Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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ORCHESTRA Back Row, Left to Right: M. Milliken, D. Murray, C. Coffin, DI. Fulk. Middle Row, Lt-fc to Right: S. Merriman, R. Profenno, R. Lowell, V. Bertrand, 1. Tibbctts, A. Bryan, Mr. Perry, Director. Front Row, Lcft to Right: I. Chaney, T. Hawkes, N. Bernard, A. Powers, VV. XVarncr, H. Moody, B. Blackstone, I. Marston. - SCHOOL ORCHESTRA '1'he school orchestra was started at the begining of October, 1951 by Mr. Francis Perry. Freeport High School will have a good orchestra just as soon as we get organized. Mr. Perry plans to make this school orchestra a good one. Most of Mr. Perryis spare time goes toward the orchestra. He has over twenty music pupils at the present. There is another music teacher from Brunswick who is taking over half of Mr. Perryis pupils. This is because he 'can not work them all in on his schedule. There are various pieces in the orchestra. Some of them are saxophones, trumpets, clarinets, drums, cornets, piano, trombones, and many other different kinds. Each pupil has to learn the lead part, second part, and third part of the music. That is because they take turns on the different parts. The reason for the school orchestra is to play at the school times instead of hiring some other orchestra, and to give some of them a good start in life. Each pupil meets with Mr. Perry once a week for an hour. VVe all have music books to study from. The orchestra is expected to be playing for the school some- time before school ends this ycar. It takes a long time to learn an instrument really well. If you plan on bcing good, you have to practice three hours a day. Right now some of us are practicing two hours a day which is all right. During the summer we do not have our lessons. But about four of us are going to take lessons from the Music Mart in Portland this summer vacation. The first thing wc had to do was to learn how to read music. That included reading and learning the spaces and lines, what key you are going to play in. what is the time of it, and be sure to study it over and over until you can read the notes right off. Second came the learning of the notes on the instrument. That included learning the basic scale, and giving the right tone to each note. As you went on, you had to learn more notes on the instrument, and where the sharps and flats were. p You had to learn how to clean your instrument after you are through using it. Then comes playing all together. We practice about an hour together. It takes a lot of practicing to play the music really well. ALLAN POWERS, '54.

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GLEE CLUB Back Row, Left to Right: P. Hunter, 1. Hall, D. Chaplin, D. Blackstone, R. Blackstone, I. Boyden, L. Robertson, D. Staples, E. Fogg, P. Hall, S. Hanson, P. Adams. Middle Row, Lcft to Right: Mr, Greer, Advisor: Mr. Cogswell, P. Henderson, E. Metcalf, P. Coflin, E. Briggs, H. Taylor, ll. Plourde, I. Pulk, F. Blackstone, A. Kimball, W. Miller. Front Row, Left to Right: L. Randall, B. Blackstone, M. Basinet, A. Haskell, C. Coffin, A. Robertson, A. Davis, S. Stilkey, I. Campbell, V. Bertrand, j. Boyden. THE GLEE CLUB The Glee Club this year is under the direction of one of our teachers, Mr. Greer. There are about thirty members. The oflicers are as follows: Presi- dent, Carol Coflin, Vice-president, Arthur Robinson: Secretary, Anne Haskell, and Treasurer, Arlene Davis. Barbara Blackstone, chairman, and Anne Haskell are on the activities committee while Arthur Robertson, chairman, Jean Pulk, and Arlene Davis form the music committee. The Hrst activity planned by the Glee Club, the Christmas Assembly, did not tum out because there was no school that day due to a storm. The next program planned is the Irish Minstrel Show. The date has been set and we are now working toward it and hope that We Will meet with success. Meetings have been held VVednesday and Friday afternoons after school. This has made it impossible for some students to attend due to Work or other activities. However the Glee Club is much better this year than it has been in previous years and we hope it will be bigger and better in the years to come. ANNE HASKELL, '52.

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SCHOOL LIBRARY Miss Wood, our social studies teacher, has been in charge of thc- sc-hoo! library this year. She chose student librarians because there can not be a teacher in the library every period. She student librarians are: Carol Coffin, head librarian, Miriam Bernard, Mary Milliken, Marjorie Basinet, and Ann Haskell. The job of these librarians is to keep the library orderly, check books in and out.. keep students quiet, and help in any way possible with reference work. We have organized our own system of keeping books and cards in order and have arranged to keep the library open for an hour before and after school. The librarians take tums staying to make this possible. In the early winter we had a book drive by which we omtained many good books for the students to enjoy. A new set of encyclopedias was bought. This set is very helpful in doing any reference work. There is a career comer in the library where students can look for information about the future. We hope to make the library a place Where the students can go, not just for work,- but also to enjoy reading. This cannot be accomplished without the co-operation of the whole school, so we sincerely hope the students will give us the help we need. ANNE HASKELL, ,52. LIBBARIAN S Back Row, Left to Right: M. Bernard, Miss VVood, Advisor, M. Milliken. Front Row, Left to Right: A. Haskell, C. Coffin, M. Basinct.