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

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RESOLVED R ESOI .UTION ISTS My nonchalant sidling by the ofhce was abruptly halted by a scream of anguish from the English Room. Stopping only for a quick drink of lukewarm water, I scurried down the corridor just in time to hear: Order! Orderln . . . then . . . Crash! . . . as Shirley enthusiastically knocked the head of the gavel off with a single blow. This was just the Debating Club in action. With much banging of lists, waving of papers, and I did not! . . . You did, tool , the aHirmative and negative teams were practicing. The sub- ject being debated was 'gResolved: That the American people should reject the Welfare State. This was the first prac- tice. March found these same debaters suave- ly finishing off contest debates with the poise and strategy of a district attorney. I can still see the puzzled, surprise on the witnessls face in cross-examination as Shirley asked him in her disarming man- ner, Do you feel that one of the prime concerns of the government is the care of the . . . tdramatic pausej . . . indigent?,' Old Orchard emerged from the South Portland debate tournament as the only Maine high school with an exceptional record. We won six, and lost two debates. Success was ours again in the Bates League preliminary contest debates against San- ford, and we became eligible for the semi-finals held at Bates College April 13. At the semi-finals, Old Orchard won two, and lost two of its four debates. The affirmative won a 3-0 decision against Maine Central Institute, and the nega- tive won a 3-0 vote over St. Dominic's Girls High. The aliirmative lost to Ells- worth, and the negative team lost in a 2-l decision to Portland High. This was the first time either team met defeat in its tourney or contest debates this season. Sharon Barnhart and Charles McKenna were on the affirmative team, and Marilyn Webb and Shirley Reed on the negative. Miss Webb and Miss Barnhart took first speakers honors in both the preliminary and semi-final debates. The latter received an exceptional high rating at the semi- finals. The present negative team will not be with us next year. Great promise is seen also, in the excellent work done by Jerome Plante, and Kay Elliott as we look ahead to 1952. Seated, left to right: Jerome Plante. Norma Staples, Carol Marshall, Anne Shraybman. Standing: Reginald Larson, Sharon Barnhart, Dawn Briggs, Joan Radley, Marilyn Vlehh, U Barbara-Jean Morton. Kay Elliot, Mrs. Fallon, Jacqueline Pepin. 28 THE OCEANA

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1 Front Row. left to right: Lucille LeGendre. Sylvia Wood. Katherine Elliot. Harriet Morton. Shirley Reed. Anne Shraybman. Reginald Larson. Marilyn Webb. Grace Thibeau. Anita Seontras. Carol Marshall. Norma Staples. Barbara-Jean Morton. Second Row: Margaret Crosby. Patricia Maguire. Frances Kimball. Barbara Toulouut, Geral- dine Schoonjans. Patricia Stansberry. Margaret Barnes. Claudette Monier. Joan McGlau- Hin, joan Ogden. Beverly Hunter. Mrs. Fallon. Third Row: Roderick Coomer. George Cooper. Normand Sylvestre. Jeffrey Thompson. Harry Larsen. Charles McKenna. Robert Whittemore. Reynald Dupuis. Robert Cross. Passing yearbooks out of a closet to a frenzied adviser may not be an ideal job. but it surely keeps one in the dark about other proceedings. One day as I stepped out of Mrs. Fal- lon's closet, I was bewildered by the tur- moil in the room. Mrs. Fallon, our ad- viser, Anne Shraybman, editor-in-chief. and Reginald Larson, managing editor. worked busily at Mrs. Fallon,s desk ar- ranging layout in the dummy. In one corner, Marilyn Webb was giving a last minute pep talk to her advertising staflf Nearby, the literary staff, under Barbara- 'Iean Morton, was noisily proofreading. The hubbub was hectic! I walked to the rear of the room where I found an empty desk with a sign on it that read. i'Art staff-out to lunch. Artists are al- ways hungry, it seems. I sat down in the cmpty chair and began to think about the staff. Chosen early last fall, the stall' had immediately received assignments and se- lected a theme. Every one worked hard to discharge his duties efficiently. All work was done during after school hours. and some members even took time from the THE OCEANA Christmas holidays to work on the book. This was typical of the enthusiasm shown by the staH, sharing the work of creating a yearbook that will measure up to the line standards of previous OCEANA an- nuals. It was just such enthusiasm as this that resulted in the 1950 OCEANA,S receiving a second place rating in the class of printed yearbooks published by students of schools of three hundred or less enroll- ment. This was the first time our book had taken an award in the national con- test held annually at Columbia University. Appointed as delegates because of out- standing achievement, interest and initia- tive in their Helds, Anne Shraybman, Regi- nald Larson, Margaret Crosby, and Joan McGlauflin represented us at the CSPA convention in March at Columbia Uni- versity. As I thought of these busy, noisy groups before me. I couldn't help feeling proud ol them and marvelled that out of the din and confusion would come new and greater results. RI wonder what the 1951 OCIQANA will be like? Passing yearbooks out of a closet had suddenly become ex- citing! 27

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we Commercial! pawn This is the haven of intent businessmen-to-be. The noise of the machines-the staccato rhythm of the typewriters, the How of words from the dictaphone, the whir of the mimeographw-is a constant rc- minder of the endless activities of the school. I can see the commer- cial teachers and students rushing to get schedules, tickets, and pro- grams out on time, or I find myself wondering how they manage to decipher those peculiar looking signs in the shorthand book, or follow the intricacies of bookkeeping. After school hours, there is always a play being rehearsed in this room, or a selection for Prize Speaking being recited. The sounds of these things fade from memory as other sounds take their place, and I hear the murmer of happy voices draw- mg me to . . . THE OCEANA