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

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NlCXYPOH'l' HIGH SCHUOI. I zo A lk Ps - -r EICHTH GRADE First How-j. Noiles, E. Pinkhuxn, D. Purudis, A. Bruley, R. Parlee, E. Gotten, C. Brnwn, l, Buell:-lllel', -I. Grindell. 1 Second ROWAR. Jewell, ll. Sennett, N. Tucker, A. Jackson, 1. Tardy, B. Carver, J. Towne, A. Easley. Third Row--R, Tum-ker, M. Mullen, ll. Rich, B. Elkins, C, Finnemore, D. Kenniston, C. Holt, R, Small, VV. Jarvis. EIGHTH GRADE President. . ,Ernest Gorten Vice President .. ., . .Richard Parlee Secretary and Treasurer Constance Brawn Student Council. ,. , . .Ernest Gorten This year the eighth grade. Consisting of twenty-six students, settled down to a year of harder work and much more dignified manners. A social was held in November, at which dancing, games and refreshments were enjoyed. December was a rushing month for everybody. A decorated Christmas tree was gaily laden down with gifts, which were exchanged by the students. The january highlight was the VVin- ter Carnival. Candidates for King and Queen were Ernest Corten and Phyllis Batchelder. Malcolm Nlnllen served as campaign manager. The eighth grade sponsored the as- sembly at which the King and Queen were chosen by popular vote. During the latter part of january, preparations began for a spelling con- test. The team was made up of live members: Delina Paradis, Malcolm Mullen, Esther Pinkham, Nancy Tucker and Ernest Corten, and alternates George Finnemore and Beverly Sennett. NVe are all looking forward to enter- ing high school next year as Freshmen and hope that We have as much success as we have had in the past. Phyllis Batchelder

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 1 l28l THE JOURNEY I donit know just how it happened, but suddenly I found myself in China, the land of coolies and chopsticks. Be- fore my eyes stood the oldest civiliza- tion in the world, and the largest in all Asia. Confucius says its history reaches back for fifty centuries, and still old an- cestry worship reigns oier the land. Here in the Far East, as in America, the importance of rivers is very evident, and from the mountainous inland re- gions of China they flow straight to our own Pacific Ocean. My vision quite suddenly vanished, and I now gazed upon another corner of the earth, seeing before me the lofty Alps of Switzerland, the most magnifi- cent physical feature of Europe. The weather was a skieris dream. The weighted spruces cast blue shadows on the gleaming slopes and Swiss chalets, summer will come, bringing a great transposition. The slope, which once gleamed with snow, is now blanketed with famous Alpine roses and violets. Now and then a young mountain goat can be seen wandering in this field of rainbow colors, trying to reach the in- accessible rocks of the higher altitude. At night the stars seemed to crackle in the black infinity of sky, as I looked up- ward to the summit of a gracious, snow-capped mountain. There I stood- in the enchantment of this momentous twilight view, gazing upon the flowing, silver tributary o'f the Danube and Rhine as it took rise in the Alps, the pride of all Switzerland. I shall now proceed to tell you of Holland, the most important small country in the world, known principally for its dykes and windmills. The in- habitants of this little nation call them- selves Nederlanders,v meaning Dutch. Though they have had their own dis- tinctive characteristics for centuries, manyfof them are rather like Germans, while others are like the English. Dutch folk are known the world over for the quaintness of their costumes, the wooden shoes and baggy trousers of the farmer, and the neat white caps and dresses worn by the women and chil- dren. Along the canals and o,er the low meadow land, bicycling is the modern mode of travel. As for history, Amster- dam is Hollandis largest city, the Hague is the nation,s capital, and Rotterdam the seat of authority. My next stop was London, a most beautiful old city of palaces, museums, and cathedrals. Yet I had seen so much of man-made beauty I decided to spend a day in' the English countryside, and observe the architecture of the Old English half timbersf' as the country homes are called. They are low ram- bling cottages, and to the spectator the neatness of their shrubs and gardens in the misty early morn gives a calm and peaceful picture. For excitement and pleasure I went to Paris, the literary, artistic capital of France, and social capital of Europe since the decline of Rome. Because of its magnificent architecture, Notre Dame becomes the oldest, largest and most impressive cathedral in the World. Here in France there are ancient castles of every description, but the treasure of them all is the Lourve, a royal castle since the day of Philippe Auguste. Paris can rightfully claim the title of being the cradle of the newest fashions, the latest luxury, and the paradise of all pleasure seekers, who wish to glimpse