Williams High School - Messalonskee Ripple Yearbook (Oakland, ME)

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4 THE MESSA LONSKEE RIPPLE RIPPLE BOARD I llIS'l' RUXY tl:-fl to riuhlb Carol York 1EdiIoI'l. .llllial Ihwnivn. Nzltzllio liilln-rl. XY4-nuli-II .luli-r. llulrlllsull XYIiiI1n-,v. Ihnwi-nal XY:-iulvi' Gln-iivlll' Rm. Vussiq- Morrill. Ill-Ivn Ili-zuli, SECOND ROW: l'li:1i'l4f:u- NI:-'l'nuu:1l'I. Mrs, 'I'mx'ns1-ml iAx1l'wiM'l'I, Iiounlml 'l'ihh1-IIS. l l':Il1kly Nioslu-r. Nm-I l'ilIlll4Hl'!'. .luzmitzl NVuunls, Mark H4-In-ln-ll. llzlrold liuzm-ll. Ilowzlrd l'luu'l1-s. lf:-:lin-is Nllumlmiu. liziiwlim- Vinny' lwll. Elizzlln-Ili IZ.u'l'vll. lluth Wrisl.-A' mis ul-will wh:-u this pivtiirv was taken. Editor-in-Chief . . . Assistant Editor .. Business Manager .. . Assistants ........ Literary Editor . . . Assistant ....... Joke Editor . .. Assistant ... Art Editor .. Assistant ..... Music Editor ..... Assistant ., ......... Girls' Sports Editor . .. Boys' Sports Editor Alumni Editor . .. Exchange Editor . Senior Editor . . . Junior Editor ..... Sophomore Editor Freshman Editor . RIPPLE BOARD ,....... CAROL YORK . HOVVARD CHARLES ...... JULIA BROVVN .FRANCIS MONAHAN MARK GETCHELL ....... GLENETTE ROY .. NATALIE GILBERT EARDINE CAMPBELL .... RUTH WRIGLEY ..... WENDELL JOLER .. RONALD TIBBETTS ..... JUANITA WOODS . ROVVENA WRIGLEY ELIZABETH BARRETT . . . HAROLD BUZZELL FRANKLYN MOSHER ..... CASSIE MORRILL NOEL CHANDLER ROBINSON WHITNEY . .. CHARLENE MCTAGGART HELEN READY

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THE MESSALONSKEE RIPPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS PICTURE OF THE SCHOOL .. DEDICATION-MR. MERRILL RIPPLE BOARD AND LIST OF NAMES EDITORIALS . ................ STUDENT COUNCIL ... SENIOR DEPARTMENT . . . MEMORIAM .. CLASS OF 1951 . .. CLASS OF 1952 CLASS OF 1953 FACULTY .... EAGLE STAFF ............. LITERARY flncluding Poetryy JOKES ....................... ALL CLUBS-PICTURES AN D BLUE TRIANGLE VV. CLUB COMMERCIAL CLUB MUSIC DEPARTMENT SPORTS . . . . . ALUMNI .... EXCHANGES .......... PRIZES AND HONORS .. . ADS ................... AUTOGRAPHS . . . WRITE-UPS ........... DRAMATIC CLUB HI-Y CLUB HOME ECONOMIC CLUB 71 3 1 2 4 5 8 9 17 23 24 25 26 27 28 35 37 41 46 52 53 54 55 -72

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THE MESSALONSKEE RiPPLE 5 5461046 In a democracy such as ou1's, a good government depends upon the education of its people. Nearly everyone in this country is required by law to attend school until a certain age. Each year, a greater number of students complete high school and are graduated. These graduates can read, write, add, subtract, and have some knowl- edge of other subjects such as languages, science, and commercial subjects. These subjects are, without doubt, valuable to the student. Nevertheless, they will not be of much bencht when the time comes for the student to vote and assume other responsi- bilities of citizenship. This is when civics, history, and problems of democracy are useful-but how many students have taken these important subjects? At Williams High School, American his- tory is required for everyone. However, problems of democracy, which concerns the present governments of the world and how they are run, is chosen by a very small per- centage of the students. This is not en- tirely the fault of the students. This sub- ject is primarily for juniors and seniors. Our present schedule allows time for only one period of P. D. This particular period conflicts with several other junior and sen- ior subjects, including American history. Students are not only unfit for taking over responsibilities of citizenship, but also they are, for the most part, uninterested. This is perhaps not so much the fault of the school as of the parents who set a bad example by not bothering to vote or to at- tend town meetings. It's up to the schools to do something about this. lnterest in the government should be en- couraged in the grammar school. Grade- school children should also be acquainted with government procedures. More courses concerning governments should be taught in high schools. American history is un- questionably an important subject: but it deals with the past. Some subject similar to problems of democracy which concerns various types of government at the present time would, in my opinion, be of more value to the student. This subject should be made a required course, or at least the schedule should be arranged so that a larger number of students would have an opportunity to take it. The future of this country depends upon the education of its youth. It's time for some improvements in our schools. CAROL YORK '50 SMOKING ON THE Smoking on the school grounds should not be allowed. When a person gets so he thinks that he cannot go four hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon without running for a cigarette, he needs to see a psychiatrist. In my opinion, there is nothing so sick- ening as to sit beside someone who smells of stale smoke, or to walk into the basement or shower room and Hnd smoke just hang- ing from the ceiling to the floor. SCHOOL GROUNDS lt seems to me that if a school has no laws to prohibit smoking on the school premises, a person should have enough con- sideration for others so that he would not fill the locker room, shower room, or base- ment full of smoke. When someone ,rides by a school house and sees four or five people standing around smoking, he usually gets a pretty bad im- pression of the whole school. FRANKLYN MOSHER '50