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

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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 -.

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THE MUSSUL UNSQUIT Mertie Lillian Brackley - Mert Class President 115 125 135 145, Preliminary Speaking 125 145, Final Speaking 125, Class Editor 115 125, Literary Board 125, Sis Riggs in Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick 135, Hortensy Smatters in The Dutch Detective 145, Cheer Leader 145, Uke Club 145. Mertie lives at the southern part of Tough End. She is a very Hirtatious young lady. While in school she al- ways studies hard 1?5 but we sometimes think that her mind is in Rumford. Mertie likes to dance especially well. Her favorite song is Wally, My Boy. We expect Mertie will be a great author some day, because she can write excellent dialogues. After reading David Copper- held she declared that she knew just what the costume of a gentleman should be in public. How come? Kenneth Malcolm Brackley- Kenneth Track 135 1-15, Math. Club 145, Class Oration 145. In his spare moments Kenneth is heard singing his favorite song- lt 's nice to get up in the morning, but it 's nicer to lie abed. He is a very cheerful young man. Nothing ever worries him, whether it is an errand he has forgotten to do, or a theme that he has forgotten to write. Kenneth has many ambitions, and we are sure that they will all be realized. Jasper Munroe Foster- Jap, Lanky College Course, Class Valedictorian 145, Editor-in-chief Mussul Unsquit 145, Basketball 145, Captain 145, Baseball 135 145, Track 125 135 145, Class Collector 145, Volley Ball 145, Preliminary Speaking 145, Class Sec- retary 115 125, Math. Club 145. We all have to look up to Jappy, not only because of his heightjbut also because of his abilities as a student. Jap is our champion jumper, but he has never jumped out of work. As editor-in-chief of the school paper he is one of the best. Jap left us to go to Farmington for a while, and we are not sure but what he left his heart there. Jappy goes to Colby next fall, and we surely wish him success. Lyde Sherwood Howes - Shrimp Salutatory 145, Vice President of Class 115 125 135 145, Baseball 125 135 145, Captain 145, Track 125 145, Winter Sports 125 135 145, Captain 145, Volley Ball 145, Basket- ball 145, Secretary and Treasurer of Math. Club 145, Assistant Editor Mussul Unsquit 135, Vice President Student Council 135, Treasurer 145, Preliminary Speaking 145, VVinner of Lincoln Essay Medal 145, Jabo Grabb in The Dutch Detective 145. Four years ago Lyde moved to Strong, and entered S. H. S. Then he was a quiet bashful boy, very fond of hunting and fishing. He is still quiet 1at times5 and has not forgotten how to hunt and Fish. But you should see him some evening, walking along Depot Street. Alone? Well, I should say not! Four years can make a lot of dillerence. .