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

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1 saved freedom for the last because it is most important and the privilege which is taken the most lightly. In our generation freedom was bequeathed to us and we took it without thinking of who gave it to us, how they achieved it, or the price they paid. For generations, in one way or another, things have been taken too lightly when others worked for them. We should all try to take things we get cheaply, evaluate them properly, and use them wisely. Perhaps we could put Thomas Paine’s famous quotation out of date: What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly.” Andrea Poland Wing '55 “WHAT WE OBTAIN TOO CHEAPLY, WE ESTEEM TOO LIGHTLY” In the world today, we seem to take every thing for granted. We think that since we have so many blessings now, we always will, but we may not always have what we do today. Someday perhaps our freedom may be taken away from us. It will be, that is, if we don’t start doing something about it. If we want our free- dom to last, we must fight to keep it. Our forefathers passed down to us so many things that we have today, that we don't stop to think how the people before us fought and died that we might have a place worth living in. Some people are even complaining because they think they haven't enough of this world's goods. I often wonder what these people would do if they had to live the way their forefathers did about one hundred and fifty years ago. They would consider themselves lucky, 1 think, to be living at the present time. We in the United States have much more to be thankful for than do the people in other lands, such as China and India. This is perhaps because they don’t know what real freedom is. If they did, they would try hard to get more freedoms in their countries. If we want our children and grandchildren to live in a country of peace and freedom, instead of poverty and unrest, we must all help each other in making it the best place on earth. Luna Farrington '55

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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

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Seated: Leatrice Farum, Leona La Valley, Luna Farrington, Andrea Poland, Louise La Valley, Shirley Crockett, Evelyn Bean. Standing: Sandra Martin, Charlotte Schultz, Gloria Johnson, Albert Cross, Mrs. Crockett, Rex Martin. Leona Whitman, Kaye Ring, Elaine Cushman, Denise Noyes. Absent: Kent Martin. Editorial (Jdocird Co-Ed i tors Luna Farrington Andrea Poland Activity Editors Albert Cross Sandra Martin Advertising Managers Shirley Crockett Gloria Johnson Sports Editors Leona Whitman Rex Martin Evelyn Bean Leona La Valley Luna Farrington Sandra Martin Art Editors Albert Cross Kent Martin Louise La Valley Andrea Poland Joke Editor Gloria Johnson Louise La Valley Alumni Editor Shirley Crockett Literary Editors Leona La Valley Evelyn Bean CLASS Exchange Editors EDITORS Denise Noyes Charlotte Schultz Freshman Sophomore Leatrice Farnum Kaye Ring Charlotte Schultz Senior Albert Cross Sandra Martin Junior Shirley Crockett Advisor Mrs. Crockett K 3