Lincoln Academy - Lincolnian Yearbook (Newcastle, ME)

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THE LINCOLNIAN at the Womans Club that afternoon I made one up but I cant say that lt would take a prlze I coached a glrl for a Latln exam That wasnt work she was pretty I don t know what Mary would haye done lf she had seen me I vyould probably be a man wlthout a sweetheart I planned a honeymoon for a young couple I dont thlnk they had ever been out of the1r own back yards You can 1m aglne the honeymoon that I would plan I wlsh I had had Mary on that tr1p' I havent had to check up on anyones breath or g1ve suggestlons to anybody on what to wear Ive had qulte a summer Mother and Dad have spent the summer at our cottage Well Pal Ill be see1ng you Please re member me to your folks As evcr Frank Pr1sc1lla Weeks 43 THE LUCKY BOUNCE Porky Davls regardeo hlmself ln tne m1rro1 w1th some dlsgust Whats the matter w1th you DHVISQ7 he asked hlmself Are you a man or a mouse? How are you goxng to make a h1t w1th Jean lf you dont eyen get 1nto the game ton1ght Poor Porky knew that h1s chances to do or d1e for dear old Central were goxng to be pretty sl1m The Central team was plav mg Weeks for the State Champ1onsh1p just a few hours hence and already the crowds were gatherlng for what promlsed to be the basketb ll game of the year Coach Ell1ott says you cant use your head Davls went on Porky to h1s lmage 1n the mlrror Gee was lt my fault that tlme I got a l1ttle 9XC1t8d and shot the ball 1nto the wrong basket Or could I help lt when I dldnt recogmze our own play cr and grabbed the ball out of h1s hands just when he was go1ng to shoot the wlnnlng field goal Gosh maybe you thlnk 1ts easy to keep cool ID the heat of battle Boy lf I ever get 1n the game tomght I ll make up for all those acc1dents You Walt and see' That n1ght the old Central gym rang w1th the screams of the exc1ted throng They were lndeed belng treated to a game that exceeded even the1r fondest dreams N1p and tuck the battle see sawed back and forth wxth first one team lead 1ng and then another And the roars of the crovyd were exceeded only by the fury of the play ers on the floor Central was gambllng everything the ab1l1ty of IIS regulars to carry the brunt of the battle Central was a small school 1ts substltutes were none too many And 1t appeared that the oppos1ng team was out to make capxtal of thls fact Well replemshed w1th subs they were w1ll1ng to gamble the loss of one man agalnst an other knowmg that lf they could retire one or more of the Central players on per sonal fouls that they would greatly weak en the home teams power It was late 1n the game wlth the score t1ed at 28 28 when Coach Elhott paced up and down angr1ly pulllng at h1s halr Al ready h1s star floor guard had been re moved from the game and now the whlstle had blown to halt a tangle be tween h1s capta1n and leadlng scorer Thats four personals for you Green sa1d the referee You re out' and he waved the unhappy captaln from the floor D3V1Sl muttered Coach Elllott W have no other ChO1CQ Get out there and do what you can to keep the score down And for goodness sake Dav1s try to use your head just th1s once' There were only two mlnutcs to play as Porky DBVIS ran nervously onto the floor ard there were audlble groans from the Central rooters Now all seemed lost w1th the1r captaln and star guard remov ed from the game and no one but Porky Day lS to brlng the1r team to 1tS full com plement of men The wh1stle blew and before Porky knew what had happened the play was on In a flash the man he had been asslgned to guard had eluded h1m and was drlbbllng bWlftlN under the basket to score the two pc-mts that put Weeks 1nto the lead Agam the crowd groaned but ln an other moment the1r groans turned to cheels as the Central center stole the ball and slammed xt home on a long shot to agam knot the count at 30 30 Only seconds remamed Porky DHVIS saw h1s center g1V6 the floor s1gnal for the next play Central had the ball, and Porky , V . . ' . 1 1 1 , ' ' 1 .1 n . ' 1 ' - T Q - 1 , Y ' 1 .f ' ' 1 1 ' y 1 1 . 1 , . Q - ' 9 ' . V . . , , . . . . 1 . . 7 - . 1 , . . 1 ' , . 1 7 7 ' . . . . 1 J - q . . . . 1 . ' ' V .. .1 1 . . Q , , W Y cc 1 11 . . ' 1 1 ' 1 ' ' ac 1 11 an 1 - - 11 U . ,, . H 1 - . . 9 ' as - . . . . 1 'J l 1 V - 1 1 . - 17 - . yy . I , , ' ' . ' .x c ' .1 - 1 1 . L . . . 1 - 1 7 . . . - 7 . a ' V. . . . - n ' , 1 V 1 V ,, - ' 77 7 - - - . Y 9 .1 ' 1 . . U . . , , Z , . ' Q Y . , . 3 7 Y 1 1 4 V - V . . , v . l I s n , , . - . . I , . . , , 1 . , . 11 7 . . 1 . .

