Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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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

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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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24 THE CADUCEUS dates the bank Then the state 1n O1 de1 to bu11d 1OHdS taxes the countv to dest1tut1on The rullng element wheth 91 Parhament Cou1t Congress or Relch SQIZQS the accumulatlons of the state and dlunk xxlth poxxe1 expends 1ts 111 gotten galn 1n rlotous hvlng The common man starvmg fOl food and land muster then fo1ces k1ll the men at the head of the rulmg poxx Q1 and dlvlde up the assets of the natlon Each then goes h1s xx ay to bulld a cab ln And the xx 01 ld goes lound and round' W1lllHmMCCO1mHCk 43 AFTERMATH HIS feet echoed loudly as he Walked sxxlftly doxxn the da1k vacant st1eet It xx as late A cat xvalklng stealtluly 'TCIOSS the snoxx glanced at hlm paused then xarlshed lnto the da1kness The moon sllpped g1Z1C9fl,llly behlnd a cloud As he turned mto h1s oxvn dr1x exvay the xx 1nd tugged at h1s OVG1 coat It xx h1s tled past h1m as he mounted the steps On the po1ch he stopped lnvolunt 111 lx he shlx G1 ed then sh1u,,g1ng shghtly he 1nse1ted tne key 1n the lock Ins1de all xx as stlll As he advanced 1111011311 the hall the numblng cold left hlm ard he felt a pulsmg of VSE'1Il Wlll llllOL1 h h1s velns S1 ddenlv he 1eal lsed the house xx'1s much too xx IIN He should go doxxnstaus and shut up the fulnace No matte1 It xx as 11 e 1nd he xx as Lnutte1ably xx ea1x He xx all ed quletly xnto h1s oxxn 100111 calefullv ax Oldlflg, a Chall He stxode to the xx mdoxx looked out upon the Sl ltnt sleepxng COllIlllyQld9 He had l1l ed thxs toxxn Well one should haxe no 1Gg1CtS Hls hand 1eached lPfO h1s pocket contacted somethlng cold and hard but fumbled deeper unt1l h1S fin gers clutched a package of clgarettes and a llghter Starlng moodlly lnto the nlght he automatlcally extracted a c1g alette replaced the pack and lnserted the clgarette betxveen h1s l1ps Absent ly he opened the llghter and brought the flame to the tlp lf h1s clgarette Durmg that flash of llght h1s hand t1embled Suddenly he tu1 ned and walked b1lSk1y to the llght sxv1tch A moment later a bllndlng llght lllummated the room F01 a second he Stal ed vacant lx a1ound hlm then feverlshly he be gan to pack a fexx of h1s necessarx be longlngs 1nto a bag At last all xxas hnlshed He sxxltched off the hght stepped lnto the hall and began hastlly xx xll lng axxay At h1s XNlfQS dOO1 he hesltated He attempted to contmue doxxn the laall but he could not go on So tlx he pushed open he1 dOO1 At that moment the moon came f1 om bemnd 1ts cloud and shone 1n upon the exqulsltely 1GpOS1Hg fi u1e of h1s xx 1fe She xx as lylng on the bed xx 1th he1 nead gently 1ol'ed to one Slde One h ind xxas flung CHIGIGSSIB aboxe he1 head xx hlle the othe1 lay gently ac1 oss tle xx axes upon the xx hlte pllloxx Hel lon cu1xtd lashes sxxept ca1ess1n lx upon cheelxs almost as palhd as the shetts Full gcnuous lms pa1ted 1n a l111f smlle to 1exeal gle1m1nCf xxhlte tectn The tlnclv molded body xxas etrhed dlmly a unst the da1lxness Tl1e1e ln the moonllght she looked en ch an ng and xe1x Iucttx To he1 hus l ll d xx xtchlnv he1 flOlTl the dooxxxax sht seemed helpless and utte1ly beautx ful Once he had xx11tten he1 poet1x tellmg of he1 beauty and h1s loxe He had held he1 1n h1s alms qulte oxe1 . Q- . . - 1 9 ' 1 . 1 7 - 1 . . , ' . 1 . 1 . . . - Y Y 7 Y 1 V Y 1 v. 7 1 . . . - , . . . ' . , . 1 . . . . , . . Q 1 . . . . 1 1 9 I . v 1 'I . I 1 Y , - 1. . . . . . , , . . i i 1 - ' ' ,. 1 . . L x , . 7 , - - 1 ' 1 - . V , ,' 1 1 H 7. . . , L 7 1 ' c X 1 . 7 1 ' ' 7 my o 1 ' - 1 ' 1 4 T 1 1 P 1 ' 1 , -. vc 1 x . . L -Y, ' 1' . . . 7 , , , . . . x ' 1 . . , ' - 1 , . V dv . . 1 . ga 1 . 1 . . . . A . 1 1 - 1 I '.- . , . C Y y 1 . . a 4 , 1 v 7 - 7 1 1 or 1 . 1 1 V . V. . x 1 x . , . c . . , 7 x . Y ' 1 1 . u Y A K ' 7 . y . 1 1 '-1 ' 1 ner b1 east. Her dark han fell 1n gen- - 1 0- A . . Y , . KV., . 1 A 1 M 1. . ' L Y ' L ' J' Q, ' 7' . . . ' 1 ' . , I Q' ' 1 fy ' ' 1 ' ' - A' . Y t 53 - . I V i vs 1. I v L A1 , , 'Q , 'H ' . , . A , , . ' . ' V i . 1 . , . . , 'V , Q , , , . . t . I ' . . , ' , '4 r . f L D 1 . 1 1 . 0 . . t 1' , I V 1 , 1 , . 1 x 1 1 7 . ' I 1 K ' ' ,' gl x .1 ' ' . . . 1. K ' 1 ' 'L v 1 - Y Y - - N V - . , , - ' ' ' r ' 1 ' 1 ' , 1 . . f . ' . 2 Ll Y ' t' .1 57. 1 - '. V Y. 1 va . I I 1 u 1 ' 14 I , 1 ' E -7, X 1 5 l . V' - 4 . 5 .i ' .'.' 1 L i' X: L ' . y b ' ' U . . 1 Q 1 muy, 1 ' . . 1 ' . . ' ' ' l V ' 1 ' - 5 A v I , c L v 1 -