Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council of this year turned out to be a very active organiza- tion under the guidance of our principal, Mr. Knight. The Council has eight board members. They consist of a lzov and a girl representing each of the four classes. At our first meeting We elected the following officers: President .. ., .... , , . ., , ,. Pamela Whitten Vice-president i.., .. . . , Bill WVarner Secretary-treasurer ., , . . . Miriam Bernard The Student Council discusses school problems and presents to the princi- pal the students' viewpoint in determining policies. Miriam and Pamela were chosen to attend the State Convention at Deering High School. The entire Student Council group visited North Yalinouth Academy to note how their meetings were carried on. This meeting happened to be of the entire school body with the Council presiding. ln all, Students Council helps our school. MARTI TURNER, '52. STUDENT COUNCIL Back Row, Left to Right: j. Wfyman, F. Morse, M. Tumcr. Front Row, Left to Right: H. Moody, M. Bernard, WV. Warner, P. VVhittcn.

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Rank Cards This year has brought, among other changes, new rank cards. Because Mr. Knight changed the length of the ranking periods, it was necessary to change the cards which we had. The ranking periods were formerly nine weeks so that we got the cards four times a year. It was changed early in the fall to six weeks so that we will get them six times instead of four. This helps to keep the students better informed of their standing. One of the best liked features of the new cards is the half year average column for each subject. There are the first three ranks for the three six week periods in the first half year and then a column where these ranks are averaged. A change which met a lot of disfavor was the raising of the passin rank from sixty-five to seventy. Students were afraicf that this would be bad if they were on the border line because they were afraid they would not pass the courses under the new ruling, but they seemed to have settled down and passed regardless. The principal was perfectly justi- fied in passing this ruling because there are few, if any, schools with a assing mark as low as ours was. It would have been much better, in fact, if this had been done much sooner than it was. Although the rankin standards are higher this year then in the past, Sucre doesn't seem to be many more, if an , failing this year then in the past. The school still has some who have a don't-care attitude toward their school work, teachers, and everything in general but these few are slowly reforming and going to work in an effort to atone for their past attitude. EDGAR LEIGHTON, '52, Demerits Whenever you get detention, you get also a de- merit. When you get six demerits, you can not be in any kind of school activities. VVhen you get nine demerits, you are put out of school for two weeks. When you come back, if you do not behave yourself and you get three more demerits, which will give you twelve, you are put out of school altogether. If you behave yourself for two weeks in a row with out getting a demerit, you lose a demerit. The longer you behave yourself, the more demerits you lose. It is not much fun staying after school for an hour and getting a demerit too, but it has helped to get the pupils settled down to try to work although there are some who just can't behave themselves and so get demerits. The teachers do not usually give you demerits and detention unless you deserve it. If some pupils can behave themselves, I do not see why other people can't. I tell you it isn't much fun having to stay after school for just fooling and talking when you don't have to fool and talk-unless you are asked to. MARTHA COGSWELL, '54. Activity Periods Every Friday a different period is omitted, allowing a period for activities. During this time the students may go to one of many different activities. These include Glee Club, School Paper, Student Council meeting or class meetings. It it is desired not to go to any activity, a study period is used. Some Fridays instead of one period, two are omitted. On these Fridays movies are usually shown. These periods rotate. Last Friday we omitted periods three and four, this week period five is to be omitted. One week during activity period the sophomores washed Miss Wood's room. This activity period is looked forward to every Friday. JULIA PLOURDE, '54. Assemblies Assemblies we always have on Friday, that being the last day in our week. On such days different classes have a chance to have full charge of all preparations and plans. Some assemblies are devoted to basketball, to moyies, and to things in general which arise throughout the school year. There are many good as well as bad points in connection with all the assemblies combined. This we all know is true of everything in life. One thing in favor of these is the taking over of the assemblies by the different classes which is very good on the whole. It helps those taking part to become better adapted in the art of public speaking. On this day of Friday, there is always one and sometimes two periods omitted. The assembly is held the last period in the day and usually lasts the length of the period or periods omitted. Whenever it is shorter, there is great joy, for it means our getting out of school earlier than usual. Every other Friday a free period of activity is carried on and everyone can attend whatever activity he might be interested in. This is good because it gives us a chance to have a change from assemblies. After we have had all classes in the day, the five minute bell is rung and the different classes pass in grades with freshmen first, then the other classes thereafter in order. After each has passed to the gym and is seated, the assembly, after being quieted down to normal, begins. The principal usually gives a talk and announcements of the coming events. Then the assembly is on' its way and sometimes these assemblies are of great importance to everyone concerned. WVe should all enjoy and try to have an interest in all of these assemblies as they are a bene6t to us and us alone as citizens of the high school. JOAN COULD, '52.

