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

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, ' x ., .Q If man wisnes'toy improve ourr scenery, why not do it by keeping the things that have already been made in a presentable condition1MhCertginly the, reads here could stand repairs and would help a great deal in presenting the island in 5 more fa- vorable light,f Places where' trees have already beds out down could be cleared upy not only improving the scenery- ut doing away with some of the fire hazards that are steadily increasing in most localities. , ' , ' , f - . J 'N If our forefathers could return now and view their beloved island, they wouldg probably feel'sad and.?rather bewildered at what man has done tegwhat was once naturefsfparadise. 'f E ' -2 v ' LETPI TRACY, '46' y or by Q VII-IICl5I? -f v '- ,' ' ..VA,,f 'lfh During the war fthere were meny,'many good'teenfagers that turned into juvenile delinquents. The. largest reason' was bee cause we, the teen-agers, couldn't find good entertainment for ourselves, and our parents were too busy to help us. 'Now the war wee over,'but5'asf you.know,-there are still, many juvenile dQ1f5Qdents.l Perhaps-youj think th1SQ.idea'of your'ychildrents being juvenile delinquents ie impossible.. You vsay your chil- dren find entertainment 'without your help, Sure they doll BUT are you sure that it is the Tight kind of entertainnent? R: Q 'A ijRight here in our own communities there may not,befany ac- tualfjuvenile delinquents.a But if a teen-agar of your,co3munif ty wants to do something for entertainment, do you' know'what there is to do? Most of the week nights there is nothing'to'do5 exceptjash for the car tofgo to the movies,,and moat ,of the time we are'refused. Saturday nights we always like to do some- thing other than go to the movies again.1We-can sometimes wring the family car out of you'Kbut most of the time you want to use itl. If we get the car, we go to Trenton to roller skate or to dance., You don't like to have us go so far in tho car, but you never try to find other forms.of entertainment for us,:wSunday night rolls around and what' to do? But, of course, go5to the moviesl' Siok of the movies? That's too bad, because there is no where else to go. i 4 '.f ' H Before the war we had quite a few organized groups. But now,Vwhen we need these groups more than ever, there are none. .The girl 'and boy scout troupe have goneg the 4Manitoufhas also d1sappearedL A' Young Peoplels Association ,was started ,this yoan,fbut it needed' the parental support, and because it did not get it, that too has gone. ,hveryh organization.of young people needs the parents' support: Why,don't. you do something aboutf it? I suggest: that tho, young people have aUbuilding Qsucn as a Neighborhood: House? that they could go to certain

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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. ' '

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nights a week, have three or four chaperons, and in different sections have different activities. One place where we could go to play cards and other games, a place where we could have cokes and do homework, and in the main hall a juke box. The older people could teach us how to dance, for there are many high school students that can't dance, but would like to, and should learn. They could, perhaps once a week, on Friday nights, have a dance,and teeners from all the communities could come. This isn't impossible. We had that sort of thing before the war. We could form a club, name it Doddlebug , pay dues, and go to dance to Harry James and drink cokes. This is the right kind of entertainment for today's young people, BUT is this the kind of entertainment your children find? I'm sure that you can do something about this problem. You could get together in your own clubs, the lodges, the Wemen's Literary Clubs,and form another club to help your children find the RIGHT kind of entertainment - OR would you rather we just struggle along finding our own entertainment, always going to the movies on week nights, and toqgrenton on Saturday nights? FLORENCE JORDMQ '46