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

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BROWN, i 6-7who have enjoyed the pleasures and advantages of comradeship E throughout their entire lives as they did in Westbrook High School, E i We proudly dedicate this edition of if 'Nw 2 BLUE AND WHITE 2 llllllIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ,IIII llllllllllllllllllllllMllllllllll E3 ll llllllllm4lllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIHHHHHHHHINIIIHIHIHMM WRX? fd gmwjmwg e- bb H. S. COBB, PRINTER, WESTBRQOK x Ll!-K fcfifofziaf Boa L -J ? 'QBE7i'Q ' ' Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor AIME FOURNIER PAUL WOODMAN Alumni Editor Assistant Editor ROBERT KNOWLTON MILTON CHAPMAN Literary Editor Assistant Editor DOROTHY KENDERDINE BETTY ROBINSON Industrial Editor Q Assistant Editor RAYMOND TURGEON ' It KENNETH DYER Commercial Editor Assistant Editor MADELINE BARTLETT IRENE LEBEL Athletic Editor fGirlsj Athletic Editor lBoysj EDNA MCFARLAND ROLAND BOISSONNEAU Exchange Editor Music Editor MELEA MILLER ANNA VERRILL Home Economics Editor Science Editor FRANCES KNIGHT ADELBERT Foss Art Editor GRAYSON TEWKSBURY El C L A S S E D I T 0 R S Senior Sophomore THEODORE CROWELL ETHELYN SMITH Junior Freshman PATRICIA DYER PHILIP JOHNSON EI Business Manager TH ERESA STRAW Assistant Business Managers LEAH SMITH HAROLD MOCKLER WOODEURY SPRING ANN HATCH ELVA ROBIE HARRY KIMBALL lVIARjORIE ELDRIDGE WILLIAM KNUDSEN WINNIERED GOLDEN ,I EDITORIAL BOARD Front row fleft to rightj -Patricia Dyer, Marjorie Eldridge, Ethelyn Smith, Dorothy Kenderdine, Winnifred Golden, Edna McFarland, Betty Robinson, Theresa Straw, Leah Smith. second row-Melba Miller, Madeline B Anna Verrill, Kenneth Dyer, Philip Johnson, Irene Lebel, Anne Hatch. Elva Robie. Back row-Harold Mockler, Milton Chapman, Theodore Crowell, Roland Boissonneau, Ad elbert Foss, Grayson Tewksbury, Robert Knowlton. artlett, Woodbury Spring, Paul Woodman, li m f i ui .4 , fl ., MILTON A. PHILBROOK, A. B. fCollJyl, Principal CLIFFORD R. JORDAN, B. S. fBatesl, M. A. QColumlJial, Sub-master, Science and Mathematics AUSTIN A. ALDEN QGorham Normalj, Head of Industrial Department G. LAWRENCE GATES, A. B. QBatesl, Teacher, Coach CHARLES BOYCE fweslbrook High Schoolj, Machine Shop JOSEPH GIVEN fCorham Normall, Manual Training ELIZABETH WHITTIER, A. B. fBatesl, Latin and French PAULINE W. ABBOTT, A. B. fColbyJ, History and Civics HELEN L. WINTON fMaine School of Commercel, Commercial MABEL B. DAVIS fMaine School of Commercel, Commercial MARIAN CHICK, A. B. fBatesl, English NAN S. HATCH, A. B. fColbyj, English and Dramatics CELESTE L. c0LE, A. B. qsnfeny, French and English RACHEL MATTHEWS, A. B. QUniversity of Mainel, Mathematics FRANCES H. WIGHT, A. B. fBatesl, English and Public Speaking HARRIET M. ADAMS, A. B. QBoston Universityj, Latin, Civics and Mathematics EVA H. DODD QMaine School of Commercel, Commercial Music LORRAINE LOMBARD fNew England Conservatory of Music, CHARLES WARREN QNew England Conservatory of Musicl Home Economics Penmanship MARY BYRNE ANSEL B. STERLING Qsimmons Collegej lAmerican Institute Normal Trainingj School Physician School Nurse B. F. MARSHALL, M. D. JANE 0'SULLIVAN FACULTY Front row Cleft to right?-Mabel B. Davis, Elinor M. Chick, Helen L. Winton, Milton A. Philbrook, Frances E. Wight, Celeste L. Cole, Pauline W. Abbott. Second row-Mary S. Byrne Elizabeth Whittier, Eva Dodd, Marion Chick, Rachel Matthews, Nan S. Hatch, Harriet Adams, Lorraine Lombard, ,lane O'Sullivan. Third row-- Charles Boyce, Clifford R. Jordan, Austin A. Alden, G. Lawrence Cates. T hx ' iii Qi' I . . l if I 5 g S X' fliv N if -' Y . ,Q ... ,, , 1 K ai. gg tq1f'f'-1 --f i fz y . . . -av i' . . A. 50TH ANNIVERSARY Last year Vifestbrook High joined with all the other American high schools to celebrate the Ter- centenary of Education in America. Strange as it may seem, Westbrook High this year has still a greater cause about which to rejoice. NVhile an annex is being built to accommodate the ever- increasing number of students, the memories of many revive the first erection of a high school in Vlfestbrook in 1886-just fifty years ago. Yes, fifty years ago the public-spirited citizens of VVestbrook, acknowledging the overcrowded conditions existing in the Valentine Street School, decided upon the erection of our first high school. The result was a beautiful building, the best the people of the community could give its young generation. The building constituted what we now call after fifty years-the old part. The facilities afforded by a modern school re- sulted in unprecedented progress in educational work. The interest caused the number of students attending VVestbrook High to increase. College graduates were chosen to make up a competent faculty staff. The boys and girls receiving' diplo- mas were assured of good positions and many have climbed to enviable heights in industrial. busi- ness, or commercial fields. Attained success caused more progress, and the problem of overcrowded conditions again presented itself to the citizens of VVestbrook. In 191-L the wing which we call the new part was added to the school. A wider and more elab- orate curriculum was adopted. Two hundred and lifty could be accommodated. A commercial de- partment and a domestic science course were arranged for girls. The boys wcrc afforded a very modern machine shop which still ranks with the best. Years rolled by and the number of students increased to a point which necessitated more spa- cious grounds and buildings if a high level of teaching was to be maintained. A new high school was considered, but the financial conditions of the city quickly dismissed such a project. An im- provement had to be made, however, and it was decided to build a second addition to the school. The building is now in process of construction and will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1936. - A. F., '36. ,L.l..l,.- ALUMNI It is only proper that to commemorate this fiftieth anniversary of XV. Irl. S. we should dedi- cate our annual to all of our Alumni through two pioneer Alumni, Edwin Brown and Joseph VVar- ren, the last to graduate from Valentine Street School. The Alumni have been the direct cause of the progress of our Alma Mater, a progress which we are now celebrating in this latest publication of the annual. Letters of inquiry were sent to many Alumni. the response to which was substantial and sur- prising. The eagerness with which so many answered convinced us all the more that there exists among the sons and daughters of VV. ll. S. an attachment very sincere towards the Alma Mater. VV e could not help considering how much could be accomplished if all this manifestation of loyalty should be displayed by a group. Our first thought was Why, with all this evident enthu- siasm, has VVestbrook failed to form an Alumni .Association P Westbrook High School as Portland High Alumni united a little over a year ago and formed an association which has become an honor for the school and has benehted the institution in many ways. The athletic inter- est, which had Houndered in the doldrums in the recent years, was revived to a point which has been instrumental in the victories gained by the Blue recently. If Alumni interest can awaken such concern in sports, what can it not accomplish in more valuable branches of educational activity? There are many men who, although seriously considering such an idea, have taken no steps towards the realization of an Alumni Association. To these men we say, The time has come: show yourselves leaders in a movement which will bring honor to your school and to yourselves. Fear not the lack of interest. On the contrary a great deal of anticipation exists. Rally your comrades and take definite steps. The class of '36, as the babes of the Alumni, will join as one to say, 'Bravo '. 0 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The 1936 edition of the BLUE AND WHITE would have been a tremendous task to the person- nel of the editorial board had it not been that so many have contributed in all ways. First, may we thank the Alumni who have answered our letters and helped make this a better annual. As always we acknowledge the invaluable dona- tion of the paper for the yearbook, which the S. D. VVarren Co. so generously makes every year. To Mr. Henry S. Cobb we offer our thanks in recognition of his expert service. The Principal, Mr. Philbrook, the Faculty Edi- torial Board, Mrs. Wight, Mrs. Adams, Miss Chick and Mrs. Cole, and all other devoted teachers are directly responsible for the success of the BLUE AND WHITE. We want them to know we appreciate their able tutelage. We hope the advertisers will be amply repaid for their financial support of our book by the patronage of our subscribers. - 7 8 The Blue E-r VVhite ,?9f7Q3f7Q7fT19f7Q ' T191-TQ l 5 at it lU in is ll 91'llTQ9f BELKBLJC BLJ6'bl.36BLJ6ELJ4BLJ4'BL,l5 l, 2 E I STUDENT BODY f 1880 WESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL First row fleft to rightj-Helen Murch, Marcia Pennell, Lizzie Hodgkins, Bertha Pennell, Alice Foster, Winnie Mace, Cora Clay, May Elwell, Hattie Hacker. Second row-Principal Thurston S. Burns, Hallie Woodman, Fred Babb, Nellie Pearson, Della Hale, May Allen, Nora Murch, Florence Best. Winnie Griggs, Dora Bailey, Louise Brown, Addie Ray, Assistant Teacher, Miss Maude Wilbur. Third row-John Minnick, Felix Barrett, John Lane, Lottie Woodman, Nettie Roberts, Florence Lewis, Nellie Day, Lizzie Winslow, Mary Burke, Mary Farley, Louella Gerrish. Fourth row-George Snow, Dana Cutter, Will Hazelton, Frank McCann, Herbert Littlefield, George Wheeler, Warren Phinney, Fred Stiles. QNames of pupils as they were known when in school.j Why not some of those days recall Lasting pals, Tom, Mary, and Paul. They may be in far distant places, But you can still see those smiling faces. And then you wistfully sigh When you remember dear Westbrook High. This year we are going to try to bring back old memories and the grand old times of your high school days. How many years has it been since you have seen your old classmates? Do you ever hear an old chum's name mentioned and wonder where he is living and what he is doing? Don't you often hear, I wonder where Tom is now? He used to be an excellent football player. Why. I remember one day when we were playing South Portland-the score was six to nothing and- P Westbrook High School T 9 We have written to and received answers from several Alumni who recall many memories of days gone by. We have taken excerpts from their let- ters, and although some are rather modest, we can feel quite sure that those who have not reached worldly fame have accomplished' much in their activities by being useful citizens. We feel especially fortunate in having received a letter from Mrs. Harriette Hacker Cobb, a mem- ber of the first graduating class of VVestbrook High School C now Valentine Street Schoolj. She tells us that the class of 1883 contained only three graduates, nfamiliarly known as Lottie Woodman. Nora Murch, and Hattie Hacker, and that the exercises took place in the Congregational Church with Helen Murch, john Lane, and others assisting. Dr. George Woodman writes: Forty-six years ago this coming June ten young women and eight young men received their diplomas as graduates of Westbrook High School. We were given a thorough training in mathe- matics, science, literature and history. This fitted us well for the usual claims of our day and was a good basis for after school self-education. In Principal Burns we had a very capable in- structor. He was a strict disciplinarian, but ren- dered justice with equality, and what was greatly appreciated by all of us was that he could lay aside, outside of school, all differences and meet us with pleasantness and courtesy. The chemistry laboratory, when the high school was first built, was down where the Domes- tic Science Department now is. The chief amuse- ment of the chemistry classes, says Mr. Albert Verrill, class of 1907, was to get down to the laboratory early and substitute water for the alco- hol in their lamps. The BLUE AND WHITE of 190.7 is the only edi- tion which contained no pictures 5 this was because of the immediate need of money. Mr. Augustus A. Staples tells us in his letter that the class of 1909 was composed of twenty- seven members, twenty-one girls and six boys. There was no choice of courses which a stu- dent might pursue, as at that time the commercial and industrial courses had not been added to the curriculum. There was practically no activity in music and art. Athletics at this time were at a very low ebb, partly because there were so very few boys in school and the lack of coaches. Mr, W. B. Andrews was our principal and has been held in very high esteem through these twenty-seven years since our graduation. What Dr. Cheever Smith, 1913, declares was one of the most interesting assignments might well be revived in the near future. Each student of the senior class was compelled to take his turn speak- ing at the special assembly each F riday. To descend the spiral stairs of Cumberland Hall was a gymnastic stunt in 1914, according to Mrs. Harold McIntyre. The girls wore middy blouses, hair ribbons and high buttoned shoes. C The boys had to be satisfied with high starched collars and knitted toques.j A girl's basketball suit of 1914 contained almost enough cloth to equip the whole team of 1936. How solemn must have been the graduation of the class of 1916, Mrs. Warren Lafiin CBertha Beasleyj makes us realize when she says: As three of our boys were already at war at the time of graduation, it was only fitting that those three chairs be draped with American'fiags in their memory. The French class sang the French national anthem. Practically all of the graduating class of 1918 were commercial students. This new added factor to the 'curriculum certainly proved its worth as nearly all of us were able to obtain positions im- mediately after graduating, says Mrs. Margaret Dinsmore C Margaret Lambj. Uln the typing class a graphophone was 11sed. Generally a tune of even quick tempo was played, the students keeping time with the music. This combined pleasure with work and was found to be very practical. In conclusion may we say that we greatly ap- preciate the cooperation of the Alumni who sent us letters and granted interviews. THE FOOLISH MAN The foolish man sat down beside the fire To warm his handsg and said with much pomposity, I've done the chores, my work is through. Now shall I rest. So he rested and waited, and outside the narrow room Of resting man Seeds were planted in the warm, responsive, Rich, brown earth That sprouted, grew, and brought forth fruit. The smoke from factories puffed Against the clean blue sky to manufacture clothes to Keep men warm. And while he waited there, inside his room, The world walked by-not glancing in the window. J. K., '37, MY RETURN TO HIGH SCHOOL Let us now turn the pages of the calendar for- ward to September, 1936. The scene is the street before the new annex to Westbrook I-Iigh,School. Standing there is an alumnus of the class of '36, who is intently observing every detail of the new building. That alumnus is none other than I, who has returned to see the improvements in the high school building. As I stand there, I am inspired by the architec- tural beauty of the three-door entrance. The building-126 feet long, 57 feet wide, and 40 feet high-faces Foster Street, where the front reflects the first rays of the sun every morning. As I enter, I find myself in a lobby surrounded by doors and stairways. At the left is the boys' cloak room, and at the right the girls'. I decide to go straight ahead, past the box office, and through a door directly before me. I am now in a large auditorium and gymnasium, which covers the whole ground fioor. In front of me lies the beautifully curtained stage. Going back stage, I find a stairway at each side leading upstairs and another stairway leading to the boiler room beneath the stage. I- climb the stairs and discover a dressing room at each side of the stage, halfway up between the first and second floors. Returning to the front lobby, I now go upstairs. Halfway up I find the girls' and the boys' base- ments directly over the cloak rooms. I continue upstairs to the second fioor, where I turn left and walk down the long corridor lined with the doors of eight spacious class rooms. At the end of the corridor, directly over the stage, is a locker room. Now I again make a left turn into the corridor connecting the old building with the new. Facing me are two sets of stairs. Cne leads down to the first fioor. while the other leads up to the second floor of the old building. I go upstairs and find the principalis office in what was formerly Room 25. Even the cloak rooms have now been remod- eled into a class room. Going down to the first floor, I notice a great change here also. Room 14 has become the office of the Superintendent of Schools and the cloak room is now a locker room. Coming at last to the old boiler room, I observe the greatest change. Boys' showers, lockers and dressing rooms have replaced the steam boilers. Going out of here, I find myself on the bottom fioor of the corridor connecting the old with the new. A door leads into the driveway which runs to Main Street. It is with a feeling of reluctance that I leave the school grounds. If only I had been born four years later, I, too, might have enjoyed the modern conveniences of the new annex. R. T.. '36. Westbrook High School I 'I PROFESSIONAL Every puff of the train was bringing them nearer to the vacation that they had been looking forward to for the last few months. They had now been an hour out of Boston and the conversa- tion had stopped long ago. Karl Dodge was think- ing to himself how lucky he was to be invited by such a lovely girl as Clyde Naples to her camp at Lake Gardiner for the week when his thoughts were interrupted by her remark, I've never seen you swim in the open, only in the pool-and then you don't swim much. After each dive you have to get to shore as soon as you can. Yes, replied the handsome man beside her, I've never been swimming with you 3 you've come often to watch and cheer for me in a meet but we've never been together. By the way, have you a diving board? I don't want to go stale, you know. Clyde thought a minute. Why, she said, we that isn't always dive off the end of the float, but wouldn't be very exciting for you. There any place high enough for you-unless you dare to dive off the cliff .... That sounds interesting, replied her partner, how high is it ?,' Oh, about 150 feet, I should guess. Well, that isn't any too high for me, Karl replied a little bit boastfully, I've dived that high before, you know. Yes, but no one dives off the cliff. There is an old legend about a man who did jump off it, though. Let's hear it if you know it. Once upon a time, started Clyde with a laugh, there was a white man who was being chased by the Indians .... Indians ? interrupted Karl. Why, yes, my cottage was in real Indian ter- ritory, but to go on, the Indians chased him right up to the edge of the cliff. This left him with but one thing to do and that was to dive off. And he did, and swam to an island in the lake and hid until night, when he swam back to shore and landed in a different place and in that way escaped the savages. Interesting, said Karl, but what makes you think I can't do the same thing? I've had diving lessons and taken prizes and that's probably more than that other fellow had ever done. And no one has done it since? Probably all the people around hate to spoil a good legend so they don't try it. Then Karl, confident in himself, turned around in his seat toward the other couple with them, a young married pair who were coming along as friends and chaperons, and asked them if they had ever seen the cliffs. They replied that they had. Well, he said, you will have the chance to see me dive off there this week if you're around. I have to keep in practice for the meet this fall. They both laughed and tried to tell him that it was an impossibility, which only made Karl the more sure that he could and would do it. Clyde hated a braggart and Karl hadinever bragged like that before. She hoped his recent successes had not changed him from the Karl Dodge she used to know. But if he really did it, how proud of him she would bel But she said nothing, anxious to have him stop talking about what she was afraid he couldnit do. lk Dk Bk lk Later, when the train pulled in at the small sta- tion, the four vacationists got off. Although they were the only passengers that trip, there were quite a few people around, village folks who col- lected at the station. The first word that was spoken was by Karl, who said to anyone who might be around, Can you see the cliff from here? I want to see what I'm going to dive from. jeff Willoughby, a hermit who had a shack about a mile from Clyde's cottage, was there with his horse and buggy to take the small party to the lake. They all piled in and with a cluck Jeff started the horse. Even this was a treat to all besides Clyde and Jeff, who had ridden that way many times before. On the way, there was one place where the road came very near the water and there Jeff stopped the wagon. See, he said, and pointed across the bay, there's the cliff. Some o' you's seen it, but there they is to those o' you what ain't. There's an old leging they tell aroun, here .... The Blue f-r VVhite '2 Clyde stopped him, I've told them all about it, Jefferson. Yes, broke in Karl enthusiastically, I'm going to spoil that legend for you people by show- ing you that there is nothing to it. jeff looked at Karl astonished, but then clucked to his horse, showing clearly that he thought Mr. Karl Dodge nothing but a city braggart. The first thing they did after arriving at the camp was to change into their bathing suits and go for a swim. But they did not go to the cliffs as it was too late in the afternoon. The next day. however, they