Falmouth High School - Crest Yearbook (Falmouth, ME)

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In Our Classrooms

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LAVENDER AND OLD LACE One of the outstanding events at Falmouth is the annual school play. This year the chosen play was Q'Lavender and Old Lace. Under the direction of Miss Phillips, the cast did a Hne joh of making the play a great success. Although the play was on the dra- matic side, there was suflicient humor to hold the smiles on the faces in the audience. The principal leads were: Phyllis Wheeler as Mary Ainslieg Richard Wheeler as Doctor Pattersong Ruth Merrill as Ruth Horneg and Norman Farwell as Carl Winheld. The supporting cast included: Sopfvrony Trotter JANET LUND Bernice Carleton ANN MORRIS jane Hathaway JANE STORER I-Iepsey RUTH AASKOV james Ball CHARLES EAMES joe Pendleton ARTHUR FREDRIKSEN 'tLavender and Old Lace was one of the best plays that has been presented at Fal- mouth High. Miss Phillips deserves a great deal of the credit and we, the students of Falmouth High School, extend to her and the cast our heartiest congratulations for the excellent performance.

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ENGLISH If you should see someone going around the corridors of Falmouth High muttering something about infinitives, participles, or tearing his hair over a double negative, don't call a psychiatrist. That poor unfortunate person is just suffering from a mild case of a very common disease. He no doubt has been exposed to the malady usually called Eng- lish Grammarf, Yes, gruesome as it may seem to some people, English has its uses. For the students of this high school the burden is made a great deal more bearable by the fact that the English department is under the capable direction of Miss Phillips. The course is divided into four divisions. Composition, grammar, oral English, vocab- ulary and literature. By composing themes, and studying the structure and style of various English compo- sitions, the student is able to express his thoughts more clearly, concisely, and correctly. Correct English is the mark of an educated person, anywhere, and at anytime, whether it is used in a formal essay, or spoken in an informal, every day manner. The literature of the course, written by both English and American authors, is one of the most interesting phases of the entire subject. By reading the works of these au- thors, the student becomes acquainted with the finest reading matter of both yesterday and today. Our high school English course enables us to understand better, and with a more broadened viewpoint, the writings of the contemporary authors, and see the world of literature from the eyes of the author of another era.