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

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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

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HOW TO CHOOSE BOOKS Kcontinuedb May I add that for people with courage and appreciation of a good book, even if it is a rather lengthy one HGone with the Windu is perfect. It contains, most vivid and vibrant descriptions of the great conflict of the North and South. It perhaps for the first time shows people the true conditions in the South during the Civil War. As the poet writes: nBooks are as noble pebbles on the sands of time, Pick of them with utmost care and knowledge will be th1ne.u Ramona Mead '58 4 4 THE EDUGATOR Side by side in a city store stood two boxes: one an elaborate work of cabinet making, the other a very plain box with four unpolished sides. Away in the wilds of Africa or in the Antartic, in the mansions of a rich citizen or in some crude hut, we find a relative of one of these mystery boxes, Over the air from distant lands we hear the message, sometimes of joy, sometimes of sorrow. It is only a turn of the magic button that connects us with various parts of the world--this the master of the spoken word, whether it bo politics, religion, drama, or the music of yesterday and today. Laura E. Sanborn' 41d