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

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lL.il--Lil-4Li-i be zfowcrfs ENLARGEMENT OF OUR CURRICULUM THROUGH CORRESPONDLNCE SCHOOL COURSES Many hlgh schools today do not have all the courses avallable for the pupxls that are deslrable or that are offered ln the larger hlgh schools and prepar atory schools havlng greater financial means In order to provlde these de slred courses many lnstltutlons are enlarging thelr curricula by OEGPIUQ' done 1n correspondence school courses If the student flIllSh6S the course as offered by the correspondence school he gets as much credit as he would re celve had he taken the subject as a regular course Faculty supervlslon can be provlded wlth practlcally no burden to the teacher In thls way the pupll IS given a much more varled course of study to choose from We mlght c1te an example of the practlcabllltv of th1s plan we find a student who wants to go to the Mass achusetts Instltute of Technology after he completes hls work 1n hlgh school He learns that ln order to go he wlll need at least one half year s prepara tlon ln both solld geometery and trlg onometry As these subjects are not offered ln the average high school thlS boy IS obllged to go to a prepara tory school for a year or else choose another college If hls hlgh school gave credlt ln correspondence school courses he could attend the same school and be prepared for the ad vanced mstltutlon wlthout the loss of a year IH a preparatory school Of course thls program would entall some expense but the pupll could pay thls small sum and when he had fimshed the course the school mlght refund one half By thls means the pupll and school would stand the ex pense equally and the school would have the guarantee that the pupll dld hls work well Otherwlse the school would have no expense as 1tS refund would come only after the pupll had success fully completed hls work Let s hope we can see such a pro gram go through and thereby mam tam for N H S everything that IS offered the students of the rich c1ty schools MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Why aren t more students learmng to play muslcal 1nstruments'P They aiord much fun and are a way to spend lelsure tlme Many students llke to hear good orchestras over the radlo but why aren t more lnterested ln produclng muslc llke thls them selves? A good chance for experlence IS glven here 1n the school by the school orchestra At the present tlme a few students are studymg v1ol1n or trumpet and one IS lessons One can that ln a few years the school orches tra wlll be a very small organlzatlon taklng trombone lmmedlately see -401'-W --lil W Z, 1 , ,ti ' I . . . g ' ! , . ' 9 the pupil credit in school for work ' . 9 . .. . l , . . i . . - 9 , - ' , r ' 7 ! 9 , -

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1P+JL.i--i.lQ-3l..i4--4--lvl?-41lL.j'-P 'Illlf I.Ivlf WIRE VOL 9 NEWPORT MAINE MAY 1937 NO 1 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF Newport lllgh School ARTHUR W LANDER PRINT NEWPORT MAINE -lvvvifvvlv Q' 'O' -lf'Ofi7'?'W?'i0' -l 'i 'Y Q' -Yi' 'I' -P 'P 'I 7 ? P '77'i ...gxkQX.:,-. llve Wl'lre Board' Edltor m Chlef, Hartley Banton '37 News, Vlncent Smlth ' Llterary Edltor, Mary Dresser '37 AthletlCS, Boys', J Merrill Carter '37 Jokes, Madellne Banton '38 Paul Wltham '40 G1rls', Barbara Swett '89 Exchanges, Lvndon Small '39 Busmess Manager, Homer Woodward '37 Alumni, Margaret Soper '40 Asslstant, Edward Weed, '38 ' ! 1 1 ii? Ifi -. - , ..- 66 ' ' 9 . . . . 38

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 4 I 5 l 4- Orchestral muslclans FQCGIVB falrly hlgh wages The ordlnary dance band player ln thls sectlon FQCGIVGS from two to five dollars for an even lng s work The hlgher type of dance band TSCGIVES much more and such men as Armstrong and Goodman re CSIVG as much as many hlghly pald buslness ofliclals However lf one does not llke thls type of muslc he can go lnto concert work Here the men get large salarles and there IS a good opportunlty for success Therefore the study of a muslcal lnstrument IS never a waste of tlme and even though one never plays ln an orchestra or band he wlll recelve much enjoyment from hls lnstrument by Just tootlng around DUTY We are taught that for every rlght whlch we possess we have also a cor respondlng duty to perform We have rlghts as cltlzens What are our cor respondlng dutles'? There are many dutles for us to carry out One of them IS ln defendlng our country Thls seems to be the first duty Wlth a large percentage of our people The only ldea that many of these people have of defendlng thelr country IS by the use of arms There are many ways of defendlng our country many means whlch we may use Two ways Whlch present to us these thlngs of most Importance are one defence by the use of arms the other obedlence to our natlon s laws To see a great army marchlng away to fight for 1tS country lS some thlng we may feel rlghtly proud of We see our army of brave resolute and determlned men wllllng to glV6 thelr llves for thelr country We have seen thlS loyalty and pa tFl0tlSm portrayed many tlmes IU the hlstory of our country once ln 1861 when thousands and thousands of brave men marched away to the South to fight for thelr country What was the motlve of their actlon'7 It was slmply that duty called them And agaln ln 1917 was lt not duty that caused many a man to leave home frlends and everythlng Whlch he loved to enter lnto a COHHICIZ the out come of whlch he knew nothlng? Some say What more can soldlers do for thelr country? But dld you ever more lmportant duty yet that of obedlence to laws? If these laws were obeyed as they should be there would be less need of warrlors and iightlng men If we wlsh to avold trouble Wlth other natlons we must obey lnterna tlonal law In deallng wlth natlons we should regard them as lndlvlduals We should try to do wlth them as we would have them do unto us Is thls not our duty? In the State of Malne we have laws enough but the trouble IS that what we have are not enforced In the school also there are a great many dutles for students Here agam the first one IS loyalty or obedlence to law The best show of loyalty IS ln school splrlt Each one should be more than loyal ln helplng carry out actlvltles Good sportsmanshlp IS ln another sense a speclman of loyalty So you future cltlzens of Amerlca conslder It your hlgh6St duty next to ' - 1 . , . . . - . - .A L. L. , . 7 ! I . , - . ' . . 54 . . ' Ll ' 77 ' 37 ' think that these very armies have a ! . . . . . r I ' 1 . 9 : . - . , 1 : . . . t . . , . . . , , I Y ' . , , ' 1