Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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SENIOR ROOM CHAIRMEN Front Raw: Wfilliam J. Conroy, Mary Murray, Mindella Silverman, Priscilla Bickford, Jeanette Weiss. Bark Row: Victor Osterlund, Fred Damhrie, Maurice True, VVilliam E. Fuller, Thomas McGrath, Edward Jackson, Jr. PRESlDENT'S MESSAGE As members of the class of 1936 look back over their four years at Portland High School, they Hnd that many of their richest experiences have come through participation in extra-curricular activities. Some have specialized in only one of the many activities offeredg others have taken part in three or four. Among the organizations that offer prohtable pleasure to large numbers of students are the musical groups: the glee clubs, the orchestra, and the band. How large a part music plays in the school life might better be realized if all our music were suddenly snatched away from us. Imagine a school dance without song, or a gradua- tion without choruses and solos. How much would be lost from our assemblies if We could not enter the hall to the stirring notes of band or orchestra! For the past two years the glee clubs under the direction of Miss Chase have presented a Christmas pageant, This has won such high praise that it is now accepted as an an- nual feature on the school program. With simple dignity the Christmas story is told through reading and tableaux, but it would lose much of its effectiveness were it not for the singing parts and the Carols of the chorus. Probably we do not fully realize how much the school owes to these musical E153

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l JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD Front Row: Eleanor Rowe, Treasurer, Virginia Jurgenson, Constance Furbush, Helen Libbey, Secretary, Muriel Googins. - - . Buck Row: Patrick Flaherty, Roger Dunbar, President, john Lee, Joe Riehto, Vice-President. JUNIOR CLASS Wilkins displayed his wares as a freestyler and relay man. Early baseball practices have indicated that Drossel, Keough, Moffett, and Richio are likly to see consider- able varsity service. Nor were the Didricksons and Madisons of the class of 1937 overshadowed to any extent by the splendid athletic records compiled by the boys. Ellen Zukunft. keen-eyed forward, Dorothea French, capable center, and Constance Furbush, stellar guard, were all singularly successful on the basketball court. Other Junior girls likely to break into the basketball limelight in another year are Dot Gooch, Anne Norton, and Jean Hastings. The Blue mermaids had a trio'of sure point gatherers in Eleanor Larkin, Ruth Fairbanks, and Ruth Eliot. With such excellent speakers as Muriel Googins, Esther Mfoolf, and David Dickson returning to the oratorical 'wars for another year, Coach Mleston Walch should have little difficulty in molding a formidable debating team in i9g7. Several Juniors displayed a penchant for theatrics and Elizabeth Lagdon and Helen Libf bey were chosen vice-president and secretary, respectively, of the 'Dramatic Club. One of the most serviceable and at the same time most unheralded extra- curricular groups, the Red Cross Council, includes in its membership four out- standing Juniors: Pauline Cushing, Rita Lu-ja, Junior Class President Roger Dunbar, and Clyde Crockett. Juniors were well represented in all musical organi- zations, and one of their members, Arlene Leavitt, acted as Glee Club accom- panist. So the Juniors stand ready, lwilling, and eager to take up Senior duties, having served a most worthy apprenticeship for three long but happy years. E151

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD Front Raw: Priscilla Bickford, Secretaryg Nancy Hall, Ruth Jillson, Mary Burke, Myra Whitney. Bark Row: Nino 'Giampetruzzi, Treasurerg Fred Dambrie, Presiclentg Stewart Grimmer, Stanwood Anderson, Vice-Presidentg Archie Bobryk, Thomas McGrath, Patsy Colello. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE organizations, but the members themselves do not complain. They feel that they receive far more than they give. Cooperating in these informal groups, students are brought closely together and friendships are formed that would never have resulted from mere classroom attendance. It is through music, also, that many in- dividuals receive recognition that would not come to them in any other way. Music has a place on nearly every program of such organizations as the Classical Forum, German, and French clubs. Students talented in music are constantly be- ing called upon to supply solos or instrumental selections. As a result, they find themselves lifted out of the crowd and numbered among the outstanding pupils of the school. Many of us regret our inability to play an instrument or appear as a soloist, but music has something to offer the untalented many as well as the talented few. Nearly everybody 'likes to sing and does sing in some fashion, if only to express his feelings. There is always a wave of enthusiasm at an assembly when the whole school joins in singing Wearers of the Blue or is led in the singing of some popular melody. We also are familiar with the melodies of several classical or semi-classical compositions. To hear these selections that have stood the test of time sung by two thousand voices would certainly be something to look forward top to have a part in the singing, would be an experience to cherish long after we have graduated from Portland High and are remembering Auld Lang Syne. E171