Mexico High School - Pep Yearbook (Mexico, ME)

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THE PEP Some students seen taking home four boo kg, Nice ads for themselves. Rumored: L. Strout didnt stay out for football because of high hot air pressure. Do be careful with the pins, boys. i Last practice before the annual conflict. Hold rally at Hanson's field. Coach gives us a short speech. Mexico loses in a hard fought game. Score, 12-0. In the third quarter, Andrew Bernard breaks his shoulder for the second time of the season. Everyone working hard for the fair. club to have beano game and will hold a dance on Friday night. H. Buckingham was married in October. Congratulations to Mr. Pi21W10Ck- Half session today. Booths erected g play comes off well. Booths very attractive. club dance successful. Sophs. make most profit, total prorit reaches 35251. Basketball candidates are called out. Large 'amount of fine material reports. Class basketball is to run all winter. T, B. test given by state nurse. Everyone parades in shirt sleeves. Eight new members enter club via haircut and paddles. Thanksgiving, a two day recess. Students give special thanks. Another 'month gone, have patience my children, says Mrs Dyment. . DECEMBER Christmas comes early fa period is droppedj. Girls have a new coach, good looking, too, Miss C. Swan. DeWitt gives freshmen an algebra test, on looking them over he finds a note inside one paper saying: Gee, if you hadn't let me copy your paper I would have got zero.' For the benefit of Burns and Dawson, Mrs Dyment gives a talk on the psychology of human behavior. Some girls tell Rose the Roman numeral LXXX Stands for love and kisses. A diet is recommended to F. Swett, she leans on a desk, it breaks. Everyone anxious for vacation. Teachers wonder why every one is quiet. Accidents will happen. Basket ball team has over night trip to New Castle, lose game 37-16. Merry Christmas, school closes for two weeks, do we cry? I We lose to Winthrop, 32-25. THIS is getting to be a habit. V It must go down, Alumni wins, 31-24. JANUARY Happy New Year' folks. School opens for second term. Girls basketball coming along fine. Coach Swan has the stuff good coaches are made from. A win over Livermore, 45-18. How did it happen???? Extreme sadness shadows MHS. Coach james S. Morse passes away from this earth while at Hebron with his squad. , MHS pays tribute to one of the finest of God's creatures. Thou departed in spirit, his memory and fine character together with his hig hideals of manhood, will linger always. DeWitt takes up basket ball, as Jimmy would want him to. The team is inspired to lose to Chevrus in fast overtime period. A break for the boys-Estelle Dawson teaches. Rumford game tomorrow. Both teams enter on the court with utapsi' being played on entry. We lose, 35-29. Basil Sonny Dwyer begins duties at MHS. He takes over basketball. We win over Wilton, 43-30. Mr Carl Young begins coaching the debaters.

