Westbrook High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Westbrook, ME)

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30 The Blue and VVhite i ,lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll DEPART'MENTS L nun The purpose of W. H. S. is to do four things, namely, C13 to prepare boys and girls for col- lege, f2l to give them a business training, C35 an industrial training, and C45 a general education. To accomplish these results, the High School offers, under trained teachers, courses in English, Ancient and Modern Languages, Science, Math- ematics, History, Commercial subjects, such as Bookkeeping, Stenography, Typewriting and Of- fice Practice: Industrial Training in Mechanical Drawing and in the practical use of various wood- working and metalworking machines and tools. Limited courses are offered also in Music, Domes- tic Science, Public Speaking and Physical Culture. As regards the College Department, we quote the following extract from Mr. Lewis' annual report in the City School Report: The school is judged by a double standard. One standard is that of the community, the other, that of the college, and it is necessary to live up to both. These standards, especially the latter, are subject to change, and it is the business of the school to be constantly striving to improve its scholarship to meet the new and more stringent college entrance requirements. The colleges are becoming more crowded each year. and they feel more freedom than ever before in picking only the best and retaining only the fittest. Our most pressing problem, therefore, and a forever present one, is to keep abreast of the demands made upon us as a college preparatory institution, and our policy should look toward a strengthening of this work upon which our standing in the outside edu- cational world depends. This problem weighs as heavily upon the parents as upon the teachers and the school. Westbrook High is upon the approved list of the New England College Entrance Board, which association includes Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Massachusetts Agricultural, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Tufts, Boston University and Williams. It also enjoys the privilege of being on the list of schools approved by Dartmouth. Brown University and Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute for certification purposes. f'Students may enter any of these colleges upon presentation of a certificate from the principal showing that an average grade of 8521 has been attained in the subjects necessary for entrance. At the present time Westbrook High has stu- dents in the following institutions of higher learning: Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Brown Uni- versity, Connecticut State College. University of Maine, University of Southern California, Uni- versity of Montana, New York University, Tufts Dental, Tufts Engineering, Boston University, Yale, Lawrence University, Pratt Institute, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts College of Osteopathy, Potsdam University of New York. Other schools of lesser degree repre- sented are: Kentls Hill Seminary, Westbrook Seminary, Gorham and Farmington Normal Schools, Gray's Business College, Nasson Insti- tute, Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten School, Posse Normal School of Physical Training in Boston. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT YoUR AIM IN BUSINESS A personls position is business depends largely upon himself: what he is, what he can do, and how he can do it. A person with a careless atti- tude or one who has no intention of doing right, rarely gets anywhere unless someone secures a position for him, and then he is told what, when and how to do it. Business men do not care for employees of this kind who cannot think for themselves, and who are not neat, accurate, loyal and honest. Unless he aims for something higher, his advancement is hindered, his friends are few,

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Westbrook High School THE CLASS OF 1927 In the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun- dred and twenty-three, on the seventeenth day of the ninth month, a great event occurred at West- brook Iligh School, for said school was highly honored by one hundred brilliant young men and women becoming an important part of the student body. A few of this number have left, a fact which is sincerely regretted. Naturally, teachers and students were delighted to have the privilege of aiding these learned scholars. Indeed, many students were self-ap- pointed guides, conducting the strangers to their proper places of business. The stately Seniors truly exerted themselves to make sure that the Reception to the newcomers proved entertaining. I t did. I These folks e'ected class officers as follows: President-Carl Powers. Vice-President-Pearl Sinclair. Secretary-Doris Stearns. Treasurer-Roland Chamard. Although the class had no representatives on the regular football team, it has several promis- ing men. Roland Chamard made the boys' basketball team and Marjorie King made the girls' team. This'class furnished three-tenths of the participators of the prize-speaking contest: Katherine Hallowell, Frances Richardson and Reba Manchester. It can easily be seen that IV. H. S. could not do without such a class. The members of this class have distinguished themselves in others ways. For instance. be- havior. They certainly set an excellent example for the Seniors and Sophomores to follow. Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce: u Tiny little Freshmeng green as they can be. Hear the upper classmen shout in childish glee, Even stately Seniors stoop to scorn, you see. Firstwe get acquainted with our teachers and our books, Reception then is heldg a grand and festive ball. Every Freshman boy and every Freshman girl . Simply quake with fear as they pass into the hall. Ho! they tell their friends after all is o'er, Maybe you'd have been afraid, but surely we were not, Another year is comingg we'll be Sophomores sure, New and greener Freshmen will be gettingwhat we got. u at Cheer up, patient readers, Freshmen aren't so bad! Long and hard they struggle through a year of days And they come out victors. Next year greenness gone, Sophomoresg silly sophomores with the giggle craze, Shall laugh and shout in scorn at Childish Freshman VVays. PEARL SINCLAIR, '27. 29 The following named are members of the Freshman class. Those marked with I have left school : . Doris G. Allan Duane Allen Florence L. Allen Clifford Andrews Calvin L. Barbour Mildred Barbour Ruth I. Barker Ralph Billings Olive E. Blake Sylvia Breton Elizabeth M. Buotte 'Flora Campbell Leo P. Campbell 'Anna Caron Roland J. Chamard VVilliam Chandler, -I Frank VV. Chick Freeland VV. Chick Lena A. Coffin Stella Cole Dorothy C. Collins Arline Connel Arthur M. Cousins 'Irene M. Delcourt Romeo S. Delcourt Dorothy Dowling Doris A. Drisko Myrle E. Elwell Evelyn A. Farrar Chesley Foster Dorothy E. Foster Mildred V. Foster Beulah Foy John S. Gerry Paul Graham Gorden S. Griffiths Romeo Guimond Katherine M. Hallow Carrie J. Hansen Theodore Harvey Curtis G. Hawkins Helen L. Jarrett 'Bertha L. jellison Edwin W. Jensen Glenna M. Keller Raymond L. Killian Dorothy King Marjorie D. King Raymond King William I. King T. ell lk Theresa Labrecque Napoleon Lachance Irene Larrivier Irene S. Lombard jean A. Macdonald Reba M. Manchester Harris W. Mayberry Harold R. McBride Arlene D. Merrick Leola P. Miller Raymond Moreau Sylvia G. Moreau Mildred Mushreau Kenneth Nelson Horace E. Norton Edith E. Olsen Dorothy D. Perry Guy C. Peterson tStanley Peterson Rosa Porello Carl A. Powers Doris M. Pratt Ralph F. Pride Dorothy F. Reny Frances Richardson Benjamin Robinson Sylvia C. Robinson Arthur R. Rosvally Charles W. Sanborn Ally Sawyer Pearl B. Sinclair Harry Smith wk Olive Smith Pauline A. Smith Etta A. Spiller Doris S. Stearns Raymond F. Sullivan Pauline H. Sutermeis Roy P. Tedford Ethel j. Thomas Alan W. Titcomb Roland J. Turgeon Viola Urbank Hazel A. Vanner Thomas L. Vaughan Evelyn A. Webber Floyd B. Webber Raphael F. VVelch Norris A. VVescott Theodore Winslow ter

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