Scarborough High School - Four Corners Yearbook (Scarborough, ME)

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77 a; Fon: ( ' ousff.f achievements oe the seniors IN 1-H CLIJH WORK Aiiiniii - tin SiMiiors i1h‘Iv iiri many ont- slaialinii ' TH Clnl) humuIhm’s. Mnr(‘ (lian hair llu ' sdahaits of th(‘ Scaiior (lass an nr liav( ' Ihmml nuMiihcrs nl souk -l-Il ( ' Inh. lucrv vcar, 1 ' 2 hoys and irls arc cImkimi to n‘|n i scnl Maim at Sprini licld, Massaclinsctts. IA»r rli(‘ past two years (he (’lass of 11K)1 has scail one (l( ' h i!;ate, and this year there v(‘re two frnin that class, llopi ' l ‘riia(tn repr(‘S(‘nt(‘d ns last yc ' ar, ainl Lillian Me(’nllniiiih and Ceoru-e 1 )onu- las r(‘j)resenttMl ns this year. Lillian is a elnh leader (his y(‘ar; II(»p(‘ has hemi a elnh leader lor two years: and (i(M)rii ' e has heen assistant elnh h ' adi ' r for two years. Onr county ehainpi nis inehide: Lillian .Me( ' nlloniih, (‘ookin ’ and IIons(‘k( ( pinii’: lloj)(‘ F(‘riiat(o. Sewini»- and ( inninii’: (Jeoriii Poiiiilas, (’orn and I eans. ' Fhe folhtwin” ' students an , or have heen, elnh otlieers: Hope Feruatto, Pr(‘si- dent of (’antiin.u- (’Inh, S( eretary of (’o(»k- in - (’Inh: (Jeori::e l)oni»las. President of (’Inh: Kal|)h Derry, Presidcnit of Ponltrv (’ltd): Lillian .Me(’tdlonirh. President of (’ookin (’Inh: Sidney Pooler, Secretary of Poultry (’Inh. . noth(‘r distinction f(‘ll to tin Scniiors wh( n Hope Feriiatto was chosen Jis the out¬ standing elid) nn ' inher ol tin Stat( and won a trij) to the Xatioind 4-II. (’Inh (’on- ure.ss, hehl at ( ' hiea o. V( h( liove that tlien are few ela.sses who can hoast of sneli an honorahle record in 4-11 (’ltd) work. MANUAL TRAINING The inanual (raining- department is a new institution in Scarboro High Seliool. d’ln ' re are two elas.ses, the Freshmen and Sophomon s, eom])rising Manual Training 1, tin dnniors and Seniors, Manual Train- iiio- 11. In these elass( s there are ten Freshnu !!, six So|)homor( s, four Juniors, an l nine Seniors, d Innv are additional elass( ' s on .Moinhiy, Wednesday, and Fri¬ day afternoons for tin ( ighth grade hoys from ditr(‘r( nt grammar schools. As a project in Mannal Training, the hoys, under (he dir( etion of fr. ITallett, madt mneh of tin e(piipment lor the work¬ shop, inel tiding two hardwood work hc‘nelu‘s, a to»)l I ' ahiiu’t, and other small heneh( s for the eirenlar saw, miter saw, and the (‘inery wheel. Each day (d‘ the w( ' ek is set aside for a dilferent line of work: onday, for lec¬ tures: d’nesday and Thursday, for wood¬ work: and Wedn( sday and Friday, for nu ' chanieal drawing. In Mannal d ' raining I, small artich ' S f( ' r tin honn . such as table lamps, smoke- s ands, and necktie racks, hav(‘ heen made. In Manual Training IT, the students have made mori diHicnlt articles, such as a drawing hoard, a desk and chair, and a ce hir chest. This departm( nt is very sueeessfidly nn ' cting a long-felt nec’d for some form of vocational training for hoys. HIGH LIGHTS OF THE YEAR d’ln .school y(‘ar of lOJO-lOJl was a v( ry sncc(‘.ssfnl one for Scarboro. All the athletic teams have heen in the lirst division at the ( nd of the schedule. 1’h( outdoor track team took first place, outscoriug its nearest opponent, oO-U,

