Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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'l'll IC 'I'.Vl'Llillt 11 elothes. 'I'he hrightest and richest and finest garments in the land he- longed to her. Un her head was a Iaey golden rap, and her tiny feet were encased in equally tiny green slippers, She wore a soft hlue gown and a dark yellow sash. Around her shoulders she fastened a flowing 1-ape ol' hrilliant red lined with vel- vety purple. Une day as she was walking a- mong her flowers in the farthest eorner ot' the palaee gardens, there name a great thunderstorm, She was tll'lfJ,'lltt'll4Pd heeause she didn't want her heautiful clothes ruined. She began to run. But she was too far away from the palaee to reach it before it rained. The rain eame flown i11 torrents drenlehing her as she raeed aeross the grass to the wide palaee doors. As suddenly as the storm eanie, it went away. The sun peeped through the hlaek elouds ulliieh rolled hack like eurtains. On a golden eord supported hy rods thrust in pots ot' gold, Amaryllis hung her wet elothes that the sun might dry the-ni. But alas! All the lovely eolors had run. Her elothes were ruined! VVhen .Xmaryllis saw this she began to weep. Finally she looked un, There she beheld the most. beautiful sight in the world. 'llhe colors had all run and hlended into eaeh other. First eame the red ol' her rape, then the yellow ot' her tiny 1-ap. Vlihere the eolors met and mixed was a deep shade of orange. The yellow of her sash and the blue nl' her gown blended into a soft glowing green. Even as she wateh- Pd, the sun shone down fully, and I the illusion vanished. They hung, just a dripping mass of onee heauti- t'ul garments. But in her mind the vision remained. She tried to dupli- cate tihe glowing colors ot' that short picture ot' loveliness, hut in all the land she eould find nothing that would equal it. .Xt last she decided to hang some clothes out inthe-next storm. .Xnd sure enough, just as the sun was struggling through the elouds after a sudden shower, she saw again that mirac-le. Ever sinee thal day she has hung out her clothes when she sees a shower com- ing. And the next time you see the rainhow arehed across the heavens you'll know that Amaryllis has hung out her heautiful garments so that you too might enjoy that glorious speelaele. Carolyn Andrews, Til. Modes of Travel and Communication In the Year 2000 Let us step into the future-a mere 61 years-to the 21st eentury. VVe are touring the eity of Boston. aided hy a guide, hut a far different Bos- ton from the present day metropolis. Round about we see huge buildings, some of which tower a mile into the ozone. 'I'hey are made of a shin- ing metal, exalumen, the strongest suhstanee known to man, being 100 times greater in strength than steel. As it is also lighter than aluminuin, one ean readily see its varied poten- tial uses. tlur guide leads to a near- hy side-carrier, whieh is an endless chain upon which chairs are mount- ed. lncidentally, these chairs are ot'

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lo 'I'l'l li T portunity of learning. I am sure that each and every one of us should th-ank our parents, the citizens ot' Prockport, for building this splendid institution of knowl- edge for us that we may hecomc het- ter citizens, Norma Hoyle, 42. IN AN OLD GRAVEYARD At the close of a weary day, I longed to he out in the splendor of tiod's world to refresh my mind. As I Walked along at ai leisurely gait, my thoughts occupied with the wonders of nature, I turned in at the old graveyard gate. I strolled up and down the lanes pausing at intervals at the old grayed grave stones which had weathered the storms during centuries, and now and then at the newly made mounds of later years. Becoming weary, I sat down on the soft green grass. A peculiar sort of peace stole over me and in utter silence a figure was approaching me in white raiment and a long white beard. l-le hegan to speak with a yoiee full of wisdom and tenderness, 'tSuffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak in Gods behalf. If ye ohey and serve llim thou shalt spend thy days in prosperity . Having thus informed me, he faded in the distance. Following him came a fair young child with an air ot' purity and radiance. She spoke softly. God's people shall dwell in quiet resting places , .X'l'l.l'Ilt Soon the chi-ld was surrounded with all the saints of the ages. It was a vision glorious to hehold. The heavenly hosts with their long flow- ing garments of white and with up- lifted faces chanted softly. 'i'l'he saints are joyful in glory: they sing aloud high praises in God The vision vanished and I found myself lying on the soft green grass gazing into the star spangled sky. It was only a dream hilt it re- mained with me eomfonting me after a toilsome day. I turned my face honieward and hack to a world of sorrow, struggle, laughter, and tears, repeating, tl will walk hefore the Lord in the land of the living,' that I may some day join that heavenly host . Blanche Collins, Tilt. THE FIRST RAINBOW Once upon a time, when the world was still young, there lived in that far-away land in the clouds a heauti- ful young princess names Amaryl- lis. Her hair was like a hit of night caught and hound: her eyes were dark as the mid-night. sky and as sparkling as the stars that stud it: her skin was as velvety as the flower for which she was named: her movements as graceful as the white swans that swam in the palace gar- dens, Now she loved heautiful colors: the bright flowers that nodded gent- ly in the palace gardens: the pastel tints of the morning sky: the gor- geous rich colors of the sunset. llut most of all she loved heautiful

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12 Tllli 'l'.X'l'l,l'IR metalex, a very comfortable ruhher- metal alloy, which is also impervi- ous to the elements. Our guide in- forms us that nearly all mechanical communication is hy means of telo- radio phones: hy using them one may see another while conversing, even though separated hy thousands of miles. Highways of the year 2000 A. Il, are divided into four lanes, one for each of the standard speeds, 40, 75, 100, and 125 miles per hour. These highways are regulated hy electric 'tpolicemen , or control hoards: one car cannot cross ever into another lane in which a car is aapproaching in the opposite direc- 'tion. Pedestrians are restricted hy law to the side-carriers, and the lanes are one-way this practically all accidents are eliminated. Une doesnt have to manipulate the con- trols of his machine, for, hy opening a designated switch, complete con- trol of the hullet-shaped electro-ear may he turned over to the police- inen . One wonders where all the electricity, which is so important in the life of the city, is obtained. Our guide then tells us how man has harnessed the vast, unlimited power of the cosmic rays. Great plants throughout the world distrihute it to millions ot' cosmo-receivers, own- ed hy everyone. This eliminates any need for wires, cahles, and the like. Great progress has also heen made in the field of aviation, and trains and ships-of-the-sea have nearly disappeared. Shaped like rockets, with proportioimately small wings, gigantic strato-planes, powered hy electricity, roar ahove the terra fir- ma-nearly fifty miles ahove, in fact,---at speeds ranging from twelve to fifteen hundred miles per hour. .Xs we leave this not-too-distant fu- ture for the more familiar surround- ings of 1030, our parting impression is one of dynamic power and speed, the electrical spirit of 2000, A, D. Carroll Ilnse Richards, '11 THE TRUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT It was tlhristmas live again. A light snow was falling through the air. In the distance a small hoy was trudging along. As he came to the brightly lighted stores he pressed his little pug nose hard against the window to see hetter all the pretty toys which he wanted so much. The husy Christmas shoppers paid no heed to the little lad as they brushed passed him. He wasn't a pretty child hut he was what most folks would ca-ll 'tcnte with his red head, pug nose, and many freckles. 'Pears flowed down the side of his face as he shivered in the cold. I must sell these papers , he thought, so I may get something to eat. I am so hungry. Just think, I ain't eaten for a long, long ti-me. If only Mama was here I could go home hilt now with my new mother she licks me so hard when I dou't sell all my papers I am scared. Later one could see that same little child slowly walking along 'the resi- dential section of the city. Ile had just left another house filled with laughter and merriment which re- fused to huy his papers. Broken-