Ricker Classical Institute - Aquilo Yearbook (Houlton, ME)
- Class of 1948
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F' --T F-Gia!-' ' -'fw.. . .,. ka -I .. , 21, r' ,f--:fa ' kv .., . -4 xiii A 'an ' vf,.X+-f-64. ,X 4 , .f PSSIC u.Il- 4 'If Z 7 0 sl fd V15 i846 v 4 Dio GPX S52 U5 46 - 1' o f X Centennial Issue IQICKER CLASSICAL INSTITUTE AND JUNIOR COLLEGE HOULTQN, MAINE The I948 AQUILQ FOIQEWOIQD TO-DAY So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of Eternity This new Day is born: Into Eternity At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did: So soon it for ever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Thomas Carlyle 11,7 ' 1 x ' I v v ' Q ' ' 1 I N C,0NTlEl4'l'S Dedication Administnation and Faculty Seniors Secondary Literary Junior College Graduates Junior College Literary Classes Organizations Sports Odds and Ends Snapshots Advertisements U ug' The spirit behind Ricker is no better exemplified than in the generous work of Fred L. Putnam, chairman oi: the Board of Trustees, to whom the Class of l948 dedicates this Centennial Issue of the Aquilo , For his untiring ehcorts he has made For the betterment and advancement ot Ricker. FQED L. PUTNAM Chairman of Board o1CTrustees ADMINISTQATION and FACULTY 'lt belongs to charity to be at peace. f,But it belongs to wisdom to make peace by setting things in order. St. CC'5'homas dlquinas The Aquilo ROY ARTHUR BITHER, A. B., M. A. President Geology Colby College, A. B. 19263 Harvard University, M. A. 19303 Ricker Classi- cal Institute and Ricker Junior College 1926- WALTER, P. MORSE, A. B., M. A. Dean of Men Mathematics University of Maine, A. B. 19263 M. A. 19283 Instructor of Mathematics, University of Maine, 1925-283 Harvard Summer Session, 19271 University of Maine Summer Session 1928, 19313 Columbia Summer Session, 19353 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1928- iLieutenant Commander U. S. N. R. 1942-457 - HAROLD H. INMAN, A. B., M. A. Sub-Master French and German University of Maine, A. B. 19303 M. A. 19312 University of Maine Summer Session 1930, 19313 Bucksport Seminary, 1931-333 Houlton High School, 1933-363 Ricker Classical Institute and R.icker Junior College, 1936- CCpl. U. S. Army 1943-455 H. CLARE LOCKHART, A. B. Dean of Women English and History Aroostook State Normal, 1941: Acadia University, A. B. 1943: Columbia Summer Session, 1944, 1945, 19461 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1947- HORACE W. OXNARD, S. B. Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S. B. 19003 Member of American Society of Civil Engineersg Boston Society of Civil Engineersg American Association for the Advancement of Science3 American Society for Engin- eering Education3 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1932- GEORGE B. RICH, A. B., M. A. English Clark University A. B. 19283 Columbia University and Teachers' College A. M. 19383 Fort Fairfield H. S. 1929-423 Red Cross Field Director 1942-452 Assistant in English Department Teachers' College Columbia University Summer 19383 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1945- WENDELL GRANT, B. S. Physics I Colby College, B. S. 19283 University of Maine Summer Sessions, 1937, 1938, 1940: Amity, Maine, 1922-233 Linneus Grammar School, 1931-35: Principal Hodgdon High School, 1935-363 Principal Sherman High School, 1936-423 Principal Ashland High School, 1942-433 U. of M. Summer Ses- sion 19453 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1944- ANDREW J. LIDESTRI, A. B. French and Spanish Villanova College, A. B. 19423 Villanova Summer Sessions, 1939, 1940, 19413 Catholic University Summer Sessions, Washington, D. C., 1942-19433 Columbia University S. S., 19453 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1944- - ,..,..,-.- C 9 J The Aquilo GORDON BITHER, B. S. Business Administration University of Maine, B. S. 19422 S! Sgt. U. S. Army Air Corps 1942-463 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1946- HAROLD J. BUBAR, A. B. Physical Education and Coach Colby College, A. B., 19423 U. S. Army Air Corps 1942-46: Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1946- DAVID HUNTER COTTON, A. B. History and Psychology Colby College, A. B., 19403 Sgt. U. S. Army Air Corps 1942-46? Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1946- CLEON HOLMES HATCH, A. B., M. A. Chemistry Colby College, A. B., 1940: University of New Hampshire 1943-45 M. A.3 Student Instrustor in Physics University of New Hampshire 1943-443 Petersham, Massachusetts High School 1944-453 Salem, New Hampshire High School 1945-463 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1946- SHIRLEY MADDOCKS HATCH, A. B., M. A. English Colby College, A. B., 19403 University of New Hampshire 1943-45 M. A.3 Searsport High School 1941-425 Salem, New Hampshire High School 1942- 46: Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1946- MYRTLE O. HAYES Shorthand-Typing Auburn, Maine School of Commerce3 Houlton High School3 Ricker Classi- cal Institute and Ricker Junior College 1946- NORMAN LAURENCE SCHULTZ, A. B. Mathematics University of Maine A. B., 19323 Student Instructor Mathematics De- partment, University of Maine 1931-323 Princeton University 1933-343 University of Maine Summer Session 1930: Falmouth High School 1934- 353 Castine High School 1945-463 T!Sgt. U. S. Army Air Corps, 1941-45' Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1946- HAROLD C. SANDS, Ph. D. Biology and Chemistry Cornell University, A. B. 19121 Plant Pathologist, N. Y. State Bureau of Plant Industry3 Columbia University M. A. 3 Columbia University, Ph. D. 1923Q special studies, University of Vienna3 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1947- MARGARET A. WOOD, B. S. Home 'Economics Framingham State Teachers College, B. S. 19383 Higgins Classical Insti- tute, Charleston, Maine, 1938-403 Weare High School, Weare, New Hamp- shire, 1940-413 Quincy High School, Quincy, Mass., 1941-421 U. S. De- partment of Agriculture, 1942-47 3 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1947- NORMAN R. .ROGERSON, A. B. Economics and Business Management Ricker Junior College, A. B. 1931: Colby College, A. B. 1937 3 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College, 1947- LILLIAN DeBOYES CLARK, A. B. Biology and Civics St. Joseph College, A. B., 19403 Easton High School, 1940-42: Fort Fair- field High School, 1943-463 Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker Junior College 1947- 1: - 1101: 1: ! SUC 04157 Cf The Aquilo -- CLASS ODE Tune: Auld Lang' Syne For days we've spent at Ricker fair, We'1l ne'er forget them all Of joys and fun we've had our share And now new duties call. Chorus : Oh, Ricker dear, we love you so And memories ne'er will part With sadness, love, we bid adieu For you'll never leave our hearts Our life we must begin anew And leave our past behind We promise thee, you'll always be Within our hearts and minds. Repeat Chorus Carolyn McNally Kathryn Logie CLASS COLORS CLASS FLOWEIQ Royal Blue ancl Gold Talisman Rose CLASS MOTTO CLASS ADVISOR Seize the Opportunity Mr. Inman C123 - CLASS OFFICERS President Lester Eugene Knapp uLeS11 5 Amity Main e Football 15 Minstrel 25 Bowling 1, 2: Class President 3. 43 'Q A Student Council 1, 3, 4. - ' ' ' X Vice-President Edythe Jennie Nelson '4Edie S'l0Ckll0llll Maine Stockholm High School 1: Caribou High School 2: Ricker Classical Institute 3. 4: Class Vice-President 3. 4: Speak- ing Contest 3: Aquilo Staff 4. Secretary Anna Marie Whited Anna Bridgewater Maine Bridgewater Academy 1. 2: Ricker Classiral lnstituze fl. 1: Girl Reserves 3: Class Secretary 43 Aquilo Staff 1. Treasurer Hanford Douglas Sloat ,Dough l-Iodgdon Maine Hodgdon High Svhool lg Ricker Classical Institute 2, 3, 4, Speaking Contest 33 Class Treasurer 4: Senior Play 4. Murray Cllve Adams Mike ineus Maine otball 2: Bowling 1, 2, 3. Robert Earl Clark ..B0b,, irham Maine ce-president 1: Bowling -nm 1. 2: Asst. Football imager 2: Camera Club 3, Archery Club 3: Chess ub 3. 4: Chess Club Presi- nt 4: Hi-Y Club 'I'reasurer Ric-ker Choir 4: Minstrel now 4: Aquilo Staff 4. Reginald Vincent Adams Reggie Ludlow Maine Bowling 25 Speaking Contest 35 Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4: Senior Play Cast 4g Aquilo Stat! 4: National Honor So- ciety lg Honor Essay. Oscar Colindres Romero Oscar' Tegucigulpa Honduras Betty Yeonne Anderson Betty Littleton Maine Bowling team 1, 2: Girl Re- serves 1, 2, 4: Girls Dorm. Council 3: Camera Club 3: Tennis Team 3, 4. Marie Delong Marie'y Houlton Maine tlirl Reserves 1: Softball 1, 21 Bowling 1. 2: Minstrel Show 23 Tennis 2: Student Council 2: Glee Club 2: Archery 2: Choir 3. Freda Leona Balley Lee Littleton Mai Girl Reserves 1. Carl Raye DeWitt Carl New Limerick Mu l-Bowling Team 2. Imogene Phyllis Bailey Hazel A Boutlller Florence Mae Briggs '-lm, Q. Ralph Harris Carter Rz11pl1 nm X 1 umm I illla-lon lvlnino Monticello lv 1 fx 1 ' 4 nl lbw 1 1 I mu l irl ll:-svrve-s 1, 2, 4. lloulton High School 1, Leora Elizabeth Glazier Lee Houlton Ma ine lloulton High School 1, 2: Rickvr 3, 4: Girl Reserves 33 lli1'l's 'l'91111is Team 33 Ricker Honor Roll 3. 43 Aquilo Staff -lj Senior Play 4. llif-lwr 4. Betty June Grahlal Josephine Dvlwc New Brin Girl Resvrves 2, 3g Roll 2, 3, 43 Junior Spl :lg Choir 3, 43 Senior P Ricker Report:-ir, Asl: lCclilo1', 4. x N X, x X ' lmes Leslie Greenleaf Erma Irene Hare Rita Ann Junkins Jim Hl'll'lll'Fl'y Reel ion Maine' Ivlontirello Nlniiw Oxlmow Maine etlmll 4: Vlnss Trezrsiir- Girl Rggm-vpg 1. 23 Hgwling Class President 13 Girls Re- Larolyn Lou McNallY Hlvlillfu lon Nlniiie 1 l llll0ll lligli. Allillllll. and Wvlllifllellall High. hednn, Mass. lg Dux- l-Iigli. Duxbury, Mass. icker 3. 4: Aquilo 3. 4. Editor 3, Co-Editor 4: -1' Reporter 3. 4, Feature 11' 3. Editor 4: Choir 3. re Pres., Sec., Treas. 43 lrel Show 43 Speaking lst. First, Place 33 Girls' rves 3: Cz1l's Gals Il: :tht Eiglit Jlg National I' Society 3. 4. Ser. 4: rr Play 4: flllpvl' lender onor Roll fl, -li xvJllf'flll 1. serves 1. 23 Student Council 1, 2: Honor Roll 1. 2, 3, 4: National Honor Society 3, 4: l4',ll.A. fllllll 4: S:1lntnl,o1'i:1i1. 2: Senior Play 43 Dorm Vonnf-il fl. Phyllis Margaret McSheffery Rose Ann McSheffery -'phyr' Rosie I,in11en111 Minnie Ifiltletwll Milflllf' Morris Samuel Klein filer Eagle Lake Mai Bowling 'l'ez1111 1. 2. 31 M strel Show 2. 33 Mining. I llaiselmll 51: Senior Play 4 Jiames Ervin Nichols Hull Monticello IVl:1i1 Howling 1. 2. Il: lli-Y 4. I' Betty Rose Knapp Beit North Amity Maine Bowling 1, 25 Softball 1, 25 Glass Secretary 25 Minstrel Show 2: Choir 2, 35 Honor ltoll 2, 4. Helen Marie O'Donnell Helen Kathryn Joyce Logic ..Kay,, Linneus Maine Secretary of Class 15 Cani- era Club 1, 25 Bowling Team 1, 2, 35 Manager 25 Student Council 1, 3, Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 45 Minstrel Show 2, 3, 4: Cheer Leader 3, 45 National Honor Society 3, 4, President 4: Aquilo Staff 3, 4, Alsst. Editor 3, Co-Editor 45 Ricker Reporter 45 Senior Play -lg Girls Dorm Council, Presi- dent 45 Honor Essay. C. Owen Pollard Owen lludlow Maine Ashland Maine Girls Reserves 1: Bowling 2. Bowling Team, Mllllagel' ll 2: Minstrel Show Usher 2, 33 Senior Play 4: Hi-Y l. 2, 3. li lvllllllllllll 4. Celia M-ae London Elizabeth Ann Mcli Celia Betty Monticello Maine Hammond Plantation Girl Reesrves 1, 2, 35 Bowl ing 2: F. H. A. 4. Barbara Elizabeth Roach sABaI.b1y Smyrna Mills Maine Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3, Vice President 35 Bowling 25 Ulass Secretary 35 Honor Holl 1. 2, 3, 45 National Hon- or Soc-iety 45 Ricker Report- l-r Slnfl' 4: Aquilo Staff 4. Glenna Marie Rush 4llvn lim-llo Alilllll' Vlnll lg llonor Roll 1. J. Girls llvsvi'x'z-s 2. Il' N11- il llonor Som-if-tv l' Stn 'lziv l ald Eugene Stitharn Don Iivvllo Nluinv . , . llllg llnll l. 21 H14 nlm l, 2, Sl, lg TVPZISY of Vlaiss 23 liaskvt 2: Minstrol Show . 4: lloys' D0l'lll 'wil 223 llznse-bull 3, iqnilo Staff 4: Son- Plziy Must tl. Paul Edward Norman Rush fins llolwiiiulzl Nlninr' Smyrna lVl1lls Nldmt 'Nlontuello in UOWHIIE 1. 21 Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 43 Hi-Y 1, 2. we 'me s leserxes 'Vllll'wflf f'21lllQl iL Ulllll 21 RlCk6l' Mill- Plesidgnt Z 8111519111 101111111 Slow 7 Ho l g 7 slrvl 2, 4: Football 3: Base- gg Spgaking fUl1ffJQt 5 1 hull 3, 43 Senior Play Cust 4: ond Pi-iz.. g, ,H ,Xqnilo Slslfl' lg ll Vinh fl. Nadine Joyce Tidd Th ompson Nylon ll l M I.it,ll42ton Maine M nt All Nlz' A , 0 W 0 um Speaking Contest 13 Howling: 2, Girl Reserves 1, 2, 33 Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 41 Ulass President 23 Min' strel Show 2: Bowling Tflnni 2: Student Coun- r-il 2. Zig National llonor Socivty 3, 4: Xvlf'1 Pl'PSlll9llT fl: Son' ior Play 43 Aqnilo Slnfl' Il, 4, Honor lis- sary. 113 Gilbert Brown Sewell Marne Oluve Stackhouse Awww W wM,,qjJ W W W, ' WJ IQWJ W Qi -af 'fffffmag W 2 W f Q ' , ' IQWYW ' f' Ek, . if, . i 13i wk .,,.,,S, X x Xfxjf Xx qh I I if ' - X -Q A, Fl A 2 ,ri Q 5 , ..,...-.. vi.,-axis , X X' fi g:N ' 5 Q X ,Q if 4 . -- 'v 3' QM- 'X JLQS' ,ww- 1 N gn Xxf X ,ag sf X xi K' Xbixix D h X sv,-. X - 'Ni XX Q P N F ., f,. - xx X -:Sill f K f -jf P 'C gi ' S lf, U N53 Xxxjx SXXX X N ,bi 5 X' 4- -55' 'N S M g 3,9 alffgyw The Aquilo BOYS Gilbert Sewell ..... Donald Stitham Ralph Carter . Hanford Sloat Owen Pollard . Oscar Colindres Owen Pollard . Morris Klein . . Lester Knapp . Donald Stitham Gilbert Sewell . Hanford Sloat . Hanford Sloat Alton Dwyer . . Oscar Colindres Owen Pollard . Atwood Doody Atwood Doody Robert Clark . . Morris Klein . . Morris Klein . . Hanford Sloat CLASS VOTE . . . Most Ambitious . . . . . . . Best Looking . . . . Best Dressed. . . . . . . . Most Popular . . . . . . . Most Studious . . . . . . . Most Bashful . . . . . . Most Humorous . . . ... Noisiest . ... Tardiest .... Cutest........ Most Likely to Succeed ..... . . Did Most for Class . . . . . Best Disposition . . . . . Best School Spirit . . . .... Quietest Best Actor and Actress . Most Respected . .. . . Most Dignified . Class Baby . . . Most Inquisitive . . . . Most Talkative . . . . Best Personality . . . GIRLS Glenna Wotton Marie Delong Betty Anderson Kathryn Logie Rita Junkins Margaret Warman Barbara Roach Hazel Boutilier Marie Delong Anna Whited Carolyn McNally Carolyn McNally Barbara Roach Kathryn Logie Margaret Warman June Graham June Graham June Graham Leora Glazier Anna Whited Nadine Tidd Barbara Roach C201 Time Stumbles Back 4 , I H-E5w '1' C. Dewu-r n. ,wha+,d Flqe: 'i5rs. q gqe: ,yn 1 Qnqei u.' G1 K9sh :rr Nichols I 25f.a4m niezgmfs' Hqei 'A-2yr.S.' Q . 'A Hqerbmbs 93- lagfev- B. nndw30n ' N jTod A H Qqe: 62515, Flqez 1-Q-fgrg, gee: ggrs. o Time Stumbles Back . , K Mk,, . h..,.v.-..,M .A HM...-..... .....v,,.....,., H. Sloaff' . 63105. C- Polfird Lgclle Hqe: '-lyrs. Aqe: '75rs 5' . f C. YY1cNaHj HQ ez 3 MDS. Q' Eusg E, Nelson Hqe: 'lmaix 9161 fi-jT'5 Qiclcer Classical Institute TQ NAR: A LONG- TALE SHORT 'i' ,W f wr' tt' iv X if . .ss ss ,, I ',1A I 1 u J . iu Z .. 1 Q12 , XI -gb LHTE FRARY The Aquilo History ot Qicker 1848-1948 Today I am a senior at one of the best academies in the country- Ricker Classical Institute and Junior College-a fact of which I am very proud. I have not always been a senior, and neither has Ricker always been the modern, spacious building and school that it is today. Let us look back into the past, and for the benefit of those who do not know the history of this school, and for the renewal of school-day memories of those who do, find the source and the need from which Ricker grew. In the year of 1820 the only school known to this county was one room in the home of Joseph Houlton, Any student wishing secondary or further education had to go to the state of Massachusetts. In the year of 1820, as I have said before, the only school being one room in a private home, plans then and in the next few years were made and discussed toward the building of an academy here in Houlton in order to further education. In 1837 an act of incorporation was secured from the Maine Legislature. With the legal right of incorporation, ten citizens of this community' united into a group known as the Trustees of Houlton Academy . The amount of this corporation's real and personal estate was limited by the fact that their income could not exceed 85,000 per year, and that the trustees of the academy could not be less than 11 or over 20. The establishment of the school building was delayed due to the im- pending war over the northeastern boundary. It was not a very long wait, though, and steps were taken to commence soon after 1845. Reverend William Thomas Savage of the Congregational Church and of the State Board of Education was very instrumental in obtaining a second act of incorporation for the trustees of the academy in 1847. Under this second incorporation act eight prominent men of both local and coun- ty affairs constituted the board of trustees. These men as a corporation had the right to sue and to be sued, to make any necessary by laws as long as they were not repugnant to the laws of the state in any way. They had the power to fill any vacancies occurring in their number, This corporation was to have all the powers and privileges of any other similar corpora- tions. a The foremost member of this organization was Mr. Shepard Cary, a member of the Maine Senate and the Congress of the United States. The board president was John Hodgdong other members were Benjamin L. Staples, Joseph Carr, Jr., Leonard Pierce, Esq., Zemas Paine Wentworth, Zebulon Ingersoll and Jeremiah Trueworthy. On July 31, 1847, a land agent of the state was authorized to convey one half of the township 14, range 3, for the trustees if they before Mon- day, October 8, 1849, should have furnished a good and convenient academ- ical building and had commenced a school in this building and also if their corporation had a property value of at least the sum amounting to 51,000 over and above the debts of the corporation. A cleared, elevated lot on the Military Road, between the Hill and the Mills, was purchased from Collins by the trustees as a site for the academy. A two story building was erected with school rooms on the low- er floor and court rooms above. Sessions of the Supreme Court were held there for eleven years until the present court house was built. The acad- emy opened in the autumn of 1848. The first principal was Mr. Milton U43 The Aquilo Welch. Many of the following principals became outstanding leaders of education and of theology, Much information, both educational and social, became available, con- cerning education at the academy through the first newspaper, The Aroostook Pioneer, at Presque Isle. After April 30, 1860, much news ap- peared in the first weekly published paper in Houlton known as the Houlton Times. Recognition was continually earned. Many other papers appeared with data on the activities and about the growth, the develop- ment, and the education at the school. In 1873 Houlton still had the only academy. At the time the school had four teachers, and its purpose was to furnish the young of both sexes an opportunity of obtaining a thorough and practcial education , and this pur- pose still, in my opinion, holds true in the school. The greatest blow to the school in its early years was the passage of the high school law in 1873. This law gave any town the authority to es- tablish a good, free high school under certain conditions. Also the academy was unused for one year as the town of Houlton could not see it s way clear to take it over. About the same time, Colby College began to plan for three affiliated preparatory schools to be located in different sections of the state. The transfer of Houlton Academy to Colby was effected in 1887, and the college took full charge in the .fall. The general opinion of the people at this time was that the academy was rapidly attaining a posi- tion equal to that of the best schools in the state . During the next decade of expansion in students and in courses of study a new academy building, the gift of Mrs. Catherine L. Wording in memory of her husband, was erected, This gift was brought about through the continued interest of Dr. Ricker. This building was called Wording Hall, and in the year that the building was finished the name of the school was changed from Houlton Academy to Ricker Classical Institute, in honor of Dr. Ricker. In 1889 legislature passed a resolution appropriating annually for the term of ten years the sum of 31,000 to Ricker. In the beginning of the 1900's the people again found Ricker the only academy in Aroostook. State aid was given to the school in 1901 on a basis of the courses given and through a bill stating that a school wherein a tuition pupil attends should maintain at least one approved course four years in length. In 1903 a classification of high schools in the divisions of grades or classes A, B, C, was formed. Ricker stood as Class A and main- tained that high standard from that date until the present day. In 1926 a junior college was started. A great majority of citizens scorned this act. Even many of the school's trustees doubtfully backed this proiect. At this time Ricker as a secondary school was not so promis- ing as it had been. This too was the year in which Mr. Roy Hayes took office as the school's principal, ' A girl's dormitory was purchased in 1928, and in 1930 an annex was erected known as Haskell Hall. A new dining hall was put into the boys' dormitory. Ricker Classical Institute has always emphasized those things which contribute most to the development of strong trustworthy characters, and the teachers have been chosen for their interest in young people as well as fog tlieir teaching ability. This fact still remains in the history of the sc oo. The school went on much the same after 1940 with few changes in the teachers and courses until March 29, 1944, when a fire, started from some unknown cause, destroyed Ricker's classroom building,Wording Hall, caus- ' .W,g,,,-,,,.,g,,,,,g,,,g.