Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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THE CADUCEUS 21 soon as thelr elghteenth blrthdays come FOI some of these It xx lll be the chance they xe been xxaltlng fol, but othels xx ould prefel to furthel thelr ed ucatlon bx college tlalnlng Although they ale only boys, thex ale settlng folth to do a man S1Z9d Job xx hlch xxlll make us D1 oud of them The xxal tlme school SLlffe1'S a de cleased enlollment for xxork IS plenty The clltlcal man poxxel sholtage has chaneed many thlngs and xxe ale ulged to xx olk IH stol es, fdCtOFlQS, and homes to help relleve the SCHFCITV of labol Small schools ale faclng a Sl'10l'C30'Q of teachels as bettel paylng posltlons ale opened to them Students do not at tend school legulally as thev must xx olk To relleve thls ploblem ou' school declded to go on a Ol e SESSSIOH plan so that the pupll s aftel noon could be fl ee fol xx Olk So fal 1lS success has been ploclalmed by cx elyone 'Texx GI ab sences have been leported and the lf telnoon sessslon has been successful ln dolng make up xx olk X1 llCh xx ould newel be done ln oldmalv cases thele seems fo be an 11 Cl ease of lc . on Q tlmes ln some ts GUI one ses school s em less l a gcd out and llc' fOl9 P1010 pl ofltable l'T'll'l17ElllOl'l9 OLtsL'C lf sfl ool co not oelmll tne cll1 en to lolget that xxe ale dl xxal lol ll x select tl e sc loo c dlen to pal lclua c lr ll swap d1lX es, and 0111015 attempt to o Qlnlze QIOLI s lnto a xlflolx Ol fTl1lllellN lldll mg COIDS '1hen, xx hen latlonlnff came to be a necesslty lf xx as declded that the schools could admlnlstel It Thls and many othel thlngs ale xx hat the schools of today are dolng xvlth a smlle to help the xx al' effort We can find no truer patrlots than our school chlldren Thell patrlotlsm IS shoxxn ln thell pul chase of xx ar stamps and bonds xxhlch ale an actlve part of then savlngs plan We can readlly see that our xxar tlme schools are dolng evervthlng ln thell poxx 91 to hasten VlCtO1 y and plan ahead for pe lce C Scllbner, 44 W HAI' HAS ONE YEAR OF WAR DONE TO THE Uh ITLD STATES ' Peall Hal bol bombed' Peall Harbol bombed' Peall Hal bor bombed' Amerlcas people xxele stunned as thev saxx these wolds glarlng f om headllnes and heald them leaplng fl om the tongues of hundleds of lZ1dlO news lepolters Deatn had sxx ooped doxxn flom the skv hurllng destructlon upon the peo ple xxho had Sdld 'Wt cant happen hele But It dlo haooen Amellca secule ln F61 oxxn lemoxed safet had let the lest of the xovll shed the blood and tfals and toll ot xx 31 When hel oxxn blood d loped on tne sands Amerlca x cpt and became confused Polltlclans beean to make speeches on the clueltx HFJ unnecessltv of xx al b lt onlx '1 lexx dlc anythlne, lp x ilfls and plants began to XKOIK o D1 TIITIO and a fexx nexx factol les ame mio llllllj Bu N Man IH tl e lee con tlllutfl to sax Vv IX sholl d xxe xx Cll V We naxe the Stloqgpgf folces ll the xx olld No one can attack us 'xle lc D1 aftlcallv self SLlfflCl9I t Let England and Chlna and the othel s light We alc a SUDG1101 people anyxx av XX ell, Ml Eyel vman you ale the best fl lend the enemy can haue 1 ' -' v ,Y V . . 1 . V . 1 - 1 ' 1 ' . 1 ' , . 1 ' , - ' 1 .. ,- . , , I 4 1 u .1 1 1 ' l .L . , , . 1. Y 1' ' 1 - 1 1 1 L . . . . . , 4 ' - 1 1 i ' ' ' sc 7 r v v 4 1 1 . Y 'Y K ' ' 1 A Y 1 1 . 1 's -T l . . D -1 1 1 1 1 A l - . . . I 1 1- ' . 'L r 1 t 1 , . v . ' 1 . -1 . - l 1 vs 1 I ' ' 1 1 ' 1 v ' ' 1 1 1 ' . . l - ' 1 1 1 1 'f 1 1 1 r 1 1 L A ' 1 ' fr ' 1 I , 7 1 . ' 7-1 - - I ' ' - v I - ' 1 A 1 A 1 .1 - 1 .L A V ' A - 1 'Y ' ' ' . 1' 1. 1 ' f . ' - - 1 L - - -1 . . ,, . . ,, I 8 - 1 V Q Y H VM ' , - 1 1 1 ,1 ' , 1 1 .1 . , 1 . J , ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - ., - .. 1 . l x - t , 1 U I 1 jr 1A ' A 1 1. 1 ' , ,. A, 1- . 1 - U' Q 'Ii s 1 tlll X s,enl . .JGITJCC . . 1. ,- . X Q- ' . . . 1 1 xfx ' ' . S1011 plan ln a lll.ll'1'16Cl xx ol'ld makes .. 1 .e . A Q 1 tl cxe- - - a - -' f ' 1 1 1 ' 1 7 xr ' -11 1 A . . L . .. V 1. , . . ., , . L ' 1 l 'l . Sn - G ,Q r I P, 1 , X Ku I . . c x 1 I . I -i I. -N I V K 4 . . 1 A 11, , 1-,L -L 1 . - - 1 4 1- f 1 1 f fm 1 C L - .1 ,L - .1 ' 1 ',.,,,,1' . 1 ..l 1 H , , , - t ct , .l , ,l. I 3 . T JH1. - - '-I -Sigh . Q - ' -1 , ,f f L ' ,Inf . hu V ! x 1x ks A Ae , A . .R , , ,V tl 121 . , .I . . .11-1? 1' - f1 , L ,,, , Y - 7 1 ' ' ' f 1 1 Q , 1 k I V x.. . 1 x.. . Ll L. ALYLA- 1, L I 1 P A ' 1 1 ' '1 1 1 v1 ' - 1' .4 . 1 1 - ' ' f 1 - 1. ' -1- ' ' V , ,' , , 1 lf - 1 . - - 1. . ' ' f1 ' ' ' , 1 , , ' ' . s, ' -v . ' . . , . . - .O . , 1 an 'L : , ' ' ' ' 1 - 1' 1 1 'Y 1 1 - 1 l - - . , ' . . 7 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1, 1 - ' 1 - ,' 1