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THE PEP 11. 12. 13. DAILY BREEZES N. B.: I wish to thank janet Dawson, for her kind aid in helping to get this material. SEPTEMBER Seheel OPSHSS CVCIY Ofle UIICHSY- Te21ChCrs puzzle to place inside the building. Our guardian angels are Working Overtime. No one hurt yet, while passing to class. Mr. DeWitt tells a group of freshmen: This is the fourth period and this is room 'Cf You come here at this time every day. All right, where are you going tomorrow at this time? Freshmen yodel: To the Physics lab. 14 15. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. 2. 3. 4. 6. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 23. 24. 25. 30. 31. 1. 3. 6. Football men are working hard. Miss Dawson wonders how the freshmen can get lost so often. Some get lost twice in one period. Teachers have Council starts Seniors try to Freshmen think school is a joke until DeWin appears. The juniors are broken up for the third year. OH for a new school. Oxford County Teachers' Association meet at Paris. Moose Shaw, Tiger Buotte have added to their original group. Fair committee electedg class colors chosen. Girls field hockey ruled a minor sport. Gleason: lack of schedulej. Penny collections started to pay for decorating the booths. One month gone. just tink, only eight more. - OCTOBER Pinto players come out on top, beat Winth top, 12-0. Hockey team that will play Wilton, Friday, is chosen, Moose Eric Gallant breaks his shoulder at practice. Boys play Brunswick toimorrow. We are defeated, 12-O, in a hard game. Penny collection coming along fine. ' A rapid increase of Assembly members now, Good old blue ribbon imal-t. club has its Cider made. john Masalsky is Freshmens leading Ladies' man. Cast for annual play to be presented at the fair chosen. juniors select one of the ties which holds them to M. H. S.g they order fifty-five class rings. Committees report that the fair is comnng Hne. A large sum needed to carry on football. Rally for the Livermore gameg Jimmy and his boys in high spirits. Mexico plays Berlin away on Friday. Pintos plunge through to victory, score 19-0 fLivermorej. No school till Mondayg Teachers Association at Lewiston, Thursday and Friday. Are we sorry? Ask us. Are these Pintos galloping? They take Bzrlin, 20-0. Two Freshmen turn false alarm, consequently they can't go out after dark any more. Let it be a lesson to you, my boys. great relief, it's Saturday. drive for Assembly members. Dues raised back to two dollars. act dignified. Every one thinks they are getting to be high hat. NOVEMBER Pintos, because of a great lack of funds, will play Morse away. Sophs in great joy. Freshman reception held at Howard Hall. H. True and D. Sargent both shrank six inches and lost 10 pounds. Morse holds Mexico to a O-O tie, with the referee making the all American team, sez Deroche.

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THE PEP 7 Ferland and Mr. C. Young give the Junior English class an interesting talk on the Old Howard theater at Boston. Eunice Dawson was married in October to Lawrence Murphy. The lucky guy. She will keep on teaching. The boys are hitting their stride, they take Gould', 27-25. FEBRUARY Ike Dawson meets his one and only at Rumford. Another sound heart lost. We are getting good, we take Livermore, 45-13. Rumford tomorrow at Howard hall. We lose by getting a bad break in the last seconds of the game, 22-21. Burns is told to cut the joe Penner stuff. We wonder why Fitzmorris goes out with a girl and doesnt come to school the next day? Berlin away, 32-43. y On the Bangor over-night trip Coach Swan hears J. Dawson talk in her sleep. We wonder of whom? Assembly mid-year drive started by the Council. We play Wilton and get a few baskets for a change. Score, 60-7. Berlin wins, 20-27. Every one weeps, because school closes for a week. On account of snow, girls stay over night at Newry while enroute to Oxford. Boys have two games this week. G0uld's win, 25-29. We beat Boston Pals, 46-26. School opens for mid year. Nearly every one eligible for sports. Juniors are beginning to wish that they had studied more. MARCH Leroy Spydell and Frankie Doucette are still quarrelling over which can reach the nearest to John Kidder's arm pits. We wonder why . Hayden likes to read I . Kidder's experiments fchemistryj. Ferland goes into the office to telephone, it took him 43 min. Poor service. M. Stafford was in there, too. Boys wind up season by defeating Winthrop, 41-33. Girls go to Oxford. First team arrives ten min. after their game is finished. Fast going girls. , At the Rurnford game, -Capt. Ellen Dickson temporarily quits team, but comes back in fine shape for the tournament. A little misunderstanding, maybe??? Debators have more successful season. They enter the tournament and play the strong Rockland team, losing 31-28. Only one new member to be initiated in club, Mngr. Ted Carey. Girls basketball pictures taken. Camera did not break. A J. Dawson only new member to be initiated in Mfr Club, Try outs for cast in A Chance With Zeigfield' held. DeWitt tells us how sweet the boys and girls can beg but he hopes that they will refrain from using those mushy sentiments While in school hours. Several students blushed. Track men report. A T Tee Gloden is surprised coming out of the showers by play cast. APRIL Every one gets a laugh today fApril fool, it's Sundayj. By action some still think it is April first, we pity them. DeWitt gives his second installment on the boy and girl problem. Ferland leads in blushes Benefit dance a huge success, it was well attended by students. Profit over 32100. Every one sleepy, especially Miss Harmon.p 4 kg g Baseball candidates report to Coach Dwyer. i :gf ,'