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

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SOMEONEMETRY Here I sit in a fog, not knowing what to write. Mr. Reynolds is standing at the end of the table, leaning on one hand talking about geometry - - that crazy stuff, geometry. From what I gather the problem has something to do with a tower. What they are trying to do with the poor old tower, only the Lord knows. One student says, This is north. Another says, Not either, it's south. Now Mr. Reynolds starts in on planes and has pencils and rulers spread out all over the table. He stands straight now and rubs his chin and says, Well Finally he goes back to his study hall desk and the poor little dears have to figure it out for themselves. I learned later that it was not geometry they were doing, but trigonometry. Oh well, trigonome- try, sprigonometry - - it all sounds the same to me. -RICHARD Woonwoaru '55 -T11-01-114 BOOKS Books are things which students avoid Whether they be Shakespeare or Freud. Books can be large, small, thick or thin, Telling of the present, future or what has been. There are books of the old medieval time, And also books that are sold for a dime. Then there are books of long and windy orations And those that tell love tales of the nations. To some, books are treasures to be taken great care of, But to the student, all books are to beware of. -ERLA CLEAVES '55 ..o -1. SPORTSMANSHIP Recently in the Bar Harbor Times appeared an editorial on basketball, the last paragraph of which So long as we feel that local bas- ketball is an outlet for infantile emo- tionalism of some of the fans we shall feature stories of the weather - - and not basketball. What has happened this past year to make Mr. Shea, himself a basketball fan, adopt such a strong editorial tone? The reason is simple. Some fans, definitely the minority here on Mount Desert Island, have through their poor sportsmanship spoiled the fun and pur- pose of basketball for the fans who still enjoy this sport as it should be enjoyed by all. This is the reason, above any other, that I hoped Bar Harbor High School would win the Bangor Junior Chamber of Commerce good sportsmanship award for medium schools. This award is given annually to the school participating in the Eastern Maine tournament that shows the best sportsman- ship. Bar Harbor's courtesy and politeness to fans, players, and cheerleaders of other teams was nearly above reproach and the older fans followed the students' example. Their combined efforts won for our school a banner which should be prized by all students, faculty, and alumni of Bar Harbor High School. Perhaps Bar Harbor's conduct will prove to all that courtesy is the best policy and in the future basketball on Mount Desert Island will regain its proper place as a sport. -JOYCE HIGGINS '58 ii,-0- Oh teacher, teacher, You know itis no useg So please be obliging And turn me loose. I like to fish, I like to hunt, And truly wish I was out of this dump. If I were you And you were me, We might each Have a good personality. follows: -jouw Htyvru '55 This Page Sponsored By Harmon Piano Co. New Atlantic Restaurant Sears, Roebuck, K Co Bar Harbor and Bangor . Bango.r . Bangor

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A WORLD OF PEACE What would the earth be like today If it were full of peace? If the hatred in the world Suddenly all should cease? If nations could see eye to eye, And people face to face, And it made no difference to any man Your color, creed, or race? Someday o'er this earth may come A message sweet and clear, To tell each person, young and old, That peace is very near. If you believe in miracles, And many people do - - Then maybe through your hopes and prayers This dream may soon come true. -JAcQUEI.iNi: Comrrwrzx' '5 '- 1-.-110 THE SCIENTIFIC WAY OF MAKING A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is something I do when there are two conditions: III lim hungry and l2l I canlt get my mother to do it. This is one thing I do very well because my mother doesn't like to make them any more than I do. My whole secret is to do it scientifically. First of all, and the most important, are the in- gredients. They are as follows: one jar of Skippy! Creamy Style Peanut Butter containing T90 roasted peanuts made into a nice, creamy butter-like sub- stance: one jar of Welch's Grapelade jam. made with the sweetest grapes from the best vineyards in the worldg two slices of Mack's King-Size Sunbeam Bread: one stainless steel knife: and, last but not least, a table with a red and white checkered oilcloth. You must be careful, however, to get neither table nor oilcloth into the sandwich. First, you take the two slices of snowy-white Mack's Sunbeam bread and place them side by side on the red and white checkered oilcloth. Then take- your stainless steel table knife, and take approxi- mately 37 peanuts of the 799 in the jar of Skippy's Peanut Butter, and put it on one slice of brad. Be sure you get Skippyis Creamy Style and not the Chunk Style, or you will have lumps in your finished product. meaning the sandwich, of course. Now spread it out evenly! The next step is to pry open the jar of Welch! grape jelly with a can opener. The amount of jelly to use is something I can not disclose to you because it is top secret information. If you don't like grape jelly, you had better forget eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich - - try tuna. It is - - oops! I..et's not get off the subject. Where were we?? Oh yes, spread your jelly smoothly or your sandwich will taste dry. THERE! You're almost done! Now put the two pieces to- gether evenly so that no peanut butter or jelly is showing. Now taste your finished product along with a tall glass of Kellyis pasteurized milk. Good, isnlt it? Or is it? No matter how carefully or how scientif- ically I do it, the sandwich always seems to taste better when my mother makes it. --DANA Cuzavi-:s '58 . 0-i--1 I DON'T LIKE IT The other day someone rushed up to me and said, How do you like college? I replied, It's my sister that goes to college. Oh, she said, you two look so much alike I canit tell the difference. Now I like my sister very much, but she is about three inches shorter and several pounds heavier than I, and I dislike being mistaken for her. One lady asked me four times in two weeks when I was leaving for college. Each time I told her that it was my sister who attended college, and she always replied, I never can tell you apart. Never is right. I also dislike people who argue about which of my relatives I most resemble. One will say, She looks just like Great-Aunt Ermetrudef' Someone else will pipe in with, I think she looks more like Uncle Wilbur. I mutter under my breath, With- out the beard, of coursef' Other comments I dislike having people make about me are those about size, such as: My how you've grown! or I know you don't like my saying this but my, how tall you are! and Goodness, aren't you a big girl now ?,' These remarks are frequently made by my parents' friends who haven't seen me for a long time. Why, she's all grown up. The last time I saw her she was only knee high to a grasshopperf' and Gracious, how you've changed. What became ol your pigtaiIs? I wonder what they would say if l hadn't grown since the last time they saw me, or if I should continue to wear pigtails the rest of my life. I strongly believe that adults should not call children over ten pet names like Sweetiepie, Precious,,' Lambkin, and Honeybun. After all, we don't remain small children all our lives. When I have become an adult, I hope I don't go around making imbecilic remarks to young people. -SALLY Fu1.x.r:n '57 This Page Sponsored By Cunninghanfs Hotel Parkadia Harold MacQuinn On the Waterfront Arthur Seavey, Prop. General Contractor

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