Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

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THE QUILL 9 Then I saw Aeneas. He was dressed all in scarlet and his hair was long and streamed down his back. Over his clothes were gold ornaments that glittered. He seemed to bow before me and as he disappeared, it seemed I heard him say, L'Dido . Only that. Next I saw a pine, straight and lonely. It seemed to he weeping. Tiny drops dripped from the limhs, That, I thought, must he the Lonesome Pinc. Finally the tree disappeared, and a heautif ful dancer followed. I saw her move grace' fully into a dance, her scarlet draperies floating around her. Soon I found myself looking at a Held of slender corn, Tiny black and red hirds flutf tered overhead. Then it wasn't corn hut a mass of men moving on light feet. I could see their spears and shiny swords. Gradually they marched from sight. Then I saw joan of Arc. She was lashed to a streak of light and the hot flames were leaping upward. Suddenly, a crash. I sat up with a jump. The fire had hurncd low. My pictures had called the curtain. This is a very amusing pastime. Try it sometime and see how many fire pictures are in your fireplace. glsouise Oliver, '41

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s THE QUILL and fancy candy for the Christmas feast. Alf though many friends and families did not feel the security of warm homes and nice things to eat, they were happy because they were allowed to celebrate Christmas in a land of freedom. We did not have to strain our ears for the sirens warning us of an approaching air raid, to crowd into bombfproof cellars like sardines in a can in order to stay alive a little longer, nor to try to think where our next meal was coming from. We were safe. Many Americans went out and sang Christmas carols to their friends, while in Europe bombs were raining down on innocent people, people that had never done anything wrong in their lives. Why should they be made to suffer for other people's greed for power? They were not allowed to celebrate Christ' mas as they had in the past. Most of them had to stay in bombfproof cellars. They were separated from their families by oceans. Many of them did not even have a place to stay. We complain because we have to follow a few simple rules, the people in Europe have their lives based on strict rules. We live and act as we please, they can not do what they like. They are prisoners of a selfish ruler who considers his word law, we do not have to live according to some one else's rules. Of course, we have to abide by the laws, but that is not like Europe's way of living. We believe we were created free and equal. We are allowed to have our fun, and we do not have to ask a ruler's consent for that privilege. People in Europe dream of coming to America because of our way of living. They consider our land a heaven on earth. We should consider ourselves lucky if we were just with our families at Christmas and be thankful for what we have and not want more. Let us all hope that Christmas next year will be different from what it was in 1940 for the people in Europe, and that it will have its real meaning: Peace on earth, good will toward all men. -Marguerite Morang, '42 RESULT????? Time-March 20, 1941 Place-Room 2-Senior English Class Characters-The Unfortunate English Stuf dents. Mrs. Smith- The Eortuf nate English Teacher The door opens-enter, Mrs. Smith. Everyf body sits-too quiet. It's too late now! No time to ask questions or sharpen a pencil. We're trapped!! Mrs. Smith, peering over the top of her glasses, looks at each of us in turn, then demands, What have you for the Quill? We stare at her and then stare back at each other-'iBut, what do you want? What shall we write? Anything-that's sensible , says she. Sensible? we all echo back at her. Yes, my children-sensible. I am asking you, the master minds in our midst, to have something ready by tomorrow. fElattery, she believes, is the only method of persuasionj. We gaze blankly out of the window and chew on our pencils, while she stands there, drum' ming her pencil. As no one utters a sound, Mrs. Smith pref pares to leave us to our meditation. Before she leaves, she says, Now remember, children, I shall come around tomorrow and gather up your information. If she only knew that none of us QI par' ticularlyl is very clever. She turns on her heel and leaves us to our luckless fate. Result????7 This! ! ! !! -Rita Buckley, '41 A PICTURES IN THE FIRE It's fun to sit before an open fireplace and see the pictures flash and disappear. All one needs is the crackling log fire and a touch of imagination. Once I saw the thousand ships of Troy launched. They were flaming red and laden with soldiers. For a moment they rocked and then vanished from sight.

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10 THE QUILL SCHOOL N WS DRAMATIC CLUB The first meeting of the Dramatic Club was held to elect ofhcers. The following were chosen: president, Thomas Kelleyg vicefpresif dent, Charles Mooradiang secretary, Ruth Pat' tersong treasurer, Gertude Farnham. SEPTEMBER 24. Tryouts were held to choose new members of the Dramatic Club. The total membership is now forty. JANUARY El. The Dramatic Club play, under the capable direction of Miss Anna Longfellow, was staged with great success. Our Boarding House was the play chosen and the cast of characters was as follows: Cora Claypool ESTHER MERRILL Ella March MARTHA HAMLIN Mayhelle Gilfoyle CHRISTINE GALLANT Phoebe Sweet MARIAN PIKE Noah Lot THOMAS KELLEY Happy Huyler JAMES DESMOND Williain Slyde LINXVOOD PEASLEE Sadie Slyde MARY Goun Bill Slyde WEsfroN HAMLIN Iona Slyde RITA BUCKLEY MARCH 21. Gardiner came second in the prcliminaries of the onefact play contest, being defeated by Cony. The Gardiner play was Grandma Pulls the Strings . The cast was as follows: Grandma MARTHA HAMLIN Mrs. Cummings PHYLLIS BAKER Hildegarde Cummings MARY GOUD Julia Cummings MARIAN PIKE Nona Cummings Beaver RITA BUCKLEY Williaiii Thornton JAMES DESMOND LONG ASSEMBLIES The program committee in charge of assemf blies this year is Charles Storm, chairman: Perley Betts, Phyllis Drake, John Quinn, and Richard Gillespie, ' DRAMATIC CLUB