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

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Twenty-six Caeal Ciirreots 1947 School News TT was a brisk September morn and all was astir in Bourne High, for school had com- menced again. The air was filled with talk of summer activities, and, of course, it wasn’t long before the changes on the teaching staff were noticed. Mrs. Viik had left and Miss Frances Burns was our new English teacher. Miss Helen Bartley took over in the home economics department for Miss Turne r, as did Miss Mary Kilday in the commercial department for Miss Flood. We also discovered the absence of Mrs. But- ler and Miss Clark, their positions being filled by Miss Helen Whiting and Miss Phyllis Taylor, respectively. Mrs. Rachel Campbell was our new freehand drawing instructor. Those meek little Freshmen were soon wandering around the building rather at a loss, and the Sophomores were as helpful as any Sophomores could be — getting their underclassmen more mixed up than ever. The Juniors couldn’t refrain from letting the fourth-year students realize their presence. The mighty Seniors (so they say) just sat in the Senior Corner and gloated over all. Football practice was not long in getting started, and games were soon under w ' ay. Before each game, a pep rally was held in order to send our team out for a vic- tory. Several of these meetings were held during basketball season also. During the summer, Mr. Coady contacted an agency and arranged four educational assemblies. As the first of this series, Mr. Eric Williamson, a well known deep sea diver and underwater cameraman, told us of his unusual experiences and showed films of a few of his numerous voyages. The biology students saw in these motion pictures many of those queer sea urchins and other aquatic animals and plants which they had studied in class. It was an enjoyable and worthy assembly. The second was very entertaining with Mr. Pitt Parker performing for us. Mr. Parker did several chalk drawings, depicting objects from different points of view, talking as he went along. He had us all watching him in wonder as he drew one picture full of many beautiful colors. No one could imagine what it was until, at length, he turned the paper around and it proved to be a picture of Niagara Falls. We all agreed that it was a very interesting program. Mr. William Wallace came to our school and astonished one and all with his ability to memorize so clearly. He was able to add, subtract, and multiply numbers involving no less than five digits in his head, never using paper and pen at all. He also proved to us that he had memorized each and every page in the latest Sears and Roebuck catalogue. We are now awaiting the fourth of the series which will take place on April twenty-second.

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JBoiirrae Hi li Scliool Twenty-five First row: J. Wallace, A. Reynolds, E. Harris, £. Bigelow. Second row: A. Handy, A. Landers, H. Harrison, L. Fuller, E. Gibbs. Third row: F. Byron, N. Harris, J. Bigelow, Q. Coppi, M. Bigelow. Orchestra ' TpHE Shawme Orchestra is composed of students from the Bourne and Sandwich Schools. The student of music and the musical student are both able to profit greatly from this organization. To the student player it affords an opportunity to play in a large, well-directed orchestra under the leader- ship of the capable conductor, Mr. Adolpho Querze. Rehearsals are held in Bourne and Sandwich alternately, on Monday evenings. Transporta- tion for Bourne students to and from practice sessions is furnished by the Activities Bus. During the course of a scholastic year, the orchestra plays at several public school affairs. Already it has played at Sandwich and Bourne Senior Class Plays and is looking forward to the annual spring concert at Bourne High School, and Senior Graduations and Class Nights of both schools. Mr. Querze

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Boiarime High School Twenty-seven Among the few extra assemblies given during the year were ones presented by the Registry of Motor Vehicles, Red Cross, and the Dupont Company. Mr. Harry Avery also showed motion pictures of Boys State in 1946. In these we w ' ere able to pick out a couple of the Bourne boys who attended. Great improvements have been made in the print shop, and a course in printing has been set up as a part of the regular shop course. Mr. Rich and many of the boys have been kept busy on jobs practically all year and they do excellent work. In the early part of our school year, tuberculosis tests w ' ere given the students in order to locate those persons who had a positive reaction of the germ. Only one girl, Dorothy Tripp, a post-graduate, was found to bear the germ. She was hospitalized, and because of discovering the disease in such an early state she is recovering rapidly. Extra-curricular activities this year included the monthly paper drives conducted by Mr. Coady. Through the help of many boys and girls who have helped collect this scrap material and the townspeople who have contributed the scrap, the Athletic As- sociation has gained a large sum of money to be used for school activities. At Christmas time, Miss Taylor and a large group of high school students went caroling, hoping to bring the Christmas spirit to those shut in at this time. Mr. Keat- ing drove the purple and white bus for them. After several of our home games, football hops were given. The dance given by the Seniors celebrating the victory over Wareham on Turkey Day had the largest attendance, with many of the students from their school present. They all w ' ere pleas- ant get-togethers, and good times were had by everyone at these affairs. We are now awaiting the Spring Festival at which a Miss Cape Cod” is to be crowned, the Athletic Banquet, and the annual Junior Prom, all of which promise to be grand affairs. Commieiicemeiit Exercises JUNE 12, 1946 Eight o’clock, June 12, 1946, found thirty-six excited Seniors, clad in the custom- ary caps and gowns, standing in the lobby of the high school auditorium. As the pro- cessional commenced, they took their places, and, led by Louis Fougere and Eddie Alymer as marshals, marched proudly down the aisle onto the stage. Following the invocation given by the Reverend John Carter and a group of songs rendered by the girls’ chorus, Phyllis Harrison extended the welcome. Preceded by selections from the Shawme Orchestra, Rabbi Levi A. Olan addressed the Seniors and audience. His sub- ject was New People for a New Day”. The boys’ chorus sang a group of songs after