Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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II lillIll'l5 17 WARTIME SPORTS In uartlme sports play a part of thelr own For a soldler they are a means of recreatlon fun and a means of keepmg h1m ln tr1m For the most part they provlde amusement for the c1x1l1ans left at home Sports bulld men and men want sports therefore behmd every front fine men ale playlng baseball softball and football to take thelr mmd from thelr Jobs By saymg behmd the front llnes I mean ln England the home office for thousands of bomber crews 1n Austraha where armles and HHVIBS stop before plung1ng 1nto battle 1n Alaska 11 here men are always on watch and 1n Amerlca where men are tra1n1ng for thelr new occupatlons ln war These games mostly baseball soft ball and football are played by teams of men who have a short tlme to them selves Very often men who have played college or professlonal ball are found on these plck up teams Many a bomber crew has an All Amerlcan star at the controls Back home not many athletes are left for they re playlng a game for kee s now But when a game IS played by those who are left and not old enough to go there IS usually a crowd W1tIlESS1flg the event They need somethlng to take up thelr spare tlme as do the fightlng men From the players VIGVS polnt the fu tu1e doesn t look very promlslng Rub b r the malnstay of soorts used 1n basket balls baseballs and football pads has gone to 11 ar Tlres are made from basket ball bladders trucks are made from cleats on baseball shoes and boots are made from footballs Gasollne comes mto the plcture also Players have to travel but planes have to fly therefore few er games are played Interest and partxcxpatlon ln sports 11111 be back however xx 1th the fightmg men Men at peace need sports- they ll be back R Greenlaw 45 TOMORROW WILL COME Here IS a book that w1ll make you forget your petty grlevances at ratlon 1ng and hlgh prnces of today and w1ll make you understand how tr1v1al your hardshlps are to the ones whlch th1s httle RUSSIHH glrl suffered all her hfe It IS a story of Russlan llfe durlng the H1 st World War and the crltlcal perxod followlng lt Its value l1es ln the les sons of patlence whlch we mxght ga1n from the book To learn to make the best of everythmg not to look mto the future too far and not to worry about exents as they happen are lessons whlch the author tr1es to lllustrate for the ood of manklnd The first character of lmportance IS the authors mother Her lessons her untlrmg falth and her patience help mold the character of thlS Russlan glrl She was a descendant from a RUSSIHH nobleman who marrled an Engllsh wo man who was brought up ln England when her folks were exlled but re turned to her fatherland to l1ve after her marrlage The author sw ho IS the youngest daughter IS the only one spared her when poverty and prlvatlons begm She faces them bravely and shows us that money does not make for happmess As the chaotlc condltlons surround the countrv ln the beglnmng of the war Mlss Almedmgton often finds herself VSlthOL1t food lodglng or work Just as 1- 1 1 - 1 1 W1 ll: . , . . 1 1 1 ' I ' 1 '. Y Y. . l 'Q ' 1 1 , 1 1 . h. . .... . , . 1 1 1 . w Q 1 1 , ' ' an ' . . . . .. y ' ' 11 ' , , 1 1 1 7 . 1 , 1 . . . 1 1 1 , - 1 1 , 1 1 , - 1 1 C7 C, . u ' 11 , , 1 ' , ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 'N . . . - L, . U 1 1 ' . . . Y . ' 1 . . , , . 7 . - . . 1 ' , l . - . Q ' A V! A 7 , , y . . ' 7 . . . . 1 . 1 I 1 . ' y , .

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16 THE CADUCEU S THE YOUTH OF TODAY Today s youth IS confronted w1th many perplexing problems mostly r1s mg out of the war As never before this conflict IS bringing abrupt changes to the lives of our youths Because to day s youths are tomorrow s cltlzens lt IS well to consider what changes are taklng place in the lives of our youths Today s youths seem old beyond their years a change which has come qulck ly with the hurrymg of the times Th1S fact can be clearly seen m our eighteen year old boys Only a short while ago they were awkward shy high school kids typical of carefree youth Thelr elghteenth buthday now sees them cast off thelr toys for a new game-war The youth IS no longer a boy but a man se rlous thoughtful and responslble for He IS confident composed and has learned to be a gentleman to give honor and dlgmty to h1s uniform These and many other thmgs he has learned ln the game of war The glrls on the home front have changed They too are bemg made older by havmg to accept greater re spons1b1l1t1es They find many demands for their services ln the home ln part time Jobs and ln defense work Often tlmes the teen age girl has to take the place of mother while the real home maker IS working She IS needed to serve ln patrlotlc enterprlzes She has to take on many of the boys Jobs as her big brother IS now dolng a bigger and more important Job She w1ll1ngly accepts these added tasks but not wlth out becommg more of a woman Her thoughts are mostly of vsar especially if she has a father brother or sweet heart engaged in the deadly combat The immediate future of the boys representlng our youth IS already decld ed for them as soon as they become eighteen for then they can plan on bemg called 1nto the service of their country The tralnmg they will recelve and the experiences they will encounter w1ll be a factor determmmg their places ln the post war world For the girls their immediate future IS not so easily declded Instead of at tendlng colleges as formerly many are respondlng to