Morse High School graduates 131 in 51st commencement
At Morse High School the 51st commencement held Wednesday evening saw 131 students awarded diplomas in a full auditorium. C Lloyd Hooker of the Board of Education presented the diplomas to 67 girls and 64 boys. six earned high honors, 34 honors, including 20 National Honor Society members. Veteran Alan R Elwell among graduates led by Class Marshal Frank Young.
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Graduates Plan to Further Education from Morse High
From 131 graduates Wednesday 50 have signed to continue studies at universities colleges and other schools. Names include Robert Arsenault Robert Carmichael Sandra Daley Lardina Caverly Irving Davis Carroll Denbow Patti Hayes and others. Principal Farnham praised the class noting education as a major American business and predicted growth.
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University of Maine
Robert Arsenault
Robert Carmichael
Sandra Daley
Lardina Caverly
Irving Davis
Carroll Denbow
Patti Hayes
Robert Hers
Science aids the homemaker in salutatorian talk
The speaker extols science as a driver of home conveniences from refrigerators and freezers to automatic defrosters and lazy susan shelves. She notes electric mixers gas stoves and timers easing meal prep and describes electric dishwashers washing machines dryers and ironers as key aids in daily chores.
Morse High School Graduation Program Highlights
Morse High School presents a graduation program featuring the school orchestra, solos by Florence Fullerton and Anne Riva, salutatory by Kathryn Libby, and valedictory on atomic energy. Rev Sims delivers invocations and benedictions as Principal Farnham and Board member Hooker award diplomas.
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Charles R. Sims
Kathryn Frances Libby
E. Jane Ledyard Hermann Lohr
Curbing Atomic Energy Use To Peace Is A Great Challenge
A speaker argues curbing atomic energy to peaceful use is the era's major task. He notes industrial uptake, with about a thousand firms using atomic materials and hundreds employing radiography and thickness gauges. He cites costs, applications, and the vast energy potential of uranium to power homes and towns.
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Progress in Medicine Tied to Advances in Science
Miss Vivian Elizabeth McDougal honors essayist argues science benefits medicine as electronics and radiology advance. She describes tracers made from radioactivated isotopes, iodine tracing thyroid health, and radiation therapy for cancer. Neutron beams, electronic microscopes, and UV diagnostics boost early cancer detection and treatment.
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Vivian Elizabeth McDougal
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Ode Tune
School song praising Morse High and Sigma Chi ties. Carolyn Herrin writes of memories, friendship, and farewell to teachers as graduates depart to a new world with faith in their school. The verse emphasizes gratitude and lasting school pride.
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End of Morse High four year era as it becomes a three year school
Morse High School ends its 51 year run as a four year secondary school. Starting next Fall freshmen will enter a new Junior High and Morse will operate as a three year institution. Enrollment is expected to be around 500 with a plan to reach about 600 later. A girls physical education class will be added.
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Morse High School Graduates Class of 1954 Honor Roll
The Morse High School graduating class of 1954 lists numerous seniors including Kathryn Marie Allain Lorraine Marie Allain Joseph Arsenault Edward Ball Joseph Barter Joan Batchelder Shirte A ate Thomas Bishop Carl Hengricks Patricia Helen Brewer Jean Isabel Brown Burns Marilyn Carlton Carmichael Glenn Carter Dora Caton Lardina Caverly Robert Champagne Patricia Chubbuck Thomas Davis Carroll Edward Denbow David Dodge Frederick Detton He Doughty Alan Elwell Vaneta Estes Laura Everett Patricia Foss Donald Freeman Harold Fuller Gerona Giacobbe Alfred Goodwin Mae Griffin Richard Harrison Carolyn Herrin Robert Sturtevant Hersom Gerald Holland Martha Holmes Ann Hooker Barbara Treland Ellen James Constance Marilyn Earens Robert King Marilyn Kitage Medora Lee Owles Philip Wilson Lawrence Leavitt David Lee Marilyn Leeman Earlene Libbey Kathryn Libby Herbert Lilly Carol Loeschner Harriet MacDougall Hadley MacKenzie James MacPhee Joseph Marchetti Lilian Marquis Arthur Mayo Stewart McAllister Nancy MacBrine Paul Lewis McCourt Vivian McDougal George McElman Marie McKay Robert McRae Nancy Miller Synnott Morse Morse Morse Ann Munsey Patrick Hugent Fernando Sones Perham Reed Renshaw Maurice Rice Alberta Robertson Shirley Robinson Rouillard Sylvia Russell Orman Howard Sharkey Anne Singer Sheffield Marion Smith Walter Snipe Donna Stewart Mary Stuart Franklin Talbot John Trafton Judith Hoyningen Hoyenne Warner John Waterhouse White Liza Wilson Billings Wing Virgina Wright Ralph Wright Frank Youn High Honors National Honor Society Veteran
