Old Orchard Beach High School - Oceana Yearbook (Old Orchard Beach, ME)

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Date Thursday, April 18 Weather Misty Events: A.M. Free day did what ever we wanted to do. Boys not able to go to a baseball game because of bad weather. A group went to the Bronx Zoo. Anoth r went to the Museum of Natural History and Grand Centra? Statbnn. Others went shopping or to a movie. P.M. Went to N. B. C. Observation Tower. Saw all New York spread out below us. Entered our names in the Maine logt book, After tour, most of class went to Fred Waring's broadcast, . Comments: nwormyn Wood absent mindedly tore up a two dollar bill. John Margone discovered that he felt a greater appreciation of Thornton Academy. Our chaperones were all we could have asked for. - Date Friday, April 19 Weather Foggy Events: A. M. Took the ferryboat ride to Staten Island. Saw the Statue of Liberty. Lunched at hotel P. M. Some went throuth the Times Building. Others went to see Wayne King. Last minute shopping was done. Checked out at 4:00. Took a special bus to boat S. S. Boston. Bearded at 5:00. Had dinner. Enjoyed another evening of dancing made even more enjoyable by the presence of other students on the boat. Comments! The girls found that they hardly knew anything about Whississippiu, WTennesseeW, and NAlabamaN especially their Wmail systems.N They learned a lot. Cape Porpoisc came suddenly to mean something to a certain individual. I won't mention any names but---. William Duhamel lost his steamship ticket. He can't imagine why or how. Can you? Date Saturday, April 20. Weather Rainy Events: A. N. Docked at 8:00. Went directly to North Station. Checked our baggage. Some went to a movie. Others did some shopping. Sars came for us at 2:00. P. M. Arrived home. Had the most wonderful time of our 4 years of high school. We want to thank our chaperones Mr. and Mrs. Bean for the fine way in which they guided us on our trip. Its great success is due in a large measure to them. When you undergraduates see us staring off into space at times, think naught of itg we aren't here, we're still in New York. --Virgil Wood '40 --Elinor Mitchell '40

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,J NEW' YORK. TRIP DIARY -N Diary of the Class of 1940 Date Monday, April 15 Weather Fair and Sunny Events: A.M. Assembled at high school at 9:30. Friends and parents saw ue off. Our pictures taken for Biddeford Journal. Went in private cars to Boston. Arrived in Boston at neon. Checked our baggage at North Station. Lunched at the Waldorf. P.M. Some went to the theatre. Some visited the State House and toured the city. Returned to North Station at 4:00. Left on street car for pier. Bearded the S,S. New York at 5:00. Had dinner at 6:00. Enjoyed an evening ef dancing. ' Comments: Group who went on tour of ciyy, accidentally pulled the emergency belt en the subway and tied up the traffic. They were bawled out by the conductor. Can you blame hmm? Date Tuesday, April 16 Weather Threatening Events: A.M. Ate breakfast on the boat. Viewed New Yerk's magnificent skyline as approached harbor. Decked at 8:00. Took a bus for a conducted tour ef New York. Saw: Aquarium, Grant's Tomb, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Little Church Around the Corner, Liners: Normandie and Queen Elizabeth, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, ' Grannercy and Central Parks, Trinity Church, Pallisades, China Town, Bowery, Wall St., Broadway, Park Avenue, Firth Avenue, Harlem, Bridal Path. Checked in at the Hotel Bristol. Lunched. P.M. Went to see the movie nRebeccaN and the stage show of the URockettesN at Radio City Music Hall. Had dinner at the Hotel. Took the N. B, C. Tour. Saw Frank Crunet and Julia Sandersen's broadcast, the nBattle of the Sexesn Comments: Where were Virginia and Alice-late Tuesday night? nSlugn Goodwin get a shave for a dollar. Date Wednesday, April 17 Weather Gleomy Events: A.M. Breakfasted at the hotel. Took the tour through the Hall ef Motion, Rockefeller Center. Lunched at hotel. Went to Rexy's Theatre. After Show some went te autemat and then to Saint Patrick's Cathedral. P.H. Went QQWHGYGGH Planetarium by subway. After Planetarium returned to N. B. C. studies to go to Fred Allen's 12 6' clock broadcast. Comments: Elinor Mitchell get locked in a subway and missed her station. Having a glorious time,

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EDQTUFQIALS I If it Wg '70 ' rg X W-ff a -ie? ,. ra Nfhrx ' . qv. M-,,..f ' . ' f.. 7 xi,-. ! ,. I . h. E? P. i I. f - f . ca X .4:3iNNNN ,... on-wee RAQY IN me scaeem. The school system of the United States of America is one of the finest examples of democratic government. The only rules which are made for the pupil to conform to are of a ben- eficial nature not of a selfish or detracting nature. The main requirement is that a child must pursue the path of edu- cation until he becomes 16 years of age, The other rules train the pupil in behavior and good citizenship which are necessary in any well managed institution. Our school system is not controlled by the government as ' it is in France and other countries. In the elementary school, out of necessity, the education is prescribed for the pupil for he is in no position intellectually to choose his subjects for himselfg but when the pupil reaches the high school stage he is not dictated to as to what he shall or shall not study. There is no prescribed military course as there is in so many other countries at the present time. The pupil can follow what- ever course he desires. The teachers serve only as advisors in such selections. In France all schools offer the same subjects and these subjects are taught according to a strict time schedule. Here the curriculum is left to the discretion of the faculty in conformance with certain standards set up by the department of education. The teaching of the subjects is left almost entirely to the judgment of the teacher. She proceeds as fast or as slow as she sees fit. There is no race to keep up to schedule. Under such arrangements more individual attention can be given to the pupils