Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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P l Ns dre 1m thoughts ot delightful odors e s 1 1ttt to L1 hrowlu h hou e on Jx anso it erm out i it nth re lat1bles here lunches serxed tarclesslx disregudmg the date, though ht stepped mstde Remoting his jacket and h1t he eated hlmselt in a comfortable chair who e b1ck was toward the street lhe tables were bare but there he waited The place eemed strangelv enough deserted what could be the meaning? Banff' Rattle' Shouts' Suddenly he Jumped up ll hat could all this racket be? No orches tr1 no waiters no sign of amthmg Someone rushed through the room lmcmff it hun and ran up the stairs He to eat b 1relv Horrors' hxhll sort of a place was this lhump thump thump on the stairs coming louder and louder and then Here came 1 group of white bovs It was 1 tollw looking bunch of boys headed by a tall dignihed man How do vou do' May we be of any asslstance to xou, Slfg I'he1r leader xentured Ihe darl ie replied How d we do, mister' XX h tt does wo ttll this no count place n how XX hit does xo serxe to nite Sctxe to night' Xh hem said the lt lilltl X IS 1h mister Ahs jest bout shrunk fer sumpm ter eat Ph' -Xhd like service lf you please if d1s am 1 place where I can e1t he demanded XX ell sir we dont serxe meals here We re plavlng basketball tonlght and we are servmff nothing but a game here But ah seed de SIQQH out dere in front' Dat sho looked fine to me' contlnued the darkie lhos eatables were demolished last S1t urdav But meals c1n be 0lJlllI10fl at the Bean hole 1 short distance down the wax there xou will see a vellow house with green trimmings in front of wluch is a restaurant svn adxlsed the leader with 1 Grin on Us ace Bean hole' llal' Wal' Dat sho sounds good and ah ll be moving long Thanks mis er' Dis am no place for no one lak me NI H S C H O O L N O T E S December 13 1929 proved to be a big dav Cyclone Sally a three act comedy-drama for P H S In the afternoon the second an nual Fillxps Fizzle Fozzle Fair was given at the schoolhouse In the hall there were sex eral prettlly decorated booths for candy, lce cream and mystery packages From the fish pond a camera was received bv the person drawing the lucky number -Xt two thirtv oclock there was a mlnstrel show under the management of 'Nliss Paullne Page 'Ihose taklng part were Gerald 'Xloore Russell Stmchfield Hayden Fairbanks Delmer Hmk ley end men Erland Fraser and Henrx Rlchardson Farls Dunham Ruth Leavitt, Elinor Fairbanks Beatrice Hardy end wom en Ethal Thompson and BSSSIC Lltchfield mterlocutor Cecll VS orcester In the evening at eight oclock Cat Lam bert Halll the Dramatic Club presented full of mystery and fun It is felt that its success was due to the hne co operation of all as well as to the kmd help and coaching of Nliss Helen Smart one of the High School teachers and to the Hon 'X P Noble 'Xluch gratitude is extended to those who asststed in any wav There was a good attendance estimated at about 200 a total of 3-110 was recelxed Between the acts spectahttes were given under the management of Ellnor Falrbanks Those taking part were the Misses Madeline Austin Elmor Fairbanks Faris Dunham Ethal Thompson El1zabeth Russell and Don ald Brackley 'Xfusic was furmshed by the Hwh School orchestra lt ' H E P H I l. L I A N l z 5' ,N ' ' 'g 3, h ' 1' ' , L' ' ' . wa: zttra ' -d ' ' 's s the 1 ' 'Q ' -' , 11 y- lett ln' me' J f tl - Hull t'x B 1 Al it f' mt. 'f ' 1 ',' ' ' ' - ' ? xvl url: - ' I .' - I -1 '. '. , L... -v 'S 2 . ' , ' Q ' ' . . 1 A 7 ' 7 5. ' ' 'V 1 S . ' f ' ' '- . . ' f' 2 5 . -- ' ' , ' 7 . V, ' . , V ,, . 1. 1 ' . ',, j ' . ' e ' ' ', ' .1 - .' 5 , z i ' ' 2 2 ' ' ga ,, 2 . ' ' ' . ' - . z . 'Q ' ' ' listened a moment. The noise had subsided. Go to the corner and turn to your left and . l ' Z h '1? 4 vi v' 5 ' ,, I Q V . N . 5 . . N . . . A 1 . .... l fg 1 ' ' 2 ,,' l'.' z ' 1 . f . 1 ' '- f, - . ' . . ' 5 , W ' at , 1 - v , ' - . ' . v ' . v, f . t . - Y 'yy ' . B. . . . '3O. -1- 'Jw -1- -1- -11 -fu .1- 5 .f. ,,-. .,- .,- .4-.4--.Q .y-.4-.Q .f-.f- ,,.,ya.f- .1-.4-.f-.p-.1-.1-.y-.y .1-.fn -1--2 -1--f--1---f-'lu -Q S a an l Q- 1- -1- -.f+..f--1--f- -1--if -1- -5- -1- vi- -1- -1- -1- .1-'Q -1- -1- -.1--5. .Q .1- -1- 71- -.1--l--1-'1-.z-.l- -.1-+ ' H 77 v 1 - , L . l - , Y . ' A ' v L , ' , . - . . . 1 . 1 . Z V 7. Y l Y . V . ' y ' - ' '- . . . N . Q 9 ,' . 4 ' . 1 , Y i . U Y - ,. Z X . A . , , , 1 . . . v . . Z A , 3 , , . , V - ' . - 7 , - - . A M' '

