Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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F11 c Fuelxe The Clar1on THE FI Y It was 111 the '11ct1c 1eg1o11s of the hbrary that I flxst 111et 'NI1 Floppy Fly He was C1'lVSlll'lQ' ower my Ph1s1cs book very gm ge1lx hftmg h1s st1ff feet xery h1gh to see 1f tl1ey 1eally wolled lNow and then he halted to take a SLIIVCY of tl1e surroundmg scene1y Afte1 sh1xer1ng CI am sure I heard lllg teeth chatteungj hc mould proceed on h1s doubtful path I dlv held my pen 111 front of h1m The P001 deluded C1 eature sc1 an1bled on 111 great ll'1S'EC th1nk1ng no doubt that lt was the x IV to warmth W1thout look1ng to rlght no1 left he hast1ly mn up the whole length On 1e'1ch1ng the e11d he stopped uneerta1nly Peepmg fearfully at the table four or five llllllfi below, l1e llutteud l11s XV1llgS tenta tnely No It was too far He drew back, shuddcrmg Poor Floppy' DCQIUHCCI to soar IH the golden June sunhght llCl6 he was too stlff to d1op foul or fue lIlLllGSl II'1d he forgot tcn those glo11ous lIlOlll1llgi 111 the top of the c1ab apple t1ee, among clouds of p1nl1y vtlnte blossoms Where fo1sooth, were the Jaunty zooms of QCSIQIQQRTK7 Ve1y carefully he stalted ove1 the end to crawl down the othe1 S1dG Unluck1ly he shpped CllI1g1Ilg ln a terr16c pan1c he pre sented a p1t1ful spectacle lndeed Fmally he reg'11ned the upper s1de and crouched, pant 111g xx1th exhaustlon Shades of Tartalus' Was thls the Hy who slept and l1xed on the dlZZ1CSt of ce1l1ngs only last summer I 1ex e1sed the 1ncl1n'1t1on of the pen St1ll thc d1stance to the table vsas lmmense for I'llLllCl I loppx Hon ex C1 he vwxs not ent1rely du o1d of ph1losophy O11 turn1ng around hc beheld that ag'11n l1e could Clllllb a slender glcen l11ll What could be betterq We can not go down any fa1ther Ve1y well, let us go up So up he went to exper1ence the fo1111c1 fear and te11or on reacl11ng the end Tllls tune I d1d not turn the pen Grlttlng 1113, teeth I 1esolx ed to test the poor fellow to the utmost He clung a few moments st11p1ll5 lhtn some lllllIllCl of the 1dot1c Hguu he w as cuttmg 111ust have entered hlS 111111d Fatuously he sta1 ted vt ashlng h1s face and preemng h1s VV1HgSl Doubtless he was trxlng to conxmce me that he was not 1n a ll'1lCl place Oh no' Ile had 1ne1elx chosen tl lS f3.XOlZ1l3l9 elevated s1te as an ldeal place fo1 111'1l11ng h1s tolletl Puffing 1ubb1ng I11s legs together fl'1pp1ng and pol1sh1ng h1s gossamer xx 1ngs, he was truly a lud1crous s1ght Now and then he vt ould stop and look 'xround to see 1f eve1y one bel1eved 1n h1s P1 tence I11dub1tably he sensed the Im from BIIS QOHII at1nosphe1e w1tl1 wh1ch I surrounded hlm F01 what d1d he do but puff so hard Illb o b11sl ls, and flap so enerfret1tallv ln an efTo1t to conunce me that he ent1rely forgot h1s precarlous DOSlt10Hl Plop' Off he toppled tl1e vshole Eve 1nches There he lay on h1s back feebly wavxng h1s legs At 1ny ClCllS1XC sn1ffger hc recalled h1s IIOQ-IIIOH tw s he l3lllQlllT'lh or was I mls t'1l6ll9l and bent all h1s D001 CHOIIQ to llhllt 'md that t1ll I thought he must needs burst hnnself F1nallv he gathered all lll'5 re QOUICGS fo1 one last flop and succeeded Bhnkmg shflmefacedlv l1e made a