all set out together to watch Karl do the dive. They didn't tell any of the neigh- bors, who had learned of it by this time, that they were going for the event. Clyde wished to keep it a friendly party, at least that was the excuse she gave to Karl. After a few minutes' walk through the woods, they came out suddenly on the top of a hugh rock. There was about ten feet of rough, crumbling red stone between the woods and the edge. Clyde scrambled down to the edge of the precipice and stood there, a picture of beauty, with her arms in the air, letting the cool breeze blow on her cheeks and through her hair. Karl came to the edge and peered over. What a surprise he got. It seemed miles down to the water. Clyde must have under- estimated the distance. For the first time in his career as a professional diver he felt fear creep- ing in. But he stood up and got in diving position and Clyde held her breath while he prepared for the feat. He hesitated. Then he turned around to the other three, You know, I don't know where the rocks are down thereg perhaps I should dive straight down or perhaps I should dive way out. Anyway, I think Bob and I should row out tomorrow and see about it. Take a rope and weight and sound for bottom. Bob laughed, The man in the legend didn't have to go down and sound for bottom and he lived through it and you're standing on the spot that he is supposed to have jumped from. But if you want to make sure, let's get the boat and do it now. Karl decided that they wouldn't have time that day to bother with the boat. It was a long row. The others felt that it should be done right away so that he could dive the next day, but as they suspected it was fear on his part, they did not urge him. They only laughed and asked him if he was not convinced that it was impossible. That night back at camp they cleared the floor and danced to the music of a portable victrola. Karl could not help noticing that Clyde did not seem so full of fun nor so anxious to dance with him. He knew it was all on account of his failure to fulfill his boast: so he determined to go out in the boat and if the soundings were right, dive and get it over with. As he thought it over, it came into his mind that if he took the soundings while Bob rowed he might announce that there were a few scattered rocks and that he did not want to take the chance of hitting one. He might get by with that. but suddenly he thought of a bet- ter scheme. He might delay about diving and in the meantime send a telegram to the office boy in Boston to telegraph him back that he was recalled to work immediately and in that way get out of it. But it made him angry to think that now he was thinking of unfair means. He who had always played fair was now thinking of spoiling his record. Imagine him, a professional diver, afraid to dive from a distance not much greater than some he had done before! If he went home now without doing it, he could be quite sure that he would never be invited back again. If he was, he could not accept. Clyde would expect him to do it: she expected it of him now. So he determined to dive or die in the attempt and die in the attempt didnlt seem so funny to him at that time. The next afternoon he and Bob went out and took the soundings. He rowed. He insisted on rowing because he was afraid that, if he took the soundings he would be tempted to fake them and announce that it wasn't deep enough. But the water proved to be plenty deep and Karl did not know whether to feel glad or sorry. He only knew that he was nervous about something. He took his time about rowing back so that he could use the too-late excuse again if they still wanted him to try it. When the boat was landed, they announced that the bottom was O. K. and Karl tried to act glad and as though he would surely do the dive but was too anxious for a game of baseball on the sand. Westbrook High School in The game soon became tiresome 5 so the two girls went into the cottage to get supper, and Bob an- nounced that he was going over to the next cottage to see a man's collection of pipes. Karl declined the invitation to go along and strolled down the beach in the opposite direction. In a few minutes he was within sight of the cliffs and he hurried along with the intention of going to the diving spot and staying until he had the courage to dive so that when they all came the next day he could dive without hesitation. He would not dive today. None would believe him if they didnit see him. If he lived through it once, it would be too much to ask fate to spare him twice. When he had climbed to the top of the cliff he lay down on his stomach and peered over, making up his mind to lie there and look down until all fear of the height of the cliffs had gone away. He lay there for quite a few minutes, getting more tan on his already tanned back. He got up and changed his position toward the sun. He now stood and looked at the water all too far below him. It was getting near supper time I they ate early at camp so as to be able to have an evening swim an hour after eatingj, so he turned slowly around, looking down at the red rock that made up the cliff. As he raised his eyes to start for camp he saw some- thing moving in the trees which grew within ten feet of the edge of the cliff. Had Bob followed him? Would he expect him to dive? No, it wasn't Bob. It was a moose, a bull moose. Karl watched him for a minute. Clyde had never said anything about there being moose around, so he must re- member to tell her about this one: but, of course, hunters come every winter to shoot them. Were moose dangerous? He hardly had time to ask himself that question when the moose lowered his head. That was enough. Karl turned and with- out thought he started to run. He knew the moose was right behind him and would be able to catch him before he could scramble up the cliiif and up the path to camp. He was now on the diving spot. Before he knew it he had dived. He realized when he struck the water that it was a perfect dive. Another time it might not have been so perfect and a broken neck might 'be the result. When he came to the surface, he looked up to the top of the cliff. It was a long 13 distance down. He began slowly to swim back to the beach where he could get ashore easily. He could never get up courage to do it again, and they would never believe him. He made up his mind not to try to tell them that he had dived. How could they believe it? It was useless. But he had a feeling of self-satisfaction and yet a feeling of discouragement as he headed for the shore. He looked toward his destination and saw there two people trying to get his attention. Sup- per must be ready. He speeded up his swimming, but the excitement, the dive, and the long swim had nearly exhausted him. He drew himself up on the sand. lt was wonderful, cried Clyde. Marvelous l said her friend at the same time. But .... Now, donit say it was nothing, it was grand. Why didn't you tell us? If we hadn't been out walking in that direction, looking at the way the sun reflected from the rock, we would have missed it all. Then you saw-it all .... Yes, that is. we saw you in the air and saw you hit the water. It only lasted a minute. I should have liked to see the whole dive. Yes, was Karl's only reply. it n P. W., '37. DON'T WAIT Why are you waiting? You have in the back of your head the idea That some day you are going to do something That will make your friends Happy over your success. You can also hear them saying That they never supposed you had it in you. Your breast swells with joy As you think of winning honor And applause after you have achieved The great thing. You feel sure That you will be able to rise To the occasion when it comes. But why are you waiting? A year ago you were waiting for this year 3 A week ago you were waiting for this week 9 Yesterday you were waiting for today. Time is up. ' M. L., '36, l4 The Blue fr VVhite THE SHADOW OF DEATH Quiet, isn't it, Joe? All except that dripping water. I wish that would stop-it's getting on my nerves .... I mustn't think of that, thoughg I might go crazy .... I'm so hungry, yet I've been here only forty-eight hours .... Forty-eight hours of horror. I never realized what it was to be alone . . . alone . . . with my own thoughts for companions. Here joe Carr stopped. His short, stubby hands slid over the wall beside which he was lying. It was cold, damp and clammy, so rough that it seemed to cut the palms of his hands. About two feet away, on the other side, lay an expanse of muddy water that joe had reached just as his last match had flickered out. Since then he had stayed here in the narrow passage- way. At first he had screamed frantically and had pounded the wall with his feet until he had been unable to stand. Soon he realized the futility of that and had decided to remain where he was. Drip, drip, drip! The water slowly falling from a giant stalactite seemed to be striking joe's very eardrums now. He wondered how old the stalactite was. He had had only a faint glimpse of it as he stumbled along with his last sputtering match. By rapid calculation Joe reckoned that it must be thousands of years old. 'What hideous scenes had it already witnessed? Had it ever watched other lost persons stagger and fall in this same awful passageway? So excited was joe that he iidgeted restlessly around. Suddenly his hand hit something cold and hard. Feeling it with trembling hands, he suddenly came to the horrid realization that it was a bone. A wild scream burst from his lips and joe, nearly fainting from horror, threw the thing as far from him as his ebbing strength would allow. When it landed a few feet out in the underground lake, the splash threw a light spray over joe's body. He felt the drops of water on his face and neckg his thoughts again wandered. It felt just like that when I slit Nell's throat that night, and the blood spurted all over me! Merciful God! She wasn't expecting any such thing as that from me, her brother. I wonder if they are still looking for me up there .... What- ever made me think of hiding from them in this cavern? I hadn't realized that it was big enough for me to get lost in .... Heh, heh, heh, I was too clever to stick around and wait for the cops to pick me up. I'd rather die than be caught. Rather die .... But not here! I mustn't die starving here . . . alone. Alone with the bones of another ...alone.... Although joe didn't realize it, his mind was becoming weakened by his loneliness. For the next twelve hours, joe Carr tried to sleep, but his mind kept going over his horrible crimes. Then he would think of the bone which he had found. He tried to make a story in his mind as to how the other man had died. Had he gone out slowly, or had he taken his own life? . . . Per- haps that was better. Suddenly his mind became obsessed with that one thought, dying. He could see in his mind's eye a party of sight-seers coming through the passageway and discovering his bones. They would never know his story! It was barely possible that someone would come along in time to save him. Unless such should be the case, there was no hope. His poor mind pon- dered over this thought until at last it seemed that he heard footsteps. He sprang up and stood listening for steps that did not come. Joe, realizing that he had been tricked by his own overwrought nerves, cried like a child. There was just one thing to do-wait until either someone came or he lost consciousness. W'hich death would he choose-the long, drawn- out torture that in the end would come, or should he jump into the lake beside him? He thought of water choking, stifling him in a hideous deathg it was too much, Joe knew that he could never take his own life. With the whimper of a lost child, he turned on his side and closed his eyes, convinced that he must wait . . . wait for a party that might not, and probably would not come .... Vague shapes passed before his line of vision 3 he could see him- self kneeling at hismother's side, it seemed that he could hear himself repeating slowly, falter- ingly, Yea, though I walk through the valley of Death I shall fear no evil. Ah, that was it. Westbrook High School I I Evil, his evil .... What was that? His mother was reading: The wages of sin is Death. . . . The wages of sin . . . whose sin? His, joe's sin. . . . Somewhere within him something snapped 3 a feeling of calm possessed him. Involuntarily he murmured, God, be merciful to me, a sinner. A. H., '37, THE WASTEBASKET Within this dark and dismal tomb Lie hours of thought, Hours of meditation. Records of fleeting moments, sudden inspirations Painstakingly recorded, or jotted down at random. Some records- Once surrendered to a jury, Eagle-eyed and cynical as a gossip- Passed or failed To pass examination. Once o'kayed, Their goal was reached- Success! But these aren't those, These reached a different goal- The wastebasket, A tomb of worthlessness. A. P., '36. - ADVENTURES IN THE NORTH tNot far northj May I tell you a few of my adventures? Of course, I knew you wouldn't mind-very much. My adventures-not to brag, nay, far be it from me to boast or brag of the dangerous and perilous situations in which I have found myself from time to time-my adventures are the most exciting and interesting ones that a man can have and come out alive. Danger? Of course there is danger. But do men who have braved the storms of the seven seas and the blistering heat of the desert have fear? I should say not! Why, I remember the time when I was treed for three days and three nights by a family of ferocious field mice. Ah, I know you're laughing and calling me a coward, but you didn't see those field mice. In all my born days I have never seen such ferocious, blood- thirsty beasts. Their teeth were like sabers, their eyes like glowing coals in the darkness. '5 After being in that tree for three days I began to get hungry, so I looked for some way to kill the mice. I had no weapons except a small pen knife, but I had noticed that at night the tree that I was in glowed queerly. At last the thoughts I had been racking my brains for came to me. I was famed the world over as a naturalist as well as an explorer, and my wonderful knowledge now came to my rescue. The tree was a species known as amnoscelerinx, the bark of which is highly poisonous. I quickly cut several strips of the bark and chewed them into a juicy pulp g the remains I er-er-er-kept in my hat. After gathering a hatful of this potent brew-ah, there is one point I forgot to mention. I know you are wondering how I could masticate such a poison- ous mixture and not be affected by it myself. It so happened that although one drop of this poison will kill any rodent alive, a gallon of it will not harm a person. Well, after I deemed I had enough, I sprinkled it generously on the ground beneath me. The mice immediately gobbled the poison down. Within five minutes every mouse was lying flat on his back sleeping the sleep of all bad mice. I climbed out of the tree immediately, not a bit stiff or sore from my long sojourn, for I had kept up my daily exercises by swinging on the limbs Q a second Tarzanj. The mice were strewn so thickly on the ground that I could not find an open place to put my feet, so I gently slithered over the dead bodies to the outside of the ring. Of course, I was quite hungry after three days of fasting, but not any more so than if I had missed my break- fast that morning because in my career as a fa- mous teacher of physical culture I had learned to control the digestional organs of the stomach. However, I felt that I must eat something just to be conventional, and so I looked around. There was nothing but mice in sight-big mice, little mice, fat mice, mice with drooling jaws, brown mice, black mice, white mice, papa mice, baby mice. C If anyone reading this true account of my experiences can recite those last two lines without sounding as if he were eating a lemon, I will sign his name after it.j Well, now letis see. Oh, yes, there were all kinds of mice 5 so I decided that nothing could be x A I The Blue fr White '6 better than a good mouse stew. I skun fa local- ismj three of them quickly and roasted them in an oven I had learned to build when I was cap- tured by the terrible head-hunting savages of East Borneo. I have never eaten a meal that tasted better because with every mouthful I took, I said to myself, Chicken, nice chicken! What wonder- ful chicken you cook, Mrs. Bloom l After getting filled, I immediately set off to the nearest settlement, a hundred and two miles away. I arrived there that evening in the best of spirits and hastened to assure my comrades that I was safe once more, but they were not worried for this was not the first time I had disappeared for days at a time. Indeed not. Why, once I was caught in a terrible blizzard fifty miles from the North Pole. I was alone with my dogs and a sledge loaded with seven hundred pounds of food and a small tent. The blizzard began to blow late in the after- noong so I decided to pitch my tent and turn in for the night. I fed my dogs fifty pounds of frozen fish and chewed on a piece of jerky, then dived into my tent for a few hours' sleep. I knew it was going to be a bad night as the thermometer was already down to seventy below zero. I was awakened suddenly as a particularly strong gust of wind fit was blowing normally at ninety-eight miles an hourj took my tent off for a little joy ride. Well, there I was, left to brave the worst night in the arctic without even a tent to rest my weary bones in. I sat up to look the situa- tion over. What? Why, where were my dogs? Ah, yes, there was one. But where were the others? I knew. They had left me. They were far from being dogs anyway. Three-quarters of their blood was wolf and nobody but me could handle them. At last their wild instincts had got the better of their human training and they had gone, loping off into the night to a far worse life than living with men. It was a terrible predica- ment, but was I daunted? No, no, a thousand times no. How could a man of my caliber fear the mere elements when he has faced dangers a hundred times worse? I immediately made a pack of provisions and took my only dog and left for the North Pole. No, I didn't turn around and start for civilization as any ordinary man would have done. At fifty miles from the goal I had set out to attain, I could not turn back. I felt certain that my sturdy con- stitution and iron will power would see me through the worst storms. And I was right. The hardships were many and the dangers encountered were enough to make an ordinary man beg for mercy. On the second day out I saw a huge polar bear fishing through the ice. Beside his hole was a seal and a pile of fish. I needed those fish and was determined to get them. I stalked carefully up behind him intending to jump on his back and choke the life out of him, but as I stole closer and closer my foot slipped on a piece of ice and the bear jumped nimbly to his feet. We stood there staring at each other, waiting for the first charge to be made. I decided to let him make the attack. After an hour of outwaiting each other. the bear made the first move. He started to lunge toward me but he didn't move a step. His feet were frozen solid to the ice, so long had we stood there without moving a muscle. I roared out a hearty laugh because now I could have the fish without getting my furs bloody. But my joy was short- lived. My own feet were stuck fast: they had sunk into the ice up to my ankles. Have you ever seen anything quite so comical? VV ell, there was only one thing to do-my shoes must come off. I could wrap some sealskin around my feet and in that way make my way to the pole. I had only a quarter-mile to go, the pole was already in sight. I could see the top of it shining in the distance like a striped barber's pole CI've always wondered who put it therej. Of course, my feet would be more or less cold, but-what's a pair of cold feet to a man like me. Vtfhen I ar- rived at the pole, I hurriedly scratched my name on it and started my journey back home. It was only a couple of thousand miles to the nearest settlement and I expected to arrive there in a week. The only trouble I had on the way home was my dog's getting frozen feet. I had to carry him most of the way. Other than that it was a comparatively uninteresting tramp. I arrived safely home in just a week and a half. There bands played to my glory and autograph seekers by the thousands sought the one and only signature of that greatest adventurer and man of Westbrook High School in W the world-The Baron Robernertsky Cnot said in a boasting mannerj. These are only a few of my true experiences. I could run on for hours telling story after story but I'm afraid that most of them would be as dull and uninteresting as the ones just told and so I say as parting advice, Keep a strong constitution and a clear brain and you will some day attain as great success as I. R. K., '36. THE LOCKET The Germans had renewed the attack. Every detonation of the cannons which were now but ten miles away made each pane of glass in Chateau Fourcon vibrate almost to the breaking point. The roads were dense with troops being rushed to the front and ambulances hastily piloting their way to a wing of the Chateau which had been improvised as a temporary hospital. Irene stood at the gate, seemingly immune to all that was going on before her eyes but eager to see someone. Suddenly .her eyes detected the old post- man slowly limping his way towards the Chateau. In no time Irene had met the mail carrier and made him search among his letters for one bring- ing news of Raymond which she had expected for three long weeks. Raymond had been an orphan for as long as he could remember. The pastor of Bertierville had taken charge of his education and seen to it that an old family offered him a good home. Chateau Fourcon was the pride of Bertierville and Irene de Jasmin, the daughter of Count de Jasmin, was its most loved figure. Irene had met Raymond on one of her frequent visits to the young man's spiritual father. A beautiful friendship had resulted, a friendship which soon had the old people talking of the possible marriage of their beautiful chatelaine. But war had broken and Raymond was called for military service. He had been gone for seven months already. To Irene these seven months seemed seven eternities and her one consolation was the monthly letter from Raymond. It had been a promise which Raymond had made on the eve of his enlistment when both had met to say goodbye. Irene had slipped a locket around her lover's neck as a souvenir for those terrible days to come. 