Biddeford High School - Olympian Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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THE OLYMPIAN Of D EBATING CLUB The Debating Club, under the capable direction of Mr. McCarn, is holding up its great reputation among the debating clubs of other schools. The team entered the Bowdoin Tnterscholastic League in December. and it was represented by Clara VVallace, a negative speaker. and Margaret l3eeero'ft. an affirmative speak- er. Steve Ryan and Pearl Shapiro were their seconds. The question was: ':Re- solved. That This House Favors Con- gressional 'Legislation to Permit the En- trance as Non-Quota Immigrants of Political Refugees, the Number Not to Exceed lO Per Cent of the Present Total Annual Quota. The question now under discussion is that much debated subject: Resolved, That the Government Should Own and Operate the Railroads. The team will be represented in the Bates League, which takes place annually. The oH'icers of the club are: President, Clara VVallace3 V ice-President, Margaret Beecroft: Secretary, Mary Mariellog and Treasurer, Steve Ryan. The members are as follows: Clara Wallace. Margaret Beecroft. Steve Ryan. Mary Mariello, Eunice Goodfellow, Sylvia VVilensky, Pauline MacMullen, Bernadette Pepin, and Genevieve Yegeshian. TNTARGARET BEECROFT, '40 l65l

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I6 THE OLYMPIAN DEBATING CLUB GFFICERS Clara Wallace, lW3.I'gv11'Gt Beeerott, Mary Mariello, Stephen Ryan SCHOQL BRQADCAST On Sunday afternoon, November 19, in the .Xssembly lilall, Biddeford High School took part ill the Maine Schools on the ,-Xin' program. conducted by Har- rison C. l.ysL-th, director of secondary schools in Maine. The program 'featured the l-ligh School Girls' Glee Club, who beautifully pre- sented fXllah's Holiday. Au Claire de la Lune. and Pippa's Songf, The combined Junior and High School Orchestra rendered several selections un- der the direction of Miss Marion Hawkes, music supervisor. EX class in public speaking, directed by Miss Agnes Crowley. recited in unison. ln Flanders Fields, by Lieutenant John McCrae, Americas Reply. and the Tl American Creed. A prose selection, hilj2l.tl'ltJflSlll.N was given by Mary Mari- ello. Those taking part in the choral speaking were: Mary Mariello. Char- lotte Cohen, Barbara Libby, Violet Char- land. Eleanor Scott, Ida Sneider. Eleanor Ryan, Esther Kennedy, lane Emery. Anita McCvarrity. Evelyn Davis. Marie Gross, Philomene Michnewich, Pauline Nadeau. Christine Feeney, Anne Dona- hue. Rose Baker. and Lucia Poli. Mrs. Susan Piper. a member of the Board of Education, and a former teacher of public speaking. addressed the audi- ence on The Art of Public Speaking. The program closed with T he State of Maine Song. sung by the Glee Club and combined orchestra. llfTARGARE'l' BEECROFT, '40

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THE OLYMPIAN - 7 . 9' G llfI'l'l-Ill 7 ioteb . . 1937-1938 llhyllis Carter and VVanda Regina are employed at VVoolworth's Store. .lean Chabot is employed at lDay's Jewelry Store. Frances Chenard has secured employ- ment at l3enney's Clothing Store. Rita Donahue is employed in the otfiee of the Kesslen Shoe Shop. Margaret Lewis is a student at Provi- dence Bible Institute, Providence, Rhode Island. Kathryn Donovan is attending Grays Business College, Portland, Maine. 'Pauline Merrill is employed in the ottice ot the Diamond 'Match Company. Anne Q'Sullivan is a student nurse at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Estelle Strait is a student at North- eastern Business Colleffe. Portland, Maine. 2: Rita Sullivan is employed in the Tele- phone Office. Ruth Pomerleau has secured employ- ment with the H. H. Fishman Company. Gertrude Tibbetts and Marguerite Al- lard are among those employed in the ottice of the Saco-Lowell Shops. 'lflarolcl llean has secured employment in New Jersey. Ann lioland is attending Northeastern Business College. 1.661 l 938-1939 Frances Dineen is a student at Bryant and Stratton Business College, Boston. Massachusetts. Dawn Burnham. Constance and Pris- cilla Coady are among the students at- tending VVestbroolc junior College. Mary Derderian is now attending Hates College in l,ewiston,, Maine. Raymond Plobhins has entered the em- ploy ot blones' Drug Store. Grace Minnehan and Josephine Regina are employed by the M. I-l. Fishman Company. Hope Bryant is a Freshman at the University ot Maine. Constance McCarty is a student at the Kennebec School of Commerce. Setralf Derderian, Freshman at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, has been chos- en to be a member of the Freshman squad of Bates College debaters. As a member ot the squad, he will participate in de- bates with Freshman teams of other New England colleges and neighboring' high schools. .-Xlthea Gerard has secured employment with the Biddeford and Saco Grain Com- pany. Muriel Emerson is attending lioston University. Helen ljtwinowich' has secured em- ployment in the office of the Saco-l.owell Shops. AN NE DONAHLTIQ, '40