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THE LINCOLNIAN W1ll help vour chlldren with homework Per hour W111 correct and touch up the poem you wrlte 10 00 W111 outline speech for your club W111 coach you for that exam 0 W111 plan your VHCSIIOH tr1p W111 check up on your breath before you go out for the evenmg W111 suggest what you should wear 0 Well Im telllng you I had quite a sum mer I got more fun out of It than as lf I had loafed all summer I made over two hundred dollars I will tell you some of my amusing exeperxences A woman came 1nto my office the first week that I opened lt She wlshed me to wrlte a letter to her mother 1n law mak mg belleve that I was a frlend of the mother 1n law and tell her how silly she was to lnterfere w1th her sons and hls w1fes household Oh I wrote a very frlendly letter to mother 1n law but mother 1n law didnt budge I had my five dollars lus a ver sarcastlc letter from 50 P Y mother IH law telhng me to take care of my own HITHITS Oh Johnny you would have yelled at the letter It was a r1ot One day a g1rl about twenty years old came in She told me that she wanted to become beautlful She asked me to make appolntments for her on any lmprove ments that I thought were necessary while looklng at her for the first tlme Well I managed to keep a sober face and told her I would make the appointments She pa1d me five dollars and left When she went out I felt helpless I didnt know whom to call first The poor glrl was cross eyed and had four buck teeth and long stralght black greasy ha1r that had never been washed fby the appearancej She wore no make up F1rst I called the eve specxahst then the dentlst hairdresser and then a make up artist and last a wom an who knew the correct styles for women of all types The girl came 1n to see me after she had been remade She looked beautlful and her clothes were the correct style for her This was my most success ful experlence A young fellow came in and asked me to wrlte a letter to a glrl whom he had met Saturday nlght at the dance I never realized how Sllly you and I must have appeared when we were slxteen and had new loves Do you remember Sally Wall ace and Jacqueline Brown We thought they were wonderful I don t suppose there were two homeller glrls ID our State I wrote the letter for the young fellow but I never found out how he came out I truly d1d my best for h1m I knew just how he felt Then very soon afterwards another young fellow came in When he came he sat down on the arm of the chair instead of in lt as he had mtended to do He was shakmg fiercely I thought of the day when B111 got thrown over by that dlzzy perox 1de blond Well th1s boy wanted me to Wflte a fervent love letter He paid me even before he told what he wanted I wrote one Jlm helped me and we got a b1g kick out of 1t It was a harder Job than we figured on I often wonered 1f the g1rl was thr1lled when she recelved It We told her how beautiful she was I hope the boy was correct when he described her to me A woman who looked as 1f she had lost her last frlend came 1n She wanted to talk over the chlckenpox with me She had a beautlful daughter who had the chicken pox She asked me lf I knew how her daughter could remaln beautlful I told her not to let her daughter scratch her face not knowing what else to say She pald me S130 for that Can you xmaglne that I never got a client to talk over an oper atlon with Perhaps that IS my good luck This fall a Jewish man came in He passed me an algebra problem He explain ed Un a hurried fashlonj that lf h1s son dldnt get the problem finxshed he would have to stay after school and never had a son of his had to stay after hours Luckily I could do the problem and I explamed lt to the proud father He pald me S150 A fifty cent t1p whlch was my first and only t1p I havent touched up or corrected anv poems yet Remember the poem I correct ed for you at h1gh school You got It pass ed back to you with a D and a note on poor punctuatlon One mornmg a woman came rushlng 1n and wanted me to make a short speech but an mterestlng one It was to be about Defense Bonds and It was for her to g1VC 23 A 0. . 1.00 . I - ' . 2.0 , 1 ' A 3.00 I U p . . ' . 2.00 s . ' ' . 3.0 , y

