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

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FOUR CORNERS. VOL. m JUNE, 1918. NO. 1. Editor-iu-Chicf JBusiness Monager Assistant Manager Artistic Editor Athletic Editor Exchange Editor Alumni Editor Viola Leary, ’21 Agnes Seavey, ’21 1917-1918 Otho Baker Elmer Merrill Doris Fogg Otho Baker Philip Bowley Ethel Foster Dorothy Googins 1918-1919 Charles Seavey Philip Bowley Harriet Knight Robert Libby Leon Leary Velma Leonard Doris Fogg Class Editors (1917-1918) Velma Leonard, ’20 Herman Rounds, ' 19 Clara Seavey, ’18 Class Editors (1918-1919) Helen Baker, ’20 Alma Seavey, ’19 The school year began with the same teachers as last, but a change came in February when Mr. Small was called to Portland High. We all felt sorry to have Mr. Small leave us, but were fortunate in securing Mr. Waterhouse, who was unable to continue his services longer than the remainder of the term. At the beginning of the spring term we welcomed Mr. Bessey, who has been with us since that time. The school has tried to keep its high standard in spite of the many changes in faculty. This year, as last, the high cost of material makes it impossible to publish more than one issue of the Four Corners. We have tried, however, to make this publication as pleasing to our readers as our former issues, and we hope that something of interest may be found between these covers. We wish to thank heartily all those who have in any way contributed or helped to make this paper a success. We wish to extend our thanks also to

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2 FOUR CORNERS our advertisers, without whose assistance this publication would not have been- possible. CITIZENSHIP AND THE SCHOOL. The attempt to realize, to its fullest extent, a government of, by, and for the people, represents probably the greatest of all social ex¬ periments, one in which great possibilities for advancement or detri¬ ment are alike included. The success of such a government depends almost entirely upon the quality of its citizens, and the efficiency of such a government cannot exceed the efficiency of its citizens. Therefore in order to have a good and efficient government we must have good and effi¬ cient citizens. Under the more autocratic forms of government the one man or group of men in power is the supreme factor, on them rests the whole responsibility for the success or failure of the nation which they represent. But in a great democratic republic such as ours, the people are the government; the power necessary to the existence of our nation resides in the people, in you and me. Every one of us is a unit and an important unit in the government of our United States. It behooves us, then, to maintain the highest ideals pos- ible, and to fit ourselves to be worthy citizens of this wonderful nation, to make ourselves worthy to uphold those noble principles embodied in our constitution. The first and most necessary re¬ quirement of the average citizen is a good education. The schools are becoming more and more essential to our life and well being. Our national power and national greatness has its birth in the schools. An unusual illustration of the power wielded by the schools is furnished by the fact that the source of that terrible force—Kultur— which has made the whole world tremble on its very foundation can be traced to the German school system. This should serve as a warn¬ ing not to underestimate the value of our good schools and their influence in opposition to that evil bred in those of Germany. Today our country is facing perhaps its gravest crisis; the time has come when it must utilize every one of its vast resources, a