Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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THE MEGUNTICOOK 25 SENIOR PLAY First row (Cast): Earlene Bi-ale, Mary Atkins, Willis Monroe, Margaret Kiiler, Arnold Hopkins, Filomena Tranquillo, Bruce Young, Jacqueline Reynolds, Mr. Mercer (Director): Second row (Cast): Robert Marshall, Edna Coathup, Barbara Crabtree, Lois Inman, Betty Kobs, Ernest Faulkingham, Judith Sawyer, Dorothy Sullivan, James Sylvester; Third row (Committees): Barbara Brodersen, Alice VV'hitehouse, Mary Bennett, Sheila Donovan, Maxine Drinkwater, Ralph Kelley, Merritt Blake, George Brown, Edwin Hanscom, Avis Leach. CAREER DAY On March 9 the students of Cam- den High School observed Career Day. It was sponsored by the Tri Hi-Y and the Hi-Y Clubs of Camden. Career Day proved to be most in- teresting ; it consisted of speakers who pointed out both the advantages and disadvantages of the following professions: Game Warden, Walter Bissett; Banking, Lawrence Hop- kins; Interior Decorating, Charles Lowe; Physical Education, James Connellan; Photography, Jim Moore and Len Harlow; State Police, Her- man Boudreau; Beautician, Vaulien Dame; Education, Supt. Lewis Web- ber; Secretary, Jackie Snow; Law- yer, David Nichols; Salesmanship, Maxwell Kelley; Medicine and Nurs- ing, Dr. Morse and Mrs. Goodman; Civil Service, E. E. Harv; Engineer- ing and Town Management, Allen Torrey; Armed Forces, Representa- tives of the WAFS, Air Force and Navy. Headlines (We only wish they were!) : CAMDEN STUDENTS WIN ALL FIRST PLACES AT STATE SCIENCE FAIR AT IT. OF M. April 3 — Though this is not true this year, Camden may still be proud, for both second and third places in chemistry were won by Camden stu- dents. It all began on February 2, when Mr. Sherman, that rigid task- master, announced that all students not carrying on a science project would have to prepare a thirty-page

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24 THE MEGUNTICOOK THE HARVEST BALL The Junior Class began talking about holding a big fall dance as early as the beginning of October. At first everyone agreed that it was a wonderful idea, but little was done. Then, after much debate, a date was set and wheels began turning. The advertising committee spread the goochnews all over the county; post- ers were put up. The ball was held in the gym, and the decorating commit- tee collected cornstalks, hay, and pumpkins to adorn it. The ticket committee made the tickets, which were sold by all class members. Ha- vener’s Band had been hired well in advance. The last few days were a mad scramble to get everything all set. As the decorating committee walked out of the gym on the after- noon of Friday, the thirteenth of No- vember, they decided that it looked very fine. There was a real air of har- vest time. Then came the big night; people just seemed to pour in; the band sounded great. It can be safely stated that “a good time was had by all.” What is more, the Junior Class was delighted to discover that it was also a big financial success. The next morning the cleanup committee went to work, and, under the strict eye of Mr. Leach, they swept up the bedrag- gled decorations and conveyed them to the dump with proper solemnity. Thus ended the big social event of the CHS fall term. THEVSfNIOR PLAY This year the senior play, present- ed at the Opera House on December 3, dealt with a subject familiar to all: teachers. In a delightful comedy, Our Miss Brooks, the trials and tribula- tions of an English teacher with an ambition to get married were por- trayed. In attempting to produce a school play, she finds every imagin- able obstacle, from a lack of male players to an unsympathetic basket- ball coach and from a well-meaning principal to an unreasonable mother. After all the usual last-minute trouble the play at last goes on, Miss Brooks gets her man, and they all live nor- mally ever after. Margaret Keller Mary Atkins Willis Monroe Arnold Hopkins Betty Ann Kobs Dorothy Sullivan Judith Sawyer Filomena Tranquillo Barbara Crabtree Edna Coathup Lois Inman Patricia Perry Earlene Beale Bruce Young James Sylvester Robert Marshall Jacqueline Reynolds Mr. Mercer Alice Whitehouse, Mary Bennett The Cast Miss Brooks, English Teacher Miss Finch, Librarian Hugo Longacre, Athletic Coach Mr. Wadsworth, Principal Miss Audubon, Music Teacher Students Elsie Elaine Jane Sylvia Doris Marge Faith Rhonda Ted Stanley Martin Mrs. Allen, School Board President Director Prompters

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SCIENCE FAIR First row: Lois Inman, Paul Quinn; Second row: Alice Lane, Harriett Thomas, Margaret Keller, William Tedford. theme. Naturally this set the wheels rolling, and for several weeks the laboratory was in a continual state of chaos. At last, order was restored on March 23, when Camden High held its first Evening of Science. At this fun- tion all demonstrations were tried out before an audience of wary well- wishers, and the affair was considered a big success. Definite problems, how- ever, were posed toward the end (12:15 a.m.), when several of the demonstrators nearly fell asleep in the middle of their talks. The next step on the ladder w-as the Regional Science Fair at Bangor High on March 27. There Camden triumphed in chemistry( little wonder: seven- teen of the tw'enty-three demonstra- tions entered were from Camden), and “The Chemistry of Digestion” by Harriett Thomas and Alice Lane walked off with first prize, followed by “The Preparation of Cosmetics” by Margaret Keller and Lois Inman. Another place, that of alternate in physics, was captured by those fear- less freshmen, Paul Quinn and Wil- liam Tedford, who built a working model of Hero’s steam engine. Their places allowed the winning groups of girls to go on to the State Science Fair at the University of Maine on April 3. Hero’s steam engine went as an exhibit, as well as Ellen Maxcy’s “Jacob’s Ladder.” There at the Uni- versity the superiority of Camden was again recognized, and the delega- tion was overjoyed to learn that “Cos- metics” won second place, with “Di- gestion” trailing in third. The girls say that they are unable to account for the reversal in positions. On the way home, the girls gloated over their loot, a slide rule and a big hand- book of chemistry and physics (to be divided among all four) and were glad that the competition w'as over. April 6—Oh-oh! It hasn’t ended yet! Today the Misses Thomas, Kel-