Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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'l'IlE ACADEMY BELL Brave Gyas' galley takes the lead, But Cloanthus has a faster speed: He presses closely in the rear, While the heart of Gyas shakes with fear, Then Sergestus and Mnestheus, not a foot a Cause Cloanthus to harry his bark. When haughty, proud Gyas reaches the pole, Cloanthus goes by him towards the goal. Gyas then by anger swept Seizes his helmsman by the neck, And hurls him headlong over the side To either die or survive the tide. Sergestus gets stuck upon a cliff. Mnestheus urges the men in his skilfg He goes ahead on the ocean cold And passes Gyas brave and bold: They have no hope to win first place, But wish to be seen at the end of the race. Cloanthus' ship firstbreasts the tape, He receives the reward, the gold-purple cape. Mnesthcus, who is close behind, Takes second prize from Aeneas so kind. And then Sergestus, with his battered boat, With oars half gone and hardly afloat, Amid the laughter of the men, Safely comes and lands right then. Aeneas gives him, for his plucky work, A servant girl who is no shirk. She knows her stuff without a doubt, Or Aeneas would never have picked her out. With happy hearts and gleeful noise They leave Aeneas, and like small boys, Go next to enjoy the glorious foot race In which all the heroes give the chase. par Cll.xlu.l-is Tm mon ZW all

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M 'rn lu! 11,4 mom Y um, 1, - 19 'f 3'-'5 5fT7 V Y Y-YYY? Zfliterzrrg CHARACTER SKETCH UF DIIJO fTr1Jfen from Ve1'gil's Aeneidj Dido, the tragic heroine, comes down through the ages the symbol of love unrequited: a charming woman, ac- quainted with grief, having but few illusions, forging ahead, building a mighty city. She has ability as a leader, but true to form, love overpowers her. Her reserve, once slipped at all, makes her an eager girl-sacrificing to any length, regardless of nothing but love. Rules entirely by heart-she is the personification ol' the woman of ancient days. To the same length that her love has carried her, so does grief overpower her. She, a queen, refused the homage of a man she had endeavored to interest, arouses all the fire within her. Shakespeare says, Hell hath no fury equal to that of woman scorned. Thus it was with Dido: beautiful, haughty, passionate, queenly, cold, carried to the heights of Olympus by love,--and down to the lowest depths of the shades by grief. She is not an ingenue, meekly mourning. She is a woman, demanding always the return of love as great as hers. GLADYS STEVES. THE BOAT RACE CF1'om Vefrgil's Aeneid, Book V2 With body arched and muscles straining, With heads awagging and eyes aflaming, The skippers of the ships do wait, fWith anxious hearts in a fearless statel, To race and win the dazzlng prize That glistens and sparkles before their eyes.

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Tull IC If A IIE M Y EE I. L W gwwgi THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CABLES It is a very interesting experience to visit The House of Seven Gables, which Nathaniel Hawthorne has made famous by his book of that name. It is situated in Salem, Massachusetts. I do not suppose that there is any house in America that has as many visitors as does this house. Some- times in the summer there will be as many as five hundred guests in one day. There are people there from every state in the Union at one time. A few years ago a wealthy woman in Salem bought the building, restored it, and used it for a community house, in which were held classes in cooking, sewing, and club work -mostly for the foreigners who live in that part of the city. It is at the foot of Turner Street, near the waterfront where the wealthy sea captains used to live. Now this part of the city is largely populated by Polish people. As you enter the house you pass through Hopsibah's store. There is a bell on the door which rings as you open it. They sell old-fashioned candies and gingerbread dolls like Hepsibah used to sell. They also have wooden toys and other gifts for tourists to buy. The kitchen is furnished as in the olden days. There is a mammoth fireplace on which there is a spit for cooking meats. There are also an old-fashioned foot warmer and pewter dishes. The dining room and sleeping rooms are furnished as nearly like Hawthorne's description as possible. The beds are great big four posters. Under one bed there is a trundle bed which pulls out for a child to sleep on. The most interesting thing every visitor wants to see is the secret stairway. The entrance to this is near the Hre- place in the dining room, one wouldn't notice it if he didn't know it were there. The panel opens by pressing a spring which is in the corner of the fireplace. You go up a very narrow stairway, where oftentimes fat people get stuck part way up and have to be helped through. Looking out the upper windows on the East one may see sail boats in Salem Harbor and off in the distance you can get a glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean and Baker's Island with a lighthouse on it. We might possibly see an aeroplane dying overhead. but, of course, in Hepsibah's day they were never heard of and when she looked out of the window, she might have seen large sailing vessels going to the West