West Paris High School - Nautilus Yearbook (West Paris, ME)

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7 H YQA, TEAM HOh, you Dartonln Rodney Darton, left end, pulled in a pass from quarterback Roger Sherman Calias Sparky? and was racing down the field toward the opposite goal posts. Any possible tacklers had been ably taken care of by his teammates and the only worry he had left was big Steve Mason who was waiting for him at the goal posts. They were about eight yards from the goal line when Steve dropped forward for the kill. The eager fans were amazed when the clutching fingers slid away from Rod's uniform and he cut across the line. He touched the ball to the green turf to tie the score and grinned as he went back to kick for the extra point. The Linton team dropped into formation and Rod kicked. Almost.... almost.... it was over, but it had been close. Linton High School had beaten their con- ventional rivals from Greenwood City. Monday morning Rod met SparkyN'on his started the conversation. HSay, Rod, didja see the headlines in Needless to say Rod had. In fact, he at the gate and had stared a long time at read, UDarton ties score in last minutes, that looked swell. He nodded to Sparky. way to school. Sparky the 'Daily'?n had met the paper boy those headlines. They kicks goal.n Gee, but Hwell, old boy,n Sparky continued, Nwhen you get to be All- Ameriean stuff just don't forget to look at dear old Sparky once in a while. And, if you don't hurry up there won't be any time to get in a few words with that cute little Junior girl, before the bell rings. Hey, don't throw your books at mein Sparky dodged an imaginary missile and kept on talking. nRodJ Watch out for your blood pressure! Your face is actually purplelu By the time they reached the school, Rod's face had returned to normal. He cheerily answered the greetings of his friends and was extremely conscious of the admiring glances sent his way. The underclassmen thought of him as a hero and the girls regarded him as a god. The only fly in his ointment came when he found that the teachers did not join the ranks of the worshippers. He flubbed up an algebra problem so that its originator could not have recognized it. He disgraced himself in Latin class because he couldn't conjugate the verb nto ben in the passive voice. English and General Science were merely repetitions of the two preceding classes. When Sparky mot him at the field house he was in a dcjectod mood.