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

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F QLODDX Lt 6512155 Enduro Our lnes are vwoxen together bx a QPIIQS of To rlaxs To morrovs and Yesterdavs -ind although to nlght our m1nds are occup1ed xxlth hopes a11d ambltlons for our To morroxxs stlll the cher1shed memorles of our Yesteulays those spent 1n dear old Lubec High steal agaln and ag'11n to ou1 thoughts Then let us forget lOl a t1n1e To dax xv1th IIS trlals and d1ffieult1es To mo11oxx xx1th 1ts obstacles and perplex1t1es 'md go hack once mote to tread together IH memory the path of Yesterdav 11 1th 1ts mtngled 1nd SOIYOXXS Xnd 111 truth 1t seems only westerdax so x1x1dlx are the events of that sunnx Sep temler dax ltnprlnted on our m1nds that xxe 11 esented otuselxes at the portals ot' Iuhec 'hgh s xfnty one eaget hrtghtficed Fresh men Oh l1ttle d1d we dream of the manv Dll ttll and stumhlmg blocks th'1t were to hlnder o111 cmeless and unaccustomed footsteps I-Ioxxexer I am sony to sav that We ente1ed x 1th '1 te1r1ble blot on our TGDIIIEIIIOIIS We xxe e knoxxn tar and wlde as the class xvh1ch h d been instrumental in causmg the mxste 11ous d1sappearance of a large oldfashloned 7Tlll'0l xwh1ch had hung l'l tht 111nth grade hessmg oom and vxh1ch was the propettx o' hat 1m1o tant alld HYYQIIISDIFITIZ lI'ldlYlflLl i1 gntnnia schoo pr1nL11'1l lVhx hex ul dee I knoxx t Ve protested our o nce loth loud and XICQOTOII'-TIN but to no x 1l lOl c'e1ta1n 1310119 'ind ho1r1fied eldets pomted SIIQDICIOIIS 'ind ICCIIQIHZ tingers at us 1t the 1n1e t1me bexxa1l1ng the moral legener ot the r1s1ng youth I 'im glad to a h1x xe1 that d1111ng our fOlIl ye11s 111 Lu ec ll l1 xx l1 txt nam 11ned a potless and unsul l 1ew1tat1o11 for honestv 'md uprxghtness o h 11 I 1m s11.e no one xxould eve1 doubt our 2 y 1 1 s1m1l1r aecusatmn should at gmv t1me 'xr made '1g'11nst us X xxe 111 ched nolsllv 1nto the '1u1ld1ng that ln x 1th remarkahlv llght hesuts and de- ll hlx h '1xx feet the teaehe1s looked upon Olll IHIIIIIJQIS aghast They d1d not seem 1tlx OXKIJOY fl to see IIS Perhaps they too 1rf thf story ot the IUISSIII., m111o1 1t 1s true that at first thev d1d 11ot seem o IPI' z the g1eat wotth of the class of 1920 xxtx 1 soon tound out thit xxe were 1 llllll 111'lx h 1ght and p1om1s111g class and tte hex took a great Iilld6 1n us and IQ o'te11 hea1d to say that they xxould not be lf 1ll SlllDllS9d to lea1n 1n later vears that lol i K xxe had all become great and dl'iIlIl2l1lQllF-fl men 'md xxomen Thex dlsplawed toxxard u an att1tude we1x ktnl but stern We s all alxvaxs remember them Time xx'1 N11 Pulu Ulll estee'11edpr1nt1p1l who gu1ded our falterlng steps through Alge bra and later beometrv Ur I 'itto ul m1ste1 who took in un'a1l1ng dellffht 111 I'6Y'lilI1dlYl5., us on all occaslon th'1t shmen shoull ln, seen and not heard N Adftrns Olll l4ngl1sh teacher the xr-1x th H2111 of xwho111 bllllifi to our minds the n11m IYQYIOQS themes 'md m 1nx pagefl notebooks xxh el xx e xx ete ohhged to pen for her appzmal V1 Pott 1 our beloxerl Latm teacher xxlth xxhom 111 1lso llfllfid Ant1entH1storx Whss n tlI' ommerelal teach r vho ruled 11 treme on the seconl floor and xxas monat ch ot 'all she surveyed N1'-s V011 0111 TWo11et1Q Smertro teachm xx1th xxhotn x e sncn m'1ny long and t9dl0llq 101 17 Xifillxlllg ll less buttonho es and c oktne all otts o tlnnfvnahle dlshes xyhlch ffl not 11sk eatl We xxere told th'1t first morning that at he sound of thf second gong xxe were to pro feed wlth the rest of the classes to the assemblv room xxhere chapel exercises were to be held We xxe1e sewel xv1th a sudden t1m1d1tx and Ol o11 11r1v'1l ll the tssemhlv hall xxe sought to h1d '11 me ence hx seekmg shelter IH the 101 seats We xxexe not allowed to remain long 1n h1d1ng f0l xxe had not eseaped the xe1 xx'1tf-htul exe ot N11 Gatto who lost 110 'une n 1m11'1rt1ng to us the humlllatlng nwxxl dge that lt xvis the custom for Fresh men to occupy the front seats Amid the ood ll ltlllfltll l111ghter and Jeers of the rest of tht choo' xye mftde our wav shamefacedlx to the