Waterville High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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away among the many books that have accumulated through the years. I know it, because I should feel lost without its secret presence. But even though I do not have before me the book itself, I do have my old scrap-book and there stand out from its yellowed pages three or four accounts of Volume 1, Number 1. On the whole, the accounts are lauditory: The initial number is an interesting one and reflects great credit on the board of editors. The account goes on to say: The book contains 24 pages of matter interesting to the students and alumni of the school. On the cover is a half-tone picture of the school-building, and the frontispiece is a fine half-tone likeness of Mrs. B. F. Philbrick, who, as Miss Mary fMinnieJ Smith was so long con- nected with the school. The literary features are many and include a sketch of Prin- cipal Marsh. . . The merchants of the city have patronized the publication liberally, 11 pages of advertising appearing in the first number. The paper deserves the success which seems in store for it, judging from the large advance subscription which has been secured by the management. As I recall it, that large advance subscription totalled 125i It will be of interest to know that a precursor of the Nautilus was a junior paper which consisted of letters and news-notes carefully garnered and then read publicly at a meeting of all the students of the school. For many of the 30 years that I have taught in Colby College, I have given a course in Journalism, and in that course we learn that in the old days we first had the spoken newspaper, then the written, then the half written and half printed, and finally the fully printed. Well, it would seem that in the old Waterville high school we ran pretty nearly true to form. We certain- ly had the spoken newspaper and the written newspaper for I was one of a small group who on a memorable night in my junior year read from the platform what was under- stood to be the contents of our school paper. One of the letters I prize highly today was from our former Principal, Denis E. Bowman, then living in Eureka, New York, now living in California where he practices law. So much, therefore, for our daring venture of forty years ago. It is a very com- forting thought to know that even after the lapse of all these years, the Nautilus continues to fill a real place among the extra-curricular activities of our old school. ' Cordially yours, HERBERT C. LIBBY. A The Editors-in-Chief for the respective years are as follows: HERBERT C. LIBBY ...... ARTHUR G. VOSE ..... ADDIE M. LAKIN ...... ERNEST L. GRAY ........ ARTHUR G. ROBINSON--- HARRY W. KIDDER .... CLARA M. BRYANT --- EDITH L. WHITAKER--- FRED W. CLOUGH ....... ALAN MCALARY ........ CLARENCE B. WHITAKER ..... LAURENCE R. BOWLER-- HAROLD FARNHAM ..... ODETTE POLLARD ...... 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 ELIZABETH LARRABEE ROBIN ROBINSON ....... .... RALPH LARRABEE .... .... OLIVE FARNHAM .... CAROLINE HEALD --- BERTHA ARNOLD ...., .... MALCOLM S. WEED --- ---- ETHEL ROSE ......... ,,,, HILDAGARDE WILSON --- ---- HAROLD TAYLOR ....... .... VIRGINIA BLANCHARD MARY GUNNING ...... .... GLORIA DREW .... HUGH GILMAN ....... 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 A. RAYMOND ROGERS --- 1912 MARIE REYNOLDS --- 1933 A. RAYMOND ROGERS --- 1913 PRISCILLA JONES .... 1935 ALFRED CHAMBERLAIN - 1914 JUNE LaFLEUR ......... .... 1 934 HARRIET EATON ........ CHARLES E. VIGUE ..... DORIS TOWARD --- ELIAS SHIRO ..... 1915 1916 1917 1918 BARBARA MITCHELL --- ---- ROBERT BARTEAUX --- ---- MARTHA ROGERS - - 1936 1937 1938

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY T was a damp and dreary day, that tenth day of September in 1935, when 217 ' of us made our initial appearance at Waterville High. Feeling very new and insignificant, we meekly asked our upperclassmen A the way around and after many hours of hard labor, we finally found our- selves established in our homerooms with our very bewildering schedules. It took days and days to really get acquainted with the new school, but by the time of the Buy-A-Brick-Campaign we were full-fiedged students. No one worked any harder than we did for that new wing, and it was with great delight that we re- ceived the news on January 15 that success was ours, and work on the new wing would begin immediately. All too soon came June and graduation, and even though we were merely sopho- mores, with tears in our eyes we watched our newly-made Senior f1'icnds depart with their diplomas. The new addition proudly awaited us as we began our next year, and just as proudly we established ourselves as experienced Juniors. That year of '36-'37 passed rapidly, and soon it was time for the Purple and White and French Club Outings. The important event of that year was the establishing of the Panther News, our weekly paper. Then came the all important year, '37-'38, And what a year! Now we were dig- nified Seniors, and many happenings made us justly proud of our Alma Mater. First, there was the Football State Championship, and there was never a game that our senior classmates in the line didn't make us shout with joy. Then the hockey team brought home another State Championship title, and again the Seniors in the games played in true purple and white fashion. Miracles of miracles: For the Hrst time in nine years, the Waterville High Bas- ketball boys beat the Winslowites, with seniors Gabe Hikel, Bob LaFleur, and Normie Ivers leading the attack. January 28 of this year brought the school play with seniors Mary Farrell, Ann Jones, Shirley Thompson, and Raymond Lacombe expertly interpreting leading roles. On April 16, 20 prospective graduates departed for Washington, and Mr. Mathews announced the honor students With Rena Libby and Raymond Lacombe winning chief honors. We are very proud of our class president who won prizes in three speaking con- tests during his senior year: Declamations at U. of M., and Montgomery, and the First Annual Senior High Prize Speaking. As this is being written, we realize that for many this will be the last year of school life, and we know that great things face every graduating student. Although each one declares that he will 'be glad when June arrives, it will be with tears and many fond memories that we solemnly receive that document that will mean our days at Waterville High are over.