Limington Academy - Sokokis Warrior Yearbook (Limington, ME)

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SAVED BY THE UNEXPECTED' The sun was just beginning to cast its last rays of sunlight into the cool, green valley, before setting down to rest in back of the purple mountains. Tom, the Lone- ly One , as his people called him, looked down into the valley and his heart seemed to call out to the dark places that were casting shadows across the brook and the pond. He would have to hurry if he got to his cabin before dark. This was his home and he would long for it every time he was away. It was so to speak his place for rest- ing in the cool, crispy days of spring. He had just been to the settlement, fifty miles away, and sold his furs that he had caught during the winter months. It was a long, hard trip, and even his old horse seemed to know that they were home at last and that there would be a time of feeding and resting for himself. just before making the rest of the way down into the valley to his cabin he checked the horse's saddlebags and tightened the burro's straps, for he didn't want to lose any of his supplies. They would have to go him until next spring. Some- where down ahead, Boone, his old hound, barked and the call sounded through the valley, making all the little animals quiver and run to their shelters. The big game pricked up their ears and scented the wind to see if there was any danger nearby. Tom heard it as he stopped in front of his cabin and wondered what his faithful companion had started so early. Could it be the great tawny mountain cat? His heart seemed to stop as he heard the blood curdling cry of the cat and a crashing of the bushes told him that the animal was just across the clearing and coming his way. The horses and the burro got scent of it and he had just enough time to grab the rifle as they both bolted away. Boone was barking somewhere up on the ridge, and Tom knew that as long as he kept his head he would be able to shoot the big cat. A light brown figure leaped out of the woods and for a second stopped to look around. His great head was lifted up towards the ridge where the dog was making his way down and fol- lowing his trail. The cat seemed to know that it would be quite a while before the dog would find its scent. When the cat came to the brook for the first time it got the scent of another more interesting smell, the smell of a human, which meant there SOKOKIS WQIRRIOR ---- Thifrff would be a good meal for the man-eating cat. He came across the clearing in great leaps and stopped about fifteen feet from the man, who was standing still, holding the gun and watching the cat. The cat crouched and its eyes watched every move Tom made. Its lashing tail told Tom that it wouldn't be long before it leaped. Tom took careful aim and just before pulling the trigger a sharp twang and the cat tell over dead. Tom looked up and his eyes fell on Pan- ther , his little Indian friend, who was in a tree. It was surely a lucky break for Tom because his own gun was empty! C. N. H., '53. RUNNING WATER AT LIMINGTON ACADEMY I think it's a terrible thing not having running water in a high school. There are a great many disadvantages with our present water system. We have no facilities for washing, which I think we should have, not enough drinking water to carry us through the day, we don't have sanitary Hush toilets which would be a nice thing, and I think we should have them anyway. We have no means of water in our gym for us or visiting teams or showers. If we had running water in the school I think the boys and girls in school would be willing to wash the windows and the inside of the building when it needed it, and the town wou1dn't have to hire somebody spe- cial to come in and do it. The laboratory equipment should be washed now and then, which is hard to do now. Good, clean water would be a lot better to drink than tonic every day, even the walter that we do have is unfit to drink sometimes because the fountain has flies in it or dust. Water at Limington Academy would be an economy and better fire protection. I think it would be a good project for the Agriculture boys to help put the Water in, in some way. There are two means of getting water that I know of and they are, having a well dug at the Academy or pipe it from the dormitory. Anyway, I think ilt's a shame not to have running water here although we do have running,water in a way, we have to run over to the dormitory and get it and then run back. U R. C., '54.

