Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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4 THE MEGUNTICOOK EDITORIALS EDITORS’ NOTE The editors extend their appreciation to the persons who so willingly contributed to the success of this book: our advertisers, the faculty, and the students. We hope you will enjoy the 1954 issue of the Megunticook. TO THE SENIORS The publication of this yearbook is another reminder that the end and the beginning, which is graduation, is fast approaching. The years of preparation and development are drawing to a close. The period of metamorphosis is almost over and it will soon be time to emerge from the chrysalis as adults; or rather, as architects of human design. The foundation and cornerstone of formal education have now been laid. It is time for the rest of the structure, the application of the knowledge gleaned from this education, to be developed. This construction is left to the individual talent and discretion of the architect employed. His building will reflect his own personality. It is his responsibility to make it conform with and complement the rest of the world development project. .How sturdy this edifice will be in the final analysis will depend upon the co- ordination which the constructor employs in joining the superstructure to the base. It will consume a lifetime, this process of perfecting the house— innumerable years of construction and reconstruction, building and re- building. Changes of drafts and plans will have to be considered; perhaps even the basic materials will be replaced with others. By this time 46 optimistic young architects leaving the Camden schools this June should have prepared a good foundation. It is now up to them to complete a structure that will be of value both to themselves and the world. Mary L. Atkins ’54 THE FOURTH DIMENSION To the average layman the words fourth dimension bring to mind a host of mad scientists, time machines, men from outer space, and other crazy things. The fourth dimension is regarded as a figment of the twisted minds of science-fiction writers, yet the whole subject is really very simple. There are three known dimensions, width, height, and length or other variations of these same terms. A railroad train on a track can move in only one direction, forward or back. This is a one-dimensional space continuum. A ship on the sea can move forward or back and also to left or right. This is a two-dimensional space continuum. An airplane in flight can go forward or back, right or left, and up or down, thus making a three-dimensional space continuum. To illustrate the next dimension we must go to another subject, the human language. Every advanced language has adverbs and verbs. The

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The Mxgunttcoofe 27th Annual Edition Published by Students of Camden High Sehool Camden, A c. ie school first; personal honour last’’ May, 1954 Standing: Merritt Blake, Judith Sawyer, Robert Marshall, Bruce Young, Leo Rivard, Lois Inman, Edna Coathup, James Sylvester, Alice Lane; Seated: Arnold Hopkins. Jacqueline Reynolds, Mary Atkins, Richard Harvey, Barbara Crabtree, Margaret Keller. MEGUNTICOOK HOARD Co-editors-in-chief Senior Editors Junior Editor Sports Editors Literary Editor Highlites Editor Art Editor Alumni and Exchange Editor Business Managers Junior Business Manager Mary Atkins Richard Harvey Barbara Crabtree Arnold Hopkins Alice Lane Edna Coathup James Sylvester Merritt Blake Margaret Keller Jacqueline Reynolds Judith Sawyer Lois Inman Bruce Young Robert Marshall Leo Rivard

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THE MEGUNTICOOK 5 adverbs point out a position in space; for instance, He is there. The word there points out his position in space. To make sense, the right tense of the verb must be used. It is not, he will be there, he was there or he would have been there. The verb must be used to denote the right time, the time that he is there. Thus the fourth dimension is time. Any description of an object in space is not complete without mention of the time when the object existed. Space and time make up a four-dimensional space time continuum. These are all relative quantities; there are no absolute values for them. Space is valued in relation with theoretical meters and feet. Time is relative to our planet’s motion. The mystery enshrouding Einstein’s “Rela- tivity Theory” will be wiped away as soon as people accept the fourth dimension. The “Theory” merely explains the relation between space and time, involving such factors as motion and the speed of light. On of the most interesting aspects of the theory is the one which may be applied to time travel. It is known that motion slows down as speed nears that of light. A person near the speed of light would slow down; his heart would slow down; his whole body would run more slowly. He would age more slowly. This person leaving earth and going around in circles, for a period, near the speed of light, would return to earth after two years to find that perhaps fifteen years had elapsed on earth. Since he had been in a different time continuum, he would have aged more slowly than the earth; therefore he would be ten years in the future. Richard Harvey ’54 18-YEAR-OLD VOTING Among the many topics under discussion the past few years has been that of granting the vote to 18-year-olds. This subject has been brought up in bills before the Congress many times, but on each occasion it has met with defeat. I would like to state some of the reasons why I believe this bill should pass into law; First, the students of today are much more interested in politics and our government than ever before because they have courses pertaining directly to this subject. They are also instructed in the proper way to cast a ballot; for example, last year they held mock elections using regular ballots. Second, in a recent poll on governmental knowledge by Dr. George Gallup, the results showed that 41 per cent more of the young people below voting age were better informed about our government’s policies and composition than were those twenty-one and over. Third, if people in their late teens must be drafted to fight and perhaps even to die for their country, they certainly should be given the right to vote. Opponents claim that teenagers would be easily swayed by the smooth- talking politicians. I’d like to say that I’ve seen a good many adults who are far easier to sway than are teenagers. It would be a great step forward for this country to allow 18-year-olds to vote and really would prove that America is a true democracy and a land of opportunity for young and old alike. Bruce Young ’54