4 5 K .. fffi We, the editors, thank all those who have contributed in any way to this edition of the Signet ..... -u 1114111.-..l.....-111111.-.1.11.-.---i1111.1.11u Blaisdell Automobile Company HUIJSUN AND ESSEX BARS INTERNATIUNAL TRUCKS A FULL LINE OF REPAIR PARTS FOR I-IUDSON' ESSEX AND CHEVROLET CARS Largest and Most Complete Assortment of Used Cars and Trucks in Eastern Maine BRANCH SHOWROOM S AT DOVER-FOXCROFT ST. ALBANS PITTSFIELD MILO NEWPORT GREENVILLE ROCKLAND BELFAST .1 ,mn1un...nn-.nn...m..-,,,,11111,,,,1...1.m1m.1ml1.m1......,m1...1..,1.,,.1...1un1uu1n.l1ln.1u.1uu.-. THESE ADVERTISERS HELP US, PATRONIZE THEM gf, .ey 'Vw 1'..1..1u1.,-1nn.-....1lxi.-l:n1:s1nl1un1i.11.1-1m1m1.-u,1nn1un1nn-n,1.q1n1 1 1 1 Graduation Time! The Critical Period When the young man's and young woman's mode of life is entirely changed in the new struggle for existence. When the Word proper stands out paramount in every day life. Proper companionship: -You are judged by the company you keep. Proper etiquette and deportment:-When the little things that you do and the little things that you say are chalked up either for or againstiyou. Propriety in dress :-The proper clothes, for the proper oc- casion at the proper time, may be found here or procured for your satisfaction. NEW DRESSES FOR ALL OCCASIONS FASHIONS NEWEST IN SHOES -HOSIERY TO MATCH The Surprise Store H. J. WEINBURC, Prop. Q Sangerville, Maine 1 11:I1.1:-11:1in1.-n1nn1lm1..n1nun1nu.1.111un.....1...-.m11,,,.1uu.1n1n..1,..1.,.1i..1.l1,.u1 1 THESE ADVERTISERS HE LP US, PATRONIZE THEIM School Directory Mr. Dean W. Rollins, Supt. Faculty Mr. .Harry A. Blake, -Principal Mr. James E. Stonier, Sub-Master, Coach Mrs. Lois T. B-lake, Hi-story, English Miss Esther Holt, 'English Mrs. Ruth Slater, French Miss Bertha Peasley, Latin, History. Mrs. Hazel Whitmore, Typewriting, Short- hand Mr. Merle S. Goodwin, Bookkeeping, Crom- mercial Arithmetic, Commercial Law Miss Hazel Champeon, Librarian Miss Olive Bonsey, R. N., -School Nurse Dr. Arthur Strout, School Physici-an Miss Madeline Fosfsett, Domestic Science Mr. Frederick Quigley, Manual Training Mrs. Mary VC. Smart, Music Miss Gladys Blenkhorn,'Physica1 Training Enrollment Seniors 35 Juniors 56 Sophomores 50 Freshmen 63 Post-Graduates 3 Senior Class President, Donald Palmer Vice-President, E'ldridge Herrick Secretary, Pauline Ramsay Treasurer, Mary Dyer Junior Class President, Robert iBucknam Vice-President, John Irvin Secret-ary, Kenneth Crawford Treasurer, Marion Knox Sophomore Class President, Helen Hale Vice-President, Wilfred Ganeau Secretary, Fred Crowe-ll Treasurer, Bevatrice Thompson Freshman Class President, Norman Bryant Vic-e-President, Wilbert Richardson Secretary, Marjorie Mountain Treasurer, Louise Howard Boys' Basketball Captain, Donald Palmer Manage-r, Thayne Champeon Assistant, Herbert Dyer Captain elect, Julian Ambrose Manager elect, Herbert Dyer Football Ca-pltain, Er-nest Percival Manager, Edridge Herrick . Assistants, Norman White and Wilfred Ganeau Captain elect, Lloyd Nutting Manager elect, Norman White Baseball Manager, Donald Blake Assistants, Roscoe Palmer and Franklin Titcomb Girls' Basketball Captain, Bibian Higgins Manager, Phyllis Worden Manager elect, Helen Hale Captain elect, Phyllis Worden Orchestra President, Vance Wakefield Business Manager, Robert Buckn-am Director, Mrs. Mary C. Smart Band President, Thayne Champeon Business Manager, Ronald Hall Director, 'Mrs. Mary C. Smart Athletic Association President, Thayne Champeon Treasurer, Marjorie H-oyt English Club Faculty Advisors, 'Mris. Lois T. Blake and Miss Esrther Holt French Club Faculty Advisor, Mrs. Ruth Slater Signet Board 7 N Vol. XLV1. A June, 1929 No. 1 The Signet Published Annually by the Students of N. H. Fay High School' I N D E X EDITORIALS - - 13 LOCALS - - 20 -LITERARY I 'Memories of Cihild-hood 25 Jimmy and Love - 26 Gardens - - 26 The lRace - - 27 Success and Failure - 27 -My Picture of Pemaquid - 29 Grandmother - - - 29 The Writing of 'Compositions for School 31 Clamming ---- 31 The -Cargo - - - - 32 The Sch-0-olroom Clock - - - 33 :Thomas Jefferson, the Mlaster of Monticello 34 The Biography of a Cat - - - 34 The Accident of Sunshine Ave. 35 Devens - - - 35 A Sacrifice - - 36 'Eve Started Ilt -- 37 Johnny Belmon't's Raid 38 Birthdays - - 39 The War .School of France - 40 Odd lMarriage - - 40 A 'Childhood Adventure 40 A False Alarm - 41 ,Peter's Party - 41 Silver Lake - - 42 Quebec and St. Ann 43 IA Gypsy By Night 44 Night On the Hudson 44 ATHLETICS - - 45 MUSIC - - 53 SENIOR STATISTICS 57 JOKES - - 66 ALUMNI - - - 71 EXGHANGGES 75 JUNIOR CLASS N. H. FAY HIGH 'SCHOOL JUNIOR CLA SS HIS TOR Y Chapter I On September 13th, 1926, we, the present members of the junior class, boarded a 1-arge green -ship which, we were -told, was bound for a distant port, called Success. I-t was on this is-hip that we received our first instructions in what we would nced if we wished to corutinue our journey. At first the seia was rough and evil but we soon learned the ropes and ithi-s greatly helped us to keep our feet wh-en some unexpected wave struck u-s. After saiilng for some time under rthe guid-an-ce of -our brave captain -and hi-s -offi- cers, we decided to elect members from our own crew to direct u-s when we wi-shed to do something special. So desiring, we elect- ed Duke Ambrose, Bob Buck-nam, Dicky Sanders, and Maya Knox to hold down this position. These mates soon proved useful because our captain decided to am- chor and we were -allowed to- go ashore -and have a supper. This port happened to be Ripley, -and as it was the home ft-own :of one of our shipmates, Dot Wo-odcock, we spent an enjoyable evening aut her home. After leaving this -p'ort the fist lap of our voyage was interrupted only twiceg once by a terrific -storm which, for those wh-o had been -good -sailors during the first part of the voyage, las-ted only two days, but for the others, who -had shirked their first duties, it lasted several weeks. This was -our first -Mid Year Storm which all ships, bound for the port -of Success must p-as-s thno-ugh. The other interruption was the Freshman H-op aft which all had a -good time. Shortly after rthis we arrived at a port called June, where we were given in- structions as- .to where we -should go if we wished to continue -our journey to -Success. Chapter II September 12th, 1927, we found ourselves gathered on fthe decks of a red s-hip slight- ly smaller than -our first because, we found when -the roll was -ca-ll-ed, -several of our .shipmastes had left u-s at various ports in which we had anchored. -Some -of .these had be-come discouraged with the hardships and had given up' lall hopes of reaching the des- tination for which they had started, but others- had left us for various reasons- and boarded oither ,ships headed in the same direction as ours. We also found th-at our -Captain had -several new officers. While sailing on this -ship we had good luck until we ca-me lin -contact with another one of the Mid Year Storms. For the great- er part -of -the crew this was less violent but there were still ra fw who couldn't seem to set their -sails in the right way to meet these -gales. We had scarcely finished ba-t.tl.ing thi-s storm when we encountered another which, however, w-as a little l-ess violent. Thi-s -storm concerned cl-ass rings. I-t was a hard -struggle, but finally by the guidance of Maya Knox, Bob Bucknam, Zeb -White, and Jerry Tate whom we had elected for -our Emergency committee on .this ship, w-e over-came th-e -struggle. Only one more -storm was encountered by u-s whi-le- s-ailing .on this ship. As. it was a very severe gale we decided to anchor in a friendly port. It was fart thi-s spot that we had our second class dance, -and earned a little in-ore money for -our strong-box. From that time on we had -good weather and it -seemed only a -short time before we reached the Port of June -on -the Island of 1928. Here as at the previous port -of the same- name we were given a few final in- structions before we deserted our ship. Chapter III Wh-en roll was called -Sept. 10th, 1928, we found ourselves -on -board a brown .ship which was even -smaller .than the red 0119 which had borne us- -so successfully from Port June, 1927 to 'Port June, 1928. A few of -our .shipmvates had left is but the larger part of the old crew -still wished to -continue the voyage. Aboard this ship nothing happened, with the exception -of the purchase of cl-ass ring-s until our capitaifn decided to anchor at Cam- bridge, where Bob Bu-cknam, Bunny Irvin, Ken Crawford-, and Jerry Tate, the mem- bers elected by the crew to -hold the offices for the third lap of our voyage, prepared for us -a light supper and also made -ar- rangements for a dance. Ea-ch sailor who attended this greatly enjoyed himself. As this ship was built more -sturdily -we endure-d the Mid-Year S-torm and a few -others with less mental agony. We -are at pre-sent .s-ailing smoothly -over our course which we admiwt h-as been hard and even doubtful to some -of us at times. But not -one -of us regrets having put his time and energy to -a cause which will in the end carry us to a saf -anchorage, -Success. Franklin Titcomb '30. SOPHOMORE CLASS N. H. FAY HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTOR Y As one turns b-ack -the page-s of hi-story he discovers that in the year, 1927 A. D. six-ty-nine students entered that institution of learning, N. H. Fay High. We -all had different ideas of what it was to be like. 'S-ome thought ithey were ,going to be 'treated roughly because they were Freebie-s g -othens believed thart their stud- ies would prove to be difficulty 'a few were going to take is easy and enjoy themselvesg but nobody was entirely right in his con- ce-pti-on. What a green bun-ch we :must have been those first few days! They had to show u-s where to sit in fthe- main room but then some of us fqilgot the very 'next day which rooms to :go to and at what perilodg also we were given books which we were to- use that whole, lon-g year. The next few days proved to be more diiiicult than the afirst had beeng everybody had trouble trying to find fthe right room, we would find our- selves in a Science class when we should hwave been in 'an Algebra class, or in fthe main room figuring -out -our 'troubles when we should- have been in the English class. Our mistakes were made harder by the upper-cla-ssmien who enjoyed the misery of the Freshmen. Every time there was a crash and -something came tumbling down stairs, our elders would laugh and say that there was another one of those Freshies who had not learned rho walknyeit. These were not our only .troubles be-cause the upper-cl-assmen were falways waiting for ia chance to mlake it disagreeable for us. If we were not looking for trouble, it was better for -our health to keep away from our elders. One thing -that pleased the class was rth-aft the 'Freshman reception could not be held. The next event .on 'our yearly pro-gram was the election of class officers. This was a s'afe- and sane election- with no -spilling of bl-ood and- none of the caandidates were shot. It took but -a short -time to get the returns which were :as follows: Pres-idenft, Elmer Fortierg Vice-president, Clair Wilkinsg 'Sec- retary, Bernice Rileyg Treasurer, Helen Hale. The first class supper was held at Maude Raymond's in Ripley, a small city mot far from Dexter. After a few difficulties the class 'arrived at its destination. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed himself 3 if he didn't it must have been his town fault. We entered 'the next fall after la long sumimer vacation with a class- of -sixty-one strong. Freshmen were to be our names no longerg we had now reached an equal foo-ting with the rest of .the school, as 'S-ophom-ores. The troubles of the Freshmen were now -amusingg they had not been so ,amusing ia year ago. Things were made as warm as lpossible for the Freshies by us. Our class officers had -grown old and 'gray from the burden they had sh-ouldered, -so another election was held in to-rder that they might be replaced. Hele-n- Hale received the ofiiee of President, Fred Crowell :gained the honor of becoming Secretary, and Beatrice Thompson was presented with the office of Treasurer. The .second supper of .the class was held at the home of Florence Avery, a new mem- ber of our class. It Weis :as good as the first one we lhad held, thanks. to our new member. But even though we wish it, life cannot :always be happyg it must have its sorrows. The passing of one of our best friends, Ber- nice Riley, was lone of the sorrows in our class life. She was well liked by 'her class- mates and will ,always be remembered by her many friends. Our stud-ies we found depended much up- on what we had leanned the year before. There were new members in our class roomsg some who 'had entered :at the begin- ning of the year and others who had failed the year before and were rbaking again the studies they had failed to pass. This brings our class history up to the present date. We fall have 'a class of which to be 'proud -and we should try to keep its record clean. Elmer Fortier '31. FR1EiSHMA'N CLASS, N. H. 'FAY HIGH 'SCHOOL FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY T-oo bad to spoil the opposite page with such a looking gvroup, but we must remem- ber they are -only freshmen and very green at that. There were fifty-f-our such -speci- mens who came through the doors of the N. H. Fay -High School, September 10, 1928, for the inspection -of 'the sophomores, ju- niors, amd -seniors who stood on every -avail- able foot of spa-ce -and gazed with wonder, amazement and,-well, some .of us th-ought dt to -be amusement which spread across their faces, as they shouldered each other in the main room doorway and tried to get a peek at us all. But after a few days or a week of gazing upon us, the novelty Wore off. At an early date we held a class supper and Norm-an Bryant was elected president of the cl-ass, Wilbert Richardson, vice-presi- dent, -Marjorie Mountain, secretary, and Louise Howard, treasurer. Later we had a class supper at the home of John Arno. fMr. and Mrs. Blake were chapero-nes. The -supper consisted of oyster stew :and pickles with assorted cake for de-sserlt. 'One of 'these cakes which was brought by Dorothy 'Clark was decorated with the words, Class of 1932. For a wh-ile after supper we wandered around out of doors. Then, horror of horrors, it began :to rain! The lightning dashed across the s-ky and the thunder roared with all its might. It rained for the rnext hour! We all hurried in-side and played 'game-se, Mrs. Blake .planning a number of them. 'Cars began to come to take some members home and the party began to grow smaller. A few of the cars almost got .stuck but finally managed to reach home. In the fall a football team was started. There were three freshmen boys -on it. These were Leonel Clukey, who broke his wrist while playing at Brownville, Nov. 3, 1928, Omar Cloutier, and Linus Rfobichaud. At the high -school -supper some of the freshmen furnished cars to collect food in and a 'number -of ithe girls acted as wait- resses. 'T-here were six freshmen in the Operetta: Evelyn Small, Beulah Goiokson, Omar Clou- tier, Keith Lawrence, Norman Bryant and Linus Robichaud. A class meeting was held to :talk 'over a basketball game between fthe Bangor fresh- men and the Dexter freshmen. A number of the students attending this meeting took tickets to sell. The Dexter boys woni Eliza Wed-ts dropped out in the- Christ- mas v-acafti-om leaving fifty-'three to come back in January. But arnother girl, Ru-th Waterhouse, came to 'take her place! We also lost Agatha Folsom who left school in April. In the Physical Training Exhibition there were fifteen freshmen -girls. They were Violet Brown, Beulah Cookson, Agatha Fol- som, Rita Ganeiau, Zeph-arine Gilbert, Ber- nice Haseltine, Evelyn Small, 'Gertrude Tit- oomb, Edna Towle, Isabel Bentley, Beatrice Cheney, Dorothy Clark, T-helma Lowell, Flora McLeod and Ruth W-alterh-ouse. There is -one freshman on the 'boys' bas- ketball team. He is Nick Robichaud. The only freshman on .the Giml's Basketball team is our little small sh-ort girl , Evelyn Small. In taking part in the-se sch-ool activities we feel that we have but made 'the introduc- tion to the things which we shall do in our coming three years at N. H. 'Fay High. Doris Bridges '32. SIGNET EDITORIAL BOARD 6 Editorials Editor-in-Chief - Ass't Edit-or-in-Chief Literary Editor - Ass't Literary Editor Joke Editor - - A'ss't Joke Editor Local Editor - Ass't Local Editor Alumni Editor - Ass't Alumni Editor Exchange Editor - A'ss't Exchange Editor Athletic Editors - Ass t Athletic Editors' Music Editor - Business Managers - Ass't Business Managers Faculty Advisors - SIGNET BOARD FOR 1928Q29 9 Donald Palmer '29 Robert Bucknam '30 Doris Hutchinson '29 Orissa Frost '30 - Mary Dyer '29 Matilda Provost '30 Donald Blake '29 Marion Knox '30 Vance iWakefield '29 Barbara Edes '30 Pauline Ramsay '29 Frederick Hale '30 Veronica Clukey '29 Frank Laaughton '29 - Phyllis Worden '30 Ronald Hall '30 Norman White '30 Eldridge Herrick '29 Ernest Percival '29 Roscoe Palmer '30 - Herbert Dyer '31 Mrs. Lois T. Blake - Miss Esther Holt Be Prepared Be 1Prep-sired , the motto of the Boy Scouts is one that everyone of us can use to good advantage. History is, moreover, full of instances of men who lived in ob- scurity, but who were prepared when the great opportunity came. 'Lincoln was still a country lawyer when 'he was fifty but when his time came, he- was so -prepared in mind and soul that he was able to shoulder his great task. .Marshal Foch, who died recently, was an oiiicer and a professor of military tactics, unknown to any-one except military men when the World War broke out. He had, however, so prepared himself that he quickly beca-me one of the most prominent generals of the French army and 'later the supreme commander of the Allied Armies and a lMarshal of France. Pershing, our own great general, was a captain at fifty but when war came, he was able to take command -of the greatest army that the United States has ever h-ad. Let us' see how we can prepare. First, we must live upright and pure lives for 'nothing great can be built on a faulty foundation. Napoleon had much in-fluence on 14 THE SIGNET the affairs in his time but because of his private life, his memory is not revered, even in France, -as Foch's Wi-ll be revered. Lin- coln's me-mory is cherished by the American people :because of his wonderful character. It is true that, at times, to make his hear- ers in sympathy -with him, he told rough stories but under al'l that, there was a great -soul that saw the right. The second thing to consider is training. Edu-cation is not the collection of miscellan- eous facts. It is the training of the mind to think clearly and conclusively. Informa- tion can be readily found but these 'sources cannot think for us. No man has become gre.at who has not been a deep and careful thinker. Therefore, let us Be Prepared , by having a well trained mind. Donald Blake '29. What Should We Do to Make Our Town Attractive to Summer Visitors What should we do to make our town attractive to summer visitors? 'Should not this be an important problem? Are we of this town, our town, doing -all within our power to make this town more attractive to the thousands of people who visit this state annually? Y-ou can an-swer this ques- tion by placing yourself in the position of a summer visitor. Entering the town by -one of its many no-ads you pass -through it on your way. Does the thriving little village prove 'to be of inltere-st, or is it just simply one -of the many other ordinary towns. This import- ant proble-m should not be le-ft to 'a few but to every individual. Think -of all of the people who could be attracted to our town with but just -a little individual work by ea-ch of us. Dexter has one of the best approaches in the state. The road entering from the south offers an attractive view of nearly half of the town. The many hills covered with pine trees, the large shade trees lining the -streets, the -smoke curling lazily from the hundreds of chimneys into a clear blue sky, all blend together to make the visitor realize that he is -approaching a town of beauty. We should kee-p this realization aflame and not let it be destroyed by slack- ness and carelessness. -One is able in mid- summer to travel through the town -on a smooth tarred surface road or over our other streets which are in good condition. Are the 'ditches of these roads full of leaves and sticks? Are there any dumps con- spicuous frolm the roads? Are our public buildings in good condition and our lawns cut and clean? These thin-gs -may seem like triiies to us who pass by them daily, but how do they appear before the eyes of a visitor who may -bring -trade and prosperity to our town? We are rich in nature's gifts both in scenery and resources. Why should not we uncover these beautiful things an-d' display them to the world? If a carpenter has the lumber and supplies he can build a house. Why can't -we apply this same project to our present problem? Let our citizens be -as the carpenter, our wonderful resources as the lumber and a little energy supplied by us as the supplies. This should be a quesrti-on 'for the present and not the future. Let us have more pride in the appearance of our town than ever before. Let us help in every way the organization working' to beauti-fy Dexter. Raobert Bucknam '30. Haste Not- Right this way. Don't crowd, folks, don't push. Right this way to see the big- gest show in the world. Don't crowd folks, don't push. Have you ever heard a big man with a stentorian voice shouting these words from the top of a box before a huge --Rest Not brown tent? Have y-ou ever he-ard a police- man in a large city call, Don't crowd, folks don'-t push as hfe keeps a way clear for some celebrity to .pass through. They are words th-t make child and adult alike quiver and tremble with delight and excite- THE SIGNET 15 ment and struggle forward eagerly despite the warning cry. 'For -who can resist the something fascinating, something unknown which lies just beyond! Life is a 'mystery too. It is filled with twists and turns that are continually re- vea'lin-g the unexpected and just 'as we crowd and push to find out what lies under the big brown tent, just so, do we crowd and push to learn what life has in store for us. We rush through Childhood eager to attain the importance of Y-outh. One glance is sufficient, Maturity seems more desirable. Without once gazing back we hasten on. We tire, ye-t we hurry forward to old age where we may find pe-ace and rest. We are almost at the end of life, ahead lies an abyss, a chasm which we cannot fathom. We pause before we take the final step, and lo-ok ba-ek down the years and I think in that backward look we shall discover that, although we have experienced all of the changes in life we have passed through them too quickly, we have -not been content to go slowly wand see all, and therefore have missed some of llifeis .most important things. So don't crowd, folks, don't push, but walk right along, and take in the greatest show in the world-Life. Helen Palmer 28. P Work and Play IE all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. Such is the conclusion of the learned Shakespeare, written in the days when la- bor without play was necessary for the suppressed peasant slaves of the nobility, while this latter class was steeped in the sensuous life of innate i-dleness. The .life of the poor was endless toil without pleasure, the life of the wealthy was endless pleasure with-out t-oil. Then, how did Shakespeare come to this conclusion? It was through his philosophic insight into human nature that caused 'this prophetic declaration. He saw the irritating effects of continual idle- ness upon the nobility, and the more- dead- ening effects of continual labor -upon the peasants. He knew that such a condition could not exist indefinitely without a de- cisive and compromising clash. The rich were discontented with 'their idleness, yet their pride was gre-ater than their' happi- ness. So, it be-came the duty of the poor to destroy this prideg to humble this aristo- cracy in order that both classes might have both work and play together with a univer- sal happiness. Such a duty they accepted, and down through the ages, revolution has followed revolution, each -conceding to the lower class a little more play, and each humbling the nobles a little more, until now we have the democracy in which mankind has be- come one -caste with fthe same ambitions to live, to work, and to play. We have little continual idleness now, nor any continual toil. The rich and poor work and play to- gether. Mankind has learned by experience that work is as necessary for happiness as play. Donald Palmer '29. Candlesticks A candle has just 'been lighted in a dim room. The flame gutters and Hickers for an instant, the-n shine-s radiantly in a blaze of glory. But, behind the glory, what? What has made possible this il- lumination? Try to burn the candle with- out the candlestick, and the- question is solved. Lying flat on the table ,the candle burns fee-bly, if at all, for lack of a firm and substantial base. Its foundati-on is indispensable. We hear th-at musicians are 'born and not made, but we don't see- many infants -per- forming in concert halls. Previous to fame and recognition, there must be built up a background -of the -rudiments of the art, upon which to base the ifinished -work. Lingbergh didn't just decide suddenly Il 6 THE SIGNET that he wanted to fiy and then set out across the Atlantic on his maiden voyage. Hundreds of fiights as a -mail pi-lot had taught him what to do in every emergency. Behind the shining dame of his achievement were years of training, without which he would have soon crashed to oblivion. , Everybody wh-o has ever do-ne it says its Ia grand -and glorious feelin ' to receive rthe long-coveted diploma on -graduation ni-ght in the presence -of proud relatives and friends. But, leading up to that evergreen- banked stage is a long hard path which takes 'one thirteen years :to travel. Even the glory of possessing a lifttle white piece of paper can not be attained withfout the en- during foundation. Ever since, as children, we flearned the nursery rhyme about the butcher, the baker, and the candlesvtilck maker we have somewhat belittled the last-na-med gentle- man. However, when we realize just how important