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

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QNX FACULTY Standing ll. to r.l: Miss Marguerite Russell, Miss Elsie Hight, Mr. Rudolph Quint Seated: Mrs. Geraldine Hannay, Principal John J. Kassay. THE FACULTY Mr. John J. Kassay. Principal-Math.-Sciences. Bates A.B. 1922, Bates A.M. 1926. Extension Course in Chemistry, Univ. of Chicago. Summer session, University of California. Somerset Academy, Kingiield, Guilford, Castine, Bingham. Mr. Rudolph Quint. Manual Training-Math-Coach of Athletics. U. of M. 1928-'30, Farmington Normal 1933-'39 lsummer sessions? New Portland, Bingham. Mrs. Geraldine Hannay, Languages. Colby A. B. 19213 Harvard 1936. Bates 1939. Foxcroft Academy, Higgins, Bingham. Miss Helen Nourse. Social Sciences. Oberlin College 1917. Boston University 1936-37. Hartford School of Religion, A.M. 1940. Somerset Academy, Sidney, Og W. Long Beach, N. J., Bingham Miss Elsie Hight. Home Economics. Nasson College B.S. 1943. Bingham. Miss Marguerite Russell. Junior high grades. Farmington Normal. Gorham Normal. Bingham Junior High.

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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

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8 BOREAS STUDENT COUNCIL Standing 11. to rj: E. Henderson, D. Sterling, J. Berry, Mr. Kassay, R. Garland, S. Pierce, J. Ingraham. Seated: R. Robinson, G. Goff, C. Lane, S. Keene. STUDENT COUNCIL The purpose of the Student Council is to support and sponsor all school activities that are given by the school. There are three representatives from each class, two are chosen by vote of the classes, and the third member is the President of the class who is also a member of the Council. The Constitution has been posted on the school bulletin board so that all students may have a chance to study it. The oiiicers are: President, Christine Laneg Treasurer, Ray Garland, Secre- tary, Gerald Berry, Faculty Advisor, Principal Kassay, The athletics sponsored for the year were: football, volley ball, intramural winter carnival, baseball and softball. Activities sponsored for the yearg Freshmen reception, Senior Play, so- cials, prize speaking and the year book. The following are some of the most important school matters that were voted on: Awards for the boys who earned them playing baseball last spring. Miss Hight was elected student treasurer. To give War Stamps for prizes at our intramural Winter Carnival. Appropriate money to buy blackout curtains for the windows. 3524.00 was voted. To set aside 315.00 to pay for the rental of movie films to be shown once a week. The sale of Athletic tickets as last year. The students that lived out of town and did not buy an Athletic ticket