Bar Harbor High School - Islander Yearbook (Bar Harbor, ME)

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more and mole apparent They swayed and some evrn be fan a low vnostnmff but all pressed nearer the small table When the holero came to ltn climax ln a trt me ndous wt ll of onnd wlneh filled the bulldlng the dancer psutd hel actlons wlth xt 'Ind the final effect 4 I the r' vnu 4 lm ts tfli muslc back droppmg the mlcl gesturm s of the danec r Ill hc r long Ilstshmg gold f lIlllf'llII was almo t oxerwhmhnlng The hauntlnv' spe of lt hung our all fun a ter the last echoes of tht molflo had fcflsec Thf hc 'us IIPINL wa lnolu I1 hs wayc after w sum of thundt tous slpplause and annd cries of Author tht potllffht sw ttchrd to a tall lanky man NIIIHIU In tht duk apfut from all the rest He rose Nllll a wlld but triumphant loolx H1 In eyes to aeltnow lt d c the ox ltlon Xs the composer w as about to take Ins bow two attendant frasped hnn firmly and led hun toward the entrance Bach at thelr tal le NI Martln and Dubols notn ed tht composer 1nd ht escorts COH11f1g toward them Duhon. Interrupted Ins applause lonv enou h to mqum When are you taklng our fr1end You rob hnn of hls just ICCOUUIIIOII Where, hlons1eu19 echoed one attendant Mon lent Inyar here IS not sane, we are taklng hnn back to the asylum Vol a, satd Martin, bhfllgglllg h1s shoulda 1 l t tl yo 37 C O UIVCY Actordlng to a recent poll, 80721 ofthe students apptoachtd ln B11 Harbor Hlgll School are deflmtely ln fax or of a consohdatcd Island school In order to present both sldes of the questlon Should We Have a Consohdated Island Sch0ol9'7, there are enumerated below typlcal oplnxons expressed by the student body of Bar Harbor Hlgh School P R 0 Ithmk that any lnstltutlon teachlng our youth to be better cltlzens should by all means, be encouraged You could study the subjects you wanted to lnstead of bemff held back by the lack of com petent teachers Such a school would ey entually r1d the Island of the strong and unpleasant rlvalry Wh1Ch CXISIS todav, as far as sports are concerned It would be wonderful from an athletlc POIHI of new because there would be better teams and a greater varlety of sports I beheve that lt IS no longer a questlon of should or hould not an Island school be formed It IS necessary to thlnk What w1ll do the greatest amount of Good for the greatest number of studentswa Not much of anythlnff IS belng done for the general students 1n that they are not belng re pared sufflclently for any yoeatlon In a large school, cout es 111 lDt,Cll'lI1lf s, carpenterlng etc , would be Included ln the curr1culum It ls pamfully apparent that omethm-1 must he done by w ay of repalr to the ll1aj0I'lty of our Island schools before they come crashmg down upon the heads of our students The COHQQIIQIHIQQI sCh001 14011111 glxe 1tS litlplls Ill? br Yltflt of IIIIXIHU Xkllh ICIIOSC of 0 IICI' towns bulldlng up fuendshlps SNIIICII w nll tend to destroy town yealou re , and preparlng them to meet people on thelr own grounds 7' 4 It would be Chgaper to bulld one large 5tl100l audltorlum and gy mnaslum than to bulld half a dozen schools and Cfllllp them ' ' I bf-llgye that thmugh the 111Cd1uI'f1 of thercgnonal srhool the people of the several towns would be brought closer together, through a larger commulllly lrllcrcst . , H , , ' ' an ' D7 v .1 Y . v. . 