Williams High School - Messalonskee Ripple Yearbook (Oakland, ME)

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2. Editor-in-Chief . . Assistant Editor I . . Business Manager . . . First Assistant . . Second Assistant . . Literary Editor Alumni Editor . I Joke Editor , .Music Editor .,,t..,. Boys' Athletic Editor Girls' Athletic Editor Exchange Editor . . . Art Editors ,... Senior Editors . Junior Editor . . . Sophomore Editor Freshmen Editor . Sponsor . . . , . I , , EARLE I-IUTCHINSON I . LAWRENCE YOUNG GORDON WATTS JOYCE SOUTHARD , JO ANN SNOW , . , . . RUTH DAVIS . , ELVENA DUDLEY . . .ELAINE LACROIX . . BERNLEY PITCH .DONALD BLAKE . . . . . I .MARGARET HURD . MAITLAND RICHARDSON . I , KENNETH ELDRIDGE JEAN HUTCHINSON , IALICE WENTWORTH ALTON MOSHER . .,.. JAMES OLIVER . . MARGARET HICKLAND ...IIMCLYDE LUCE , I . . Miss WOODBURY l l EDUCATION AND THE PEACE Today, with America on the verge of a de- cisive victory in the European War and driv- ing unrelentingly forward in the Pacific, the American public is faced with the tremen- dous task of preserving the peace that so many of our boys have fought and bled and died for. The peace project cannot be car- ried out satisfactorily by an illiterate public. Education will be one of the most import- ant factors in forming, and in preserving, a just and lasting peace. There will be a tremendous construction project to be carried on after the warg nevertheless, many plants are alreadv dropping off thousands of men in prepara- tion for the return of peace-time production. Many of the servicemen, with the specialn ized training they have received in the arm- ed forces, will be applying for and will be fully equipped to occupy the better posit- ions. What chance will a person who left school to do war work stand against

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DEDICATION We respectfully dedicate this issue of The Messalonskee Ripple to Marie Buzzell in appreciation of her guidance and faithful work in the behalf of XVilIiams High School

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4 MESSALONSKEE RIPPLE specialists? The non-high school graduate will be licked before he starts. Even the high school graduate who does not go to college or to a specialized trade school will be at a distinct disadvantage. The returning servicemen have been promis- ed first chance at the better johs. Whether or not you were more capable of handling the work to begin with will make little difference, you will be the underdog. My advice to you undergraduates is te stay in school as long as you can. No matter what it is you want to do, you can do it if youlre willing to work for it. But the man or woman in the post-war world who will get where he's going quickest will be the person who has a complete education and a fair start. If you want to make the new. world a better place in which to live, find your life's work and then go to school with the deter- mination to learn it-completely and thor- oughly. One of the best ways I know of to learn is to follow the Scholarls Creed : I will blot out of my life the failures that come through wasted hours and write into it the achievements that come of time well spent. I will keep life's record clean, a story of knowledge gained and of service given. HI will keep always in mind the high goal of our democracy and Will hold my hand to its task. I will work hard, hope high, and live up to the best that is in me. EARLE HUTCHINSON '45 RIPPLE BOARD FIRST ROW-Lawrence Young, Elaine Lacroix, Ruth Davis, Miss Woodbury, fAd- visorj, Margaret Hurd, Earle Hutchinson. SECOND ROW-Margaret Hickland, Alice Wentworth, Elvena Dudley, Jo Ann Snow, Bernley Fitch, Joyce Southard. THIRD ROW-Clyde Luce, Donald Blake, James Oliver, Alton Mosher, Maitland Richardson. Gordon Watts was absent when this picture was taken.