Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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THE CADUCEUS THE STI DEWT COUNCIL the beglnnlng of the school yea1 of 1943 the folloxxmg students xxexe elected to the Student Councll Seniors Wllllam 'VIcCormaclx 'Vlartha Hender on lumors C lendon Calef Martha Roberts Sophomores W llllam 'VIcAll1stfr Janet Shepard Adxtsor Mr Simpson At the fnst meetlng the folloxxlnf., of tlcers xx ere elected I rtsxdent Wllllam lVI1Lorm uk Vnt President Klcndon Qalet Sf tret irx Martha Henderson Each xxeek durlng the yeal the Stu dent Councll collected the school nexxs fo1 VHFIOUS nexx spapers The COUHCII wlth the help of the Commercial students has ca1r1ed on a sale of xx at stamps to lnduce boys and gn ls to do thelr palt tn natlonal de fense A contest run on a percentage basls xxas held betxxeen the SIX home looms and a bannel x as presented at the I'1ench and Latln Club Assembly to Mrs Klams home room xvho was leadlng at the tlme An lnter class carnlval sponsored by the Student Councll xx as held Saturday Feb 6 1943 Thls was followed by a co1 onatxon dance 1n the gymnaslum xx hlch xx as attractlvely decorated wlth xx hlte streamers Skl poles and throne fox the Klng and Queen Arthur Roy havlng acqulred the most pomts ln the carnlval xx as croxxned Klng Charlotte H111 and Beatrlce Tyner were tled for Queen so Glendon Calef the runner up for Klng made the fourth partner Smce the former Student Counclls bets have been worklng on one whlch xx1ll be presented for approval some tlme 1n the near future In Apr1l two members of the Fresh man classs Barbara Rlchardson and Paul Allen were elected to the Student COUDC11 It was declded that Freshmen should be represented on the Councll durlng the last half of the year One of them xx1ll remaln as a Sophomore member the followmg year so that the plans and ldeaS of the former Councll may be carrled on NTI DPNT itll NKII Bgtk Ram xknllmm N1cAllstel Vxxlllum Vlc'Cmn1.nk f-I1 nrlfvrl C Ili! l-:ont Rum lane! Shepard Ninth: llcndmsnn Nltlllhll Rollei-s 18 , L . - . y Q n , Y , At - ' , , , ' ' S V rw V ' A h ,. v I v ' , , S . , - 1 v- - - , - ' ' , 1 r ' . 'IS Wi, 4 'E .I . 1 v ' Y Y - u V K , . J' V 4 Q A Q z f' have not had a constitution, the mem- .. . , ' 1 ' If , . , ' . l l l

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20 THE CADUCEUS V5 OMER IN THE WAR Women are playxng a larger paxt ln World War II than they have played at anx other txme xn Amex xcan hlstoxy Thev have been accepted xn posxtxons that xx ould be unheaxd of ln peace txmes They axe doxng mens xx ork and doxng xt xxell Although xxomen cannot do the ac tual fightxng they are doxng everythxng ln thexr power to make lt possxble fox the men to fight by takxng over cxvxlxan xx ork to xelxeve men for actxve duty The need of men fox active servxce has bx ought about the oxgamzatxon of the WAACS WAVES SPARS and other xx omen s dxvxsxons of the vaxlous sexvxces By engagxng ln office xxork and other non combat dutxes the xx omen fx ee the men for combat These organ xzatlons have just got thexr staxt but exexythxng pomts toxxard thexr bexng vexv successful and benefxclal The xx omen xvho are not xn khakx and dom All of them from the xx oman xn ox ex alls holdxng a xx eldxng torch to the aged mother xx ho xvrxtes letters of love and encouragement to her son ovex seas axe doxng thexr paxt At least fifty percent of Home De fense posxtlons are held by xxomen Ambulance Corps Motox Corps Fxxst Axd Unxts Axr Raxd Wax dens and vol unteex Red Cxoss Workexs are a fexx of the xxomens actxvltxes Not untxl xx ax txmes xx exe xxomen commonly seen dx xxxng busses announcxng on the xa dxo xunnxng elevatoxs and xxoxkxng xn dm fense plants' Manv xx omen spend sexexal houxs xx eeklx xn xx ax nxng centexs and obsexxa txon posts They axe not xequxxed to do thxs xx oxk but do xt xxxllxngly It xs not a fad to them but thexr bxt xn the fight for lxbexty that shxnxng lxght at the end of the long danger filled road to xxctory The xvomen xxho are m the actual nghtxng are the Red Cx oss nurses xn the stxuggle for lxfe for your brother and mme They share the same dangexs go through the same ordeals yet face the xxounded and dyxng xx xth a happy smxle and a cheerful xxoxd of encourage ment The Umted Servxce Organxzatxons have gxven xxomen a chance to help by entertaxnxng servxce men and makxng thexr absences from home more pleas ant and endux able Although women cannot tight on the battlefield on the sea and m the axr they are doxng thexr all by bexng the men behxnd the men behxnd the guns An excerpt from Mxltons Sonnet On Hxs Blxndness may be applxed here Thev also sex ve xvho only stand and xvalt The xnfluence of thxs great conflxct World War II IS very evxdent xn our schools today War surrounds our school chxldren on all sxdes strxkxng xnto thexr souls a realxzatxon of the effects of xx ax xts horrors and xts need for patxx otxsm The very word xx ar IS a feax some one sxnce lt represents a poxxer xx hxch they can nexthex hear smell touch nor see but xxhxch they feel thxough xts effects on our everyday lxv mg and school lxfe Thxs fact xxas xealxzed by us xxhen Hxe of oux schoolmates xx exe called xnto the sexxxce of oux countxy Thxs has happened ln neax lv exexv hxgh school and xt xs almost a cextaxntv that thxs spxxnvs gxaduates xxxll folloxx them as Y Y , . . . 7 . N . y , v 1' V n 1 v- . 1 1 . . . . x I 1 ' 1 y 1 ' 7 v ' i . ' , . Y I 3 v Y . Y. Q . . I 7 1 - V V i , , f ' . D 7 V . 7 , . . . 1. 1 - I . . 7 , , ' I , Q Y . . . ,, - Q . y, . 4. . ' . ' 1 H Q 1 . . ' ' 7' ' . y - 1 ' ' 1 . . u , . ' . ,Q y r doin 'ust as much for free- blur a Q g J . soHooLs IN WAR-TIME Y y - ' 7 ' . . . . 7 l . . A , ' V 1, . v . 1.- 1 1 x - . . , 7 , ' ' '- Y Q 7 - N Y 1 Y 1 1 1 Y V I 1 x 1 ' 1 x '. Y. ' , - . - . . . N t. 1 .4 1 s v 1 ' ' , J B- y -. xx- K 1 y' 1 Q ' ' . L ' ' V' ' ' -' V . v' 5 W r t ' ' v . . 5