North Quincy High School - Manet Yearbook (North Quincy, MA)

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M A NE laughed and laughed and said, Don't you know any better than to listen to tlatterers? He kept right on laughing, for he was a very wise frog. LOUISE OLIVER, 7-9. SHIVERINC TIMBERS Louise Wells was on the train on her way to her grandparents' home in Bartlett, Maine. She was dreaming. Would she like the old- fashioned house? XVhat fun it would be to find secret closets and trap doors. Bartlett, called the conductor. Louise suddenly came to. Yes, there was Gramp and his tin lizzy waiting for her. She jumped in, put her bag in the back seat and oif they started. lt was the night after she had arrived. Her T 111 grandparents had gone to town for food. Slut didn't feel like exploring so she went to bed. She was almost asleep when she awoke with a start. She heard a noise downstairs. Some- one was taking the bric-a-brac on the mantel- piece. Who was it? She put on her bathrobe lighted her lamp and went downstairs. Shf hunted, but could not find anyone. The mystery, she couldn't solve. Louise told her grandfather about that night. He said similar things had happened. but he had not found out what caused them. Three weeks later Louise heard that strange noise, She went into the dining room, and looking outside the window, saw that the arbor scraped across the door as the cat jumped into it. CHARLOTTE MANDEVILLE, 7-1. LISONS U PE DE FRANCA s j Un jour a notre ecole Un jour quand nous etions at l'ecole, on nous a dit que le lendemain un monsieur, Docteur Tehyi Hsieh, allait faire un diseours dans l'ampl1itheatre de l'ecole. Le lendemain matin tous les eleves sont alles 51 Vamphitheatre on nous avons trouve que le conferencier n'etait pas encore venu. En at- tendant celui-ci nous avons pousse quelques vivats pour notre ecole. Bientot le conferencier est venu et j,6tais surprise de voir qu'il etait Ohinois. Il mous a salues et il a parle de beaucoup de choses in- teressantes. Il nous a montre l'ancien drapeau de son pays et le nouveau drapeau. Celui-la avait beaucoup de couleurs mais le nouveau drapeau etait celui de la republique et c'etait rouge, blanc, et bleu. Il a dit que les -laponais se preparent pour la guerre tout le temps mais que les Chinois desirent la paix. Tout le monde a aime sa conference at nous esperons qu'il nous visitera encore une fois quand il sera aux Etats-Unis. EVELYN HEALEY, 11-4. LES TROIS VERITES lfne fois un roi a declare que tous les gens de son I'Oj'?l11lll0 qui desobeissaient at la loi seraient amenes a la cour. La on leur don- nerait la libcrte s'ils pouvaient declarer trois verites que personne ne pourrait contredire. Alors, un jour un soldat a desobei a la loi et il s'est cache dans les bois ou il est devenu tres meehant. Eniin, on l'a trouve et l'a em- mene 51 la cour. Vous savez la loi, a dit le juge. 'C-lc la sais, a repondu le soldat-. Si je declare trois verites je serai libre, mois si je ne puis pas le faire on me tueraf' O'est ca, a dit le juge. Profltez de notre loi et dites-nous trois verites parfaites ou vous serez punif' Eh bien, a dit le soldat. Yoici la pre- miere verite: Toute ma vie depuis mon enfance j'ai etc mechantf' Est-ce vrai? a demande le juge. 'tSans doute, on a repondu. Alors continuez, a ordonne le juge. Quest-ce que c'est que la deuxieme verite'?'f Je n'aime pas cette situation ou je mc trouve maintenant. Certainement, a dit le juge. Nous pouv- ons croire cela. Si vous pourrez dire une troisieme verite vous vous etes sauvef' Eh bien ! a replique l'homme, la troisienu- verite est que si je pars de cette cour, je nf- reviendrai jamaisf' Voile, tout, a dit le juge, vous avez gagnf- votre libertef' I Et on dit que lillfllllllltl 51,611 est alle et qu'i1 Jtait sage tout le reste de sa vie. ROSINA GUZZI, ll-1. LA MORT DE MONSIEUR L' OURS -lean ehassait un jour quand il a vu un eros ours. Ifours etait debout derrii-re un petit arbre on il etait alle pour manger des poinmes ll regardait autour de lui, les yeux furieux. Le gan-gon a couru dans une grrange qui n'etait pas loin. L'ours l'a suivi. Jean a jftf- des pommes de terre at l'ours de la fenetr-E quand celui-ci a monte dans un grand arbrt. ll s'est fache. Il s'est elance de l'arbre an toi' de la grange et il etait enrage. Il s'est promenfi le long du toit, et Jean, en bas, avait peur,

