Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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'SENIOR CLASS - 1950 - Vice President NORMA SMAHA Se t 7 President We a 3' DONALD RIDEOUT Y A A ' g Treasurer Adviser CLAYTON SMITH MARILYN SEEHUSEN BUDDY COOK

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DEERINC1 HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA MOTHERS' CLUB The Deering High Orchestra Mothers' Club of 1949-50 has a membership of forty-six. We have had a busy and prosperous year. The ofiicers are Mrs. Roy St. Clair, President, Mrs. Shirley Hincks, Vice President, Mrs. Norman Catir, Secre- tary, and Mrs. Norman Shaw, Treasurer. Our projects for the year were as fol- lows: A food sale, a fall and spring rummage sale, sale of Christmas cards, a vesper concert, an annual concert, and a barn dance. We purchased a string bass and a snare drum, these are the first instruments the club has ever owned. The orchestra, which is smartly uniformed-thanks to the efforts of the mothers of the preceding year, was given a Christmas Party at the Y. M. C. A. They played three joint concerts, two with the Portland High School Orchestra and the other with Portsmouth High. The spring festivals were held in Sanford, Maine, and Rutland, Vermont. A picnic was held in June. The Senior members were awarded pins, and the two-year members were given emblems. If I have helped to leave one happy memory with any member of this fine group, then I consider my year's work very worth while. ' THE BAND MOTHERS' CLUB l OF DEERING HIGH SCHOOL The Deering High School Band Mothers' Club raises money through its projects to keep the band properly uniformed, to buy music, to defray expenses of the band on trips to the music festivals, and to offer any assistance which would further the best interests of our band. The officers of the club are: Mrs. H. Nelson Raymond, Jr., President, Mrs. Fred M. West, Vice President, Mrs. Raymond L. Strout, Secretary, Mrs. D. Winston Huff, Treasurer. Band mothers meet the first Tuesday of each school month in Room 105 at Deering High School. Members of the club conducted several special projects from September to Jan- uary, which included a dance at the school, rummage sale, coupon book sale, Thanks- giving Day football game collection, a supper at the Central Square Baptist Church, and a holiday tasting tea for which eight of our members opened their homes. January through March was the concert season beginning with a well-attended Fathers' Concert in the High School Auditorium on January 8th, Another successful joint concert was held on February 17th at Medford, Mass., with the Medford High School Band as hosts. Our Annual Concert took place in City Hall on the 10th of March. Other band appearances included the Armistice Day, Community Chest, and Memorial Day parades, a concert for the Grangers in City Hall, and at many of the football games. As a result of club projects and concerts we were able to send the band to the Western Maine Festival at Sanford and to the New England Music Festival at Rut- land, Vt., in May, where they brought added laurels to Deeringis musical fame. The club also presented a matched set of concert snare drums to the band, purchased music, and added materially to the uniform fund. THE PATHEINDERS CLUB The Pathfinders Club is an organization composed of the mothers of students of Deering High School and Lincoln Junior High School. The purposes of the club are to help in the general welfare of the schools, to promote better understanding between parents and teachers, and, by the presentation of scholarships, to assist one or more worthy students of Deering High School to obtain a higher education. In addition, a gift of money is presented to each school. This year the club has voted to provide the necessary funds to purchase the pins to be awarded to those students elected to the National Honor Society. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month in the auditorium of one of the two schools. Emphasis has been placed this year on friendliness among the members. The club members have enjoyed monthly programs, those presented by the pupils of the schools being particularly appreciated. In November, the pupils of Lincoln Junior High School presented a panel discussion and a play in connection with American Education Week, while the Christmas pageant as portrayed by Deering High School students, with choral accompaniment, was outstanding. In February, a Fathers' Night was held at Deer- ing High School, at which time a great deal of interest was expressed in the demon- strations of the science and radio departments. The bands and orchestra of each school have also been heard at various meetings. Several successful financial projects have been conducted during the year. The officers of the club are Mrs. Scott H. Gordon, President, Mrs. Louis R. Farley, lst Vice President, Mrs. Ernest A. Elliott, 2nd Vice' President, Mrs. Harold C. Bonell, Recording Secretary, Mrs. Carleton G. Lane, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Roy N. Littlefield, Treasurer.

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Executive Committee GRADUATION PROGRAM GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 1950 March, Slave ......,.,.,...,,,............,....,............ Tcbaikowsky Processional, Pomp and Circumstancen , . ............ Elgar The National Anthem . . , ........ ,... F rancis Scott Key The American's Creed . , . ,....... ..,.... . ,... ...... , W illiam Tyler Page Invocation Introduction of the President of the Class of 1950 - Neil Rideout By Carleton L. Wiggin, Principal A Selection from the Scriptures ...........,.......,....,.. Salutatory ..,....,,....... O ,Western Wind . ,,,,..,,, . Senior Class Essay ,........,..,....,.. ...,...,.......,.,. The first movement of the Unfinished Symphony . Deering High School Orch Essay .....,..,....,.....,,..,......,......... Soldi-ers' Chorus from Faust ....,..,... Senior Class Valedictory .......,,.,,..,............... Awarding of Diplomas to the Class of 1950 ,.., Our Deeringn .... ,...... ............ ,... Senior Class Recessional, March from Aidan . ......,.. . estra . Charlotte Moreshead , , Lois McCarthy joseph W. Clokey . . . John Megquier .,.... Schubert . Dwight Harvey Gounocl , . . Nancy Cohen . . , . Dr. Harrison C. Lyseth SENIOR LAST ASSEMBLY Bible Reading 4 Address of the President of the Class ......,,...,.. The Class Will ...,,,..............,.,......... . . , . Goldtbwaite . . . . Verdi . . , , Neil Rideout , . . Kathy Zeiner The UD Club Award to the Best Boy and to the Best Girl Athlete . . , .... Will Rogers To Arlene Kidder and Ernest Valente Presentation of Awards, Scholarships, and Gifts . . Presentation of the Gift of the Class of 1950 . , . The Address to the Undergraduates ....,., The Address to the Parent ,.,....,..........,... The Class Prophecy . . , .......,,...,....... . . , . Awards of the National Honor Society presented by Dr. Auld Lang Syne will be sung by the Class of 1950 The Purple and the White SENIOR BANQUET Toastmaster - Philip Nectow -- Spea Toast to the Girls- Flying to Mars in the Year 2000 Toast to the Boys- Typical Radio Broadcast of 1975 . , . , Mr. Wiggin ..,.. Phil Cook . . . , Clark Miller Barbara Mitchell Dorothy Bernstein Harrison Lyseth ker of the Toast to the Faculty- We, the Judges of Paradise , . . , . . . Reminiscences- This Happened to Us . . . , . . . . Toast to the Class- We, the Judges of Purgatory' . . Farewell Address- The Census Taker of the Century House . . . Daniel T. Stevens . . . Faye A. Levinsky . . Evelyn C. Pulsifer Louise V. Harrington , . Linwood S. Elliott . Carleton L. Wiggin