Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

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WHAT'S LIFE? What's life? What's it really made up of? Why do we have to eat, sleep, laugh, cry, work and play? Why is it that every man and woman during sometime in his life finds love and its meaning? Life, no matter what form it may be, follows a certain pattern that only a great number of years and workings of nature's elements can change. For instance, we know for a fact that at one time, giant monsters roamed this earth. Probably most people think of this as the dinosaur age. Yes, it's true, but hard to believe, that once your own back yard may have been the home of one of these monsters. This is just one example of the many millions of great changes that have taken place upon this great earth of ours. Some of these changes of time and element cannot yet be explained as to its way of happenings, but still they're facts. And we are told these facts by our parents at an early age, only to be told the same thing by our teachers in school, and so on, till we, too, pass it on to the next generation. But how many of us stop and puzzle over the how, when, and where? Probably most of us, at one time or another, and what happens? We become more and more puzzled. We wonder, and we think, then we start to imagine. What am I here for? What makes me move? What will death be like? These are perhaps three of the most common self-asked question. Yes, these are the questions a person asks himself. Yet here are three questions that most people are afraid to ask even themselves. Have I lived a good life so far? Would I really give up everything for my loved ones, even my life? Am I respected by everyone for my work thus far in life? Probably there is no one on this earth that could answer all these questions and be absolutely correct because of various conditions and because of not yet having had these experiences. All we can do is believe in God, and live a clean, moral, social, and religious life. And when we come to this point, we once again ask ourselves, what is life, and what's it made up of? Well, everyone has his own opinion and this is mine. , Life is what we make it. It's a greater gift than we can understand at this point. What's it made up of? It's made up of thousands of living animals and plants. In life, there is a balance of nature for all God's creaturesg namely, birth and death. For us, -life is made up of love, hate, greed, and sorrow. How we are brought up determines the amount of each to grow with us. I firmly believe that God placed humans on this earth to live together, to be happy, and to prepare for a better life. He has given us all we need to do this with. Now how are we to use his means? I believe that this is just a trial life, or temporal life, to prove our worth for an eternal life with I-lim. I believe we should find a partner in life to be everlastingly happy with, and to plan our life with. Love is a wonderful thing if each will accept that person for what he or she is regardless of his or her faults. Do you ever come to know what life really is? Will it always be to us a puzzle, an unsolved mystery? It makes you wonder, doesn't it? Cedric Gilbert 57 In Memory of DR. GEORGE G. AVERILL E' 3 if.. nlzszm. :'i'i'.Ql an . 4 fb vw Q'- V ,is

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PHILIP WATKINS WOODWORTH Agriculture ' Minstrel Show 25 Glee Club 2g FFA 1, 2, 3, 4. JOYCE ELLA YOUNG Commercial Cony High School 11 Band 2, 3: Glee Club 2, 53 Class Officer 25 Athletic Club 2, 3, 4: Speech Play 35 Senior Play 45 Christmas Play 3, 41 Cheerleading 2, 3, 4g Head cheerleader 41 Pinnacle Staff 4g Minstrel Show 2, 3: Music Festival 2, 33 Speaking Contest 3. WHAT WCULD HAPPEN IF Mrs. Miller wasn't a lady? Carol Archambault couldn't have her own way? Carolyn Austin didn't have the boys to sing Carolina to her? Madeline Bailey could stop talking? Robert Boynton had his homework done on time? Austin Brann couldn't wiggle? Hubert Carter couldn't sleep in study hall? Lorraine Choate wasn't bashful? Sherman Clary used printable language? Albert Csengery couldn't take dancing lessons? Howard Cunningham could stop arguing with Mrs. Austin? Arlene Dodge didn't have her homework done? Ralph Doe ever had his English done? Marilyn Dowe didn't have the diner to work in? james Esancy couldn't see Yvonne? Robert Fletcher couldn't go in th typing room third period? Cedric Gilbert didn't drive the Xifindsor bus? Patsy Grotton didn't have air mail letters? Everett Higgins wasn't always arguing with Carol? Doris Humphrey couldn't keep score at the basketball games? Claudia Hutchins didn't have long hair? Shirley Jones couldn't take her front teeth out? George Lewis couldn't help Cedric on the bus? janet Losito didn't have so many aches and pains? Pat Norton didn't have Elvis ? Peter Perry didn't lead the Ivy Leaguers ? Brenda Pinette couldn't sing? Shirley Porter didn't go with Bobby? Martha Reed couldn't go to Albion? Sheldon Reed wasn't late for school? Jeanette Russell didn't have Carolyn? Julia Starkey didn't have red hair? Jean Templeton didn't get letters from Connecticut? Waneta Turner didn't take home economics? Frances Ward didn't get all A's? Larry Wiles didn't stay at Sharpe's? Charles Wirikley had a brand new car? Philip Woodworth wasn't high salesman for the magazine campaign? Joyce Young wasn't head cheerleader?

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