bee l1ne IOI the magazme rack P1esently he d1sap pe'1 ed among the Nat1onal Geograph1cs and I sau llllll no 111019 Poor Floppy' Heres ll0p1llg he found a sun111er cl11nb n1ore to h1s hkmg among the paves of those dehghtful r1'1gaz1nes' Lou1se Hall 32 OUR MOTHERS The lTlO'tllQ1S bear the burdens of the wo1ld T1s they who help to make us what we are The11 loxe and fa1th determ1ne part1ally Ou1 fame and happ1ness through all our 11ves They share vs1th us our Joys, our pams, and g11efs A 1efu,e QNQ1 IS the1r strength to us, And dea1est comfort to the sore ln heart 'lhe11 undelstandmg capab1l1ty A IllOIl'lC1 -, work unendmg, never done, Goes on and on 1n steady busy toll A task of love of loyalty and prlde VS ltll not a thought IU lt at all of self O111 l1lOtll81 s confidence 1n us IS great Because lt 108.Cl1GS fa1 above all th1ngs Forg1v111g all nnstakes that we may make It IS our task to keep thelr fa1th 1ntact Lou1se Curtls 33 f , . fi g 1 , Iv I , J 1 I -I I ' ' - . . , . 1 . . . . 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Tm Flfxrlon At last hls QOPIIIITVU' 0lTSflll'W.iV '1l1no1ed the doctor He 9UllllllOFlCCl the palents lIltO lb ofllec '1nd Elbillllll th 111 lt XY Is a p 1111 so of nc11cs cc1l er '1 11 tell 1ou 11l11t to do 'lLlXlNLCl the foe o ln If ls son Ill r '11 A on 'ls IC lllll '1 1e e no 11nf thele he 111ll or et about It ut th boy Ill the lxlfKl'lLYl nflll the door open 'xnd le'11e hln1 thele fol an lIOLll Then o 'md sho11 llllll ho11 s ll1 It 11 'ls to be '1f1 Illl of an empty eell'11 O11 the wflv home Bobby b1oke 11111 se1 Glll tll lCQ but h s pl.19llf'w f1l1'1ll1 ot 11n1 eYpcr1mc11t He took do1vn hls tool box and got out a ll'1ll1I'1IC1 and some lonfr l'l3llN At the llst Mrs IIo11'11d lelssed Bobby and X1l'1lSI'll,19Cl to he1 husband I1Ot to do It But l'lOtlIlHf to do exeept to 11'11l the dool open 'Ind lLlXL the boy IU tllele 111th bllflllllg' the1 e NX as the lamp lllfl aclo '1 el'ls m'1te of lllQ H lVlHf Doetor Hlnlev 11ho sneel llletl lll psychm 1:11 and who 11as 11lte1estcd III eh1ld1en the doeto1 related hls c e and asked hls frlend s oplnlon Famtly d1stu1bed by Hanley s counsel 1vho strongly dlsapproyed oi the ad1 lee g11en the pwrents the doctor stopped 'lt the H011 azds house to D1 e1ent the pa1ents fl0Dl followmg h1s preserlptlon N111 HOXV2lld came to the door I ha1e come to see Bobby sald the doetox e IS back Ill the kltehen, replled the father e ga1e one cr1 out slnee then he has been qulet, sobbed the 11119 bhe 11 anted to op n the door but I thoupbht th xt the tlme had come to make a man of Bobby Come' The hou1 ls up 11e ll put hlm to bed Carrylnb the candle the man, 111th the 11oman and the docto1 behllld llllll opened the kltchen door Lamo his gone ou sald M1 Ho11a1d NY alt untll I llght It P ICQ I le1en Bobby' Bobby' cxllfd Mrs Howard Put the doctor 1'1n to where a 11h1te form lw 011 the flool Shuplv he efxlled for more ll ht T1e111bl111g he looked lIIllO the open sp me do11 ll lnto the cellar At l'1st he looked It the IFlOXV'1I'LlS bobby Bobby has been hurt I guess l1 ls deldl he st'1mn1cred 'Ihe FIIOUICI bent 0VLl the mutllated r'1V 1 ed tlllllfl' thfxt l1 id been Bobb1 The n1'1n took hls l'l'lIlllllCI' d1c1v out the ll nls