Vanceboro High School - Tattler Yearbook (Vanceboro, ME)

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4 THE VANCEBORO TATTLER U HHHGQHHWHHMMMHHHMZHMMHMQQQD DHMHHMHHQMMHMWHQDQQHHHWHHHI 'i LITERARY 3 IBHBHMHZMQHHHQMHHQQHQQQMHD UHHHHHWWHHMHWMHHHHHHHFQMQQ This is the first appearance of our school magazine, THE VANCEBORO TATTLER, in this, the thirty-ninth year of the Vanceboro High School. Behind us we have the tradition of an ambitious and useful pastg before us an ambitious and useful future. For we hope those that are left to carry on, will do so in the same spirit as those who have gone before. We feel that we owe a great debt of gratitude to all who are adver- tisers and all those other public- spirited citizens whose interest and support have made the TATTLER pos- sible. We of the school have done our best with such ability as we have, but a magazine cannot thrive on hard work alone. There must be financial support. And it is for that that we feel most indebted. HISTORY OF THE VANCEBORO HIGH SCHOOL Through the combined efforts of an ambitious group of citizens and pub- lic-spirited business men, Vanceboro High School was organized in 1889. Already a building had been given to the town by the Shaw Brothers, whose large tannery was then the most important industry in the town. The second story of this building was fitted up for the high school. James Norton was engaged by Dr. Young, then Superintendent of Schools, to teach, and a few years later an assistant was added to the teaching force. She was Miss Minnie Campbell. This made the school a Class A high school. Soon, because of lack of funds, the assistant was dis- pensed with, thus putting the school back to its old level. There were six girls in the first class of the Vanceboro High School, the Misses Minnie Campbell, Mae Gallant, Marcia Sprague, Emily Cobb and Lou Douglas. Out of these six but one graduated, Minnie Campbell, the first graduate of Vanceboro High School. The first graduation exer- cises were held in the Union Church on Friday evening, June 30, 1893. The subjects taught in the first years of the school were similar to

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QTHE VAbfC!'1BOR0 TATTLER 5 those taught today with the excep- tion of French and Chemistry Labo- ratory Work. They were English, Latin, Algebra, Geometry, History and Science. Over forty students graduated from this high school in ten years. In those earlier years little time was given to the sports, but it is recorded that a fine baseball team was organized about 1905. And in 1910 there were two basketball teams, both boys and girls. Of all the games played in their own hall and in the hall of their opponents, many were the victories. Not until 1926 was there again any interest in sports. In 1909 this high school was again made into a Class A high school and the assistant was Miss Jennie Brown. German was introduced as a high school subject as were some others. Now for twenty years this high school has been a Class A high school and ranks among the highest in the state. The most important and one of the latter events of the history of Vance- boro High School was the building of a new schoolhouse. Now the school is held in a very modern building. This building, having six rooms well ven- tilated and lighted, wide corridors and two entrances, houses the Vance- boro schools. It is one of the benefits of school life for it is a much more pleasant place to live in than was the old school building. This building was constructed on the old school lot in 1925 and the pupils moved into their new home on the fourth of January, 1926. In 1927 the custom of having a school play was revived. Two such plays have been presented with much success, and this year marks the be- ginning of the publication of a school magazine. This is not published for the purpose of gain but for the keep- ing of a record of school activities of the year and for the journalistic and executive training the student re- ceives. Now in its thirty-ninth year, in its new building with its excellent equip- ment, Vanceboro High School feels that it has earned a certain pride in itself. We, its alumni of 1928, will keep in mind the credit the gradu- ates of other years have brought to the old school and we trust that in future years we shall carry to vic- tory and honor the name of our Alma Mater, Vanceboro High School.