he is, let's compose a new nur- sery rhyme in which the candlestick maker is given his just 'due for his share in the brilliance of the candle flame. Doris Hutchinson 29. i Two Kinds of Pep We all know -the individual with pep. We know him by his 'bouyant hail, or his hearty -slap on -the back, but do we ever think of the kind of pep he exercises. In school life, we have two kinds of pep. There is the fellow whom we hear yelling vociferously at the games, backing the team, urging school spirit, but not only if -the team is the winner. He stands by through victory 'or defeat. In later life, he is still expounding -his energy in boosting fthe town and inciting town spirit. We don't 'think -of him as a big noise, for he is also a man of perseverance and indomi- toble will, who succeeds in instilling some of his enthusiasm into -others. The other kin-d is he who degenerates into a more jazzy sort. He, too, is full of vim, sometimes boisterous, but his vigor is expelled to no purpose. He wishes to he a social lion, but with all 'his talk and seem- ing pep, he is unable to arrive. It's a.ll very well to be the hail fellow 'type if you can employ your vitality in the right way. Which kind of pep have you? Pauline Ramsay '29, Opportunity As we approach the goal for whi-ch we have so industrio-usly worked during the past four years, we are able to look back- ward and deftect -our various mistakes. We have-, now, a far more co-mprehe-nsive'view of life. Soon we shall pass from this school, forever. Many 'of u-s are to- carry still furtfher our pursuit of -education, others will 'take up life's work, but all will have to f-ace the world. No-W is the time when we should be able to make good 'use of our past experiences. Many of us who have not made the most of our opportunities are now seeing the folly of unprep-aredness. But alas! It 'is too late, we are the losers. As we embark upon life's journey may we take with us a vclearer understanding of 'pers-everanlce and determinfation-pers-ever- ance to -carry out all that we start to do, and determinaltion to do our best in all that w-e do. Then -as we look back from the -summit of a difficult 'task successfully per- formed, we may say with a clear conscience I have done my best. , Vance Wakefield '29. THE SIGNET 17 The Purpose of a School Paper Every school that can get -sufii-cient finan- cial support should have a paper. Its .ad- vantages are numerous. It -represents Our School and therefore we w-ant to make it the finest, cleanest, and -sn-appiest -school paper in the state. One of its outstanding purposes is that of advertising the school which it represents. Through the Exchange Departments our school pa-per travels many miles away from us-across the state, out of the state, and possibly even out 'of the- country. It passes through many unfamiliar hands' and is read by many 'unfamiliar eyes. By -this paper our school is characterized, summed up by those who have no other means -of knowing us. Any where it is s-een, in a store with other ma-gazines, in the home of a friend, anywhere, it attracts attention, it radiates the spirit of our school! Another purpose is the keen competition it arouses among .the students. Naturally, all of us -are eager to see -something written by us, perhaps a -story, possibly a poem, somewhere between the covers of our own sch-ool paper. It gives us a thrill t-o see our article or our poem in black print with the author's name at the bottom. As there isn't room for all the articles written, it causes us to try the harder to writ-e some- thing that -will out-do something written by a classmate. And so I could -go on but- remember this-our school -paper represents our school,-so4let's 'all strive to make its publication the best ever! Helen Hale '31, How High Can You Jump? Hav-e you ever watched a cat jump up a 'tree or onto some high place? How easily and without apparent effort he can jump four -or five time-s -above his own height. Most of us can jump only two or 'three feet, only half our height, and then nearly break our backs. Have you ever 'thought how nice it would be, if we, like the cat c-ould jump four or five times above -our own heads. What a bo-on this power would be 'to the poor pedestrian, who -w-hen about to be stru-ckdown by a blood-thirsty .taxi-driver, cou'ld neatly spring to the top of a .passing trolly-car. How odd, to see -a man shing- ling a house, snatch up a bunch of shingles and leap up to the staging. Wha-t would be done with all the unused ladders? What would happen to the game of bas- ketba-ll, if the baskets had to be raised ten feet to prevent the play-ers from jumping up and -dropping the ball :down through? How could a baseball player hi-t a ball through an infield that could ju-mp around the catch every Hy ball? 'How could the rules be changed t-o -prevent a football -play- er from hurdling the opponents' line high a-bove :their reach and running for a touch- d-own? Then again think -of the advantage the firemen would have in rescuing human lives by simply leaping to a window on the third or fourth story, cautching up the fair maiden and then 'leaping back to safety. Think ho-w lu-cky these felines' are and yes,-how o-dd are human be-ings. Ronald Hall '30. Story In this age of specialization, story .tell- ing is now a profession. lit is no longer consede-red mer-e amusement. This profes- sion, like others, takes many hours of study and practice. If one is interested in chil- dren ilt is a good prof-es-sion but one should work for wh-at he is best fitted to do. Many Telling of the professions :to-day are -over crowded 'but story tel'ling is a n-ew but promising field of work. Story telling is a very -old but beautiful art which is being revived. There 'was a time when story telling w-as the chief art of entertainment. Kings, queens, .and war- 18 THE SIGNET riors could ask for nothing better. Serfs and childre-n were satisfied with nothing less. But never since the earliest days has story telling reached the height which it is now attained. Young wo-men are training themselves for the purpose of bein-g able fto stand be- fore a group of children and not only tell a -story but make is so interesting that they may live through the- scenes as they are told. Stories are not for amusement alone. They teach something in a more intreest- ing way than reading the facts in -text. -Every story, if properly and interestingly told, will have something in it which will especially be remembered by the listeners who will later profit by the lesson learned. However, story telling is no-t only applied to children. Anyone who can tell a story is always welcomed in company. 'In every community, especially in the cities where there are so many children, at le-asft one day a week should be set aside for a :story hour under the supervision of the librarian -or some educational society. A good story interestingly told will teach a le-sson and give the children a glimpse of better things, that they might never get in any other way. The children are the lcitizens of the futureg for their sake we' should respect the old arty we should become good if not profes- sional st-ory tellers. Grace 'Call '31. - The Be truthful. Whatever the loss, always tell the truth. By telling a falsehood, the one who lic-s may convict the innocent but the conscience of ithe guilty will always re- main guilty, and th-ere will be a stain on his soul that will never be erased. If we lie in little things we will find it easier to lie in bigger things. Our lives are what we make them and rather than live the life of falsehood, let us live one of tru-th. Probably at some time in our lives we are all tempted to tell a falsehood. Would it not have be-en easy for Washington to have told ia lie? He too probably was tempted but fighting down the temptation, and looking his parents straight in the eyes, he valiantly told the truth. And so, when that temptation comes to us, if it has not Truth already come, let us be able to meet it with an iron will and thrusting it aside, stand up and tell the truth. We cannot all be great mein like Wash- ington, before the eyes of the world, but if we live a truthful life we shall be as great before the eyes of God. It is not for me to say that if Washing- ton had yielded to his temptation he would not have been as great a man as he was, butthat struggle helped him win the great- er problems that arose bc-fore him, which he met always with the -greatest of honesty. On the long road that we must travel the-re will come before us also many prob- lems but they, too, may be overcome, if be- fore us, goes this fwarning, Be truthful. Glenis Merrill '31 Note To In past editions of the Signet there have been published stories, articles, or poems which unbeknown to the editorial board have later been deounced as not original productions. The Signet is not the only paper that has had this troubleg copying has frequently been noticed in many other school publications. This imposition must be stopped for it is in no way fair t-o the aspiring and hope- ful young authors. Alumni The- editors are constantly 'trying to rid the Signet of all such deceits for its aim is to produce a magazine every word of which is written by a stude-nt of the school. In order to attain this success the coopera- tion of the a-lumni is necessary. The editors ask them to read each issue carefully, and, if they discover --any article which is not entirely original, to notify the board imme- dia-tely. Ln ' HA RRI CANE OF HU ST CA' 'guy W J M s , . s ell, el 5 ji, 1, Its' Q. ' M TW' ' dll 55' CN -.-. I, .,.. , 7 ,I l'i'i, XR s ga E, wt.. Y c-,tai ,qsgpyrfri g...-:':,.Y' is ,- - L N i-- f-we p Q22 eg '- ,pr fx :fs f 1'-. , 0 -in - .'- ' 4:'4fl:llfL'g,A-v1-'S ' 7 A ik We Glfzfxstfflfiw s'o'w'i . ' -A i i Vg -1-:. sexes. :ga-.reigvgyg fr-jgff in - - ' . 'll' Tc 'U ':'11:' '1 .'.. :ze ' c S -pea teas.-X if-ieiilxyieil I-521. ,,,-,'::'::s-i.A,5' '-, - 't. H-- A , X Donald Blake, Editor SCHOOL HAPPENINGS Changes in Faculty There were only two changes in the faculty this year. Miss 'Bertha Peasley took Miss Conant's place as 'teacher of Latin and Mr. Merle Goodwin took Miss Wardiw-ell's place as assistant in the Gom- mercial Department. Assemblies +Mis-s Agnes -Saff-ord, 'principal of West- brook Seminary, spoke to the girls, Nove-m- ber 22. She gave a very interesting talk about the Junior College and its -aims. Dr. Coombs of the State Department of Health made a visit to the school, the latter part of November. 'He gave tw-o worth- while talks, -one to the boys and 'one to the girls, on hygie-ne. After that, he spoke to the whole school on the causes of certain diseases and their prevention. January 8, -Mi-ss Marion -F. 'Cleary of the Field 1Service Staff of the Edu-cational Thrift Service, In-c., instructed t-he students about the new school savings system that has since been installed in the Dexter schools. An assembly was held March 26 for the presentation of the srbat-e prize of the essay contest on Why I Should Vote. Supt. R'oll'in.s introduced Mrs. Mo-wer, president of the Women's Club, who thanked the me-mibers -of the hi-story class for entering the contest so whole heartedly. Then, fv' ,X N Marion Knox, Assistant former Governor Brewster spoke very inter- estingly of his own school days and in his talk, .gave much good advi-ce to the pres- ent -students. At the end, he presented the prize of fif-ten dollars to Donald Blake. A.pril 12, the play Mother's Letter by Helen Palmer, was given before the stu- d-ents and visitors. This play won the twenty-five dollar prize offered by the Silate Publi-c Health Association for the best health play. The east of characters was: -Mr. Longmeade, Franklin Titcomb Clarence Longmea-de, Robert Bucknam Dr. Coombs, Roscoe Palmer Maid, Marion Knox Boys from Trainer's Athletic School: Leader, Frederick Hale Others, Darrel Badger Wendal Brewster, Charles Atwater Stanford Blake -and :Earl Gordon After the play, Principal Blake prseented the prize to Miss Palmer. .Miss Palmer re- ceived honorable mention in the New Eng- land -Con-test. Visitors Many pe-ople have visited the school, graduates, interested parents, and out-of- town 'teachers -and students. Amo-ng them was Dean Hart of the University of Maine who made his annual visit for the purpose of interviewing prospective stud-ents. An- other was Mr. Lyse-th, Agent for Secondary Schools, State Department of Education. THE SIGNET 21 Benefit Supper The School held i-ts second annual supper at the Granige Hall, October 30, 1928. The townspeople supported it very well and it was a great success. Over t-wo 'hundred and iifty dollars was cleared. After the supper, a musical program was given by the 'Music Department and in conclusion a short farce Rory Afore-said under the direction of Mrs. Blake. CLASS HAPPENINGS Senior Class Dance The Senior Dance was held at Roseland, Feb. 8. The dance was well-attended and the class had a small profit. Everybody had a 'good time. Senior Class Supper Sept. 21, the Class of 1929 again enjoyed the hospitality of the Laughtons in Ripley. A dandy supper was served and all enjoyed a good time. There were twenty-five pres- ent with Mr. Stonier chaperon. The com- mittee in charg-e consisted of Frank Laugh- iton and Vance 'Wakefield Junior Class Supper The Junior Class -on Friday, Sept. 21, motored to -Cambridge Grange Hall where they had supper. Everybody laid claim to having a good time. Mr. Stonier was chaperon. Sophomore Class Supper The Sophomores had their supper at the home of Florence Avery. After supper they enjoyed games and dancing. Miss Holt and Miss Peas-ley were chaperone. Freshman Class Supper The Freshman had their supper at John Arno's home. An oyster stew supper was served and then games were played. Mr. and Mrs. Blake were chaperons. CONTESTS AND AWARDS In March, the U. S. History .Class of Dex- ter High entered the esay contest on WHY SHOULD I VOTE, sponsored by the Feder- ation of Women's Clubs. Donald Blake won the prize of five dollars offered by the local club, and Doris Hutchinson had hon- orable mention. iBlake's essay was sent in and won the state prize of fifteen dollars. The Sophomores entered a contest con- ducted by the local chapter of the ND. A. R. The subjects dealt with historical persons, events, or places. Althea Littlefield won the silver medal offered as prize and Helen Hale received honorable menrtion. Helen Palmer won the .State prize and honorable mention in ithe New England Contest on her playlet, Mother's Letter. NEW BOOKS The Class of 1928 gave to the li-brary Hornaday's American Natural History, a. complete set -of Copeland's Treasury for Bookloversf' and a set -of Robe-rt Louis Stevenson's Writings. The Signet Board gave to the library a book enrtitled The New World. This book deals with .present governments of the world. Through the kindness of the Y. P. C. U. of the Universalist IChurich, the book Na- ture ,Cruis-ings by Doctor Van Schaich was added. This book is a very in-teresting ac- count of the au-thor's travels about the country. Besides these gifts, n-ew books are being added each year by Supt. Rollins. ENGLISH CLUB The English Club was organized again, this ye-ar with Mrs. Blake and Miss Holt as advisers. As before, the' requirement was that each -student that belonged, main- tain B+ in English. The -club has been very successful. The first meeting was held November 8 with Doris 'Hutchinson as chairman. There were thirty 'mermberrs present. 'A short business meeting was he-ld, followed by a program on Armistice- Day. Poems and essays were given- by Vance Wakefield, Pauline Ramsay, Linwood -Haseltine, Ruth Haseltine, Helen Halle and Geraldine Tate. On November 28, was the second meet- ing with Geraldine Tate as chairman. Thanksgiving Day was the -subject ofthe I 22 , THE SIGNET meeting. Florence 'De-Witt sang and the Governor's Proclamation was read by Doris Hutchinson. The last thing was a play, The First Thanksgiving Day, given by members of the English Club. The meet- ing was held in the Main Room and was open to visitors. The Club held, its third meeting, Feb. 21. Miss Holt wa-s chairman. Biographies were .given on Benjamin 'Franklin by El- mer Fortier and Barbara Edes. Quotations from Poor Richard were matched by the members and Elizabeth Blethen and Ronald Hall were the winners. This was followed by -a -guessing contest ion the names -of well- known men born in February. Miss Edcs received the highe-st mark and was given the book Legend of Sleepy Holl-ow as a prize. The fourth meeting was he-ld April 3, with Ronald Hall as chairman. Papers 0-n the Inauguraution were read by Christine Aucock, Elizabeth Blethen and .Florence De- Witt. After this was a short period of re-creation. Pictures of fthe presidents were arranged along :the blackboard for the members to guess the identity. The last meeting -of the year was held May se-cond 'with Robert Buckniam, chair- man. This was a book party, with each membe-r representing the title of -a story. Geraldine Tate won the prize. Elizabeth Blethen guessed more ti-tles rthan any other member. This was one of the most inter- esting meetings- -of the year. SENIOR PLAY 'On Friday, March 8, 1929, the- members of .the Senior Class of the- N. H. 'Fay High School presented a three act comedy en- titled Hurri-cane Hal. The play was given both in the afternoon anid evening and was very successful. Mrs. Lois T. Blake coached the pupils and 'was assisted by Mrs. Erma Bentley. Music was furnish- ed by the High School 'Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Mary C. Smart. Fudge, pop corn, peanuts, and home made candies were sold by a number -of the -girls of the Senior class. The cast was as follows: Harold Miller fHurricane Hall, the perennial Senior, Vance Wakefield Dave Isa-acs, Hal's nearest friend, Donald Palmer Ludd Mason, a Se-nior, Donald Blake Bud Watkins, Ludd's shadow, a Fresh- man, Eldridge Herrick Junior Harvey, song and dance man, Horace- Fields Prof. J. Shuman, a fraternity brother, Ernest Percival Don Kellogg, another broth-er, Arlie Merrill Harrison Gregory, a fraternity man, Franklin Johnson Kay Dixon, the girl who upsets vthings, Pauline Ramsay Becky Porter, bored with life, Avis Titcomb Sarah Howard, in love with love, Geneva Pooler Ruth Colby, a Psi 'Chi Delta, Elizabeth Ham Angela Fisher, Professor of Math., Doris Hutchinson Ester Harris, a girl who courts attention, Veronica Cluikey Orpha Little, with a reputation for density, Christine Aucock Martha McCarthy, with a nose for news, Mary Dyer Aunt Bobby, a surprise, Imogene Gou-lette Guests at the party, Ruth Haselltine Marguerite Sawyer, Clyde Jewett Frank Laughton, Donald Worthen Contribute-d by Donald Worthen '29. LE CERCLE FRANCAIS Le Ce-rcle Francais was formed again this year for the Juniors and Seni-ors whose rank in French was no lower than B. The Hrst meeting was he-ld 'December 3, 1928, with Veronica Clukey as chairman and Elizabeth Ham as Secretary. Doris Hutchinson was chosen as chairman for the next meeting and Geraldine Tate as Sec- retary. Marion Knox was elected as treas- urer of the 'Club. Games -were play-ed and the meeting closed. The second meeting was opened 'January 14, 1929. Arline Folsom was chosen as Secretary to read fthe report as Geraldine Tate was ill. Donald P-almer was appoint- ed chairman and -Carmen Clukey secretary I THE SIGNET 23 of the next meeting. The Mars-eillaise was taken up in an interesting way by the Club and a comedy Les Elrennesn was pre- sented by Pauline -Ramsay and Vance Wake- field. The -Club in-et again February 11, 1929. Pauline Ramsay was chosen as chairman and ,Matilda Provost as Secretary of the following meeting. A comedy Le Medicin et sa Femme was given by Mary Dyer and Veronica Clukey. An entertaining word game completed the recreation hour. The fourth meeting was on March 11, 1929. Avis' Titcomb -was appointed as chairman and Elizabeth Blethen as Secre- tary. Two Juniors, Marion Knox and Car- men Clukey entertained the club, one being a mind reader showing her ability to re-ad -one's mind. Advertisements written in French also furnished an interesting pro- gram. The 'last meeting was on April 10th. Au auction was the chief feature of this m-eet- ing. Each member acted as aucti-oneer for one article. This meeting like all of the others, was carried on entirely in French and there was enthusiasm shown both in auctione-ering and bidding. The club appreciates Mrs. Rufth Slater's ability to give them a good time and the Juniors are hoping that a club will be formed in the fall which will be- as suc- cessful. The member-s for the entire year are as follows: Seniors Veronica Clukey Doris Hutchinson Mary Dyer 'Donald Palmer Imogene Goulette Pauline Ram-say Elizabeth Ham Avis Titcomb Vance Wake-field Juniors Elizabeth Blethen Arline Folsom Carmen Cluke-y Marion Knox Barbara Edes Matilda Provosft Mora Seamans HONOR STUDENTS April 8, a meeting of the faculty was held to choose the honor students: After chosen as having highest rank in the class for the four years: Doris' Hutchinson, Avis Titcomb, Donald Palmer, Donald Blake and Robert Thomas. GRADUATION PARTS Donald Palmer, Avis Titcomb, Doris Hutchinson and Vance 'Wakefield were elect- ed from the upper half of the class to give essays or readings at graduation. Erne-st Percival was chosen to pre-sent the gift to the school. The parts to be given at the banquet are: 'Class Gifts, Veronica Clukey -and 'Donald Blakey 'Class Prophecy, Geneva Pooler and Eldridge Herrickg Class Will, Christine Au- cockg Class Ode, 'Mary Dyerg and Ma-st-er of Ceremonies, Horace Fields. COMMERCIAL AWARDS This year the number of certificates, pins etc., has been unusually large. Below is a list of awards, with the names of the stu- dents who have earned 'them. Typewriting Awards Remington Certiii-cates Clyde Jewett Bibian Higgins Ernest Gordon Franklin Johnson Norman Chadbo-urne Veronica Clukey Verna Frost Donald Worthen Imogene. Goulette Marguerite Sawyer Melvin 'Clark Winnifre-d Dyer Norman White Raymond Kittredge Remington vSilver Pins Ernest Gordon Christine Aucock Veronica Clukey Verna Frost Bi-bian Higgins Donald Worthen L. C. Smith Certificates Verna Frost Imogene Goulette Christine Aucock Geneva -Pooler Donald Worthen Thayne Ch-ampeon Ernest 'Gordon L. C. Sm Verna Frost Christine Aucock Kenneth Brawn Seth Taylor Willard Clark Bibian Higgins Franklin Johnson Clyde J ewett Mary Dyer ith Bronze- Pins Ernest Gordon Veronica Clukey careful consideration, the following were Imogene G-oulette nj 24 . THE SIGNET -L. 1C. 'S-mith Silver Pin Christine Aucock Underwood 'Certificates Clyde J efweibt Imogene -Goulette Franklin Johnson Carmen Clukefy Underwood 'Silver Pins Verna Frost Christine Aucock Underwood Bronze Pin Imogene Goulette Underwood Gold Pin Christine Aucock Royal 'Certificates Ernest Gordon Imogene Goulette Christine Aucock Veronica Clukey Mary Dyer Clyde J ewett Melvin Clark Franklin Johnson Lucina Richardson Imogene Gouletbe Bibian Higgins Clyde J ew-ett Geineva Pooler Marguerite Sawyer Donald Worthen Julian Ambrose Norman Chadbourne Carmen Clukey 'Carl Crawford Winnifred Dyer Alma Folsom .Ronald Hall Blanche Haseltine Gertrude' Richardsor Harry Westgate Norman White Phyllis Worden Dorothy Marsh .Linwood Haseltine William Smart Helen Worden Leslie Johnson 'Simonne Landry Otis R-oberts, Jr. Madeline Smart Albina Crosby Norman Hatch Raymond Wentworth Gold Pins Kenneth Brawn Thayne -Champe-on Ernest Gordon Clyde Jeweitt Pins Royal .Silver Pins Ernest Gordon Christine Au-cock Mary Dyer Royal Gold Christine A-ucock Imogene Goulette Veronica Clukey Clyde' Jewett Ernest Gordon Bookkeeping Awards Certificates Kenneth Brawn Chrsitine Aucock Thayne' 'Cham-peon Melvin Clark Willard Clark Veronica Clulcey Mary Dyer Samuel Fellows Verna Frost Ernest -Gordon Imogene Goulette Bibian Higgins Clyde Jelwctt Franklin J ohns-on Geneva Pooler Marguerite Sawyer Seth Taylor Donald Worthen Arline Folsom Silver Christine Aucock Melvin lCl-ark Veronica Clukey Mary Dyer Samuel Fellows Verna Frost O Julian Ambrose Norman .Chadbourne Carmen Clukey Carl Crawford Winnifred Dyer Alma Folsom Rona-ld Hall Blanche Haseltine John Irvin Raymond Kittredge Frances Nuite Frank Nuite Lloyd Nutting Francis Richard 'Lucina 'Richardson Gertrude Richardson Harry Westgate Norman White Phyllis Worden Pins Raymond 'Kittredge Frances Nuite- Frank Nuite Lloyd Nirtzting Francis Richard Lucina Richardson Melvin Clark Franklin Johnson Willard Clark Seth Taylor Donald Worthen Penmanship Awards Commercial Diplomas Blanche Haseltine Albina Crosby Carl Crawford Gertrude Richardson Ruth Hill Grace Call Beatrice Thompson Simonne: Landry Francis Richard Ruth Ham :Madeline Smart The Honor Roll in Typewriting has the following names: February, Ernest Gordon, 48.6 March, Christine Aucock, 51.2 April, Christine Aucock, 60.4 PENOBSCOT COUNTY 'SI-FORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING CONTEST Our -school was represented at the annual county conrbest, held at -Bangor 'High 'School on May 4th, by 'Christine Aucock, Veronica Clukey, Carmen Clukey, Ernest Gordon, Norman -Chadbourne, and Raymond Kitt- redge. 'Christine Aucock 'won first p'l'a-ce in Class B Typewriting, with a neut speed of 59,4 words per minuifte, while Ernest Gordon was third with 54, land Veronica Clukey six- th with 45. Christine Aucock was present- ed With a blue ribbon badge for first place, 'and a silver loving cup which i-s to be the property of the -school for -one year. Ernest Gordon was given a white ribbon badge for third place. ll . ll al . hlmli If lf, is .i ill. I Doris Hult-chinson, Editor MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD Hidden -away in a dark closet there is a picture of my-self which I still -preserve as one of the links which binds me to my childhood. 'Once in a while I take it out, and gazing aut it, dream of the days when I was merely a small child. Memories keep crowding into my mind-memories which grow clefarem' as the years fly -by. Mother had left us all :al-one, 'Daddy and me. Although I was a litble -girl wi-th a small appetite, I loved bananas. So, hand in hand, we went down the long, long stairs which led into Dad's general store. 