-.T . ,...-:w..,,f Z5 I -A, M--. .hrwr H g, , , The Aquilo ing a loss of S125,000. Records almost a century old were burned. It marked the end of a 56 year old landmark of not only Ricker but of Houl- ton. Many facilities were at Ricker's disposal for use as classrooms, among these were the Meduxnekeag Club, Elks Club, several churches, and Watson Hall. Facilities of the high school were also offered. No sooner had the remaining ashes of Wording Hall cooled than the trustees were having meetings and discussions over a new building. Plans were worked out, but the results were not made public. Meanwhile, the classes were go- ing along as well as possible in the improvised school rooms. Through the years of 1945-46-47 and still in the present year of 1948, a new modern, spacious classroom building was built, replacing the one so suddenly lost in 1944. Classes commenced in the new building in the autumn of '46, Also a new gym was planned and commenced as another new building for a part of Ricker's campus. The present campus covers an area of about eight acres upon which stand five buildings-a classroom building, administration building and library, president's home, and two dormitories. Besides this campus the college has acquired several buildings at the Houlton Air Base for the pur- pose of housing and feeding the college students. The classroom building, being new and modern, is completely fireproof. It contains a large study hall, complete and separate departments for home economics, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering drawing. It can accommodate at least 450 students. The men's dormitory is on the campus. It contains several rooms and apartments for teachers, a kitchen, a dining hall where all on- campus students eat, and rooms for about 50 men. The building has a sprinkler system for protection against fire. Few college men can be housed there. The girl's dormitory, Haskell Hall, is a fine, residential home with well furnished rooms. A house mother is in residence at all times. The administration building is of brick construction. It contains a library, president's office, treasurer's office, a women's lounge, and apartment for the faculty proctor, and rooms for 12 college women. The newest addition to the campus is a gymnasium-auditorium which was completed early in 1948. It will serve as a social center for the whole student body. This build- ing was constructed by means of a grant of money from the Community Facilities Bureau and F W A. The building contains a large stage, a stan- dard baskebtall court, seats for 1,000 fans, and facilities for lockers, show- er rooms, team rooms, and athletic storage. Ricker is a member of the National Association of College and Second- ary Schools and of the New England Junior College Council. It is fullv ac- credited by the Department of Education of the State of Maine. Ricker Junior College confers the degree of Associate in Arts. Work satisfactor- ily completed by students is accepted for credit by other institutions of higher learning. During the past years students have transferred with advanced standing to Bates, Boston University, Bowdoin, Colby, Defiance, Mt. Allinson, Northeastern, Tufts, University of Ohio, Katherine Gibbs, Temple University, Rhode Island State, University of Miami, Massachu- setts School of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, University of Illinois, University of Texas, Gordon College, and others. For several years great emphasis has been placed upon a broad train- ing in education as well as vocational need for such training. In prepara- tion for this training Ricker Junior College offers courses such as, Pre- medical, Pre-Dental, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Legal, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Secretarial, and Refresher courses. The Liberal Arts Curriculum can be adapted to provide the necessary educational foun- : C262 c The Aquilo dation for further professional study in the fields of law, medicine, engin- eering, nursing, dentistry, and others. The pre-professional curricula are broad and inclusive enough so that, should a student for any reason decide to change his field of application and continue his education in another field, he can do so without encountering too great a difficulty. Two courses in Business Administration are offered-one for the student who plans to continue his studies later at a four-year college and take a degree and one for the student who does not plan to go on and take a degree but plans to end his education at Ricker. This course can be adjusted to fit the needs of the individual student. The refresher curriculum is adjustable and can be changed to meet the needs of a student also. It is set up primar- ily for those students, veterans, and others, who have been out of high school for some years and need to refresh their high school courses before going into college work. It is also suited to the needs of those who did not complete their high school work and now wish to finish as soon as possible. These courses carry no college credit, but may be used for college admis- sion and high school graduation credits. High school subjects may be chosen in order to complete the required number of units for graduation or for college admission. Yes, Ricker has grown year by year as a student proceeds from year to year in school. It has had its triumphs, failures, hardships, but like all good things is coming out right. It would not be right to say like all good things it comes out right in the end for Ricker's end is a long way off. Ricker today is a school from which students are proud to be graduates and one which they in turn would want their children to graduate from too. Leora Glazier '48 Friday - The Thirteenth I always have detested Friday-the-Thirteenth, I still detest Friday- the-Thirteenth, and I always will detest that unbearable day which comes once a year to haunt me and to leave its scars to haunt me for the follow- ing days. 'Why must such an obstacle Cas this abominable day isj have to appear in the course of any human life? Friday-the-Thirteenth is much like Thursday-the-Twelfth, or Satur- day-the-Fourteenth in many respects. For example, the sun comes up, a mild wind blows, and the weather seems to be perfect. In spite of all visible perfection, I have learned from experience that this perfection is but a tool in the hand of that sinister Being who spends its day haunting innocent human beings and who flits about throwing its curse on every unfortunate person it comes in contact with. We humans are easily tricked by the spirits floating about us. In spite of extensive education, we do not learn to think as we should, The spirits are very much aware of our stupidity. That Being who rules all activities on Friday-the-Thirteenth takes advantage of the weather. It knows that unsuspecting humans will eagerly make plans for the day as they look out their windows and see the sun sending forth its Warm rays. Why wouldn't one decide to go for a walk on such an agreeable day? C273 The Aquilo - We have scarcely started on our way when mischievous little winds seize our hats and send them flying through the air. But the spirits are not content to merely tease us. They are having too much fun to stop at this point. Even the clouds above smile tantalizingly down at us and the trees whisper to one another and wave their bare branches to and fro in ex- citement. As we continue on our way, the winds push us and we fall down on the ice and break an arm or an ankle. These incidents are just coinciden- ces? Certainly they are not, since it is Friday-the-Thirteenth, the answer is obvious. What can be done to remedy this appalling situation? Friday-the- Thirteenth should be forever banished from our calendars. Lena Sloat '49 A Moment of Beauty There are days which occur in this climate, at almost any season of the year, in which the world attains its perfection, when the air, the heav- enly bodies and the earth, make a true harmony. At these times, the feel- ing of harmony seems to color every mortal's attitude, and people every- where go about with tranquil thoughts and love in their hearts. The world is at peace with itself! These rare and unusual days may be looked for with greater assurance in that pure October weather which we distinguish by the name of Indian summer. Time seems endless and unmoving as soft, languid sunshine sleeps over the broad hills and warm, wide fields. To be able to live through these infinite, sunny hours seems ectasy enough. The solitary places, al- ways so restful, are not quite lonely. At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish. Here is majesty which shames our religions, and truth which discredits our knowl- edge. We come out of close and crowded quarters into the sanctuaries of Nature and see what majestic beauties would daily grace our eyes and thoughts if we could but comprehend them. How willingly we would over- come the barriers which render them impotent and remote, and let Nature entrance and comfort us! The shadowed light of the forest is like a perpet- ual dawn in which all things are clean and new and pure. The magical, oft- reported spells of these places creep silently upon us. The spirits of the mysterious, incommunicable trees begin to persuade us to quit our life of solemn trifles and come and live with them, a truer, more meaningful life. Here no history, or church, or state, will be found to spread the pestilence of human fraility and ignorance. So we may walk, arm in arm, for one brief moment with the deep and ageless truth of Nature-and truth is beauty. Gilbert Sewell '48 I 28 l- The Aquilo Alike, , The first time I saw it I was amazed at its striking beauty. It lies nestled between two mountains that cast shadows on the outer fringes of it. The center of the lake is beautifully deep blue and on this particular day it reflected the sunlight until it seemed to writhe with fire. At the head of the lake a small stream flows softly and meticulously in and out between huge bleak boulders and blackened tree stumps which contract with the lively atmosphere of the place. At night when the moon climbs solemnly into the sky, the lake be- comes truly a thing of beauty, It becomes a silvery shimmering sea, soft- ly reflecting the light of the moon. ,Golden bubbles rise softly to the sur- face and disintegrate, silvery waves lap softly on the shore, a cool breeze murmurs quietly amongst the trees on the shore and the branches sway softly to an inperceptible rhythm. Up in the hills a dog howls forlornly at the moon, and as I gaze, the moon dips behind a cloud and disappears. Quietness and serenity reign over all. Roger McGary '49 Busher Idol The sun beat down unmercifully on the little group of players out on the diamond, nonchalantly tossing a baseball back and forth, and scooping practice grounders from the dirt, then flipping them unerringly to the tall southpaw who covered first sack. Conspicuous among them, however, was a young fellow out there on the mound, tossing pitches to the batter. His every muscle was tense. His forehead, under the wet dark curls, was creas- ed with worry and foreboding. For he was a newcomer, a busher from the minors, who was pitching his first major league game today. He sensed the unfriendliness of the other men who acted as if they did not trust him. Well, why should they? he thought grimly. Maybe in front of this crowd I'll lose my stuff-fthe stuff which had sent him skyrocketing through the minor leaguesl. He thought of his father and mother, sitting near the radio, almost as tense as he is. Sweat began to form on his wrinkled brow as the pitching arm limbered up. He was tall, about six foot two, twenty-one years, old and answered to the name of Danny Thomas. Here comes the umpire. The game will begin in a few minutes, the most important game of his career. His team, the Cougars, against their old rival, the Rawks. Well, here I am , he thought, as he stood out on the mound preparing to pitch to the first opposing batsman, pitching in a 'big league game as I've dreamed of since a boy. But enough of daydreaming, now to get to work. He used his various assortment of pitches, only this time they had more polish on them, that something which immediately es- tablished him a big league pitcher. The speed which had downed his high school opponents so effectively was given a new lease. He held them hitless for five innings, and then something happened. A sure foul rolled fair before it reached the outfield, then the second base- man missed an easy grounder bringing up the fourth batter for the Hawks. C291 , The Aquilo I mustn't fail now , he thought as he toed the rubber to deliver the ball. He threw a slow easy knuckler, but the day was hot, he was nervous, and the ball spun a little more, came a little closer to the middle than he had in- tended. It went out into right field for a triple, giving the Hawks a two to nothing lead. He put the following men down in order but the damage had been done. The Hawk pitcher was having a holiday. He was holding them scoreless. No one had been able to get even a scratch hit, for this was Ace Allen, the veteran speedster of old. The score remained the same until the ninth, when the Cougar first baseman got a scratch single. Sensing a rally, the Cougar manager sent in a reliable pinch-hitter. He came through with a scorching drive through short and second to put a man on first and third. The Hawk pitcher was now thoroughly worried. Danny came up next, though he was a poor hitter, the coach had somehow let him bat. Ace Allen being very nervous, the pitch came down as big as a balloon. He pulled it into deep right for a triple. The crowd roared its enthusiasm, because now the score was tied two up. But alas, the Cougars didn't have a hitter to keep the rally going. The Hawk pitcher, seeing this, regained his com- posure, and once again became the steely, implacable hurler of the first eight innings. With two out, this was the cougars last chance to win the game. The man at bat wasn't going to hit. He knew it, the crowd knew it, and Danny, standing restlessly on third knew it. His mind raced with the speed of light, He took a generous lead from the sack. When the pitcher's arm snapped back, he dug for home, every muscle in his body responding to the urgent call. Out of the corner of his eye, the pitcher saw him, and consequently his throw was slightly wild. This was what Danny had hop- ed for. One thing which he had forgotten to tell the scout who discovered him was that he had set a high school record for track. His big figure hurtled down on the bewildered catcher who had just leaped to snag the wild pitch. He dropped his mitt to the ground, but too late. Executing a beautiful hook slide, Danny had got there a little quicker. The Ump had his hands flat. The game was over, Danny had won his own ball game. He was carried off the field by his now friendly comrades. With joyful heart, he began changing his grimy, sweat-soaked uniform. The future looked very bright indeed. Philip Bubar '50 Night To most people, night merely marks the end of a day. It is a break in the hours of the struggle to live in which you are able to furnish yourself with new and stronger weapons with which to fight the next battle of life. To me, it is a new world, A more beautiful, spiritual world than the one we know. Most people don't even notice the significance of a night when they have the opportunity. At night, everything seems to have a kind of life which we human be- ings have always dreamed of, but can never hope to have. At night, trees assume grotesque shapes of strange beings from the depths of our imagin- ation. You can hear the weird chant of their voices whispering back and forth on the breezes. The breezes are invisible phantoms rushing to and fro over the face of the earth with their ceaseless arguing. There are noisy, blustering C301 ' The Aquilo breezes, sharp, lamenting breezes, and coy, subtle breezes. There are also patient, knowing breezes and dignified, reserved breezes. All these and many others make up that great family. The sky is a dark blue velvet robe richly cocrusted with the many dif- ferent designs of the diamond like stars. It is the royal robe of the uni- verse. The moon, a golden topaz whose jewel like rays shows clouds of pearl floating around it, is the royal emblem of the robe. The meadow brook is a piece of silver thread winding across the meadow. This is where the little brownies get their silver. They mint it from the shilling waters of the brook, There is also music. An orchestra of the big bass fiddles of the bull- frogs, of the golden toned violins of the crickets, and of the many beautiful sounding instruments of the birds. All of these are harmoniously blended into nature's orchestra of the night. All of the fairy folk, deep in little wooded vales are dancing by the moonlight to the tune of the orchestra. The fairies are in formal dress and the intricate weaving of their beautiful silk evening clothes was done by their own special dressmaker, a skillful and clever spider. They dance all night long on a dance floor of waxed green leaves. The night is the world of all of these creatures. It is made up of all of these scenes, and many others. For those who have the eyes to see it, the night has the conditions from which one can draw any conclusion his soul desires. ' Clara Wiley '49 ill. 0 RGID To a lot of people rain means merely this-either we need it or we don't. At any rate, it is extremely disagreeable to them, especially if they should happen to be caught in a sudden down-pour. I think that rain is nature's way of cleansing the earth. It seems that a good rain washes away all the evils and impurities of the earth and air surrounding it. It would be a wonderful thing if a person's evils and im- purities could be washed away like that. During a rain, the sound of the raindrops and swishing of the rain is a protest against all evilness and dirtiness. After a rain, how clean and fresh everything looks! How sweet and new the air smells! The grass and the leaves of the trees glisten as though they had been polished. The flowers also glow with new-found luster. The trunks of the trees and the fence posts look as though they had just been given a good oiling. The dusty appearance of the roads and buildings has disappeared. The general stuffiness of the whole atmosphere is gone. The road is seemingly a ribbon of dark felt winding along past the houses, Everywhere there are little streams of water which are carrying away the wastes of the earth. Ducks are gleefully quacking and splashing about in puddles of water caught in hollows barely noticeable before. They are perhaps the only creatures on earth who enjoy a rain to the full extent of their knowledge. A rain not only seems to refresh the earth and air but also your own spirits . You seem to feel more wide awake and your mind is