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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

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THE CADUCEUS The enemy Stlll has many many frlends ln thlS countrv Most of Am GFICH does a falrly good Job at pre tendlng to be xvar consclous and the lest fall mlselably ln the attempt A lemalnlng fexx look ashamed of thelr countrv as they see the street crowd express unlnfol med xlexxs of the hard QhlDS thev must beal Nothlng IS xx rong xxlth the army and navy It IS the home generatlons that fuss and cry and xx ant a lollypop A vear of xx al has not done much for manv people War' Most of us have never seen a bomb fall We go around whlmperlng because xxe carnot rlde all day It IS just too bad lsnt It that vxar IS so terllbly unjust to us? Amerlca has no callouses on her hands yet There ale only bllsters that ale sore and tlngllng We are stlll afrald to get oul hands dlrty But Amerlca vou xxlll learn ln tlme that vou xxlll not Just have solled hands as a remembrance of xvar but bloody hands as vxell and perhaps no hands at all We thlnk xxar IS terrlble but Wlll a Pearl Halbol ln one of our forty elght States be necessary before the callous mal ks vxear lnto our hands and our muscles toughen? Martha ROb9l ts 44 STORM Bx George Stexx art Stolms haxe f0l a long tlme been subjects of dlamatlc lltelatule some fOl example btlng The Tempest Tv phoon Ol The HUIIICHHQ None of these lloxxexel tlulx IJOltldV the dv ll llnlc IllOXGIl1Cl'lt of the gl eat monstlos ltx that sxx eeps acloss seas and contl nents leaxlng xxleckage and dlsastel ln ltS wake Stolm IS dliferent ln that It descrlbes ln hlghly dramatlc fictlon the blrth path and death of a storm One xx ould hardly thlnk that thls could fill a book but lt also deals SVlth the storv of human llves and how thev are affected by the storm The Junlor M9tCOFOlOglSt xx ho IS pel haps the most lmportant and frequent lv encountel ed character has a pecullar hablt of namlng the storms that are born ln dlfferent pal ts of the xvorld af ter glrls Hls Job IS to trace the path of the stolm on a map xx hlch IS so pe cullar that only he can understand and to xx arn ShlpS at sea or dlfferent localltles ln lts path of the danger The partlcular storm that IS the hero lne of thls book vxas chrlstened Marla and was born ln the Tltljlma Islands ln the PHCIHC It dld not begln xx lth wlnd and raln as most storms do but Wlth hlgh balometel readlngs and a sloxx whlrl of all over the water Day by dav and hour by hour the J M folloxxs Marla across the PHCIHC In one lnstant the book changes from a drama of sclentllic maps and the tech nlcalltles of the J M s lnstruments to a drama of human experlences One couple leax es a load house and goes out lnto the StOl m never to retul n A traln IS wrecked Neal E1 the nol th there IS a snow sllde causlng sevele damage and blocklng tlafhc on a mountaln pass It also affects the llfe of the Superln tendent of Roads A telephone man goes to l9pdlI a bl oken telephone xx 119 up ln the snoxx cox 91 ed hllls He accl dentallv falls fl om the pole on hls plopped skl poles and ls kllled A xylld bon called Blue Box dlslodg es a bouldel and causes a landsllde ln xxhlch he I5 kllled The flozen bodx . . Y H 1 ,, . . . 1 . - Y 7 ' y , . . 'I . ' 1 I 1 1 4 a . n , L 1 1 1 . ' 1 1' 1 Cl , nn - . . 7 . '- . H 1 ' v L N u ' . . y V. u . l . v 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . ' i v . . - . F- , 1 i I 7 . . ' 1 v , V . s. . . . 7 . . 1 . 1 . . . . l I ' 1 . ' 1 ' . Y . . . . . . v 1 f 1 ., ' 1 1 ' 1 7. . . . l 1 1 7 . 1 U . Y 1 a 1 a 1 Y , . . . , 1 we do not know: we do not know. l 1 1 . - . . . , . 1 7 ' ' , 1 - I 1 1 ' 1 l ' x ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' V - - . . i u n ' ' . . . n V ' 'U . 1 ' - v I . ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 , ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . . 1 , G . , ,, 3' A1 n U , '- ' ' ' , , - . - 1 ' 1 , ' l n , ll Y , ,' H ' ' , ' , ' ' A , . . , . . 1 1 y 1 1. - ' ,' ' - . ' 1 ' . ' I ' s 5 n I v v 1 ' ' .' ' ,Z ' - - ' ' 1 ', Lf, 1 - ' 1 1 ' 5 H ' A K s '- 1 1 1 ' ' f' ' ' ' ' ' ' y ' ' -. 1' 1 1 1 v s ' ' 1 1 -