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THE PHILLIPTAN Il eye was faxed upon me, watchrng me expect antly hoprng that I would farl have to be prompted or do some thrng equally as bad Ihrs drd not tend to help matters rn the slrghtest The next thrng I realrzed was that I was frnrshrng mv prece and oh how good those last few lrnes drd sound I remember thrnkrnv they ought to be rmmortalrzed as one of the great savrngs of lrterature On hnrsh rng I stumbled to mv seat and blessed the gods that rt rs not possrble to grve encores at thrs krnd of a peakrng contest Afterwards my frrends asked me rf I was not afrard durrng the speakrng I replred rn the neffatrve but I ffuess I fuled to convrnce them Ever srnce thrs ercperrence I have taken a frrm stand agarnst compulsory speakrng rn Phrllrps Hr h School E F MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENTS We of Amerrca, lrvrng rn the twentreth century flnd rt drffrcult to rmagrne a countrv such as Greece or a crty such as Rome, or Troy Unless we have seen the rurns of an crent burldrngs or better strll have heard storres of the actrvrtres of ancrent peoples from ancestors who have dwelt wrthrn the bounds of these countrres and who have en gaged rn therr wars the fact of therr exrs tence remarns an rmprobable dream I wrll attempt to tell a lrttle of the storres of Greece and Troy whrch have come down rn my frmrly throuffh an ancestor who was taken captrve bv the Trojans and who fought shoulder to shoulder wrth Achrlles the mrf htv Greek warrror rn the famous sreve of Trov The ancrents were gurded rn everv phase of therr lrves bv superstrtron Iavervthrng that was done was done bv the wrll of a ffod lf a man fell rn brttle rt was because a ood had forsrken hrm a man who turned tr rrtor to hrs countrv drd so not because of hrs own ba e desrres but because an unfavorable god had rntlrrenced hrnr when a man had a dream a vod w as present rn that dream and the man drd whatever the God drrected no matter w hat the con eouences countrre made peace because the hrvh power sard Fnough and not because thev were wearv of trffhtrnff In war the ancrents were wonderful, not rn a moral way, for they seem to us to wage war wrthout adequate cause, but rn methods and physrcal abrlrty Every man was an ath lete and he fought merely for the lust of war and the joy of wrnnrng A freld of battle was a glorrous srght mrl lrons of men clad rn shrnrnff armor beautr ful shrelds upon therr arms lances flashrng rn the sun mounted on sprrrted horses, surgrng back and forth for hours Here and there were the charrots sweeprng the field wrth lrnes of brrllrant colors In the drstance was the sea where the shrps lay rdle Strong shrps they were resemblrng on the most part huge brrds or trsh and requrrrng the skrll and strength of a hundred oarsmen to drrve them After a battle a sacrrfice was always made to the gods These sacrrhces were often very rmpressrve 'Ihe greatest sacrrfice was the hecatomb A hundred oxen were slarn by some great warrror and after havrng had bar lev thrown between therr horns for the sake of a good omen they were burned on the altar and so on rn therr work and rn therr relrv ron they were the same superstrtrous and warlrke rndustrrous and brave, prrmrtrve rn therr wav of thrnkrng vet capable of dornff great thrngs They left behrnd them to aston rsh the modern world therr crumblrng rurns therr burred treasures and therr crude lnscrrp trons all that remams to show us that such people ever exrsted thrnffs whrch rn therr dav thev would have doubted ev en hr fh Jove capable of dorng V A CU RIOUS INCIDENT I'hrllrps Ihrllrps' Next stop at Phrllrps loudlv crlled the conductor of the trarn rs a shrrll whr tle blew The trarn stopped -X strrnge character a negro wrtlr a south ern drawl folded hrs paper prcked up hr bar' and alrvhted He was told upon rnqurrv that he mrfht obtarn a lunch at a place onlv a number of vards up Nlrrn qtreet Crossrng the street w here Depot Qtreet and Nlarn itreet form rrffht anfles he walked alonff and from ' I I 4. V v 7 ! , Y . v 7 Y I H . . . , P' 7 - I . , . . Y . ' v . ' 3 ' . F' V ' F1 i Q g . on, 1 1 H. . . 