Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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K LEAVES 19 'WN fl!47rM X A , EDITORIALS My A TRIBUTE Student government can be a hlghly controverslal subject to dlscuss even on paper but here at Oak GIOXG we owe a trlbute to that small but excellent group the Student Coun 11 In many secondary schools no such group exists or havmg once fa1led no longer functlons Thanks to the vusdom of our Prlnclpals and the hlgh callbre of past Counc1ls our student gox 81 nment lS a xltal useful organ Th1s year s Councll headed by an unusually dlllgent and creatlve P1 es1 dent has both led and sened the school Wlth w1sdom and force The pos1t1on of a Councllor IS occaslonaly glor1ous rarely appreclated and nexer easy To legard one s frlends objectn ely to place the good of the group before personal pleasure and to take an actlve hand 1n the dlscxphn of one s peels are Jobs whlch take unusual courage ab111ty and strength of character To the the g1rls who haxe done so much for us th1s year we glxe th1s trlbute for work well done ELIZABETH DOENGES 6 CUM LAUDE AT PHILLIPS ANDOVER Elght Oak G1 oxe lepresentatn es xx ent dow 11 to the annual Cum laude meetlng th1S May at Andox er Desplte the large Inajorlty of boys present we managed to have an rntelleotually 1nterest1ng tlme' Our TOPIC was Who should teach and xx hs I and oul speaker xx as Judson Shaplm soclate Dlrcctor of the G1 aduate School of Educatlon at Hanard Hls spee h concerned mth the CILDIQSSIIIQ' sltuatlon educat1on faces today was gn en after a fine lunch, beforehand, we had met 1n small groups to flS cuss VHIIOUS sub top1cs, such as What do vou l1ke or dlS1lkQ IH a teacher , Should a teacher be a scholar V , and How much IS a teacher worth 9 F01 a group of teenagers, those bones had plenty of meat' Oul group came to about the same concluslons as the others We dec1ded that xezsa t1l1tx, consxstency, f3.1I'll6SS, and maturlty were lespected qualltles m a teacher, that a teacher should be, fir st of all, well lnformed ln h1S field, 5 0 A 5 5 FT. Ja' , --'T ' , ,v ff I 'Qt 41,173 f' - gill' 1 ft' r If-1 aa! ., '-T ' 9 , 1 - --ai f 'W' - ef f' f, 9-It VV 'V I' ,. U P. 2: . dn: ig: .v Qxfi' nl' 3 'Sep , L V' V if ' ' ,nj H- Ka-5. 2 ' ' .Hr J- in , -1 , 1:33243 V V, X ,V V . f' ' fy? X , , ' QEVVVV V' . Q . ,HV , V., ,V V . V T N X Q '-sa , g . X Ng 1 X V Y ' 2' . f, '12 ' V V+ 'r , 7 . 4, , , f bg ,, 3, ' T Qs pass, 'Ear 2 ' 5 A' '1- A ,WW '1 N V V -QL ' r I ::'l S' ' - W. ' :Z - 'Wk El iw I :ss A .' :Daze I . . A ffl, .1 . f.g, . 4 R RA. .. A . -Qlfgl' . , V V v V . 7 -' Y 7 1 'C - s . V V V V V V. . . . . . ' a Y ' 7 V . . , . V V . . V. V .- . v ', ' , V . , V , V V V. V . V V V V , . V . . V ' a , I 9 , V . V . . . . V . v Q. v ' v Y . v - fr' , 0 . . . . Y L . V J , v , V . Y v V V V ,,. V . . V,, . V V . V it w v ,, n u v 1 I V I . , As- ' ' A , .. 1 ' . v ' 3 V . , . N . . V V V