Woodstock High School - Eureka Yearbook (Bryant Pond, ME)

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MR. FLOYD KENISTON We, the students of Woodstock High School, dedicate this issue of the Eureka to Mr. Floyd Keniston our Industrial Arts teacher

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EUREKA 1955 WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL Bryant Pond, Maine

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Caelito riaL WHY A PRINTED EUREKA? Since 1930, the students of Woodstock High School have published a mimeo- graphed Eureka. Every year we have tried to put out a bigger and better book than ever, and we think we have made many improvements. However, we now ieel that the time lias come to get away from the ‘‘do-it-yourself look, and follow the lead of nearly all other schools who have changed to printed books. And here are some of our reasons: The cost of supplies for a mimeographed book has increased each year, until now it has cost us well over a dollar a copy for materials and picture pages. With the addition of more pictures, the cost would be even more. The school committee has changed the curriculum, so that now only two years of typewriting are offered instead of three. This year we have two advanced typists, and seven first-year. Some of these students may be taking the course for only one year. This puts the work of cutting stencils and operating the mimeo- graph on a very few. We do not feel that the many hours which must be spent on such mechanical routine work is justified in such a short course. All material, of course, must still be planned and written by the students as usual, then sent to the printer. The tedious “running off (and many of you remember it well) will be eliminated. We do mimeograph our bi-monthly Eureka Jr. In this, the students get practical experience in assembling materials, typing stencils and mimeographing. Our advertisers have been most co-operative. By obtaining more ads and charging slightly more for each because of the better appearance of a printed page, we hope to be able to keep the selling price ol the Eureka the same as it has been for the past several years. We all hope you will like this year's Eureka. Any suggestions you may have w ill be welcome. “WHAT WE OBTAIN TOO CHEAPLY, WE ESTEEM TOO LIGHTLY” Since the beginning of time, things we have got for little effort we have tended to discard or forget easily. Everyone has probably had that experience at some time or other in some way. 1 agree it is a privilege to be a “whiz” at school work without trying, but too many times when you get through school too easily, you think you can always do things without effort. The other fellow, who has had to strive hard to get through, will usually try hard all his life and will go farther because he paid a higher price for his “goods”. A person takes over his father's business firm when his father dies quite un expectedly. He is suddenly a rich man with no dependents. What a life he thinks he'll lead! But the business fails because of lack of guidance. He has attained something too cheaply and he doesn't esteem it justly. The man who, through hard work, saves a lew dollars to start a small business, soon becomes very pros- perous and he is always alert to make it better. He has paid a good price for his success and he is ready to pay more, if necessary. Education is free to a person for a certain length of time in public school. You've probably noticed how many of the students don't care whether they pass or not. T hey get their education too cheaply. 3