Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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Nursing Program of the ICMS IS one of the best in the state The public health nurse has become an lndlspen sable member of the island communi ties There will be no more monev from the Bingham Associates Fund There will be no state financial aid this year In Town Meeting S1 125 was appro prlated for Publlc Health Nursing Service under the dlrection of ICMS This will help the trustees but they are still planning other ways to help meet this vear s budget needs Editor in Chief IMPROVED LABOR SITUATION The lndustrlal revolution brought about the factory system At first workers worked from sunrise to sun set The hours varied from eleven hours and twenty four minutes in wlnter to thirteen hours ln summer These hours were prevalent until 1845 although a ten hour day for fed eral emplovees was established in 1840 by President Van Buren Local craft unions had appeared in had not accomplished much however In 1842 the right of workers to Join umons was recognized in a state court During the panic of 1837 many unions had gone out of existence More unions came at the end of the Civil War The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was the first highly centralized labor union It grew rapidly after 1870 Uriah S Stevens was the leader A secret order at first it called for political reforms such as an eight hour day abolition of child labor etc All workers were welcomed skilled or unskilled vshite or black One of the weaknesses of this union was that it had not only wage earning groups but also farmers small shop keepers and people not entirely inter ested in the wage earners welfare Its outstanding contribution was that it emphasized on a national scale the THE EXILE existence of a labor problem and the need for better labor conditions The changes in the kinds of work and 1n the position of the laborer in modern industry have not taken place without many differences of opinion between employer and employee In dustry has been improved by study ing every machine every process and every worker to see how the product can be made best and most economi callv Workers have been paid by piece rates and by incentive wage payment systems in order to get them to produce as much as possible Many laborers have Joined with other workers in labor unions to com pel the employer to give better wages and better working conditions Many labor disputes have arisen when work ers have gone on strikes for these things Employers have tried to meet labor unrest by paying more attention to their workers They have installed better facilities in factories provided for rest periods and m other wavs tr1ed to make work pleasant The eight hour day became standard in 1916 During the 1930 s the five day fortv hour week became the general Since the adoption of the conveyor belt and other methods of speeding up work may workers feel that they are Just cogs in a machine Some of these workers resent their work On Monday December 5 1955 in New York City s Seventy First Regl ment Armory the American Federa tion of Labor and the Congress of In dustrial Organization held their first Joint meeting in almost twenty years That meeting marked the formation of a new organization to be known as the AFL and CIO Thls will mark the end of a split in organized labor that began in October of 1935 when John L Lewis president of the United Mme Workers attacked Wil llam Hutcheson then the leader of the A F L s Carpenters Union Unity committees from both sides have been workmg out problems Some A F L umons still discriminate 5 I Y - ' . 7 Y 7 , Q I' . s 1 n , ' . - A 1 u . A Y 1, Q - - - u . A . i . , . ' 9 ' y Washington's administration. They hours for laborers: l 4 1 1 9 . , , . , - . .- y - T . ' . . - - V 1 u I if YY ' ' L , D , , - . . '. .' .. . 7 . . Y . K , I . . - - ' 7 K . - . . y - , - 7 - I 9 7 ' , - . . . . . , . . . , , . . .

