Dennysville High School - Dentonian Yearbook (Dennysville, ME)

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The Camping Trip Therewas' a violent explosion as the meteor, hit the ground not fifty yards from the spot where sill Hog-fs,'John Anderson, and I were driving. The impact of the eiiff7..n ShooK the jeep and threw us to the ground. as the dust r1,.f,o, we could see that it had made a hole in the ground about twenty-five feet in diameter and at least ten feet deep. moving closer, we could - see that the newly-made cavity was very darn, yet there seemed to be a greenish glow which hurt our eyes. we jumped been from the hole and hurried to our jeep where excitedly we reloaded our scattered gear and sped for home. Immediately after reaching the village, we phoned the united states Army Base and told them about this startling occurrence. Colonel Collins at the base acknowledged without comment, our report, except to ask the exact directions for reaching our ranch Bill Rogers, John Anderson, and I had been buddies for a long time, and we had done just about everything together. Now for the first time since school stopped, we had started out on an overnight camping trip in my fatner's jeep. already, events were pointing toward a givouac of unusual dimensions. At about 7:00 P.m. a team oi scientists arrived. we wanted to wait until morning beio.e showing the meteor b.: they insisted on seeing it that n gmt. oo we started off in the jeep. it was nearly dark as we neared the spot. As we approached the meteor, we could see that the glowing had extend 1 up and out over the ground around the hole. one of the sc .dt. untists said Q6 thought it was some Kind of radiation. John went over and walked through the glowing. WDBD he did, A9 fell to the ground- when we rushed over to him, we discovered ,.., qs dead. we were all verg sad when we lifted John's body in U, the jeep and started for home., The next day after John's funeral, we went been to the hole, determined to discover what form oi radiation it was. we dis- covered that giant toad st-ols nah grown amidst the radiation. Some were nearly two feet tall. The rest of the day we experimented with the strange radi- ation. After supper we returned be the hole to find that now the glowing extended some ten feet from the edge. dome new toad stools had begun tv grow and some of the old ones were nearly ten feet high. Before we left, I drove a stake into the ground at the edge of the glowing, being extremely careful of it. The next day we oidn't go bacu but that night when we did return, we found that the glowing extended some fifty yards from the stake. The next morning when I awoue, I found I has two fungi-like growths protruding from my legs. dtrucx with sudden trepidation, I nnoched then off and went to pick up the scientists before starting for the-hole.

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WINTER IS HLRE It was a cold and winiy dayg The snow was falling dgwn, eThe energetic wind was shoveling it Across the frozen Qfguud. The trees were blcwi 5 fiercely, Sweepgzg snow above ,hei, crown From whine ine leaves had gone away With scarcely any soando Then picture all the summer birds, How smart they were to know That if they flew down toward the South, They would escape the sleet and snow. Yss, Winter is here, but not to stayg Spring in pursuit will melt it away, Calvin Preston '62 WHAT IS BEAUTY? What is beauty? From whence does it come? N Is it that which is econ In the setting sun? Who made it known That beauty was here? Was it a colorful Flower that As she fell close to our ear? What may I ask Does beauty behold? Is it-the phenomenal color Of a wild, wild rose? These questions I ponder Whenever I see, Such marvelous sights, which approach majesty. Every one look around you, And what do you see? Is it just shapes and hues Or beautiful majesty? Joan Higgins '62 THE LARK Let me wander through meadow and park, And high over head I hear the lark. Its music is song in perfect tune, A song for the stars above the moon. Listen in the breezes and you will hear That song of the lark so crystal and clear Again and again I've listened and heard The joyous song of that sky-lark bird. Bonnie J, Damon '52 whisper ed it,

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The Gauging Trip iconcludeaj This mornin, I awoke to fine myself almost completely encased in fungi. I can still move my fingers slightly, but that is about all! I just heard the phone ring and Know it is Bill,.but, of course, I am fungus-bound and cannot answer any telephone.' My only hope is that science will find some solution to combat this dreadful radiation before it spreads over the whole, earthf' W' Peter Higgins '61 Thoughts sorted from nmerson's essay, Hoelf-Aelianceu HTQ believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, ---that is 5enius.n nThere is a time in every man's educatite ln.u he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance, that imitation is suicide, that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion,---0 nTrust thyself: every heart vibrates tv that iron string.n nThe virtue in nost request is conformity. self-reliance is its aversioi. It iconformityl loves not realities and creators but names and customs. uTruth is handsomer than the af ectation of love. Your goodness must have some edue to it, else it is none.n nbc your work, anu you shall re-enforce yourself.n NA foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and uiv1nes-' H 2 nTo be great is to be misunderstood.n nCharacter teaches above our wills.n nan institution is the lengthened shadow of one man,---.U uLet a man know his worth, and keep thincs under nis.feet.u Uln history our imaaination plays us false.n Uwe lie in the lay of immense intel11be:s,, wagon makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activ1ty.u NIS the acorn better than the can Wnich is its fullness and C0mpl8Ul0H?u Nnan is timid and apologeticg he ls no longer upright,---U Wlf we live truly, we suall see truly.N A