Central Aroostook High School - Arostookan Yearbook (Mars Hill, ME)

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EDITORIAL BOARD First Row: Cleft to right? Rogers, Blanchard, Crichton, Dyer, Deeves, Bell. Second Row: Miss Barattiero, Stitham, Townsend, Fenderson, D. Anderson, Smith, DeMer- chant, Burlock, Fields, Irvine, Pierce. Third Row: Edmunds, G. Lawrence, Rideout, Lello, Shaw, Kinney, G. Keenan, P. Lawrence, W. Anderson, G. Keenan. Back row: Robinson, Bell. .-n1 Qivoo.. Co-Editors Assistant Editor Class Editors Literary Editors Activity Editor Assistant Boys' Sports Editors Girls' Sports Editor Personal Editors Joke Editors Alumni Editors Exchange Editor Art Editors Business Manager Assistants CiI'Cl.l1alZi01'1 Manager Violet Dyer Paul Crichton Lauretta Fields Frances Irvine '38, Wesley Anderson Irene Kinney '40, Viola Smith Shirley DeMerchant '38, Gerald Keenan Jeannette Pierce 40, Keith Rideout Evelyn Deeves Geraldine Keenan Gerald Lawrence Charles Rogers Maida Lello Dorothy Anderson '38, Anna Shaw Philip Lawrence '40, Sybil Townsend Wixinifred Burlock '38, Joyce Stitham Robert Turner '40, Louis Grass Peter Robinson Gladys Bell Barbara Fenderson Edward Edmunds '38, Ruth Barrey Joyce Stitham '39, Jeannette Pierce Edgar Blanchard Edward Edmimds Alton Bell Gerald Keenan

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ELEGY In Memory of Stanley M. Gerrish Such a short time ago, he lived as one of us: We heard his bouyant step: his laugh was boisterous And loud and clear. It seems but yesterday he stood At manhood's threshold: strong and keen to march With eager stride, and grasp the glowing promises of life ahead. We looked upon him as one richly blessed With talents to fulfill a brilliant destiny. We saw hls arms upraised, and his baton In strong expressive hands-hands capable Of wringlng from the very orbit of the sun The tuneful music of a sensitive and melancholy melody. We somehow sensed great symphonies within him Surglng to be hom: and felt the restless energies That stirred his soul with beauty or with agony. But now we bow in sadness, sorrowing To see his promises cut shorty ambitions unfulfilled. Rebelliously we call lt cruel unjust- Unjust to rob him of so much of life- Unjust to snatch him from his folks and friends Unjust to send back into nothingness, a talent That might have been passed on to future men. But we forget, in our keen sorrowlng, the pain That often racked his body, the despair That sometimes cast its shadow on his soul- The obstacles he fought against, and failed to overcome, When powerful emotions, too strong for him to crush, Controlled his frame, and could, within an hour, Shatter his dream of ecstacy in horrible despair. Soon, when a little of the hurt is gone, We'll think of him as freed from all the pain And cares that kept him chained to petty trivial things, Then even we who for a little while Were privileged to be most dear to him Will know we must not mourn to see hlm go. We cannot be too saddened when we know That God is just, and He has sent our friend To flnd somewhere within the spirit world The things his soul so longed for here below. We know that we who walked so very close to him In memory will walk with him again: And if we listen very lovingly, we'll hear The music of a pure unbroken melody. -Edna B. York, Bridgton, Maine

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..l ., T a - A ef A ig' Q H . - 5 Sky 7' 4 . I ' if 15353, 4 ,QL 1:-bf -.-'70 af. 4. Q A-P'?ia?Zfh .-- -1 sr 2-' , s5'lw:? 24'1 J.: . A-'thaw C NA Wu- :mi-:M UF' X '!' .iil:?'::-.-1 -H. . I 'W ' 1-1 , ,5 , .... 3 .,, .... ..f Af --..Q.,.. easfssers fzsrmfarsrarzrhr 's:sEg::m:Q:a ::x:e- '-:f:4-f fm':1ifrf1- - -1 frvmlfffw 'lf' This year, through the com- bined efforts of the Lions Club and various townspeople, a li- brary has been founded in Mars Hill. We of Aroostook Central Institute, perhaps more than any other group, have realized the need for a public library. We have been limited to the very few modern books and cn- tirely insufficient' reference material that we found avail- able in our school library. Because of this limitation we are below the standards of other schools in this phase of our education. However, since the Literary ,Club was organ- ized, we have secured several books, at a small cost, from the State Library. The public library, there- fore, will be an invaluable asset to the students of Aroos- took Central Institute. Be- sides lts intrinsic value as a reference source, it will pre- vide good books of various types--biographies, plays. mod- ern novels, and short stories, all of which will entertain as well as instruct. The library is one of the greatest factors for the devel- opment of our minds. It fur- nishes a rich store of material upon which to draw for the development of disciplined, straight-thinking minds---minds capable of use in the solution of world problems. Magazine articles regarding current e- vents and world conditional ar- ticles on art, music, and trav- elg helpful books that are an aid to character building---all these are worthy of time. Com panionship with the leading writers of the past and present is an important pert of a well- planned life. Although we, the graduating class, will not fully receive the benefits of the library for our school work, we realize its value to the school. Our sin- cere thanks are extended to those who have been influential in establishing the library, We feel that you have taken a sin- cere interest in our welfare-- an interest that has definitely manifested itself by the estab- lishment of the Public Libraryf Violet Dyer '58 Co-editor