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

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Winthrop High School EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief WINTHROP CLEMENT, '30 Assistant Editor HELEN HARRIS, '30 Faculty Adviser MRS. WINONA HUCKINS Senior Editors KATHRYN WEBB AND BARBARA HOWARD Junior Editors INEZ SHAW AND LOUISE PERRY Sophomore Editor GEORGE GORDON Freshman Editors LUCILLE PERRY AND GERAMAINE FLEURY Exchange Editor MILHRED BRAWN, '30 Athletic Editors THOMAS KUS, '30 and LOUISE PERRY, '31 Alumni Editor CAROLINA SKOMRO, '30 Art Editor MILDRED BRAWN, '30 Business Manager PAUL HOLMES, '30 Assistants CHARLES GORDON, '32 DOUGLAS ROBERTS, '33 . Someone has said that to achieve success, You must keep your eyes on the stars, your ear to the ground, and your nose on the grind stone. What truths do these three phrases con- tain, that will help a boy, looking forward to the time when he must make his own way in the world? First, t'Keep your eyes on the stars. Have highthoughts and noble dreams. Look up to Him, who is over all a11d resolve in all things to please Him. Young John Milton spoke of living his life as ever under his great Task-master's eye. He kept his eyes on the stars. Secondly it says, Keep your ear to the ground. You must be practical. You must have visions, but not be visionary. Many thought that Columbus was mentally unbalanced when he began to talk of reach- ing India by sailing west, but Columbus had his ear to the ground. He was a practical man. If the world had been as small a.s he thought, and if America had not been in the way, he would have reached India by the westward route. Thirdly we are told, Keep your nose on the grind stone. Success never comes by ehaneeg it comes by hard work. Only those who are willing to toil and to toil hard can ever reach a worth-while goal. -V. B., '31, I think that being tardy is almost as bad as being absent, but, of course, there is a saying, Better late than never. If a. person starts out by being late to school and repeats his tardiness many times 7

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S Winthrop Winner during the year it becomes common and he does not think anything of being late, but when that person starts out to hunt for work, he will probably discover that it may be easy to find employment, but a far dif- ferent matter to keep it. Employers do not want their employees coming in to work any time during the dayg they want them there on time. So I think that everyone should try to arrive at school promptly and have a good attendance record. When one gets ready to go to college one of the first requirements is that he have a good attendance record, so tardiness and absences count a great deal against one in both entering college and in getting a po- sition. My motto is: Be on time. -M. H., '31. The students of Winthrop High School are very grateful to Mrs. Frank Tappan of Attleboro, Massachusetts, for her recent gift to the library of a beautiful collection of Elbert Hubbard 's works. These are a great addition to our library and are Vol- umes of which the school is most proud. VVe are much indebted to Mr. C. A. Per- ley, who has increased the volume of the school library with constant additions since school began last fall. The books are vol- umes that will interest nearly every stu- dent in the school and also give helpful in- structions. Mr. Perley has selected those books which will be interesting and in- structive to the students during their lei- sure hours in school. A portion of the books are on the lives of famous men as, Herbert Hoover, Houdini, Henry Ford, Ed- ison and Steinmetz. The lives of these men are written to awaken the curiosity and teach to the reader the hardships, advance- ments and way of life for most men either great or small. Others explain the reasons for our actions such as the book The Mind at M ischief. Still others set forth history in an enjoyable manner which is different from the ordinary dry, plain facts of His- tory. These books have been given to the school without obligation on our part and we should appreciate the generous thoughtful- ness of the man, for the school of his town, by making use of the possibilities of these books. I think, from my observations of the use of the books, that Mr. Perley would no doubt say that the books had already paid for themselves, if he could see the useful- ness to which they are being put. -J . S-., '31. The editorial board and the students of Winthrop High are very grateful to the citizens of NVinthrop, who have so gener- ously helped to support the teams. Many have given money for the football uni- forms, donations have been received for tl1e new lockersg cars have been most gen- erously provided for the various trips to games in other towns.