Dexter High School - Signet Yearbook (Dexter, ME)

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THE SIGNET Z9 Saxaphone and Cornet Duet, Selected, Foxcroft Academy Duet, Still as the Night, Bohn, Messrs. Boyd and Pelley a. My Old Kentucky Home, Foster, b. Suwanee River, Foster, c. Carry Me Back to Old Virginia, Foster Chorus Lily of the Valley, Root, Foxcroft Academy Band Home Sweet Home, arr. by Arthur Nevin, Chorus Dance Fantastiquef' arr. by J. S. Zamenick Combined Orchestras Music for commencement is under way and will be furnished by the members of the Senior class and the orchestra. E. K. '26. Ten Commandments of School Loyalty I. Study. Make the money that is spent on your education count for some- thing. This is primarily an institution of learning. Make it the best. II. At games, and at all interscholas- tic activities be there to show the team that there is something to fight for-a school's honor to be upheld. III. Respect the rules of the school and those who are here to enforce them. IV. Obey them. V. Show that you appreciate the ad- vantages given you by giving the best that is in you in return. VI. Be part of the whole, and work with the whole. Thru co-operation is the most complete success obtained. VII. Be courteous. Consider the other fellow first. VIII. Be a friend to everyone. Promote good fellowship in the school. IX. Get behind its activitiesg they are most worthy of your support. X. We are known to other schools by the sportsmanship we display. Play fair! The Lewis and Clark Journal While coming to school one day P- '25 was narrowly missed by a Ford. Henry is still trying to find out who threw it at him. usongssn You and I : Miss Gardner an-1 Miss Ken- ney. The Pal that I loved : Ellie Smith. You know you belong etc. : Pat Shields. Sidewalks of New York : Miss Rice. Just a little tot : Bucknam '28, Mammy's cold black rose : Ronco '25, Down by the Sea : Lloyd Murray. I Love Me : Almond Ellms. Daddy Longlegs : Bucknam '2i'. I just can't make my eyes behave : Gas-- per. The best brand of Coffey fCoifeel comes from Bangor. Ask T Mountain '26. Pat Shields says: 'Tis better to have loved and lost, than to wonder who's kiss- ing her now. A Stickler for Honesty Say, Rastus, cain't you'-all play hon- est? Ah knows what cairds ah done dealt you '-Ex. -Hall '26i: I hear you skated into an air hole the other day. Gasper '26: That's what they called it, but I found it full of water. Tink Beleveau '27 at Dover Hotel: I want a room. Clerk: Do you want a bath, too? Tink: No, I took one before I came up here. U Miss Rice in Com. Geog: Trial, where is the island of Cuba situated? T-l '25: I don't know. Miss R-: Don't you know where your sugar comes from?' T-l: Yes'm, we borrow it from next door. Latin I: Miss R-: Pooler, decline the Latin word for gift. P-r: Dona-dono-. ' Miss RY--: I guess you don't, sit down! Mr. Blake Qin Science IJ: Miss Eliot, name a few combustiblesf' E-t: The only one I can think 9 Wood.

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28 THE SIGNET In class B. Typewriting, Miss Ellis was again at the head of the list, receiving an- other blue ribbon from the Contest Commit- tee. Abbie Sawtelle won third place in this class, and was awarded a white ribbon. In class C. Typewriting, Evelyn Keene of the Junior Class won fourth place. The Music Department The music department of the school be- gan its work in September under the direc- tion of Mrs. Smart. At the beginning of the fall term, 152 students elected chorus work, and were registered. Work has been going on with these students each week for a period of forty-five minutes to prepare for the Oper- etta and Music Festival. 'Ihe orchestra was reorganized at the be- ginning of the school year by Mrs. Smart and the following officers were elected: Clarence Boyd, president, Evelyn Keene, librarian and Isabel Marsh, business man- ager. The personnel of the orchestra is as follows: Violin section, Iona Landeen, Isa- bel Marsh, Evelyn Keene, Eileen Keyte, Rose Ganeau, Lewis Champion, Robert Eliot, Horace Hopkins and Alfred Gordon, cello, Charlotte Eliot and Clarence Boyd, clarinet, Wilson Wilkins and Richard Ram- sayg saxophone, Althea Mower, Elizabeth Brewster and Phillip Chandler, trombone, Harold Irving cornet, Elton True, Morris Parkman, Bernard Morancie and Chester Strout, drums, Lorie Beleveaug piano, Lyndon Shields, Charlene Rollins and Jose- phine Trial. Rehearsals are held on Thurs- day afternoon of each week at the Fay- Scott Inn, through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard. The orchestra has been called upon to furnish music several times. On the even- ing of December 3rd, the following selec- tions were rendered at the lecture delivered by Dr. Thomas under the auspices of the Woman's Literary Club: March, Here They Come : selection, Loves Old Sweet Song 5 selection, Spring Flowers. A short program was furnished by the orchestra on the evening of February 11, when a memorial service was held by the ,Woman's Relief Corps for the observance Qincolnk and Washington's birthdays. On the evening of January 30th, the Operetta, Miss Cherryblossom, was staged by the High School Chorus. The cast was as follows: Cherryblossom, Elizabeth Brewster Kokemo, Henry Parsons John Henry Smith, Lincoln Pelley Henry Foster Jones, Richard Ramsay Horace Worthington, Neil Fogg James Young, Carl Moses Jessica Vanderpool, Rose Ganeau Togo, Clarence Boyd Geisha Girls, 14 American Girls and Men, 24 Chorus Music was furnished before and between the acts by the high school orchestra. On the afternoon of May 5th the follow- ing program was presented at the High School in observance of music week: The Opera Carmen Production of Carmen Ruth Frost Plot of Carmen Eleanor Herrick Piano solo, Habanera Arthur Haseltine Act I Two records a. Tell Me of My Mother b. Sequidilla Act II Trio Spanish Dance, Miss Otago, Miss Brewster Flower Song Act III Let Me Know My Fate I Am Not Faint Hearted Act IV Toreador High School Chorus A School Festival of music was held May 6th in the town hall by the combined choruses and orchestras of Foxcroft Acad- emy and N. H. Fay High School. The fol- lowing program was presented: Colonia Overture, W. C. O'Hare, Combined orchestras The Lost Chord, Sullivan, Chorus Violin Duet, Selected, Guilford High School Come Fairies, Parry, Girls Trio Orchestra, Selected, Milo High School Moonlight and Music, Pinsuti, Male Quartet Reading, ,Benefits Forgot, Anonymous, ' E Helen Palmer Faust, arr. by Aseher: e'?Iris, arr. .by J. S. ,Zamenick, N H. ,Ray High School -Orchestra Love's First Kiss, Forster, Chorus

