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

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THE FOUR CORNERS SCARBORO HIGH SCHOOL Volume XXV HI ay, 1037 Number 1 APPRECIATION We, the students of Scarboro High School, wish to thank our advertisers for their support and loyalty. It is their co¬ operation that has enabled us to publish this issue of The Four. Corners. In appreciation we ask all our readers to Patronize Our Advertisers. SAFETY FIRST Highway safety! An appeal that is go¬ ing over the entire state for more safety on highways, where thousands of school children and older pedestrians are com¬ pelled to walk through the lack of trans¬ portation, and out of the scores, how many are killed ? How many are crippled for life? The motorist, when he is tempted to speed past the rate for safe driving, should stop to think that he is jeopardizing the life of everyone on the road,—pedestrians, passing motorists and all others. But the careless, reckless drivers,—little care they for anything but speed and more speed. Then, only after they meet with an acci¬ dent and arc critically injured, they stop to think of all the pain and expense they have cost themselves and perhaps someone else. It is too late then. Sorrow and grief tinge the atmosphere of many homes just because someone dig-

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Strrrtnry FACULTY Elyyood G. Bessey, A. M.. Principal Mathematics Frances B. Libhey, A. B. Latin and History Winfred E. Stoddard, A. B. English Dorothy ' E. Marr, A. B. French and Business Training Willard R, Higgins. A. B. Science Doris E. Hutchins, B. S. Home Economics Gerald C. Hallett Manual Training EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Irene Breil, ' 37 Assistant Editor Elizabeth Lamb, ' 3S Literary Editor Donald Stevens, ' 37 Assistants Harriet Snow, ’38 Joke Editor Janet Littlefield, ’37 Assistants Jeanette Johnson, ’3S Peggy Courtenay, ' 39 Athletic Editors (Boys) Steven Libby, ’37 (Girls) Frances Skillings, ’37 Alumni Editor Imogene Douglass, ’37 Exchange Editor Arlene Winslow, ’37 Senior Periscope Dorothy Lothrop, ’37 Local Editor Virginia Sanford, ’37 Business Manager Frederick Newcomb, ’37 Assistants Ray Littlefield, ’37 Vernon Paulsen, ’37 Percy Knight, ’38 Jeanette Johnson, ’38 Letitia Leary, 38 Elmer Verrill, ’37 Donald Rawson, ’37

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8 THE FOUR CORNERS obeyed a traffic liglit or violated other traffic laws. Traffic laws! There are many, and there are also laws for the pedestrian, but, be that as it may, there would be comparative safety for all, if laws were to be obeyed. What were the laws made for, if not for our protection $ What for, if not to be obeyed? And again what for, if not to save the lives of many unfortunate people who are killed in accidents each year ? Older people as well as small children need to obey the law of pedestrians, for over half the fatalities to highway travelers occur among the grown-up; people who have heedlessly disregarded all lights, signs, rules and other safety devices. In such cases they are more in error than the un¬ fortunate motorist. So in an appeal to the better sense of the people, drive carefully, observe regulations for pedestrians and be ready to guard little children from the menace of automobiles. WHY NOT? Awards should be made for scholastic merit in our school as well as for athletics. letters and ribbons are awarded those wlio place in athletic events. Why shouldn ' t like awards be given those who achieve high rank in their studies? The school, primarily, is a place for learning. Athletics are extra-curriculum activities. And yet awards are given for these athletics and not for scholastic rank. Every boy and girl would like to wear a letter “S.” Even if they can’t for some reason compete in the athletic field, they might Ik able to win a letter by study. Put¬ ting uj these awards would naturally tend to make pupils strive harder for good rank. Some pupils may be crippled or in some way physically unlit but mentally capable. Why shouldn ' t these boys and girls wear the emblem of the school as well as the athletes ( Therefore, 1 end my request: awards should be made for scholastic merit in our school as well as for athletics. HISTORY OF S. H. S. To appreciate our high school today, we should have some knowledge of its develop¬ ment. About 1S00 Scarboro was divided into districts varying in size. Each district owned and cared for its properties. Money was obtained for the building of the school- house by levying a tax upon the property within the limits of the school district and each had its agent who hired the teachers and cared for school accommodations. Con¬ sequently, the larger and more populated districts, the better the school. In the smaller districts the families took turns in hoarding the teacher, thus helping out the school money. Whatever courses the teacher had studied in college, he taught to the older pupils. Reading, writing and arithmetic were taught to everyone. The person in a community who could not read or write was looked upon with contempt. Each person could go independently to the limit of his ability. If the pupil wished to go further than this common school edu¬ cation. lie could, at his own expense, go to an “academy town” where academies were located. The academies were regarded as an annex to the common school system and the Constitution of 1820 made it the duty of the legislature to help them, although they were under private control. These