keener after a rain. Therefore, a rain is just as important to us as it is to the earth. Clara Wiley '49 -- -+ OD . The Aquilo Woods and Fancies On taking a walk through the woods one day, like many before me, I stopped to watch the lumbermen at work, cutting down the many great vast trees. As I watched, my mind, as it often does, began to wander, and this scene that I witnessed appeared to be very like the world of today. These woodsmen, in my fancy, symbolized evil. Their great, huge saws were as venom striking and gnawing into the wood. The tree, comparable to the world was big and strong and mighty. Yet there were these evils, cutting away at it. I pondered on the idea for a moment and looked again upon the two men who were already half way through the tree, the saw scraping and oozing it's way on. On and on, back and forth, thoughts such as these-will the earth too some day fall as this tree is falling now? Will the evil in men's souls rule over good? My heart sank within me as the call of the woodlands was altered and the tree came crashing down. Then sud- denly my question was answered for indeed the tree was felled, but the roots still remained! Norma Buckhalter '49 Snow This white everchanging compound is so simple in its appearance that people do not stop to ponder over its many qualities. Snow can come so softly that it is like the down of a goose, or it can come as a raging defiant beast. It can beautify an entire countryside with its shining whiteness, or it can terrorize the same region with its roaring howling fury. Sometimes it falls softly and the children play in it in ecstacyg yet this same snow can keep the children with their faces to the window, shuddering at the thought of going outside. In the southern part of most countries snow is almost unheard of, and when it comes it is re- garded with curiosity more than fear. In the northern part of these same countries, snow is regarded as a menace. It stops all sorts of communica- tions, breaks down trees, pulls wires from lines of communication, stops air lines freight, and causes all manner of inconvenience and danger. All this it does and still it is eagerly awaited by father and child alike. Roger McGary '49 5323 FACULTY OF R. C. I. Oh, faculty, to thou who led Our faulty feet forward through Four fast years, our hearts To thee go out in thanks, In thanks and gentle memory. May these lines to thee a minor Tribute be, to you, our faculty. In '43 to thee we came With homesick hearts and Minds so green to life, With thoughts all scattered Skidishly, scared scrupulously Were we, Who helped us through? Who set us straight, 'Twas you, our faculty. As years soared by. the fears Of foregone years their flight Did make but still were there Our problems that took more Seasoned minds than ours to straighten. To whom did we our thoughts advance? To thee our friends, our faculty. And now as time of parting nears And dawns the thought that this Our senior year might well Mean final fling with friends Here made, to those who will In memories fair remain, high On the list shall beam Our faculty . Owen Pollard '48 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A RICKER CLASSROOM The dorm-bell tolls the call of dawning day, The grumbling boys and girls climb out of bed, The sun peeks in upon them where they lay, And ninety-nine per cent wish they were dead. Now glows the glimmering landscape on their sight, And well they curse the man who did surmise, That at six-fifteen the time was right For brilliant Ricker students to arise. They moan and lift the covers of their tropic lair, They grope with nerveless hand and sleep drugged mind Toward their frigid garments on a chair, And think black thoughts of all mankind. .1 may The Aquilo The Aquilo Beneath these youthful faces lies despair, As through their hasty toilet they do dash And slowly file to breakfast 'neath the stair, Where probably they'll eat last Tuesday's hash. Now back to tidy up for school, at eight, To don their utmost personality and charm, To fool their teachers and the other ones that rate, And on arriving late, try not to cause alarm. Upon arriving every student eagerly will grasp The front-door latch and quickly pass inside Where great discordant sounds upon their ears will rasp, And each will find his own conception of confusion verified. They hasten to assembly hall midst flying paper clips, Attendance being quickly taken, they all rush for books, And go to classes with a sigh upon their lips For hours lost last night in dreaming of a fair one's looks And so it goes, a day of classes seven periods long, With time out only for a recess, and a frugal fare, Which, I think, would not conducive be unto a song, But rather unto thoughts of viands unattainable and rare. Through English, Civics, French each day they rattle, And six full hours every day they wage A timeless, honored, and unceasing battle For knowledge's unbounded and elusive page. Some will become well known to fameg Others a quiet life will lead upon a saeter, But all will shout both far and wide acclaim For R. C. I., their venerable, old Alma Mater. Now comes the final period of the day, A time of teacher's frets and student's snores, A time of lazy student retrospect upon the way They did conduct themselves the fervid night before. The school day's o'erg the student absentees are brought to task, The teachers breathe a silent prayer for peace of mind, And brief respite from the myriad questions students ask, On leaving, neither group casts lingering looks behind, Toward the soda fountains students wend their way To have a coke, and tell of painful monetary lack, This also is the time for athletes to play, And brave instructors to make ready for a new attack. They while away the time until the hour comes to dine, And then their paths converge on common ground. One hundred hungry students eagerly await the sign To enter dining-hall, and quickly eat whatever ration : C3471-l'- s found The AquilO When dinner's over and to their rooms they've all retired, There comes a pause, that's known to all as study hours. And now, of course, with zeal is every student fired, To diligently on learning concentrate with all their powers. To bed the weary students now are fain to go, To fortify their minds and bodies for another day, To rid themselves of all internal strife and woe, To lose their earthly cares, and then to' pray. This struggle for a better world, a brighter light, With which to travel down the thoroughfares of man, Is here brought forth, a student's thirst for truth and right, When Life her gravest questions ask, the undaunted youth may now reply, I can. y Gilbert Sewell '48 THE BIG BAD BALLAD Do you like them old ballad? They ain't like cabbage salad. If fact, they smelle'd, So I am telle'd. Teacher say, You write a ballad . But Gee! I don't see How a ballad can be A story of me-so you see. I heared lots of ballads About Robin Hood, you see, But I've yet to see One just about me. Teacher say ,we should like ballad Teachers say, I like 'em see . How a guy can write one If he don't know what they be? Frank Dunn '51 SCHOOL DAYS There's a place called Ricker so dear to my heart, I'll admit I was lonely when I had to start. In nineteen-forty five in the fall, I started to school in Watson Hall. But the kids were jolly, the teachers too, And soon I had friends, not just a few! 1357 The Aquilo Time sure slipped by, on wings it flew, And soon we were going to the building new. With pastel shades on the spacious walls, The sweet-toned bell to study calls. With brain chuck-full of Physics and Math We leave our school to walk a new path. June TWO LOVES She had two loves, Couldn't choose between. So she then decided To test them on the green. Both won in grand style. Both lost in same. Didn't know which should Give her his name. Both were truly brave, Very handsome too. Both loved her very much Both men were true. Couldn't choose, tried hard, Couldn't choose between, Her beauty faded worrying Now she's never seen. Couldn't choose at all, She grew rather staid. Both married other gals, She's an old maid. Rita Junkins '48 .- . -. THE POOR OLD FARMER Way out in the beautiful country, Where the sun shines bright, A poor old farmer is working, Working from morn till night. The poor old farmer is bending, Bending from the heat of the day, Planting his many, many seeds, Hoping to grow some hay. Graham '48 f36D , The Aquilo Besides planting his seeds of hay, He plants his yearly oats, Which he will store in his barn, And feed to his yearling goats. Besides his beautiful yearling goats, He has a small catg Which goes into the dirty barnyard, Trying to catch a rat. Philip Adams '51 MY FRIEND, THE ENGINEER As the great train started its eastward journey With two hundred people aboard, The engineer smiled a weary smile While the two great engines roared. He slowly guided the train safely onward, Through the gathering duskg and then He steered the train up a steep incline Wlith the agility of a thousand men. His face was calm and yet sincere As the train rolled on and on, He guided it through the darkest night And rejoiced at the break of dawn. The station loomed up against the horizon, His home was equally near, The sad good-byes and happy hi's- Was that his only cheer? Evelyn Putnam '51 ALONE The frenzied ocean pounds the time-embattled cliffs beneath my feetg The breaking waves convulse in ceaseless agony, thunder and roll, The isolating fog, a deep grey shroud, swirls 'round my seat, But in an ethereal void of peace there rests my soul, For I am here alone. The far-flung fingers of a stinging spray caress my face, The rampant sea winds their lonely and sonorous arias sing In cadence with the crags' mysterious psalm of life, befitting well this place. And from this melody of nature, I feel eternal truth and understanding through me ringg And I am happy in this place, alone. .-..-K 37 ,T The Aquilo For one supernal moment I converse with all creation's perceptive might, I see in retrospect, four thousand years of thoughts of man, Blind, stupid, infinite and slow, and yet forever reaching toward the light Of real intrinsic verity, supreme attainment of spirit and of Human Plan' These things I clearer see because I am alone. - As here I rest in sober meditation, close to the Immortal Power, I hear celestial bodies of the empyrean raise and swell their overture profound, A universal symphony which converts the mediocrity of time into a shining Elysian Hour, That to poor benighted psyche is but a great cacophony of sound, But I perceive only sublimity and glory here alone. Gilbert Sewell '48 THE RAVIN AND THE HURRICANE A little ship, the Ravin, did sail Out on a windy sea, Whose masts were bent before the wind, Whose men were only three. The wind came hard, the waves they rolled, And rocked that little ship, The waves came on like angry dogs, And banged and lashed the ship. The ship rode the waves like gallant steed, And won the battle at sea, The wind died down and the stars came out, And shone on the ship at sea. The boat was battered, beaten and weak, But on she sailed to her haven, And the men went on that little isle. Three cheers for the little ship Ravin! Frank Walker '51 , DEDICATED TohA,wQiuAN M I' A' -1.-. 1 J-sl-.. 1.-11 .:-9 When the wild west winds come thundering down, When the snowflakes fall on field and town, ,When the streets are wet with ice and snow, And traffic is moving so carefully and slow, It is then that I think of you, my love, And not as one sent from heaven above. Instead, I compare you with this stormy day, As you sweep past me in your cold, careless way. f38J At the smallest word you flare up like a flame, And utter words that would put Satan to shame In your face is reflected the most terrible anger, And I say to myself, If I only could hang 'er. The Aquilo Men who have written of woman's sweet temper, Have written of something I've yet to encounter. Barbara WHEREFORE ART THOU, SCHULTZIO? - Schultz, wherefore art thou? As thou wander through the Halls of Ricker your countenance Shows utter disbelief, dejective Thoughts, and dreams of far away Places. Yea though your left Hand is bare of marital bands Your face is that of a wedded Man, henpecked, deserted or Father of many a child, but Nay, not is the case. A coach of regal splendor do You drive, is always the Front seat bare of feminity? Doest thou go upon ,your Way unaware of fairer beings? In sports you far ezgcel the best. In basketball the champ You'd put to shame. Of knowledge You need know no want, Of wisdom true you have no less amount. Cosines and theorems to you are but gems, Ground grand and grieflessg Give you but time The worst would want no Further proof. Oh friend, does life bring Grief to you, has some Unfaithful lass your heart Asunder torn? Is not the spirit in you To the altar, amble amiably In arm with bride of white veiled purity: To cherish and be cherished? In mortal being, cast not away The common trend that well Befalls the son of man, Nay, take heed of Romeo, seek You, your Juliet fair. C391 -- Roach '48 The Aquilo Not will I say that conquering The lady of your well made Choice will then forever Whack worry weepingly away, And leave life less of tribulations, Nay 'tis not the point of My intentions to lead adrift Or give thy mind the wayward Slant, 'tis but this point I strive to striketh home- If in life our minds must Twirl with worry, our hearts Not feel the joy of true love If mental torture it is your Lot to suffer, and if for your sins The Lord lifts not a part of guilt From you, then why not a Partner true possess, to which One half the guilt may pass, And for this partner true, What would be more pleasant To you than one unsuspecting lass. Owen Pollard '48 iii-l TWO GIRLS IN A MIRROR Two girls in a mirror at Haskell Hall, Each powdering her nose, and combing her hair. Oh, sighed one, if I just wasn't so tall, I'd be more apt to get a dance with Clair. And look at my hair, it's so straight. Note that pimple right on my chin. I've just got to get rid of some weight, What we girls will do for beauty is a Sin! See, says the other, isn't this a scream, The new look, just misses the floor. Oh! to be the gal of some man's dream, Me, I'll probably get stuck with a perfect bore. Noses powdered, hair combed, seams straight Dresses in perfect accord with the latest style. The only warning given is-Don't come in late, Or you will be on campus for a while. 'So off to the dance goes youth without care, Dance, fair maidens while days are fair. Rita Junkins '48 f4Ol. The Aquiio CLASS ODE Tune: Tchaikowsky's First Piano Concerto, Second Movement A Fond Adieu To Ricker, proud and trueg Our blessings e'er and humble prayers Upon her we bestow. Our praises fair Throughout the years will ring That we to her, upon this day, In leaving, sing. Within all our lifetime Lost in the world afar, We'll live and love a lifetime Guided by Ricker's star. Oh - Hail her! Ten decades old In her centennial year Still bursting forth-inspiring notes Of life's symphony. Patricia Clarke Janet Walker CLASS MOTTO CLASS COLGRS Where Cooperation Dweiis Maroon and White Efficiency Exceis CLASS FLQWEI32 White Rose : I f-42,1 : :-. Qicker Junior College 4 I ism nmeip Mi'H29Yk5tQM+ e S2 I 1 iii 'HIWN flu H xl 5 Y I Nu, my EM EL Graduates The Aquilo Harold Boynton. .Ioyue Leavitt. Frank Civiello Sophomore Junior Col lege Qfficers . HAROLD SARGENT BOYNTON, President Had - 91 Water Street, Millinocket, Maine Stearns High School - Pre-Dental -- Football. 1946-48 - Basketball 1946-47 -- T1-ack, 1946-47 - Honor Roll, 1946-48 - Editor-in-Chief of the Aquilo. 1947-48-Chillil'lllRll of the Junior College Snowball, 1947-48 FRANK MARIO CIVIELLO Vice-President Frank -Millinocket, Maine Stearns High School-Pre-Dental-Footlmll 1946-48-Honor Roll, 1946-48 - i143 JOYCE MARIE LEAVITT Secretary-Treasurer Joyce 'A1'ie --5 Carr Alve., Houlton, Maine Houlton High School-Secretarial-Choir, 1946-47W Minstrel. 1946-47 - Honor Roll. 1946-48. 7 First Row: N. lpnff. H. Stackhouse. J. Walker, J. Leavitt, H. Boynton, F. Civiello. P. Vlnxkv. Nl. Madden: IJ. Dow, M. Curtis. Sm-oml Row: W. Dow, K. Smith. D. Dwyer, D, Green, lVl. Shaw, R. Cameron. ll. Munson. 'l'hi1'd Row: P. Cyr. ll. McGowan, R. Lewin, P. Lipnicki, G. Mitchell. IC. Hutchin- son. J. liniber, R. Fayle. Fourth Row: M. Kascivisti, G. Stevens, P. Glasgow, R. George, J. Fitzherhert, .l. Mock. A. ldrickson. G. Mii2lll'f'. Fifth Iiow: J. Gingrow. L. Koran, C. Mooradian, D. Brady, VV. Hoyle. M. Corey, W. Jones. li, Byron. IJ. Olson. Junior College Graduates When classes started last fall, we all looked around for familiar faces from the year before. Many of them were missing but many more had come back. Several of the fellows and girls have gone on to other colleges, and some have gone out into the work-a-day world. Two of the fellows came back married,- Jimmy Guillow and Mike Kascivisti. Chuck and Arlene and Mary and Ossie became engaged, and rumor has it that Chuck and Arlene will be married in June. Early in the fall we elected the following class officers: Had Boyn- ton, President, Frank Civiello, Vice-President, and Joyce Leavitt, Secretary Treasurer. Our annual Snow Ball was a grand affair in mid-January with Had Boynton as chairman of a capable committee headed by Deborah Green. With the completion of the new gym, another grand affair was held in May-A Centennial Ball--For this event we had a named band -Larry Green and his orchestra. Then before he could realize it, came that day to which we all looked forward to with anticipation, the day toward which We diligently worked these past two years-graduation. Although this was a day of rejoicing, yet it was tinted with sadness, for it was the parting of the many friend- ships which were made here at Ricker. f44J -1 The Aquilo PERSONALS JOHN ERNEST BARBER- Barber 232 High Street, Portland. Ma.ine-Pi'e- Medidal -- Portland High School - Football 1946-48-Baseball 1946-47. THADDEUS CLAYTON BERRY- Clayton ---Military Street, Houlton, Maine-Se.cre- tarlul-Houlton High School-Honor Roll 1946-48. . ALBERT FRANCIS BRADY- Danny 60 South Street, Bath, Maine-Business Administration-Morse High School--Foot- ball 1946-47-Ricker 'Choir 1946-48--Hockey 194-6-48-Minstrel 1946-47-Fencing Club 1947-48. RAY EARlL BROWN, Moose 7 Willard Street, Houlton, Maine-Business Administration-Houlton High School. RUSSELL ERWIN BYRON-f'Russ Oakfleld, Maine-Liberal Arts-Oakfield High School. RICHARD LEROY CAMERON- Spot R. F. D. No. 3, Houlton, Maine-Liberal Arts -Houlton High School-Hockey 1946-48. PATRICIA ANNE CLARKE- Pat 25 Smyrna Street, Houlton, Maine-Liberal Alrts-Houlton High School-Camera 'Club 194-6-417-Christian Association 1946-48-- Honor Roll 1946-48-Dramatic Club 1947-48. JOAN MARIE CON LOGU E- Jo 21 Charles Street, Houlton, Maine-Bust ness Administration-Houlton High School -Honor Roll 1947-48-Dra,ma.tic Club 1947- 48. MITCHELL JOSEPH COREY- Mike ll Cross Street, Caribou, Maine-Pre-Legal - 1Cl3.l'ib0l1 High School-Archery Club 1946- 47-Chess Club 1946-48. MIRIAM PUTNAM CURTIS-'fMimie 24 River Street, Hudson, Massachusetts- Secretarial--Hudson High School-Choir 194.6-47-Honor Roll 1946-47-Minstrel 1946- 47-Basketball 1946-47. PAUL JOSEPH CYR- Paul 5 Washington Street, Van Buren, Maine- Pre-Dental-Van Buren Boys' High School -Camera Club 1946-47-Baseball Manager 1946-47. DO RA BRADBU RY DOW- Sis 9 'Castle Hill, Fort Kent, M'aine-Se-cretar- ial-Fort Kent High School-Basketball Manager 1946-47-Honor Roll 1946-48- Minstrel 1946-47. WILFRED STANLEY DOW Will Houlton, Maine-Business Administration- - Houltou High School-Honor Roll 1.946-47. NORMA JEAN DUFF- Joe R. F. D. No. 2. Houlton, Maine-Liberal Alrts-Hodgdlon High School-Ricker Choir 1946-48-Honor Roll 1946-48. DAWN COLEEN DWYER- Dawnie Oakfield, Maine-Liberal Arts-Oakfield High School-Ricker Choir 1946-48-Honor Roll 1946-48-Minstre-l 1946-47. ALBERT EDWIN ERICKSON, JR.- AI Academy Street, Presque Isle, Magine-Pre Dental-Presque Isle High School-Ricker Choir 1946-48-Minstrel 1946-47. C 45 D The Aquilo EARLE ROBERT FAYLE, JR.