Scarborough High School - Four Corners Yearbook (Scarborough, ME)

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4 FOUR CORNERS transportation difficulty, because the more food vve raise, the less will have to be shipped to Maine from the West, thereby saving cars, coal and labor for our war work. If we work for our parents we will save them large sums of money which would have to be paid out for hired help at wages hitherto unheard of. Perhaps in dull times on the farm we can get out and earn a few dollars for ourselves. Or perhaps we can work for others on their farms or at the shore, and thus earn large sums for boys and girls of our strength and ability. After we get this money, what are we going to do with it? Some of us will unwisely and guiltily say, “Have a good time at Old Orchard; go to the movies in Portland, or to the dances in Saco and Biddeford. Why not?” “Why not?” is a big question, a selfish question, when there are so many worthy causes around us,—the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Salvation Army,—crying for money : when the prices of food and clothing are gradually climbing higher and higher; a Narrow- Minded, Short-Sighted question with the ranks of our leaders in business, industry, commerce, labor, the professions, and the engi¬ neering branches being rapidly depleted. Never before in the whole history of the world have there been such times to live in or to prepare for. This country is demanding Leaders during the rush¬ ing, back-breaking war. The world will demand thousands of Lead¬ ers, picked men, in the arduous days of reorganization after the war. Scarboro High has done well so far in the war in sending so many of its former students to the training camps and “over there.” We, its present students, will not be lagging in our duties. Scarboro, with its wholesome homes, its country spirit, its hard work, good food and pure air, should be the training ground for leaders. We are going to be those leaders—if we keep our eyes on the goal of leadership—the professions or industry. So it behooves each one of us to think of the future, to think of the college or technical school that will best fit us for our leadership; and to save our money, that we may have the required means to go to the best school for our instructions, training and discipline in the line of endeavor in which we are to lead. More than farming, more than working in the shipyards or the ammunition factories, more than going to work for the fabulous wages now being paid, it is our Patriotic Duty to stick to our schooling, to “plug hard” at our daily

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FOUR CORNERS 3 time fraught with sacrifice and suffering. Now, if ever, we must attain our utmost efficiency. furnished by the fac.t that the source of that terrible force which has made the whole world tremble on its very foundation can be traced to the German school system. This should serve as a wam- Therefore it is especially incumbent on the young people of America that they shall not neglect their education, and that those who have keep, and that those who have not, strive to attain a high standard of culture and scholarship. The spirit of loyalty and patriotism fostered in the schools will remain with them thru life, helping to build up a strong, virile and efficient race. Editor. HITCHING OUR WAGON TO A STAR. In a few days we shall end our school work for this year and shall be looking for a summer’s job. Perhaps some of us have secured a position, with a salary that looks big to us boys, especially big at this time, because now we can get as much as men have been paid in the past few years. It is big money for us who are now in high school. Or perhaps we are wondering where we can best work this summer to help our government win the war and end militarism and selfish autocratic ambition. What can we do in these few vaca¬ tion months? This is a relatively easy question for us in the Scarboro High School to answer, because most of us live on farms or near farms. With the crying need from our allies for food, with the urgent appeals from Washington for us to raise more and more crops than last year, and with the shortage of farm help here in Scarboro, re¬ sulting from the fact that so many of our brothers and friends have nobly answered the call to arms, it is plainly our duty to stay on the farm and to work hard on the farm all summer long. We must have as large gardens as possible, larger than ever before, to raise enough table vegetables for ourselves and others. We must have more potatoes, in spite of the fact that they are plentiful this spring. We must raise enough wheat, oats and corn for ourselves and more for others in Maine who have not our advantages here in Scarboro. Thus we can help solve the food problem, the labor shortage and

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FOUR CORNERS S school work, to earn money for a college or technical school educa¬ tion and to save that money. President Wilson says: “I would particularly urge upon the young people who are leaving our high schools that as many of them as can, do so avail themselves this year of the opportunities offered by the colleges and technical schools, to the end that the industries of the country may not lack an adequate supply of trained men and women.” What Dr. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, says to pupils in the High Schools of the United States, is: “I wish to urge all who graduate from high school this year and who possibly can do so, to enter some institution of higher learning. . . . I appeal to you as you love your country and mankind, that you make full use of every opportunity offered by our colleges and all other institutions to gain all possible preparation for the mighty tasks that lie before, possibly in war and certainly in peace.” President Wilson and Dr. Claxton are but two among the many clear-sighted men who are warning the pupils of our secondary schools against the temptation to forego a college education. We must let nothing short of absolute necessity deprive us of the educa¬ tion with which we can best serve the Republic. We all understand the need of camp trained Americans during the war. But there is grave danger that we may not fully realize the need of college trained Americans to undertake the tasks the country must face after the war. So let us of Scarboro High School do our part by looking ahead at our goal of serving our Republic as Leaders, and of preparing ourselves for that leadership by hard work on the farms this sum¬ mer and in the schools, normal schools and colleges next fall, and thus help Scarboro to be the leading town in the country. Portland, Maine, June 1, 1918. To My Friends in the Scarboro High School: Since I left you last February I have had a splendid opportunity to observe you and your work from a short distance and have been very pleased with the results you have attained. There is only one reason why you might not do as well as any student in a larger school. That reason is yourself. Are you willing to put, and do you