Hermon High School - Microphone Yearbook (Hermon, ME)

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I .1 Ss MICROPHONE BOARD First 'rv14': E. Erickson, J. Kelleher, C. Gordon, R. R. Tapley, M. McGinley. Svcmm' 1-uni: Mrs. Myers. Financial Advisor, A. R. Garland, R. Bowen, R. Pendleton, E. Luce, Third row: F. Bragg, M. Philbrook, ll. Libby, D. son, G. Blake, E. Huey. Burgess, D. McLain, D. Homsted McGinley, B. Lord, A. Sherwood Mrs. Bemis, Literary Advisor, Robinson, W, McCarty, G. Robert-

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The Microphone Published Anmmzzy by me students of Herman High School Vol. 16 Number 1 Editor-in-Chief Aoo,eeeee.,. Assistant Editors .,Aeoe.ee.o Business M anagei' .......... Assistant M ana gers ,......... Literary Editoi ',.s .,....s. Assistant Editor .,.,......... Locals Eolztol '..ssccc ,ccccc.c...,s... Alumni Eclitoi '.s.. ,,.....,.....,. Athletic Editoo'-Girls cscccc...,,s A thletic Editor-Boys ..,,s ....s, T1 ' Joke Indztoi '... ,.....,......,..........,.,. Assistant Editoi 'sccc,. Exchange Editoi 'cc.css,. Head Typist ....c,s..cscc,c.c,s....,. .Assistant Typist .cc,sc,...,. EDITORIAL BOARD ...................REGINA BURGESS SCHARLES GORDON 4 JOAN KELLEHER NDOROTHY HOMSTED .........................DOUGLAS MCLAIN 'ROBERT TAPLEY DOROTHY LIBBY GLORIA BLAKE 4 DONALD ROBINSON ARTHUR MCGINLEY FOREST BRAGG OROSANNE PENDLETON ....................MONA MCGINLEY ....,,.,....,.........BONITA LORD .........,......ALIcE SHERWOOD ..........ROSEMARY GARLAND ...GERALDINE ROBERTSON ,,..........WILLIAM MCCARTY HUEY .ELIZABETH LUOE BOWEN ...,..e .,ELEANOR ERICKSON ..,...,.,.,.MARISE PHILBROOK Literary Aolvisefr .....,....,. ,,,,,.,,,ccc,c,, M RS. F, BEMIS Financial Adi-iser ,,,,,O,,,,,,,,,,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,v,,,,,,,,,,,O,,,,OO,O,,s,,,,,OO,,YY,,,,Oe,,,e,,,s,,e,,,,, ,,,,,,e,,, M Rs, B, MYERS BOARD OF EDUCATION MRS. DOROTHY ROBINSON L. M. HIGGINS R. T. LUOE Superintendent of Schools, EARL C. MCGRAW Principal, K. C. YOUNG Assistant, MRS. FLOY BEMIS Agriculture, MR. CARL SAWYER Commercial, MRS. BERTHA MYERS Junior High MRS. KATHERINE HERRICK MRS. MOLLIE NICKERSON

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5 . 7 A 1 Aj l Q , J 1 ra .I 'IE EDITGDIZ. THE AMERICAN BOY When our boys return home, life to them will never be quite the same. Experience burns too deeply. When they see again the dazzling America they left so long ago, they will think of their buddies remaining behind -boys of every race, creed, and color, work- ing side by side, living next to death, thou- sands of miles from home, deprived of every comfort, filthy with the sweat and blood of battle. Those boys have the stuff heroes are made of, ready to stand staunchly and stick it out for the sake of America, and if neces- sary give their lives for democracy and freedom, the boys who have only foxholes to run to when enemy planes fly over. They remember their buddies being taken from the battle field to the hospitals, un- flinching and gritting their teeth, never let- ting a word of complaint cross their lipsg boys who do not hesitate to stand watch at dangerous posts but accept it as part of their job to insure our future. Their spirit is magnificent. They cannot be beaten !' Americans, so we realize the sacrifices these boys are making for us? Can we for- get ourselves long enough to see that they are the ones to be considered? Can we match their gallantry? The half defeated Axis can be no match for 'us if only the American people awaken to the conclusion that the task we have undertaken is not an easy one and be ready to make the necessary sacrifices. The cost will be a heavy one, but we must sacrifice as we have not begun to yet. While he is facing all this we are grum- bling about rationing, and the shortage of gasoline and tires. We are sitting at home before a warm fire leisurely reading the paper or a magazine, going to a movie or maybe a dance. Is this fair to our boys? No! America, he is counting on you. You cannot, you must not, you will not fail him! Editov'-in-Chief WHAT EDUCATION MEANS TO ME To most students high school is one more unnecessary evil in the World. It is a con- centration camp designed to take all the joy out of youth. The teachers are all either bogey men or slave drivers ready to use a huge whip on any pupil who takes one tiny step out of line. This is not entirely true: school may be a bit difficult at times but most of the supposedly cruel treatment is in the imagination of the student. Teachers must be strict to a certain extent because without discipline of any kind no one would work and if no one worked nothing would be learned and there would be no need of school at all. Many people who leave high school early or do not go at all think that they are getting the easier side of life but after they reach the age where they have to shift for them- selves they will wish that they had taken the opportunity to go to high school and even to college. During these years of war it is a very dif- ficult situation for a boy who is seventeen or