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The Oracle, 1945
Bangor High School
The graduating class has witnessed the close of an era -- the close of the European war. We have felt the imprint of war deeply impressed upon us during our years of high school; the end of a phase of it marks the end of a chapter in our lives.
The completion of the second phase of the war marks the beginning of a new era. We leave B. H. S. to take our places as citizens of the world. We solemnly vow that we will work untiringly, unselfishly, and unceasingly to make it a world of peace.
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The Oracle, 1944
Bangor High School
Foreword
In this year of 1943-1944 the Oracle staff has obeyed the command "Carry on!" As the war moves on toward victory existing conditions find the staff preserving the tradition of the past.
The work entailed in publishing the Oracle has been accomplished by a smaller staff than ever, primarily because a greater number of students having both the necessary ability and volition were not to be found. This fact seems illogical in view of the keen interest of the student body as each issue appears. A larger group is desirable. The desire, paraphrased, is, "Oracle board, may its scribes increase!"
Although priorities and restrictions have caused a temporary reduction in the number of issues, the quality and quantity of material have been of the same high standard that students have come to expect in their student publication. The magazine has, however, continued to carry numerous photographs in both regular columns and special features. The day is hoped for when photographic covers may be realized. And, too, the future will see such innovations as consistent column head type, line cuts, etc. We leave the execution of these plans to tomorrow's Oracle staffs.
In spite of diminished school enrollment the subscription campaign conducted in the fall was very successful. This response makes tangible to the staff the character and responsibility of the Oracle.
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The Oracle, 1943
Bangor High School
Dedication
The thoughts of youth in 1943 are inevitably thoughts of war. No one can remain untouched by the human tragedy that is war. With awful intonations it announces sorrow, suffering, death to supposedly civilized peoples -- grown selfish in their civilization. Comrades and counselors of youth are caught in the clutches of conflict. No wonder the future twists itself into an overwhelming question mark, and youth is asking, "Why war? What is civilization? Where is God?"
To us at Bangor High School, the induction of friends and teachers, the progress of their training, their promotions, word of honors won and lives lost, bring home the war. Many of us are soon to join their ranks. Our eyes and hopes are fixed upon them whose lot is service to the nation. Some will return; some we shall never see again. But it is to them that we, the youth of 1943, can look for the answer to our questions.
In a spirit not so much of dedication as of prayer, we pay tribute to the men and women, boys and girls, who have gone forth from Bangor High School in the services of their country. We pray that we may find strength to stand firm and true behind them every minute of the way.
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The Oracle, 1942
Bangor High School
Foreword
For some, June 1942, signifies merely the end of another year, and the beginning of a similar cycle in September; for some, June1942, opens doors of opportunity- to further study or a position; but for the Oracle staff, June 1942, is double in its significance. Primarily, it terminates the fiftieth year of publication -- a record which few school magazines can hold up for all readers to see.
In February, the Fiftieth Anniversary issue of the Oracle was devoted to a golden era of high school journalism. The bright flame of this past is but candlelight to the shining possibilities which are well within the grasp of Oracle staff posterity. History will go on trumpeting from the headlines, and school papers will continue printing student activities and Hokum columns and the harvests of young spring poets, not distracted by the blasts of the times, but echoing them, nevertheless, as they bear upon student life.
The first responsibility of the Oracle is that of every high school publication to make a tangible and permanent record of the school's progress and activity. Its second obligation is to stir and nourish the aspirations of adolescent journalists, stressing cooperation, yet all the while cultivating good writing and proving the practicability of Good English.
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The Oracle, 1941
Bangor High School
Foreword
The Bangor High School Oracle, in its true function, is a students' magazine, published for the students' benefit and entertainment. To that end, it has been the purpose of the current staff to include in the magazine those features which we believe to be of most interest to the students.
There has, for instance, been an increase in the number of stories of teen-age boys and girls, in teen-age situation. More humorous poems, as well as serious poetry, have been added and the entire literary section made larger, in the belief that this was the section turned to after Hokum.
The new illustrated Fashion Column seem to have been popular, and favorable comments have been received.
In the process of enlarging the magazine, new features of interest have been added and other old features of value unfortunately omitted. It is our hope that future staffs, with the help of the students, may be able to strike a true proportion of representative features so that the Oracle may become truly a magazine of the school.
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The Oracle, 1939
Bangor High School
Foreword
When there is enough of widespread interest so that every student will want his subscription -- when the best of the school's literary talent is brought to light -- when the Oracle will capture for the total stranger a perfect detailed panorama of the school we know so well -- when the atmosphere of the school may be divined in every line, and, above all, when our readers shall never know what novelty to expect in each succeeding issue -- then shall the aims for which past staffs have been working and which we have kept in mind be fulfilled.
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The Oracle, 1935
Bangor High School
The Oracle Board takes pleasure in printing in this number a history of Bangor High School from 1835-1935. The Centennial celebration of our high school is of special interest this year, coming at a time when the whole country is joining with the citizens of Boston in celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of the Boston Latin School, the establishment of which was the beginning of free education in this country.
While free secondary education existed in this country as early as 1635, it was not, however, until 1821 that a free high school offered anything but college preparatory subjects existed. Only fourteen years after the founding of the first free non-classical high school, the Bangor city high school came into being. Since its establishment, March 4, 1835, the high school has been in continuous operation and has turned out pupils who in every walk of life have reflected credit upon their alma mater.
The material used in the history was obtained form the city government records, Williams' History of Penobscot County, and the Student's Record, a newspaper published at B.H.S. in 1886.
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The Oracle, 1934
Bangor High School
Foreword
In the past fifty years, progress has become increasingly important as the keynote of our civilization. And so it is that today our eyes are directed not toward the past with its great achievements, but toward the future with its far greater possibilities. Our progress, as seniors, has carried through high school, and as pictured in the cul before the senior division in this ORACLE, the road to success lies ahead. As one of the senior essays says, many will not reach the objective, but the beckoning goal is always in front of us.
During the four years of high school, our activities have played an important part in our school life. The modernistic assembly hall, shown on the page before the local section, may bring back remembrances of the activities we have carried on in school, and it will also suggest the more important role we will play in the future.
As we senior members of the ORACLE Board pass from the high school picture, we express the hope that the 1934 ORACLE has presented an all around view of school life. If we have succeeded in showing both the serious side and the light side of Bangor High School, we are satisfied that our time has been well-spent. To the ORACLE Board of 1935, who, we hope, have a great deal to live up to, we say this: may the modernistic drawing before the literary section be indicative of your writings next year. We hope that the lamp will shed light on all your journalistic problems and that you will remember -- Progress.
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