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The Blizzard of '52 The blizzard of '52, as it has been nicknamed by many people, took place of course in the year of 1952. It started on a Sunday afternoon, Feb. 17, and lasted 'til Monday night Feb. 18. We had actuall only 28 inches of snow, but being driven by high winds, snow drifted into a very great drifts, some of six feet or more. On Monday moming my brother and I started for town, which is three miles from our home, in order to deposit some money in the bank. When we crossed the street, we discovered one of our neighbors digging the snow out from around his jeep. He mentioned that he was goinig to try to get to tovsm, so we asked if we might ri e with him, as that was where we were oing also. He kindly consented on the condition that first we push his jeep into the road. After a bit of a struggle we were on our way. We made out all right until we came to a steep hill, the snow had drifted over the top about two feet. We tried several times to break through but it was of no usc. We later found out that makin the car work so hard had caused it to get overheated and blow the head gasket, there- fore causing it to lose its power. As we neared the town on foot, facing the driving snow, we were a very cold trio. While walking past a house, we heard a voice say, Come in and et wann . Without hesitation we trud ed into Sie house. After about fifteen minutes of resting and getting warm, we proceeded on our way. Upon reaching town we found that the bank and the store that our friend was going to work in would not be open all day that day. We were a sorry lot. During the storm most traffic come to a halt. There were over a thousand people stranded on the Maine Turnpike. While proding with a pole, looking for fire hydrants on Wednesday, a sailor in a car was found. He had been there since Sunday night. He was all right except that he was very hungry. Several people suffered heart attacks from shoveling snow. One was found buried in a great snow drift. LAWRENCE ROBERTSON, '53. My Imagination Often when I am home alone I let my imagination run away with me. Sometimes I'm in Bermuda, Ireland or Australia. But most of the time my imagination takes me to Hawaii, the land of my dreams. It seems as though I could feel the ocean spray as I imagine I was surf riding at Waikiki Beach. But, maybe, it was just the dishwater splash- ing in mly face while I was doing the dishes. Some- times w en I'm babysitting my imagination scares me half to death. If I am listening to a mystery program, Suspense, for instance, I imagine everyi thing that happened, and twice that, will happen to me. It sure gives me an awful feeling. Of course, my imagination often helps me in school. If I have to write a theme or story, my imagination comes in quite handy. An imagination is something a person is bom with or something a person cultivates. To have a good imagination is a wonderful thing. DENISE CHAPLIN, '55. Our School Drive school drive is not an extra big drive but has a great deal of daily use. On a cold winter morn on the way to school you have to come up the drive and everyone dreads it, for when you turn the corner by the stone post the wind hits you right in the face. By the time you reach the school you are glad it is not longer then it is. At recess everyone scampers from the building to go uptown to get a lunch, except those who buy or bring their lunches. On the way back up thc drive, it is taken slower for you feel much better after having something to eat. After school, those who have passing grades get out for the day and everyone hurries to work or to an afternoon of fun. Some have cars to take them up and down the way and usually those who do have cars can expect a carful when ready to start. At events held at the gym, such as basketball or a big dance, you can expect to see the driveway lined up with parked cars. If something like that is held, after it is over, usually, there is a lot of confusion before everyone is out of the drive. At the head of the drive there is a small lawn around which the road goes. This place has a flag pole on it on which our flags flies. No matter how you look at it, our school drive gets a great deal of use. BOB LOWELL, '52. The Importance of Blueprints A blueprint is a copy of a working drawing of a machine part. Blueprints and working drawings serve to indicate the size, shape and other information concerning an object, so that these can be easily recognized by anyone trained in blueprint reading. A picture or a photograph of an object indicates only its general appearance. A working drawing gives detailed information conceming a part: its shape dimensions, material of which it is to be constructed, and steps by which it is made. Training in the study of blueprints is educational as well as entertaining. If one can make blueprints, he will have no trouble reading them. With every piece of equipment coming from a factory you can be sure there is a blueprint filed away for it. The factory worker or machinist picks up the blueprint, studies it for a few minutes and proceeds to tum out the part on the lathe or what ever machine he might have to do this piece of work on. With just a picture he might be able to make a rough duplicate of it but that isn't good enough for this sort of work. So you can see how important a blueprint really is to American industry. ' WILLIAM S. BENNETT, '52.