Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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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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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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Page Fourteen The Clarlon abruptness that she nearlv floored Gotun hat With a slap on the regal back the show man brought Nero back to h1s half wits and they forthwith proclalmed her Mlss Empire She was a beautiful young girl with all the worthy characteristlcs of Cleopatra of the Olympian goddesses of Queen Dido and of Little Red Rldlng Hood There was noth mg about her that was not womanly and lovely It was then that the thought struck Gotunhat that he was not married so after the worlds beauties had left in a huff threatemng to rum the city he went over to Mlss Empire and, in a very undignlfied manner told her of his smgleness and sug gested they do somethlng about It She thanked h1S graciously for the offer but told h1m that she was a slave and could never think of marrymg so loftly a person age as the consul 'it Rome It would rum his llfe his career even hls suicide E Plurlbus Unum' he exclaimed an grlly to think that a common provincial would refuse the hand of a Roman consul Does she think she may marry the Consul at Rome any day and he stalked mdlg nantly from the arena cursing the dirt from which he had sprung leaving that gor geous slave shak1ng in her sandals R83llZ1I'lg her danger she finally mustered up enough courage to run and run she d1d out of the amphitheatre down the streets into the country and safety At length night fell and wh1le she was runmng and Gotunhat was sleepmg trouble was started by a beautlful and wealthy woman who had been cheated out of what she thought was her very own Late that night she assembled ln a dllapldated torch hghted building a group of her sisters in grxef and spoke to them forcefully on the corrupt conditions ln Rome But at this moment the answer came in an unexpected manner Somewhere at the back of the hall some comely damsel ln her eagerness knocked a torch out the win dow into a ph1losopher's beard A monstrous bonfire and the adjournment of the female conference followed Soon from far out on the city wall came strains of violin music, not pretty music but music nevertheless accompamed by the shrleks and groans of those unfortunate souls who were already being dellclously browned During thls mcxneration, Gotunhat lay sound asleep Suddenly a trustworthy guard burst 1nto his chamber crylng Flee Hee All right I know all about It I ve been a soldier much longer than you Get out of here and let me sleep groaned the consul drowslly But Rome Sire 1S on fire quoth the guard rlmmgly Habeas Corpus shouted the sleeper waking and Jumplng to his feet 'why dldn t you say so' Then the guard explamed to h1m that they were surrounded by flame and the escape was impossible To Gotunhat, there were but two honor able exits from this life murder and su1c1de, newer such a death as by burning Murder was out of the question so sulclde lt should be Cravlng the spectacular l1ke the show man he was he t1ed hls hands and feet and sword The usual ten o clock crowd had gathered alound the bulletin board 1n the Colosseum where was posted a list of those who had perished in that night of horror Gotunhat s name was there under the suicides fDont ask me how they found out he had com mitted su1c1deJ There too was the name of Mlss Empire News had reached Rome that the broilmg heat f1 om the burning city had scorched her dainty form and left lt wltherlng there on the palched landscape mlles outside the city Death treads with an lmpartlal foot' Franklin Gould 33 TENNIS What a Joy to hear the whip and smash The slashing serve and lightning dash Of a speedy tennis match' What Joy to sense the hardened court Determined face and breath come short In craftv players slice' To hear the call from referee Now Play' The changing pace to see Of player as you cut' The placement now 1n corner fast' Tis the greatest sport from first to last For a real enthuslast' Robert Byram 32 . , . ' - - - 41 11 . , , . 1 . . ll ' ' Y , . . . , l . . 19 , 1 Q l - H ' ' ' H 9 ! ! I , ' H ., ll 1 2 ' , . . ' ' - ' 4 ' x , 9 . . Q I! ' 7 . ' I , - . l 1 I ' . .L , l A , - . , . . . . , , l ' . I . . U , N , stabbed hlmself ln the back with h1S broad- . U . . . ' 1 11 ik if ik if ' 9 n - - ' Q ' I 1 . . . , 9 ' . . , , l , u Q 4 7 I ' ' r 1 ' ' , . , . u . . - r . ' ' ' Y . , . . . - 9 1 y . 7 . , . ' ' KI Y, ' ' l 9 9 . ' . . . . . , . . y . y . i . . ,