- Bob East Millinockelt, Maine-Liberal Arts- Garret 'Schenck High School-Basketball 1946-481-Football 1947-48-Ricker Choir 1946-48-Minstrel 1946-47-Honor Roll 1946- 48-Fencing 1947-4-8-Ricker Reporter 1947- 4-8-Spont Editor of the Aquilo 1947-48- R Club 1947-1948. JAMES KEMPTON FITZHERBERT- Fitz Easton, Maine-Pre-Dental-Ricker Classi- cal Institute. DONALD LEE FLANAGAN- Luke 44 East Terrace, Millinocket, Maine-Pre Dental-Stearns High School. ROBERT SAWYER GEORGE Bob 80 Main Street, Fort Fairfield-Pre-Medical -Fort Fairfield High School. WALTER JAMES GINGROW- Jim 6 High Street, Skowhegan, Maine-Busi- ness Agdministration-Gardner High School -Football 194-6-48-Hockey 1946-48. PAUL HERMAN GLASGOW- Glasses 1446 York Avenue, New York 21, New York -Liberal Arts-Riicker Classical Institute- Ricker Reporter 1946-47-Fencing Club 1947- 48-Honor Roll 1946-48. DEBORAH GOLDEN GREEN- Debbie 41 Fort Hill Street, For-t Fairfield, Maine- Liberal LAqrts-Fort Fairfield High School- Cheerlearder 1946-47-Basketball 1946-47. ORMOND ARCHIE GUILLOW-f'JIm Aroostook Avenue, Millinocket, Maine- Libeml Arts-Stearns High School-Base- ball 194-6-48-Basketball 1946-48-Football 1946-48-Ricker Reporter 1947-48-Sports Editor of the Aquilo 1947-48. JAICQUELINE MAE HALL- Jackie 8 Commonwealth Avenue, Houlton, Maine- Secretarial-Houlton High School-Honor Roll 1947-48. JAM ES HANSON- Jimmy 158 Main 'S-treet, Calais, Maine-Pre-Medi cal--Stearns High School. ,WINSTON E. HOYLE- Winnie Water Street, Gardiner, Maine-Liberal Arts-Gardiner High School-Football 1946- 47-Hockey 1946-48-Baseball 1946-48. EUGENE A. HUTHINSON- Hutch Hodgdon, Maine-Business Agdministration -Hodgd-on High School. WILLIAM DAVID JONES- Bill Patten, Maine-Liberal Arts-Patten Acad- emy-Ricker Reporter 1947-48-Rlckev' 'Choir 1947-48-Ricker Varsity Basketball 1947-48. MICHAEL GEORIGE KACIVISTI- MIke 121 Pine Street, Nashua, New Hampshire- Special. 'Chemistry Major-Nashua Senior High School-Honor Roll 1946-48. LEONARD LAWRENCE KORAN- Leo 142 Military Street, Houlton, Main-e-Busi- ness Administration-Houlton High School. ROBERT ALLEN LEWIN- Lew 104 Morning Street, Portland, Maine-Llb- eral Alrts-Portland High School-Football 1946-48. PAUL LIPNICKI- Lip 13 Sixth Street, Nashua, New Hampshire- Pre-Dental-Nashda High School-Honor Roll 1946-48. HORACE OWEN MCGOWAN- Bess 1 Park Avenue, Houlton, Maine-Pre-Dental -Houlton High School-Tennis 1946-48- Junior Varsi-ty Basketball 1947-48'-Honor Roll 194-6-48. f 469 WILLIAM DONALD McKNIGHT- Flywheel 40 River Street, Houlton, Maine-Business Administration-Houlton High School- H.onor Roll. MAXINE MAE MADDEN- Max Greenfield, Maine - Secretarial - Higgins Classical Institute-Christian Association 1947-48 GEORGE STANLEY MAGURE- George 75 Aroostook Avenue, Millinocket. Maine- Pre-Den-tal-Stearns High School-Chess Club 1946-47-Archery 1946-47. GEORGE WALTER MITCHELL- Mitch Bridge Street, Lime-stone, Miaine-Business Administration-Liniestone High School- Minstrel 1946-47. JOHN JOSHUA MOCK- Johnnie 30 Crary Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York -Business Administration-Ricker Classi- cal lnstitute-Hockey 1946-48-Tennis 1946- 48. CHARLES J. MOORADIAN- Chuck 73 Oxford Street, Portland, Maine-Liberal Arts-Gardiner High School-Footliall lco- captain, 1946-479 1946-48-Class Vice-Presi- dent 1946-47-Hockey 1946-48-Track 1946- 47-Minstrel 1946-48. HAROLD ARTHUR MUNSON- Barney 19 Weeks Street, Houlton, Maine-Liberal Arts-Washburn High School-Minstrel 1946-47-Basketball Manager 1947-48. DONALD LEROY OLSON- Don Smyrna Street, Oakfield, Maine-Business Administi-ation-Oakfield High School. WILLIAM NORMAN RUSH- Bill 18 Park Avenue, Houlton, Maine-Business AdlllilliSIl'3fi0ll1f'I0l.lll01l Hgh School. Q47 The Aquilo WILLARD ROBERT ST. PETER Saint 28 Riverside Street, Houlton, Ma,ine--Busi- ness Administration-Houlton High School. MARY PATRICIA SHAW- Mary 4 Summer Street, Houlton, Maine-Liberal Arts-Houlton High School--Honor Roll 1946-48. KEMPTON BIRD SMITH- Smitty 34 Elm Street, Houlton, Maine-Liberal Arts-Houlton High School. MARY JANE SPAIN- MARY 4 Holland Street, Houlton, Maine-Secretaih ial-Houlton High School--Honor Roll 1946- 48. GEORGE DONALD SPOONER-f'Dunc 48 Franklin Avenue, Houlton, Maine-Busi ness Administration-Houlton High School -Baseball 1946-48. HELEN LOUISE STACKHOUSE- Honey 7 Heywood Street, Houlton, Maine-Secre tari-al-Houllon High School. GILBERT EARLE STEVENS- Gila 19 Brown Stree-t, Fort Fairfield, Maine-- Business Administration-Fort Fairfield High School. JANET BRIGGS WALKER- Janet Littleton, Maine- Liberal Arts-Ricker Classical Institute-Ricker Choir 1946-48- Mins-trel 1946-48-Honor Roll 1946-47- Dramatic Club 1947-48. JOSEPH SHERMAN WILCOX- Joe Main Street, Houlton, Maine-Business Administration-Houlton High School. J Riclcer Junior College N U, X .WJ X 1 1 xx x ' H xxsk 'ff A A T XB, 4.3. W f 22 , U3 if E TT'5W u,r'1 V M fXM Q' H K f fx, .lf-if 5 in fa' WT EK -11 Q ' 5 f M Q rf- A - ' - ' f ,Q 1' if fp pf L 4 ' L if s Q sf' 7.ff!4'Qk-k'X E The Aquilo A Take It Away Disney Well, I finally found out what it's all about. What what's all about, dear? What do you mean, 'Whats what all about ?' Have you got holes in your horns? I'm talking about what we'Ve all been talking about ever since the Season opened--about there being no hunters around . , . and everything. I was talkin' to a couple of mooses this morning-- Moose, dear. Moose is both singular and plural. All right, Moose. You know, if you hadn't spent so ,much of your youth fawning around Farmington Normal School you'd be much easier to live with. You talk like a Woman school-teacher, and frankly, it gets un- der my hide . . . It gets under everyone's hide around here. All of 'B' Woods is mimicking you. ' W ell . . . after all . . . when we first met, you were still running the swamps with that black-eyed doe from Fort Kent, and she couldn't speak anything but Canuck French. I should think that you would appreciate a little correct English. Okay . . . Skip it. Anyway these Moose said that Governor Hildreth has closed the woods to hunters. They said that Men are blaming the whole thing-the hunting ban, low water, no rain and all-all on the Re- publicans. And I don't know but what they're right. Maine has always been pretty much Republican, and also pretty much dry . . , except of course, late years it's been a little wet over around Currie's General Store. Yep, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find it's all the fault of the Republi- cans .... Probably won't let it rain until after the next election. To hold onto the W.C.T.U. vote. Yep, the Republicans. . Can I be a Republican, papa ? Of course not, Junior. Only Elephants can be Republicans. We're all Democrats, like Mules, and Jackasses. Why, your great-uncle Muel's half-cousin Rank, and half-brother Bil, were Democratic Congressman and Democratic Senator from Mississippi. Now, dear . . . Let him be a Republican if he wants to be one. After all, he may as well be shot for an Elephant as for a deer. Yeah, pa . . . I wanna have some fun before I get shot. I never have anyfunf Never has any fun, he says! What d'you want, the B 8: A to run an excursion up here just so Men can get lost in the woods and run around in circles for your entertainment? Your uncle Louie was killed by an excur- sion train . . , Wasn't expectin' a second section. Why don't you read your Bambi books? Aw, us spikehorns has formed a NO-More-Bambi Club. We're gonna start, an' chew bark offa trees everytime anyone as much as says Bambi. Where's that li'l ole soft cedar around here? ' See, dear? Between the two of you we'll all be speaking a dialect around here before long. Junior come away from that cedar! Oh, let him chew cedar if he wants to . . . He probably needs a laxa- tive anyway . . . You want him to grow up an' be regular, don't you? I'm goni' over back of Fitz's barn. Someone's been makin' their own corn- squeezin's, an' that mash they throw out there is really out of this world. Oh dear, I wish you wouldn't go, but I suppose it's safe. Don't do as you did the last time though-come stumbling in here in the middle of the 1 C501 The Aquilo morning, banging your horns against the trees, and waking up the neigh- bors with that 'I'm the King of the Beasts' song. Can I go too, pa? Of course not . . . You're not dry between the spikes yet . . . Maybe next year. Besides, you might get to thinkin' you was king of the beasts. anii-!! Were, dear. HI-Iuh ?!7 You were, not you was. You takes the plural- Were, was . . . was, were . . . What the Injun-Devil difference does it make? Where's my dark glasses? Those blasted jackers don't seem to know whether the woods is closed or not. Are, dear . . . Oh well, he's gone. Junior, if it weren't for you, some- times I think I'd have been better off to have let your father marry that Canuck . . . What I mean to say is, if it hadn't been for you . . . but that's another story. Robert P. Wilson '49 A Letter From Paul Hello, dear, she read. She liked it. It had the intimate warmth of constant companionship, as though it were but yesterday they had last been together. Thursday evening, physics lab is over, our last session before exams next week. I have studied my math diligently, read thirty pages of Ameri- can literature, and imbibed a few beers at The little Vienna . She remembered The little Vienna with its mirrored walls and checkered table cloths. They went there for their infrequent luncheon dates. The food was good and within his budget, the air-conditioning was a welcome relief from the summer heat, and it was near both the college and her office building. I'm fine, and at this particular moment wrapped up in thoughts. Naturally they are of you, and have been all evening. It's amazing how I did all that work with you constantly on my mind. If you haven't by now, I suggest you settle into a big comfortable chair. You know what an effect Brownley's beer has on me. Brownley was their favorite waiter at The little Vienna . Conditions haven't been too bad to date. I've changed a couple of courses around. You know I was carrying a heavy scientific schedule and was sadly neglecting the more cultural subjects. Well, I'm now taking American Literature and French and am very pleased with them. Chemis- try as usual is difficuut. I onlv hope I can C this semester. Evidentally my math professor appreciates me getting his assign- ments done on time now. He commented on it the other day, and asked how you were. Frankly, I enjoyed his course much more when I was up- pity lessons behind, but that could be because you were here then also . She smiled, The math prof always blamed her for Paul's failure to have his work done and frequently told him he would be pleased when she left. lQ'm glad you came to the decision you did of remaining home this year. When you first told me I was angry but now I believe it is a wise C513 The Aquilo move. You will be much better equipped to handle your studies next year and your family problem will be solved . It was nice he approved. She had been hurt at his displeasure when she told him of this decision. Of course I haven't been doing so well myself. I have seen a football game and a couple of plays but mainly Jim and I drop into The little Vienna for a couple of beers after our study session. The girls here at school I seem to find rather dull . She stopped reading again. It is strange, she thinks. People here are dull also. It's my fault really, I'm not interested enough in them to find out how interesting they may be. Perhaps I should start putting an effort into making friends. They are important, The letter continues: I do feel my work is important and it commands much of my time, attention and interest. The fact that you are interested in it also gives it a special appeal that was heretofore lacking. However, at the present the future is hazy. I feel as though I am groping about. I know where I want to go, but the path seems to be strewn with so many obstacles. Biting into life and then having to handle the bite by myself is rather lonely, I've found. Perhaps that is why last summer was so different. When you were with me I never felt alone or as if I were pulling at this huge mass by myself. I told you to sit down. This beer is potent. Life has been perfectly miserable dear, here without you. That aching, lonesome feeling is ever present. However, there is always a to- morrow and with it the fresh promise of the joy of new hopes and renewed laughter. Hon, there are a lot of things I could write, but I won't, I'd prefer to save them as they really should be spoken. I know you will understand if I store them away until we meet again. Please take care of yourself, work hard at school, but put a little ef- fort into some social life also. And dear, write as soon as you can. Your letters are the nearest and nicest thing to having you here in person. All my love, Paul The girl folded the letter carefully and thoughtfully. He always seems to say so much with so few words , she thinks. But perhaps I read between the lines too much. He always did accuse me of knowing his inner- most thoughts. She smiles, sadly, and places the letter among the other letters and re- ties the blue ribbon. It is difficult to believe her Paul was one of the far too many war casualties. G. Ardith Smith '49 The Last Flight Jimmy was a story teller, a little on the dramatic side perhaps, but he held us spellbound when he told us of his adventures as a gunner in Uncle Sam's air corps. Perhaps it was because of our strong affection for the happy-go-lucky fellow that we hung onto his every word. At any rate, he enjoyed talking and Mary Jane and I enjoyed listening, C523- The Aquilo I remember well the dismal afternoon we dropped into the hospital to cheer him up a little and he told us about his last flight. The story went fundamentally as follows: I was flying as nose gunner with my crew on a combat mission over Germany. The target was an air field just outside of Brandenberg. As we came in for the bomb run our aircraft was hit and badly damaged by anti- aircraft fire. The ship lost all the gas carried in the left wing rendering useless both number one and number two engines. Number three engine gave out shortly thereafter and our pilot gave the order to 'leave ship' somewhere east of Magdeburg. I was setting at the escape hatch tossing out sundry items that were not tied down when Bob, our radio man, motioned to me to go. I started out but remembering my pipe, tobacco and lighter were on top of the bom- bardier's panel went up into the nose for them. After putting them in my boot and tightening the strap again, I went back to find Bob still at the hatch. As I came up to him he shouted. How do I get out of this thing ? I, amazed, shouted back 'Divel' He did, and I followed. Not too quickly to be sure, I looked at the distant ground a long time before taking the plunge. We jumped from twelve hundred feet, but my chute wouldn't open. I went rocketing towards the ground, tugging desperately on my grip cord. At last I got one finger under the inspection flap and pulled with the others with all my strength. It opened, I blacked out. Apparently I hit with a definite bang for when I came to and started to move around still in a daze, of course, the left leg buckled under. 'Damn, a sprain,' I thought, plus more and stronger words to that effect. Bob came running from somewhere, a gruesome looking sight with blood streaming down his face. He was excited and complaining that he had lost his rip cord which he wanted for a souvenir. Together we started out for a road some distance away, and when we reached it met Dick, the bombardier, who had landed in a field on the other side. The three of us headed for a wooded area. By this time I could hardly walk, We started shedding excess cloth- ing, Bob assisting me with mine, so we could make better time. The main idea was to leave the wide open spaces as soon as possible and reach a hid- ing place for we felt the Germans would soon be all over the place looking for us. ' Walking, for me, was becoming more difficult all the time. I told Bob to go on ahead as Dick already had, but he protested. I kept insisting and finally he agreed to my arguments and started on. He had gone about 500 feet when he turned to me, shouted and point- ed up the field to our left. Following his direction, I looked, and saw four farm hands waving to us in a beckoning manner. We talked it over and decided whereas we were armed and two to their four we might as well see what they wanted. Therefore, with Bob supporting me, we made our way toward them. We stopped just short of where they were gathered and waited. One man spoke to the others in what sounded like Polish. I tried itg they un- derstood, we drew nearer. A jumble of languages followed my question as to where we were, and it was in this jumble, Polish, Check, Russian and German our conversation progressed, C533 The Aquilo Unfortunately one of the laborers was German. The other three, the Check, the Pole and the Russian had been slave laborers for five years. It was with these men we became quite chummy and it was from them we re- ceived valuable information on our situation. The digest of this was that our American ground troops were only twenty miles away and were expected in the morning at the village of See- hausen, directly ahead of us. If we could hide in the woods until morning we would be safe as the Germans were pulling out of the neighborhood that night. Of course the German laborer would inform on us as soon as they went in from work, but if they reported without them, they would be shot on the spot. We were on a spot ourselves but decided we would take a chance of liberation. They also told us more crew members were up the road further, so it was to them, Bob hurried to give the information we had received after he had hidden me in a haystack and this was the last I ever saw of him. Almost ten minutes later a slave laborer passed my hiding place and informed me the Wermact was on its way. A few minutes after this they were knocking at my door by sticking bayonets in the haystack. Naturally they soon dug me out. They questioned me, slapped me about a little, shoved my face in a bit, and were decidedly unfriendly toward me all in all. Finally they gave up their sport and the oberlieutenant turned me over to two of them with the order to take me to the village, My two escorts were just kids-mean little brats, and I tell you I en- tertained them on that eight miles in! One of them hadn't seen a forty-five apparently, for he amused him- self by shooting it off, making me a practice target on the line of William Tell and his apple. Taking no chances on his marksmanship, I hit the dirt everythne. I walked on soft, uneven ground, I hobbled, I crawled, it seemed a thousand miles, but with the other assisting me with a very helpful boot every twenty feet during my crawling stages, we finally made it. They took me to a converted house full of other Germans and K. T., our pilot. K. T. said in an earlier German evacuation, apparently during the time I was traveling the torture trail. He had been left behind due to a sprained ankle. We pulled out that night as scheduled, moving on to a town about 25 miles away where we were thrown in jail. The American army liberated us five days later. During those five days we were prisoners my leg nearly drove me crazy, American doctor's attention was most welcome, believe me. It was a speral break, starting half way down the leg, ending at the ankle bone, of course the neglect it had received did it no good, and I was shipped to a hospital in England as soon as possible. There the doctors feared for awhile an amputation would be necessary. Fortunately it wasn't and as it became better, once transportation was available, I was shipped here. Of course, it's hard still being in the cripple stage after so long, but someday I will walk again and with my own two legs. In the meanwhile, it's not unpleasant here. No, it wasn't unpleasant at the hospital. His sunny disposition made him a favorite with all. The nurses claimed he did a great deal toward l f54J o a The Aquilo spreading sunshine among the other patients of his ward. This Mary Jane and I could easily understand for each visit with Jim- my found us the entertained not the entertaining. G. Ardith Smith '49 The North Carolinian Bob Collier was a big North Carolinion who joined our outfit-141 Field Artillery Battalion-in Africa on September 15, 1943. Bob soon became a well known figure in the 141st for he was always gay and his kindness was a thing unsurpassed. The enlisted men and officers found themselves at- tracted to Lieutenant Col1ier's considerate attitude towards others and his sense of humor they all admired. Bob was six and twenty years of age and had been married for four years. He proudly displayed an enlarged