'Twas a beautiful golden case with the names of Raymond and Irene carved on the face of it. Inside were enclosed a few hairs which had been cut from one of Irene's curls when she was a child. Now, no word had been received for seven weeks. Every day Irene met the postman, but never even a note. The anxietv was almost un- bearable: was he dead, wounded, imprisoned? lk lk Ik lk lk The Germans were repelled and the Red Cross units searched the battlefields for the wounded. A Roche youngster was found with three bullet wounds through his chest but still alive. Ile was brought to the Chateau, where the French soldiers were cared for. I-Iis condition was of the most serious and a private chamber was prepared for him. Irene, who now worked with the other nurses to take care of the ever-increasing number of wounded boys, assisted the doctor in the deli- cate operation of removing the three bullets. The Roche soldier was young. must have been about Ravmond's age. He was of the same build. too. The bov will need a special nurse all through the night, Miss Irene, mumbled the doctor as he felt the patient's pulse. His condition gives him a fifty-fifty chance to live. I have a prescription here which he must be given at every hour. I'll send a girl from the village as soon as I get there. No, no, doctor, I'll take care of him tonight and see that he has his medicine at every hour. I assure you it won't be any trouble. Thus speak- ing, Irene sat near the bed, prepared to give her best care to an enemy. Water, water! Please give me a few drops of water. My throat is burning, moaned the German as soon as the doctor had left the room. Irene moistened his lips and his throat with a little water and the wounded soldier managed to smile a trifle. You thought I was still unconscious, he con- tinued in a weak voice, but clearly audible because he spoke so slowly. I heard you offer your help to care for me. I thank you. I have but a few moments to live and there is so much I must say. No, don't silence me. I must talk. I must tell you I 'q' The Blue fu- VVhite '8 something. Three weeks ago my regiment at- tacked a detachment of your soldiers by surprise. We crept up on their barracks and fired on the sentinels. A terrific slaughter followed. Your boys knew they were done for and sold their lives dearly. One soldier, a hero he was, killed four of our men with his bayonet. A god among a score of men would not have appeared more superb. He was about to end another when I crept up behind him and plunged my bayonet through his back. He fell, my victim, without even a chance to face me. The fight lasted but a few more minutesg our mission had been accomplished. I couldn't take out of my mind that French soldier I had stabbed. I started looking for him among the bodies lying about. I found him. Irene gave him a few more drops of water: he passed his tongue over his lips. He was suffering terribly but he had to speak. I found him lying on his back, bareheaded, looking up at the heavens as if to ask help. I bent over him. His hand moved slowly, so slowly, to- wards a chain around his neck. He pointed to it. tried to say a few words. I gave him some water as you just did me. He moistened his lips and spoke. I placed my ear near his mouth to hear. He forgave me for stabbing him in the back and asked me to take the locket hanging on his chest. He made me promise to take good care of it and when war was over to see to it that a certain French girl was given the locket. Her name is carved on it. I have but a few moments to say this, so please take the locket and finish what I promised but could not accomplish. The soldier coughed, coughed hard and closed his eyes. He was unconscious once more. Irene hastily took the locket with trembling hands. She already knew. Her eyes were so blurred she could hardly see the locket now. But the words Ray- mond and Irene danced before her eyes. The murderer of her one love, without knowing it, had fulfilled his promise and was the patient of the girl whose future husband he had killed. Irene rose and supported herself by holding the side of the bed. She took the medicine bottle in her hands. The doctor said he must take this every hour or else he would surely die. She could let him sleep, no one would know. The doctor would find the soldier dead tomorrow morning and thank her for her efforts. Raymond would be avenged. She thought of the fraulein who probably was waiting for this man lying in the bed at her mercy. She wondered what a German girl would have done for Raymond had he been wounded and taken care of in Germany. The soldier opened his eyes slowly, tried to speak once more, could not. It was time for his medicine. Irene approached, gave him the prescribed dose and doctored him through the night. The next morning the doctor entered the room. The patient was asleep, resting comfortably and assured of life. The old medico turned to Irene and gasped. Irene's hair had turned white. A. F., '36, SPRING I sprang from my bed one morning At the sound of a twee twee twee, And there from my window I spied him, A bird in the old apple tree. The wind swayed the branches around him, The snowflakes were hurrying by, But in spite of the wind and the weather I knew that the Springtime was nigh. D. L., '36. WOLVES The winter of '98 was exceedingly severe in the great North country. It closed in early in the fall, hardly giving the natives a chance to prepare for winter, and it stayed late the next spring. It was the coldest winter that had been experienced for many years, and left many a grey hair on the heads of the settlers, who had to fight its deep snows and endure.its cold blasts in order to main- tain life. On the denizens of the forest, too, it fell very hard. The deer were forced to yard up earlyg and long before Christmas, when their food supply gave out, the snow was so deep they could move only with great difficulty. Many, in fact, probably two-thirds died of starvation and ex- haustion. Others of the weaker animals were slowly extinguished, also. This condition, as will readily be seen, was bad for the carnivorous animals, particularly wolves. They roamed the Westbrook High School if I 19 country in large packs, and itwas as much as a man's life was worth to be caught out at night when a pack was near. Such a winter we had to face, and the trips to the village, which was twenty miles away, were terrible experiences. We made these necessary trips once every two months to get the grain for the horses and provisions for ourselves, which we had not been able to lay in before winter broke. Luckily, however, before the snows became so deep that horses could not be used, enough pro- visions were laid in so that the trips could be made with a toboggan and Snowshoes. One still morning during the first week of December, Father and I started out on the last trip before Christmas. We were still using horses and sleds, for, although the snow in the woods was very deep, it was possible to go fifteen of the twenty miles on the lake. We started at four in the morning and arrived in the village about nine. We had planned to start home at noon, but one horse had cast a shoe coming into town and it was imperative that it be replaced in order that he be able to stand on the smooth ice of the lake. Therefore. because of various reasons, partic- ularly the smith's ill luck in fashioning another shoe, it was nearly three before we set out for home. A cold wind had started to blow, and Father and I had to take turns running along be- hind the sled to keep from freezing. Although we hurried the horses along as fast as possible, it was just dusk when we saw the place where we were to enter the woods from the lake. At that time a sudden impulse caused me to look away to the left. What I saw sent a chill straight to my heart! A pack of wolves numbering over a score were running silently toward us across the bay. Huge, gaunt brutes they were, with their grey fur on end. Father yelled at the horses, and just then the wolves, sensing a race, howled fiercely. This terrified the horses greatly and they began to run, gaining speed at every jump, with the sled slithering along behind them. We hung on z-as best we could, and prayed that the sled would not overturn before we reached the woods. We decided to gain as much of a lead as pos- sible over the wolves while on the ice, for there we had the advantage over them, and then un- hitch, leave the sled, and ride the rest of the live miles home. VVhen we reached the edge of the woods, however, and began to wonder how we were going to stop the horses, one runner of the sled hit a buried stump and over we went in a cloud of snow. Before I had time to think, we had managed to mount the plunging creatures and were tearing down the trail. It was a fearful sight to look back and see those huge grey shadows, each with its pair of shining yellow spots of light, slowly but surely gaining on us. The temperature must have been well below the zero mark, yet the horses between our knees were dripping sweat. At last, when it did not seem possible for the horses to go a step farther, and when the wolves were not more than one hundred feet away, we came in sight of the barn. Father slid off and opened the door and yelled for me to ride right in, but the horse beneath me was plunging about so, and I was so nervous myself that I lost my balance and rolled off. To make matters worse, Father, thinking me safe, rushed in behind the horses and slammed and bolted the door. I never before felt so helpless in all my life. It was like a nightmare and for at least ten seconds all I could do was to crouch there on my knees and stare at those oncoming demons, wondering what was happening. At last, however, I found my voice and yelledg Father, who was beginning to wonder where I was, unbolted and opened the door. I slipped inside just as the leader of the pack was less than ten feet away, and believe me, I never heard a sound that sounded so good in my ears as the sound that door made when it slammed shut. D. G., '38. SADDLE GALLS He looked so innocent standing there with his head hung low and his velvety lips nibbling at my hand. In fact, he looked like just the sort of horse that I should want for my first attempt at equitation. Besides all these evidences of lack of 20 j The Blue fu- VVh1te spirit, the sad look in his eyes struck a responding chord in my heart. I-Iere, I said to myself, is a horse that has lived, a horse that has seen life and found it worthless, but more important than this, a horse that will understand my melancholy na- ture and will realize that circumstances Cover which I had no control whateverj made me at- tempt horseback riding. The circumstances, I night explain, were two very impetuous friends, Paul and Dick. They had swept me off my feet, and before I realized it, I agreed to go with them horseback riding. And there I Was, as a result, standing in the middle of the floor of a somewhat second-rate riding establishment, regarding a four- legged creature which, despite its promising evi- dences of safety, might turn out to be a world hero simply by breaking my neck. I questioned the stable master as to the advisa- bility of taking him, and he assured me that even if I had the choice of all the horses in the world I couldn't have chosen a better mount. CI have found since then that the horse was the last one in the stable.j So I had him saddled and bridled and was ready for the momentous occasion. Well, there you are, said the stable man, and left me. Yes, there I was. But what was I sup- posed to do? How was I to get on? My friends outside were calling impatiently for me to hurry. I tried to get on, but the horse kept sliding away nervously every time I tried to mount Q so I pushed him against a wall, placed a box beside him and jumped. But as I jumped, he jumped- the other way. The result was a jumble of saddling around my neck from a hook on the wall. Finally, I called to Paul and Dick and they came and helped to hoist me aboard that eel, Tiny. The minute I was in the saddle something told me all was not well, however, I couldnlt back out on my friends, and being of Scottish descent I wouldn't forfeit my money without a ride, no matter how disastrously it might turn out. VVe rode down the hill on which the barn was located and wound down a little valley till we reached a great level stretch of pasture land. By this time I was congratulating myself on having chosen such a good mount. I even went so far as to say, VVell, Dick, I guess you'll have to admit that I'm a pretty good judge of horseflesh. Now, look at Tiny here, he's got a wistful look in his eyes. I'll bet he's never had a good master. What he needs is a guy like me. Yeah? Well, wait till this ride is over before you start bragging, answered Dick. But this retort didn't bother me very much, be- cause Dick hasn't such a fine nature as I have, and I can forgive people like him, because they can't enjoy life as I do, or rather did till I took up horsemanship. We rode on a few rods and just at the edge of the pasture I decided to lengthen my stirrups 3 consequently I took my feet out of the irons and started fumbling with the straps. In doing this I also let go of the reins because I needed both hands. At this opportune moment, Paul's horse took in its head the idea of doing a bit of trotting, so Dick's horse started trotting, and then Tiny started. Well, you can imagine how I felt, no reins, no stirrups, not even the ability to stick on. Suddenly it struck me that the neck of my horse was a very advisable place to anchor myself. This I proceeded to do by the simple expedient of wrapping my arms around that member. I'll ad- mit that it wasn't a very comfortable position, with my glasses dangling from one ear and my hat jammed over the other, but it had its points because it made Tiny so uncomfortable that he stopped. With a relieved sigh I straightened up in the saddle, and Tiny, seeing how far away he was from the barn, broke into a canter. Then I understood that wistful look in his eyes. Nothing could keep me in the saddle but a stranglehold around his neck 3 but when I did this, that fiendish animal started to gallop so fast that the grass tickled his stomach. I started to pray for a safe landing: however, my eyes were so dizzy from the reeling ground that I couldn't gather my thoughts, much less pray. Despite my plight. I wasn't going to .give up without a struggle: so I bit my teeth in his mane, hugged him tighter with my arms, and dug my heels in his sides. I might mention, at this stage, that I was tak- ing a pounding comparable only to being tackled by two football teams simultaneously, but a little thing like that didn't bother me at all. Only a blast of nitroglycerine or a derrick could have removed me from the saddle, that is, as long as Westbrook High School in I 2' that piece of horsefiesh stayed on level ground. Unfortunately, he wasn't of the same mind as I was. His knowledge of geometry taught him that the shortest distance to the barn was a straight line. Well, at the first fence he cleared, a foot of daylight appeared between the saddle and myself 3 at the second fence, I lost everything but my hold about his neck, and at the third, everything went. Strangely enough, my landing wasn't half as bad as I had expected. I lost only part of my shirt, one shoe, stopped on the way for a mud pack, and dislocated my wrist, not to mention a broken pair of spectacles and the disappearance of a leg of my trousers. Thus encouraged by this ability of mine to nego- tiate safe landings from four-legged tornadoes, I determined to take up horseback riding as an art. L. M., '36. QUEER PERSON He's queer, we said, always doing something Crazy. We can't understand him. Last night We couldn't find Old Jim. Hunted all over town For him. Know where we found him? In Jeff Saunders' house, on the other side of town, Rocking Jefivs youngest child to sleep and telling Stories to those other young ones that'd make your eyes pop out. Old Jim, sitting in Jeff Saunders' house On the other side of town where those people lived, Whose doings were the whispered gossip of the village! And at Jeff Saunders'l We did think he had More sense than that! We dragged him away, And when we got him outside, we gave him A good talking to for being where he was. About halfway through we stopped. There was a hurt look In Old Jim's eyes: Couldn't understand it. Remembered several times before when we had scolded him like that. D. K., '36. BIG BEN The Big Ben Alarm Clock Company sponsors an interesting fifteen-minute program on Sunday nights. It is original, interesting, and entertaining. For me, however, this program revives an un- pleasant memory. The announcer illustrates the two feature clocks of the company in these words: The regular alarm clock wakes you gentlyg first it whispers, like this, and he sets off the ringing apparatus which produces a soft sound. If you fail to awaken, then it shouts, continues the an- nouncer. Once more you hear the alarm, but this time it is a steady, loud noise. If this can't get you out of bed, persists the announcer, then you need a Big Ben Loud Alarm like this. Follows a wave of noises similar to a fire truck hell which should make any man jump out of bed if only for the sake of interrupting such a racket. This ex- hibition of various alarms may be pleasing to the sponsors of the program, but as I previously men- tioned, it hurts me deeply. And it all dates back to five years ago when I was in New York City on a pleasure trip. My young uncle, with whom I lived, left for work before I could get up. He had told me the night before that I should meet him about twelve o'clock in front of the Brooklyn Metropolitan Theater. F rom there we were to go to dinner together. I remembered these instructions well, but I had no watch. And how was I to meet him at twelve if I had no, way of telling time? I certainly couldn't stop people on the street every ten minutes or so to inquire what hour it might be. There was a fireplace in my room and over it, as over all fireplaces, and a small mantel. Exactly in the center of this mantel rested a small-sized Big Ben alarm clock. And what did I do but take this miniature clock and put it in my pants pocket. Through the! streets and avenues of Brooklyn I walked all that morning with one hand in my pocket so that the Big Ben wouldn't be noticed too much. I felt as if everybody were staring at me in a strange way. The click, click, click seemed to cover the millions of noises about me. Even the milkman's horse's hoofs produced a mild sound in comparison with the clock move- ments in my pocket. Click, click, click-I can still hear the infernal noise through these five years past. The worst experience was yet to come. Came noon hour and I had forgotten the fixed ren- dezvous with my uncle. All I was certain of was that the place represented a busy and well-known spot in Brooklyn. I paraded in front of the Roosevelt Hotel, the Fox Theater, the Chin Toy The Blue fa- White 22 Restaurant, the New York Sun Life Insurance Building, and many others. I watched a whole nation of people pass byg I may have seen jimmy Walker himself, for all I know. But of my uncle I saw no trace. The best thing to quiet jangled nerves, which you may be sure I had by this time, is a good din- ner. In New York they call it luncheon, but I made a whole meal of it. Then I felt I needed a quiet spot for my siestag so I treated myself to an afternoon at the theater. 'Twas in the Fox Theater. Shall I ever forget the place! As I entered, the vaudeville was on and the small-town boy's eyes popped wide open. It was magnificent. Came time for the news, the comedy, and finally the feature picture itself, Daddy Long Legs. I was having the time of my life. That is until-l Oh, yes, until. That's where Big Ben comes in. Up to this time I had felt at ease. In the dark of the theater no one could see my swelled-up pants pocket. I had taken a seat away from everyone else so that the click, click. click wouldn't be noticed by anyone save me. The persons near- est me were two negro girls of whom I could dis- tinguish only the pearly white teeth. But sud- denly disaster struck. While Warner Baxter was so charmingly making love to Janet Gaynor on the screen, a soft ringing noise was heard in the theater. Then the din grew louder and louder until it almost shook the roof, it seemed. A burst of laughter rose. The love scene was forgotten. Even Warner Baxter and Janet Gaynor seemed disturbed. Needless to say, it was my alarm clock which had been causing all the rumpus as it rang with a triumphant bellow. The clear ringing sound changed to a brr, brr, brr, when I succeeded in covering the clock with my hand. all the while trying to find the check alarm lever. By this time an army of ushers were pointing their flashlights in all directions, trying to find the cause of this untimely vaudeville act. But I was down on the floor, all in sweat, holding the infernal device with one hand through the cloth of my suit and with the other hand pushing back the lever. Fox Theater was once more silent. The stars of Daddy Long Legs regained the attention of their audience. The ushers dimmed their spot- lights and the laughter ceased, although not en- tirely. I waited for a few minutes while lying on the floor. Then I plucked up enough courage to sit down once more. My face and neck were of a burning red in the dark. My hands were moist with sweat, my heart beats rivaled the din of the click, click, click of Big Ben in my pocket. The picture lost all its allure to me and I decided to leave. I tried to be brave, I braced myself to ap- pear nonchalant as I walked out of Fox Theater. The head usher faced me, barring the exit. I knew I was caught. To my surprise he graciously handed me a folio, listing next week's pictures. I stumbled back to the apartment along the streets and avenues of Brooklyn. First it whispers, then it shouts. If this can't get you out of bed, then you need a Big Ben Loud Alarm. I'll always remember one which had the three effects all in one, loud alarm predominating. A. F., 236. THOUGHTS OF MISS BETTY VAINMORE If Greta Garbo can become famous, I also should become famous. I have a perfect figure, And my feet are not too large. My talk, although it has no foreign accent, Draws people to me like a magnet. My features need no altering. My hair will need no bleaching, And my dramatics are inspiring To even a college professor. I could even pass as a foreigner To make me more romantic. With all these characteristics I should become an actress. F. A., '37. ,-it-1-1 HENRY'S MECHANICAL WOMAN Good old Henry Ford! He is the only man who has yet succeeded in creating for the benefit of the public a real mechanical woman. I mean a mechanical woman that besides being able to walk when one button is pushed and stop when another is pulled, and bow, and shake hands, and kick, has a soul not unlike that of a human being. I refer to none other than that species of Ford car which a few years ago Westbrook High School I .. 