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Kathryn Marie Eee
Lorraine Marie Allain
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Anne Ames
Joseph Arsenault Jr
Edward Ball, Jr
Oland Joseph Barter
Joan Saas Batchelder
Shirte Py
Thomas Charles Bishop
Carl Hengricks
Julae Tanke
Ane Breton
Atricia
Helen Brewer
Jean Isabel Brown
En Burns
Marilyn Carlton le Carmichael
Glenn Malcolm Carterborah Caton
Lardina
Ann_ Caverly obert
Leo Champagne, Jr
Patricia Lee Chubbuckhomas
James Met
Bria Constance Jean Davis
Irving Perry Davis Carroll
Edward Denbow
David Marshall Dodge
Frederick Charles Dettonley
He Doughty Witts
Dale Drost
Alan Richard Elwell Vaneta Lee Estes
Laura Lorraine Everett
Patricia Arlene Foss Donald Alfred Allen Freeman
Harold Fremont Fuller
Florence Marie Fullerton Gerona
Annette Giacobbe
Alfred Lewis Goodwin
Mae Arlene Griffin
Richard Savage Harrison i
Carolyn Elizabeth Herrin
Robert Sturtevant Hersom Geraldancis Holland. Jr
Martha Frances Holmes
Ti Reverry Ann Hooker
Barbara Jean Treland
Ellen Geneva James
Constance Marilyn Earens
Robert William King
Marilyn Dawn Kitage
Medora Lee Owles
Philip Wilson Wrence
Joseph John Leavitt
Janeyard
David Edward Lee
Marilyn Leeman
Earlene Lenora Libbey
Kathryn Frances Libby
Herbert Bailey Lilly, Jr
Carol Ann Loeschner
Harriet Ivna ‘MacDougall
Hadley MacKenzie Ames Burton MacPhee Joseph John Marchetti
Lilian Marcia Marquis
Arthur Farley Mayo
Stewart Pierce McAllister
Nancy Mary MacBrine Paul James Lewis McCourt
Vivian Elizabeth McDougal George Ronald McElman
Marie McKay
Robert Alden McRae
Nancy Elaine Miller
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Berta Arline Morse
Erly Ann Munsey
Patrick Joseph Hugent Fernando Sones
Ellegrini
Perc & So
Saortene Perhammald
Pryntna
Guy Patterson Reed
Elaine Theresa Renshaw
Maurice Nelson Rice
Alberta Ruth Richard Duncan
Alexander Robertson
Shirley Margaret Robinson Conrad Eugene Rouillard
Sylvia Ann Russell Orman Howard Sanford
Janet Ann Sharkey
Anne Riva Singer
Thomas Edwin Sheffield
Marion Aylane Smith Walter Gordon Snipe
Donna Rose Stewart
Douglas Parker Stewart
Mary Elizabeth Stuart
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Maurice ‘Talbot
John Foster Trafton
Judith Trott t*Caecilie
Elisabeth Dorothee von Hoyningen
Growth in number of workers in research drives progress
The essay discusses the rise of researchers from pre 1900 Edison and Bell teams to modern labs with chemists physicists and technicians. It notes lab facilities large well lit rooms and equipment from test tubes to massive machines and cites high industry expenditures in silicon steel nylon and overall R&D spending in the trillions.
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Morse High Honors Four Active Graduates
Four Morse High School graduates receive National Honor Society recognition for four years of leadership and service. Patrick Nugent and Kathryn Libby are valedictorians with extensive student council and club roles. Jane Ledyard is an honor essayist with multiple activities including French club and Girls State. Vivian McDowell and Mohiba Pence hold various posts in clubs and student government.
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Kathryn Frances Libby
Voleyball
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Jane Ledyard
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Izabeth McDowsel
Valedictorian recites Atomic Energy address on peace
Patrick Joseph Nugent delivers a graduation speech titled Atomic Energy An Avenue to Peace and Prosperity detailing the birth of atomic research from 1939 to 1954. He notes early U.S. funding in 1940, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, postwar policy debates, and the Atomic Energy Commission’s five peace time applications including power generation.
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