Gilman High School - Gilmanac Yearbook (Northeast Harbor, ME)

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W Q Q Editor-2-chief Leta Tracy Assistant Editor Florence Jordan Business Manager Art Editor Everett Carter Betty Wescott Exchange Editors Grace Pierce Alice Colson Alumni Editors Literary Editors Fred Bucklin Isabel Korkmazian Ida Walton Marion Pierce Joke Editors e-Lester Joy Albert Stork Boys' gports Editor Girls' Qports Editor John Smallidge Helena Solari Faculty Adviser Florence E. Greenleaf Tygists Leta Tracy -Grace Pierce Betty Wescott Marion Pierce Florence Jordan Muriel Fernald 'Dorothy Haynes 4 In the absence of Lester Joy, who is now serving with the U. S. Marine Corps, Albert Stork has assumed full 'responsi- bilities as Joke Editor.

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l 8 . , ,9L Qxmjjgmqiilgjir, Q I ' I !,ufiEx if igfg 4. . . ,..- 4, Gay. Qgf gvij, U 73 w Y Urea 23 Henry Van Dyke called Mount Desert Island, Nthe most beau- tiful island in the world.' with an area of one hundred square miles, it offers a very unusual combination of ocean, lake, and mountain scenery. . . . WAgainst the island's rugged cliffs and massive headlands still bold and steep in their primeval grandeur, the waters of the ocean chafe in swelling surges and hurl themselves high in- to the air, while towerlng hlghu toward the heavens the moun- tains loom aloft, straight almost from the level of the sea to form the hlghest elevations ln eastern Maine. Over all, the clouds in their exqulslte tints, and wonderful harmony of cdbr, slowly soften into blue, to become at sunset a wonderful.glory of crimson, amethyst, and gold.n Centuries ago, the Indians knowing and appreciating the beautiful ln nature made thls region a favorite resort, to this spot too, nearly three centuries ago, came the French. Jesuit missionaries, seeking new lands for-the glory of God and of France. - Here today, come people from all over the world to View this beauty and to see for themselves if it lives up to their expectations. Do you think that they are as impressed as they should be? I wonder if some of them do not feel that they have ,been misinformed as to what the highlights df our island really are. I y ' . ., -. , To be sure, we still have the mountains, the headlands,the lakes, streams, and some forests. However, the, greater major- lty of what is nature's gift has been trifled with by man in an effort to improve it. Roads have been cut all over our'moun- tains, forests have been hacked into, leaving ragged scars, old deserted houses dot the countryside, graving and rotting with the changing seasons, and to tcp it all off, the wildlife is fast dlmlnishlng. ' '