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

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THE MOST INTERESTING SOUND Have you ever stopped to think what sound in in everyday life interests you most? Probably you have not. The greedy person mlght-find the dinner bell a welcome sound, but, to the person on a diet the clang of a pair of scales would fill him with joy. To the ardent sleeper, the sound of his own snoring is very pleasing. The conceited type of person gets joy out of hearing his own name, but, the shy, timid soul pro- bably has no interesting sound--he wants silence. To the debutante, laughter and music are very important, but, to me the most interestlng sound is a knock at the door. I ask myself, nwho can it be?n and wait, all tingling and curious for the door to open. Consider, what is the most interesting sound to you. Difficult, isn't it? June Furber '38 NOT ON THE LEVEL In my work at Scotland Yard, I learned that to get the truth out of a man you must have his eyes at a lower level than your own. There was in my room a leather armchair with a seat barely twelve inches from the floor. It was helc that every sus- pect was required to perch when submitting himself to be questioned, 1 retlced that whenever an em- barrassing question was asked, the suspect would try he rnmee himself from the chair by his elbows, A legal colleague wha had noted the sane thing cross examined me while I sat in the chair and I felt the instinct to raise myself to his level. If this be true, as I believe it is, we go to work the wrong wav in our criminal courts when we require our witnesses to mount an elevated stand whence they look down on their questioner, Manola Marean '41

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