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Old Town Game L .. H ATHLETICS I , 1 Manager Murray succeeded in getting a long schedule with some of the fastest teams in the state. As we have no foot- ball team, practice started October 20th, with four letter men left from last year's team: Captain Smith, Gilman, Ronco and Ellms, Coach DeWever spent much time in shaping up his squad of thirty basket- teers, and on November 21 first opened the season at home by defeating Monson. As the season progressed the team held its own by winning half of its games. In the middle of the season the team took a slump and did not come out of it until the Bangor game when we defeated the fast Bangor quintet. Fans expected to see the home boys take the biggest defeat of the year, but by much practice and deter- mination to beat their old rivals they won from them in the best game of the sea- R. Smith, lf 3 Q25 McClay, rb 4 Q15 Bucknam, c Stuan 1 Q15 E. Smith, rb Q15 Turner Q25 Ellms, lb 5 Pelkey 1 Dexter played great basketball. At the start, Dexter had the point lead and kept this throughout the game, winning 21 to 20. Dexter 36 Gilman, rf 3 R. Smith, lf 9 Q15 Seavey, c 2 Shields, rb 1 Ellms, lb 1.Q15 Old Town 26 Harlow, lb 1 Hilchey, rb 1 Lait, c 3 Wadleigh Q55 g Wright 4 Q35 N N. H. Fay turned back O. T. by the score of 26 to 36 in one of the best games of the SGZSOII. son. Below is the schelude : N. H. Fay 52 Monson N. H. Fay 17 Sangerville N. H. Fay 28 Sangerville N. H. Fay 46 Corinna N. H. Fay 43 Oak Grove N. H. Fay 12 Livermore N. H. Fay 21 N. E. Harbor N. H. Fay 26 Lincoln N. H. Fay 30 Livermore N. H. Fay 21 N. E. Harbor N. H. Fay 16 Old Town N. H. Fay 29 Newport N. H. Fay 21 Bangor N. H. Fay 36 Old Town N. H. Fay 22 Newport N. H. Fay 12 Bangor N. H. Fay 19 Foxcroft N. H. Fay 13 Foxcroft Bangor Game Dexter 21 Bangor 20 Gilman, rf 1 Casper lb 2 Bangor Dexter 12 Gilman, rb 1 Q15 R. Smith, lf 1 Q15 E. Smith, c 1 Ellms, lb 1 Shields, bb 1 Game Bangor 33 Casper lb 1 Q15 McClay rb 2 Q25 Stram c Turner, lb 5 Q15 Pelkey, rf 5 Q15 Sanvaay, rf 1 Handicapped by the large and slippery surface of the City Hall floor the boys did well to hold the crimson to a 33 to 12 score. Foxcroft Game Dexter 19 Shields rf Smith, lf s Q45 Bucknam, c 2 Ellms, lb 2 Q15 E. Smith, rb Foxcroft 15 Smith, lb 1 Q25 Houghton, rg Palmer, c Levensalor, lf 3 Q15 Berry 1 Q25 N. H. Fay succeeded in defeating Fox- croft in one of the best played games.