Cumberland County ME Archives History - Schools .....Report Of High School Principal ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 25, 2007, 1:18 am REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL To the Officers and Citizens of the Town of Bridgton: I submit herewith my sixth annual report as principal of your high school. A larger number of pupils is registered this year than for several years past, the full seating capacity of 120 being utilized at present. The tabulation by classes is as follows: Boys Girls Totals Seniors, 7 14 21 Juniors, 8 15 23 Sophomores, 14 16 30 Freshmen, 23 23 46 Totals, 52 68 120 Twenty-one seniors were graduated last June and a summary of their present activities may be interesting. College, 5 Normal school, 4 Business college, 3 Locally employed, 3 Married, 1 At home, 5 Seventeen Bridgton High graduates are now in college and eleven are attending other professional schools. We were sorry to lose Mrs. Frances Wight from our teaching force, but we feel that the school board exercised rare judgment in the selection of Mrs. Edith Nunan as her successor. Mrs. Nunan carries on her work quietly and efficiently and possesses excellent equalities of character and good judgment. I wish to mention briefly the work of the classes in physical education, for I feel that for a school of the size of Bridgton, a remarkable program is being carried out at very small expense. Four or five years ago the physical education program consisted of occasional halfhearted sessions after school hours, attended by a few who were really interested and a few who could not get certificates stating their unfitness for physical exercise. Today, a program is in operation involving every pupil in the school at regular full length periods during school hours. There are four classes-in-all, two for boys and two for girls, which alternate during two mid-forenoon periods so that each pupil gets 40 minutes of physical exercise and vigorous play every other day. The girls who compose the varsity basketball squad are excused during the season, but otherwise everyone takes part unless physically unfit either permanently or temporarily. The work is supervised by trained physical directors who perform this service at no extra cost to the town, as both are full-time teachers of the regular courses in the curriculum. Their work in this department is supervised at a small cost by they district supervisor, Mrs. Howard, a trained physical director, who also plans and assists in the work of the grade teachers. The annual exhibition held in the town hall last March is an example of the type of program which is being maintained. It is my understanding that the $400.00 appropriated in 1930 is the only town money which has been appropriated for physical education, the work of 1931 being carried on with the balance left from 1930 plus state funds. In connection with this topic it is interesting to note that no money is appropriated for athletics and that not a dollar of school appropriations goes toward athletic expenses. The use of the town hall for basketball is given to. the school, and the expenses for equipment, travel,, etc., are met by the gate receipts of the games and by the proceeds, from the physical training exhibitions, magazine subscriptions, a candy store and other such projects carried on by the pupils. Approximately 50 per cent of the boys and girls engage in some form of athletics, and these activities form part of the physical education program. The attitude of the pupils toward the school work and extra-curricular activities is excellent and I am able to report as in other years that the teachers at the high school find it a pleasure to work with such a fine group of young people as we have in Bridgton. I note that more or less tardiness is manifest, perhaps no more than in any year, but I wish that the pupils could be led to understand that the business world has no use for the tardy employee, and I feel that the school is the training ground for life. Tardy habits in school may persist after school to the detriment of the individual. I feel that the pupil should regard the school as his present business and that business customs should prevail. People do not absent themselves from their jobs unless absolutely necessary. They expect to be there when the whistle blows and expect to do a day's work. The loafer gets small pay or loses his job. The