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

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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

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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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Nl JLXI XIX ILIIU WHY IS THERE A PAPER SHORTAGE E have all not1ced the change 111 s1ze of newspapers They have been apprec1 ably cut and we expect st1ll further cuts before many months have passed W know thlS and can expect It but how many of the magazmes such as True SLOIY Love Cr1me Western and so forth have d1sappeared from the thousands of news ands 1n all parts of the countrv'P Do these help to keep up the morale or do they fill the II1l1ldS of teen age youths w1th the wrong pr1nc1ples'f Our c1v1l1zat1on lS one of the worlds greatest and how do we expect It to become greater 1f th1s so called trash keeps push 111g the good hterature out of c1rculat1on'P Do these magazmes help the problem of Juven1le del1nquency'P If the pape1 tha goes 1nto these magaz1nes were put to us 111 the form of newspapers would not the publ1c FCCSIVE more news of what 1S gomg on and become more l11tEI'6StBd 1n pllbll problem.s'P Th1s problem IS belllg brought up and w1ll cont1nue to grow larger as the pape1 shortage becomes more acute Recently at a meetmg of an agr1cultu1al group 1t was brought to the attent1on of the people a11d It W111 be b1ought up 111 almost even meetmg where groups of 1ntell1eent Lhlllk 111g people gather BLUE HILL ITUATED ID the northestern pa1t of Hancock county Blue H1ll and 1ts n lghbollllg tOWllS have a 1OC2ltlOll wh1ch affords to 1ts v1s1tors and res1dents lllilllb excellent V1eWb We 1lVlllg he1e all of the tlllll? do 11ot app1ec1ate the 9311018.11121 of our f1ont yards Rldlllg alone the coast roads of Bue H1ll one may absorb the beau t1es of Nature The countrys1de lS cool and catchme a frequent glance of the deep blue green of the summe1 sea one may see what Nature suppl1es for us C 1ta1nly man cannot reproduce th1s Many p1cturesque lS13lldS are located 1n the wat rs of the Blue H111 Bay extendmg several m1les out IHCO the Atlant1c Ocean to Outer Lone Isla11d From the top of Blue H1ll Mounta1n on a clear day one can see much of Long Island Small fishmg boats can be seen dart1n0 about close to the shores of the numerous 1S1'E1lldS Here and there the wh1te sa1l of a small boat can be seen bouncmg merr1lv over the choppy waters Huge fluffy clouds float laz1ly across the sky and the v1lla e looks deserted and vacant Once 1n a wh1le a car can be seen gl1d111g ov 1 the roads of the town Parker Po1nt Juttmg 1nto the harbor lb the locat1on of ma11y beauf1ful estates Every summe many people m1g1ate f1om the hot stuffy c1t s to the peace and qu1et of Blue H1ll Dllflllg, the yunter the fl lds h1lls and valleys are covered by a g11sten1ne' blanket of s11ow add1n a cold touch to ltS atmos phe1e The p1ese11ce of the snow has 1ts good polnts fOl ma11y et employment from 1t The blue wate1s of the bay also afford ma11y flSh81I1lBll a llV1llg App1oach1ng the town f1om the seavt ard Blu H1ll Motntam can be seen 11s1ng ma Jest1callv oy Cl the tops of the 1slands The fust settlers approached f1om the sea 0 you can see l1ow the town gets 1ts name Blue H1ll IS one of the H1018 IJILLLIFGSQLIS ol the sea coast towns a11d IS ll'lt9I9StlllQ to all St phen SV1VCStGl 44 v v,, v , , - 1 - , 4 - U 1 n r ns . - - ' D W ' U ' I . C, 1 - 1. . 1, Q , - r - .1 11 11 - vw .. U - - - , , 1 , c ' v . D ' ' . J 1 c . 1. s 5, . D . . . L . . - U . t 5 f . h . -Q . . - ,- - . Q. , .. V , I v . . i V 1 Q . in . , L P .L . h . ' h . . g y. e I . 11 ' ' 1 - ' Q v ' or ' 1- A . - zu D ' - -' ' , - . ' , O. , I . . D . Y, A V . A. ,K V D . W . .. . - 1. . . V Q . J . 1 ' fy . . . S ' S K . . , X ' O- . ,- , 1 , - ' 'A- . ' . . Q . . 1. H V . - ' 4 . . . . , .D V . l ' I , ' 1' D . 1 7 w ' - K' X .. ' 1 -