Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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THE CRESCENT success 1n the acqu1s1t1on of knowledge no gambllng drmk 1ng or dancmg IS allowed Although of course I reallze that I need not call th1S rule to the attent1on of members of the female department However I must warn you that no ldle walklng or lo1ter1ng w1ll be tolerated on the streets on Sun days Regular rellglous SCFVICCS are held 1n the upper hall of Academy bu1ld1ng ELVIRA I m sure Slr w1th all these provlslons for our securlty and advancement we shall be very happy here Good day S1r fSchool bell r1ngs J TRUE That s our new bell that was Just hung Every one IS g1v1ng It a pull to chrlsten It BEAN It 1S made out of two hundred sxlver dollars MERCY 8a ELVIRA We re scholars now may we rlng the bell too S1r'7 Th1s scene IS composed of materlal COp16d Verbatlm wherever pos slble from the early catalogues records and texts of the school Leona R McDonald . . . . . . y 1 9 ' 9 9 . . . ' r . . I . , . . . . . . , , . D - , I . l , . . . . . 2 . . 7 ' . , , , . . . . . . , - . b 1 y r - . 7 I 5 1

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BEAIN ELVIRA MERCY TRUE 81 BOTH MERCY TRUE THE CRESCENT Miss Moulton a haie starts tv1ent1 fi1e of its leaps 111 ad1 a11ce of a hound The hare takes four leaps to the hound s three But two of the hound s leaps are equal to three of the hare s How many leaps must the hound take to 01 ertake the h3199 Sir A hare staits tv1 enty f11e leaps in ad1 ance of a hound T110 of the hounds leaps are equal to three of the hare s 11 h1le the hare takes foul leaps to the hound s th1ee H011 ma11y leaps must the hound take to overtake the hare? Sir if two of the hound s leaps equals three of the haxe s one of the hounds is equal to one and one half of the hare s A11d if the hound takes th1ee leaps to the hare s four he takes one leap to the haie s 0119 a11d one thlld Sir 1f one of the hound s leaps is equal to 0116 and one half of the hare s and if he takes one leap to the haie s one and one third he giilllb taking one leap o11e and 0116 half minus o11e and one third oi one sixth of a haies leap S11 if he gains one h of a1e s eau Ill tak ng one a 1 h 111 gain t11 er1t1 fi1e leaps O1 OX91tclk8 the hale 111 taking, a man1 leaps as one sixth 18 eontalned time in t11 ent1 fi1e 11 hich ale 0116 hunched and nft1 Theiefoie S11 the hound must txke o11e hundred and nft1 le 1ps to o1 eltake the haie extl acting the cube lO0t of a numbel To extiact the cube 100t of a 11umbe1 proceed as follo11s Separate the 3511 en number into pe11ods by pointing GX GFX th11d figule b6SC,1llHlHg 111th the Llll1t9 ngule Proceeding to the left if 11 hole numbeis to the llght if decimals Find the 261621126811 11LlmbQ1 11 hose Cube IS contained 111 the left hand pe1 iod A11d 1111te it 111 the root Subtiact the cube of thls root flom the left ha11d p611OCl And to the rema111de1 annex the next period foi a d111dend Take three times the squale of the loot found 1ega1ded IS te11s fO1 a t11al d111so1 d111de the d111dend b1 It A11d 11 rite the l9QL1lt as a second pa1t of the root To the t11al d1X1QO1 add three times the first part of the 1oot iegarded as tens multiplied by the last part also the square of the last pa1t Multiplv the result by the last part and SLlbt13Ct the D1 oduct from the d111dend S11 if there a1e more p611OdS continue the operation as before BEAN V611 good indeed Thank you Sirs We anticipate the f01H'1lHg of many friendships here Sir Indeed And most profitable ones We maintain ho11e1 er that the social act111t1es of the students be l1m1ted As tem perance sobriety and molality constitute the foundation of , . . . 