Farmington High School - Laurel Yearbook (Farmington, ME)

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30 THE LAUREL For my history I could tell them about the teachers. Mrs. Bryant who was our home room teacher and the one who would tell us not to say ain't 'cause ain't ain't right 3 Mrs. Miner who was to drill us in the conjugation of Latin verbsg Mr. DeWever who was going to enlarge our knowledge of Q-I-2 equals 5 and get us all mixed up with x's and y'sg Miss Kane who planned to give us plenty of Civics and Economic Geographyg Miss Howard who was going to see that we were taught all our dates fin history, I meanjg Miss McLeary who was to teach some of us the art of drawingg Miss Perkins who was to point at us with her baton if we did not pay good attention in Glee Club, orchestra, or chorus, and, last but not least, Mr. Dinsmore f Dinnie later onj who, al- though not a teacher of a freshmen subject, was to guide us through the labyrinth of learning and help us to become boys and girls of whom F. H. S. would be proud. Dinnie not only had to guide our minds but also our wandering footsteps. Our feet just wouldn't walk in the right direction. I guess Norman Hinkley took the cake g he was always in the wrong place! flooking at next datesj Nothing particular here. fturning a few pagesj Here's an essential fact. Friday: Elected class officers: Presi- dent--Hollis Howattg Vice President- Dorothy Howattg Secretary-Mary Ma- gonig Treasurer4Barbara Atwood. Now what comes next?--the Freshman Reception must have been our next mem- orable event. I wonder if I still have that green bow we girls had to wear fthe boys were all decked out in green tiesj? A Ciinds green bow and reminiscesj That certainly was a gala night. All of us freshmen were very ceremoniously taken through the receiving line and then very unceremoniously made to lower our dignity fif freshmen can have suchlj by playing such childish games as Drop the Hanky. However, the punch and cookies which fol- lowed were ample reward. flooking again in the boxj Here's a nifty red car. Where did it come from? I remember now! I got it from the grab bag which we freshies had at the annual school fair. Norman Hinkley was our jolly Santy with a pack of grabs slung over his shoulder. fpulling paper from boxj I wonder what this is? Oh, an old paper which says Mid-year Exams-'33, How well I can recall the first ordeal of mid- years! We greenhorns certainly were scared and the remarks of the upper class- men were not at all encouraging. Exams were soon over, but we all resembled quak- ing aspens when the marks came out for the first half year. fturns a few pages of diaryj This looks interestingg it's a joke Rich- ard Morton pulled one day in history class when we were speaking of the radical yellow journals . Richard: Miss Howard, were those ' yellow journals ' Red papers? And here's the end! Friday: Marched all day practicing for graduation tonight. I guess freshmen just can't keep in step, but soon we'll all be ' silly ' sophomores - hurray! Now what should come into my sopho- more year? I remember we had three ollicers. President-Robert Tyler Vice President- Carleton Robinson Treasurer-Erma Mosher In the sophomore year the students gained a new teacher, Miss Som- mer, who planned to teach them a better typing system than the hunt and pick method. The students who wished to be Frenchmen become acquainted with Mlle. 'Tarr this year. fturns back the pages in diaryj There's where we got back on the new K' freshies for all the humiliations we went through last year. new class commercial

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THE LAUREL 29 debating, art, dramatics, and sports. One should choose carefully his outside activities and work for a well-balanced school course. I would speak to the sophomores about their relationship with the freshmen. I don't want you to get the idea that I am opposed to hazing. I still recall very vivid- ly the initiations that took place when I was a boy and I still have a paddle that has graced the seat of many unfortunate fresh- men's pants. When you are picking sub- jects for your hazing activities, why not pick on the local boys whom you all know rather than on those who are strangers. It is very hard for them to become acquainted, and it would be much to your credit to help them make acquaintances rather than give them a poor impression of the school and students. Hazing should bet done under supervision, so that it will not be carried too far. To the juniors I would bring a word of caution about becoming too cocky. You should remember that there is always some- thing new to be learned, that is if you go to the right place to use the words of a favorite radio comedian. ' And so we come to the end of the help- ful advice given by the genial Mr. Greene. If your slumbers are slightly disturbed dur- ing the night, I imagine that humble voice has accomplished its purpose. Charles Chapman '36. ADDRESS OF WELCOME-CLASS DAY ARENTS, teachers and friends of the class of 1936: We welcome you to our Class Day exercises. We want you to enjoy with us this day which is the begin- ning of the ceremonies we have been an- ticipating these four eventful years. On this occasion we have a mingled feeling of happiness and sadnessg joy, for the suc- cessful culmination of our twelve years of education-sadness, for the realization that this is one of the last meetings which we shall have as a unit. So we gather here in all seriousness, mixed with a bit of humor and good fellow- ship, to pay homage to you who have helped us through our school years. Had it not been for your unfailing interest in us, we might never be privileged to stand before you today with our work in high school completed. In our school activities we have shown our individual characteristics to one an- other. Some of our peculiarities and in- terests will, no doubt, be presented through means of the humorous portions of the fol- lowing program. Probably fond mothers and dads, doting aunts and uncles, and ad- miring friends will be rather surprised at some of the revelations, but remember it's all in fun. So on with the fun! ' Robert Tyler '36. 'rar N CLASS HISTORY-CLASS OF 1936 HERE I've studied all that history, and all that I have left are the last two questions at the end of the chapter. Think I'll leave them until later. Oh, well, I'll just glance at them. 23. What is history? I looked that up a few days ago. The definition I found was History is a record of events including all human activities. It also gave a good quotation History has triumphed over time. Eternity only tri- umphs over it. 24. Name three modern historians. Well, there are J. H. Robinson, H. G. Wells and David Muzzy. H Speaking of historians, I ought to get my Class History written. Guess I'll run over the four years and jot down ideas as I go along. I think I can find my data from my diary and my mem box. fLooking through diaryj Must have entered around the first of September in '32-oh yes, right here Sep- tember 12th. Started high school-our class biggest yet to enter. A

