Mechanic Falls High School - Pilot Yearbook (Mechanic Falls, ME)

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22 Papa Gomez Ramon ......, Rosita ....,... Conchita .... Maria ......,.. Miguel ......, Benito .... Jaun .,,....,...,,.......,..,..,........... M. F.H John Merrill Walter Harwood Pauline Giddinge Adeline Klain Evalyn Knight .. Stanley Banks . Robert Weston Frank Williams Q DEBATING The aflirmative team, consisting of Leland Farr and Arnold Leavitt with alternate Gilbert Fifield, won the debate with Lisbon here at the Auditorium, and the negative team, consisting of Helen Rowe and Dorothea Bridgham with alternate Pauline Ciiddinge, lost to Oxford at Oxford in the Bates Inter- scholastic Debating League held March 27, 1936. The teams were coached by Miss Dorothy Martin of Bates College. Leland Farr was judged as best speaker of the evening at the debate held here in the Auditorium. SCHOOL FAIR A large parade, in which each class was represented by a gaily decorated car, started the second annual school fair, October l lth. It was a larger event than last year. Each class and club had charge of a booth. A track meet with Jay and Lisbon was held in which our own team emerged victorious. The girls' Volley Ball team won a double-header, one game with the Ox- ford team and two with the West Paris team. A social was held in the evening while refreshments were still on sale at the booths. COMMERCIAL CLUB The first meeting of the Mechanic Falls High School Commercial Club was held Wednesday, October 9th, in the Auditorium. The following officers for the year were elected: President, S. PILOT Myrtle Berry: Secretary, Leland E. Farr: Treasurer, Helen L. Rowe. Miss Hyatt announced that the proj- ect to be carried out for the year, instead of being individual scrapbooks as pre- viously, would be a club paper. The editorial staff were elected as follows: Editor-in-Chief, William Martin: As- sistant Editor, Evalyn Knight. Evalyn Knight withdrew from the club and Mildred Perry was elected to fill the vacancy. At the close of the second meeting a short initiative program was presented by the Juniors, followed by refresh- ments. The Commercial Club lost one of its members when Philip Merrill moved to Damariscotta. It was decided that we should ask the other clubs to contribute news from their clubs, if they so wished. Myrtle Berry was appointed to confer with the various club officers in regard to this matter. The Commercial Club paper, The Mercury, was published the -week of December 20th. The copies went like hot cakes! At the meeting in January a spelling contest of business terms was held. Hilja Hiltunen was the winner of the contest. The preliminaries for the Typing Contest were held at the March meet- ing. Plans are being made for another issue of the club paper to which each member will contribute. Instructions in filing will be given at the next meeting. Each individual member of the club will have a project to carry out on the Ditto Machine. The project will con- sist of an illustrated sales letter.

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M. F. H. S. PILOT 21 CTlVlTlIl-ZS LATIN CLUB The following oflicers were elected for Societas Latina this year: Presi- dent, Arthur Richardson: Vice-Pres- ident, Harriet J e w e t t: Secretary, Virginia Frost: Treasurer, Charles Bridgham. It was decided that the Sophomores should be admitted this year and this increased the membership of the club to twenty-five members. The success of the club was mostly due to the faithful sponsorship of Mrs. Helen Aaron. Editors for the club paper were: Ed- itor-in-Chief, Stanley Banks: Assistant, Pearl Flint: Business Manager, Walter Harwood: Exchange Editor, Richard Weston: Joke Editor, Esther Pike: Art Editor, Harriet Jewett: Literary Editor, Ruby Tripp. FRENCH CLUB Membership to Les Francais Anglais is elective to only the two upper classes. Officers for this year were elected as fol- lows: President, Walter Harwood: Vice-President, Stanley Banks: Secre- tary, James French. La Fleur de Lis, the club paper, did not appear this year. Programs include French, games, songs, plays, cross-word puzzles and other material. The club is indebted to the patience of our adviser, Mrs. Mains, for a successful year. Debating teams and all clubs give credit toward the extra unit required for graduation. Each club meets in turn once a month in the clubroom. BAND, ORCHESTRA AND GLEE CLUB For the Hrst time in the history of the school, the all-state music festival was held here, May 8th, Over 1,000 stu- dents from schools in the western part of the State of Maine were enrolled. Governor Brann and State Commis- sioner of Education Bertram E. Pack- ard were honored guests. Guest con- ductors were Paul Melrose of South Portland, Eldridge Pitcher of Belfast and Herman Rowe of Waterville. Mechanic Falls music department took part in the following events: Mass band, orchestra and chorus, unit band, orchestra and chorus. The music department will take part in the unit band and the unit glee club at the New England Music Festival to be held in Portland, May 22nd and 23rd. Glee club, band and orchestra put on a cabaret show during fall term. A costume social was held May lst. Band and orchestra also furnished music for senior drama, prize speaking, Memorial Day, May 30, Baccalaureate Service, Class Day and Graduation, while members of the glee club sang at Baccalaureate Service. The annual operetta was given February 19th. THE ENCHANTED ISLE TIME: The fall of the year 1836. PLACE: A fishing village on the Island of Mallorca. CHARACTERS Frederic Chopin ......,..... Leighton Hutchinson Elena ....,.......,...,.....,..............,.. Anna Gilman Mama Gomez ..... ,...... M argaret Weston

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M. F. H. S. PILOT 23 3-gfa . X Li C 25 BOYS' ATHLETICS Baseball The Mechanic Falls High baseball team had a very enjoyable and success- ful season, winning eight out of ten games played. SUMMARY M. F. H. S. l8 Lisbon 3 M. F. H. S. 10 Monmouth Acad. 5 M. F. H. S. 15 Oxford l M. F. H. S. 8 Jay 7 M. F. H. S. 14 Monmouth Acad. 5 M. F. H. S. l Leavitt 5 M. F. H. S. 9 Alumni 3 M. F. H. s. ll Jay 0 M. F. H. S. Z Leavitt 3 M. F. H. S. 17 Lisbon 4 Track The track and Held team had a suc- cessful season and showed much im- provement over the previous year. The team won a triangular meet at Lisbon, a dual meet at Leavitt, and a meet with Leavitt at Mechanic Falls. The team also competed in the Oxford Schoolmasters' Association meet at Hebron Academy, taking fourth place. Cross Country The Mechanic Falls High School cross country team was defeated for the Iirst time in five years, losing two dual ' 9 TICS meets. The team, however, won a tri- angular meet, the first in which they have competed for three years. SUMMARY M. F. H. S. 43 Bates Freshmen I8 M. F. H. S. 36 Willtun .10 M. F. H. S. l6 Lisbon 39 M. F. H. S. 27 Jay Z9 Lisbon 06 Football The Mechanic Falls High football team had a fairly successful season. Although the team will lose four lettermen by graduation. there are many prospects of having a strong fast team next season. SUMMARY M. F. H. S. 6 Winthrtwyv 7 M. F. H. S. 6 Hebron Reserves 7 M. F. H. S. 13 Hebron Reserves 6 Basketball The Mechanic Falls High basketball team had another successful season un- der the coaching of Harry Thomas, winning nine out of thirteen games played. The team for the third year in suc- cession was again invited to the Lewis- ton Small School Tournament, but were defeated by Oxford High in the second game of the preliminaries.