Commentary
This is our last Sophomores Speak Out, and first we would like to thank the Vineyard Gazette and all of our readers, and then we want to wish everyone a safe and happy summer. Our thoughts this week are on what we have learned this year and all the people who played a part in our lives. Enjoy!
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The Human Race
By Ana Nascimento
BRAZILIAN DAY
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
On Friday, May 21, we organized the first Brazilian awareness day at the regional high school. We had a wonderful day and involved most of the school in activities such as Jiu Jitsu, Capoeira, Brazilian dancing and even fusion dancing with the Irish history class and traditional Brazilian food.
We would like to thank Elio Silva, Elias dos Reis, Steve Bernier, and Merrily and Frank Fenner for their generous donations.
Singing in the Morning
From Gazette editions of June, 1935:
I had known Stan Hart’s father before I knew him. His father had bought from real estate baron Mary Guerin in 1936 what my father had not bought from her in 1931, from the Middle Road to the sea, in Chilmark. Also Mary had sold the back of our property twice, to Stan’s father as well. This accounts for the many stone or concrete boundary markers there. Stan’s father’s final house on Abel’s Hill was our closest neighbor to the south.
Since 1965, Stan Hart and I have been neighbors on Abel’s Hill, coming together for countless hours of socializing, beach time, conversation — and especially tennis. We played as partners and opponents, mostly doubles but we would play singles if we couldn’t get four for doubles.
Stan’s tennis was as close as anything to being a metaphor for his life. If his tennis was good, and he was on a winning streak — life was good. And the opposite was also true.