Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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THE LIVE WIRE that should glve us all the more reason to wm the second when lt comes along Don t be satlsfied wlth wmnlng Just three games but try to w1n all the games you enter When you have ac compllshed thls once do not be satls fied' Try to do lt agam and agam Soon you w1ll be able to do lt all the tlme Do not stop trylng untll you can wln the game all the tlme If thlngs do not go Just right ln one of the games the teacher may have to have you stay after school because you were not prepared to play the game If thls happens once do not let lt hap pen agam Just show the teacher that you have the stuff It takes to make a player Show her that you are Just as good as 1f not better than the ordlnary player If you are not quite as good as the other fellow are you a good sport and w1ll you keep If you do these thlngs you may hon estly conslder yourself a good sport V Colby 37 TREATING THE GANG AEY fellers com on qulck Fun ny Face s got three cents excltedly shouted the leader of a tough and ready gang ln the slums of a large clty Butcher the lead er was a regular bully and touble maker Aw yer crazy p1ped up a volce lf Funny Face had any sense he d go stlck h1s face ln a ram barrel and leave It there All right ' came Butchers VOICE agam don t belleve It lf ya don t wanna but I saw h1m Just a second C m on gang let s go ' It sounded llke a stampede as about a dozen dlrty faced bare foot ragged chlldren shoutlng and WhOOp1Ug for glee ran down the pavement of the narrow filthy street Walt guys came the leader s VOICE we d better Walt t1ll he gets here or he may get s plclous and go a dlfferent way Where ln the heck d1d he get three DSHUIGS? asked a freckled faced llttle fellow they called Carrot Top Aw I don t belleve he s even got any came Jane Ann s qulck answer Jane Ann was the only glrl among that crowd of roughnecks but she was fully as capable of stlcklng up for her self as the bully of the gang Butcher Before she had tlme to answer Golly I ll bet he knows we re look mg for 1m Sald Toothless Look there he goes back Com on gang let s get 1m Poor Funny face was soon sur rounded and lmmedlately questlons started pourlng ln on hlm Where d ya get em? grinned Toothless Yeh whod ya steal em from? ' came the leader s volce I dldnt steal em and beSldeS wot s It to ya anyway where I got em?77 You probably SWlp6d em off n yer stlngy old grandmother accused a tall lanky fellow they called Skinny Well what d you care dldn t you swlpe ten cents offn bllnd old Mr Jones once? -r L 16 J 4- . . ,, , , . . , 7 ' I ' ' ' ' ' ' ago. o ' , ' . - ' ' 1 ' 1 7 A- . . . ,, . ,, , ' 9 Y . . . ,, , . . ' 7 . . . . , . . ' 77 , . . ,, - . . . ,, ,, 1 ' 1 ' ' . ., , . , ' 7 ' 77 7 ' , 1 . . 7 . 7 7 . 7 7 ' Y I trying to better yourself every day? someone whispered, Here he comes. - , - u , y y - . . ,. ,, . ,, ' 7 ' 9 t 7 7 ' ' 7 ' 7 7' 77 7 C4 I 7 ' H , . . 1 1 9 ' H , , , 4 - 1 77 , . 7 , u . ll ' 7 7 ' . U ,, - 7 ' ' 7 Y 7 , L ll ' , 1 it 0 ,, . . ' 77 1 1 1 ' . 44' - 7 , . . . . . ,. , . , 7 D . ,, . , . . , . It ' 7 7 ' 77 , .

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NEW PORT HIGH SCHOOL Tonight my pulse throbs to the Wlld Spanish muslc of Juan s mandolin The R10 fiovls IU the near dlstance and beyond It lles that romantlc land of dreams Mexico Overhead the stars of the Lone Star State gleam Ill thelr WhlC8 splendor and ln the mldst of all thlS natural magnificence my fray ed clothlng seems not to matter nor does the fact that IH my pocket reposes one lonely peso A fellow herdsman makes a sleepv lnqulry ln low mellow tones a good natured dlg of the dreamy eyed young Texan beslde hlm Chlqulta she Walt across rlver no? You llke Chlqulta much Hah' You no fool Jose The herded cattle are qulet save for occaslonal lowlng or cllcklng of horns Juan S mandolln falls from hls hand the danclng flames Softly across the cool pralrle drltts the com boy s long low whlstle and the DldlIIt1V8 lay of the rangelands And some day I ll be called to that roundup Where that wonderful plcture I ll see But each nlght as I Walt by the camp re The range IS heaven to me The cool breeze sweeps ln from the plaln and filckers the campfire now dylng to a bed of glovxlng embers Juan startlng from hls drou sy con templatlons yawns p1CkS up his man dolln and strldes off IHtO the darkness leavlng me alone From afar comes the Wall of a coyote lonely and welrd It IS answered by another howl from a nelghborlng hIllOCk The splrlt of the western nlght IS embodied ln the wall of the coyote It has a strange uncanny fasclnatlon about lt and wnoex er has once heard lt vslll return agaln