Caribou High School - Reflector Yearbook (Caribou, ME)

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THE REFLECTOR 11 THE C CLUB The C Club, was organized in January this year and, as the name indicates consists of both boys and girls who have Won their C's in basketball, baseball, track, or football. It has about thirty members. As its constitution states, the purpose of the C Club is to promote interest in school activities and to assist in every Way possible to make Caribou High School a better school by making the C stand for all that is desirable in citizenship and sportsmanship. The first activity of which the club took charge was the Colby Musical Club program, presented in the high school -auditorium Febru- ary 7. Then they had charge of The Hottentot , given by local talent, next the minstrel show presented by Presque Isle High School here. For the above occasions various committees were appointed to have charge of the different lines of work, such as a ticket committee for the sale and distribution of tickets and reserved seats, a program committee for obtaining and distributing of programs and an audi- torium committee to see that there were ushers and ticket takers. . The club also took charge of Boys' Week. The club boys after receiving instruction in drilling and marching gave instruction to all the high school and grade boys who were planning to take part in the boys' Week parade. One day of Boys' Week Was set apart for the fathers. All the fathers who had boys in school were invited to attend and Witness an ordinary school day. The C Club had boys meet the visitors and conduct them around the building. On the evening of March 22, a banquet was given the C Club at the Elite Restaurant. Everyone had a wonderful time and plenty to eat, Following the banquet a brief business meeting was held, and officers elected: president, Clayton Robertsong vice-president, WVilme1' Todd. secretary-treasurer, Louise Cox. After the meeting everyone rushed to the movies. Any member of the C Club who has been above the average of his class for three consecutive semesters is eligible to membership in the National Athletic Scholarship Society of Secondary Schools. The purpose of this society is to foster high scholarship among boy athletes. to stimulate a desire for balanced training, to elevate the ideas of sportsmanship, and to develop more outstanding leaders in the second- ary schools of the United States. This society has over eight hundred chapters in the United States, and over three thousand boys have been elected to membership. The members in Caribou High School are: Philip Bouchard. Winthrop Libby, Clayton Robertson, Dale Currier, Clayton Hardison, and David Daniels.

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THE REFLECTOR 13 DEBATING Debating was first inaugurated in Caribou High School in 1927. when the debating club which was formed joined the Bates Debating League of Secondary Schools. The club met every other week and studied the fundamentals of debating, The original members of this club were: Peter Sweetser, Philip Kierstead, Malcolm Knox, Sheldon Boone, Lewis Sirois, and Lewis Cook. From these members two teams were chosen to debate on the question selected by the Bates League. Mr. Charles Guptill of Bates College was sent to prepare the boys for the forthcoming triangular debate between Caribou, Presque Isle and Ft. Fairfield. The negative teams of all three schools won, thus elimin- ating all three towns from the final contest at Lewiston. Following this debate a number of juniors joined the club, and the following officers were elected: Clayton Robertson, president, Louise Cox, vice president? and Philip Bouchard, secretary. When the club met in the fall of '27 work was begun at once under the tutelage of Mr. Knight, sub-master, and Miss Rideout, dra- matics teacher. The question chosen by the league to debate on was: Resolved, That the United States Should Cancel All Loans Made to the Allied Countries Previous to the Armistice. Material was obtain- ed and the work was begun in earnest. The boys chosen to speak were: Winthrop C. Libby and Clayton M. Robertson, affirmativeg W. Dale Currier and L. Philip Bouchard, negative. The affirmative was aided by Clayton Hardison and the negative by Nora Raymond, with Louise Cox as chairman. Caribou negative team went to Fort Fair- field and Presque Isle's negative came to Caribou. Both of Caribou's teams lost. However, they resumed work with renewed vigor, and a number of underclassmen joined the club. The following officers were elected for '28-'29: Maynard Lom- bard, presidentg Vernon Johnston, vice-president, Alice Brown, secre- tary. All the underclassmen who can, ought to turn out for debating. One of the chief faults of the club, so far, is that only seniors belong. Therefore, when the seniors graduate the club has to be rebuilt the next year. The boys and girls who enter are unacquainted with the fundamentals of debating and are neither ready nor able to start work on the final debate. Debzting is surely a worthwhile study for it teaches one the art of self expression, and gives one the opportunity to study important public questions.