Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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4 THE coivmfr Stars and Planets. The Traveling Library has bee11 given to Sedgwick high school this year by the Sargentville Community Association. The school is also tak- ing the Colliers and Scribner's Magazine. . - -E. C., '34, Librarian. ill Pl? Pl? , Music in the Schools Ever since music was introduced as an additional course in the schools, people have fought against it. At every town meeting, when the ques- tion of raising money for the music teacher is brought up, people speak of the high taxes and the unnecessary expense for a music teacher. lVhy must they have music in the schools? they ask. We always did without it. But the same ones who get up and say this, install electric lights, radios, etc., in their homes. They never had these before, either, so why doesn't it work the Same with music? How many children would know anything about music, if it wasn't for what they are taught in school? About one child in fifteen would have the chance or money to study music. Now, with music taught as a course in school, nearly every child, from the fourth grade at least, can read sim-- ple music. In addition to learning to read music, their voices are cultivated. Children learn to sing two-part and, occasionally, four-part songs, as ear- ly as twelve years. Voices that did not seem to have a chance, were cul- tivated until they could carry a tune. I, for one, truly believe that music is as essential as history, arithmetic or spelling, and that the money spent School Life Reveals Character High school days are, perhaps, the happiest period of our lives, and to most people, the best remembered. It is during this stage of adolescence that our observing faculties are reaching maturity. We reach that point where we no longer take things for granted, but begin to have an in- sight into the liner points of life. Especially is this true as to the character of the individual, and more especially is it true of our school- mates. Day by day and week by week, we are studying and working together as a group. Young boys and girls are not noted for hiding emo- tions, consequently, traits of char- acter, good and bad, are often brought to the surface. The ig- norant, the intelligent, the good- natured, the hateful, and the half- way between, are all brought to light, by their daily words, actions and deeds. The character that a boy or girl shows in high school is almost always sure to stay with him or her all through life. Thus we, the students, are per- haps the best fitted of anyone to say what the character of our school- mates will be in future life. -L. B., 'sa if 'll' Ill' Socialism Socialism, or coercive cooperation has long been preached as a theory with at least a feasible background. In late years this theory has been put to work in numerous Ways. In Rus- sia it has been tried on a large scale through the five-year plan. The work in Russia has its good points, but on the Whole it is too much in its infancy and too much influenced by

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Business Manager Issued by the Students of Sedgwick High School SEDGWICK, MAINE, JUNE, 1932 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ............ Rosalind Pert Assistant Editor ...... Barbara Anderson Exchange Editor .......... Mary Saunders Alumni Editor ..... Athletic Editor ..... Joke Editor ...... Local Editor ............ Eleanor Cousins Elmer Black Lewis Cooper Calvin Hooper Harold Gray . smile and energetic way s Her place was filled by Miss McKennev whose ability and cooper ation in arranging plans for the deb ite and other social activities have nude her a favorite among the pupils of S H S it it 3? This year a new course home Advertising Manager ....... Elmer Black Assistant Advertising Manager, Lloyd Buckminster EDITORIAL The Comet makes its appearance this year for the eleventh time. We hope our friends of S. H. S. will ap- preciate our efforts to make this our best edition, as our school is quite small. We Will take this opportunity to thank you for your help in making this edition possible by your financial support, especially those who so gen- erously have placed ads. in our paper. SF M' 'X' This year, we have two new teach- ers to take charge of our school. Our principal, Mr. Langley of Cambridge, Mass., a graduate of Colby College, has conducted- our school most suc- cessfully during thepast school year. His active interest in all sports has encouraged our boys to develop both in physique and sportsmanship. Miss Robinson, our assistant for the past two years, failed to return this fall. We have missed her friendly nursing and child care, has been added, under the supervision of Pauline Grover, R. N. Although she is with us but once a week, we have profited by the lessons and demon- strations of this course. :Ks :Ks :Ks I - Miss Sellers, our music teacher, has visited us every two weeks this year. The lessons have been interesting and everybody feels that he has profited by them. :XC IX: Sk New Books The following books have been giv- en to the high school: Good'Reading for High School, 1, 2. The Stream of History 1, 2, 3, 4. Hornaday's American Natural His- tory. Copeland's Treasury for Book- lovers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Galsworthy, J ohn, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, All by Scribner. The Animal World. The Planet World. The Earth. for this has not been wasted.

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'TI-IE coME'r 5 fanatics, who try to rule, suppress and excite ignorant people. The same idea, when applied in a modified way to small concerns, has been quite successful. As a rule, socialism is good in theory but pool' in practice. It tends to do away with the individual. The desire to get ahead is the backbone of a strong na- tion. -R. S., '35, Pl? if SF Why We Should Graduate From High School Can anyone say that there is no need of an education in this day and age? Civilization is so far advanced that it needs educated people to run the world's business. The person with a grammar school education is not fit, mentally, to undertake the great struggle of life, with its many pitfalls. With a good high school education, a person is entitled to bet- ter types of work and higher wages. The ill-educated man or woman works harder and receives less wages for his labor than does the high school graduatef If a high school graduate desires to further his education by going to col- lege, he may do so without trouble to his career. The person who has been out of grammar school for many years and then suddenly decides to obtain a higher education, must spend many precious years of his life to do it. Not only does high school give book learning, but it also teaches us to respect and obey. We learn to get along with our fellowmen and to bear with their faults. One of the greatest educations is a social education. Graduate from high school and en- joy life. The graduate has more leisure moments for recreation. His senses are so developed that he is en- abled more fully to enjoy the beau- ties of life and appreciate the won- derful works of God and achieve- ments of man. Let us try, then, to obtain an edu- cation, for however hard we have to work, in the end we will be repaid many times. e -L. A. B., '32.