West Paris High School - Nautilus Yearbook (West Paris, ME)

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W HA 'Y MA I NE M51-WS T0 ME I Although I have not lived very long in Maine, it has come t mean a great deal to me. I have traveled in many places and in many lands, but, to me, nothing can take the place of ine o To me it means home, a place to come back te, a place I lgve, I love the vastness of its great forests, the beauty of its desert, even though the hot sand piles and drifts suggest no sort of freshness or relief, the pines that spread for wide miles from the summit of the mountain'down to the plains and meadows, the coolness of its lakes inUthe summer, and the cold- ness of its winters, when the whole of nature seems to rest in its sleep, nodding under heavy snows, and the raggedness of its mountains as well as the unevenness of its jaggered coast. If one should decide to transplant a little pine tree in his back yard in the deep rich soil, where the sun shines warmly, in no time the plant would push its roots deeper into the soil. Why? Because it loves the warm sun and the rich soil, and it wants to remain there. That is one way of.put- ting into words just what Maine means to me, I, too, like that little pine tree, have grown to be a part of her and have learned to love her, Maine may be but a splash of color on the map, but itfs a Paradise to someone who appreciates the wonders of the great works of the Creator. Our knowledge and comprehension o all these things is small compared to what this really means, If I were to put all that I have just said in one little phrase and still give the reader a good description, I would, no doubt, call it the NGarden of Eden.n Even then it would be impossible to understand fully the meaning of the beauty and loveliness that surrounds u'fe.er ere. No matter what any- one else may think, I thinkpitqisyxgnderful to be able to live in the state of Maine, f - HCV! Aff, Myra Halme 'se f whiff N'- Q AX ,,'Wef2 j I x5 5 i y .ww W fr URI T! W, 7 F'

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THiS TEEN-AGE 'IOBACCO MAMA There comet a time' in every young person1s'life when he suddenly comes face to face with the most tantalizing situa- tion his youthful mind has yet encompassed--the chance for smoking his first eigaretteJ At last, as the thrill of that first puff subsides his curiosity is partially satisfiedg but, --he must first attempt to inhale, Then as he stands coughing and clasping his hands to his seemingly bursting chest, a small inner voice suggests he wait just a while longer before trying that again, Very few of us, Ifm sure, could deny having experienced a Hfirst cigarette,H One might even consider it a part of growing up, But the newness wears off and after a while we lose our childish eagerness te smoke, From then on it is usually a case of preference: a preference influenced by such factors as your conscience, parental influence, what the Ugang is doing,Nnsecial prestige, or more commonly, the desire to be grown-up, Today more and more teen-agers are beginning to take pref erence contrary to adult approval. The current fashion is to smoke so everyone smokes te he in style, And why not? protest 'the youth, Host of the adults smoke, and I guess if itls og K, for them, it's O. K. for us,U Sounds logical, doesnlt it? Well, not exactly, The error in this line of thinking is the fact that smekind isn't O. K. for adult circles and its popularity does not necessarily prove its worthy Theucase with nest adults is that they have formed the habit, and it is easier to continue smoking than to bother to break the habit. The young people, not havinn been burn with a cigarette in their mouth, find it necessary to originate the smoking habit, Good sense, however, contradicts teen-ado smoking for this is the time of growth and adjustments, of vision and of learningg thus great is the r need for a healthy mind and body Our minds and bodies are young and full of life, spirit, fresh A ness, and potential ability, Why then, in the springtime oi life, in the freshness of youth, do we persist in puffing away a part of the potential energy within us before it hardly gets a chance to operate? Anyone can advise, but '1. zhether one smokes or not will depend on the person himself, It is not a matter to be taken lightlyf Who knows, a little thought on the subject new may add a few years to your life later on. Margaret Perham 154