George Stevens Academy - Mountain Echo Yearbook (Blue Hill, ME)

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11 Mountarn Echo B lf'I I f' I MOLVTAIN ECHO STKFF IIOINOR ROLL 1943 44 Walter Butler Donald Brsset Mary 1VICC3I lXX Waldo Collrns Edrtor rn Chref A rstant Edrtor Lrterary Edrtor Assrstants Marjorre Yount, School Drary and Actrvrtres Edrtor Frances Torrey Grrls Sports Jane Grrndle Boys Sports Pearl Carter Assrstant Constance Butler Busrness D partrnent Stephen Sylvester Rover Leach Senrors-Sherla Babson Walter Butler Vlrry McGraw Stephen Sylvestr Frances Forrev Mabel Wood Marjorre Youn Junrors Po er Leach Nrrlo Anderson Freshmen Lourse Brllrnbs Mfrrrlyn Mat thews Florence Pert Josephrne Petten Rfrrnonft Wood NOT ABSElNT two years Kendall Hodedon two years Vlarrlyn Matthews one year Donald Clark one ye rr Frances Torrey two years FOREWVORD OF THAN KS E the students 'rn ffrcut c B S A wrsh to thank you the publr lor your wholehearted tooperfttron rn all of our school rffarrs It was throu h your re ular frttrr dfrnc at the rnovres that the school has fr lfrr mfrr rn of profit We hope you wrll con tnue to corne and enjoy the show Th first of the year we had 1 pape drrve and collected three tons Throu lr your enerous efforts we have eo leeted fat throuehout the town qurte oft 1 The totfrl for the whole year rs about h lt 1 ton all ot wlrrch Qoes towards the nr k rn rt rrnrnunrtron for our boys To be frble to Contrrbute thrs much to wards vrttorv to help brrnf the fin I D 'lee nearer that rs our reward and we have been repard one thousand fold And you the crtrzens of Blue H111 are tl e people who rnak our contrlbutron possrbl and to you we extend our grateful thanks Donfrld Brsset 4-1 Assrstfrnt Edrtor rn Chref 0 Qljlll I Inj' ll P Slrlllvrrls 014 Blu 1IrlTfL1ll'or'g1r' Strvrrrs iXl'er1l'rr1j' l5'l..'L'ld lll'll,l,., Qxl. XlNl'l, .lL'Nl .. WH lr r' r ' ..-.-. , tis. 7 Me.. . si' ' ' .....,..... L ' .V 1 - 'I l 3- . V ' V . Q . . ,. ' --F 0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L f c ' ' D ' ' Ss. ,: .' .' U. L - . ' ' ,, ' ' ow' 4 - .t U .. . 1 . , - , . ,l . ' gill. 'C ' .7 L L . Art Editor ..,....,........ Sheila Babson Helen Stover. four years: Roger Leach, ' ........,...., ' ' ' ' L ' 1 cg . ' 1 ' 5' e ' : 1 ' L I ' 3 ' - .V D . ,. K, 2 .1 .t '. .. n , . . d 1 ly mf . G. ' . L, . . c . , .L ' ' C . . 2 'sql L 'fx' ' . - i . ' ' e ' f . . -r v' - 4- A 1 Q4 Q . . , . . v C 4 1- , L ' D' ' ' er. 2 . . ' ' ' Q . '. ' J . 2 - ' U 4' 2 ' ' . 1 :V 4 'D ' '- ' ' ' 4 g a. A ei C . .1 L ' . . . V . L , K V 1 I n . ' ' r ' ,1 ' 1, v 9 - -' ' kj' Q. uai. L ' V-' - ' I

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT Fronn Row 1Lef1 L0 Rlghtl- -Be-Iva Hunrwwell. Slwrlzr Babson, Francfrs Torrey, Mary McGraw. Buck Row-Gerald Wottou. ROQQI' L5-ach, Walter Butler, Donald Bisset, Nillo Anderson. Q 'NIOKNIHN ELHO BOARD Irour, Row 4LefL to R1 htm Dana Con ur Conrrre- Butler Sherla Bab-,on Waldo Collms Mrddlo llovk J'1no Cl'1I'lCllC NIAIJOIIP Young Franc s Torrex Marx McGraw Bick Row Dandld Bls-.Lt Ruger Le rclr Pearl Carter Walter Butler Kenneth Marks Stephen Sylxester , A, ,M,,.mw,w

