Sherman High School - Spud Yearbook (Sherman, ME)

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SALUTATORY Superintendent, teachers, parents, schoolmates, and friends, we the class of 1958 welcome you here to our com encement exer- cises this evening. We wish to thank you for the interest you have taken in us during our four years of high school life. We hope to show our appreciation by proving that we have profited by by your help and encouragement. THE BEGINNING OF ALERICAN EDUCA ION :hen our government was llnally established no mentlon of educatlon was glven in the Constitutlon The tenth Amendment to the Constitutlon, which was ratlfied in 1791, provided that' WPower not delegated to the United St tes by the Constltutlon nor prohibited bv lt to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people W The control of chools and education thus passed to the cifferent tate to hadele as they saw fit Not much wa done in the way of schools ln the first century 4mkpWgrQp th9gghVmapy e co stitutions lade some prov slons lOiS23ifgiIOH n thesggidgtpgovlsfbns fog'edGeatfUHwM? find three attitudes The 1rst was the New England Purltan con ceptlon of a rellgieu ate, supoortlng a system of comron school for all chlld en, hlQHeT Latin schools, and a college for the preparatlon of a learned minis+r5 The second was the parochial school conception of the middle eolonles It stood for church control of all educ tlonal ef ort, resented state interference, 1n tlme came to be a serious obstacle 1n the way of development of state education, and flnally, had to be overcome in the leg islature and at the poll The third ard la t attitude conceived of nubllc education, a ide f om collegiate education, as in tended chlefly for orphan and children of the poor, and as a charity which the tate wa under llttle or no obligatlon even to a slat 1n upoortlng Chlldrcn of the upper and middle classe rent to private or chu ch schools and paid for the education the received This Tnplish eonceptlon, Wh1Ch was ba ed on the general Enfllsh bellef that educatlon was no busines of the state was found 1n the Southern and Iiddle colonle One of th blg battles ln our later educational history was to elini attltude of publlc edueitlon became flxed American types dur lng the colonial period, and deeplw influenced future develop mont 1n Amerlcan Education In 1750 a change cmme about concerning rellgious ldea , whlch howed that we would oon flnd some di tlnetivelv Amer 1can forms of educatlon, the better to meet our own need The outbreak of the Revolutlonary War checked all lndepend ent development ln the matter of education lhe effec+ was disastrous, a1most'all of the rural and parochial scheo1s.clesed, m D3 of the prlv te chools and those of charlty were forced to dlscontlnue, many OT th Latln grammar school closed nd the nlne colleee were almo t d sorted hr p riod of the Revo lutlon nd that of the roorp.nizat1on whleh followed it to the b glnnlng of our national eovernment, that 1 from 1775 to 1789, was tlme of rapld d CIIHP 1n educatlonal dxantages Meager a the opportun1+1es or SChOO11Dg before 1775, had b en the opportunltle of 1 90, except in few places, h d shrunk nearly to vanl hlng UOlnt , Even after the Constltutlon was formed rn J. v A' ' , L O 1 C U C . 1 . 5 . . S Q. 3 . 1 1 'J v F' . e -3 1 . L S S ! c o P' ' . 1 f Q 1 l I , L . ' Z, - . -. P' D . nr ,-qt,-,.-, nn ' A - r 0 .L , ,,. . F . Q L X .. - O O 41 V I ' ' . S Su .J J A ' 1 . M . - .L ,Q . V ' ' , r . A Jn. I L . ' 3 4 ' 1 Q L I a ' f . 1 . . . Q' 1 . C 4 C ' ' a A - N' A .. SQ ' L S J ' ' 'U Q s 9 r . 5 A . - . ' cv J - ' Q r -. A . C ' 1 S lv .. X .. ' . . . . c S. . S A . ,g 3 , - ' S TJ. J. 1 F L -, ' . v 1 ' f ' 1, o ,J f g .e J J L 1 4 .5 . X . ' X . Q - . S . .- . , ' 1 1 c 'L 'Sq . . l U ' 1 L 9 - ' - - m nate this pauper school ldea from American llfe. These three . . . . S ' E E ' - ' u J r I A .x . , O O 0 ' 0 r o n F . f , L L L 0 . O Q I S ' ' ' ' ... S L S ' .I - . . I 5 S. - . . . V - - ' P1 ' . 4 I L 1 U 'v -N sr - f 3 -' . . . 1 ,.1 . ' , I :,: ' ', 4 ,I . . K Q L L - . . - f ,. I n r ' c ' A ggg 4 1 a ' .1 C. . . -. , . 4 x . ' M .- 6 C ' . K S G - ra J S '. c.. 1 S 8 . 4.4 3 C -- 5 J ' . G . 5 . , . - CL .1 L I if ' 6 -. . . ,Q Q, 3 . c c. 3 A ' .1 .J . y . A . . . G v , l ' C .. V , L L Q. 'c Q ' L F' . . 'x 'G . 5' L .5 u 4. e , . . ,., ,- BS - I ' CA I' Z1 1 - . . y . . s L s , . -

