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

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'IIIE llvlf Wlllli VOL. 10 NEWPORT, MAINE, MAY, 1938 No. 1 PUBLISHED RY THE STUDENTS OF Newport lllgh School ARTHUR W LANDER PRINT NEWPORT MAINE -.gig 5, Back Row left to rxght N Lewls B Bean M Soper C Tltcomb V Basford E Rlch W Pray R Langley Front Row left to rlght J Tedesco P Plummer E Weed F Beek V Smith V Lockwood K Whlte Editor ln Chlef Asslstants Locals Athletlcs Boys Personals Glrls Editorial Board Vlncent Smlth Barbara Bean Kathleen Whlte Margaret Soper Waldo Pray Freda Beek Vera Basford June Tedesco Exchanges Vlrglllla Lockwood Alumnl Nellle LEWIS Buslness Manager Edward Weed Asslstants Charles Tltcomb Elton Rlch TyplStS Prlscllla Plummer Ruth Langley L.. J X ...- K 1 n - ' y ' 1 - 1 ' r ' 1 - r . , . . 9 - - 1 ' 1 - r - 1 ' 1 . , . . Q Q . . - - x - . . . . . .

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School Directory SUPERINFENDENT OF SCHOOLS Mr Ray Roblnson SCHOOL BOARD Mrs Gladys TltC0mb Mr Sldney Merrlll Mr Frank Boylan FACULTY Mr Stanley L Clement Prmclpal CLASS OFFICERS Sl xmas Vlncent Smlth Pres AlmerDav1s V Pres Madellene Banton Sec y and Treas J Unions George Dresser Presldent John Frlend V Presldent Margaret Soper Sec y and Treas Sol HoMoREs Paul Wltham Presldent Elton Rlch V Presldent Barbara Swett Sec y and Treas FRESHMEN Robert Turner Pres Vlfglhla Whlte V Pres Barbara Pennell Sec y Edwln Towne Freas STUUI NT Comm II Vlncent Smlth Pres Marvls Stuart V Pres Ruby Ferry Sec y and Treas Mathematics Problems of Democracy Mr Frank N Eaton, Jr Sub master French PhySlCS Soclal Sclence Mr George Fmdlen Sclence Agrlculture Mrs Madellne Hall Commerclal Department MISS Laura Pratt Enghsh Mrs Margaret Sprague Latm Mlss Elsle Smlth Home Economlcs Mlss Vashtl Clement Musxc Engllsh Ruby Ferry Pres Palmer Tedesco V Presldent Vlncent Smlth Sec y and Treas ATHLETICS FOOTBALI Amos DeRaps Everett Vlerrlll Bernard Dyer Dwlght Fraser Captam Manager Ass1stant Manager Asslstant Manager BoYs BASKETBALL Almer Davls Palmer Tedesco Cedr1c Soper Carl Saw yer Co Captam Co Captam Manager Asslstant Manager Gnu s BAsKaT1sAL1 Freda Beek Charlotte Colby Captam Manager BASF BALL Nathan Merrlll Gerald Lmerson Asslstant Manager Manager 'IRAK lx Wallace Warren Charles Pray Asslstant Manager Manager CHEER Lumens Madellene Banton Ruby Ferry , . . ' 7 , n , . L LE y - , , ' JUN1ou-S1aN1o1c Hom-2 RooM , -7 1! . w

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THE L1VE WIRE Ifdltqrlillg The death llst of chlldren would be lowered II the motorlst would kecp COURTESY AND CAUTION HHS VGFSS IU mmd One of the problems confrontlng the natlon today IS the number of BCCI dents caused by automoblles Wlth the lncrease ln productlon of auto moblles there 19 an lncrease ln the number of reckless drlvers A large percentage of the people kllled as a result of careless drlvlng are pedestrlans and chlldren at play We may say that the reason IS that the chlldren are calele s and should not play ln the streets When a chlld lntent upon hlS game f3llS to qulckly enough falls to stop lnstant the game ends ln It IS not reasonable to ex look up on the tragedy effort should be made both ID the home and ln the school to teach chlldren to be alert and careful Amanla for speed seems to have S8lZed the natlon Whether we really have to or not we try to reach our destlnatlon as qulckly as posslble What wlll you do wlth those few mlnutes or seconds you galned by dashlng around curves drlvlng madly through trafic every mlnute rlsklng your own llfe and the llves of others too? Arealdrlver does more than Just stop start and gulde hls car He con trols ltS every actlon and avolds taklng chances The expert drlver knows what to expect at all t1m6S How often we hear thls remark Mr So and So was kllled by an auto moblle ' when ln reallty lt was the operator of the car who kllled the man or 1 hlld When I am drlvlng on a street Where llttle folksl m apt to meet Who dash across the street ln plal I hope I ll drlve ln Just the way That I would drlve lf mlne were there Upon that crowded thoroughfare A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING Students of N H S If we were to ask you what you want most what would you say? We know A new school bulldlng Although you may not know lt students Malne now stands thlrty seventh among the forty tunltles What can be done to remedy thls sad state of affalrs? What have we to be proud of? We are not especlally proud when we take a vlsltor through the rooms of our poor old bulldlng Our school has done lts duty and should not be forced to do more than It was made to accompllsh We students wlll some day be voters of the town Let us all make a sllent vow to glve the future students of N H S the opportunlty that we have not had Let us glV6 them that new school bulldlng For The school that was all rlght for our grand parents cannot meet the demands of modern educatlon Just thlnk stu dents how H106 It would be to begln school some Monday mornlng IH a nlce new bulldlng Let s pledge ourselves to work for It 4 L 4 1 1- ,. . . . . w , I . . . ' 1 4 I . 7 ' ' l 1. Y . .K . . I A H ' ' 5 f . . .Z . xg S Y . . . ' - - 2, , - l n , Y ' 1 peat S0 much of children' Every eight states in its educational oppor- , . , . 7 , I ' l - - xx . . , , 1 . . . - H , . . . . , , - ' 1 G H . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . l