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

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THEQ ILL Published by the Students of Gardiner High School, Gardiner, Maint' Volume Thirty-Two JUNE, Nineteen Fifty-Two Number One Editor ..........ee.ee...,...o,.., ,,.,...................,..... .... ............. A N N E ANNAS Business Manager ,........,.,,,,,. ,,... E DWARD LUDWIG Senior Assistant Editor ...,..,....,..,.,, ......... J UDITH NOTT junior Assistant Editor .............,,,..... ..... M ARY LASSELLE Senior Assistant Business Manager ,,,,,,.,,,,,..,..,,.....,...,,,............... ,.,.......,.... J OHN LANE junior Assistant Business Manager ....o,,,,,.,..,,,,,,...................,.............,............ ARTHUR MCGEE DEPARTMENT EDITORS School News .... ...,,,...,.,,,.,,....,,.......,, N ANCY CARBINO, RAYMOND BARON Alusic ........,,,, .....................,...... P RISCILLA POTTER, CLIFTON WHITE Alumni ...... ,.,,.............,. J ANE WI-IITTIER, RICHARD LOOKE I-Iumor ....,..... ...,, P RISCILLA SPARROW, GEORGE I-IESELTON Athletics ........... ...,,,.,.,,.,..,,.., D IANE ROBBINS, WAYNE RANKIN Crerientials ....... .,,,,,................... M ARLENE JOHNSON, Chairman LOIS LAGKEY, GRACE TENNEY DAVID FITZPATRICK, LEWIS SMALL GLASS REPORTERS Senior ........ ...........,......,,......................,..... ........ J U DITH LOVELY funior .............. ............,...... ....... C A ROL de WINTER Sophomore ....... .......................... ........... C A RL MAYHEW Freshman ..... ................................ ...... B A RBARA SEAVEY TYPISTS Literary ........................ .................... ........... D O RIS CROCKETT Credentials ..................,... ...... G WENDOLYN BOWIE School News and Music ...... JUNE McLAUGHLIN Athleties ....................... ,.... B ARBARA SANVILLE Humor .......... .......... ,.... S H IRLEY DOWNER Alumni ...............................................................................................,.................... JEAN KIDDER QUILL BOARD First row: Barbara Sanville, Shirley Downer, Edward Ludwig, Judith Nott, Anna Annas, Mary Lasselle, John Lane, Gwendolyn Bowie, Doris Crockett. Second row: Barbara Seavey, Jane Whittier, Jean Kidder, June McLaughlin, Carol de Winter, Judith Lovely, Grace Tenncy, Nancy Carbino, Marlene Johnson, Diane Robbins, Priscilla Potter, Priscilla Sparrow, Lois Lackey. Third row: Raymond Baron, Clifton White, Richard Looke, Lewis Small. David Fitzpatrick, Carl Mayhew, George Heselton. Arthur McGee, Wayne Rankin.

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'I' jj li Q U I I, I, Main Entrnnra- Cillffilllld' High Sr l'lf10l In memory of Gardiner High School, which is now buried in the past of our lives, we wish thus to express our feelings towards you: You have given us a start on the road of life. YYe were not always eager and anxious to do our part in gaining the necessary equipment for this startg but now having lost the opportunity, we wish. just a little, that we had done more to help ourselves and tried a little harder. You have also given to us many good times and the chance to make many new friendships. We remember the games. plays. dances, and club functions that we have enjoyed because of you. With a little bit of sadness at the thought of them behind us forever, but with the sense of gladness and thankfulness that we had them to enjoy, we leave you. Though you are now dead to our present lives, as we leave your doors and go forth to open the new doors ol our lives, we will keep you alive forever in our hearts as a living rrnr-mory.

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6 THE QUILL Literary THE CHALLENGE OF TODAY In each of the past twelve summers of your life you have never had to wonder what you would do the next year. You always knew - go back to school. Now, you are faced with the problem of deciding not only what you are to do during the next year, but what you are to do during the rest of your life. It's your future and todayls de- cision will mark the difference between suc- cess or failure on the morrow. The first question that arises is this: Are you prepared to meet the challenge? You've spent twelve years more or less going to school five days a week, thirty-six weeks a year, but have you gotten what you should out of those years? I don't mean just studies. Those are important, but so are oth- er things. How about friends? Have you tried to cultivate new friendships and to learn something from them? Maybe you've been content to go everywhere with the same selected few, never going anywhere unless those few are going. How about habits? And manners? Have you tried to dispose of the bad ones and to cultivate better ones to take their places? Maybe you've been one of those who have said, Self the way I do things is good enough for me, it's good enough for everyone else. If you have, you had better make some changes. And fast! Then comes the big over-all question: What about personality? Everyone has it, you know, even though some have lots more than others. Thought- fulness, kindness, courtesy, neatness, and interest in others all come under this cat- egory. So do many other things. If you have an abundance of this combination of quali- ties you have already started to pave your success road. Now that we have discussed your prep- aration to meet your challenge, what about your interests for the future? Hobbies, ac- tive memberships in clubs and organizations, and ability in special fields should help you in your decision. No matter how much you may think you would like some job or field, a liking for the job will do you no good if you have no ability in this line. If you are well prepared, have ability in a field with possibilities, and have courage and perseverance you are ready to meet the challenge of today. -Anne Annas, ,52 YOUR COUNTRY AND MINE This great land of ours is a symbol to the world of the freedom we enjoy here. To keep this freedom, we all have to work for it. We can't sit back and let the other person do it. Thousands of our sons, daugh- ters, and loved ones are fighting and dying in Korea for this freedom we take for granted. We at home should do our part to keep this country as free as it was when the Pilgrims landed at Jamestown in 1607. To keep it free, it takes work. It isn't just going to the polls and voting every now and then when we happen to feel like it, but taking advantage of this great privilege whenever it arises in our city, state, or country and voting for the people we wish to represent us. Taking part in community affairs, knowing who our Representatives are to the State Legislature and to Con- gress, being familiar with the President's Cabinet and what is being done, and voting at every election are only a few things we can do to keep our country free. There are many more things just as important as these that will keep this country the greatest Democracy in the world. -Mary Lasselle, '53 OUR CONFUSED WORLD In this world of much confusion, we often stop and wonder how it takes on the ap- pearance of being such a wonderful place. It almost seems that the inhabitants of our earth have forgotten why they are here. Some think only about themselves, and all others have vanished from their minds. Why do nations haggle and dis- trust each other? Maybe it is because so much destruction has befallen many of them. The best remedy for this turmoil is having faith in God and being willing to forget prejudices. This same world will soon be ours to help govern. We should try to correct the mistakes of the past and make a better place in which to bring up our children. These things can be done with a sincere effort on the part of all. -Cynthia Gove. '54 FREEDOM IS EVERYONE'S JOB Freedom is everyone's job. S0 it was an- nounced by a local radio station. Realizing that I have not progressed very far in formal education and admitting freely that