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

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1 RP D, , -rf-arf ! fx' 5, xJIX J' ......... ..... - - ,r - , ,,,-,J Neither the first thought nor the first impression is al- ways right. One must walk all around a thing to see it from every angle and make the best decision. NA word fitly spoken is like apples -of gold in pictures of silver.'--Proverbs 25-ll Not so long ago a group of young women were engaged in the interesting pastime of naming the heart's dearest -wish. One de- sired above everything else that she possessed a marvelous voice so that she might hold audiences spellbound. Another longed for the power to reproduce accurately on canvas the beauties of nature, the emotions expressed on human countenances, and the imageries of fancy. A third said, nAll that would be wonderful, but, as for me, let me be always clever enough to speak the right word at the right time so that I may be an agreeable companion for anyone in any mood. If a person is sad, let me be able to express com- forting thoughts that will help him. If he is gay, let me say just the right thing to enhance rather than curb his gaiety. And for any mood between these two extremes let me have the under- standing word at my tonguets end.H Was the third girl not wise? Is not the improving of one's vo- cabulary a worth while purpose? It is said that a word is not truly one's own till he has mas- tered it well enough to use it in conversation. Hobbies are very popular to- day. People are collecting all sorts of articles--buttons, auto- graphs, coins, stamps. Why not words? with all thy collecting, collect words, There is much to be said in favor of it. Many hobbies require money--not so with words.l Anyone can be striv- ing constantly to improve his speech without the expenditure of wealth. Nor is talent neces- sary. To be sure a person who has an inclination toward fluent speech will make greater progress but anyone can improve his speech surprisingly once he has under- taken the task. Many hobbies lose their charm to a person as he grows older but he who is mental- ly alert enough to be ever watch- ful for the better word or phrase will never grow tired of that di- version. Then, too, as he grows older, he has more experiences and so more thoughts to express. Perhaps in crowded living quar- ters there is no room for collec- tions of birds' eggs or stamp al- bums but where is the man who has no room for more words? If one adopts the hobby of collecting words and practices their use daily, he is improving himself by gaining self-reliance and poise and making himself a more Hagreeable companion for anyone in any mood.U WBut fairer than all others, A word, when fitly placed, Is like to golden apples In silver pictures traced.n Zela B. Dolloff Member School Committee All susincss, All art, all fisf nancQ,every airplane in the air, every ship at sea, every bridge that spans the water, every dis- covery in the world owes its ori- gin, its inception, its first im- pulse to the existence of that strange thing---IHAGINATION