Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

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THE Q UILL 17 him stay! So I took his very long, accom- modating mane and tied a wire to it and tied that to the tree. It worked! I was on to stay, I hoped. My poor horse was flabbergasted. For five minutes he stood trembling. At the end of that time he came to his senses and did some fancy stepping. I was a good rider and calmly patted him, but it did no good. Soon he took a notion to jump the fence. Remember, I had no saddle or halter. We made it, and he headed for the woods with me still on. Back in the field a very much baffled man was looking for his very much baffled horse. The horse was giving me a fine ride. Soon he stopped from sheer exhaustion, and I got off for a minute and started to lead him back. Finding the walking hard, I got on and we rode very easily and also took the fence nicely. You should have seen the poor man's face when he thanked me for finding his horse and bringing him back. The horse was broken and so was I. -Mary Goud, '41

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16 THE QUILL I see, after all, there is something of interest to be said about even so small, yet useful, objects as we are. Well, so much for my history. I was born in the Brooklyn Pin Factory. I can't remember a great deal about my early life, but I do rememberithat I didn't have much individuality because there were so many more like me. I was pushed into a piece of folded paper with many of my brothers and sisters and sent to a dime store. When we arrived, we were placed on a counter and there we stayed for about two weeks. All around us customers were purchasing many of us. We were bought by a kind- looking lady. When we arrived at our des- tination, we were taken out of the shopping bag and put away in a c'rawer. I was about the tenth one of us to be used. A boy about twelve years of age took me and put me in the front of his shirt where a button was missing. I guess he was in too much of a hurry to have his mother sew one on be- cause he hurriedly put on a thick sweater and grabbed some shoes that had silver blades on them. After that I don't remem- ber exactly what happened until I heard the boy talking gruffly to himself. In a few minutes I was taken from the shirt, bent, and put into a shoestring which I found the boy had broken. For a while my pride was crushed, but I soon got used to it. When we got back to the house, I was straightened out again. Having been cramped up for so long I nearly broke in two. The next day, which I found to be Monday, I was taken to a building that is called a school. As the boy I was carried by was in a mischievous mood, he used me in school much to the annoyance of the girl in front of him and also of the teacher. At last, as the teacher approached the boy, I was dropped to the floor and given a kick. I landed in a crack of the floor, and here I have remained for a long time. Many a janitor's broom has swept over my head, nearly taking me with it, but I suppose I shall stay here until I rust into oblivion. -Margaret I-Iayford, '40 RIDING A HORSE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN RIDDEN Have you ever ridden a horse that has never been ridden before? Well, if you haven't, your education has been sadly neglected. I was walking in my grand- mother's pasture one day when I saw an old white horse in the next field. My freak ideas usually come upon me very quickly, and I discovered myself climbing the fence with a strong desire to ride that horse. Knowing to whom he belonged, I knew he had never been ridden, and I thought it was high time he should have the experi- ence. The old horse wasn't cross and I wasn't afraid, but, thank goodness, nobody was around. You should have seen the expression on the poor horse's face when I tangled my hand in his mane and proceeded to climb on. Being a work horse, he was very high, and I was very short. With a great leap I was on, only to fall off the other side. Well, one side was as good as another to me, perhaps not for the horse, but any- how it worked. One hand in the tail and another in the mane was the combination I was sure. A pull and I was up, only to fall off over the tail. The fence! Why hadn't I thought of that before. However, the fence was barbed-wire and I was bare- footed, so that didn't work. If I could only get that horse under the limb and make

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18 THE QUILL ' ' C 00 ew LONG ASSEMBLIES Many and varied were the assemblies dur- ing the year due to the work of the capable committee consisting of Kathleen Luttrell, chairman, Eloise Wood, Harry Foss, Gloria Norton, and Grace Greenlaw. One of our most interesting speakers was Mr. Peter Mills, young Augusta attorney, who gave a very interesting account of his tour through Europe on a bicycle. Another vivid travel talk was given by Judge Atkins, who spoke about his trip to Russia and the Scandinavian countries. He also showed us souvenirs which he brought hack. Gn january 12 Danny Kelly, Cony High School senior and a baritone well-known in this vicinity, gave a varied selection of both classical and popular songs. During the week of February 8, which was Scout Week, Mr. E. H. Danforth, member of the faculty and well-known scout master in this city, spoke on the benefits of scout- ing and explained the hard tests it is neces- sary for a boy to pass before he can become a full-fledged scout. Another Wednesday, one of our favorite entertainers, Mrs. Guy Holt, gave a number of humorous and serious readings. This same day, Miss Betty Curry, Gardiner High School freshman, tap-danced. On Friday, March 4, Temperance Day, we had as our speaker Rev. Raymond L. Hart, minister of the Highland Ave. Meth- odist Church, who recounted the story of the play, The Miracle. The Administrations of Criminal jus- tice was the topic on which Judge Henry Heselton spoke on March IO. judge Hesel- ton pointed out the evils of crime and men- tioned many strange laws now in effect in Maine. Gn Friday, April l, 1938, Mr. Milton Proctor, president of Westbrook junior Col- lege, gave a short talk on the value of friendship. On April 13, Mr. C. Harry Edwards, member of the State Department of Educa- tion, gave an instructive talk on out-door recreation. Mr. Edwards stressed the fact that the health of our bodies is a very important factor in all phases of life. Mov- ies on mountain-climbing and winter sports were shown. DRAMATIC CLUB Under the capable direction of Miss Anna B. Longfellow, the Gardiner High School Dramatic Club started the year with great success. The officers are as follows: presi- dent, Robert Newhouseg vice-president, Thomas Demersg secretary, Ann Pomerleaug treasurer, Kathleen Luttrell. Tryouts were held in the fall for those wishing to enter the Club. The total mem- bership is now 41. Meetings are held the