'Cut- ting off a big bunch -of the yellow fruit, we began nto eat. How delicious they tasted! But my .greed got the better of me, and when M-other -arrived home fthat night -she found a very sick girl in bed, with a con- scious-smitten father anxiously waiting on her. Feeling very grown-up in my pink dress, which reached to the top of my high sh-oes, I nodded yes. The little fair-haired boy Ef.f?R 'Ry Orissa Frost, Assistant m-anfully paid .the fare and we sat down together in the fer-ris-wheel. Up and up we went, way up into the heavens un-til it seemed as if we would be kidnapped by a star if we did not come to earth before long. J-ust as we reached the- highest point, the wheel suddenly stopped. The -stars and moon disappeared as if by magic-and it commenced to rain! Big, splashy drops- wetting us through and through. And then, as suddenly as it had commenced, it stopped. The moon, accompanied by the stars, once more appeared, while the wheel 'continued with its customary motion. A trick of the gods had certainly been played upon us! -Sport was my dog-just -a little black and white happy creature. Through the long summer days we rollicked and played in the woods, through the fields and by the lake. And in winter we ploughed together through the thick snow, pals in every sense of the word. 'Missing him one day, I -set out hoping to find him in our favorite 26 THE SIGNET haunt-a cave in fthe woods. Whistling merrily, I final-ly reached the forest and there, directly in my path, lay Sport with a cruel trap on his foot. Leaning over, I touched his still body, only to find it cold and lifeless. Alas! he was dead! Cruel, cruel world-why must it take from me my comrade and play-mate? I burst into tears and lay there weeping, until even the gold- en sun wearied of watching and sank below the purple hills. It was thus that my fa- ther found me with Sport clasped in my arms and wet tears still running down my cheeks. I was sleeping with the heavy sleep -of childhood, while -Sport was sleep- ing, never to Walken again. I well remember the day I took my bro- ther's squirt pistol to sch-ool. When I ar- rived, the little boy sitting across the faisle dared me to 'squirt it at the teacher. And I did! Int struck her squarely in the glass- es, and although it caused much amuse- ment among the children, .poor little Avis was made to st-and in the corner f-or the rest of the forenoon! ll' if all ak 511 It is with a 'sigh that I lay aside the little picture. But soon I smile fhap-pily as I visualize the long span of years, filled full of joys and happiness, which stretch out before me! Avis Titcomb '29. 9' JIMMY AND LOVE Jimmy stood with the note in his hand. Again -and again he read it- My Dearest Jimmy- Please do meet me at th Oaks this after- noon at three o'clock. I shall be waiting on fthe settee by the pond. Your adored Mary. P. S. You will recognize me as I shall wear my white sport costume. ' Jimmy folded the letter, returned it to the envelope, placed it in fhis pocket, and heaving a great sigh of pure bliss, turned and entered the house. At exactly two-fonty-ive he emerged from his home and started toward the Oakes a fifteen minutes walk from his home. Prompstly at three o'clock he 'arrived at t-he park and proceeded toward the bench by the pond where he saw a graceful figure in a white sport costume. He paused to admire her as she sat fac- ing 'the lake unaware of his presence. He liked the saucy tilt of the small white sport hat which covered a mass of curly black hair, that wonderful twist to the black and white scarf, and fthe graceful carriage of the head. Surely 'there was not and could not be a more beautiful person in the world than the one who sat before :him now, his Mary. Creeping up slowly be-hind her he placed his hands 'over her eye-s and whispered softly, Guess wh-o, adored. She stood up, turned and faced him and - Merciful Heaven! he ex-claimed. He fa-ced, not his adored Mary, but an awkward colored girl, who ejacul-ated, Lawdy, Mis- ter, I thought you was Rastusf' Frances Richard '30. GARDENS There are many kinds of gardens. There are those that are tended by expert hor- ticulturists, whose flowers are forced to grow in measured plots, an-d whose trees and hedges are cruelly clipped into all sorts of odd, fantasticsha-pes. There are those in which the blossoms are choked by weeds, for no understanding hand has cared for them. Brut the garden I shall have is nestled between two hills of velvet green. It is an enchanting garden, a cheery nook, where larkspur and phlox bend to the breeze in graceful dance. A generous rose opens her petals to a buzzing bee in search -of honey. Sun flowers and hollyhocks hold fri-endly competition to 'see which will first reach the top of the mo-ss clad wall. The garden races down to the foot of the hill, and is there, most frantically shooed back again, so that the fiorwers are forever nodding hither and thither, bewildered about which way to blow. There is a bird bath in fthe suniest corner, where vain robinls meticulously preefn their feathers, making themselves beautiful for all the flowers to see 1Such a bautiful, peaceful, cheery place-can it be real? Perhaps, some day,-now, it is only my garden of dreams. Pauline Ramsay '29. THE SIGNET 27 THE RACE The sky grows red in the east, the sea seems allgabl-aze. The de-ep voiced 'WhiSt1BS of the tugs sound down the harbor. Every thing along fthe waterfront is in motion. It is dawn in Gloucester. This perhaps will -prove the -most event- ful day of my life. My crew -on the Sleepless and I are to race the yet un- beaten -Sa.ndy .Ho-ok boat Echo o' fthe Mom. Ten o'olo-ck sees two trim little sloo-ps gliding down- the harbor amidst the cheers of fthe crowds. There is the starter's whistle. We com-e about an-d shoot across the line on a flying start. Both boats are abreast. Ah! now I slowly creep past. I am ahead by a length. They set more -sail. Now the distance between us is lessenin-g fast but here is the bouy. I roll the wheel down and the deck is awash as sh-e heels down and pivots around. Now we are be- hind, and on the home stretch. I set my spinmaker, and now We shoot :ahead as if the Echo stood still. Oh! what ia sight to see a -sloo-p with every stitch of canvas spread bearing down. She is coming so fast that I can hear the wind screaming through the rigging in which the -men climb about like monkeys trimming sail. The Echo shoots past like an arrow with the salt spray fiying over her d-eck. Now I am about three lengths behind. -Suddenly with a crash the Echo's rig- ging goes overboard not more than a hun- dred yards from the line and as I shoot past the wreck I see -a bitter -look -of dis-may on the face of her ca-ptain. He had -put up more sail than she could can-y and thus has sacriiiced all in a vain attempt to- win. I shoot 'across the line 'ami-d the cheers of the crowds and have -beauten the world famous .Sandy Hook boat Echo -o' the Mom. Daniel Wakeneld '31, , SUCCESS AND FAILURE 'In a tiny Ithatch-ed cottage 'a b-oy of twelve sat before the one luxury the cottage held, an old and scarred harpsichord, and played. Hour after hour he worked intensely on -exercises and scales. Darkness fell and a tall, large, fair-hiaireld women left her work and crossed to the boy's si-de. You have done well, Franz, She said, smoothing back the tofwsled hair from his damp forehead. Well enough to repay you for your work in- the fields? -He inquired. Yes, rn-any, mamy rti-mes -over. Each night after I hear y-ou play it seems' that I can never work hard enough to give- my -gifted Franz the opportunities he 'should hfave. But come, -1-et 'us hear what the trees are saying to-night. To-gether, M-other and son stood in the -doorway listening to the wind -sighing in the tree tops. They are talking of rain to-night and they say that I can not do my work in the fields vtoemorrowf' said the- practical mo- ther. X Yes, rain. But it is to be a good rain, Mother. It is -going to 'bring me success, it is going to make you proud -of me. To- night the trees -say that 'sometime I will play in Berlin, in Vienna, in 'P-aris, in Lon- don, and sometime, sometime in America, in that big country across fthe sea. They say, Mother, that it will rain all of this and that you will nrever have to work -again. Play it for -me, Franz. Play for me the song the trees sing to-night. Franz improvised and played. He played to -success, to brightly li-ghvted hal-ls, to ex- quisitely dressed wom-en, and to faultlessly groomed men. At the door his mother list- ened and understood. Sometime the world would claim this gifted son, som-eftime he wou-ld leave her. Tears of joy and of sor- row filled her eyes. Across the sea, in -America, in the coun- try Franz hoped 'to visilt sometime, a young man :sat idly dingering the keys of a piano in a .large hall. T-he entertainers had gone, the people had gone, only he was left. He -smiled faintly as he thought -of the eve-ning. Pretty gocld le-ntertainmcinrt, that, he mused, Best I've seen, but just the same, I think I could do a better job at the piano. That pianfistf-not -much time to his play- ing. He struck a few chords then paused and :stared hard alt the piano. If Mother and Dad had lived, -an-d if I didn't have to work so hard fto make both ends meet I 28 THE SIGNET would be playin-g for people too. Another pause, then he rose, shrugging his should- ers. O well, maybe the time will co-me. Maybe sometime I will e'arn enough so that I can go to New York and 'study with a real teacher. 'Plenty of. time, Pm young yet. Smilin-g cheerfully he went about his duties of closing up the hall. Twenty years passed. A small city in eastern United -States had been suddenly aroused from its usual flethargy, suddenly and unexpectedly, by the news that Eu- rope's greatest pianist would appear in the city hall on June 3rd, Women gathered for afternoon teas, men gathered at their clubs, children gathered in .groups on the playgrounds to discuss the news, that this great musician was making his second ap- pearance before the American public in their city. :Seats sold for exorbitant prices and for a mo-nth ahead of time not even standing room could be purchased for either afternoon or evening. At last the -day arrived. The hour for the afternoon .peirf-ormance came and pass- ed, and -people left the hall iawed by the 'music they had heard and envious of the fortunate people who had the evening be- fore them. The hall was empty and silent. A door opened rand -closed and a man, aged and 'broken by the yeiars, shuffled down the center -aisle. Halfway to the platform he stopped an-d looking up took off his :torn cap. The hundreds of musicians who had walked across those boards -up there de-serv- ed such homage he thought. And how man-y hundreds there had been of them! A world renowned violinist, the world's most famous harpist, great singers, and now to- day, a pianist, to whom -people in all parts of the world had flocked to hear. After a few minutes had elapsed the man 'slowly made his way to the platform and stood before the piano. I He ran his gnarled fingers 'over the keys lightly. A master hand had touched 'those keys that very afternoon, he mused, and 'Why couldn't he play like thart? Why had he never had a chance? The echoes aroused once more mingled in a juumbled sweetness :and died away. The man slumped forward on the piano benchand ran his hand through his thick hair that might have been white had it not been so grimy with coal dust. He stared into space a few minute-s then slow- ly he began to finger out a melod-y :that set the echoes dancing. Even as he started to play .a door opened and closed and a tall spare, well-dressed man with fair towsled hair stepped in, but he did not notice. The liltinfg melody soon changed to a 'loud an-d violent protest, then to ia sad sweet song. He was pouring out -all of the pent- up longings and dis-appointments of years. The light that straggled into 'that corner of the 'stage revealed to the listener at the door a man bent and old, with sallow sunk- en cheeks, and ia mouth embitte-red by dis- appointment twitching nervously as he played. Drawn' almost irrisistibly forward the newcomer approached the platform. Who was this man who played so charming- ly and, upon closer observation with so little technic? What expression he .put in- to his piece! With what lightness those knotted hands tripped over the keys! Who was this untrained genius, this almost un- co-uth man? As the man came to a close the listener drew nearer to the platform and asked in a hushed tone with fa queer little foreign ac- cent, Will you play but once more for me, Sir? Without speaking he played a fefw runs, thrills, and -chords, and soon the sweet re- frains of Home 'Sweet Home iilled the hall. It was inexpressibly sweet -and full of a de-ep meaning. The listener's eyes iilled with tears. He thought of his home, the little thatched cottage, across the sea, and of his mother in it f-or whom he had played his way to fame. It was that she might be proud of him and she was, he knew. Her struggles had not been in vain. He had worked for her as :she had for him and now, now the story the trees had told had come true-for him. But for his moth- er, -was she happy? Was his fame suiti- cient? Perhaps .she was lonely. As the last note died away the great mu-sician re- solved to go home, to go back to his mother. to make her happiness complete by being with her. His dreams for the future were broke-n into V by the man's voice' saying brokenly, How I wish I could pl-ay, play as- that man played this afternoon. But THE SIGNET 29 then, I never had the money to get the kind of training he 'must have had. I am t-he man y-ou refer to but what money I had -came -only through hard labor of my mother's -and of min-e. .My teacher was my father while he lived and later a s-chool teacher with some musical -ability. You are mistaken, not money bwt hard la- bor and my mother put me where I am. Then you are a man. You are really great. You appreciated and worked for what you had. Oh, how I wish I had not put oif my opportunity! H-ow I wish I had realized how fatal it is to put -things off! I thought I. had plenty -of time for music and now I will never be more than a jani- tor. How I wish I could -play now! Mut- tered the janitor as he shambled hopelessly from the platform. X The artist watched the man go, a-nd shook his head sadly. Wh-at a pity such -a man had never be-en able to conquer himself and master an art fthat w-as almost second nature! 'That night an en-thusiastic audience ap- plauded th-e great master again and again. Th-en they called for the piece that had made hi-m famous, What the Trees Say. I will play it for you, he said in reply to their dem-an-ds, I will play for you what I think the trees are -saying to me tonight. He played, -but not to success, not to the dazzling lights and crowd, no, the trees' did not say tha-t tonight. Instead he played to a lit-tle thatched cottage across the sea and to a m-other standing in the doorway listen- ing, listening. Downstairs 'the janitor li-stened, 'list-ened and forgot his own' bitterness, forgot his disappointments, forgot himself -an-d wor- shipp-ed the man, worshipped the success that might have been his. Hel-en Palmer '28. -.lil MY PICTURE OF PEMAQUID I can -see it now, a round stone fort with deep parapet for fthe cann-on, -as cl-early as when ll Hrst s-aw it on a sunny day, its whitewa-sh-ed walls standing out against the waters of t-he bay, giving me the impression of great size. I remember that I walked -on the .top of the wall that en-closes the original site of the first fort. -I thought of it and its capture and de- struction, and the building of others and their fates. I thought of the settlers as they gazed at a -ship as it stood -out clearly in the bay wondering whether it would be friend or foe. I seemed to see a flash through the 'trees as some too adventurous youth rushed toward the fort followed by a -storm of ar- rows. I -held my breatih -until I saw .the big gate -cpe-ning to receive him and then clos- ing. Then my dream ended and I entered the fort. -Around the sid-es I -saw musket balls and -cfther relics .picked up around the fort. By going up stairs I was able 'to en- joy a won-derful view of the ocean. I gazed at the bay until I -seemed to see a large ship entering the harbor and then there shot from the shore a score or more canoes laden- with -skins and furs for trad- ingg then as the Indians climbed the side of the ship, the vision- faded. I heard -a horn and after several moments realized my father was Wai-ting for me. We drove -away but -I took with me -a men- tal picture shall always keep. Stanford Blake '32. GRAN DMOTHER Grandmother was n-ot a celebrity. No monuments have ever been erected in her honorg her name is -not found in the Whois Who. No biographies or eulogies- con- cerning her have ever been .pnbli-shed. But she is not unknown, she has achieved that most la-sting and worthwhile memorial--a place in the helarts of countless friends whom -she has helped. When I knew her, -she had -already reach- ed an age at which it -is permis-sable to -sit back with fold-ed hands and watch others work. Grandmother knew this, but she only laughed at anybody who tried 'to tell her so, and said that she oal'lated to keep round as long as -she was -able. And so, from morning till night, she was busy. Sometimes she admitted fthat she was tired, but we knew that she didn't min-d .that sort of tiredness, for wit-h it went the knowl-edge of a day well -spent, -and to Grandmother, who had been from h-er -childhood, .a disciple of -all -the old .proverbs of diligence and in- dustry, this knowledge was the most satis- fying reward. 30 THE SIGNET Nevertheless, even though she refused to admit it, knitting and patchwork were becoming absorbing occupations to her, and ia rocking-chair by a sunny window held hitherto unknown charms. Sometimes the knitting needles w-ould be still for a mo- ment, and Grandmother would look out over the hills with a dreamy expression and a half-smile. It was then that we knew that she was living over some scene of the past, or callin-g up some bright dre-am of her youth, so m-any years -ago. We children hailed these moods with demands of Tell us a story and were seldom disappointed. We crowded closer, in order not to lose a word of these enchanting chronicles of yes- fterday which 'she was unfolding to us. Brightened by her keen sense -of humor and clarified by her sympathetic understanding of children, the :tales held us spellbound, and the end of each was immediately greet- ed by Now 'tell us another one! Of course, we ,always wanted to hear about her own childhood, and so sh-e told us many interesting incidents about her sichool-days in the little white country schoolhouse. After a while, though, she didn't say much about her home life when she was small, for, if we didnft actually cry, we always wanted to, because we felt so sorry for the mowtherless little girl who had had to work so much harder than we could ever imagine. Sometime-s, in connection with these rem- iniscences, she showed us her daguerreo- typos in their faded red plush cases. We could hardly believe that 'she had once been the misehie-v-ous-looking, black-haired girl in the dim old picture. Then, as we watch- ed Grandmother's brown eyes soften as she looked at the picture of 'the young man with the mutton-chop whiskers sitting so stiff- ly at her side, we knew that these were in- 'dee-cl likeness-es of our own grandfather and grandmother. She t-old of -them calmly enough, but we realized 'that -the first few years of her mar- ried life were not easy ones. First, the farm had to be cleared, and the evolution from virgin forest to smo-oth, ferti-le fields was not accomplished in a d-ay. Then, the mortgage- muslt be paid -off. After fourteen hours -of weaving, baking and the various other tasks which made up her day, Grand- mother must spend the evenings -preparing dried apples to sell, for every penny count- ed. No wonder, we thought, that even six- ty years afterwards, sh-e considered idle- ness one of the cardinal sins. The stories that we liked best of all, and fthe ones Grandmother most enjoyed telling, were those about her own children, our father and his older brother and sister. We laughed at the pranks of the little boys, but we never lteased to hear about their sis- ter. Granfdnwther still che-rished a sweet- faced china doll, resplendent in yellowed old-fashioned silk and ruffled pa,n't'alette-s. She didn't say much about it, but we knew that the doll had been the favorite play- thing of the little daughter who hard slowly choked to death with diphtheria, one spring day so many years. ago, in spite of the efforts and pra-yers of her agonized parents. As Grandmolther's' future became more and more limited, the past became more de- sirable, and -memories and recollections took an increrasingly important place- in her thoughts and cionver-sation. It was a long, long ste-p from her generation to ours. We could not always understand her willingness to -return to the days of the past, but she knew. She knew that, for her, life could hold no pleasures equal to those which she had experienced, that there were bright memories which would remain with her fore-ver. Her year-s of hard work had not dimmed her love for beauty and nature. One of her hobbies was her garden of bright, ald- fashioncd flowers. From the time when the first che-ery daffodil appeared to the cutting -of the hast frost-bitten aster, bouquets from Grandmother's garden brightened many sick rooms. She was a most satisfying com- panion on woodland excursions, for she knew and loved ea-ch flower and bush. And -the -most infiallible itest of a kindred spirit -she could always pause to look sa-taa sun- set. 'Sometime-s we grandchildren took h-er somewhat for granted. 'She had always be-en there, ready as any time to sew on ia button or tell fa slt-ory, or, when we were sick, to dose us with que-er concoctions steeped from the dried herbs hanging in the attic. But, somehow, on the infrequent oc- THE SI casions when she could be induced by some of her friends 'or relatives to make fthem a visit, the house- seemed more bleak and for- lorn than formerly, and no amount of sun- shine could 'brighten the chill around Grand- mother'-s empty chair. And now, that chrair is empty for all time, and we are left with on-ly the memories -of Grandmother, and a deeper realization of what she has meant to us. Doris' 'Hutchinson '29. THE WRITING OF COMPOSITIONS FOR SCHOOL Of all the things 'most distasteful to me, I think -that the writing of compositions, either for school or for any other purpose takes first place. How casually the teach- er .gives out the assignment! You will write a five-hundred word essay on .such and such a subject tomorrow. Just like that! And then when open dis- may fails to produce anything except -smiles, 'tho-se concerned spend the rest of the day awaiting inspiration. The end of the day usually finds the ispfrilation still A. W. O. L. If a subject is given, it's sure to be some- thing we never heard of, much -less th-ought of before, and if no subject is given that is YVOTSC. Evening finds us reading the article we are to imitate -over -and over again, and knowing less about it with each reading. We chcw up pencils, glare alt the inoffensive cat, and make a dozen- false starts, none of which resemble in the least what we are supposed to imitate. Th-en we chew up another pencil, and, in despair, throw away what we hlave- Written. We go t-o bed, but find thoughts of the essay we have not written recurring more and -more frequently. 