Gorham High School - Schola Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA l'rt-.r1'tle11l lQl l'll Aunfx .S't-ri-clit:-y tllfR.Xl.lllNl-I iXlCllR.Xll, 'l'n't1.r1n't'r l'.R.XNL'lS XV1c:t:1N l.1'Imzritm lS1i'r'rv W n1'r1C I-Ii.vlorion l.oRR.xtN1Q lXlL'GlflC .Yong l.cnu'ur FRANK C.'x'r1R Rememher that dny when Miss VVood sent out the call for seniors to help in the rehirth of the Russell Chapter of the lfutnre 'll0llL'llt'l'S of America? It sounded so solemn and serious that some of us went hecztuse we thought we ought to, hut wl1en the cluh reztlly got untlerwzty. we saw its potentiztlities hoth for invalu- :thle help and for fun. llo you recall our tirst real meeting when llr, Russell gave :tn account of teacher organizzttions in .-Xmericzt and his experiences with them? Then cattle the llrst :tid lecture and demonstration hy four :thle Red Cross men from Portland. Who could forget the heated discussion zthout at te:1cher's relations to her com- munity conducted hy the experienced teachers of the cluh? To zuld to the variety of the cluh's hi-monthy meetings several memhers showed their zthility as present cooks-one supper ended in at lusty sing-:mother with stories and readings, hy Mr. XVood- wnrd, ol' some of his poems. Cam we forget the fun, one Monday afternoon. of discovering what our per- sonalities were really like through the Cal- ifornia l,Cl'!-ltllllllllj' test F-everyone was :L little surprised. llid you ever try to guess intelligence quotients from pictures of children you had never seen? 'l'he cluh did when Miss Murley gave :tn illustrated lecture zthout some unusual pupils and prohlem children which she hzul had in school. .Xlthough Il recheck proved many ot' the guesses to he way otl ', seeing the faces of these children while their prohlems were discussed made this meeting' more interesting and vnluahle. The rest ot' the school will rememher with us the lecture of llr. l':1yson Smith in the full. the twenty new volumes on education presented hy the Future 'l'eztch- ers, and Doctor Duley's discussion of civil liherties in time of wztr. This is the work and plzty of the cluh which under the guidance of Miss Xllood is a must with all seniors. Memhers: tl. Alden, R. Alden, I . .eXndrews. IJ. -X1'1llSll'01lg', ul. Ashby, R. Austin, M liarlmarick, M. Rragdon, li. Cullinan lf. llearhorn. M. Dodge, NV, Garlzuitl fl. Hawkes, M. llztwlies, E. Hoclgkins l'. llodsdon, .X. lloward, I.. Johnston lf. jones, li. -lorgensen, E. Kimhztll, G Knapp, R. Knight, li. l.e:1ch, l,. McGee M. Mctlinty, tl. Metlrzlil, Ii. Merithew A. lllorton, bl. Miles, l. Nelson, Parks G. l'endexter, l.. l'oli, ll. Quinn, M. Ruynes, tl. Riley, .-X. Sezlwzml, ll. Slos- herg, M. Snell, li. Sproul, li. Staples lf. 'l'hztyer, ll, 'l.lllO1llZIS, R. Vaughan C. XYelch, XY. XVelton, B. XVhite, IJ. Xllhitten, l . XYiggen, R. XVing, T. Young. v 1 r I s 1 v l 'at ge Seven teen

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Y. W. C. A. The original Whig sisters of florltam are the members nt' the Ynung XYomen's christian A-Xssneiatinn. liach memher un- tlertakes tn hefrientl a freshman girl ancl acquaint her with the sturlents. faculty. the schnnl anrl its trarlitinns. The pur- pose of the organizatimt is tn he a Christian inflnenee nn the campus. The Y. XY. heltl its meetings in Center every Thttrsclay evening. .Xt these meet- ings nntsitle spealcers as well as faculty metnhers tliscttssetl current prnlmlems ancl tultl tales ut' travel. Some of the speak- ers tluring the year were: Miss lfames. Mr. lltthlvs. Mr. Slnat, Miss Mnrley. antl Mr. lloohar, The Y. XY. C. .X. was ennstantly active tltrnuglinitt the schntil year, lt startefl the sehonl year in the fall hy spottsoring a l resh1nan receptinn in Russell llall. .