30. , , . A v V ' L n . - v 1-v' I n n n n . . , . , g . . . v. , V 1 - . . A . . . - , , Frvrlrzatron has overwhelmed them, done 2 , 1 u Q n rs n Pg , 4 I V ' V n u ' ' A D . ' 7 4 L . ' A -Z ' v , 7 . . . s f D. E. . 31. Pi 1' , , 1 . v - . 1 v 1 , 4 u, 5 . , I , v ,N . . , , . . - , . . ,.. 1 s , C, C I., ' T' ' ' T ' z ' ' 1 r . z' V' 2 ' 1 -2 + Q ' . A Q ' s ' s . . . :S -u fl, L T ' A - I P- 4 '- Q C rs ' ' - . . z V L C . L g . 5 4 ,., 'g c 1 1 1 y-.- 1 .H ' '- . I , .Y . y , V P' ' 1 T L . 4 . ' ' 5 1 g K r -2 . - 2 . . ,. F ' N ' ' 4 Q ' K E, I A -, L M . . . . 'Q ' 5, Y 5 1 L 'I 'L ' . Q., t

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E H LLIPI Sl R Cas! of C hararters jzcl xx ebster owner of the W ebster Estate Robert Lawrence Re gre Nlanners a Voun, Englishman adept at pluckmg peaches Norman Iweld Jim Jerklns courted for twenty years and not vet dlscourazed Floyd Whlte lhlhe Clump Sue Bascoms beau and the world s exghth xvonder XX endell Whitney Sallv Fl iham Cyclone Sally Izlame Badger jennv 1 h itcher fortx and the object of jim s DCFSISICUCC jenny Lawrence Ruth Thatcher a peach Re Ure would llke to I fhe Varden a cute llttle nelghbor Nladelme Austm X man Xernoa the belle of Cedar Polnt Beatrlce Hardx Followlng the drama a dance was gnven It the Fran e Hall music was furnlshed bv the Shadagee orchestra Thus Ifrxdav the thlrteenth thou h super stltlously an unlucky date proxed to be a great day the total amount taken ln both afternoon a d exemnv was SISZ of whlch amount 25129 was cleared Cyclone Sallx was presented agam at Iambert Hall januarx 22 bx the same ca t of characters for the benefit of the Box Scouts and the Basketball Ball team Nluch apprecxatxon IS felt toward those who so kmd lx, and wlllm lx atded ln anx wax towards maklnff thls a success lebruary 7 1930 a baked bean supper md entertaxnment were lven by the Dramatxc Llub at the Lommumty House Those 1n xlted were the facultv of Phlllnps Hugh the Supt of Schools and all those who had helped prevtously ln aldmg the cause of the play mmstrel how and dance or alded the basketball boxs of the Hugh School There was tn attendance of thlrtv snr lhe Publlc Speaklnfr took place at Xlxlbur Hall on the following dates Februarv 21 24 Z8 and Nlarch 7 wlth good attendance lhe three judges NIrs Xrthur Roblnson Rex Nlxron Packard and Ur Elden Shute nounced thexr declslon on the last nl ht as follows Nlontress Yxmg 'xladehne Nustln Dorothv Smlth 'xlaude Sedgelex Vlmlfred Bunnell Iennv Lawrence Beatrlce Hardy Norman Fleld xmton xoter Fxerett Harn den lack Badger Robert Lawrence Cecxl Worcester These to take part m the pre llmtnartes The subject for debate last xear was Re solxed That the Lnlted States should refuse to protect mxestments ln the Caribbean ev cept lfter a formal declaratnon of war Our two afhrmatlxe speakers Dorothea Vose and Nlontford Lnbbx debated with Ixmff neld at XX llbur Hall and won bx a 3 to O vote Nt the same tlme Robert Iawrence and Fx erett Harnden debated on the neffatxxe with 'stronfr wmmn there hx a 3 to O xote TH P I AN I3 C.-X. ' FO l4Yk4l,fJNl'2 S:Xl.l.Y ' ' ' 1 V I f , ' Y U' ' r X . , , i 1 P- ' ' 1 I . g . , 1 fr g an . - . - .. . c ' . ..- ' ' ' Y Y . ' . . ' ' . . Q 1 K ..-f-.. ..... ' 7 ,. . , . , , , y K M . , A - . , 3 ' ' r ' V z - ., .. - 77 ' il.ii,i. s i I C Q y ' . . K . H . 1 . - I V . . , t ' W . c . ', . ' I v. 1 . rw S v A 1 - ' ' v ' ' . : ' ' v 1 gn ' ' ' ' ' pick . . . . ........... . . . . .Farrs Dunham - , - A . - 1111- .3 ' . .. ' ' C g L 1 ' A ' .2 . .. , L .- , , vn V- 7 1 ' , Y Y' ' ' A, .1 7 A 1' D ' - 1 - 1 '- - - . ,. . V . Q q J l - ' . fx 1 . ' . . f I ' ' . uw l , A v u t 1 2 t , 1 , , - L ' u . . - . . . U - -i- T- -. - . ,., . . ' V . V U Q v 1 1 . ' ' I 1 4 ' ,, ' I v I K . . , ' 't . . ' rv K .v . C L C K 9 5 'v . S . ' ' -' C 5' , . ,. V ' , .f , ' ' . C v 1. - .T ll V C 4'- v ' ' 2 v ' ' v v V v . F ' ' ' 'I n H - ' vi . or v v D A c ,, ,, , ,.