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

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THE FOUR CORNERS tion often brings to light great leaders in community life who, if not educated, might remain in the background indefi¬ nitely. Then, again, society is affected by the way a person conducts himself in actions, manners, method of self-expres¬ sion, and topics for conversation. We have seen the effect of education on a person ' s social life; now let us glimpse its effect on his advanced cultural life. By this is meant an appreciation of, or talent for painting, languages, music, and writ¬ ing. Without education a master painter could not have acquired his beauty of touch, tone, or finesse. Iiis work would be roughly finished, would lack expression and proper blending of color. But education has taken these paintings and polished them so that today there has been passed down to us through the ages, priceless per¬ fections of art. This self-same example could be applied to every phase of culture known to man. Education is the rule of perfection. Again I repeat that we little appreciate the vast opportunities at our command in the form of high schools, academies, col¬ leges, and universities. One cannot place too high a value on education. E. L. Lamb, ’88. HOW A SCHOOL PAPER BENEFITS A SCHOOL The school paper informs those who have been to school of what is going on in the school and the changes that have taken place in the last few years. It is a good way of advertising the school and its activities, such as prize speaking, 4-tI clubs, sports and organiza¬ tions. If someone were thinking about go¬ ing to your school, they would have some idea of what it is like and what is done there. 7 It gives the pupils who have to work and who do not take part in the various activi¬ ties a chance to read about their school and its doings. Many of the stories of the pu¬ pils are published, also poems and coming events of the year. I believe that there should be more ef¬ fort put into publishing a school paper. It should be published at least every three or four months in the year and one copy sent to each of the alumni, and also one given to each of the pupils in the school at the present time. K. Dolloff, ’40. EARNING SCHOOL CREDITS Usually the easiest way to get the re¬ quired “Sixteen” credits necessary for graduation is to merely pass four subjects each year. Although most of us merely get by, there are some who would like to get more credit than is necessary to grad¬ uate. There are several ways of obtaining extra credits. One way is by public speaking contests, another way is by physical education and 4-H clubs. Some of us however may not be adapted for these activities, or we may not like these three ways of earning extra credits. In public speaking the person who works for two or three weeks preparing for his speech or oration gets a quarter of a credit for his work. In basketball we work all winter; three days a week and sometimes more and what do we get? We get only the honor and nothing more. I personally think that the fellow who practices hard all winter is entitled to as much credit, if not more than the one who speaks only a short piece, possibly ten minutes long, before an audience.

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THE FOUR CORNERS SCARBORO HIGH SCHOOL Volume XXVI May. 1038 Xumber 1 THE VALUE OF EDUCATION Many people, more especially of the younger generation, do not realize or ap¬ preciate the opportunities that they have freely opened to them here, as in no other country. In their anxiety to procure work, they do not stop to consider that if they ad¬ vance themselves further in school, they can secure better jobs, higher wages, and professional work. If these points were carefully considered, less students would make the foolish statements of “I ' m old enough to work. I don ' t want to go to school any more.” Of what value then is education ? It is the opening of the doors of opportunity for old and young alike. It is the basis upon which successful business, profession, so¬ ciety, fine arts, and science exist. Educa¬ tion is truly a stepping stone to the future. Let us apply education to successful business. Could this success come through other than education and specialization? Xo! Each year scores of people go into the business world to fail or succeed, ac¬ cording to the amount of education and business training they have received. To the most poorly equipped even an opening is denied, for no one wishes to do business with an uneducated, ill-fitted person. Xow consider the professions through the eyes of education. For example, when we employ a doctor or a lawyer to aid us, we desire someone who understands his business. This would be impossible in the case of a poorly trained, partially educated person. A person in the latter class would be of no advantage to us. Going from professional to social life, what do we see? Here we find that eduea-

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8 THE FOUR CORNERS I challenge anyone of you to tell me any one subject in the school that we work any harder in, and still we receive no credits for all our time and work. My personal opinion is that we should receive credit for any sport in which we put in the necessary amount of time and work. Borman Harmon, 3S. SPORTSMANSHIP How early in our lives this characteris¬ tic becomes a very necessary asset. We all probably recall our first lesson on being a good sport. That first time when we had to give up a cherished toy to a visiting cousin, or learned that a next door play¬ mate was better in checkers or dominoes. A tumble on the skating pond or a fum¬ ble while participating in a school game soon teaches us that we must be able to “take it” to be a “good sport”. Sports in the high schools and colleges have reached a high peak, as evidenced by their popularity. Participation in these various activities create a strong character and personality which in themselves help to make friends. Friends, good friends, are essential to our happiness. Good sportsmanship stays with one longer than just through the school days. It follows one into his business career as well as into his home and to his family. The girl or boy who shows outstanding sportsmanship helps to reflect the integrity of his parents. This one quality shows the good bringing up, the character, as well as the developed personality of the indi¬ vidual. Everyone should play the game—win or lose—and try to be a better sport than the other fellow. Jeanette Johnson, 38.