Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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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

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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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1 1 , . H2 .-11225 16 THE CRESCENT lg- M, -X' . ff and still there were no patients in sight. A CAMPING TRIP Tl V4 .. -- '. - .. V . . sal' Then he began to sing his songs ox er It was a heautlful clay lh the hrst of .. will again.. He' had repeated this process sev- .lumen A Party of Six young people were M. eral times, in fact, for several hours, when on their way to a lake about four nliles I 7 just as he was beginning to think that from a Settlement. There were four girls ISN., All: hlis elght hours must be upahd rlealmed and two boys ln the party. The glrls all ,lil F M fmt lc lvai' gettmg lcrl turbtl' le Sim had on knickerbockers and Hannel shirts ' some nmmals Coming' while the boys were dressed for the trip l,t. 37 'XN'llCl1 they were near enough he ad- aStl1e5'tl1OL1gl1t best. , . I . L -,,l,, '- cl - dressed tflgmf Salmg' I am the C616 Each person had a knapsack or lug- . ' -s.,,.- r J - . I 1 'PM hrated phy sician, Doctor Lullfiog. I haxe gage strapped to his back. flhe luggage A ,M come there' for the preservation of the health of your community. I am a great specialist. lily specialties are anything from mumps to diphtheria which, as you know, is a very had disease to treat. Of course the animals did not know what he was talking about but when he said mumps, all the forest people un- derstood that he was indeed a great physician. They had just been suffering from this disease all through the forest. Some of the animals then told Dr. Bull- frog thatlthey had lost the greater part of their families and had some at home suH'ering from mumps now. Of course the frog doctor could not understand what they were saying. Con- sequently he piped up in frog language, fling-o-uni, chugfo-um. :Xt this the old man Fox got very angry and said. XYe wish you to un-ilerstand, llr, Bullfrog, that we forest folks are strict prohibitionistsf' Then turning to his comrades he said, Ile is not a doctor but a hootlegger, hack to the pond with him. .Nnd so it happened that llr. llullfrog went back faster than he came and as he sank lu the bottom he said, Ile it ever Su humble, there's no place like home. ll.xi:o1.n flitltflilili, '21 consisted mostly of bedding and two tents, but two packs were made up of camp supplies and food. The most valu- able of the camp supplies were a combi- nation knife, a hunting knife. a small axe and a cooking kit in combination. A few minor objects. such as some heavy twine, a few nails, a compass, and a field glass and camera were added. The food was mostly canned goods, such as fruits, vegetables, milk and soups. W'e also carried a good supply of eggs, butter, bacon, corn meal and cocoa. We walked to the place where we were going to camp. It was a small clearing on the edge of a beautiful lake, just the ideal spot for a camp. The first thing that took up our atten- tion after our trip was the puttingup of the tents, but this didn't take long. The next thing was to build a fire and tix a place to cook. The boys gathered some cedar and then made a pile of hard wood. First the cedar was put in place over a little birch bark. Then the hard wood was placed crosswise on top of this. But before the fire was lighted they found two sticks about four feet long with crotches in the ends.' These they drove ,Q -S HT-Q .V ...ha ll Qui-fn .,1 ' ,fa . Wi 4 fl' 9 .5 wr A ,Vg Q tif .n , .if 1 '4 I L . ,- , 'Q , - wx nf'-' Fl -v ...f lsr-Ar ,- lr. ,, . s ., U : , M' in .ma . 4. 4. 0 ' I 1 Li. :pi w . ,bfi iI'vi!'fL, l -'Q JCI 25' li I ui . K., ,j A'.' N L. 3.1414 all ..,,, 0 'L r-I if 'nw ' ,. .153 x . -' X 1, sh 195 N.. -x. Trl .T r ,, at A .., sf . 'x YL' Q fa. ltff W-Q . i. 1 :W lt. V . 'Z' '31?'f sv- fox-., r Q4 lm . 'ffl'-+-I .1. -lu' n .lag .5 , Va 'ww 1.7! X .,,.,. ..-, . uw-aw- ..v ...,,.,.,., i' V ' ' - ' - -alt' .. 4' X I' f f' V.. , ,,.g. l, i 'iii .. ' Ti :Avg Y