Lincoln Academy - Lincolnian Yearbook (Newcastle, ME)

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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

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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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26 THE LINCOLNIAN saw the swaggermg flgure of Red Barber Red and Joe had always been rlvals and sometlmes thelr rxvalry had become bxtter Lately Red had been maklng the most of Joes fear of the water H1 Buzz grmned the blg red halred boy Come on 1n the water IS f1ne What d1d your pal Joe come along for to watch your clothes Forget It Red sa1d Buzz angrxly Joe may go 1n wlth us 1f he feels l1ke lt If he feels l1ke lt sneered Red That s good' what w1ll he do go wadmg' Joe however had walked rapldly away and was down by the sprmgboard watch mg some of the other boys Red was ID an ugly mood so he decxded to make the most of th1s opportunlty to annov Joe Look gang' he yelled Watch the red head dlve off the brldge Th1s IS lesson number one for the SlSSy boys that are a frald of the water know that water IS too shallow for d1v1ng from that hexght But Red was already scrambllng to the top of the brldge The shouts and warn 1ngs of the other boys were of no ava1l Wlth a cry of trlumph on hxs l1ps the reck less boy plunged mto the shallow stream below The rest of the boys held thexr breath thelr faces Whlte wlth fear He s staymg down began one of them ln an awed volce H1s words were lnterrupted bv a splash and the boys saw that Joe clothes and all was taking to the water 1n a runnmg flat d1V6 that would take h1m about mldstream A qulck struggle agalnst the fast runnmg water two or three desperate dlves and Joe appeared on the surface wxth the red head of Red Barber under h1S arm As J oe struggled toward the shore wlllmg hands rushed to hls help and lay the unconsclous form of Red on the ground Blood stream ed from a bad gash 1n Red s forehead That evemng Joe went to vlsxt Red Bar ber at the latters request and as thev shook hands over the bed where Red lav rather whlte and qulet both of them knew that they understood each other as they never had before THE REWARD OF A GERMAN MOTHER It was the sprlng of 1923 when Fritz first became lnterested ln the meetlngs Frau Hedr1ch reflected as she plucked the last feathers from a chlcken the Chrlstmas dlnner for her and Frltz At first Frltz had not mentloned them much He had Just sa1d that th1S fellow H1tler had some good 1deas and that 1f the vouth of the R61Ch followed h1m Germany would r1se agaln The nlght that Fr1tz had stood up and defied h1S mothers wlshes that he would stay at home stood out thls Chrlst mas day 1n Frau Hedr1ch s mmd Thls was Chrlstmas day 1932 and Frltz was now a Lleutenant ln the German army Perhaps her only son knew what he was dolng when he had wholeheartedlx supported the Nazx paltg from hls fourteenth to hls twenty fourth year but there was Stlll that feelmg ln Frau Hedrlchs heart that were together 1n thexr llttle cottage on the outsklrts of Berlln To Frau Hedr1ch Frltz was her only valuable possesslon After her husband had been kllled ln the World War Frau HQdT1Ch had turned to her task of brlnglng up young Frltz wlth a heavy heart Her love for hlm had grown untll she had hated anythlng or anvbody that mlght take her Frltz away from her Suddenly Frau Hedr1ch awoke from her deep thought The past was the past To day her Fritz was com1ng home for Christ mas For one long day she would have her own son to herself wlthout havlng to heal Frltzs hurrled excuse about an lmportant meetxng at headquarters She turned her attentlon to the chlcken and lt was soon IH the oven bakmg to a crisp golden brown The rest of the d1nner was long smce ready was now s1tt1ng on the old stove wa1t1ng only for the arrlval of Frltz At the sound of the doorbell Frau Hedr1ch hurried to the door How good lt would seem to look upon the earnest face of Frltz' When she opened the door Frau Hedr1ch recelved a sudden surprlse In stead of her Frltz there stood a young German prlvate not over seventeen He spoke curtly as he snapped Herr Hedr1ch w1shed me to lnform you that he w1ll be unable to attend luncheon todav Frau Hedr1ch' Turnmg h1S back he walk C Y , . . . ,V 44 ' 99 ' I ' ' 4 , ,t y . i' ' . Q H -- . , U 0 H i . 1 H . . . . . ,. , . . . YH ' ' ' ' . , . 0 f Ki ' ' 77 66 7 ' y , . . . . . ,, . , -- , . , . , y v . . - , - . . , . . - l A . 7 7 l ., . ' ' Sl 77 LK .I D , . . ' V1 ' , V - - . ' - 91 . . ' 7 . , Take it easy, Red, called Buzz. You longed for the days when she and Fritz . ,, . . . . . ' - . 7 ' V . l . ,. . . - . . . . . v D - , h tg 7 1 --1, I n l . - ' . . , ' l I ' 3 , . . Q y v . , . . . , V . 7 , ' , 3 . . I V ' Q , . l . I, - ' 1 , - l - 9 v ,, v ' ' L v 7 A-4 , . . . , ' ' .1 v . ,, . . -