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

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H 'l'lllf. ML'SSL'l, L'NISfjL'I'I' THOMAS A DPCOST A 1 Jn Apprvrmtwn All the puplls of Strong Hlgh Sehool join ID shovung thelr appretlatlon for the work done by Mr Defosta who has been our Sthool Superlnttndent smtt our tlass en tered sthool VVe wxll all mlss his frequent NISIIS and hearty How do you dos Mr DeCost1 resrgned hls posltlon as Ax on Salem Freeman and Madrxd Schools after tnelxe wears of ffuthful and successful seruce Mr DeCost1 h as aldtd nn the preparatnon of many grlduatlons here at Strong Hrgh xxlth h1s great ablllty as an artlst He was born une 79 1890 at Buckheld Marne He attended Butlxhtld Hugh Sthool and C ould XCICICIHW Mr DLC osta has alvs ays been mterested 111 art and pCl1lI1.lIlbl1lp and studled to further hls n lturxl tllent at Bliss Buslness College Xt Houlton ht ttught hrs faxontt study art and penrnanshnp and later at Rumtorcl a so Has hrst superxntendency wx as at Mars Hull responsxblt posxtron lll the state of Mame Next he was supermtendent IU the C anton and lntrmore d1str1tt Many of Nlr DCC osta s pamphlets and art works haxe bttn d1str1buted tar md vslde among sthools and haxe been publxshed for edutatlonal purposes Vle all 10111 an Hlhlllllg hlm n speedy retov try from hrs retent xllness 4 Q O y , v - ' - . . . ' - ' N . , . , .. . . . . . , . C S C X f ' ' ' ' ' - A1 . 1 ' . - ' , . , ,- h- ns Q in li - A Q L . Y .- I ' -. N 4 .L U V A ' 1 Superintendent of Strong, KingF1eld,Phillips, He was then the youngest man to hold this q 9 V 7 N , A . ' l ' ' , v v y . I T . ' ' ' , U I 1 an ' , ' , , . , ' . A I 1 '. , , , 2 ' ,- ' , r - 1 f s . ' ' ' L ,' , V I - s s ' 9 S ' 1 Q A. 1 s .U . , . ' .

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'l'IlI'. MUSSLI. UNSQL'l'l' I3 -n IUNIIOR K l XSS eeontl row os. ll H s it es lf' fl UH1 FRUIT s Jlumnr Gllaum The lumor el tss eleeted ofheers for the year as iollous lm rfruf Rohert Huff Inf Izffnfmr Barbara XCI NCUKI 111 Ims 'Ihompson T101 HIFI leon Foster These four etlso serxe I5 represent'1t1xes to the Student Q ounc1l Leon Foster IS VICC Pres1dent of the C 0llI'lLIl as freshmen 1n 10-ll XVe began our Fresh mln wetr w1th e1ghteen students Two of our group xVIlll'Cll Pell1t1er and Paul Beady haxe 1o1ned the N my 'Xl 1ble Welch IS mar r1ed Lfatherxne U Donnell, D.1y1d W1therall, R1t1 Rogerson Hazel Xoter and Rlchard Meqdoxxs hue moxed in ty S1115 Cook IS at home Vle all mourn the death ot our heloxed el1ssn11te Xlhert l'r1ekley The folloumg took ptrt lI1 basketbwll thls year leon Foster Robert Huff lnrhara lNe1l l'l'I11l Stexens tnd llequelme Luce Robert Huff 1nd leon foster took part 1n the dr1m1 Xltnost I 1ghteen Srntnr Gllawa The SCIIIOI' eltss eleeted the lolloxunb orheers th1s ye1r lufnfrfzl Burehlrnl Huff life lrrmlznl Lexus MISKIH 8141611111 B.1rh1r1 Ph1ll11s Iutmnu Xlfglflll Brteklex Our eltss veeln the ye1r ulth ten mem hers hut Petrle Rlehftrtlson left ID 1nt1try Nou ue hue sm g1rls 1nd three boys Those xx ho took part IH 1thlet1es th1s yetr were X ll'glI1ll Braekley Dorrls Newell, Frmees l ldd lhrharq Ph1ll1ps Dorothy XVorthlev, I ewls Mftson 1nd Burch1rd Huff Those 1n the three 1et pliy Xlmost Twghteen were Dorothy VVorthlev DOYFIS Newell N 1rg11111 limeklev, B.1rb1r1 Ph1ll1ps Burehurd Hull lliel lexus Xltson Dorothy YVorthlex Btrbari Pl'lllllp5 'ind l311rth1r1l Hull reeeuul the honor ptrts for grtdxmtlon Our tl rss pl ms to go to New York C tty IH Iune lor 1 tlnss p lr 1' 5 o , ' a T, ' - ' 3 0 Jil' l , .Xe , S-' : I. Luce, I.. If .t', li. Ste' 'n., I. lata lf' -t uw: I.. Th 1 , R. Huff, ll. Nc-il 1-X Al. J A el 'VA -.l ' I' 1 ' ',.. .,, 1 . .I --lx -rf -A -- 1. ' .. .fl ' 1 - . l ll , 1 Y ' , , . . . .L 3 1 .,. . ,L , - Our class has d11111n1shetl smce we entered A ' - A r ' A 4 ' . ' ' - .rx v f I C .-' .pr vs: . ' ' , 1 .1 , . . , ' rt ' - - , ', L 1 . . T4 . l ' 'V D V Qi - i -' Q V .1 , ' ,- , 7 ' A L 9 A ' , ' ' ' ' 9 1. V. .. , ' 7, . . , . . I . . , ' . .1 . . 2 . 5. . ', 1 ' 1 2 ' . . H 1 5 x , 1 1 A .-.'-1 2 h- ' . . . , , . 1' ' , ' . -. - , , . ' 3 , I 1 1, 1 S f' .N l A tri .

