Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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26 THE PHILLIPIAN GLEE CLUB First row, left to right: M. Eustis, E. Webber, C. Goodwin, L. Coolong, E. Wilbur, L. Bolduc, V. Webber, G. Wilbur, D. Ellicott, P. Phillips Second row: P. Coolong, B. Dunn, M. Raymond, J. Richmond, M. Flagg, B. Haley, R. Ellicott, Y. Richmond, M. Plog Third row: A. Tyler, V. Hinkley, E. Abbott, M. Kinney Fourth row: J. Wilber, J. Hinckley, M. Dodge, V. Webber, P. Tyler, F. Wing, C. Rollins, R. Coolong, G. James, L. Tyler Dodge won the 880, Golden was fourth in the mile, Coolong fourth in the 440, and Sargent tied for third in the high jump. May 19-Strong came to Phillips for a baseball game at 3:30 P. M. and was de- feated l7-7. May Zl -Phillips went to Dixfield for a baseball game and Phillips won 27-7. GLEE CLUB This year our Glee Club has consisted of 35 girls. We want to thank Mrs. Steward and Miss Page for their help in improving our school in the musical line. VVe have presented two concerts this year, one on October l7th and the other on March 7th at the Congregational Church. They are as follows: October 17th Reader- Beatrice Haley Art Songs Evening Song Brahms Lullaby Mozart Our Prayer Dvorak Glee Club Raindrops-Piano Solo Gloria Wilbur Old American Songs Sea Song Cape Cod Chanty Ojibway Tribe Song American Indian Go Down Moses Negro Spiritual Glee Club Raymond Overtone -Violin Solo Yvonne Richmond Songs From Other Lands i Summer is I-Cumen In Medieval English The Jolly Miller English Slumber Song Scotch Alouette French Canadian Glee Club If You Were the Only Girl-Clarinet Solo Joline Richmond

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THE PHILLIPIAN 25 Feb. 25 - Tournament in the evening. Phillips played with Kingfield and took con- solation. lay lst, Rangeley 2nd and Farm- ington 3rd. Bob Dodge was chosen from Phillips to represent the school in the all-star game in March. Feb. 28-Virginia Webber was chosen to represent our school as the Good Citizen- ship candidate to go to Bangor on March l9. Feb. 29-Feralyn Wing high scorer for Phillips in basketball with an average of 18 points per game in l5 games. Her picture was in the Lewiston Daily Sun. March 6 8: 7-Boys went to get ads for the Phillipian. March 7--All girl concert presented at- the Congregational Church. March 10-Movies on Life Insurance this afternoon. March ll -- Announced senior class honor parts, Bob Beal First and Mimi Dodge second. March 13 - Basketball game between Phillips and Rangeley at Phillips. Tie play off. Phillips won. March 14-All-Star game and dance at Farmington. Bob Dodge represented Phil- lips. All-Stars won. March 17 - Easter services started this morning. Mrs. York was the speaker. March 18 -- Miss Toothaker spoke this morning. March 19 - Mr. VVhittemore was the speaker this morning. Virginia went to Bangor to represent P. H. S. as the Good Citizenship candidate. March 20--- Mrs. Wheeler was this morn- ingis speaker. Had individual pictures taken today. March 21- Mr. Newton spoke this morn- ing. School closed for two weeks, vacation. March 27-Phillips negative debating team went to Buckfield, and defeated Buck- Held ailirmative 3-0. Charles Coolong chosen the best speaker of the debate. March 28-Dixfield negative debating team came to Phillips and were defeated by the Phillips affirmative team 2-1 and Bob Beal was chosen best speaker of the debate. April 7-School started for spring term. Had 5c movies on Music today. April 8-Had pictures taken for Phil- lipian today. Started work on class plays. April ll-Iunior Prom held in Alumni Hall. April l5-Had Sc movies on Music this morning. April 18 8: l9-Debaters went to Lewis- ton and got second place in the State Debat- ing League. April 21-Had free movies on Rubber Tires this morning. April 22-Virginia VVebber went to Farmington to D. A. R. meeting and re- ceived medal and certificate from D. A. R. for good citizenship. April 23 - Had movies on Music. April 25 -- Had movies on Synthetic Rub- ber. May l-Presented the four one-act plays at the Alumni Hall. By vote of the audience the seniors were first and the sophomores second. ' May 3-The Glee Club girls went to Bangor to the Eastern Maine Music Festival. May 6- Boys went to Farmington to the track meet. May 8 - At one o'clock the regular classes were dismissed for the day to begin work on the project of beautifying the school grounds. The terrace which had become bare of grass and had been washed away by rain was banked with sod, Filled in with gravel and topped with loam. On the following days the terracing was completed and grass seed was planted. May l2 -Dixfield came to Phillips for a baseball game at 3:00 P. M. and was de- feated 7-4. May 13-Today free diphtheria inocula- tions and smallpox vaccinations were given to the pupils in school who desired to take advantage of the free immunizations. May l4 - Our track team motored to Hippach Field in Farmington for a track meet with Farmington High, Skowhegan High, and.Wilton Academy. Phillips was the lowest scoring team with 72 points.

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THE PHILLIPIAN 27 American Favorites Beautiful Ohio Macdonald The Last Round-Up Hill Let Me Call You Sweetheart Friedman South of the Border Carr Glee Club March 7th Reader-Pearl Coolong Dawn Comes Softly Saint, Saens Where'er You Walk Handel Vesper Bells Rossini Glee Club Sonata No. 1 in C, Mozart-Piano Solo Gordon Thompson Where Bagpipes Play Bach Come Sing With Us Bach Glee Club Weeping Willow Waltz- Saxophone Solo Patricia Whittemore The Blue Danube ' Strauss Tales from the Vienna Woods Strauss Glee Club Carry Me Back to Old Virginny- Clarinet Duet Joline Richmond Gloria Wilbur The Perfect Melody-Violin Solo Rodney Harnden Two Guitars Russian Folk Melody Song of the Volga Boatmen Glee Club Hungarian March, Ohlsen-Piano Duet Mrs. Steward Joline Richmond Chiapanecas Mexican Folk Song Cielito Lindo Glee Club Little Colonel Polka, Brockman-Cornet Solo Kenton Steward Toselli's Serenade -Violin Trio Marylyn Raymond Yvonne Richmond Rodney Harnden Too Rah Loo Rah Shannon Rose Marie Friml Glee Club The proceeds from this concert were used to finance a trip for the girls to the Annual May Music Festival held at Bangor, May 3. -Thirty-two of the thirty-five Glee Club girls left Phillips at 6:30 A. M. Saturday morning in a Triangle Bus and reached Ban- gor about 9:30. After registering they went to the Fifth Street Iunior High Building for their audition. After the audition and lunch some went shopping and others went to shows. In the evening all attended the big concert held in the Bangor Municipal Auditorium. There is no doubt that the girls had a good time and learned a great deal about the field of music. On May 12, Miss Page received the rating of the Girls' Glee Club from Ellen F. Blodgett and Mary Manter, two of the judges at the Eastern Maine Music Festival. They rated the girls A-l in everything and said, You have a splendid group with ex- cellent balance and a fine musical line throughoutf, As this happens to be the First year Phil- lips has ever sent a group to the festival, we feel that the Glee Club did very well. lt reflects the work and time put in by the girls, Miss Page, our director, and 'Mrs. Steward.