Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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THE EXILE HELP KEEP THE SCHOOL CLEAN All of us know that we as students can help keep the school ground clean and neat by putting our paper and wrappers in the waste baskets. When we see paper on the ground we can easily pick it up. Another idea is to remind others to put waste in the basket where it belongs, not on the grounds or on the lanes approaching the school. Knowing this let's resolve to try harder to remember it. Everyone can keep the exterior of the school house looking well by refraining from defacing or scaring the walls. There are many ways in which the rooms of the school can be made to look better. Q11 If the boys and girls will keep the insides of their desks neat the covers will not be up in the air because there is too much in them. Remember that waste baskets are there to be used, not to be looked at. Q21 Paper that is scattered all over the floor and crammed into the book shelves does not help to improve our school rooms. Q35 We should never scar or deface the tops of our desk because it not only makes them look bad, but it of course ruins the writing surface and desks are costly to replace. I am certain that if anyone feels the urge to write there is plenty of other more ap- propriate means of expression. Let's all try harder to concentrate on neatness. It will not only improve our school building, but it will give people a better impression of us. Editor, Class of '62 i f f

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THE EXILE We realize that life is dependent upon air, water and heat. Living forms of vast numbers have been named and recorded. Scientists are sure that ages ago the earth's surface was too hot for plants or animals to exist. The origin of the earth is still a mystery to us. Revolving cooling matter or dust cast off from a cooling sun may have developed our solar system, but we can use either hypothesis. Many guesses have been made throughout the years concerning how the continents were formed. Some scientists believe that when the moon separated from what is now the earth, it left a great hole which is now the Pacific Ocean. Some guesses have it that North and South America separated first, part- ing from Greenland, Asia, Europe and Africa. If one were to fit them together they would fit much like a picture puzzle. The earth may be divided into four parts, namely: the centrosphere, or nucleus, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, or oceans, and the litrosphere, or crust. It's possible that the earth is gradually cooling off and will be run down, so to speak, in a few million years. The exact opposite might be true. In many fields we are well informed, while in others we are still just scratching the surface. It may take as much as a million years more before we can be thoroughly satisfied that some of our beliefs and theories are facts. It may be that we shall never know. Every new bit of information only leads to an ever expanding array of seemingly unanswerable puzzles. It sometimes appears that we are lost in time and space, yet somewhere there are answers. Our own lives lead us to the convictions that in spite of all the mystery surrounding our origins and our destiny that there is a purpose to it all. To live is to know that life is precious and that it cannot be in vain. Senior Editor - V H S - CROSS COUNTRY Cross Country running is an entirely new sport for high schools in the State of Maine. It was introduced to most secondary schools not more than fifteen years ago. The University of Maine has ranked very high Cross Country running. The standard course is two and a half miles, but 'in college meets it varies from eight miles, five miles, three miles to two and a half miles. The Uni- versity of Maine is in the Yankee Conference with the other New England States and its team usually places on the top. Throughout recent years, the University of Maine has won the Yankee Conference, the New England Meets, the State Series, and has placed in the top ten several times in the N. C. A. A. Cross Country is one of the hardest sports there is. Like all other sports it requires skill, practice and most of all endurance. When starting the season, the first couple of weeks are spent doing calisthenics and wind sprints to get the body in condition. After the body muscles are quite well in shape, each run- ner tries to develop his own stride and running pace. The pace that the run- ner sets is vital in Cross Country for throughout the race he tries to keep his pace until the final sprint to the finish. If he breaks stride or pace it can cost him valuable time. The diet and training rules for all sports applies particul- arly to a runner.

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Class of '59 THE EXILE GEORGIANNA ELLEN HANSEN Sha-Sha Age 17 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball Capt. 4, Softball 1, 2, 43 Band 3, 45 President of Student Council 4g Vice- President of Athletic Association 45 Cheerleader 2, 3, 4, Exile Board 49 Joke Editor, Crossword Editor, Girls' Sports Editor of Wildcat News 3, 4, Class Treasurer 45 Class Secretary 1, 2, 3, Chorus 1, 2g Senior play lg Senior Show 3, 4: Home Economics Club 3, 4. ARTHUR JAMES PHILIP Isaac Age 19 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4g Basketball Capt. 4, Cross Coun- try 2, 3, 43 Cross Country Capt. 49 Band 1, 2, 3, 43 President of Athletic Association 4, Exile Board 45 Student Council 3. MINNIE ANN WHITE Minnie Age 18 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 45 Softball 1, 2, Basketball Capt. 35 Cheerleader 1, 2, 35 Senior play 1, 2, Senior Show 2, 3, 4, Chorus 1, 2, Exile Board 3, 4, Class Secretary 45 Class President 3, Class Vice-President 23 Student Council 43 Wildcat News 3, 4.