Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE I LUCIEN P. LIBBY Sub-Master MH

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I I I PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL TOTEM I ,B ..- I ARTHUR W. LOVVE I Principal I I - I I I A I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

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P C. E s . , , . PoR'r1,ANn Htczn Sctiiooi. l o'ri-txt L -., iff. ,fn , is Y JPN: English Department For every aviator that performs mari elous lcats in the air while the crowd below watches breathlessly, there are liundreds who guide mail or passenger planes salt-ly to their destinations as a mere matter ol' routine duty. Yet however the flier uses his ability, he has acquired it in every case by dint ol' painstaking ellort. Before he can be trusted in the air alone, even lor his own pleasure, he must know his machine, he must have mastered the rules ol' flying, he must have had sufficient practice in short llights with a teacher, to make his control ol' his plane al- most automatic. So it is with the student ol' English. .X Iiew gilted indi- viduals may win by their writings the applause ol' the public, but a vastly greater number will use their train- ing and skill in the connnonplace experiences ol' every day: the writing of social and business letters. the reading ol' magazines and books, the preparation ol' an occasional club paper or public: speech. ln the high school ltliiglish course, students are offered courses in creative writing. where they may show their originality and test their powers, but they are given also constant practice and in- struction in the l'undamental skills ol' intelligent reading. correct, straiglitlorward writing and accurate speaking.