and nuled the doo1 Lo Ile hoole the doeto1 VS l1 xt l11lled h1111 Doctol 9 he shouted 'lhe Ll0LlOI lool ed at lIlI'1l bra1el1 lll sp1te oi the iefu IH hls tluoat IIo1v do I l1no11 Ho11f1ld'l he 1LDl1Cfl IIo1v do I lnowl Dltlllt BOLI tell me that IllC.lL 1Vls l'10tlllll the1e' b1Ol.lllll down there' In the ce1la1l Dolothy Lee I NI DOC I Xl 1 cfm st1ll he'1r 1ou balk bo bold 'md shup At a st1'1n er nearmg our door I c1n stlll hefxl the pound fInexp1ess1ole soundj Of 1ou1 tall abC3.tllIg the floor I can stlll see you flght IX lth all ot youl mlffht Youl foes of the IIC1gllbOlllOOd, H011 you yelped 111th dellght IKhe11ee1 you caught Sl ht OI a 1abb1t a11 xy IH the 11ood Hou XVCIC homely as T1n1e Old pal dog of mlne Nllth YOLII raggedy bl'1ek bro11n coat But I thlnk ot the need XOU1 eyes seemed to plead And a lump 11111 stlll rlse ln my th1oat Oi all dogs ot degree 'lhoubh of hlgh pedlvree '111 o1e1 the world renowned, In my estlmatlon 1lle best ln the 11at1on 11 ould be Pat ll he 1.1e1 around' Lols Lund '32 . . 2 1. 1 C ' . . fe .J e 'I . j A' '. . z 3 1 . ' . f ' ' 1 . . . . , , ' 1 ' h .1 - . , ' g e 'z x la f . . . . 3. I '- - 2 ' . 'L ' 0.1, ' 1, l- s l . lan. , , , fl' 'i Y H . 1 I all I i, , Z ,H L UA, 1 I ,- K., 2 . , V K I C x. . t 1'. Ulle th' ks tl we x l0flllllgl' ' the z 1 ce-ll. '. s so ..' l I' sa tllet ll 11' is my . . , ,.. k Li L , L. A ' . ,' I' ' ' tl ,I ' 1 Q' ' L . P Q -, xl n , L x e ' ' 1 , .' C I A4 1 ' V U, ' ,L A, C .Z ' 1 g-1 c 2 V. ' ' L in . C A K 'l' 1 'z '1 . is 2 ' s ' . A' Q l ' ' '- home. In the cvellin ' Mr. Ho11'a1'd tl ied his . . - xx 7 , , , rv , . , 4 ' ,, X 5 A - - ' ' v ' 1 ' 1: 1. 1 ,, 1.. L X , . I .R K . .1 V ' KL r v r u YY , ' Y, 'A. 1, . Q . ' . , L . I . Ci . ,' ' 7 . , S ' P5 A ,Af . L ' 1 x . 7 1 e . . 1 - 1 Q 1 ' of ' 1' ' ' rr . I ,l ,, . , . 1, . 5 . I 1. x '.,, e . . . . 1- 9 1 g - ' . 'C . ., 1 - ' z lv , 1 :1 ' .1 ' I - . V . Y 1 5 ' , . S V3 ' . ' - Y A Y Q, ,X r 1 , . . . 1 'L 35 1 . .- ' 15. . . D C if ' C h, .. N 1 4 1 , .4 i I V I ,Q Q U 1. . 1. . . . 'G Q ' - , ,. A. , , . . VA C y I . L c 'X 4 . . - - 7 ' - . . . . . b 11 , my - - s ' - ! H 7 YA . Y . H . I , . I . I1 I I 1 ' rr ' v C v I-141 1 , v ' -' - . ' , ' 7 I 7 Y ' 1 'I 1 ' . . . v . . . - , HN Y Q . . X . ,, Z ' . ' ' I , , A 4 YA, . . . A - .H ' , G' D I ll ' ff y I '. ! ' ' v v , . 3 - 77 ll ' - v 1 it 1 i C v r tv . y an ,, ' ' ' ' 17 '

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The Clarron lHV'lHrb DOWN N The u url ten oeloek trowd had rthercd 'rround the bulletm board 'rt the Colosseum where w ere posted re u1'rr ly on bron7e tab tts the happenrn s of he hour the no scrrptron lr t the prrce of wheat rn Srerly and other subjects of rnterest to the crty mob At '1 spot not ffrr from the bulletrn a small group of exerted bernvs were crowd rnc, about a hrtherto rnsrbnrticant slaye who was rrarratrng wrth many embellrshments hrs part rn one of the dfry s occurrences Venr, yrdr vrer' he ejfreulated gestreul t rrg hke a Crcero And then what do you suppose I saw There lay my poor dear master Marcus Lueretrus Qmrthus prone upon the carpet hayrng drunk too deeply of the deadly Honra Brewa How we shall mrss our dear master' Hereupon he broke