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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HOW To CHOOSE BOOKS How to choose good books is a question asked by many people today. Books are, as Long's American Literature defines them, WA written record of man's best thought and feeling.W Books pro- vide excellent material which administers to the joy of living. One professor has said, UBooks are like lifeg they can be appre- ciated and understood, but never fully described. In choosing good books for our enjoyment we should choose books which appeal to us. There are many good books in the book world today and we shouldn't have any trouble in our choice. Our poor pilgrim fathers had to do without many booksg probably most of them had only a Bible. One professor has said in regard to reading books, HDon't read good books, read the best.N Another professor has said, nRead only good books.n I think it should be very easy for us to read good books, because today we have so many well known authors in our state, Maine, who are winning recognition with their work: Gladys Hasty Carroll with UAS the Earth Turns,H UA Few Foolish Onesn and among her latest nSickle in the Skyng Robert Tristram Coffin with his nPortrait of an Americann which contains an exceptionally good sketch of the hero, William Winship, who is a very strong character with his New England background and life in Cape Cod. William will always be remembered for his stories told in a homelike, true New England fashion. Finally, WThis Englandn by Mary Ellen Chase, which tells us of her years spent in England on that mighty island. These are only a few of the many books which are approved in modern literature. A