Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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14 THE CRESCENT ing the ascent so easy. he cut more steps in the limestone and kept climbing higher and higher until he was nearly at the top of that great Natural Arch. His knife was worn nearly to the handle when he accidentally dropped it and found himself helpless. :Xt last a rope was let down to him from the top of the bridge and his life was saved. The boy had the right idea of climbing high, higher and highest of all but he was unprepared to do so great a feat without more equipment. As we. the class of 1923, leave Lee Academy to go out into the world to climb high, higher and highest, let us not go out without proper equipment which, I should say, should consist of perseverance, pa- tience. sharpened intellect, common sense, courage, good health, fairness of judg- ment. a broad mind, willingness to accept responsfbility. and last but most impor- tant of all, good character. And as we climb let us not do as Alexander Pope says about critics in his Essay on Criticism, Now, they who reach Par:assar's lofty crown Employ their pains to spurn some others clown, but when we attain great heights let us remember our motto and help some others perhaps less fortunate than we to climb high, higher and highest. ll.ueor.n Cieockizre, '23, - EMMY LOU'S FAMILY ALBUM lfmmy l.ou was going to college. .-Xgain and again she had pictured to her- self the delightful times that she would have. The last few days at home were spent in a flurry uf packing and in saying good- bye to friends. and not until she was seated upon the train did Emmy give way to the lonesomeness which had deprived her of some of the happiness of her en- trance into a new life. Arriving at Harlowe Hall Station in Carroll County, New Hampshire. she found herself in the school cab with a smartly dressed young lady who said that she was returning to Harlowe for her second year. Upon entering the reception hall Emmy was immediately introduced to the matron and assigned a room. To her surprise she found that her roommate was to be Miss Helen Graham, the very girl whom she had met in the school cab. The two girls soon went down to din- ner and Helen was quickly surrounded by a group of chattering friends to whom she introduced Emmy and soon forgot her. Emmy, being rather reserved, did not make friends easily and found herself left much alone. As soon as she could she escaped to her room and was preparing for a good cry when Helen returned. As they sat talking upon various sub- jects, Emmy mentioned her country home and Helen told her of her home in the city not far away. Suddenly stopping in the midst of a sentence, Helen exclaimed, I suppose you have the old family album upon the parlor table ? And Emmy blushingly owned that the family album was upon the best parlor table. From that time Helen made a great joke of the album, and never failed to mention it often, especially when there were other girls present. The days passed swiftly and Thanks- giving recess was only a week away. All but limmy who must spend the recess at the llall, were going somewhere. Helen was hurrying to get her prettiest dresses X u'0Uld .ii Wd um haf of ill After givingiii Emmf' her to fi sumlllff' my un invimrjfrf angioui T Emm? uai gllf only SH for thai hired ru? Helen if But fl could. 22 would ru As the uubearai album. z leave ie' return c angrily of your rather quickly uith a E d ies

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V... -- V Y ...- .. ., ,,-,,, ...- ,, .. ,,,,, -.-....,.,, , ,,.-.,.,,,, -,,,- THE CRESCENT CLASS ESSAY HONOR Altus Altlor Altisslmus VVe the Senior class of Lee Academy haxe chosen for our c ass motto Altus Altlor Alt1SS1lI1L1S xxhich means high higher highest Clur choice seems xerv fitting and proper for txxo reasons The first reason is that it Fits our class for xx e have reason to beliex e and xve have reason to hope that xve as a class stand high 1n the estimation of our friends and school courage and uncompromising independ ence rose to Englands most influential position and during the Worlcl XV'1r he xx as England s dynamic force and xvas his country s representatixe at the Peace conference in Paris For a moment let us look for illustra tions in our oxvn h story Have you ever stopped to think how many men xvho have sat in the pres dential chair have risen from humble birth? Of course we all hold dear to our hearts the shining and llx- 13 SP5 ' ing - ' , n u Q , A P ' . C Hg ' its g , ' L C p J y 9 , ' c . . 1 r 4 C . she Y xc L ,, 1 , . , , . - . '. V . . 7 5 ni- i ' X ' t S f N . . :jst I , K D ' . V C - . as . ' . ' ' i 1 'V . 25- . ' i I I C C . na' N . . c l on . . . i , , . 1 c . . I C , - be Nfl LBC- :is Eus- CX' na., lxbs ,. .KET the A 3: age 195. 