Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL REVIEW Il MESSAGE OF THE SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT ' Nathan Allen Cobb As we of the Senior Class are gathered with the rest of the student body in this assembly hall, we feel somewhat saddened as we realize that it is for the last time. We shall go through life immeasurably aided by our work here and we shall always retain fond memories of our four years at Portland High School. The graduating class is the first to have had the advantages of four years in this wonderful new building. We wish to express our appreciation of this priv- ilege to all who have been connected with the great task of procuring it for us, and especially to our former principal, lVlr. Jack. Now, as our superintendent, may he continue to be associated for many years with the schools of Portland. Mr. Jack has worked hard and faithfully to gain for this school the high reputa- tion it now holds. Not a little of this success has been due to our able and efficient teachers, and now this school stands as the conception of their ideals. But if this school is to remain in its high position and is to continue in its progress, the student body itself has certain duties and responsibilities which cannot be overlooked. The first of these is loyalty to Mr. Lowe, who is ably filling the responsible position left vacant by Mr. Jack. Every student of Portland, from the smallest freshman to the most dignified post graduate, should co-operate with lVIr. Lowe. Another duty is support of the different activities. I cannot emphasize too much the importance of taking part in at least one of the school's organizations. If a student is fond of sports, he can surely find, among the many, one that will interest him and in which he may become proficient. Or, if his capabilities lie along literary or musical lines, he can join one of those organizations. But, on the other hand, while I feel that the sports and activities form an important part of school life, the student body must not let these, with their outside interests, interfere with the most important side, the business of studying. There are so many sports, so many activities, so much to do in the afternoon, so much to do in the evening, that it is very easy to forget the duty we owe to our school. Study is the backbone of a schoolg with it, properly associated with the allied interests of school life, Portland High School will keep up her high standard of education and will continue to send forth all-round men and women equipped for the responsibilities of life.

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PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL REVIEW' I3 THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY HE Senior Class Play this year was one of the most successful produc- 'bf tions in several years. Clarence, by Booth Tarkington, was selected 3 N299 for the Class of '22, and, like most of Mr. Tarkington's works, it was a O-fwffl ubest seller. The play shows much of the author,s knowledge of human nature and abounds in humorous incidents, having, however, nothing of the coarse or vulgar. The setting and scenery were of the finest, and showed that much time and effort had been spent by the business management. The story is about a discharged soldier who gets a job at the home of Mr. Wheeler, a big New York business man. CIarence,s only qualification is that he can drive mules without swearing. The Wheeler family is on the verge of a great crisis: Mrs. Wheeler keeps borrowing troubleg Miss Pinney, Cora's governess, has nearly exhausted her patience. Added to this, Bobby Wheeler is expelled from his third preparatory schoolg Mr. Stem, a grass widower, has been forcing his attentions upon Miss Pinney, and Mr. Wheeler has just about given up hope. Clarence appears upon the scene, and somehow everything grows brighter. Miss Pinney finally prepares to leave the house, but Clarence receives a letter from his former employers offering him his old position. The plot spins a delicate web about these events and artistically weaves in the theme of love. While telling Miss Pinney about himself, Clarence offers to tell her about the Coleoptera, a bug beetle, on which he is an authority, admitting that the telling would take a lifetime. To his question whether she thinks the story ought to be interrupted sometimes to talk of something else, Miss Pinney replies that she thinks perhaps they ought to talk about something else once in a while, Without exception, all the cast performed so admirably that it would be difticult to single out any one star. Mrs. Swain again demonstrated her ability to coach amateur theatricals, and has added another to her long Iist of successes. . THE CAST MRS. MARTYN ...... .......................... .......... D O RIS PEABODY MR. WHEELER ...... ........... G IFFORD WESTON MRS. WHEELER .......... ........ E LIZABETH CARTER BOBBY WHEELER ..... ........... A RTHUR CAPLAN CORA WHEELER ......,.. .................... J ULIA LICKER VIOLET PINNEY ...... ........................ R UTI-I WALKER CLARENCE ..,........... ,.... . .. STEWART BIGELOW DELLA .......,..........,. ....................... L ULA STUART DINWIDDIE ............. .....,..,....... E DWARD FOX HUBERT STEM ...... ..................,.............,.... ....... T H OMAS BOLAND MANAGEMENT. Business Managers. ROBERT FROTHINGI-IAM ROBERT PINKHAM Property Managers. HAROLD CLARK FRANCES NICHOLS MURIEL DAVIS Business, PHILIP TETREAU Slage Manager, HAROLD O'BRIEN Coach, MRS. PEARL C. SWAIN