Old Town High School - Sachem Yearbook (Old Town, ME)

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Page Tw ents elght THE SACHEM there was no 119911 to IIVQ am long 81 Now tl1at l1er w Olk w as complet ed she should l1Ot run the r k of dlscoverx No one 11eed ever kllOVl that she was the no11 -Xuan w1fe o 1 llltlllllllt nt Xd7l offlclal a11d that lu l1ad left a llfe of luxurx a11d fame because she p1e erred to lu' her falth 111 the w hole human rat 1 tl than thc Aman lace VK l lASlxl Xl Ab HDDINIIIQZ the PIISTOIHBIX Iinal touches to h1S make up The extreme care whlch l1e affected 011 tl11s par t1cula1 dax was ll0t take11 wllhout IQHSOII 1113 t1111t1eth vear as lead 111g tenor of tl1e greatest opera COIIIDHIIS 111 the wolld was d1aw111g to all end Tl11s was l11s last per fo11nance Pulaskl was b1oken the hauntlng YOICG of tl1e c11ltu1ed le IIQVOIGIII ge11t1ll1o111111e wl1o had ss111pathet1callx suggested tl1at hlS age was a detlllllellt 111nder111g the tl ue portlax al of great roles never left Pulask1s 111111d He knew that l1e felt exactlx as young as he had thlrtx years ago 011 debut night Back thlough the years tl1e crowd ed 1l1Ll1lOll6SlJ6Ild.S6d lllS age les Plllabkl was old defnntelx too old to be plaung the youthful leads 111 tl1e Illd.S.-ILIIJILKGQ so today l1e was gOll1g llllO a state of l8tllGlll9llt The swelllng tones of l11s 1113.gl1lflC9I1t XOICG wele 11eve1 aga111 to tl111ll the vast dlldl6llC9S of lllllSlC lovers w ho had conglegated 111 tl1e gllt uaulted vtlxct d1aped lllllblf' l1all to l1ea1 ll o11 so 111.1115 0003510115 Ills repre to1re lncluded HlOSt of the great tenor roles all of the greatest But thls was stlll the last tlme he would pour forth hls sllver notes Phe value of years of stage experx 61100 bore 110 welght when a 111an reached s1xty Pulaskl l1ad chosen hxs last role w1tl1 extreme care and foreslght Not l11s favorlte role Oh no Thls last performance 111ust not hold any po1gna11t 111en1or1es nothmg to n1ake h1s throat cl1oke or cause h1m to lose the thread of th storv through a chance thought Pulaskl chose Verdl s Otello After all what could g1ve a greater performance for the publlc beneflt than the mast er of volce s1ng1ng the masterly plav by the master of plays as a dapted by the master of melod1ous l1arn1on10us operas P Hls cholce was deemed WISE by the benevolent gen tle111an who had suggested hls re t1r111ent and also by that worthy gentleman s colleagues Pulask1 applled the fmal touches and stralghtened al stray w1sp of ha1r all the whlle steellng hlS body for the last performance The sweeplng chords of the flrst act were replaced by the llltlng chords of the second the second as qulckly gave way to the tl11rd The applause was deafen111g lNever had the grand old 111aster s volce rung truer never l1ad hls actmg portrayed so selfless ly tl1e role he appeared 1n As Pulaskl left the dresslng 1oon1 for the fmal act l1e sllpped beneatl1 tl1e folds of hls doublet the last property l1e would ever need Tl1e long gold l11lt of the dagger felt cold 111 hls l1ands and sent a chlll through lllS be111g that 111ade h1111 l Il- X811 I XTRONIYI' ol R 'SDK ERTISFRS v y- ' ' - v 'n A 7 ' n , , ' 1 1 ,F . V . . , . V . . . . . v ,' 1' V '- 51 A I . , . , 1 1 . J' , ' , ' A . . Y . - V. .U ,. A .H . ' ' ' ' --0. T. ll. S- . . . 7 l'l'll'l'AlN FALL ' 0 S. .l. 'lute '41 f ' Q ' N v y N ,' ., D .A K ' - 1 v V 'I . v . - 1 . ' N 1 - l , I v ' v a v 1 v' ' , . . I V -. ' ' I .H - ' ' . ' ' . ' 2 , , ' , ' . w - 7 , I 1 1 Y ' r ' ' ' . . V K -' ' ' ' , ' ' ' Uv v , V . . 1 tv L - ' . A, .' K. -. tv ' 1 ' , , ' l ' , Y ' 74 1 ' ' v 7 ' 1 ' 2 . 1 1 1 Ja 'A, 1 v v ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 'Q ' ' u ' 1 y ' V - . ' .' ' I . . I . -I 1 y 1 vi - ' 1' - ' A ' ' ' . , , .' , '. - ' ' '