23 was popularly known as a rattle trap or puddle jumper. I am thinking especially of a 1920 model that could run on its looks. It is because of this car that I am such a capable mechanic for the age of seventeen, for I drove it before I was old enough to have growing pains. But to get back to the subject, I know that car had a soul because it was such a familiar thing. It never went past a filling station that it didn't have to back up and get acquainted. And what a woman hater! I am inclined to believe that car had a natural prejudice for women. To get it to have a flat tire when a man was present was an impossibility. Many are the hours I have perspired over the air pump. There was something else queer about it, too. It had the funniest ideas about running out of gas halfway between the two extremes of very, very high hills. If induced to travel over twenty-five miles an hour, it had a queer Way of hopping, and the only safe way of going down a hill was to put on the emer- gency. I will give it credit for being a very modest thing, for it hardly ever took advantage of anything else. Was I embarrassed the day I was putt-putting along and a wheelbarrow passed me! Lizzie moved so slowly the dogs wouldn't even chase it. One day I took a long trip of five miles, and maybe I wasn't surprised to meet myself going, as I was coming back. As Lizzie grew older, we didn't even bother to put the sides of the hood down. We found it more convenient, when we were obliged to stop and tinker, to find them already up. There were all the conveniences of a modern garage to be found under the back seat, from a few extra engines to toothpicks. We used the toothpicks to plug up leaks in the gas line. We found it necessary when going anywhere to return the same way so that we could pick up the parts we had dropped. It simply refused to run with more than four aboard. I distinctly remember one day when we offered to give the preacher a ride home from church. He squeezed in on the back seat and we departed from the chapel at the top of the hill. We coasted down as nicely as you pleaseg but when we got to the bottom, Lizzie, realizing the extra weight, stopped. With much embarrassment we had to ask the minis- ter to dismount and tag along beside. Speak- ing of weight, shall I ever forget the day I gave a fat woman a ride on the back seat! Proud as a peacock, the little car just ran through town on the two hind wheels. As all things must some day meet their fate, so did Lizzie. Her working days were over. VVe scraped the paint off the one mudguard that was left and sold the rest to a tooth paste factory recently to be ground up and used as a grit base for a new tooth powder that had been perfected recently. If by any chance you find grit on your tooth brush sometime in the near future, think nothing bad of it, for it may be the remains of some intimate part of Lizzie. F. K., '36, CAN THIS BE I? You might, if you had been looking for it, have seen a very little girl crying her eyes out because someone was playing the piano or the graphophone. Poor little girl, she just couldn't be calm and collected when she heard music, her feelings ran away with her and took her off by herself somewhere to cry. Water running down the drainpipe from the rent upstairs also sent this little girl scurrying for shelter and protection. Mother has a picture of her little girl with her arm around a cunning little baby calf. The little girl looks happy and unafraid. Neighbors often saw a young person coming along the sidewalks with boxes in her hands. Little Girl was taming grasshoppers! They were taught to walk along their oWner's fin- gers and were kept in grass-filled boxes. Little Girll' and her friends used to don overalls or play suits and stage Indian Wars. She was General Pershing to a large group of youngsters who obeyed under threat. She played baseball and even football. She came in all torn and muddy and heard, Look at that ' The Blue fr VVhite 24 dear little tomboy. Only half an hour ago she was clean and whole. The youngster was a Broadway producer of plays and dancing attractions. These were produced in a large, airy, and clean abandoned henhouse. Now this little girl is about ten or so years older. The most enjoyable-occupation or pas- time to her is a musical concert or any musical event. No more scared runaway, only beauti- ful thoughts for all true music. No longer does she wear ragamuflin clothes. She tries to be as clean and neat as possible. The sight of a cow anywhere except behind a strong fence or tied in the barn is enough to merit a wild dash for safety. She still thinks a little calf is cunning, but they grow up so quickly. A grand exhibition could be staged by chas- ing her with a grasshopper. I really think she'd faint from fright. They're so crawly. She is willing to help her clubs and friends, but would rather not be chief producer, except on the side lines. Mother and father often remark about the changes in their children, and after hearing about this little girl's different stages, I don't wonder. Can this be I? E. C., '36. l.,-.-.1 THE FAMILY RADIO According to my opinion, radios bring hap- piness to millions of people. Happiness, yes, but in a family of different tastes they also bring slight disagreements. At home, we all like to tune in on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour, Uncle Ezra, Amos and Andy, and a few other programs. But when- ever I rush home in the evening to dial in on the sensational Danno O'Mahoney bout, I find my sister ahead of me listening to silly wails of a popular crooner. First come, first served seems to be her slogan, because I usually read in next day's newspaper the result of the bout. NVell, the Irishman tossed his rival all over the ring, but I had to read about it instead of listening to it. During the latter part of Sunday afternoon, I arrive home and find Mom and Dad listening to one of Father Coughlin's stupendous ora- tions. Nearby, Sis is patiently waiting for Father Coughlin to sign off so that she can turn the dial about and see if johnny Davies is playing The Music Goes Round and Round. I wonder what she sees in those ho, ho, ho, ho's',g but the Hillbillies I'd like to hear simply pass by. If there happens to be a hockey game on the air and there's also a political speech by a gov- ernor or senator that Dad is keenly interested in, the radio goes to him. Oh, well, at first I'd sort of kick about it all, but I suppose politics are more important than hockey. Be- ing the youngest in the family is grand at times, but as far as the radio is concerned it isn't very enjoyable. I hereby resolve that should I ever fall heir to a decent amount of money, I will purchase nine radios, one for every room in the house. Dad will then tune in on Governor So and So: Mom will have her cooking recipesg Sis can have her croonersg and I'll have my Wrestling bouts, boxing, and hockey matches to my heart's content. R. A., '37, MARK TWAIN When anyone mentions the name Mark Twain, most of us think of a man with a keen sense of humor. VVe do not stop to think what is beneath this humor, but if We did, we would realize that Mark Twain was a very sensitive man. His daughter, Clara, proves this to us by an entry in her journal which relates that her father was as much a philosopher as anythingg and that, whenever he was at home, he would pick out a serious subject to discuss with only an occasional joke thrown in. If Mark Twain had lived in the present day, he would probably have become a great actor, along the same line as Will Rogers, as he loved public appearances and was a very successful lecturer. There is one great difference between Twain and Rogers, however, and this is the Westbrook High School i fact that Twain's English was perfect, whereas Will Rogers cultivated a broken western brogue. Although Mark Twain had the knack of turning a few common words into a good joke, he didn't care to be considered a humorist all the time. When he made a sensible remark or speech, people laughed because Mark Twain was speaking and this disgusted him. I think he made a wonderful father, for he loved children and never tired of entertaining them, either by telling stories or in some other way. When any of his children were sick, he was one of the first to think of some way to cheer the child. Mark Twain certainly wasn't successful as a soldier. He and fourteen other men called the Marion Rangers were sent out to capture live of the enemy who were staying at an old farmhouse, but as Mark and his friends neared their destination, their courage gave out and the enemy were still free to do damage as far as the Marion Rangers were concerned. Later the enemy attacked the Rangers and they were forced to fight or be taken prisoners. They fought. This conflict resulted in Mark Twain's killing a man. This was the breaking point for him and his comrades, and they all deserted their captain. Mark Twain was not a religious man. He didn't approve of God, but he did believe in the God that he had created himself. As he didn't believe in the hereafter, death was very bitter to him. He never attended a funeral, not even if the death had occurred in his immediate family. Most of his books are humorous, but a few are serious, one of the most serious is Joan of Arc. The tragic part of this book is enlight- ened only by humorous remarks made by Joan, and these are few and far between. I have tried to give you an idea of what Mark Twain is. He is to be considered not only as a humorist but also as a keenly sensi- tive man, loving and gentle, yet tragically fearful of death. E. H., '36. 25 STARTING THE CAR The quickest way to start a car on a cold morning is to rise out of bed, dress slowly, eat slowly, and walk nonchalantly down to the corner of the street and take the electric car to work-on time. This is rarely done, however. Instead you rise very early, rush downstairs and fry two eggs, one for the stomach and one for the vest. You then slip on your coat, get- ting the buttons in the wrong buttonholes, and breeze out into the cool morning air. You jump into the car, fumble with the keys, curse, and then step on the accelerator. It growls like an angry dog, but does not turn over. You curse again-to sooth your feelings. The next move is to crank the car-very embarrassing, especially when a neighbor walks by and shouts, Better take the electric car l ' You smile good-naturedly, but deep down inside you want to shout, Dry up! So once again you start cranking, only to skin your knuckles on the license plate. Angrily you throw the crank into the car, while shouting for someone in the house to call the garage mechanic, and start on fthe run towards the corner with the sore hand in your mouth, the other waving in the air. You arrive just in time to catch the car and get a seat with your neighbor who grins, I told ya. After spending an ugly day at the office, you call the garage man to Hnd the trouble with your car. You nearly swallow your false teeth when he says, It was out of gas ! L. F., '37. NOISES WITHIN A THEATRE Did you ever stop to think of the different noises that are to be heard in a theatre? just before the picture begins there is always a gen- eral babble of whispering voices which indis- tinctly shape themselves into the Words: Fancy meeting you here l Do you think we can see good from here P Suddenly the air is broken by the rasping sound of the starting record and the whir of the curtain as it is opened. The show has started! 26 ....44 A The Blue Er VVhite A blaring fanfare of trumpets and a rumble of drums herald the news of the week. After this there is a general, half-hearted clapping, the cause for which I have never been able to decide, whether because the news was good or because it is finished. During the previews a murmuring of unrest passes through the crowd. Now comes a feature, If it is a four star picture or the production company's treasury happens to be momentarily large, there is usually a background of music. In the modern picture industry music plays an im- portant part. It helps to keep the audience from any unrest during some of its duller ,mo- ments and it assists in keeping the audience at the right emotional pitch for the various scenes. There are many disturbing elements through- out the show that sometimes pass unnoticed. Some day go to a picture you've seen before and watch the ushers work, then you'll notice those elements, for instance, the crackling of peanuts and the stealthy approach of an usher to inform the offender that the breaking of peanut shells is prohibited because it disturbs the rest of the audience. Several times it has been my extreme privilege to awaken gentle- men who were peacefully slumbering with sound effects. Then again there are the little boys and girls who timidly approach an usher of a Saturday evening and ask him to take his flashlight to look under the seat in the middle of the second row front. Whereupon the usher, after politely asking the people in that row to rise, struggles to the seat, shields his light, and starts the vain search for a hat or a glove that the child has already found in his pocket. The search of no avail, the poor usher shuts off his light, again asks the people to rise. and strug- gles back to the aisle. Perhaps more common to the theatre are those people who, although they haven't seen the picture, know who the murderer is, because they saw a picture like that three weeks ago at the Capitol. Besides, anyone could guess who the killer is because--. It is usually at this point that the usher comes walking up, and tells the detectives that, due to the fact that they are in a motion picture house and that silence is requested because a few people did come to see the picture and not to hear them talk, the management would greatly appreciate the cooperation of their patrons by shutting up. fAnd if they don't believe it, let them keep on talkingj But the ones who are the reasons for insane ushers, the public enemies of the theatres, are those people who have neglected to read the message on the back of the tickets which states that the management reserves the right to designate where the holder of this ticket shall be seated. These people have a definite style of their own. They usually come in bunches and are mostly women. They begin by walk- ing very fast down the aisle, sweeping the usher, who must walk backwards, before them. Consequently, when he slows down to indicate their seats, the racers suddenly draw up, almost causing a pile-up in the middle of the aisle. This doesn't daze them, though, not a bit. First they look and point at the seat. Then they go into a huddle and within that three- foot aisle hold a discussion that would put the League of Nations to shame. The debate fin- ished, the worthy customers have decided that they desire a seat farther back and in the cen- terg but the usher tells them that, since all the seats in the center are being occupied, they will have to take these seats or stand up through the performance. Evidently they choose to stand, for the whole troop about- faces and returns to the lobby with the usher now bringing up thelrear. Having dispensed with a few of the disturb- ing duties of an usher, let us continue with the actual show. There are a few other noises that we haven't touched upon as yet, for example, the inevitable shufHing of the people coming and going to and from their seats, the whole- hearted clapping as the hero comes a-dashing around the bend, and the murmuring of approval or disapproval as the love scene arrives, In direct contrast to these instances is the almost warning silence as the hero unsus- Westbrook High School 27 pectingly walks into the villain's carefully laid trap. Finally the picture is finished and the show is over with a few strains of the .feature's theme song. Then the stirring, steady rhythm of a march, the concluding overture fa phonograph recordj is practically drowned out with the hurrying, bustling crowd in their effort to gain the nearest exit. The perform- ance is Hnished and so am I, if my boss ever chances to read this. T. H., '36, ww.- , . :2e,'? -gf 'Sf-Y f 4 ,DC - H -S Nj- -5 ' ., V H! ,-5 limi lm S- I W ui f 'Q f, 5 5. COW g L i 74 . Y x ff fv Q' 9 i. ig: .ai TA- :Jr Wil, 1 .M 1, V f ix I 1, k I Y fn, ' TL mi viilllii' Ir'i ii' If i ff 1: I' v T'I l l 1 1 -isa 'V--' 4' ' ' lu' r .W rfvp g- -'-if .il 1' fwj' 'I Y' 1, , 7 1 it x T:,I i 'll ,ff Z 1:3-E1 lgylf' :V EV f ' g, T 2 '.- - ' Q- - 'i'-gg ,vs Z!! '- T i s WESTBROOK TRUST COMPANY A DEPOSITORS' BANK 28 The Blue f-r VVhite enioz Statistics ROGER PHILIP AUCLAIR-INDUSTRIAL Bill Men of few 'words are the best men. Bill is somewhat quiet, but everyone is pulling for him. General Appearance: Quiet. ELODIE M. BABINEAU-COMMERCIAL Babby Of manners gentle. Will wonders never cease? Here is another quiet student. General Appearance: Vtfearing a tie. Failing: Shorthand. MADELINE BARTLETT-COMMERCIAL Mimi Basketball C4, 3, 2, lj, Captain CU, BLUE AND VVHITE Edi- torial Board C2, 11, Usher at Baccalaureate CQJ, Graduation 135. ' A prodigy of learning. Mimi is another quiet student, but we all know she'll get there. Failing: Basketball. Favorite Expression: Heck! MARION G. BELANGER-GENERAL Marr Gentle fo hear. Marr may be quiet, but she can do her Latin. General Appearance: Studying. Ambition: To follow in Miss Whittier's footsteps. SIMONNE BELANGER-COMMERCIAL Sim Basketball C4, 3, 2, lj, Letter f3, 25. E.i'islenee is a merry Meat. Sim is a merry, smiling individual who dresses in the height of fashion. General Appearance: Smiling. Failing: Basketball. MARIE A. BLANCHET-COMMERCIAL Silence is sweeler fhan speech. Here is a willing and hard working girl who is bound to make good. P. S. She'll make some man a good wife. General Appearance: Typing. Pastime: Studying. SI1e's all my fancy painted her. Priscill is everyone's friend. We'll all miss you, Priscill. Pastime: Helping people. Failing: Skating. PRISCILLA ANN BOISSONEAU1COMMERCIAL PriseiIl Westbrook High School KATHLEEN O'NEILL BURKE-COMLIERCIAI. Kay Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. Kay is a girl who is full of fun. You surely make people hop, don't you, 'tKay ? Pastime: joking. Failing: Good times. YOLAND BOULANGER-COMMERCIAL Bake None but himself can be his parallel. Bake may be an amateur druggist, but all the girls seem to think he's a flirt. General Appearance: In a white coat. Ambition: To be a rival of John O'Gara's. HARRY BURNHAM CHASE, JR.-COLLEGE Hap Senior Reception C2J, Freshman Reception CID. The world knows nothing of its greatest men. Here is Joe Penner the second, folks: VVan'na buy a duck P Pastime: Skating. Ambition: To marry and settle down. ESTHER CONANT-COMMERCIAL Ess Let thine acruflalions be few. ESS is our most bashful girl, but she can do her typing and shorthand. General Appearance: Studying. Failing: Teaching Sunday School. PRISCILLA MARY COTTON-COLLEGE Prism Usher at Baccalaureate C2J. Principle is ever my motto. Here is another friendly individual. Well all miss you, Pris. General Appearance: Quiet. Pastime: VValking to school. THEODORE PAGE CROWELL-COLLEGE Teddy Senior Reception CZJ, Freshman Reception CID, Ring Com- mittee C2D, Head Usher at Graduation C2J, Assistant Business Manager of BLUE AND WHITE CZJ, Senior Class Editor CID, Debating 131, Vice-President Little Theatre Club CBJ, Manager of Basketball CU. Teddy, the best-dressed boy in his class, is also one of the busiest. Pastime: Collecting money at the Alsiu Club dances. Favorite Expression: Hey, Bobby! Ambition: To put his caddy up to 80. NEWTON G. CURTIS-COMMERCIAL Newt Vice-President of Class C2, lj, Senior Reception Committee f2J, Freshman Reception Committee KU, Football Letterman CID, Spotlight Reporter CU. Oh, what men dare do. just think, Newt's a waiter now. Can you handle the gang, Newt ? General Appearance: With Pat.'l Ambition: To own a restaurant. The Blue 6- White HARRIET CUTTER-GENERAL Bumps Go whore glory waits thee. Here is a girl who can play a real game of basketball. Pastime: With Elva. General Appearance: Studyingffj. JEANETTE OLIVE DESHAIES-COMMERCIAL Nolte It is good to live and learn. Nette is a dark beauty who is bound to go places. fKeep your fingers crossed, boys, this is Leap Yearj Pastime: Studying. Ambition: To be a private secretary. JOHN F. EDWARDS-INDUSTRIAL Blondie Why don't you speak for yourself, John? Here is our class heartbreaker, and has he done a lot of busi- ness! Who is she now, John? Pastime: Playing pool. Favorite Expression: Gee, she's nice ! WARREN A. ELDRIDGE-CoLLEGE B Sanford Freshman Reception Committee KD. As full of 'wit as an egg is full of meat. Here is our class wit, folks. He wants to be a shepherd. What's the attraction? Sanford ? Pastime: Trying to crash dances. General Appearance: Well- groomed. ADELBERT FOSS, JR.