Wilton Academy - Eagle Yearbook (Wilton, ME)

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THE ,E,A,GLE 1935 r RUTH VERA WELLS 3 Friendship is constant in all thingsf, Home Economics Courseg Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Treasurer 35 Chorus 1, 2, 35 Glee Club 4g Athletic Council 45 Field Hockey 45 Basket- ball 2, 3, 43 Captain 45 Junior Production Chorus 1, 2, 35 Eagle Board. A quiet little person? But there's a roguish glint in her eye, and a hint of mischief in her smile, that prove this outward reserve only a mask for the good-will within. A good sport in all things, her warm friendliness is as unlimited as her friends, and friends she will surely make wherever she goes. PAUL LeBARON WHEELER He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. Classical Courseg P. G. Diploma5 3-year Honor Rankg Commencement Speakerg President of Class 45 Co-operative Store Manager 45 Class Plays 2, 3, 45 Junior Production Chorus 25 Football 45 Prize Speaking Contest 35 Basketball 35 Debating Club 3, 45 Eagle Board. Wheelie will long be remembered for his dashing smile and ready wit, his strong determination to succeed, and his marked qualities as a leader. But he will longer be remembered for his friendly sympathy and the mischief which is always lurking, ready to appear at odd moments. And who could resist his persuasive salesmanship? PAUL STILLMAN FARNUM The way to cheerfulness is to keep our bodies in exercise and ou-r minds at easef' Classical Courseg Secretary of Class 45 Athletic Council 4g Class Plays 2, 3, 45 Basketball 2, 3, 45 Captain 45 Baseball 35 Tennis 45 Eagle Board 4. Swish! Paul has just sent another basket home., To see him in the basketball hall or on the dance floor one would never guess that he is famous for a schoolroom slouch. He combines drama and comedy in his Latin translations to a rollicking degree. A wide grin is his passport to popularity. FACULTY MAURICE EARLE. A.B., Bates Summer School, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1934. Taught, New Salem, Mass., 1922-19273 Sub-master, New Salem, 1922, 19233 Principal, New Salem, 1923-19275 Principal, Can- ton, Maine, 1927-1929. Appointed 1929. Principal, Departments of History, Economics and Sociology. SUSAN WESTON. A.B., Colbyg University of Maine Summer School, 1929-1930. Appointed, 1908. Vice Principal, Departments of Mathematics and Physics. DOROTHY DUMAIS. A.B., Bates, Bates Summer School, 1929, 1934. Taught, North Bennington, Vermont, 1926-1928. Appointed, 1928. Departments of French and Latin. CLARENCE SPEARIN. B.S., University of Maineg University of Maine Summer School, 1928, 19345 Cornell Summer School, 1929. Taught, Island Falls, Maine, 1928. Appointed, 1929. Sub-master, Departments of Agriculture, Biology, and Chemistry. ' LILLIAN BECKER. A.B., Middleburyg Oxford University Summer Session, 1933. Appointed 1931. Department of English. ABNER TOOTHAKER. B.S., University of Illinoisg Colby Summer School of Coaching, 1932. North Eastern University Coaching School, Summer, 1934. Director of Physical Education, and Coach, Livermore Falls, Maine, 1929-1930. Appointed, 1931. Director of Physical Education and Coach. HAROLD KARKOS. A.B., Bates College. Appointed, 1933. Departments of English, Arithmetic, Algebra, and General Science. KATHERINE MEAD. B.S., University of Maine5 University of Maine Summer School, 1934. Dietitian of the School for Girls, Park Ridge, Illinois, August to January, 1934. Appointed April, 1934. Departments of Home Economics and Bookkeeping. EMILY STUART. A.B., Wheaton Collegeg B.S.E., Music, Lowell QMass.j State Teachers' College. Taught, Plymouth, N.H., Teachers, College, Summer School, 1934. Appointed, 1934. Substitute Music Supervisor. 14