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Twlw . . - LIZWINGTON ACAUJEZVIY lL Il T IE R A R HY WHY I LIKE HOME ECONOMICS I like Home Economics because it is very helpful for both boys and girls. Home Eco- nomics is helpful because it prepares you for your future home. First of all you learn how to keep house and to keep it clean and keep it nice and neat. You learn how to paint and paper. You learn how to cook pies, cakes, breads, and to put up lunches for every occasion. You learn how to do sewing and that helps you if you have a home of your own. lt saves a lot of money by making your own clothes. It helps if you have children because you can make a lot of their clothes. It helps you because you can make things for your own home. Home Economics is very interesting. We are go- ing to learn how to hook a rug. I think that is going to be interesting, because I like to learn to do new things. VV e shall have good times when we have our fashion show, to show off the things we have made. We have Home Economics with the seniors and they are a lot of fun to work with. You learn to work together with other people and that is good to know. B. R., '53. THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF A BASKETBALL GAME There are only two minutes left to our ball game and we were in possession of the ball. The score was forty-eight to forty- eight. You see, the score was tied. Clayton took the ball out of bounds and passed it off to Herbert. He dribbles down the floor, stops, passes back to Clayton. Clayton passes it off to Bill and he dribbles down and shoots-but misses. Raymond jumps up and gets the rebound. He passes it off to me and I pass it out to Clayton. He passes to Her- bert. Then it goes from Herbert to Clayton -then it gets in my hands again. I pass it on to Raymond and he tums and gives it back to me. Five seconds left to play. Their man fouls. Now I know the game is up to me. I take my place at the foul line. I shoot and miss. But Bill is in for the re- bound, puts it up and gets two points which puts us ahead. The game is over and we won. T. D., '54, THE SHORTAGE OF WATER If you were asked a question wouldn't you expect an answer? If someone asked you what you did for water at the Academy what would you say? Tonic substitutes for water for us at the Academy. You know as well as I do that that is no substitute for water. So tonic cannot take the place of water. Tonic cannot Hush out your system, or give you a clear complexion. The Academy with running water would have a lot of advantages, for instance, with running water you wouldn't have to run over to the home economics room to get water to drink. Often when boards are washed you have to go over after more water. The money that is paid for a clean- ing woman could be put toward the water system. The Hoors at the Academy aren't washed but once or twice a year, they are oiled. This could cause someone to fall- and hurt himself. Then there will be a bill for someone to pay. , Flush toilets and showers should be put into the gym. It is often an embarrassing situation to say to the members of the visit- ing team that you have no water to drink, unless you carry it. After the game you are all sweaty, but what can you do? Instead of washing you go without until you get home. This is bad for your health. If running water was put into the Acad- emy, hot lunches could be served. How would you like to eat sandwiches every day, five days a week? Hot lunches are being served but not at the Academy. If there is a fire, there is danger to every one in school, since we have no water. The fire extinguisher would help a little, but while the Ere engine is being called the school could easily be burnt down. The Agriculture boys could help with the proj- ect of digging a well. It also would be an interesting subject for anyone to watch. The world is still changing, we still have time to put in running water. Let's not turn back the pages of time. Let's look for- ward for something better! M. H., '54.

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P 'H-fff - - LINIUVG TOZV . 1C.71Dffl'Vfl', LILLABET BECOMES QUEEN It all happened Mlednesday, February the sixth, nineteen hundred and fifty-two. The King of England, King George VI, died leaving his eldest daughter, Princess Eliza- beth, to inherit the throne. Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, had just started on their tour through Africa. She was going on a five months' tour which would have taken them to Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, and other British regions. They would have gone thirty thousand miles in all. Upon her return, there were de- cisions for her to make, such as approving the arrangements for her father's funeral. The first decision of the queen was immedi- ate return home. She received the news of her father's death in a forest lodge in Kenya, five thousand miles from Kensington Pal- ace where England's previous Queen Vic- toria was informed of the death of her uncle, King William IV. Elizabeth is al- ready the sovereign, but she will not be crowned queen at once. The coronation will take place next summer with great pomp and ceremony. It is a tradition that Britain prospers and grows greater whenever a queen reigns. That held true during the reigns of Eliza- beth I and Victoria. Queen Elizabeth of the fifteen hundreds was twenty-live when she became queen. Britain was torn by religious wars. She was a vain woman but she was a shrewd monarch who, by tact and ruthless- ness, ushered in prosperity and patriotism. Queen Victoria, who became queen in the eighteen hundreds, saw social reform in England the extension of powers over the empire. During her sixty-four years as queen the British Empire became supreme in the world and Victoria, who had become a synonym for public and private virtue, had stamped her personality on a whole era. Queen Elizabeth of our present day and age will undertake the duties that her father left when he died. Her son, Charles, who is only three years old, will have to have tutors and special training. He will start learning the duties of a king. He will not have much time in which he can play like other children. Perhaps his first official state duty may be to travel down to the ruins of Caernavon Castle in Wales to be made Prince of Mfales. Queen Elizabeth has the affection of all English speaking people, including Americans. It is to be expected that her influence will do much toward strengthening the natural bond between Great Britain and the United States. R. M. B., '52. A VISIT IN A FARM HO-USE One day not long ago I was going on a hike with Betty and Judy. We went up an old back road which led us to an old house that no one lived in. Betty thought she was big and not scared so she said, Let's go in and take a look around and see what we can see. Judy and I didn't want -to go in at first but she talked and talked so we went in. We went into the house. There were no windows and doors. There was no furni- ture except an old chair in the room next to the cellar door. We opened the door and decided to go down, using the fiashlight we happened to have with us. The cellar stairs were kind of weak, but we thought they were safe enough to hold us. XV hen we got down there we walked around fiashing the light in every direction. All of a sudden we heard a noise, it was a little squeak, but we heard it and it frightened us. We de- cided to go back because it was so dark and scarey. VVhile scrambling up the stairs they began to wiggle and squeak. Betty and I reached the top step when suddenly the stairs gave away. We grabbed hold of judy's hand and spared her from falling all the way down. We pulled and pulled and final- ly got her up to the room where the chair was. We decided to find a room where there was a table and play house, but we hunted and hunted. All we found were rat holes, cobwebs, and an old black rusted stove. It was beginning to get dark so we decid- ed to go home. We forgot where the old doorway was so we hunted and finally found it. As we were going out we saw an old horse, which we thought must belong to somebody on the black road. We took him out to the black road and let him go. When all of a sudden a car came along. It was Betty's uncle who took us all home. I was so tired that I went to bed without any- thing to eat for supper. S. G., '54.