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' UXIQOLJIM T is-T zlPPy 2 .' LJ! ' 2 Ali Thls sprung the Freneh Department spon sored an Essay Contest The maxlmum length ot the essay was 1700 words The followlng tople was selected as the subyeet of the essay The Need ot Forelgn Lan Dorothy and Phyl The fol guages Present and Future Worthlev was awarded F1rst Pr17 hs Sptuldmg w IS xwa ded Seeond lowing IS the hrst pr17e essay 'IHE NEED OF FOREIGN LAN GUAGES PRESENT AND FUTURE XX! UXC I' IS not 1 study llnguage aa t Hue you exer seen two nehmen meet torelgn eoun 7 Hue you notleeel thelr flees brlghten when loxed tongue They earry on eonxersatlon as we mlght eall II but to them ll IS a means oi pourmg out trxendshlp from thelr helrts trlendshlp th tt they e tn exnress through no other lxnguxge It IS the same with xll people wlth Pngllshnaen Crermzns, Russx tns and espeeully XITICYILITIS Through speeeh we express emotlon, we teaeh and we learn Through speeeh natlons hue been buxlt and natlons haxe been de molxshed Through speech the knowledge ol Cyod and the C hrlstnn RCllgl0D has be eome tlmllur to us lt ns exery norm ll per sons nm to spells lllIClllgCl1Ily and to un derstlnd h1s own langutge There are many dlflerent methods we may pursue to reach thus goal We study lor yetrs mamly for this cause XVe read the works ot those men who hate really mastered our language We read thelr LYIIICISITIS, we hcxr their aduee and try to follow them as an ldeal There ns one method by w hnch too tew hate tried to galn a better understandlng ot the Engllsh lan guage through the study ot other forelgn languages' There IS no better means by whleh we tan more adequately understand the langhsh langulge th an through a reason able study ot other languages Py beeommg tmnllxr wlth other lm gunges our mmds beeome more supple We would understand the need ot eonstant lm proxement ln our own llngutge The study ol lflftlgfl ltngutges broldens our nnnds to I xery grett extent ml rhls 19 one ol e greltest uds lll this type ol study len Crt the dn e es ad eertun thlt ll wllll the nltlons of the world meet to ehoose und to llillxf. prouslons tor rn ll1lLl'l1lIl0D'll language the representatlx es of our eountry and the LIIIZCHS themselxes must be prepared to proxe that we are not stubbornly laghtnng for our own lmgulge We must prose to the rest of the world th tt we ure ull tequnnteel wlth the languages ot the world md that we hlxe 1 senslble re lson for lkllllfllig that our language should be ehosen The slmple reason 15 that lt 1 by tlr the best YVe must be able to proxe that xt rs the best by comparlng It wlth other lan gut res me only w w we un out trgue lorenfn representntwes ns lw ltnownng our own ltn gulge md lllC'lI'51ll5I ts well I5 they do XVe h ne eomlneed the world lll other things and, beeause ol thls, we lenow that xt 15 not easy to eonvmce a world lt wlll talse a great deal of hard w orls, but as long as we hate a good understandmg of all languages, we will never be sw aved lw foreign crltlclsms IHI, Mussel, ..x 1 15 4 , 1 ' .- fa , ' dl '-.:- l -I g Q '. H ul 1, I - I 1 , --h - I , ,J . -ffll K r ' 'M l ' I l ' i - i , Y , 1, I . I r a . ' - .. 1 . . . 5 .f - s ' 1 ' F v - ' ' 4 J 4 1 4 L K . k . . - '7 'e ,, , x 1 fl K 'C ' '4Q, K - ' .. 1 Z 2 1 1 ' ff: ' 'L : nr fa' . - - - 1 -' - -' ' ' - Mtv. 1 ' ' V1 1 1 - 2 kg l ks - 1 3- rw w A Y 2 2 I x L' Q V' xl .Y , 2 C n. T l 1 . ' S' ,A ll 1 . - A v -I 5' 1 ' - AL l is .1 ar l 1 ' VVI ' M X tl' exer 'om J, zu l leel Fre ' N in at ' try. V- 1' 1 ' W - 3 ' k ' - v 1 ' -:WS 4 ', a ., . wi :H fy' 1- ' they find that they both can speak their be- 1 ' s Q ' L S K sy C 'V - - A - 1 - l . I Q Y ' Y ' ' z 1 . ag ky j 1 'Q ' I K . L- v, . ' , Y 2 ts ' 4 1 '- 5 ' 'L -1 1' 1' 'A . . ' V 1 1, V A ' 5 , T ' L 1 v 1 2 v s 1 rx 1 X -V 1 xi S e ' e ' 1 . 7 . 1 . -' X ' ' ' ' I . K L v n . .K qxkl v L . . Y. 1 - - , ' .l . .h. , Y 23-'I ' ' A 2 -5 - l'l ' 'L -1 - -'g - H1 - z'z as -' . - x sl ' y 1 1 1. x x t 1 I , I , ,I , x V ' ' :Z ' , - 1 I . ., K. ' '. V . V L ' '- . ' ' Y 1 - - H . . ' .. . T K ' T I L - L ' - V 7 V ' L P K v I. v t . l ' '.