Upper Kennebec Valley High School - Boreas Yearbook (Bingham, ME)

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10 THE BOREAS lhhhhhhhhhhhhhhbchhhlbhhhhh 'Q' hhhfkrf-ahhh9eCa'?M9eG'a'hWk:'hQ'MMnGa9a'kUQ 'sw 5 5' 5' 5 5 EWS ITEMS J' J' 5 .5 .S 2. ,E 'K waUMM?hhhhhhhhhhhbohhhhhhhfak jg, 'hh'hfahhhlhhkahhhhhhbhhhhhhhnw PRIZE DECLAMATION EXHIBITION The Prize Declamation Contest of Bingham High School was held in the Congregational Church, Wednesday evening, December 14th. The exer- cises were enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience, and each speaker carried off his part in excel- lent manner. First prize for girls was awarded to Miss Nettie B. Savage, with Miss Reta M. McCollor winning second prize. For the boys, the honors were Won by Clifford S. Cooley and Ber- nard E. Russell, with first and second prizes respectively. The program was as follows: Piano Duet-Cavalry Charge ........ Liftl HELEN FENTIMAN, RENA SHAW Fort Wagner .................. Dickinson CLIFFORD S. CooLEY The Quality of Mercy ........ Anonyinons DOROTHY E. RICH Ballad of East and West ........ Kipling RAYMOND A. ROLLINS The Gift of the Magi ........... 0. Henry LUCILLE M. COLEMAN The Troop of the Guard Rides Forth Today . ..................... Hagedorn BLIN B. WITHAM The Second Trial ................ Kellogg MILDRED B. ATWOOD Vocal Duet-Massa Dear ......... Dvorak PHYLLIS COLEMAN, EVANGELINE ATWOOD The Death-bed of Benedict Arnold Anonymous BERNARD E. RUSSELL The Soul of the Violin ........... Merrill ARLENE M. FOLSOM After Twenty Years ........... O. Henry RALPH W. SMITH The Highwayman ................. Noyes NETTIE B. SAVAGE The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ......... Mark Twain ALBERT H. HOWES The Lady or the Tiger .......... Stockton RETA M. MCCOLLOR Piano Duet-Comrades Waltz ...... Rolfe IRENE MOLLOY, E'ILEEN REYNOLDS After the program, an exhibition of the Manual Training and Home Economics Departments and Junior High School was held in the parish house. The boys exhibited foot stools, plant stands, book cases and radio stands that they made, while the girls, who are taking up sewing this term, had on display an attrac- tive exhibit of useful personal ap- parel. All the work of each depart- ment was done in the class rooms, with no outside help. The Junior High exhibit consisted of drawings and posters made by the seventh and

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THE BOREAS 9 and almost run him down. What the devil was he driving like that for, anyway! The roadster lay in a broken heap. Smoke curled up from the ruins. Leslie saw a small hand beneath the edge of the overturned car. So it was a girl. Well, he must get her out. He managed to get the unconscious girl from the ruins. Leslie raised the girl in his arms, and carried her toward a house which was back from the road in a beautiful grove. Leslie entered and called, Mother. A small, white-haired woman met him, her face showed astonishment, but her quick mind told her what to do. Bring her up to the blue room, son. Thomas, call Doctor Carl. Joy Bells regained consciousness. It seemed that her head was split- ting. She opened her eyes, and tried to sit up. A moan escaped her lips, and a gentle hand pushed her back among her pillows. A calm voice said, You must be still, my dear. Joy looked into the sweet face, and knew she was safe in her surround- ings. Two weeks at the Webster house- hold were sufficient for the two young people to realize that each was des- tined to meet the other. In June wed- ding bells hang for them. V. H., '28. '2'?s1G'Silf'G-Qfi A 9 A fsmea o nl 'xg' 5, -xff ' x 541i , ,, 6 - I x f cl .Ax Q REE 't

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THE BOREAS 11 eighth grades, also daily classroom work of the entire room. VISIT OF EX-GOV. BAXTER September 12, 1927, Hon. P. C. Baxter, former Governor of Maine, accompanied by Mr. Roland Patten of Skowhegan, and Mr. Carl F. Mor- rison of Augusta, Secretary to Gov- ernor Brewster, paid a visit to our school. Mr. Baxter told us about his trip around the world and especially con- cerning schools in foreign lands. He also showed copies of art work done by grade pupils in the schools of Japan and the Philippines. After his interesting talk, Mr. Baxter presented the school with nine books dealing with the history of Maine, these books to be awarded at the discretion of the faculty to those students show- ing the greatest improvement and initiative in the study of English and History. Later the faculty voted to keep a volume of each of the different books for use of all in the school library, and to award the other seven as fol- lows: American History to Clifford Cooley, '29, Ancient History to Irene Molloy, '31, Junior High History to Ronald Carl, 8th Grade, English prizes to: Nettie Savage, '28g Lucille Coleman, '29, Rena Shaw, '30g and Flora Wing, 7th Grade. DEAN HART AT ASSEMBLY On September 19th Dean James N. Hart of the University of Maine, and Dean Paul Cloke of the College of Technology, were present at Assem- bly, and Dean Hart addressed the students in the interest of the Uni- versity. He told something of life at Maine and the various activities there, as well as stressing the dif- ferent courses and the value of col- lege training. After Assembly, Dean Hart and Dean Cloke interviewed several stu- dents who are interested in the Uni- versity of Maine, and have some in- tention of attending there after graduating from Bingham High School. GIFTS During the year the High School has received several gifts for which it wishes to publicly express its ap- preciation and thanks. The Century Club gave 9530.25 to be divided equally between the Home Economics and Manual Training De- partments. This money has been of great aid to those departments in this first year of their existence. Also the class of 1927, through their Treasurer, Rodney O'Brien, presented the school with two large framed pictures with the year of their class engraved thereon. Individuals in town have given sev- eral magazine subscriptions to the school, which have been very helpful as well as interesting to all.