-COLLEGE Del BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board CU. Judging each step. Del is a boy who can study if he wants to. Does he? Pastime: Doing Latin. Favorite Expression: Listen! AIME J. FOURNIER--COLLEGE Red Assembly Program CU, Letterman, Football QS, 2, D, Captain Football CU, High School Play Cast 131, BLUE AND WHITE Edi- torial Board C3, 21, Editor-in-Chief KD. Who says in 'verse what others say in prose. just think, a football player who writes poetry. Pastime: Doing other people's French. Ambition: To be a professional. WINIFRED EDITH GOLDEN-COLLEGE Winnie BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board CU. Is she not passing fair? In our opinion Winnie is more than passing fair. General Appearance: In T0m's. Favorite Expression: No kidding. Westbrook High School 31 CATHERINE A. GREEN-COMMERCIAL Kay Usher at Graduation C3D. Do not turn bark when you are just at the goal. I Kay seems to like sports, especially hockey. Pastime: Watching her hero. General Appearance: In a hurry. ELFREDA MAE HACKETT-COLLEGE Freda Usher at High School Play C21 I am the very pink of courtesy. Here is one of Westbrook High's snappiest cheer-leaders. ' General Appearance: Blushing. Failing: Oral topics. Pastime: With Muggs. EVELYN MARIE HANSEN-COMMERCIAL Eve -- A- -A Usher at Baccalaureate C3D, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board C2J, News Editor of Spotlight CID. Promise is mos! given when the least is said. ' Of all the good students of our class, Eve is one of the best. General Appearance: Blond. Pastime: More studying. CLARIS IEANETTE HAWKES-COMMERCIAL Claire Better than the average. Here is a small member of our class who looks quiet and peaceful. Looks are sometimes deceiving, aren't they, C1aire ? Failing: School bus. Ambition: To live nearer school. THOMAS STANLEY HEY-COLLEGE Tommy Vice-President of Class C3J, President of Class C2, 13, Senior Reception C2J, Freshman Reception CU, Ring Committee C2J, ' High School Play C3, 2, lj, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board C4J, President Little Theatre Club CZJ, Organization Reporter of ' Spotlight CID, Co-editor of Spotlight CU, Assembly Program C3, 2, lj. Handsome is that handsome does. Here is the most popular boy in the senior class. Failing: Tennis. Ambition: To own the Stan ELEANOR JORDON-COLLEGE Eleanor l Senior Reception Committee .C2J, Freshman Reception Commit- tee Clj, Secretary of Little Theatre Club CU. Silence is the perfectest herald of joy. Meet the class authoress and the secretary of the Little Theatre Club. ' Failing: Dancing. Favorite Expression: That's what you S think. ' ' DOROTHY KENDERDINE-COLLEGE Dot BLUE AND WIIITE Editorial Board Clj. Gentle of speechg berteficeut of mind. Meet Dot, our newest arrival and a real Math. student. General Appearance: With an armful of books. Ambition: To make a success of her life. l 1 The Bluef:-VVhite FRANCES EVELYN KNIGHT-COLLEGE Fran,' Senior Reception 125, Freshman Reception 115, High School Play Cast 14, 15, Usher at Graduation 135, BLUE AND WIIITE Editorial Board 13, 15, Debating 135, Blue Spotlight 13, 2, 15. A true friend. Fran is our class actress, and we all know that she deserves this title. Failing: Math. Ambition: To teach. MARTHA KNIGHT-COLLEGE Mann High School Play Cast 12, 15, Riding Committee 125, Fresh- man Reception 115, Secretary Little Theatre Club 125, Prize Speaking 115. The 'very pink of perfection. Mart was elected the prettiest girl of the class, and we all know that none can surpass her in beauty. General Appearance: Beautiful. Ambition: To move to Gorham. GENNETTE JANE KNOWLTON-COMMERCIAL Rafi Freshman Reception Committee 115. No one knozcnr what he can do until he tries. Buji lost her chickens and she now has a 1Met5calf. General Appearance: Laughing. Favorite Expression: Going to the dance tonight ? ROBERT CANFIELD KNOWLTON-COLLEGE Bobby Vice-President of Class 1-15, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 12, 15, Alumnx Editor of Spotlight 14, 35. Better late than llE'U6'1'.U Here is our class clown, folks. If you are ever sad, call up Bobby, General Appearance: ln a Packard. Favorite Expression: Hot diggity. HAZEL ELAINE LAFFIN-COMMERCIAL Hay A still, small voice. Hay is as quiet as a mouse in school. Are you the same outside, Hay ? Failing: Noise??? Pastime: Walking down Stroudwater St. VERINA M. LANDRY-COMMERCIAL Jerry Good to be merry and wise. Jerry's flashing smile ought to get her a long way. We hope it will, Ierry. Pastime: Selling candy at recess. General Appearance: With Mac, Ambition: To teach French. DONALD LEACH-COLLEGE Don A silent, shy, peaceful mon. Here is a boy who is quite a poet. How do you do it, Don ? Favorite Expression: Got your trig done? Ambition: To live in the residential section. Westbrook High School MARGUERITE R. LEBORGNE-COMMERCIAL Mac Earth'.s' noblest thing. Don't forget, Mac, that this is Leap Year. Pastime: Helping Miss Whittier in French. General Appear- ance: With Jerry. MARY LECLAIR-COMMERCIAL Beth Help thyself, and God will help thee. Here is another small but fair member of our class. We all wish Mary success and happiness. General Appearance: Fair as a rose. Pastime: Studying. IDA ALICE LIBBY--COLLEGE B Ida Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Ida may be a quiet member of our class, but she is well liked. General Appearance: With Priscilla. Failing: French. RICHARD FOYE LIBBY-INDUSTRIAL Dick Senior Reception Committee 125, Freshman Reception Com- mittee flj, Stage Manager of High School Play CU, Usher at Graduation CEU. The man that blushes is not quite a brute. Here is a boy who can blush at will. How does South Port- land like it, Dick? General Appearance: With Johnnie. Ambition: To get to school on time. EDNA LOUISE MCFARLAND-COLLEGE Mac BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board CID, Usher at Baccalaureate C2D, Letterman in Basketball f2, 11. Let knowledge grow from more to more. Here is a girl who can play real basketball. Ask her opponents. General Appearance: Well-dressed. Favorite Expression: Yeah Y Ambition: To be able to read French. LAWRENCE CHARLES MCLEAN-COLLEGE Maru Senior Reception Committee C2, U, High School Play Cast CU, Local Prize Speaking Contest f3, 2, 11, Stage Director of Operetta CQJ, Usher at District Prize Speaking Contest C2, ID, Editorial Board of Spotlight f2J. Bartz to write, eomferse and live with ease. Meet our class optimist. If you don't think he is an optimist, you should hear him Saturday nights. Pastime: Drinking pop. Favorite Expression: Whatcha doing tonight? General Appearance: Dreaming. MARY MELBA MILLER-COMMERCIAL Bueky Ring Committee CZD, Exchange Editor of BLUE AND WHITE CU, Senior Reception Committee 125. Melba is as busy as a bee while in school, but she is seen on Main St. at night. General Appearance: In a hurry. Favorite Expression: Hi, Toots! The Blue E-r White HAROLD RAY MOCKLER-COLLEGE Bunny Ring Committee 125, Senior Reception Committee 125, Fresh- man Reception Committee 115, Assembly Program 13, 2, 15, Assembly Entertainment 13, 2, 15, Local Prize Speaking 12, 15, Usher at Prize Speaking Contest 125, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 115, President of Little Theatre Club 115. The Bookish theoricf' Bunny is our class actor, and we all know there is none better than he. Pastime: Going to Deering. Failing: Ricker's. DAVID MORGAN-INDUSTRIAL Dave God prosper your affairs. Dave is another quiet member of our class whom the teachers don't understand. General Appearance: Grouchy. Ambition: To be a traffic cop. ODEN T. NAYLOR-GENERAL Buckshot Business Manager of High School Play 115, Manager of Foot- ball 115. Is true as steel. Buckshot may be small, but heill get there just the same. Pastime: Laughing. Favorite Expression: So I sez to her. ELSIE M. NIELSEN-GENERAL El Letterman in Basketball 14, 3, 2, 15. No torment is so bad as love. Here is one of the most active girls in the senior class. Meet Whirlwind,' Elsie. Pastime: Chewing gum. General Appearance: Beautiful and blond. MARGARET THERESA NOBLE-GENERAL Margie The price of wisdom is above rubiesf' Must you always be quiet in History, Margie ? Failing: History. Favorite Expression: You don't say l SEWALL BURNS NOYES-SPECIAL Noyesy I know what I know. Noyesy may be one of our latest arrivals, but it doesn't take long to get acquainted, does it, Noyesy ? Favorite Expression: Hi, ya l Ambition: To learn to dance. GRACE ALICE PEDNEAU-GENERAL Flash Basketball 14, 3, 2, 15, Letterman 115. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Meet the one and only Flash, and can she play basketball! Ask Sonny Mains. Pastime: Chewing gum. Favorite Expression: Huhl Am- bition: To get even with Sonny. Westbrook High School 35 LOUIS PETERS-INDUSTRIAL Tiger Letterman in Football 12, lj. This bold bad man. Tiger is one of our famous football players. When he tackles them they stay tackled. General Appearance: With Del and Mike Ambition: To be able to make candy. FLORENCE BARBARA PORELLO-GENERAL J eau Glee Club Program 111. 'Tis not in mortals to command success. Here is the best dressed girl in our class. Pastime: Reading. General Appearance: Well-dressed. ADA ELOISE PRINCE-COLLEGE Professor Senior Reception Committee 121, Manager of Girls' Basketball 115, Usher at Baccalaureate 121, Usher at High School Play 125. With wisdom fraught. Here is the girl who bears the title of Class Teacher, and one to whom it is becoming. General Appearance: Blushing. Ambition: To be a technician. ATHENA DORIS QUIMBY-COMMERCIAL Tenn A penny for your thought. Here is another girl who is always full of fun, both in school and outside. Pastime: joking. Failing: joe Penner. Ambition: To be able to laugh. SHIRLEY S. RICHARDSON-COMMERCIAL Rich Stand for your own. We'll all miss your pleasing personality and your ready wit, Rich. Pastime: Playing baseball. Favorite Expression: The heck you say. ELVA L. ROBIE-COMMERCIAL Scam BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 111, Usher at High School Play 121, Usher at Baccalaureate 131, Treasurer of Class 12, U. Look ere you leap. Scam is always willing to help someone or to work. Pastime: Working in otiice. Failing: Sorority. Ambition: To move to Portland. 1Why?J BEULAH SMITH-COMMERCIAL The tongue is a dangerous weapon. Here is a little girl who can talk like a machine gun. Pastime: With Mimmie. Favorite Expression: He is so cute. Ambition: To be a nurse. The Blue fs- VVhite F. WOODBURY SPRING-GENERAL Woody Ring Committee 121, Freshman Reception Committee 111, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 111. I crave the law. Here's a boy who wants to be a lawyer. As if there weren't enough of them already. Pastime: Y. P. C. Failing: Troop 83. THERESA STRAW-COLLEGE Tweet Secretary of Class 131, Senior Reception Committee 121, Chair- man of Freshman Reception Committee 111, High School Play Cast 131, Assembly Entertainment 111, BLUE AND WHITE Edito- rial Board 12, 11, Business Manager of BLUE AND WHITE 111. Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth. Tweet does so much, and yet does everything perfectly. How do you do it, Tweet ? Pastime: Teaching dancing lessons. Failing: Sleep. Favorite Expression: Still love me? KATHERINE LOUISE SULLIVAN-COLLEGE Kay Senior Reception Committee 121, Freshman Reception Commit- tee 111, Mistress of Wardrobe for High School Play 12, 11, Usher at Graduation 131, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 121, Reporter of Spotlight 13, 21, Feature Editor of Spotlight 111. Meet the best girl student of the senior class. Methinks she will carry on her good work. Pastime: Taking care of George, Ir. Failing: Studying. Am- bition: More studying. ROLAND RAYMOND TETRAULT-GENERAL Pete Secretary of Class 141, President of Class 131, Assembly Pro- gram Committee 111, Freshman Reception Committee 111, Cap- tain of Baseball 111, Letterman in Baseball 14, 3, 2, 11, Letter- man in Football 111. None but the brave deserves the fair. Here's one of W. H. S.'s crack baseball players. Show the League how to play, Pete. Pastime: Playing baseball. General Appearance: Handsome. GRAYSON B. TEWKSBURY-COLLEGE 'tTewks Freshman Reception Committee 111, Senior Reception Com- mittee 121, Assembly Program Committee 13, 11, Assembly En- tertainment 131, High School Play Cast 13, 2, 11. Art Editor of BLUE AND WHITE 13, 2. 11, Art Editor of Spotlialzt 13, 2, 11, Co-editor of Spotlight 111, Publicity Manager of Apple Blossom Time. Few things are impossible ta diligence and skill. We hear you are an amateur photographer, Tewks. Have you hit any snags yet? Failing: Latin. Favorite Expression: Doggonit. CHARLES JOSHUA THOMAS'C0LI4EGE Josh 'fW0111G7l,S at best a contradiction still. Here is a young innocent from Pride's Corner. Pastime: Asking questions. Favorite Expression: Honest, General Appearance: With Freddy Hudson. ALICE CLAIRE TURGEON-COMMERCIAI. AI Dorff you remember sweet Aliee?,' Here is a girl whose height ought to help her. Why not bas- ketball, A1 ? Pastime: Dancing? P ? ?? Favorite Expression: Ai l Westbrook High School 37 RAYMOND A. TURGEON-INDUSTRIAL Blubber President of Assembly 11j, Vice-President of Class 11j, As- sembly Program Committee 1 lj, Freshman Reception Committee 12, lj, Stage Manager of High School Play 1 lj, Editorial Board of Blue Spotlight 12, 1j, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 12, 1j. How to occasions height he rose. Blubber is our best boy student and one who is bound to go places. Good luck to you, Blubber. Failing: Dancing. Favorite Expression: Hi, Fruit. General Appearance: Tall, dark, and handsome. ANNA ELIZABETH VERRILL--COLLEGE Anna Secretary of Assembly 11j, ,Senior Reception Committee 12j, Secretary of Class 12, lj, Treasurer of Class 14, 3j, Treasurer of Little Theatre Club 12j, Letterman in Basketball 13, 2j, High School Play Cast 11j, Usher at Graduation 13j, BLUE AND WHITE Editorial Board 12, lj, Editorial Board of Blue Spotlight 12, lj. She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen. Anna is another sweet girl who likes to go to Caravan. What's the attraction, Anna? Is it Bobby or his 120 ? Pastime: Caravan. Favorite Expression: Was I embarrassed. JAMES WARK-INDUSTRIAL Jimmy This iron age. 2 Jimmy is a big bashful member of our class. We hear you were almost elected our class heartbreaker. Favorite Expression: Look out, Peters. General Appearance: High, wide, and handsome. Ambition: To be a machinist. . . CUNNINGHAM E53 SO Building Contractors Contractors fir lfestorooh High School 181 STATE STREET PORTLAND, MAINE 38 l9fTf!.9f7Q!'f7Q.9f-3i9f7l'9f'9Q The Blue fr VVl'1ite 9f'fQ!f7i XRZTQQ Q llflll lil S T QID IQ ll li S if B3QJ6?L,l6bL36BLD6BLJ6BLJ4bL.J63LJC SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS ANNA VERRILL THOMAS HEY ELVA Roan-: Secretary President Treasurer 4385 EASTMAN BOULEVARD, Los ANGELES, CALIF., March 3, 1986. WESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, VVESTBROOK, MAINE. Dear Students : As this year marks the second anniversary of your new high school, I felt that a note of congratulations should be forthcoming. The construction of your new high school bespeaks a wonderful improvement in educa- tional facilities. I understand that it is of the latest type, built of aluminum alloy and plate glass, of the type which transmits the violet rays of the sun. In a recent description of your school, I also read about the installation of elevators. What an improvement! I can still remember well the various traffic jams that we used to have in the stairways in my time. -5-lJC3lJC Y Am I right in assuming that transportation to the school is now provided by the new type of rocket flyer? I well remember our old school bus rumbling along at the snail's pace of forty miles an hour. As I am not acquainted with the new courses and sports offered at your school, I cannot say much about them. There is still one thing that I have yet to mention and comment upon-the high school cafeteria. I should like to ask if the students have charge of this cafeteria, and if they acquire any practical business training through this? Does the cafeteria serve the food prepared in the old style, or do they serve the concen- trated food which comes in pill form? I can still look back with pleasure on my career as a student in Westbrook High School. Those four years of my life did much to give me the right outlook on life and to meet its problems. There I received my training which enabled me to carry on to college and then out into the world to earn my daily bread. Although my classmates did not have all the Fine educational facilities that you students of today have, many of my friends have distin- guished themselves in their lines. Among these is Theresa Straw, who taught dancing while in high school, and is now a famous surgeon in a New York hospital. Another success is Robert Knowlton, who has become a great dentist, and still another is my friend Wood- bury Spring, who has become a great barrister. By these examples you can see that even tour old high school turned out successful men and women. I sincerely hope that you present students fully appreciate the wonderful advancement made in education since my day, and take full advantage of all that is offered you. Westbrook High School i In closing, I wish to extend my sincerest Wishes that you students may achieve great and lasting success, not only in advanced edu- cation, but in life itself. Sincerely, THOMAS CROWELL. SENIOR CLASS BALLOT, 1936 Best Boy Student .................. RAYMOND TURGEON Brst Girl Student ............ KATHERINE SULLIVAN Most Popular Boy ..... .................. T HOMAS HEY Most Popular Girl ...... .................. E LvA ROBIE ROLAND TETRAULT MARTHA KNIGHT M ost Promising Boy ........ .. .... .. .... RICHARD LIBBY H andsoinest Boy ..... Prettiest Girl .............. Most Promising Girl Clezferest Boy .... ........... ..... Clezferest Girl ........ Most Active Boy ..... M ost Active Girl ........ Class Grouch ........... Class Optiinist ......... Most Basliful Boy .. Most Basliful Girl Class Wit .................. .... ROBERT KNOWLTON Class Athlete I Girl j ........... Class Clown .............. DOROTHY KENDERDINE GRAYSON TEWKSBURY THERESA STRAW NEWTON CURTIS ANNA VERRILL DAVID MORGAN . LAWRENCE MCLEAN . ..... CHARLES THOMAS ESTHER CONANT WARREN ELDRIDGE . MADELINE BARTLETT Class Athlete fBoyj ....... .......... A IME FOURNIER Class Heartbreaker . Class Actor ............... . Class Actress ..... Class Teacher ....... Class Minister ...... Best Dressed Boy ....... Best Dressed Girl .... Class Poet .............. Class Poetess ..... Class Author ............... ....... JOHN EDWARDS HAROLD MOCKLER . ...... FRANCES KNIGHT . ......... .. ADA PRINCE ADELBERT Foss THEODORE CROVVELL FLORENCE PORELLO DONALD LEACH GRACE PEDNAULT ELEANOR JORDAN JUNIOR Dear Alunini Editor: WESTBROOK, MAINE, February 22, 1986. The information that you Wish me to give you about the pupils Who graduated from XVestbrOok High School in 1937 is a bit un- ! 1 CLASS OFFICERS Front TOW-DOROTHY FULLER, Vice-President IRENE LEBEL, Secretary NORMA STABY, Treasurer Back row-MILTON CHAPMAN, President usual, but I really have enjoyed looking it up for you. Cf course, you must have heard what Thelma Bassett is doing for the Institute of the Deaf. Her fame as a teacher of lip reading has spread over the nation. She is now living with that Wealthy Widow, Zane Loring. Van Rockerchild. Lloyd Foster is Well known for his carica- tures, and is with the New York Tribune, of which his friend, Milton Chapman, is editor. Irene Lebel and Mary jack, though their names have changed Somewhat, are running an Old ladies' home here in Westbrook, and women are actually trying to get old. Sheldon Cushing followed in his father'S footsteps and Owns a print-shop. He lives on a farm a'feW miles from town and has hundreds of hens that he spends his leisure imitating. Ann Hatch is the only one of our class who ventured into the movies. She is now acclaimed a second Marie Dressler, and turns much of her money over to orphanages, schools and so forth. 