Ashland High School - Echoes Yearbook (Ashland, ME)

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WE SAY THANK YOU The members of the class of 1955 are proud of the school from which they are being graduated and are taking this opportunity of expressing in a small way their gratitude for all that they have gained during these four years. When it is over it is rather difficult to sum up what actually, your school means to you. ln the course of its history A.C.H.S. has devel- oped ideals, traditions and standards which are deeply respected by the students. These play an important part in forming a student's attitudes and in moulding his character. While in high school each one of us has begun weaving the pattern which will become that of our future. In order that we may weave well our pattern our school has made available, thread of the best quality, expert aid in selection of patterns and wise guidance in weaving. We are grateful. We feel that our school has given us that training for living which will make us contributing citizens of our country. Here then is our yearbook. We present the record of our life in the school of which we are so proud and which we hope is proud of us. by Evelyn Sylvester '55 LIBRARY If you walked into a dull and drab-looking school library containing only the essentials and lacking organization, would you get any inspiration to search for interesting material for a research article? Well, it seems as though the situation was just as bad as this last year at A.C.H.S. before the library club was organized. To make it easier and to bring more satisfac- tion to the pupils who use our library, a regular student library club has been organized. Their aim is to further interest in reading by making the library more attractive and to establish a well- organized system of filing. I am sure that the pupils of A.C.H.S. will agree that we now have an efficient and well-trained group of librarians who have been well familiarized with the filing and other facilities of the library. They have posted educational pictures on the walls, arranged special sections for pamphlets, reference books, etc., for the Problems of Democracy stu- dents. An excellent line of magazines has also been added. There are several types of enjoyable books other than reference books, which are available for leisure time reading. The library is not now a hectic and unbalanced room, but it is well organized and very efficient supplying references for our needs. l feel that tremendous improvement has been made and we should be proud. Let's keep it that way! by Pauline Davenport

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Front row: A. Rolstridge, M. Hancock, ,I. Searway, E. Sylvester, P. Davenport, R. Wakefield, G. Cote. Second row: ,I. West, A. Coty, J. Bembe, C. Morrison, D. Winslow, C Savary, M. Burby, P. Eastman. L. Mountain, C. Poitraw, S. Baxter, Mrs. Tilley, Advisor. sag 7955 Editor-in-Chief ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, E VELYN SYLVESTER Assistant Editors , ,,,, MARY HANCOCK, ALICE BOLSTRIDCE Business Manager ,,,, H , .,..,,,,..,,,,,,,.,, ,,,, ,....,,, .,,.,... P E R LEY EASTMAN Assistant Business Managers ,, ,,,,,,.,,,,,, ,,,, , , ,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, JANET WEST, PETER SAWYER Advertising Manager , , ,, ,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, , ,, ,, ,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , , ,, PERLEY EASTMAN Assistants ,, ,, ,, CHARLES SAVARY, .IERI BERUBE, LILLIAN MOUNTAIN Artivities ,,,., ,, CYNTHIA MORRISON, PAULINE DAVENPORT Sports Editor , , H , ,..,,.,,,.,...,,.,.,,,,.., ..., ...,..,,.,,,.,,, D O NALD WINSLOW Boys' Sports .,.,,,,,.,., RAY WAKEFIELD Girls' Sports , , ,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,,, C L AIRETTE POITRAW Art Editor ,, ,,,,, ,,,,,.,,.,,., ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, B E TTY CASEY Snapshots . , .,,,,, ,,,,.,,,,,,,, GLADYS COTE, SALLY BAXTER Alumni Editors , ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A R LENE COTY, JANICE SEARWAY Exchange Editor , ,, , ,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,,, M A D E LINE BURBY Typists , , , ,, PAULINE DAVENPORT, JANICE SEARWAY, CLAIRETTE POITRAW

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IMPROVEMENTS OF SCHOOL ELECTIONS Many outstanding improvements were made this year in school elections. These improvements per- tained for the most part to the election of Student Council members. The Student Council of last year nominated six candidates from each class, whose names were posted on the bulletin board. These candidates had a chance to refuse the nomination. lf they chose to run, the next step was to appoint a campaign manager. The campaign manager stated the candidate's qualifications and experience in clubs as an officer. Then the can- didate himself was given an opportunity to request support for his candidacy. Two representatives were then elected from each class. The class presidents automatically become members l of the Student Council. The elections of class officers were conducted in the same way. We consider this change a step forward and when the new system is fully established we believe all will agree that our elections are much improved. by Clairette Poitraw '55 ADULT EDUCATION Many older people have wished that they could take some of the courses which the high school students are now taking and which were not offered when they were in school. To satisfy this desire, an Adult Education Program was set up at A.C.H.S. this year. The program consists of weekly two-hour courses in Sewing and Typing. Sewing is taught on Monday night by Mrs. Byers with the enrollment of 25. Because of such large enrollment, 52, in typing, it is given on Monday and Thursday nights. Classes in Agriculture and English were also offered but were discontinued because of insuffi- cient attendance. Registration and the first classes were held on December 6th and have been continued every week since. The program has been very successful and, with the cooperation of the townspeople, will be continued next year. by Alice Bolstridge '55 Wheee! School is closed Peter's masterpiece