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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32 his salary is small, and he stays in the same place year after year. In order to work in a right way and to attain a desired position, a person must hrst of all be honest. He must be one who can be trusted in any kind of business dealing. He must be ac- curate and prompt. He must be loyal to his work., his associates and above all, to himself. He must be quick to see what to do and do it cor- rectly. If he can Fill these requirements, he will be trustworthy and be able to make a success of life. It is important to select one's aim in life as soon as possible. A high school student should begin to think of what his business in life will be when he enters high school, Then is the time to prepare himself for further education or to select those subjects that will give him the best foundation for a business career. An equally important essential is character. A person who possesses a good character is always the one who succeeds. High ideals and a pleasing personality are also helpful in the progress of reaching the desired goal. To obtain this, one must always keep in mind the unchangeable pur- pose to aim for success. The Commercial Department, perhaps better than any other, develops the qualities of industry, proniptness and accuracy, which are so indispen- sable for success. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT As statistics show the industrial department is steadily increasing. From 1909 to 1919 the stu- dents entering the industrial course averaged fourteen each year. As years go on we see more -interesting iiguresg in 1921, twenty entered, 1922, twenty-nine, and in 1923, twenty-eight. At the present time there are sixty-eight boys in the school taking the industrial course. The practical part of the industrial course lies in the shop, which consists of a Sheet Metal De- partment and Machine Shop on the first Hoor, while on the second there is a Pattern Shop and Manual Training Department. The Pattern shop classes are taught by Mr. Pat- rick, and the Manual Training classes are taught by Mr. Alden. The Pattern Shop has made va- The Blue and White rious patterns, the outstanding ones being a small lathe, upright-drill and emery grinder. The Manual Training classes are making various pieces of furniture, cedar chests, chairs, tables and radio cabinets. , The Sheet Metal and Machine Shop teacher is Mr. Elmer Lord, a man well known as one of the best instructors in this line of work that can be found in the state. The entire number in the machine shop this year is forty-one. One of the outstanding pieces of work that has been done this year is the making of an emery grinder and a vice, which has a 32 inch steel-faced jaw. This vice is sold in hardware stores for 31125, while the entire cost to the boys in the industrial course is 32.25, and the workman- ship is far superior to those factory-made. Eight- inch jacks, capable of lifting one ton, are also being made. The more advanced boys are working on cast- ings for a high speed drill that will be completed the last of this school year. The work of last year consisted of making a fine set of hardened steel mandrels from two inches down to M inch, a set of fluted reamers from two inches down to M inch varied by six- teenths of inches: also a small lathe forty-four inches long with a nine-inch swing. suitable for wood turning or metal polishing. All visitors are cordially invited to inspect the shop and the work being done. The course speaks for itself, as is attested by the many fa- vorable comments that have come from the ex- hibition recently displayed in one of the city store windows. The number of graduates from the course successfully holding responsible positions throughout this city and Portland is a credit to the department. PATTERN SHOP The pattern shop is as well equipped as the rest of the industrial department. When we enter the room we see on the right the circular saw, the band saw, the two planers, the jointer and the surfacer. At the lower end of the room a hollow chisel mortiser and also three lathes, one a high speed lathe, and the other two smaller ones, which were made in the machine shop. On three sdies