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18 MANET AN ALASKAN ADVENTURE In northern Alaska just after the gold rush, .nany people could be seen walking around their new homes talking, joking and watching Jther people. Among them was Bud Hunter and his father. Bud was sixteen and enjoyed many privileges such as fishing, hunting. trap- ping, and shooting. On this day Bud wanted to go fishing in the stream three miles away. When the time came the weather was very nad. Snow was falling. The next morning when Bud awoke he found tt was just the kind of day he had been wishing for. He aroused his father. They lit the fire and ate breakfast. Then they gathered their fishing rods, lines, sinkers, bait, and Set off. After a mile of walking, the snow began to fall. As luck would have it, Bud remembered that he had left his gun at home, so he said to his father, You go on to Billy Paul's store, and wait until I come. The plan was agreed upon and Bud left for home on the run. Shortly he stopped to catch his breath. The snow was coming down still faster and Bud knew that fishing was out of the question un- less they could do so through the ice. Bud reached home, got his gun from the hook in' the wall and set out again, this time for Pauls store. The snow was now blinding and Bud had to pick his way along. It was in this kind of weather that bears came out of the hiding places. Almost at once the expected happened. From out a snowy blanket emerged -1 brown bear. The boy raised his gun to his shoulder. He would, however, not shoot unless the bear attacked him first, because his father had always told him that a wounded bear was -langerous. Not daring to move, Bud let the animal approach. He stood dead in his tracks .ind looked at the bear which seemed to be alarmed at this strange upright figure which neither moved nor spoke. Bud had heard that peopleused to feign death. Thereupon, he fell prostrate to the ground, daring to breathe only at the most necessary moment. As Bud had anticipated, the bear came over, sniffed at him and lumbered away. But the boy had ex- perienced so much excitement and fear that he ivas exhausted and weak, so weak that he tnade no attempt to rise. Finally he became numb and wanted very much to sleep. Meanwhile his father became impatient and --et out to find the imp As he trudged through the snow he came to a footprint of a hear, partly covered by snow. The man, ordinarily, would have been overjoyed at the prospects of a skin, but not now. He plodded yn, and quite unexpectedly came upon a prone dgure. He turned it over. It was Bud. .Not for some hours did the boy recover, sufficiently to tell his story. And then he slept again. I ROBERT NAVIN, 8-9. MYSTERY One night I went to the moving picture show. Both the pictures were mystery ones. When I left I glanced fearfully at the dark sides of the street. I was scared! When I got home I went right to bed. Suddenly, aware of a heavy tap on my shoulder, I opened my eyes. There were five images in the room. They had what seemed to be big sacks over their heads. They also had arms striped green and blue. Their finger nails were long on one hand and short on the other. Part of the time I could only see half of them. Sometimes I could see none. They couldn't seem to keep still for they were mov- ing all the time, even when staying in one place, something as a humming bird does. They forced me out of bed and outside! I tried to move, but I couldn't! I just seemed to fioat along on the ground! I floated about a mile with them back of me. We tinally came to a big precipice, about five hundred feet high. I was pushed to the edge! I was given a little push and the peculiar force which had kept me from falling was withdrawn! I started to fall! I screamed! I suddenly found myself on the floor. My mother was asking me what had happened and I was trying to explain. The peculiar force which held me up may be explained by my covers, which were tucked in under the mattress so that when I was ahnost off the bed, my covers held me up until they became loose, then I fell. The rest of the dream may be explained by the mystery pictures. NVILLIAM FOX, 8-2. CHRISTMAS EVE ' Christmas Eve was all silent and still, Except for a noise on the window sill. We all crept up to see what it was, And to our surprise it was Santa Claus! He jumped to the floor, and then with a wink He filled our stockings right up to the brink. Then he moved toward the Christmas tree. And what do you think he gave to me! YVhy, some beautiful skates, so shiny and bright, They dazzled my eyes by the iire-light. I wanted to thank him, but he had gone, Dashing with reindeer over the lawn. Beverly Sweatt, 7-1. THE FROG AND THE FLY Once upon a time an old frog, who was very wise, was sitting on a lily pad in the middle of Laughing Brook. A fly happened to be passing by and the frog called out, 'fAh! my dear young lady. won't you come over and sing to me? Your voice soothes meg Now this foolish little lady fiy was very young, and she didn 't know any better than to go over to the frog. The frog clamped her in his hands and held her tight. She pleaded, but it was no use. The frog just