'By the time dawn arrives we are sure that .nothing short of down right cruelty on the part of th-e teach- er would -have prompted her to assign such a lesson. And then, as usual, comes school time. All the way to -school we puzzle over whsat we shall write about. Inside the build- ing a smiling teacher at the desk greets us, and with 'trepidation we remember that un- done work, and how teacher's smiling face can straighten out unftil it says plainly, GNET 31 you can't fool me that way. Then we at- tempt to give plausible excuse, which some- how doesn't seem asf -plausible when we try to give it to her. Two minutes. before the bell rings an idea pops into our he-ads. Oh! There it is. Now for some paper, quick, before we lose that thought! And so we 'finally find what we have wanted and then it's a race with the bell to get at least, the rough draft done, and once more we are saved from the disasnter of an absolute failure. We like the teacher again, and can appreciate the humor of the situatilon, and smile- at the remains of our last night's search for in- spirations-the scraps -of paper scattered by an impatient hand, the wood splinters- 'all that n-ow remains of an otherwise per- fect pencil. Ten minutes after English class begins we have forgotten the anxious moments we have spent, and vow never again to get worried over an assignment of written work. An-d then our dear teacher says- I Since you did so well on your w-ork for today you may write another for tomorrow, this time one of 'a thousand words. We start all over again. Ruth Haseltine '29. i CLAMMING What is the most disgusting yet the 'most irrtereslting job in the world? I say dig- gin-g clams. As you walk along -over those unseen slippery seaweed-cover-ed rocks with a fork in one hand and ta clam hod in the other, h-ow much easier it would seem to go without those ex-asperatinvg squirting things. Ah! There must be a quantity of them here, you say a.s you perceive the many' miniature fountains -gushing forth from the sand. Quickly you thrust the 'fork deep- ly into that place and just as quickly you re-c-eive ia vast amount of salt water in your eyes. How helpless you seem, to be unable even to wipe that smanting liquid from your face-, but, with yo-ur hands covered with mud, how can you? Finally, somehow you regain your sight and with added vigor again attack the clam bed. This time your fork grinds 'against a rock and a shiver runs up and down your back, which by this time is ach- T 'T W 'V 32 THE SIGNET ing s-o that it -seems as if you will never be :able to stand up .straight again. At 'last you take those clams that you have conquered down to the water's edge -and turn them out in the water to wash. But al-as! When you come 'back from try- ing to straighten your back, where are the clams? Why, the tide has come 'up and there they 'are out there with about two feet of wet, salty, muddy water over them. This breaks the last straw and with -one last rolling up of the sleeves you leap into that ever increasing depth -of water and gather up what clams have not already gone back to their former bed. At the end, I think you have earned your clamsg do-n't you? Of course the only in- teresting part is eating them. Roscoe Palmer '30. THE CARGO The weather of northwestern Canada in the year of 1927 was probably the coldest and stormies-t since the time of its first settlers. The roads and trails were blocked with snow for months and 'to have passed over these trails would h.ave been at the risk of life. Wolves and other savage ani- mals roamed the woods starved and desper- ate and they would not hesitate to attack a human. Food was ha-rd to 'obtain and everyone had to economize in the use of it. The Indians, situated many miles from the post, were deadly sick. Smallpox had get .a h-old among them and it was spread- ing 'like fire through all their sttlements. The doctors of the trading post were help- less-.. The last of the .antitoxin had been used 'an-d it was- only a question of time be- fore -aill of the aLndians would be totally wiped out if -they eould not obtain more of it. What could be done? This was the qu-estion on every-one's lips. The question 'was -solved at last. Five of the strongest and mo-st ,skillful of their number were to set out ont snfowsh-oes for the nearest tele- graph ofiice. There they would be .able to send word to the hospital at Toronto for the -antitoxian to be sent the quickest way. Airplane was wi-thout doubt the fastest way of travel. The men from the post started prepared 'to 'travel with the 'utmost speed. Would these brave men .be able to .arrive in time? People were dying by the hundreds every day. The terrible disease was driving the people insane. At one of -the Indian villages the missionary h-ad been torn from his bed and tied by the 'crazed natives to a stake and burned alive. The Indians be- lieved that he had brought the Devil of Spots .among them. All of the villages were in a like condition. The men from the post fought their way through the snow and forest, braving the numerous dangers that imperile-cl their lives. At last, tired and exhausted, they reached their goal. Word was at once flashed to 'all the world about the horrible de-struction the disease had wrought. The doctors at Toronto work- ed with the utmost speed. The airport of the city w-as in 'a state -of excitement. The -chief mechanic was carefully tuning up the engine of a swift Ciurtiss mail plane which was to be used for the five hundred mile trip. Everything all right? inquired Jimmy Ross who was to pilot the plane. Perfect, perfect, replied the mechanic who had been so absorbed in his work that he had not seen Jimmy -approach. Not a better plane in the service, -he .added -proud- ly. I shall be glad when this trip is over. The map reads that the country in that vicinity is exceedingly rough and hilly. The landing will be -my only trouble, Jim- my answered -a little Worried. Don t try to ma-ke me believe that the best pilot in the .service is worried, laugh- ed the -mechanic. Their conversation was interrupted by the noise of an approaching automobile which, from the sound, was coming -at a high rate of speed. There was -a sudden grinding of brakes an-d th-e car came to a stop beside the pl-ane. Out of it jumped tw-o men in white uniforms. They, with th aid of Jimmy and the mechanic, safely stored many cases of the -precious antiboxin in the forward compartment of the plane. :Say- ing goodby, Jimmy climbed into the pilot's seat and wrapped himself in his furs. Look- ing around to se-e if everything was clear he pressed the star-ter and fthe powerful Liberty motor roared into life. Glancing over the instrument board in front of him 'THE SIGNET as he gave the order to remove the blocks. The plane taxid across the field and then rose gracefully i-nto fthe air. The whole per- formance had been timed to fthe second and there had been no delays in getting start- ed. Jimmy leaned back in his seat. He had a long journey before him and s-o made him- self as comfortable -as possible. The i.n- on the board told him that the strume-nts plane was working perfectly. All he had to do was to watch his compass. He flew on and on through the cold thin air. The fast plane had left the settlements far be- hind and he was' now flying over a dense fore-st, seeing nothing but an endless -stretch of timber. The hours slipped slowly by and the afternoon came on. He suddenly awoke to the fact that it was sn-owing. Fear gripped his throat. A hundred dang-ers flashed through his mind. He knew what the C-an-adian storms were like 'and just how many chances .a pilot had to arrive in safety. But he could -not turn back and so flew on and on into the storm. His eyes were glued on his instruments. The snow was falling faster -and faster until it was a regular blizzard. How he kept the plane aloft hc did not knfow, but he knew that it would be a miracle if he outfiew this storm. What was -the matter with the engine? His he-art stopped beating. The motor was sputtering. Was this engine, the pride of the s-ervice, going to ,fail him? lit con- tinued to s-putter and alt 'last stopped al- together. He lcloked at his altitude gauge and found that he had seven thousand feet in which -to find -a landing in this field of towering pine trees. He felt himself fall- ing 'and began to glide about in wide circles. In the distance he caught sight of -a small clearing, headed for this spot and had no difficulty in landing. :Climbing from the plane he looked abfouft, seeing nothing but trees. He was alone in the wilderness with a crippled mail plane and -a much needed cargo. The snow and air was' freezing cold and it cut against his bare face like a knife. He threw up the hood of the en- gine and carefully examined it, finally fin-d- ing the trouble. Some snow had collected in the feed valve of the carborator and had frozen, thus- allowing no gasoline to enter the motor. Having fixed this, he climbed back into the plane and tried the st-ariter. It -sprang to life. This sounded like music to his ears. 'He taxid off and just cleared the tops of the pine trees. He advanced the throttle of .the engine several points so as to make up for the time that he had been delay-ed. -He finally outflew the storm and just .as darkness was coming on sighted the settlement. Circling, he picked a clear- ing 'and found vthaft the landing was not going to be so hard as he had at first sup- posed. As the plane came gliding down onto the clearin-g, a great shout went up- from the people who -streamed -out to meet the plane. That night everyone was ,happy within the little settlement, and they all offered up a prayer for the deliverance and safe -guidance 'of :this brave pilot. Robert Bucknam '3O. THE SCHOOLROOM CLOCK Of-ten I glance -at the schoolrfoorn clock and think what a queer fthing it is. From its pln-ce on the -class room wall, it has been the silent observer 'of many happy school days. How many minutes, hours, days it has ticked away. How many strange faces it has seen a.s one class graduates to make room for the next. In the summer months, it looks about an empty 'class room but in the fall when it again starts its steady tick-stock, ti-ckftock, once more it sees the building filled with happy, smiling boys and girls. Ah-wise clock! You-who see the pranks' of the class clowns-see the note that is passed swiftly down the aisle from a bashful boy to a pretty blushing maid-the owner of the spit ball th-at misses its mark and nearly hi-ts the tea-cher and that algebra problem tha-t simply wi'll not come out right-how mulch could you revefal, if you but had the power of speech! H Ah! Many are the times when we pray for the -old clock to tick off the 'minutes quickly--oh, so quickly that we may be saved from the horrors of being called upon to recite an unprepared -lesson. And too, many are the times when we pray for those precious few minutes which we have to 34 THE SIGNET glance over 'an un-prepared lesson to go- oh so slowly! But the fold clock does not vary. Un-ceasingly it ticks away the hap- piest hours of our life--our sch-ool days! Helen Hale '31. THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE MASTER OF MONTICELLO Thomas Jefferson, a mighty statesman, a distinguished patriot, and the third presi- dent -of the United States, was born April thirteenth, 1743. He was the third of a family of eight children. This remarkable man's mother was of a most pleasing and hopeful disposition. His father, Peter Jefferson, was a good and ho-nest farmer. He- endured cheerfully the hardships 'of the pioneer days in his age. Jefferson- was taught the practical affairs of life by his father while his mother taught him to be a lover of nature. The boy's early life shows that he was fond of reading, hunting and out door sports-. .He was .a shy, kind-hearted boy with a quick min-d for learning. He studied hard, worked hard, and played -hard. Three studies he had a great liking for were: music, mathematics and architecture. When he was five. years old he was sent to a school where only English was taught -and four years later he was sent to ia school where he learned Greek, Latin and French. He was very fond of these subjects and said in his later life that he would rather have poverty and education than all the .riches in the world. A little more th-an .sixteen years of age he entered the college of Wil- liam 'and Maryg here he studied faithfully in science and literature- as well as the clas- sics. Then after studying law for five years under -a prominen-t teacher he began a practice which was successful. He was admitted to the bar in 1765. Jefferson married Martha Skelton in 1772. After the wedding they started for Monticello, a home that h-ad been built two miles- from -Sh-adwell, Jeffers'on's 'old home. It was called Monticello which means liittle mountain because it was on a hi-gh hill. The public life of Jeiferson which lasted about forty years began in- 1768, when he was elected, to the Virginia- Legislature. The people were very much impressed with. his splendid development. He was 'a scholar, an athlete, ia. trained lawyer and a good farmer. He knew Virginia from north to south, east- t-o west and from the man-sion of the master to fthe cabin of the slave. In 1775 he attended the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. A committee of five men were appointed to prepare the Declaration of Independence and Jefferson, the young- est member of Congress, was made chair- man. He was well suited for this. When fthe Declaration of Independence was adopt- ed there was much joy among the people an-d we know today that Thomas Jefferson did a wonderful thing for our country, the United States, when he wrote the Declara- ftion of Independence. In the year 1786 he was elected governor of Virginia, and in 1796 he filled the office of vice-presid'ent -after a most heated campaign. Finally in 1800 he was pre-sidentg he serve-d our coun- try eight years but refused to be president for the third term, retiring to his home, Monticello, where he spent the rest of his life with his grandchildren until he died July 4, 1826. Althea Little-field '31. fThi.s essay won the silver medal offered by the local chapter of the D. A. RJ THE BIOGRAPHY OF A CAT Barney Rudge, a great mouser, was born in a basket, March 1, 1902, graduated from Miss Tabbyfs famous school for mousers in 1903 and later became one of the teachers there for a year. When only .a year old he lost one of his nine lives by falling from a hi-gh beam in the barn, where he was catch- ing mice. The next year he 1-ost two more of his lives, one by getting run over by a steam roller and the other being shaken out of him by a dog. He was always a 'leader of his kind and when the great war of cats and dog-si began, Barney was chosen general of the cats. He lost two more lives in this war. He went directly home after the war was over, cov- ered with glory and-hon-or, but on the way he got into a train wreck and lost -another one of his lives. A . ' THE SIGNET 35 'He lived very quietly at home for a year and rthen one night was attacked by rufiians -on the way home from the club and lost his seventh life. Having only two lives 'left he was very careful of them. but accidently lost one by a heavy rrock falling on his back. His last life was lost when he died of pneu- monia at the ripe old age 'of 8 years, 11 months and 29 days. Kenneth Crawford '30. THE ACCIDENT ON SUNSHINE AVE. Everything was in mourning. The cur- tains' were drawn and no signs of life could be see-n from without. The floral wreath von the door showed that some dear one had rece-ntly passed away. The frantic bridegroom sat about in utter dejection' and it was uncertain whether he would wake up in this world or the next. In fact, the whole of Sunshine Ave. was greatly saddened by the staggering news that Mme. Ded-o was dead. This is how it happened-M. and Mme. Dedo, the newly married wax dolls, wishing to get acquaint-ed with their neighbors, especially those livi-ng bn Sunshine Ave. had given .a dinner party. The house was in readiness. All the lights were on, sending forth their brilliant rays and the- radio was tuned in on a dance program, broadcasted from s-tation W. J. Z. The first -guests to arrive were the Gold Dust twins. -Then came Miss Muffett, Tom- mie Tucker, Bo-peep, Jack Horner and the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, with all her children. 'Last but not least came the wooden soldiers dressed in their new uni- forms and their flashing new -swords add- ing greatly 'to the'ir appearance. The party was in full swing. All had partaken of the tasty dinner which Aunt J amime had prepared. Everyone was danc- ing when all of a sudden, out went the lights. There was much confusion. Oh!- oh!-oh! Piercing screams echoed through the room. 'What was- the matter! Was the- house falling in,'or what could have hap- pened? The guests fell over each other while try- ing to reach the .do-or, not knowing just where it wasg as the house was in total darkness. When a light was finally pro- duced the guests- gasped in horror. M. Dedo fainted alt the first -sight. 'Why it just couldn't be true. It was impossible that that little l-ump -of pink could be Mme. Dedo. Mother Hubbard quickly rushed to her aid but it was of no usle. H-er life had expired. She ha-d caught her tiny heel in the register and unable :to get it out, had melted to death. That is the reason the beautiful doll's house is in mourning. Orissa Frost '30, DEVEN S Devens: What thoughts does that word bring to mind? To one wh-o has lived there for two- wee-ks in the hottest part of the summer, that word may awaken thoughts similar to the following: the strongest or which may be this-fourteen days' of hard manual labor. 'Then in their order others may arise-: Fourteen mornings that he won the race with the Sun, by such a margin that he had time to eat breakfast, drill for half an hour, and parti-ciparte in a half hour -of calislth-e-nies, beflore Mr. Sun showed his angry face to take the chill off the air and the excess amount of dew off the grass and treesg fourtceni forenoons of hard work in .the field where the monotony of the in- cessant rat-.a-'t1at of mfac-hine-gun fire is foccasionally br-ok-en by the whine of a big shell as it soars on its way to the targets three mile-s to the westward. No matter where we are, out in no manfs land with the scouts 'looking and listening attentively for an imaginary enemyg -or ba-ck in the first line- trenches- sittin-g by the telephones or radio sets listening for a call, involuntarily We duck when we hear 'one of those shells whining overhead. Fourteen afternoons of lying about the barracks cleaning the rifies or eating candy -or ice cream. That is, not all -the .afternoon for at 4:40 o'cl-ock we are marched down' to the Parade Grounds, or rather the desert for such i-t is. From the feet of over a thou-sand meui and half as manly horses, rises an overpowering cloud of finely powdered -sand which with the unmerciful heat of the: blazing sun .penetrates every article of wearing apparel that we possess. ' ' ' 36 THE SIGNET After a clold shower and -our evening meal we may choose to -go to the movies or per- haps Whalen for Merrimac park appeal 'to us, if so, a. pleasant evening is spent in rid- ing on the Roller Coaster, the Mill, and the Whip. If, on the o-ther hand, we choose to go to 'the movies we are sure of seeing two different plays, one Pathe News re-el, and a comedy. One -night the man- who we-nt over the Niagara Falls in a. rubber ball was -there in person with his huge ball. The ball was brown in color, ablout six feet in diameter. lin the center was a large com- partment in which he sat while takinig his fall. Besides this we -saw -one Pathe News reel, one comedy, the process of making the rubber ba-ll, then the 'two main .pictures The Rough- Riders , and The Covered Wagon , all for ten cen-ts. Saturday and Sunday of the first week, there was the trip to 'Bosfoo-n, where we watched the New York Yankees trim the Boston Rc-cl Sox at Fenway Park. Although Babe Ruth didn't make a home run he did the next best thing and knocked a three bagger. As I look back on -those memorable two weeks from the distance of alm-ost a year the hardships which I underwent seem to -grow hazy. But the pleasures and worth- while things will be the cherished treasures that I shall carry with me down through the years of my life. Jackson Bridges '29, ill..- A SAGRIFICE! As I looked over the crowd of boys that had come out Qor baseball -practice I felt a thrill of pride. As I had only two vet- eran players I was rather worried, at first, and feared that it would be a rather dull season of baseball. But this crowd of young, healthy, rugged boys' raised my spirits and I knew that I would produce a winning tealm. Even the pos-sibility of winning the cup at the County club did not .seem such an impossible feat. As I went down the line of boys I form- ed my opinions of the candidates. Buck Allen a rugged looking fellow, a sophomore, I be-lieve, was the fins-t in line. I knew that he had a .good arm and that in him I had found m-y pitcher. Next to him was 'a short, -stubby fell-ow whom I had heard called Dud Bumps. 'What fa corking' good bat- tery Buck and Dud would make. My spirits were- 'soaring to 'the sky. -It sure pleases a coach to know that he has 'good prospects to train. What a pleasure it is to see the successful, polished, results -after one has trained and trained just for these. As I passed down the line :my mental opinions we-re all to my ex-treme satisfac- tiion, until I saw the last boy in the line. 1-Ie looked out of place and the only reason I can see for his being out for a baseball team was that his sweetheart wanted a baseball star and 'thus the effort. He was a healthy enough boy but it was easy enough to see his place was not on the 'baseball rield. In a few words, he was, I suppose, a sissy. But the boy did look in- terested and so for the -sake of his sweet- heart fit always .pleasles me, in my old age, t-o make love mat-chesj I thought I would 'try him out. Two weeks had passed and my team was 'shaping into the fastest and the best team Soxford High had ever produced. It was Monday night- practice night for the team. Wednesday, the biggest game of the seaslon was to be played. Fordex High had always given us .a terrible dubbing. Oh, what confidence I put into my fighting nine to turn the tide. While I was knocking some fly-s to the outiielders, P he-ard She-ik Spruce, the first baseman, picking on Sissy Pynes. Sheik was -an all-round athlete and his name was one known to all. He was the star in almost all of 'the sch-o-ol sports. No one could hurl the jav-elin like Sheik , no one could vault or run- as fast as he. But, victory often turns the head, and so it was with Sheik. I often sit and wish that I could see a boy victory had not spoiled. At heart, I truly pity the boaster. There, now that I have given you the ins and outs of Sheik I shall go -on with my story. 1 To tell the truth, I had entirely forgot- ten Sis'sy Pynies. until this very moment. But I remembered -him when I heard Sheik's ' remark. Hey, Sissy, who told you to come out for baseball? Of course-, I know you can play THE SIGNET 37 and how! Ha! Ha! Oh, well never mind, Sissy, you have got only two more years to carry water and then who knows? Sissy didn't say a word, but I could see very plainly that the -words had fallen like thunderbolts in his ears. It came to me then, that Sissy had endured all of this sarcasm during the season. I felt sorr'y for the fe-llow and decided to give him a few en-couraginig words. So, after prac- tice Il went up to him and told him 'that I would probably use him in the Fordex game Wednesday. The look in that boy's- eyes made my 'heart tug. Oh, coach, re-ally? You don't know how I've longed for this. Oh, won't Bee, and then all flushed and embarrassed he stopped. I knew that my prediction had been right and that there was a girl. Wednesday dawned a bright, clear day, not too hot-not too cold, the ideal day for a real baseball game. Just before thc game I heard Sheik say to Sissy , Be- sure, and have the water ready, 'Sis'. And with a sneering laugh ran out to first base. Little did he think that he would need water and more, too, before the game was over. The game was at the fifth -inning with Soxford up to bat. Sheik was up first. 'He hit a dandy and hiked f-or the bases. He touched first, second, and gai-ned third and the ball had not been recovered. So with a glance backward he started for home plate. A few feet from it he heard the ball whizzing through the air. He must reach home plate. He 'shot his whole body for- ward in an effort to touch home. plate. He fell with a thud. A.s he was lying on his face no one noticed that he had been hurt a-nd all were waiting for him to get up. They were all cheering because he had reached home plate safely. Suddenly, I realized that he was hurt and vcouldn't get up. I started running for the diamond. As I ran I heard Sissy say, Now, hereis my chance, surely the coach will put me in. When I reached Sheik he was unconscious -and his head lay in a 'deep pool of b1'o'od. We carried him off and the doctor was call- ed. He looked at him and said, He has lost much blood. We -mu-st have a 'trans- fusion immediaftely to save' his life. Will any one volunteer ? To my surprise Sisley Pynes stepped forward, I will, doctor, he said. They were take-n to the hospital where the trans- fusion was made successfully. As I went back to the field my mind was filled with thoughts 'of 'fS'iissy Pynes. What a sacrifice he had made, he had given up his chance of being ia baseball star to save the life of a fellow who had never us-ed 'him squarely. He surely was a brave young man and wort-hy of all the places on my team. The next m'orn'i.ng I went to the hospital to see them both. As I was entering I heard Sheik apologizing and askin-g Sis sy to forgive him. When I made my ap- pearance th-e two boys were talkin-g and laughing as old friends. ll knew then, that Shcikls boast had be-en buried in a grave one hundred feet deep. As we we-re talking, in, rushed Sissy'-s sweetheart. She ran up to him and said Oh, Cloid, your name is in the headlines of the paperg you are my great, big hero. And I'll forgive you even if you weren't a baseball star. Why, the -paper is covered with your heroic deed. I thought it was rather queer, her raving about his be-ing 'a hero and that his -name was in fthe paper but, oh, well, I guess -girls are funny that way. A :Mary Dyer '29. EVE STARTED IT Mother Eve started it. When' Cain wal-k- ed proudly through the garden wearing his belt of fig leaves, .Mother Eve cried, Bring those Hg leaves right back here. I snum, I never saw the likes of this rising genera- tion. When Noah built the ark and was waiting ilor rain to fall, his son, 'Shen, went for a ride turtle-back, using a 'small piece of rope for a rein. On seeing his son up 'to such actions, Noah cried, Bring that tur- tle right back here. 'Beats all how you younguns can think of such tricks. to cut up nowadays-. Things wernit -so when yer father waz a boy. - In studying an egg 'bo prove that the earth was round, Columbus' -father 'grew very much disgusted and said, ll'd give a 38 THE SIGNET cent to k-now what's wrong with this young- er generation. The idea of your spending yer time on that egg. When I was yer age I earned my spending money every week selling papers. When George Washington cut down the cherry tree his father, in his -anger, said, Seems funny kids can't be contented with ordinary a-musements instead of doing something that their fathers and grand- fathers never 'thought of. This is a fine generation wefre raising up! And still in this enlightened twentieth century of ours we hear fa father say to his son, When I was a bfoy I never thought of doing such tricks. Get out to that garden now and go 'to work, and see if you can't forget that foolishness! -Hazel Ham '30. JOHNNY BELMONT'S RAID Not a star .shed its tiny light down upon the d-ark earth. It was night, dark night, horrible night, a perfect night for the worst crime in the history of the town of New Paris to be committed. Johnny Belmont was plodding his way along the muddy roads, homeward. He had been to town to see fthe show that had been advertised for weeks- and at last it had come, The 'Gorrilla. Johnny was not use-d to going into town alo-ne at night, but be- ing unable to persuade any of his brothers to go with him he had do-ne -so. The dis- tance .to town had seemed very short to him -as he half wa-lked an-d half ran his way along in the evening twili-ght. But now it was very different. Imagination was play- i-n-g havoc with his imind. The dim outline of every fence -seemed to be hiding -something behind it ready to spring out and catch him by the throat. The indistinct f-orm 'of every tree hid some unknown danger. He would creep al-most up to it then burst into a run until he was well by it. As he was walking along, a form unlike all the others loomed up at the side of the road. Big, black, -crouching, what could it be? Johnny stopped, went a few steps nearer, stopped again, listened. The odor of gasoline came to his nostrils. A car! Why was it out there in the ed-ge of the field? He went still nearer and ,listened a-gain. Men were talking in low tones.. Were the-se men such as he had seen in the pictures waiting for a later hour to commit some crime? A feeling of fear came over Johnny as he stood there- in the middle of the road undecided what to do. He could go back to the h-ouse he had passed and call his father :and he would come and get him, but that looked rather babyish to him. He might be able to go -past them wi-thout being heard, but if they should hear him, what would they do to him? Across his mind fiashed the picture of the hero he had seen in the pictures. All fear left hi-m and cour- age rushed in to take its place. He stepped across the ditch -onto the grass ground, dropped to his hands and knees and crept forward. Slowly, quietly, scarcely breathing, he 'made his way toward the car. He reach- ed it and crawl-ed under it. He lay down flat on his back with his mouth wide open. He could breathe through his mouth with- out making a sound but if he breathed through his nose he made all kinds of nois-es. His heant was pounding and he had his fists clenched and shoved deep into his pocket. Are you getting cold feet? He heard someone inquire. No, but if one of those chickens skuawk and they catch us, you know what to ex- pect, was the reply. If they don't shoot us on the spot we'll be lucky, putt in the third. Plans have been made, and y-ou know Shorty can imitate a hen perfectly -so by hidi-n-g him behi-nd the tool house it will be very easy to call them .away from the chicken house, replied the first man. It sounds good and I'll stick, but this trying to clean up and -get away with five hundred chickens- in one night looks pretty big to me, put in the third man. Johnny's mind came into action. These were the chicken thieves that had made themselves' famous throughout the state. These were the men who had flooled the police, had been in many tight places, and had got out. N-ow they were planning to make a big clean up and leave the country. THE SIGNET 39 A reward h-ad been offered and this was his -chance to get the money to PHY his WHY throu-gh college. Soon as Bill and 'Shorty get here with the truck we'-ll make short work of it, leave here and set up business somewhere else. He 'ought to be here in an hour, -the first voice was saying. Lt all came to Johnny in a ru-sh. These men were planning to go over 'to George Wood's' farm, pla-ce Shorty behind the tool ho-use to call Mr. Wood around that way, enter the chicken -hous-es themselves, take the best part of his chickens, place the-rn on the -truck, an-d be well on their way -toward the border by the time Wood could -send for help. Very slick, concluded Johnny, but wait. He had made 'his plans and slipping from under the car, quietly made his way to the road and hurried towards Wofod's farm which was about half a mile away. Upon arriving 'there he acquainted George with the facts and explained his plan. Mr. Wood agreed with him so he we-nt 'to :the telephone callin-g the fire department tell- ing of a fire which he 'said was two miles down the road. He also told them he and Mr. Wood would be at a certain point along the road and go with them 'tio fthe fire. To the man whom the -oultlaw-s h-ad placed near by with a phone attadhed to the line, this was good news and he hastily com- municated iit to his partners. They laugh- ed and s-lapped e-afch other on the back -as the fire- truck went clanking by, stopped a-t the house and went on its way again. Shorty and Bill came about half an hour later -and tlhey went 'over their plans care- fully to fmake' 'sure they would hold wafter. As they started -off :they rcom.plimen'ted each other on their good luck. Two men were waiting for Shorty be- hind the tool house, e-nough men were wait- ing in every chicken house to out number the bandits two Ito -one. What nice rifies those old brooms made, and tihe firemen looke-d like Greeks of ol-d in helmets and glistening rain coats, armed with any cudgel that was handy. Not fifteen minute-s passed between the time that band of outlaws left their car until all of them were piled upon their 'own truck, gagged, bound, and speeding on their way to town. Not one of those broom rifles had spit fire, -not one of tho-se hor- rible stick daggers had drawn blood. Next morning there was a full account in the paper of :how a boy, fourteen years old, had saved a man a lo-ss of a thousand dollars, how he had led an army of firemen armed with brooms and sticks against a ba-nd of outlaws, and h1ad,cap,tured them without firing a .sh-out. Neither did it leave out the fact th-at he- was to receive a large rew-ard from the state. Hadley Hopkins '30. - BIRTHDAYS M-aryis birtihda-y came on the 29th day of February. I felt sorry because she- could have only one birthday to my four. Ifalways. wondered why Sis was -so :sad on the fiirst day of April when it was her birthday. One day ll asked her and she be- gan tio cry saying Oh, I'm afraid some- thing will ha-ppen and I wfon't have any birthday at all, because it's April Foolis Day. I con-soled her by saying, Odd things lhave happened on April Fool's Day, Sis-, but I think you'll always have y-our birthday. I When I -met 'Miss Smith, the lady who lived across the .street and was called the Spinster, she told -me she was twenty-seven years old. A few swift years have elapsed and she has now snow white hair but she is still twenty-seven. Morth-er has grown older, dad walks very slowly, even Miss Smith does not walk with her head held as high as before but twentysseven she still re-mains. When any one asks her how old sihe is she throws her head back land the lines about her mouth tighten as she answers, I'll be twenty-ei-giht next fall! VVlien' 'I was ia little 'girl I -thought be- cause my birthday came lon Columbus Day I'd have to do somethin-g great like Colum- bus, or maybe I'd,be Joan of Arc. At least I'd be a great and beautiful lady like some I'd seen in the movies. My play-mate -said she would be Mr. Presidents wife then she'd Sh-ave all fthe can-dy and ice cream that she wranted and no one would dare tell her it would make- her sick-nioft even the doc- tor, if he did she'd send a lot of men- after 9 40 THE SIGNET him and-JOh, well, maybe she wouldn't have him put i-n the dark closet upstairs, but she'd show fhim fthat he couldn't tell her not to eat ice cream. What I can't understand is why people never have birthdays when they are the happiest day-s in the whole year. Phyllis Worden '30, THE WAR SCHOOLS OF FRANCE Fran-ce had been at war for four years. Soldiers lhad been called out of towns and cities t-o fight. 'At home fthe women did the men's work and nursed 'the 'sick and wound- ed soldiers. But while their fathers and mothers were helping to win the war, the b-oys and girls of France went to school in the ancient wine-cellars under the cities. Many days they were kept at home because of the large storms, not storms of sn-ow -or rain but of shells and shrapnel. There were even some days that -they had to don gas- masks because of the gas shells sent over by the Germans. Many of these boys and girls -saw German soldiers capture their town or city and were cruelly treated un- til .the French soldiers drove the foes back again. Througlh all of these things they stood up as bravely as the soldiers who fought in the trenches. This is the spirit that makes a gre-at na- tion and no nation has been braver or finer than France, this is the devotion of her nurses and soldiers, her teachers and her scholars who have been so noble and de- voted to maintain the high standard of French education. Wendell 'Brewster '32. ODD MARRIAGE Miss Hydrogen and Mr. Oxygen were married a.t the laboratory, Wednesday af- ternoon, the chemist officiating. The cere- mony wa-s a very -odd one, for the synthetic service fwhich un-ited them by an electric spark was used. ' Both have -been prominent residents of the laboratory and noted for their services rendered. Miss Hydrogen thfou-ght that, being of importance, she shouldn't change her name but they finally agreed that they would -take a fnew rname which would -satisrfy both. The name agreed upon is Water. The bride was formerly employed in 'the laboratory. She was noted for 'her aid to balloons, blast lamps, and dirigible-s. How- ever, she was always protected by a glass house as her sister had burned to death. Miss Hy-drogen's parents -always remember- ed ho-w that terrible blue flame and the terrific yell at the beginning 'caused ,such panic. They both feared for the safety of their daughter fand were relieved as well as proud when she married Mr. Oxy-ge-n. 'Mr. Oxygen 'has been employed in the laboratory and glaidly made -things burn. He had a very destructive temperament at times although he helped everyone live and was always- willing -to help the doctors with their patients. Much of his time was de- voted to submarines and aviation. Mr. and Mrs. Water are still keeping up -their services to the world. They are aid- ing the power plants- which 'have taken the name, water power. Sports, rice, irrigation, -all have Mr. amd Mrs. Waiter as president and vice-'president of their committees. They are gladly recognized by everyone. Neverthe-less, both will be missed as Miss Hydrogn and Mr. Oxygen but the wlorld greatmly rejoices in having Mr. and Mrs. Water to help them. Marion Knox '30, A CHILDHOOD ADVENTURE When I was 'a small child my parents lived to-n a farm on the edge of a 'small village and my cousin lived there with us. For some reason I dislik-ed very much -to mind him. One day I be-came very angry at him and declared to myself, I won't live here with him any longer, he is mean to me, I will go away and kill myself and then he will be sorry. So taking my dog, who always went everywhere with me, I :started out, across 'the field and into the woods which -grew i-n back of -ou-r house. T-here was a path -through these woods -that led to a pond which was about a half -a mile from our house. THE SIGNET 41 As I walked along this path I begarn to won-der how I could kill myself. Suddenly the :though-t came to me, I will dr-own my- self and then -they won't find -me. Suiting action to the words I hurried salon-g toward the pond but as I -came in seight of it my courage began to fail me. Not wanting to admit this I thought, It must be m-oszt din- ner time-. If wish I had Wai-ted until after dinner 'cause I'm -getting hungry. I sat down on the shore- to think it over and finally decided that ll would -go :to my friend Ruth's house for dinner and the-n come back. Ruth lived near my -own -home but I de- cided it would be safe to go back so I went and -as they were just having dinner :they asked me to eat with them. I tied my dog to the table -leg and :sat down to eat. Just as I was finishing my din-ner who should come in but Will, my cousin. He t-old me that I mu-st come righ-t home and when I -told him very decidedly that I wa-sn't coming 'ho-me he only laughed and picking me up in his -arms started for home, telling me all the way how angry father would be and the awful things he would do. 'By the -time I re-ached 'home -and saw my farther standing on fthe porch wai-ting for us I was thoroughly frightened. My father asked what the -trouble was and when Will to-ld him that I -had run away and was down to my friend's for dinner he look- ed very thoughtful for -a minute and the-n he said, Well, if she wants to go to -the neighbors for dinner, I guess she can. I' suppose he had suspected that my cousin -and I had had trouble as he had seen us have our di-s-agreements before. Any- way, I decided that home was a pretty good place a-nd tha-t I would stay there for a while longer, at least. Thelma Roberts '31. A FALSE ALARM I had taken ca-re of children many times during the d-ay but never at night before. All the youngsters were safely in bed and I had my book open before fme trying to read. Usually when I do so I know nothing of what is going on about -me, but this time it was very -different: At the sliighes-t noise or oreak of the stairs -I could feel my hair rising. Finally I br-ought my mind back to my book. The heroine was being kidnapped by the vi-llli-an when I he-ard the heaviest fo-ot-steps I had ever hea-rd my life, -or so it seemed. They were com-ing from right over my he-ad. Then they crossed the room upstairs, followed the hall t-o the head of the. -stairs and started -thumping 'dl0M'll'l. At. every brea-th I expected this terrible -thing, whatever it was, to comse around the bend. of the stairs into vi-ew. The few short. seconds Ttill it did come seemed like hours. I sat there glued -to the chair getting more.- frighte-ned every minute, when -around the cor-ner peered the dogs nose. Peggy was her nam-e, and -she was -so fat she could -hardly wad-dle. When she re-ached the foot of the .stafi-rs she was- alll out of breath and so was I. Dorothy Marsh '30. PETER'S PARTY Peter C-ottontail had a party a few days ago and what do you suppose he did? Why he invited me. The idea of Peter's inviting me surprised my mother so greatly, -she said I'd better not go. We've not been o-n very good terms since I stepped off that -old stump on-to -one of his ears and m-other 'thought he -must have planned -to pay me back. But I went just the same. You may 'think it was queer that I should disobey my mother but I heard Jimmy tell 'Speckle that Peter was going -to -serve honey and I just co-uldnit .resist the temptation, and be- sides that, how could a rabbit hurt a bear anyway? The moon rose and was as bright as the sun -and as -soon as mother began to scold me--she always does it in her sleep-I slip- ped out -of the -house as quietly as a-ny bear could when he -had to -get -the invitation out of the squeakiest drawer there was in the bureau in his moth-er's room. -Finally I got 'outside the 'house and you should have se-en me run. -Well, I ran so hard I went ri-ght by the party and came kefrplunk! r-ight up again-st Speckles' new antlers. It hurt :so much I growled loud and woke up a number of people that hadn't been invited. S-peckles knew -the way, so I we-nt with him and at last we got -there. 42 THE SIGNET Sp-eckles had forgotten his invitation and couldn't get in, but I had mine so I passed it out the win-dow .to him and he came in, too. I We all knew each other 'but Peter thought that we should all be introduced to each other and get acquainted , so we did, but that wasmit so much fun as wha-t we did later. After awhile he gave us each ia cup made of birch bark and then there followed the liveliest chestnut hunt I ever took part in. I -got the prize. It was .only an acorn. Be- :fore refreshments we had time to play one 'm'ore game. 'Dhat fwas 'puss-in-the-corner which was great fun. F-or refreshments Peter had -some ac-orns, chestnuts, honey, a good 'sized cabbage and a few carrots. I had alll the honey because that was all I liked and I haldn-'t dared to 'take any from home. Most all the animals there had brought something in case Peter didn't have their favorite. My, didlntt 'that honey taste gdod! Chunky, my cousin, brought some honey too and I 'ate 'most all of his. Near morning Pe-ter woke me up. He said I'd gone to sleep while eating and 'that my mother would know where I was if I was:n't in bed when she woke up. He said 'that they had played some new 'games while I was asleep, but they couldn'-t wake me so I could play. ll thanked 'Peter for helping me get home before m-other woke, and then I started. I d-on't remember much about getting home, but I shall always remember the awful stomach ache I had 'next day. Charlotte Lowell '31. SILVER LAKE Occasionally, in this modern day, when so m-any claim that people are too rushed and to-o busy to give even a brief consideration 'to the beauties of nature .thvat abound on all sides, a tourist or -guest will remark upon 'Uhe almost spiritual beauty which clothes Silver Lake on certain moonligih-t nights. Where the bright moon beams fall, the lake becomes a mirror, which seems to breathe forth secrets of by-gone days. To-'day it is merely Silver Lake to the cottagers who Hock the-re each summer. Few ever question how its name came to be, and none go there who even seem t-o realize what it might tell of its early hi-story. But out of i-ts nearly forgotten tales co-mes 'this legend. Long, -long before the 'first white man set foot -on its wooded :sh-ores two -tribes of friendly Indians had their homes on its 'opposite ba-nks. The tribe on the north shore was under the leadership of Little Bea-r, an old and wise chief, who had lone daughter, a beautiful maiden called Silver Cloud, while Flasfhing 'Otter led his people -on the southern shore. His hopes were made bright 'by his stalwart son Eagle Eye, in who-m -the tribe had :great expectations. As time passed on and the -two children -grew up, there also -grew a feeling -of -affec- tion beltween them. Although nothing was said about Silver Cloud and Eagle Eye it was 'generally understood that the two would marry and thus unite the two tribes. But the Grealt Manitoba did not wish it to be thus. One day Ea-gle Eye crossed the lake in his birch bark canoe to find 'a sad and quiet people on the 'opposite shore. Silver Cloud was strangely sick. The medi- cine man hald used all of his charms -in vain, and despite every effort she was raapidly sinking. The young lover pulled aside the flap to the skin wigwvam and en- tered He saw the maiden lying on her couch of soft animal furs, pale and quiet. As he 'approached her side she smiled but was unable to speak and in a few moments she had passed on to the Happy Hunting Grounds. Her death was a shock to every one but it was enfdured by all in quiet suffer- ing. At las-t she was -made ready for the long journey, the ohoice weapons and the softest and warmest robes were placed around her in -order that she might have a safe and comfortable trip, and the ftypee was sealed. Young Eagle Eye was heartbroken and that night he silently filoated among the moonbeam-s and shadows on the 'lake in his frail canoe, preferring to endure the blow in solitude. Suddenly he perceived fthe faint -outline of another canoe putting out from the north shore. Lt was propel-led by an unseen power and its :lone occupant was seated -in :the center perfectly motionless. THE SIGN ET 43 As the two silver like crafts drifted closer together Ea-gle Eye wias startled for he recognized the spectre like figure to be Sil- ver Cloud. In-stinctively he rose on seeing her leave her boat and as the two canoes gently at-ouched he clasped her in his arms. Ilt was then that the people, watdhing from bo-'oh sh-ores, 'saw a silver nrist en- velop -this strange sccne. And, 'when it slowly rose, :there was not a trace of either Silver Cloud or Eagle- Eye to be seen. Maxny moons lwlaxed and waned and nought was seen or heard .of the beautiful maiden or the young pride of 'old Fl-ashin-g Otter. Gone was the -spirit .of the red folks as they sat around their council fireg gone was -the thrill of the peace pipe as it passed from hand to hand around the -glowing ooalsg it was as if a strange thing had crept into the hearts of alll shutting -out forever the joys of budding manhood and woman- hood. Gradually, with the passing -of time, when tlhe :tragedy was felt less, it was voiced among the tribes that, on a certain moon- light night .of each month, the youth and maiden' in phantom canoes m-et on the lake, as on that tragic night 'and that a beautiful silver mist arose -as before. 'Do both tribes the lake became an ever present and an ever beautiful reminder -of the noble youth, and that most bautiful of all Indian ma-id- ens, Silver Cloud. Ernest Percival '29. QUEBEC AND ST. ANNE During a trip i-n Canada, late in the Aug- us-t of 1928, our family vi-sited many places of interest but awe found 'St. Anne de Beau- pre -and Quebec the two places that we en- joyed most. As we were crossing -the St. Lawrence River from Levis to Quebec, we got our first glimpse of that an-cienlt city. It was nearing dusk on August 31st when we boarded the ferry boat at Levis for Quebec. As you all klnlow, Quebec ci-ty i-s located on a high bluff. When we landed, we drove d-own a street near the water. Diverging from this street were m-any short steep hills which led to the heart of Quebec. All the streets were made -of Icobblestones. Turning up one of tthose many streets we went to the .main part of Quebec city. As it was nearing night, the streets were crowded with people coming home from work. N oisy, greasy workmen, smoking strong pipes pushed their way through the croswd. There was hardly a corner but what had a small boy -or girl, crippled or injured, be-gging for money. As we were all very dusty after -our trip that day, instead of -govi-nfg to wa hotel we bought our things to eat at a camping ground. By this :time it was very dark so we pitched our camp. The best bread that I ever a-te we got that night in Quebec. Unlike our bread h-ere, it -comes unwrapped or if the seller of the bread wishes to be especially courteous, he sometimes wraps it in a newspaper. The fresh loaves -are taken from the oven and lo-ad-ed on carts to be taken out in the streets and sold. What isn-'t taken away is piled in large stacks. From one of these stacks in a bakery, we got our bread. The -next morning we were up with the sun. It was very cold, then-, so we went to St. Anne ide Beaupre which, if I remember rightly, is located fourteen mile:s from Que- bec. When we reiaclied St. Anne, we were surprised to find women and .girls on their hands and knees washing the sidewalks. St. Anne itself is but a small place -but ith-ere -are many churches there. As we were all very anxious to :see the church which is very famous we inquired the way there. The first pe-rs-on we asked was a 'Canadian who apparently c-ouldn't speak a word of En-gli-sh, nor could we make him und-erst-and what we wanted. The second time 'we had better luck and we drove to the church. The first churclh had been burned and the -one that was -th-ere was not complete. It was a large building made of gray stone. We were surprised to find a number of people there for i-t was still very early. As we were looming through the village a large building which extended ou-t afar be- yond the rest had attracted our attention. Om the front of the building was painted in large black letters LMu'S9Um.,, In fdhe lower part of this building was what appeared to be a store. Going into the store, we were told that we -must buy a twenty-five cent article to get -a ticket for one person to visit the museum. J-!1l-u 44 THE SIGNET Although we really expected the museum to contain nothing m-ore than fguns or pic- tures we each bought a ticket. Imagine our surprise whe-n instead of -guns and portraits we found wax figures. The room was di- vided into sections -and in each place were wax figures. How real they looked! The most beautiful tableau was the one of the Lord's sulpper. The figures were life size and they looked as .if they could speak. Be- fore we had finished looking at the one in the first section -a young man came up. If you have the pleasure I will explain you these pictures, he 'said in English. Certainly, my father answered. So he told us the story -of each tableau and th-ou-gh he said it in English, IJ doubt if he knew what he was saying. He probably had it learned by heart. After he had told us about the figures a-nd we had bought a small booklet with the stories -of them in it we started back to Quebec. We went to the camping ground and after eating a has-ty breakfast, we drove around the city. After about an hour of sight seein-g we started for the Quebec fort. The entrance to that famous fort is on the bluff so the only way to go in is up -a steep hill. Soo-n we reached ra huge gate where many soldiers were -on guard. One of them showed us around the fort. The walls of the flort were built of cement about sixteen inches -thick. Y'ou're well protected, aren'-t you? my father remarked. Not at all, replied our guide, y-ou see these walls are not strong, 'they're too old. You co-uld crumple them very easily. We next went to the -guard house. It was a dreary place with a decidedly musty odor. The walls 'there were als'o very thick. The doors, not unlike the doors of our jail were built of heavy iron bars. 'We firnally 'tipped our guide and left the ancient structure. Going away from the fort we passed the House of Parliament. 'Orr 'the lawns were iiowers in the shapes of stars, crowns, and shields. Th-e star which was about in the ce-n-ter of the Large lawn, seemed to me the prettiest. It was made up of different fioral varieties. ' Near dusk we re-gretfully departed from the quaint and Very interesting city. Eileen 'Richards '32. 71 A GYPSY BY NIGHT At heart I am a gypsy, Ah, a roving spirit I, Once set free I'-ll wander, Under mo-o-nilit -gypsy sky. With the moon -and stars above me, And the green grass at my feet, I shall leap into the saddle, Of my dream horse light and fieet. Oh, we'll ride into the country, Where the gypsies love to rove, Where w'e'll sto-p a.nd lie for hours, In my dreamy gypsy cove. And then when day awakens, And the sky is pink of hue, We shall turn -our footsteps homeward, My mother dear, to you. Dorothy Clark '32, NIGHT ON THE HUDSON Sitting on the deck of a steamer I saw a glorious sight, 4 The blue from fthe sky was fading As I sat in the gray twilight. The .stars like little fairies Looked down from their place on high, The moon had risen in the east, And I heard the wild loons cry. Oh! the scenery on that river As the steamboat went alo-ng Was as fair to fme as dreamland Mingle-d with the white waves' song. The Palisades looked purple As they towered up so highg While the Kaitskills in the d'is't.ance Seemed to nearly reach the sky. From out of the glorious Wildwood I saw in the distance, 'a -light- A light that beckone-d me onward, Onward through the night. Soon millions 'of lights 'seemed to fiicker For New York was comin-g in sightg The coastline -of this great metropolis 'Seemed all ablaze with light. In the dusk I could see the Woolworth Rising high in the heavens of night With gorgeous hues of the rainbow Blathed i-n a glimmer of light. 'We praise the handwiork of ages The beautiful buildings so odd, But we of-ten forget the structures of man Must first be the labor of God. Barbara Edes '30, I. U Athletics Veronica Clukey and Frank Laughton, Editors Phyll-is Worden and Ronald Hall, Assistant Editors The first Athletic Association Meeting of the year was 'called Sept. 21, for -the purpose of electing 'officer-s for the year. Th-ayne Champeon was made president and Mar- jorie Hoyt, treasurer. On Oct. 4, fa meeting was called to elect a football manager, Eldridge Herrick re- ceifwing 'the largest number of v-otcs was declared manager. On Oct. 12, the Athletic Association had a meeting to elect .a-ssistant football man- agers, Norman White and Wilfred Ganeau were chosen. On Nov. 22, a meeting was called for the purpose -of electing an assistant basketball manager. Herbert Dyer was chosen. At this time Stillman Morrison and Omar Nes- bit were chosen cheer leaders. On Apr. 4, a meeting wars called in which We decided to have baseball instead -of track. On A-pr. 15, a meeting was called for the purpose of electing a baseball manager and assistants. Donald Blake was made man- ager and R. Palmer and F. Titcomb assist- -ants. Herbert Dyer was also c-hosen bas- ketball manager for next year. Basketball Basketball practice began Nov. 19, the boys playing in the gymnasium until the town hall was available. A large number of boys wen-t 'out for basketball bu-t as the season advanced the squad was cut down to nine -players. We were lu-cky in having so reliable a eaptaiin .as Don Palmer and so good a manager as Thayne Champeon. The m-embers of the team were Capt: Don Palmer, Duke Ambrose, Francis Richard, Charles Atwa-ter, and Lloyd Nut- ting. The substitutes were Teddy Gal- lant, 'Elmer Fontier, Nick Robichaud, and Ross Palmer. In winning eleven out of -thirteen games, we scored 368 points -and our opponents 240. Schedule Dexter D'a'te Score Opponent Score Nov 30 31 Monfson 27 Dec. 7 29 M. S. C. 27 Dec. 15 19 Monson 11 Dec. 17 24 Wilton 29 Dec. 21 20 Fairfield 19 Jan. 4 26 N-ewporlt 20 Jan. 11 28 Fairfield 21 Jan. 18 69 O. C. H. S. 15 Ja-n. 25 34 Johm Baphs. H. S. 6 Feb. 1 39 Sangerville 16 Fe-b. 8 18 Newport 16 Feb. 15 9 Madison 15 M-ar 1 22 Waterville B. C. 18 Individual Sc-orinig: Ambrose l f Richard r f Gam-es 'Goals Fouls Points 13 59 9 127 13 45- 13 103 Atwater c 11 18 8 44 D. Palmer r g iz 11 8 30 Nwtting l g 13 10 9 29 'Gallant 6 7 1 15 Fortier 7 3 2 8 Robiichaud 8 1 0 ' 2 R. Palmer 4 1 0 2 At Dexter: N. H. Fay 1285 Fairfield f21J BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM THE SIGNET 47 This was a fast -and interesting 'game and the boys were well .deserving of their vic- tory. We fwo-n from the Fairfield boys on their own fiofor by a one point margin 20- 19. One of fthe largest crowds this year witnessed this game. N. H. :Fay 1285 Fairfield 1215 Richard 1' f 4 115 Alckley r f 115 Ambrose 1 f 5 115 Mclilarlland 1 f 3 115 Galant c Pillsbury 3 125 Fortier c Fletcher r g 1 115 Atwater l g 1 F-leusy l g 1 Palmer r g 2 Nu,tti.ng 1 Robichaud Referee: Scott At Dexter: N. H. Fay 1245 Wilton 1295 This was one of the few game-s which we lost, although we held our own until the laast quarter. -We felt the loss of -Capt. Palmer very keenly who was 'ouft be-cause of an injury. 'Wilton ha-d the advantage over our boys- in lheight and welight, and their passing was exicepftilonally go-od. Nevertheless -this was a very fast game and not in the least one-sided. DG-'Kiel' 1245 Wilton 1295 Richard r f 5 -Sawyer r f 4 Ambrose l f 3 Adams l f 3 115 Atwater c 3 Evens c 6 115 Nutting r g 1 Trask r g Tracey 1 g Dyke 1 g Q15 R-obiclhaud Alt 'De:oter: N- H- FRY 1135 Newport 1165 This was -one of our h-ardest games of the season. We lead at t-he quarter by a 3 to 0 margin. At the half Newport crefpt in-to -the lead by a 7 to 5 score. A-t the third quarter we led again by 16-11, and then Newvport crept up until the final soore was 18 to 16. Fay Higfh School Band furnished 'music for this game. DeX'l591' 1137 Newport 1165 Richard .l' f 3 Fraser 1' f 2 Ambrose 1 f 3 Gilman. l f 1 125 AtWi3.t'B'Y C 21 15 Murray c Holt c Nuttine r .g Colby 1- g 2 125 Palmer 1 8' 111 Elvans 1 Robichaud Wiuiams Class Games Much interest was taken in class basket- ball games this fall. Three -games' were played and the juni-o-rs 'were the champions. The Fresh'man+So-ph-omore 'game was closely contested, the Freshman winning by 20-17. 'llhe Juniors won from the Seniors 17-16. The Juniors' then showed their superior .ability by defeating the Freshman 23-8. Tournament For the seventh time in the last nine years the N. H. Fay 'High basketball fteam attended the annual tournament sponsored by the University ioff Maine, March 14 and 15. The eight teams chosen for fthe tourna- ment were as follows: Houlton Old Town Eastfpomr-t Bnownville Jet. . Gardiner Northeast Harbor Font Fairfield Dexter The first battle took place Friday at 10.00 A. M. between Houllton -and Ea-stport. Thlis was one -of -the best games 'in the t-oucrnament Eastport bei-ng inthe lead by a good mar-gin throughout the first three quarters of fthe game and :the Houlton with a mighty -spurt ovenshot their opponents, winning with a score of 31 to 28. The second game' 'was :played between Gardiner and Flort Fairfield resulting in a victory for fthe Fort , :the final score being 12 to 36. Tlhat afternoon Old Town defeated Brownville Jet. by the 'onesidefd sc-ore of 35 to 8. Then came 'our battle with Northeast Harb-or. The two teams were perfectly mlatched and a -gfood game was lanltio-iplated by everyone. From 'the first rtipofi' .till the final whistle the ftw-o teams alternately took the lead. It all enldedlwith a -score of 30 to 25 in N. E. Harboris favor. The lineup was as follows: ' Dexter 12553 Y N. E. Harbor 1305 Nutting ur b 2 115 Gilman lf 3 125 Robilchaud r b Stanley r f 4 115 Palmer lb 1 125 'Smalledge c 2 Atwater C 2 D, Bagley 3 Richards r f 5 W. Bagley 1 b 3 115 Ambrose l f 1 Manchester 1' b 1 FOOTBALL TEAM THE SIGNET 49 The next -day in the semi-finals Houlton- won the decision- over Fort Fairfield in a hard fought game and -Olld T-o-wn easily trimmed N. E. Harbor. That night Old Town and Houlton clash- ed fo-r the championship. Both teams were made up of ia very husky bunch -of boys and .although Ho-ullto-n fought -a hard game it wars lost to Old Tlown in .a 'score of 30 to 20. Football Dexter 19 Sange-rville 0 The firslt game of football played by Dex- ter High School since 1914 was played at the Abbott Field October 6, 'against Sanger- ville, a school that has had .a team for three years. The veterans -didn't seem to worry our boys a great deal for t-hey were vic- torious by a -sc-or-e of 19-0. Percival, Robichlawd, and Palmer proved fto be the stellar 'play-ers for -Dex-ter. Brag- dlon -and -Hatfield excelled for the visitors. Dexter 6 Brownville Jet. 6 The -second game of the 'season was play- ed fwliith Brow-nville Jet. The boys had just wo-n one victory and were almost sure that they would take -over -the n-eict team. Per- fhaps they were 'a little too- confident, for at the beginning -of tlhe -game they wen-t in with a rush and made a touchdown, but after this the-y .relaxed and the visitors were able to make a goal. This made a score of 56-6, and thus the score continue-:l to the end of the game. Dexter Q01 fAt Brownville Jc2t.J Br-ownville Jet. Q65 Our return game to Briownville Jct. was one of the mfost exciting games of the sea- son. From beginning to 'the end it was a continual shruggle for ground, neither team being able to is-core. 'Several times -the Dex- ter boys carried the ball :to within a few yard-s of the goal line but each :time tlhrough errors and 'harld luck they lost it. Along with the fact that the boys were not used to playing on the kind -of gridiron that the Juncti-on boys ha-d, was ith-e fact that 'it was snowing. 'Dhis made it almost impossible to hang on to the pig-skin. The whistle blew just as a play was started and the boys thinking -the game w-as over start- ed moving from the field, but the Junction boys knowing the rules better, completed the play and made -a touchdown without any interference. At Sangerville . N. H. Fay High 1135 Saingerville Q65 Tuhis game was a clfose contest. The score at the half was 6-6. In the third quarter we scored another touchdown and the faithful boot of D-o-n. Palmer added one more point .to the final 'soore of 13-6. San- gervill-e :showed muclh more opposition than was anticipated, and the game was not at -all -one-sided. At Dexter N. H. Fay High CO1 Newport C141 This was 'a hard fought game :and the visit-or-s deserve mulch eredit for :such a well-ear-ned victory. Newport scored all their points in the ifirstghalf. In 'the -second half we rallied and held them nearly 'scor- ing ourselves.. The large crowd at this game sllrow-ed that Dexter is not lacking in football fans. . At Newport , N. H. Fay Hi-gh Q01 Newport 1211 This was the final game on our schedule and was a fight fr-om :the kiclcod. to the final wlhfistle. On the whole Newport had -the -advantage in weight .and their forward passing gained many yards for them. Our backfield was crippled by the loss of our quarterback Don Palmer whlo was on the injured list. 'Ilhis is a game that will not be quickly forgotten because of the good spontsm-anship -of' both .team-si. Girls, Basketball V What did I hear, then? Yes, that's just right. The N. H. Fay Higvh Girls were 'punk' this year. Just five -gjamefsi out of eleven. Thatis what I call 'punk', all right! This may be true, but in spite of the re- sults, the girls worked as Hard as tlhey could, whether they were winning or los-ing. At 'the first practice, Beanie Higgins was -elected Captain, and Phip Worden was elected -to act as Manager. GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM THE SIGN ET Our first game, played with Brownville, was fa victory, with a score -of 26-18. At Lawrence High -School, in Fairfield, we were beaten by 'a large score--13-22. Two weeks later, we returned the favor by beat- ing them 15-22. The next -game we were beaten,-for the first time in four years on our home fioor -by :the IC. ll. 'of Pittsfield. We practiced very hand' for tw-o weeks 'and went down to M. C. I. with 'the intention of sh-owing them up , but -alas! the victory went to 'our opponents with a score of 31-18. At San-- gerville, as in 'PitJt1sffield, we had no chance. But in the next two games, which were with Newport, the tables turned and we won both games with 'scores of 18-22 and 10-29. We met 'Guilford for the first time, this year. We h-ad an idea that .we surely had a cinch. Ilt was a ci'ndh but not for N. H. Fay. ' Our last game, like the first, was a vic- tory. The opposing team was Guilford. Score, 14-25, with Beanie as high scorer. In spite of all the hard practi-cing that Coach Blenkhorn put heir .te-am through, 'the year proved to be rather unsuccessful. Better luck nexwt year! Following is -the schedule: Brownville 18 N. H. Fay High 26 Lawrence High 22 13 Lawrence High 15 22 M. C. I. 25 20 M. C. I. 31 18 Sangerville 28 19 Newport 18 22 Newport 10 29 Sangerville 17 12 Guilford 20 15 Guilford 14 25 Totals: Opponents 218 N. H. Fay High 221 Veronica J. Clukey '29. Volley Ball Much interest was taken in the Volley Ball team this year. All 'classes except the senior had a team. There were such av large number of girls i-n the freshman class that Coach Blenkho-rn was obliged to have two teams, which she called, Team A and Team B. 51 Follo-wing is a summary of the games and the names of the players: Oct. 4 Team A 20 4 Team B 28 4 Team A 12 4 Soph. 17 9 Team B 14 9 Soph. 28 9 Soph. 21 9 Juniors 34 11 Juniors 21 Te-am A 8 11 11 Juniors 31 11 Team B 19 Oct. 16 Juni-ons 41 16 Team A 9 16 Juniors 32 16 Team B 28 18 'S-oph. 16 18 Te-am B 15 18 'Soph. 16 18 Team B 14 23 Team B 24 23 Team A 17 23 Juniors 51 23 Soph. 26 Freshmen Viole-t Brow-n Adelaide Clukey Beulah Coolcson Marion Davis Colleen Emmons Agatha F-olsom Zepherine Gilbert Elizabeth Gould Bernice Haseltine Gertrude Tiatcomb Evelyn Small Isabelle Bentley Louise Howard Thelma Lowell Soqah o-mores Helen Hale Peggy Riddle He-len Worden Lena Cobb Albina 'Crosby Simmone Landry Thelma Ronco Juniors Alma F-olsom Phyllis W-orden Maybelle Robichaud Ruth Harrington Marion Knox D-orotliy -Marsh Rae Murphy Matilda Provost V. Clukey '29. Physical Training Exhibition Friday, April 5, a 'fine exhibition of the physical training work -of the Dexter schools was given under the 'direeti-on of Miss Blenkhorn. An afternoon and evening performance were given at the Town hall and were well attended. The tumbling and inrariching were especially good. All of the other events were well done and appealed -to the large audience. The program was as follows: 1. Flo-or W-ork High School 2. Minuet As 'Grandma Did 2nd Grade 3. Vaultin-g High School 4. Wand Drill 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grades Cedar and Spring Street Schools THE SIGNET 'Clubs High School The Be-ar Went Over the Mountain Circus Story Folk Dances Sub-Primary, lst Grade Pleasa-nit Street School 11 12 Dance Waves of Nurney 'Ytlh and 8th Grades Marching Calls-theni-c Drill Pleasant and Spring Street Sclhools Singing Games Pu-ssy Cat , I See You High School 4th Grade 14 15 13 ' 'Sub-Primary and lst Grade Spring Street School Clown Dance High School Dumbell D-rill, Beater 'Goes Round 5th, 6th Grades Spuring and Pleasant Streeit Schools ll:i'sh Reel 4th, 5th Grades 'Spring and Pleasant Street Schools Fla-g Drill 7th, 8th Grades Tumbling Z9 , l . Q? la .P x if ' :- 03? K Music l Norman White '30, Editor School Orchestra The High School orchestra of 1929 is the largest the -sc-h-o-ol has hard with a mem- bership of forty-four. The instrumentaition is as good as, if not better than all orches- tras -that the school has had in the past. The officers of tihe 'orchestra are: President, Vance Wakefield, business manager, Robert Bucknam. The perso-nnel is .as follows-: , ' Violins: Robert Bucknam, H-orace Field, Donald Bl-ake, Ernest Gordon, William Brewster, Oscar Tracy, Hazel -Ham, Mil- dred Whitmore, Ruth Ham, Aletha Hasel- ftine, Earl Gordon, Darrel Badger, War- ren Eaton, Norman Bryant, Keith Law- ren-ce, Thelma Lowell, 'Mari-on Davis, Ger- trude Titcomb, Evelyn Small and Helen Palmer. Cornets: Vance Wakefield, John Irvin, El- mer Fontier, 'Bernard Pomroy, Thomas Mace, Li-nwoold Halseltzine -and Helen Small. Clarinets: Pauline Ramsay, Helen Hale, Geraldine Ta-te and Norman White. Saxo-phones: R-onald Hialfl, Orissa Frost, Barbara Edes, Margaret Riddle, Ruth Haselitine 'and Byron Cox. Slide Trombones: Kenneth Crawford, Clair Wilkins. Mellaphfone: Daniel Wakefield. Bass Viol: Hairry Westgate. Drums: Thayfne Ghampeon. Piano: Charlotte Lowell and Louise How-ard. Rehearsals have been held weekly at the Fay-'Scott Inn through the courtesy of Mrs. Bernard. On October 30, following the Benefit sup- per, the orchestra furnished the following numhers at an enltertain-ment given aft the Grange hall: 1. Overture Gladiator's Triumph Epperson 2. Waltz 'Enchanted Dreams Epperson 3. Caprice rSego Lily Eppers-on 4. March Rodeo Epperson Special numbers given were: Saxophone Solo, 0 Sole Mio, N. White Quartet, Who Will' Go to the Sea with Me 'I 'Byron Cox, Harry 'Westgate Kenneth Crawford, Robert Bucknam Solo, Linden Tree and Sylvia, F. DeWitt Accompanist, :Geraldine Tate On December fourteenth, 1928, the or- chestra played for -the opecretta Peggy and -the Pirate. The numbers were as follows: 1. Overture Epperson 2. 'March The 'Speeder Epperson 3. Waltz Inspiration Epperson 4. Marcfh Hall of Fame Jacob This operetta, Peggy and the Pirate , presented by the high school chorus is the first to be given since Miss, Cherry Blos- som . Tfhe program was as follows: ACT I Overture and Ch-orus We're a Gay and Happy Crowd Solo, Days of Yesterday Mayfield Solo, Pandora, Peggy Duet, I Never C-ould Marry ra Man Like That K Jane and Bill Duet, Nineteen Hundred and Now, Peggy and Don 'Solo Dance Winnie Duet, I'm a Helpful Man, McGinnis and Gassaway Quiartelt, Language of Love, Peggy, Winnie, Don and Bill Solo, Locker of Davy J-ones, Bill and Men Finale, We'll Go Over the :Sea Chorus THE HTGH SOHO-OL ORCHESTRA THE SIGNET ' 55 ACT II Trio and Ch-orus, Blue is :the Mighty Ocean Pe-ggy, Jiane, Winnie and Girls Solo, Follow the Gypsy Trail, Mrs. .Mayfield and Girls Solo, March of the Pirate Men, . Bill and Men Solo, All I W-ant Is a Million Dollars Bingo Solo, Moonlight, Jane and Girls Qui-ntet, Hero Stuff, Peggy, Winnie and Chorus Lovelight in Your Eyes Don and Winnie Duet, Jus-t Supp-o-se, Bill and Peggy Finale E g Entire Company CAST Do-n Sterling Kenneth -Crawford Bill Manning Robert Buckn-am Peggy Mayfield Florence DeWitt Winnie Woodland Pauline Ramsay Henry Mayfield Byron Cox Mrs. Mayfield Hazel Ham Jane Fisfher Helen Hale James McGinnis Harry Westgate George Gassaway Warren Eaton Bingo J-ones Linwood Hasel-tine Choru-s of Girls, Pirates, etc. SCENE Act I Lobby of Oceana Beach Club Act Ill The -Beach won Pandora Island 'On March eigthth, the orchestra furn- ishe-d music for the senior play. On. May 24, the- sdhool orchestra and forty members from the chorus 'will jour- ney to Milo to take part in the -an-nu-al Music Festival. On .May 29, the festival will be -given at Dex-ber. The combined choruses -will number 250 and 'the orchestra 78. The program will consist of numbers by the combined choruses and orchestras and also special numbers by students from Dexter, Milo, Dover-Foxcroft and 'Sanger- ville High Schools. The Mil-o and Dexter High School bands will 'give an out-of-door concert at 5.30 preceding fthe evening pro- gram at both. During the -opening school week 198 voices were tested for the high school chorus. The first -term of the work the chorus devoted to learning chorus numbers from selections from David Bispham Song Tone quality. The course for the ,second term was based on six chorus nu-mbers which were studied and four chosen for the Spring Fstival, -as well as sacred selections, patrifot-ic s'el-ecti-ons, operatic .selections and miscelliane-ous. The third term the Festival work was completed. During the- second and third terms the memory tests- were given from a list of fifty selections that all high school students should easily recog- mze. The Band The band was re-organized at the be- ginning of the fall te-rm, with a member- ship of thirty-tlhree, .the 'largest number in the school hi-sltory. The -oiiicers elected are: President, Thayne Champeon, treasurer and business manager, Ronald Hall. The per- sonnel of the band is aus f-ollows: -Comets: Vance Wakecfield, Thomas Mace Clyde Merrill, Bernard Pomroy, Helen Small, Hazel Ham and John Irvin. Clarinets: Paul Young, Gerald Provost, -Geraldine Tate, Helen Hale, Pauline Ram- say and Norman Vifhite. Saxophones: Daniel Wakefield, Ruth Ham, William Brewster, Orissa Frost, Ron-al-d Hall, Ruth Haseltine, Margaret Riddle. Trombones: Clair Wilkins, Kenneth 'Craw- ford. Altos: Hadley Hfopkins, Linwood Haseltine. Bariitoness Calfvin Seav-ey, Theod-ore Rich- ards. Pi-ccolo: Mildred Whitmore. Fife: Almond Bailey. Bass Horn: Hartson Webber. Drums: 'Tlhayne Oliampeon, Harry West- gate. Rehearsals have been held weekly at fthe Engine Hall, each member fpaying five cents at ea-ch rehearsal to defray expenses. All other expense-s have been met easily by the band, f-or a sum 'of S50 was earned by furnishing music for Memorial Day and St. J chn's Day. The membership of the band has been :increased because instruments owned by the Fay-'S-eoltt band have been lent to high school students. 'Music has been furnished at 'several of the home basketball games. THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND v H 1 Senior Statistics CLASS OFFICERS President, Donald Palmer Secrcl arg Pauline Ramuay Vice-President, Eldrid-ge Herrick 1 Trea urer Mary Dy r ' Blue amd ,Gold CLAISS ooLoR-s VERONICA JOSEPHINE CLUKEY Josie Look out, folks! Keep moving! Don't -et too close! SJhe's dangerous-, ,is the little energetic spit fire whose brigih-t blue eyes flalsh so conti-nu-ally. She i-s the one true vamp of the elanss :and-Oh Boy, what glances s'he can give. 'llhis 'Sheba has been caught by a curly-haired Sheilk of -the class of '27, and it looks like ia permanent arrangement. This kid sure knows 'her basketball, and also her sharps and flatsg and sale -dances as well as she loolos. So, one at a time, oys. ' Basketball 12-3-413 baseball 1213 1Si-gnet boardg operetta-chorfusg :Senior play Esther Harrisvg Le Cercle Frangais 13-413 English club 1313 -Shorthand and Typewriting -contest 1413 Class -Day speaker. ROBERT ATWOOD THOMAS Bob Bob ha-s been known to :our class as an industrious, studiious you-th. He has one had habit, however, for he takes 'great delight in teasing the igirls. Some day one of these little girls is going to take a lot of irnrterest in Bobbiels manly features -and then wlhat is going to happen to our Bobbie. We know what will happen. This inldustrious boy will tease no more. We wish you mucih, -success Bob and we know that with your ambiltion -and high ideals you will find a place among the leaders. Honor studentg stage manager of -operettag Senior play-business manager. DONALD CORYDON BLAKE Don , Daddy Donald would have us believe that lhe is a man of the world, and indeed, to look at the following list of activities, one woulldn'-t .guess that he still prefers sugar on his bread. But we know that underneath that business-like exterior is a little boy who i-s never so hzappy as when he ils polishing an old rusty gun. He :is one of our class standbys and a prize winner, too, and we feel that what is our -school's loss is tfhe U. of M.'s -gain. H-onor s-tudentg manager of baseball 1415 Signet 13-413 orchestra 11-2-3-413 'Senior play Ludd Mason g Le 'Cercle Frangais 1315 English club 12-3- 413 winner of Stafte Prize Essay contest -on Why I Should Vorte g Class Day speaker. DORIS ALBERTA HUTCHINSON Dorsy Po-of, I'd like to see the man, I'd :go cnazy for, says Doris scorn-fully. Buit wait! 'Some day a cap- tivating youth at U. -of M. will make you change your mind, Doris, and -then won'-t we have fun. Doris is very timid in class, which is strange, for she always knows just what to say. When the faital d-ay comes 'and Doris is askin-g St. Peter for ad- miittance, he will say, Y-ou'll Lhave to speak louder. They can't hear in the back -of the room. H-onor studentg Physical Trainin-g exhibition 12- 313 'Signet board 13-413 Senior play Angela g Le Cercle Francais 13-413 Engl-ish club 12-3-413 Honor- able menti-on-essay contest, Graduation speaker. SAMUEL ELDRIDGE HERRICK Sam Now you 'see him, now you don t. First he's here, 'then he's there, there meaning Corinna. Through four years of school life, we have traced 'Sam by his ever present fslha-dow, another claissm-ate. Under his docile exterior we know that ihe has la mind -of his own. We know that he is a gentleman rboo, since he very obviously prefers blonds! I Vice-president of class 11-3-41g manager of foot- ball 1415 Signet 13-41g operetta-e'horusg Senior play Bud g Class 'Day speaker. MARY ELIZABETH DYER Introducing Mary, the lass with a smile! We like her! -Ssh-e's one of our basketball stars, and u-sed to get excited about trips to Guilford, but now 'she F-latley denies anything -of the sort. We propfhesy that with the sunny dispositi-cm that she lpossesses, she will find many new friends to ftake the places of those se is leaving in N. H. Fay, Class ttrefasurer 13-41g basketball 12-3-41g base- ball 121g Physical Training exhibition 12-3-413 Sig- net board 13-41g A OperettaeOhorusg Senior play Martha McCartihy g Le -Cercle Franca-is 13-415 Eng- lish club 12-3-415 'Glass Day speaker. MELVIN EDWARD CLARK Mike Allthlou-gh Mike has been with us all these years, still we do not understand him. He- moves quietly among us-yet something seems lacking when he leaves. He is a cheerful fellow, with a smile for everyone. We are sure, Mike , that if you keep yoiur happy -afotiftude you 'are certain to succeed in the -u ure. IMOGENE MARY GOULETTE Surely, Imogene, you must learn not to be quite so mischievous in the future as you were during your Freshman ye-ar. Your winning smile will not be florlgott-en, especially by a certain light haired young man in the Junior class. How about Lt? We may know more about it later. However, anyway -that things may work out, we wish you the best of success. Senior play Aunt Bobby 3 Le Cerole Francais 13-413 English club 12-3-413 French play at Gradua- tion. DONALD 'RICH PALMER Don You were 1Burdin1 ed wiith care alt the beginning of your Sophomore year, but n-ow you -are Hale and hearty. When your aspirations come true, and the Navy claims you, we- hope we shall have as much cause to be proud of you as we have now. H-on-or studerntg class president 1413 basketball 13-413 captain 1413 baseball 12-3-413'fofotball 1413 'Signet board 13-413 :Senior plaxy Dave Isaac-s 3 Le C-ercle Francais 13-413 English club 12-3-413 -Graduation speaker. ' PAULINE RAMSAY Polly Here is our class butterfly. Her im-teres-ts are many and varied, ranging from Machias- to Argen- tina. Tfhere will never be any place quite like Church street txhough, and we are .led to believe that she prefers them tall, blond, and temperamental. Despite her le-annfi-n-gs toward the class of '30, all sdhool amd class affairs have found Polly ready to 'lend her talent, 'merry -smile, or anything needed to make a success. 'Secretary -of lClfRSS 11-2-3-413 Physical Training exhibition 1213 Signet board 13-413 orchestra 13-413 opelretta Winnie 3 band 1413 Senior play Kay 3 Le 'Cercle Francais 13-413 English club 12-3-41g French play at graduation. VANCE LaVERNE VVAKEFIELD Shieko Vance is the mos-t popular boy in our class, especially with the girls. He has a constant desire to be a mighty leader in some ftrend -of -life. In fact, ever since he w-as ia. young and aspiring Freshman, he hfas constantly been in pursuit of Brawn. Shei- ko is a go-getter and he surely was a great addition to our class when he 'arrived from the wilds of Ripley. W-e just -canit help from feeling a litible -sad when we realize that we lose his friendly companion- s-hip next year. Class :president 12-313 Signet 13-413 orchestra 11-2-3-413 president -of orchestra 1413 band 12-3-413 operett-a-chorusg Senior play Hurricane H'al 3 Le 'Cercle Francais 13-413 English Club 12-313 Gradua- ition speaker. BIBIAN 'ROSALIE HIGGINS Beanie There is 'a thuld of feet upon the polished floor, a scramble ensues and who emerges bu-t Beanie, re- splendent in the dominant role. The ball is poised in her hands and fthen it speeds forward for the bas- ket wi-'dh unrcamny precision and vswish-it sinks through cleanly. 'Ilhe whistle blows amd 'Dexter has ousted its ancient rival by that -one basket. ,She is one off our basketball luminaries and for several years has be-en la star. It it known for a fact that fthis vivid, fascinating person still likes to ride in a little -green roadster. 'Manager basketball f2Jg captain basketball Q3-413 exhfibition Q3-45g operetta, Choru-sg senior play, as- sistant manager. MAYNARD OSGOOD EATON Maynor Here is one- 'of our fervent agriculturisits who is striving for bigger and better cows. Ah! Maynard we see that you are learning to dance. There must be some feminine reason for all this frivo-lilty. Who is she? Come on, tell us! Donft be so- bashful. All right rthen, don't! But say! what are you going to do next year? We're all anxious to know. Musical festival Q2-35. RUTH LILLIAN HASELTINE Rufus :Folks call her Rufus , Yes, even Goofus . But she doesnit mind tlhiis in the least. Ruth is particu- larly intereted in some-one who has charge of Room 4. lWe know she has cultivated a .true friendship with -this demure, little .teacher and we hope that it will contiimue in the future, fioursihing and -growing as .Uhe years go by. However, we must ask this, Ruth. About whom are all those mortes. that you write? We are interested. Won't you te-ll us. Orchestra C413 band 141g opereitta-clhorusg Eng- lish clubg assistant stage 'managerg 'Senior play. LEO ERNEST GORDON Turnip There is, in our class, a quiet fellow whose voice is snever heard above the tumult. Ernest is all wool and a yard wide . If you want anything d-one just 'ask Ernest -and that 'is all you have to do. We predict -gnelt success- in the future years for the driver of the little red car. Football -team C413 orchestra 11-2-3-433 operetta- Chorusg County Typewriting contesrt 2-nd placeg State Typewriting Contest 85th -placeg play-assistant -man- ager. ANNIE MARGUERITE SAWYER Sleepy l Sleepy is a demure little classmate from Cam- bridge. We all lfike her tremendously and wonder wlhat the future 'holds for her. From all appearances it seems to be centered .about Ripley 'and China. We all know the 'attraction .in Ripley, but what is it in China, 'Sle-spy. Wlhatefver it is we hope it is noth- ing dangerous. Seni-or play. SAMUEL WALTER FELLOWS Sam Sam is .a friendly lad. The class of 1931 has proved of late to be Itakiing up much of his time, however. We d-onlt know what business you are planning .to take up, Sam, bu-t we know that you will be a success inn any, especially Ithe grist-mill. GENEVA DOROTHY POULIN The first bell rings! A littlc Miss comes hurry- ing into the classroom. The lwst bell rings and the-n a pleased -giggle com-els from the depths of the seat. N. H. Fay will certainly miss this ever svmilring mem- ber of our class. Exhibition Q2-3-415 'Senior play Sarah Howardng Class Day speaker. ERNEST LEROY PERCIVAL Percy Look him over, folks! He'-s the human battering- ram when it come-s .to football. Oh boy! W-hat a halfback he is! Percy is intent upon entering the Forestry Service -and is gonig to study at U. of M. ne-xt year. He has been caught by the Call -of the Wild and cannot resisd: it. There is also another Call tzhalt has caught :hfim too, and he 'clan resist that one even less. Oh! Ernest, we warn you that all that paper you are usi-ng for no-tes i-s costing the town a very substanltiial .sum of im-on-ey. Baseball C333 football 1413 captaing Signet board I3-435 Senior play Prof. Joe g Presentation of Class Gift. - CHRISTINE ANNE AUCOCK Chris Just lisften to those typewriter keyws jingle! Did you even' see such speed and accuracy? -Let me in- troduce you to Miss Ghristine Auc-ock, our champ- ion typi-st. We never thought that Chris with her dumb but good looks, would put it over us that way. But, What's this we hear about you and a Jewe'tt car? Well, 'iChris here's wishing you many enjoyable riders over on the Ripley road. 'Phyisicaxl Train-ing exhibitiong S-enior play Or- p'ha g English club 1413 Typewritin-g contest 13-413 Shorthand contest 1415 Class Day speaker. CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSON Johnss Even though J-ohnrss has been with us for four years, we knfow little -of his plans for the future. However, he likes to trap wild -animals, and even thloulgh he is bashful, -girls, look out! You may f-all into one of his trafps. Senior play Gregg . THAYNE NELSON CHAMPEON On -account of his popularitv with the girls he was not among the first 'of our class in rank. He is a. very ambitions boy, however, and just loves to work. W-hen he has any leisure time he strolls- -among .the fields to pick his favorite fiower, the Daisy. These sh-ont walks help him, we are -sure, to 'solve any problems or Riddles that are bothering him i-n getting 'a perfect paper in typewriting, but that is probably due to the -assortment of rin-gs' on his fingers. Vice-president 'of class 1213 baseball 1313 mana- ger of bask-eltball 1413 president of A. A. 1415 for- chestra 13-41g president of band 141, operetta 1413 banquet committeeg chairman dance committee. HORACE STANLEY FIELD Hockey Here folks is the original ladies' mang the guy wh-om the -girlies just oan't resist. 'His viva-city just naiturally attracts them towarfds him or if it doesn't he 'goes to them. It make-s no difference to him. He also is the Class teaser and Barker and provides so much entertainment :after the bell rings that he of ten 'gets into trouble. Hockey isn't satisfied with a mere high school diploma -and so he is headed for higher la-nd better institutions. He may choose C. U. A. for all we know. Baseball 12-3-415 Physical- Training exhibition 12-31g orchestra 11-2-3-41, operetta-chorusg Senior play Junior 'Harvey g toastmarster at banquet. ELIZABETH MYRA HAM Elizabeth is one of four quiet -girls but--Oh! what a great amount 'of gray matter -sfhe has be- hind that demure exterior. We 'do not know mruch of Elizabeth, bu-t we do know :that with her wlavy golden hair, and blue eyes, vshe has captured :some- oneis heart. Look at it -sparkle! It sure is a beauti- ful diamond, Elizabeth, and we hope your married life may be as beautiful. Senior play Ru'th g Le Cercle Francais Q3-4l English club Q2-3l. SETH FREELAND TAYLOR Si Seth, :we are particularly anxious -to 'ask you a few questions. Wry are you s-o quieft? Why are you always late to everything? And why, oh wlhy, Seth, do you inevitably attemlpt to give such love-ly. but hardly plausible excuses when you know they won't get across? We advise you to change your brand. Why do you blush to such a violent red? And wfhere- in the world, Seth, do you park those great .long legs during school hours? However, these are only your short -comings, and we kin-ow that your numerous good characteristics will carry you la long, long way. DONALD WILSON WORTHEN Don Don is another of our quiet classmates. The word quiet -applies to only three years, however. We are sure that if Don were -to remain in school for another year he would be the sheik -of the class. He is -one of those studious boys and we know that he will succeed if he should get a lifttle- Sleepy CLYDE PRESTON JEWETT Speedy Behold! The Ripleyite 'type-st. How the keys do fiy when Speedy is at the typewriter. We often wonder wlhy lhe takes typewriti-ng, is it for th e-art itself, or is it just an excuse to sit among' the fair maidens of Ithe- senior class. Keep on speeding Speedy and you will soon be at the rtop of the ladder. Senior play. . MARJORIE PAULINE HOYT Margie Margie is one of our most versatile athletes. Dur- ing four first two years in school, she made herself famous assi a baske-tball wizard. In fact, s-he was s-o good that the -coach had her 'smash a few ribs, so that the rest of the players could see the ball now and rthe-n! We don't -know what Margie has planned for a v-ocatnion. Maybe 'she will work in the bank. C? U Baiskeltbiall 11-2-31g captain Q2-Slg .secretary and treasurer of A. A. C413 operettag dance committee. WILLARD JOHN CLARK Willard always has a cheerful grin and a merry word for all his -clasisma-tes. And now list-en closely, folks,--he also possesses a talent which will some day make him famous. Carving is his hobby, and we feel sure it will lead -him triumphantly up the road called 'sfu'cce's's. Music festival Q2l. ARLIE NEWTON MERRILL Ne-ut Look fhim over folks, he is one of the fellows who makes life miserable for the -teachers and is always ready for fun. But then Arlie has his serious moments. Of late -he has decided :to stroll around a certain Hill Operetta-Ohorusg Senior play Don Kellogg . FRANK GILBERT LAUGI-ITON Doc Stop! Look! The sheik ofthe class. Do you worude-r all of the fair maidens fall for -this cheerful, handsome Ripleyite. We all know Doc as a faith- ful, fun-loving comrade during the four years which we have spent behind the portals of old N. H. Fay. We truly hope that he will still retain that cheer- ful outlook on life after 'he has return-ed to the farm. Be sure and take good care of your corn Cobbs in the autumn so that they will be -safe from any Frost bites, Frank. 'President of class Qllg Si-gn-et board C3-415 guest in Senior fplay. VERNA MAE FROST Susanna Verna is one of those 'happy-go-lucky girls with a heart of 'gold and a cheerful disqposiltilon to match. We are wondering what business she is planning to take up. At the present time, someone th-as mention- ed that her chief almbi-tion is to be -part owner of a cerlt-ain dry -goods vstore. We wonder why! ! Le Cercle Frangzais C353 Graduation dance com- mittee 141. JACKSON RUSSELL BRIDGES Jack Jack is one of our quiet boys. But -neventheless he lhas been a fine -classm-ate, and is liked by every- one. When :there i's- anything to be done h-e is al- ways on hand to Ido fhils pant. We kn-ow that with this fine quality he will some d-ay be one of our generals in the army. We have noticed lately that he has been keeping -an e-ye on one 'of -our classmates, especially during the eighth period in the study hall. We wonder wh-at this may mean! ! Band 1415 play--sitage manager. AVIS NATHALIE TITCOMB Abby 'Wlhoopee! lH-e just smiled! Fliglhty thoughts for a Senior, but we nev-er did accuse Abby of being dilgnitfied, anyway. At time-s, thou-gh, her cares weigh heavily upon her, espe-cially in he-r unofficial posiltion of mo-thereadvisor 'oo the fS. O. R's. Her checrfulness, trustworthiness and -generosity will never be Ltforgotten, and Afvis will dwell in the har-ts of th-e class of '29 forever. Honor studentg treasurer Q1-215 Physical Trai-ning exhibition Q2-313 .Senior play Be'cky 3 Le -Cercle Frangais Q3-415 English club C2-3-413 Graduation speaker. KENNETH WALTER BRAWN Kenney Kenneth i-s one of our -sil-ent lads. He is a mystery to mos-t of us. He has the inherent qualities of a capable and worthwhile man, yet he is too bashful and m-odest to show them constantly. However, when he 'does break forth -and expresses himself freely, we all stan-di up and take notice. Kenney has been with us for m-any years and he has sort of grown into the hearts of all of urs. S Mary Dy-er, Editor Miss P.: Tell 'about the population of Mexico. Ambrose '30: The population is made up of Spaniards, Americans and other half breeds. Klttredge '30: Well-got -to take a good joke 'to class-guess I'll take myself. Fields '29 in His-tory class: Yes, the Phillipines was one of :the places where Ma-gellan was killed! .Morrison '31: The Indian squ-aw fol- lowed by rhis wife. Mr. Bilake in Physics class: What are thfose cl-ofuds over there? fpointing towards Ripleyb Fields '29: Oh, maybe 'thaFt's the smoke coming from some large city over there. Ma-tilda Provost, A's'sils'tant Teacher: What's ea doublet? Student: A pair of corsetsf' -The Howland Howler. What Would Happen If The S. O. R's passed 'all :their mid-ye-arsg Charlie Atwater :stopped blushingg The .senior room should have plenty of heatg D-o-n Palmer was caught Hirtingg Mr. Blake forgfoft to .say AIS you gxot to d-o g Mr. 'Stonier didn't blushg Edes '30 didn't haxve her Chemistryg Seavmon '30 went on a dietg Ramsay could write her chemistry equartiong Hall '30 were not in great demandg Brewster '30 didn't forget to take his books homey Blake '29 ,got a girly White '30 forgot to whisper after the bell rangg Frost '30 forgot and hid all of her French PZPGIWSS Pierce '32 got caught in wthe mush at noon. THE SIGNET 67 Sltonier fto Chemistry class, talking of a strong acidl: If you should put a drop of thiis acid on a dog's ton-gue it would kill a man. Seni-or: Did you ever take chloro- form? Junior: No, who tea-chefs it? We wonder why Titcomb '29 displayed no in-terest in the young man who w-as being sold at the French Club auction, un-til sfhe was informed that he uhlad blonid, wavy hair, whereupon she immediately rai-sed the bid to 5800. Thomas '29 :to Wakefield '29: D wisnh some-one would fteach me .to play gulf fig-olfj. Bucknam '30 must fh-ave seen the sailor picture- at the movies as the -geometry class notices that he always Hoists pants for action. Murphy '30 aft party: I had my fortune told and I am to marry fa blonlde fellow with blue hair Qeyesl. Favorite Songs at N. H. Fay Percival '29- Goodness -Gracifouzs, Gracie. Blake '29- 'Ilhey Ogirlsj Go Wild, ,Sdmfply Wild Over .Me. ' Seamans '30- I'll 'Get By. Nesbit '30- Laugh, Clown, La-ugh. Ramsay '29-Oh, Lover -Com-e Back to Me. Sm-all '32- Itis a Precious Little Thing 'Called Love. Hill '30-'iGee, I'm Mighty Blue! Thomas' '29- Pm a Helpful Man. Tate '30- He's Mine, All Mine. Titcomb '30- Once I Was a I-Iighvbrow, Bu-t Lo-ok At -Me Now. Hutchinson '29-- There Ain'-t Neo Sweet Man Worth the 'Salt -of My Tears. Palm-er '30- Lt's All Over Now. Hiale '31- And Then Came Dawn lDofnD. Herrick '29-- There's a Long, Long Trail a-winding. Tracy '30- When Polly Walks 'Dhro the Hoilyhocksf' Stonier in Chemistry, class: Give the definition of a weak acid. Cox '30: A weak -acid is an acid which isn'-t strong. Frost: Say, Ijlioickvy, iihatis some pen you have. Wlhat kind is it? Fields '29: You said it. It's fa QPJ Bar- ker. Freshiiez Say, Eldridge, you surely have some -griep. How do you get your exer- cises? Herrick '29: Milking fMillerki.nJ Tit-comb '30: Got your Enigl-ish, -Bus- .ter '? Cox '30: No, you see I never was 'much 'of -a -hand for 2trif'les. A Habit Mrs. Blake in English: Well,1Mr. Brew- ster, why haven't you your lesson today? Brewster '30: Well you see, I-er-er- forgot where the 'lesson was. Mir. Blak-e: What do you know about geometry? Hopkins '30i Eer-er- er-r-r Nothing. Mrs. Blake in English class: There is no end to the en-ding. Did You Ever See Hora-ce Fields in Th-is right mind? Norman vvitliou-t Gerry? R. Hall look -at a -girl? Byron Cox study. Omar Nesbit act sensibly? Helen Small have her algebra? White '30: Mrs. Slater told me that! Junior: Maybe you didn't understand. White: We-1-l, that is what she said, and she didn't -say it in Frendh either. Blethen '30: That box can-'t be a cube! Blake: Why not Blethen: Well, the cover is gone. 68 THE SIGN ET Such Is Life! The morning broke, as- usual, bri-ghst and early, an-d Pa was singing like a lark-'fact was that 'Ma -gave him bird seed in-stead of oatmeal. 'Five 1o'clock came at last, as I thought it might, fanld with it came a car full of boys. I 'hurried over to the old bus, and leaned on 'this nibs, -talkin-g the while to the driver. We were to go hunt- ing, so, iI dived into the house 'and soon ap- peared, carrying a -gun on my sh-ouilder and togged up like Ben Turpin. I leaped and then jumped, and 'I was in the twice can -and was soon bumping down the road. W-e arrived at our destination, a log hut, much like a bottle -of cha-m-pa-gne-- All -shook up, and started to -get ready for the night. Exactly 37 minu-tes and sixteen and three-fourths seconds later we were all 'sound HJ -asleep-iplentfy -of sound. Next morning we -started on -our -great fhunt. I was booked lto go directly E. N. E., while fthe .others went diffevrentily. I had igone but a sh-o-rt distance when to my amazement, surprise, fe-ar and what not, a lar-ge mo-use stepped seren-ely and ma- je-stiically from the bus-hes. All I had was a B-B gun, but plenty of shot, which I -grabbed immediately 'and fired alt him. I fired for over -an hour Cnio par- ticular harm donej, when all at once he began to chase me. The chase was soon over, but was long whil-e it last-ed, for I cllimbed a beechnut tree, and -sat among the -other nuts. I was quivering like .a leaf in Deccm-ber, and when the mo-ose came up, he was instantly killed by the falling nuts. I draggd him ever so far through the wo-ods, unltil I stopped for air and breath, -on a railroald :tra-ck. Hafvling gotten my breath and rest-ed a bit, I itrie-d to drag him -on, but, in vain. lin the distance a train whistled, 'and though I tried all my mi-ght I could not budge him. Sure enou-gh, the train came roaring down fthe track and struck that moose. How high it went I don't remember, but all to my benefit. Back at -the camp, I had a hunting knife driven dn-to the ceivling, and when the train hit fthe mo-os-e iit threw 'him clean t-hrough the door -of the -cabin and as it passed -the knife a nice piece -of meat was cut off. This fell into the fry pan and when I -got there one side was all done, so I turned it over an-d, such meat I -never before tasted! .Nesbit '30, A freshman came into the Study Hall in the middle of the Sth period. Mr. Blake walked up to hi-m with a very stern look on his fa-ce. Mr. Bl-ake: 'fHow do you 'happen to be -down here? Freshman: Because I was not -paying attention t-o my business. Mr. Bla-ke: Well, y-o1u're- 'committing suicide 'a-nd we're going to let you. A 'Iihe Freshman may n-oft have known what he meant CID. Has-eltin-e '29 in English givwin-g meaning of the word dem-ogoge: A teacher? Blake '29: One who talks a lot and -says nothing. There was -a young l-ady named Hale Who wanted to -go f-or a sail, She started at dawn 1DonJ, Kept -on and on, And being quit-e fabulous Soon reached Annapolis. Mrs. Blake: Mr. Cox, what kind of peo- ple would you fconsider the Swiss? Cox '30: wPeople of illiit-era-cy. M-rs. Blake: What do you mean by peo- ple -of illiteracy ? -Cox '30: People of literature. Wanted A book on How to be a Black-smith -by Cox. A collection to be taken in -order -to pur- -chase -a player pia-no to relieve Ham '30. A steady for Ramsay. Two couples to 'occupy the vacant places in the upper hall. A b-ook of knowledge for the chemestry class. A new kind of gas that will run a cir-cus wagon 100 miles on a -gallon-Ta-te. In 'Senior History. Mrs. Blake walking up the aisle and -tripping -over a pair of rubbers, Oh, excuse me. THE' SIGNET 69 Tfhefre was a young lady named Lib fBleth- enj Who ate her soap with a bib: She really w-ent crazy Over one guy called Tracy: Now this is' quite true, We'll leave it to you. There was a young lady named Knox W'ho used to love a guy Cox: But :they loved with such luster 'Twas n-ot long 'for he Buster, So t1h'a-t':s why he's ftarryin? And ca'n't think of 'marryin' CM-arionl Call '31 at Newport football game: '1Say, whatfs' the- score? 12-1? Well, tha-t's funny, I didn't see 'em carry that ball down there 12 times! Nesbit '30: This Modern History is getting tio be An-cient His.tory -to me. Morrison '31 fwhile Walking home from school and wearing 'his very bright red hat! The teacher said -th-at 'the only -thing bright 'about me is my hat. Heard in Office Mr. Blake: -Don-'t y-ou kn-ow, Mr. Rich- ards, that 'to be a good typewriter ftypistj yo-u must put -your 'mind on ithat one thing. Mrs. B1-ake: What is the meaning of the word crane in the poe-m The Hanging -of the Crane '? Clukey 730: A bird. Freshman: 'Tm 'going to have a thair cut. 'S-enior: Why don't you have them all cut? High School LH-erald. Nuite '30, reading in shortihanldz 'iGood day, Mistress Crow, he cried, How well you are looking today: h-ow -gvlossy -are your feet. ffeathersj Teacher: Give the principle parts of the verb, to break. Pupil: Break, broke, busted. Beanie says 'the best remedy for freckles is T-o get out and get under the moon. Bleth-en '30: Didn't E-dna St. Vincent Maley graduate from Bowdoin? Twas the 24th of April, 1929 0-ne by one they we-nt lout in a line One had the measles P The next one too- So on and on The whole school thru- All broken .out And red as a. beet They took their books And left their seat. Home t-o the-ir mothers They all went Even Merle the teacher Home was sent The- rash kept :spreading Through the scfhool it went Till the-y all came back shining- Like a bran new cent. M-rs. Blake: Mr, -Cox, name Uhe rulers of Germany beginning with Frederick of Hahenzallen-m. Cox '30: I cant remember them. Mrs. Blake: Now -Mr: lCox, if you 'were on the football team yo-u couldremember the names of the players -couldnft you? Cox '30: Yes but they would not .all be Frederick-s. l ! 37 Teacher in 'Chemistry class: Paper can be used effectively to keep a person warm. Pupil: Yes, I always get up 'a good 'sweat when 'I see an examination paper. The Live Wire. Blethen' in Geometry class: Why did they name a right triangle right instead of left ? . -Mr. Blake: Weill, I suppose, Miss Blebh- en, that sometime, somewhere, it came from something. Miss Peaseley: I-Iaseltine '31 you may bake another 'seat and you too, Flanjoy. Now, Crowell, you're all by yourself in the limel'ighftL 70 THE SIGNET Eield '29 fat li-br-ary looking up Caucu's J I can't find anuything under K. Herrick '29: - Fog is spellled with two g's isn't it, Marjorie? H-oyt '29: Ye-s, why? The Doll At School Aletha had a rubber d-oll, It surely was a freak, And when she pressed his stomach in, He'd give- van awful -squeak. She carried him rto school one day, It was against the rule, It made her classmates laugh aloud, To hear him squeak in s-Cho-ol. Pllea-se move down front, the teacher said, And leave your dollie there, Aletha moved as she was told, And left him on the chair. And when she went to -get the doll, She found to her surprise, The doll had vanished right a-way, Almost before her eyes: Oh, who has 'got my dollie dear? Aletha vasked and .sighedp And wiped a teardrop from her eye, Ask Clair, the class' replied. Roberts '32 Cdrawing pictures 'on the board in Com. Ari2th.J Mr. Goodwin: Roberts, you don't need to draw your picture, we all know what you look like. Titcomb '29 to friend: We went up to the farm last Friday, and didnit get black here until half past twelve tomorrow n1ig+ht. ,Eaton '29s And we some-times have trouble get-tin-g service -on a train, especially if we have livestock. The Green Grass Grew All Around A gre-en :little fre-shie in 'a -green little fway Mixed some green little chemical up one 'dayg The green little grasses now 'tenderly wave, O'er the green little fres-hie's green little grave. Ti-tcomb '29 in French class: How do you write April 31 i-n French? History Teacher: If the president, the vice-president and the cabinet should all di-e, who would have the job? 'Pupilz Tfhe u-ndertaker 'of course. Sbonier: Wheat is the outstanding prop- erty of allcohol? Edes '30: It makes you drunk. Laughton '29 entering the room shuffling 1h is fee-t. Mr. Goodwin: If your feet are too heavy, Mr. Laughton, you had better take the-m off. Mrs. Blake in English class: You may write what you have written. What would happen if :Miss Knox failed to furnish silverware for the -dinner stud- ents? Eaton '29 writing a senten-ce in English: The open 'door was c'lose-cl. Mrs. Slater: Etes-vous police? Ca-ll '31: Je le suis quelquefoisf' l Alumni 2. Editors, Van-ce Wakefiield and Barbara Edes . 'Report of the Secretary of the Alumni Association Dexter, Maine, Aug. 15, 1928. The twenty-fir-st annual reunion of the Dexter High lSchool Alumni Association was held at Crosby Park, Wednesday, Aug. 15th with an att-endance of about one hundred pers-ons. The decided -decrease in numbers over previous years was undoubtedly due to the intense he-at. . After dinner a very pleasing tribute was given by Miss Mary Hamilton to the mem- ory of Carrie Bridges Brewster thru whose efforts this Alumni As-sociati-on was formed just 'twenty years ia-go Qin- 19085. The business mee-ting was called to order by the president, Elton True, who appoint- ed a nomination committee as follows:- Miss Veth Stone, Mrs. Fannie Crosby and Mrs. Mabel Rand. The nominating committee brought be- fore the Association the following slate of oiiicers for the ensuing year: President, Robert Elifotg vice president, Mrs. Grace Arrsellg secretary, Miss Eleanor Marsh, who .shall chose her vas-sistantg treasurer, 'Lloyd Murray. These- -officers were unanimously elected. 'Ilhe locker committee reported that the balance- had been paid on lockers purchased up to date. Voted that the executive -committee on the advice of Principal Blake act in the matter of buying additional lockers 'this year. Corresp-ondence was read from C. P. Hutchinson of Aubu-rnidale, Mass., Amos Rendlett, Exe-ter, N. H. and Anna Dunham Theil, Hialeah, Fla. 1 The president then called upon the fol- lowing for remarks: Gov. Ralph O. Brew- -ster, Dr. E. D. Merrill of Dover-Foxcroft, J. W. Crosby, Omar Edes, Louise Bridgham Card, Mrs. Fannie Crosby, Mr-s. Abby Chandler Cforey, Supt. Rollins, Miss Alice Bradford, Miss Ohrissie- Crowther, Miss Grace Waldron and Miss Veth Stone. Following fthe a-djournmenft of the busi- ness meeting, the usual ball game was held between Camp Wa-ssookeag and the Alumni -team. The former was victorious. 'The dan-ce which had been arranged for the evening at Roseland was not held on account of the extreme heat. Respectfully submitted, Ruth T. Dudley. Sec. Following 'are -the names of the Alumni and friends who registered at the annual picnic on August 15, 1928: 1915 Elwood A. Steve-ns Dexter 1915 -Mrs. Elwood A. Stevens Dexter 1918 Mrs. Norman F. Parcher Bradford, R. I. 1918 Wilford E. Slater Dexter 1918 'Ruth Shepherd Slater Dex-ter Maude Annie Greene West Haven, Conn. Mrs. Gertrude C. Waldron 'Dexter L. B. lVald1'On Dexter 1920 Grace C. Wlaldron Dexter Richard S. Waldron Dexter 1905 Ralph O. Brewster Portland 1908 Gladys A. Brewster Dexter May McKusick Dexter Mrs. VH. G. Wheeler Belmont, Mass. Mrs. Mary -Blanchard Dexter 1885 Mrs. Imogene Weymou-th Dexter 1920 Mrs. Ralph R. 'Ifh-ompson' Orono Maude Moses Jones Newport T- 72 1894 1898 1902 1902 1902 1887 1895 1882 1887 1889 1884 1882 1886 1897 1897 1897 1897 1915 1883 1883 1891 1914 1914 1898 1924 1916 1904 1905 1876 1898 1906 1915 1913 1911 THE SIGNET Len-a Brett Crowther 7 Spy Hilll, Bea-con, N. Y. Donald B. Crowther Beacon, N. Y. Mr. an-d Mrs. William A. Small Afmsite-rdam, N. Y. W. G. Ha-seltine Dexter Mrs. W. G. Haseltine Dexter Grace Moore- Weymouth A. P. Weymouth Frances E. Jose Abby C. Corey 244 Concord St., Woodfords Mary E. Sawyer Dexter E. D. Merrill Dover-Foxeroft Mrs. E. D. Merrill Dover-Foxcr-oft Marion Merrill Wheaton College, Mass. Roberta Kello-g Danbury, Oonn. Mrs. Elizabeth Young De-xter Grace P. Howard Dexter Mabel E. Howa-rd Dexter Jennie L. :Sturtevant Dexter Mary H. Hamilton Dexter Abbie H. Hamilton Dexter Katherine F. Tibbetts Vanlceboro Alice H. Percival Bangor Daisy G. Arnsold Dexter Myrtie 'M. Leighton Dexter 'Marguerite M. Bertrand Dexter Hellem Gould Bangor 'Mrs Grace L. Gould Dexter Mr-s. Nellie Ganeau Dexter Alice F. Copeland Dexter Ethel J. True Dexter Marion DuBourdieu Bangor C. Ferne Ross Portland A. C. Thompson Bangor Howard E. Smart Helena T. Harwood Annie Ward Chrissie Cr-owther W. R. Winslow Dexter Miary Roberts Haines Dexter Ida Leighton 'Chandler Mass. E-hta Fogg Boynton Dexter Louise Bridgham Card Somerville, Mas-s. Thomas B. Card Somerville, Maiss. Frances. M. Card Somerville, Mlass. James H. Card Somerville, Mass. Ruth T. Dudley Dexter Ina Veth Stone Dexter Mr. and Mrs. Almon Page Dexter 1910 Estelle Hill Dexter 1915 Marjorie Otto Dexter 1913 -Clare-nee Crosby Dexter 1913 Helen Crosby Dexter 1881 'Mrs. Fannie Crosby Dexter 1878 J. 