Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THE coM.E'r' 11. LOCALS Sept. 9, 1929-The first day of school. Twelve bashful Freshmen ap- peared. Sept. 10-All the Freshman boys got a ducking in the brook. Sept. 13-Abbie Sargent visited school a11d found some frogs in her car. Sept. 20-Freshman Day! The Freshmen were very amusing. Oct. 1-Juniors and Seniors get two periods off this afternoon to get sup- per for the Royal Arch Chapter. They paid us 339. Oct. 2-No school! Convention at Bucksport. Oct. 7--John McCarthy visited us. Oct. 9-First basketball practice of the year. Oct. 23, 24, 25-No school! Conven- tion at Portland. Oct. 31-Byard had his seat changed. Nov. 4-Junior class rings came to- day. Nov. 7-8-Exams! Exams! Nov. 15-Two basketball teams went to Stonington. We had a won- derful time, but we are not broadcast-1 ing the scores. Nov. 18-Magazine contest began. Homer and Gertrude are captains. Nov. 22-Everybody stayed in at recess for whispering. Nov. 25-Marian Hooper visited school. Nov. 26-Heath sent back to the main room from the European history class. Dec. 13-Leo Bridges, Hilda Allen a11d Rose Billings visited us. Dec. 13-30-Christmas vacation! Dec. 30-Mark Clapp visited us. Dec. 31-Maud Clapp and Abbie Sargent visited us. Abbie, was rc- quested to take a front seat for whis- pering during the music period. It must have seemed like old times. Jan. 1-New regulations regarding whispering went i11to effect. School play chosen. Jan. 20-Byard had his seat changed permanently. Feb. 4-Editorial board of The Comet appointed. Feb. 5-Miss Robinson entertained the girls' basketball team and its guests. A good time for everybody, but a sleepy crowd next morning. Feb. 6-Byard absent on account of sore eyes. Mr. Flye was kind- hearted enough to let us all go out at recess. Feb. 7-Homer Bridges absent on account of illness. Economics class had a lively argument on It pays to advertise . Discussion will be continued Monday. Feb. 14-M. Simmons and G. Orcutt had their seats changed for whisper- ing. Parts assigned for the school play. Feb. 17-School did not begin une til ten o'clock. Mr. Flye was snowed in at Brooklin, Miss Robinson at Ston- ington. Homer Bridges returned to school after a Week's absence. Feb. 18-Miss Robinson returned from her Stonington trip this morn- ing, just before recess. Chemistry III and IV had a session after school. Feb. 20-Practiced the play for the first time. Feb. 25-The music teacher came

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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.

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12 THE coM.E'r today. Don l1id in the library, but Mr. Flye found him. Feb. 26-Miss Alice Plunkett vis- ited school. Heath was excused from economics to watch the alcohol lamps in the laboratory. March 3-Seniors and Juniors were excused to attend town meeting. Miss Robinson chaperoned. They gave a full report of the meeting. March 4-Pearl Sukeforth and Marian Hall visited us. New regula- tions regarding whispering. March 5-Everybody went out at recess. Good work! Christian En- deavor social at Sedgwick last night. The high school was well represented. March 10-Senior class parts as- signed. March 10-16-Spring vacation. March 19-State health nurse vis- ited us. fFor details see Roscoe's account of the day.J March 24-For the first time in thirteen years, no one had to stay after school to rewrite his spelling words. Mr. Flye informed Heath that he CHeathj was no addition to the Vergil class in the library. March 25-Hilda Allen visited us. March 26-Much to their delight, the economics class finished the prob- lem of Normal Value . March 27-Saunders, Bridges and Heath were requested to remain at- ter school for economics. Miss Dun- phey fnurseb returned with a list of six-point students. There were eleven of them. March 28-Leo Bridges visited us. Heath was sent back into the main room from economics. March 31-Members of the basket- ball teams received their letters. April 1-All the boys were excused from Miss Eccles' music period. April 2-Mark Clapp visited us. April 3-Weston Varnum visited us. Homer Bridges absent. April 3-4-Exams! Some of us were excused. April 5-Seniors went to Bar Har- bor to have their pictures taken for The Comet. April 7-Rain storm. Small school. April 9-The Freshmen stayed af- ter school for algebra. April 10-The Seniors' pictures came today. April 11-Miss Robinson didn't hear the bell this morning, so the Vil- gil class had no recitation, but the poor Freshmen in Latin I recited through two periods. April 14-Roscoe's unlucky day! A window was broken in the recita- tion room at noon. April 15-Miss Eccles here today. The boys were entertained during the period by Miss Robinson. April 16-The boys cleaned up the basement at noon under the direction of Mr. Flye. April 17-Most of us stayed in at recess for whispering. Miss Robin- son coached the rehearsal of the play, as Mr. Flye went to Brooklin. April 24-Practiced the play in the hall for the first time. April 25-The school presented Mr. Flye with a birthday cake. It was quite a surprise. April 29-The boys were called to the village this afternoon to iight fire. Later they went to Sargentville to another fire. Proctor had an accident. April 30-Ball game at North Sedgwick. Rehearsal postponed.