Lubec High School - Quoddy Light Yearbook (Lubec, ME)

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THE QUODDY LIGHT There nas my Geometry and Enghsh rec: ldl1OllS ln the mormng I mlght shp and shde over those but 1n the afternoon were my Latm and French perlods I would probably have to translate advance Latm so I dxd not worry very much about that but Ill Trench everyone had to reclte All day long before each recltatron I hoped beyond hope and even praved that I nnght not be called upon ln the classes Put hopmg and praymg dld l1ttle good llou I ever got through the day nobody lnows not even myself One thlng I do know that when I left school at half past two oclock I had declded to remam at home that evemng to study ln splte of the severe headache I had recelved as the re sults of the trxals of the day The next day dawned The sun was lndden behmd a cloud and I heard a nelgh bormg old tlmer say Waal Ig'l.1CSS1tS gonna ra1n today so I took lt for granted that 1t was As I hurrled to school I hummed the Star Spangled Banner In stead of thmklng of the terrors of the pres ent vsar I thought of the bravery of our Yankee boys and the peace of the mormng I was very happy I dld not mmd the pourmg ram Why was I 1D light splrxts? The previous evenmg I had prepared my studies I was anx1ous for school to begm Would the bell never rlng? At last my recltatlons began How eagerly I awalted each ques tlon I was really dxsappolnted when the teacher dnd not call upon me to recite A1 though rt was stormy outslde yet to me nothmg could be more pleasant than the classroom In Geometry I dld not dread the questions nor shun the prlnclpal s look In fact this day was a strlkmg contrast to the prevlous day At half past two I was very mdustrxous and went to the hbrary to look up refer ences As there was no one else there I was left to my own thoughts Instead of zmmedlately begmmng work I sat down C227 and queer xdeas concernmg a happy school hfe 1n the future rushed through my mmd I recalled how elated I had been m all of my recltatlons that day How different lt had been from the day before' Then I said to myself How much better lt IS to prepare my lessons than to neglect them D P A FRESHMAN S DREAM Pa may I go to school? Thls ques t1on was anxrously asked by a homely pmched face g1rl wnth iiery red halr jerusha Bean was a very ambltlous grrl but her parents were very indifferent When Ma Bean felt as though she could spare her Jerusha had gone to the l1ttle country school eagerly and now her great est deslre was to attend the Hlgh School rn the cxty about erght m1les from her home Jerusha had two overgrown bolsterous brothers Sllas and Pete both of whom were very lazy Thus a great part of the work fell upon Jerusha On thls mght of whlch I speak the weather was bad and lt happened that the whole Bean famlly were at home Sllas and Pete sat wlth thelr chalrs tipped agalnst the wall whlttlmg Ma Bean sat knlttmg beslde the dmlng room s1tt1ng room and parlor table combmed on whlch a small smoky kerosene lamp burned dlmly Pa was seated by the cook stove laborrously trymg to extract hrs huge feet from some red and whlte homespun socks HIS flrst response to th1s question ffor a few mmutes jerushaj was few moments jerusha you dishes and be whlch seemed hke hours to a loud grunt but after a he saxd m a loud tone glt tuh work at them er of some use tuh you re Ma afore you begm that school tomfoolery It was one whole week before Pa gave hrs consent and overcame his prejudxce for city schools He always took as an ex ample two Hawkms gzrls who attended school only for the fun of going and con 1 - ' J 1 1 x ' . - H . . - V - 1 1 4 11 - . . , E. . ., 19. ' r . . , cr 1 n . . . . H ,, . J . , . - , . 1 i , . ' , . 1 1 , . . . . . . . 1 . ' , . , ' 1 ' 1 - ca ' 11 cc ' 1 1 ' 1 . ,, . . . 1 1 1 cc 73 1 1 1 . . , . - y - - 1 - 1 . . , I - y 1 1 1 - 1 - ' ' 1 rc ' 1 - 1 . . . . , , .. ' ' 11 . . 1 . . , . ' 1 1 1 '

