Stonington High School - Breeze Yearbook (Stonington, ME)

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The New High School Building The town of Stonington will soon be pro- vided with a combined gymnasium and audi- torium which will furnish adequate space for important athletic and non-athletic events. The new building will also provide additional classrooms for the large increase in school enrollment. The first unit to be built will include a gymnasium, industrial arts ship and two classrooms. In this building will take place all impor- tant school events such as graduation, class plays, prize speaking, and debates. For bas- ketball games and the many other events there will be seating capacity for 400-500 people. This will approximate the capacity of the gymnasium at Blue Hill. There will be two classrooms, that will re- lieve that crowding of students, which is growing more and more apparent in the pres- ent school. There will also be a room for home economics sometime in the future. Our new school will be built close to the present one so that the two can be used as a single school unit. One of the outstanding values of the new gym and auditorium is that they will be used by alumni and adults as well as young people of grade school and high school age. The building will be of wood frame con- struction, and the gym will have curved walls as they are the most economical to build. I Marie Robbins '52 Driver Education Knowing that driving habits which are formed by teenagers are carried over into later life, Stonington High School obtained a new dual-control, two-door Ford sedan, com- plete with all accessories, before the opening of school in September, from the Pittsfield Motor Sales Company. The arrangement was made possible through the courtesy of Eaton Brothers, garage in Deer Isle, through whose kindness we acquired the car without charge. The only expense to the school for the entire ccirrse has been gasoline, oil. grease jobs, in- srrance, textbooks, and tests. At the beginning of a course in driver edu- cation, all pupils are given a complete phys- ical examination. Not only are the students taught how to drive a car properly, but they also learn how to operate an auto in tight situations, what the rules of the road are, and a fairly thorough idea of how a car is made. Initruction is given also in the layout con- striction cf roads, pupils must be familiar with the Uniform Vehicle Code. Tyventy-one students enrolled for the course during the first semester, of whom three already had licenses. At the end of the course, eleven students took the final test and all passed it. It should be noted that the tests given were more searching than the state re- quirements. The road tests were given on january 16, 1950, by Mr. Pray, the state ex- aminer from Ellsworth. In order to be licensed to teach the course, Mr. Blaine Lymburner took, during the sum- mer of 1949, an intensive workshop course in Driver Education, provided by the Univer- sity of Maine. The course is approved by the American Automobile Association and the State Department of Education. The aim and purpose of the course is not to make more drivers, but to make better and more capable ones. Donald MacKay '52

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EDITGRIALS Knowledge I believe that the different activities in which high school students participate are of great value in their later life. As each person grows older, he is forced to face reality and to solve his own problems. If, in his child- hood he has had no responsibility to speak of, and has been used to having his work done for him, he is certain to find things much beyond his understanding. In Stonington High School, students have as their objective in many outside activities the raising of funds for the Senior Class Trip. At the food sales, plays, Town Meeting Din- ner and various other events, students take over the job of soliciting, selling, learning play parts and learning how to take orders from the supervisor of that activity. Gradually the student finds himself tak- ing the initiative to go ahead and to think things out in a practical way. Any practical suggestion from the student is always given consideration. These outside interests pro- vide needed experience in the handling of funds, care of property, the need of coopera- tion with others in all work, and the responsi- bility of answering for all things under his care. Students on the Breeze board have found that in going after advertising they have en- countered many different types of people and have had to deal with many difficult situa- tions. Each bit of knowledge gained in this manner will stay in the person's mind for a long time. On the trip which most of the seniors take as a group, they find that there are many things in this land of ours which they might never have had the opportunity to see if it hadn't been for the loyal support of their friends in Stonington. Each person who has graduated from our school has felt at one time or another that he would like to be back in school for a while. Certainly, the people realize that practical experience and knowledge gained from books are very closely related and should both have a promi- nent part in the education of children. Betty Gross '50 Junior Red Cross Near the close of school in '49, I was given the privilege of representing Stonington High School at the junior Red Cross Conference to be held during the summer, at Wellesley College from August 2-12. There were about 140 girls and boys from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey at the conference. Twelve instructors and many speakers made each day a memorable one. Classes were held as in any school, assemblies with demonstrations or movies, followed by snack bar about 10:00 o'clock. Discussion groups were active until noon. After dinner came rest period and then classes until 3:00 p. m. All kinds of activities made the afternoons and evenings enjoyable. These included soft- ball, tennis, baseball, volleyball, and swim- ming, with races in the indoor swimming pool to add to the fun. Everyone enjoyed a play in which Sarah Churchill and jeffrey Lynn starred. It is easy to imagine how completely they were surrounded by girls and boys clamoring for autographs. Before the conference ended all the par- ticipants enjoyed a tour to many places of historical interest, including Lexington, Con- cord, Bunker Hill Monument, the U. S. S. Constitutionf' Lake Waban, and the Louisa May Alcott House. Before the girls and boys divided into groups to return to their home states, many new friendships had developed which added lasting interest to a most worthwhile conven- tion. Lorraine Morey '51

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...f M t ,,f-f-----Qt' -F ,,,f -' 'M -A I95O LETHA BARBOUR Luther', Treasurer 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, Student Council 2, junior Prom Queen 3, junior Play 3, Clee Club 1, Alumni Banquet 2, 3, Assem- blies 1, 2, Junior Speaking Preliminaries 3, Dancing Club 2, Cheer- leader 3, 4, Library Club 2, Webster Spelling Contest 3, 4, 3rd Prize, Webster Spelling Contest 4, Socials 1, 2, Literary Editor of Breeze 4, Town Meeting Dinner 3, 4, Decorating Committees 3, 4, Thanksgiving Festival 1, 2, 3, 4, Chauffeur 3, 4, Freshman Recep- tion 2, Class History, National Honor Society 4. RAYMOND BUCKMINSTER Buddy Basketball Manager 3, 4, junior Play 3, Baseball 3, 4, Volleyball 3, Town Meeting Dinner 4, junior Prom 3, Student Council 3, junior Speaking Preliminaries 3, Graduation Usher 3, Thanksgiving Festival 1, 2, 3, 4, School Band 3, 4, Freshman Reception Committee 2, Assemblies 1, 2, Chauffeur 2, 3, 4, School Mail Carrier 4, Sold Tickets for Basketball Games 4, Webster Spelling Contest 3, Deco- rating Committees 3, 4, Class Ode. DONALD CRIPPS ..J0e,, Chauffeur 2, 3, 4, Class Reporter 3, Student Council 4, junior Speak- ing Preliminaries 3, Junior Speaking Finals 3, Honorable Mention, Maine State Poetry Contest 3, junior Play 3, Freshman Reception Committee 2, Clee Club 2, 3, Thanksgiving Festival 1, 2, 3, 4, Assistant Business Manager of the Breeze 4, Town Meeting Dinner 4, junior Prom 3, Volleyball 4, Report for School Committee 4, Sold Tickets for Basketball Games 4, School Band 3, Decorating Committees 3, 4, Presentation of Gifts, National Honor Society 4.