Dexter High School - Signet Yearbook (Dexter, ME)

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QIWI School opened September 14th with an enrollment of 200. There were but two new members of the faculty: Miss Esther Holt of Clinton, who took Miss Kenney's place in the English Department, and Miss Gladys Blenkhorn of Marblehead, Massa- chusetts, who took charge of the girls' physical training classes. Miss Britton substituted for Mrs. Blake who was in the hospital. October 16th the Sophomores gave Freshmen a reception. They decorated the schoolroom in green and white, served re- freshments of punch and wafers and tried to give the new class a good time. the EDUCATION WEEK November 15th was observed as National Education Week. On Wednesday, an after- noon session was held in the evening. This gave the parents and townspeople an op- portunity to see what the students were doing in the ditferent departments and about fifty visitors came. Friday an as- sembly was held and articles on education were read by Harold Gilman, Thelma Mountain and Eleanor Hasty. ASSEMBLIES . Mr. Marsh, representative of the Curtis Publishing Company, visited school March 19th for the purpose of starting a subscrip- tion contest. He gave a helpful talk on good salesmanship, before the student body. 'The pupils then formed into three teams to get subscriptions for the Country Gentle- men, Ladies Home Journal and Satur- il ,N day Evening Post. The Rockets won the race so the Meteors and Comets had to give them a fun feast in the gym. One hundred and ninety-five subscriptions were sold. Dean Hart of the University of Maine gave an interesting talk on education. Af- terwards he met students who are planning to enter the college in the fall. November 14th Mr. Moses, business man- ager, and Mr. Ramsey, assistant editor, at- tended the Journalistic Conference at the University of Maine. The Signet won third place among the high school annuals. DEBATES April 7th, six of the Junior girls were chosen to give a debate before the Literary Club. The question was: Resolved that the Radio has done more for the world than the Moving Picture. The speakers on the af- firmative side were Miss Titcomb, Miss Brewster and Miss Dulacg those on the negative, Miss Rollins, Miss Woodside and Miss Felker. Miss Quimby acted as chair- man, and Miss Marsh and Miss Tucker were time-keepers. On April 30th, a public debate was given by the Senior American History class. The question was: Resolved, that the Philippine Islands should be given absolute independ- ence. The judges were Mrs. Weymouth, Mr. Brewster and Capt. Hasty. The affir- mative speakers were Mr. True, Mr. Brawn and Mr. Clarkg the negative, Miss Herrick, Miss Hilton and Miss Clark. Miss Hasty

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I THE SIGNET b 17 acted as chairman and Mr. Gasper and Mr. Shields were the time-keepers. The prize of ten dollars offered by the Alumni As- sociation was divided: four dollars was given to Mr. Brawn, who was voted the best speaker, and six dollars to the negative team, to be divided among the three speak- ers. Before and at the close of the debate, violin selections were given by Miss Marsh and Miss Ganeau, accompanied by Miss Higgins. GIFTS Mr. Daniel Chamberlain presented the school with a framed picture of the Con- stitutionf' Last year when the schools of the country were asked to contribute to the fund which was being raised to repair the ship, our schools were the first in the United States to send in their contribution. A photograph of the original letter of Gen. John Dix was given to the school by Mrs. James Dow, who obtained it thru her son, Frank Dow, who is assistant to Gen. Lincoln Andrews, assistant to the Secretary This letter was written of the Treasury. at the opening of the Civil War and con- tains the famous words If anyone attempts to haul down the American Flag shoot him on the spot. Miss Eleanor Herrick of the senior his- tory class won the medal offered by the lllinois Watch Company for the best sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln. Virginia Clark received honorable mention. The judges were Mrs. Crosby, Mrs. Gerry and Mrs. Hale. This year the high school students were given free dental examination through the kindness of Dr. Kelley, Dr. Williams, and Dr. Haskell, assisted by Miss Oliver. The students were invited to attend a lecture at the Grange hall, under the aus- pices of the Women's Literary Club. The speaker of the evening was Professor Pol- lard of the University of Maine, who gave an interesting talk on Heredity and En- vironment of the Child. Miss Rice of the school faculty is cata- loguing the library. Miss Rice has had ex- perience in library work in Brooklyn, New York. PURPLE AND FINE LINEN Friday, May 14th, the seniors presented a Puritan comedy Purple and Fine Linen under the careful coaching of Una Veth Stone '14, The play was a success in every way, showing that much hard work had been done by all. The cast was as follows: Goodwife Parsons of Northhampton, Ruth Frost Goodwife Dearborn, a widow of Hatfield, Una Haskell Betty, Goody Dearborn's daughter, Mary.Flynn John Belden, minister at Hatfield, - Elton True Tom, Betty's brother, Charles Casper Lucie, a servant, Thelma Mountain Elkanah Parsons, Clerk-of Courts, -' Vaughn Lancaster David Sylvester, in love with Experience, Neal' Fqgg Deacon Epaphrus Small, a Puritan elder,f I i Harold Gilnian Experience Parsons, ' '- Isabel 'Marsh Constable, ,' ,Ludgar l'IigQg1s Magistrate, - Carl-A Moses Meekins, lawyer for the prosecution, Hildon Brawn Suspectors, Leo Peters James Clark, Orland Smart, Donald Hop- kins, Edward Robinson ' Townspeople, Grace Tario Stella Hall, Eleanor Hasty, Phoebe Hilton Flora Laughton, Alfreda Flewelling Committees in charge: Advertising and tick- ets, Mrs. Lois Blake, Esther Libby, Helen Ham, Hazel Arno, Virginia Clark, Nellie Bagley, Charlotte Bennett, Rena Glidden, Herbert Groleau, Gertrude Russell, Harland Shields. . Stage: Properties and scenery, Mrs. Mary Peirce, Miss Esther Holt, Mr. Frederick Quigley, Eleanor Herrick, Raymond Clukey, Marion Morrison, Harland Shields, Mildred Bryant, Ludgar Higgins, Donald Hopkins. Costumes: Miss Mary Rice, Miss Emily Gardner, Madeline Russell, Eleanor Hasty. Program: Mrs. Hazel Whitmore. During the play food and candy were sold the proceeds going to the Commercial and Music departments. The ushers were gradu- ates of the high school. 1' s df :-