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THE 'SACHEYI Pave Tw entx sex e hghted hls plpe and called fol a nother basket of frult and started to stuff lananas down hls throat Vlell Its hke thls dear frlends he lepllecl between puffs and la nana peellngs Professor lalsc plate klllcd hnnself Af e1 peace had been rcstncl Detectne Tropum cxplamcd that the long sought stone that the Plo ic 'Ol had hc en hlllltlllg could eaf llx le found ln any old back ward The plofessor Tropum exnlancd became so angrv at hls Stllllldltl that he actuallx ground hls teeth thus creatlng the whlte powder touncl on the professors llps The lulge ln the professor s throat was hls false teeth Vlhllll he swallowed the path The xnnocent WICUIH who had leen accused of the murdel and was to be bulned at the stake was lcleased and parclonecl or at least what was left of h11n XX 1th the tweetlng of the llttle mamma and papa blrds and the twl hght softly peeplng through the trees Professor Palseplate teeth and all was laid to lest l 5 fPause hele fol sobsj I INIUGNIIU Pauhnc btualt 41 HE XX As dead The small ho e through her heart spleacl blood over th IVOIN lace of her collar Her whlte halr tuml led al out hex shoulders ln reck less DIOILISIOII Care had etched lilies about 1161 exes and foleheacl that spoke eloquently of gleat XXOIIX Pc ace rested on he1 lelaxed face l1ke a hos ermg angel She w as dead Her passlng w as of hlstorlc mom ent to her numerous frlenfls and xoluntarx slat es Ill the slum dlglflff where she lnecl as wcll as of great Interest to IlI'0llllllflll flgures in thc htexaxx world I ew people cxlst who when bo1 n to the socalled uppel crust f oc ctx do not look Vlllll a shght fcehng of dlsdaln and condescen '-l0ll upon then brothers horn to thc lumrle bread leneath the crust lut she was one To he1 honest mmd a human bemg was a human lcmg and no amount of reasonablc lc cture or nnpassloned argument had exer madc the sllghtest lmoad lnto her slmplx acceptance of thls creed and her keen lllSlght mto hu man natule accounted fol the fact that Joes Corner Lunch was now Opfflallllg on a paxlng hasls Count less f-mall loans countless Jobs sc cured countless words of comto1t and adwce had 111acle her the onlx ate unshakable object on the hol mon of the slum dwellers SlllVl wal of the strongest llfe No o11e lll the hteralx wol ld hll ewer seen her llel 1JlllJllShLlS con ducted busmess through the llld.llS d.ddIeSS1Ilg COI'l6S1l0lNl6l1C9 to the home of a fI16l1il llex SIOIIGS were wutten undel an assmned name Hex work howevel was halled as dxnamle prose Sp68.kll1g UIIHIISVSLI anne 1Og1C, and the roxaltles from he1 noxels and essays amounted to fa small fortune Une day she C3.I6fllllX loaded 1 small lexolver sat bx her window and pulled the trlggel bne 11811 completed a hte ot usefulness, and ILI- XSI- PXTRO'NI7l- 'DLR XDXFRTISERS b A 5 . L.-5 . ., I G, . , ' ' ' l v I 1 A '1 1' . 1. v x ' ' , ' ' 1 ' ' - - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' . ' 1 H 1 1 1 D. 1 ,- ' J JL ' x ' 4 ' ' x E ,' x ' b, 1 ' 11 1K1 1 l . t' 4 ' 1 xv '21, 'U' '-' ' 1 ' ' -r ' ' 4 ' 2 A - - '- F O '1.E1L1 1 1 f 1 ' , 1- lx ' 'L ' 4 h' V A - ' 1 1 ' , 1 1' ' ' .1 ' X m V 1. V U C , 1 . 1 .4 , i k Q I 13 , 1. I 3 4 , ,,. K1 'U A 4 , ' y ' 1 1 1 A l . Y . v ' I l . , , . 1 I K1 ' 1 ' A 1 - ' 'S' 1 K 1 ' 1 s1k1 1' I f A1 C ' x 3 , 1 ' 31 ' 1 'M K A y ' . 1 1 ' 1' 1 . . 'L1 when he tripped UVQI' thg rogt in lII'l21lt6I'ab1e f3.f't. IIGI' belief ill tlllS 1 ' I ' 3 v' ' 1 ' x p ' 1' ' . - 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 - L A 7 L ' L. A 1 ' 1' 1' 1 1 - ' 9 1 ' ' , , ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ,- 4 , . e , .. . , , - ' . 1 Y V Us 1 1 .1 ' 1 ' , ' , R11 ' ' 1- IA L' 'Y 1 1 v , 1 - 1 ' H 1 . '- .,, . , . . , v 1 . 1 x1 . Y ' ' 'e' ' 11 W . . 1 N 1 , , 1 1 1 A ' ' 4 ' 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 L. 1. 1 'K1 , 1 T - -+C. T. I. Sl , 1- 1 , , . - . . , . , V ' V w V Y I I xkwkal 1 1 A 1' 1 1 1' 1 1 X 1 , . ? , D , . . ,. ' 'W 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' I , ! A 1 - uf ' . ' L- 111- 1 1 L, ' 1 1 - v ' ' ' 1 A v . . , v 1 K 3 1 ' ' - -' 1 1 , ' ' 1, ' , 5 ' ' - l 2 - tv ' I L1 - v , 1 .1 1' -Y 1 1 ' . ' N x A ' - W . ' v V 1 1 3 1- ., 1 . .' .1 t : Y A

