Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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THE PHILLIPIAN 17 the.Home Ec. Course. Mr. Dearborn gave a brief summary at the end, and encouraged those who had not chosen a future course of study to come to F. S. N. S. Afterward, they interviewed those in high school who felt that they might want that schooling, or wanted to teach in future years. FROM ETHIOPIA During the spring session we were glad to welcome Dr. Cremer of Colorado, who had been in Ethiopia for five years. Dr. Cremer spoke about the Ethiopian people and their customs. One very peculiar cus- tom was, he said, that one had to be ex- tremely careful about complimenting the natives on their personal effects, their furni- ture, their animals. 'If ,you should say, How beautiful your horse is, he would say, lt is yours. But there is a hitch in that. .One would almost think he would get rich if he went about complimenting Ethi- opians, but these same fellows come along to your house as soon as you get their things moved, and compliment you on your belong- ings fonce hisj. Consequently you have to give back those things to the original owner. Another strange custom is their way of greeting friends. When two friends, who have not met for a long time, happen to see each other, they rush up, throw down their bundles, clasp hands, and rub noses. The Ethiopians are very poor and their standard of living is very low. But they do not want white people or improvements. CLASS OF 1895 Fifty years ago Lillian Sweetser Sedgeley and Albert Sedgeley graduated from Phil- lips High School. They were the only two members of that class. These two graduates will not be with us in Iune. But this fifty year class will not be forgotten at our Grad- uating Exercises. The relatives of Albert Sedgeley, in mem- ory of the Class of 1895, plan to present to the school a beautiful walnut tablet, 'where we may place the names of all of you boys and girls who are fighting for the Land of Our Hearts. We wish to thank the Sedgeley family for this gift. V-E DAY SERVICE V-E Day was a day of prayer and thanks- giving for the people of Phillips. There was no celebration, all work went on as usual, hut all felt relieved to know that the bloody war in Europe had ended. A community meeting was held at Alumni Hall in the evening. The P. H. S. orchestra played several selections. The meeting opened with the Doxology followed by the pledge to the flag. Rev. Clark then read a fitting scripture and led us in prayer. After the singing of America accom- panied by the orchestra, Mr. Ellicott, Com- mander of our Legion Post, introduced Wal- ter Toothaker. Mr. Toothaker spoke about the different wars in which the United States had been engaged, and how they had given us freedom and unity, that this 'war must be ended by a lasting peace for all countries of the world. The next number on the program was a duet by Ioline Richmond and Marjorie Gould. They sang The Marineis Hymnfl At this time the orchestra rendered another selection. Mrs. ' Olive Thompson read an excerpt from the Reader's Digest about a boy 'who was visited by his father in the front lines, after which Marjorie Gould sang My Buddy. The audience ioined in singing America the Beautiful 'i followed by re- marks by Rev. Clark. Mr. Clark explained very clearly why he did not expect that Hitler could ever have been a world ruler, although he cggldf and did cause many tragedies and heartaches. Everyone rose to sing our national anthem and continued with choruses of old war songs like, lt's a Long, Long VVay to Tip- perary, Keep the Home Fires Burning, Over There, and Till VVe Meet Again,', until it was time to go and the service was concluded by the Benediction. In the forenoon the students were called back into main room at 9 o'clock. A radio had been installed and for the next period we were glad to have the opportunity to lis- ten to the speeches of President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill.

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THE PHILLIPIAN - 1 THLETICS BOYS' SPORTS Basketball E opened our basketball season with Wilton Academy second team. Both teams showed lack of practice, but the game was close, Wilton winning 25-23. Next we played two games with Strong and one with Rangeley, and still with no place to practice. Both Strong and Rangeley. looked good against our inexperienced team. A few nights before the Kingfield game we practiced in our hall for the first time. At Kinglield we were out ahead 9-7 at the end of the first quarter, and the score was 13-ll at the half. But we were unable to stop the fast breaking Kingfield forwards in the second half and we lost another game. Our second game with Wilton was close, but Wilton' was just a little better. We played better basketball against New Sharon and Stratton, but were unable to break the jinx that had followed us all of the season. Coach Toothaker and the boys worked hard to develop a winning team. It was no one's fault that our building was condemned, and that we could not start until lanuary l0th. But it was hard luck for us. A vet- eran team might win games without much practice, but an inexperienced team should certainly have several weeks of practice be- fore the season starts. VVe are losing Ross, Hardy, Beal, and Moore. But with several good players enter- ing in the fall, and an early start, we should have better luck another year. SUMMARY OF GAMES Phillips 23 Wilton 25 Phillips 6 Strong 50 Phillips 1 I Rangeley 27 ' Phillips 12 Strong 41 Phillips 21 Kingfieltl 41 Phillips l 8 Stratton 27 Phillips 15 New Sharon 27 Phillips 16 Kingfield 41 H+ x 'Phillips 2-5 Wilton 4' Phillips 8 Rangelcy Phillips l-l Iav 'Phillips Z3 Stratton 'Phillips 19 3' Games at home New Sharon Baseball and Track We hoped to have a baseball team this spring but most of the other North Franklin schools have decided not to play baseball. We still hope to play a few games. YVe have not had track in school for sev- eral years. Some of the schools are trying to revive this sport. There will be a County meet at Farmington May 19th, and some of the boys plan to enter. W. D. GIRLS' SPORTS Basketball At our first practice early in December we were told that for the first five weeks all practice would be in the small Scout Hall, and all games for that time would be away from home. That meant it would be the middle of january. before we could hope to play in our own gym. VVe played our first game with the Wilton second team at Wilton. It was the first game for the most of us and we were all very nervous. Hut early in the second half we took theglead, and proved at the end of the game we were just a little better than the XVilton girls. VVe lost our next four games, two to Strong, one to Kingfield, one to Rangeley. After these games our gym was ready for use and we started regular practice. The team improved fast. VVe won six of the last nine games played, and we were playing our best basketball at the close of the season. After winning our last game with lay there was just one thing our girls wanted more than anything else, and that was an- other game with Strong. We were all de-