Hampden Academy - Sedan Yearbook (Hampden, ME)

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WQ,lEf!3UiMW AN EMBARRASSING MISTAKE' Silas Olgard was a lonely bachelor, who lived in a small one story house on the edge of Bloomdale, Minnesota. He was a small man and walked with a slight limp, acquired in a lumber camp up north. He had been in Bloomdale twenty years but as he was quiet individual no one could find out much about his past life. A farmer he was working for happened to obtain the rare bit of information that his birthday was on the 29th of August That eventful day would have passed by quietly if the farmer had not casually given the information tohhis wife. She immediately remarked that, since the poor old man had probably sp ent many birthdays alone, they should give him a party. Silas arrived for his birthday supper with the farmer at an early hour. He was dressed in his best pair of pants and a clean white shirt. Somewhere he had managed to find an ancient but gaudy tie which he tied in a knot that resembled a bowline. Soon the first course consisting of parsnip soup was on the table and they sat down to eat. Silas, who had been used to eating alone where few utensils and manners were needed, was slightly disturbed by even the simple table set before him. His necktie almost fell in his soup several times. He remedied this by tucking it into his shirt. By the time the birthday cake was placed before him he was very nervous and embarrassed. Out of the corner bf his eye he noticed that his shirttail had come out. He cautiously tucked it in while no one was looking. Having succeeded in this, he finished the meal in peace. As he rose to leave, the table cloth did too! He had mistaken the tablecloth for his shirt and had tucked it under his belt. Edward Goodell '46 Carelessness is our worst enemy. Not matter where you.gO or what you do you always find it going on. In school, in work, in play. Everywhere! If it weren't for carelessness the most of the accidents that happen would not occur. For instance, if the pedestrian had looked where he was going he wouldn't have been hit. If the wood cutter had watched his axe, he wouldn't have cut himself. Had the boy watched his knife, he wouldn't have cut his finger. There is nothing that can be done about carelessness unless everyone does his part. That is to watch what he is doing. - I . ' Philip Jones '48

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X --- com . In the winter cold dinners are not good for growing bodies. Since the trend in education has been towards constructive 4 learning, a shop of modern equipment for a boy's manuel trainingg class would fit into the needs. A well lighted laboratory with a lot of room, sufficient chemicals, and new suitable equipment for Chemistry and Physics classes would be put to good use. A WORLD CRISIS In the last month we have all heard. a great deal about the famine and starvation of millions of people in the world. Our President, Mr. Truman, government officals, and business leaders have asked us to save food in order that we may send food to ' these people until they are able to supply many of their needs. Americans are not the only people who have been asked to tighten their belts, to put less food on their plates and to eat what they have before them and not leave half of it to be thrown out as garbage. The English people, who have less food all during the war and still don't have as much as we, have offered part of their diet to help feed the starving of the rest of the world. People who have to spend the whole day looking for food have no time to think of ways to make the peace truly work. Little children who must dig in garbage heaps and beg in the streets for a piece of dry broad or a cold potato have neither , time nor wish for a school where they can learn to become good A citizens. The children of Greece, India, and China must have food and good health to become happy and useful citizens in their countries and the world. They cannot do this for them- selves because of many reasonsg for instance, there isn't enough land to feed them all and as in the case of Greece and China much of the land has been ruined by war. All of us can help save food by finishing what is placed before us to eat. In our school most if us Rive on farms or have gardens at home. By getting out.more oftenfto,help pull the weeds or by washing or cleaning the vegetables and fruits that are going to be canned we can all help feed the children of the other countries.

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What a difference there is between seeing and observing! You glance at an article once and say you have seen it, but someone else may look at it closely and see the details 6f this particular article. She has observed it. Take for instance a window display. You walk by and glance in. You see dresses, a few coats, skirts, and sweaters. Someone else walks by andl stops to look in. She sees blue, black, red, and other colored dresses, garbardine and wool coats, coatsweaters and pullover sweaters plaid skirts and plain skirts. She has observed what was in display and you only saw what was there. Both have seen what was displayed but one saw and the other observed. Joan Washburn '48 WHEN I ANSWERED AN ADVERTISEMENT It was mid-afternoon one hot summer's day and I was lazily reading the morning's paper. I noticed an advertisement on the sport page. I wondered why it was there and to satisfy my curiousity I glanced through it. It read as follows, nBill, come to 814, 52nd Street as soon as possible.n signed, HM. O. R.' Since my name was Bill, I left the house immediately for the specified address. This particular place was located on the waterfront of New York City. Also this section of the town was not one in which an up and coming man would wish to live. The streets were narrow and the houses very close together and so filthy that it turned my stomach at the very thought of food. M All along the way I kept thinking of those initials nM. O. R.n I couldn't seem to place them and yet there seemed to be something very familiar about them. Suddenly I realized I was being followed. I saw a man dart from one doorway to another. For a moment the most gruesome thought ran through my mind. I could hear my consience whispering to me, nGet hold of yourself old boy.n After awhile I quieted down a little and I noticed that instead of talking I had been practically running. As I was almost relaxed again, I noticed I was nearing my destination which started me off again. I trembled and shook, and swore that if I ever got out of this alive I'd never answer another newspaper advertisement. I knew that I would though if,I ever got the chance. I just had to look in that doorway, I couldn't pass with- out having just one little gl cc. One thing I knew for sure and that was that I wasn't goiEg to stop here. As I went by I took my passing glance an act which I regret to this day because what I saw would scare Dracula out of his coffin. As I saw this hideous creature, he started after me. I let out a bitter yell for help, ripped off my bed-clothes, and ran right smack into my closet door, knocking out five of my tggths p William Dorrity '46