'Willis Crosby Dexter 1912 Mr. and Mns. Omar Edes Boston, Mass. 1922 Rebecca Edes Dex-ter Bert Davis Dexter 1898 H. A. Blake Dexter M-r. and Mrs. Dean W. Rollins Dexter 1927 Charlene Rollins Dexter 1928 Charlotte Eliot Dexter 1928 Robert Eliot Dexter 1927 J. Philip Chandler 'Gorham 1925 Hazel Champa-on Dexter 1925 Abbie Sawtelle Dexter 1912 Hazel R. Whitmore Dexter The Alumni Family Well, folks, every yearour family seems to be growing larger and larger, not in size alone, but in Wisdom as well. N-ow We'll just leave this to you. Haven't we a family to be proud of? ' Isn't every father proud to say that his s-on has for two terms been 'governor' of such -a state- as Maine? 'So it is with Father Alumni. As long as he lives he can 'say that at least one of his sons has reach- -ed tha-t goal that many other -pefople have struggled for in vain. Probably some day there will be other children that will fol- low in the- footsteps -of their brother Ex. Gov. Ralph O. Brewster. Father Alumni is always 'gratified when he finds that his ohildren have decided to become teachers. Imagine hi-s joy when he learned that 'one of his son-s, Lloyd H. Hatch had -organized a splendid tutorial sehooll for boys. 'He has name-d this school Wa1ssookeafg. Much credit had already been given him for founding the school camp a fe-w -su-mmers ago at Lake Wassoo- keag. Another 'of his -sons, Clarence Crosby -of the class -of 1913 is holding the oiiice of state senator. How proud Father Alumni is' to know thalt his daughter, Maple Percival '25, dur- L as l THE SIGNET 73 ing her course at the University of Maine, has won the Stanley 'Plum-mer 'Scholarship for two years. 'She is also on the dean's list. To be on thislist one must have an average -of B or over. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and has just been ask- ed to j-oin the Phi Kappa Phi. It is con- -sidered the greatest honor to belong to this scholastic fraternity. Lowell Palmer '21 is employed in the City National Bank in New York City. Helena Blethen '23 is ia commercial teach- er at the Guayama Hi-gh School, Guayama, Porta Rico. Miss Blethen was in the West Indie-s during the Porta Rican disaster, an-d had many thrilling adventures. Bernard Gates '21 is at the Phillipine Islands on Flag -Ship, Jason . He is ex- pecting before ,lon-g to be .sent to China. My, but -Father Alumni -has -so many interesting and intelligent sons and daugh- ters' that it is i-mpos-sible iso' tell about them in the brief space here. :Some of them are taohers and nurses. Othens ar -secretaries, doctors, la-wyens and, in fact, nearly every profession is represented by the members of this great family. So many of the Alumni are in college that it is impossible to name them. Some are in Bowdoin, others in Bates, Colby, University of Maine, Boston University, Tufts, North Eastern, Wheaton, Annapolis Naval Academy, N-ew England Conserva- tory of Music and others. Harry A. Blake '98 is another of his lsons, Flather Alumni must feel honored 'to know that his son is principal of such a spllendid -school from which 'he has received so many fine children. Every family has its -marriages, but it will be hard to find one that has had as m-any in one year as our Alumni family. There have been at least eleven since last June. Following are s-ome of them: H-azel Shaw '16 to William Cilley. Marjorie Seavey '23 to Stanton Ross. Erma Bowdoin '23 to Oharles Bailey '25. Ruth 'Crocker fto Ra-leigh Smart '10. Charles Hall '27 to Leonia Peavey. Maurice Parkman '27 to Gertrude Fickett. Clifford Leighton '27 to Florence Brown. Harold Blaisdelll '24 to Helen Simpson. Frederick Peters '23 to Yvonne Higgins. Grace Waldron '20 to William Schummerick. Anna Dunham '21 to Mr. Thiel. Father Alumni, within the last yeafr, has al-so had many grandchildren. Among them are the following: - Peter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Granger. Mrs. Granger w-as 'befolre her marriage Constance Smart of the class of '23. Wfilliam, son 'of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Keyte. Mr. Keyte was a member of the class of '22. Philip, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crosby. B-oth Mr. and Mrs. Crosby were members -of fthe class of 1913. Helen Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Henderson. Mrs. Henderson was kn-own to the class -of '22 as Dorothy Davis. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John- Corr, Jr. Mrs. Corr was formerly Evelyn Keyte of the class of 1925. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Mitchell. -Before her marriage Mrs. Mitch- efll was Eileen Keyte '25, Marilynn Eliza, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln- fMollie Young? was a -member of the class of 1911. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Marsh. Mr. Marsh fwas a member of the class of 1920. A son to 'Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Palrkman '27. A daughter-to Mr. and Mrs. Juan .Men- doza. Mrs. Mend-oza was Imogene Abbott '13, This alumni baby was born in France. The great family was -saddened by the death of Florence Noble Morrill of fthe class of '25, and -again not 1-ong ago when Willis Tewksbury passed away. Mr. Tewks- bury graduate-d from high school as an honor student. Like other families this is, of course, greatly interested in the younger members so I will attempt to :give an account of the class fof '28. Those who are still residing in Dexter are Evelyn Cleaves, Helen Palmer, Ernest Johnson, Theodore. Dyer, 'Chester uStrout, Dennis Oleaves, -Beatrice Birawn, Rose Gan- eau-, Ernest Pooler, Verna Bryant, Frederick Coughlin, Ellen Ganea-u, Nathan Pease, Louise Prescott, Bernard Morancie, -Mar- garet Morrison, Carl Arno, Lyndon :Shields, Villa Hanson, Clarence Bates, and Norman Hatch. Doris Smart is in- Parkman. Thel- 74 THE SIGNET ma 'Bailey is in Bangor. 'Robert Eliot at Tufts College, Althea Mower at the Bos- 'bon University of Music, Nathlan Bucknam and Wiilliam Dunham at Bates Colle-ge, Har- old Kittridge at North Eastern University, Minerva Knowles in Portland, Charlotte Eliot at 'Nasson Institute, and Rhona Nuite and John Cheney in Malssachfusetts. In the Alumni family there will be many graduations. Among them will be Merle Irvin from Tufts College, Maple Percival from University of Maine, William Oliver from Annapolis Nfaval Academy, Hope Tucker '27, Gardyls Woodside '27, and Ethel- yn Additon '27, from Farmington State Normal School, besides many others. I am sure that the class of 1929 will feel honored to become members of :such a fam- ily as the ,good .old Alumni, and I know that they will try to duo ms-omething to make Father Alumni 'proud of 'them too. In memory of Bernice Riley of the class of 1931, who passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 1929. lk zlvkfi- OjAer- Wai Jaoyou' Pepe 715, Wu-nk 01' The Jlgwel? . . ' U -9 is f L, 1 N if , 01' 5232 25? 2 - 5 .X Pauline Ramsay, Editor Once more in publishing 'our paper, we are happy to 'say that the number of ex- changes has in-creased. We are striving to make this department one of the 'most in- teresting in :our publication, and it'is with grea-t pleasure that we note the arrival of a new ex-change. The following are among those recently received: The Echo -Jackman High School, J ack- man, Me. You have a welll balanced paper. Your Alumni Department is very clever. The Live Wire --Newport High School, Newport, Me. You have 'some splendid poets in your school. The Graphic -Amherst High School, Amherst, Mass. Y-our sports' department is neat and fwell arranged. Wliy n-ot add to your editorials? The Parrot -Rockland High School, R-ockland, Mass. The -article on Encour- agement is praiseworthy. The Howland Howler -Howland High School, Howland, Me. One of our finest Frederick Hale, Assit. Editor exchanges. We consider you a howling -success. The Pythian-Win-ter Harbor High Soh-ool, Winter H-arbor, Me. Your 'arrival surprised us, but we like you. Come again. The Quill -Gardiner High School, Gar- diner, iMe. Your paper is a success. Neat- ness, clearness an-d conci-seness are evident in every department. The many -pictures make The Quill attractive. The Red and White -Sanford High School, Sanford, Me. The Broadcaster'-4San'gervi'lle High School, 'Sir-ingerville, Me. The Crescent -Lee Academy, Lee, Me. 'Ilhe Rostrum- -Wes.t Haivem Hi-gh School, West Hafven, Conn. Academy News -1Ha.wrtland Academy, Hartland, Me. Cl U The High Soho-ol Herald -Westfield High -School, Westiield Mass. The Hebroni1an -Hebron Academy, He- bron, Me. 76 THE SIGNET Station E .L. H. S. -Edward Little High School, Auburn, -Me. Comments :on 'the Signet - Your literary department is very good, also your jokes.- The Quill. Why not put all the advertisements in the hack of the paper, and fthe Senior Sta- tistics in front ?- Station E. L. H. IS. Your literary department is remarloable for its snappy short lst-ories.- The Live Wire. The exchange e-ditor of .the High School Herald says, The short sketch Trials of an -Only Son , I greatly appreciate, be-ing one myseif. KNO, nat a trial-an only sonlj A poem, The Sea , is especially good, too. 7! Our Outgoing List Our outgoing li-st includes: 'Ilhe Cobwe'b -Grove-ton High School, Groveton, N. H. Blue and White- Banner -Putnam Hi-gh School, Putnam, Conn. The Oceanic -Old Orchafrd Hig'h School, Old Orchard, Me. The Pinetum -Stratton :Hi-gh School, Stratton, Me. The Eastern School, Baltimore, Md. The Irvonia.n -Irving High School, Tarrytown, N. Y. TheReflector -Brownville High School Brownville, Me. The Tiger Sales -Orlando I-Idlgh -Sclhlool, Orlando, 'Florid.a. The Stranger -Bridgton Academy, No. Bridgton, Me. ' The -Cadet Review -St. John's Military School, uDel'afield, Wis. The Clarion -:Freeport High School, Freeport, Me. Echo -Eastern High The Jester -Ellsworth Hi-gh ISchool,. Ellsworth, Me. The Folio -Jordan Higvh School, Lewis- ton, lMe. The Gle-am -Edison Hi-gh School, Min- neapolis, Minn. The Tat1er -Rangeley High School, Rangeley, Me. X l qw? 559. lgfis' Q. as lg 5511133 0' 4 I ia? 7 'fm IF Q Your to ,A A Mode of Living Changes with the Years 'WLIETHER or not you realize it, your mode -of living -gradually changes- in keepin-g with fthe tim-es+aIs the years roll by. Pioture to yourself the standards of comfort and 'convenience which prevailed only ten years a-go. Then, compare them with th-ose of today. Then, you will realize tfhat we unlconsci-ously chan-ge our mode of lifving' as we accept and absorb new develop- ments. Routine Tasks Lightened Back of it all is fthe na-tural ide-sire for new comforts-new improvement-s-to lighten the r-outine tasks and the daily details of lisfe iso that more time is left for work and pleasure. It is significant that within the paasft decade, the 'majority of :those advancements in standards of living which have met with the greatest popularity have been those wihieh lhave 'further eliminated the daily tasks which make up the drudlgery of life. Oil- O-Matic Accepted Universally For iinstance, the widespread 'acceptance and endorsement of the Williams- 011-0- Mwtic burner is evidence that men an-d women in efvery land have been quick to see and undersltand its many advantages. When you install Oil-O-Matic you are not pioneering in any :sense -of the word. You are gaining known aidvanta-gfes which 'are -already changing the present day mode of living-+aidv.antag'e-s wlhich reflect them- selves in greater comfort, better fhealth, and unlimited freedom-advantages Which, once enjoyed, you will never relinquish. Fay E5 Scott THESE A1DVER'DISiERS HELP US, PATRONIZE 'DHEQM if b 1 S t A r lk 1 ii 5 ,A 5. if b 1. 5 5 6 S Milan.-11.1.4111 i - .1 .-I .-.nimliu..-nun-.uni.n1.nl-gn-. 1 1.u1..u1n1,..lm1...1 Profitable esson A large number of pupils in the public schools of Dexter have been very successful in their ef- forts to save money through the School Savings plan recently inaugurated by this bank. They are learning that money deposited regularly, even in small sums, soon builds up to consider- able amounts. t Anyone who will adopt a plan of systematic saving and make deposits each week at this bank will achieve successful results. Start With 31.00 Today MERRILL ff DEXTER MAINE Assets Over S20,000,000.00 in.-.,,,i.m1u.1m.-.u,-lun.-un11...luinny..nuinn...uu-.uu1..11nn-gn-..uui,..1uu.-mini. ,lm-pq TH-ESE ADVERTISERS HEIJP US, PATRONIZE THEM 11.11m1nnn1ul1u1.1-1l.1,m1n.1 1 1 1 1 .1...1nq1ln1lm-..l1mg1l Geo. A. Dustin Estate HARDWARE PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES STEEL CEILINGS CHINA, GLASSWARE AND TOYS Dexter, Maine Amos Abbott Co. WOOLENS For 109 Years OVERCOATINGS Sold at Retail Dexter, Maine 111--un---m1n11lu1un1uu1uu11m1nu1nu1nI1ln111n1u--uu1pu1um1u1uu-nn.- THESE ADVERTISERS HE LP US, PATRONIZE THEM 1ul-.np-m...u-1 1 1 1.1.11 n..n,,1uu1u.inu1l.1 'IH 4' .-u1.niu1uu-.ul...lpinnu.-n.1,,n1ui. WE DO All Kinds of School and . . . Commercial Printing . . . E Gazette Publishing Co. . Dexter, Maine Paul W. Giles Local Distributor for Vincent Bach Trumpets Olds Trombones Mouth-Pieces for All Bass Instruments Second-Hand, Standard Make Instruments at Bargain Prices 1.n1nn.1nn1,1u1n.inn1.n1u1i1uu1uu1u-.11--.nu-an THESE ADVERTISER S HELP -.uu-,in A T as gma .fm Graduation Gifts Parker Fountain Pens and 'Pencils Waterman's Fountain Pens We also have a fine line of Graduation Cards Thank You Cards, Etc. Dexter Pharmacy Us, PATRQONIZE THEM 1l1-.tm.-11q1.uu-uuinu...nu1un-uni, - 1 .. ..un1un1uu1nu1ul1 1.:n1.u-..,..-.p1u....-all 1..l1-ning.-. .- 1 .- 1 1 1 .-.u.1lu.. '!' l ' I Eldridge Bros l ' i Manufacturers of Building Materials of All Kinds Dealers in Beaver Vulcanite Roofing Square Butt Strip Shingles l Asbestoline Semi-Plastic Roof Coating A Super Grade Covering for Metal, Gravel and Composi- tion Roofs W-holesalers and Retailers of Lumber, Flooring and Sheathing i Phone 34-2 Dexter, Maine l --i- Q 1 ' 1 . . . l The big event in the life of a boy or 1 girl-graduation. Their friends Will expect a photograph and they l will treasure it in years to come. l Quality Portraits 1 --- -l- - f Special school styles, lowest school prices consistarit i with good work 1 T 0 : The can studio 5 Dexter, -- -- Maine I Our 'Gift -Shfop is speciallizing in 'Graduation Gifts. New lines of watches, T pearl-sf, diamonds, pen -sets, cuff links, leather goods, mesh bags, watch if chains, bracelets, charms and other fgifts now on display at our shop. T 1:1uI1ul1uu:n::ln:nl-un1nu1u1lu11:1n111uI1nn1nnin1auinn-nn-1nn1ln:nl1ln11ul1uu1nl1-1:1010 THESE A:DVER'DI'SERS HELP US, PATRONIZE THEM +11n1nu1.,.-nn1n1nu1nn1un1nn1nn1en'1 1. 1 1 1 1 1n..1rru1,.1rm1..n.-mr1m.1....1 1 ,!, Compliments of The Brewster Drug Store L. H. WHITNEY Proprietor Dexter, -- -- Maine Compliments of M. B. Fossa Main St. Dexter, Maine -14.11n1,,.1ln1nn1nl1...1nn 1..-11m11,l1,,r.1l,.1nvr1.,.. 1.1.1 ,1ul1nrr1nn1m1nn1nru1..,1uu1u,,1,.., Compliments of The Iudkins Insurance Agency INSURANCE 0F EVERY DESCRIPTION Phone 103-2 W. G. HASELTINE, Mgr If You Want Prompt and Efficient Service Go to Dexter Grange Store For Flour, Feed and Groceries It will pay you to visit our new remodelled store 19 Grove St. Tel. 264-2 THESE ADVERTISERS HE LP US, PATRJONIZE THEM lq1uu1nu1 .- -uu1uu1nn1 i1.nu1u1un.-ul-uu1uu-an-un1nn1uu:-uniuu1un- 1 1 1 -- inn- H. L. Tillson 81 Co. PLUMBING AND HEATING HARDWARE Dexter, Maine A. 0. CAMPBELL, President H. C. MOUNTAIN, Trens. and Agen Dumbarton Woolen Mills Manufacturers of Dress Goods, Cloakings, Men's Suitings Main Office, Dexter Mill No. l, Dexter Mill No. 2, Sa g ill Guarantee Store Quality Plus Styl Meigs 8: Co. Clothiers and Furnishers For Men and Boys Now in New Location Next to Kerby's Compliments of A. C. Titcomb Dealer in Dry and Fancy Goods Ready-Made Garments Main Street A -uw-.unlunimltn.-nn,zulu:-.-null..-qp1nn1n.-.-1111.11.11.1nu.-.n1nu1un.-.nninn1qn.-.m1nu1.nn1g.-.pg THESE ADVERTISERS HEIJP US, PATRONIZE THEM lg.-nn FISH AND FEEL FIT Geo. Park Mfg. FISHING TACKLE of All Kinds Rods, Reels, Lines and Bait -T E Co., Inc. Steel Rods as Low as 69c. MANUFACTURER OF FINE VVOOLENS Split Bamboo Rods at 55, S510 and S15 Bucknam 8: Mountain The PVinchester .Store D exter 1 Malne For the Young Men We have some good looking suits with two pairs of pants, in gray and brown mixtures-sizes 33 to 36 chest for S20 and 32250, and a blue serge with one pair of pants at 325 that's a wonder-all sizes. Harry E. Hale A. W. Keyte Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Franklin, Arrow and New River Buyers of Pulpwood Trucking-Long distance moving by auto truck Telephones: 155-3 or 155-2 H-.nl-.uun1nu1un.1nulul-u1.1yiu1..lilm..1..1nnl1,,,1nn1u.1l..iun1qn1nnu1..1nn1u.1uu1ug1.u1,1n THESE ADVERTISERS HEL-P US, PATRONIZE THEM 1uninnn1nu1nn1nn1lnniun1:nn1nnun1lun-unliuu-uniul-un:nn1un-un-un-nn1uu1nl..un-un-uni 1. 11.111111lnu1un...nni,.1...-.q.,.g..1.m-.Il1.u1.,.-.min1.ni.,,......1nu1uu1unl1,,,,1.nn1uu1.,1m W1 1. 1 .-. 1 i1m1.n1 niu.1.ni..n1nu1.min.1vm.1nn-..n1,m1n1l.-. -. .- 1 1 -. -.I J. L. Packard Co. Plumbing, Heating and Metal Work Job Work Promptly Attended to Telephone 94-2 The Crafts Company EVERY-THING TO EAT Perfect Refrigeration for Meats, Green Stuffs and Dairy Products Shoe Repairing Harness Repairing New Harness Men's Oil Tan and Parts Work Shoes Perrine Batteries Pennsylvania Tires and Tubes W. N ROWE 297 Main Street Telephone 32-11 Next to Theatre Majestic and Crosley Radio You can have a free demonstration of a Majestic or a Crosley without obligation CONVENII-:NT TERMS Radio Sales 8: Service Davis' Pharmacy THESE ADVERTISERS HE IJP US, PATRONIZE THEM u-an 'Y' 'I- Chase n-'lu-.inuiun-. 1 .-mini E Kimball FOR D SA LES SERVICE Dover-Foxcroft - Dexter THE NEW MAYTAG Maytag is still the world's leader. A Maytag to try, to test, to do a yveek's- washing is as near you as your telephone. Call us, we Wlll brmg one gladl sell itself, don't keep it. W. y and after trying it if it does not B. Ayer Electrical Supplies and Contract or Dexter, Pl'l0I1e Maine Central Chevrolet Company 76 Church St., Dexter, Maine Chevrolet Sales and Service Complete Line of Genuine Chevrolet Parts Compliments of JUSTIN BATES H' M. Groceries, Meats, Fruits and Confectionery Gem' Block Tel. 25-3. MAIN s'r. D. C. DUNN GORDON'S SHOE STORE High-Grade Millinery MAIN ST., DEXTER .4I.-.un.-.W-.un...uu1uI,..n1uq..un.1nn1un1.m141.1un1nn-.nn-nu-un-uu1nn1nnna-xlniuu-:uni GORDON'S 5c., 1Oc., 25c. AND 51.00 STORE TH-ESE ADVERTISERS HE IEP US, PATRONIZE THEM lgluu-uni 1 -. .-.ultmiun ...1n.1...1 1 1.,,1...1.m1m.-.M.1.,.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 The Dexter Garage, M Dealers in Willys Knighr, 'fwhipper' F ine Passenger Cars and Trucks The Most Value Ever Offered For So Little Money Church Street, Dexter Compliments of A. L. Davis Pharmacy Phone 68 Dexter, Maine I I 4. .............. -.-- .. -.,.-.......,..-..-.......n......-.n- up THESE ADVERTISERS HELP US PATRONIZE 'IVHEM -.nl1u1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1...-11.11..,1m.-...1..l...mq1..l1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1... C. H. Webber Stoves and Furnaces Tel. 252. Spring St. Grain, Cement and Lime S. L. Small and Son Peerless Flour fGuaranteedj The Best for Home Baking Prompt Service Free Delivery . Peter J. Vincent Telephone 110. Chl1I'Ch Street H- P- DOWl1iI1g Couch Hammocks Garage, Accessories Refflgefafofs and Supplies Congoleum Rugs Hutchinson 8: Gates Co. Tel. 16-4. Dexter, Me. Dexter, Maine Shoe and Harness Repairing Compliments of . Service While You Wait Harvey Haskell, M. D Jas. W. Hamilton Dustin Block Grove sn., odd Fellows Bldg. Dexter, Maine I sfo -unilu-url-1llll:-ull1lln--un1uu-lm--ull-:ul1uu1un1nu1un--:nina-u-un-ul--uu1llll1lu1llll1un1ull-uni ole THESE ADVERTISERS HELP US, PATRONIZE THEM Lun1nn1nn1luinninn-.ruins-nn1 - - 1... 1 1n-um1-nu-n:n11in-un-un1uu1nn1nn11un1,m1.nl PROMPT SERVICE FREE DELIVERY AT Dyer's Grocery Store Tel. 98-3 Let us Supply Your Wants We have just installed a new Frigidaire May WE SERVE YOU? R. L. KILLMAN 8: CO. TEL. 180 DEXTER FOOTWEAR You don't have to steal a. little comfort in price -or quality at NATHAN DAGGETT'S, DEXTER We have a full equipment for ladies' and gentlemen's shampoo- ing. HAIR BOBBING A SPECIALTY Ben Laundry and Sam Fellows PARK THEATRE LATEST IN PHOTOPLAYS Spend your evenings with us. We have one of the few American Phiotoplay organs in Maine. PEAVEY'S EXPRESS DEXTER AND BANGOR Long distance moving furniture a specialty. Compliments of NISHON'S BOWLING ALLEYS Cut Flowers 8: Artistic Floral Designs for all occasions Potted Plants, Bulbs, Shrubbery and Seedlings in their season Tel. 114. Young's Greenhouse Compliments of CROSBY 8: CROSBY Attorneys-at-law Compliments of A. C. STROUT, M. D. Dustin Block School' Physician Compliments of The Butterfly Beauty Parlor Rebecca H. Edes Morrison Mem-orial Building Tel. 269-2 R. B. Carleton, Jeweler Watches, Clocks, Jewelry Music of all Kinds, ' Musical Goods Tel. 8-3 :CA-RLETON'S ORCHESTRA WELFARE MARKET We keep High Grade Western Beef Ca1l1 62-2 if you want the best W. B. GOULD Insurance Civil Engineering 'Hale-Daggett Block KEEP YOUR HAIR , IN TRIM AT Roberts Barber Shop Compliments of W. J. HAMMOND, M. D. Morrison 'Memorial Building Tel. 274-2 - -M-TB-ESE-AD'VE'5lISERS-HTS PATRONIZE THEM 3 1un-m..1nu1nn1mn1un1nu1un1 1 1 1 Edes Brothers Always show a good line of Silk Hosiery 1 1 114:11un1un1u.1...1uu1,g1u,,1nn1,.,,1un1...1.. For winter and .summer transpor- tation-, call F. W. 'Gould's Livery Stable Tel. 181-3. Dexter L. E. KELLEY, D. D. S. DENTIST Gerry Block, Tel. 6-3 Compliments of C. H. Wyman Do you kn-ow .that we will d-o your Washing and Ironing and 'giv-e you leisure time for the same roost as employing a laun- dress? DEXTER STEAM LAUNDRY F. L. Worthen Dealer in DRAFT HORSES and HAY 'Lower Main St., Dexter Compliments of EDDIE DYER POOL ROOM AND FIRST-CLASS LUNCH Grove St., Dexter Poulin 8: Mountain The home of Hart Schatfner 8: Marx Clothes THE QU-ALITY -STORE Meat - Meat -- Meat We handle Western Beef, Fancy 'Groceries and Fresh Fish Vegetables and 'Fruits at Lassell's Market Compliments of C. T. GOULETTE Dealer in Tobacco, Cigars, Soft Drinks Confectionery FULL LINE OF GROCERIES Comer Water and Lincoln Streets, Dexter BEDDING PLANTS SEEDLINGS FLORAL DESIGNS More and better than ever C. H. Hayden, Florist Phone 106 TRY Summit Brand Stringless Beans Packed by Noyes 81 Hall YOU'LL SAVE MONEY and be better dressed Try a Tailor-Made Custom Suit at S35. Lauridsen's Tailor Shop J. F. KERBY is authorized agent for the Radiola. If you want good reception call upon Kerby and listen .to the R. C. A. nn 1uu1.,,,1u u1nl111xu1..1.i.1u.1m,1,,.1 Wfe ask you to try Our Foods and you will want for more Our White Lily Bread is the best 'Come in Dexter Bakery Dyer's Restaurant Meals and lunches at all hours PROMPT SERVICE Tel. 161-2 Church St. Dexter THESE ADVERTISERSMEIE-EDF-llET?X'l:RO-1:1TEE-'l'ZI?EMn-W-M- .11 1 ..nin1unu1ii1u1nuu1nn1 1 11111111 1 1 1 1 1 ,1m..-N1 1 ....m:1nu.1 1 1 1 1 Let Us Examine Your Eyes We have an equipment to give your eyes a thorough ex- amination. Glasses to fit you with latest style frames. Office hours: Tuesday and Friday evenings or by appointment John W. Springall, Optometrist Church Street CANDIES CIGARS TEXACO GAS DYER'S FILLING STATION P001 Room and Flfsf' ICE CREAM SODAS ' Class Lunch TEL. 8.11 cnuncn STREET Grove St-' DEXTER Compliments of Fruit, COl1feCtiOI1CI'Y R Cigars and Light Lunches Attorney-at-Law Blaisdell Automobile Co. Tnhe Surprise Store Fay 8: Scott Merrill Trust Co. -Geo. A. Dustin Estate Amos Abbott Co. Paul W. Giles Dexter Pharmacy Eldridge Bros. The Call Studio M. B. Fossfa Dexte-r Grange Store H. L. Tillson 8: GO. Meigs Kz Co. A. C. Titcomib Bucknam Kr Mounwtain Geo. Park Mfg. Co. Harry E. Hale A. W. Keyte J. L. Packard Co. Radio Sales 8a Service Chase 8z Kimball Cenftr-al Chevrolet Co. H. E. VVha4len, M. D. S. L. Small 8a Son Crosby Sz Crosby 1.... 1,,u1n1uu..un1.n1nu1sn1nu List of Advertisers Sam Fellows Park Theatre R. B. Carleton Welfare Market Edes Bros. C. H. Wyman wage FEWPS Qaida: O G ae: o 1552s ITD' D-' O I3 OO . T. Gonlette . H. Hayden Noyes 8z Hzall Dexter Bakery Park Spa Crafts Co. W. N. Rowe W. B. Ayer D. C. Dunn Justin Bates Gordon A. L. Davis C. H. Webber Peter J. Vincent H. P. Downing THESE ADVERTISERS HEIJP U Jas. NV. Hamilton Hutohfinlson Sz Gates Co. H. L. Haskell, D. -M. D. Dyer's Grocery Store Nathan Daggett Peavey's Express Nishon'-s Bowling Alleys Young's Greenhouse R. L. Killman 81. Co. A. C. S'trou't, M. D. The Butteriiy Belauty Parlor Robertfs Barber Sh-op W. J. Hammond, M. D. L. E. Kelley, D. D. S. Poulin Sz Mountain Lassell's Market The Judkins Insurance Agency Lauridsen's T-ai-1-or Shop Dexter Steam Laundry Dyer's Re-staurant John W. Springall Dyer's Filling Station Ralph O. Brewster The Brewster Drug Store Dumbarton Woolen Mills The Dexter Garage, Inc. 1un1m1m11n-1im1un1.uu1i.n1.m.1uu1wi-vm1ll1un1nl.-M1 1 s, PATR-ONIZE THEM sfo 1uu-1-n1uvr:unux1n.u:un 1i11i111111111- ,P Pioneer Engraving Company Zinc and Copper Hqlftones and Line Etchings 193 Exchange St. Bangor, Maine We made the cuts for this publication 1:111un1uu1u.,iuu1uu1un1..u1ln1nnn1lu1uu1u.1nn1uu1lu1nu1ln1....1nn1un1 THESE ADVERTISERS HEIJP US, PATRJONIZE 'DHEM - ,II V. -gg.-5 6212 --t :ff-V+-,-1 -5-f-ts l1 FfQ 'I' In-,. If-. f . T' I -' SJ Tj'-? 'I,. ' L' -. 4 '.II - -I:IIIIII:f II- I. I :.III-.. II I 1- VII -J J. II 1 u mb . -Zi '- u Q 1: ' '. T11. bi ' r ' , ' '- 'Lf '- I ,I . .- f l-5-2,5 ...V I V 'I '-I V V' fn' II. III, .Wulf . ' I '-IIIIII ' II IIIII l . -.HI -Ian' :-! .-I-1. I.I. I I'- '. ' 'I , .IL I I,. . I h.,n1. . I - .III .I I. I ,II I II -I I. I I . ' .34 -, f 1 1 4 - 1 ,II I I' qw? ' ' . . ' V-.fp 'FFL ' 2-l lQ- ..- ,lI- I I 1- I 'I . 4 I.I..I,.-m- mr:q. I I I 3, . 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