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THE SACHEM Page Twenty nlnf shlver and lose hls composure for a moment The fourth act opened crashed on through measure on measure untll the Klss 'Vlotlve marked the end and Pulaskl completely Otello leaned to klss the dylng Desdemona Pul askl had been completely Otello Otello suffocatlng hls wxfe Otello bewlldered and remorseful when convmced of her lnnocence Otello drawlng the cool gllmmerlng blade and plunglng lt cleanly through 111 heart The curtaln fell and rosc agam Curtaln call Pulaskl' But Pul ask1 IS cold the great masterl gone True to hls art as any grea captaln IS true to hls shlp Pulask played h1s last role to perfectlon lNot a detall mlssed not the sllght est movement overlooked And the last great scene as real1st1c as h' achxng heart could make lt Otello last breath was Pulaskls yust as Pulaskls was Otellos So passed the ruasterslnger Flfteen curtam calls and he bowed to none of them People went w1ld over hrs Illlghty slnglng they went nearlv as wlld over hls mlghty actlng And they found lt lnconcelvable when they learned the truth They pralsed hx slngmg and called h1n1 a tool and a crazy dramatlst They sneered at hls flnal masterly stroke and nevel knew that touch was the most s n cere performance John Henry Smlth publlcly known as Pulaskl had ever rendered He had at last proved hlmself young enough to cale great helghts and old enough to cast them carelessly aslde and lns soul was peaceful SUHRAB XXII Rl SII WI Xlatthew Sweetness 81 Llgllt Arnold Condensed and SII'62:1l1ll1IlQd Lhaxles Nlunro Leaf Ro ers It seems that once upon a tune ln PQFSIH there was a young buck nam ed Sohrab who was an orphan and belng sentlmental was plnlng hum self away cause he couldn t Iind hls old man 'Now the young Tartar had grlt and wanted to show llls pa that he was a chip off the old blofk o he puts up a pI'0p0SltlOll to the klng Peran 'W lsa lnudentally he IQ a great warrlor for the Tar tals who are at war w 1th the I slans let hlm represent the Tartar lnd take on all comers from the l erslan army to settle thelr argument and lf Rustum fhls dadl should hcal f F lt he d come a runnln to clalm thls talented youngster However tate stepped ln and dealt Sohrab a bad hand for who should the Porslans put agalnst h1n1 but Rustum hls long sought parent' XR hen bohrab llned up hls peepers on Rustum al fl took ln the gray halr and Learl hls heart strlngs twanged llke Beat Nle Paddy on a lass ylol cause he thought It llllght be hls pop bo w hat does he do but pop the questlon and lS rollln ln the gleen at lllS feet when Rustum fhlllklll., that the klds got somethlng up hls sleeve denles that hes hls pater Go they go at It llke cockroaches over a plece of cheese and Qohrab PLEASE PATROINIZE OLP XDNI:.R'IISE.R.S . , . . . . by . , . , . L - by y , 1 As 71 , u . . ,, . . - A 3 K . 3 , . , , , - n 1 . , A Y , n n u x , v 5 K ' 7 Y , , ., n. . A Y Y . Y: r . V ' I ' I . ! g , T v ' - f' I ' ' s ' - f , 1 . v ' . Q ' 1 . ' . ' , K, ' - 1 v v -' I 1 7 3 el- . nn , . , . . bohrab puts lt up to the klng to . . . U s 1 ,, ' 'D J .' . . .F . . ., , , '9 ' 5 7 ' ' ' J 1 x ' - , . , . .4 V . . . , . . n . . '. , ' I K K' 7 v u . . ' 7 W . . . . v -U , T . I' Q 1 -5 , . ' I ' ' ' n v ' w y .1 . 'r ' 1 ' v ' H ' v , , Y y' 1 11 y' Y 1 - ' ' -1 i V I 3 A - . ' L 4. , n u . ' ' 7 ' 1 ' ! 7 CY , . 1 f s ' . - v, ' '1 1 ' 7 ' S K 1 ' 7 R V l . Q N