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Q0 M A NE T t'Q11e faire? pensait le gargon, effraye. Il Ll pris S011 fusil et l'a pousse hors dc la fenetre vers le toit. Alors q11a11d nionsieur l'ours est ve1111 par la, pan! O11 a e11te11du le coup de fusil a11x environs, ?t inenie d'une distance de six inilles O11 est venu pour Voir Jean, le hero, q11i avait tue le gros 0l.l1'S au l1a11t d11 toit. 5 HAROLD AOKER. 11-3. UN EVENEM ENT INTERESSANT L'ete dernier, le jour de l'C1-lipse, nous avons Loue 1111 bateau parce que 11o11s avions l'inten- tion d'aller pres de Provincetown. La nous 1vions jete l'ancre pour observer la totalite de l'eclipse de cet endroit-la. Tout allait bien et nous pouvio11s voir l'eclipse parfaiteinent q11and to11t a coup u11 nuage a ibscurci le ciel. Apres que le nuage avait dis- oaru no11s 11ous sommes rend11s compte que .lOUS avions presque vu la totalite de l'eclipse fxcepte a11 moment ou le nuage passait. Pendant la periode de la totalite il faisait ffres froid et tres son1bre mais apres quelques tninutes il faisait chaud encore. Tout le monde sur le batea11 etait co11tent d'avoir si bien Vu Ueclipse, et to11s les invites o11t dit que l'excur+ sion etait un grand succes. MARGUERITE KNOXVLES, 11-4. LE DECOR DU CHAPEAU Un jour pendant que j'etais 21 Savannah, une :1m1e et moi avons fait une promenade dans un -P04 . . pare. Apres avoir 11l2ll'Cll6 loiigtemps, 11ous llOllS so111111es assises Slll' llll banc. De l'autre cete cle 1u111f-1- llllC grosse negresse etait aussi assise snr llll ba11c. Elle portait un chapeau de paille noir et 11110 robe orange. Comme 11o11s la regardions, to11t d'abord elle a 0llV91't S011 sac d11q11el elle a tire u11e grande rose rouge. Apres avoir ote S011 cl1apea11 elle a place la rose sur le bord. Elle a ren1is le chapeau alors, et p11is elle s'est regardee dans 1111 petit 111iroir qu'elle avait dans S011 sac. To11t a coup 1no11 amie a reniarque deux petits garcons derriere elle. Un des garcons tenait 11116 toinate a la mai11. Sans hesitation il l'a jetee. Elle est allee droit all blll et paf! elle a frappe la rose qui est tombee at terre. Tout de suit les gareons se sont caches vite dans les b11isso11s. Lentenient la fennne a l'O'lll'l1O les yeux vers nous et nous a regardees longuement. Alors elle a e11tend11 llll rire etoulfe et elle a bientot Vll le fl'?ll'QO1l dont Oll pouvait voir les cheveux roux derriere un buisson. Vivement elle l'a saisi et l'a secoue ell lui inontrant l7O1'1l6'1llG11'l de toinate SHI' S011 cl1apea11. Mais to11t coup la negresse a Yll un agent de police et elle a laisse lO1l1b6l' le petit. Puis elle a 1ll2ll'Cllf' vite vers l'2llll1'G c6te d11 parc. Le garcon a appele S011 camarade et ils s'en sont alles en riant. Quant at nous, on ne nous a pas accusees de gater ce chapeau fameux et llOllS en etions bien conte11tes. OATHARINE HORTON, 11-.l. NORTH QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL Volun1e6 QUINCY, MASS. Numberl H THE MA ET N EW YEAR'S THOUGHTS January first llHS come a11d gone. Resolu- fions l1ave bee11 made and b1'Ok61l. We all know 'hat a11 1111broke11 resol11tio11 will not- be re- u'Ol'llCCl in the annals of history, b11t the result ff tl1at resolve Will long be remembered in the ininrls of o11r friends. Every thank you, please a11d excuse nie is strengthening the impressio11 to be 111ade o11 a future em- ployer. Tl1e assistance given to a friend in need will 11ot only deepen Olll' friendship, bllt will be insurance against future tro11ble. Harsl1 words wound 11lO1'G q11ickly than blows. Can 't some of us still feel the sting of apparently harmless words thoughtlessly spoken long ago? Tl1ese points are SP011ll1lg'l5' insignificant i11 contrast with tl1e proble111s we meet daily i11 life, but by strengtliening fllillll ive ca11 solve Olll' p1'Obl6I1lS with less dithculty Zfllld will find the World a pleasanter place i11 which to live. ANNA CUMMINGS, 11-6. .Ak .. ' Q