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THE EXILE Work for the day s V1SltlI1g was planned 10 00 A 'VI Routlne school X1S1t In talklng to a ch1ld complalmng of a stomach ache she dxscovered that the ch1ld had had but a p19C8 of cup cake for breakfast She took the ch1ld home and dlscussed with the mother the lmportance of a good diet A home Vlblt was made to a pregnant mother to dlscuss and to help her set up a dellvery room A home VlS1t was made to a S1Lk ch1ld to see how the ch1ld was and to see lf the physlclan s orders were understood and carrled out An 1nterv1ew was held wlth the school health chalrman to plan school phx slcals Two home V1S1tS were made to obtaln data and complete reports fo1 the State Health Offlce One home VlS1t was made to a TB Reglster Case Returned to the 0ff1C6 maklng note of data and problems to be ln eluded ln narratlve report to her supe1v1sor That ex enlng she showed and dlS cussed the film called School Health in Actlon at the regular meetlng of the Health Councll So ended the dav of the publlc health nurse ICMS It seems that a summer per son Alexander M Whlte was lnter ested 1n our communltv At the close of the war he was 1n the Navv and saw medlcal equlpment belng sold at X91 x low p1 lces He got 1n touch wlth the Selectmen offerxng to donate money lf others ln the town would show the1r mterest bx putting up some money A Speclal Town Meet 1ng was called and S1 000 was voted for thls purpose But 1n order to bux war surplus medlcal equlpment the Covernment 1equ1red that two con dltlons be met C15 The group to be responslble for the equlpment must be a non profit organlzatlon C25 Space must be prox lded for the equlp ment to lnsure that 1t would be used It w as to meet these two condltlons that the ICMS was organlzed and ln corporated under the laws of the State of Malne on June 19 1946 All ther needed now was space Through the generosltx of Mrs Margaret Glldden the space behmd Dr Earles offlce was offered Then ln 1952 Mrs Glldden gave the bulld lllg to ICMS on condltlon that she re celve for her llfetlme all the rents and the ICMS pay all malntenance On her death the bulldmg goes to ICMS outrlght But back to 1946 Equlpment such as the dental chalr dental cablnet and speclal llght fixture excellent X ray machlne and dark room equlp ment the hospltal beds and bedslde tables and other smaller ltems were purchased 'md put to good use The Bingham Assoclates Fund ln Boston g1V6S enormous amounts to help ln the lmprovlng of rural med1 cal care I ooklng at a Federal Depart ment of Health map of the State of 'VIa1ne thelr Fleld Admlnlstrator m qulred what medlcal SGYVICSS were avallable at Vmalhaven North Haven and Mat1HlCUS Because Vmalhaven had already done somethlng to solve 1ts medical problems the Blngham Assoclates also rushed to assist Through thelr efforts the State of Malne Department of Health and Health Nurslng program and to pay 009 of the cost the first year 119491 graduallv wxthdrawlng support as the trustees managed to find other sourc es of revenue The Blngham Asso Clat6S Fund offered to pav the balance of the cost also on a slowlv d1m1n1sh mg scale There was one condltlon attached to thls offer the Pubhc Health Nurslng Program also cover the lslands adjacent to Vmalhaven North Haven and Matlnlcus Crle haven Thls made an area and a popu latlon whlch met the requxrements of the state and Blngham In 1950 MISS Marjorle Roscoe a xerv competent and well tralned nurse came to Vmalhaven as an em plox ee of the ICMS She spends one das a week 1n North Haven and makes trxps to M3t1HlCUS to fulfill her obllgatlons to these members of ICMS Thls then IS how ICMS came lnto belng The Trustees take great satlsfactlon ln that the Pubhc Health 4 . ' . A , I 9 , - S . , . ' 1 a Y. u Q u , n - u . . I . , 1 U I . . l' s, . . A A C a Y . V . . , . ' - . A . f' H i - , - A ' . Y . . . . . - ' ' n a , 1 7 . . - . H . . . Y . . ,, . . . . . u t i . , NOW for the Story Of the birth Of Welfare offered to set up 3 Public VA' . l u I- r' f M , A . , ' ' D I ' I 7 L x 7 Q y a. . . . - v A ' I . , ' . . - 7 I . L . V Y 1 s 7 u . ' 3 ' A Y. - I ' ' . U I' I , I K K . . . v .N v . ' Y - - v Lv 1 A1 .' ' y ' I ' . - 1 ' - i . . . , I , w 7. . - K , H . L - ' K- ' y . r V, . Y 7 . . 7 v . . V . . ' , . tl ' l 1 9 I V 7 g , l . l L L