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Edltorlals EDUCATION FDUCATION IS 0116 of the 1nost nnpor tant facto s 111 everyday l1V11lg W1th out educat1o11 the 1llh8,blt12-LHES of th efnth would be a mass of lg1lO1allt people The world would be at a standst1ll no 111ven t1ons no new 1l1dllST1116S noth1ng at all to push C1V11lZat1Oll ahead Why do people educate the1nsel1es'P Is 1 because they have to? No most people wa11t to ga1n knowledge of old and new th1I1gS Some people may say that they were 1nade to go to school Wh1le It lb true that tl1e1e a1e laws that say that people l1ll1St IECCIVS a11 8dllCatl011 wouldn t people course they would Ol at least n1ost of them would It IS ha1d to find many people today whc do not want so111e educat1o11 Is educat1o11 only what one lea1ns at scl1ool9 No many p opl max ISCGIVG the11 go to school Just tl1e same? Of k111d that f.,1V8 us a knowledge of the world by lhtelllllg to educat1onal speech es and by t1avell111g Thus we see that 9dllC2.fL1OIl 15 a11 essent1al fHCtO1 wh1ch Call be eas1ly obtalned by e1the1 1lCh or poor It 1S the1efo1e V1t tl that GVGIYOIIE ICCGIVG some bO1t of 6dUC'1f,lO11 171311065 To11ey 44 BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 1s one of the few g, xmas Ill vented lll the U111ted States It was l1lV6lllCd lll 1891 by John Na1sn11tl1 '1 mem be1 ot the Spungfield Massachusetts Y M C A It 15 played Wlth a spher1cal ball about ten 1llChCS Ill d1amete1 At e1the1 end of the COUIL O1 floor a net hangs from a Flllg about exghteen 1nches ID dlameter and te11 feet nom the floor OI playmg sur face Basketball teams may be of e1the1' sex a11d must be composed of at least five play ers a Center two Forwa1ds and two Guards The players on each team are dressed so that they may be eas1ly d1St11l gulshed flom the players o11 the ODDOSH10 team The game cons1stS of putt1ng the ball through the Illlg and net You may block a ball Wlth yOU1 hand as ong as you do not touch the pelson who has DOSSGSSIOD of lt It IS 1lOt perm1ss1ble to push or hold a play er cr t11p A pass may be obstructed by hold1ng up the a1ms or by Jl11 I'1D11lg up wlth outst1etched a1ms Basketball develops tean1work coopera t1o11 sacrlflce teaches us to be good SDO1 ts a11d stxengthens our 1n1nds and bodles It 1S an excelle11t game and 13 wldely plaved bv Ameucans Kenneth E Maxks 44 LDUCATION FOR PEACE IN a few years thls 11ow embattled world w1ll be passed Oll by 1tS p1esent leade1s to 1ts future leade1s the youth of today To us tl1e youth belongs the respons1b1l1ty of secuung a11d keepmg peace on th1S wa1 torn pla11et To 1nsure a 12-1St1l1g peace the p11ma15 factor lS educat1o11 Fasclsm a11d educa t1on ca1111ot l1ve togethex 111 th1s world When the peoples of a 11at1o11 have lea1ned the t12Ldlt1OllS and customs of other nat1ons a11d the love of God and fellown1en as taught Ill the B1ble war C3.lll10f, exlst In the post war world educat1on must play a leadmg, role Not educat1on for war and death as 1n Ge1many and Japan but educat1o11 fox peace Gordon E1ne1son 44 G NIUl'N'l'.XIN l'Il'llH 0 0 1 J . . , . - . Q - education by reading helpfuul booksf-the