flOI1f 'md 1t mftv l1e wxell to add that we sss duouslx avouled the 1ear seats the rest of our Treshnrin V611 Those first few days were very trymg Come ol' Olll class found the schedule a very p1tv'111g thlng mdeed When the bells ra11g x h1rh an11o11nced the end of each recitatlon 1er1od thev g1exx p'm1c' st11cken not knowmg xxhue to go nm. -Xnd often groups of them xxue to11nd wandettng helplessly about the col ld0lS long after the next period had begun mxnlx trx111g to find out where thev belonged r 1ad11ally however vxe all grew accustomed to the routlne ot the school and set ourselves hravelx to work puzzlmg out appa1ently IH solvable Algebra problems studymg Latin de- ' ' V 7 'N 'N H Wi T H J t I 1 H I O 2 ' D um . 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THE QLODDY LIGHT our opportun1t1es and stand ready to meet lfulures ws 1th fresh courage the obstacles wull mulls fade 'max 11ke must IH the summer sky but the sun of Success vslll remaln Ad astra per asperl To the stars through bolts and bars It seems to me the motto chosen by the class lS a httlng one fol ewerv md1v1dua1 I thmk xt mlght serwe to champlou fury one on to hlgher thlngs ln llfe but espe- Tomght ue are 111 assembled here for the 11st tlme Is lt not a Vllal moment ln our lnes We are leavmg the portals of thls Hall ol Instructlon to penetrate the mxsts of an un certaln career Should not our resolutlon be stronger then ever to look hlgh or ID other words to Hltch our vsagon to a star the years ahead ue vull no doubt hate manv recollertlons of our school 11fe and GGDECIHIIV ot the happy eplsotles Vlllllh always mark the was of Hlgh School Llte but let us not tolget the lIl9Dll'1ll0Il ot our motto wshlch has gulderl us tor four years endeawormg always to buxld lol the nobler career Xklth a heart for any fate Stxll 1if'h16Vlllg stlll pursumg Learn to Inlor and to 11 ml Dorn ATIIPIIIIDN RXNIQIDIII Qlluss Gin Tune Take Back the Heart Haxl Lubec Hrgh Alma Mater dlvme, Praxse to thy glor1ous name ' Revered by all, may rt ever gleam Ablaze on the pages of fame A fortress of knowledge thou standest to us Flung wrde are thy gates of gold Thru whlch we have entered and leavmg them now, Are cast un a deeper mold Tlme s speedmg hand str1kes the hour to d part We l1ve but the dreams of the past Fam would we Jo1n those tres and hnks That bound us to thee firm and fast Thy children shall ever be loyal and true Though borne from thy shelterlng wlng, To thv fa1r altars and shr1nes evermore Our wreaths and our garlands shall brmg Farewell, Lubec I-hgh Alma Mater dwme Our noonday of pleasure ms gone Our thoughts now are drxftmg to other falr goals And the future ot lxfe stall unborn As ev mng shades h1de rhee e er from our vlew And no more thy klndly hghts sh1ne Thus w1th thy pralses we narch on the way, And all of the past do reslgn DE 1141 M v v . . . . v . 3 I I ' Y ' v . H ' . .H In 2 -' K v .Y . I I ,v v 7 V' ' -4 , , , rv rr W Q ' 'h ' - 1 , r. - , , ' , '. . . .. . 1 L. ,, , ' 1 -- ' . EY, V ' . . . . ' H ' , V . . 'v i . I ' ' . 1 ' f - 11.1113 to champlon the class ol 1920. 1 .Let Us then be up and domgl 1 . . . . 4 J - X ' ' I ' ' ' . V M . . . I F , . ' ' ' ' .i ,A :rf 4:,1..'20. ll YY I i ' J . ,i . . e- ! . , . ' 1 1 , 3 l , . . , . Y

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THE Q1 ODDX LIGHT clensrons and dozens of other trresome and rrk orne thrngs Durrng that flrst rear whrch was long and uneventful we studied wrote Wrote-and studred We used reams and reams of paper rn wrrtrng the numberless Englrsh themes re qurred of ns and we w rll always look back wrth rcgret on that great waste of trme paper gray matter rnk and energv He grew grate and carew orn from burnrng the mrdnrght orl and when at last the summer vacation came we welcomed rt wrth unrestrarned shouts of de lrglrt Indeed rt was a rather lrmp and d1s1l lusroned class of lrreshmen whrch gladly changed rts name to Sophomore at the close of the wear Although we towed that we never wanted to see another school book as long as we lrved strll the followrng September found the most oi us