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

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Westbrook High School 51 IIINES BRUTHEIIS IIIIMPANY of Yedf'-Y Specializing in Women's and Ghiidren's Apparel and Ddyfliifhf 171 Bm-zyzeyy Accessories. High Grade Linens, Dependable Silks, Depmafdye M Yard Goods, Laces and Draperies Department Sweate s cl Oth r P tl d Porffand Needs lliorgtudenlzes Haig: Store NEW FASHIONS FOR SPRING Authoritative Styles Reliable Qualities Value Giving Prices ffl! are com bined at 1I4dlNE'S LAIRGEST DEPARTMENT STORE PORTEOUS, MITCHELL 85 BRAUN CO. --l--HOUSE FURNISHERS FOR THREE GENERATIONS JOHN R. FORTIN FURNITURE RANGES FLOOR COVERINGS 15 BRIDGE STREET, WESTBROOK. MAINE STATIONERY BOOKS FOUNTAIN PENS OFFICE EQUIPMENT SPORTING GOODS LEATHER GOODS Loring, Shari 55 Harmon MONUMENT SQUARE fx PORTLAND, MAINE

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26 ber 24, 1869, Jay Gould and his confederates made an attempt to corner the gold market. The Federal Banks were established in 1913 and there are about 20,000 now. The country is divided into twelve sections, each having a principal bank. These banks do business with other banks only and are secured by gold deposits and commercial papers. Money is made in mints, the director having his office at Washington. Philadelphia has the largest mint. The coin is alloyed with copper to make it hard enough for use. This is cast in ingots passed thru rollers to make it the thickness of coins. It is then cut into blanks, weighed and purified and the edge is raised in the milling machine. It is next cleaned and dried ready to be stamped. Both sides are done at the same time between engraved dyers but they are not alike. The last thing to be done is the edge made ragged. It takes great pressure for the stamping. Nearly one-half billion of nickels and pennies are coined Industrial Several changes have been made in the teach- ing staff of the Industrial Department this year. Mr. Patrick, head of the Industrial Department of W. H. S. resigned his position to accept one at Augusta as State Supervisor of Vocational Ed- ucation. Mr. Alden, former Manual Training In- structor taking his place and a Mr. Percy Allen was secured to do the work formerly done by Mr. Alden. Mr. Lord remained, as in former years, Instructor of the Machine and Metal Shops. At the beginning of the school year in 1924 there were enrolled in the Industrial Course: Seniors, 6, Juniors, 153 Sophomores, 18, Fresh- men, 30. Industrial students have besides their regular studies the following minimum minutes per week of shop work. FREsHMEN 80 minutes Shop-sheet metal, forging, plumb- ing. Mr. Lord. 80 minutes General wood and repair work- domestic science tables, music racks. Mr. Alden and Mr. Allen. The Blue fr White annually. Everything that is left is melted and this leaves the pieces of metal, which are then coined over again. In Philadelphia this amounts to about 310,000 a year. Paper money is printed at Washington and made in a private mint in Massachusetts. It has little fibres of colored silk run thru it. The plate took six months to be made and very costly ma- chinery must .,be used. This plate is not used itself, but the copies of it are. It takes thirty days to make the money, during which time it is counted more than fifty times. If three-fifths of a bill is there it is worth its face value and if between two-fifths and three-fifths it is worth half of its face value. When the bills are to be de- stroyed they are counted and put in columns, cut in two and counted again and then put in a steel machine where they are ground up. This machine has a lid secured by three locks, the keys of which are kept by three officials in Washing- tO1'l. MARION EMERY, '25, Department 120 minutes Mechanical and Geometrical Draw- ing-standard lines, sections, shadings, and Orthographic Projections. Mr. Alden. SOPHOMORES 160 minutes Machine Shop-lathe, benchwork, screw blanks, screw threads, cones, paper weights. Mr. Lord. 120 minutes Mechanical Drawing--projections, intersections developments. Mr. Alden. JUNIORS 480 minutes Machine Shop-general shop practice, jacks, hammers, clamps, vises, etc. Mr. Lord. 270 minutes Pattern Shop-conlstructiong of wooden patterns, core boxes, core molds, etc. Mr. Alden. 200 minutes Mechanical Drawing-detailed assembly drawings, bolts, threads, gears. Mr. Alden. SENIORS 750 minutes Machine Shop-tool making, forg- ing, tempering, general machine construction. Mr. Lord.

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28 200 minutes Drafting-machine designs, me- chanics, slide rule, architectural drafting. W. H. S. has one of the best equipped shops in the state. This year part of the work in the Sen- ior Class is the construction of a sheet metal roller for use in the sheet metal shop and drafting tables for the drawing room. The patterns were made MU The Music Department of the High School, under the able direction of Miss Martha Wasson, offers training in nearly every branch of music. It includes the chorus, in which are enrolled one hundred and twenty boys and girls, and the or- chestra as follows : VIOLINS Doris Allen Elva Allen Dorothy Emery Robert Fredette Olive Smith CELLOS Arlene Merrick Evelyn Randall Ethel King ffacultyj CLARINET William Wilson FLUTE Doris Stearns PIANO Frances Smith Elsie Goodwin Casstj George Freiday Norwood Macdonald Beatrice Reny Sylvia Robinson DRUMS John Gerry Clyde Smith CORNET Harold West SAXOPHONE Kenneth Morse BELLS john Hay FRESH MEN TRIO CPianoj Elsie Goodwing Cviolinj Norwood Mac- donaldg fcelloj Evelyn Randall. GIRLS, QUARTET CViolinj Beatrice Reny' fViolinj Olive Smith CFlutej Doris Stearns CPianoj Dorothy Reny BOYS' QUARTET CViolinj George Freiday CViolin'j Robert Fredette fClarinetj William Wilson V fPianoj John Hay The Blue fr White in the pattern shop, cast at the foundry and are now being finished at the school machine shop. Students have the privilege of buying at cost, castings of vises at 83.00 g jacks at S .75 and bench anvils at 33.00. These would cost from three to four times as much if purchased elsewhere. CHARLES BROWN, '25. SIC B A class in which the fundamentals of music are taught has been started this year with ten pu- pils attending. Miss King, of the faculty, has added to the success of the orchestra by helping at every pos- sible opportunity with her cello. The orchestra, quartet and trio have been heard at various social events. A great deal of their success is due to the training given them by Miss Wasson. On March 14 a concert was given, the proceeds of which made it possible for the entire orchestra to attend the Boston Symphony Concert when it came to the City Hall in Portland. The follow- ing program was presented: Selection from the Opera William Tell ............ Rossini - Orchestra Love In Idleness ...................................... Illacbcth-Saengcr Girls' Quartet Barcarolle CBoat Songj from the Tales of Hoffman .......................................................... Ojfcnbach Anitra's Dance from the Peer Gynt Sutte ............ Grieg Anitra's Dance from the Peer Gynt Suite ............ Grieg Orchestra Vocal Solo An Irish Love Song ........................... ....... L ange Raymond Waite Berceuse Clsullabyj from Jocelyn .. ......... Godard Hungarian Dance, No. 5 .................... . ....... Brahms Orchestra ' Habanera CSpanish Danceb .................. Zamenick Yester Dreams ............................................. . ......... Zamenick Freshman Trio I Spring Song ........................................................ Mendelssohn Orchestra-CViolin Solo, George Freidayj Vocal Solo , At Dawning .......................................................... Cadman Raymond Waite Overture to Poet and Peasant .................. F. 'von Suppe Boys' Quartet ' Selection from Carmen ................... Orchestra .. Bizei