39 40 I Betty Robinson reads recipes over the radio for the Kitchen Kook Hour, for which Leah Smith plays the violin. Their old friend, Norma Staby, is now a missionary in China, and tells amazing tales of hardships she has endured. Neil Leighton is a big game-hunter and delights in telling terrifying experiences to defenseless women. He is often accompanied on his trips by gun-bearer Francis St. Clair. Cora Lewis is a well-known author under a different name and owns a villa in Spain, where she rests after each story. Dorothy Fuller still acts on the stage, and in spite of her sixty-odd years, portrays Queen Victoria with a very dramatic effect. Beverly Conner is living with her son and daughter-in-law, and, from what the neigh- bors hear, there is always plenty going on. Another of my classmates who is now in the limelight is Dr. Paul W. VVoodman, a New Vork surgeon, who specializes in operating on the wealthy. Of the rest, I have been able to find out very little, but I trust they are all happy and are living a helpful life. Yours sincerely, PATRICIA DYER. SOPHOMORE 5523 TREMONT AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y., March 2, 1986. ALUMNI EDITOR, BLUE AND WHITE, VVESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, VVESTBROOK, MAINE. Dear Editor: I received your letter asking for information concerning the whereabouts of some of my classmates of the class of 1938 in Westbrook High School. My work takes me into various sections of the country and often I have run across my Old friends. somewhat sooner than I expected. An in ' The Blue fr White as i CLASS OFFICERS Front row-DOROTHY LEFEEVRE, Secretary ADRIAN COTE, President Back row-FREEMAN HUNTER, Vice-President JAMES GOLDEN Treasurer example of this happened last week-end. I boarded a plane for the west coast, for I had heard of some of my classmates there. Imagine my surprise in finding on that very plane, as stewardess, Marjorie Eldridge! There in California I attended a preview of the motion picture Jolly Jack, a great success, and you can imagine my surprise when I saw the face of Russell Mately Cnow a veteran actor, under the name of Ramon Matewellj Hash upon the screen. I read in a current magazine recently that Ester Goodwin and Henry Web- ber also have both found great fame in the dramatic world. We are justly proud of Harold Cloudman. who recently performed a most delicate opera- tion on the brain of a small child and is con- sidered as the world's most famous surgeon. Westbrook High School I Qualify 6450 U5 'D Loren Murchison Company DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF High School and College Jewelry and Commencement Invitations OFFICIAL JEWELERS TO WESTBROOK HIGH Newark, New Jersey MAINE SALES REPRESENTATIVE M. J. FINESON Box 277 - Bangor, Maine I H The Blue fr VVhite 42 XVe had another doctor come from the ranks of our class, Frances Libby. My former classmates will appreciate this one. Emerson Anderson, that little boy who was always getting under our feet in school, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for 1986 for his great novel Dry River. It is recommended by all the great critics. I had just returned from bidding Bon Voyage to Phyllis McKenney, when I re- ceived your letter. She is making a tour of Europe after being with the Metropolitan Opera House for a great number of years. I had great difficulty finding some of these people, especially Caroline Simpson. I knew that she had always been interested in Art in high school, and expected to find her in that type of work. All my search seemed in vain, and I thought that she was dead. But one day I purchased a magazine, and while admiring the beautiful cover, I glanced at the artist's name. I had found her! The greatest achievement of our class was made by Kenneth Stone. I-Ie was elected Presi- dent of the United States by the Republican party in the election of 1984. Many of my classmates have not acquired world-wide fame, but many have become well known in the state. David Gordon was the Mayor of Westbrook for a number of years, and then was chosen for the legislature and is now retired as an ex-governor of the State of Maine. George Sullivan is chief radio announcer on Station WCSH now, replacing the grandson of a prominent radio announcer of our school days. The coach who has done so much for your high school is, I am proud to say, the son of one of my classmates, Buck Cote. I believe I have told you approximately all I know about my classmates. We are all now quite old, our ages ranging from 66 to 70 years of age, and we would all enjoy hearing from you at any time. Sincerely, ETHELYN SMITH, ,38. FRESHMAN N CLASS OFFICERS Front row-GEORGE NADEAU, President KATHLEEN WELCH, Treasurer Back row-DOROTHY WATSON, Secretary KENNETH WRIGHT, Vice-President 19 SUNSET BOULEVARD, A SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., March 18, 1986. EDITORS OF BLUE AND WHITE YEAR BOOK, WESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, XVESTBROOK, MAINE. Dear Editors: Since I received your letter asking me for information about some of my old classmates back in Westbrook High School, I've been doing my best to locate as many as I could and, if possible, communicate with them. As I made contact with different ones, I thought of what great improvements have been made in communicational apparatus. When I went to high school I never dreamed that I might some day sit in my own home and talk Westbrook High School by radiophone to some of my school friends who are 3,000 miles away and see them at the same time. Television was then in its infancy. These modern means of communication have been a great help in contacting my old friends. George Red Nadeau, class president my freshman year, is very successfully managing his own baseball team. He has a great career in baseball behind him. He resembles a great deal the Connie Mack of my day. Miss Ethelyn Knight, whom you know as Mrs. Hiram Waters, is running for U. S. Sen- ator from West Virginia. He'r campaign should be successful, if a distinguished career as a public speaker means anything. Palmer Ingalls, another of our prominent alumni, graduated from Yale in 1944. He finally outgrew his fondness for clowning, and is now a bank president. Of course you have read the articles pub- lished in the newspapers written by Elinor Meserve. Her real name is now Mrs. Robert H. Stewart, but she uses her maiden name as a nom de plume. She has been successful as a columnist and a poetess. Hebert Verrill has worked as a fireman in Stone Creek, N. H., and was promoted to chief a few years ago. He is one of that town's prominent citizens and intends to seek the sheriFf's office at the next election. Schoolmates will remember Miss Elinor Fournier's appearance in several musical com- edy hits of several years ago. She was con- 43 sidered talented in this type of work when she attended W. H. S. Richard Whitman graduated from West Point, as he hoped. He has a splendid record as an ofiicer behind him. Modern communication gave me another thrill two days ago when I was able to see as well as talk to Kathleen Welch when I called her in Paris, over 6,000 miles away. She has been successful as a dress designer, which was her ambition. She is married to a French dress- maker, and they operate one of the best salons in Paris. Warren Merrill is an ex-Big League ball player. Leo Bettez is a taxi driver in New York. Eddie Smith is a civil engineer. Chester Doyle runs a chain of hot-dog stands. Robert Lefebvre and Warren Nelson are athletic coaches. Robert Plaisted is a criminal lawyer. There are a few of the old graduates who are still in the old home town. Your present mayor, Robert Hamblen, you know, is one of the alumni. Jimmy Smith, your street commis- sioner, is another. Clyde Hamblen, your math- ematics instructor, and Elizabeth La Plante, your Latin teacher, must have liked the old school. It seems that this is the best I can do, I hope what I have written will be of help to you in publishing your Alumni Number. Sincerely yours, PHILIP JOHNSON. el Printing Concern where QUALITY and SERVICE are more than mere advertising slogan: H. s. c o B B Uzeafiua gbfzinfin WESTBROOK Printer of Every Edition of Tm: BLUE AND WHITE Our constanlh inereasing patronage testfes to the Superior .Quality U' our W ork and Service 44 ?3LJ6'BL35BLJ4BL,l6TvLJ63LJ6BL36EL,l4BL,l6BlJ6 3534.34 if 5 le it IIU is s 1' The Blue fs- VVhite 91' 9!TQ9f Bl.K3LKBLKN.KDLK?LJ52LK3LK ELKWLKBLKBLK l LI I ILE THEATRE CLUB Front row Cleft to rightj -Emerson Anderson, James Smith, Kenneth Stone, Palmer Ingalls. Second row--Martha Knight, Theresa Straw, Betty Robinson, Katherine Sullivan, Leah Smith, Harold Mockler fPresidentj, Keith Libby, Eleanor Jordan, Dorothy Kenderdine, Ruth Harmon, Eleanor Meserve. Third row-Mrs. Donald Wight, Anne Hatch, Thelma Bassett, Anna Verrill, Winnifred Golden, Sarah Hamilton, Phyllis McKenney, Ethelyn Smith, Marjorie Littlefield, Georgia Smith, Frances Prince, Ethelyn Knight, Dorothy St. Pierre, Kathleen Welch, Shirley Lowell, Myrtle Sweet, Stella Craw- ford, Eleanor Fournier, Elizabeth La Plante. Back row-Esther Bennett, Pauline Goodridge, Norma Staby, Philip Johnson, Milton Chapman, Lawrence McLean, Grayson Tewkshury, Thomas Hey, Henry Webber, Sewall Noyes, Douglas Knowlton, George Sullivan, Marguerite Luthe, Edna McFarland, Elfrieda Hackett. LITTLE THEATRE CLUB During the freshman year of the present seniors, the Public Speech Class, with Mrs. Frances Wight as faculty adviser, founded the Little Theatre Club. The last of the charter members will graduate this year feeling that they have instituted a club which has devel- oped among its members an appreciation of the drama and a general knowledge of the theatre. With Harold Mockler as president, Keith Libby, vice-president, Eleanor Jordan, secre- QS QQ L3 ,Sw -13 fb DAD- BZ 595 Em 4 55, rf? Q, FP 23 :gg E,-E -.,, 253 PP LT' FD 0 - C- U' LT' SD U1 A Halloween Party, at which time new members were initiated in a manner behtting the occasion, ushered in the fourth year's pro- gram. The next major activity of the fall was a riding party on the bridle paths of a local riding club. The annual Thanksgiving dance, at Cumber- land Hall, successfully opened the winter season. A large amount of food for the Red Cross was collected by the members prior to Westbrook High S h I Jlfficfzofzfioniaaffff RUDY VALLEE V I i W l H The Blue fr White 46 SENIOR STENOGRAPHIC CLUB Front row fleft to rightj -Verina Landry, Priscilla Boissonneau, Newton Curtis, Mrs. Helen Winton, Madeline Bartlett, Simonne Belanger, Claris Hawkes. Second row-Kathleen Burke, Marie Blanchette, Evelyn Hansen, Jeannette Deshaies, Athena Quimby, Elodie Babineau. Back row-Melba Miller, Catherine Green, Marguerite LeBorgne, Beulah Smith. the Christmas vacation. Later in the season, the club sponsored a well-attended reading by Mrs. Sidney St. Felix Thaxter of Portland, who read, in her satisfying manner, Maxwell Anderson's Mary, Queen of the Scots. An- other interesting program was presented by the Rev. Mr. Edwin Carter, in the form of an illustrated lecture on his trip to Seattle, VVash. During the year, several members drama- tized two radio plays, which were well received, over Station WCSH. The closing feature of the year was an evening of one-act plays and musical entertainment presented in the Ameri- can Legion Hall. , These various activities are well distributed, so that as many club members as possible may participate in the promotion of those projects in which they are interested. For the benefit of the school the Club has purchased a spotlight with color wheel. G. T. H., '36. STENOGRAPHIC CLUB In 1934, the Senior Shorthand Class organ- ized the Stenographic Club, with seventeen charter members. This year the Stenographic Club is composed of twenty members, under the supervision of Mrs. Helen NVinton. The following officers were chosen at the first meeting: Madeline Bartlett, chairmang Marie Blanchette, treasurerg and Newton Curtis, secretary. VVith the funds raised by a Beano Party, the Stenographic and the Scholastic Clubs pur- chased an electric victrola for use in English and Shorthand classes. The victrola enables shorthand students to increase their speed and to become familiar with various types of voices. The victrola is also used in the junior short- hand class. On March 24th, a radio play, A Glimpse of Stephen Foster, was presented by the club Westbrook High School 47 Compliments of DOW'S GREENHOUSES .,,1-im -v--.-...N-.....-............... ryisviw . 'il f T' . Tl. 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The club has also purchased a number of awards in shorthand and typewriting, which have been won by students of the club. This is a great beneiit to students, in that it was the custom in former years for pupils to purchase their own awards. ,ll.i..- THE SCHOLASTIC CLUB The Scholastic Club, organized in 1933, is an activity of the college preparatory division of sophomore English, under the direction of Mrs. Nan S. Hatch. With the Scholastic maga- zine as the basis, the Club has as its purpose to develop dramatic and literary ability, to train students to conduct meetings properly, and to create ideas. The officers of the Club for the school year 1935-36' are as follows: David Gordon, presi- dent, George Sullivan, vice-president, Esther Goodwin, treasurerg and Dorothy St. Pierre, secretary. The Club had as its first activity this year the conducting of a Sir VVestbrook High contest through candy sales to swell the funds of the treasury. At the Christmas assembly a necktie and engraved tie clasp were awarded to Winheld Fernald, with the title of Sir VVestbrook High. The Club held a Beano Party on November 13th, and also gave a four-act entertainment on January 27th. VVith the profits realized by these entertainments. the Club purchased school equipment. The Club will sponsor, during the month of March, a poetry contest. Anyone in the school is eligible to enter. Prizes of five and two dollars will be awarded with live honorable mentions to the seven best submitted poems in the opinion of the judges. Westbrook High School Compliments of Star Theatre gfome of :Paramount 'Pictures THE BEST SOUND HOUSE IN MAINE Goflinls Niprices tba! are Univ Dresses for Graduation S. F. LeCLAIR'S SHOE REPAIRING SHOP clQ7e keep the kids 'well soled rind save the parents lots of gold Compliments of SAUNDERS BROTHERS MANUFAUURERS or 410 Main Street DOWELS Cumberland Mills, Maine OCHELEAU'S CLOTHES SHOP GENUINE WEARING APPAREL FOR YOUNG MEN Sport Clothes and Graduation Outfits 861 Main Street - Westbrook FRIGIDAIRE Westbrook Remnant Store Qompliments of CARR'S SHOE STORE Rtailer of Good ,Shoes 50 The Blue fr VVhite - Qi A L ' ART CLASS Front row fleft to rightj -Claris Hawkes, Dorothy St. Pierre, Ethelyn Smith, Phyllis McKenney, Melba Winslow, Ann Hatch, Cennette Knowlton, Ruth Smith, Frances Sawyer. Second row-Thomas Nadeau, Emerson Anderson, Ethelyn Knight, Shirley Lowell, Carolyn Simpson, Marion Belanger, Woodbury Spring, Ralph Tucker. Back row-Freeman Hunter, Richard Foss, Grayson Tewksbury, Thomas Hey, Sewall Noyes, Harold Cloudman. The Club held its annual banquet on March 19th at Langley's Marine Grill. The Scholastic Club desires always to be an asset to the school, aiding it in any way possible. WHAT THE PUPIL HAS DONE FOR THE SCHOOL Drawing a hassock up at their feet, Sally Lou Browning seated herself upon it and looked up at her parents with a questioning glance. Mother and Daddy, she began, just how much do you think that we pupils do for our school ? Then she paused as if waiting for her answer. Mother looked at Dad. He in turn looked at her. They both seemed a little dazed by this unexpected question from Sally Lou. After a moment's pause, Father spoke. Why, Sister, he said, soothingly, if you go to school every day, prepare your lessons well, and help to raise the moral standard of your school, you're certainly doing your share. Mother added, Of course, dear, that's all youire expected to do. Their daughter looked at them with complete disgust. That,s only what vve're supposed to do, she said. I mean real things, things to help the teachers and pupils, things to better the community and to teach us to use our own initiative. But, Sally, Mother protested, you're not expected to be of much help till you've really found your place in life. It's Mr. and Mrs. Citizen who attend to those things. Wliatever made you think of that ? 'fThat's where you're Wrong, Mummief' said Sally, triumphantly. We've been thinking about this thing a lot at school lately, and so after investigating and questioning people just as I questioned you, we found out that even Westbrook High School BURNELL BROTHERS, PRIEST'S I-IANDY STORE CLOVER FARM STORE 424 MAIN STREET PHONE 167 CANDIES ICE CREAM COLD DRINKS SCHOOL SUPPLIES 527 MAIN STREET Westbrook Hardware Company HARDWARE - PAINTS - OILS Sporting Goods Keep Fit to Drive DRINK BRACKETT'S JERSEY MILK K I T C H E N W A R E TOYS AND ELECTRIC GOODS RADIOS 827-829 Main Street Telephone I7 AMERICAN OIL COMPANY 615 MAIN STREET U. S. Tires, Tubes and Globe Batteries LUBRICATING SERVICE Let us Summer Service your car-then try our AMOCO GAS Elway: Great-glfow greater cgban Gver H. CLAYTON LAVERTY Watson's Restaurant We Specialize in CHICKEN PIES TRY ONE! Compliments of HOGAN BROTHERS ' Apparel for Young Men Congress at Brown Portland THE SHAW BUSINESS COLLEGE 507yQ Congress Street Portland, Maine Courses: BUSINESS SHORTHAND SECRETARIAL Call, write or telephone 4-1546 for Catalog 52 The Blue E-f White ORCHESTRA Front row lleft to right,-Irene Newcomb, Phyllis McKenney, Marjorie Eldridge, Zane Loring, Katherine Sullivan, Anna Verrill, Warren Eldridge. Second row-Barbara Spiller, Shirley Lowell, Ethelyn Smith, Dorothy St. Pierre, Marjorie Littlefield, Florence Haley. Back row-Douglass Knowlton, Norman Tucker, Thomas Foye, Frank Smith, Lewis Hutch- inson, Harold Cloudman, Palmer Ingalls, David Gordon. our own parents knew little or nothing about the things we are so eagerly doing. It didn't seem fair to us or to them to leave matters that way, so we decided that each one of us would find out the sentiments of his parents and take it upon himself to straighten matters out. So here I am to tell Mr. and Mrs. Browning what they should know about the things going on in the high schooll' Mr. and Mrs. Browning appeared slightly amused to see Sally Lou so serious. confident. and determined, but she had at least convinced them that there was something worth listening to, anyway. So they settled back in their chairs, and the girl began her story: VVe pupils regard our high school as our own small world, she began. VVe must use it as a model to instruct us how to go about the great business of living when we're left on our own resources, so there are many things out- side our regular lessons that we must do. Letys begin with the Home Economics Department, 'cause, after all, the home is an establishment more important to mankind than any other. In home economics the pupil's chief business is to look after the best interests of the home. Every year in the spring they plan, prepare and 'serve a dinner to the members of the school board. Often they entertain the members of the VVomen's Club and the Amoncongin Club at afternoon tea. A few years ago they held an evening session. Over fifty people attended and were served cookies and cocoa made by the class. Sometimes they have exhibitions of their work, and once even had a style show. showing clothes made in that department. They assisted with the costumes for the oper- etta 'Hansel and Gretelf and also helped to Westbrook High School 53 MARKSON BROS. CLOTHIERSTO MEN AND WOMEN 5oo CONGRESS STREET PORTLAND, MAINE SAVE MONEY BY FILLING YOUR COAL BIN IN THE SPRING ii SHELL g E, BLUE FUEL OIL Q'7.m-,F COAL GULF GASOLINE B. G. PRIDE COMPANY 543 Main Street 922 Main Street Telephone 109 Telephone 160 PRIDE BROTHERS Local Distributors for S. S. PIERCE COMPANY Fancy Meats and Groceries Qrompt Qielivery Telephones: 43 and 8563 HOME MADE CANDIES MADE DAILY Largest Display of Fruits -:- Magazines f .PGUI GUI, 07-1-'QOU w'Qv, rc-2050945 0'.c,a'4 1-'tm F871 T91 EQ '3s1QDv95 DB3 ' o , 9 t 4 Vs Q , at-'.'SSq1's'R'5 A PETERS FRUIT STORE Comer Main and Church Streets Westbrwk WEST END DRUG STORE Prescriptions a Specialty 876 Main Street, corner of Fitch Street YPSULSEN GARAGE Used Cars Guaranteed ARTHUR H. FLUETT GROCERY sToRE I-Iood's Milk and Ice Cream 50 BROWN STREET BERSON'S SPECIALTY SHOPPE Suits, Coats, Dresses, Sportwear, etc. 875 MAIN STREET, WESTBROOK 54 The Blue f-r VVhite ..-Q GLEE CLUB Front row Qleft to right!