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

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. f Z ,L I ,,-:if-fr: ' .nf 'W Qfh I fair l i 1 , 'I -I I Q. -Ml N l V f f, T -53?-' Q I 6 ff N ' ' ' V - K .:?- 0 . O Q . si : 0 . cIu.s..u6LI-QE L. 5 N FOREWORD How much better it would be for the student to After many hours of reflection and toil, we are ready to place before our readers this 1927 edition of the BLUE AND WHITE. We have en- deavored to uphold the high standards of the past, and hope to set as high a standard for the future. We have striven to list the activities and interests of the students during the past year which center around our beloved school life. In collecting this material we have had in mind your enjoyment, your likes and dislikes, and have tried to fulfill the expectations of all. May we suggest that this is somewhat hard to do and ask that your judgment may be tempered with mercy. MARKING DESKS Scarred and mutilated desks in a schoolroom are a disgrace to the school'. From the visitor's point of view, marked desks look as slovenly and disreputable as do the ragged and tattered tramps who walk the track. Scarred desks show a lack of true school spirit. A student who truly loves his Alma Mater will not in any way do anything to disfigure any part of her. Mutilated furni- ture also shows a lack of application. The student who is interested in his studies will not Hnd much time to dig his desk up. This is the work of the dreamer. In Westbrook High the practice of carving initials in the desks has been carried on to a great extent. Nevertheless, these scars are not worthy souvenirs of the days spent here. just as surely as a knife has dug a piece of wood from a desk, something has been taken from the honor of the school. feel that he has given something lasting, a tribute to the honor in which he holds the school, than to know that he has done something not worthy of Westbrook High. .T-i . THE SECOND TEAM Everybody applauds the team which leads the school' on to victory. How m-any, however, cheer the second team? How many even think about it, let alone cheer it? Very few, I am afraid. I cannot truthfully say that the first team gets any undeserved applause. I can say, however, that the second squad does not get the glory that it deserves. The strength and success. of the regular team depends a great deal upon the competition in practice which is offered by boys who often have no chance to Hght in the scheduled games. How can a squad, even with the very best of material, play and play to win unless it has had struggles with rivals? In practice periods the second team, representing the rival school, furnishes the oppo- sition and competition necessary to train the boys representing the home school. A series of for- ward passes, double plays, or some such tactics is first tried out on this opposing squad. Why then should not these spunky boys work- ing day after day and week after week for a whole season and receiving no, or practically no, recognition of their faithful, dogged services be considered as much the school team as those who, by reason of greater ability, or experience, make the school varsity?

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-QJA 0 f JIN. YWSAOQKNJC Q iii xfci NA ! A A X ,.ff753I'N. lgajfr xfff--. 4,4-5 AN Q f. ,if ff A A I , ' FACULTY ll A at ' A . --4 .U. '-4 . S - - LIS to Nye-P G' X f 'U JAMES A. LEWIS, S. B. QBowdoinj, Principal MILTON A. PHILBROOK, A. B. fColbyj, Sub-master, Mathematics and Science AUSTIN ALDEN QGorham Normall, Head of Industrial Department NEWMAN H. YOUNG, A. B. fUniversity of Mainej, CHARLES BOYCE QWestbro0k High Schoolj, JOSEPH GIVEN fGorham Normalj, MARY S. SMALL, A. B. fColbyJ, LUCILLE DAVIS, A. B. fBatesj, NELLIE S. CREENLIEF QShaw's Business PAULINE W. ABBOTT, A. B. QColbyj, ELIZABETH M. WHI'I'I'IER, A. B. fBatesJ, MARGARET ABBOTT, A. B. fColbyj, RUTH TROUANT fNasson Institutel, MRS. DONALD WIGHT, A. B. fBatesJ, ETHELYN M. PERCIVAL, A. B. QUniversity of Mainej, Collegej , Music 'WESTHER STEVENSON JOSEPHINE BRIGGS fNew England Conservatory, Domestic Science MARY BYRNE QSimmons Collegel Penmanship ANSEL B. STERLING fAmerican Institute Normal Methodj 'Resigned. Director of Athletics Machine Shop Manual Training Head of Commercial Department English and French Commercial History and Civics Latin and French English Commercial English Mathematics School Nurse MRS. ETHEL B. WILSON, R. N. School Physician EARL S. HALL, M. D. fBowdoinj

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Westbrook High School 7 SCHOOL SPIRIT To the townspeople of Westbrook the high school students are woefully lacking in school spirit. At the games the percentage of outsiders to students is at least three to one. Surely this does not give strangers a very good opinion of the school. If we are to have championship teams, we must give them our support. If we do not, we have no right to complain when the team is beaten. On another side, there is the question of finances. When athletic teams just break even financially they are not an entire success. How- ever, this is not the fault of the players. They go out on the field andi do their best. It is up to us, the student body, to give our teams our sup- port. If we go in the hole very much we must remember there is danger of some branch of sport being dropped. Then there is the cheering. It would be absurd to expect to get the volume of Portland or Deer- ing, but surely we can make up in pep what we lack in numbers. Often we read of cheers rolling across the field. Westbrook's cheers usually just pop here and there. The cheering really is not much of a credit to the school. A remedy that we would suggest for all these situations is a rally before every game. We could have speakers such as Mr. Fraser and former stars. We could also have real cheer practice. This would take time, of course, but if other schools can do it, why can't we? Let's all get behind W. H. S. this coming year. Let's show the townspeople that we are alive, and let's make this the best season in every way that Westbrook High School ever had. ART Westbrook High School has a very good Art Class. The one trouble is the size. In other schools the classes are large and much interest is shown, while at W. H. S. the class is so small that it does not secure the interest that is necessary for good work. However, many good works were produced this year, among them, parchment lampshades, which have been in great demand this year at all furniture stores. Telephone screens were made, using gesso. This was first made by the ancients who used it to decorate columns. The use of it on telephone screens gave the class a unique task. Art working on soft leather was another ex- ample of Mr. Sterling's genius. Pocketbooks and billfolds were made by the students. Mr. Sterling has been laying stress on the study of some of the most famous artists. This has proved to be veryi interesting to the students. An exhibition will be given towards the end of the year, in which the best work of the pupils will be shown. HOCKEY INSTEAD OF BASKETBALL We live in a sport-loving town. All of us like clean, speedy games. We have the material and facilities for such a game. Why not hockey? There are as many good hockey players in W. H. S. as there are good basketball players. As many hockey games could be scheduled during a season as basketball games. Hockey is a clean, spirited, and fast game. That appeals to our community. Opponents would play willingly here because of the good facilities for hockey. That is something we cannot boast about, at present, in basketball, because our gym is so small and insufficient that most of the scheduled games are played away from home. This disappoints our community and ourselves who are not able to follow the basketball games away from home all the time. When games are played in our gym W. H. S. often loses money, even if the hall is packed, because the receipts aren't large enough to cover expenses. There is no danger of that happening in hockey because the hockey park is fitted with plenty of seating space, regulation ice rink, and good seats. Thus we would have better financial success. Hockey is fast becoming pop- ular in the large schools of today. Why shouldn't VV. H. S. keep up with the rest? If we start hockey, the higher gate receipts, l'esser expenses to the school, and the keener interest of the students and community, will result in W. H. S. successfully producing a paying champion team of the nationally liked sport of hockey.