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

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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

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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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VVestbrook High School 1-Mft f . 7 city to spend money on books when we do not take care of them? Not only do we destroy the library books, but also thetextbooks which are used daily. Any book that one picks up has all sorts of defacements on it. T As for the library books-they are either lying around on the desks in the main room or being kicked about on the floor. This causes the de- struction of many of the best books. Why don't we try to be more careful and put the books back on the shelves when we get through using them? Many of the books are found in the pupils' desks and in many cases are ripped from their bindings. There are three reasons why we should strive to keep the books in their places on the shelves: first, it makes the main room neat, second, it saves the books g and third, it gives the pupils who do want to obtain references a chance to do so and not have to hunt all over the building for a book. From now on let us be a bit more careful by using our books cautiously. M, R., '31. THIS STUDYING BUSINESS The following is an example of the way a high school girl does her studying. - Mim', arrives home from school at one fifteen o'cl-ock. Dinner is eaten while reading a letter from the college boy friend who has made a good showing in a big way by writing on green paper with a big gold fraternity shield at the top. VVhen the last prune is grudgingly swallowed and the letter clear on Mim's mind, the next move is to find the best perch in the big rocking chair near the radiator and just one short story in the new Delineator before tackling Ovid. But the good intentions are forgotten and three short stories and one serial are read before Mini decides that she had better start on Ovid and Andy jackson's administration if she wants to go to sorority that night. After about an hour's search, from the top to the bottom of the house for a pencil, a stub is found and Ovid gets a break at last. Credit must be given Mim, however, for the sweat-ran off her forehead for an h-our and a half before she finally stopped to read the evening paper which just came. By the time she had read the West- brook news, the school boy chips, the comic sec- tion, and the new scandal about Clara Bow, it was time for supper, which Mim enjoyed very much as stewed prunes were omitted and ice cream was served instead. After supper there were the in- evitable dishes to wash and an hourls practice to be spent at tickling the ivories. That left just time enough to walk two miles up in the country for the sorority meeting, and it meant leaving Andy jackson to study after all the gossip in town had been reviewed. Two hours and a half elapse and Mina is now comfortably settled in bed with pillows all around, a light overhead and jackson still waiting to be read about. Mim really meant well, but somehow sleep overcame her and the next morning found her sleeping with the light on and Muzzey's history book under her nose. ' M. B., '31, PLEASURES OF HIGH SCHOOL I wish I were back in high school. It was the best part of my life. I had more good times in those four years than .I ever had before or since, is what we often hear our older brothers and sis- ters or friends say. Yet we who are in high school at the present time wonder how this can be true. VVe think of it only as a grind from day to day, a necessary evil in our lives. But if we were to stop to consider the matter seriously, wouldn't we find a lot more to school life than ust studying? Nearly every day of the school year there are pleasant moments. Something comes up in one of our classes or we have an assembly with a speaker, an entertainment or at least fi change from the routine of classes. Then there are always the social activities in which nearly all of us participate in some way. The class receptions, assembly plays, prize, speak- ing contests, dances and other social functions. Sports are also one of the outstanding pleasures for all students. How many students go through the four years of high school without attending at least one or two games of some kind?