Newburyport High School - Enaitchess Yearbook (Newburyport, MA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORD LOUIS A QANBORN ATHLETE The passmg of Louls A Sanborn on Feb 24 was a great blow to all who knew hum He was one of the best athletes ever turned out by the N H S Loule not only made reputation here ln Newburyport but brought fame to hlmself by hls wonderful pn-xvzng at Tufts College Sanborn mp amed the N H S football 1n l9l3 He was rl ways the mamstay of the nam pnylng rovmg center He would smash up play after play whether lt be an Q 1d run skxn tackle or through center A more conslstent and aggressxve and tue less player IS yet to be found A lzttlc mcldent whlch shows Sanborn s xalue to hls team can be clearly seer m the game between Haverhlll and Newbury port hlgh ln 1913 HaVCTlllll at that tlme was considered the best team IH ln the first perlod and en caxo ed to plle up a blg score ann would have donc o had lt not been or the wonder ful defenslve of Sanborn H broke up all kinds of plays but ln doing o played hlmself out Near the close of the second half Louxe was so badly used up that he was taken from th game 1n an unconscious condltlon l was then that Haverhlll llf l up .1 blg score and won SI 0 This goes to prove Sanborn s great value as a foot ball player After graduatmg from Newburyport hugh Sanborn entered Tufts College Coach Whelan soon recogmzed the great possxbllltles of the Newburyport boy and when Tufts llned up for lts first game Sanborn had made the team He was one of the few men who make the varslty ln their freshman year ln the early part of the Harvard Tufts game Loule tackled the Harvard quarterback so hard that he broke his own jaw partly paralyzmg hum so that he could hardly talk It was not untxl the game was over that the coach learn ed of hls 1n1ury At the close of the season Walter Camp mentloned San born as a possible cholce for All Amer lcan end Not only was Sanborn 'x grldlron star but he was also a classy dxamond performer Playlng both first base and shortstop Sanborn earn ed the name of Blg Slx He was a heavy hltter and hls defenslve playlng was always a feature ln the track meets Sanborn could al ways be counted on as a pomt gamer He stlll holds the N H S record for throwmg the shot Although a terror on the grndlron and a fearless athlete l..ou1e was a ready to help ln any undertaking that would benefit hls former school San born never lost hls love for N H S Even after hls fame at college he was always ready to help m any way possl ble to put Newburyport on the map IH athletlcs When Unlted States declared war on Germany Sanborn answered the call by enllstlng ln the medlcal corps l was while ln thls branch of the SCYVICC that hls health falled hum and after ser Vlng somewhat over a year he was glv en a medical dlscharge Although ln 111 health for a long txme he made a great comeback He even played bas ketball for the State C-uard and played baseball the followmg summer ln the lndustrlal League But once again his health failed frm and he was forced to we up athletlcs forever Hls condxt lon gradually went from bad to worse . so .' y , u y ' 1 n 1 he ' ' ' ll I U! u I 3 . a , - T- ' 1 Y . ce It ' - I , . . . . 4 E - ' ' . tj i .6 . n , - , ' 33 . . . . . . . n l l , , ' . . : '- K ' . , the state. Haverhill opened right up quiet, unassuming chap, and always . . Q, . . 7.1 5' 7 f, L 1 ex ' S f - , - ' . . . ' . e ' , . , . . D S . .- , . . . . . 1 t 1 ' . a v T A ' 4 I k 4 1 . t y - r ' . L- ' . ,, . - : f ,

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORD In Memonam DENNIS C LOWELL The statement IS now a commonplace and generally acknowledged to be true that our Ilfe s success IS measured by our devotlon to the welfare of our fell owmen Those whose actrons are m splred and guxded by this rule of Irfe ac qulre a strength and nobleness of char acter whlch are reflected ln the Ixves of those about them Thelr footprints on the sands of time the tempests of time cannot destroy for they are made lmperlshable by the cherlshecl memor ICS transmlttecl as preclous legacies to future generations The wrxter was probably more close Iy assoclated wlth Dennls C Lowell than was any other person connected prlvllege so to be IVI1' Lowell was a man of sturdy and