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

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The 1966 Islander is dedicated to Mr. Laurence J. Bourassa, Bar Harbor High School English Instructor. Mr. B , a former US Peace Corps Volunteer in the Somali Republic, East Africa, came to Bar Harbor in 1965. In this short period of time he helped to introduce many new ideas and plans for our activities. He works with his newly formed debating club and assisted in the productions of the High School plays. Through his awareness, he has diligently put forth his efforts in the production of this year’s Islander. We are all indebted to him for his time and patience during school hours as well as outside school activities.

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Dr. Raymond E. Weymouth During the past year, the citizens of Mount Desert Island were deeply grieved at the loss of two of its most honored and respected individuals, Dr. Raymond E. Wey- mouth and Mr. Sheldon Goldthwait. Their lives were examples of the dedication and understanding, to which any young person might wish to aspire. It is therefore with great pride and fond remembrance that we, the students of Bar Harbor High School, present the Islander 1966 in memoriam to these men. 2

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C ditorial For the majority of us, these four years in high school are the ones that will remain to be the most rewarding and important part of our memories. It is essential therefore that we learn to be contributors and not just complacent spectators during these years so that they will be worth remembering. Learning to get along with others by volunteering in varied activities, participation in athletics, and being an industrious and competitive student are all very important; but they depend upon one thing for their growth and development. That one thing is YOUR high school. By this I don't mean to imply the building itself but rather the spirit within and that which it should generate. This spirit will not manifest itself unless we as a group seize the initiative in order to do something about it. The fact of the matter is, your high school is what you make it. What the community thinks of it reflects upon the student body and tends to regulate the images of the individual members. As seniors in Bar Harbor High, most of us tried to generate a better spirit in order to make it easier for the others to follow. Therefore, we now challenge those who follow to make your four years worth their while by giving to this school your best qualities while striving for an education. Althea Curtis '66 The past fifty years have seen the arrival and departure of segments of three generations of Bar Harbor High School students. Many of our parents and even grandparents received their secondary education in the same classrooms in which we now labor. We are merely further examples of the process which has been repeating itself since man's inception: we are born, we mature, we leave our original home and raise a family of our own, and we die. However, the overwhelming numbers of our predecessors do not detract from its individual significance to us, for we will shape tomorrow's world, even as we were born into a prefab- ricated one. The four short years of high school are particularly important in that they are the tran- sitional stage between the dependence of childhood and the responsibility of adult life. In general, it is here that one first encounters the obstacles and decisions that will characterize his later life. There is the idea of dating, in our culture an essential element in the develop- ment of the individual. Some of us participate in sports, which, due to their competitive na- ture, have much to do with the attitudes we will assume in similar situations in the future. We are compelled to succeed academically, much the same as we will have to succeed in whatever profession we choose. The pressure is always present. These are but a few of the many facets of the high school experience which have a direct influence upon the type of individual we will be as adults. Therefore, its significance is not to be underestimated. An over-emphasis on any one of these areas will lead to a deficiency in another. As a result, a student should choose his activities wisely in order that he or she might develop into a mature and reasonable adult. The Islander 1966 is dedicated to the task of representing these four years in a manner which accurately reflects the image of high school life as seen through the eyes of its par- ticipants. Robert Horner '66