1: ., , . K x , J- , A v H I , ' Y 9 . , . : ' I 1 1 7 - ' 7 1 A1 ' f 7 3 7 7 7 V K 4 , 4 1 y ' 7 ' 3 N , , 9 . I ,N . 1 7 . I Q 9 1 N u y , , . , . 'v I I yi . - .r, . - ' ' ' . , ' ' in ' 1 ' V . . - 7 V ,f ' Q ' ' 1 sixt a h ' '. l 1 ' - i 1 le 1, e ll . ' v v- - 1 L, . v I - . J - ' f ' T S v 4 kv f A1 Q-'dv 'As 1 1 ' ' ' 7 -- v v ' 1 ' - ' ' 1' ' 1, , S 2 I ' -V 2 Av ' x 1 1 1 'D . BEAN: Miss Farrar: A simple question in evolutiong give the rule for Ar ic 4 ' Q 1 W. .Q N T. . v. . ,L . ' . f' : ' ' .7 ' ' ' - '- Q N 1 ' y 2 .1 Av V 4 1.1 v L 43 v A . . . V ' 9 : , ' . 3 ' ' ' . 1 , . u . . Y 7 , , . .. , , . 7 4 . V . . 1 7 '

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20 THE CRESCENT DR GFORGE G AVERILL We the present students of Lee A cademy haxe the p11x1lege th1s year to celebrate the one hundredth annlxer sary of our school We seldom pause and g1xe thought to the many people vxho have made such a school poss1ble In our busy l1x es xxe take for granted our modern school bbllldlllg the nevx gx I'I'll13SlLl1'I'1 and the manv other 18 QOUICSQ of Lee Academx Hoxx exer at th1s tlme vxe are C011S1d6I'll'1g,' some of the people xx ho haxe shoxx n an dCtlXG 1nterest1n ou1 school One can sav onlx some of the people because as 1t so often happens thele ale sex 91 al more people xx ho 111 thelr qulet and mconsplcuous xx ax haxe alded 1n the Ac xdemvs progress It would txkc a great deal of txme and space to enum erate all the persons to whom Lee A cademy1s1ndcbted Perhaps one of the greatest benefactors and the one who 19 foremost 1n ou1 mmds at the present t1me 19 Dr Ave11ll George Goodxxm Ax er1ll was born IH East Lmcoln He was one of the f1V8 chlldren of Daxe and Leah Lowell Ax er1ll When the oldest chlld was on ly ten the fathe1 dled leavmg the mother to support the famxly on the small penslon IGCQIX ed by a war xet eran s xx1doxx Relatlves 1mplored the mother to d1x1de the ch1ldren among the d1fferent relat1xes but she de clmed and through the many years managed to keep her fam1lv together She sold her home 1n Llncoln and pur chased the bulldmg whlch IS the pre sent Spauldlng home and George at tended Skunk H111 grade school La tex th1s home xx as sold and the pres ent Ralph Vx eatherbee home xx as pur chased It xx as then the home of Col Bean one of the founders of Lee A cademx Mrs Axerlll made her l1x1ng bx b0d1dll'1g' pup1ls who attended Lee lNo1mal Academy George became a student IH the A cademy Ill order to lay the foundatlons for L1 cal eer vxhlch he had env1s1oned cx en as a ch1ld Most ch1ldren when asked xx hat they are gomg to be xx hen thev grow up w1ll say a pol1ce man a 1a1lroad conductor a farmer but alxx avs when George was asked It xxas a doctor That thought never left h1s mmd for a moment Every effort xx as along that l1ne and every cent saxed was put away for that purpose He d1d Janltor work at the Academy for h1s tu1t1on Prlor to enter 1ng medlcal school he was reglstered . A L - ,S Y. y . . , L v 1. Y. . 7. L a - 7 - 7 - s L ' L . 7 L y L L ' L ' ' L - L LL . L L v v 1 I . . . L A L K - . . v N . - y K 9 ' as ' H 7 ' - - r. t 7 L ' ' L L L L 's L L J. Y f , ' . 1 3 , L- ' ' y L ' ' L 7 L 1 - L L L - L - v L L ' v L L -L L L L L L, . ' ' L s L LL v L L . L .V D , L ' U 77 L ' L v L v ' ' 1' L , L , L K . L . L L L L L ' ' L ' L, L, V J L Y . . . Y 1 I L . L . . . L L L A K L Uv L y y L A - 7 L s L ' ' 2 1 A- K . 2 x 1 I V 1- L L ks ,A L LL - L v L L , L L L L L L ' L ' L L L . L 's ' .x - L L L 1 L ' L . L L . H L L- L L L 1 r A L U k , - ' ' L ' L L L L L ' 77 L L L L , , , . L .L H L L L V L L , L 7 A 7 s L . L ' . L L . V Y L ' v Y L L L V ' L L ' L 1 . L , , L . L L 4 Y 7 ' L ,