'W .W Y Y . - . c . c , 1 H1 .r.. . ,S D ., X ' . a - to Ft' 1 s , D ,V ll '. , f .f - -1 1' . 1. 1 u' s', 'N 'ts 1 ' ' f ' 1 -' fc ,. ' H -.Q '. . ' . . . ' , s C , , J . E, 1 . 4 K c . ' ' A ' 1 'xt ' ' I gx . , y . I , , . . .D X my .A Q . , , I . . , , ., 4 s ,. .W . .N C Q U . . X 4, 7 my W . . I , . c O 1. . . 1 . . . . W . . ,, c . 5 . N , . , ,, ,, i. h ,.. . . - . . ' . 5 , 1 . . c ' ' - Q 29 H . ,, ' . . . . 44. .S Y' I . ' ' ' c - s. It as as oI y ul i' ' , , ,t . . . . . ' . . - - ' ' . 4 , , -. V C l Y . 7 - . u . A . 4, , . , , r, , ,G . . . . . . . . . , 77 M . . . 2 ' 5 . 77 cc , , Y ' ' ' D - . Q 73 52 1 ' ' -' Y- , ' V 77 H . . . . S 5 M ,- . v . , . cc , -4 C H , . . . . v . - O C M 'V P ' ' ' f ' , ' , ' 's c 4 : , . . . . . ,, H ,R , T A . Q x , In v . . . D D I I I I ' I .4 l . . ' 3 'I 44 ' . ' W . Y . V - N x x . . -. - - -1 i . C t Y . . y. . A W . 1. N v Q Q Q 7 K ., y - ,,

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mg fm N' 4' X tif f 71 N ve Xxx HEMI., O CIO IANICF I FI AND flrazx 9 exclalmed 'Nl Martln How 1111 1011 '1y that? The dlfference between llllly and lnsamty IQ so Qllgllt X1111 non' Xou are nnstaken, Mon 11111 lllt 1l1fl11e111e lSllt sllgllt rep led 11qu1 ll11l1111s lt 1s, rather, a chasm, or the msane hu 111 an altogether d1fferent w o1l1l f1o111 OUIS Look at Maumee lhjar the 11111111oser and Ah but l11s 111us1c IS exqulsltel 'Nl Ill 1l11u' Vvhat do you mean, 1t111 ll11 111111 s LIHZ But no' He lb only a genlusl Thats w l11t l 111 lltlllg to explam you see Oh The lwhts ale d11111111ng lndeed, the hghts of the Cafe Nolr 97 l'llIlll1CIll. lh If was 1 slnght pause 1n the crowd s f'o111e1sat11111 and suddenly, 111 the mlddle of the cafe a bught blue spothght llflshed on lVl11x111U slowly our tl1e patrons as lf Nt lltlllllu' f111 Stlllltlhlllg the beam came to 1est ou 1 one c'1f1 table on w l1lLl1 an ollve sl1111111d woman was standmg 111 a long, l1111111e1111g gold dress The 310111111 re111'11ned statlonary at first, llCl ht 11l down and l1er 'mms txtended above l1er body then, 'ls a slow Qll'llll of 111us11 sta1ted, she bega11 to tldlltt At the lltglllllltlb only l11 r feet moved, taplllllg 1o11e1tt11111 to he tllQl3l1tlJ0lCI0 1hy thm of the IIIUQIL slowly her whole body Lame lIltO act1o11 Tl1e uowd arrested by the monotonous but 1at1l1111f1 heat of thc PIBC6 and tl1e act1ons of the dancer forgot llS badmaffe and tur111d full attentlon to the e11te1ta1ne1 All eyes were fixed on the ta Jle Sllltllxl Hllmg the roo111 creat1 d a blue gray Ill1Nl wlnth 111ox11l only about tl1e dancer as she lllllltqtl and tw1sted Illttl 01111 steppmg off tl1e table As tl11 