Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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ear 3ohee Recent Discoveries in Science To test for hydrogen, bring a light- ed splinter to the mouth of a tube of gas: If it makes a noise like a plop, it is hydrogen. The earth turning on its axis causes day and night. The earth revolving around the sun causes a year. In an ordinary climate the water wares away the surface gmgually. Sand dunes are banks of sand. The wind moves the banks along by blow- ing one end over the other. Miss Ford treading in chemistryj : The soda water is mixed in solution with some fruit salad. tFruit acid.J if 18 Pl? Mr. Flye tin English IJ: How will you punctuate the salutation, 'Dear John'? Heath: There should be a comma at the end of J ohn. fl? PK: 'lf K. Brown ttranslating Frenchj : The dress that you have are too beautiful for this countryfr' K 11 R F Miss Maker treciting in Englishj: An abstract noun is the name of a person, place or thing that does not occupy space. -X4 39 Sk Heard in geometry: ' Hagerthy, how did you construct the line A B? Hagerthy: I put my ruler on and drawed it ! I I I From The Merchant of Venice : Take no doit of usance for my monkeys. tmoneysj A sentence from English IV: ln the middle of the yard stood a man which had been empty a few minutes before. a. :lt :Ks Milton was born in 1706 and died in 1674? SS it if -- Forget thyself to marble means t'Do not stand there like a statue. if 'Ii 13 Come and contribute as you go On the light fantastic toe. tCome and trip it, etc.j :lk SF PX: Notes on L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. The cheerful man was going on a picnic, and he wanted gay music. The pensive man wanted sad things, and he was going to be a her- mit when he was old. 'KC fl? :li Maud Clapp treading the Scrip- turej : Make a noyful joise unto the Lord. as .Str 'Xi Mr. Flye: What is a hermit? Anderson: A man who lives alone. Mr. Flye: Well, I've lived alone considerably, but I don 't consider my- self a hermit. Anderson: Oh, a hermit is re- ligiousf' if Pl? if Heath treading from Treasure Is- land j : The doctor was smoking away with his wig on his lap, and that, I knew, was a sign that he was irrigateclf' tagitatedj

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THE COMET On Dec. 9, we played at Deer Isle. This was a very exciting game. At the end of the fourth quarter the teams were tied, but a two-minute extra period gave the game to Deer Isle by one basket. The score, 9-7. 23 Bluehill Sedgwick Wescott, rf 24 Bridges, rf 4 Gray, lf 10 McCarthy, lf 10 Leach, c A 7 Anderson, c 6 Hinckley, lg 2 Black, rg O'Brien, lg Clapp, lg Deer Isle Sedgwick Bryant, rf McCarthy, rf Haskell, lf 6 Carter, lf 5 Greenlaw, c 3 Anderson, c , Davis, rg Black, rg Ellis, lg Clapp, lg On Dec. 17, we played Brooklin at Sedgwick, the score being 12-10 in our favor. Brooklin Sedgwick Wells, rf McCarthy, rf 2 Day, lf Carter, lf 4 Roberts, c 4 Bridges, S. rg 2 Bridges, R. lg Anderson, c 6 Black, rg CIBDD, lg Dec. 28, we played a team of Sedg- wick alumni, the score being 14-12 in our favor. Alumni Sedgwick Cousins, rt Bridges, rf 4 Allen, T. lt Carter, lt 8 Means, c Anderson, c 2 Byard, lg Black, rg Allen, A. rg Clapp, lg Dec. 31, we played the Alumni again. This time they won, 25-20. Alumni Sedgwick Means, lf Bridges, rf 2 Cousins, rf Carter, lf 8 Ferguson, c Anderson, c 8 Allen, lg Black, lg 2 Byard, rg Clapp, rg Jan. 26, we played at Bluehill. The score was 48-20 in favor of Bluehill. Horton, rg Whittier, lf J an. 14, we played Brooklin 011 their fioor. At the end of the fourth quar- ter the score was tie. Two extra periods were played in which neither side scored. The score was left a tie, 9-9. Brooklin Sedgwick Tyler, rf 6 McCarthy, lf 1 Day, lt Bridges, rf 2 Roberts, c T Andersofn, c 2 Bridges, S. rg Clapp, lg 2 Bridges, R. lg Black, rg 2 Wells, lf 2 4 Jan. 31, we played a very exciting but one-sided game with Bluehill at Sedgwick. The score, 47-8, in their favor. Bluehill Wescott, rt Gray, lf 6 Leach, c 16 Hinckley, rg 0'Brien, lg Burton, rg Clay, lg On Feb. 4, we played a team made up of three alumni, two exe's and one of our own subs. We beat them by a score of only 16-14. Sedgwick 22 Bridges, rf McCarthy, lf 6 Anderson, c 2 2 Black, rg 1 Clapps Mixed Team Sedgwick Grindle, rf McCarthy, lf -10 Carter, lf 6 Bridges, rf 2 Cousins, c 4 Anderson, c- 4 Byard, rg Black, lg Bridges, H. lg Clapp, rg Ford, c 4 -K. L. B., '28

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THE COMET' .25 Narration is the form of composi- tion that relates incadisions in order. fMeant for 'incidentslj if Sli Ill' A transitional paragraph is used to transpose the meaning of one para-- graph to another paragraph. if if if From English Themes: I set my alarm o'clock at 3.30 sharp, and turned in early. On his return to the U. S., he fLindbergl1Q received a large recep- tion. if 3 if From a geometry paper: Two triangles which have their sides respectfully parallel or respectfully perpendicular are similar. PX: if 'li Leather Stocking Tails were written by Bryant. all SF if Hagerthy Creading the letters on the staffj : E-F-G-H-- PK: if if Janitor fmeeting the principal on a rainy morningj : Oh, Mr. Flye, the piano leaked last night! As a mat- ter of fact, the roof leaked, and the water dripped down on the piano. if elk 4? From an American literature paper: She CMrs. Stowej was a precocious child, and at the age of fourteen was teaching anatomy in her sister's school. fButler's Analogyj if ll ll Mr. Elye fin English ID : Mon- seigneur was a sister to Darnay's mother. 1 W 11' Compare 'little '. Anderson: Little, more little, most little. Algebra I: 'WVhat is a quadratic equation? K. Pert: An equation with the first term missing. ik' as if Mr. Flye fin English IV, : What is the gender of Hecate? Miss Sargent: Oh, he is fem- inine. l I O English III and IV: Tut - tut - tut, said the old man. . Miss Clapp Creadingj : Toot - toot -toot, said the old man. in if if I WVanted-To know why Patty Sim- mons brought a second-grade reader on her second day at high school. ......+.0.l-- EXCHANGES. t VVe have at hand only five school papers. As usual, some have been lost or mislaid during vacation. The Gathererf' Deer Isle-A very good paper, with stories and poetry above the average in interest. The pictures add much to the appearance of the paper. The Breeze, '? Brooksville-f ' The Breeze grows better every year. Poetic talent seems to be plentiful. . The T'attler, Brooklin-An all- round good paper. The Pemetic,'.' Southwest Harbor -One of our best papers, with a most attractive make-up. The jokes are really funny, and the literary fea- tures interesting. The Breeze, ' ' Stonington-Am other interesting paper, with some good stories. The amount of local ad- vertising shows a generousapprecia- tion on the part of the communityai PL. M. O., '28. I.. .