pay of the pupil or his school credit is commensurate with the work he does and how well he does it. So I ask that parents will cooperate with us in these matters, and as I have always found them willing to in the past, I am confident that they will in this case. The programs of the 1931 graduating exercises and junior speaking contest are incorporated in this report as a matter of record. The Talcott prizes of ten dollars each were awarded last June to Arthur Brooks Otis and Frances Louise Webb. In closing, I wish to express my appreciation of the fine cooperation of all the officials and teachers of the Bridgton schools, and to thank the parents and citizens of the town for their helpful attitude and loyal support. Respectfully submitted, HAROLD P. ANDREWS, Principal. January 30, 1932, JUNIOR PRIZE SPEAKING CLASS OF 1932 BRIDGTON HIGH SCHOOL at the METHODIST CHURCH, BRIDGTON Friday Evening, March 27, 1931 Music by the High School Orchestra Music Prayer 1. Commencement, Sarah W. Kellogg Joanna Meron Stone 2. The Gold Louis, Anonymous Marguerite May Thompson 3. Citizenship, William P. Frye Carl Jerome Kilborn (2nd prize) 4. A Soldier of France, Benson-de Acosta Arona Ernestine Wight Music 5. Midshipman Easy, Sylvia C. Bates Eva Viola Hall (1st prize) 6. Tale of the Kennebec Mariner, Holman F. Day Allen Philip Hoyt 7. Karen's Exploit, Charles H. Roberts Norma Elene Walker 8. A Tribute to Wilson, W. R. Pattangall Kenneth Benjamin Cobb (1st prize) Music 9. The Show Must Go On, Anne Fuller Anna May Saunders (2nd prize) 10. The Swan Song, Katherine R. Brooks Elizabeth Mary Jacobs 11. The Country Doctor, Phillips H. Lord Stephen Gay Dow 12. "Patsy," Kate Douglas Wiggin Helen Louise Bryant Music Awarding of Prizes Judges Superintendent Ardel Lombard of Casco Principal Donald Wight of Greely Institute Mrs. Margaret Denison of Harrison GRADUATION EXERCISES of the CLASS OF 1931 of BRIDGTON HIGH SCHOOL at the State Theater, Bridgton Friday Afternoon, June 12th Class Motto: "Labor Omnia Vincit." Class Colors: Green and Silver. CLASS ROLL Enoch Standish Cook Robert Jordan Dingley Cora Mae Dyer Theodore Hazen Foster Kermit Gilman Foster Rosie Mary Gallinari Ernest Joseph Harris, Jr. Eleanor Meade Hebb Arthur Augustus Kilborn Eunice Estelle Libby Phyllis Neota Marshall Ruth Pitman Meserve Donald Edwin O'Brien Arthur Brooks Otis Alta Augusta Pendexter Edith May Russell Joseph Antonio Schiavi Richard Holman Thompson Francis Louise Webb Etta Mabelle Wheeler Wilma Annie Wyman PROGRAM Senior Processional Invocation, Rev. Ernest F. Doughty "Minuet" (Haydn), Senior Trio "Cossack's Revels" (Tschakoff) Salutatory, "Music in Nature," Wilma Annie Wyman Song, "On Mountain Heights" (Handel), Glee Clubs Honor Essay, "Maine Forest Protection and Con servation," Edith May Russell Class Prophecy, Eleanor Meade Hebb Donald Edwin O'Brien "Northern Lights" (Weidt), Orchestra Presentation of Gifts, Phyllis Neota Marshall Enoch Standish Cook Valedictory, "Progress in Government," Arthur Brooks Otis Song, "A Perfect Day" (Bond), Glee Clubs Conferring of Diplomas Presentation of Prizes Singing of Class Ode Benediction, Rev. Ernest F. Doughty Senior Recessional 1931 CLASS ODE (Tune: "Boosting the Old High School") Four long years we've struggled, to our studies we've been true. To our teachers dear and classmates, we will bid a sad adieu. We will honor Bridgton High School, for we love you one and all. We hate to leave you-we know we'll miss you, So here's a toast to you, as you go back next fall. Chorus Farewell, dear Bridgton High School, we will think of you with pride, As we go onward, as we go forward with life's ever changing tide. So we will love you-and we will boost you, As we try to do our best, And endeavor to be worthy of our B. H. S. Chorus We must leave our high school, we've enjoyed our high school days. We'll remember her forever as we go our different ways. We will stand for her united as we go out into life, We'll strive for merit-we'll work for credit And do our best to win in after years of strife. Etta M. Wheeler Additional Comments: Extracted from: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGTON MAINE For The Fiscal Year Ending February 1st 1932 Together with the Report of School Officials BRIDGTON NEWS PRINT File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/cumberland/history/schools/reportof46gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 10.4 Kb