Harmony High School - The Ferguson Yearbook (Harmony, ME)

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MY TALK WITH THE ENCYCLOPEDIA I was walkmg 1n the commercxal room the other day when l saw one of our good Encyc lopedza s lymg on the floor I went to p1ck xt up and when I d1d the book spoke to me Why do we have to be banged around all the t1me'7 We re here for use 1nstead of being tossed around l1ke a baseball Why just the other day my friend and I were talkxng of how dreadful It was for the ch1ldren to take a book and wrlte down what they were after and then leave the book w1de open or maybe It would drop on the floor and some person would walk over lt Some of the ch1ldren wr1te on the books, we know that lt IS wrong but we can not stop them Others put the1r d1rty f1ngers over our new covers I found my talk w1th the Encyclopedra very 1nterest1ng What he sa1d was all very true We don't seem to care or we re 1n such a hurry we don t look back and see Lf the book Int the table or 1f It landed on the floor I promxsed the book that I would try to make others take more interest 1n our school books and other propert1es of the school Nzta Brown HHS Do you realmze what our schoolhouse has gone through s1nce rt was bumlt 1n 1911? Ever smce the f1r st day of school ch1ldren have been abusmg the poor old bu1ld1ng It s a wonder our schoolhouse hasn t balked and refused to let scholars mn but 11fe and learmng must go on, so for 180 days of every year the schoolhouse has been tortured On hot summer days w1ndows were ra1sed, but not slowly They were often surpnsed by groaned as they h1t the top Then rf a shght breeze blew, someone would g1ve lt another Jolt trying to get lt down and the w1ndow creaked and groaned as before Couldn t the students have raxsed and lowered lt slowly? And what about the floors? They have been trodden down for f1ve days a week for the past thirty s1x years unt1l they were almost worn to a sphnter Dxd they compla1n or refuse to be walked on? No they Just grew darker and darker every day w1th rage In the fall students brought ga1ly colored leaves mosses, and 11-lsects to school wh1ch after a certa1n t1me were thrown to the floor where they had to be swept up After a party at the schoolhouse the floor could hardly be seen because of b1ts of cook1es or 1ce cream or scraps of paper Thank goodness they couldn't walk on the ce1l1ng Couldn t the students have been more careful and not stamped the1r feet l1ke roclf crushers'7 And the walls wxth httle messages and notes prmted on them These were wr1tten by the students as they went by to a class for h1s or her fnends to read and answer on the wall also Oh yes let s not forget the doors Why how would we be able to come and go from the bu1ld1ng w1thout doors? But they, too, have been abused Themr faces have been smashed and wr1tten on They have been slammed, yanked and pulled but they absolutely refuse to be pulled from the1r h1nges Couldn t students have enough w1ll power to restram themselves from near ly knock1ng them over when they leave school for a two weeks vacat1on'7 The l1ghts used to be so t1red from overwork when they weren t needed then when we needed them they fl1ckered and went out Could you blame them? The desks, too have had the1r share of rough treatment In1t1als 1n hearts carved on them, m stamns, and ch1pped corners were just a few of the tortures our desks went through Couldn t the students have wr1tten on paper or chewed on the1r f1ngerna1ls'7 12 ' '50 the sudden jolt given them, but did the windows refuse to be raised? No, they just creaked and o . Q . u Q -

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NEW GYMNASIUM We have never had a gymnas1um All our basketball pract1ces and games as well as other school actxvxtles such as socmals and plays have had to be mn the Grange Hall It has HO! bPPn vzood for the hall or for the basketball games We have had to pay out a large amount of money for the use of the hall and therefore have had a struggle to meet our expenses The Patrmarch s Club of Harmony I O O F conc1eved a plan to have a gymnas1um wh1ch IS to be called the Harmony Memorxal Gyrnnasmm To them we are 1ndeed very grate ful more so than words can express The gymnasxum IS now becommg a reahty and we are more than anx1ous to see lt fmmshed When completed all school act1v1t1es w1ll be held there wh1ch w1ll be much better for basketball as lt 15 larger and h1gher than the Grange Hall It w1ll have an asphalt t1le floor la1d over cement The bu1ld1ng has a steel frame covered w1th alum1num and w1ll be heated from the plant xn the school bu1ld1ng We hope that th1s fme gyrnnasxum may help to xnduce students from other towns to attend our school Erma Brown 49 THE CASE OF THE ABUSED DESKS School was over for the day and everyone had gone home As the sun went down the desks began the1r mghtly goss1p party Oh I feel so mxserable tomght Mary Jane has been stuffmg me w1th waste paper all day That s nothmg how would you l1ke to have someone carve on your back all day Wlth a kn1fe'? Well that s what Bmlly d1d to me He seems to f1nd Joy 1n destruct1ng my body wxth mk but who cares Jerry doesn t care what I look l1ke as long as he has a place to throw h1s books Hush here comes someone The desks scrambled back to the1r exact places and kept as st1ll as desks should It was only the Jamtor He had come back to look after the f1res The poor Jamtor He d1d h1s best to keep thmgs neat but those who have the use of the desks each day thoroughly neglect them ln a few mmutes the Jamtor left and the desks resumed the1r talk The mght drew on In a short wh1le the menaces would be back We ve got to dev1se some plan to stop thxs p1ped m the b1g grandfather desk m the corner wh1ch was used by the pr1nc1pal The papers and other Junk wh1ch are heaped on me are begmmng to smother me I hate to do anythmg rat1onal because I k1nd of l1ke these httle menaces even Lf they are a l1ttle cruel answered a sweet vo1ce near the door If we could g1ve them a warn1ng f1rst maybe they d co operate Well we ll see rep11ed the b1g old desk but r1ght now we must take our stat1ons as 1t's drawmg near zero hour Mal Boulette 49 ll D . I ' O . , . . . I I I I I I I . . . , . . . . , . . F 0 I ,, . . . . . P I ll n 1 ' - ' I . , . . . . . . ., . , . . Look at me, cried one of the smaller desks in the front of the room, I'm all covered . . , Z , . ' I' ll 'll I I . . . ' . I u v - . ' uv - - - ' I . . . ,, . . , . ' - u ,, . . . . . . I ' lf ' ll ' ' I I ' I - ll , . ll I fl I I II ' ' D I I - - n I

