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

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giabforiagi j - Making school papers or having a class supper, we learn something about conducting affairs properly and efliciently. We also learn how to fight. For example, in the ball game if the opposition is a little ahead, do we say we're beaten and stop playing? No! VVe just play harderg and, so with the business life in the future. VVe must know how to play the game or, in other words, we must know how to fight. So you see, there's more than one reason for attending high school. Maud Curtis '57 ARE YOU GETTING THE MOST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL Many people after graduating from high school have wished that they had taken advan- tage of more of the opportunities which high school had to offer. All too often they realize it after it is too late, but we who are in high school have still another chance if We act now. Let's take a look at what our high school has to ofler and how we can gain the most from these opportunities. Upon entering high school we must be sure to choose the right course and subjects. It would help if we had some idea of what our life's work might be, but few of us do know. To save us from complications later on it would be wise to take the college preparatory course if your faculty feel it is the right choice and you have college in mind. However, there are courses for those who do not wish to go to college. One of the most important lessons to be learned in life is how to get along with other people. High school gives you an opportunity to work and play with others. There are band and glee clubs if you are interested in music, basketball, football, hockey and softball if you like athleticsg dramas and prize speaking will give you experience which may be valuable in later life. Even helping at a class supper or on a paper drive is good experience and will help you to feel more a part of your class. If you can help your class at all towards earning money for a class trip, by all means do all you can. Such a trip can be very educational as well as enjoyable and is an opportunity you cannot afford to overlook. Always remember that you only get out of something what you put into it, so put a lot into high school and you never will have regrets. lane Goss '56 P SENIOR CLASS NEWS NVe, the senior class of ,55 started our last year on September 7th, The following class officers were elected: President .................. Ernest Roberts Richmond Adkins Vice President Secretary ..... . .. Charlotte Bonney Treasurer .................,. Louis Martel A meeting was 'held later in the year to select the color for our caps and gowns. It was de- cided to have blue for the boys and white for the girls. The senior selected as the D. A. R. Good Citizen was Gloria Taylor. The Senior Drama entitled Ghintz Cottage was presented on April 15, in the high school auditorium. It was a great success, thanks to Mrs. Carsley, our director. The cast was as follows: Mmty .................. .. Eunice Almond Fanny ...... Sally Stanton Grace ........ .. Charlotte Bonney Peter .......... .... E rnest Roberts Miss Tillington .. . Jeanette Turmenne Mr. Kent ................. George Edwards Mrs. Dean ................... Sandra Dolan Many Seniors participated in the various extra-curricular activities. They are as follows: Boys' Basketball: Ernest Roberts, Richmond Adkins, Louis Martel. Girls' Basketball: Sally Stanton, Eunice Almond. Hockey: Paul Foster, George Edwards, Robert Mayberry. Cheerleaders: Sue Bryant, Phyllis Cotton, Charlotte Bonney, Sandra Dolan. Student Council: Louis Martel, Paul Foster, Jerome Scanlon, George Edwards, Sue Bryant. Band: Richmond Adkins, Ernest Roberts, Paul Foster, Sally Stanton, Pat Albison. Majorettes: Phyllis Cotton, Eleanor Jewett, Sue Bryant, Sandra Dolan. Baseball: Louis Martell, Ernest Roberts, Henry Ford. F. H. A.: Eunice Almond, Eve Goss, Charlotte Bonney, Sally Stanton. Special Chorus: Eve Goss, Sandra Dolan, Charlotte Bonney, Beverly Mills, Jeanette Turmenne. Eve Goss '55 Class Flower - Carnation Class Colors - Blue and White

