Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

Page 23 text:

THE QUILL Z1 G. H. S. ORCHESTRA

Page 22 text:

Z0 THE QUILL second Tuesday of every month. The first public event of the year was the annual Dramatic Club play presented No- vember ZO, 1937. A chosen committee selected the play, The Yankee King. It was considered by all one of the finest plays ever given at the high school. The cast of characters was as follows: The Yankee King-Pa Hinkle, Robert Newhouse, Ma Hinkle, Marguerite Waller, Marian Hinkle, Natalie Cousens, Wilbur Hinkle, Robert Fuller, Wayne Douglas, Thomas Demers, Stephen Kruger, Everett Ellingwood, Gs- wald Mahler, Paul Fleming, Melissa Des- tinn, julie Roberts, Duchess Augusta, Louise Quinn, julia, jane Ward, Leon, Lawrence Creamer, Emery, Lawrence Caney, Wanda, Margaret Church, Page I, Gloria Norton, Page II, Pauline Bailey. The next performance of the year was the presentation of the annual Athletic Fair plays. There were two one-act plays: The Ring and the Look , Tommie Tut- tle, Murray Shepherd, Marion Tuttle, Barbara Chase, Claire Burnhavv, Ruth Patterson, Mrs. Tuttle, Geneva Mann, Bertha, Natalie Cole, Doris, Ann Ander- son, Billy Martin, Thomas Kelly, Evelyn Granger, Kathleen Monaghan. Christmas Trimmingsn- lst Burglar, Philip James, Znd Burglar, Everett Elling- wood, Uncle joe, Carl Gardner, Aunt Kate, Mercedes Follansbee, Mrs. Saunders, Eloise Wood, Mr. Saunders, Roland Whit- tier, Ethel Saunders, Lois Farrell, Jeppy Saunders, Robert Fuller, Deborah Mosely, Imogene Caney, Barbara Shields, Kathleen Luttrell. The preliminaries in the one-act play contest were held in Gardiner this year. Hallowell, Cony, and Gardiner competed. Gardiner, with the play The Trysring Place, was the victor. They then jour- neyed to Cony High to compete in the semi- finals with Waterville High. Gardiner was again the winner. This entitled them to try out in the finals held at Bowdoin College, April 9. The cast of characters follows: Lancelot Briggs, Robert Newhouse, Mrs. Curtis, Julie Roberts, Mrs. Briggs, Marguerite Wal- ler, Jessie, Norma Nelson, Rupert Smith, Everett Ellingwood, Mr. Ingoldsby, Carl Gardner, Mysterious voice, Lawrence Creamer. PUBLIC SPEAKING The preliminaries in the Spear Public Speaking contest were held March 11, 1938, at Gardiner High School. Miss jane Ward, winner of last year's contest, was the winner again this year with the selection, Eyes Miss Betty Chase was judged second best. Others participating were Mary Clark, Lawrence Creamer, and Thomas Demers. Miss Ward, Miss Chase, Mr. Creamer, and Mr. Demers then went to Hallowell to compete with speakers from Hallowell High and Winthrop High. Miss Betty Chase and Mr. Lawrence Creamer whose selections were entitled Ma's Monday Morning and The Su- preme Menace won first prize for girls and for boys respectively. DEBATING Officers of the Debating Club were elected in the fall. Those chosen were president, David Nivison, vice-president, Carol New- house, secretary, Mercedes Follansbee, treasurer, Dexter Fowles. After tryouts, the team finally chosen to represent Gardiner High School was com- posed of Dexter Fowles and Charles Leavitt, affirmative, and David Nivison and Perley Leighton, negative. The question this year was: Resolved: That the several states

Page 24 text:

22 THE QUILL should adopt a unicameral system of legis- lature. The members of the team received letters at the end of the year. Practice debates were held with Rock- land, Lincoln Academy, and Richmond. Debates were held with Waterville and Cony, with Gardiner the loser by a close margin. ATHLETIC FAIR The annual Athletic Fair was held Dec. 17, 1937. The class booths and gymnasium were attractively decorated in class colors. At the beginning of the evening the Dra- matic Club presented two one-act plays, The Ring and the Look and Christmas Trimmings, directed by Miss Anna B. Longfellow. After the plays, many went down to the gymnasium where the freshmen sold novelties and Christmas trees, the sophomores sold cakes and pastry, the jun- iors sold ice cream, and the seniors sold candy. Later in the evening dancing was enjoyed with music furnished by The Revelers. THE ORCHESTRA The orchestra has had a busy season, as usual, and has played for all the school plays and the Athletic Fair. From the G. H. S. orchestra have grown several smaller groups which furnish music at vari- ous community affairs. Members take part in the different assemblies and add greatly to the interest and success of the program. The outstanding musical event for the orchestra this year was attendance at the concert by the United States Marine Band on October 5, 1937. All able to attend this concert were deeply interested in what they saw and heard. The orchestra members are hoping to attend the Music Festival to be held in Kit- tery, May 14, which always proves an incentive to hard and better work. THE BAND For years the outstanding need of the High School, along musical lines, has been a school band. This great need was met about a year ago, when the first band was formed under the direction of Miss Eva M. Towne, supervisor of music. The commun- ity, realizing all that a school band meant to the school and the community, were quick to assist in purchasing uniforms, and several instruments were donated by inter- ested citizens. Today with their black and orange capes, their over-sea hats, and their white trousers, the G. H. S. band make a striking and pleasing appearance. Recently a fine looking shako has been purchased for the drum major, Gilbert Cole. The band has played at all local athletic activities and has added to the enthusiasm of the pupils and citizens when the local teams have won. The band assisted in last Memorial Day exercises of the American Legion and also in their Armistice Day activities and received many compliments on the good work and appearance. A Pep squad of senior girls and cheer leaders accompanied the band and assisted in all ways possible. They also hope to take part in the music festival at Kittery, and the members are also eagerly awaiting the open- ing of the outdoor games. SENIOR CLASS Leading the senior parade of 1938, we find the following officers: president, Rob- ert Newhouseg vice-president, Dexter Fowlesg secretary-treasurer, Ann Pomerleau. Those dignitaries who confer with the Powers-That-Be as members of the Student Council are Wilbert Eastman, president, Norma Nelson, secretary, Kathleen Lut- trell, chairman of the Program Committee, Roland Whittier, chairman of the Grounds