-Xt this time t'reshmen antl lacnlty hecame aequaintetl. Later a hanqnet was given in lfast llall tlllllllg rntml fur a retmiun tml' the trltl memhers. .X tlnnglnnit sale was helcl monthly antl sclttml stickers antl school stationery were sultl the year lung ancl L'ln'istmas earrls were snlrl at Christmas time. .Xt Christmas time this organization sponsored a sing in Rohie llall recep- titm rotnn. :Xt this gzttliering The liirrls Christmas Carol was rearl hy memhers. .X seconrl party was the Valentine party at which the stuclents antl faculty partici- patecl in games, ancl refreshments were servetl. This year the Y. XY. nnflerttmnlc as a project, the refttrnishing nt' the Y. XY. rtmin in liohie llall. The Cahinet mem- hers pnrehasetl a new rug, two new chairs, new rlraperies. a new lampshatle. Miss XYnntlwartl clonatecl a new honlicase anrl Dr. Dnley clonatecl two new pictures. The romn, now complete. is worthy of praise, The Y. XY. C. .X. eahinet memhers are: l'resirlent, Ruth llavisg Vice l'resitlent, Katherine llustnng Secretary, Christine XX'elch3 Treasurer, liettina Villslmryg l'rogratn Chairman, lflnrenee Comnlmsg Music, lfrnestine Smithg Finance. Re- heeca liinneyg l'uhlieity, lletty Kennetlyg XYnrlcl lfellowship, Doris Colleyg Recrea- tinn Chairman, Betty lrachg Sueial Service. -lean Tlttvmpson. Page Sixteen

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LITERARY l'oelr-t' Clair anml -losepbine lrving.. .November ll was tJl lflCl'IRS S n IRLIQY M. S'l'.XXI,lCY l're.rirIt'1tl 1'ive1H't'.vifie11r ' l3Ii'l 1'Y Fkosa' Secretary llliLliNA Gixomi 'lil'l'lI.Y1H'4'I' li1lCRAl,IJl N ii XVU I'l'lC . ld? 'I'A'0I'.Y Bliss Hiiss Liiwis Al iss lI12L1iN .'Xl.LlCN Miss lliQR'1'i1A liRos'r Mus. RICIIARD S.xv.Axo1-2 liach year the Poetry Club has a spe- cilie theme to be rlevelopecl throughout the year. and this year our topic was section- alizecl poetry g that is, poetry representing the cliti'erent parts of our great country. 'lihe year's work started on October 8. 1041 with the presentation of lnclian Poetry untler the chairmanship of Bettina Pillsbury. October 15. Blaine Poets were tliseussecl, Shirley Stanley, chairman. One of the most lookerl forwarcl to events of the Poetry Club was the animal fall stunt party. and this was helcl on Uctober 18 at Union llall. Kitty Lewis was in charge. October 22 we tinishetl the clis- eussion of New linglancl. .X fall outing' was next helcl on Long lslancl in Casco Hay, plannecl by Doris XVhitely, Lorraine Klcliee, lfvelyn XYarcl, Doris Colley ancl 'Iocelyn Tozier. :Xt this little the follow- ing people were incluctecl into member' ship: Priscilla lient, Doris ,Xrmstrong, .Xcleline Montebello, Phyllis Norwood. Page 1 .lui tlevotecl to 'li11Zlll1iSglYlllg with llelena tlagne as chairman. November lo Doris XYhitely presenteml a mhscussion ol the boetl'5' concernecl with 1 lur Oceans . lleeember 10 the Nlirlmlle XYest hail its moments of glory with lileanor tloulcl. .Xl this time of the year the Poetry Club lixes up boxes of clothing anal games to sencl to neecly schools all over the state, ancl this was clone as usual. llecentber 17 a Christmas tea was heltl in Robie recep- tion rooms at which Bliss lless Lewis gave her beautiful illustratecl talk on Xlaclonnas. The chairman of this occa- sion was Catherine llanson. -Ianuary 7, 19-12 Our Pacilic Northwest was pre- sentecl by Ruth Nlcllonough. -lannary l-1 The Pacific Southwest hacl its poetry too as was shown by lileanor lionlrl, lfebruary 4, a program entitlecl, Riders of the Range was presenterl by llelen lleel. The following were electerl to lill vaeancies: Louise NleLain. Nlary furran. Klary Bennett, liflizabeth llacon, llarbara Libby, Virginia Davis, ancl XYinifrerl Carll. February ll a Valentine Party was helcl in Miss Lewis' room. later re- tiring to Miss .Xnclrews' room for the musical portion of the program at which time Gerry Klcllrail sang love songs accompanierl by Laura Nleserve. 'lihe program conclnclerl with Nliss Lewis reacling love poems. February 18 was tlevotefl to the founflers of our great tfontinnecl on Page 75j hteen