Hermon High School - Microphone Yearbook (Hermon, ME)

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The MICROPHONE 15 STUDENT COUNCIL First row: C. Grant, J. Simpson, E. Byers, R. Bemis, V. Lord, P. McGinley, S. Good- speed. Second row: Mr. Dwyer, R. Reardon, W. Allen, B. Bridge, M. Lord, A. White, P. Hunt. About Our School Early in the morning On a windy April day, A tragic fire started And swept our school away. It gave us all a feeling Of sadness and of shame, When we knew that we would never See our Hermon High again. We wakened from our pleasant dreams With news to make one cry— Men were needed desperately To save old Hermon High. The air was filled with cinders Flying all around, For dear old Hermon High School Was burning to the ground. It took our books and papers, Our curtains, stage, and all, And took away our faithful gym Where we played basketball. It robbed us of our records, Our moving picture screen; Of radios and projector Only ruins could be seen. We thought of all the moments When we’d said, “For Heaven’s sake, I wish the school house would burn down, And give us kids a break.” But now that it has happened, And everything is gone, We take back all our “wishes,” For we were so very wrong. We really miss our school house, And the years will never take From our hearts each nook and cranny Of the school we helped to make. Our dreams made for the future— We saw them break and fall On that horrible April morning When fire claimed them all. Ruth Campbell ’54

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14 The MICROPHONE dots, much less the black dots on the white ones! “Put ’em back on,” he said, being a man of few words I found. Thus were my hopes smitten. Didn’t he think I could read? He pointed to signs on a board and told me to read them. Then came the questions, thick and fast. Be- fore I finished answering one, he’d fire an- other at me. The final step was the road test. “Bessie” —our Oldsmobile—was good to me and started without stalling. “Turn left,” he said, just as if I hadn’t been over the route five times previously. On Everett Street the emergency brake wouldn’t hold. “It’s got to,” he said, which, of course, made me all the more nervous. I guess he fina.ly took pity on me, because he told me to release it and give it a hard pull. That worked and I went on down Ohio Street. When the red light at the intersection turned green, there was a truck coming out of High Street as I came out of Ohio. 1 started sweating gumdrops, but Lady Luck was with me. The truck was going the same way I was. As I was about to turn onto Court Street, there was a car coming up the hill. I was afraid if I didn’t wait, I would have to re- turn in six months and go all through this ordeal again, so I waited. “You had plenty of time,” he stated in a I’ve-had-a-hard-day- at-the-office tone of voice. The police station was like a vision of an oasis in the desert to me, and I pulled into the reserved parking place. Then, with no pomp or ceremony whatsoever, he shoved a piece of paper at me and said, “Sign it.” I gulped. I gasped. I looked at the paper in disbelief, for it was a temporary license. I had passed! Patricia Leathers ’53 What America Means to Me America to me means the land of oppor- tunity. In few other countries of the world could I have the opportunities that I have in America. I am entitled to free education in public schools. I can continue on to college, if I have the will to work. In America anyone can go to college, if he has the ambition. If anyone has the ambition, he will find help along the way. In America I can say what I wish, but I must respect the rights of others. I am en- titled to police protection. I can read any- thing I wish without fear of imprisonment. I have the right to choose my own religion. No one says to me, “You go to this church or you can’t go to any church.” When I become of age I will have the privilege and duty to vote for my local, state, and national repre- sentatives. Thus in America I have many opportuni- ties, but I must take advantage of them. I can’t loaf and wait for a golden opportunity to appear. I must work and help make my own, and, if one should appear, take advan- tage of it. Chester Heughan ’53 Something for Nothing Something for nothing is just wh'it it says. Do we expect something for nothing all the time? We teen-agers should not ex- pect our parents to do everything for us, just because we think it’s their duty. We should and are able to do many things by ourselves. If we expect Dad to paint our bookshelves, we should plan to spend part of Saturday after- noon out of doors washing the storm win- dows. The same idea applies to housework. Per- haps we help mother every night with the dishes, but when we have an extra loid of homework, she does them by herself. Then we should do something for her or do the dishes the next night. And how about that airplane model or that nail polish that mother got you in town last week? Doesn’t that obligate you to do errands for her? You see, even at home practice should be- gin in repaying others for the services they have rendered you. We must not go through life with the idea that the world owes us something—something that we expect for nothing. Assistant Editor