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THE EAGLE 1935 DOROTHY MAY SHEA By her we jirst were taught the wheedling art. Classical Courseg Chorus 1, 2, 35 Glee Club 4: Home Economics Club 13 Field Hockey 2, 3, 43 Class Play 2, 3, 4g Junior Production Chorus 1, 23 Blanchard Contest 33 Tennis 33 Eagle Board. Five feet two, eyes of blue, -that's our Dot. Graceful, dainty, with an all-inclusive smile. Her pet speech mannerisms ar-re r-r-rolling her r's and leavin' off her g's. Dot is the girl tease of our class, but instead of annoying she arouses an equal spirit of mischief. EDWARD HECTOR SMITH We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it. Agriculture Courseg Second Honor Essayg Chorus 1, 39 Glee Club 4: Athletic Council 43 Future Farmer's Club 1, 2, 3, 43 Secretary 43 Foot- ball S, 43 Basketball 1, 2: Baseball 1, 2, 83 Track 8. Eddie is one member of our class whom we have waited until our last yearito appreciate. His small body holds concentrated pluck and fight. Classmates accepting the hospitality of his famous Ford have chuckled over the dry wit with which he is so generous. NORMA MAY SWIFT A happy genius is the gift of Nature. Classical Course: Chorus 33 Glee Club 43 Junior Production Chorus 33 Eagle Board. Carefree grin: irrepressible sense of humorg a laughing word for every- one. How would we get along without Nonny and her infectious gaietyl A very positive person, she has determined ideas, but even these she re- fuses to get angry about. We know she will always End happiness, for she seems to have a gift for it, KERMIT KIRKWOOD TORREY M any individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. English Course: Future Farmer's Club 2, 3, 4g'Cross Country lg Manager 3, 43 Football 29 Track 1, 2. Kermit-the Senior Class's one and only platinum blonde. His deep voice often booms forth in vigorous laughter. He is moderate and big-hearted: his solemn face hides the spirit of fun within. As he strides through the Main room, he reminds us of nothing so much as a Viking of old. 13

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in-Aa 0 Spirit unconfined! Thy ways are free As is the wandering windf, GRANDMOTHER Harriet Rowe, '36 HE grandmother you have known may have been cranky and bigoted or as infinitely youthful and sportive as the one I extol. In either case a grandmother is a great teacher. I like to look at my grandmother through the light of her girlhood and wonder if I have inherited any of her goodness. Today I can tell just what kind of a girl she was while she studied at the little country school. I can picture how she looked when she was sixteen and the master told her she would be as fit a teacher for the school as he. She tells me that she was much older for her age than I, for at ten years she worked her own board and attended school. Shortly after her seventeenth birthday she was married. My mother was her oldest girl and how glad I am to be her grandchild. Some people grow more narrow-minded with every year of life past middle-age, but not she. Each day adds something of beauty to her character. She marvels at how life has changed since she was a girl but she accepts it all, never scolding or criticising unjustly, and although she may disapprove she is never shocked. And what is best of all, she is really understanding for she knows how it feels to be young. She is glad for me when something makes me happy and is always laughing at me or with me and saving me from embarrassment. Ever smiling, always cheerful, she is more full of fun than any of her score of grandchildren. With such an example before me is it any wonder that I revolt against an old age with no enthusiasm or interest in life? I want to grow old like my grandmother. THE WAX SHIP Paul VVheeler, ,35 'I' was September, 1729, the weather had fallen sharp, a flighty piping wind, laden with showers, beat about the town, and the dead leaves ran riot along the streets. Foam-flccked billows frisked into the coves, swashed, against the stone pier, and guggled in its deep crevices. Off against the horizon mottled lowering clouds were sweeping in across the waters. An old sailor, couched against an uprooted granite block on the edge of the pier, looked out across the bay, contemplatively stroking a grizzled jaw. Behind the old man stretched a distance of broken cobblestones between which straggling mosses and tough witch-grass grew. Against the side of the quay a straining bark scraped. Wind whined through the rigging, hawsers and guys, the ship's harness, screechedg a port- hole covering slammed dismally somewhere. The ship was painted black. A snarling wolf, a large gargoyle from Paris, leaped out from the prow, straining at its lease chain. At the other end of the cobbled dock was a paved square which was partly walled in by several salt-stained brick warehouses, whose windows were mere barred slits. A few 15