Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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29 90 ' ; or over every week. Rooms 201. 202. and 102 deserve special mention for the fact that lOO ' f of the students from these rooms have hought stamps for several weeks. We hope that the Senior High can increase their percentage of pupils buying so lliat the Minute Man Flag will he flying from the flag |)olc of the Scituate High School. JUNIOR RED CROSS The Junior Red Cross has been giving helpful service to the many countries that are at war, and Scituate High School has shared in this work, under the supervision of Miss Mary Kings- bury of the Household Arts Department. During the Junior Red Cross membership drive, 100 ' { of many of the home rooms con- tributed, and $30 was collected. This money is kept in the Junior Red Cross account and is used to buy materials for sewing and for contri- butions to hospitals. Again in April the school contributed in the regular Red Cross drive. Nutrition and home nursing courses are given by Miss Kingsbury and Miss O ' Donnell. Certif- icates are given for these courses. The sewing classes are making and have made la ettes and such articles as bed jackets and card table covers for patients in the hospitals. They have also made little girls ' dresses and skirts, which were sent to refugee children. The Junior High have made scrap books for children in hospitals. At Christmas time each homt room filled two boxes for the children of the war-torn countries. Collections were taken, and committees from the classes selected small articles which were suitable to send, such as pencils, combs, soap, and gum. Twenty-four Christmas boxes were sent to Eng- land from our school. Recently Mr. Parkhurst received the following letter in acknowledgment of these boxes. 10 Baytree Road Milton Weston-Super-Mare Som: England Dear Sir: I am writing to you asking }ou if you would be kind enough to convey to your school the thanks of the Junior Red Cross boys for the parcels we were very pleased to receive. The articles contained in these parcels were very welcome to all of us. especiallv the soap and chewing gum, which as you know, are ra- tioned over here. Again, many thanks. At the present moment there are several con- tingents of ' Yanks, as we call them, in town. and ihey are vcr) popular al l ' round (more so uilii the smaller children). Many of us boys and girls watch them pla) baseball on the sand (this is a seaside town), and most of us arc learning the various terms when disagreeing with the referee. Having never written to a principal of a school before, my first effort may i)e rather weak, but I ' m sure you will excuse that. I would be very glad to have some corre- spondents in your school of my own age (15 )ears, 6 months), boy or girl, to exchange dif- ferent ideas of both countries and other things. Many thanks once more. Yours sincerely, Ronald Dewell B.R.C.S. NEW SOUND PROJECTOR Last )ear the students of the Senior and Junior High School participated in a drive to sell sub- scriptions to the publications of the Crowell-Col- lier Publishing Company with the purpose of obtaining a new motion picture sound projector for the school. The drive was successful; and the proceeds, supplemented by some help from the School Department, made possible the pur- chase of the machine. We had expected to have the projector soon after the drive, but because of war-time restric- tions and priorities, we could not get it until January of this year. It was well worth waiting for. however. It is a Victor machine, complete with sound equipment and all the latest acces- sories. From the time of its arrival until April we had a total of seventeen pictures. Several of these were used in individual classes as visual aids to education, such as Aerodynamics Air Flow and Aerodynamics Air Foil, which were used by the aeronautics class; Trees for To- morrow and Mexico, which were shown to the Junior High geography classes; and Cham- pions Write. which was used b the typing and shorthand classes. Among the many interesting and worth-while films which have been shown in assembly were Sports Almanac, Football Scenes 1942, 1943 World Series, Air Supremacy. Wings Up, MacArthur — Manila, Our Declaration of Independence. and Our Bill of Rights. This projector will be useful for a long time, and in many ways. It is a very valuable addition lo the equipment of our school.

