Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, 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.

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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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Winthrop High School 13 For the majority of high school students, what they are going to do after graduating is a problem. Some know what they want to do, others do not, but it is my opinion that every graduate from high school should pursue some further course of education. Although a person may not go into a business where a college education would be needed, he will profit by his education. Dean Lord of Boston University, College of Business Administration, places the cash value of a college education at SB7 2,000 and the cash value of a high school education at 2B33,000. The average maximum income of an untrained man has been placed at 351,200 a year, that of a high school graduate at 32,200 a year and that of a college graduate at 316,000 It has been estimated that the college graduate will earn nearly twice as much as that of the high school graduate, up to sixty years of age. By this we plainly see the value of a further education, after leav- ing high school. In the time of our forefathers little education was absolutely neces- sary to the average man. But, today, in our age of science, invention and big business, one of the most essential things in life is a thorough education. One does not necessarily have to attend college. There are any num- ber of trade schools of all different types. One can specialize in any- thing from farming to the most skillful surgery. For a boy or girl to say that he or she does not have the chance to go farther than high school, in their education, now, is almost out of style. Anyone who really wishes to better his education may in several ways earn his way through school. We must hunt for the best things in life, for they will not come to us. -E. B. Did you ever realize that the book habit is the most fascinating one in the world? This can be either a good or a bad habit and of course rests with the individual. The old saying, A man is known by the com- pany he keeps, may be applied to books as well, for A person is known by the books he reads. To make it a good habit does not mean that you must always buy books with morals firmly attached to every chapter, but it does mean that you should read the books after the reading of whichgyou honestly feel happier or braver or better able to do your work and meet life 's problems. With this condition the book habit is a good habit for us all. Has it ever occurred to you that all of our greatest men were so- called book worms? Even Abraham Lincoln was so affected,