Gorham High School - Schola Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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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

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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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CLUBS LIBRARY CLUB l'l't'.S'l.lI't'llI' ltfnrrn 'lamrtfu I 'iff' 1'rt'.virli-tif Nouxtw liU'l l'l'fRFIliLID ,Yi-t'1't'lt11'.tt l':I.IZ.fXlil'f'l'll Iiwcors 'lil'l'tl.S'l!l't'l' llouis .Xluis'rRoNt: 'l'lu-rc will be an ice cream sale tonight at U:-l5. That was the annotnu-ement lu-artl every XYL-cltu-sclay night this year which toltl you that the l.ibrary Club was hartl at work. ,Xbout twice a month we learnt-il about tlu- recent books by discussing the 4 lmni- boolt , which is a monthly tnagazine. giving tlu- synopsis of live lu-st sellers. .-Xnother way we llt'L'ZllllC acquaintetl with books was by having Miss Small from tlorham speak to ns :tt a supper meeting in liast llall. XXI- opciu-fl znul closetl the year with a rt-crczitional nu-t-ting. l.ast lall tlu- club went lo .Xltlt-n's l'ontl for a picnic, .-Xt this, tlu- ireslnnen were initiatetl. For our spring outing we boartletl a truck antl journeyc-fl to South tlorham. The main purpose ol- this trip was to get a taste of those salatls matic by tlu- women of South Gorham. 'l'hey are worth trying, Nye mustn't forget the chapel program we prescntctl cluring Hook XVeek. l'rob- ably you tlicln't know what a variety of characters you were associating with every clay, even the Iron Duke. ln March, a musical program was helcl in the music room in Corthell Hall. At this meeting Miss Eames playecl the piano atul also recordings of Mexican music. Not to be different from the other organizations we sponsored two clances. When you attended one you founcl your- self in the l,iln'ary of Rohie Hall. The second tlance was sponsored after the Keene basketball game. The members of tlu- club showecl their ambition by making sandwiches antl punch for refreshments. During the year Miss Eames furiiished entertainment for special meetings by showing the moving pictures and giving lectures on her trips. You might even see yourself in some of the pictures which slu- took on campus. Members: M. Bragtlon. 1. Boynton. ll. Davis, tl. lfpsteiu, H. Goodwin. l'. llartt. lt. Kinney, B. Libby, .-X. Lowell. M. Maclfacharn, I,. McLain, .-X. Monte- bello, l. Nelson, P. Norwood, Pate. li. Rowe. M. Raynes. Seawarrl, lf. Staples. -I, 'l'hompson. l,ilirr1ry Chili Page Nineteen