Gorham High School - Schola Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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FACULTY WALT'ER EARLE RUSSELL, A. B., D. Ed. GERTRUDE LINCOLN STONE. B. S.. A. M. DR. RUSSELL, our distinguished principal, pro- vokes heated discussions in Principles of Teaching and Evolution of American Education. His close contact with each day's details and his gracious cordiality in the office and on the campus make him a personal influence in all our lives. His chief sporting pleasure is golf. and many keen matches have been played between him and Mr, Vkfieden. Dr. Russell is very devoted to his school. town, and church, and his friendly dignity makes him an admired member of each. MISS STONE, teacher of Psychology and History of Education. gives us enlightening classes. rich in psychological anecdotes and in valuable speed. mem- ory, personality. and adjustment tests. Vvlho will forget her quotation: To every man there openeth a high way and a low ? She is a very charming person, is Superintendent of a Sunday School and a member of several town clubs. is always present at school functions, and faithfully posts school news on her regularly consulted bulletin board. She is acknowledged as the most travelled member of the faculty. l.OUlS BURTON VJOODWARD. A. B., A, M, 0 JESSIF LOUISE KEENE, GFQIQGF AI4BION BROWN Ph, B, xX ll Q 9 9 Q' I I I' V page twenlu

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DR. RUSSELL'S MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS OP TI-IE GORHAM NORMAL SCHOOL For more than sixty years the door of the Gorham Normal School has been open in welcome to young men and young women with charac- ter, personality. brains, ambition and the desire to become teachers. During each of these sixty years many such young people have en- tered its open door. Some not of this class have slipped in but finding the tasks too arduous or the restrictions too severe or the objectives distaste- ful or their money too limited soon slipped out again through the door that swings both ways. The great majority, however, of those who entered, because they were either more able, or more valiant or more determined accepted the disci- pline of hard work, adapted them- selves to the requirements of neces- sary routine, adjusted themselves to their social opportunities and earned the right of honorable graduation. Then they, too, went out through the door that swings both ways to enter their chosen field of teaching. Year by year for nearly sixty years these groups by virtue of the same splendid qualities that enabled them to successfully meet the requirements of teacher training have been suc- cessful in the field of teacher service. Their efficiency and faithfulness have kept open the entrance into that field for you when you shall be ready to join them. When you enter that field be determined that the door shall not be closed to your successor because of any preventable failure of yours. WALTER E. RUSSELL. DR. RUSSliI.l. MR. PACKARD NllSS RYAN MR. ANDERSON

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MR. WOODWARD has graciously bowed to tradi- tion by once forgetting a class. and may now authen- tically be called the absent-minded professor. His classes, which include Science, School Law, and Ethics. are looked forward to by students for their collegiate tone and dry humor. Faithful execution of his vice-principal duties, an excellent sense of line music, love of his family, beautiful thoughts expressed in poems of school and campus. and a high standing in town organizations are the chief reasons why students respect this gentleman and his ideals. MISS KEENE teaches the three Pfs-Bible Study, Bird ITICI1 tates to name a hobby, since all her previous ones Study, and Biology. in addition to fresh- Science and Industrial Arts. She now hesi- have become vocations. She loves birds: now we do. She likes biology: now her absorbing course prevents her accustomed reading of a novel an evening. She's a superior cook: in her under- graduate life this ability proved remunerative. However. she's now a seasoned traveller. having driven about in her own car. MR. BROWN, genial, jovial, philosophical head of the Industrial Arts department, acts as a father to all shop men. He makes their problems his prob- lems: and, being a former graduate of Gorham, he understands their cases more fully. Grade school boys appreciate the outings he arranges for them and their teachers at his camp each spring. His chief subjects are Electricity, Machine Shop. and Wood- working, in which he supervises practice teachers. Nine years of Beta men have also known his good counsel. MR. CILLEY, of architectural fame, is seasonally seen at our basketball games in chief control of tickets and admissions. Noted for his keen eye in hnding flaws in students' cabinet-making and draw- ings, he gives forth on said occasions that the article wee-wahsf' He supervises practice teachers in Mechanical Drawing and teaches Fundamentals of Trade and Job Analysis. His work at home, at school, and in the town speaks for itself to prove his craftsmanship. He is an able bowler. and his most coveted athletic honor is that of being the faculty champion. A typical day with MISS HASTINGS finds her either preparing a group of students for practice teaching or seeing them through it. Her course in Directed Observation is splendidly organized and gives beginners opportunity for seeing model les- sons. Her personal interest in every student teacher makes her visits welcome. Alternate Thursdays hnd her at the Civic Committee meeting with immediate information of all school details. She's a contract bridge player, a busy member of a number of town clubs, and a lover of birds and trees. MISS RYAN is beloved because of her kindliness and her sincere belief in her pupils and in her work. Her classroom is always filled with students keeping notebooks in nature study, overflowing elective geography courses. watching her experiments with plants and specimens of animal life, or taking ad- vantage of her generous hospitality during spare periods or at lunchtime. Although this year her spare time, she says, is devoted to catching up on sleep, her former travelling experiences have helped make her geography real to us. l.AWRENC1ENIil.SON CILLEY NIARY LOUISE HASTINGS lVlABEI.I7RANCl1S RYAN. 8.5. page twenty-one