Kingfield High School - Abram Breeze Yearbook (Kingfield, ME)

Page 14 text:

in The Abram Breeze OUR NEW AUDIO-MASTER For years Kingheld High School has needed a new record player. We have talked several times of doing something about purchasing one, but not until this year have we acted. Through the action of the Student Coun- .cil we now have a portable machine, which will play all three speeds of records and transcriptions. Although it was not too ex- -pensive, it is good looking. What is more important, it has a very clear tone and loud volume. It also provides space to plug our microphone into the machine itself and use that from the same sound box. So far we have made good use of it. It is played when school is not in session for the benefit of those who come early or who take lunches. It has been used in classes to play records for filmstrips and recordings of historical events as they hap- pened. It was used by one class to furnish music for a social. And by use of it music was enjoyed by all who attended the speaking contest. We are all happy that once more we have a victrola that really works. Gloria Dyer '52 THE SCHOOL BUS The athletic teams at our school had the fortune to have the use of the newly purchased bus this year. This has been a help in various ways. It has been much .easier since we havenit had to find trans- portation in individual cars for games away from home. It has allowed more students to enjoy out-of-town events. The bus is considered much safer than a group of cars. It has been a benefit to the towns- people who would have to furnish cars for transportation. Parents like the safety and the fact that all the students ride to- gether with a safe driver at the wheel. With no mishap to mar our record, we have traveled over eight hundred miles in the bus for basketball games. For this privilege the school has paid over one hundred sixty dollars. This has been such a drain upon our treasury that we felt we must charge a small sum to each person riding to the games on the bus. Never- theless, we have felt that it was a definite advantage to be able to use the bus. It has been an improvement over the old system of hunting up individual cars to take the teams. Malcolm Knapp '52 MOVIE MANNERS Are there such things as good 'imovie mannersv? How should one behave in a movie hall? Do such manners differ from every-day good manners? In the following paragraphs I have at- tempted to answer the questions stated above. A mannerly person is a gracious, kind, and considerate one. At the movies there is no excuse for poor manners. The first place to practice good manners is at the ticket window and candy counter. Wait your turn, never elbow your way to the front. When a boy and a girl go to the movies, the girl follows the usher except when there is no usher. Then her escort leads, but he allows her to enter the row first. The boy sits between the girl and the aisle. Often when a group of boys and girls go to the movies together, the boys let the girls follow the usher first, but once seated, they find themselves not sitting beside the girls they took. In a case such as that, it is better to follow the usher in the order you wish to sit. Once seated, forget squirming, whisper- Page Twelve

Page 13 text:

The Abram Breeze Summa SCHOOL SPIRIT What is School Spirit? It is cooperating with the people of the school, being willing to do your share to help and taking some of the responsibility yourself rather than letting the other fellow do it all. One of the largest things is cooperating with the teachers in the classroom and being courteous in class. Do your share in school activities. If your school is having a scrap drive, do your best to help out. Or if one of the classes is having ad dance or something similar, help them out. Keep your school rooms clean and also your grounds. The janitor does not like to clean up your messes. In basketball season back your cheerleaders while they are on the floor or on the sidelines. Cheer for your team, but be sure to show good sports- manship toward the opposing team. Be willing to help out on committees you are appointed to. If your class is hav- ing a meeting, state your ideas there rath- fr than after it is too late. Help out your Student Council by giving your ideas to your representative. Let him put the idea across for you. The care of school property is one of your greatest responsibilities in school. Do not mark on books, desks, or on the build- ing inside or out. Take care of the bus if you want to be able to use it again. While in other towns respect their property as you would want them to do with yours. If in school activities, do all the necessary work without complaining. H Y Always be loyal to your school at all times no matter where you are. Take an interest in your class, also. If you are loyal to .your school, if you take responsibilities cheerfully and if you represent your school willingly, you can Page Eleven be truly proud of your school. You may be said to possess School Spirit. Leon V Chadbourne ,54 THE BABE RUTH SPORTSMANSHIP PROGRAM AWARD The Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award was started in 1949, sponsored by the American Association for Health, Nation- al Association of Secondary School Prin- cipals and the Babe Ruth Foundation. Its purpose is to arouse enthusiasm for good sportsmanship and fair play in the schools and among the general public. With the many shameful scandals, as the basketball betting uiixesv, the sports world has become alarmed. They feel that if fair play is started in high school, the individual will be more able to refuse bribes that might be offered by racketeers to him as an athlete in college. For every school that enters there is a trophy, which remains with the school and which bears the names of each year's win- ners. For the two students so honored, one girl and one boy, there is a Babe Ruth medallion. Athletes are eligible for the award but so are the cheerleaders, student managers, and even those who have no skill for ath- letics. The only requirement is a contribu- tion to good citizenship. The selections for the award are made by the students of the school. A The students in our school who received the award for the current year are Betty Kirkwood and Richard Trenholm. Kinglield High School is one of the for- tunate schools to have the honor of giving this award. It gives the students something to strive for while they are in high school, and it is certainly a great honor to receive such an award. Betty Kirkwood 353

Page 15 text:

ing, and all other noise-making disturb- ances. This may mean not eating pop corn and candy. Frequent passing in and out over the feet of others is also very annoy- ing, avoid it. If you arrive after the movie has begun, take a seat near the back, and if you have to shove by a person, don't forget, Pardon men or, 'Tm very sorryf, The polite thing for the person seated to do is to rise and push back his seat to give room for you to come in. ' Never wear a wide brimmed hat or one with many feathers unless you plan to take it off, and a lady is expected to wear her hat in public. A man must remove his hat upon entering the building. If you have seen the movie before, donit start telling those around you the story. They came to see the movie, not to hear you. Love making in a movie hall, as in any public place, is definitely taboo. Do not indulge in it. To quote from another: Manners may be compared to tickets because they make it much easier for us to get places, to get along in life, and to get along with peoplef' Let us all remember that good manners are the same, Whatever the situation. Let us, each and every one, strive to remember the rules and practice them in the movies. Beverly Boynton ,53 Page Thirteen The Abram Breeze THE MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN This year, the same as last, We had a representative of the Crowell-Collier Pub- lishing Company come to our school to get a magazine campaign started. This company has many popular magazines in- cluding The Americanv, VVoman,s Home Gompanionv, and Good Housekeeping, The four classes competed against each other. Each class chose a captain, who each day would collect all subscriptions sold the day before and the money for them. The class captains, in turn, gave the money to two pupils acting as secretaries for the entire school. The class getting the most sales got a commission for doing so. There was a gift for the girl and the boy that got the highest number of sales. The students worked to earn points in order to receive small gifts for selling. Although our sales and profit this year rose in comparison with those for last year, even more students should enter Whole- heartedly into the campaign. Only a small per cent of our enrollment secured any sales. An even smaller number brought in enough to really allow us to reach our goal, and to exceed the mark set for us by the company. In spite of this we ended with a profit of over seventy-five dollars. We hope that next year We will have even better cooperation and that We will again surpass the amount of profit pre- viously realized by our school. Gloria Dyer 352