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

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Waufifua gircdanged The Caduceus Norway High School The literary section of the Norway Caduceus showed much hard work. We admired the attractive cover and the many interesting pictures. The Corona Bridgton High School We admired the Bridgton Corona , Along with your large assortment of pictures, we like your cover. A few more poems might add to your interesting literary section. The Academy Herald Gould Academy We compliment The Academy Herald on an outstanding book, VVe en- joyed your ample picture section. The Chieftain Sabattus High School We found the Chieftain extremely interesting. We think one of its out- standing features was its literary section. The Crier Andover High School We were happy to receive The Crier from Andover High. In particular we noticed your ample picture supply. Cantonia Canton High School Congratulations, Canton, on a fine yearbook. We were especially interested in your excellent literary section. It showed much diligent work. The Chronicle Paris High School We enjoyed the Chronicle very much. The interesting cover and abundant picture supply were two outstanding features. Nezinscot Wave Buckfield High We were happy to receive the Nezinscot Wave from Buckfield High. All sections of the book showed much work and co-operation. Pathfinder Bliss College We were glad to receive the Pathfinder from Bliss College. Your fine picture and literary sections held our interest throughout the book. Eureka Woodstock We were very happy to receive the Eureka from Woodstock High School. In your yearbook, we found an excellent arrangement of pictures, along with a very interesting literary section. The Abram Breeze Kingfield All sections of the Abram Breeze showed much work and co-operation. The school calendar and the athletic section are very interesting. The Wreath Potter Academy We compliment you on a truly fine book. Your yearbook contained many wonderful pictures. We might suggest that, somewhere in your book, you name the location of your school. Casco Loggers Casco High We wish to congratulate Casco High on an excellent yearbook. We found the inside of your book as well as your cover both attractive and well-planned. The Bristolite Bristol High We were happy to receive the Bristolite from Bristol High. We noticed in particular the pages introducing the various departments, on which Shakespearean notes were written. 6

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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMERICANS There will perhaps come a time when the world can rest from turmoil and strife and enable the peoples of the earth to live in peace, but it seems as if that time is far in the future. Each year a new world crisis appears that could easily force all nations of the world into a struggle for life unequaled in history. Only through patient and seemingly unending negotiation have our diplomats kept peace without forfeiting honor. Because of this uneasy state of world affairs, it becomes increasingly impor- tant for American citizens to wisely select their leaders. Each citizen must care- fully scrutinize each candidate before he makes a choice. This free choice, if used to its best advantage, is the one greatest weapon that democracy wields in its arsenal for peace. It can, however, just as easily be the pitfall of freedom if it is not used in good faith. If we vote for candidates because of selfish, personal reasons with no regard for their qualifications, our country will weaken and its foundation will rot from beneath us. With careful thought Americans will continue to have worthy leadership, but complacency at the polls may easily be more destructive to the American way of life than all of the H-bombs Russia has at its command. With that in mind, let every American citizen pray God help him choose the ablest leaders. I'm sure that ballots backed with bullets for peace will halt the great Communist conquest before it engulfs us all. Right makes might is not a fairy tale! Rodney Abbott '59 THE LOST CLASS OF 1959 The Lost Class of 1959 will be remembered as another of the unfortunate problems caused by the attempt to put colored people and white people on an equal basis. The Lost Class of 1959 is the class which would have graduated this June and whose members would have taken their places in their communities in Norfolk, Virginiag Little Rock, Arkansas, and several other cities and towns in the southeastern part of our nation. The problem of the Class of 1959 was started last fall when many of the schools in the South closed their doors rather than operate on an integrated basis during the coming school year. Although many of these schools ironed out their difliculties and reopened, there are a few schools, including those in Norfolk and Little Rock which have remained closed until the present time and which show no signs of reopening this year. This problem was caused because a group of students, parents, and citizens of these communities refused to accept a decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court. This decision stated that it is illegal to force any student to attend a segregated school and that all students have the right to attend integrated schools. These schools have been allowed to remain closed, not through the actions of the group opposed to integration, but through the lack of action by the other people in the areas where these segregation troubles have arisen. It has been proven that the people who are pro-segregation are in the 8