Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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THE EXILE A f -u Q. 1 .?,--.......J- ,,....-- l...7.l Back Row K Holbrook C Conway B Kelwlck T Lane C Oakes Front Row D Skoog D Phllblook E Coombs C Rae A Webster J Clayter B Kelwlcl Edztm zu Chief Assoczate Edztoz Senzoi Editor Jznzzov Edztm Sophomoie Edztor Alumnz Edztor Peisonal Edztm Actwzty Edztm Joke Edztov Busmess Managers Faculty Adzzsm Board Cameron Rae Ann Webster Garrath Oakes Dorls Skoog J udlth Clayter Dorothv Phllbrook Edlth Coombs Bruce Kelvuck Tlmothv Lane Kenneth Holbrook Clarence Conway Phvllls B Ross I . , . , . ' , . , 1. . . . ' . r 7 ' . . , . , . , . , . Freshman Editor ................ Betsey Kelwick

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THE EXILE CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL I came to thJs school three vears ago ln 1949 It was of course a blg change to come from a large clty school to a small school hke thxs I soon became adJusted to It however and found that a large school w1th 1ts shops llbrary muslc rooms art de partment and all offers less ln some respects than a small one for ex ample wlth smaller classes a teach er has more time for xndlvldual at tentlon Soon after I enrolled here thlngs began to change In the fall of 1949 we trled to have a basketball team but we lacked the f3Cll1tl9S of a bas ketball court The last of Januarv the Youth Center gave us the use of the Town Hall whlch xxe lmmedlately converted lnto a basketball court Then thmgs started rolllng We had a basketball team coached bv our prlnclpal and we dld verv well at the games wlth North Haven and the Alumnl In the school bulldlng some of the desks were replaced wlth new ones and the followlng summer the bx local pamters The next year new desks kept com xng ln unt1l every student had one An athletlc dlrector xx as added to the faculty and the basketball team de veloped We had a few games on the mainland and the team lmproved greatlv Thls year we haxe had a musxc dl rector on the faculty and he has done wonders ln creatlng a muslc depart ment The chorus and band have been a great source of enjox ment and be nefit to the school The concert that was glven by both groups showed xx hat a tremendous progress has been made ln muslc ln a short tlme Our new phy slcal d1rector who came thxs vear has ralsed the standards of our athletlcs Through h1s efforts we have played manx more teams on the malnland ln our basketball program and we have become a member of the Knox and Lmcoln Baseball League agaln The glrls have had a basketball team and a softball team and thev haxe had the same advantages as the boxs The currlculum has been en larged wlth new courses Navlga tlon Marine Sclence Problems of Democracy Home and Famxlv L1v1ng and General BUSINESS Yes I thmk we all w1ll agree that the changes whlch have been brought about haxe benefited us lmmensely Edxtor 1n Chlef THE ART OF POETRY The avearge man would laugh lf xou told hlm that he was lndebted to poetrv He would scorn at lt vet he uses poetry everv dav to make l1fe more lnterestlng to make llfe more anlmated and even to dramatlze events Poetry opens a world to ev erxone a world of Joy or sorrow clate It we l1ve w1th It to the utmost all 1tS Joxs and tears are ours In the distance xve vlslon the spume break mg the grey stones tall fir trees xx 1nd1ng roads bells nlghts and days of xvlnd and raln It IS the poet who creates the mu SIC wlthln our souls he polnts the xx ay Voltalre sald poetrv IS the mu SIC of the soul and above all of great souls The poet senses the sen tlments of the world and he knows w here the bltterness hes He dlscov ers the beautles of the world he un veils our ex es he lives wlth the world mght and dav He makes a tree fa mous as dld Longfelloxx Under the Spreadlng Chestnut Tree A r1ver IS dxscovered ln a poem In Burns poem Tam O Shanter xxe dlscover 4 o o ' 7 V . . K V . V V V V V. V y an 1 I Q . a 1 , A Y I 1 A V' l ' . ' . , ' , . ' , V - - ' ' V. '- . I , , . . . . K 1 : - 9 1 V V V , V. 1 1 P n , c - V , . N , . ' 1 V V. 7 V . V -. - . V V . . . 2 . ., . . ' I l , V D , K y v sf Y' n o 1 1 1 . . 7 I . . I . V 0 Y ' - L , v' tv -- v ' y. whole school was glven the new look Xvhen We read a poem and app,-e- -Y ' 1 1 V - . . V V I . V . 1 , n , 1 Y v ' V . v 0 y K ' ' V ' 'K V 1 - . - ' ' - S . V V V . .D V V. . A . H . - Y I ' . ' x x u,, A L ' I K 1 ' A r , vs . ' ' 3 - V . V . VV V . V. V n n 1 u 1 ' V . YT-46 - V . . V ' 1 .H . . 1 , 1 . . , . v ' ' - - V as r H , '