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

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THE QUILL 21. Evelyn Bowie, Roland Hopkins, and Emery Malcolm. The two one-act plays were enjoyed by all. The names of them were Rich Man, Poor Man and Young Man's Fancy. This year, for the first time, we had student directors, all popular members of the Dra- matic Club: Jane Ward, jean Caney, julie Roberts, and Margaret Church. They were congratulated on their fine work. After the plays dancing was enjoyed in the gymnasium with the music by Gordon Howe and his Blue Romancers. Posters showing the different athletic activities were made by Betty Curry and Mary Goud. PUBLIC SPEAKING The preliminary Public Speaking contest was held March 17, 1939, at Gardiner High School. jane Ward, the winner for the last three years, was again the leading contest- ant, with the selection That We Might Be Saved. Second place was won by Betty Chase, with her interpretation of Ma's Sunday Morning. Third place was won by David Nivison with the piece, Sky Fodder , and the fourth place, by George Cottle with My Account with the Un- known Soldierf' Others participating in the contest were Constance Leighton, Frances Staples, Geneva Mann, Perley Leighton, and Lois Farrell. jane Ward, Betty Chase, David Nivison and George Cottle were then eligible to compete in the triangular meet with Hallowell and Win- throp High Schools. jane Ward won first prize. The preliminaries for the North Central Maine Division of the Spear Contest were held in Winslow. jane Ward, our contest- ant, was chosen as alternate for the final state contest. The coach for all the Public Speaking in G.H.S. this year was Miss Charlotte Jewett, Latin teacher. WASHINGTON TRIP ', On a beautiful spring day, Friday, April I4, twenty-three students and three teachers started their eight-day tour to the Nation's capitol. Relatives and friends waved good- bye to us as the train pulled out at 9:20. We were accompanied by Miss Ella Perry of the high school faculty as chaperone. Miss Dallas Colby and Mrs. john Gilbert of the junior high faculty were also members of the party. The high school students in the party were Kathleen Goggin, Armorell Goodwin, Geraldine Ulmer, Rachel Rines, Marie Turner, Alice Brann, Ethel Gorton, Shirley Potter, Patricia Dowling, Luella josely'n, Helen Cobb, Geraldine McGrail, Kathleen Monaghan, Katherine Buckley, Max An- drews, Elwood Moulton, Hiram Pierce, Paul Skidmore, Herbert Strout, and Isabel Harriman. Frances Lombard accompanied the members of the party to Boston, stop- ping for the week there. We left Boston at 5:30 and enjoyed the ride on the boat through the canal. Arriv- ing in New York Saturday morning, we took a train to Philadelphia, where we saw the highlights of the place in a tour around the city. Among the main interests were the First Supreme Court House, Indepen- dence Hall, where the Liberty Bell is located, William Penn statue, Carpenter's Hall, Betsy Ross House, Benjamin Franklin's grave. About 3:30 we boarded another train for Washington, arriving there about six o'clock. That evening we were entertained by the Honorable Clyde H. Smith at Glen Echo, an amusement park. The following days

