Fort Fairfield High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Fort Fairfield, ME)

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gn Editorial ln a few more years the town of Fort Fairfield will be working on the post-war improvements that are now being talked about. These improvements, which will affect our lives in many ways, will undoubtedly include a new gym- nasium for our high school. We have eagerly learned every new fact about the proposed gymnasium, as it is of considerable interest to all of us in school. For the past few years the students and friends of our school have been wish- ing very much for this addition. Just before the war began the townspeople appropriated a sum of money for a new wing to the present school building. In all probability this means a new gymnasium that would fit the school 's need. As we all know, it was im- possible to do any construction of that kind during the war years, therefore, the money was set aside for future use. Now the time has come when our plans can be made into realities. There is no need to explain why we have talked so much of the needed gymnasium during the winter months. The reason is clear. The students and townspeople have been awakened to the fact that basketball can once again be the chief sport in our town. The increased interest in the past two years proves this. Once we have good support for the basketball team, we have a good start. But more than that is needed-we must have a good playing surface. An eX- cellent playing floor for the team and seating room to accommodate hundreds of people are what the school needs the most. There is another phase of this situation. Physical education is compulsory in this state, but as yet we do not have an established program in our school. lt seems evident that this training will be in the curriculum sooner or later. Therefore, we must have a place suitable to this necessary training. At the present time our gymnasium is obsolete compared to those of the larger surrounding towns. Since our team is considered one of the best in the state and since our need for physical education is great, there is all the more reason for this addition to the high school. We feel that we deserve it, for we have just as much school pride as do the other students all over the country. -Christine L. Churchill

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Dedication We, the elass of 1946, dedicate this year's NORTHERN LIGHT to the memory of Betty Noble and Arthur Dewley, members of our class. XVith rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By brooks too broad for leaping: The lightfoot boys are laidg The rose-lipt girls are sleeping' In fields where roses fade. A. E. Housinan

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1st row: G. Stevens, D. Hilyard, J. Gillespie, P. Cormier, C. Churchill, P. Boulier, D Green, C. Hoyt, R. Conant 2nd row: Miss Buck tadvisorb, G. Johnston, S. Hathaway, E. Campbell, P. Lynch R. O'Donnel1, P. Schwartz, L. Ladner, E. Hilyard, H. Hopkinson, Miss Smith tadvisorj Yearbook Staff Editor-in-I 'hief CHRISTINE t'HUIiC'HIliL Associate Editors Jeanne Gillespie Richard Olllonnell Dawn Hilyard Paul Boulier Senior Editor Deborah Green Activity Editor Roger Conant Alumni Editor XVillian1 Findlen Jokes Editor Patricia Cormier Pictures and Art Editor tlnrleen Hoyt Servicemen 's Editor Patricia Cormier Athletics Editor Paul Lynch Business Manager Gilbert Stevens ASSiSt2ll1t Ilzirold Hopkinson Typists Eva Campbell Elsie Ililyard Phyllis Schwartz Louise lindner Glenna Johnston Stella Hatlmway This page sponsored by the Fort Fairfield Light 8: Power Company