md agaln How true thls half remembered statement IS As I recall the he lt of the Sahara the cold emptlness of the Yukon the It'StfLllUQSS of sunny Italy or the dashing romance ot Spaln for I have known all tnese I gaze around me at the sleepy RIO the boundless plaln ever dlpplng to meet the horlzon and at the whlte stars overhead Truly thIS IS the ansvser to a Wanderers ldeals At last I am content Lena Cookson 36 SPORTSMANSHIP IU you ever stop to thlnk that school IS lust a game to better the thlnklm, power ot the aln' Well that IS all t l r you a good sport ln pl ly H12 th1S game? Are you worklng as hard as you would ln a game of basketball for instance? Let us take for an example just one school day and see what the game IS llke We come lnto the bU1ld1IlgII1 the mornlng and get acqualnted Wlth the atmosphere that we are to play our game IH Soon the game starts and we should be ready for anythlng that comes our wax Say we have a chance to study the first thlng ln the mornlng We should use that chance to better ourselves ln one of the games we wlll have to play later on ln the day If we do thls as we should we vxlll come out VICKOYIOUS ln the end If you get beaten IH the first game -L I 15 1 1- .Q . , . I . I '. . ' ' 9 . . . . I '. ,, . H C . . I n . , , . L . . . ' . . A 1 1 . k -.I ' , ' ' V y . s s , - ' I - . I ' y . . . , Y M- u . S x D . - n . .L ' Y I , V ' Y 71 Y , . Y . I K. as he gazes into the fire, fascinated by , . 1 A- . ' 9- . D T . Y .. br '. , ' ' ' i 's. A e so 1 I ' L 21 I ' 7 . 2 7 ' , . 7 D . ' , . , . 1 1 ' , t . . 1 ' I , u , , Y ' ,

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL Thls was true because stealmg IH that part of the c1ty was a part of the dally routlne of l1v1ng I ran on an errand for Wldder Gray and she glV6 em to me so there smarty cats contlnued Funny Face Iwas gonna treat the whole gang but see me do lt now Thls was sald only to save hlmself a terrlble beatmg because orlgmally he had planned to keep lt a secret but somehow one of the boys had found out Fatso a fat overgrown boy who had been qulet all th1s tlme spoke up wlth Gee Funny Face I always knowed ya was a swell guy Member the tlme I gave ya the brand new fish hook? Sure ya a swell guy chlmed IH several other volces If ya wasn t Wldder Gray would never a glven ya That s how lt went untll Funny Face all puffed up and glowmg from the flattery led the parade to the cor ner grocery store Freda Beek 38 MY BLIND DATE O' I shouted most emphatlcally Oh Jane come on Dlck says he s a grand guy It w1ll be for only one nlght and you know the Wm ter Ball IS so wonderful the dreamy muslc lowllghts glrls Hoatlng across the floor ln thelr llght dresses tall handsome men ln tuxes can t you Just plcture It Jane? Of course Ican I can also plcture a blmd date I m sorry Sue but I Just can t make myself go ' Jane sat by her desk fingerlng her numerous dance programs that usually hung from the wall There were red green blue black sllver el leather ln fact all kmds lmaglnable Jane loved to look them through They brought back many memories of grand tlmes She was thlnklng how shed llke to go to the Winter Ball but she Just couldnt go on a bllnd date and Vet Her thoughts were interrupted by I really thmk lt s rather mean of you Jane After all Dlck got you the date and everythmg Oh Sue lf Icould only see hlm Jane blushed gulltlly at Sue s last re mark But all the fellows thmk he sa swell guy He s outstandlng 1n foot ball track and everythlng Oh Jane bea sport DlCk sald he was a falr dancer and the boys thmk he s fine Just thmk It s an honor to go as lt costs so much Few glrls get there Another th1ng you d get another pro gram and Oh Sue you ought to be asales woman You re really very clever Anyway you ve sold me the ldea Tell Dlck I ll go but lf hesa flat tlre Dlck ll wanta start for MEXICO IH a rush Then came the blg nlght Glrls were talkmg IU hlgh pltched exclted volces Are the flowers In my ha1r stralghtl Where are my shoes? My halr looks awful Have I too much make up on? and so on untll Buzz Buzz Buzz One by one the fellows came for the glrls and they left for the gymnaslum where the dance was to be held 4 I 17 1 4- . . , u ' ' Y 9 , Y f tY . , . . . . I Y ' 77 ' . . V ' l ll n 9 - as - ' H ,, . . . . . . , . ' . . , , Y ' 1 as yy H I - ' Y I I , , 'K 9 v . Q 1 1 ' . --I, , v . L4 ' ' 77 . , , . - J n , u rs ' ' ' s 44 ' v ' IA 7 - v s, y 9 ' ' l n I I - 77 s - 9 1 three cents. . . . , . . . - , , . , . , . ., . q - U . - , 7 9 ' as ll l. s v ' 9 . . , . . , I . , , 7 . , . , . J . - H rv ' ' ' 77 4 an ' , U 1 7 1- n n a , ' . ' u n u s I . . - - , . ,, . . . ' rx fl '77 2 lf ' ,Q 64 11 ' ' 1 ' . 1 N . . . ,, 1 ,, 1 , . li ' , , . . . ' Y 1 7 ' x 1 . .