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

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EDITORIALS I ENTER A CONTEST Icon.l Only seven girls entered the race, me being the only high school girl and a Freshman at that. I began to feel a little shaky. I sud- denly didnit want to enter, but it was too late. On the way up the mountain I got awful- ly tired. The reason for this was because I had only climbed it once before, and my legs weren't used to it. The rain was driz- zling off from the trees and it was terribly wet and muggy. You coudn't see ten feet ahead because of the fog. When we reached the tree line, we stop- ped and ate our lunch. Then we climbed to the top of the second snow field where the race was to start. Oddy helped me take off my skins Cstrips of sealskin you put on the bottom of skis so as to keep them from slipping while climbing a mountainj, and made me sit down to get my wind, but I was too excited to do that for long. There was too much going on. Then the race began. I was the fourth girl to go. I lined up at the starting line and heard the man say, Five-four-three- two-one-go. Then I was off. I made it down through the snowfields all right, but when I got down to the tree line, my legs began to ache, because I had never skied such a long distance without stopping. I wished I could sit down, and before I knew it, my skis were all crossed up and down I went. I got up as fast as I possibly could, Qthat wasnit very fastj for I had about a quarter of a mile left to ski. I took it good and slow, because I was so tired. When I finally got over the finish line I dropped right then and there and rested my legs. I came in seventh out of seven girls. That wasn't very good, but it was good experi- ence for me and I have the fear of my first race behind me. Amanda Winter '55 CNote: Amanda wrote the above about the winter of 1951 and 52. This year she placed first in the Sugarloaf Schuss, third in slalom and fifth in downhill in the East- ern junior Girls Championship held at Farmington, third in Sugarloaf Giant Slalom. BABE RUTH SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD We are continuing again this year the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship program award. We are pleased to announce that our win- ners for this year are Beverly Boynton for girls and Bryce Meldrum for boys. fWe congratulate these students, because we fell that this is one of the highest awards that we are able to make to any of our membersj. I MOVIE PROTECTOR VVe are all very proud of our new movie projector. Although we have had a projec- tor for several years, ours was quite an old model and it was nearing the time that we would have to spend quite a sum for re- pairs. Too, it was a heavy, cumbersome machine to carry around, as we frequently have to, from one place to another. The new one is very compact, you pick up the case the projector itself is in and you have the entire machine. There is no separate sound box. It threads much more easily than the old one. It is simpler to run and, also, much quieter. The tone quality can be regulated so that it is pleasing. The new projector is another step forward in equipping ourselves with modern audio- visual means for education. I7

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Year Calender Sept. 1 - Labor Day. Sept. 2 - School oiiicially opens with a teachers' meeting at Phillips. Another day of vacation for us. Sept. 3 - Everyone at school early this morning. Could it be a sudden interest in school, or to talk over summer experiences? Mr. Graham called the boys together for baseball briefing. Each class chose its ofli- cers. Day closed with a short Student Council meeting of the school, presided over by Beverly Boynton, our president. Sept 4 - What a day! Lack of books, and bad weather. Sept. 5 - First baseball game - at Strong. We were victors. That's starting the season off right, boys! Sept. 8 - A quick check of the register discloses an enrollment of 54. Sept. 9 - Strong here for a return game in baseball. We took that, too. Sept. 10 - Annual picnic at Spring Farm. Wonderful turnout of students. Plenty of eats. Cameras, too, plentiful. Sept. 12 - Phillips here for baseball game. The score, tied for two innings, was broken by the Kingies. Sept. 15 - Our first baseball loss - Boys at Rangeley. Sept. 16 - Rangeley baseball club here. We won, which evened things up for yes- terday's errors. Sept. 17 - One session this morning and then off to Farmington Fair. A parting word: Save some of your money for the World's Fair. Sept. 18 - Seniors hard at work on their fair booth. Won baseball game from Strat- ton. Sept. 19 - Baseball game at Phillips rain- ed out. Hope weather clears before to- morrow. Now, for those who slept out: Norman, Bryce, Edward, and Lawrence. They guarded our booth on the fair grounds. Saturday, Sept. 20 - Big day at Worldis Fair! Sept. 22 - Senior booth great success. 18 Hats oll to the people of Kingfield for help- ing us. Sept. 23 - Tryouts for the three one-act plays held by Mrs. Chadbourne and Mr. Osier. Large turnout of potential actors, some of them new. Sept. 24 - Bulletin board center of acti- vity this morning. Names of play cast are posted. Sept. 25 - The Sophomores are busy planning stunts for the Freshmen. Donit worry, Freshmen, because your turn for revenge will come. Students are travelling to and from the observation booth. Sept. 26 - Freshman Initiation is here. All Freshmen are exceedingly considerate of Sophomores todayl How nice and clean our blackboards are! Oct. 3 - Several students signed up for basketball managers. Oct. 8 - Mr. Hovis is here to start maga- zine campaign. Iim sure everyone enjoyed his jokes. Girls started basketball practice. Mad fury to get old suits! Individual pic- tures were taken of all underclassmen today. Oct. 13 - I knew it! This easy life could- n't last. Tests. Oct. 14 - Tests again today. Oct. 15 - Magazine campaign half over- Only thirteen people have sold. Not a very good beginning. Oct. 16 - Casts for one-act plays are busy brushing up on last minute details. Oct. 22 - Magazine campaign ended. Net profit 89680. Senior class sold the most, followed by juniors in second place. Betty, Bryce, and Beverly respectively led in sales. Oct. 24 - Three one-act plays. Took in 83016. Oct. 25 - County Cross Country meet at Strong. Oct. 26 - One session and the rest of the week off for State Teachers' Convention. Nov. 3 - Mr. Osier is girls' basketball coach.