Ashland High School - Echoes Yearbook (Ashland, ME)

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President ,....... . SSSSSS, BARBARA WEAVER Vice President ..,.... ,7A................. T ED RAND Secretary ........ .,... C ONNIE ANDERSON Treasurer ,,,, ,...,,., A LTHEA HEWS Y N ..,-IT Z X X THEME: The Road Ahead MOTTO: One Step At A Time . . . Always Forward CLASS COLORS. Maroon and White CLASS FLOWER: Red Rose FOREWORD Look not into the Past . . . It comes not back again . . . Wisely improve this Present . . . It is thine . . . Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear, and a manly heart.

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WHAT ABOUT FUTURE TEACHERS? Unfortunately, comparatively few people have any real conviction that teachers and scholars are important. It is true that everyone says they are important but very little effort has been made to give them the place in society that we say they deserve. It is high time for the public to give ser- ious consideration to the work of the scholar and make haste to grant him recognition for it. All scientific advancement of which we are so proud was made in the laboratory of some scholar. lt is the scholar too, who must train future scholars not merely those who are anxious seekers of knowledge but he must help raise the level of education for all citizens. Since these things are so, the necessity of using every effort to attract the best minds to research and teaching is apparent. Everyone knows that there is a great need to attract more promising students to the field of teaching. The members of our local teacher's club realizing this need have voted to establish a scholarship for future teachers. They are being aided by other organizations in the town and it is hoped that a substantial sum will soon be available. Any student who plans to attend a teacher's college or to follow teaching as a career may apply. In order to arouse and maintain interest we believe a Future Teacher's of America Club should be organized at A.C.H.S. -M rs. Rose Tilley A.C.H.S. HAND BOOK For some time, the faculty of our school has been aware that some medium to inform freshmen, eighth graders and new students about the activi- ties and regulations of our school would be helpful. Late last year a prospective plan for a handbook was formed. Decision as to content and size was made during faculty meetings. The material was completed by Mr. DeFrees during the summer and early in the fall, we were each presented with a very attractive handbook. This contains a list of school organizations and activities, explanations of the courses of study, the school song, rules and regulations, a page entitled Wish We Had Known Then and one containing advice on choice of courses and careers, in short, a comprehensive pic- ture of our school in compact form. We consider the handbook a great help to in- coming classes as well as a morale booster and aid in securing greater prestige for our school. -lean Sutherland '54 OUR NEW STAGE We are very fortunate this year to have a new stage in Ashland Community High School. Ever since our new high school has been built, we have felt the need of a stage. A special town meeting was held and the appropriate amount of money was raised. And so on August 28, 1953, the stage was completed, except for the curtains which were installed later. The stage is 22 feet wide and 40 feet long. The draperies for the sides and back are grayish tan, made of rep. The front drapes are made of maroon velour. They hang in heavy folds and are weighted at the bottom. The stage is a great improvement to the appear- ance of the gymnasium. It also has helped to pro- duce plays more easily and more realistically. Before the stage was built, all plays had to be pro- duced in the middle of our gymnasium floor. Senior Plays were produced in the Ashland Grange Hall which was a great bother to both teachers and students. The Senior Play of the class of '54 was the first play to be produced on the new stage. The stage is also used for a music room. Therefore, we stu- dents of A.C.H.S. are very fortunate, indeed, to have such a wonderful addition to our school. -Theresa Chasse, Barbara Weaver '54

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CONSTANCE ANDERSON Connie She is pretty to walk with and witty to talh' with. FHA 13 JCL 1-23 National Honor So- viety 3-43 Yearbook Staff 1-3-43 Library Club 33 .lunior Red Cross 1-2-3-43 Secretary of Class 43 Newspaper 3-43 Tri-lli-Y 4. GLORIA BOi.s'rRmcE Sis Neat, sweet ami hard to beatf' Junior Red Cross 1-2-3-43 Clee Club 2-33 Yearbook Staff 43 Newspaper Staff 33 Dramatic Club 43 Senior Play 43 Girls' Basketball Manager 4. JANE BREWER njaneu A good laugh is sunshine in the housef, FHA 1-23 Junior Red Cross 1-2-3-43 JCL 1g Cleo Club 2-3-43 Library Club 23 Dramatic Club 2-3-43 All Aroostook Chorus 33 llasketball 3-43 Yearbook Staff 43 Senior Play 43 Softball 23 All Aroostook Band 43 Tri-Hi-Y 33 Junior Prize Speaking 3, First Prize. JOAN BREWER Sometimes I sit and thinkg but most times I just sit. Basketball 1-2-3-43 Dramatic Club 2-3- 43 Library Club 23 Junior Red Cross 1-2-3-43 FHA 1-2-33 Softball 1-21 Year- book Staff 43 Glee Club 2-3-43 Band 3-43 All Aroostook Band 43 Junior Prize Speaking 33 Senior Play 43 Tri- Hi-Y 33 Debating Club 2g Newspaper Staff 2. GERALD BOLSTRIDGE Peter A perpetual grin is sure to win. Senior Play 43 .lunior Red Cross 1-2-3-4. PAULA BRAGDON Pooch To be short is no disgraeeg only in- convenient. Basketball 1-2-3-43 Softball 1-2-3-43 JCL 13 JV Cheerleading 2-33 FHA 2-3-43 Library Club 23 Clee Club 2-3-43 Dramatic Club 33 Junior Red Cross 1-2- 3-43 National Honor Society 43 Year- book Staff 43 Tri-Hi-Y 3g Newspaper Staff 43 Junior Prize Speaking 33 A Club 4.