Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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LITERATURE AMERICA Be thankful you live in America Under the flag of the free, That the men who run our government Represent you and meg That though we have our wave of crime From which no land is free, We can call and be called by all A great democracyg That we can watch with bated breath Across the waters wide, And thank our God in Heaven That we live on this side. Jo Olmsted, English IV. ...T DICTATORS We read of dictators who wish for war Upon the weak, the helpless and the old, Treated like cattle on the hills afar, ' Across a conference table bought and sold. Children brought up to serve as cannon fodder, And fed on tales of hatred and of bloodg Until without a thought of wife or daughter They fight like dogs and fall into the flood. We see these nations tax, then arm and iight Until their people die beneath a load Of iron and steel, built to defend a right Disguised in propaganda, spread and sowed By spies and agents of the dictators Who hope for bloodshed, hatred, and for wars. Robert Maher, English IV L... I'D LIKE I'd like to be an engineer Of a huge streamlined train. I know that I'd have no fear But be competent and sane. At night I'd like to -ride the rails And see the moon shine brightg Along the shore I'd look for sails That travel through the night. I'd like to pull the throttle rope And watch the land stream byg I'm sure that I'd be filled with hope If I traveled fast on high. Verle Campbell, English IV. 37 o

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LITERATURE THE CLOCK Just see the clock upon the shelf, It always goes tick-tock . It cannot swim, it cannot Hy, It cannot creep nor walk. It has two hands, but strange to say, It hasn't any feet. But still it runs on day by day, It really can't be beat. It has no pencil in its hands, But still it marks the time, It has no brains within its face To reason or to rhyme. It never tires, but keeps its hands A-going 'round and 'round, Both day and night, and never stops If just you keep it wound. Now, boys and girls, be like the clock Be faithful to your task! Just mind your business all the time That's all the world will ask. Fern Shepard, English IV ..-.41-. FROM THE STUDY HALL My gaze to the window wanders And takes in the scene outside- The apple trees in blossom, And the greening countryside. I can see close by the railroad, With an occasional long dark train, Smoke from the stack is billowing As the fire is stoked again. I can see the street and houses, And the gardens filled with vines, And sometimes children playing, And washings on the lines. Afar are the crops and the fields- A patchwork of green and brown, Where the crops already are growing And where the plow has turned the ground I'm sharply recalled from my wandering The first bell ends my fun, And I'll be caught again today Without my English done! William Wilder, English IV 36

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LITERATURE STAYING AFTER SCHOOL Why does it happen when a lesson I shirk, That the teacher must find me without my homework? Though I give an excuse, it's most always the rule That the teacher just says, You stay after school.' I go to her room and I take out the book, She says not a word and she gives not a look, And so, there I sit, as time wears away, Recalling the fun I might be having in play. My heart fills with hatred, I tremble with rageg The four walls of the room resemble a cage. After an hour of time which passes so slow, The teacher looks up and says, You may go. I storm from the building and go out to the street, My evening is ruined so I go home to eat. I can't understand it, I never could see Why those teachers delight in picking on me. Vernon Campbell, English 7 lgi. Modern Free Verse HEIGH-HO, COME TO THE FAIR If ever a sight you want to see - A happier way of American life Through the recognition of man, Through the building of a better world, Through the tools and equipment of today, Watch the world roll by, See scienti1'ic and engineering achievements, See man's highest accomplishments, See man's economic and social resources, See the fruits of our industries, lands, and laboratories, Notice the wonderland of various hues I With decorations as direction finders, The fanwise spread of avenues, The pastel tints to deep shades, The arc of prismatic color division, Heigh-ho, then, come to the Fair. If ever a sight you want to see- An Amusement Zone so flexible With Little Old New York and Jai-Alai Court, With a circus built round a one-ring show, With rides and games and swings to try, The magnificent Constitution Mall Representing sculptures, landscaping, and illuminations, Representing the Tree of Life and. the Moods of Time, Representing statutes interpreting American liberty, Give your salute to a World-wide event See the Town of Tomorrow, The integrated neighborhood, The collection of model homes, The natural settings and great comfort, Visit the Lagoon of Nations. Heigh-ho, then, come to the Fair. Angeline Mosco, English IV. 38