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

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s THE FOUR CORSERF does not kick at a slight raise in his taxes for some improvement which raises the valuation of the property in the town or community many times what it was previ¬ ous to this improvement. This applies in the same way to the stu¬ dents in a school. In order for them to show themselves real citizens they must always work for the development and bet¬ terment of their school along tin lines of scholastic achievement, athletic honors, and civic leadership: as a far-seeing citizen takes a genuine pride in his community, so should pupils be “student citizens, and give their best endeavors to their tasks in school, so that they may hold tin respect and admiration which everyone has for a good citizen.

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77 A’ ' Y;r« CORNERS GOOD DISCIPLINE Tlu- well-being of any school depends in a large measure upon the individual conduct of its members not alone at the school (lining school hours but elsewhere during their connection with the school. hilt ' it is essentially the duty of the piineipal and teachers to direct and to gov rn the student body in the everyday i» mine of school work and discipline, and t h :d the student to cultivate truthful- in v , s ■ I i control, a proper sense of right end wiong, and an interest in the moral . tun sphere of the school, it is the duty of • n h me mb v of the student body to comply whole-lie artedlv with such a program and to b.lh.w the “rules of the game, ' ’ both i1 1 1i11 and outside the school. No school aii lunetion to its highest degree of effi- m nov unless the desire for its well-being •iih In in within the student hoily and ■ »i desire and the proper reaction to it i ntitutes the real keynote to good discipline. LET’S READ BETTER BOOKS When we visit a library and glance through the many shelves of hooks, good end bad, what sort of a book do we pick cut to read i Does the mere glamor of an attractive title or the lure of some well- advertised book of modern fiction interest us most, or do we look through the books and choose one which we know will he of st ine real benefit to us { More often we are inclined to choose the ones of the former sort, perhaps because they arc easier to understand and more quickly read. But what have we gained after the reading of such a book? Nothing that is worthwhile. The reading of good books and the play¬ ing of good music are somewhat the same. Many times people who play some musical instrument pick out a piece of jazz to play simply because it is more easily executed and its rhythm easy to master. If the same amount of time were spent on some classical or semi-classical selection, a better knowledge and appreciation of good music and its technique would be developed. Let us develop our abilities to appreciate good reading so that we may well and proudly sav, “I have gained, and am able to understand and appreciate good, worth¬ while books.” STUDENT CITIZENS Students of a school are in reality much the same as citizens of a country, and should be as loyal to it as a good citizen is to his country. The school is a good train¬ ing for the future citizens of the country and should hold the same respect that the country does in the citizen’s life. A good citizen is a person who does more than reside in a certain community. He is a person who shows an interest in the activities of the community and who works for its betterment, at every oppor¬ tunity. He is always ready to help the church, school or other civic organization and does these things for other than a purely selfish motive. He is a person who is able to see far enough ahead to know that improvements to the community are things which will benefit it in the end if not at the present time. He knows that such improvements are wise future invest¬ ments. He is the sort of a person who

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SENIORS UR 13AIN A R ' HAM13AULT Valedictorian; Editorial Hoard of Four Corners (2 3, I). ' Like the sword-play of a master-fencer , swift, direct, sure. It is an achievement to have come, in Frenchie did, a very small Freshman, not know¬ ing a word of English, to learn Algebra and Science and History while still smuggling with the language, and to learn them well. Urbain has done more. He has outdistanced all his classmates. We know we’ll hear of h ' s suc¬ cess at college. HERN I UK T1III3KAU III Cluli Work (2. 3. I) ; Glee Club (3. I) ' . A a rln sler of daffodils, lighting the woodsy shade.” Ib r is one who is very clever at “Tripping the light fantastic.” Although she is quiet ami self-effacing, you will find that she is never too busy or too concerned with other things to be a good and loyal friend. NORMAN MORSE Third Honor; Ml Club Work (2. 3, 1); P.askotball ( 2 , 3 . 4 . Captain I); Cross-Country ( 2 , 3, 1) ; Captain (4); Swimming (3); President of Athletic Association (4); S» nior Drama (4); Editor of Four Corners (4) ; Assistant Editor (3) ; Prize Speaking (4) ; Class President (3). Like a moss-bound pool, unruffled by the winds, but Hashing under intermittent shafts of sunlight Mossy has taken part in every school activ¬ ity, and has never failed to make lrs part an extremely creditable one. Easy or difficult, everyday or eventful, he has done them all In an unassuming, seemingly leisurely way, which has made him many friends.