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Ss r s - If ' 1 ' 4 c - . ' 34,4 -I, 5 . - .,,. v,-r I' oe P ' - r ' A I . .Lift I . 1 u Vrxsf Dlx, ROWILG, NOT DRIFTILG At last we are ready to enb rk or the v t ocean of llfe For the past four ye rs re h ve be n prep rlng our elves for ehl lm portant voyage, StOCl1DC our hip of knowledge Ylth WO1thWhL16 pTOVlSlOnS, and learnlne hex to become a r O ed and capable crew Sometime a we looked out upon the my tOTlOUS waters awaltlng us, we thought the waves peeared d rk angry, ana when we aw some bo ts slnklng, perhap ve felt that our ovn ttempt would prove useless. However, omethlng in lde u pu hed us on, nd nel, tonight,w6 are ready to set sail, not xlth fear and trepldation ln ou hearts, but Wlth courage, and th determinatlon to row StP8lUht to our go l It would, perhaps, be easier to lle on decl and let our ship drlft wlth the tldC uO xhatever place lt ole sed, nd there waste ourselves in idlenes and disuse But one of the first and most lmportant things we learned wa that ood llor charters a Stfalght cour and S+lC1S to lt, though the weather be stormy ana the ocean rouvh And so, arled xlth ears and re olved to keep on, we hope to prove ourselvo seaxorthy As the anchor lS llfe 1 nd our hlp sloxly but urely heads for the open sea, nd the old ShOPCl1DC f do in the dlStHDCG, let us not forget those who t ubrt u how to rox who ve of them selves th t our Journey ml ht be a smooth one In beh lf OL the Graduating Class let IC sal, Th nk ,ou de r parents nd frlends, for the encour ement you hlve lVCn us t a times, nd for the s CPlflCGS you h ve nadc for LS Ps we see you gath red here tonlght, le PeD1lZC hox lndebted Jr are to you lay our future repay you Por your trotbl sl To ehers, before we bid you f rexell I to express our lneere aratltude for your e tlenee no under t ndlng durlng our high chool days, nd for your helpful nd lnt lll ent guld nce of an untralned crev, Superlntendant, nd mtmhers of the schooltoa 6, you have shown great s lll 1F f11PlShlHg ls wlth th best O1 ev l thlng Q ceruly aoprec ate your eflorts nd JOLP llnd ln crest ln our lutll Schooll tes, NO W1 h to thanl you for your oyal support whleh you h ve UlVCH u t all times flthout l ht h ve beef dl cour sed nd perh ps f llen b cl In return f r your 1lDCHe we V1Sh you all the be t of success throughout Jo r cheolllfe Cl ssmates, our scroolaays to,etner are n er wlng to All the llttle WCmOT1uS of our good tlne come ereeplng bahk to u , m king lt dlfflcult to part. But tb1S lS not the end A brlght future lS ax itlng us out there xhere the ky IC ts the later so as I bid goodbye to ch of you, let me slmply Cd, HBon oyage Madeline Ambrose C , t H f X .H . T 1 L ll . CS I r rs -1- n :J , r. ' 1-1 4- ' rs ' LA 5' -Ls ki ue 0 1 D ' . .. . . . I . , .. 1 .N S .Y v 5 I ' ' . ' -v . 1-H-N C3 ' MU Q J. . U A x -W rl 4 . . . A Q Q ' A l u . . 1 . - Z1 ' ' .- fl . 1 ' ' ' Se V .L . C. ' S '. l 1 fl S. 7 .1 V' I C1 . ff C1 - . YN V? n u u . u .J 1 Le v ur. . Q T' O n ' l x I ll A rx L. Q s O LA . ' L A C ' . ' ' 4- . ' 1 url. r 41 Cl ' ' .L . S ' .. . , - , ' v ev n cv n ' L ' L. Q LJ. Ju- .L L. . UA - r . N F Ov U LL J - 1 1. . ' O o UA ' v' v. S ' - ' ' ' ' S 'J g . . L . , CC fl S I S a . - ' a S L A ' f l a 'T A s 1 'J and 'J l ga - . .