Porter High School - Outlook Yearbook (Kezar Falls, ME)

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as a means of preparing the students for earning a living. At present there are only two eourses that one eau take, the eollege eourse and the general eourse. For those who plan to go to eollege, the eollege eourse is satislaetory, hut for those who do not go to eollege only one eourse ean be taken -V fthe general eourse. This Course is just what its narne implies, general. It eannot prepare the student for any voeation or trade. Wh:'rc'as, if a good business eourse were set up in Porter High, students eould aequire suflieient training helore graduation to obtain positions without further preparation. Some of the subjeets now taught in our sehool will he of little or no par- tieular value to a student taking the general course, but something like typ- ing would be very praetieal and useful. Other eourses usually ineluded in a eornrnereial eourse would be equally valuable. Sueh a eourse offered in the last two years of the general eourse would adequately prepare a eonseien- tious student to step into an office job upon eompletion of his high sehool eourse. Also the non-college prepara- tory eourse would be offering as mueh to the students who ehoose it as the college course is now offering to those who eleet it. Besides being of great value to the student, a eommereial eourse would be valuable to the sehool and the com- munity. VAI,l'lRIPI S'rAcY '50 SENIOR PLAY Front row: C, Edgeeomb, L. Holland, V. Stacy, M. Cutting. Second row: D. Pierce, R. Merrifield, B. Carpenter, C. Merrifield.

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7- . ,Fo-IXTUNE ovl A L9 WHAT NEXT? During the last World War many new and powerful weapons were made. Flame throwers, bazookas, rockets, and many others were brought into use to try to keep ahead of the enemy. Finally, the atomie bomb was perfeeted and used against japan. At the time, it was the most feared thing in the world, One bomb eould destroy a whole eity, and the people and animals for many miles around would be affeeted. This great display of power made the Japan- ese yield. But, was ending the war so quiekly worth the trouble this know- ledge of atomie power has eaused us? Many people say no, because they be- lieve that the war was about over as it was. Others say yes, beeause if we hadnit used it some other eountry would have been threatening us with it. Now, to the horror of many people, another power whieh exeeeds the atomic' bomb many times has been inventede the hydrogen bomb. This was brought about to help Control the use of the atomie bomb. To most of us, this can mean only one thing: a eontinuous raee to see which eountry ean have the most powerful weapons. Never in history has an armament raee ever ended in anyn Ching but war. So, for us and our ehildren, what next? IUVVIGHT PIERCE '50 A NEW COURSE IN PORTER HIGH A business eourse in Porter High would eertainly be worth a great deal to the sehool and the town. As it now is, our sehool eourses do not oflier nlueh.

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THE FACULTY Mrs. McDade, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Wilber. HAROLD P. ANDREWS Monmouth Academy 1913, B. S. University of Maine 1917, Principal, Winterport High School 1919-1924, Principal, Unity High School 1924-1926, Principal, Bridgton High School 1926-1946, Instructor in mathematics, Portland Junior College 1946-1948, Principal, Porter High School 1948-1949. HERBERT H. WILBER, JR. A.S. New Britain Teachers College 1942, U. S. Army 1942-1946, B.S. Springfield College 1947, M.S. University of Michigan 1948, Athletic Director of Univ. of Mich. Veterans Re- adjustment Center 1948, Teacher Coach at Porter High School 1948-1949. MABEL H. MCDADE A.B., Florida State College for Women, Graduate work at University of Iowa and Duke University, M.A., Florida State University, English teacher at Columbia High School, Lake City, Florida, and at Ocala High School, Ocala, Florida, Critic teacher in High School English at Demonstration School of Florida State College for Women, Instructor in English in College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University, Teacher of English and languages, Porter High School.