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Z0 THE QUILL such as plays, freshman reception, various outside social events, and lastly graduation. The orchestra is losing many senior mem- bers, who have enjoyed their part in this organization very much and regret leaving. The orchestra, like the band, is under the supervision of Miss Eva M. Towne. THE GARDINER H1-Y CLUB A This newly formed organization is a branch of the National Hi-Y Fellowship, in which there are 6,500 clubs, 35 of which are in Maine. The stated purpose of these clubs is to create, maintain, and extend through- out the school and community high stand- ards of Christian character. Under the guidance of Principal O. C. Woodman, a group of seven boys met, elected officers, and drew up and adopted a constitution. In this group of charter mem- bers were Richard Danforth, james Brown, Robert Foye, Charles Storm, Max Andrews, Perley Leighton, and George Cottle. The first officers of the club are George Cottle, president, Robert Foye, vice-president, Per- ley Leighton, secretaryg and Max Andrews, treasurer. Three members, james Brown, Richard Danforth, and George Cottle, at- tended the first State Hi-Y Clubs. The club conducted a regular meeting in assembly April 13, with Edwin E. Boud, Secretary of the Maine Y.M.C.A., as the speaker. He spoke on the aims and activi- ties of Maine Hi-Y Clubs, and presented our club witha Certificate of Affiliation with the National Hi-Y Clubs. Meetings are held in the High School once a week. New members and officers are elected in the spring. G CLUB MINSTREL The setting of the minstrel show this year was a circus with the end-men as clowns, front row maidens as peasant girls, and in- terlocutor as ringmaster and leader of the, show. Of course, our ringmaster was none other than Charlie Hinds, to us the best interlocutor possible. The end men were Perley Leighton, Tom Demers, Gilbert Cole, Paul Fleming, Carroll Newhouse, and Muri ray Shepard. The front row was made up 1 of twelve senior girls, a few veterans buf' mostly newcomers to the minstrel staff. There were many specialties in the show, all members of the student body of Gardi- ner High. With dancing, singing, readings, and the usual minstrel performances the show was most pleasing to the audience. I The show this year was earlier than usu'al,' being put on December 15 and 16. A dance followed the minstrel, with music by a local orchestra. The whole thing was not only a social success, but also a financial one, the proceeds going to the athletic fund. ' We owe much of our success to Mr.' David F. Kelley, director and pianist for the show. We appreciated his great help very much. ATHLETIC FAIR The annual Athletic Fair was held April 28, 1939. The gymnasium was attractively dec- orated in the four class colors. There were no booths this year, but at the further end of the hall were two tables, one having ice cream and a few novelties and the other, candy. These were presided: over by members of the junior and senior classes, respectively. ' Those on the decorative committee were Kay Goggin, chairman, Everett Ellingwood, Gerry McGrail, Harry Foss, Kay Buckley, Rita MacDonald, Perley Leighton, Charles Pickering, Louise Purdy, Clayton Ward, a 1

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Z2 THE QUILL were spent in visiting the various buildings, including the Capitol, White House, Lin- coln Memorial, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Institute, Congressional Li- brary, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing, House of Representatives, etc. We enjoyed our stay at the Burlington Hotel, especially the dance Monday eve- ning prior to our departure on Tuesday. We arrived in New York, Tuesday eve- ning and enjoyed a theatre performance at Radio City. We spent two days here in tours and shopping, Among the most in- teresting tours were the television tour and the Chinatown tour. Our hotel, the Vic- toria, in the heart of the city was most pleasing to us. We left New York Thursday late in the afternoon and arrived in Gardiner at 1:30, Friday. Some stopped over in Boston, but the majority came straight home. All in all, our trip was most enjoyable. LONG ASSEMBLIES We have had many and varied assemblies this year. The program committee has con- sisted of jane Ward, chairman, Imogene Caney, Harry Foss, Frances Staples, Mary Goud, and Mary Anne Demers. On each of the first four Fridays of the fall term, sample performances from the Collins Festival were presented to the stu- dent body. These entertainments were given under the auspices of the P.T.A. Among them were an artist accompanied by piano and violin players, the Hugo Brandt Company, consisting of a piano player, and male and female singers, Mr. Eide, a Norwegian explorer, who told of his 'many adventures, and finally a three-act play. On September 29, Tangora, the world's fastest and most accurate typewriting expert gave us a demonstration of his speed and skill. If On September 22, Mr. Harrison Lysethj of the State Department gave us a talk on education and the benefits from it. He was enjoyed by all very much. U For our Wednesday program for National: Art Week, Mrs. Cunningham, art teacher of some of the high school pupils and of many local citizens, gave us a talk and dem- onstrations of the different types of paint- ings and drawings. She also showed us samples of some of her students' work. On this program there was also singing by julie Roberts, accompanied by Margaret Church. One Wednesday assembly the first of the year was given over to the members of the student council who gave their annual re- ports and helps and hints for the year. Those on the committee and giving speeches were Arthur Lasselle, Kay Buckley, jane Ward, George Cottle, Kay Goggin, Thomas Demers, Carroll Newhouse, and Paul Flem- ing, acting as chairman. Since we enjoyed Mr. Eide, Norwegian explorer, very much, we had on December 8 an hour assembly in which he told us of his experiences in new countries. During the year there were two publicity stunts handled mainly by the business man- agers ofthe Dramatic Club play and Senior play respectively. A few scenes of the plays were put on in assembly and with a pep talk aroused the interest of the student body concerning these plays. Gn january IO, 1939, one of our favorite entertainers, Mrs. Guy Holt, gave a number of humorous and serious readings. She was called back again and again until we finally had to be sent out of the auditorium. Also on the program, Peggy McKee, Gardiner