Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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70 H. C. I. SC ROLL : I: , ps: 1 1-1.1. E arranged book. An enlargement on your ex- change column would add. THE SEA BREEZE Thomaston High School, Thomaston, Maine The exchange column is very go-od. Your pictures are particularly interesting. THE KATAHDIN CHRONICLE Schenck High School, East Millinocket, Maine Your book is exceptionally good, but why not add 9, few pictures? THE REFLECTOR caribou High School, Caribou, Maine When we were young is a marvelous idea. A few comments on exchanges would help, also a few more schools added to your list. THE PYTI-IIA Winter Harbor High School, Winter Harbor, Maine We enjoyed your year book, but group pictures would be a great addition. PINE CONE Cl:-rnish High School, Cornish, Maine 'I'he cartoons are very attractive, but pic- tures would add. Colleen Snow '45 Marion Stanhope '46

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H. C. I.SCROLL 69 J Q L . AXE 3 in ' rf NEE5 THE ROCKET East Corinth Academy, East Corinth, Maine We enjoyed your pictures very much. A better literary and exchange section would add to y-ofur book. THE KEYSTONE William G. Crosby High School, Belfast, Maine Your Athletic section was a great asset to your book. An Exchange would add. THE CHIEFTAIN Maine School of Commerce, Bangor, Maine Hats off to you. You have a very interest- ing book. THE HILLCREST Bucksport High School, Bucksport, Maine Orchids to you on your Alumni and Lit- erary sections. A few more jokes would add. THE ROSTRUM Guilford High School, Guilford, Maine We found your informal snapshots interesting. Your Exchange section was very good. THE BROADCASTER Sangerville High School, Sangerville, Maine We enjoyed your Literary department very much. A few informal pictures would add. very MEGUNTICOOK Camden High School, Camden, Maine Congratulations on your excellent book: your Literary and joke departments were very good. THE SACHEM Oldtown High School, Oldtown, Maine Your Alumni section was very good. Have you thought of an Exchange column? THE BUGLE Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine Congratulations. You have an excellent book. Your dedication is one off the best we've seen in any book. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS Stearns High School, Millinocket, Maine Your Literary secticcn is very interesting and well done. A few informal pictures would add to your book. JESTER Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, Maine Your Senior Specialties , poems and jokes are very-good. Your Literary section could be enlarged to advantage. THE LIVE WIRE Newport High School, Newport, Maine Your Alumni In the Service page showed much artistic work. We think your joke section could be arranged better. THE BREEZE Milo High Sch-col, Milo, Maine The idea of autographs is clever. The car- toons are an addition to the book. Why not add an exchange column? THE MUSE Corinna Union Academy, Corinna, Maine Your book is set-up very well and the pic- tures add. Why not add to your joke section? THE SIGNET N. H. Fay High School, Dexter, Maine We enjoyed your interesting and neatly

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E- E-1 H. C. LSCRQQ g -ll . If . 1 I. f f' V , W ,y'i VF ,ai il XT , fl ' N 'mg'-ir., , j ' . '- , S 'EA 'L 4 l :.i-Q Sglxfi K' I E ' ' ' ' I 1.8. If Little Red Riding-Hood should live today, The modern girl would scorn her: She only had to meet, one wolf, N-ot one on every corner. Jean Allen: I got on awful fall last night. I was unconscious for ten hours. Paul Archer: Where did you fall? Jean Allen: I fell asleep. CURIOUS ORIGINS OF ' POPULAR SAYINGS Baseball fan - About a hundred years ago the owner of the St. Louis Browns called a certain man the greatest fanatic in base- ball he had met. Newspaper men started to call enthusiasts fan-atics and shortly thereafter just fans Gob - There is a Chinese word, meaning sailor, which sounds something like gobf'. When the U. S. Fleet first went into the Far East, it adopted that name for its sailors. Cold Shoulder - When you want to snub someone, you say you give him the cold shoulder. This was an actual custom in medieval France. When a guest outstayed his welcome, he was served cold shoulder and not the hot roast served to welcome guests. Crocodile Tears - We are apt to say this about a person of hypocritical attitude. It is based on an assumed tale that a crocodile devcurs a person and then sheds tears. So the term is used for people who express sympathies which are known to be false. Est Family of the Faculty Best Dressed Mrs. Grindle Handsomest Mr. Meader Speediest Miss Brown Wittiest Mr. Tracy Youngest Miss Hillman Calmest Mr. Keith Stateliest Miss Estev Cutest Mr. Fotter Kindest Miss Homer Mosquitoes: Consider thc mc-squito as an example. He rarely gets a slap on the back until he goes to work. The only individual who hasn't kicked about the extremely short skirts the co-eds are wearing, is the mosquito. A scientiiic expert now comes forth with the claim that fish kill mosquitoes. But who wants to take a iish to bed with him. Is That So? The steak was a la carte so the freshman told the waiter to wheel it in. Fill 'er up, cried the motorist to thc waiter as he dined with his girl friend. Seven days make one weak, said the coffee in the restaurant percolator. If, a.s a psychologist tells us, there is no such thing as pain, what is it some people give us? DOGS Did you hear of the little moron who wculdn't advertise for his lost dog because he knew the poor thing couldn't read? When a man bites a dog, it's his wife's pet chow. He calls his dog Jason because he is al- ways looking for fleece. Miss Hillman: t'Gooclness. Miss Chase. what happened to these cakes? Elizabeth Chase: Pm sure I don't kn:-w. Miss Hillman: They taste of soap. Elizabeth Chase: Maybe they do. You told me to fry them on the Soapstone grid- dle and when I couldn't find that I soaped the iron one. Little Alice Lou had never seen a dachs- hund before. Look, Papa, she exclaimed. See what gt long wheel-base that dog has got! Ted and York went hunting. A big bird flew up in front of them, and stared at them disdainfully from a tree. Ted drew a bead, when York shouted: Don't shoot yet, Ted. 'Ihe gun isn't loaded. w Can't help it, Yorkg the bird wcn't wait. Age Requirements From birth to 18, 3 girl needs good par- ents: from 18 to 35, good looks: from 35 to 55, personality: from 55 on, cash. Ladies, is this true?