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28 The greatest blow this year was the loss of our coach, Mr. Edward Stewart. We hated to see him go but we wish him happiness and suc- cess in his new profession. We are fortunate in having as the new coach Mr. Felix Dixon, who will fill Coach Stewart ' s place. Mr. Dixon will also take over Mr. Stewart ' s general science, biology, and home room classes. He comes from Stoughton and is a graduate of Boston University. The service honor roll, the gift of the Class of ' 43, was fittingly dedicated in April. It is a beautiful memorial to our students and teachers in the Armed Forces. SERVICE HONOR ROLL One of the most notable and appropriate gifts ever presented to the Scituate High School by a graduating class was that of the Class of 1943, who left money for the purpose of providing a memorial in honor of the students and members of the faculty of the school who are or have been serving with the armed forces of our coun- try. The plaque was constructed in the manual training shop under the supervision of Mr. Nels Sandberg. The lettering and design was the work of the art department under the direction of Miss Doris Rowell. Pauline Hardwick of the Junior Class printed ail of the names on the roll. The plaque itself is about three feet wide and four feet long, made of pine and having a dark, glossy finish. It contains six rows of names printed with India ink on removable white slides. At the time of the dedication the names of four members of the faculty and over three hun- dred former members of the school were in- scribed. Six gold stars are among them. A mov- ing and impressive program was presented at the unveiling of the memorial to pay tribute to those from our school who are in the service of our country. DEDICATION PROGRAM April 5, 1944 Orchestra Selection — Under the direction of Mr. William R. Smith, Supervisor of Music Salute to the Flag The Star Spangled Banner — Accompanied by the Orchestra Invocation — Rev. Allan D. Creelman Introductory Remarks — Mr. Wallace A. Park- hurst, Principal of the High School Mr. Harold C. Wingate, Superintendent of the Scituate Schools Mr. Thomas W. Macy, Chairman of the School Committee Mr. Creelman, Pastor of the First Baptist Church Mr. LeRoy Fuller, Veteran of World War I and Principal of the Scituate Elementary Schools Lieutenant W. Wyeth Willard, U. S. N. R. Marine Corps Chaplain Unveiling of Scituate High School Honor Roll Arnold Fuller, President of Class of 1944 Richard Bresnahan, Vice president, Class of 1944 Benediction — Rev. Fr. Quirk of St. Mary ' s Parish Orchestra Selection — Under the direction of Mr. William R. Smith WAR BONDS AND STAMPS SALES This year the bo)s and girls of the Scituate High School have shown their patriotism by buying war stamps and bonds each week in tchool. Mr. Rogers and Miss Maxim have been in charge of this very important project. The total sale of stamps up to the first of April amounted to $7,518.10. There have been a few large bond purchases, but most of the rooms have relied on small individual stamp purchases for their weekly averages. The largest home room record was made on February 16. 1944 during the Fourth War Loan Drive when the Senior Class, of Room 104, bought stamps and bonds amounting to $2,647.80. The Junior High rooms have had the highest percentage of pupils buying, having averaged

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30 OUR ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Many do not realize how important the adver- tising department of our magazine is, and how much work is done by the members of this department under the direction of Miss Ruth Hawkes. Some of the business managers go in person to all sections of Scituate to sell advertising space to the business men of the town, and they also visit Cohasset. Rockland. Plymouth, and Quincy. They write sales letters to colleges, business schools, and companies which the) cannot con- tact otherwise. Next, some one of the business department must type the advertisements and arrange them in the amount of space purchased on the pages of the magazine. Finally, the business managers send out state- ments, make collections, and do the bookkeeping which is involved. With the splendid cooperation of the business men of Sciluate and the surrounding towns, we have always been able to finance our magazine without having to raise money by any other means. Much credit is due for the very efficient work of this department. HOUSEHOLD ARTS In our school we have a very complete and advanced two-year course in household arts. It consists of cooking and sewing mainly, with a minor course in home nursing, which is taught by Miss O ' Donnell. Our sewing class is very interesting. At the first of the year we all made blouses with red and blue smocking . When they were finished, we were allowed to make anything we wished. At the end of the year we have a fashion show, in which every girl in the class takes part. This fashion show is given before the pupils and the faculty of the school. During half the year we have cooking. After we have learned to make different kinds of foods, we plan menus and give luncheons. Each girl takes part in some way in preparing or serving the meal. Two of the girls act as hostesses and invite two members of the faculty to attend. We have had several luncheons this year, and all have been successful. The girls who have taken this course have not regretted it. and they are very grateful that our school provides such a course. QUIZ PROGRAM On March 22, 1944 a quiz program was presented by the school at the monthly meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association. The quiz kids were as follows: Marguerite Bartlett, from the senior class; Scott Amiot, from ihe junior class; Donald Hattin and Robert Holcomb, from the sophomore class; Terry But- ler, Ligi Goddard and Chris Weeks, from the freshman class; and Barbara Best, from the Junior High. Thomas Macy. Jr. of the junior class acted as master of ceremonies. The pro- gram was planned by Miss Harrington and Miss Dudley. The questions used were submitted by mem- bers of the English classes, war stamps being offered to those whose questions stumped the members of the panel. The students participating showed that they had good presence and very comprehensive knowledge, missing only five of the fifty or sixty questions that were asked. THE CLIFFS Jean Hersey, ' 46 The lonely cry of a sea gull Over the jagged cliffs Gives me a feeling of freedom, That many a heart has missed. I wander there most every day; Just to stand on the highest peak. To feel the breeze, so fresh and sharp, And to stare at the rock so bleak. The roaring sea for miles around Sounds like a battle undone. And the crash of the waves on the rock below Is like the fire of a gun. But the battles are far from New England ' s cliffs The roar and the crash not of guns. I stand there with a sense of safety, While the waves pound under the sun. THE WEATHER MAN ' S NIGHTMARE Mary Lou Corrigan, 7 A ' Twas a frost) morning that warm afternoon. And the ra)s beat down from a torrid moon; The cold winds blew on a balmy day. And the snow piled up like mounds of hay. A storm was raging in the skies so blue And the weather man thought, Can this really be true?