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THE QUODDY LIGHT mg left to give you. You have taken everythmg which we had. Then roared the giant I will take away your daughter your beloved Salver Bell, and he reached out has great hand caught Silver Bell by her two beautlful black brands and dragged her towards hxm All her crxes were ln vam Spanmng her w'ust wlth his hand he marched off with her as a cluld would do with an old rag doll Then Grey Wolf called together his braves and said You know what has hap pened To whoever saves my beloved daughter I w1ll give her hand m marriage Now hasten before the monster dxsappears wxth her In your absence I w1l.l beseech the Great Spmt to destroy our adversary OH they scampered hke the wmd but be fore them was another Black Fox, having seen lus sweetheart s predxmment voluntarily followed behind Friar ludmg in the shadow of the mon sters great legs so that the grant was not conscxous of bemg followed. Soon Frzar neared the top of a great cllff overlooking the water and Black Fox ever hopeful fired an arrow which plerced I'lS arm eausmg hlm to drop the belle of the Pennaquols Whxle turnmg to see who had dared to do thls bold deed Fx-1ar stepped back and felt hunself shppmg He qtuckly turned facing the water and fell below Then the Great Spmt m an swer to Grey Wolf s prayers of angulsh opened up a great pit m the beach beneath and 1nto xt fell the wlcked grant Immedl ately the rocks of the beach closed ln around h1s neck leavmg only h1s monstrous head v1s1ble At thls moment appeared the other mem bers of the tnbe who forgetful of all Jeal ousy gave a great shout on seemg Sxlver Bell safe Of course Black Fox won the Indnan malden as hrs bride and at the death of Grey Wolf he became the chief of the Pennaquols As for Frlar he remamed powerless to 621 J move untnl the crows and seagulls came and plcked out hls eyes Then he gradu ally turned mto stone llke the rocks whlch surrounded him Any time that you go to Campobello or past xt you may see Frlar s Head or Old Fnar standmg bodyless on the beach beneath a hlgh cliff m the very place where he was put by the Great Spmt A W 18 TWO DAYS OF MY SCHOOL LIFE OR THE RESULT OF NEGLECTFULNESS As I walked slowly to school one day a classmate of mme greeted me wlth a pleas ant Good mornmg I replied to her salu tation with a cool Hello and then I wondered why I was so sullen For wxth rn -me I felt more llke dlsregardmg my frxends than respondmg to their greetmgs me despondent for It was a beautxful sprmg mornmg the sun was shlmng 1ts brlghtest the birds were smgmg gaxly and on all sldes Mother Nature was awakmg her chll dren The trees were buddmg out wlth leaves and on the lawns m several small patches the dull brown winter ooat of the grass had changed to a bright green I stlll pondered over the reason why I was m dull splrxts It was not becaux I had not enjoyed myself the n1ght before for had not I been to the movles and had I not seen Mary Prckford and Richard C Trav ers act? Surely nothing could please me more for these two players were my favor :tes At last the answer to my query dawned upon me It was too bad but all too true I had not prepared my lessons for the day' I had gone to the mov1ng plctures instead' After thmkmg of my lessons I began to wonder what I was to do As lt was Thurs- day I had no study periods m school On that day I always took Domestic Science I was certamly m quite a prechcament' ' ' Q! - Q u n ' u - - . ' , - I 2 , l ' . I U ' ' cc ' x . . ' ' 1 1 U 64 ' Y! ' . , 9 I . . . . ' ' 1 I . . . , , . . 7 . . ., . ' u , - , . . . ' ' 'Y cc ' xr ' - n u - . . ' 'C 7, 9 9 y 0 ' . ' l . . . ' . - y , n ' It certainly was not the weather that made . .' v , ' 3 n n u I ' ' 5 . . f r 1 I n J u , 1 n , ' A y 9 o . 1 , ' - . . r 9 Y . . u - . . 1 1 - 3 - . , , . , , 0 u - , . 3 . G ' . . ' , 1. 1 n 7 Y . I' . , . , .

