Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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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 -

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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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THE CADUCEUS clogs a draln plpe and causes more damage A wlse old gentleman xx ho never falls to v1s1t the Weather Bureau at least once a day d1ed of pneumoma causlng great grlef among h1s frlends Each of these ll'lCld6I'ltS IS a short story 1n ltself begun 1n one chapter and finlshed ln another When Mar1a reaches her peak Lxttle Marla IS born and grows rapldly mto a roarlng tearlng monster She pauses over New York Cnty causlng death and dlsaster After four days of lncreaslng havoc she dles just as her mother dld a short tlme before As the Junlor Meteorolog1st retraces the hlstory of the storm every march on h1s charts accurately placed and tlmed to the second he reahzes what a respons1b1l1ty the Weather Bureau has and hoxv much depends on h1s own accuracy and sclentlfic knowledge The Storm by George Stewart had such a lastlng effect on me that every tlme there IS a storm I wonder where lt was born and how It IS aifectlng other mdlvlduals all over the world It re calls to my mlnd the words Hamlet the Prlnce of Denmark If lt be noxx t not to come 1f lt be not to come lt xvlll be noxx lf It be not noxv yet lt xvlll come the 1ead1ness IS all These can be xx ell applled to an apploachlng M1 ua M Hendex son 43 A VVAR TO END ALL VVARS Water falls from the skv D1 ops lun from the glass blades to the ground and thlead then xxav along t1ll they unlte IH a t1ny uvulet Thls 11vulet IS soon Jomed by anothel and they tlace then xvav togethel to a meander1ng stleam The stream emptles mto a wlldly tumb Img brook whlch moves aslde obstacles that the stream would have gone around It dashes ltself agalnst 1ts banks untll It finally merges Wlth a huge slow mox 1ng rlver In 1tS turn thlS powerful body of water changmg 1tS moods almost as a human belng xx ould majestlcally glides 1nto the ocean the father of all waters Here on the broad blue bosom whlch covers the greater part of the world the sun shines strongest pulllng to lts brllhant 1ed orb the mlnute droplets that the vxhxtecaps dlscard These partlcles gather 1nto the clouds Then comes the ram A small beetle IS eaten by a hungrv mouse Later ln the day xx hlle swlrn mmg across a small pool deep m the xx oods the mouse IS sucked down by a sllverv t1out The trout whlle flound er1ng ln some raplds belovt the pool IS snatched out onto the land by a furry paxved lynx who IS belng carefully watched by a lumbermg black bear When the trout IS nothmg but bones bear quletly steals near and dlspatches the taxx ny cat wlth a slngle blow from h1S rnlghty paxv One day a rock falls over the entrance to the bear s cave leaxlng onlv a small opemng When the trapped beal dles the beetles sxxarm to feed on hls cax cass A man bullds a cabln neal that of anothel man The tlrst man soon cox ets the home of the second man and bv the xagarles of laxx or bx brute fo1 ce comes mto possesslon of lt He mo1t gages both h1S cablns to buy a cal then smce he IS not able to pay the bank adds them to ltS many holdings The courtv belng ln need of money l1qu1 23 1 1 1 ' ' D . Y 7 , 1 . 1 1 , 1 Y ' . . 1 1 . 7 Q ' 8 . Y 1 7 1 . L- ' r Y 1 1 . V 1 ' , - - u H ' ' 7 . . . and the lynx is heavy xvith food, the . , Y . . ' , ' f, ' is . . : ' . . v 1 ' ' 'V' , 1 7' . ,y - , ' an , - h . ' I 1 x K- U w , 11. 1 1 T . . , . A ra C ' ' L Y- il-' f -Y 1 I .Y l 1 1 W v ' y ty 1 1 N ,N Y N . . G g . . my