photo of his only son by sticking the picture to the side of his jeep for every one to see. All of these things concerning Bob I found out before we left Africa. Yet, it was not until we had been committed to physical combat with the enemy that I really got to know him. The Battalion sailed from Bizerte, Africa, to Sicily. After the short campaign we left Sicily for the Italian mainland. Here as in Sicily Bob and I spent our time at ground observation with the Infantry. Our experiences in the lines drew us closer and closer. At night while we were sharing the same fox hole, Bob would talk for hours about his wife and son. It was a subject that always gave him great pleasure. I often teased him by threat- ening to write Janis, his wife. His answer was always the same wait, I'll let you know when you may write her . That time came shortly after we had established the Anzio beachhead. We had been struggling to keep the Germans from pushing us into the sea for several days. On February 19, 1944. the Germans unleashed one of their ferocious attacks in hope of wiping out the beachhead. During the course of the encounter Bob met up with his fate. A German 88 shell ex- ploded next to us wounding Bob in the stomach and in the back of his head. When I tried to dress the fatal wounds with the inadequate medical supply I had on hand he attempted a smile and with a gasping breath uttered. Don't waste your bandage on me, Gerry, for you may have to use it before the day is over. By the way, you may write Janis now. These were his last words. Gerard J. Bouchard '49 Double Talk I am going to cite some words or terms that are or were used by peo- ple in certain walks of life to mean one thing but that were likely to sug- gest something quite different to the uninitiated. Go to the blackboard, Leonard, draw something, and tell the class what it is . I went to the board and drew a picture of a dray and to my surprise neither my first grade teacher nor any of the children in the class knew what it was, I can still remember how exasperated I was at their C557 . - The Aquilo TH' stupidity. I thought everyone knew that a dray was a strong, low cart or wagon without permanent sides used for carrying heavy loads. Simply because a farmer sometimes uses a fiddle doesn't mean he plays at barn dances. For a fiddle to,a farmer is likely to mean a grass seed sowing machine. It isn't worked by a sort of bow fastened to a fan in the machine in such a way that the fan is set in motion and blows the light grass seed evenly over quite a wide area Cprobably twelve to sixteen feet widej. A man using a fiddler seeder looks from a distance as if he were walking along at a good pace playing the fiddle for dear life. Suppose you heard two old timers talking about how useful a toad is. Don't think for a minute they would mean a common garden variety of fly catching hop-toad. They would be referring to a sort of primitive dray made from a tree crotch. In the days when new farmers had to clear land they would start out by making a toad . All they needed was an axe and some muscle and a tree with just the right sort of crotch and they could form a crude vehicle that would haul just about any log or stone or stump that could be rolled on to it, provided the oxen or horses were :powerful enough. The toad could stand any load, and tires were no problem at all. A toad never had a flat. Just about any of you would know what to and fro means if you should read that the pendulum swings to and fro . But who in this group knows what a froc is? Abraham Lincoln knew what a froc was-he us- ed it in splitting rails, In fact, anyone who wanted to split a log or pole in quarters used one for a froc is nothing more nor less than a cross-shaped splitting wedge. A youthful New York resident was spending a few days at his grand- father's farm and Nwas seeing strange and wonderful things and learning more than he had ever dreamed possible. You see, like many city people he thought that he possessed a greater store of knowledge than the average farmer. He had felt that people who didn't happen to know just the facts he knew were unspeakably ignorant. But he was learning by leaps and bounds. One day Grandfather was doing a minor repair job in the tool shed while his grandson idlv sat nearby watching him work and wonder- ing what possible use could be had for manv of the gadgets hanging on the tool shed wall. One mvsterious implement seemed to fascinate him and finally he pointed to it and asked his preoccupied grandfather what it was That? Oh, that's a poverty stick , replied the old man with a chuckle. The answer intrigued the youngster and he directed a vollv of Questions at his grandfather. A poverty stick turned out to be a flail, that pre-machine thresher of small grain. The flail was so named bv farmers because when the threshing machine was first invented only the wealthv farmer could afford the expensive new machine. The poorer ones contented themselves with the hard-on-the-muscles poverty stick. And so it goes-a painter may be a dauber of paint, or it mav be a rope used to make fast a small boat: a dutchman may be a Hollander, or it mav be a piece nailed on to a short studding to make it the desired length: a scab mav be the visible result of a bout between a swinging door and vour nose-or it mav be a small piece of board or plank nailed over a splice in a studding or post to give added strength to the splice. Fish plates aren't alwavs part of the service at a fish dinner either: they may be pairs of steel reinforcing plates used to strengthen splices or weak spots in timbers used in building. f56l -'-'-- The Aquilo Now that I have started the game go on and play it with yourself. It's as much fun as solitaire and much better for your vocabulary. Leonard Benson '49 ln The Dumps It has been my experience to be down in the dumps in the most literal sense of the phrase. The average person turns up an aristocratic nose at the word dump , having an obvious dislike for the unpleasant picture which rises in his mind at the sound or sight of the term. Thereupon, I am not the average person. I love dumps! What could be more fascinating than to ramble leisurely through a dump with no other thought in mind than to see what you can see . It must be the idea of getting something for nothing that appeals to me. CIt has been put to me by my family that my reward for research in these lines might have been tuberculosis, lock-jaw, and numerous other diseases too horrible to mention. However I never gave this a serious thought.J On numerous occasions in the past I had opportunities to investigate conditions in the Bangor City dumps, and I must here remark that they were pretty good. Conditions have seemed to improve even more lately. It was rather recently that I read of two boys finding a one hundred dollar bill there. Money was not my incentive in my dump-going days, however. A friend and I had set up a sort of laboratory Cwe called itl wherein we car- ried on dark and dire experiments with flour, water, and coloring.J As our parents were hardly sympathetic with the idea of our using their cooking dishes as lab equipment, we were forced to turn elsewhere, both for con- solation and equipment. The logical solution to our problem was the dump. There we wandered hour after hour, day after day, peering into rusty tin cans, bouncing on discarded bed springs and generally enjoying ourselves. And the loot! That was the best! We salvaged this thing, that thing and everything! A rusty stove, little pill boxes, old hats Qnon-essential to the lab, but temptingl, bottles. jars, tubes, plates, truly a wealth of mater- ial! What fun we had! The fascination never seemed to wear off. There was always more to be discovered, more territory to explore. We neglected the lab to just look for things. My parents were kept in the dark as to my dump activities for quite awhile. I was assumed to be playing with one of her little friends. The day of sad awakening came however. One bright summer day some ritzy relatives came from out of state to visit us. As usual I was out perusing the dump. Mother, unaware of whereabouts, but wanting to show our hen how much she's grown called me several times and received no answer. Therefore when she caught sight of one of my chums across the street, she called her over. Have you seen Marilyn ? she inquired hopefully. Sure, She's over to the dump, again, answered chum . I'cl like to go to, but mama won't let me. The relatives took this in with interest. Mother could only look horrified. They all rode over to the dump after me. -- C577 The Aquilo i ---1 This rather put an end to my days at the dump. Mother never could seem to get over the time her little flower turned up smelling so odor- ous , especially in front of Aunt Edythef' Many have touching cases of heart-ache when hearing an old song Some have slight cases of maldemer when regarding the ocean. I, per- haps, am the only one to feel nostalgia at the sight of a pile of tin cans. There's just something about a dump ..,.. Marilyn Johnson '49 Merry Christmas Jim leaned back from his writing and thought how lucky he was. He had never seen a better Christmas it seemed. Soon he would be home with Janice and everything would be perfect. He would soon forget the long months overseas after he was again with his wife. He smiled up at Janice's picture and resumed his writing. I hate to spend another Christmas away from you, Hon, but at least this will be the last one. My name is on the list for return to the States. It went on this morning, it's a swell Christmas present. I am scheduled to leave for Le Havre January third so you can expect to see me by the fif- teenth. I planned not to tell you so I could surprise you but I know how happy the news will make you. I had to write you. My stretch overseas has been good in one respect, I've saved a lot of money since I left the States. Counting the money I have sent you and the few hundred I have here, we have nearly five thousand salted away. We can get that house on North Street that we always wanted. Living in an apartment while I've been away has been no fun I know but that will be ended soon. I told you in one of my letters that I wrote to Mr. Wilkins about get- ting my old job back as soon as I get home. I heard from him yesterday and he said he was waiting anxiously for my return to the old desk. I'll have to close for now, Janice. We will be together soon but for now Merry Christmas with All my love, Jim!! Jim folded the letter carefully and sealed it in an envelope. He lit a cigarette and leaned back to dream through the haze of smoke. His dreams were abruptly disturbed when Nick, his orderly, entered the room. From your wife, Captain, I can tell by the perfume, joked Nick. Jim thanked him as Nick went through the doorway and wasted no time in tearing open the scented envelope. Dear Jim, I don't know how to begin this, Please, try to understand. You've been away a long time and God only knows how much longer you will be gone. I haven't told you because I didn't want to hurt you but now that tihe war is over and you still haven't come home I feel I must. I want a lv-J! Jim put the letter down and reached for his letter to Janice. As he tore the happy news to his wife into shreds, he stared at J anice's picture. Outside he heard Nick call out to a friend Merry Christmas. M. Niles '49 -3- I : QSSJ --'-'The Aquilo The Improvement oi: the Improved Breed ot Jackasses A jackass is a funny animal: to get him to do a day's work he must be pulled, and pushed, and prodded, and coaxed, and bribed, but at the end of the day he may be turned loose and he instinctively wanders into a field of clover and lives happily ever after. A student is a funnier animal: he too must be pulled, pushed, prodded, coaxed, and bribed, but on being turned loose, having free will instead of instinct, he is more likely to wander into a field of marijuana, where he may have a high old time for a while, but does not live happily ever after. Evidently there is need for the student to learn something during the day. This is what is known as an educational problem. About the education problem a lot has been said-and very well said, too-but only a little has been done-and not very well done, either. If you ask any teacher what is wrong with educational methods, he will immedi- ately tell you. That shows you how smart teachers really are, regardless of what's been going on out in Colorado, or somewhere, where someone has been making teachers look bad by asking them foolish questions like, Where are the Great Lakes ? It's surprising how many people really don't care just where the Great Lakes are. Ask a teacher why more educational reforms have not been effected and he will immediately tell you that the necessary reforms are so drastic that they constitute too large a dose for the patients concerned, meaning school boards, the general public, Demo- crats or Republicans, etc., to take. And that is exactly the right answer. However this needn't be discouraging, rather it should be a challenge 9 and I accept the challenge. This large dose can be converted into smaller pills, and so, whether the world is ready or not, I am offering Palmer's Pink Pills for Panicky People. Let us disdain to pussyfoot around this problem. Hew to the line, let the chips, eac. We begin, at another beginning, by rewriting the Declar- ation of Independence, not all of it, but just that line about all men being equal, which is a pretty controversial statement, and doesn't work out too well. Let's say that all men are created possessed with the same amount of energy. That may be just as controversial, but it works out better, for my purposes, - Energy is what makes us develop. We develop as we are bent, as we are directed, or as we have the opportunity. Let's see how that works out in school. For brevity's sake, we will consider athletics as representing all ex-currciula activities. In school, the athletically inclined student becomes more 'and more athletic, and devotes more and more time to athletics, with less and less time to scholastics, until finally he graduates, too musclebound and too little acquainted with lesser athletes like Dickens, Shakespeare, Euclid, Einstein, etc. On the other hand, the bookish inclined becomes more and more book- ish and less and less athletic until he graduates knowing all about Dickens fdead these many yearsb, and looking too much like him. A strong brain in a weak body may write beautiful tragedies, while he lives, but he becomes such an introvert that he soon becomes unhappy, and dies. These two cases show the way to an easy solution of their problem. Simply strike an average grade in each classg then allow the above-average students to participate in ex-curricula activities and prohibit the below- ' C593 The Aquilo average from participating. This will give the bookish more opportunity, and less competition, in athletics, and they will develop roundly. The mus- cle-bound will use their energy to learn more so that they can go out and play too, but of course the average will rise, and there will always be fifty percent playing and fifty percent studying. Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that you'll lose too may football games, Puppycock! There is just as much need, probably more, of intelligence on the playing field as there is for weight and muscle. Look what the little Oriental peoples did with their jiu-jitsug mind over matter. The football greats have not been stolid, outsized, bone-crushersg they have been smart, fast, and shifty. Consider how Einstein could have baffled opposing backs by simply going off into his fourth dimension. In addition, more and better muscles are developed by application than by in- clination. That first pill will take us through high school, foh yes it will! and bring to our colleges a throng of rosy-cheeked, healthy, brain-trusters. Now we take the second pill. This second pill cannot be taken in high school for several reasons. among which are immaturity, lack of entrance exam- inations, and the fact that the first pill must be taken and thoroughly digested first. , You may gag a little on this pill, even as you did on the first, but of course after I show you how easy it is to take this one you will swallow it easily, even as you did the first one. Some work has already been done on this pill insofar as it is affected by entrance examinations, but that phase needs more in the way of stand- ardization. Colleges have begun to realize that, in consideration of the wide variation in secondary schools and secondary teachers Qsome of each of which should in truth be classed as thirdary J entrance examinations must determine how much voltage is required to light the bulb, rather than simply to read the wattage which is stamped on the end of the bulb. The impossibles and improbables having been weeded out by stiff I. Q. tests, we now have a healthy, intelligent, and partially matured group with which to deal. We may presume that they possess a degree of com- mon sense, a somewhat rounded outlook, and the beginnings of judgment and ethics. Looking forward four years, to the world into which they will be loosed, we find that the largest portion of the world's trouble and weakness lies in lack of unity, inability to cooperate, and a definite disregard of the Christian principle of helping one another. Our problem then is to instill these qualities in our students, and again of course, the answer is very simple-let them practice just that for four years! You think perhaps this is impossible? Again I say puppycock! Con- sider the present system. Each student works independently and is mark- ed, graded, and graduated accordingly. Does this not strike you as being somewhat of a horse race, wherein the winner is bedecked with flowers and a substantial purse, while the laggard is flagged out, and he who breaks his leg is shot? Is this what we are trying to achieve in school? Certainly not. We know that in unity lies strength. We know it is God-like to help one another. Then let's do it that way! Every class in every subject has good and poor students. The poor stu- dent is discouraged by the facility of the good student and the good student is bored by the trudging of the poor student. Yet they are not given a common interest in one another's problems-during examinations they are f60l f The Aquilo even forbidden to help one another. Give the class an average mark, for instance C, and mark the below-average students C-, and the above aver- age C+. Encourage them to work together to pull up the class average. Give frequent examinations covering the material you want them to ab- sorb. Make the examinations tough and comprehensive--then leave the room! How many students bother to learn the correct answers to ques- tions they miss on an examination? Not many. But consider a roomful of students working together toward a common goal, the quick helping the slow, all cooperating to raise the class average. The slow will seek help from the quick and the quick will gladly explain to the slow, all cooperating to raise the class average. The slow will seek help from the quick and the quick will gladly explain to the slow, and all will know more about the sub- ject when the examination is completed, and that's what we wanted, isn't it? By practicing and learning unity, cooperation, and helpfulness, the stu- dent incidentally learns more whatever he is studying. Now look what we have for graduates: merchants and builders who have learned to get along together successfully, politicians who can cooper- ate in national affairs, internationalists who can get along with other nations. Need we fear Russia with graduates like these? Not unless some Bolshevik has beat me to it. Robert P. Wilson '49 Game Time I stood before my locker and thought about today's game. I should have been burning with excitement but the usual zest for a game was missing. The game seemed to be of no more importance than any practice scrimmage and this attitude filled me with a sense of guilt. I undressed mechanically and with much more care than necessary hung my street clothes in my locker. After a second check on my wallet and watch I closed my locker and climbed over several bags of gear to the taping table. It was then that I noticed I wasn't alone in this disquieted feeling. As the coach wound a lattice work of tape around my knee I had an opportunity to study