Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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THE CHIMES 9 You have often heard it said that success is the cause of self-possessed vanity. This is not true because in order to ain success, one must work hard. Hard work takes one down from his ''perch , and shows him his weak points. There is no better remedy for vanity than hard work, the pilot of success. DRIFTWOOD Dorothy MacDonald, '31 There is a storm on the sea. The waves are mammoth as they come rolling along, stand up, and then burst in all their fury. Far away in the distance one can see brown specks. They are bobbing up and down, first going to the right, then to the left. As they come closer to shore, one can see they are pieces of wood. When the waves burst upon the shore, they are washed up only to be sucked down by the sea again and again. Although they seem helpless, they are like people who have no goal. Some people are like them in many respects. Many human beings live by others' wits. They do things be- cause others do. They are influenced by people who they think should influence them. They just drift, going the way people push them. In other words, they are just driftwood. EDITORIAL BOARD

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8 . THE CHIMES EVERY DAY Ruth Dwyer, '29 Everyday . . . As we sit in school doing our sometimes tiresome lessons, do we often realize that each day is one more checked off on our calendar of life? Or as we sit waiting anxiously for three o'clock to come, do we realize that that day is a thing of the past, that we shall never again live through it, and that v. e have one less day to live? I wonder! No, I think we look at the passing of a day as another day of trouble and trial gone by. Instead of this attitude, we should try to use every minute of that time accomplishing [Something which will be of a lasting value to us. We should not waste a moment, for tomorrow may never come. None of us know how long we shall be given the opportunity to enjoy these days ; so why waste them? Think how tediously men like Edison have worked each day in order to accomplish the almost impossible. Some of us wait for the day to end and leave all our tire- some tasks for tomorrow or ''another day . Remember the proverb, ''Don't wait until tomorrow to do the things you could do today, for He who hesitates is lost. SUCCESS Phylis Hyland, '29 Success is one of the promised goals of mankind. Every- one in the world can not be successful. There must be people who fail as well as people who can climb the ladder of suc- cess with much ease. Success can only be obtained by hard work on the part of the individual. The persons who fail think their failures are due to some ill-luck, which seems to surround them. They think the successful people of the world have a mascot of Good Luck guiding them through the ins and outs on the road to success. This thought misleads these people, and is like a barrier, which keeps them from being successful. This class of people cannot be made to realize that success can only be attained by hard work, which is success' right -hand man . A few people, however hard they may try, will not be suc- cessful. But this is not because of the lack of effort on their part. It is their course. There are others who weaken as hard work confronts them. These may be classed as flat failures . Satisfied with themselves, they are willing to remain so. Lindbergh is the success of the present day, and a figure of perfect manhood. How did he attain his success? Not by words without action, but with unknown courage and the hardest of work, physically and mentally.

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10 THE CHIMES AUDACITY AND THE LEMON-YELLOW LIMOUSINE Nellie Mitchell, '29 Tat was born in the slums. Her chief occupation all dur- ing her childhood was adding another 'brat to the streets for the motorists to ''bawl out. She was invariably dirty and ragged, but however dirty and however ragged, there was, unlike the other children of her acquaintance, a strain, and a very deep strain too, of decency in her makeup. Pat, used to the darkness and filth of these dirty streets, came to regard yellow as absotively posolutely the most beautiful color in the world ; for yellow signified su nshine and in poor Pat's life there had been little of either. Now, Pat finally grew up, as all children do, and became decidedly clever. Above all, Pat was noted for her audacity. Her chief aim in life was to get what she wanted, and she hadn't yet met with anyone or anything that could stop her. One day as she was walking down the alley not far from her home, she saw approaching a lemon-yellow limousine. Her dream of beauty was realized; this was the long-sought- for ''lemon-yellow limousine ! For a minute she was awe- stricken. Then in place of awe, audacity reigned. She thrust her fingers within her mouth in that manner peculiar to many young street gamins, and blew. The limousine stopped short so ouickly that Pat had hardly time to catch her breath. The chauffeur leaned out and looked around for a cop . Then he spied Pat coming toward the machine. He opened his mouth to sioeak, but Pat's one glance made him close it abruptly. The lady in the back of this dream car saw the girl and motioned for her to get in. She asked Pat where the policeman was. Pat reDlied with Washington-like hon- esty, Oh, that was only me ! You? replied the lady stupefied. Sure, me, Pat returned with a broad grin.