Walker High School - Banner Yearbook (Liberty, ME)

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group of magazlne tlat are cla sed under the cheap, tlme kllllng type ine Wlld lest Storles, U6t6Ct1V8 Storles, ant True Pomance come under this headlng The e hould be clscarded completely from our selectlon Ol reaclng matter I have o llttle tlme to lead, that we shoull lead the best only o bc a ooc CltlZ9H, we mu t be lntell gext Good readlng wlll help us to acdulre tht lmportant element OI good CltlaGHShlJ Mullel Cunnwngham, '40 Tie Value of So 3klUg In l0?W tle n wly o ran zcd L A W S Speak ne Co oagae mold lts e le 1 organl et to he the t l n s of Llbeltj, Appleton, Wa ll gton, an Searsmont to be come etter tralnen to speak before an autn nce It provlded an excel lent opnortmnuty for the students of tne e cdool to use tnelr tal ent an abll tles In thv tlqe Llberty nas won ten small cun anl two large ones Last year for the flrst time, the speak lng contest was held away from Lloerty, at Appleton Thls year lt was held at Washlngton For the last two years students dolng ex ccotlonally well ln the prellml narles have represented the school ln outslde conte ts at Rockland, Unlverslty of Malne, Colby, and augtsta Loulse Knowlton, Arthur Tlbbett , Susan Mathleson, and Gleola Stevens have had thls prlv llege What, you may ask, does t'e student galn from speallngo Let us conslder the value of speak ing to txe student, personally Speaklng lelns a student to galn Page 6 confldence, to stand before h1s fellow students wlthout the hor ror of tage frlght He has the opportunity of golng to different places to speak Thls gives him the chance to meet and talk wlth students from other schools H comes out of his self consclous ness and recelves the experlence of miXlPg with other people Speal1ng also help the school gust a all otmcr worth while actlvitles, uccessfully carried through by tae students, help to bullo up tue reputatlon of the school The Senlor year 18 the time to really enjoy tl1S 3CtlVlty By that tlme, the student has spoken enough so that he can stand be fore the audlence free from shak Speaklng as no longer a burden, but a pleasure Wln or lo e, the lndivldual stu dent who, perhaps, cannot excel in sports, has had an opportunlty for self expresslon whlch wlll be a lastlng benefit After all, the medal or cup 15 not the real reward, but only the symbol of t The real reward l1es ln the self lmprovement and honest pride 1n havlng done somethlng well Undergraduates, are you golng to speak next year? It 13 a wonder ful experience for all to show thelr ab1l1t1es We hope you w1l take advantage of lt Cleola Stevens, '40 A Plea for the Small Sccool We are sometwmes lnollned to feel that small schools do not send thelr graduates out 1UtO the World well prepared and respon sable for themr IUthPGS Some . ' V t n S Al S ' . , . , ' - ' - - r'11 f ' qi ' ' . . 5 - O ' 1 I L L S ' J U ' ' 0 U 0 .v 0 D Q . - . L 1 , , ,I v - ' .0 1 ' 'Y L - ve . e - 'I 3 ' ' .. ' .. , . . it Q c 4' I , . ., . m N , . . 0 . ,, . -3. - Q N 1 - 1 4 .J 0 , - 1 J. Q 1. -' -. F ' .. S ' .l. . ' 1 . C' U , Y - . . sJ A C LJ , J 1 A ' -t a -l 3 Q A , P' ,. i 0 S f. 1 I .L I., -,L ',, . -. -J - , , . . . L at ' L C ........... . . a . . ,,. . . 1 ,- i S . J. la o . dvi TL 537. v ' Iugcasl T e a A u - Yup. x'--3 k 1- In 1, A 4 u -ll Z, r ttt..,t ll- 1 , -. - 1 . , 'l,i - J. - I J, . flrst 3jC84lEQ contest at Llberty. 1ng knees and chattering teeth. , , '- ,zu . . t Th Qagte wts f z t lp A . '-.,. V1 J, 9 - S -M el L4 1 -X . ' 5 sl'nf -d 0 - . b ' l ' s ' ', - Q'a - ' - P . .W - l -L .. -, ' ' . ' ,L t ' ' s s 1 s ' ' - - t ' ' ' ,, , .,, . uS fl 1 o ' o .. . - J. . . 1 . .. -ls n ' . , . . Ls - f . 1 . . . ' - ,, ' , . , . . . . A - - n '1 - . ' I 1 . . . a , ' . -. , '- . . . . . A . . Q n u 1 e - - 0 Q Q J, ' ' S Q . . . . rl , - 4- O .4 I 'N 1 s . 1. ' ' A - . O 'I '1 4 ' -'1 h . ,. , . . . L- 'L o - A - V in a I - I l ' 7- 4 I .L . - 4 0 . '- Q 1 I ' 1 . 0 ft 7 J. i - - . J . 5 A