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

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UHIROEQ SF THB SOUTF' HRestus, is vo'-all afraid ob ghosts?U WVose, mv bov, why for you as me them no-'count questi NDon't vo-all know how brave en' menful ah is?W WTuh?' - WBoy, do mah ears deodive me, or did yo-all seid vo' ain't scared of nothin'?H UYossir, yo' s ore heard rightlV.W . 'Vo:tus, wo' n' me is goin? on e trip.' WTO' is a man after oak own Feart.W 'Vait e minitg who told Vo'a1l ah was foin'.soremkeresTH NYO' ein't afreif of 1otLin'g you en' me is ooiwr ova! Hy Y the nraveyard fo' a lit le stroll.f WYeah, Vo' en' me vithout me.n WBOV, remember.yo' is en ell-fired brave guy.U WSLure, dat's me allrishtg when do we ste?t?H WVister, vo' is iert as good na tkere right now.H WThen we kin stay ri kt Tere just as fell.' HNow5 Vo'-all f.SJfO2? en' got scared agin', dnt's what's the matter wiv yo'.W WDid somebody tell yo' that or did vo' ruess it?' WAwright, I'l1 go.' nCome On.W qwait e minit now, Rastus, COWQ to ifink, I don't know i- rt absotively neoesgary for us to go ovak by that fravevard, he cou1dn't see anyt ins in the dark anvhow.W NMose, yo' nightmare, Vo' all express mah opinion to rer- fection.H Richard Hiwgins '34 In the new British Museum Repository at Hendon, England, are 275,000 bound volumes of newspapers. The bongo is one of the rarest of enteloges.

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In order to insure the stability of a reconstructed economic and social balance, let us recognize and assume our duty to these students in life. Let us teach them practical citiienship and fellowship by our own example. Let us strive to give the next generation a better world ani life than has been our lot. As a means to this end, let ue be a bit more faithful to our private and public obligations, more alert in our attention to public trends and policies. Lct us teach that the possessor of riches is not inevitably happier than thc possessor of kindness, optimism, a humble home and the knowledge that he is of true service to his country men. I Minot Pitts '55 Frogs' Winter Quarters Frogs are just as industrious frost dodgers as are birds, but while the birds travel thouands of miles to winter quarters, the frog migrates but a feet, and that straight down. The frog is a cold-blooded animal, Clike some of our big magnatesl and has no power to rise his body temperature above that of surrounding water or air. He can stand quite a bit of chilly weather, and can even survive after being partially frozen for a short time, but the smart frog avoids the frost, At the first sign of ice forming on his favrite pond, the frog empties all the air from his lungs and dives ' into the water, burying himself in the soft mud at the bottom. The ice may freeze solidly over the surface of the pond or lake, but the frog selects a place deep cn- ough so that there will always be some unfrozen water above his mud bed. He thus gets enough oxygen through his skin to keep him alive, although he seems to be dead. With the ice gone in spring, a couple of warm days are usually enough to wake him up.

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HIS MISTAKE My great-great grandfather, Ebenezer Higgins, was very much afraid of toads. He was hoeing his garden one day, and, as he lived in a generation when it was no uncommon thing for men to work ln the fields and rdens with bare feet he had no shoes upon Tift ga ' lseeo New Ebenezer had turned up quite a bit of the soil, so that the earth where he stood was loose, when he saw something move on the ground in front of him. He was always on the out- look for toads, so it was only natur?1 that he thought this was one. Without thinking, or looking twice, he lifted his hoe and struck with all his strength at what he thought to be a toad. He soon discovered his mistake. It was not a toad, but his own toe. The rest of his foot had been covered by the loose soil, When he had moved his foot, he only saw his toe wiggle. Barbara Higgins '54- PROGRESS , New times demand new measures and new men. The world advances, and in time outgrows The laws that in our fathers' time were best. And doubtless after us some surer scheme Will be shaped out by wiser men than we, Made'wiser by the steady growth of Truth. --Anon.