Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THE eoME'r 9 the boys down to the car for my suit cases? Certainly, says Mr. Flye, I think Bridges and Hooper are the strongest, so they are elected. After the suit cases arrive, the nurse putters around for a few min- utes and then announces that she is ready. Mr. Flye looks us all over and finally says, I think' we'll start with you, Pert. My turn comes sixth, and, as one could easily guess, it comes during recess. Take off your sweater and shoes, she greets me, as I enter the labora- tory, which is serving as her ofiice. Now she gets me on the scales and jots down my official weight as 185. Then she takes my height. Seventy-one and one-half inches, says she. My, what tall boys I I have been called about everything, but this is the first time I have been called tall, so I feel pretty pleased. Next she breaks a mustard paddle in two and introduces the large end of it into my throat. O, such beautiful teeth! Every- one I have examined, so far, has had wonderful teeth. ' Now she asks me, Do you sleep with your mouth open? Do you snore'? You might ask Mr. Flye, I reply. He seems to think I am asleep most of the time. Perhaps he can tell you. Now she looks at my finger nails and says they 're wonderful. Then she says: Heels together and chin drawn in! And to emphasize this she hits me a whack on my chin that nearly knocks me over. There, says she, that's a perfect position. Try to keep it. After this she makes me read some rows of letters, first with one eye cove ered, then the other. Then she tests my hearing. I cover one ear a11d she stands off a little distance and whis- pers, Do you like apple pie? If she had ever whispered as loud as that when she went to school, and had had Mr. Flye for a teacher, she would have had her seat changed be- fore night. She finishes her labors about four o'clock, and departs with her dog for parts unknown. --R. M. '30. 1.- 0 . IN THE NORTH IVOODS The sun slowly rose over the hard- wood ridge, lighting up the spruce valley below and tinting the ripples of the little lake. A partridge flew sud- denly from the birch thicket on one side of the ridge. A squirrel was busy gathering beechnuts which lay on the ground. It was the month of October, and all the woods were full of wild animals making preparations for the coming winter. A moose which had been feeding o11 the saplings of the ridge walks slowly down towards the lake for his morning drink of lake water. The dry leaves, which had fallen from the birch and beech trees, rustled as he walked through them. The day was now growing warmer as the sun came up higher. The waters of the lake were growing warmer and the fish were sunning themselves in the warm waters that lapped the sandy beach. At every sound that

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3 THE CiOM.E'I VVAS IT A DREAM? One night, about half-past twelve, Dr. Peterson was awakened by the i11- sistent ringing of his door-bell. He opened the door to find a strange man, who begged him to dress quickly and come with him to the house next door. This house had not been occupied for several years, and the doctor thought it strange that a family should have moved in without his knowledge, nevertheless, he hastened to make ready. WhC11 he reached the house, he found the interior beautifully fur- 11isl1ed and hung with rich draperies. In an upper chamber he found the patient, a charming girl about twenty years of age. She was richly dressed, a11d the whole room had the appearance of luxury. He attended the lady a11d left a prescription to be filled the next morning at the drug- gist's. After making the patient com- fortable and promising to return the next day, he departed. His first thought the next morning was of his strange visit of the night before to the supposedly deserted house. As soon as he was at leisure. he made his way to the neighboring house, but could not gain admittance. He finally succeeded in breaking in a door, and hurried up stairs. Every- thing was covered with dust and con-- webs. There was no sign of life about the place. On entering the room where he had been the night before, he found no patient or rich furnishings, but on the dusty mantelpiece was the prescrip- tio11 he had written on the preceding night. Where were the occupants of last night, and the furniture? Had it been a dream? If so, how could one explain the prescription? M S , '31 .li--i0 .1 THE HEALTH NURSE VISITS US It is Monday morning. A new Ford coupe stops in front of the high school, and a short, stout woman, ac- companied by a small black and white bull-terrier, descends from the car and makes her way toward the build- ing. She enters the main room and announces herself: I am the State health nurse, she says. When will it be convenient for me to examine the students? HO, any time, any time, replies Mr. Flye. How about Wednesday? And will you look up the students' cards if they have any? Mr. Flye promises to look up the cards, and we all look forward to Wednesday, for the examination may come while o11e of our recitation peri- ods is in progress. On Wednesday morning, Mr. Flye distributes the cards that he had dis- covered, and tells us to take them with us when we go to be examined. About ni11e o'elock the nurse drives up, and she and the dog come into the main room. The dog starts running around the room on a tour of inspection, when some of the Freshmen, who don't know any better, start to titter. Mr. Flye speaks right up, I hope you all behave as well as the dog does. Meanwhile the nurse has been re- moving her hat and coat. N ow she asks Mr. Flye, Will you send two of

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10 THE' comm' seemed unusual to the timid fish, they would move toward deeper water. Another moose waded out into the lake from the opposite shore and stood there with his head up. It was a bull with a large set of antlers. A shot was heard somewhere on the ridge, and the moose waded ashore and started in the opposite direction from which the shot came. A hunter came down to the shore with a deer on his shoulders. He had shot the deer on the ridge. He hauled a canoe from under the thicket on the shore, put the deer in, and started off across the lake toward the trail. There are no people living here in the woods, and the only roads are the rivers, lakes and trails. As the sun went down behind the hill, darkness came on swiftly. A loon on the lake started his mournful song, and a flock of geese flew over on their way to the Southland. -E. IV.. l33. ,.....,...,.,T 0. .1.,. CLIMBING M CUNT CADILLAC Cn one of those warm, mid-summer afternoons last year, Don and I climbed Mount Cadillac. We went down through Bar Harbor and out to Jordan pond, leaving our car near the pond, which is at the foot of the mountain. From there we began fol- lowing the trail up the mountain. The side of the mountain was so steep and rocky that the trail was far from straight. We cut some stout sticks to help us along, and slowly ascended. After we had climbed the stone steps for nearly an hour, we sat down to rest. As we looked back over the way we had come, we could see our car almost directly below us, looking like a toy car. As we turned our gaze toward the top of the moun- tain, the summit seemed quite as far away as did the car. Again we began our climb. Nlfe got above the taller timber and came to a region where only short, scrubby pines and bushes grew. This time we kept going until we reached the top of the mountain. There we found two sign-boards, one directing to the Scouts' trail, the other the Sheriffs, trail. We sat on a ledge and ate our lunch, which made us feel much better. Af- ter we had rested, we looked around over the top of the mountain, and gazed at the scene below. The view was wonderful. To the south and east lay the shores of Mount Desert and beyond the broad Atlantic. To the north and west the main land of the Pine Tree State stretched away to the horizon. But the afternoon was passing and it was time to move towards home. Going down, we did not follow the trail but went straight down over the side. We pushed over one or two of the big rocks and let them crash to the bottom. We found later that this sport was forbidden by the rules of the park. We fell down several times. but we went down in a much shorter time than we went up. We reached our car about dark. We had spent an afternoon in vigorous exercise but we felt well paid for our exertions.