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

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DIT RIALS MR. MILTON REYNOLDS Milt has been a faithful workerand a grand friend to all of us at B, H. S. We have appreciated his hard work on so many winter mornings! He has also served the other two school buildings at the same time. Realizing what a big job this is, and all the labor it involves, we want to show our grateful appreci- ation and thanks. During the latter part of this school year when Mr. Reynolds became ill, we discovered what a vital part he had had in our program. We missed him very much, and we are certainly glad that he is back with us again. N. Macdougall '45 Pk Pls Pls PK OUR B. H. S. LIBRARY In the past few years at Bingham High School we have added many new books to our library. The town makes a certain appropriation each year, and out of this our library books are pur- chased. We are installing a new sys- tem called the Dewey Decimal Sys- tem . The purpose of this new system is to help students get used to librar- ies. Even though our library is small, if we use the Dewey Decimal System, we shall feel at home in larger li- braries. The first .part of the system is to give each book a call number accord- ing to the classification under which it comes. These headings are : C13 General Works, which consists of books on library science, encycloped- ias, newspapers, and general periodi- calsg C25 Philosophy, classified as books pertaining to the human mind, Q33 Religion is compromised of books on all the different kinds of worship, C41 Sociology, which includes books on the study of humanity, Q51 Lan- guage, consisting of dictionaries, gram- mars of all languages, Q61 Pure Sci- ence, made up of books on mathemat- ics, astronomy, chemistry, and botany, Q71 Useful Arts, which includes books pertaining to daily living, C81 Fine Arts and Recreation, made up of books on landscape gardening, architecture, painting, music, and amusementsg C95 Literature, which contains books on poetry, essays, plays, oratory, and the like, and C101 History, which includes geography, travel, and biography. Fiction comes under a separate di- vision and is listed alphabetically by authors. Each book is marked with the first two letters of the author's last name and with the call number. The vol- umes of a set or duplicate copies are marked with the same call number. The books are arranged on separate shelves, the histories in one section, biographies in another, fiction in an- other, until all the books are grouped according to classification, Each book in the library, except fic- tion, has 3 cards which are filed or catalogued. One is called the author's card, another the title, and the third, the subject card. On the author card is first, the name of the author, next a little about the book, and the title and number of the book. On the title card there is first the title, then a sentence about the book, the author's name, and the number. The title cards are

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BOREAS 5 ,, ., , . ..--.,.-..,., ,.,.,. W,,-.,--.-.. .N ,-- l'1 I 'l. MM, H, , - . l EDITORIAL BOARD PICTURE Standing: R. Quigley, R. Whitman, G. Goff, A. Goff, G. Berry, E.Henderson, D. Sterling, J. Potter, P. Beane, A. Manchester. Seated: B. Lane, N. Macdougall, G. Croteau. BOREAS EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Nellie Macdougall Assistant Editor . . . Gloria Croteau Bus. 8z Advertising Mgr. . Philip Beane Athletic Editor Eugene Henderson Literary Editor , .. Jeannette Potter Senior Editor . Nellie Macdougall Junior Editor ,. .. . , Bertha Lane During the past few years we have tried to prepare a year book which would be of special interest to those who have attended B. H. S., and who are now in the armed forces. Rather than publish a book with a wartime theme, we have attempted to find the atmosphere of home, using local sub- jects. Sophomore Editor ..,. , Robert Whitman Freshman Editor ..., .. .. .. , Allen Goff Senior Statistics . . ., ,.,, Donald Sterling Alumni .... .. ,. .... ...... R uth Quigley Copy Manager ,....., ,..,..... ..,. G e neva Goff Humor . . ........ . . ,.,..,,.. Alvida Manchester Student Council .. ...,. . Gerald Berry We hope it will be possible for many of those in the armed forces to have the BOREAS, and We hope those who have it will find some lift and enjoy- ment, some remembrance of home. We wish to thank all those who have helped us to publish this year book, especially Mr. Quint, who has worked so unseliishly with the editorial board. N. Macdougall '45

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BOREAS 7 arranged in alphabetical order to make them easy to find. For the mak- ing of the subject cards the table of contents is examined to find the pro- per subjects, and references and cross references are made. Some books re- quire only one subject card, while others may need several. This system, we know, sounds rath- er complicated at first, but we feel that as we begin to use it, we shall understand it beter. The way the cards are going to be arranged and also the order in which the books are put on the shelves will make it easier to find the book for which you are looking. We feel that this system is a good one, and that, as our library grows from year to year, more of the pupils are going to use and enjoy it. Now let's all try to understand the new sys- tem of our school library and then use it! G. Goff '45 lk 1 1 K LET'S DO MORE READING How much reading do you do? What is your answer to this? We can never do too much reading so far as worth-while books are concerned. Very few of us realize the educa- tion a person can obtain in reading. Books increase our vocabularies to a great extent. They help us get ac- quainted with life itself, and with great writers. We learn the author's view on life and his experiences. If reading is taken seriously. The statement from Bacon Reading mak- eth a full man is true. The reader is full of ideas and his life is full of riches. Bacon's advice on how to read is also valuable. He suggests that you only taste some books, swallow others, and some few should be chew- ed and digested. The modern novel would be one to taste or skim through. Books with more depth in them should be read with more attention, while books of great value should be read wholly, and be given much thought and then reread occasionally. It has been said that movies have been more popular than reading. If this is true, something should be done about itg for something very precious has gone out of American life. We should consider many things. From what sources have many of the best movies originated? The answer to this is books. Stories have to be written for all movies. Fine as a movie may be, it can never be an adequate substitute for reading, We should be interested in the author of the stories behind the movies, and how the story came about. Enjoyment as well as finding an ed- ucation, can be found in reading. A better pastime or hobby could not be found. A person who becomes ac- quainted with books in early life will never be without a companion in later years when many of his friends have gone. Why don't you find out for your- self and read more? J. Potter '45