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

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26 L TH E LIVE WIRE .. . .. , .cnA- 3 : . l l SENIOR l'l,AY linvk Row, lu-fl In right H. llraivos, H. Wmlu. lb. lic-ynulils. V. White. I-'. William. Il. Uiwlwzly. H. Nl1'llllil't', S. Slmpiro. l-I. 1'nn:ii1I. Front Huw - I'I. Volnnluiu, l . llunnl, W. l'l'ilj'. ll. I'vnnn-ll. R. lim-un. .l. Slmw. ll. Yaiiu-1-. Reynolds: Prompter and Understudy, Geraldine Mclntire. This year the Seniors have sponsored two very successful socials and some interesting assemblies. l-lonor Parts This year's honor speakers chose for a topic, Youth Over The World . They imagined that they were grad- uating from a secondary school in some foreign country and told of school life, their chances for work and the nature of life there. Those chosen in order of their rank were: Waldo Pray-Finland, Thelma Mitchell- Japan, Gloria Gravos-Great Britian, Sydney Shapiro-Argentina, Frances Hand-Russia, Ernest Condon-United States, Robert Bean-Italy. Dwight Fraser-China, Barbara Pennell-France Virginia White-Germany. Other speakers at Commencement were: Class Gifts, Geraldine Nlclntire. Henry Ordway: Class Prophecy, .lean Shaw, Fred Witham: Class History, Lauriston Smith: Class Marshalls, Josephine Varney, Edwin Towne: Chaplain, Opal Wade: Class Will, Henry Vance: Ad- dress to Undergraduates, Dwight Clark: Address of Welcome, Gerald Emerson. Juniors Last fall, the long waited class rings came, and everyone was satisfied. Two interesting assemblies were sponsored by the Juniors. The Juniors are planning a trip to Washington upon graduation, they have sponsored

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28. ' ZTHE LIVE WIRE 4 I i I S'l'l'lPI'ZN'l' t'Ul'Nl'IIi I I I I It I It l I U l l ' I' 4':irIvi'. .I. NVQ-lvlr, K. llnvis. ll. William, I'. I rii-nil. hive low, 1-' 0 l'ig:1f . Irl-W4-i', . lumiilm Frmit lion' IP. liimlnill, Il, I4'i':isi-r. II. I'i'1il1m-ll. XX. l'r:iy. .I. Fliristii-. Y. Wliitm-. IC. Vlllltlllll. on abne act play. Their home room periods were devoted to Freshmen Guidance or orientation to school life and planning for the future. Public speaking was a new activity for the Freshmen this year, and a speaking exhibition was given on Parents Night at the High School. Those speaking were: John Webb, Mildred Fletcher, Dor- cas Carsley, Lyle Chadwick, Dorothy McGuire, Beulah Leavitt, Lorraine Clement, Olita Goodnow. Student Council The Council this year has been most active in the supervision of school ac- tivities. It also provides opportunities for student participation in the con- trol of the school. It sponsored the purchase of a metal stamp with the school seal upon it: has been the back- er of many other worthwhile projects: sponsoring the annual Winter Carni- val, which was a great success. It also sponsored special weeks as: De- bate Week, Good English Week, and Old Home Week. The real function of the Council is to control and coordinate school activ- ities. 1n order to do this committees made up of Council members were established. They were: Executive: Waldo Pray, James Christie, Barbara Pennell. School Spirit: Dwight Fraser, Ernest Condon, Paul Carter. Social: Donna Kimball, Frances Brewer, Olita Goodnow. Buildings and Grounds: Kenneth Davis, Betty Witham. Tribunal: Virginia White, John Webb, Peter Friend.