Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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THE BREEZE We felt that the publlc especlally ch11 dren l1ke anlmals that are cute and 11ttle The first two plctures were not very popular Th1s was when the talkles came along M1ckey became natlonally famous Then Drsney declded to set h1S actlons to muslc and w1th1n a year every producer xn Hollywood was b1dd1ng for hlm Hls plctures earn about slxty thousand dollars one th1rd of whlch IS profit DL ney employs thlrty young art1sts One makes the key drawmgs such as the plc ture of M1ckey enterlng a scene and the next m the mlddle of the stage then the others must flll 1n between For a film to be shown on the screen for seven and one half mlnutes lt takes about nlne thousand drawlngs In the older days of the cartoon a plcture would be made then the arms and legs drawn 1n d1fTerent posxtlons but now for greater realrm a separate plcture IS drawn each tlme even the expanslon and contractlon of h1s body when he breathes are shown Newcomers to Hollywood may thlnk Drsneys stud1o an rnsane asylum as they ee some young artlst pranc1ng about to see how h1s legs look when danclng to a cer taln .song or another grlnnlng 1nto a mlr ror to see how an eyebrow look when he laughs Dlsney keeps ln close Contact w1th each of hrs artlsts and sees to rt that M1ckey w1ll always be the charmmg l1t tle fellow he IS A BRIEF STORY OF WILEY POSTS LIFE Wlley Pos and h1s brother were brought up on a farm 1n Oklahoma Even as a boy he was lnterested 1n mach1nery Hls brother bu1lt models of alrplanes and he fitted mo tors 1nto them At the age of seventeen W11ey Post went to an automobxle school and became a mechamc was declared he enlxsted ln the av1at1on sectron of the s1gnal corp But when lt was dl covered he was under dlscharged However when he became old enough he was accepted When war age he was After the war he worked as a helper ln dr1ll1ng oll wells One day a stunt plane pas ed over the place where he was work mg and the parachute Jumper was ln Jured ln a fall So Wlley Post asked the prlots to let h1m substltute for the Jumper They consented and he made four Jumps 1n the next two monlths He learned to fly a plane wh1le worklng as a parachute Jumper After learnrng to fly he declded he wanted a plane of h1s own So he pro cured another Job helpmg dr1l1 oll wells ln order to obtam money enough to buy one Whlle workmg on th1s Job a pxece of hot metal struck the pupll of h1s left eye and It was necessary to remove xt The com pensat1on he recexved for the loss of h1s eye enabled h1m to buy a plane After numerous attempts to prove he could fly a plane as well w1th one eye as w1th two he was granted a llcenl e In 1931 w1th Harold Gatty as navxgator he flew around the world 1n elght days fifteen hours and fifty one mlnutes In 1933 wlth a robot as asslstant p1lot he flew around the world agaln Th1S txme he beat h1s former record and gamed the honor of makmg the longest solo fl1ght from the Unlted States to Europe He was nearly forced to abandon hrs alrplane but the sclentlflc devlces many of whlch were made by lum enabled hlm to fly through th bad weather Post was awarded a medal for the greatest a1r feat of 1933 After flyxng around the world for the second tlme he began plann1ng a fllght xn to the stratosphere Many of the rn struments he needed he had made under h1s supervxslon One thlng Wh1Ch was 15 .-. - , - ,, . . - S 1 1 1 ' rn - 11 . N, , , at ' 11 1 . , , 5 1 .. 1 .S . . ' ' 1 1 'V - . nl - 11 ' I . , 1 1 - 1 1 - , - 1 . I A 1 1 ' ' 1 1- 1 1 -1 1 1 Y - , . . qi , .. . . , . . 1 - 1 1 S -. . . . . 1 1 ' - . . . 1 1 S 1 . . at ' 11 ' ' ' - 1 1 1 1 . L . ,L V x, . . 1 . ' V ' - 1 . .

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THE BREEZE We were all d1v1ded up w1th a pal on one boat and another on one of the other two boats Our tr1p was to be to a small lsland out ln the Reach We had declded to com promlse and some rest wh1le others went sallxng We arrlved at our secluded lsland at about 4 oclock ln the afternoon after two hours on a choppy sea Some were so sea slck they could hardly stand wh1le others dxdn t mlnd lt at all We p1tched our tents numberlng about e1ght whlch nearly covered half the 1sland Everyone be1ng hungry we next had a basket brought up from the largest of the three boats and supper was prepared We were a pretty sorry looklng bunch s1tt1ng around the flre with a sandwlch Ln one hand and a cup of hot cocoa ln the other After supper We all gathered around the flre and started tellmg ghost stones all but a few who had wandered off to explore the lsland before the next day That flrs of us had seen The waves dashed ag'unst the rocks and cllffs below us wh1le the wlnd played 1n the treetops above Many was the t1me we were awakened by the moans of the seaslck members The next day broke clear and brlpht wlth the most of us awake at dawn ff went 1n sw1mm1ng and had breakfast The next thlng proposed was a sort of explor atxon tr1p on the lsland Thls turned oat to be a very pleasant trlp Although the un was warm there was a cool breeze f m the salt water The second nlght pro' ed even more terrlble than the first Sunday the thxrd and last day was spent ln rest and breaklng camp We left at about two oclock Sunday afternofn Our return trlp was much more pleasa at than the first trlp The sea belng calm ax d those who had been S83'51Ck gettmg ore the slckness we spent our t1me on deck On arr1v1ng home many frlends and p rents greeted us and encouraged us to take another