Strong High School - Mussul Unsquit Yearbook (Strong, ME)

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10 THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT of modern education. The progress of in- dustry is taken for granted. Motor-cars, wireless, motion pictures, agricultural ma- chinery, and the thousands of other prod- ucts of progressive minds are daily used and appreciated, but when the question of school improvement is presented, there seems to be another story. It was good enough for me when I went to school and it should be good enough now, is a phrase we can always hear. Unfortunately there are a few in our town who hold this View about our schools. VVe, as students, realize the burdens which thc town is under and, also, that in a few years we shall be bearing our part. We are students now, we shall be citizens then. It rests with you to determine what type of citizen we shall be. In order that you may see conditions as they are we ask you not to take our word or the word of anyone, but come to the school, and seeg sit in the same seats, in the same congested room, and breathe the same air. VVe know that then you will not think we are asking for too much.

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CLASS OF 1922 Dorris Myrtle Dickey - Dot ii Class Secretary and Treasurer 135 HJ, May Holden in Bliss Topsy Turvy t-lj, Hope Winthrop in Katy Did tiij, lletty Holcomb in Valley Farm LBJ, Preliminary Speaking' Contest HJ, Class Valedictorian. Behold the only scholar who Co11Idn'! get below 90 per cent. Although she always studied hard, it never was really necessary. She has always been very sedate until this year, and now she just can't resist attending all the dances and card parties. She also enjoys autoing, even though the car isn't a Dodge Clarence Bean Huff - Beanie High School Orchestra LED, Lord Clarence in Miss Topsy Turvy t-lb, Preliminary Speaking HJ. Class Orator HJ. His best occupation is blowing on the thing he calls a cornet, Don't think that his name indicates that he is especially smart because you might get mistaken, He tries to make us think he is a Latin fiend: he never missed getting C and he has taken it four years. He has a special art of getting on with girls, especially new ones. I say girls but it means I5 to 45, all included, He is a hard worker and he does considerable Sweat- ing His favorite song is l 'ni a Devil with the Ladies. Take a good look at him for some day when you are dead he may take care of your body. Georgena Annie Sample - Jum Penelope Taylor in Katy Did 135, Topsy Turvy in Miss Topsy Turvy t-D, Class Prophet. Expects to take a Secretarial Course at l.asell Seminary in the fall of '23. This little girl hails from Tough End and carries oil' first prize for being the shortest of her class. seems to be Ain't VVe Got Fun? so natured she must be, and when she gets can put them Topsy Turvy She has a private secretary. at which we wonder preted, Her favorite expression you can see how good things started she sure the ambition to become how it should be inter- 91 IG Melvin Arthur Spaulding - Mack, Melvinus Baseball tlj 125 QBJ tulj, Manager HJ, Basketball C-lj, Deacon jones in Miss Tolwsy Turvy t-D, Address to Under- graduates. Mack is right from the farm and his favorite dish is baked beans. That 's why he is such a hard hitter on the baseball team. His favorite song is NVon't You NVait 'Till the Cows Come Home? Mack is a lady's man Oh, Boy! and when he is around,