 1 ' , cc v v ' ' ' ' 7- s v ' Q ' 79 W 1 ' x' v 1 ' I I s I s I . , , A v v I - I ' I c L v , . A. A , i ' V ' ' -' ' 1 Y - I , I v V . v ' . ' ' ' 9 N ,H L - . . a , Y I I I' ' y ' A , ' 7 D v 1 v I . i H . . . , v I , I .

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THF Vrss aLoxsKFF RIPPLF pe1s1sts 1n sweaung or whispermg COUIIS the g1QHll9Sl2 that can befall to a person that of soc1al outcast A person who IS addlcted to these habits has no control ox er h1s emo tlons and DHSSIOHS Passlons run r1ot and lead to acts which cannot and will not be tolerated by society By SOC1ety I do not mean the froth and scum of the metropolitan whlrl pool but the clear N1SlOl16d steady minded majority Is not thls one of the greatest traged1es that can occur? O' that lt could be 1mpressed upon young people the deadly peril in these t11x1al thlngs trivial lndeed when they hurl numbers of persons per sons capable of developing the IH domltable intellect of a Carlyle the moral ab1l1ty of a Moody 01 the so cial value of a Ruskin 1nto that most horrlble condition lmagmable a so cial oatcast This terrible menace and it must be the a1m of every one to do h1s utmost to stamp out th1s evil which IS dragging American so icty low er and low 91 Next in the scale of the lmportance of the ex 1ls IS copymg work from some other pe1son If a pupll per s1stently CODIES work he loses that qualxty so lmportant to society self zehance Thus he newer finds out what his capab1l1t1es are Also he never gets what he should from his school work When he leax es school he will find that he has a xery un pleasant experlence XV31'C1I'lg' h1m In the first place he x 1ll not hate some one to lean upon all the time Sec ondly he must make up IH some manner the deficiency in his educa t1on Thlrdly he must ox ercome the habit of leanlng upon someone else Another effect which any school sp1r1ted pup1l w1ll conslder IS on the school What would be the effect ln a school of one hundred if one person alone should do the work? Instead of the1e bemg one hundred separate pexsonahtles there would be only one Thus this school would send into the world one capable person to every nmety nlne uncapable persons The p1ogress1ve World could not last long 1f th1s contlnued for so few men cannot furnish the 1n1t1at1ve for the whole World As a third Qvll comes a matter which IS un ve sally practlsed and w h1ch in many cases IS a very great detrlment to a school It IS rank The harm 1n rank comes from the fallacy ln the common conception When a person goes to school he should have some purpose The highest purpose that a student can his school Worx thus ra1s1ng hlmself to a higher level How many pupils have such a purpose? Very few I dare say A most noble purpose in deed that eternal pursuit of the elu sive ninety nine that endless chase after the glorlous phantom and lf the goal should eve1 be reached what then a monetary satlsfactlon Ce1 tainly a Wonderful reward Thus 1ank tends to destroy purpose wh1ch qual1ty is ever lacklng in society The extreme danger 1n these ev1ls 11es ln tne fact that they all are con nected dlrectly or lndirectly W1th the social fabric of our natlon and if our soc1al fabric breaks one of two th1ngs w1ll happen Elther our country w1ll fall as Rome did or lt will undergo the horrors of a Fre1ch Rex olutlon RALPH KEIRSTEAD 20 22 , 4 L. . .1 , , 1 . , K V . , , .. , v , . . ., , y , - y - 4 . . . . Y. . . . . , . . 7 A. Y. . - . v. , . , V 7 . . A iv T . - - V . . y . Y a I ' . I D . . .l must be brought to light more fully have is to get all that is possible from . . . , , , . . L C' 4 v v n' ' K , - , - V. . V. Y L. . - .4 Q 1 x . ' - - ' Q ' .I . Y 4 , . . . - L - .N . ,- Q l n A v . ' Q y - ' 9 u N 1 Y . 7 A . V. 1' Y , I ' 1 - . . . . g Y . . . , . v ' - . , . ' I 7 I I . . V. 0 . 7 9 ' v 9 ' . ' : f ' 1 3 Q Q '