'il1C ake :Ura hi' 3 mg ner the U5 mates xvho are gathered here on this Com mencement Day. Some of us, having completed our four years' work here, plan to obtain a higher education by attending some college or university, and we hope that at least one of our number will attain one of the highest positions in the school of life. The second reason for choosing high, higher, highest, for our motto is the beauty of the motto itself, the meaning of which is so significant that it gives us an ideal to work for. It represents the dif- ferent steps in the education and uplifting of the human mind. It seems to suggest that a person of the humblest birth can, by his oxvn physical! or mental ability, reach a high, higher or even one of the highest places in the xvorld. This fact is proved in the case of Oliver Cromxvell, the great English Protector, who was born in one of the rural districts of England, and by his physical strength, ambition and ability to control men, came to be ruler of England for a period of twenty years. Another illustration is that of David Lloyd George, ex-Prime Minister of Eng- land, xvho is the son of a poor Welsh schoolmaster, and xvho, by his hard study, inspiring example of Abraham Lincoln, but let us remember that about one-third of the presidents of our country were the sons of very democratic' midi humble parents, and have reflected much credit both upon themselves and upon our country by climbing high, higher and highest. A A i ' This motto also 'makes clear to -us that xve cannot reach the highest places in the xvorld at a single bound, but that step by step we must reach the top. VVhen thinking of this motto, I am re- minded of an incident which is recorded of a boy who was visiting the great Nat- ural Bridge in Virginia, where it has always been a custom with visitors to cut their names as high up as they can on,the massive limestone ,wall of the bridge. The boy mentioned cut his name a foot above the names of all the other people, xvith the exception of the name of George Vxfashington. He was not satisfied with xvhat he had done but began to think that it would be an honor to cut his name on a level xvith that of the father of his country. Thus, xvith a pocket knife, he cut a foot- hold in the limestone and climbed up ta the level that he xvished to reach, but find-

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. uv Y up M- ,wr W .vm l -4-www Sub-FY-94K A ., I7 -Y V - ---------H ' 1' ' -7 7- ' , . , . , -,. , . . THE CRESCENT ready to take to her big home Often she would stop packing to tell Emmy of the good times she would have and to remind her of the family album After Helen returned from her Thanks giving visit she expressed a wish to s e Emmv s home and finally Emmv 1lV1tCCl her to spend a week at her home in the summer but the invitation was gn en very unwillmgy Helen accepted the 1nv1tat1on quickly for sie said I m anxious to look at the family album Emmy was sorry after the 1nv1tat1on was given Oh she thought if I can only get mother to put the album away Helen must siend her Christmas hol1 day s in the b10f brownstone house xx ith an uncle and aunt u ho xx ere so cold and self ce itered that they nex cr had a thought for the lo iely niece who they thought must I e satished uith the uhirl of Cfaietv in xx ll1Cl'l they lived When Emmy had heard the cause of 6 Helen s tears she laughed joyfully Oh she exclaimed pack your trunks this verv minute for you ar golng home XV1tl'1 me to see my mother father and little brother And the family album? asked Helen half laugh1ng half crying 15 435- - Yer! . 1 . .- eng r. 4 I V . .6 V, . ' C r I C - 1 in I - , 1 . ' C D c - A 1 . , 5 C . . . . . . . . , ,h , , 2 2 . c 7 7 ' . a . , C ,ll , . 7 . . - i , - ' Elm . y , - her I ' ' ' I ' 1 x ' cc sy . , ' , ' ' f 7 - sr - ' - - .1 , c ' . ' , y ' , KC a J . I S . I . ' ' as . U 1 ' , , I . . . U ' her ' - - sr aa cc' U . . ,, 'I was ' 2 a . , 5' girl , A ' i ' ' v flin- cvi lin' she v . P Hts. ' -s H Rm cl: lex: if' ste u .,-I gvmg Hui A 4. - -vs L 1, sul? 1 . . Sf Llil the ami, Fi Eflfium ,lfu.z. frvvjflk' Y r igvvvfn 21: Lis-- ,. r f- :ITE F :hd 5 U, ,.. 'nlf n'z.i,3 .- ' r I Nigel L Y.- ,an H ,. F VZZU5' . . All tif, ., D A. .,.- Ji vm, .,, Uris? Iin,OQ4e5 for that week, and I wonder if John, the hired man. would eat in the kitchen while Helen is there. But she resolved to do the best she could, and only hoped that brother .Iack would not try to practice any of his jokes. As the days passed Helen became more unbearable in her references to the family album, and the day before they were to leave for Christmas vacation, upon some return of Helen to the old subject Emmy angrily exclaimed, I am tired and sick of your foolish, proud airs, there V' Then rather surprised at herself she rose quicklytand left the room closing the door with a bang. A few minutes later as she passed the door she heard a sound of sobs coming from her room. Quietly' opening the door she saw Helen lying upon the bed, crying wildly. Going to where Helen lay, Emmy put her hand upon Helen's shoulder and said softly, VVhy are you crying, Helen ? Helen only sobbed more, but at last she said, Oh, go away, please-go away and leave me alone. Then Emmy sat' down beside her and talked for a few minutes, and soon the whole miserable story came out. And the family album, answered Emmy, soberly. AJUNIOR. DR. BULLFROG Oh, how dark and lonesome it is down here where the sun doesn't shine and there are no neighbors except a few old frogs much beneath myself in stationf' said Mr. Bullfrog, whose home was at the bottom of Dwinal Pond. I think I will go up to the earth and try my luck as a physicianf' So saying he rose to the sur- face and crawled out upon the bank. His next move was to find a place for an office and for this he chose a small knoll near the spot where he had left the water. After he had installed himself in his new office, he began to think how he would let people know about himself. He thought for a time. Then he hung a gaudy green and white sign upon a neigh- boring bush and turned up his singing apparatus to give a concert in order to attract attention. He sang all the songs that he knew