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

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fj2'ff,.f ff if ii ff ' id G , if 1 CI rl T Q1 ' f' ,,,, N 'S Af N1f:x!gL?:z 'I ' F1 RX f' .' '-V IE Qigqgizeulxggg s' - 1 0 FT .....T...,Mg-gio 4. '. MISS FIVE AND TEN Miss Five and Teni' is found in every school-especially in high school. Her toi- letry consists, more or less, of articles that can be and are purchased at one of Wfoolworthls renowned Five and Ten chain stores. Her make-up is, of course, of the best known brand, even though it does come from the Five and Ten, because the leading manu- facturers. in search of more business, produce the ten-cent size box or bottle of their product. Therefore, our fair Miss does not necessarily spoil her schoolgirl complexion by using an inferior quality when she can get the high quality at the same price. Lady Esther, Ponds, and XVoodbury guarantee that her skin will always look young and healthy, while Edna XVallace Hopper will make her look ten years younger! The latter is of no interest, however, to the Miss of twenty who has a boy friend, because she doesn't want to look ten years old, even though she may act it sometimes. The old saying beauty is only skin deepi' is true in a lot of cases in high school, for were it not for the good old powder and rouge many of our young ladies would be as pale as ghosts and not at all attractive. This does not mean that if a girl is not pretty nobody will notice or like her. No, this means that the right make-up will add charm and poise and make her more attractive to other people. XVith new shades of face powder for every colored complexion, Miss Five and Ten can be assured of her mask. If she wants a sun-tan in the summer, there is the brunette face pow- der. W'hen winter comes her tastes differ and she selects either natural, flesh or rachelle to take the shine off her nose. These shades are in all the popular brands. Miss Five and Ten's hardest selection is the rouge. It is as hard to Find the right color as it is to End the good quality. That might account for the fact that some girls' faces are always red! However, if she tries all the shades and brands she may find one suitable for her particular peaches and cream com- plexion. Another item, linked with rouge and like- wise necessary to the popular Miss is the lip- stick. The ten-cent size of Kiss proof is the most popular. The more pronounced Miss Five and Ten will have her finger nails colored a bright shade of red, another product found at VVool- worth'sg but the demure Miss Five and Ten will have her finger nails polished either nat- ural or light rose, which are preferable. Another important item in her collection of dime articles is her jewelry. Of course, she never admits it's from the Five and Ten but we have eyes and we see the very thing for one tenth of a dollar at XVOOlWO1'tl'l,S. All in all, this young Miss of ours considers her face her fortune- if most of it does come from the iive and ten. H. P., '35,

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Westbrook High School -b', Q' 9 so long as social change continues, as it has done and always will do, public education in turn must change. Since the educational re- quirements of our country are so rapidly changing, the Government is faced with the problem of reconstructing at east 90 per cent of our schools which are inadequate for the present, much less the future. Entering the Age of Power we are faced with the need of providing a much more complicated and in- volved education for the student so that he may be fit for the scientific and complicated world of the future. Since the 25-hour week has become more than just a fantastic idea, our active adults, between 20 and 25 years old, will be wondering what to do with their leisure time. Therefore a change will be necessary in the curriculum, in methodology, and in administration in order to make provisions for the advancement of recreational and vocational knowledge of these adults. The school mustalso provide means whereby the local neighborhood groups can meet to study local and governmental problems and to enjoy themselves. The high schools of the future will have much larger sites than those of today, the aver- age being about 40 acres. One of the most essential parts of this model school will be the campus which should be taken care of by the pupils. A student will be able to point with pride at a beautiful Hower garden and boast that he and his classmates, under the super- vision of a master gardener or botanist, de- signed, planted, and took care of it. Amongst a group of stately pines there will be an out- door theatre for the neighborhood theatricals and musical concerts. In the near future at the advanced school the minute divisions of subject matter will dis- appear, to be replaced by six major divisions: health, languages, social studies, exact science, line arts, exploratory and directly vocational activity. For health education there will be gym- nasium, swimming pools, sun rooms, rest rooms, cafeterias, dental and medical clinics. For the unfortunates, crippled by disease-or accident, there will be apparatus to assist them. Every means for developing a healthy body will become a part of the school plant. Instead of sending the partially blind and hard-of-hearing to institutions, there will be specialized physical facilities for them in the community school, because as youngsters they must live with those who are free from physical defects so that in later life they will be more lit, even with their handicap, to com- pete with those with sound bodies and minds. Each pupil will be thoroughly examined by specialists for his rating physically and men- tally so that he may be placed in a classroom according to his ability, thereby setting him on the road to an occupation for which he will be most suitable. i H For social, natural, and exact sciences, there must be small but effective museums, zoos, and laboratories for studying the fundamentals of these important subjects. Fine arts will be taken up much more ex- tensively than today to promote an apprecia- tion and an ability for self-expression in mod- eling. metal Work, drawing, and painting. The auditorium will be used by adults, as well as the pupils, for social and political forums and community meetings. Political education will be studied thoroughly by all high school students. The mechanical laboratories will be fur- nished with modern equipment so that the pupils and adults will learn how to express themselves in wood and metal and will develop a hobby for their leisure time. One of the most important needs of the future high school will be the library, not just a-place to go for references, but one that a student may go to, find a book by one of the old masters, and read it in a comfortable chair before a large open fireplace for sheer enjoy- ment. VVith the thought of this wonderful high school comes the question of finances, but I believe that Mr. Mochlman solves this Prob- lem: The best solution for financing build- ings is a pay-as-you-go program. Here is an excellent point to start with Federal aid. T. l-T., '36,

