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

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BORE AS 5 'zmmrmnuonamxoacsaddooondogaoaaunnmceauuoaatcacsnxxaoacezsoxutozauwagooioocsdaooooor DI ORIAI. UQUDUQUUDUQQGQIQUQQQQQUQQDQQQG . wnexceaooczou EDITORIAL IFFEN If anyone should step up to you and ask you what we needed most at Bing- ham High School, what do you think you would say? Well, I will tell you. Maybe it is not what you would think of, but it what I know. What we need most is good school spirit, something to urge students on toward the goal. We need more UPRODUCTIONH. Pupils must work harder, they must take a different and more interested attitude toward the school and its teachers. Teachers cannot teach a les- son to a group of boys and girl who are not interested. It is strictly impos- sible. If a student does not care wheth- er or not he learns, and if he has no real school spirit, it gives anyone a rather vivid picture of what the out- look will be. I know that there are many people who have never completed school. I know also, that out of a good many of those who did not continue their edu- cation, the reason was from their own choice. I will admit, however, that there are those who had home duties which made it necessary for them to give up their schooling. If you will no- tice, is is those who have had to give up school who have wanted most to continue. But those who took their choice, left because of a lack of the true school SPIRIT . There was nothing binding them to the school. Now let's all get together and say, MORE PRODUCTION IN '45 .' P. G. B. '46 If only I were out of high school! ! Then I would know real happiness. How one can endure twelve grueling years of school is more than I can surmise, but what a wonderful feel- ing it must be to get away from the monotony of the same old classes, the same old teachers, and the same old school building! Surprisingly, some people like school. The only ones whom I have seen who ever liked school are the mentally decrepit and the teachers' pets . If I were out of school, I would work for some rich corporation. I would earn a small fortuneg then I would be very, very nice to all the school-kid- dies. I would buy all the schools in the state and burn them all at once. I would be a state hero, I betcha. If I were only out of school! ! I William L. O'Brien '46 Pk rr 'lf lk CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS There are many new ideas for the post-war world, some of which are difficult to understandg but one which concerns us closely is the plan for a consolidated school in our own com- munity. The idea of such schools is by no means new, for consolidation has been carried out in many parts of the United States, and has proved success- ful. Such schools have already proved their value in New York Stateg for without a doubt, New York has the

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4 BOREAS BOREAS EDITORIAL BOARD Standing rl. to r.J: R. Garland, F. Tibbetts, G. Berry. Seated ll. to r.b: J. Potter, G. Goff, C. Lane, N. Macdougall, R. Quigley, G. Croteau, M. VanDyk. BOREAS EDITORIAL BOARD Frances Tibbetts Editor-in-chief . Assistant Editor ..,., ,.,....... N ellie Macdougall Ray Garland Athletic Editor ..,, ..........,.. W illiam O'Brien Florence Gervais Floriman Andrews Junior Editor . ,,.. .. ........,...., Jeanette Potter Bus. 8a Adv. Manager ,. . .. Literary Editor .... .. Senior Editor , . This year the editorial board of the Boreas , is trying to make our pub- lication a little different from last year's. We feel that our year book will travel farther and have a wider circu- lation than ever before, since copies will be sent to boys and girls in the armed services. We are dedicating this tenth edition of the Boreas to those from this community who are serving in the armed forces because we feel that none deserve it more than they. We are trying, for that reason to Sophomore Editor ....... .,...... G loria Croteau Freshman Editor ............, ........ R uth Quigley Senior Class Statistics ....,..... Christine Lane Student Council ............, ....... G erald Berry Alumni .,..,....,.................. ......,..... G eneva Goff Copy Manager .,....,.......,. Martha Van Dyk Joke 8z Exchange Ed. , .. Alvida Manchester get away from the atmosphere of war in this year book, and have more sub- jects which deal with our home com- munity and its surroundings. We hope that all who read this year's Boreas will iind parts to interest them. To all our former students in service we send greetings and We Wish to thank all here at home who have helped to make it possible for us to publish and present to the public, the Boreas for 1944. F. Tibbettts '44

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6 BOREAS best rural schools in the world. These schools serve in a rough circle an area of twenty miles or more. The consoli- dated school is usually a two-story brick building and includes a bus gar- age, athletic field, playground, and tennis courts. It contains about twen- ty-iive classrooms besides a library, music rooms, health room, gymnasium, auditorium and a cafeteria. Such a school can offer special cour- ses, which include agriculture, art, home economics, manual training, physical education, and band and orchestra work. It can have a libra- rian, guidance director, and a nurse. These are some of the educational benefits derived from consolidation. As to the school plant, it can afford adequate heating, ventilation, light- ing and better and more satisfactory equipment than could be had other- wise. We know that in this territory there are schools having only ten pupils. The total cost for educating these ten is 5B3,000, while if they were being transported to a consolidated school this cost would be S100 to S150 per pupil. We can see that this would cut the cost in two. At the present time our curriculum is not broad enough to offer us courses that will be of more practical use to us in later life and be of the greatest interest to us at the present time. This is a changing world and we must face the changes or be left behind in the march forward. We should have courses varied enough to offer each individual the subjects suited to his abilities and helpful to him in earning a living. Can we not have broader courses of study such as those offered in con- solidated schools, where commercial, shop, agriculture and technical cour- ses are given? Can we not have a school building with modern heat- ing, lighting, ventilation, cafeteria service, gymnasium, and the other' ad- vantages that children of the consoli- dated schools are enjoying? Are we in this area not big enough to overcome the obstacles and to plan for our future needs? The State De- partment of Education has already made plans for such post-war schools, and if we in Bingham want one of these schools enough to work for it, we can have it. The Federal govern- ment would furnish one-half of the money for such a school, the State would furnish orie-fourth, and the communities included in the consoli- dation would furnish the rest of the money needed. Is it not possible to offer much more to the young people of this area by co- operation, by planning, and by pool- ing our resources than by all going separate ways? If each boy in the service had to fight alone, he would make little progress, but the combined efforts of all bring forth the best re- sults, we shall get them much sooner and they will be the best. In a short time other districts will be having consolidated schools and if we do not have them at the same time or even before, our youth will go out- side this district to receive the bene- fits of the better educational advan- tages that other schools can offer them. Let us all work together and be first in this great step forward in edu- cation here in our own community. Christine Lane '44