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

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l la M l U 't Published at the close of each school year by the Students of Strong High School XYUI.. V STRONG, MAINE, JUNE, 1926 No. I THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT EDITORIAL BOARD JASPER FOSTER, '26 Editor-in-Chief GISRALDINE FOSTER, 'ZZT .dssistunt Editor ROY HAINES, '28 I-lllilvtic Editor THELINIA I-IAINIINIOND, '27 E.rclm11ge Editor ALMA RICCOURT, '28 Sophomore Editor ELMA IXICCOURT, '29 Freshnum Editor PHILIP STINCl'IFII2I.D. '26 Bu,tim'sx Zllonugur HUGH AI.I.EN, '27 First .-Lrsistrzfit Manager CARI. XVEYMOUTH, '28 Second Assistant Manager PHILIP STINCHFIELD, '26 Art Editor MAURICE PEARY, '27 Joke Editor GLENNIS KENNEDY, '26 .-ilumui Editor CII.-XRI,liS RICHARDS, '26 Pliotogrnplier EDITORIALS WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM? ITIZENS of Strong! Are you aware of the number of students who fail during the high school course each year? If you are not yet you should bel If you are aware of it you should remedy it. XVe. the pupils of Strong High School, have noticed the past few years the number of students who fail in their work in high school. These failures are increasing instead of cle- creasing. At the present time the percent- age of failures is much larger than it should he. XYhat is the reason for this? XVhile you are pondering over this question we will show you some facts concerning the ages of the pupils from the Seventh Grade up to the Senior Class. In the Seventh Grade there are thirteen pupils. Five of these are eleven years old, and one is ten years of age. In the Eighth Grade there are sixteen pupils. Eight of these are twelve years old. In the Fresh- man Class there are nineteen pupils. Six of these are thirteen years old, and one is twelve years of age. In the Sophomore Class all pupils are fifteen or older. In the junior Class there are thirteen pupils. Seven are fifteen or younger. In the Senior Class there are lifteen pupils. Six are sixteen or younger. The object of the preceding paragraph is to show that pupils enter high school too young. Children enter school at the age of four or live years. As there is no kin- dergarten they enter the First Grade. Each year they advance a grade. VVhen they are thirteen years old they enter high school. Physical and mental strength are neces- sary for success. A well hody is one of the most important essentials for a well mind. Physical education is an important factor in school life today. Hy physical education we do not only mean the training of the hody, but also the training of the youth's mind as to the proper care of the hody. One year will help immensely to improve a pupil's physical strength. If a pupil is mentally unable to work, he fails. -lust one year may prepare a pupil for high school work. In the present Freshman Class there are several very bright pupils who entered at the age of thirteen, but they have not the mental and physical strength to do the work that they could do at fourteen or nfteen. Consequently the standards of the school are kept lower than they should be. All pupils above the age of thirteen were kept hack in the grammar school last year. If pupils over thirteen years of age are not able to carry on high school work, then certainly younger pupils can not do the work properly. Of course there are ex- ceptions, but they are few. Many young