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YOUTH The youth of today have been severely criti- cized by newspapers, periodicals and even radio and television. Much has been said and more has been written on the waywardness of today's youth. The speakers and writers on this sub- ject usually back up their contentions with sta- tistics. These critics blame the parents, the teenagers, themselves, and almost anything else. Some insist that youth has been the cause of his own troubles, because, Look, 'i say they, at the advantages our American boys and girls have, yet the rate of delinquency is far above that in Europe. That the rate actually is higher is debatable, but there are other rea- sons for tempestuous teenagersg one being the fact that they are required to make an abrupt and complete transition from childhood to maturity. They are like someone moving from one house to another: there is much confusion and clamor. Another reason for upheaval among youth comes from the fact that American young peo- ple are not young. They are expected to be- come adults before reaching the age of eighteen, yet even then, are not entrusted with adult responsibilities. The young people are prepared, both by education and experience for the re- sponsibilities of majority, but Society does not want them as adults. They are not twenty oneg still, they have to conformg they pay taxes if self-supporting, are expected to fight for their country, and are penalized by majority laws about which they have nothing to say. In parts of Europe, a young man is of age when he becomes eighteen. He is allowed to vote and receives all the responsibilities and privileges due one who has come of age. Elsewhere in Europe the situation is akin to that here in the U. S., with this difference, teen- agers are expected to act youthfully until they are of age, thus when something foolish and precipitate occurs, it is not recorded as a crime by a delinquent, but is chalked up as youthful foolery. Therein lies the difference, for while the youths of the continent are schooled and pre- pared as well as endured, American youths are hardly trusted or tolerated. Because of this, youth is like a child, un- taught save by imitationg if a mirror is warped its rellection will be also. VVhen a young man comes of age, he already knows what mankind expects of him, but has experienced only its restrictions and not its freedoms. gckforia 5 Society has not the time for foolery, it is too busy planning conquest, both peaceful and hostile. The adults are too busy playing at war and finance to teach today's future the way to tomorrow's present. Why? R. Adkins TODAYS SCIENCE Science is a subject of great value to every man and woman living under God that wants lasting peace and freedom of powers that can and will prolong humanity. The growth of Science actually has been ful- filled during our generation. Each nation has had to be one step in front of the other in order to exist. Smaller nations have fallen prey to larger nations. To be a country of power and leadership a nation must constantly improve her defense in warfare and threat of warfare. She must actu- ally invent and produce a stronger nuclear and mechanical defense program than her enemy. You may ask how does science enter into a nation and her ability to withstand other na- tions. First of all this is the Atomic Age. Al- most every new invention is supervised by the government. The weapons now invented are atomic powered or have been made by atomic machines. Without Science we would still be Houndering around with swords and horses. Of course scientists existed in the middle ages, but they didn't so much invent and produce things, as they laid the background for the modern scientist. Today's world entirely relies on the scientists that can keep producing a threating advance over his enemy. Of course the world also fears what the scientist has done and will con- tinually do. Most countries, large or small, have to admit that they have to overlook fear if they want to continually have freedom and peace of mind. We who have always had freedom of speech, religion and press must be willing to put our entire future into the hands of our scientist. Ernest P. Roberts WHAT I-IIGI-I SCHOOL IS FOR If someone should ask you what high school is for you would probably say, It is where we go to study and learn. But, is that all it is for? In the athletics we learn to be good losers and generous winners, we learn to think quick- ly and to know what to do at the right time. Socially, we learn how to act among people.

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.ynfrocfacing Our jam Ag FACULTY FirsfiIRfmw, left to right: Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Newhook, Miss e son. Second Row: Mr. Shaw, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Carsley, Mr. Edwards. FACULTY Mrs. Lula Bryant, Typing, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Office Practice Auburn Maine School of Commerce Mrs. Betty Rogers, Home Economics Farmington State Teachers College Mrs. Marjorie Iordan, English, French Bates College, A. B. Mrs. Marion Newhook, Instructor of the Glee Club Miss Laura Nelson, Latin, General English Bates College, A. B. Mr. Iohn Shaw, Physics, Algebra, Geometry, Business Math, Advanced Math. University of Maine, B. S., Graduate work at University of Maine, Bates College and M. l. T. Mr. Clijord lordan, Senior Science, Biology, General Science Bates College B. S., Graduate work at Columbia Ed. M. Mr. Hayward Carsley, Ir., U. S. History, World History, Problems of Democracy, Iunior Business, Driver Training Bates College, A. B. ' , Mr. Reginald Edwards, Industrial Arts Gorham State Teachers College