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A little while ago our schoolhouse got a face lifting. She's proud of all of it: her clean walls, wide awake lights, unbroken windows and above all, her scholars. So lets keep her proud. If she's proud, we'll be proud of her, too. Janice Chadbourne '50 M Y PROPERTY The second day of last September I started for school with three nice yellow pencils ink pen and a new bottle of ink When I got to school most of the seats were taken, but I found a little old one with a bent hinge on the desk cover I put my things inside, then went and started talking to a friend Soon the bell rang and I went back to my desk and sat down After the morning exer- cises were over I took one of my pencils and went to class Whenl got back from class I noticed that one of my pencils was gone I d1dn't think much about it but in the weeks that followed when not only the other two yellow ones disappeared but a green pencil with a nice eraser, a red one and a blue one, I thought it was time I did some thinking as to where they were going Now that my own pencils were all gone I got a short green one from my brother and put it on my desk It didn t stay long, for it soon disappeared like the others had I looked around for it and one day in History class I found that a friend had just borrowed it for awhile I took it back and when I left my desk again I let the friend keep it, knowing that he d take it anyway I thought my troubles were to end here, but I was mistaken for my ink followed the pen cils and my desk s bent hinge was soon broken, and the cover was left Just holding to the desk by the other hinge This Just goes to show what some people will do to other people s property Of course I don t mind if someone borrows something from me if they ask first, but when they just take it and never bring it back, besides breaking my things I m going to give it right back by Keep killing my dogs and I ll do the same to your cats Velma Alton BAC KSEAT DRIVERS It s a beautiful day in June and you have just decided to take your family and best girl for a ride out in the country You and your best girl sit in front, and your mother and sister sit in back As you put your foot on the starter, your companions yell out, are you sure 1t's out of gear Don t flood it, and numerous other things But finally you get the motor started and get ready to go As you re backing out of the garage there comes a din of instructions from the back seat, and the one beside you, Cut your wheels this way no that way and watch out for the garage doors, trees, and dog or anything within a hundred foot radius of you Finally you re out on the highway cruising along about forty miles per when simultan eously from the three throats of the car s other occupants to Lookout for that car What car? The one down the road about a quarter of a mile It 1S moving right along and on your side of the road, but he has plenty of time to pull over to his own side before coming anywhere near you But from the noise of your passengers you would th1nk a crash was unavoidable As you near the turning point of your ride you encounter a very long, steep hill Your nerves are racking by this time but you say nothing The car slows down and coughs once and from our passengers come cr1es of Give it more gas, Put it into second Don stall It and other annoying phrases You get to the top of the hill and drive along to the first gas station and step out saying to your companions Since you know so much about driving you can drive home I 11 take the first bus As you stride into the station, you leave the yurls ar puxng as to who will drive home They finally agree and try to start out Hav mny not noticed the gas regxster shows empty they don t get far and come pleading for you to drlve them home 13 . . I 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . , . . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 , 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . . . , . 1 1 1 . C . . . , 1 1 , . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . H 1 - - 1 Il 1 '50 , . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . H . 11 ll 1 ' 11 1 - 1 1 Q l 0 0 0 1 1 - an - 11 u 1 1 gg 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . 1 1 1 , - 1 ll 01 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . ' U ' , I1 ' ' 1111 ' 0 1, BI , ' ll ft ' Il 1 Q D I . . . . ,, . ' 1 1 4 . . . , . 1 . . 1 1 1 . l . . . . u -1 0 1 u . I . . , , 1 - ' 1 1