l1tat and plteh of tl1e 111u 1C became 111u1l1 111o1e mten e tl1e hush of the people seemed to Mtilgll ll0aXllX on the raft MIIIUICS passed a11d st1ll that sa111e pulsatmff beat of the 11111s1c per lQlPd st1ll the daneer kept her plan on the small e111ul'1r tal1l1, IIIUXIIIU her feet 'md body ttllll tl1e sw lylllf' l1aunt1nU rl1yth111 ofthe plttt weaylng '1 YtLlltl pattern w llll lltl 811115 a11dl1'1111ls As lllt 111u IC Cll0I1lCl 011 a Lllallfft was r111t111al1l1 111 tl11 cafz goels A sort of restlessness see1111 d to p111ade lllt at111ospl1e1e and ptople began to lllfl f1 b1t 1n th11r s1ats as though co1npelled by the rhythm of tl1e l1ol11o Slowly almost 1111per1ept1l1ly the tempo llltl xolume of the lllllilt 1IlC1C3SCd and the enter ta111e1 s Nfllll 111o1e111111ts bfeanw 111011 w1ld E1 en now l111w1111 tl11 111us11 nexer chanffed 1ts beat or llltllllly '1111l the tldllLPI 111 111 Hlllltll llltilll tl1e shaft f llllll l1'111 Mllltlt Sttlllltl to separate two d1fler ent worlds l111 'md the patlons The spell of the 111us1c, C'0llllJlllCll Hllll tl1e sp11'1111l ll and odd dame of the entertamer, per yaded all p1es111t As the tempo and yolume of tl1e 111u IC grew the exc1t1111ent of the crowd became ,fl '21 is t? . xfll , ji lvzj , . ,, ,Q .. ff 1 1 e's1 as xx VV 1' t l X 44 v 27 v - E - gg , . 1 . , , 1 . . ffl:-. 2 ' . 3 ' ' . , K ' W ft . Sc ' . Y 'gQi f,,-i1,ff,,fx V 5 ' sz ' Q' ' 1 ' ' 'N - - ' .w NH W lx xt T 14 ' 1 1 ' AWWNX 1 X anti-1.-2 in 1 ,. so X5 , 1 A ' ' f - 1 Wx Jhliww 1-N '+-' - - f X lx 1, I X 'Xp 1 . Q I . Y? . . Ill I X V A 1 Q n I . I , I ygxxxgv i yxjxx sc , k A . A l '-Q I 0' as ' i v f xx mln' V T T'-l .U . A .141 - - - I 17 4 , - ' dwg IA'z,?', Ma' I 2 1 . yl Y v X - xl ,pa V! 1 l 7 1. -Q - 9 , X ' 1 gf l :f1' - A f ' , .21., ' f . . . -fx fxf-?31V,, 11 ' q . ' .... M y ' , l 1 . , . ' 1 . . ' -5, . f gy ,1 1 1 C M - X '.f,f,l ,j.1,x' jf- I 1 I I - - . K 4 f - ' 49 f ' w'1r1'1- t'XllIlglllSll0tl for the evening's enter- si 1 .ffy fx L' ,Y 1 I .,, . 1 ,Jigs git 1,1 J News ig- - N 5 X 3 x I- Q. a h ' W Y. Y bl . X . D ' 1 .' 4' 1 ' 1 N1 D ' S 1 , , 1 1 1 3 1 , V 11- f- ', ff! C :,. I V Y K . . 1 . .' 1 . . ' - -1 ' . 1 - g , 1. Q '1' , YL ' Q ' ff. 1 - ' ' re - 1 1, ' . .- 1 ' 1 I A 1 1 L' 1: M 1 1. 1 I y 1 ' ' , 7 h K , G . 5 6 V . 7 . I D 2 , ' ' ' .Y . ' 1' , . 1 1 - ' 'F . ' 1 ' , ' . 1 '1' Fit ' l . A f f ' - 5' 1 1- - ' s , l M ' - 1 ' C . . sf , 3 ' ' , -1 1 .' . . , ,' , .' -, -' ' , . . A , . I . D I 4 t ' ,V K' D: D ,117 1 , C U . C , ,. . L U ii 3 S' I - 1 l 1 C: r ' -1 1 ' 3 .L 1, ,Ii . 1 vf 1 - ' , A s ' 1 ' ' -' ., . .. ' ', 5 ' , ' ' ', , 1 ' ' ' , - D fem vi. 4 7 1 A Y x nr 1 'we ,' ' 1 'l 'x'x'- 2 A.: I ' I D . ' 'ec ' ' ' , ' . lb Si' 11, jf' I ' - ' ' f- Vs 1 - ' , - , , ' ,, 1 nz ' 1 ' ' ' - ' 1 21 1 . 1 1 ' S' '. ' ' 2