the faces of my teammates. It was quite appar- ent from their unusual silence and the uninterested manner in which they readied themselves for the same that they shared my frame of mind. The taping job finished, I returned over the gear strewn route to my locker. This time I moved hurriedly so that I might sooner join the ma- jority of the team who had completed their preparations and were out- side. The nearly empty room suddenly reeked of sweat and antiseptic and increased my feeling of uneasiness. Outside, the evidence of lack of interest was even more noticeable. On all other similar occasions the men would be running around catching passes and loosening their legs and shoulders. But today everyone was standing around talking in groups of four or five. The coach must have sensed the situation because his pep talk was Very brief. It consisted merely of naming the starting line-up and in- structions to the captain concerning the kick-off. Nothing sounds as hol- low as a do or die pep talk when the do or die spirit is missing. It is usually more harmful than helpful. I made a final examination of my shoe lacing more as routine than C613 The Aquilo - necessity. So also were my pads and taping checked and I was ready to play. With no one speaking and only an occasional tapping of cleats on the floor the silence was almost unbearable. , Finally at a nod from the coach we ran out into the sun. Somewhere from the rear a weak voice called, Let's give them hell, guys! M. Niles' 48 Qaid I was just parting the sheets on my bunk preparatory to lying down for my daily afternoon snooze, when I was rudely interrupted by the blast of the alert siren on the orderly room. Also adding to the din was Hall call- ing over the loud speaker, Everybody out with your weapons, Raid. As I came stumbling out of the tent calling Hall every name in the book for ruining my snooze Danny grabbed me and started hauling me towards the orderly room. With Danny tugging on one arm, I had only one arm to try and hook up my pants and tie my shoes. So when I stumbled up in front of the orderly room it isn't any wonder that I looked more like the village drunk on his weekly bout than a soldier reporting for duty. Even after I arrived at the orderly roomfl wasn't given a chance to stranghten myself out. Hall shoved me into a waiting jeep, and climbed in and started off with me hanging on by my toenails. After I fished a half dozen clips of tommy gun ammunition out of my pants, and tied my shoes I was ready to start making room to sit down in the jeep, The thing was piled to the hilt with ammunition. As I look back over that episode I still can't figure out how I found room to sit down. When we left the rest of the company was just forming, and getting the vehicles ready. But I soon found out what all the hurry was about. We were out on a raid on a small village just outside Pisa, and we had to take the long way around since we had the nasty job of holding the back way out of the village. Our little armada consisted of one armored car, a half track borrowed from the 442 Combat Team fthe famous Jap-American Outfitj, and our jeep. there were three men in the armored car and five men in the half track. We were a formidable looking group when we thundered through Pisa raising a din. The company going the shorter way arrived at the village first, and their arrival there got us in a pickle. They had stirred up the hornet's nest, and we were received in fine style. They were swarming out the back way as we poked our noses around the bend in the road. Like the crazy fools we were, we went around in the open jeep first, and as we hit the straightaway the Windshield disappeared. The outcome of that was we were all picking glass out of ourselves for the next six months. Quick ac- tion on Bob Barlow's part saved our skins, and under cover of the fire from the armored car and half track Hall swung the jeep back of an Italian horse cart. There was an old fox hole under the cart, so Hall and I crawled into that: and Danny scooted over behind a low wall. I soon was to wish that I had gone with Danny, because some sharp shooter hit the wine keg on the cart and started a flood. Our little hole didn't take long to fill up, and when we poked our noses out in search of a new place we damned near lost them. C622 W i The Aquilo Hall got creased right across the seat of his pants, and he couldn't sit down for a few days. After making a couple attempts to move, we decided it would be safer to wallow in the mud and wine. The climax came with a bang, and scared the hell out of me. The arm- ored car was to the far right and we were in the middle, and the half track had gone back a way toqget some more ammunition, Hall was firing at our target and I was filling in for the half track, when five of the desperadoes tried to run for it. Hall swung around with me, but it looked as if a couple of them were going to make it across. But the half track headed back and caught them about half way across the field. There sure was a lot of scurrying to throw their guns down when they saw the half track. The sorriest bunch of humanity, I have ever seen we hauled back to the clink that night. Millard Fairley '49 Every Sunday Morning lt always began around nine o'clock every Sunday morning. Getting four children ready for church was no small job. By the time one was ready, the other three had disappeared. Long after the final bells had toll- ed we piled into the car. Ma, pushing back wisps of hair from her flushed face, sternly warned us to keep still and sit still in church. Being thus late, we always had to march down the aisle during the opening hymn to find a vacant pew, Ma would try to maneuver us into the pew so that she and Dad could sit between the most likely trouble makers, but we usually succeeded in evading her and grimly she took her place on the end. For the first fifteen minutes our pew was comparatively quiet. Then someone always produced a pencil and paper. A look of defeat would strike mother as she saw it, but all her head-shaking was in vain. Many notes were passed along the pew, accompanied by stifled giggles. As soon as the pew began to vibrate, Ma would give the nearest of us a poke with her el- bow. This was always a mistake. For the pokes flew down the length of the pew, each with renewed vigor and more outbursts of snickering. As the end of the sermon neared my father's head would begin to nod. Ma's elbow would then go to work again, this time on Dad. This always brought forth spasms of coughing from him and uncontrolled laughter frm us. The choir would then focus cold stares upon us. CI have always felt that they took the Wrong attitude since we supported them most vig- orously in the-hymn singing.J At last the final hymn was sung and we stood stiff as pokers while the benediction was given. Perhaps at this point the reader may ask, Why, pray tell, did your mother ever take you ? That is a hard question to answer. Maybe she thought through constant church attendance we would, of necessity, ab- sorb some religious education. Or maybe she thought we could cause less trouble in church with her than at home Malone. Frank L. Kenney '49 - my . The Aquilo Marfs Best Friend It is the saying, is it not, that man's best friend is his dog 'Z If this be a true statement fwhich I don't think it isj my best friend pulled a Benedict Arnold sort of trick on me this morning. My dog is a member of the aristocratic terrier family from Boston, more commonly known as the plain Boston Bull. From birth this pup, christened Buster , has had a grudge against dogs, not any one kind of dog, but dogs in general. Rather small himself, but undaunted by the size of other dogs, he tackles with equal gusto the St. Bernard and the Pekin- gese. The family, in their amusement, encourage rather than discourage him in his hostile attitude towards members of his own biological group. Sometimes, however, this dislike of his proves more disastrous than amus- mg. Today was a typical example of this. It is Sunday and a beautiful day, in fact just the right kind of a day to walk a dog. As I had an errand at the drug store and as Buster was peering wistfully out of the window, said I, Why not take him along? I did, That was my big mistake of the morning. I should have sus- pected foul play when he seemed so anxious to go. I, too, should have look- ed out of the window at the pack of dogs loitering a short distance down the street. Oblivious to these storm warnings and with Buster straining at his leash, I blissfully headed for the drug store. This part of the journey was' free from mishap. Having made my purchases, I, with numerous bundles, an ice cream cone, and Buster, started for home. Alas and alack! As we neared our destination from a side street there came a dog, a big one, then another and another. Buster, paying his respects to a telephone pole, didn't see them. I, therefore, had time to gather him up before the fracas started. At this point Buster saw the dogs and the dogs saw Buster. Sudden- ly I couldn't see anything, being completely surrounded by dogs. Buster, with Napoleonic vigor, fought them all at once. Meanwhile with my packages falling right and left, before the eyes of the church goers, who were just leaving the church from the morning ser- vices, I kicked one dog in the teeth, swore at two more, disabled another ftemporarily, at leastl with a well aimed ice cream cone, and made a mighty dash for home and safety. Buster is now lying peacefully on the rug with what seems to me to be a silly smirk on his face, In fact the only time he has shown any remorse is when the minister brought my previously dropped packages to the house. Perhaps what Buster needs is a good lecture .... or a punishment .... or both. Excuse me a minute, will you please? Marilyn Johnson '49 l64l a ' -The Aquilo Bird Oi: Omen Now, Effie, there's no call to get yourself all in a lather about things. Everything's gonna be all right .... Just relax an'. . How can I relax, you featherhead! Twenty-one people coming for dinner an' me still trying to remember how I make those blamed pumpkin pies! Grandmother's house . . . Grandmother's house! Honest t' God, Ed, I'd like to get my hands on the guy who thought up that '. . . over th' hil? to grandmother's house gag. I thought when I got to be fifty I could res . Ed Thomas took several letters out of his pocket and thumbed through them, stopping now and then to take two or more olives out of a dish and line them up on the table. When he had finished reading he counted the olives on the table. Yep, twenty-one. Honest, Effie, if our kids doln't stop havin' kids, this Thanksgivin' business will be getting out o an . Getting out of hand l Effie slammed open the oven door and pulled out an enormous turkey- How am I going to know when the blasted thing's cooked? Answer the telephone, Ed. She put five pies in the oven and banged it shut. Then she stabbed a fork deep into the turkey resting ponderously in its pan on the stove. Okay, that's fine. Ed hung up the receiver and announced, Well, they're all in town, just waiting for the plow to start out this road. Just look at that snow piling up! Never saw it drift so fast. I'll get the cider up from the cellarg man, she's really hard this year. I gave Tom Jacksone a couple of glasses of it Monday, an' he tried to drive his team off 'thout untying them from the pump. Like to 'uv torn the pump up. Effie sagged into a chair and grimly ran her eyes over the food on the kitchen table and on the stove. On the table: apples, nuts, celery, olives, cranberry sauce, and pickles. On the stove: mounds of potato and squash, ghd huge pans of rolls. It looked more like a church supper than a family inner. Ed came up from the cellar, smacking his lips, Better try some. Effie, . . . good for your nerves. He poured out a generous glassful and handed it to his wife. She sighed and drank deeply. Say, that is good, Ed. I feel better already. Let 'em come-the whole twenty-one of them-I'll be ready. 'Bout time that plow was goin' by, isn't it? They both looked out the window to where the road lay under huge drifts of swirling snow. Ed said something about the plow having a hard time breaking through. They had more cider. Silently they watched the snow pile up. Good Lord, my pies! Effie ran to the stove, yanked open the oven, and started pulling out pies. Just right. Her tone was a little brag- ging now. She put the pies on the kitchen table and surveyed the room somewhat defiantly. Well, I guess I did it . . . I'm ready. There's the phone again, I'll answer it. Probably just leavin' town an' want us to know. Only five miles. They'll likely follow the plow right out. Ed strained his eyes down the road to the next hill. Hello . . . Alice? Yes . . . Are you just starting? What? Repeat C653 The Aquilo '- that! Well I'll be- Tomorrow, huh? Yes, Of course . . . the hotel . . . not bad they say . . . sure, next year . . . Bye now. Hanging the receiver up slowly, Effie went back to the table, and silently picked up her glass of cider. After drinking half it, she filled Ed's glass, Plow broke down, about half-way out. Can't get it fixed until to- morrow. Deliberately she went over to the stove and jabbed a long- handled fork into the breast of the turkey, where she left it, sticking up like a dagger. Back at the table, she and Ed finished their cider in silence. Finally Effie hiccoughed and giggled. You know where we made our mistake, Ed? That first Thanksgivin' together. Well, if we'd been smart, instead of eating turkey that day, we should have cooked the damn Stork ! Robert P. Wilson '49 MOVIE HOUSE BLUES I am writing on the movie Pleasant entertainment, yes? At times, perhaps. But sometimes, 'tis A trial of great duress! For example: You are tired. You have need of peace and rest. You have visions of perceiving Lana Turner at her best. It is therefor that we find you Stumbling down the darkened aisle To find a seat. And there's one! You sit down, relax, and smile. Too bad! It's a seat ill-chosen! To sit there, have will-power strong. For you'll soon learn that your neighbor's Chewing pop-corn, loud and long. And that man that's just behind you Has a sweet tooth, sad to say Crackling papers,serenade you. Will he never go away? Then the youngster on your left side. ' CHe is teenage, right in style.J Blows and breaks those monstrous bubbles. Keeps you jumping all the while. Never mind, t'will soon be over Look ahead, enjoy the show. No use, you think, that woman's hat Rises seven yards or so. : I : ,U C665 The Aquilo Here comes Elmer Five-by-seven. Sees a seat right in your row. Squeezes by you wheezing loudly, You decide its time to go. Home at last! Ah, peace and quiet! Now a lesson you well know. To appreciate relaxation, First, attend a movie-show! Marilyn Johnson '49 BLACK AND WHITE From her vast immensity The moon looks down to see Mountains, valley, cities, towns Peoples' smiles, tears or frowns. Little white cottages nestled in glens Filth, squalor, mere crumbling dens Peace, quiet, woodland trees War scarred cities, refugees Those who bask in Fortunes smile Those who run the tortured mile Rich men, poor men, young or old Each with his role, each with his goal. Famous men with name farflung Heroes with praise unsung Charity which claims no praise Selfish souls throughout the days. Rampant crime, terror, fear Brotherly love, happiness, cheer Men of darkness, men of light A world set out in black and white. G. Ardith Smith '49 C673 V I w L --1 The Aquilo PRES!-IMAN JUNIOR COLLEGE I.:-fl to right: Peter DiMa1'c-0. F. Hope Fleming. Jay Brewer. Martin Jamieson, .lr- Class Qfiiicers .IAY A. BREWER F. HOPE FLEMING President Secretary Monticello, Maine Houlton, Maine MARTIN L. JAMIESON, JR. PETER DIMARCO Vice-President Treasurer Millimwket, Maine iMiIIinm-ket, Maxim- f70J 4 Class Adams Edmond R. Fort Fairfield, Maine Adams Evangeline L. Littleton, Maine A-dams, George S. Fort Fairfield, Maine Adams Marion T. Linneus, Maine Adams, Wallace L. East Millinocket, Maine Anderson, Lloyd J. Houlton, Maine Alnderson, M. Charlene Stockholm, Maine Astle, Weldon B. Millinocket, Maine Bates, Darrell H. Linneus, Maine Beaupre, Cecil A. Caribou, Manie Benson, Leonard E. Cambridge, Mass. Berry, Harold E. Houlton, Maine Bickford, Barbara D. Hodgdon, Maine Blckford, Earl H. Houlton, Maine Black, Averill L. Amity, Maine Borden, Betty P. Caribou, Maine Bouchard, Gera1'd J. St. Agatha, Maine Bouchard, Henry J. Millinocket, Maine Boynton, Richard E. Millinocket, Maine Brewer, Jay A. Monticello, Mfaine Buck, Earle L. Mansfield, Mass. Burlock, Lawrence J. Houlton, Maine Calder, Paul H. Eastport, Maine C-amfpbell, Joan A. Houl-ton, Maine Cunnan, Donald G. Madlawaska, Maine Caruso, James P. Millinocket, Maine Cassidy, 'Thomas F. Lewiston, Maine Cllark, Vinal M. Shermain Mill-s, Maine Currier, Carroll R. Fort Kent, Maine Crandlall, Joseph R. Brownville Junction, Maine Davis, Harland C. East Vassalboro, Maine Day, Ray M., Jr. Washburn, Maine DlF1-ederico, James Millinocket, Maine DiMarco, Armando D. Millinocket, Mlaine DiMa.rco, Peter C. Millinocket, Maine Dow, Robert A. Foxboro, Mass. Duron, Jose M. Houlton, Maine Elliott, Ross G. Bristol, Connecticut Estabrook, Richard V. Hodgdon, Maine Fairley, Millard A., Jr. Houlton, Maine Farnum, Wesley Lewiston, Maine Faubent, Arthur L. Pawtucket, R. I. Fleming, F. Hope Ludlow, Maine Folsom, Gfarth 0. Monticello, Maine Fortier, Laurent G. Livermore Falls, Maine Fowler, Frederick Norcross, Maine Frey, Robert C. Scranton, Pa. C71 Girardin, Norman L. , The Aquilo Livermore Falls, Maine Ingraham, Shirley E. Houlton, Maine Graffam, Charles A. Bangor, Maine Grant, Ralph C. Houlton, Maine Greaves, Frederick J. Houlton, Maine Griffin, Thomas E. Washburn, Maine Haggerty, Helen G. Houlton, Maine Hathaway, Donald F. 1 Island Falls, Maine Hamilton, John E. Pittsfield, Maine Hough-ton, John CL Livermore Falls, Maine Hoyt, Philip A. Easton, Maine Huggard, Thomas W. Houlton, Maine Hyberts, Leslie C. Portland, Maine Ingraham, Shirley E. Houlton, Maine lrvifne, Clayton E. Solon, Maine Ivey, Betty R. Linneus, Maine Jamieson, Martin L., Jr. Millinocket, Maine Johnson, George S., Jr. Millinocket, Me. Johnson, Marilyn P. Wlnterporit, Maine Kenney, Frank L. New Vineyard, Maine Landers, Betty F. Houlton, Maine Lawler, Richard P. Houlton, Maine Lawson, Edward H. Woburn, Mass. Lenfest, Robert A. Vinal Haven, Maine Logan, James W. Eastport, Maine Lycette, Paul W. Houlton, Maine McConnell, Stefphen G. Eas-tport, Maine MacEacher1n, Robert A. East Millinocket, Maine McLaughlin, Frederick A. Houl-ton, Maine McKay, Kenneth W. Houlton, Maine McPartland, James F. Houlton, Maine Maria, Maine A. Portland, Maine Marcinkowski, Jane A. Springfield Mass. Mersereau. John W. Houlton, Mlaine Montgomery, Charles E. Millinocket, Me. Moore. Lois M. ' North Amity, Maine Moran, Martin A. Brownville Junction, Maine Morey, Lloyd W. Millinocket, Maine Morrison, Lewis S. Millinocket, Maine Nadean, John W. Fort Kent, Maine Nelson, Raymond E. Jr. Gardiner, Maine Niles, Julius M. Bath, Maine Newell, George E., Jr. Houlton, Maine Noyes, Glarith H. Houlton, Maine Osgood, Dwight M., J-r. East Millinocket, Maine I I The Aquilo Patriquln, Robert D. Pelletier, Robert E. Perry, E. Carolyn Pierce, Robert G. Porter, Lawrence E. Pound, Otis E. Richards, Malcolm E. Robshaw, John C. Rush, Nathan L. Russell, George F., Jr. Russell, Richard L. St. Peter, Willard R. Sargent, Barbara A. Sargent, Gean G. Slfaw, Wil-llam W. Mansfield, Mass. Sleeper, Joseph M., Jr. Caribou, Maine Bristol, Connecticut Snowman, Kenneth A. Orland, Maine Presque Isle, Maine Sonia, John W. Jr. Bath, Maine DeWitt, New York Spear, Elwood E. Fort Fairfield, Maflne Houlton Maine Steele, Robert E. Foxboro, Mass. Milluinocket, Maine Stewart, Harold L. Houlton, Maine Guilford, Maine Tompkins, Richard I. Houlton, Maine Bucksport, Maine Tootlfaker, Roe E. Strong, Maine Houlton, Mlaine Tozier, Maurice L. Bangor, Maine Houlton, Maine Varney, Vernabelle Houlton, Maine Houlton, Maine Watson, Clement E. Presque Isle, Maine Houlton Maine Wlilliams, Cecil M. Amity, Maine Patten, Maine Wilson, Robert P. Houlton, Maine Patten, Maine Yerxa, William E. Bridgewater, Maine Caribou Maine I C D I H L First Row: S. Boone, G. Morin, B. Hogan, G. Hates, G. Little, C. Hithei J 'VI1lls S. Walker. D. Addins. R. Hl1tl'11illS0ll.x Second Row: B. Grant. G. Dewitt. L. Sloat. G. Kicker. A. Wallaee B ltettdi If llentlerson, P. Ferrar. Il. Stewart.. P. Folsom. J. Mt:Cluskey. Third Row: E. Kelley, C. Plourde. A. XVi11'21l11S, W. Hanson. C. Xllley lN Buck halter, B. Brown. J. Ivey. J. Landers, H. Madden A. Bragan. Fourth Row: N. Colter. P. McLl:augl1in. P. LaFontaine. L. Ruth ll SJo1l1e1g C Morin, J. Fleming, K. Lowrey. R. McG'ary. JUNIOR CLASS CSecondaryJ CLASS OFFICERS President4Carl Bither Vice-President--Glenice Bates Secretary-Joan Mills Treasurer-Gloria Little Student Council Representative Faculty Advisor-Mr. Lidestri C '73 3 Lena Sloat First Row: M.lJuff,J.l'11ne1'son,.l. Wotlon, li. Kennedy, H. Johnstone, P Huber. C. Pipes, C. Thompson, R. DeWitt. Second Row: R. McBride, NV. Elliot, H. Miller, li. l'16lldUl'S01l, L. Rush, E. Cowperth- thwaite, N. Cullins, .l. Curtis, M. Haggerty, V. Ladd. Thi1'd Row: E. Colter, E. Lovely, B. Boone, H. Lunn, Slaunmy, J. Grass, E. Kelly E. Emerson, G. Baily. Fourth Row: V. Nicholson, L. S111ith, V. llilblrzird. IJ. Mcljonnld, L. Brown, P. Smith A. Cu1'micha.el, C. Hutchinson. SGP!