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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION . . .. . . . EDITORIALS Our Thanks ................. . . . What 's Wrong with Strong? . . . . . . As Ye Sow ................ . . . Don't be lndispensible .... . . . CLASS or 1923 .......... ... LITERARY The Killer, J. Percy Sample ............... . .. Grandma's Diamond Rings, Hilda Johnson . . . . . . Sand, Arlene McCleary .................... . . . All is Well that Ends Well, George Fletcher . . . . . . The Lost Treasure, Orra Welch ............. Outlaw's Cave, Martha Richard: .............. . . . How Patsey Found His Fortune, Mary Dickey . .. . . . The Fall of the Monarch, Glenclon Brackley . . . . . . Rustlers, Hazel J. Kershner .................. . . . The Loser of the Quarter-Mile, Jasper Foster .... . . . Up from the Gutter, Lulu M. Hui .................... Colorado Pluck, Vivian Hammond .................... Strong High School Orchestra, 1923 Clllustrationj Opposite SCHOOL NOTES .......................................... ATHLETICS .... JOKES ...... . . . Excmmces ALUMNI . . .... .... .................... . . . Catalog of Courses, Strong High School . . . ..

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Dedication IVC dcdicavfc tlzbis, the second issue of our Y school fmpcr, to 1110 gona' jvcofvlc' of Strong, 'witlzy our SiII'CL'I'L' Ilzfllzlcs for fhcir supjvort of our :school and c'05pcra1i0n in school 0L'fiT'ff1.CS.

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Ill IVI l Il' 't Published at the close of each school year by the Students of Strong High School VOLUME II STRONG, MAINE, JUNE, 1923 NUMBER I THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT EDITORIAL BOARD ARLENE R. MCCLEARY, '23 Editor-in-Chief J. VIOLA SAMPLE, '24 Assistant Editor R. LUCILLE BRACKLEY, '23 Alumni Editor GEORGE FLETCHER, '24 Athletic Editor GLENDON BRACKLEY, '24 Exchange Editor LULU M. HUFF, '25 Sophomore Editor MYRTIE L. BRACKLEY, 126 Freshman Editor THELMA G. RICHARDS, '23 Art Editor J. PERCY SAMPLE, '23 Bttnness Manager RICHARD H. BELL, '24 Assistant Manager I EDITORIALS OUR THANKS N an editorial last year we called your attention to the conditions here at the school and earnestly sought your support that they might be changed. These condi- tions have now been changed and we, as a school, wish to thank you citizens of Strong for your interest and support. The extra room means better health to us all, better working conditions, and greater efiiciency in every way. Too much thanks cannot be given to Mr. Brackley and those who worked with him for the work which they did and the man- ner in which it was done, or to Mr. Phillips who was largely responsible for the in- stallation of electric lights through his gift of the fixtures. The High school room was increased by 360 sq. ft. of floor space. A new class- room and laboratory was finished on the third fioor, both large, well lighted rooms. By eliminating considerable unused space in the primary room on the first floor a new room was added which has been used with success for the sub-primary. These changes, thought by some to be unnecessary, have been justified this past year. The increased attendance in the High school this year was nine, making a total of sixty-eight students. In the year 1919-20 there were but thirty. These fig- ures show plainly the rapid growth of the school and the building, as now arranged, should be large enough for several years. We also wish to extend our thanks to the people of Strong for the many ways in which they have helped make our school activities successful. WHAT 's WRONG wlTH STRONG? HY be so sure anything is? Just because a few people appoint them- selves to the offices of gloom dispensers and from their throne in the back of some store tell us that the town has gone to ruin and then proceed to tell us how to run every- thing from the national government to the family fiivver does not mean that the old town is actually hopeless. Why worry about them anyway? If they had anything useful to do they wouldn't have time to notice all our faults. Strong is no different than any other small town in Maine. It has its ups and downs, its good qualities and its bad, though its good qualities great outnumber its bad. One of these good qualities is its industries. Few towns of its size in the state can boast of as many extensive industries as can Strong. Each of these contributes toward the welfare of the town by providing em- ployment. There is little need of any per- son who will give an honest day's work going long without employment. Other industries could prosper here as well as these for there are still many undeveloped opportunities. Not only industrially but agriculturally does Strong stand well to the