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

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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

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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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THE I am young, still it seems to me the phrase has a very truthful ring to it. I suppose freedom is a very difficult word to define properly and have everyone agree. The merchant in Gardiner, unable to park in front of his shop because of parking meters, compelled to take his car off the street at night by city ordinance, burdened by business and corporation taxes, forced to post ceiling prices and to abide by credit restrictions, may feel that he has little free- dom. The shoe factory employee, punching the time clock each morning, forced to drive to work at certain speeds, park in a certain place and surrender part of his wage in tax before he even receives it, may likewise feel abused. And so even the lad a little older than myself made to give up his home life and join a branch of the service may have lost sight of the true meaning of freedom. Webster defines freedom in this manner, Quality or state of being freef' but there is always a practical everyday meaning. Upon careful consideration we are apt to find that we are extremely lucky and very free. The shoeworker is free to own a car he drives at certain speeds because free men protect other free men. He doesn't have to be a shoeworker, he can work in a drug- store, a service station, or a foundry if he chooses. The merchant, after all, makes some profit, he doesnit have to pay a c'mob for protection, he doesn't have to give for the good of the partyug his prices are limited in order that other free men can buy on a free market, and he can live, buy, sell, or set up shop anywhere at all. And the lad a little older than myself is, in reality, certainly doing his part in actual proof that freedom concerns everyone. These lads are giving their time, courage, blood, and in all too many cases life itself, that they and we may remain free to be shoe- workers, merchants, or students by our own choice and not by decision of the state. We should all praise Heaven that our lives, our homes, and the air we breathe are as free as they are and realize that this government with all its faults is far better than any other form known today. Now these are the opinions of a student, but I have tried to say that even students should do all in their power by word, deed, and action to preserve this word that many older persons, all too often, kick around but do nothing about. I honestly believe that 'Treedom is everyone's job. -Verdell Jones. '55 QU ILL 7 MY JOURNEY I am a drop of water, born out of the sky, descending earthward with many other little raindrops. Striking the earth I bounce, land again, and run downhill with my com- panions. There are so many of us that pres- ently we make a brook, growing larger, as we cavort and frolic over the moss-covered stones. Often we slow almost to a stop in the midst of a mighty forest. I remember the times when everything is so peaceful- squirrels at play on the mossy banks, deer nibbling at twigs nearby, chirping birds fluttering from tree to tree - all these must be left behind as we go singing on to the sea. Our number has grown so that we now form a broad, deep river flowing through the brightness and gaiety of the many cities on our course. After a long time, we finally reach the sea - there to remain and rest until the mighty sun draws us upward to start the journey anew. Richard Harriman, ,52 VVITH WHAT WE HAVE If I had wings and feet so free As God has given bird and bee, Ifd fly away to be alone W To find a place all of my own. I'd build a world up in the blue With castles, houses, mansions, too, For neighbors I would choose my own, And only peace would make its home. God gave no wings to you and I, Only birds and bees can fly So here on earth Weill have to stay Until God calls us on Judgment Day. And, since we have to live today Upon this earth, in our own way, Letfs do our best to maintain love And hold our faith in Him above. -Herman Seavey, ,54 IT'S UP TO YOU A hot breeze whipped across the small clearing, stirring up puffs of dust from the ground. Dana scowled as he watched the puffs slowly descend to their resting places, from which they had been rudely lifted. Dana had right to scowl, for this was the dry month of August - which was an invitation for the greedy fire? He looked about him, at the tall stately pines, the clear-cut mountains, the birds swooping and gliding, and he smelled the tangy pine odor and wild flowers. He tried to visualize what this beautiful spot would look like if a fire ever raged through it. No, it would be hard once you get used to seeing tall, green pines, instead of black poles of wood, stick up right in the ground! J