-Ida Libby, Mary Belyea, Martha Kenney, Elizabeth LaPlante, Kathleen Welch, Dorothy Lefebvre, Emma Winther, Cora Lewis, Florence Neilsen, Pauline Jordan, Frances Sawyer, Eleanor Meserve. Second row-Marguerite Luthe, Rachel Keller, Myrtle Sweet, Margaret Laflin, Claris Hawkes, Elodie Babineau, Beulah Smith, Athena Quimby, Irene Beaumier, Laura Doucette, Florence Drinkwater, Jeannette Turgeon, Ruth Nelson. Third row-Louise Lenneville, June Hawkes, Charlotte Stubbs, Myrl Graham, Marguerite Lahrecque, Evelyn Pass, Ethelyn Smith, Frances Libby, Claire Moreau, Helen Moody, Ann Peachwall, Dorothy St. Pierre, Ruth Smith, Irene Barbour, Thelma Bassett, Gennette Knowlton, Grace Ped- neau, Rosa Lamontagne. Fourth row-Stella Crawford, Phyllis McKenney, Virginia Craigin, Barbara Connell, Mary Dunlea, Dorothy Thuotte, Ruth Harmon, Melba Winslow, Ottalie Whippie, Priscilla Cotton, Sara Hamilton, Georgia Smith, Florence Rousseau, Eleanor Jordan, Florence Porello, Irene Newcomb, Esther Goodwin, Frances Heath. make the costumes for a pageant sponsored by Mr. Sterling. The girls hem tablecloths, nap- kins and towels, make curtains and holders, all of which are used in that department. I bet you'll agree with me now that they more than do their part l she concluded breathlessly. Father opened his mouth to speak, but Mother motioned for him to be silent, and Sally continued. Now for the Industrial Department, she went on. f'You may be having trouble with your business just now, Daddy, she said as she grinned teasingly at her father, 'ibut in school we have perfect harmony. Our indus- trial group does more for our school than you could possibly imagine. I think it's just won- derful the way they turn out things for the school to use. They make shelves for the closets, wall bookcases, and bulletin boards. They have scraped and refinished desk tops and made new ones. They make the scenery for all the high school plays and made the house used in the operetta. They have made screens, too, for us to use in our plays at school. VVe are represented as a helpful part of our community, too, by their making the bleachers in the Legion Hall and the magazine rack in the VValker Memorial Library. The home eco- nomics tables were made in that department, and also the trophy case. VVhy, our school wouldn't be half so pleasant to attend if it were not for them. But so much for the Industrials. I can't wait to tell you about our Commer- cial Group! VVhatever would we do without Westbrook High School EAST END MARKET Groceries, Meats and Provisions A Modern I Goods Delivered IGA Store Free S33 MAIN STREET, WESTBROOK Telephone 242 Compliments of The Cotton Dept. Store KNIGHT BROS. CO. PLUMBING - HEATING SHEET METAL WORK TELEPHONE 267 PAUL EQ? AL'S GARAGE Ford Service General Repairing Braffe Relzhing BODY AND FENDER WORK Tires and Tubes Batteries PENNZOIL 822 Main Street, Westbrook Compliments of Elsie's Beauty Shoppe 92 St. Lawrence Street Portland, Maine Porello's Lunch oUR SPECIALTY ITALIAN SANDWICHES 19 Bridge Street Telephone 8644 STANLEY'S BARBER SHOP Cumberland Mills Ladies' and Children's Hair Cutting a Specialty I Compliments of JOHN C. NICHOLS soUTH WINDHAM - The Blue Er VVhite 56 them to help? They're always so willing to do things for the schoolg when an article must be typed immediately for the school page, when letters of thanks or appreciation must be sent out, when hundreds upon hundreds of copies of examinations must be mimeographed for mid- year's or finals. Really, their services are indispensable to the school. i .Able to keep quiet no longer, Father burst out saying, Why, Sally, I had no idea that you pupils accomplished all those things. But tell me, what do you do P Sally grinned. Just a minute, she said, I'm coming to that. She took up her story again. Now, she continued, I take the college course, but if you think that all I do is study French, Latin, Algebra and English, you're sadly mistaken. In the college division we're busy every minute racking our brain for new ideas for the school page and the school magazine. Many of us take part in the school play, and now we're acting in radio plays! They give outsiders an excellent opportunity to judge what grade of work is done in West- brook High School. All these things, in fact, help to keep the school before the public. Mr. and Mrs. Citizen like to know what their children are doing, she added, winking slyly at her mother. Then she straightened, assumed her busi- nesslike air, and continued. Our music de- partment really adds immensely to all our programs. They also undertake valuable and important things as their own private ventures. Didn't you have a marvelous time at the cabaret last spring? That was sponsored by the entire music department. And do you remember the operetta? That was an unusual piece of work. The orchestra plays at our graduations, high school plays, and assembly programs. The Glee 'Club sang at graduation last year and at a special evening program in the high school auditorium last fall. Music does add so much to the beauty and gaiety of anything, and our music group is so coopera- tive! Mr. and Mrs. Browning, both deeply inter- ested in music, leaned forward as if eager to continue this discussion. Sally waved her hand impatiently. Wait, wait a minute, she pleaded, I've not finished yet. Why, you haven't heard about the art class and speech class or about all the gifts that the different clubs have purchased yet. The art class speaks for itself. We have them to thank for the hedge along the walks on the school grounds. They made the lovely Christmas cards last year, and this year gave a Christmas program before the teachers in Westbrook. They con- tribute a 'just right' flavor to everything. I should say they do! Mother agreed, emphatically. I remember- But Sally pleaded, gently, Of course you do, Mother, but just wait till I tell you about what the speech class does. Every year we partici- pate in a prize speaking contest. If we win, then we are able to bring more honor to our school. Sally was obliged to pause for breath, but Mother and Father did not attempt to interrupt this time. They sat and waited in silence for her to resume her lecture. Presently she began again, by saying, Now for the clubs. I just couldn't let this go with- out telling you about some of the gifts that they have purchased for the school. They've purchased some of the loveliest gifts-a spot- light, electric victrola, electric clocks, screens, pictures, and many other things. Well, I've finished now, said Sally, deci- sively, and by the way, Mr. and Mrs. Brown- ing, would you care to attend a program put on especially for you, Thursday evening, at high school? There will be music, entertain- ment, a program and an exhibit of some of our things I've mentioned, and refreshments will be served by the I-Iome Economics Depart- ment. Would you like to go, or would you rather that we retire once more to our text- books and leave everything for Mr. and Mrs. Citizen to take charge P Before either of her astonished parents could answer, she had slipped quietly from the room! B. R., '3'7. Westbrook High School 57 EAT MORE OF MORIN'S CANDIESH Compliments of Home Made STDDDARD at MURRAY 4 S Ice l CLEANSERS and DYERS Cream J CANDIBS 9'ree Calling - Qielivery l TRY OUR DATE NUT l 817 Main Street Telephone 318-M l MORIN,S CANDY SHOP X 877 Main Street, Westbrook l E. W. GOFF COMPANY l R. K. 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HACKETT We5tbm0k 823 Main Street -- We Call and Deliver --Telephone 807-M l 58 E: pu The Blue E-r VVhite ?ELJ63LJ5BL,b6?L,l6TsLJ-4BL,l5EL!6'BLJ43l 565LJ6BL,l-6-'BLJGBLJKBL KBLJKBLQKBLJCBLJKQ it Z jncfuiffziaf Qapazfmanf E E !5 3L BKBLQ6 E 1 i 1 i i i Keeping in mind that this edition of the BLUE AND XVHITE is dedicated to the alumni of XVestbrook I-Iigh School, the editor of this department has been very fortunate in securing the following interviews. The first interview. with Tom C. Kirkwood, one of the first four to graduate in the course, reveals the unsettled conditions of the schooling at that time. The second interview, with Charles A. Boyce, present machine shop instructor of the high school, illustrates the modern version of edu- cation. Let us now face conditions as they were in 1909. Q-Mr. Kirkwood, I understand that you of the first to graduate from the Course. were one Industrial I was. A-Yes, Q-VVhen did you enter high school? A-In the fall of 1909. Q-Was it then that you enrolled in the Industrial Course? A-Yes, with hfteen others besides myself. Q-Vtlhat subjects comprised the course at that time? A-For the first three months we had no Industrial teacher, so we studied only English. After this we took up natural science, physics, mechanical drawing, English and forge work. These subjects were taught to us by Stephen Patrick, who was appointed that year as Industrial Teacher. Q-Was it a four-year course? 'A-No, it was originally planned as a two- year course. At the end of two years. how- ever, we requested that we be allowed to continue our schooling. This request was granted us by Mr. W. B. Andrews, principal. who expanded the course to a four-year course. Q-Where was the forge work carried on? A-VVe had nine forges set up in the build- ing which was located next to the bridge on Bridge Street. The foundation is still standing on the banks of the river. Westbrook High School Drops of Ink to make you Think O When YOU ill, u m lo the bet Physician. are yo e P y S O When YOU are in Legal Trouble, the best Attorney is what you need. F N O Why pay YOUR good money for , INSURANCE, without consulting an D. 0 L S Agent who knows Insurance? Q O Ill 1 0 K J ,lohnO.W shp8rC. INSURANCE COUNSELLORS Westbro0l s Largest Insurance lgency ICE LAND SPA THANKS YOU WESTBROOK TAXI MAE KING FOR YOUR PATRONAGE DURING THE Accommodates High School PAST SEASON. AND WILL WELCOME G YOU THIS COMING SEASON 'WPS M Telephone 494 Reasonable Rates '1e2'2m I-IOOD'S DRUG STORE TELEPHONE WESTBROOK S00 Goitumer Every-day Prices That Please COSTUMES, WIGS AND MAKE-UP HOME MADE Amateur Productions Staged ICE CREAM and Directed 562 Congress Street Portland 864 Main Street, Westbrook 4-A 'Real Good 'Place to Earw Tables for Ladies Quick Service y Groceries and Provisions We Make Olll' OWII 1950 FOREST AVENUE Pastry l PORTLAND, MAINE THOMAS KALPERIS, Proprietor l Dial 2'0923 Caterer if The Blue 6- VVhite 60 Q-VVhen and how often did you work on the forges? . A-We worked every Thursday afternoon. In our second year we forged machine tools. Q-Was that the only practical experience which you received? A-No, in the second year we set up a machine shop composed of a drill press and three small lathes. Q-What kind of work was done in the machine shop? . A-It was almost all practice work. How- ever, we did make a house jack, our last year. Q-Is that all the practical work? A-No, we also visited the S. D. Warren's Paper Mill and numerous other factories. There we were taught to make paper, shown the working parts of machinery, and taught to draw blue prints of the machinery. Q-Did the whole class graduate? A-No, only four of the original sixteen graduated in 1913. These were George Robin- son, our present postmasterg Lloyd S. Leigh- tong Clyde Holstong and I. Q-Do you think that the Industrial Course has helped you in your work, and would you take it over again if you were to return to high school? A-Although I did not follow up industrial work as a profession, I have found that the course was and still is a great help to me. It is a practical course and covers such a wide range of vocational work that through it a boy has an opportunity to find out what pro- fession he is best suited for. Those who have purchased machinery man- ufactured by the students have been amazed at its completeness and accuracy. VVith 'this fact in mind, your editor interviewed Mr. Charles Boyce, instructor in this branch of the Industrial Course. Q-Mr. Boyce, when did you graduate from high school? A-I graduated from Westbrook High in 1909. Q-The Industrial Course was not in exist- ence then, was it? A-No, it was introduced in the fall of that year. Q-Then, where did you acquire your knowledge of a machinist's work? A-At Knowlton's Machine Shop. Q-How long have you held your present position? A-I was appointed as Instructor of Machine Shop in 1926. Q-VVhat has been your most busy year since then? A-I believe that this has been and will continue to be the busiest year. More compli- cated machinery than ever before is being made by the students. Q-What are some of these machines? A-So far, we have completed six large bench vises and six house jacks. Six more of each are being made. We have nine drill presses under construction. Nine 24-inch bench saws are being constructed, and one which will be used for experimental purposes is almost completed. Seven band saws are also under construction. One of these will be lin- ished and tried out. If it proves satisfactory, the other six will be completed. Castings for eight newly designed jointers are being molded. Q-Is all this work carried on by the students? A-Yes. I wish to stress the fact that all micrometer and other delicate work is also done by the students. Some of the boys become very highly skilled at handling the machinery. and frequently acquire good positions after graduation. Q-VVhat are the facilities available to stu- dents who take this course? A-A complete machine shop, wood work- ing and tin work accommodations, and four forges for iron work. Besides this, they also have all necessary drawing instruments and are taught to design and make blue prints by VVestbrook High School 61 HARMON C- CROCKER Westbrook Farmers' Union LINOTYPE COMPOSITION INCORPORATED Make UP DEALERS IN ALSO ELROD AND LUDLOW PRODUCTS Thompson Caster GRAIN, ROOFING AND CEMENT PAINTS, OILS AND 394 Fore Street fFoot of Exchange Streetj Portland, Maine Telephone, Dial 4.4157 I Telephone 314- Deliveries Made Daily Compliments of CRAIGIE'S GARAGE I MRS. MARY A. F OYE Beauty Shop I ' i 7 Spring Street Telephone 543-M Compliments of Compliments of Co-o erative Market THE HANSON STUDIO P PoRTLAND, MAINE p Cumbejjgiijgjjefafive 1 - ,L . ., , , -mm ,L l Apollo Chocolates You buy insurance to protect l what y0u have- You need WATERMAN 'S FOUNTAIN PENS dependable insurance. p We sell if- LCVS get Wgefhel' ---- i Chilton Pencils and Pens A. G. WILSON L K PAINE D . INSURANCE AGENCY ' - I I'l1gglSf Office, 825 Main Street Residence, 64 High Street Warren Blgck Cumberland Millg Telephone 288 Telephone 226-M ' 62 The Blue fa- VVhite Mr. Alden, the Industrial Director. The Indus- trial Course is a miniature factory by itself. The students have a chance of seeing the process of construction from the designing to the actual output of the machinery. From the two preceding interviews we can plainly see how educational facilities have changed. The beginning of the Industrial Course was very feeble indeed, but since then it has rapidly developed into one of the leading courses of its kind in the State of Maine. West- brook has every reason to be proud of its Industrial Course and its instructors. RAYMOND TURGEON, '36, Other Blue Cheviot Suits with two trousers hr GRADUATION .S,.,.,.S IN THE NEWEST MODELS Q 319,50 S 2 5 lj l a.?f4. , 1'2 7,' ,V QV' 'Xi' A choice of two Blue or one Blue and 1 is one White Flannel Trousers WESTBROOK HEN a doctor's prescription comes to us for compounding, we consider it as a means I towards someone's good health. Accordingly we practice utmost accuracy in compounding, using the finest quality ingredients the world affords. Bring YOUR Pre.s'crzffz'0fz Here Rudy Vallee Square JOHN C- MOORE' Pfovfiefof Westbrook 0 Y Westbrook High School 63 Telephone 708-M NEW YORK BEAUTY SHOPPE ROSE M. CASEY 874- Main Street Rudy Vallee Square Westbrook, Maine HARRY B. CHASE CONTRATOR FOR Heating - Plumbing - Metal Work Vapor Heating a Specialty JOBBING ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY 20 Pine Street Telephone Connection Groceries Meats O Lowest Prices ,fs O Quality Considered 0 Prompt Service WE WILL APPECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE HASKELL SZ ANDERSON 573 MAIN STREET The John F. Pickard Agency GENERAL INSURANCE 692 Main Street Telephone 435-M PRATT 81 BLACK 426 Main Street Cumberland Mills HARDWARE and PAINTS RADIO SUPPLIES GAS AND OIL 'Through ,Service 'ide Grow B. 81 B. DRUG STORE 870 MAIN STREET Prescription Specialists Your prescription will be given careful attention and filled with the best and purest drugs. AMERICAN BARBER SHOP Over Peters Fruit Store - 832 Main Street ERNEST LANDRY F RENCH'S LUNCH Italian Sandwiches a Specialty Formerly Elm Tree Soda Shop 64 Z ,3- - -9 , X The Blue fr VVbite . f 5 3 la .J-J SPORTS We need to de-emphasize high school football, declares Dick Hyland, a star half- back at Stanford University, who made All- American and All-Pacific coast teams for the year 1926-27. Why couldn't we de-emphasize all sports as well, and use for the benefit of every pupil in Westbrook High School the time and money now spent on a very few? I believe that every student in our school should have at least one period a day for physical education. VVhy do We need physical education when our alumni got along well without it? Assuming that they did get along well without it, when they were children, they had plenty of physical activity. In their youth everyone was expected to pitch in and work. Today there is no country to win, there are no trails to blaze, indeed there are few homes where the chores are such as to demand a youth's full time, Youth's biggest job today is to go to school to train for adult responsibilities in a new and changing world. To do his best in the world, youth will need a body that has life and vitality in it. There is a great deal to be accomplished in this troubled world, and healthy, wide-awake pioneers of 1936 are needed to do it. This is the responsibility of physical educa- tion. Physical education gives every boy and girl that training in health habits which will condition and tune up their bodies for the exciting job of living the full life. It develops specific skill in every boy and girl so that each learns to play some games that can be played through life, such as tennis, golf, archery, ball, and swimming. Other objectives of physical education might be listed as follows: Clj To improve individual posture, CBD to develop ability to meet physical emergencies, to develop alertness and quick response, C43 to create interest in physical welfare of others, and C53 to develop good character. The high school fulfills needs known and probable. In physical education, youth needs games for the future, exercise today. The first duty of the school is to teach pupils to do better the desirable things that they are likely to do anyway. INhile discussing high school athletics with a recent graduate of Deering High School, I was interested to get his opinion of the value of sports as now conducted in Portland and vicinity. He was a football and track star when he was in high school. He told me that if he were able to take his high school course over again, he would never go out for sports. I feel, he said, that I have put time into athletics that I now wish I had put into study- ing and on outside curricula that would have developed my intellect. I have never got out of athletics what I have put into them, and I believe other fellows have felt the same. Westbrook High School THE SPORTING GOODS STORE X Base Ball Goods and Track O Equipment, Sweaters, Slacks, E Tennis Supplies, Sweat Shirts, ,, A . Sport Hose, Golf Equipment, T Jerseys, Sport Blouses BAILEY'S 264-266 MIDDLE STREET, PORTLAND, MAINE L. C. ANDREW L U M B E R BUILDING MATERIALS LOG CABINS CEMENT, BRICK, PLASTER, DOORS, WINDOWS, FLOORING. ROOFING MATERIALS, HARDWARE, PAINTS OFFICE AND FACTORY, SOUTH WINDHAM. MAINE Compliments of . Porteous, Mitchell 89 Braun Company Portland, Maine The Blue fr VVhite 66 I am certain that students in our own school have felt the same as this Deering graduate. While discussing the same question with the president of the senior class, I found that he was strongly in favor of de-emphasizing sports and spending more of that time and money on physical education. I feel, he said, that physical education should play one of the most important parts in any high school. The high school should fit the students to go into the world not only mentally fit, but also physically fit. Physical education develops a keen sense of sportsmanship, qualities of leadership, and it prevents handicaps and improves physical efliciency. Because of these and various other reasons, I believe that every high school pupil should be required to have at least one period a day of physical training. There are many who would appreciate a course such as this, and everyone will surely benefit from it. It has been proved that out of the 400 students in Westbrook High School, only 70, or one-fifth of the students, benefit from money spent on sports. One can readily see that something is wrong. Who can and who will change the conditions? ' M. K., '36. L. S., '3'7. WESTBROOK AGAIN WINS TELE- GRAM LEAGUE VVestbrook's veteran baseball team, com- posed of Robichaud, c., Craft, p., Boissonneau, 1st, Capt. Spiller, 2nd, Capt.-elect Tetrault, s.s., Knight, 3rd, and Kelley, Stultz, and Farr, out- fielders, went on to sweep through their schedule with only one defeat chalked up against them. Cheverus was Westbrook's first opponent, and fell the victims in a deluge of hits and runs. Stultz's and Craft's hitting were the big feature, as the Blazes won 19 to 6. The Portland Club were beaten 15 to 2 the next week, and as Westbrook took the road for the first time, they were given their first close game by South Portland, Booby Robichaud winning the game in the ninth inning with his circuit clout, with a mate on second base. In successive weeks the Blazes took over Cheverus 7 to 1 and Portland 6 to 5, the Blue team forcing the Paper City club into extra innings for the first time. Pete Tetrault's hitting was the feature of these two games, getting six hits out of nine times at bat. In a return engagement with South Port- land, Robichaud again broke up the ball game with another home run, giving his team a 4 advantage. A masterful duel followed, to 3 with Connie Girourard and our own Hubby Craft as the principals, Hubby having the advantage and winning the ball game 1 to 0. Lloyd Spiller featured in hitting. On May 25th, Thornton pulled the unex- pected and finally put a reversal on the West- brook slate, but the Blazes turned around and easily handled Sanford and Deering in suc- cessive weeks. In the playoff game on June 8th against Biddeford ati the Portland Stadium, Craft proved to be too much for the Biddeford team. The Blazes gathered 8 hits and 4 runs to Biddeford's 3 hits and no runs. The schedule: Westbrook .................. 19 Cheverus ........... Westbrook ........ ...... 1 5 Portland ............ Westbrook ........ ...... 4 South Portland Westbrook ........ ...... 7 Cheverus ........... Westbrook ........ ...... 6 Portland ............ Westbrook ........ ...... 4 South Portland Westbrook ........ ...... 1 Biddeford ......... Westbrook ........ ...... 4 Thornton ..... Westbrook .................. 7 Sanford ........ Westbrook .................. 11 Deering ........ Westbrook' ...... ...... 