Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
COny Students Make
New Years Resolutions
HOnOrs for Seniors

The charter for the Cony chapter of
the National Honor Society has been
received at the school and will soon
he framed and hung upon the walls.
Cony High and Deering High schools
are the first two schools in this State
to receive the charters and Cony is the
3Sth school in the United States. This
is an honor society of secondary
schools. membership in which is a rec
ognition Of character, scholarship. lead
ership and service on the part Of the
individual students. The honor is only
open to students Of the senior class,
and. are selected from the highest 20
per cent. in scholarship in the class.
One-half Of those elected to the So
ciety will probably be elected at the
mid-years and the remaining half at
commencement. after the manner Of
Phi Beta Cappa. Fifteen members
were elected last year from the men,
bers of the class of 1922 and 16 will be
elected this year from the class of
1928.
A fine assembly was held Monday
morning at the school, the time being
devoted to New Years and New Years
resolutions. Principal Quimby told of
the origin of. New Year day and of the
different dates on which it has been
celebrated by different peoples.
Mr.. Quimby said that he felt this
to be an especially good time to take
an inventory Of events in the world.
the nation, this city and at the school,
and in this regard he gave short out
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He spoke especially Of the great sue
cess both socially and in athletics at
the school, and then suggested that
the students should make resolutions to
make this year even better than the
last one A series of resolutions which
he desired each of the students to fol-
low were also read. They are:
Keep building clean.
Protect school property.
BE quiet in the halls and classrooms.
Be on time.
Think only the best Of everything
and everybody.
Go out after basketball. track. base
ball. football and other student ACTIVE
tiles.
In conclusion Mr.. Quimby read the
following poem:
JUST BE THE BEST
II you can't be the pine on the top of
Be a scrub in the yalley-but be
The best little scrub at the side of the
Be a bush if you can't be tree:
If you can't be bush, be bit OF the
Some highway to happier make:
If you can't be muskie, then just be
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains we've got to
There's something for all of US here;
There's big work to do, and there's
lesser to do.
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can't be highway, then just
If you can't be the sum- be a star,
1t isn't BY size that you win or you
Be the best Of whatever you are.
Among the visitors present at the
assembly were: Miss Marion Dunnells
of Westfield dMass.) High school. for
merly teacher Of mathematics at Cony;
Miss Helen Tracey of Lewiston High,
merly teacher Of mathematics at Cony:
High school: Miss Anne Curran. a
teacher at Salem. Mass: Miss Mario
rie Lee, recently with the State de-
partment Of education, formerly of
Cony High school. There were also a
number Of the younger alumni of the
school. including Midshipman Charles
Whiting Of the U. s. Naval Academy at
Annapolis: Sylvester Poor. U. Of M
'26; Donald Giddings, Bates '26; Doro-
thy Clark. Bates '25: Ellen Parker.
Bates rs; William Holway. Bowdoin
'26: Doris Merrill. Wheelock school;
Dorothy Giddings. Colby '26; Olive
Soule. Colby '26; Linwood Stafford,
Bates '26. and Knowlton Hewins.
Cony '22.
Miss Beatrice Mathewson Of Ban
gor, who is to take the place Of Miss
Martha Tucker as supervisor of house,
hold arts. has arrived and took up her
duties Monday.