dow rr 'md wept so loudly that the crowd ffaye hrm ertrzenshrp and elected hrm con ul on mg them gracrouslv for the favor they had shown hrm he den rrted homewfrrd The new consul found the members of the V1ll'1 Smrthorum rn a state of great excrte ment for rt rs not everv day that the Pater Famrlrrs commrts surcrde Xlr here you are now my dear Gotun hfrt sfrrd Hater Srnrthft as Rome s newest ofhcral strode rnto the room we haye a surprrse for you come hrther O Tempora' O mores' come hrther your self replred Gotunhat emphatrcally I Gotunhat am Romes new consul Address me as My Lord Ixot heedrng hrs command Mater Smrtha went on ewplarnrngr that he was now free and wealthy for Marcus had made hrm sole owner of the crtys largest amphrtheater and of the world s greatest agffregatron of show men s dehghts the Crrcus Smrthus All thrs was hrs because he had seryed hrs master o farthfully' Is that so renlred Rome s newest snowman store that he was Pr 11 Beyer before nad such 'rcts been put on for the publrc Each day great multrtudes Page Thrrteen were turned from the door One legend tclls us that 't brttle wrth the Germans iconsrdered the perftct prstrme by the Ro rn rnsj w ts postponed for three whole days th rt the 'rrmres mrffht see one of Gotunhat s unrque 'rrmngements Then one d'1y whrle eounfmg the days profits there mme to hrs mrnd a new scheme for 'r show He would have a beauty contest A beauty Conte t thrnl of rt' How the people would flock to see rt' He would 'rsh the omnrpotent hero hrmself to be Judrfe What a trnre he would h'1ye' Vtrthrn a day he had posters out not bronze rosters no or course not' Srlver posters made by the be t srly ersmrths to be found rn Rome Nero affreed to ofhcrate 'rt the ftfffur He even promrsed to play the fiddle Liang: the Chrrstrans Gotunhat thoufrht Well hfrye one of these e'1 h week' Days before the openrng of the contest be rutres flocked to Rome from all drrectrons beautres of ey ery deserrptron burcom blondes from Brrttwny f'1rry lrke fraulerns from Gcrrnfrnv flrshrnff eyed brunettes from Spam krnky harrcd negresses from Ethr oprr shfrdy Cleopfrtras from Efrypt smrlrng Itebeec ts from Syrrr and graceful Helens from C reece Down the Appran Way they strutmed trll the road rtself lost count of the shapely feet that tmyersed rt Into Ostra thev poured some rn therr own slave drrven trrreme and others on filthy supply trans ports Ney er had Rome seen such an array of beauty Frnally the day of the contest arrry ed Be fore dawn, the amphrtheatre was full not of the expected crtrzen but of beautres The day was a glorrous one for 'Nero but not so for Gotunhat He could make no monev wrth thrs type of show and rt was already an es ttblrslccd fact to many e peerally hero that these conte ts w ere to be held weekly At length the affarr befran frnd rn front of the rllustrrous Judge that grgantrc as semblage of pulchrrtude passed mdryrdually So many were the contestants that soon Nero had beauty spots berore hrs eyes so that he could not remember the redeemrng tr rts of ny one pgrrl Then suddenly she' she' the wmner of the prrze hoye rnto srght and wrth such , . . . .S. 1 ' Y ' . . . .2 ' . 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