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THL LINCOLNIAN knew that h1s dutv was to get under the basket As he rushed to h1s spot he heard the shrlll vo1ce of Jean shoutlng ccuragement There she IS rlght behmd the basket he Sald and for a moment he stared ln entrancement at the g1rl of h1s dreams At that moment somethlng struck hrs head wlth a dull thud Porky suddenlv reallzed It was the basketball He had fall ed to turn ln tlme to take the pass from h1s team mate HIS heart turned S1Ck w1th ap prehenslon but the next moment he start ed 1n surprlse as he heard the Central crowd roar The ball had bounced from Porky s head onto the backboard and after an agOI'l1Z1I1g moment of roll1ng around the hoop had dropped through the netting for two pomts Central rooters went Wlld w1th enthusrasm St1ll bew1ldered Porky DHVIS was nalf carrled off the floor by a shout 1ng and laughlng mob ln the locker room Coach Elllott was wa1t1ng and he too was laughlng Davls he grlnned Ive got to hand lt to you That was the tlme you really used your And hat lb why Porky Davls became known as one of the headlest players that Central fans had ever known Lawrence Bartlett 43 OOPS I was puttlng the boat under cover tor the n1ght when I heard fortstcps cllck cllcklng behlnd me I turned and approach 1ng was a sllcked up clty man He was tall and had a good physlque but you could tell that he was green when you put h1m beslde any of us tough old sod hoppers I may be tough but Im pohte so I holl ers H1 stranger He Jumped commg down hard on a boat and roll1ng over It backward Do you have to holler llke that? h sputtered pullmg hlmself out of the boat and brushmg the sand off h1s clothes Well no I replled but Mom always taught me to be p l1te to strangers speclal ly strangers who don t know me Well lets get acqua1nted Bud he offered rather haught1ly My names Jake I told h1m Just as haught1ly Clmaglne anyone calllng me a s1ssv name 11ke Budj My name IS B1ll Alsles I was wonder 1ng lf you had any property or lncome Mlnd you Im not curlous but I would l1ke to know Jake Well well Ianswered CI was CUFIOUS about th1s clty sllcker so I thought Id try to make a good lmpresslon on hlml I have a twenty four acre farm four boats whlch I rent out a Model T truck e1ght een cows all mllklng three dogs four cats a w1fe and an mcome of forty five dollars a week clear I l1ve on what I F8189 and sell some of It It surely doesnt cost me much to l1ve It s all profit You must pay an awfully blg lncome tax sald the stranger lnterested Ha ha' QI laughed that one offj M pay an lncome tax' Say I have a sl1ck hard tlme story Ill tell those fellers You d better start talklng then I m the tax collector Mabel Heath 42 HIS SECOND COURAGE Come on Joe the gangs gomg swlm mmg' Buzz Ransom pulled at the sleeve of h1s frlends sweater h1s eyes regardlng the others hopefully Naw I dont feel l1ke swlmmlng drawled Joe but h1s face flushed ever so l1ttle and h1s eyes dropped before those of h1s pal Come on along wlth us then urged Buzz appearlng not to notlce h1s frlend s embarrassment Maybe you ll feel l1ke It when you get there Joe Palmer went along but he hated to face the r1d1cule Whlch he feared he would have to face He knew that Buzz was h1s loyal frlend but he knew the rest of the gang thought he was yellow thought he had lost h1s nerve And Joe had to admlt that they were rlght I have lost my nerve he told hlmself Ever slnce I caught that cramp at the beach last summer and almost drowned Ive had a mortal fear of the water The gang all knows about It too and have started talkmg They thlnk Im yellow Joes fears were reahzed when they reached the rlver The gang was all there and 1mmed1ately after thelr arr1val Joe 1 25 V . ' 1 N . - - - en- U . . . ' . . . Y . u - - - 11 . , . I ' .' 1 1 - - 11 1 - 1 , . ' ' an 11 ' , . f 1 1 - V . . , 1 . . . H . . ' . - ' 1 1 4 . I , . , - I . '- --7 Y . 7 . 1 1 . - . . , ' - 1 77 1 . . . . . H ' ' ' 77 - - ' . . 1 7 ' cc 11 ax . ' . . . 1 ' ' e '. . . . , 8 - - - 1 11 - 4: 1 ' . 1 X . 1 - F7 1 . ,- - , ss 11 , K , , , .. . T - an 1 - . , . head , ' , , an 1 - ' 4 . - L 1 1 ', - 97 .1 . , l . , . . 1 1 1 u 1 ' , ' ' as Y Y 5 , . , , - . . ' ' V 7 x ' 'x 1 I - ' ' ' ' sn - , 11 - 1 1 . H . ,, , . . . . , ' 1 ' 41 1 - - 7 ' , as 11 97 1 - ac 1 ,, . . . , . . , . as ' YY ' 1 1 ' ., 1 . u . ., V as ' 11 e . ' an 11 - . . y , 1 sc ' 14 11 ' as . ' 1 1 1 ' . , . . n , - 1 V1 3 7 , - - 1 11 H 1 - 97 , ' . 1 1 1 . , , U , ,, . . . . - - 1 1 - V