Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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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.

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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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THE coME'r 13 ATHLETICS There is little in athletics to offer this year. Only nine games of basket- ball were played by the two teams. Girls' Games On November 15, the girls played the Stonington girls at Stonington, losing by a score of 15 to 37. The re- turn game was played at Sedgwick, our girls losing by a score of 7 to 67. On January 11, in a game with the Brooklin girls at Sedgwick, our team lost, 3 to 42. The return game played at Brooklin was lost by a score of 4 to 27. Boys' Game. On November 15, the boys lost to Stonington by a score of 3 to 56. In the return game played at Sedgwick, Stonington won again, 36 to 15. On December 14, we played the Brooklin boys at Brooklin, winning, 18 to 14. In the return game at Sedgwick, we also wo11, 34 to 29. The last game of the season was lost to Bluehill Acad- emy by a score of 26 to 10. -R. A. H., '30. JCDKES Mr. Flye Cin English IIJ : Black, what is the difference between madam and madame? Black: One is masculine and the other feminine. Mr. Flyez Well, what is a mascu- line madam? i 8 O Miss E. Hooper fin Math. III and IVJ : An angle inscribed in a semi- circle is a square. 0 'll' 1' Heard in chemistry: Aluminum is used in manufacturing tinware. Sk SS PK: Miss Robinson fin Physical Geog- raphyj : From what country did the stone come for this building? Black: Up back. 0 ll 8 English III and IV: VVhat is an anonymous book? Heath: It is a book that annoys people who read it. In Freshman Algebra: Hlvllili. would you get if you were to subtract a cow from a horse? Miss V. Carter: A cow a11d a horse. VVell, you didn't. You got a mule. SF if Ili I11 Ancient History: Wl1o were compelled to take military training? Miss Ford: All the male boys! fl? PX! SF In European History: Hxvllilt sort of a man was Louis XVI? Loud whisper from back of room: 4'He was pretty. PK4 SF 3? England has 110 need for an arm D because foreign navies cannot march into her possessions. 39 Sk IX: ln Physical Geography: Water covers seven-fifths of the CZlI'tl1,S sur- face.