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THE QUODDY LIGHT sequently came back w1th a smattering of typewrltmg a llberal supply of chewmg gum and a full knowledge of the latest fash1ons It was agreed to buy Ierusha one new cahco dress To her great dismay when Ma Bean returned from the city Jerusha found the dress to be of a peculxar red, evidently shop worn and faded and hber ally sprmkled wlth white clrcles When m de up 1n the simplest way possfble the skirt was too long and very uneven around the hem On the morning of the beginning of school Jerusha was up before sunrise domg the chores At an early hour she departed with a neighbor who was going to the city and who had prormsed to take her over Try to xmagme Jerusha waiting at the gate for the slowly approaching wagon arrayed in that hideous calico dress a new pair of thxck, coarse moccasms homespun stock ings an old faded pink ha1r ribbon hed a huge cows breakfast as lt was called Her small freckled face was flushed and she was qulvermg with excitement As Jerusha entered the school ground some girls play-mg volley ball stopped stared and finally burst into 1ll-concealed g gqles -Ierusha lifted her chin a bit high er and passed these thoughtless girls not unheedful of the excrted murmur of voices behlnd her Some rude boys accosted her in the corridor and called her Freshle and one darmgly asked her as to where she had stolen the cows breakfast Even the teachers smiled queerly as she came into the-rr rooms and of all this Jerusha was keenly conscious Silas and Pete won deled at one another at the supper table that night for Jerusha had abandoned her fax orite topic of school C237 That night as Jerusha crept into bed in the attic her heart was heavy She tossed her red dress and moccasms into the far thest corner of the room buried her head in the scantv pillow and crled herself to sleep But now the scene changes As we look towards the entrance of the sthool grounds a tall graceful glrl enters She IS dressed entirely in white and as she approaches a host of girls surround her and escort her to the doorway Her beautiful auburn hair of which she has an abundance is becommgly arranged and as the sun plays on lt IS strikingly handsome As she smiles she shows two gleaming rows of teeth We inquire her name from a girl near us and are eagerly lnformed that it is Jerusha Bean a semor and the most popular glrl ln school As Jerusha is fimshmg an excltmg game o volley ball a voice is heard calling Je rusha Jerusha and Jerusha finds the a cute little Ford wartmg to take her for a rrde Im coming Pa she answered Waal hurry up and git down here and do this er churnlng was the answer Je rusha startled by this unexpected reply woke up and started when she perceived herself ln her own room with the sun streaming ln at the wmdow lighting up the red dress to perfection Why where is the car the girls the school? she asked herself Why I ve been dreaming Poor Iemsha to awake and find herself only a poor little insignificant Freshman with a red and white cal1co dress some moccasms and a cows breakfast Yet the dream had not been in vain She had caught a glimpse of the future Ierusha Bean E L M 19 D 1 A , - . . .I ' ' l . Y . Q i . v . , . . I ' . - . . . , - , 7 a . . . . 7 ' ! ' 1 t 7 n a I . 7 I Q . . 3 7 1 A ' ' n n 1 , e ' . . . . , I ' ' ' u ' ' - ' , J 9 ' 9 77 n , . . . . i , , on 3 long I-ed pig tail, and Sul-mounting 311, owner of the voice to be her Pa Bean in KK Y , . ' KI Y ' 77 ' . . . . ' 1 1 ' . . U ' Y ' Y ' Y! . - ' ' 7 ' Q . 9 ' n I , V Y . 4 u n v , i . - ' ' , . . . Y . . . . I H 7 ' , Q ' . - - va ' . H ' H 1,4 s , . - u . y 1 y u 7 f . y . . . . I . 7 . y u o Q ! ' ' n 1 as 1 a . S V . . A . 1 .