-IOMOIQE CLASS tSecondaryJ CLASS OFFICERS President-Philip Bubar Vice-President-Horace Johnstone Secretary-Carl Pipes Treasurer-Rodney Kennedy Student Council Representative Joyce Harvey Faculty Advisor-Mr. Rich Front Row: E. Nicholson. B. Hoyt. A. Hanniug. f'Ia.rk. F. Du 1 I Im ev I Tidd, B. Young. H. Johnstone. S econd Row: E. Simms. L. Iugraham. Nl. Pomm-oy. .I. Gralmum N1 Xhhox Putnam, M. Hanuing, A. Sanford. H. Seward. Thin' Row: D. Wottou. B. Amderson. W. McGal'y. P. l'u1'n1icel11el F 'Xuho s 5. Madden P. Henderson. S. Small. Fo Adams. z Q f urth Row: F. Cook, VV. Grant. IX. Guy, A. Melntosh. li 'lilliulllll I XX 1 cf PRES!-IMAN CLASS QSecondaryD CLASS OFFICERS President-Barbara Young Vice-President-Frank Dunn Secretary--MHarriette Johnstone Treasurer-Joanne Lowrey Student Council Representative- Faculty Advisor-Mr. R. Bither 75 J Jacqueline 'I 03 First Row: L. Glazier. S. Boone. C. McNally, H. Boynton. K. Logie, C. Bither. Second Row: N. 'I'idd, G. VVot,1on, B. Roach, E. Lawson. E. Nelson, S. VValker, A. Whited. Third Row: li. Boynton. N. Rush. R. Adams. A. Dwyer, AL Doody, D. Stitham, R. f'l:n'k. Carolyn McNally Carl Bither Nadine Tidd Sybil Walker Robert Fayle Richard Lawlor Norman Rush Art Editors Robert Clark Edward Lawson Aquilo Stat? Editor-in-Chief Harold Boynton Associate Editors Literary Editors Sports Editors Photographers Lloyd Morey Business Manager Richard Boynton Assistant Business Managers Donald Stitham Typists Edythe Nelson Leora Glazier Reginald Adams Atwood Doody Faculty Advisors Kathryn Logie Sylvan Boone Barbara Roach Glenna Wotton Ormond Guillow George Russell Alton Dwyer Humor Editors Anna Whited Rita Junkins Mrs. Shirley Hatch, Literary Staff Mr. George Rich, Literary Staff Mrs. Myrtle Hayes, Managing Staff Mr. Andrew Lidestri, Managing Staff i781 Front Row: R. Fayle, .l. Walker, J. Graham. C. McNally, W. Jones, J. Houghton. Seocnd Row: L. Sloiat, V. Ladd. K. Logie, B. Roach, J. Lowrey, H. Johnstone. Third Row: L. Morey, R. Pierce. A. Mclntosh, G. Russell, V. Clark, C. Morin. Editor-in-Chief . Assistant Editor Literary Editor ........ Society Editor ........... Assistant Society Editor . . . Sports Editors ......... Alumni Editor ............ Business Manager .......... Assistant Business Manager . . . Circulation .... AdVePtlSlHg ............... Photographer . . . Reporters ........ Class Reporters: Senior ..... Junior ..... Sophomore . . . . Freshman .... . . Qicker Reporter Stat? Carolyn McNally June Graham William Jones ..................JanetWalker LenaSloat .. Robert Fayle and Ormond 'Guillow GeorgeRussell John Houghton Vinal Clark Lloyd Morey ...................RobertPierce GeorgeRussell . . . Albert McIntosh and Carlton Morin . . . . Kathryn Logie and Barbara Roach Joan Mills VirginiaLadd Joanne Lowery and Harriette Johnstone C79J 4 First Row: R. Fayle, N. Duff, D. Dwyer, C. McNally, J. Houghton. J. Walker, ti. Perry, S. Boone, W. Adams. Second Row: lVlr. lnn1a11, Adviso1', J. Graham, M. Poniroy, J. Lowrey. U. Wotton. J. Graham, B. Hoyt, A. Sanford, S. NV.a1ker, M. Duff, L. Sloat, H. Seward. Third Row: W. Jones, F. Walker, A. Erickson, F. Kenney, A. Nlclnlosh, li. Clark, L. Morey, E. Llawson, C. Watson. Qicker Choir The Ricker Choir under the direction of Harold Inman has once again enjoyed a very successful year. With the able accompaniment of Carolyn Perry of Presque Isle, the Choir has sung at numerous places in Houlton, among them, the Unitarian and Baptist churches, the Houlton Business and Professional Women's Clubhthe Ricker Sophomore Speaking Exhibi- tion, and many assemblies in school. Many of the Choir's members have been active in church choirs and other outside singing. Carolyn McNally and John Houghton have both been very active in outside musical activities and both have represented Ricker at Houlton High School assemblies. Still outstanding and with the Choir from last year are Dawn Dwyer, Janet Walker, Sylvan Boone, Albert Ericson, Robert Fayle, and Wallace Adams. In addition quite a few new voices have been prominently heard this year. Among them are those of Joanne Lowery, Bill Jones, and Edward Lawson. For the first time, officers were elected by the Choir. They were: president, Robert Fayle, Millinocketg vice-president, secretary, and treas- urer, Carolyn McNally, Houltong and librarian Wallace Adams, Millinocket. Much credit must be given to Mr. Inman for the patience and hard work he has given to the Choir. This year he ordered an emblem for mem- bers of the Choir and has also secured certificates for members of the Min- strel Show. This singing group has become a recognized Ricker institu- tion. . fsoy Front, Row: J. Graham. Ei. Hare, C. McNally, K. Logie. N. Tidd. L. Glazier. Second Row: Mrs. Hatch, N. Rush. O. Pollard, D. Sloat. A. Doody, GL Rush. Third Row: D. Stitham. R. Adams. J. Greenleaf. A. Dwyer. M. Klein. G. Sewell. Senior Play The Senior Class Play, Midsummer's Madness , by Glenn Hughes and under the direction of Mrs. Shirley Hatch, was presented in the Houlton High School auditorium December 16. Numerous difficulties as occasioned by late arrival of scripts and cur- tailed rehearsals because of the power shortage seemed to jinx the play. But the class was determined to go on. Finally the night of the play ar- rived, all was ready for curtain rise, when Erma Hare, a member of the ori- ginal cast, was called home due to an emergency. Lee Glazier, prompter, was hurriedly drafted to replace Erma. Edythe Nelson handled the book for Lee , The play did go on with but little delay and it proved to be a creditable performance. f81l First Row: R. Hutchinson. C. Rush. J. Mcflluskey. B. Brown. G. XVotton. N. Unl- lins. R. McBride, G. Bates. .l. Lowa-cy. X Second Row: B. Hoyt, H. Seward, E. Clark. E. Nicholson. L. Ingralmam, ll. .lohn- stone, R. Henderson. D. Adams, E. Sanford, S. Walker. A. Hanning, Mrs. Wood. Advisor Third Row: M. Hanning. C. London, W. Elliot. M. Wilcox, P. Wiley, J. Curtis, J. Emerson, J. Graham. Fi. Small. J. Mills, D. Wotton. Future Homemakers of America Under the supervision of Mrs. Margaret Wood, a chapter of F.H.A. was organized early in the school year. The Future Homemakers of America is a national organization for girls studying homemaking in junior and senior high school. It's purposes are to promote a growing appreciation of the joys and satisfactions of homemaking, to emphasize the importance of worthy home membership, to encourage Democracy in home and family life for all, to promote inter- national good will, to foster the development of creative leadership in home and community life, to provide wholesome indivdual and group recreation, and to further interest in home economics. The following officers were chosen to serve for the school year: Presi- dent, Glenna Wottong Vice President, Norma Cullinsg Secretary, Rita Mc- Bride, Treasurer, Betty Brown, Historian, Glenice Bates, Reporter, Janet McCluskyg Song Leader, Joanne Lowry. The club has been very active this year. They have had food sales and dances. They have held several social gatherings. One of the special proj- ects was to adopt a foreign child from Germany. During the first week in November the F.H.A. observed their third birthday. During that week they sold tags and put up posters announcing the new club. They also de- corated the school building for Christmas, and had a birthday party for the members. f8Zl First Row: A. Doody, 0. Pollard, A. Dwyer. C. Bither, R. Clark. V. Huhhard. Sem-ond Row: R. Boone. H. Luuu. -I. Nichols, J. Fleming. E. Kelley, Mr. Rich, Advisor. Third Row: R. Mc-Gary. R. Mc-lntosh. D. Stitham. A. Mr-lntosh, N. Rush. H. John stone. G. Sewrll. P. Mc-Lvaughliu. I-li-Y In the spring of 1947 the Ricker Chapter of the Hi-Y was revived. The district director, Mr. Morrill Paine, officiated at the reorganization meet- ing, at which the following officers and faculty advisor were chosen: Fac- ulty advisor, Mr. George Richg President, Alton Dwyerg Vice-president, Carl Bitherg Secretary, Verdell Hubbardg Treasurer, Robert Clarkg Chap- lain, Owen Pollard. There are, at present, nineteen members in the club including the officers. In November the Ricker Hi-Y club sponsored a bus trip to Bangor to see the Freedom Train. On December 4, 5, 6 the members attended a state conference in Portland, Maine. During the school year 1947-1948 the offi- cers have attended three district conferences, one at Mars Hill, one at Cari- bou, and one at Ricker. When we entertained the members of the council, the initiation of all members took place at Houlton High School in a cere- mony conducted by the Houlton Hi-Y officers. At the meetings every oth- er Wednesday the members have discussed problems in connection with choosing a vocation. Th first week in May the club sent two delegates to the model legislature held at Augusta. There is planned a hot-dog roast at the end of the year for the members. The Hi-Y Club this year is very pro- gressive and has a great future in store for it. f83l l First, Row: J. Walker, P. Vlarke, R. Dow. Second Rowt Mr. Cotton, Advisor. VV, Farnllin. Student Christian Association The Student Christian Association held its first meeting early in the fall forelection of officers. Those elected were: Patricia Clarke, presi- dentg Robert Dow, vice presidentg Wesley Farnum, treasurerg and Janet Walker, secretary. To start off the year the Association organized a get-together party for the Junior College. The S. C. A. organized the weekly dances and gradually allowed other organizations to sponsor them under the direction of the Association. Meetings were disrupted during the power shortage for a time but were soon running again the same as ever. One of the high points of the year was the visit of Miss Betty Johns, representative of New England Student Christian Membership, who spoke at assembly and later talked to our Club, giving us helpful hints on a year- ly program. , This is the first year since before the war that the Christian Associa- tion has been active. It has laid a strong foundation for successful years in the future. C347 National I-lonor Society l V Firs-I Row: J. Mills, C. McNally, G. NVOtt0n. N. Tidd. K. Logrifx S. Bonne. Sem-ond Row: I.. Sloat, B. Roach, G. Rush. S. VValke1'. Third Row: R. Hutvhinsnn, F. VVilPy. R. Adams. J. Ivey, G. Ramps. Chess Club Sitting: R. l'lzlrk, Mrs. Halx-h, Mr. llatvh, .l. Gl'ewl1l0zlt'. Stumiiug: F. Funk. .L HOIIHYIYOII, A. Fflfllllil-'l'i. Ak Mvlntosh. MY. Schultz. Advisor llith.-r Y Hnhlmrrl, 1' 'I'hihzmlt. A. HVZIHEIII. Mr. Inman, D. Sititham. P. MCWAHIIQQIIHII C855 My V,,,-- ' 1 A 1 ' , ' I II :IEiE'I:,E ug- ff I5IggI53,m I 1 IIIIII IIIpIfI1,W I '5fI 'll' !'iiI I I ' 4. II', ' :I I' W UI' I I IIf1IfI I III 'I I I I 4? I :w an In IIIII1 II' ff'II I iff, I 'I IK I CE , , -I II' 'fI' ' I 'I ' i I I L I A 'eaQa,Im'gIlI, IE E al 5, II H QQ IP X2 -L R ii' R. f x I I IIIII FI Q' an A , f ' I '-- M LI- --'A A v , ,I ' I cvnumxlxujaf CV RICKIR CIASSICJL INSTITU72' C L -, ' ,wo JUNIDR cours: you rafv naw: IO I H P rrmn NIL. A-z.--wrvm run.-I-.-o. n.-k...,... G Y M N A5 I U N for S PICKER CCASSICJL I lvsrfrarz Amo JUNIOR 5011565 lloukon maine I I I I I I I lllllflllllt flllll' PIII! G RL L Elloom : ' u loom -HIE' I ul ::s:3 4 , .... : '- :IIT mnuv 'S ' .J.f11'f',,.... , Il Vlilflfm Yllfn UIIQSIWQ IOM!! m I1 VDIYIBLI BLERLNLI? I mf- ! - .,:::::. L it KIIIITIUCYDI flrsf floor plan If1Il'f.Ifl'f'. '.fIl:fm 'Q WCRLI 01 ffl' I7 . ,. ,Q . ', I ' anlllhafa-engineers nunuan bind' I mann: 9,9319 141,05 I ,JD IIICIIRIIHIC I-Ioor plan I I A-P ln- 4, I r First Row: K. Snowman. E. Duplissis. L. F'ortier. J-. Barber. T. Texido. Mascot. P. DiMarco. J. Gingrow, H. Boynton, C. Irvin, R. Elliot, Second Row: W. Hoyle, R. Boynton, .I. Sonia. R. Fayle. J. Guillow. R. Lewin. W. Astle, L. Jamson, J. Niles, J. Caruso. E. Nelson. Third Row: Mr. Washburn. A. Grlndle. C. Mooradian. N. Giradin. J. Rurlock. R. Steele, D. Hathaway. A. DiMarco. F. Piviello. J. DiF'rederif-o. W. Doe, Poach Bubar. College Varsity Football Last fall Ricker sported a football team with two victories and four losses. For the first time since 1936, the Ricker team defeated the Univer- sity of Maine Freshmen. Coach Hal Bubar lists the following lettermen for the season: Larry Fortier, Johnny Barber, Pete DiMarco, J im- my Gingrow, Had . Boynton, Ross Elliott, Dick Boynton, John Sonia, Bob Fayle, Bob Lewin, Weldon Astle, Beanie Jamieson, Julius Niles, Buff Caruso, Austin Grindle, Chuck Mooradian, Norm Girardin, Jack Burlock, Bob Steele, Don Hathaway, Fat DiMarco. Frank Civiello, Jimmy DiFrederico, and Boe Doe. Coach Bubar was generously assisted by Bill Washburn, a former football star for Penn State. At the close of the season, the team were guests of Coach Washburn at a banquet served at the Northland Hotel. Guest speaker was Adam Walsh, coach of football at Bowdoin College, and Coach Bubar served as toastmaster. Following the banquet, Jim DiFred- erico, a former star of Stearns High School, Millinocket. was unanimously elected Captain by his team mate.s C883 5 . N-.. ......... ww-N First Row: D. Brady. J. Gingrow. F. Mooradian. I.. Fortier. R. Cameron. Second Row: .l. Barber. J. Mock. T. Vlameron. W. Hoyle. Coach Cotton. Hockey Team The second edition of the R.J.C.-R.C.I. hockey team proudly points to a successful season of 5 wins as against 3 losses. By defeating Madawaska and Caribou at the Caribou Carnival in January, Ricker earned the title of Aroostook County Amateur Hockey Champions. The team was presented with a beautiful trophy which is now on display at the Presdent's office here at school. Another very commendable achievement was the team's showing against the strong Colby Frosh sextette. A look at the record will show that of the nine games Colby won only one team played better against them than did Ricker. This year's aggregation, although not as rich in reserve as last year's club, was a faster, more experienced, and better balanced combination. The smooth passing first line trio of Gingrow, Fortier and Brady supplied the squad with plenty of scoring punch. As a unit they scored 58 of the 66 goals Ricker blasted by enemy net-minders. Hoyle and Mock, working to- gether for the first time this year, proved to be an efficient and hard check- ing defensive duo. Although Mock was higher on the scoring list Hoyle carried an edge with his brilliant defensive play. Back in the nets this year was Chuck They Shall Not Pass Mooradian, who turned in his usual fine performance. In addition to the players already mentioned there were six other lettermen. They were Bob Lenfest, Spot Cameron. Mike Davis, John Houghton, Bob Steele and Tom Cameron. In the two years that Ricker has been represented by an ice hockey team it has established itself as a leading competitor in prep school and amateur circles. Perhaps next year will bring even more success. C803 4 -fr-V-7 , First Row: H. Mconwan, W. Jones. A. Black. G. Johnson, L. Morrison. V Second Row: H. Munson, Manager. VV. Flark. fi Williams. Coach Bubar. COLLEGE JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Instead of cutting the initial basketball squad down to just a varsity squad Coach Bubar devoted a few hours of his time each week for those who weren't selected for the varsity roster. Practice sessions were held primarily for those who Wanted the exercise and who liked to play basket- ball. Every so often a game was scheduled-four in fact. Due to the lack of a gym, limited practice sessions, and Mr. Bubar's other obligations, all four games were lost. Three acting coaches filled in for Coach Bubar when he was busy with his varsity squad. Mr. Cotton accompanied the Culls to Patten to play the Patten Plycos. The Ricker representatives were defeated by one point. Mr. Lidestri substituted as coach to Fredericton to play the UNB Jayvees. Les Canadiens defeated the Ricker Culls by six points. On a return game the boys from east of the border again defeated the Culls by 11 points. Mr. Shultz devoted an evening of his time to fill in for Mr. Bubar. The game on that evening, however, was cancelled because of the prevalent electricity shortage. , In a practice game, the Houlton Basketeers gave the Culls a wide-margin defeat. A Two of the original players, Hathaway and Johnson, were called up to the varsity roster to fill in for a few of the men who had turned in their uniforms. won -- -- Secondary Basketball Secondary Basketball started after a long delay due to lack of facili- ties. Coach Harold Bubar started practice with the help of Jimmy Di- Frederico. Thirty boys reported at the first practice, which was held in the Hodgdon gym. After two more practices in the Houlton gym, the squad was cut to fifteen men. The practices consisted of drills in the fun- damentals. All fundamentals of basketball were taught to build future teams, as all the boys lacked experience. No lettermen reported because last year's team was all seniors. The coaches did a good job with the ma- terial available. Due to the late start, few games were played, but im- provement was noticeable each game. Next year's team ought to be good with hopes of fourteen lettermen returning. and we will also have a new gym of our own. Best of luck in 1948-49. l First Row: fT'.Pln1lrde.R. Kennedy. L. Ruth. W. McGa.ry.' H. Johnstone. R. Rragan. Second Row: J. Fleming. Manager. F. Dunn. Uoarwh DiFrederico. R. McGary, B. Anderson. A. Dwyer. Manager. Third Row: H. Madden. J. Greenleaf. L. Brown. C. Morin. IA. Troy, ahsent when picture was taken.l C911 + COLLEGE VARSITY BASKETBALL With about 60 men answering the first call to the hardwood, Coach Harold Bubar got the 1947-1948 season under way. The greater part of last year's squad was back in uniform again. That group plus some very cap- able newcomers to Ricker eventually made up the squad that played out an eighteen game schedule winning some tough ones and losing some that were tougher. Leading the way were John Sonia, Bath, Jim DeFreder- ico, Millinocket, Bob Pelletier, Massachusetts. The successes as well as the failures of the above quartet were shared, equally, with the remaining members of the squad. Probably the highlight of the year was the defeat the varsity handed the Ricker Alumni who sported some terrific ball players including Ted Boynton, Bob Gates, Lloyd Pound, Hal Bossie, Joe Dobbins, Charles Osborne, and Harold Bubar. - Next winter will find the basketball squad on the new floor and this corner says W Foes watchout !! First, Row: H. Munson. Manager. J. Brewer. T. Griffin, J. DiFrede1'ic-o, J. Sonia. Il. Hathaway. J. Guillow. Second Row: A. Dilvlaroo. N. Girardin. R. Fayle. W. Doe. R. Pelletier. O. Pound, F Viviello. Fnach Ruhir. K92J l . W-. -- Standing: P. Cyr, J. Barber, W. Hoyle, G. York. B. lloe. A. Hickson. F. Uurrell, E. Burke, D. Osgood, 'Coach G. Bither. Kneeling: F. Kelley, G. Spooner, O. Guillow, C. Ladd, l.. Forlier, D. Fields, P. Dow. College Baseball -' Spring ot I947 Despite the late appearance of Spring, the Ricker Pastimers under Gordon Bither played games, winning two and losing four. The hitting power was good but the major weakness seemed to be the pitching staff, due probably to the fact that the hurlers had very little time to whip them- selves in shape. This spring will find Coach Bither out again with the ma- jority of last year's squad plus two very dependable chuckers in the per- sons of Jim De Frederico, who pitched very effectively for Greenville last summer, and Otie Pound, who got the starting rod in most of the 25 or 30 games played by