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4 THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT Table of Contents Faculty Writeups Cillustratedj .... Frontispiece Dsnicnrou ....... . . . . . . 1 EDITORIALS What is Wrong with Our School System? 3 Ahtletics . ............................ 1. 4 Town and School . . . ' . . 5 Senior Writeups ..... .. 7 Under Class Writeups .... .. 10 LITERARY Fleetfoot . .......... . . . 12 For Honor's Sake .................. . . 15 Eleven Feet-or Better ................ 17 My First Experience as a Step-Father .... 19 The Strange Death of Edward Whitburton 20 The School Fair ....................... 23 The Best Man - - 24 Scnoox. Norms ................ . ...... .. 26 School Organizations, etc. Cillustrationj .... Opposite 26 29 ATHLETICS . ...... . Athletic Pictures ............... Opposite 29 League Champions fillustrationj Opposite 30 Hrrs .................................... 32 Excmmcas . . . - - 35 ALUMNI .. 36 Advertisers' Directory Franklin Theatres, Farmington. Kingsley and Allen, Strong. People's National Bank, Farmington. Phillips Savings Bank, Phillips. Strong Wood Turning Co., Strong. C. H. Brackley, Strong. Diah Sweet, Strong. Lake's Little Place, Farmington. C. V. Starbird Estate, Strong. New England Creamery Co. Adams, Undertaker, Farmington. George McL. Presson, Farmington. L. W. Harris, Farmington. Tarbox and Whittier, Farmington. R. F. Gammon Furniture Co., Farmington. Davis' Music Store, Farmington. Daggett and Will, Strong. First National Bank, Farmington. Frederick C. Lovejoy, D. M. D., Farmington. The Hardware Store, Strong. Luce's Studio, Farmington. Morton Motor Co., Farmington. Currier Insurance Agency. Farmington. M. M. Melanson, Strong. E. E. Flood, Farmington. B. D. Moore, Farmington. Maurice Dill, Farmington. The Davenports, Farmington. E. M. Higgins, Farmington. K. M. Robash, Farmington. Currier C. Holman, Farmington. Ernest W. Voter, Farmington. The Red Store, Farmington. Exchange Hotel, Farmington. Alonzo P. Richards, Farmington. Dr. J. F. Harris, Farmington. Carll N. Fenderson, Farmington. Clyde L. Austin, D. M. D., Farmington. Gray's Business College, Portland. Edgar R. Toothaker, Phillips. P. W. Mason, Strong. Frank W. Butler, Farmington, Hotel Strong, Strong. W. M. Pierce, D. M. D., Farmington. Franklin Light and Power Co., Farmington. McLeary's Garage, Farmington. Wilfred McLeary Est., Farmington. Chas. E. Dyer, Ph. G., Strong. Sumner P. Mills, Farmington. F. C. Colburn, Farmington. Field Pulpwood Co., Phillips. Aubrey Trask, Phillips. Chas. Chandler, Phillips. J. Guy Everett, Phillips. Leola J. Miller, Phillips. Phillips Hardware Co., Phillips. Hinds and Toothaker, Phillips. Franklin County Savings Bank, Farmington. Shaw's Business College, Portland. Main Street Garage, Strong. L. E. Peary, Strong. Knowlton 8: McLeary Co., Farmington. James Bailey Co., Portland.

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4 THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT pupils barely pass the first two years. They fail the third and fourth years. In the present Sophomore Class the aver- age ages of the pupils are the highest, and their work is the best. All pupils who en- tered the Freshman Class in the fall of 1924 at the age of thirteen failed at least two subjects. Why? Is it because they have been pushed too fast in the lower grades? In many cases this is true. A pupil in general may advance in the grades when he is not prepared to do so, because the work is on the' same basis each year. The work in high school is so radically different from that in the grades that a pupil's ability is quickly discovered. One of the seven pupils in the Junior Class, fifteen or younger, is doing A work, another B work. Three of the seven are having trouble in their courses. Pupils who enter the Junior Class at this age are expected to do good work, for they are sup- posed to be exceptions. One of the six pupils in the Senior Class, sixteen or younger, is doing A work, an- other B work. The bare facts show that, in general, the pupils enter school too young. Therefore, we suggest three remedies: first, a ninth grade: second, not to allow pupils to enter school until they are six years of age, third, no promotion until child is six or seven years old. By adopting any of these three suggestions pupils would not enter high school until they were at least four- teen years old. We feel that the people of Strong do not understand the conditions in their school. They back the athletic teams, but athletics come second to scholastic work. We con- sider that school work comes first, and ath- letics and other activities come second. Therefore, the people of Strong should be interested, and should know the conditions of school work. We urge you, the people of Strong, to help remedy our school system. It is not a matter to be trivially spoken about. It is essential to the school. We pupils of Strong High School wish to raise our standards. In order to accomplish this we must have hearty support and cooperation of the citizens of Strong. Therefore, if you will consider this question very care- fully and remedy it, we will know that this art-icle has not been written in vain. ATHLETICS RE Athletics beneficial to high school students? This is a question often asked by parents, by teachers, and various other people in almost any walk of life. They are, when engaged in in the manner in which most high schools conduct their athletics. Of course a high school student should not go into long and gruelling con- tests with older men, his superiors in age and endurance, but any high school boy is fully capable of competing with others of his age and strength, and what is more, he will be better for doing this. Athletics build up the body, and, as we know, a healthy body makes a healthy mind. Some claim that athletics weaken a boy's heart, but this is the exception rather than the rule, and is played upon by those who are opposed to athletics. Any real American boy will delight in getting out and competing against other boys for his own honor, and for the honor of his school. A school which has a good baseball, foot- ball, or track team, is possessed with school spirit which schools lacking these winning teams do not have, and their school spirit extends to their studies as well as athletics. In most high schools a certain rank is necessary for one to be eligible for a team -this promotes scholarship. A good many times it will be found that the best athletes are among the best scholars. Athletics promote sportsmanship, a very necessary thing in the world today, and they teach a student to accept defeat as well as victory, and when he gets out into life Mir , n -.