Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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X UUE it have First thing doeslnake I S0 I had 53Udl was I the toast 31116 more. F 'Cause I the cream ntry with . throwin' ' tryin' to IC HH, up- ind to do Ied doum think my ew cover f dreaded t started n such a 2 feather nd when igin' an' man at lim that :ause of I wanted d, an' a ne hair faste of Jver up :H I I ever nted to him so 1 I got .er dye hair I THE ACADEMY BELL 19 would have! I closed my eyes an' put my head into the soapy water an' poured the dye in. Then I soused it up an, down an' then found my way to the looking-glass to see my black hair,,an' then I opened my eyes. Was that black hair I saw? No, no, a bright purple! I didn't know what to do. What had I done? I knew that man was a fake! I looked at the directions an' read, Use no soap whatever as it is apt to change color of dye. Then that was what was the matter. I had used soap an' I had purple hair! That was awful! Wrhat would Jake say? I thought I'd appease him by givin' him some hot biscuits and canned blueberries for supper 'cause he likes 'em awful well an' so I went down cellar after the blueberries. I got 'most to the top step when along came that cat an' I guess she was scared of my hair, anyway she ran right between my legs an' upset me an' I tried to put that jar of blueberries on the step when I felt myself fallin', but they came a-crashing down on my head. How it hurt! Wust of all I felt blueberries runnin' down my neck an' into my face. I didn,t fall far 'cause I caught hold of the railin', but my hair was a wreck. But anyway them blueberries saved the day 'cause I let ,lake believe that that was what made my hair purple and let everybody else think that, too. I didn't have any more bad luck that day. That cat started my bad luck an' then she helped me out by making me spill blueberries all over my head. I don't know zactly what to think of that cat. MARCIA BERRY, '27. THE KU KLUX KLAN The Ku Klux Klan was a direct outgrowth of the Recon- struction Acts of 1867. In the Reconstruction Acts the dom- inance of the Negro in the South was to be included even in the Constitution of the United States. When this new article was really put in force, 1870, the Southern white men were stirred with the desire to protect themselves, by means no matter how desperate, from the defects of a government made by ignorant blacks. As the new law forbid the brilliant South- ern statesmen their right in politics the only way which they had of preserving themselves was by private means, as a force hostile to the government. Experienced and sober men understood that the only way which could mend the breach was the slow process of the

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THE A CA DEMY BELL I8 FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH By S.xM,xNTHA SLADE ffsuch an unlucky day! But then why shouldnlt it have I unlucky when it was Friday, the thirteenth. First thing fedilgl was to break my shoe lacing and that always does make me mad. I hunted around an, couldn't find another so I had to take a string an' by that time jake Cthat s my husbandj was t his breakfast. Then I burned the toast an, jake he wonit eat burned toast so I had to make some more. That took all my bread that I was savin' for dinner 'cause I knew I was goin' to be busy. Then I'd forgotten the cream for his coffee and just as I was comin' out of the pantry with a pitcher full I stepped on the cat an' went sprawlin', throwin' that cream all over my clean floor. An' while I was tryin' to get up, the cat jumped on the table that was near me an' up- set the pitcher of water all over me. I didn't get 'round to do my work for an hour after 'cause I had to get settled down agin after my fall. Qur cat was black an, I still think my unlucky day is due to her. I was plannin, to put a new cover on an old feather bed thatday. It was awful hot an' I dreaded to do it, but I thought I'd get it over with. Ild just started to rip it a little when the door bell rang, and I was in such a hurry to get downstairs that I caught my foot in the feather bed and pulled it right over me. I ,most smothered and when I got out I looked like a bird. But that bell was a-ringin' an' I hustled right down, feathers an' all. There was a man at the front door an, he just stared at me an' I sez to him that he needn't stare at me like that 'cause he'd been the cause of that catastrophe, an' he hnally got 'round to ask me if I wanted some 50313, powder, hair dye, perfume, needles, thread, an' a Hllllion more things. But I alwavs had wanted some hair dye S0 I gOt 501116. I knew jake I'ud say it was a waste of mone 1 I i - my gggy iquafir. thought Id try it that afternoon and cover up I thought I'd H ' a--hollerin' to me to ge I gave a Sigh th t ever get those feathers off, but when I did gave. I was kin? VQIHS more thankful than any other I ever know what the E3 excited about noon an' jake wanted to I 1, , In-a,ter was, but I wanted to sur rise him so Cl P myhgif iii 1105211 Clld my work up quick an' then I got ' Put it in the cupboard h h d SO ak , , u wit some ot er ye J 6 Wmlldlit notice it. Vlfhat beautiful black hair I

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THE Ag,4DEMY BELL 20 r inion. But there was one party of men chang1HblC?i5FEtt313Ilti11and take what was forced upon them. 251130 wisok the law into their own hands and attempted to do ese I . t. idation what thev could not do in political fields. Dy In lm . 0 d f 1 This group W 1 K1 h K K U Em- . . ordegnt Delayu 1865 3 few men of the younger set in Polaski, Tennessee finding life monotonous after the war, formed a secret club for the single purpose of amusement. They called themselves Kuklas Cthg Segretj, Secrecy and mystery were their main objects, secrecy in regard to the members, and 'of the place and objects of the meetings, and the mystery of dis- guise ancl parades in the moonlight, white masks, .tall card- board hats, white-sheeted figures and muffled hoofs of horses. It was the satisfaction of seeing the looks of terror they brought from the darkies, that put thoughts of mischief in their heacs. This example was found very tempting by dishonorable men in other Southern states., Every town wanted to have its own Ku Klux Klan, until in a few years there was formed An Invisible Empire of the South, bound together in a com- mon cause. Instead of being a joke the organization had grown to be serious. They were to protect the people from indignities and wrongs, to succor the suffering, particularly the families of dead Confederate soldiersg to influence what they conceived to be the real laws of their states and defend the Constitution of the United States and all laws passed in conformity thereto, to aid in executing all constitutional laws and protect the people from unlawful seizures and from trial otherwise than by jury. ln a short time other similar orders had been organized: Knights of the White Camelia, Pale Faces, Constitutional Union Guards, and the White Brotherhood. Soon became impossible to keep these lawbreakers as the beginning of that now large an power u ltd angler hand. Mere rogues began imitating the gang and set- ACE PCTSOIEIEJ gfudges. The leaders of the Reconstruction wer Wifob riven from their country. If the Klanls orders burial? ti Syed, force was used to make them. Houses were Street ' den OCCUPHIHS shot, men were dragged into the s an tarred and fe th d ' the North were in Const a dere . Even social workers from . ant anger Man brut l ' if re Commltt , . , - y a crimes ue ed. a veritable reign gf terrorv held Sway.