Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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OAK LEAVhS gulded and mopelled us so Stldlght and last I11 the duek the gondolas that flexx 110196188512 past us on QIJEITGI s1de Qeemed black, and some xxe1e mx QICIIOUS WVIHI the LLIIIRIIIS ot then LdIl0D16S il13XXIl In the eongeeted tldffle ol the Cnand Canal ou1 go11dohe1 gulded h1s matt skllltullx, ealhng out oeeamonallx to some IIICIICI he 19C0gIl17Cd 111 the txx111ght Suddenlx he called out a 1ha1p long note xxh1eh we soon d1SCOXCIQfl took the plaee of an automolnle ho1n 111 10l'I1dlItlL V1 mee and he lnought us 1l1tO a small eanal betxxeen tall 111 uses It xxas l1Lll0tLl l'lf,lC and the VVdtQ1S xx'e1e calm As xxe ghded along 111 the shadoxxs, ou1 gOlIdOl161 began to Slllg the enehantlng Venetlan Qongs loxed bx all the xxo1ld We had agleed belo1e xxt left the hotel that no o11e sl1ould suddenlx Clieldllil Oh look but eaeh should ga7e xx he1e ehe xx1shed and see xx hat she pleaaed Ill mlence Nc touuste ex G1 agleed to a xx1se1 cox enant Fax doxx n the lldl1UVS eanal xxe saw the ex enlng Qta1, Qoft and lUfHlI1OLl9 betxx een the pe1pe11d1eula1 xxalls that seemed to t1ame 1t One by o11e Otllbl sta1S txxmkled III the deep blue aboxe ue and xx e1e 1efleeted 1n the da1ke1 blue of the Watew The a11 xxae eo Calm that the gentle b18676Q ba1elx Stllllffl the hght sea1fs that xx e1e the onlx semhlanee ot a xxlap that anx of us took We t1a1led Olll IIIIQGIS III the blue xx ate1s a11d eaeh x lelded he1eell Afte1 xxe had ghded along many Qmall eanale ou1 g0l1ClOl1Q1 told ue that we xxe1e app1oaeh1ng the I,11dge ot Slghs, and aeeo1d1ng to OU1 p1e x loue plan xxe obse1 xed a httle ee1 emony all ou1 oxxn as xxe ghded smoothlx beneath th1e b11llg9 the poet has made eo famous 0111 COlldl1Ct01 had told us that ou1 fnst mght 1n Venlee xx ould 1IOt be eomplete unleas We had alao seen the Iualto Inldge and l1ad been rut on the Gland Canal to emox the se1enade1e I thlllk ex e1x one xxae on the G1and Canal that n1ght The1e xxe1e gondolas ex e1xxxhe1e Suddenlx, as we Qped along the eanal, xxe Qpled a IAIIX l1ke seene 111 the lllStdIIL6 Floatlng on the xxax es xxas a huge gon dola xx1th 1 h1gh t1amexxo1k aboxe It IDIOHI xxh1eh xxae suepended xxhat seemed hke b1g balloons, of manx QOIOIS xxlth b11ght hghts IHSICIC Then xve saw ancthe1, and off to the 11ght stlll anothe1 About each xxe1e g10L1IJCll masses ot da1 k gondolas that aeemed at 1est and yet vxe1e mox mg Aa We gazed, xxe hea1d Slllglllg and the sound of Qexe1al mstluments aceompanx mg XOICQQ 111 a eho1 ue The po1te1 at ou1 hotel had told us that we must be su1e to heal the se1enade1s, fo1 the1e xxas lltlthlllg hke them 111 the xx o11d exeept at Vemee We had p1ctu1ed someone plaxmg beneath a balcony and NVQ19 qulte unp1epa1ed f01 these LIIIIQLIQ and altogethe1 1nter eqtmg httle ope1a eompames that go out III huge gondolas to smg and play IO1 the exe111ng The11 audlenees a1e equally 1nte1est1ng the gOI'1dOll61S h3X1IIg a xxay ot hold1ng one gondfla bf-BQIQIQ a11othe1 unt1l thex fo1m a gI93t floatmg 1sland, sometmles haxung Hftv gondolas and an aud1enCe of eex e1al hUIlillGll At the eoneluslon of eaeh lIUl'IIlX,1 of the p1ogram a S Y 1 1 1 3 1 1 1s 1 1' 1 11' 1 '1 1 1 ,W v 11 1 1 1 ' 1 1' , . , 1 11 M 1 1 1 1 1 -' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' '1 ' 1 1 1 ,K A 1 N 1 . ' 1 X , 1 . 