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Westbrook High School 1.9 i ll WE HAVE NO CATS It was when I was about nine years old that I first began to notice the labels on goods that I bought at the grocery store. My mother taught me to do this by forcing me to return to the store whenever I bought the wrong article. I had always counted my change twice ever since I had been old enough to do so. One day I went to the neighborhood store and asked for some catsup, which label I had never noticed before. I expected to see the letters K-E-T-C-H-U-P, and what was my sur- prise when I saw something labeled-yes- it was C-A-T, cat, S-U-P, sup. I never was a very good speller and anyway S-U-P certainly sounded like soup. I was quite disgusted. I said I wanted catsupf' I said very timidly. XVell, here it is, was the pert reply. XYhere ? I was slowly losing my business- like voice as my courage was weakening. Right i11 front of you. That's not ca-tsup, that's mt soup, I firmly replied. Soon I began to see that I might be in the wrong. The next discovery which I must make was how to smooth it over. Soon I de- cided. due to the fact that I was always stub- bornly right, to stand by my statement. I very calmly picked up my money which I had laid on the counter and replied, IVe have no catsf' and walked out of the store. I arrived home a very indignant person and had even forgotten the bread I was supposed to bring. Ma, we'd better change stores. That was the astonishing statement with which I greeted Mother. NVel1, Wl1C1'C,S the bread and the catsup I sent for? I forgot the bread, I replied. Seeing the puzzled look on her face, I continued, and Mr. Lord, the storekeeper, doesn't seem to know what I mean by catsup. He's bound to give me ca-tis .sou-ff. He-He-He! How do you spell cat's soup P C-A-T-S-U-PF I thought so. Go back and get it and re- member always that there are two ways of spelling catsujr and that is one of them. The other way is K-E-T-C-I-I-U-P. Go back! My face was the color of a red-hot beet. I was beginning to have big salty drops fall from my eyes and I certainly did pot want to face that storekeeper again for a while. IVhy, he would probably call me dumb, igno- rant, foolish, and what not. VVe have no cats. That was what continued to flash through my mind. VVe have no cats. 75 Alas! Mother was very strict in some respects and the one of teaching me to buy was, in her mind, an important one. I crawled into my coat and started for the store. The nearer I got, the bigger the lump in my throat. As I rehearsed my heated re- plies to the mocking I was sure to receive, my voice grew more and more unsteady. There was the store! My lips trembled. Just as I came to the yard of the store a thought came to me. IVhy not go to the store across the street? I went. My luck seemed poor that day for the same customer was there who had been in the other store. I bravely asked for some catsup. VVould he notice it? Luck was with me! The label said K-E-T-C-I-I-U-P. VVhat's that? the boy I have referred to, slightly my senior, asked. Catsup, I replied. Sure it's not cat soup ? It says catsupf' I triumphantly replied for all his grin slightly unnerved me. VVhen I got home, Mother asked me about the spelling but I only replied that I went to the other storeg then I went out to play. At least, that is what I said I was going to doa I don't believe that anyone knew that I went outside and hid to cry it out. My self-respect had been broken and I had been proved no good as a buyer. Even today those words Hash through my mind again and again. VVe have no cats. VVe have no cats. L. K., '35.