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

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 9 EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSISTANT EDITOR FACULTY ADVISER SENIOR EDITORS JVNIOR EDITORS SOPHOMORE EDITORS FRESHMAN EDITORS EXCHANGE EDITOR ATHLETIC EDITORS AIIUMNI EDITOR .... JOKE EDITOR ...... ART EDITOR ............ BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTIXNTS ............ MALCOLM DIMOND, '32 . ....... ......................,. C ORNELIA BUCKINGHAM .IOHN STINCHFIELD AND INEZ SHAW HELEN HINDS AND VIVIAN MOORE GERMAINE FLEURY AND MARGARET HANSON HELEN FOSTER AND RUSSELL YOUNG ANNA AVERY, '31 RETA WADLEIGH, '32, AND GEORGE GORDON, '32 BERTHA CRAM, '31 ELEANOR RILEY, '32 FREDERICK JEWELL, '32 CHARLES GORDON, '32, AND DOUGLASS ROBERTS, '33 THE VALUE OF TIME Of all the natural gifts of life, time is the most precious. You and I have thousands and millions of moments and waste, perhaps, thousands of them. There are people who are thrifty with money, who throw away moments as if they were of no value. Yet mo- ments are valuable, for time, whether we are rich or poor, makes up our lives and every bit of wasted time is a bit of wasted life. A moment is here, and then gone, forever. An idle hour may be the best medi- cine for us sometimes. Yet it is not the idle hour properly spent that is go- ing to be regretted 5 it is the hour upon hour, making weeks upon weeks, of time given to useless and harmful amusements that we shall sigh for. Any- where one may look, he will see one man who has all the advantages of educa- tion, prosperity, and chances for posi- tions, another, living a humdrum life. All Over the world people will be found in pairs like this, and the one big dif- ference between them is the way in which they have spent their time. Long before you are old, you will be- gin to regret the time you Wasted in youth. There is one thing, though, you never will regret, that is the time you give to your books and the attention you give to your teacher. Men grow rich by using their money in such a way that it brings interest, but nothing pays better interest than the hours that are prop- erly spent in school or on home studies. The time which is the dearest and re- called the most in later years the time we spent in school. My motto is: Make every count. B. C., '31, SUCCESS Maine is known as The Golden State of Opportunity, and she holds true to her name. Keep her so! This can be done only by you and me, boys and girls of today, men and women of tomorrow. Success can only come by each one striv- ing, in cooperation with his fellOw-be- ings, for a goal just a little higher than the one he or she now holds. Success is like a ladder. One cannot reach the top without first using the lower steps as a means of earning a future. Each day here at school is one will be minute

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EDITORS OF WINTHROP WINNER 1931

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10 WINTHROP WINNER more step up that ladder toward a greater goal. Every one of them must be regarded more precious than gold, each tiny bit going to form a founda- tion for something greater and more noble, yet to come. Once attained, this kind of gold may never be taken away, and the more you use it the more it multiplies. A house divided against itself can never stand. If you want to reach success, but are sure you won't, failure is the only answer. Make up your mind you will succeed, and success is sure to come. No great fame has ever been won but what somewhere there lies a form of that great foundation, education, If you think of success as always just a little way ahead, and strive hard to approach nearer to it, you will earn fame, honor and happiness. For those who wish to follow your trail, you will have left real footprints on the sands of time. L. I., '33. APPRECIATION - Last year Mr. Perley gave the school many books for our library, which brought forth our gratitude and appre- ciation. This year he has given us sev- eral books and, much to our surprise and joy, he has given a moving picture machine to Winthrop High School. It was a surprise because we had had no idea of a moving picture machine in school. Of course, we had heard of them in schools, yet they were few and -far between, and we did not expect one for our own use and benefit. But upon the announcement of the gift, joy came to every student in the school. They foresaw a wonderful thing that could change dreary studying to higher levels. This has been accomplished quite well for the short time that the school has had the machine. The Chemistry and General Science classes have had pic- tures dealing With their study, which have been of much benefit to them. The pictures have been instructive and helpful, and were rented free for trans- portation charges from commercial con- cerns, such as the General Electric Com- pany, who wish to help the public. The machine has also been used for enter- tainment at school functions. The moving picture machine has been of much help and benefit to us and, it is rightly supposed, its possibilities will greatly increase in the future and more uses found for it. It was a very thought- ful gift and it is much appreciated, not only by the High School but by the Junior High School, that has also re- ceived its benefits. We, the students of Winthrop High School, extend to Mr. C. A. Perley our heartiest thanks. J. S., '31.