Madison High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Madison, ME)

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ents' help in the purchase or rental of needed instruments. Uniforms for every member of the M. H. S. Band are the goal this year. Uniforms do not directly change the quality of music a band plays, but they do so indirectly by raising the morale of the players. Thus, the players will want to practice more and more. M. H. S. football team won two trophies this year. They won the Triangular League Champs Trophy competed for by Skowhegan, Lawrence, and Madison High Schools. They also won the Kennebec Valley League Champs Trophy. Tennis started off this year, for the first time in several years. We played Kents Hill twice. The M. H. S. boys lost both matches, but they gained experience that will help them win this next season. Tennis gives both boys and girls a chance to show their abilities in sports and gives the girls another sport to play. Equipping the boys' lockers with combina- tion locks this year has resulted in fewer absen- tees from physical education classes due to lost keys. Approximately 50 books have been added to the school library this year. New fiags in place of the worn ones add to the appearance of the rooms this year. The typing room is now equipped with a Dictaphone, rented by the Commercial Club for the use of the Senior Commercial students. As their contribution to the constantly increas- ing equipment of the commercial department the members of this year's Commercial Club have purchased a new Burroughs calculator. Proficiency in the use of the Dictaphone and calculator will help the girls when they gradu- ate and take their places in the working world, as many employers require their stenographers to have previous experience with such machines. The biology laboratory has had a Bioscope added to its limited equipment. This scope projects its specimens onto a screen, wall, ceil- ing or table top. It has two low-power lenses, and a high-power light bulb. The specimen is enlarged mostly through being projected in somewhat the way a film is made larger by pro- jecting it further. The school has acquired a new tape recorder. This will record anything from public speeches and performances to classroom oral subjects. If the sociology students are studying a certain type of government, a radio speech on that topic can be recorded and played back to the class the next day. Any class can benefit in some manner from this recorder. In the purchase of this equipment, M. H. S. continues to be among the first to take advantage of the newer meth- ods of education. M. H. S. was represented by three boys at thc first Dirigo Boys' State. The boys to have this wonderful opportunity were Clifton Goodwin, Hadley Kittredge, and Iames Thorne. james Thorne also had the honor of going to Wash- ington, D. C., to represent, with one other boy, Dirigo Boys' State. The three boys spent a week in Orono, at the University of Maine, studying town, city, county and state govern- ment. Their way was paid by several organ- izations of this town. Any organization or per- son wishing to sponsor a boy may do so by contacting the American Legion. A group of capable men make this week of study like a week of play. It is an experience that every boy and girl will remember. M. H. S. was represented by Connie Mac- Donald at Dirigo Girls' State which is similar to Boys' State. The camp was held at the Pine Tree Camp in Oakland. Taking all the advances we have made this year, our school has progressed both in educa- tion and in extra-curricular activities. The band and orchestra are growing, our one-act play won the contest, and our teams have gained many victories. All of these things have helped to raise the standards of our school. Hadley F. Kittredge '49 Future What does the word future mean to you? VVebster defines it as the time to come, pros- pects. What is your future going to be? What are you planning to make of your future? Answer these questions truthfully and you will know your present status and your future prospects. Everyone has a future however different they may be. Even buildings have futures. Madi- son High School has a future, one which we trust will be outstanding. We as the present students hope that Madison High School will expand and introduce more varied courses to if IN ANNIYER SARYh

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wf . ' . L ,-.-..,.,...-' r EDIT Past As we glance back over the past ten years, at first we note little difference between the Madi- son High School of 1939 and the same school today. The same eagle looks down upon stu- dents and teachers as they enter the front door. But once inside we face the Honor Roll for the many boys and girls who went from our school to fight for their country. This was placed here in 1945 as our personal reminder. Through the open door of the auditorium we catch a glimpse of the movie screen and pro- jector which together with the turntable for recordings and loud speaker system--all ac- quired since 1946-add much to the students' enjoyment and studies. Films on many sub- jects are shown in school to help students bet- ter understand their work. New scenery adds color as well as usefulness in plays and pro- grams. The service flag was designed in 1945 as a tribute to M. H. S. boys and girls in the service. As we leave the auditorium we see on the wall over the front door a fine plaque in honor of two boys of the Senior Class of 1946 who died in unfortunate accidents. The plaque was hung by the members of the M Club of 1946. We stroll down the hall a little farther and look into the typing room. Through the efforts of the Commercial Clubs of 1947 and 1948 a new adding machine and much needed fluores- cent lights have been added to this department. And so down the stairs to the Home Eco- nomics room, where we spy a new steam iron which the Home Economics Club of 1947 donated to that department. Returning to the main fioor, we pause at the library door, where we see many changes. Be- side the librarian's desk is the new adjustable globe on which, as an added feature, one can tell the time of any place in the world. Two magazine racks, one the home of popular issues and the other the source of information on col- leges and universities throughout the country, are in constant use by students. We are at- tracted to the trophy case in which many Rl awards are displayed. Each year since 1939 has added to the collection. As we leave the school we pause at the office where we see the office girls busy with the ditto machine, recently added to the office equipment, making tests for the respective classes. Here we read ri notice saying Assembly Friday, a selected educational assembly offered for stu- dents' enjoyment. Mr. Farnham is busy pre- paring a test for the driver's education course which in 1947-48 put Madison High School on the map as one of the first six schools in the state to adopt this program. Twenty-eight pupils passed the state test and received their driver's licenses last year. The schedule on the bulletin board shows mornings somewhat changed from those of 1939. An activity period makes it possible for the pupils to express them- selves in music, plays, clubs, and other extra- curricular activities. As the heavy door swings to behind us, we look back on the same eagle and feel a surge of pride in our high school. Remembering the many improvements since 1939, we wonder what the next ten years will bring forth. Don Withee '50, Assistant Editor Present This is a year of improvement in M. H. S. Our school has done many things this year that will be thought of for years to come. We will try to relate some of them in the following para- graphs. The teachers and the students are working together for the betterment of our school. This year is band year-a year that is to be remembered for a long time as the start of a better and bigger band and orchestra for M. H. S. lt will give the students a priceless pas- time, and it will give the community a better understanding of music. As it is taught in the public schools this will affect not only students but many people in this town and nearby com- munities. Nearly everyone likes to hear good music which comes only from good bands and orchestras. The parents. as well as the students, are behind the band as indicated by the par-

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