Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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Winthrop High School 11 Again daily work may be passed in on time, but still that is no sign that it is done honestlyg I mean by that, done by yourself and not by someone else. In the long run, I think you will agree that honesty is the best poli- cy. Let everyone, I speak especially of those who are going to school, scorn copying and do the work themselves, then they can know their marks, whatever they may be, are earned honestly. 1 -B. L. A school consists of all kinds of pupils. Some are always ready and willing to take part in all school activities and of course there are al- ways those who think of themselves first, having 110 interest in school affairs. Strive to keep yourself from the latter group! If there is go- ing to be a food sale and somebody asks you to be a salesman or to solicit, say yes immediately. Don 't be o11e of those who are continually re- fusing to collaborate. Be in tl1e school and of it, not in the school and not of it. The Sallie thing applies when you have to give a current event, don 't be one of those who are chronic fault-finders! You know it has to be done, so do it willingly and in the most pleasing manner possible. Then you will get the attention of your audience, which is very essential. Work for your school in all its undertakings and try to make your school have the very best standard it can. If you form the habit of cooperation in your younger days, it will be with you all the rest of your life. It will help you in business to get along successfully with your employer and at the same time it will help you, yourself, as well as your fellow-workers. Hitch your wagon to a star and try to reach that star-success. Co- operation will help. -H. B. This is written chi-efly for those who do not believe a high school ed- ucation is beneficial to every boy and girl. The foremost point emphasized by these people in favor of one term- inating his education with the grammar school is that they personally know a number of boys and girls who never attended high school but have good positions. These cases are few, however. Many high school graduates have to work a year or two in some fac- tory, or out of doors before they can either go to some business college or obtain a better job. This is what causes the above mentioned people to take the attitude that a high school education is just a waste of time.

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10 Winthrop XVinner To my mind a high school education cannot be valued in dollars and cents. It is tru-e that a student could go to work directly, after graduating from grammar school and earn a good sum of money, while another going to high school would earn very little money. But the person going to work as soon as he leaves the grammar grades is earning something that he cannot keep forever while the person pursuing an education through high school is obtaining that priceless thing that he cannot lose or have taken away from him-knowledge. A few hundred dollars amount to hardly anything in a whole life- time, while if one gets a few hundred dollars' worth of education he has obtained something that will get many dollars for him later on and help him to be a better citizen in this great land of opportunities. The business man of today is looking for the educated man. They are no longer satisiield with the good, they want the best. Competition in the line of getting good jobs is becoming fiercer and fiercer. There- fore, the educated person is going to have a great advantage over a per- son that is not educated. So I say to all boys and girls, at least, get a high school education and if possible, pursue your education still farther. The man that empties his purse into his head cannot have it taken away from him. -R. F. We owe it to ourselves, to our neighbors, and in fact to the whole world, to be honest. One thing that we must do is to live with one an- other. I think that it is safe to say, that the lives of others cross our ovvn more than a hundred times a day and there is no permanent happi- ness unless we treat 0119 another fairly. W'e should especially consider this quality, in reference to our school work. Suppose, for example, that during an examination in algebra, or al- most any study, that I find it easy to look on my neighbor's paper to see what he has w1'titen. Soon I have written the same answers 011 my pa- per that there are in his. VVhen 1 receive 1ny paper back I find that I have an A marked on the corner. I think, XVell, I got by that time, I can do it again. So I try it again and again all through the year and pass with high honors, but at the same time I have a queer feeling. What is it? It is because I have not earned those marks honestly. I say to myself that that honor does not belong to me, it belongs to somebody else. What good is it to me?

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12 Winthrop Winner Nevertheless, students are none the worse off if they have to do some hard work for a time, for when they do get a good position, they can better appreciate it. Many a hard working man today understands the real value of a high school education and knowing what he has missed, is willing to make sacrifices and deprive himself of luxuries so that his children may profit thereby and lead an easier life. Knowledge is the one thing a person cannot have taken from him and the more he has of it, the better fitted he is to meet the hardships of life. The habits that a person forms between the ages of fourteen and eighteen remain with him the rest of his life. As these are the average ages of high school students, one can, by attending a secondary school, form good habits as well as obtain knowledge. In school one learns bet- ter how to associate with other people and understands more clearly the things he has to face in life. More and more students every year are attending the secondary schools, which goes to show that people are beginning to realize the val- ue of a high school education. -A. F. lt is often discovered that the members of a class who most severely criticize its proceedings and activities are the ones who seldom attend class meetings. They have been satisfied to ride on continuously and let others make the sacrifices necessary to promote the welfare of their class. Another failing is that they many times accept praise for the fine work accomplished when they should say a good word for those who have always stood by so loyally and who are making such a fine record. The work of the class is being taken care of without their help. This work cannot- be done without the sacrifice of time and energy by the of- ficers and members who belong to the class. Those who do not give themselves up to helping are benefiting by these sacrihces. A careful observation usually shows that such students will do their share if called up and encouraged, and if a specific work is laid out for them. No person Wants to be known as a shirker of responsibility. These members of the class should be counted upon to help in the accomplish- ment of some affair. Let each member of a class encourage the ones who may be inclined to be drifting away from their class. If each one is wil- ling to work the hardest possible and with great zeal in any situation, then the fright spirit has been formed and the class is well on the road to becoming successful. -C. S.