Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

Page 15 text:

High School Days Are we enjoying high school days, or are we inclined to re- gard them as confining and tedious? Probably some of us consider our high school as a prison surrounded by high walls of study. We don’t sense the fact that there are open gates of joy and pleasure constantly ajar, and that these outlets are possible because good humor abounds. After graduating we shall look back and exclaim, “Oh, for an- other try at those math prob- lems, or at those Latin Conjuga- tions.” We shall recall the fun at the school dances, and of the never-to-be-forgotten thrills ex- perienced in athletic contests — those athletic contests which tried to teach us to face prob- lems as good sports in future life. If all this is true, let us try to help keep up the school stand- ing, and to co-operate with each other in enjoying school life. Now, also, may I add to this my wishes for you all — a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Kempton J. Coady, Jr., Editor-in-Chief. The Art Of Doing Nothing The best liked and most popu- lar of the arts, I believe, is the art of doing nothing. People who glory in this art don’t consider it as such, but just as an idle pastime. The culprit caught in the act of doing nothing is often scorned by his observers who little realize that they, too, be- long to this society. Everyone at some time or an- other indulges in this art, whether he realizes it or not. Two types are very conspicuous, those who lounge in chairs day- dreaming and others that look just half-unconscious. The per- son who is an experience d “artist” pretends he is doing something — like reading a book — while he really isn’t. If you are caught in act of doing nothing when you should be doing something, don’t feel like an outcast. After all you are not the only one who does the wrong thing at the wrong time. But remember that there is a time and place for every- thing, and this golden rule ap- plies to doing nothing as well as it does to doing something. Harriet Wheeler, ’40. Page Thirteen

Page 14 text:

CANAL CURRENTS, BOURNE HIGH SCHOOL SMALL, BETSY (Bet) Bourne Grammar School; College Course (1), (2); General Course (3); New England Music Festival (2); Glee Club (1), (2), (3); “Canal Currents” Staff (3). “Sophistication plus is Small, She likes them handsome, dark, and tall.” SWIFT, CONSTANCE (Connie) Bourne Grammar School; College Course; Shawme Orchestra (1), (2), (3); Hallowe’en Party Committee (2); Class Ring Committee (2). “Mr. Stahura’s health is guarded each day, Through Connie’s ambition to get an A.” WEST, HELEN N. (Etta) Sagamore Grammar School; Household Arts (1), (2), (3); Graduation Chorus (1). “Good to look at, modest and neat; And at her cooking, can’t be beat.” WHEELER, HARRIET (Hattie) ' Transfer from Natick High; College Course; Glee Club (3). “Harriet Wheeler who came to us this Fall, Is judged by everyone as not bad at all.” WHIPPLE, GEORGE E. (Whip) Bourne Grammar School; Commercial Course (1), (2); Gen- eral Course (3); Baseball (2); Football (3). “George Whipple, we all hope May someday crack a good joke.” WHITTIER, BARBARA Bourne Grammar School; Commercial Course (1), (2); Com- mercial and Household Arts (3); “Canal Currents” Staff (3). “Barbara Whittier all the while Wears a cheerful, happy smile.” WILSON, JOHN Entered from Camden H. S., Camden, Maine (3); General Course; Football (3). “John Wilson has an aim To walk the ‘Lambeth Walk’ to fame.” YOUNG, THOMAS Sagamore Grammar School; Commercial Course (1); General (2) ; College (3); Class Treasurer (1); Football (1), (2), (3); Basketball (1), (2); Baseball (1), (2); Class Vice-President (3) . “Tom, Tom, Mrs. Young’s big son, ' Stole a football and away did run.” Page Twelve

Page 16 text:

CANAL CURRENTS, BOURNE HIGH SCHOOL Motion Picture Projection Few indeed are the patrons of the cinema who have any ink- ling of what is happening “be- hind the scenes” as they compla- cently watch the picture upon the screen. The average movie- goer has read somewhere that the actors and actresses that “thrill” him have to act and pose for hours in front of the motion picture cameras, but when the question arises of how those scenes are placed before the public for its entertainment, they simply have no idea of what goes on. In view of this fact the following may be of some interest to the readers of this article. After the various scenes have been “shot” and some 500,000 or 700,000 feet of film has been “cut” and condensed to ap- proximately 8,000 or 10,000 feet of interesting (the company hopes) material, many different “prints” or copies of the orig- inal are made and shipped to the exchanges, then to the theatres, traveling by one of the quickest and most positive sys- tems of transportation in use to- day by any industry. Upon reaching the projection room of the theatre (yes, they all have them) a “print” is inspected previous to showing it. The film is about 35 mm. wide, approximately IVs inches, wound on reels in one or two thousand foot lengths, with sixteen separ- ate pictures to every foot of film. Between the left edge of the pic- tures and the edge of the film itself is what is known as the “sound track”. This track is about Vs inch wide, running the entire length of the film, and is transversed ' by lines and bands of varying width and intensity of black shading. As the film is run through the projector the beam of a small bulb is focused to shine through the sound track into a photo-electric cell that transfers the fluctuations of the light admitted into sound impulses that Anally reach the ears of the public as words, music, and other sounds from loudspeakers, usually placed be- hind the screen, which have thousands of tiny perforations to let the sound through una- dulterated. The film goes into the projec- tor upside down and the scene of each separate picture is pro- jected through delicate lenses by the beam of a powerful light that shines through the cellu- loid film. This light source is usually a carbon arc and is so hot that if the film should stop for a few seconds in front of the aperture it would immediately burst into flame and, with a thousand or more feet of cellu- loid above it to burn, every pos- sible precaution is taken to pre- vent such accidents. In order that the margins of each picture may not be seen upon the screen the projector is run at a constant speed whereby the film goes through the ma- chine at the rate of 90 feet per minute, showing the audience 1,440 separate pictures per min- ute even though the scene upon the screen may not have been changed. Page Fourteen