1, 1 .... . , , .11 1' 1 1 '.' 1 ' ' ,' ' V 1 '1 Y .1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 ' , 1 ' 1 1 ', , ',, , 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1, 11 1 1, 1 ' X. 11 1 5 N I A A1 A I 1 1 1 ' I v 1 l 1 A A lv 1 I 1 1 1 1 1, , , 1 1 J 1 1 1 .1 U . 1 1 l . , , 57 1 . -1 1 1 1'1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . 1 . 1 . , . L 1 A I A A YK Y I , 1 y 1 1. 1 .1 1 1 11 11 ' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1' .1 1 1 11 1 1 1 '11 , ' 1 ,- 1 a 1 v' - 1 1 1 1 , I 1 1 A 1 X ' A I 1 '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 'y 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1, '1 1-1 1 1 1 . . '11 tv ,fb .f'.1tV t' ' ht to the 1omant1e Jeau x e 61 ne ene 1311 mg . A 1 A, L 1 , 11. . . .. ' , vs , ' ' A. . . .. 1' 1 1 , 7 1 1 1,-1 ' , 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 .1 1- I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 '11 ' ' ', 1 1. 1, 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 I f 3- 1 1 1 I , ' 1 A ' 1 qv 1 1 1 . 1 v 1 1 1v1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' '1'11-' 11.1 1' '11 1 1-' 1111 -111 1 - 1' . ' '11 1 1, 1 ' 1 1 '. 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . L11 1 T 11 1 J UT , L1 ' L 1. 1 11 1 1 1111 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 w av v r 1 1- ' V Y ' I 1 1 A A ' 1 ,1 -1' v .i l 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' Y 1 1 .1 1 1 'I N I ' A I A 1 v . .1 1 . 1 1 1 1 l . 1 I . 1 . 1 1 , ,' 1 ' ' 11 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' I A V K 11 . 1

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OAK LEAVEb I I I-btwgl Wgwgifv N 0 4 I I' ll LA O 1,3 'N' 'In Mtn W Wmow , 1i8:,' UNDER ENCPANITI' D SKIEQ Ey e1y schoolgnfl vyho loyes beauty and eolo1 and 1omanee must long to V1S1t the Queen of the Ad11at1e vylth he1 Wlllillflg eanals Slflglllg' g0I'lflOlll-EIS and crumbllng palaces Ven ce has been called the most lOl'Ildll t1c c1ty ot Europe and certamly one has not seen Italy Lllltll one has d1seoy e1ed the b63Llf19S of th1s elty of the sea set llke a spa1kl1ng 1eyvel 111 the f 1oyyn of the blue Adr1at1c I had alyyays dreamed of y1s1t1ng Vemce and ot haylng a 11de 111 a gondola yy1th an Itahan yy ho sang beaut1ful Nenet1an songs MV fondest hopes came t1ue last summe1 yy hen Ven1ce yy as meluded 1n ou1 1t1ne1 a1y All day long yye had t1ayelled th1ouffh the famous Dolom1tes admnmg the11 Jagged beauty unt1l1t seemed yye had had a feast of seene1y The heat and dust of July had been e'ceess1ye and ou1 exutement yyas som what LOllClLlC,tO1 h td pu1posely pl xnned to h we LIS see X en1ee fnst by moonhght llllt t1ay el staln d and yye ny ls yye yye1e yye d1d not expellenee my g1e It th11ll on the sholt trlp to Olll hotel W hen yye eme1ged f10lH ou1 moms 1l'Hl'1ldLlllilL and 1tt 1ed 111 tlnn lloeks a halt houl