- D ' xv ' ff u . A . KJ A 0 H . a - . e ' rg Q y a v a . I . a - , 1 aa . f ,L' Q A a s-ll xD x. . A , - fl ' C. U. ' .. ' Q 1 9 X ' ' ,. , . . I 1 e : 1. V X3 l , H W x L -v -f 1 3 'fl ' 1 ' 'J' ' Q Y I Tfo lf'f-S 7. - ru ' n J rw 1 1-1 f, ' LJ Q A se km L Q ue. . ., -. . A S A C. W ', U. C. U. . 4. x . 'T Cl vb: J . .L L 1 ... -, . -. . . , . fx 5, , . ,.. , , D . sl: . 1 1, 1 1 e -A , e 13 . we Sl .- . - 5, . . L-A . 4-. A l A a v 1 ,c e - 1, ' sq q 1 1 . 5' ' 1 1 7 , A L. LA. V Q U L .L L . . .- - . J- V- . X ' fl O S fl 4 ' g Y. 1 L., 1.6 Tl S- 0. .1119 ' . A .. ' 1 s ad, a A 71 a l - a 1. - - o -1 .- ess .. . . -u o s . . '5 S - 'L S U. ' o , 1 ,s , -w 0 a . l f ge e A em - a-, a close . . . . ,f ' Al 'X . AS 'X f ' S A . - . . . . QA . - 0 ' Y. ' --e - - F nfl . ',' S ll e ' I o ' H C21 ' 1 . CL u 1. V 0 Q

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and our natlonal government started, educatlon was almost every where a private matter Nevertheless, as the crltical perlod of reorganl ation drew to an end, leadlng statesmen of the time began to expres themselves as to the need of general educational system Jefferson wrote the following to Tames Madison 'Above all things, I hope the education of the common people will be attended to, convinced that in this good sense we may rel3 with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty From this time on the government began to give national assis tance for education It wa Pound that in order to have good public schools, the State must take education in hand This was the starting point of the public schools The national govern ment gave land to each state on which ehool were to be built Then the states themselves were to bulld the schools and supply them with books and teachers The New Wngland States br 1810, had made the best provisions for schools Thev supported three colleges, had several grammar schools and cademies, and lso had provision for good elemen tary education It was not until 1830 that an educational non sciou ness was awakened in the other tates About the yeal 1827 the Infant cheols were establ1shed In 1850 the name was changed to the Primary Department Thls was the beginning of our primary schools Children from four to ten 5ears of age were admitted to these departments In 1884 fifty sir Primary Departments had been organized The management of the prlmary schools remainod separate from that of the grammar schools until 1854, when the two those between thc prlmsry nd granmar schools With the somewhat evolution of the fir t high school, the main outline of American education was now complete Margaret Lewis CLASS GIFTS H0W1PdS I suppose gou QSHIOTS would llke to have charge of the Assembly Period toda as it will be your last opportunity Millle Yes, Mr Grant, because Joe and I have something very speclal for th1s program Joe That's oeket having box and told our dlploma Howard All you wlshed I Lillle Joe, ou break the cal so that we can see what it tT1HS right Mr Grant You know while we were at Uillin our plctures taken, Hr Hobbs gave us thls sealed us not to open lt untll thc day we were to receive right, All right As thls day has been nearly gues this A semblv period won't matter much COR Joe Why Illlle, I bellevc there is a ift for each member the class Nlllie Wa n't Mr Hobbs good to give u these pV1dCHt1Y must have been pretty good at summing up characteri tles TH Q short time. . v . X . . .Ze 'A - ' S ' 1 L . ' L ' : 'r - ' - V A l . 1 S .. ' A C I . I K - S S 1 Q . Ls O ' ' 44 ' 0 ' U a - L L U C. 9. c S , v. ' . Q ' , L 1 L I. s - . I ' s . 2 ' -5 ' h ' , 1 ' Q . 5 ' 3 Y' k I , 0 ' ' . Q I L V: ' n were combined. Then came the intermediate schools which were f- N ' R a , 1 . . . 1 S . O R V 0 . . If c ,, e N . : ' Q . L . . g O . I . g 1. g ' ' A' , . . . so 2 ' : ' . as ' s ls V - f , F ' 2 y M 5 , 1, , , L., g : 1 ' I' '. I ' 1 , , . A of k I 4. : I S n , ' S g an . A x U 'L A ' r L , S ' L C