Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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8 THE CRIMSON RAMBLER Crimson Rambler stands as a proof of your devotion to the school. From tonight we, as alumni, pledge our loyal support in guarding the welfare of, and doing all we can to help Standish High School to become a bigger and better school. Faculty and School Board :-XNe bid you welcome tonight, hoping our pro- gram will express, in a measure, the appreciation in full for your unfa ling help and kind interest in our work. Schoolmates:-We welcome you as sharers in these exercises. VVe wish you the best of success in your remain- ing years at Standish High School. To all I can best express my feelings with the one word, Welcome MAKING OUR Llvss WoR'rH WHILE Everyone was meant to do some special thing. There is one thing which everyone can do better than an- other. The first thing which we must do to make our lives worth while then, is to find out what we were meant to do, what our life work shall be. After we have found this out, we should do everything we undertake to do thor- oughly. Work that is half done is better left alone. But if We do well everything that comes our way we will find that we will accomplish much, even though the progress may seem slow. Our yesterdays were once our to- morrows. When we think of the days that have gone by, our yesterdays, would we do things differently than we did do them, would we make use of the precious time which we wasted, would we set aright the little things which crouble our consciences? Many times we look back on our yesterdays and say, VVell, that's all over now, it doesn't matter, I did that yesterday, and yesterday is gone for- everf' But when we think of it, wasn't yesterday once our tomorrow, weren't we once looking forward to its coming with happy anticipation and making plans for it? And now that it has gone by We think of so many little things we might have done differently and so many little mistakes we made. Let us then, if We wish to make our lives worth while, do everything today as well as We can, to try is better than to fail without trying. Our failures, after we have tried, bring us under- standing, and help us build up our successes. When we have learned to keep our hands occupied we must train our minds to be alert. Reading and learn- ing will help to make our lives worth while and keep our minds alert to gen- eral knowledge. If everything which we have should be taken away, our clothes, riches, and other possessions, what we have truly learned can never be taken away. From everything which we read there is always some little thing which we learn. Learning not only makes our own lives worth while but will enable us to teach others and help to make other lives worth while. No life can be worth while without happiness. If we try to be contented with the things around us, we will gain happiness. Pleasures bring us happi- ness. The simple pleasures are best of all. The sweetest delights are to be found in the common possessions of mankind-the caress of the sun, tl'e

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THE CRIMSON RAMBLER 7 ing with us now, we.wish you cont.n- ued success in all your work as we bid you farewell. Teachers:-VVho have been more than teachers, who have been friends and advisers to us in all our work, we thank you for all your interest and helpg and hoping you long remain 'at Standish High School and be to others what you have been to us, we bid you farewell. Schoolmates:-As we leave you we vyisli you all the happy school life that has been ours and hope that all your schooldays will be as joyful as ours have been. Classmates:-I say goodby to you last because I hope that we will stay in each other's thoughts longest. XVe are net saying goodby to each other for all time tonight, but we are saying it for all time to the good old days at Stan- dish High. As we are going on to other days that will be just as happy as those gone by, we must not feel too sad. Let us forget neither our high school days nor the teachers and friends who made them possible. Let us always remember the friendships formed there and when we grow old and see other carefree high school students let us not criticize them too harshly but remember that we were once the same ourselves. And so, dear Classmates, I bid you all goodby. SALUTATORY EDNA BUTTERFIELD Speaking in behalf of the Class of 1925, I extend to all present the most cordial welcome. Parents of our Class :-We acknowl- edge once more the value of your sacri- fices, which have made this occasion possible. It has been your unfailing help, your joy at our successes, that has cheered us on through our four years. Friends and Alumni: - VVe thank you for your influence and interest. The interest which you have shown in the new Commencement Issue of the

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THE CRIMSON RAMBLER 9 breezes on the hills, music, books, faithful friendships, wholesome labor, and honest love. Every life must have its sorrows and sunshine to bring true happiness. We must learn to meet both our sorrows and cares and bear them cheerfully, for no life can be wholly worth while that has not met both. Let us remember that: .- The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, is just a pleasant smile, The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellowmen Will drive away the cloud of gloom and coax the sun again, lt's full of worth and gladness, too, with manly kindness bleut- It's worth a million dollars, and it d0esn't cost Z1 Celit. There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile, It always has the same good look-it's never out of style g- lt nerves us on to try again when failure makes us blue, The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you. It pays a higher interest for it is merely lent- lt's worth a million dollars, and doesn't cost a Cent. A smile comes very easy-you can wrinkle up with cheer A hundred times before you can squeeze out a soggy tear. lt ripples out, moreover, to the heartstrings that will tug, And always leaves an echo that is very like a hug. So, smile away. Folks understand what by a smile is meant, It's worth a million dollars, and doesn't cost a cent. PROPHECY EVELYN COLE Wearied with my daily routine of business life, I had resolved to have a vacation and come east for a time. Be- sides, in this month, the Maine State -Fair was to be held at Lewiston. I boarded the train and settled my- self comfortably for my long trip. As I neared Maine, a newsboy came through the train shouting, All about the Maine State Fair! Morning paper!