Skowhegan High School - Lever Yearbook (Skowhegan, ME)

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The SouI's Destiny By JOAN SHEA N A WVORLD OF SKEPTICISM and doubt, a question often seen in haunted eyes though seldom breathed aloud is, VVhat use is our existence? Wfhat is the end? What is the des- tiny P And again and again the answer comes back-HI don't know. Yes, today's child conceived in fear and doubtg born into a world of horror and dis- illusiong inheriting debts and miseries and hates does not know. Yet behind his seeming igno- rance, his black despair. lies a response which will give new courage, breathe new hope into his craven life. lfaithl the miracle of the ages. the wonder of wonders, the fortress in a desert of shifting sands, is the end-all and be-all. lt is our soul's destiny to keep faith in ourselves and thus bring it to the world. Such little words and alas! only theory. lfor the children of today, though ever ready to doubt, have not the courage to believe. They have not the stamina to withstand the losses. the travails, the disappointments of life. They have no sense of immortality. This is no simple question of religion or special creed or written dogma. This is the simple savage basis for existence. Man must believe in himself as a superior creature made to the image and likeness of an omnipotent God. A creature who, being superior to the mortal plants and animals, is capable of turning the forces of nature into tools of a civilization: and who, having an immortal soul and a reason- ing intelligence, is capable of receiving the natural shocks of life and overcoming them. This is the end which we all must gain in order to achieve personal peace-the unflinch- ing belief that. no matter what the odds. we are always able to overcome them. School Spirit By FREDERICK GRAv15s if .ix SCHOOL HAS NU seiRr'1' it is the fault of the students. It is the students who make the school, and if they are not on the job , nothing functions right. In order to have more 4 spirit, one has to take part in the activities which occur during the school year. A common cause for no school spirit is the lack of interest of our townspeople. They also should try to build it up, for they attended these schools, and know how badly school spirit is needed. During this very year it was a disgrace to notice that every time Skowhegan High School sponsored an event, a very small number attended. This shows lack of coopera- tion and interest in student activities. At football and basketball games school spir- it has been very noticeably lacking. The cheer- leaders. who are supposed to lead cheers. did not get the amount Of volume that they should have gotten. Rallies and assemblies should be held before each and every game to excite interest, These are the times the student body should get together. School spirit is not only demonstrated at the hallgames. but also in the ways the students act in school: the markings on walls, papers thrown on the floors, destroying books, auto- graphing desks. ln short, the condition in which they keep the school. These, and other incidents, can be the ruination of a school, not to mention the school spirit. The inspiring quotation One for all. and all for one has become a joke in our fine institutions. These can be plainly seen at the ballgames. Our players play for themselves. This is not teamwork. This is not cooperation. This is not school spirit. The student body is no better because they do not work as a coop- erative group. If they do not learn to do this, they can be guilty of striving for self-glory, and self gain. In the classrooms, poor spirit is shown by the students when they do not cooperate with the teachers, and classmates. NVe cannot, we must not, let -those who fol- low our footsteps know that we failed. VVith the immortal words of Together we stand, divided we fall let us Organize. Choose for our motto such words as, Cooperation, Dis- cipline , Teamwork , and Courage , so that we may bring to our school the shining light of glory. SCHOOL SPIRIT can be ours. Together we can make it Ours.

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In a sincere attempt to .vlzow our respect, trust, and devotion to MAURICE F. NOONAN the Class of IQ4Q dedicate.: this, the ffty-fiftlt edition of THE LEVER.

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M1 THE FACULTY First row, left to right: Miss Phylis Fraser, Mrs. Twombley, Mrs. Quirion, Miss Mary Friend, Princi- pal Neal T. Skillings, Miss Phyllis Weston, Miss Jeannette Nadeau, Mrs. Kate Simpson, Miss Barbara Brooks. Back row: Mr. Willis Perkins, Mr. Henry Thomas, Mr. Warren Pearl, Mr. Cyril Robinson, Mr. Maurice Noonan, Mr. Archie O. Dostie, Mr. Bernard Morel, Mr. Millard Gordon, Mr. Jasper Spear, Mr. Miron Merrill. Miss Fraser-Tyjwiiig, Sliorflzcuzd, Principal Skillings-flizzcricaiz P1'0b!c'ms. ' Bookkccpiizg. Miss NX'eston-jlfafliematics. .. . . MINI -D f' Elf. Mr. Noonan-lzuglzslz, Vocational Gziidancc. i ISS ac eau wma ws' Hg 1511 Mrs. QL1lflOU4FVCl'lCll, .SNf?fZl'li.S'll, Industrial Miss Brooks-Physica! Education' SPOMS' Geography' Mr. Pearl-Athletics, Physical Education. Mr. RobinsonMEazgIislz. Mr. Cio1'dcm-Hisfory. Mr. Thomas-Biology, Colzillicrcial f17'if1II1ZCfiC, Senior Sciencc. Mrs. Twombley-Home Economics. Mr. Dostie-Cliciiiistify, Physics. Miss FI'lCIlCl-BllSill8SS Practice, Typing. Mr. M r Mr. Mr Speai'-Biisilzcss Jlfaflzcnmfics, Histori Morel-Music Illsfrucfor. Perkins-.Mccliaizical Dzfawing, DV00c!rc'0rkii1Ag. Merrill-Merci! lV0i'k, Azitozzzotiw llicchazzics. Mrs. Simpsoii-Cafeteria.