Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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22 THE CLARION What is liberty? Is it the release from our daily obligations to others and to ourselves? No, your answer! Then, is it freedom from the demands of militarism and aggression? Yes, is the reply. Very well, then, can we say that liberty is the absolving of all those elements that would constrain us or that would restrict us from doing as we wish? We wish peace to be up- on the earth but are we willing to sacrifice our youth, manhood, plea- sures and desires to obtain a hollow peace? No, we want a sure and last- ing peace which will prevail despite the attempts of tyrants to overcome the world. No one man can design a lasting peace. It will take all men working together and trusting one another. We have obtained liberty but do we have peace if we use that liberty to satisfy our own desires? Will we as a nation be punished if we forget those who are less fortunate. I think we will and are being chastened by the Almighty for abusing that liberty that was obtained only through the courage, determination, and charac- ter of our forebears, who shed rivers of blood that we might have what was meant for all but is enjoyed by few. Truly we should be grateful to the men and Almighty God who created for us this priceless heritage! Leslie Robinson '47 if if 1' 8 THAT IRRESISTABLE FORCE More exquisite than the beauty of the roseg more refreshing than the trite expression, coke 3 it is an im- mortal something which cannot be destroyed by the technicalities of the present day world. This abstract 'phenomenon which en- ' it IB velopes all, even the stoic and unemo- tional, is as old as this human race. What is it, you ask? Nothing more than the breath of spring. Maxine Webber '47 214 114 if 41 ROAD TO THE FUTURE Buds in spring striving to blossom into beautiful flowers are unnoticed: they are crushed and hidden from sight by a larger creature who is too busy to see the loveliness and great- ness of these small things. Such is the generation of todayg ma- ny a great man will rise out of the common lot of people if he is allowed to, and not pushed aside by the al- ready great men of the higher class. Let this man show what he can do and he will accomplish wonders in the world and for the world. Ambition is seldom wholly dead in any man and, given the chance, he can conquer the most intricate prob- lems. With encouragement, he can find the road to a future with a prom- ise. Marilyn Brown '47 PF vt lk lk WHY MEN MUST DIE Five thousand years ago, or three thousand years before Christ, man was in a paleolitic or cave man state. During the rapid advance to his pres- ent stage he left behind many traces that are evidences of his evolution. Archeologists, as well as naturalists, say man has progressed from this animalistic stage to his present stage with great rapidity. CThat is, compared with the process of evolu- tion in other animals.D It is discovered that in prehistoric days other forms of living things have taken the same

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THE CLARIO N ' 2 1 bones, five trumpets, one cello and one Xylophone. One thing that our orchestra lacks to make it complete is a drummer. We wish that someone would start taking lessons on the drums. We hope that when the orchestra starts play- ing for the school plays and other school entertainments there will be other pupils who will Want to join us. We want to thank the P. T. A. for getting the orchestra started and also the School Board and Mr. Fowlie for backing them up. We hope that they won't be disappointed in their project. Ann Macomber '49 PK Pk ik wk PHYSICAL TRAINING We have physical training twice a week. If the weather permits we go out of doors, if not, the classrooms suffice. These periodsare thirty min- utes long and everyone goes back to classes feeling more like studying. We are divided up into four groups --freshman and sophomore girls- junior and senior girls-freshmen and sophomore boys-junior and senior boys. The leaders of these groups are as follows: Girls Freshmen and Sophomores Janice Capen Virginia Hall Barbara Chandler Betty Williams Juniors and Seniors Marilyn Brown Grace Noyes Georgia Merriman Beryl Crone Boys Freshmen and Sophomores Kenneth Wilson Robert Dorr Robert Brand Teddy Coffin Alden Bennett William Lunt Donald Wade Juniors and Seniors Lewis Groves Donald Clement Leslie Robertson As soon as the gym is built we will have our exercises there, unde-r the direction of a physical training in- structor. We will soon be entering our last term of the senior class here in Free- port High School. From that time on we will look back over the years we have spent together and think them the best in our young lives. It has been the fruits of our labors that now bring this class of 1946 to its graduation. Perhaps there have been times when we've wished that we could have had more modern equipment to work with as well as better facilities for sports. Our class has realized that these have been war years and that everyone has to make sacrifices. This was our war to win and our side won it. I don't think that anyone has heard one of us seniors putting up too much of a kick because we've had to go without some things. Now we're about to part and go our separate ways, yet, we'll leave happy, knowing that the classes from now on will be able to enjoy a new gymnasium. We hope that this new era of peace will make your school year happy, so that part- ing may be so sweet. Jacqueline Brand '46 at IF li if LIBERTY While the composer of this essay admits in all honesty and truthfulness that he has not experienced liberty to the extent that the Puritans, colonists and negroes, haveg he has in several respects experienced the benefits that liberty has provided. sf ft

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THE CLARION 23 trend or magnititude, then after inhab- iting the entire world for a short per- iod of time, suddenly became extinct. Possibly they took another form and could no longer be recognized as the original. Perhaps a universal change affecting natural conditions on earth was the reason for disappearance. At any rate it is natural to assume the possibility of some similar fate for man. We have already seen a great war in which millions of humans died. A- tomic energy has opened new and un- limited channels for destruction. There is now in existance a gas so deadly that, if turned loose it would burn the entire surface of the earth wiping out all living things. Our minds are great to have achiev- ed such wonders of science, yet per- haps if they were not so miniature we would see a little beyond our own sel- fish desires and know more perhaps of what could'be expected in the fu- ture. It is easy to conceive an end to the human race, perhaps in the not too far distant future. Even a million years is a short time in the hours of eternity. Clarence Libby '46 TO OUR TEACHERS lf to the office, you are sent On account of conduct I mean: Mr. Kassay is sure to be present: At lecturing, I understand he's quite keen. ln American History Mr. Giles is a wow! To find out the way slaves were used, I-Ie can tell you just how. Mr. Small is the boys' basketball coach They all think he's just grand. Did you see what the boys did this year? They won games to beat the band. I understand Mr. King is quite clever at carpenter work To make so much furniture and things, When his students become men of the world Let's see what their ideas can bring. Miss Snowman teaches Home Ec To show us how to cook and sew, She has given us many suggestions A vote of thanks, to her we owe. At Algebra, Mrs. Merriman is an ex- pert That, we all will admit. She knows it all from beginning to end Yes! Every bit. Miss Little is another teacher in our school She teaches commercial subjects, I believe, I understand that she knows her work And makes sure her students do be- fore they leave Ruth Wright '48