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l btlreye that any rrrovement toward lmproument of ulucrlron should rlways bc grvcn care ful consrderatron A gurdanee program such as has been proposed would seelt out the specral talents of students, and encourage and develop them qtuderrts ysrll mect nrore competltron, and through rt urll learn to adjust more readlly to a larger school or college Teachers rn a revronal hrgh school would be better prepared for therr partrcular subject Wrtlr only one subject to a teacher he could specralrze and not be oblrged to drvrde hrs attentrons among sex eral separate and unrelated subjects CON In a school of approxmrately I 000 puprls rt seems to me that these puprls would lose the xaluable personal contact wrth those about them I don t belreye the Island towns wrll want to lose therr mdnrdual rdentlty by jornrng thrs school Where would the money come from? I belreye that the money should be spent on makrng our Island a more Ideal vacatron spot to rnsure the resrdents that they Wrll be able to make a lrvmg Separate school scholarshrps, I presume, wrll not be transferred to the proposed Island school 'I lns would make rt mrpossrble to a great degree for some deservmg students to attend college We haye certarn clrques rn our schools, certamly there ysrll be many more 1n the proposed school After we get the school burlt we probably fan carry rt on but where, how and from whom are me gorng to get the money to begrn burldrngwl We should mart urrtrl we can be sure of our Island s future as a resort town The prrncrpal of one of the present Island hrgh schools stated that rf the town were wrllrng to spcrrd tlrr rrronev, hrs hrfflr school has room enough to hate every subject offered by the proposed re grorral lngh school What about t1ansportatron'7 The long drstances to be covered by the buses would make rt necessary for some puprls to leave home as early as 1 o clock and probably not return before 4 o clock That s a long day lv No one can be sure of the future of Bar Harbor I thrnk ne should get along as best we can for a few years untrl we find out whether there wrll be any busrness here to enable resrdents to make a lrvrng, otherwlse they wrll have to move elsewhere,and we shall hate no need for a larger school I don t thrnk the seventh and erghth grades should be housed rn the regronal school burldrng That would mean srx years of commutrng , and they would mlss the trme honored achrevement of Grammar school graduatron Opmrons Collected by MARJORIE STEVENS 6 6' 4' 54 g ' , . . V ' . , 1 y , i ' S I 1 1 ' , I V- - as 55 ' . . . . ' I Y, H Y. X . . . Y. . . ,V , i 77 44 E . . . . . . D , , , , 1 1 . . 1 -. I ' 77 I . . . . . . gc . 7 . . . V c J , , , , - as 44 7 . ,J K . . . . 7. . . . . . i I no cc - ' ' , T . I , . Q i . . . . T . . . ,, 54 . v. Q 1 . . . . . 7, I ' c ., . , ' . H V v . . . W . V. . 1 I 77 cc - - I 1 if . 1 1 - , - GS Y ' ' v D Q 4 ' 7 . Y 77 44 . . . . . . , L , ,, c ' ' . 7 , A- 1 x ' ' S . , , ' s 1 , , ,l b , c - l ' h ar 44 - ' ' . . . ' ' 1- 1 9 , ,L 'V , c , . c . . a r La - 1 , Y I ,ct , , . . I v. Y . 7 Y 5, 44 , . . . . . . Y . 44 I . ,, . . - . . . . ' 7, n . nf: x91 mf: U1 I I