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

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8 THE CRESCENT IN THIS LAND OF OURS nMy Country 'Tis Of Theen was the title of the editorial which won the Pulitzer Prize last year. It was written by Ronald Calvert, associate editor of the Portland nOregonian.u This is reprinted from the Vermont Insurance Journal. The title of the editorial is enough to stir the patriotism of any Americen.w More intriguing is the manner of presentation, which in substance follows: H nln this land of ours, the man we choose as our leader at no time dons uniform or insignia to denote his position as commander-in-chief of armed forces. nln this land of ours, the average citizen sees so little of the army that he has not learned to distinguish between a major and a lieutenant from his shoulder straps. nln this land of ours, there is no tramp of military boots to entertain the visiting statesmen. ,nln this land of ours, there is no fortification along the several thousand miles of the northern border. Nln this land of ours, no youth is conscripted to labor on devices of defense. Military training he may take or leave at option. mln this land of ours, one-third of the population is foreign born, or native-born of foreign or mined parentage. The foreign-born of races that assimilable are admitted to all privileges if they want them. nln this land of ours, the common citizen may criticize without restraint the policies of Government or the aims of the chief executive. nln this land of ours, our songs are dedicated to love and romance, the blue of the night, sails in the sunset, and not to might or to a martyrdom to a political cause. In lighter patriot- ism we are nationally cosmopolitan and sing of Dixie or of Ioway where the tall corn grows, of springtime in the Rockies,or1of California, here I come. Uln this land of ours, there is not a bomb-proof shelter and a gas mask is a curiosity. nln this land of ours, troubles, present and prospective, come from within-come from our own mistakes and injure us alone. nln this land of ours, we have illuminated the road to permanent peace. But that is not the sole moral sought herein to be drawn. Rather it is that the blessings of liberty and equality and peace that have been herein recounted are possessed nowhere in the same measure in Euro e or Asif, and wane or diss ear P P as one nears or enters a land of dictatorship of whatever brand. This liberty, this equality, this peace, are imbedded in the American form of government. Wwe shall ever retain them if foreign+isms that would dig them out and destroy them are barred from our shores. If you cherish this liberty, this equality, this peace that is peace material and peace spiritual-then defend with all your might the American ideal of government.n

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THE CRESCENT Sound Films 7 The importance of sound films should not be under-estimat- ed when planning the curricula of high schools in 1940. In this modern age, these should play a very prominent part in the classrooms of all up-to-date schools Pictures are used for teaching very young children to a great advantage therefore, why not continue thru the entire educational period? At the age of five years or the more mature age of twenty-one, most minds are objects visualized make a more vivid and on then, while paragraph after paragraph are read, are but mere words. It would be a distinct advantage to various classroom work. writings of Dickens, and would be very impressive this literature could be classes. and instructive produced on the so sensitive that permanent impression of description which have movies in of Shakespeare, the The great books many other familiar authors' works te'the students, if screen in the English In the General Science room, examples of friction, inertia and gravity could be expressed in movies in the most striking manner so that everyone would know the definitions when asked in an examination. The experiments in Physics and Chemistry could be explained so clearly and concisely in pictures, that all students could work then out after class. Sound films are a great advantage over the silent ones because we learn , through hearing as well as through seeing. Films on farming and soil conservation would be very beneficial to the boys taking the agricultural course. History often times creates no enthusiasm for the student when he must study events such as the settling of the West, the laying of the Atlantic cable, the founding of the colonies and many other high points in the heritage of our country. However, when the student secs a picture depicting these events he is able to remember them longer because he sees and hears them living at the time of the event. Edna Moulton '41 'lC--36'3I k4i-9i Bi'-X-5i'-X-s'i 2l li li'61-5i'-,f ii-ll-'1HP.K-45-3645-'N-'35 H' At this time again we wish to take an opportunity to express our appreciation for the Hanson Fund. This was left to the school by the late Samuel D. Hanson. The interest from this fund is to be used for the purpose of obtaining things g which would be considered luxuries. We have recently purchased a newBell-Howell sound film machine. We were able to obtain this by using the interest' from the Hanson Fund, proceeds from school activities and J with a liberal trade-in allowance from our old machine, thus making sound pictures possible without additional cost to the taxpayers.

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