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

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Westbrook High School And surely I cannot begin THE SUN CHARIOT On the third week. Indeed, I'd better wait until next month Then surely I'll succeed. It came in the dusk of dawn Rising from a mountain wall, Breaking sleep and night with morn, Renewing life with its golden call. So on it goes from month to month, And yet I do not fear Until I hear with awful dread, It came as in the days of old Heralded by a mist of fire, Riding in a chariot of gold, Thai June is almost here. Mounting upward ever higher, And then 'tis cramming,-hopeless tears- And Oh! the nameless woe VVhen I hear that I've flunked, And I say, How can that be, after working so ? Beginning his journey of hope anew. Until at last it sinks in the West Flinging banners of royal hue. Leaving this world to starlit rest E. S., '27. ERNESTINE HANNA, '25 V V '2lfdtQQ5iSiQ32 L fia. 1 Q lrizirilv , 4 qt BOOST WESTBROOK BOOST WESTBROOK 2 estlirnnlx News dl cyfomef 'Paper for Teoma, 'Peoples' OURAOBJECT IS TO BOOST WESTBROOK Read the High School News We follow the Westbrook High School Teams Let's Get Together for 1925 32.00 per year 31.25 for 6 months 5 cents per copy PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BOOST WESTBROOK BOOST WESTBROOK

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22 Henry drove on as before when he heard sev- eral automobiles approaching. The rack was driven into the field and the men and Henry hid while the automobiles passed. Then, with only a mile more, they set out again to safety and as the first streaks of dawn appeared all were safe in Holland and Henry knew he had not failed to do his duty. HOWARD COTTON, ,26. OUR PUZZLE VVith Cross Word Puzzles all the rage We thought we'd like to see, If we correctly constructed one VVhat the result might be. So our principal, Mr. Lewis, VVho guides us as we need, Contributes Warning to help us, For which we're grateful, indeed. Miss Lord then firmly believes That Elocution comes next, And Mr. Flinn kindly agrees, If Stars are used for the text. You should always do your part, So Miss Whittier gives us Tu, Mr. Philbrook writes down a HB To solve the problem true. Miss Wasson offers the Re V From her own musical scaleg And, if we practice Orally Miss Harvey says, we'll never fail. Miss Small, who helps us so much, Says Order we'll always desire, And terms of Kings Miss Johnson puts, We should know when they begin and expire. In shorthand study Mrs. Greenlief states, If Hasty, we'll never be losing. The pronoun It Miss Cram writes, For it's always so very confusing. Our Latin teacher, who is Miss King Wishes Gloria for us all, Mr. Sterling says with Honor too, Our school should never fall. Now with all this co-operation, Upon which we all must rely, We take the lirst letter of each word And solve it, HWESTBROOK HIGH . ELSIE GOODWIN, '28. The Blue f-r White CHEER UP Always onward and upward Through paths that are narrow and long, Never give way to a grumble, But sing a cheerful song. A rose will bloom in the pathway, That once held a cheerless thorn, If only you'll sing and be happy, As upward you climb and on. ELIZABETH SHAW, '27, THE TRUTH I pleaded with the blue sky, I whispered to the sea, I demanded from the angels high, That I might know the truth and see. The sky sent a promise soft and white The sea cast up treasures of beauty, The angels hung up lamps at night, But all answered: Tis not our duty. I raged and stormed at fate, I worried all night till morn, But the package plainly bore the date, And the warning- Do not open till Christmas Morn l ERNES1-INE HANNA, '25. HER ANSWER They sat quietly in the parlor, Looking lovingly at each other, While from behind the curtain Peeped her little brother. He popped the question ardently- UOI1, wilt thou be mine ? cried he. Her answer was an agonized look, So he waited anxiously. She put her handkerchief to her face, Her eyes Filled, her cheeks became red- Ah- , she cried. Oh, speak ! implored he. Then suddenly ........ A-chool ! she said. MARGARET SUTERME1sTER, '25, THE WAIL OF THE UNPREPARED At the first of every month I think, It's time for me to work, I'll do my lessons right on time, It doesn't pay to shirk. And for a week perhaps I may Seem picking up at last, But at the end of two, Oh well, Such thoughts are gone-long past.

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24 IA A f f A we DEPARTMENTS S Q ,llllllllIIIIIIIlllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIll!HIIIIIIIIIIIW!!HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIiIlllllllllljlllllllllllm HW MMU HIIIIIIIIIII!IlllllllllllIIIIlllIIIIll!llllllllllllmlllllllllIIIIiIlIHlHIII1IIIIIll Illllllllllllllllmlf rj ,gi L The Blue fr White L 13 - gf. . ... I . . ... . .... . ... . - Q llumlulllulllullumml.nmlllllllllllllllllllll. ,llmllllllllullllllulllllulllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllll lllll llllnlulllllllll mumuulmmuulnumlmlmlml mumullulullulllulllullIlllllllllllllllllllln , 5355 Commercial Department The Commercial Department of Westbrook High School is a most efficient one, fitting a boy or girl for any branch of commercial work he or she may wish to undertake. The three commer- cial rooms of the school are fitted and equipped with all the machines and supplies of any modern business office. For the benefit of readers not familiar with the Commercial Department, it might be well to explain the course. English and penmanship, necessary to any good business, are required all four years. The follow- ing subjects are also required during successive years: Freshman year, Commercial Arithmeticg Sophomore, Bookkeeping and Commerce and In- dustryg junior, Typewriting and either Shorthand or advanced Bookkeeping, in the Senior year there are no additional subjects but all Commer- cial students are strongly advised to take Office Practice. In one of the Commercial rooms, Shorth-and, Arithmetic and Commerce and Industry classes are held. In this room is a cabinet of specimens valuable to the Commerce and Industry class which takes up the process of manufacture of various articles, principally in the United States. The Bookkeeping Room provides each student with a large desk. In addition to these desks there is a Monroe Calculator, a Comptometer, an Underwood typewriter for use in connection with the Dictaphone, a Slide Rule used for multiplying and dividing, and a Burrough's calculating machine. Last comes the Typewriting Room, which con- tains four different makes of typewriters: the Royal, Underwood, L. C. Smith and Remington. Before the end of the Senior year each student has learned to operate all four of these. There is also in this room a Dalton Adding, Calculating and Listing machine. As this equipment is the same as would be sup- plied in a Business College, one can obtain a good position if he is a graduate of this school without spending unnecessary time in a Business College. BARBARA LEIGHTON, '26, THE STORY OF MY LIFE ---BY A TYPEWRITER The first I knew of life, I was in the Under- wood Typewriter factory, ready to be put into a box and sent wherever my owner wished. One day a man whom I knew to be the order clerk, accompanied by the factory shipper, came over to my side and told the shipper to place me in a case and send me to Westbrook High School. After I was neatly packed in a case I was taken to the station and the case in which I was placed was properly marked for my destination. In spite of the fact that I was handled .and kicked about by thoughtless persons, the long journey would have been an enjoyable one if I could have had a good breath of fresh air. When I arrived at the Westbrook station I was handled by many different persons and finally carried to the school. I was immediately taken down to the typewriting room, unpacked, and then set on a table beside many of my brother type- writers. It is a very hard life that I live, except on week- ends, holidays and school vacations. During these periods I am covered up and given a good long rest. But on every day the school is in session, just put yourself in my place. I am pounded and hammered for a long four hours. Although I keep a sharp watch on the clock, the time does not go any faster. After I have written a line I am jerked to one side and I begin to write all over