Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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18 THE COMET MY PET The first time that I saw Sally, she was in a box of hay with two other goslings. T'he other two were gray, but she was yellow. These were the first goslings I had ever seen, and they possessed a special attraction for me, Sally in particular. She was large and clumsy and covered with soft, yellow down from which her tiny, black eyes peeped forth. O, how I loved her! I must have her for my own! It took many days of teasing before mother consented to give the gosling to me, and then it was on con- dition that I would take good care of her. I named her Sally. Many days filled with pleasure fol- lowed. Sally learned her name and would come quickly when called. She was a very sociable bird and would cry loudly when left alone. I suppose this was because she had been petted too much, and knew that some one would come if she cried. Sometimes I put her out of doors on the grass, hop- ing that she would stay there content- edly. Then I would come into the house to watch her from the window. After waiting until I had entered the house she would get in a place where she knew I could see her, and squawk and cry until I came out to play with her. She was very friendly and liked to have me talk to her. She would put her head near my face and talk in very confidential tones. One day my brothers took Sally up to the pond with the other geese. In about an hour one of them came back with my goose. I-Ie said she had fallen in the grass and could not walk. She lived for a week or two after this, but at times was unable to walk very well, and after one of these spells she died. We thought that she must have had a sun stroke while with the other geese at the pond. After her death I missed her very muchg it seemed as though I had lost a real friend. -M. S., '31, 'Locale tClosing days of 19275 May 30-No school, Memorial day. May 31-Track meet at Bluehill. Anderson and Staples were star per- formers. June 1-Mrs. Florence Meader vis- ited us. June 4-Anderson brought home the individual cup from the county meet at Ellsworth. June 6-Raided the Seniors. They got frightened and ran away in a car. Community civics and democracy classes remained after school for a while. June 7-Seniors' last chapel exer- cises. Some of us wept. Later the Sophomores burned their geometry with appropriate exercises. June 9-Graduation. June 10-School closed. June 11-The graduates all went to Bangor for their group pictures. 1927-1928 Sept. 12-School began with thirty students present.

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TH Thei watchers who stayed out un- der the sky all night learned to tell time by the stars. This was a mova- ble record, because each star that rises comes up about two hours ear- lier than it did the month before. The Egyptians noted this fact and ligured out the length of a year from the time it took the sun and stars to get back into the same positions. So people came to divide the time off by years, when they did this they divided the time from sunrise to sunrise into twenty-four hours, and counted how many days it took to make aa year. So our system of measuring time was made thousands of years ago, before a clock or a watch was even dreamed of. But the basis is still the one by which the little shepherd boy reckoned four thousand years ago, when he looked up at the sun to see if it were dinner time. -L. M. B., '28, -.-.....0.T. THE SOLILOQUY OF THE FAM- ILY COW. Oh, I think it is almost tragic to be a cow and provide milk for a fam- ily of six! How those children pester me! Just this morning, after I had been tied out in the field, ten-year- old Jerry, wishing to chase his older brother, who was on a horse, un- chained me and climbed upon my back. He then tried to make me catch, up with that mare. Imagine my in- dignation! I am sadly afraid if my horns had been sharp instead of blunt I should have hooked that boy. Later in the day, when I had quiet- ed down and was once more at peace C OMET 17 with the world and feeding content- edly at the end of my rope, 1 sudden- ly stepped on something soft. Lo and behold! It was the baby, who at once set up a terrible screaming. The little thing can just walk, a11d had come quietly up and fallen directly in front of me. As usual, I got all tl1e blame for the accident. This noon I took a taste of my din- ner, sneezcd violently, and left the rest uneaten. Farmer Brown, im- mediately suspicious, asked his chil- dren what had happened. Little Amelia innocently told him she had seen her mother put salt and pepper on different things that they were to have for dinner, and she thought I would like to have some on my hay. I could11 't resent the child's act, for she really had good intentions. Jerry has a boy friend whom I dis- trust. Today I discovered that my suspicions of him were not ground- less. The children were playing in the barn when suddenly I heard a cry. Turning around cautiously, I saw that that big bully had hit Jerry in the eye. I lazily switched my tail back and forth as if to drive the flies away, then, quickly changing its direction, hit the boy directly in the face. He ran home howling, and I was rewarded with a line piece of salt. ,Here comes the farmer, and I must stop my meditations. I am glad he is taking me back to the barn where I can see the children play. I have said that I dislike chil- dren, but I find that I miss them if I am away from them very long. I should hate to be taken away from them. --G. O., '30,

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THE COMET' 19 Sept. 16-Rozella Clapp visited school. Sept. 20-First music lesson. Had a basketball meeting. Sept. 21-The geometry class held a session after school. Sept. 22-Dorothy Keefe visited us. Sept. 23-Freshman reception at Riverside hall. Sept. 25-Prof. Philip Bradley of Amherst spoke to us on Foreign Relations. Sept. 26-Selected Senior class rings after much arguing Sept. 27-Alice Ford absent on ac- count of appendicitis. Sept. 28-No school, county con- vention at Ellsworth. Oct. 23-Alice returned to school. Oct 24-Dorothy Henry visited us. Oct. 26-28--No school, State con- vention at Portland. Nov. 9-10-Exams! Nov. 11-Holiday! Hurrah for the A. E. F.! Nov. 12-First basketball game. Boys' team played Stonington at Sedgwick. For the score, see Ath- letics . Nov. 18-Both teams went to Ston- ington. Had a good time, but - -. Nov. 22-Charlie Young visited school. Nov. 24-25-Thanksgiving recess. Nov. 24--Boys played Penobscot at Sedgwick. Nov. 26-Both teams played the Winter Harbor teams at Sedgwick. Dec. 3-The girls' team played Brooklin high at Sedgwick. The boys went to Penobscot on the same night. They saw the picture, Rolled Stock- ings, but wouldn't say much about the game. Walter's car had a balky spell at North Brooksville, and the boys came home in a truck. The night was cold! ! Dec. 5-Snow storm, many absent. Dec. 7-Dorothy Keefe visited us. Dec. 9-Both teams went to Deer Isle. Dec. 10-Boys played Brooklin at Sedgwick. Dec. 12-Geometry class remained after school. They are beginning to like it now! Dec. 16-Muriel Hagerthy and Vir- ginia Choate visited school. Had a Christmas tree and entertainment in the afternoon, Mr. Flye furnishing a treat. School closed for a two-weeks' vacation. Dec. 28-Both teams played thc Alumni. Dec. 31-Both teams played the Alumni again, but with different scores. J an. 4-Faith Carter visited school. The seniors gave a supper for the Roval Arch chapter. Jan 5-Practiced the play for the first time. Jan 6-Boys' team played Bluehill Academy at Sedgwick. Jan 9-We had a good music lesson. At least, Miss Cotton said sol Jan. 14-Both teams went to Brook- lin. Roads awful! Yes, awful is the word. Jan. 16-Mr. Flye left us at noon with a bad throat. Jan. 19-The whole school, with the exception of Caesar and Latin I, re- mained in at recess and for ten min- utes of the noon hour We made too much noise with our mouths studying! Jan. 23-Mrs. Lucy Choate was with us for a while. Feb. 4-Stonington girls played -at Sedgwick