Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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THE PHILLIPIAN 21 . . U ORCHESTRA First row, left to right: G. Wilbur, M. Raymond, J. Richmond, Y. Richmond, K. Steward Second row: Mr. Lamb, Director, G. Pillsbury, R. Harnden, E. Crocker, G. Thompson BAND AND ORCHESTRA This year our school has organized a band in addition to our orchestra under the direc- tion of Mr. Lamb. VVe appreciate his kind- ness in helping us to continue and build up in the field of music. CROWELL MAGAZINE DRIVE On October 9, l9-46, a representative from the Crowell Magazine Company came to our school, presented the Crowell plan and or- ganized a ten day competitive drive for sub- scriptions with the freshmen and juniors on one side and the sophomores and seniors on the other. The freshmen and juniors were successful, and on Novmeber lst they had the pleasure of initiating the sophomores and seniors. Dancing and games were enjoyed and a very interesting time was had by all. The Crowell Company gave prizes to the first five highest sellers. Rodney Harnden was first and Gordon Thompson second. DEBATING This year for the first time since the war our high school organized a debating team. VVe had twelve boys and girls at some of the Hrst meetings, but the number dropped to seven after a few weeks. The question for debate this year was: A' Resolved: That the Federal Government should provide a system of complete medical care available to all citi- zens at public expensefi Thursday, March 27, our negative team, Gordon Thompson and Charles Coolong, went to Buci-:held for the first debate. Phil- lips won 3 to 0 over the Buckfield affirma- tive team, and Charles Coolong was chosen hest speaker. The following evening Robert Beal and Ioline Richmond, our afhrmative team, met the Dixfield negative team in the high school building here and defeated them by a 2 to l decision. That night Robert Beal was named as the best speaker.

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20 THE PHILLIPIAN BAND First row, left to right: J. Hinckley, M. Flagg, M. Dodge, B. Haley, E. Wilbur, E. Web- ber, J. Richmond, G. Wilbur, N. Raymond, R. Bredeau Second row: Coach Lamb, M. Eustis, A. Gould, R. McLain, R. Douglas, R. Harnden, R. Douglas, L. Ross, M. Plog, K. Steward, P, Huff, E. Crocker Third row: G. Pillsbury, G. Thompson On Tuesday Miss Lucille Toothaker gave a very interesting talk. VVednesday, Mr. W'hittemore spoke to us. Thursday, Mrs. Lyman Wheeler was our speaker. Friday, the grammar school joined us and Mr. Newton was the speaker. Each day we all joined together to sing hymns and listen to the services, which each one of us enjoyed very much. PHILLIPS' D. A. R. GOOD CITIZEN- SHIP CANDIDATE The senior classes from nearly every high school in the state selected three of their number who best Htted the qualifications of dependability, service, leadership and patri- otism. The faculty of the school chose the one they thought best suited of the three, and the winner was sent to Bangor March 19th. - Virginia VVebber was chosen as our good citizenship candidate and represented our school at the state convention of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution in Bangor. This was the Hrst year we had ever had a candidate from our school. There were Five girls that went from this district and 102 present from all over the State of Maine. At the convention there was a drawing of names to choose the Good Citizenship girl from the State, and this girl was given a free trip to NVashington where each good citizen from all 48 states was given a good tirne, including a big dance and a trip around VVashington seeing the important places. NVe are hoping that we may be able to continue to send a girl to this convention each year.

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22 THE PHILLIPIAN DEBATING G. Thompson, R. Beal, C. Coolong, J. Richmond These two victories made our team eligible to compete for the state championship at Bates in Lewiston, April l8 and l9. ln the afternoon round at Bates Friday, April 13, our afiirmative team defeated Bucksport High negative 3 to 0 and our negative team defeated Orono affirmative 3 to 0. In the evening, the negative .defeated Skowhegan affirmative 3 to 0, but our affirmative team suffered a 2 to l defeat at the hands of the Portland negative team. Of a possible 12 points obtainable in the semi-final round of debates Portland had ll, Phillips l0, and Lisbon followed with 7. These three schools competed Saturday morning in the finals. Our negative team lost to Portland 3 to 0 that morning, but the Phillips affirmative defeated Lisbon negative 3 to 0, making the Phillips High School debating team the second best in the state. PEPSI-COLA CONTEST The National Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Con- test in which high school seniors all over the U. S. take part was given in P. H. S. again this year. The senior class chose from its numbers the two whom they thought were the uppermost in their class. When the two hour test was given in February, Robert Beal and Charles Coolong took it. ln the method of ranking used in this test the highest score one can get is 10. Those with a score of 10 are carefully checked re- garding Hnancial ability, and those who could best use the 154,000 scholarship receive it. The next best group receives a score of 9, the next, a score of 8 and so on. Last year Harriet Stowell was in the group with the highest score, and she received an award of S50 to help in purchasing books for college. This year our students were not as fortunate. One received a score of 9g the other, a score of 8. IUNIOR PROM On Friday. April 11, the Alumni Gym was the scene of a semi-formal dance, the Iunior Prom. Dancing was from 8:30 to