1 Biddeford' ., ..... Playoff, Three members of the team received All Telegram choice. They were Captain Spiller, Captain-elect Tetrault, and Hubby Craft. Lettermen were Spiller, Tetrault, Knight, Robichaud, Craft, Kelley, Stultz, Farr, Bois- sonneau, A. Craft, Blais, and Manager Paul Smith. R. B., '3'7. Westbrook High School Established 1884 LaFOND Ee COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE 854-856 MAIN STREET WESTBROOK, MAINE Blue Serge Blue Cheviot Suits for Graduation In the New Sport Models Whitgggrgusers S 1 All Wool Trousers Dodge Clothes 482 Congress Street Portland, Maine Stationers and Book Sellers AGENTS - EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY School Supplies of Any Description Gmdudfe LORING, SHORT E HARMON for the -I-if Complete Modernization on Any Type Building jea- O. G. K. ROBINSON General Building Construction TELEPHONE 391 MILL WORK CABINET WORK 17 FITCH STREET BUILDING MATERIALS WESTBROOK, MAINE 68 The Blue G- VVhite FOOTBALL SQUAD Front row Cleft to rightj-Roland Boissonneau, Roland Tetrault, Rene Del- court, Aime Fournier, Ralph Swisko, Kenneth Wright, Raymond Dowling. Second row--George Nadeau, Robert Robichaud, Leon Gerry, Winfield Fer- nald, Adrian Cote, Albert Labrecque, Albert Doyle. Third row-Oden Naylor, Coach Lawrence Gates, Neil Leighton. FOOTBALL Football this year will undoubtedly share leading honors with baseball for the first time in a decade. Vlfestbrook, for many years easy prey of other conference teams, upset all pre-season guesses by landing in third position in the best league in Maine. Many local records toppled through the ten- game schedule. The Blue Blazes of 1935 became the highest scoring team in the history of the school. They also won more Conference games in the same year than all the other VV. H. S. teams managed to win in ten years. The All Conference selectors honored the team by naming three boys on the All Conference. Previously, two boys had been the most any Westbrook team could place on that select group, and that happened but once. No wonder that the Paper Mill City fans are boasting and looking ahead for a possible championship winner next year with the great coach, Mr. Crates, still at the helm. The team presented in itself a strong and well-balanced line in Wriglit, Lebrecque. Dow- ling, Delcourt, Fournier, Peters, and Cote, end to end respectively, and a fast and shifty back- field in Swisko, Tetrault, Robichaud, Stone, and Boissonneau. The opening game brought together Port- land and VVestbrook for the first time since 1931. Westbrook showed power at times, and Tetrault, as their big drive, threatened to score two or three times, but when the game ended. VVestbrook was trailing by the score of 12 to 6. For the next three weeks the Blazes kept in the winning column by defeating Morse, Bid- deford, and Edward Little. The fourth week the highly favored South Portland club met with the surprise of their Westbrook High School Compliments of 14 pf -54- v-- v O!! ,116 ROTARY CLUB ' WESTBRUUK A 'fini 'EIL Compliments of WESTBROOK WOMAN'S CLUB ff! l X X v-I ,Q X Ne .ml 0 3339 'we fBuild e7XCary fane Lirettey e7Killine1'y 847 MAIN STREET wEsTBRooIc, MAINE Compliments of LIONS CLUB OF WESTBROOK I T N ,, . ' 71 f ' me you wiivia If 1 a Wl0H.?lf,016IH4 . . - - WYER'S GREEN HOUSES 108 LONGFELLOW STREET TELEPHONE 116 SPECIAL PRICES ON YOUR GRADUATION BOUQUETS Compliments of AMMONCONGIN LITERARY CLUB ANNA TH ERIAULT Permanent Wavzhg cz Sperzkzfgf 20 VALENTINE STREET TELEPHONE 824-M VVESTBROOK, MAINE 70 The Blue fa- VVhite BOYS' BASKETBALL SQUAD Front row-Edward Foley. Second row fleft to rightj-Roland Belanger, Kenneth Wright, Roland Boissonneau, Adrian Cote, Sidney Clark. Third row-Coach Lawrence Gates, Ronald Lachance, William Athos, Stanley Estes, George Nadeau, Philip Robichaud, Theodore Crowell, Manager. Back row-Wesley Plaisted, Robert Cobb, Kenneth Gale, Raymond Dowling. lives, and they can thank their lucky star for that little safety that gave them the game. The following week Westbrook took a loss at the hand of the powerful Thornton club, 26 to 0, but easily handled Brunswick, Deering. and Kennebunk. The schedule: Westbrook Westbrook Westbrook at VVestbrook at Westbrook at Westbrook at Westbrook Westbrook at Westbrook Average of 12 to 7 ' 0 Alumni .......... at Portland .........., ......... at Morse .................... ...... Edward Little South Portland ............ Thornton ............. ..... Brunswick ....... ...... at Deering ........ Kennebunk ...... ...... per game. Three members of the team made All Con- ference. They are Captain Aime Fournier, Co-Captains-elect Ralph Swisko and Rene Delcourt. The entire squad of seventeen men received sweaters as a result of post-season game with Kennebunk. Other awards were gold footballs to Roland Tetrault for best offensive man, and Albert Labrecque for best defensive man. Lettermen were Fournier, Swisko, Delcourt, Lebrecque, Dowling. Wright, Cote, Peters, Tetrault. Robichaud, Boissonneau, Stone. Doyle, Nadeau, Fernald, Lemieux, Gerry, Curtis, and Naylor and Leighton, Managers. R. B., '37, Westbrook High School 7 Compliments of H. K. RICE, D. M.D. Compliments of DR. G. C. SHIBLES OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Compliments of J. B. WINSLOW, D. D. S. Compliments of RALPH M. WHITNEY, D. D. S. 1to3. LOUIS L. HILLS, M. D. Ox-'Fics Houxs 30 P. M., 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays, 1 to 2 P. M When possible, leave calls before 9 A. M. Compliments of DR. L. C. LEMIEUX OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Compliments of FRANK A. SMITH, M. D. Compliments of W. D. CRESSEY, D. M. D. 72 The Blue f-r VVh1te GIRLS' BASKETBALL SQUAD Front row Qleft to rightlHEsther Goodwin, Marguerite Luthe, Florence Haley, Melba Winslow, Madeline Bartlett fCaptainj, Elsie Nielsen, Fern Baillargeon, Simonne Belanger, Harriett Cutter. Second row-Ada Prince fManagerj, Ethelyn Knight, Ruth Harmon, Ruby Petersen, Edna McFarland, Beulah Smith. Back row-Stella Crawford, Grace Pedneau, Frances Libby, Ann Peachwall, Virginia May, Elizabeth LaPlante. Q BASKETBALL The basketball season of 1935-36 was dis- astrous. The boys were successful in only two encounters. These were against Rockland and Dirigo Boys' Club. The Rockland game was pulled out of the fire by our midget, Chico,' Belanger, when he let go a long shot that split the net, giving his team one point lead and their first victory after two overtime periods of even playing. The Dirigo Club, which is composed of former Westbrook players, gave the high school team a hard fight, but the Blazes man- aged to keep ahead to win by a 24 to 20 margin. This yearys aggression gained valuable ex- perience, which will greatly improve the play- ing of the team as a Whole. R. B., 'sig Westbrook High Schoo1's girls' basketball team had one of the worst seasons in its his- tory, winning only one game. The girls started out with high hopes for a successful year, but the team as a whole failed to do what was expected of them. The hopes of the first of the season were based on the nine veteran players, the lettermen of the preceding year. The explanation of their failure, perhaps, is that the girls were forced to play much larger schools and were working under the double handicap of the height and the speed of the other teams. Although the first half of the season was disastrous, the last half was not quite as bad. The girls improved somewhat, both offensively and defensively. lt was in this last half that VVestbrook won its only game. This game, played on February 15th, found the Vtfestbrook girls outdoing themselves in VVestbrook High School 73 Compliments of WADE L. BRIDGHAM ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Compliments of G R O V E R W E L C H ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Compliments of ARMAND O. LEBLANC ATTORNEY-AT-LAW .Sincerely yours WILLIAM LYONS FRANK P. PRIDE Compliments of DR. CHARLES J. BOUFFARD DENTIST . Compliments of HARRY F. G. HAY AND JOHN W. HAY Compliments of CHEEVER S. SMITH, D. M. D 74 The Blue 6- White their efforts to win. Vlfestbrook led the Port- land girls throughout the game, although there was only three or four points difference in the score at any time. Elsie Nielsen was the star of this game, scoring 25 out of the 29 points. But much can be said for the other girls, for it was the work of the whole team that saved Westbrook from going through the season without winning a game. The season cannot be counted as an entire loss, however, for many girls gained valuable experience. With live lettermen back next year and many more players who have already seen service, Westbrook can look forward hopefully to a better season. Through the mistakes and losses of the 1935-36 team, the 1936-37 team should prolit. Girls receiving letters this year were Captain Madeline Bartlett, Manager Ada Prince, Elsie Nielsen, Harriet Cutter, Simonne Belanger, Edna McFarland, Marguerite Luthe, Fernande Baillergeron, Esther Goodwin, Florence Haley, Melba Winslow, Beulah Smith, and Grace Peclnault. M. B. E. M. +I- 'I 'i +14- . . .'rHE'BETTER FUEL Gompliments of WEST BROOK GAS COMPANY lDivision of Portland Gas Light Companyl I DANA WARP MILLS Westbrook High School U McLAUGHLIN'S Drlnk TEXACO SERVICE STATION Oakhursf Dalfy Mllk Firestone ' ego, Havoline , ,, Tires ff-' 51' Q' Motor T fzere .r none befter . . Batteries 53,1 ,gm 0115 364 Forest Avenue Portland, Maine K 897 Main Street, Westbrook DRINK JOSEPH H. GRAHAM COCA C A PLUMBING AND HEATING IN BQTTLES Specz'afz2z?zgz'fz Re.rzZz'em'z'af Heatzhg Also Casco Beverages OIL BURNERS 80 Bell Street, Portland Telephone 2-0746 244 F01'eSf Street- Cumberland Mills ROWE MOTORS, Inc. 609-611 Main Street Westbrook Telephone 3 1 0 EUGENE TANGUAY Fancy G'r0cerz'e.v Full line of DEERING ICE CREAM Fruits in Season Confectionery and Tobacco 331 Brown Street Westbrook Telephone 549 Telephone, Westbrook 868 Compliments of GEORGE A. SMITH Milk and Cream Stroudwater Street Westbrook, Main C Compliments of KEATING'S 'STORES 76 The Blueifa- VVhite l9fW!3fWQ9fTQ.XTQ !f719fTQ!f7Q!fTQ!fWQ!f7i!fTQ!fTQ bl 2 li Sc. lo ini A is to it s 3. BLJCBLJ6 IBLJGQQJ4 This year we have been fortunate in receiving year books from Falmouth High School in Fal- mouth, Maineg Hamden Academy in Machias, Maineg Hartland Academy of Hartland, Maineg Thornton Academy in Saco, Maineg and from Woburn Senior High School in Woburn, Massa- chusetts. The S edah, Hamden Academy, is a small book but a very interesting one. It has a portion given over to editorials, literary work, school calendar fsort of diaryj, personals and humor and many other interesting facts. The Log of the Good Ship Falmouth, Falmouth High School, is very cleverly worked out with a skipper, ship's officers, a crew for each class, ship's papers, the customary yarns, and a map of Falmouth. Another thing which I found very in- teresting was the Snapshots of the individuals. I am sure we would all enjoy something of this sort in our own book. The Rcfector, Woburn High School, has many clever cartoons here and there through the book, which, along with its poetry and humor, add much to our interest in this book. The Ripple, Hartland Academy, has a very at- tractive cover as well as many interesting features on the inside. HUMOR FROM EXCHANGES From the Ripple.- Mr. Lauder CBiology Classy: 'KDO we eat the flesh of the whale ? C. Merrill: Yes, sir. Mr. Lauder: And what do you do with the bones ? C. Merrill: Put them beside my platef' BLJCBLJCBLDG3-LJC?LJCBL16?lJCE Williamson: I'm going to be in this hospital for a long while. Friend: Why, have you seen the doctor ? Williamson: No, I've seen my nurse. From the S edah : Lives of football men remind us That we too can write our names in blood, And departing leave behind us Half our faces in the mud. From the Reflector : Miss Brink: Jimmy, who will come after President Roosevelt when he dies P Jimmy: The undertakerf' Johnny, said Miss X, what is 1X5 of 3f17? I don't know, said Johnny, but it 'isn't enough to worry about. From the Tripod .- Mr. Singleton: What is a quartette P Gertrude Merrill, '37: A quartette is where all four think the other three can't sing. Bobby Boutet, '36: 'Tm trying to get ahead. Mr. Weber: You need one. We have also received letters promising us year books as soon as they are published the latter part of May. May we extend a most cordial invitation to you to come into the principal's oiiice and look over the books that we have already received and the ones yet to come and may we also take this op- portunity to express our sincere appreciation of thanks for the books received and the many let- ters promising us books? M. M. M., '36, Westbrook High School Fu!! Lzne of Buy ham Blue Serge Suits hr Graa'uan'0n Independent Nezlgfzborfzooal Storey S18 I0 S25 PERCY L. ROBERTS EMILE BEGIN MEN'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS 842 Main Street, Westbrook, Maine Telephone 807-W 138 Forest Street TELEPHONE 798 ALBERT R. DECORMIER I PICTURE FRAMES SHEET METAL WORK The Albert Studio Heating and Plumbing , I STEEL CEILINGS WATER SYSTEMS 196 Bridge Street Portland, Maine Westbrook Quffis Qafe, PARK GARAGE ALBERT E. MAREAN Specially Arranged Menus for mt-fe sr d r d E lt u en San Ecu Y l Hudson amfTerraplane OPEN EVENINGS l 5 Bridge Street Westbrook Phone 222 T WHITMAN'S AND SAMOSET COI'IlpllIIlel'ltS of FOSTER-AVERY'S 'The ,System QQ, Baseball Goods Fishing Tackle Where Young Men's Clothes Are , TTTT Just Right M1llCf,S Pharmacy 3 Cumberland Street Cumberland Mills l 78 The Blue 6- White WHAT's IN A NAME? Richard's son QRichardsonj Thomas QThom- asj and lfdward's Cl-Zdwardsj daughter Golden- locks Cfioldenj went out for a walk QVVarkj one afternoon in spring QSpringj. XVhile pass- ing the River Jordan Qordanj, they met a noble CNoblej prince Qljrincej, who wore an ermine robe CRobiej. During their conversation with the prince CPrincej, they heard a noise QNoyesj, and upon turning around saw a blacksmith QSmithj lafiin' fLaHinl at a miller Qllflillerj trying to chase CChasel a flock of hawks Qllawkesj out of his hay Qlleyj held. The miller QMillerj said to the blacksmith C9mithl, How dare CDeshaiesj you laugh at me PU Very well QVerrillj, said the blacksmith CSmithj, I wonyt laugh any more. And so saying, he hastened across the green Kireenej field, turning first to call back over his shoul- der, I hope the crow will CCrowellj eat your corn! Thomas fThomasj, out of an act of courtesy CCurtisl, turned to the girl in the cotton QCot- tonj frock and the petite straw QStrawj hat and said, Can you dine QKenderdinej with me tonight CKnightj ? Yes, of course, if my Uncle Bart'll let fBart- lettj me,', replied Goldenlocks QGoldenj. So she went home. That night QKnightj she and Thomas i'Thomasj and her Aunt Blanch et Ql3lanchetj at the Old Ridge Qlildridgej Tavern. First they ordered steak, which turned out to be very tough. Thomas CThomasl, complained Aunt Blanch, what shall I do to this steak?', Hack it CHackettj, he replied, if you can't do otherwise. During this process she cut her QCutterj Finger. XVhat would you like for dessert? asked the waitress. '6Oh, er, clairs CAuclairj, answered Thomas fThomasj. After Finishing their dinner, they started home. On the way they met a man. Is that Peter's fPetersj boss ?H asked Aunt Blanch. Boss? Ch, no fljoissonneauj, that's one of his clients, replied Goldenlocks CGoldenj. As they were approaching their home in Libbytown QLibbyj, a man leaped from the shadows and cried, Put up ya hands an' fHansenl keep 'em upl If that lady don't gimme her jewels, I'll nail 'er QNaylorj. Now. fella, gimme ya money or ya'll turn up in the Westbrook High School Unmplimenis nf the Qdplqa Sigma jnruriig fiinmplimenis nf the Sigma Qlipsilnn glfraterniig Uheia Iamhha ffiumpliments uf the Belta Qdplqa glfraternitg Ulmnplimezds nf the Sabina Klub PAS'll'JIMlERS Ulnmplimeuts nf the ggelta Snruriig Qlplqa Ullqapter G0 to MCCA NN'S FoR Window Decorations and Cards Plumbing and Heating BY CHARLES HUDSON Telephone 702-R 137 Tolman Street V The Blue fs- VVhite 80 morgue an' CMorganj ya body'll be in sech a shape that ya'll never be identified. After giving up their valuables, the lean fMacLeanj robber paused to urge on CTur- geonj the frantic group. He then disappeared, and they continued the rest of their journey home safely. M. M. M. and M. B., '36. Mrs. Hatch: What did VVashington Irving write ? Eldridge: That wonderful legend about your head-'Sleepy Hollow'. Mart Knight: Whom do you consider the most promising boy in our class ? Anna Verrill: Turgeon, because anyone as tall as he is should be well up in the worldf' Coach Gates: Where's South America ? Peters: Why? Have you lost it again? Miss Matthews: Of course you all know what the inside of a cornuscle is like ? Freshman fintelligentlyj: Most of us do. but you'd better explain it for the benefit of those who haven't been inside one. Miss Abbott: You have a lot of work to make up, Swisko. How long have you been absent? Swisko: Since the French Revolution. Mrs. Cole: It gives me great pleasure to give you a mark of 85 on your examination. Sullivan: Why don't you make it l00 and give yourself a real thrill ? Mrs. Hatch: What do we mean by our simian ancestors ? Miss Pedneau: Those we resemble. Miss Chick: What is the Reichsfuerer of Germany ? Beulah Smith: A famous kind of cheese. W. Eldridge: The very fact that you think is the best possible proof that you are losing your mind. Miss Chick: Why do women make better office help than men ? Hendrickson: Because they are more or- namientalf' Peters: According to Dick Hyland, high school boys should play football by the touch method. H. Chase: American fraternities do not bid for male members. Miss Chick: What kind of typewriter have you, Cote? Cote: Underwear. Miss Matthews: Name an experiment done in the lab. Miss Crawford: Dilute water. Mr. Jordan: Name a method of fighting mosquitoes. Freshman: Put oil on him. Miss Matthews: What food is vitamin C found in ? Miss Porello: Rats. Miss Chick Cin Englishj: The people of Jonson's time wanted Shock! Shock!! Shock! ll, and what did they get ? Miss Miller Cinnocentlyj: Electrocuted. MacLean: Is that a dray horse you have there ? Tewksbury: No. it's a brown horse, and stop your baby talk l Dick Libby: Say, I've lost my vest! Raymond Turgeon: You've got it on, Dick! Dick: Gee, thanks! If it hadn't been for you, I'd have gone home without it. Westbrook High School if 8' SHOP SHORTS By RAYMOND A. TURGEON VVhat three junior shop boys thought they could sing, until they were fined 400 minutes apiece for murdering Sweet Adeline ? Louis Peters and Dick Libby gave up the idea of public speaking when they were fined 100 minutes apiece for practicing their powers of oratory in the wash room. Hail the new champ! The hacksaw breaking record established by jimmy Wark has been shattered. The new champion is Percy Farr, who succeeded in breaking three hacksaws in five minutes. The old record was two in ten minutes. JUST IMAGINE: Saugage Morgan trying to act tough just because he is Class Grouch! Dick Libby managing to wake up often enough to reset his machine! Jimmy Wark spoiling a piece of work and hiding it in the iron chips underneath his lathe! fDetective Boyce found it, anyway.j Sock Peters trying to make a close-fitting bearing and not coming within a quarter of an inch of the right size! fHaste makes wastej Roger Auclair putting his overalls away with half of the shop tools fscales, calipers, etcj in his pockets! fLucky the machinery is bolted to the fioor ll Petei' Tetrault receiving help from jimmy VVark on a difficult piece of work! fProfessor Wark is well qualified, having worked on a small lathe for three years.j Dick Libby using everyone else's soap but his own! Uust as if he ever owned any lj Instructor Boyce trying to figure out an easy way of doing a hard job! Yours truly running a lathe backward for fifteen minutes and Wondering why it wouldn't cut! flgnorance is an excuse.j EGO Now I am a senior, the greatest of all, My glorious hair, it is falling too fast. No longer a freshman-so foolish and small This glory-oh, long may it last! I make a keen figure as I stroll at my ease, I can tell that I'm known here on sight. No longer a minor, I do as I please With never a feeling of guilt or of fright. Whenever there's work of importance to do, They need a good man, so they say for the task, Of none do they think but wonderful meg My services kind do they timidly ask. Oh, what will they do without wonderful me , When four years of service are finally through And no other genius can then fill my place? This problem I'm leaving to you! A. H., '37. There was a small girl named Grace Who had the sweetest face, And let me suggest That during a test She travels a dreadful pace. M. M. M., '36, Compliments and 5Best cf.Q7isbes I wen, ooze 1 PORTLAND, MAINE TELEPHONE 3-7221 Compliments of E. B. VAUGHAN A . Sf P. S t o r e CCQ7bere Economy gfulesn . 855 Main Street Westbrook 82 . The Blue ff White SO GENTLE A timid soul am I, So gentle and so shy It brings a tear unto mine eye When one with pain doth cryg But when I'm in my bed at night, Shut away from sound and light, I hide my better self Upon a high,'high shelf. Then in mental orgies I indulge That I'd dare not here divulge: I've slain my enemies by the score, And trampled in their filthy gore. Fair Ethel! I've wed her twice, Yea! And strangled her thriceg And Bod, who won her from me? Ha! He's in the Bering Sea, Chained to an iceberg by one leg, And while for mercy he doth beg, Into slumberland I roam- There my better self I welcome home- And when again the sun rides high I am so gentle and so shy! , mg, E. A., as. There was a young girl named Tweet Who really was awfully sweetg She's popular, too, With me and with you, And she walks on clever feet. M. M. M., '36, There was a young man named Leach, And music he thought he could teach, But one day while walking He heard someone talking Of high notes he never could reach. M. M. M., '36. VVe have a young man named Foss Who never is at a lossg He travels far In his father's car And a good game of ball he can toss. M. M. M., '36. There was a young fellow called Ted Who couldn't crawl out of his bed In time to be there By the tip of his hair, When morning devotions were said. M. K., '36. There was a young lady named Frances Who sometimes wrote charming romances In poetry gay , To pass time away, While dreaming of heroes' close chances. D. K., '36. UBELIEVE IT OR NOT FROM SCIENCE Weather Bureaus began in 1870 during the World War. The International Date Line lies between the East and the West. The Solar system includes comics. The part of meteorology best liked is per- spiration. Lightning rods do the most good on land. The Indians put their ears to the ground to hear the sound of the dear's hoofs. Grigin is one of the most important elements we have. If there were no fiction, we could not walk. The tropical cyclone has a clam eye. The difference between tropical and extra- tropical cyclones is that the former has two halves and the latter one half. Vlfeather Bureaus were first under the Fire Department and later were put under the VVater Department. Beri-beri is a fruit. Quarantine is a kind of liquid. Astigmatism is a way to fertilize flowers. The Weather Bureau predicts the weather correctly seven days out of one. Meteorite is one who studies meteors. Life on Mars is possible because it isn't too hot for the people to resist there. We are Specialists in Outfitting Young Men for Graduation Blue Suits f' W... .... ll e M erfs Shop Ee. 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