Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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21 Your School and You Lois Ncivcomb, ' S:i What is school spirit? Sometimes people have the impression that school spirit is simply yell- iiifl and cheering at a football { am( ' . It is much more than that. School spirit hasn ' t got a one word definition. It isn ' t a book, a person, a place, or yelling and screaming. It ' s a feeling. It ' s what keeps smiles on faces, harmoin in classroom; , enthusiasm and good sportsmanship on the basketball court or gridiron. It ' s the laughs from the halls, the hellos from place to place, the dances and parties, the meetings and debates. It ' s woven into every brick and every stair. It ' s the feeling of belong- ing to a school and knowing it to b: your school. It ' s a feeling of loyalty and jiride that is part of being a student, yet you can keep it long after you graduate. School spirit creates respect for books, desks, chairs, walls and all school propert) . It creates respect and courtesy for teachers, supervisors, and fellow students. Showing consideration to- wards school property is an important part of being a student. Loving your school is more than just going to the basketball games. It ' s more than showing up at a dance or play. It ' s more than attending classes five days a week. It ' s more than being an all-star athlete. It ' s giving everything you have, striving to join committees and clubs, lend- ing a helping hand at every possible chance, and being cooperative and courteous at all times. All this, and more, is loving your school and having school spirit. Have you ever stopped to think of why you yell at a game? Cheering for a team should come from a deep pride and loyalty, and from a whole- hearted desire for those players, your friends and your school, to win, to come out on top, be- cause you think they are the best. However, cheering for the winning team is one thing, but cheering for your team, win or lose, is another! Booing the opposite side under any condition is an example of poor sportsmanship, and an insult to the school from which you come. The boy or girl who steadily destroys school property, acts rudely or boldly to teachers, is loud and annoying in classes, yells furiously at referees, and pays no attention to school organi- zations or regulations, is often the one to defend the school indignantly when it is criticized. Yet these students are just the ones who give a school the wrong appearance, and cause it to have a bad reputation. You can show your loyalty in a much more worth-while way. Show it in the way you act and talk every day. Show it when you ' re called upon for help. Live it in every possible way you can. It isn ' t a part of your work; it ' s a part of you. Have it yourself and appreciate it in others. School spirit is the most valuable quality any student could possess. Your school is for you, and by you. It ' s for you; your future and your life is based on it. It ' s by ou because it is only what you, the stu- dent, make it. With school spirit and loyalty as a foundation, you can ' t fail. Oh, If I Only Knew — Scolt Roberts, ' 51 Oh, if 1 only knew — is what many seniors today are thinking. Especially in these times, many are undecided about their future. Girls sometimes make their own deciding difficult, but the boy ' s future is very hard to plan in the pres- ent world crisis. Girls have only to decide whether to go to a junior college, a co-ed college, a girls ' college, a secretarial school, or else to work. If you are a boy, the problem is quite different. The first problem confronting you is the worry of when you are going to be drafted. There are several colleges you would like to enter. But your choice is narrowed down by the field you intend to specialize in. Or it may be narrowed by the expense of the school or by your grades. If you are a good athlete, maybe you can get your schooling for nothing. There is only one trouble with attending college on an athletic scholarship, and this is often overlooked by col- lege athletes. In return for his free schooling, an athlete probably has to spend three-fourths of his time participating in the sport for which the college is giving him a scholarship. This leaves no time for studying, and the first thing you know, you graduate from college only knowing how to play football, basketball, or baseball. You decide that kind of education isn ' t any good; so you go in search of a college that de- mands good scholastic standing. When you find the one you ' d like to attend, you think you ' re all set. With your application in and all the refer- ences submitted, you just wait to hear from the Dean of Admissions. When the answer finally comes, the news may be that vour grades just weren ' t up there. So, disillusioned and dis- appointed, you go to the one place that doesn ' t require all A ' s and B ' s, the Army.

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23 SCHOOL NEWS Barbara Prouty, ' 52 Judith Taylor, ' 53 Carol fValsh, ' 52 New Teachers at S. H. S. Scituate High School has several new teachers this ypar. At the head of the Instrumental Music Department is Mr. Norman Dickinson, succeed- ing Mr. Harold Alpert, who has taken a position in Hartford, Connecticut. The new director was graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and then received his B. S. in Ed. at the University of Maine. He obtained his Master ' s degree at Boston University last year. When Mr. Dickinson was in the service, he was assistant director of his training school band. Mr. William Johnson, our new football coach and mathematics teacher, came here from Morse High in Bath. Maine, where he taught for five years. Mr. Johnson was graduated from Bates College. In February Miss Maida Riggs resigned to accept a position at the University of Massachu- setts. Her position as girls ' athletic coach has been filled by Mrs. Mary Bauer. Many people already know Mrs. Bauer as she is a graduate of Scituate High School and she has been assisting Miss Riggs at the Central Elementary School. Mrs. Bauer graduated from Sargent College. She has previously held positions in Pennsyl- vania and Maryland. Mr. Joseph Driscoll has taken Miss Vollmer ' s place in the junior high. Miss Vollmer is now teaching in Japan. Mr. Driscoll is a graduate of Scituate High School and Bridgewater State Teachers College. School Loyalty Week The second annual School Loyalty Week was held this year March 12-16. Its purpose is to promote better school spirit and help everyone to realize the true meaning of school loyalty. In an assembly at the beginning of the week the program was launched. S. H. S. badges sig- nifying school spirit were given to each teacher and student to wear. Essay and poster contests were announced. During the week intra-mural basketball games were played. 8-A was the winning team in the Junior High. Much to the chagrin of the upper classmen, the Freshmen were victorious in the Senor High. On Friday we had a closing assembly at which time the winning essays were read and the winning posters displayed. In the Senior High essay contest Lois Newcomb won first prize and Muriel Nichols, second prize. Gail McCarthy won first prize in the Junior High, and Charles Rodgers was runner-up. In the poster contest of the Senior High, Joyce Frederick won first prize and Maureen Stark, second. For the Junior High, Bernard Croft won first prize and Ernest An- drews, second prize. The S. A. Dance climaxed the week, and every- one who went had lots of fun. American Legion Oratorical Contest James Milroy was chosen the winner of the annual American Legion Oratorical Contest, held at Scituate High School on January 26 for the purpose of promoting interest in and know- ledge of our government and Constitution. Others competing were Mary Fisher, Anne Nitzsche, Lois Merritt, Ellen O ' Neil, and Robert Burbank. The contestants were judged on poise and personality, the composition itself, and ability to arouse audience reaction. The following week at Abington High School, James was chosen district winner for his excel- lent speech and effective delivery. From this elimination he went on to represent the district at Wareham High School. Assemblies 1950 1951 Under the direction of the assembly com- mittee many fine and interesting programs have been presented to the student body. At our first regular assembly in September the Student Association was explained by mem- bers of the council and everyone was urged to join. Those taking part were Richard Mitchell, Scott Roberts, Gail Brazilian, Barbara Prouty. Charles Mitchell, and Gene Cohen.