the urgent call for work ers Many becommg serious mlnded and urged by the rushing times enter into marrlage with a partner who is m the service It IS dxflicult to condemn or proclalm the advlsablllty of thls step It 1S true that the war IS creating some excellent positions for the govern ment IS glvmg training to ambitious youths who could not afford It 1n peace times An example of this IS the Cadet Nurses Corps for glrls In th1s the ex penses are pald by the government and the girls who qualify can become nurs es and take a useful part m the post war world Lucky is the boy who is chosen by the OITICIHIS in his particular branch of the service to recelve special lzed trammg ln some field Thls ex perience w1ll be valuable to him later on and wlll make him an asset to the future of our country Nevertheless lt is estlmated that the future generation w1ll have a shortage of much needed technical and profes sional experts Our schools and colleg es are suffering a decreased enrollment Our blggest hope IS that our youths w1ll return to the schools after the war and learn to make a useful place for them selves in a peace vsorld Today s youths are confident that the changes ln their life will aid them ln facing the future bravely -C Scribner 44 1 ' ' . . ' , ' - . . . . Y . 7 1 1 . D , - a . . . , , o 0 - . . . , ' ' . , . - , , . . . . . l I A . . , - i ! - . . 1 . 1 - 1 7 . . the job he is preparing himself to do. , , . Y Y . . . ' 7 Y I . . . . - , - y ' . . 1 I 1 - , , , . - , . . . 1 ' ' a ' ' v Y ' l V . ' 1 y Y ' . . . , . . , ,

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THE CADUCEUQ she begxns to lose hope somebody notxc es hex and offers to help her Her most xmpox tant helpex of thxs kxnd came xx hen she xx as taken to a hospxtal after bexng stxuck doxxn by a txuck One of the nurses befxxended her offered hex sheltex and then helped hex find xx oxk She encoux aged her to attend the unx vexsxty and to become one of the facul ty She xs a student and a teacher at the same txme but the most remark able xs her masterxng of seven fox exgn languages and bexng able to do every kxnd of xx ork As a nurse she xx as an example of an unselfish patxent xx oman xxho xxas xeadv to do exerythxng to make another happy Carpets under hex skxlled fingers made excellent shoes and curtaxns xx ere put to a better use xn the forms of skxrts and blouses Her xatxons of food xx ere unseliishly shared and sometxmes they consxsted only of the boxled peelxngs of frozen potatoes Thxs book holds one xnterested to the last chapter and xs a good example of the phxlosophv expxessed by Marmee xn the plav Lxttle Women vxhen she saxd Court youx blessxngs and be C Scrxbner 44 BLTVVEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT As evenxng settles ovex xxoods and fields thexe IS a txme xx hen I yeaxn to put my xx oxk asxde and go xx here damp xx oodland shadoxx s make the xx ox ld mvs texxous I xxant to lxngex on the fax edges of the f'x1m xn the oxch xxd xx hexe apples hang xed or bx a cleax stxeam floxxxng amxdst hushed fxxs It xx as not long a o that I dxd go at sundoxxn to a thxck patch of xx oods bx a quxet lxttle bxook Bxoxxn thxushes xxexe huxhng lxquxd notes xnto the 'xxx and xx hxte thxoated sparxoxxs xxexe scxatchxng gxound xn the dead leaxes Somethxng neax me took lxttle leaps then ran quxckly then stopped It xxas a gxey squxxxel caught out almost past xts bedtxme A croxx crxed from a tall evex green and xx as ansxx ered bv an other beyond the brook Dxyxng ferns lent a spxcy fx agrance to the qulet even xng axr I turned my head to the north and there let my eyes feast upon the beau ty of the valley that lay beyond the cleaxxng at my feet In the dusk the azure of the lake stxll shone sxlvered slxghtly by growxng shadoxxs The .glow xng Wake of the loxx sun spxead across the eaxth kxndlxng water and sky wxth a deep rose The mountaxns grew dark and xn thexr dxmness seemed to rlse up to px otect the lxttle vxllage clutchxng at thexr feet I xvaxted untxl darkness covered the land and untxl the stars blazed out xn ansxx er to the lxghts of the toxxn far be loxv Then I xxert home at peace xvxth mys lf and exexythxng Max tha Roberts 44 A CRUSADE AGAINST HATE Whxle attendxng the theater thxs last summex I hc-and a s atement that has xenxaxre'l xn my mxnd The famous eomedxan Joe B1 oxvn xn one of hxs cuxtaxn call speeches saxd that the xxoxld ought to be taught to lxugh He told hoxx much he enjoyed xxxakxng people laugh xn such txmes as xxe axe llvxng xn at the pxesent txme Evex sxnce I heaxd thxs lxttle talk I have xx xntel to txy to explaxn to people hoxx I feel I entxxelx agxee xxxth M1 Bxoxxn 'lhexe IS nothxng that the xx ox ld needs todfxv moxe th xn xt needs laughtex 18 c V , . . - Y . - 1 1 v V 1 1 , A 1 ' 1 ' , ' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 7 . , . , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . , . , , . U - N l- 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 , ' , A . , . 7 ! . . Q 1 1 . . . , Y l ' x Q . y , . . . 1 ' y - . 1 . 7 I , 1 . U . , , at ' 1 xv , ,J y 1 - , 1 1 V 1 ' n g , ' , 1 , . - - , , xx -,- ?,i ,M-,gy thankful for them. . , . 1 i 1 y 1 1 'WZ ' 7 L 1 . : x , l 1 1 v ' . 1 ' . , , 1 ' ' 1 1 ll ' ' ' ' U A V 1 1 r ' v ' ' K 1 . 1 1 1 - 2 . ,v ' 1' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' . x ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' . ' ' 1 ' 1. , c 1 . 1 1 1 7 1 1 4 ' ' ' - ' x . ' ' ' v . . . L t 4 v of l ' . D 1 ' . 1 1 ' V - y- -1 -' 1 1 1 1 1 . W 1 ' ' 1 1 4 1 ' ' ' L ' I ' 1' L 5 ' Z ' 5 1 1'