Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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ZV8 LV9 Q OCLI U78 L VOL S NEWPORT MAINE MAY 1936 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL U N01 gf-r -0- -Orwiffuf-of-offofwofwof-ofwv + -orwof-orfr wfw- + + + + -335,1 N f 'I' 'Ofilfi?'T'i Edltor xn Chlef Llterary Edxtor Jokes S I Athletlcs Glrls Boys Janet Barbour Gerald Mltton Lena Cookson Margaret Soper Paullne Fraser Hartley Banton Exchanges News Alumm Busmess Manager Asslstant Edward Weed Mary Dresser s Vlncent Smlth Lyndon Small Leslle Murray Homer Woodward fy O 4 fi . f . '18 of: f Q f 1 I' 7 TH RW,LAND T' EWPORY- E ..,, . , , ini. P. In , 11 ,f I Q, . K X ff. ll - -a - u 736 7 . - ' Y36 ,36 . . . '39 1 , , , . ,37 . .

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Mlss GERTRUDE THORNE Qec walzon To our Music Supervlsor Mlss Gertrude Thorne we the students of Newport Hugh School respectfully dedlcate thls ISSUE of the LIVE Wlre ln appreclatlon of her servlces glven durmg her three years as a member of our faculty y y x 1 . . . H . . H. . .

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L zfol za S lmprovmg Our Assemblles Schoolmates How many of you eagerly awalt assembly morn1ngs'? On the other hand how many of you slgh and declare wlth a great show of fortltude that you ll survive the ordeal somehow? Many of us have a rather stale llst of excuses whlch we gllbly reel off when a member of the assembly pro gram commlttee approaches us with that hopeless hangdog expresslon that 1d6Dtlfl6S all commlttee members S0m8tlm8S we feel a lukewarm flash of class Splrlt and we agree to take part on the program Perhaps there IS a movle that mght a book we want to fimsh the next nlght and we come to assembly wlth a hastlly compiled grandfather laughed at when he was a boy Is thls the rlght Splrlt the Splrlt whlch makes for entertalnlng as well as educatlonal assemblies? No' Of course not' We should first of all take an Interest ln all our as semblles and It should become a pleasure not a duty to partlclpate ln these programs and to take an active part ln the commlttees Letssearch magazines books and student themes for fresh lnterestmg new materlal that will lnterf-st our fel low students Let's dlscover new talents and develop them vla the as sembly route along wlth class prlde ln such presentatlons If we all coop erate IH thls there wlll be no more dread of Wednesday mornlngs Here IS our pledge to the progect won t you Jom lt too? After Hlgh School What7 When one enters hlgh school he very seldom thmks what ne w1ll do after he gets out of hlgh school Would lt not be well for everyone to choose hls course of study in relatlon to the vo catlon he wlshes to take up? Take for instance the average boy of about fourteen years who takes the commer clal course because hls best pal IS tak mg It The senlor year comes and he wants to know lf he has credlts ln college He finds out too late that a doctor must have Latln chemlstry and other studles that come under the college or general courses Because of lack of lnformatlon he IS unable to pursue the vocatlon that he would really llke best Many are the ITllSfltSlf1 the world today Many are caused by the lack of knowledge as ln the example we have Just Clted Others are caused by lack of lnterest or by the influence of frlends or parents A father may have a profitable busmess ln which he wlshes hls son to enter The son IS mechanical mlnded and nelther the personallty for the buslness or the , , . . , , I - - , I r . . , 9 , lvl . , . I I , . Y V 1 , . . . - list of moldy jokes or stories that enough to entera pre-medical course , 1 ' s . . , . , . ' Y I . . . , , , . . . lv 1 - Y !