Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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4 THE CHIMES HOW OUR TOWN COULD BE IMPROVED The Business Manager of the Chimes, in letters which were sent out to the advertisers, inclosed a request for criticism or suggestions in regard to our school paper. One advertiser suggested that editorials be written by the students on the subject, 'How your town should be improved as it appears to the scholars of the High School. This suggestion was acted upon, and each class in an English period of forty minutes was asked to write on this subject. As it was impossible to publish all these editorials, or even the best of them, it was decided to condense them into one article. The students made many suggestions, some of which were entirely feasible. On the whole all the students seemed to realize that they could take an active part in any improve- ment that was made. A suggestion that refuse cans be placed in conspicuous places throughout the town was made in more than one edi- torial. The inadequacy of the present Town Hall was men- tioned and suggestions were made that the Hall be repaired or rebuilt. The responsibility of the students was commented on and many editorials condemned the practice of carvings and marking on public property. Roads, dumps, railroad cross- ings, sidewalks, telephone service, and neatness, — all in turn received comment. One point was especially stressed in re- gard to neatness and cleanliness, and that was the responsi- bility of each person in keeping his own yard clean, his own lawn trim, and his house and outbuildings neat and painted. One student made note of the lack of interest in voting. It was remarked that the townspeople should realize that voting is a duty and at the same time a privilege and that they should vote for the man who they think is really best fitted for the office for which he is running. Another suggestion for improving and beautifying .the town concerned the appearance of the beaches. Scituate is noted for its beautiful beaches but they cannot be beautiful unless they are clean. It was suggested that a man be hired to clear the kelp and seaweed from the beaches about three or four times a year, especially after a very high tide or a storm. Some of the points which the students made are quoted below. A town can be no better than the inhabitants of that town make it. No nation can long endure without true honest citizens. A true citizen is one who wants to do all he is able for his nation and his town. ''School property, parks, and athletic supplies are not to be destroyed, but used carefully. Improving the town by the work of one person is like improving the school by the work of one pupil.

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THE CHIMES 3 are capable of deciding their small problems, but need the co- operation of their parents in deciding the bigger things of life ; if parents and children would co-operat e, home life would truly become the embodiment of the life of our Nation and the result would be a cleaner, stronger nation, a corps of bright, upstanding young men and women, ready to carry and work out the problems of their fathers and mothers. Ruth LaVange, '27. GIVE HIM A CHANCE In the Boston Traveler I recently read that when a pilot wrecks his airplane, his superior officers ship him off, immed- iately, to another plane so that he will not lose his nerve, the theory being that if the pilot is left to himself, he will moon over his accident and be afraid to attempt to fly another plane. This same theory holds true in the case of your sons and daughters when they start out on their life's career. If your son fails to get a job at once after leaving high school, or if after getting his job he loses it, don't tell him that he is dumb and that you knew he couldn't hold a job. This kind of chatter breaks him to pieces ; he loses his nerve just as the pilot is likely to do. Instead of nagging at your son, boost him ! Tell him he will do better next time. If you see that he is really trying but doesn't seem to be getting ahead, may be it's because he is not sure of his abilities ; not so forward as others are. Give him a chance ! Bertha Roberts, '27. THE SUPPORT OF OUR TOWNSPEOPLE Should the people of the town of Scituate support the Ath- letics of our High School? This is coming to be one of the most important questions confronting the townspeople. As the situation now stands, we haven't enough money to finance a football team or a basket ball team. We shall have to work for our money, by giving entertainments and candy and food sales. Most all of the students of Scituate High will in the future be citizens of the town of Scituate ; and our physical fitness is as important as our mental fitness. If we lack physical strength, we will lie down on our jobs; if we have physica-l strength, we will be able to persevere in our work for the town. The student who, in his school days, is interested in some sport will make a better citizen. So if the town of Scituate will help us finance the sports of our high school, we shall pay them back in the future. J. Welch, '30.

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THE CHIMES 5 ''Everyone cannot afford to live in wonderful houses with wonderful surroundings; but neatness and cleanliness cost little. 'Hitch your wagon to a star' and make your town better than the best. Co-operation is the foundation upon which improvement rests. The answer to all questions of how we may improve our town is co-operation. Come on ! Let's all co-operate and make Scituate really and truly The Gem of the South Shore.' SCHOOL SPIRIT When the air becomes cool and tingling and crisp, and the leaves are turning color, and the football team is called out for practice, — then the old school spirit turns over in its grave and comes to life. The first game of the season that the team wins settles all doubt, and welds the spirit together with a grip which cannot be broken. From then on till the last game the old school spirit is there. The rooters roar themselves hoarse, and the team settles its nose into the mud and holds. After holding until it is ready to drop, it has to push. Then comes the time when the spirit slaps each man on the back and says, Come on, old man ; push a little bit. Remem- ber the other team is just as tired as you are. The team takes a long, deep breath and jams the cleats down into the muck and fights. Every inch gained gives it more strength. Then the rooter goes crazy — and who can blame him,, with the team down there in the mud fighting for every inch and slowly gaining — and all because of that indefinable some- thing, called School Spirit. Sturgis Evans, '27. THE VALUE OF COMPETITION Did you ever stop to think of w hat competition — I mean honest competition, — does for us and to us? We may naturally be slow, lazy, unambitious, but introduce the element of competition and im,mediately our plodding selves wake up. We are no longer plodding, we are ardently striving. In our effort to out-do, to overcome the other fellow, we con- centrate our minds, our forces, grasp after progressive ideas and fairly plow ahead to more efficient accomplishment. Isn't it true, therefore, that competition adds the necessary in- centive, inspiration, and energy to any kind of work? Competition is really a race to see who can do a little better, achieve a result a little more nearly ideal than the other fellow. Lydia Stearns, '26.