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lfi The MICROPHONE' News While It Is News From the Scrapbook Five year high school has enrollment of 143 in September . . . Clarence Pratt only addition to faculty . . . Student Council elects officers and plans supervision of fresh- man reception . . . Magazine contest opens . . . Banking program starts . . . Senior play cast rehearses . . . Officers of Junior Red Cross elected . . . Problems of Democracy class visits News plant ... Mr. Smith and four aggie students travel to White Moun- tains . . . Automobile for driver training course arrives . . . Glee Club is started . . . F.F.A. installs officers . . . Future Farmer group uses ham radio set. .. First honor roll announced . . . Faculty attends State Teach- ers’ Convention . . . Repair of baseball dia- mond begun ... A sophomore, Beatrice Lam- bert, becomes high school spelling champ . . . Sophomores have choice of all gold or black onyx and gold class rings . .. Seniors present play before full house . . . Cheerleaders picked . . . Science exhibit presented by eighth grade . . . Individual pictures taken . . . Editorial staff announced . . . Girls’ and Boys’ basketball Round Robin . . . Farm- ers’ fair at U. of M. attended by Hermon F. F. A. group with poultry judging team winning trophy and rotating plaque for placing first . . . Possum Trotters begin ac- tivities . . . Thanksgiving recess . . . First basketball game i3 at Blue Hill . . . Senior play presented at Levant . . . Eighth grade produces “Evangeline” . .. Chester Heughan, a junior, wins 8th Queen City talent show . . . Christmas vacation . . . Aggie course has two practice teachers . . . Paper drive benefits school . . . Sophomore class works on play . . . Mid-year exams given . . . Eye test . . . National Honor Society meets . . . March of Dimes held ... Problems of Democ- racy class visits Bangor police station and municipal court . . . Sophomores present Make Room for Rodney” .. . Freshmen hold interviews for study of local government . .. Eleven new members for National Honor Society . .. Eighth grade has Polio thermom- eter . . . Wayne Bishop loses in foul shooting finals . . . Odd Fellows sponsor 3rd annual Sweater Dance . . . One-act play cast selected . . . Cast announced for freshman play . . . $60 goal for March of Dimes over the top by $5 . . . Eighth grade has Valentine Party for school . . . Boys’ basketball team wins first clash at league tournament, loses second . . . Vacation is a week early because of “bliz- zard” . . . F.F.A. holds 2nd annual Father and Son Banquet . . . Sophomore and eighth grade play cast announced . . . Finalists for Junior Exhibition chosen . . . Marilyn Brown is D.A.R. Candidate . . . Driver training course explained at P.T.A. ... 4 one-act plays presented in gym . . . School one-act play places second in league contest.. . Soph- omore class rings arrive . . . Three F.F.A. members win invitations to U. of M. banquet by essays on electricity . . . One-act play in state district contest at Orono . . . Student Council elects Ruth Bemis president and Marilyn Lord vice-president . . . Day off for county teachers’ convention . . . Committees announced for Junior Exhibition . . . Nation- al Honor Society elects president, Marilyn Light, and vice-president, Marilyn Phillips . . . Patricia Leathers elected to take part of Scholarship at the league initiation of Na- tional Honor Society . . . Sandra Bowden be- comes eighth grade spelling champ . .. Eighth grade does science murals on seasons . . . Patricia Leathers and Lloyd Robinson win Junior Exhibition . . . HERMON HIGH SCHOOL BURNS WITH $100,000 LOSS . .. New books ordered . . . School board declines