SCHOLARSHIPS

   March 10, 1961, is the important date Martin Company has set for all students interested in obtaining a scholarship to complete their College Entrance Examination Board tests.
   These students should apply to several schools for enrollment at an early date to insure acceptance, and then request help from their high school counselor in filling out and forwarding a Martin scholarship form. These should be mailed before April 1 of each year and should contain the test scores.
   As Martin Company long ago realized the importance of education and the challenges of the modern space age, they created a program to make higher education available to more students.
   These scholarship opportunities are available to eligible students from the geographic areas near Martin operations. More than a dozen awards are made each year, with six scholarships offered to students who attend any accredited college or university approved by the scholarship committee for study of fields identified with the Martin Company.
   Further information is available from the guidance office, from the individual Martin plants, or directly from the Chairman of The Martin Company Foundation Scholarship Committee at the Martin Company, Baltimore 3, Maryland. Those of you who are interested, look into this scholarship immediately.

Thoughts For '61
By Helen Grabber

   It's that time of year again, cats. Have you thrown out y our old calendar? Bought a new engagement book to record all the exciting things coming up? Realized that you've reached the last page of your diary and will have to run down to Bradford's and get a new one to pour your heart and soul into? And have you maddeningly been writing January--, 1960 on every single paper you hand in? It's really hard to get used to a brand new year.
   Now's the time to decide that you'll stop stealing your little brother's football helmet to cover your pin curls; or your mother's best towel to wipe the grease off your buggy's motor. And to swear that you'll do that Chemistry before you settle down to watch "Surfside Six". Of course you promise yourself there'll be no more hour-long gabfests with your best friend; no more quick stops at the "Steak n' Shake" to get just that; no more buying 6 pairs of slim jims on next year's allowance or 10 of Preston Epp's latest L.P.'s; and a general mass of what are laughingly called resolutions! (You're about as resolved to them as you are to the idea of lending out your newest Cashmere sweater!)
   All of us are given a chance to start out fresh in a new year, and to really make something out of it. Try smiling at everybody (not just the dreamboat who sits behind you in English class); and try complimenting people on something about themselves, (even if they're wearing the most nauseous shade of green you've ever seen); and give-in for a change, instead of sulking when you don't get your way but the other guy does instead of yourself. Bet you'll have a happier new year!

Choices
By Mrs. Hill

   Here's wishing everybody a happy and successful New Year. Instead of any words of wisdom from my pen, I should like to offer the following, author unknown, which merits your serious consideration.

Choices --

" . . . Now about this matter of making choices . . . "
   Success in life is a matter of making the right choices. Every day and many times a day you choose to do something or not to do it.
   You may blame others, you may blame conditions, and you may even fool yourself; but you choose success or failure.
   Choosing one thing or one direction may become a habit. You may choose what you will dream about. Choose wisely. Most people choose to follow a crowd; that is what makes a crowd. You cannot avoid choosing by letting the crowd decide. You choose to follow.
   Choosing is a great privilege. You can choose to think things through or to obey an impulse... to do things that bring joy or happiness in the long run, or to do those things which bring sorrow in the years to come. You may make the shortsighted choice that brings only temporary satisfaction -- then regret.
   A wise old Greek said that in the market of the gods all things are sold. He was saying that you can buy what you choose to buy.
   You may choose what you plan to accomplish in life and decide how hard you will drive toward achieving it. To a surprising degree you can choose your health, wealth, and happiness.
   You can choose plain living and high thinking -- filling each unforgiving minute; or you can just live from day to day.
   Choose -- and remember your choices affect your life.