hack at school agaln Twenty two of our class sad to sax had haselv deserted us some had gone to other schools whrle a few had apnarentlv grown trred of our congenral companronshrp and had left us to struggle on wrthout them As I have sard before we had grown to be a very grave class Thus it happened that rn stead of applyrng to us the usual eprthet of Srllx Sophs they called us the Serrous Soph ornores lt can he truthfully sard that we drd am sorrv to sav many bad habrts from the naughty JUHIOTS and the reckless Senrors such as chewrng gum wrrtrng notes Whrsperrng tlrrowrng erasers md eatrng candv rn school There were several changes rn the teachrng staff at the begrnnmg of our Sophomore year Of the last vear s teachers only Mr Barley and lvlrss Adams had returned The following new teacher had been engaged Mrss VVhrte for French Mrss Smrth for the Commercral de partment 'vlrss Iefferds for Domestrc Scrence and Nlrss Towle for Latrn ta most excellent teacher with whom we perused Caesars Gallrc Vx ars and found Latrn a verv fascrnatrng and rnterestrng studv I Our French classes were alwavs verv ex crtrng The arr was ex er full of flvrng mrssrles rnclndrng rubbers chalk and erasers The tu mult was often dreadful Mrss Whrte was ohlrged to spend two thrrds of her trme makrng threats whrle the other thrrd was devoted to rnstructrng us rn the use of the partrtrve Nev trtheless durlng the lulls rn the battle we prcked up an astounding amount of knowledge md were exceedinglx hurt when our next l-rcnch teacher did not thrnk us at all well rn tmnred on the subgect tlfr Our Sophomore year passed bv qurcklv and hrpprls Sex eral members of our class left us durrng the wear so that there remarned a total of only thrrty erght who attained at last that longdesrred tltle of Junrors Our lunror wear seemed 1ll fated from the first War was gorng on rn Europe and mam teachers had deserted therr professron to take up war work thus makrng rt almost rmpossrble to secure enough to supplv all the schools But thrs was not all for at that trme a dread ful eprdemrc cornmonls known as the flu was ragrng all over the country causrng nn speakable grref and mrserv everywhere To us one of the saddest events of that terrrble fall was the death of our new prrncipal Wir Matthews who was one of the many vlctrms of the eprdemrc School drd not open untrl very late Creat rnconr enrence was caused hy the fact that the number of teachers was rnsufhcrent to carrs on the necessrrr work It w as plarn to be seen that others must be secured at once Thus lt happened that we had a great varretx of teach crs durrng our IIIIIIOI' year as some stayed wrth us for onlv short perrods of trme They drffered wrdelv rn looks and temper and ranged rn age from twentr to sex entv five We had for a trme a certarn 'Vlrss Donosan for Englrsh rn trnctor Xlrth her we struggled through the ranhv and would have found rt verv nksome rndeed rt ser eral of our classmates had not en dear ored to the best of therr ahrlrts to enlrt en the lessons somewhat bv performrng antrcs whrch were at once grotesque and rrdrculous And when we were rendered helpless from laughter 'Vlrss Donovan whollv unapprecratrve rnd exasperated would send these selfap nornted clowns vom the room and grve them zero Owrng to the fact that the school year had been so broken up we w ere excused from Tumor prrze speakrng whrch we of course deeply re grett dt'U The great event of the year was the .lunror Prom whrch proved to be a very :rand rnd successful rffarr Towards the close ot the wen we w e blessed wrth a new French teacher Nlrss Tre carton who was reported to he fast approach rng her hundredth brrthdrv but who showed no srgns of her great senrlrtv save lor a slrght deafness and occasronal huzzrng norses rn her head whrch she mrstook tor whrsperrng on the r rrt ot the students and often rrrnocent puprls wfre he rrtlesslx condemned and sent from the room rn drsgrane all because she could not be convmred that the norses she heard were rn her ' v v ' ' Y V ' 1 'T 1'-t V l - ' . 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