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6 THE EXILE agamst Negroes and other mmorltx groups The CIO has xnslsted that th1S practlce be ellmlnated A commlt tee has been establlshed for the handllng of thls problem George Meany presldent of the AFL and Wllllam SCh1I'11tZl6I' xts secretary treasurer wlll hold thelr same posts ln the nevx comblned group Vlce presldent of the U A W John Llvlngston wlll get the hlgh post of dlrector of orgamzatlon Most labor people believe that the new organ17at1on vx1ll succeed Hoxx ever It vx1ll have manv problems be fole reachlng complete harmony Semor Edltor TODAX S SLHOOI S We often read altlcles comparmg the school of our parents and grand parents wlth the modern consolldated schools of todav for truly the new school bulldlngs wlth all thelr modern fac1l1t1es are certalnlv a glant step from the l1ttle red schoolhouse of a half centurv ago Golng to a school of long ago mlght have been consldered a trlal because of all the hardshlps xt ern comfort attendlng school should be consldered a prlvllege A schoolhouse of fiftx xears ago xxas made of wood Today thev are made of stone brlck or concrete and usuallx have manx rooms lnstead of 1ust one lr txxo Poor l1ght1ng was one of the worst features of the old schools The w1n doxxs xx ere sometlmes on the front or exen on thr e s1des Now we have glass block 'slCl9S or vxlndoxxs at the back and left The nevx fluorescent llghts g1xe us 1 steadx llght and no glare Llghtmg IS one of the most 1m portant features IH the modern schools A thlrd feature IS the heatlng of the bulldlngs The old schools had xxood stoves that gave off lxttle heat and the room temperatures were verx uneven Todax vxe have electrlcallx controlled furnaces that burn coal or o1l and glve us even temperatures Even our drlnklng water IS supplled novx Wlth llttle danger of germs Our modern bubblers glV6 us good clean water In the old schools drlnklng water vxas elther pumped or carrled from streams ln palls Everx chlld drank from the same dlpper and the same pall of water Later thex had lndlvldual cups but st1ll drank from a communltv pall Other santlary condltlons have been greatly improved vxhere there used to be outslde tollets we now have our basement tollets vxashrooms and even showers There used to be a problem about the desks Tvxo chlldren sat at one desk or at benches wlth Just stools to s1t on We now have modern desks xxlth comfortable stralght backed chalrs to help our posture Methods of teachmg have changed verv much over the vears too The amount of work ln the lower grades has been greatly lessened especlallg m arlthmetlc and spelhng and the xxord method of teachmg readlng IS favored over the earller phonlc method In the schools of our parents and the grades and all the subjects In manv of our modern schools espec lallv 1n the upper grades we now have departmental teachmg That 1s each teacher has certaln subjects Wh1Ch he teaches and the classes move about from room to room Some other sub Jects such as muslc and art are taught bx speclallx tralned teachers Our modern school bands and orchestras xx ere unheard of long ago Specxal schools todav offer new studles for the handlcapped The bllnd chlldren have speclallx deslgned books for studx and other Bldg to learmng There ale also schools for the deaf and clxppled Due to these schools chxldren xx ho formerlx vxould have had a hopeless future novx are plepared to l1xe 1101 mal hx es Modern schools lax great stress on the phx slcal and mental health of the . . i - 2 ' , u u 1 . I , I s n n Y V .Y' ' s I ' '. 'Y ' ' . I . l, 1 n u . I n .V , - u - 1 1 Y . ' 7 K ' 4 I k . V' . . y . V. - I v Y . ' ' 1 - 1 1 . 7 7 11 w ' ' ' J v - . 9 A I . v 1 y , . . . . , K I c n 1 , , ' A n , 1 1 ' 7 presented, but today, with all its mod- grandparents, one teacher taught all , . J -I Y ' Y V . . L x K V V o , o H . ' - U . '. ' 1 ' 7 3 i . Y p V7 by n L, ' 2' ' . . . - , I 9 . ' . . A ' ' ' . K K A A. - K V A A . L 5 . .V u . . . Y L 2 A 7 . . L . tv . 'L .' ll. Q. . L - K , V .. . ' , 7 . , 7 D .I A A tv n v I I v v ' v yt '