the Emerson Pills of Millinocket. These two additions plus the rest of the Pastimers at school should put Ricker up there with the best of Prep School ball clubs. Schedule: Ricker Opponents May 10, 1947 12 Fort Fairfield 3 14, 16 A. S. N. S. 12 16, 6 Maine JV's 8 17, 3 H. C. I. 15 ' 24, 12 H. C. I. 13 ' 29, 1 A. S. N. S. 6 C 93 I EENCQING CLUB .em 1f'1rst. How: G. Bollchard. I.. Morey. M. Koritsky, P. Calder, J. Sonia, D. Brady VX. Mclntosh. S. Sheppard. J. Barber. A,. Faubert, M. Niles. Ml . Schultz. Se-cond How: B. Boone, P. 1311132112 J. Grass. C. Thibault, R, Kennedy, V. 1'IlllPlHl1'd IJ Mclionald, F. Vonk, W. Lovely. H. Lunn, P. Glascow. CHEERLEADERS rn'sr now: J. lVlillS. K. Logie. C941 iy. I.. M0011 AND 9 2 The Aq'ual0--- ----- Be not affronted by a joke. If one throws salt at thee, thou wilt re- ceive no harm, unless thou art raw. CFrom famous sayings by H. H. Inmany Once upon a time there were 100 ostriches gathered together for a big ostrich convention. Among the most famous ostriches there were Pres. Ozzie Schultz Ostrich, and Andy L. Ostrich, chief errand boy, bottle wash- er, and shoe shine boy. Finding that they were all out of meat balls for the spaghetti, Pres. Ozzie sent Andy to town to get some. While Andy was gone something scared all the other ostriches and as per usual they all im- mediately proceeded to stick their heads in the sand. Just then Andy rush- ed in, meat balls in hand, looked wildly around and shouted Where is everybody? fYou can have it, I don't want it, it's too dumb for mel. She sat there next to Morris, snugly close. Calling it proximity simply intimates slightly how close they were. They were compact imitating the inimitable sardine. She twitched, moved a little closer, if such were pos- sible. Morris could feel the warmth of her body as it pressed tightly close to his. But she seemed restless. She could not remain quiet. It was dis- concerting at such a time. Finally he yielded. His will power was gone. He rose and gave the lady a whole seat in the street car. An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they came from. Mrs. Morse: All men are fools. Mr. Morse: We were made that way, my dear, so all you women wouldn't be old maids. O. Pound: Frequent water drinking prevents you from becoming stiff in the joints. N. Girardin: Yes, but some of the joints don't serve water. Two rabbits were being chased by a pair of foxes that had ganged up on them. Only in the nick of time were they able to dodge into a hollow log. What'll we do now ? said one of them as he looked through the log and saw a fox at each end. Let's stay here until we outnumber them, said the other. Carolyn: Every time I'm kissed it upsets my nerves. If you were a doc- tor what would you give me? Jack: A nervous breakdown. When a car stalls on a country road, if the man looks in the girl's eyes, he's single, if he looks in the gas tank, he's married. A senior's love is like spring. She gives that come-hither look and the sap begins to run. Chaplain: My man, I will allow you five minutes of grace before the electrocution. Condemned man: Fine. Bring her in. Doug Sloat: I can't see what keeps you women from freezing. Kay Handy: You aren't supposed to, big boy. : I : + The Aquilo Anna Whited: But surely you did not tell Wallace straight out that you love him? ' l' ' J Betty Anderson: I should say not, he had to squeeze it out of me. Satan to new arrival: You act as though you owned this place. Norman Rogerson: Why shouldn't I? My wife spent five years giv- ing it to me. When in doubt about kissing your girl-give her the benefit of the doubt. Many a man has been stung trying to get a little honey for himself. Shortest poem ever written: ADAM HAD 'EM. Hazel Boutilier and Spot Cameron were out riding in the country. As they passed a pasture they saw two horses rubbing necks affectionately. Ah me, said Spot, that's what I'd like to do. Well go ahead said Hazel, the 'horse won't mind. Well nurse, how is the patient? I gave him the figs as you ordered, Doctor, but he keeps asking for dates. Kay Logie in restaurant: Why don't you shoe your flies? Proprietor: Well, you see, it's hot today, so I thought I'd let them run around barefooted. Norman Rush: Your stockings seem rather wrinkled. Betty Knapp: You sap! I haven't any on. Said the little toe to the sock Let me through, let me through Said the little sock to the toe No-I'll be darned if I do, A girl and a car are a lot alike. A good paint job conceals the years, but the lines tell the story. Mrs. Hatch: If a group of sheep is a flock, and a group of 'cattle is a herd, what is the name for a group of camels? John Fleming: A carton. Hear about the little moron who painted his salary check with mercur- ochrome because his pay got cut? Roy Bither: Boy I couldn't get over my wife yesterday. Andy Lidestri: Why? Roy B.: We were playing leap-frog. Garth Bailey: What's your cat's name? Mr. Oxnard: Ben Hur. Garth: How'd you get that name? Mr. Oxnard: Well, we called her Ben until she had kittens. 1 C975 v The Aquilo Gordon Bither: Gee, my boy is the living image of .me. George Rich: What do you care as long as he is healthy. There was a young fellow from Wheeling Endowed with such delicate feeling When he read on the door Don't spit on the floor He jumped up and spat on the ceiling, Edythe Nelson: At what time of day was Adam born? Alton Dwyer: A little before Eve. Carl Bither: Why is a lady's corset like a watchdog? Eldon Kelley: Why ? Carl: Because they're tied up in the day and let out at night. This is what Hope Fleming thought as she was being married, Aisle, altar, hymn. Did you hear what one bug said to the other when he ran into the windshield? That's me all over. At Sunday school little Bobby was deeply impressed by the story of Eve's creation from one of Adam's ribs. Later in the day, Bobby felt pain in his side, Oh, Mother, he gasped, I think I'm going to have a wife l Haven't I always been fair with you? Yes, but I want you to be fair and warmer. A cautious Houlton bank teller asked an army veteran who wanted to cash a S300 state bonus check for more identification than a driver's license. Without a word, the vet removed his false teeth and displayed his name and army serial number inscribed on it. He got his check cashed . . . Mrs. Morse had just informed her husband, Walter, that she would need money for a new wardrobe since the style had changed to longer dresses, He was furious. But look, Walter, at what I'll save , she reasoned logically. When short skirts are worn again, I can cut them off ! A lady took her little girl to a department store to see Santa Claus. The Santa Claus gave the child an apple. The mother said to her, Now what do you say to Santa Claus? The little girl replied: Peel it! Does the doctor think your wife will live, Mr. Jones ? Danged if I know. Well, didn't he tell you what her chances are? Well, he told me to be prepared for the worst, and danged if he hasn't got me guessing. K. Snowman: Don't you think I'm the answer to a maiden's prayer? K, Logie: I prayed for beef not ham! 1987 1 The Aquilo Pat , said the 5th grade teacher, in an arithmetic review, how many make a million ? And the experienced and realistic Pat promptly replied: Very few. Mr. Cotton: Roger, who was Anne Boleyn? R. McGary: Anne Boleyn was a flat iron. Mr. Cotton: W hat on earth do you mean? Q R. McGary: Well, it says here in the history book Henry having dis- posed of Catherine. pressed his suit with Anne Boleyn, The reason no woman has never married the man in the moon is be- cause he only makes a quarter a week. gets full once a month, and stays out all night. A daughter received from her father a lovely mink coat. Daughter: What I don't see is how such a lovely fur coat can come from such a sneaking, smelly beast. ' Dad: I don't ask for thanks dear, but I really must insist on respect. I noticed that the new pastor was delivering short sermons. When I commented on their brevity to my husband, who doesn't like hard church pews, he glanced at me, pondered a bit, then drawled: That preacher knows what he's doing. The mind can absorb only as much as the seat can endure. The shortest distance between high prices and low wages is the bread- line. If a dog leads a man, the man is blind. But if a man leads a dog, he's married. . Many a woman thinks she bought a dress for a ridiculous price, when in reality, she bought it for an absurd figure. Sam , said Rastus, who was reading in the paper of a number of fatal accidents, if you was to take your choice 'twixt one or t'other, which would you ruther be in a collision or an explosion ? A collision. I-low come '? Rastus asked. Why man alive, if you's in a collision, thar you is, but if you's in an explosion. whar is you ? John: Have any of your childhood dreams been realized? Bill: One of them. when my mother combed my hair, I used to wish l didn't have any. Ah wins. What yo got ? Three aces. No you don't. Ah wins. What yo got ? Two deuces and a razor. Yo sho does! How come yo so lucky ? ll f90j The Aqudo Miss Lockhart: Which is correct a hen is sitting or a hen is set- ting? G. Bailey: I don't know and I don't care. All I bother is when she cackles, is she laying or is she lying? The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them, . A white collar man is the one who carries his lunch in a brief case in- stead of a pail. DAFFY-NI-TIONS Old Maid-A gal that has been overlooked after she has been looked over. Snoring-Sheet music. Caterpillar-An upholstered worm, Mouth-The grocer's friend, the orator's pride, the fool's trap and the dentist's salvation. Politician-Someone who shakes your hand before election, and your ac- quaintance afterwards. Mother-in-Law-A puzzle full of cross words. Golfer-A man who ,really knows how to express his thoughts to a Tee. Chiropractor-A man who works behind other people's backs. Vacation-A succession of 2's. It consists of 2 weeks, which are 2 short. Afterward, you are 2 tired 2 return 2 work and 2 broke not 2. Parent-The kin you love to touch. Middle Age-When dangerous curves become extended detours. Mason Dixon Line-A division between you all and youse guys. Wolf-A male who devotes the best leers of his life to women. Kiss-Nothing divided by 2. Sandwich Spread-What some people get from eating between meals. Marriage-Love parsonified. Drip-A person you can always hear but seldom turn off. Flirtation-Attention with intention, Freedom Train-The one that runs from New York to Reno. Playboy-A good time Charlie who dishes out the sweet stuff to his little sugar and ends up paying a lump sum. May I ask you what your son is doing? one club woman asked an- other. But of course, was the reply. He's a naval surgeon. Goodness! cried the first, how doctors do specialize! Warden :I've been in charge of this prison for ten years and that calls for a celebration. What kind of party would you boys suggest? Prisoners: Open house! R. Boynton: When are you going to get married, Mr. Schultz? Mr. Schultz: Never, I made my bed 22 years ago, and I'll have to sleep in it. R. Boynton: By the looks of it, it hasn't been made since! Dora Dow, seeing names like Surrender and My Sin on the per- fume counter, timidly asked. Don't you have anything for a beginner? C1001 A Wi Wim F-an ' g a! ,t,.,.....,., ,. 5 :.' :gy W I W, I Qs: Q2 as .:,,,,, T - 3 Y Q in . . U4 ' 1' 4' x x 'I I x 4 Q , M -www S gwuft, 5 , Q TN 'A iv in 551 ? 7: ' 'F x a MW YR ,N mix girl ik R X A 1. g, ex x QQ 'S Tlfis wk: ,XM W Q4 xi N x -X .A xv. . 3 NPN! xX Q X xxx X X N x X as Q vi, Q xx. N-5.3 'nf' ? f 5 f wnvmnws g wwwew -s SS' W ww, www If as bg Q WW fish M, HFSZBS 3.5 N--nm' ww-wmmwwmf , 4 xv ,K my www we rx +L W f QM W ,Q wif' HP 0' 6. .XR J 'J .1 'J X I. 'X U W .uw 9, v i 5 f. W 3 pt 3 19 I Y 5, 4,64 . .... -, . 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Best Wishes to the School and the Student Body SOL GREEN Formerly Bennett's Court Street Houlton, Maine The exclusive store for Swansdown and Jaunty Juniors Main Street Compliments of Erick's Dry Cleaners JOHN T. ERICKSON, Prop. Mail Order Service Mars Hill, Maine Compliments of j. H. RUSH CEDAR CRESS FARM Benedicta, Maine To the Students and Friends of RICKER CLASSICAL INSTITUTE You are cordially invited to stop at The Lancey House Pittsfield, Maine D. R. DUNTON, Mgr. Cheerio Tea Room Bristol, N. B. Serving STEAKS W' CHICKEN - SEA FOODS Reservations -Y Phone 89-2 W. C. Bryant and Sons Inc. Jewelers and Silversmiths for three generations 46 Main St. Bangor, Me. Tel. 2-1767 A Prompt attention to mail orders Dakin Sporting Goods Co. Where the Leading Schools and Colleges Get Their Equipment 25 Central St., Bangor Also Waterville Dakin Sporting Goods Co. Hallett - Mclieen Co. THE I. G. A. STORE Meats, Groceries, Fruit Free Delivery Three Days a Week Telephone 2268 Houlton, Maine B. Mills - Hats LADIES' and CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY SHOP 11 Court St. Houlton, Me. Famous Shoe Store We specialize in Novelty Shoes for Girls and carry a Good Line of sizes and widths in Snappy Shoes for street and for semi-formal affairs, Our line of Young Men's Shoes is complete. Price range is 32.98 to EB5 for our Famous Shoes. Houlton, Maine PROMPT and COURTEOUS SERVICE I-latf1eld's Taxi DIAL 3706 Houlton, Maine Houlton Flying Service G. T. SCHOOL Private. Commercial. Instructors' Licensee Compliments of The Dog House HOT DOGS FRANKFURTS ITALIAN SANDWICHES Military St. Dial 3675 HOl1lt0H. Maine GARDNERS S TUDIC S ,un 0, I PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL lf PHOTOGRAPHY li? QP ' 4Unmn lf' Market Square Dial 3177 Houlton E. J. BITHER Wholesale CONFECTIONERY and TOBACCO 47 Bangor St. Houlton, Me. Compliments of , The Linen Shop Putnam-Ervin Arcade Phone 3206 Houlton, Maine Compliments of York's Radio Shop Bendix Radios Houlton, Maine Phone 3697 Crafts and Stevens BARBER SHOP and BEAUTY SHOP Phone 3524 Compliments of Palmer Shoe Store HOULTON, MAINE Allied Sales, Inc. DeSOTO - PLYMOUTH Oliver Farm Machinery - Hotpoint Appliances Houlton, Maine 50 North St. Dial 2294 Compliments of Houlton Motors, Inc. Formerly Etscovitz Motor Co. Houlton, Maine FEELEY'S Compliments of Moir Motors, Inc. Distributors Richfield Products - Gas, Oil, Fuel Oil Dealers - CHRYSLER, REO TRUCKS, PLYMOUTH - Sales - Service Dial 2426 Mechanic St. Houlton, Me. COMPLIMENTS and GOOD WISHES of The Northland Main St. Compliments of Army and Navy Store lVIEN'S and BOYS' FURNISHINGS Houlton Victor J. Thompson BUICK M- PONTIAC SALES and SERVICE Compliments of Broadway Record Shop Houlton, Maine Try a TONI PERMANENT S. L. White Drug Co. Houlton, Maine Compliments of J. J. Newberry LEE J. BELL Bell's Radio Service RADIOS - REFRIGERATORS - WASHERS RECORDS - RECORDINGS - P A SYSTEMS Expert Repair on All Makes of Radios Military Street Dial 2150 Houlton Compliments of Way's Market MEATS - FRUITS - VEGETABLES 138 Military St. Houlton, Maine 1 Compliments of John Watson Co. HARDWARE Electrical 81 Farm Supplies Houlton Easton Fort Fairfield Harry E. Bass Grower and Shipper SEED and TABLE STOCK POTATOES HAY and OATS Satisfaction Guaranteed The Shop that Appreciates Your Business The Shop that Deserves Your Patronage Ellis Tailor Shop Clothing Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired Houlton, Maine Compliments of F. A. Peabody Co. noumos MAINE James S. Peabody Company FARM MACHINERY and FULL LINE OF REPAIRS MESSINGER DUSTERS and REPAIRS Dial 3741 Houlton, Maine Compliments of Houlton Potato Company Scott's Art Novelty Shop GREETING CARDS. FILMS, Developing and Printing - Enlargfing and Tinting GIFTS. LEATHER GOODS SINCOCK'S MILLINERY and WALL PAPER Tel. 2888 Feeley Block Dial 4191. Dr. A. Donovan Houlton, Maine Compliments of Albert Daniels FLORIST Compliments of The l-loulton Cafe NEWEST STYLES at POPULAR PRICES Outfitters For All the Family Chain Apparel Shops Market Square Phone 3412 Houlton, Maine Robert J. Ryan HORSES -- CATTLE Hay, Straw and Oats Stable Tel. 2609 Residence Tel. 2359 Military St. Houlton, Maine Compliments of Cates Motor, Inc. Your Kaiser - Frazer Dealer Houlton, Maine Compliments of C. W. Harmon Special Agent N. Y. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Houlton, Maine Nason SL McLaughlin, Inc. LUMBER -A MOULDINGS and BUILDING MATERIAL Houlton, Me. Dial 2311 Dunlop Trucking Company PHONE 2688 Day and Night Service J. R. Harvey Co. GENERAL INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE 64 Main St. Houlton Anderson Brothers MEATS and GROCERIES Pine Street Store High Street Houlton, Maine Boston Shoe Store A Good Place to buy Good Shoes Bostonions for Men Air Step for Women Quality Footwear, Correctly Fitted Market Sq. Houlton, Me. J. E. Robinson E. W. Robinson Northeastern Monumental Co., Inc. and Houlton Gas Sales Co. Corner North and Maple Streets Dial 3316 Houlton, Mo. Compliments of Western Auto Associate Store and V. G. Bates Co. Automobile Parts, Tires and Batteries, Milk Coolers Milking Machines, Magic Chef Stoves, Pyrofax Bottled Gas ROYAL TYPEWRITERS - Portable and Office Models SALES - SERVICE -W SUPPLIES Office Supplies - Office Equipment -Office Furniture Books and Stationery R. L. Ervin Typewriter Co. 14 Kendall St. Dial 2303 Houlton TO BE SURE TRADE WITH Osgood the jeweler Houlton London's Service Station That Friendly Texaco Service TIRES, BATTERIES, ACCESSORIES Hogan and Smith INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS Houlton, Maine CHADWICK - Florist EST. 1908 Floral Arrangements and Designs Landscape Designing Phone 3520 Houlton Compliments of T. H. M cGillicuddV COAL and WOOD Market Square Telephone 2537 Skehan's Cash Market Carries a Complete Stock of GROCERIES - FRESH FRUITS - and VEGETABLES SMOKERS' SUPPLIES - ICE CREAM and CONFECTIONERY Open Evenings Phone 31 17 Compliments of Dead River Oil Company Ivey's Lunch Good Coffee That Youill Like - All Food Home Cooked Light Lunches, Order Cooking, Confectionery, Tobacco, Ice Cream Every Meal a Pleasant Memory Bangor St. Houlton, Maine Special Tables for Ladies Open All Night HEATING and ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING AUTOMATIC OIL BURNERS - REFRIGERATION HEATING EQUIPMENT C. S. Brayall and Sons Dial 2758 3 Water Street Houlton Boone's Elite Shoppe SUITS - HATS - GOWNS Evening and Wedding Gowns Graduation Gifts Always Pleased to Serve You Riley's Market FISH - MEAT - GROCERIES Dial 2206 Robinsons lce Cream Bar OSCAR AR. GRANT, Prop. For your Lunches, Ice Cream, Sundaes Served Right Always Compliments of Houlton Grange Store Grant and Dickinson Meats, Groceries and Produce SELECT MEATS . Delivered to your Door Dial 2942 Houlton, Me. Compliments of Boutilier's Florist Shop Calais Road Dial 2947 PARKER'S PENS, HAMILTON, BULOVA, ELGIN, WATCHES REMINGTON SHAVEMASTER, SCHICK SHAVERS We have them all Perry jewelry Store Houlton Maine Compliments of Caroline's Dress Shop Water Street Houlton, Maine Compliments of Nixon Barber Shop Court St, Houlton, Maine- Compliments of H. P. Hood SL Sons Millars Sunoco Service Sunoco Products Gas - Gil - Acc's SERVICE Bangor St. Tel. 3885, Houltom, Me-. Compliments of C. F. Hogan 62 Main St. Houlton-, Maine Phone 2914 Compliments of Dr. Ira Tarbell Compliments of Bithers Northern Maine's Most Modern Dress Shop Corner of Broadway and Main St. Houlton, Maine Compliments of Bither's Teen Shop Smart Young Styles for the School Girl Market Square Houlton, Me. Next to Temple Theater Market sq. Dial 2753 DOHERTY 81 ROACH Attorneys At Law Compliments of THE BROADWAY BARBER SHOP Burns Hemphill, Proprietor Main St. Dial 3151 P. L. B. EBBETT, M. D. Houlton, Maine Compliments of DR. W. B. ROBEN Osteopathic Physician Compliments of DR. BERNARD GAGNON Compliments of DONALD F. ELLIS OPTOMETRIST Houlton, Maine Market Sq. Dial 2125 DR. EAJRL G. BOSTROM CHIROPRACTOR Houlton, Maine DR. J. 0. WILLEY Osteopathic Physician Houlton, Maine CARL A. SPAULDING, O. D. OPTOMETRIST Compliments of DR. W. CARR DENTIST Compliments of DR. E. S. BARTON DENTIST Compliments of JOHN B. MADIGAN, M. D. Broadway Houlton, Me Representative WANTED World Book Encyclopedia Write HAROLD L. SAWYER 230 Prospect St. Portland, Maine f '75' P.. Lpgzfvffiaggi 1 JH ,V ox 41 1 -Q ' xlib' if ffvggj' f 1 V-V., .Q W ,fa f 15 auf if A- QL-Q, -9 I N' V 4,51-ff' -.Ne 8 'K gf- 1' gk! 5 if A J-kk -S '-:V ,ef U. 1 fi .. '? '-'dylv 1 ' all A ':4 'l 1 ' ,.., Q p T , Af A J jr ,K J.pQ,4q,vsa- y, Q QQF, fjf 2 P H9 4-.J 'I v 1 -A-Fx J., 'ya NR-45 za, sRu 9 J' 1 Y' f.. 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