Presque Isle High School - Ship Yearbook (Presque Isle, ME)

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CLASSROOM DREAMS Seated one day rn my classroom I was weary and 1ll at ease My gaze wandered to the wmdow Prom whence came a heavenly breeze I stretched to look out of the wrndow A srgh escaped my lrps There walked a beauteous creature Prom a soda takrng srps Mx throat was parched I was tued Id had no sleep the nrght before The sandman came acreepm And I was asleep nce more' My shoulder started to pam me I awoke from my heavenly joys Its all rrght to sleep rn my classes But must you make all that norse? Thus the vorce of the teacher reached me I awoke wrth a startled yell As I gathered my wrts about me I heard the warnrng bell' Trme was gomg fast I rushed out the d or wrth mv studres In an endeavor not to be last Study was my next per1od I pot there before the rest I started to s1t rn my regular seat But Jumped up wrtn angry zest' Who put that tack the e anyway? Is the questrcn I want to know Was rt meant to pam another? Or was rt placed bx an unknown foe? But sleep agarn overcomes me I am wearv and rll at ease I rest mv head on mv Grammar As ln comes that toublesome ree7e , . Q - 1 I iumped to my feet in a hurry, Y . . K .. Y ' r 5 . . Marilyn Broun is

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NIGHT The snert strllness ot t e nrght Izncloses all below The mo rlxeht beams upon the S11 Refleet a stlyer glow Ihe swaxmg palms lxke srlhoucttes Stand framed aga1nst the moon lhe ment bxrels plarntrye wall replxes The love brrds lullug, eroor' The shmme, stars look oowr upon A scene of calm repose Naught but the sound of splashrng foam The strll nrght dares drsclose Hazel Martrn 41 THAT CERTAIN AGF What car be the matter wrth my srster Mary Ann? Ma says 1715 g t somethwg to do wlth a man But gosh Ive never seen a gtrl act so funny Why shes ever' beer sayrrg all ot her m ney She never used to aet that way When wrth us boys she usecs to play She was Just as good at baseball and the lrke As any of us fellers and oh was she a tylce' liut recently she s played more wrth guls And frxed her Parr all up rn eurls And Just last nrpht I heard her say Io l1l4e a party rf I m y But what gets me lS thrs relea of a man Why Sts rs just twelve and so rs Dan Ixe len wn mm for so long and gee Why br llkes hrm I cannot see Mary Hayes 41 SPRING TONIC hy ery woman has a rat eyery woman has a reason She pets a new one every yea a new one every season Some are tall and some are wrde home are modest and bona hoe There are feathers st1elc1ng, out Tl ere are yells flymt, about Xnd s me ot the eolors would get you tlown Orange ed breer' bla k and brown Why 1 thrs world ot rght and day M st women aye such hats to dlsplay 7 hxrle y Coffey 41 ,. Q., Q. . .Hx .y . . lr , 1 1 , CLI ' ' f' 'fit , , - , . 'I s f ,' , . ' .' , 14 . ' A ' y 4 A , A I . 1, , . ,. . ,E - r . I , . ., A . . V . . . , . 7 . ,. v , A . v ' , A ' ' Aa r ,v I I ' A .. V . , - ,e v. ' , , .4 I ' - 1 i 1 ixn V ir' I - . . . . , . , , , . . , . , s . A . ...y - xr - avn Y . . .I V ' I ,, .,,. . . V . ,A . . , . ' I' 1 , A . .. ' 1 ' 1 ' S ' . . vs 1 f-f w 1 V v ' . .. r , , . , . , , , a . . 1 ., .., . , Q. . I 7 , 1 ' f . ,, A ' Q M r. V11 Al W v ys ,, r J ,e . . A .A , A, e . n 5 ' n . , L. , n,, - . , ,. Q ' ' 1

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CHAPEL PROGRAMS This year in the new auditorium a series of most interesting chapels have been held on Wednesday mornings from eight ocl ck until nine We thank all those who have performed though it IS impossible of course to mention every cne We wish to express our appreclation to Elrzabeth Johnson from the Nor mal School who sang two vocal solos Lillian Glidden and Eldora Allen our own outstanding sopranos pianist Natalie Thomas who has helped to make several programs a success and our music director Mr Lewis whose piano technique is the envy of his audience Then there are the Johnston duets featur mg Joyce and Sylvia and those tenors Johnny Willette and Dana Packard Jackie McCormick and Gloria Brown entertained us with an original tap dance and Gloria also gave a humorous reading Travel talks and movmg pictures f South America were presented by Jimmy and Alice Moore and many of us are still puzzled over the tricks of the magician Mr Leigh A recent Professor Quiz pr gram concerning semiclassical music titles was conducted in which Miss Dmgwall played the piano and Mr Page was the Professor The contestants were Charles Dudley Robert Smith Barbara Stone Wesley Hussey Charles Carpen ter the w1nner Storer Parsons Mary Hayes Lillian Glidden Barbara Packard Jo n Stevens Christopher Carrier Sidney Graves Last but y no means least the accomplished Ruth T ormg of Or no Maine entertained us with a few ac cordran solos ONE ACT PLAYS On the evening of Pebruary 6 1940 three one act plays were presented in the hgh s hool auditorlum under the direction of Miss Drngwall The admis s on charged was ten cents f r students and twenty five cents for adults An ap prcciative audience attended The following students were included in the casts Modern Cinderella Natalie Thomas Sidney Graves Walter Nevers Patricia Long Carolynn Parkhurst Jean Junkins Margery Benjamin Maxine Gould and Ardis Wilkins. Return Mar uerite McLeod Ralph Walker Samuel Allen Lawrence Johnston. Donald Langley. Rumors Wanted Marv Graves Joy e Merritt Jeanne Boulieu, Hilda McPherson Esther Os- good Frei Sprague Forrest Craig.