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THE FOUR CORNERS Volunit XX APRIL, 1931 Xuniliur 1 GROWTH OF THE “FOUR CORNERS” Lnnkintr tlin»ui»li tlic cairliur edit ions of ' riii; Fm i: ( ’uknkus. ui(‘ disc oV( rs that oni’ yoiir hook Inis htvii irivatly jind stead¬ ily iinjnovin . l ciwcen tlif years of and lh l the followiii ' r inijiroveiiKMiTs liave Ihmmi made: We have a lar ' er (‘ditorial depart- iinMit : the liteniry dejijirtnient consists of stories, ( ssaiys. hallads. }XM ins and plays; a nmre eomjilete and more interesting alnmni de|iartment has resnlte l throngli the addition of s])e(dal topics, sneli as 31 ar- riaeres, Lirths. I)c aths, and Items of In- t rest : we have a much larger athletic de¬ partment, inelndinjr records of Wiys’ and rirls ' h;isk( thall. l oys ' indoor and outdoor track, and ri li e-shoot in-;: onr exchani: ' (‘ de¬ partment, which is larger, includes onr comments on th(‘ yeair hooks oi enher s ' -hools, and their comments on Tin-: I one (’oii.NKics. In these comments, helj)fnl sniriri’stions are oih red. Onr hical dc ' piirt- ment is lariicr jincl more interestinir. One of the most ontstandiiiir improvements in the r(‘cent nnmhers is the ahnndant ns( ot cuts, riic Si ni(»r PeriscojK is a reat ini- ]irov ni(‘nt in onr year hook. Picture ' s of the jithh ' tie t( ;ims, sna] shots, ami hahy j)ictures of tin Seniors are jilways int( rest- ieir,—also, pictures of the Faculty or the Felitorial Poard. Allhoiiirh the year hook has heen iin- jiroved in many ways, there is still a great chance for further improvement.

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8 77 ; rnrn ( ' onxi jns Tlic sclu ' diiU ' v;is lai ' iri ' r this year, diu 1 lh a hliti iii of two foams to tlio oonfomu-o. Tlu ' itirls won third place in this sp(»rt. and flu hoys, after tying for first ] lac( , lost tin ohampionshi]) game to Sfandisli. Tlie hoys ' team also entered the L(‘wiston Small Schools ' Tournament, where flaw advanced to the semi-finals be¬ fore me( ting elefeat. The swimming team W(»n second place in the animal me(‘t of the ( ' nmh( rland ( onnfy Conferenee at the Y. [. ( A. This year, we had a rifle team and won third ])laee in the Triple C meet. The indoor track f( am m( t with great sne- (‘(•ss this year as if got first ]dace, and more than donhled the scores of its opponents. We m( f with great success in ] nhlic speaking wh( n onr repres(‘ntative, Until Uillshnry, n‘ceived first prize in the (’minty (’ont( st and third prize in the State (’ontest. Another honor came to the school through -i-II (’Inh w n k when Hope Fergatto r( present( d the State of Maine at tin National 4-11 C’oiigress. held at Chi¬ cago in December, 11)30. Another long- h( rished dream ot the fri( nds and students of S( arboro High School is being realizi d as we S( (‘ the grounds at tin ' front of the building taking ] ( ' rmanent form. At tin last town nu ' i ' t- ing tin Slim of two thonsainl dollars was voted for the completion of the grading which was Ix ' gnii two y( ars ago, and tor tin landscaping n( c( ssarv to give mir beau¬ tiful building an attractivi setting. This Slim will be adeipiati to build the lawn and walks and to set the shrnblH ry and h( dges. further sum of one-hnndred dollars has already bei ' ii si t aside by tin (’ivic Leagin for tin pnrchasi of shrnblH‘rv. Now that the proper hackgronnd has Ihm ' ii fnrnisln d, it would s ( ni to Ik a very fitting act for ( ach graduating class to a«ld to the senti¬ ment that binds th( m to their alma mater, ( itln r by a gift of shrnblK rv, vines or trees or some other suitable token of their con¬ nection with the s hool.