forceful character and of an unusually alert and dlSCI'lI'l1 lnatln mlnd He was lnstlnctlvely a gentleman and never dld he stoop to an act unworthy of one of God s noble men HIS devotlon to the best mter ests of the school was proverbxal To serve these Interests was his alm and wc knew that whlle he was rn charge of the bulldlng all would be well I-I1s care was amazmg Suggestlons of change here and there were seldom necessary No remedymg of a defect ln the bulldmg failed to recelve hls lm medlate attentlon I-Ixs resourceful ness and watchfulness frequently saved the clty from large losses and the pup 1Is from an mterrupted education And withal he felt a responslblllty for the proper conduct of the puplls and was of valuable asslstance to the principal ln tlns phase of school admlnlstratlon An lncxdental mdex of his character IS shown ln hls treatment of ammals Sometimes homeless woebegone cats would Wander lnto the bulldmg I'Ie would feed them and make them com fortable untll they could take up their wandermgs agam Plgeons have been a source of much annoyance to us of ten becommg lmprlsonecl m the ventl Iators lVIr Lowell would Ilberate them at a large expendrture of time and effort and yet clespxte these vexatlons IH or about the bulldmg he would take lt to the boxler room and endeavor to restore nt to a normal conclntlon I-Ixs Ilfe was spent ln more than meeting the demands of his callmg and ln ceaseless endeavor to promote the welfare of all about hlm This unselflsh expendlture of energy at last told upon hls health Hrs fmal Illness came on anuary 20 when he suffered a shock whrle on duty at the school He passed away at hrs home on Wednesday January 28 with out regammg consciousness In his death the school loses a devoted friend and fellow worker Dana C Wells I 3 Wifh. our High School' If was a rare if he found a pigeon chilled or injured . I . . - X 1 4 u J ,

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORD I5 until the final relapse. ecl out. His death was a great blow to All in all, Sanborn was one of the all those who knew and associated with greatest athletes that N H S ever turn him In Utopla What could be more pleasant Than a land where one could dwell Wlthout thought of sm or secant Or the ring of a perlod bell If there IS such a place on earth That s where I wlsh to go For l value more the joys of mirth Than those which seem so slow If l could be rld of stupid math Solld eometry and trlg l d thmk l cl walk the crooked path If lt led me to the brig George Noyes 20 The Dlarv of a Freshman My Aunt gave me thls oshderned book and made me write ln t Sh sa d that rf l dldn t l would get licked so l suppose l shall have to l will be gm w1th the list of presents l got for my blrthday Aug 25 l recelved two dollars but my father made me put lt ln the bank Say what s the good of having money lf you have to put It in the bank5 l al so got three books one dandy Wells Brothers The Youn Cattle Km s The second was about the adventures of a boy on a long trip to sea For the most part it was dry although there were some exciting parts The other book was a story of two old maids Think of lt' And a love story at that all about how they both fell in love with the same man and Oh l wlsh somebody had some sense around here Aug 28 Went out to Devil s Den to day and almost fell down the cliff We tartecl out early in the morning and took our lunch We went 1n swlrnmmg at Four Rocks and then we went up to the Den After a while we began to feel hun ry o we built a fire and roast ed some spuds When we had finish ed our dlnner we went down to the swimmln hole a am as we found that lt was only half past ten After we had gone in swimming twice more we de clded to head for the Basin We went up the wron road and when we finally noticed it we had gone so far that we thought we had better keep right on Then the funniest thlng happened We came to a sprln and were just going to et a drinl when we aw a bl fat worm in the bottom of it Brll Jones came up and leaned way over to see the worm O v , . . 1 y 0 Z v . . . .. . ,. 1 , . o . U H Z ' 7 1. e , . . . . . . . . 1 , S - , , g s - . . . y , , , - ' cr cv C3 3 7 .. . , , 1. . . ,. . . . . G C7 Y - V 5 5 ' - K 1 O . - D . - . . . ' , , , . , f g gl . , 3, , g T Q A . , ,