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THE LAUREL 31 Friday: Our class gave the Freshman Reception. freminisces againj I surely can remember how embarrassed Phil Morse was when some of our more daring boys such as Sonny McLeary, Deane Beedy, Red Sawyer, and Sully Greenwood painted him up with lipstick and sent him dashing into the midst of the party yelling a breathless war whoop. In our sophomore year, Mrs. Miner was ill, and Owen Gilman substituted for her. Speaking of Mr. Gilman recalls the joke he sprung on Deane Beedy. One day in Latin while we were conjugating verbs, Deane asked Mr. Gilman if he had heard the verb slippo - slippere - falli - bumptus? Mr. -Gilman asked Deane if he had heard smarti - foolere - faili - flunctus? I thought that was pretty clever! Friday: School Fair-the sophomore booth gave evidence of our sewing accom- plishmentsf' Now I guess I could skip to the Western Maine Music Festival down at Lewiston which the orchestra attended, but no-the HI-LIFE came in before that. I ought to have the first one in my box somewhere. Here it is! I wonder who on the staff came from our class . . . only Marin Ma- son, but since then Erma Mosher, Isabelle Pinkham, Lillian Durrell, Phyllis Lowell, Gerald Littlefield, Richard Morton, East- man Sawyer, and Mary Arms have been members of the staff. To return to the music- of course many of our class are participants in the various musical activities 5 but I should particu- larly mention our Fritz Kreisler, Erma Mosher, and our Paderewski, Charles Chapman. There! that ends the sophomore year and next comes the junior year which is just chock full of gay times. Our first adventure in junior-land was the meeting of many new teachers as in our first freshmen days. First, Dinnie was bidden fond adieu ffiguratively, I meanj, and Mr. 'Gould was heartily wel- comed as our new principal, teacher of alge- bra, geometry Ca straight line is the short- est distance between two points, remem- ber?j. Also Mr. Applin was included in our list of new teachers. He was to teach chemistry, physics, and general science and to coach the boys' major sports. Mr. Gould is the coach for the girls' major sports. Miss Kane, Mrs. Hall by then, left us that year, and Mr. DeWever taught her subjects. For us juniors Miss Seeley was to take over Mrs. Bryant's work of he don't. During the year Mrs. Miner was ill, this time Miss Eunice Hawkins substituted for her. My diary doesn't have to remind me that as soon as school began running smoothly, Miss Seeley started us on the ever-dreaded junior Speaking. We certainly did get cold feet fyes, even in early falllj when that day came for us to say our piece. The Finals didn't come until February, it was then discovered that Mary Magoni and Gerald Littlefield were our greatest readers, while Phyllis Lowell and Richard Morton placed second. CRu1nmages through boxj Here's a program of our Christmas play, The Pampered Darling. It was swell, and after, we all tripped the 'light fan- tastic. ' CStill looking in box-pulls out clippingj Here are my newspaper clippings as a souvenir of last year's Bates Tourney. Those were certainly thrilling games. Sonny McLeary is our one and only basketball player, but he's surely johnny Cperhaps I should say 'Sonny!'j on the spot. Speaking of sports CI was, wasn't I?J last year girls' baseball was introduced into dear ole Farmington High. Jane Holmes is dubbed star athlete for the fairer sex of our class. What comes next? I'd better consult my diary. fturning pages of diaryj Thursday: Day off because of snow storm. It's piled awfully high. I heard