late1 yye yye1e tully 1et1eshed a11d leady t01 Ulll inst lt 1l1an Cl1Illl91 We yye1e soon 1n gay Qp111tS ey en though yye d1 ank ll0tl'llIlU,' but Hllllelal yy ate1 much to the d1st1ess of ou1 QOllC1t0l,1i yya1te1 The spell of Venlee yy as cast about us the moment yye stepped hom the hotel and heald the lilpplllfl' ot the blue yy ate1s as the gondolas bllllbll ncnselessly and sW1ftly past ou1 hotel Auangements had dl1Ciily been made tol Olll g0INl0llk,1 Olll eonduetu 1IlSlStlIlg yylth a genuous t1p thyt yye haye one yy ho eould blllg' As the QNVd1tl'1X loatman xsslsted 11s to Olll plaees 111 the pletulesque eony ey anee that yy as to take us about the stleets ot Venue yye yyele 1eally and t1ulV eXe1ted and th11lled F01 a tlme yve sped syylftly along th Glallll Canal taselnated bv the 1hy thm ot ou1 gOY1ClOlll,1 as he thleyy h1s vyelght agamst the Slllffle O31 that 7 1 1 I .I 5321591 ,gr u X531 1 ,rn 31:1 t 1?'4W'SMy ug. , I ' 1 axon T V omuv mzamn ni nuuu Q' 4 :mor v , ,, mmm Story una ' O ON. 0 ' Nr - 4 1 Q Ol, 3 5 , - f ' .x,,,.f ' Y ,- ofl- 1 1- -- 1 x Y W W W A 1 A A x 1 1 1 , ' 1 1 L xc 1 , 1 1 . 1 S ' f ' ' if .'1 ' .77 1' 1 1' ' 1 1 1 1' ' , . - , . i 1 1 S ' ' - 1 1 v . 'r . 1 . ' - l ' ' Y .lv v 1 v 1 C AW I xx 1 - 1 nl - 4 .K Y . . Y K I 1 i . j 14 K y 1 A 1 ' v 1 Af .' J 1 X1 L1 Q c dulled when we reached Venice about seven o'Clock in the evening. O111' . 1 1 E 1 K1 Uv Q 2 1 , L1 A1 , 7 A' 1 ' .L1 , ' , -- ' -SAI 9 - '12-'Zh' 'x 7 'xy 'x ' ml' 1-'x -sz Y -12, V I. l' 1' A . 1 X 1 7 1 , 1 1 1 V 1 1 L1, ' 1 . 2 i 1 1 Z 1 1 ' ' ' 1 . 1 '- 1 1 1 1 3, 1 ' 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 4 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 , , . . Z '1 ' .. Y , 1 ' 1 K ' 1' , 1 1 1. ' K - 1 yr 1, 5 .L 4 K 1 K . . K yi . 1. k ' . v . A 1 x x ' ' x ' 1 ' b 1 ' ' V I ky fy' I 1 I X I 1 1 - 3 v, I 4 ' . 71 . A1-L1 . v' 4 3 I kv I ' E 1 1 K ' 1 v K 5 1 v y 1 v S i1 11 x K1 I I 1 , v v 1 v 1 .1 4. v' I . L A , tv C 8 . 7 . . . . ? 1 v 4' 1 ' , 1 f 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' ' , , C1

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OAK LEAVES n1mble attendant steps qulckly fl om one gondola to anothe1 collcctlng llld from the aud1ence Each l1ttle OD913 company has a d1ffe1ent p1 ogram and It IS qu1te customa1y to l1sten 1n at H1 st one and then anothe1 One must adm1t that ex en 1n Vemce a d1scr1m1nat1ng taste would soon detect that some COmDdH19Q were supe11or to othels When We had levelled III the Venetlan moonllght tol mole than th1ee lIOL1lQ we felt that ou1 C 1ty 111 the Sex was all th lt xxe had hoped IOI Iyllllllg' the nest txvo d1xs we VVLIL to enxox the I'1al11 San M1110 qdlllt VI11k s the Ooges Pal 1ce 1nd the splcndul Q 1mpan1lc that XVLIQ to ildlllL us xxlth then lllllllilltj Iut 111 sp1te ot all that IS gl 1nd and loxcly III Ve11et1a11 a11h1teLtu1e and a1t ou1 fu st IYTIIJILSSIOII ot that HIOOIIll5l'lt nlght xx1ll alxxax s b11ng back ou1 tondest memo11es V T 9 BESIDE THE BROOK In a xvoodland glade near Oak G1 ove f1 dellghttul l1ttle brook xfxmds 1ts xx ay 1n and out among the trees and IOCkb To stand on the 1llStlC b1 