uch tr1p some other week end Three weeks after that another tr1p was planned w1th more of the school m at tendance and five yachts mstead of three L G THE ONLY UNPAID MOVIE STAR Mlckey Mouse that popular pen and 1nk drawxng LS the only unpaid movxe star ln the world He IS famous 1n the Umted States and ln all parts of the world When Walt Dxsney h1S creator was slx h1s lxfes ambltlon was to own a c1rcus When he and hls parents moved to Kansas C1ty he declded to become a newspapel artlst The nearest he got to this was de llvermg papers at three dollars a week He d1d this from the t1me he was n1ne un'1 he was seventeen Then when the war broke out although he was under age he man aged to get lnto the Red Cross After the war he dr1fted from one Job to another unt11 he formed a company to make lT'Ot1Ull plctures of pen and 1nk drawlngs They made Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack the Glant K1ller but they were fallures and the company went 1nto bank ruptcy He tr1ed other schemes but all wlth the same result He and hrs brother went to Hollywood and made some drawings for another plc ture Th1S t1me lt was Oswald Dlsney was able to make from dred to two hundred drawlngs a was a greater success and they he Cdu one hun day 1 us saved nr teen thousand dollars and were able to h1re some help It was then that he thought of Mlckey Mouse I cant say how the ldea came he said We wanted another anamal We had a cat a mouse naturally came to mmd 14 V ! . . . 3- T ' . ' - .s ' - . , N . Y . ' ' -E. . . '37, 1 ' Y cl ' yr - - . . . 1 ! . 1 Q . - ' Q . . . W - 1 . 1 1 ' ' . . , . . . . y W ' fl , - . . . X . A ' l ' . -li- night wa.s the most interrupted night most Y . A ' , g I, . . ' D as , xl - . . la ' ,' rv . ' - W' . ' L , I , A ' ' ' u t , 1. rr .S rc . - - ' y . . l . ' - , E '- I 7 ' 1 2 , H ' ' K .- I b ry n 7 ' 1 yn . . v F 1 . '

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THE BREEZE d1fHcult to make was h1s rubber su1t wh1ch ls the flrs to be Worn for Hy1ng On h1s Hrs attempt he rose to a he1ght of over 30000 feet Later he ascended to an alt1 tude of 48 000 feet Th1s was an unoflic1al record because h1s alt1meter broke If It hadnt he would have beaten the world recold After these fhghts he planned one across the contlnent 1n the stlatosphere He be lleved by domg th1s he could beat DIPVIOUS speed records because he would be above the storm areas and the a1r res1stance would be less H1s first attempt was a fa1l ure because someone had placed 1ron H1 lngs and powdered emery 1n h1s motor wh1ch clogged the O11 lme He fa1led the second t1me because h1s oxygen supply be ca1ne low and when he descended to lower altltudes two cylmders falled to work At present he 1S preparlng for another fhght across the contment and also one for alt1tude When he Lsn t worklng on a plane or flylng one he llkels to be 1n the com pany of boys These are the two thmgs wh1ch mterest h1m most SPORTS AND SPORTSMANSHIP It makes no d11Terence whe her 1t IS IH sport or work Wh1Ch has to be done each day everyone should show good sportsman sh1p If you play a game of tennls wlth a f11end and he w1ns by falr play a good sport would be glad and not ulk and say that he Won It by luck or cheatlng Thls apphes to all games as well as the one ment1oned above One lncldent of poor sportsmansh1p 1S as follows A man was talkmg w1th a hotel manager and Sald I W111 be back before dark w1th a deer Of course the hotel manager asked hlm why he was so sure he would The man rephed You wa1t and see He left the hotel 1n the mormng wa nearly dark when the man came back w1th the deer The first questxon the hotel manager asked was How d1d you get h1m'P The man Sald My Wlfe and I rented a c ttage about four m1les from here last summer Wh1le we were there we fed th1s deer and 1t grew qu1te tame We would Wh1St18 and the dee1 would come The hotel manager 1nterrupted here and Sal Oh I see So you went up and shot that pet deer Well I call you a very poor port Ill have no such man staymg at my hotel 1f I know 1t Go to the next ho tel Whlch IS about fifteen m1les from here There are many thmgs l1ke this Wh1Ch happen every dav throughout the World Take th1s lesson to yourself and alway show good sportsmanslfup A MODERN VIEWPOINT OF EDUCATION The very mcanlng of educat1on has changed along wlth chang1ng methods In former years educat1on meant the pos ses 1on of a certaln amount of learmng and a g1ven amount of d1sc1pl1ne but ac Cilfdlllg to the present ldeas the alm of educat1on IS to lncrease human efflclency Another a1m LS that educat1on shall lead to a more efficlent llfe 1n the home state and s c1al 1nst1tut1ors and that also hould be fitted to the hfe and needs of the communlty Wh1Ch It serves The school methods IS m keepmg w1th the ad of everyth1ng 1n general Farm 1ng methods are m 1Ch d1fferent from wha they were a few years ago therefore new methods IH Cdl1C3.t1Ol1 are demanded One mlstake 1n educat1onal or school methods of former years was 1n thlnklng that methods 1n towns and c1t1es were the best also for country schools Rural con change that has c me over rural vance 4- , . , . . It '-. I - - Q , 5, I , 3 4, . . . -' . . H . v - - ' . , -f . . . ,, 1 - - ' ' ' ' . cs - , . . f .V -, , A . , 'D 1 S ., - -.. . . . ' , Q U L, ' , , ' 11 ' W dv 1 ' , . , . . N , - 'V ' - -2 . ' .,, . . b . . - vw 1 , ' 9 1 'J' s ' . . 1.. . . . , . . . . ' , y - . - - sv .CN at . - 1: - - - v1 -D x v Y - 1 r - 1 ' 'J u . , lL Q . . . , ... , . . . H - O , - - - . Y . ' v ' 4: ' - ' , . ' ,y . . . v 1 ' an ' H y , v ,