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

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EDITORIAL BOARD Front row f left to rightj-Beatrice Waite, Irene Lagerson, Dorothy Leighton, Elaine Lapointe, Dorothy Washburn, Margaret Knight, Gladys Miller. Second row-Lola Gerry, Joyce Newcomb, Dorothy Welch, Evelyn Knight, Ethel Hebert, Dorothy Esty. V Third row-Anna Graffam, Richard Cordon, Herbert Lowell, George Marier, Stanley Currier, Harold Lord, Philip Laffin, Arline Anderson, Elinor Chick. Fourth row-Joseph Plummer, Clayton Curit, Joseph Small, Lester Berry, B. Clifford Cutter, Robert Rich, Frank Wellcome, Jr. '

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A i a . -W e 'ww ' -fx Q51 '-'- '- FACULTY 1'1--' I Mug ELX . M h'-E. n MILTON A. PHILBROOK, A. B. fColbyj, CLIFFORD R. JORDAN, A. B. fBatesj, Sub-master, AUSTIN ALDEN f4Gorham Normalj, Head PAUL F. FRASER, A. B. fColbyj, CHARLES BOYCE fwestbrook High Schoolj, JOSEPH GIVEN QGorham Normalj, ELIZABETH WHITTIER, A. B. qisatesp, PAULINE W. ABBOTT, A. B. fColbyj, HELEN J. LEEMAN fMaine School of Commercej, MARGARET ABBOTT, A. B. QColbyJ, MABEL B. DAVIS fMaine School of Comrnercej, MARION CHICK,,A. B. QBatesJ, MRS. NAN S. HATCH, A. B. fColbyj, ELIZABETH SHOREY, A. B. QBatesJ, DOROTHY R. GUPTILL fNashua Business Collegeb, CELESTE LOMBARD, A. B. QBatesj, MRS. ETHEL SMITH, A. B. QBatesJ, Music MAE PARMENTER fNew England Conservatoryj Domestic Science MARY BYRNE fSimmons Collegej Penmanship ANSEL B. STERLING Principal Science and Mathematics of Industrial Department Teacher Coach Machine Shop Manual Training Latin and French History and Civics Commercial English Commercial English English and Dramatics Mathematics Commercial French and English English and Latin School Nurse l MRS. ETHEL B. WILSON, R. N. School Physician F. LESLIE FERREN, M. D. QBowdoinJ fAmerican Institute Normal Training,

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dit 0 Y1 al 3. The 1931 Editorial Board has completed its first venture in the field of journalism, their toil will be fully rewarded if you, the readers, obtain enjoyment from between its covers. We of the editorial staff have endeavored to record in the pages of this volume the scholastic activities and achievements of the last twelve months. We hope that, in view of our honest effort to make the volume a success, you will not criticize too se- verely. ' CARE OF SEATS Why is it that high school students take so much pleasure in,tabulating each desk they occupy as their own especial property? It is hard to find in the building one seat which does not bear some evidence of misdirected artistry. You go into a room and by looking over vari- ous desk tops it is fairly easy to ascertain the person who sat there at some time, in fact, it seems to be a sort of sport-vying with one an- other to see in how many different places we can place our names or initials for future reference. But how many of us would think of marking up the tables and chairs in our own homes? When we sit down to read, most certainly we do not idly draw figures or trace our initials on the furniture. VV hy not take a little pride in our school, too? Perhaps we cannot have a new high school, but at least we can do our part in keeping up 'the ap- pearance of the one we have. To anyone seeing the school for the lirst time, scarred and mutilated desks do not convey a good impression. Surely we can prevent this to a great extent. Let's think it over, then, and decide to try in the future to im- prove rather than disligure our desks. D. E. W., '31. W limi THE WORK OF OUR JANITOR Passing from class to class through the corri- dors, every student sees small pieces of paper somewhere in the course of changing classes, but how many of these students bother to stop and pick up a single bit of this waste? Does it ever occur to anyone that all this work must be done by the janitor? V VVhen a student, wabbling his gum about from one side of his mouth to the other, is spied by the teacher, isn't it usually the quickest and easiest thing to plant the offending Wrigley product on the nearby window sill or lightly toss it into the corner? Does he ever think how much extra and unnecessary labor this makes for the janitor? The rooms of our school are kept neatly swept and cleaned. Our blackboards are washed each week in order that clear and easily seen outlines may be written there. Our school is usually well heated. Many times the rooms aren't warm, but this is not the fault of the janitor. These rooms would be much warmer if the windows were kept closed. I Curtains are sometimes broken as the result of an act of some careless boy or girl. Seats are often wrecked. Whois it that does all of this re- pairing? No one but our janitor, all of these things constitute his duties. After carefully considering the matter, would it not be easier and better to stop, pick up a scrap of paper, and put your gum in the waste basket when you know you have been seen by the teacher? D. E., '31, , TAKING CARE OF SCHOOL BOOKS One of the greatest needs of Westbrook High School today is the addition of new reference books to the library. But what is the good of the