1dge and llsten to the t1nkl1n xx f1tcrs I9 they d 1nce 1n and out among the 1ocks 18 '1 pleasant pf1st1me I loxc to l1nge1 there and xleld mx selt to the long, lonf thoughts that come to a 5,111 xx hen she holds commumon Wlth Natule As I paused on the l1ttle brldge one spr1ng mornlng I xx as struck xv1th the 1esemblance ot the I'1llS of Water to the xx axs ot people Here xx as 1 qlllet l1ttle stream r1ppl1ng along 1tS oxvn undlsturbed xxax and g,u1gl1ng, happlly That 15 the person whose lxfe IS Well managed xfxho finds t1me for xfxo1k and pleasure and alvx avs appears happy 'lhen there xx as an almost stagnant pool xx 1th only 1 Slllgfllih 1nlet and no outlet at all That xxas the pe1son who IQ self cente1ed and contrlbutes nothmg fo1 the benefit or enxox ment of others I notlced the other s1de ot the brook xx here the xxater seemed qulte determ1ned to take 1ts oxvn course 1nd floxx ed along stead1ly to a t1nv cllff xxhlch It hu1r1ed oxe1 abruptlv Th1s was the person who knoxvs xfxhat he xx 1nts to do and does It 'I he1e xx as 1 sh xlloxv place on the othe1 s1de xxhelc the xx 1tc1 spl1sh1d no1s1lv xx1th qLlI.Y1t1t16S ot whlte foam oxer 1 few ro ks Th1s xx as o tvp1L1l ot the 17918011 xxho Llt1lIL6S a v1st amount ot energy and 1tt1 1cts 1 great deal ot fxttentlon to h1s oxxn small accomphshments I have xx atched the l1ttle b1 ook at d1ffe1ent seasons Somet1mes It IS h1gh and hlled xx 1th strong hurrx 1ng xx 1ters Somet1mes the supply 1S very scant and the brook seems almost exhausted as It Wlnds 1n and out among the locks too xx eak to moxe exen the smaller ones These changes a1e due to the Water supply and o11g1n of the stream Agaln I marked the 1esem blance to l1fe for only as the force xx 1th1n us 15 great can xxe be DOWGI ful and only as that force IS efI1c1ency 1nsp1r1ng cfm xve be efliment C 9 9 K K ' 4 - 1 3 ' ' 11 U I . 1 A 1 1 ' ' ' , , K6 ' ' U , ' K ' 1. Q 1 1 1. 'A C 7- 1 1 .x ' Si 'W' ' 71 1 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 , 1, ,N 1 12 '1 ' 1 1 . x 4 '1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 11 1 1. ' . 2, 1 1 , j 1 .12 1 2 , 1' i 1 1 '1 1 ,1,s 1 1 .1 1 , , ' '. . ' 1 , , c 1, L 1 r , c 1 c 1 ' 'fl 1 1 1' ,' . .' 'Z .,' 1 ' 3 ' 1 ' . . , .2 . H - -I 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 T 11 . I 1 . ' ' ' 1 ,x , uk xx 1 i r V. 7 V1 1. I i I ' u. 1 . Y . ., 2 . Q A l Y I v. '1 x 1 C 1, . ' . u 1 1 1 . 4. 1 g 1 -1 1 21 L 2 1 2 1 1' c c 1' . v ' LY A c by , v'1' T, J ' 1 1n her V2i.1'16d moods. 1 ' ' ' ' 1 1 f1 1 ' 1 1 V 1 4 ' l If . -' I . 2 . . 1 . . . M Y Y i . r . 1 5 , 1 - 1 ' 1 . 1 v. . . 7 1 1 Z 1 kr 1 c c . K - . . 1 1 K' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 2 1 . , , . , , . . u L, . L. K, V L1 1 1 1 12 A1 1 H1 ' ' I 1 11 L 2 L1 2 C 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1' ' ' ' '- 1 ' 11 1 1 1 '2 1 1 21 1 1' y 2 . .1 4 ' 1 ' 11 V . -r 4 x ' 2 1 c . 1 1 1 s - 12 1 ll ' f 1 2 '2 ' 1' 2 1 1' 1 ' 2 ' ' ' C T 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1- 1 ' 1 ' l 1 1 . 1 . . Y. Y. H . V Y . Ll, C 1 x 1 . . ' . 1 K 1 V 6 Y Y w I ' , . 1 ' 1 1' ' 1 '1 v 1 , 1 1 , ' . C n 12 ., .