Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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18 THE COMET Mr. Langley tto Proctor Byardj: Are you a democrat? Proctor: Yes Mr. Langley: Why? Proctor: Because father was al- ways a democrat, so I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be. SF Pl? PX: Pat fbusiness managerj: Do you know anything about Shakespeare's works ? ' ' Mike tapplying for editor's jobj: No, I can't say as I do know any- thing about Shakespeare's works, but I was in the soap works once, for six months. :XS Pl? :XC It is odd that it is the day that breaks, though it is the night that falls. 'Ki 19 PKG It has been truly spoken, a treasure is not always a friend, but a friend is always a treasure. :Ks 46 fl? Mr. Langley fin chemj: Elmer, what do you know about hydrogen peroxide? E. Black: Nothing Mr. Langley: What do you know, Lloyd? Lloyd: Not much more. Pk 'Ki Pl? Teacher: It gives me great pleas-- ure to give you ninety in this test. Student: Ch, give me 100, and have a real good time. FX1 S? if Secretary: There's a lady to see you. Boss: Tell her I am engaged. Secretary: So she said, and she wants to know why you didn't show up at the wedding yesterday. Little Mary one day suddenly dis- covered her pulse and, running to her mother, exclaimed: Ch, mama, look! I've got hiccoughs in my wrist!'f 9? SF FK' . Mr. Langley tin chem.j : What is HCH? Cwaterj Gray: Hydrogen dioxide, NCCC- CH 3? Pl? BK: Mr. Langley tin Englishj: Cecil, how did you write this theme? Cecil: With a pencil. SF Pl? FK: R. Carter: A chicken, please. Grocer: Do you want a pullet? R. Carter Cdisgustedlyj : Don't be silly, my good man. I want to car- ry it. SF :Xi it Teacher: Mr. Simmons, twho was supposed to be a poetj how many days are there in a month? Mr. Simmons twho answered in rhymej : Thirty hath September, all the rest I can 't remember. The calen- dar hangs on the wall. Why bother me about this at all? :Xi FXS PX4 Farmer Hooper: What did you give your horse when he had the colic? Farmer Gray: Turpentine. Farmer Hooper fa little laterj: Your prescription was no good. My horse died. Farmer Gray: Mine did, too. :Xl SF Sk Byard tto Simmons, starting for the brookj : Where are you going? Simmons: Cut to see my grand- father. -H. G., '32.

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THE comm- 17 seemed that they had been traveling for hours, when Turner was startled by the familiar call, VVho goes there? VVith a cry of relief he dropped into the trench-saved from almost certain death, by a dog. -E. B., '32. SCHOOL JOKES Miss McKenney treading a theme i11 Englishj: How do you spell 'at- te11tio11 ' ? ' P. Byard: Darnfino. Miss MeKenney: Do you spell it a-t-t-e-n-c-h-i-o-n? S? it if Miss McKenney: Mr, Oarter, who were the Dissenters? Mr. Carter: They were the daugh- ters of Queen Elizabeth. PX: SF :XS Miss McKenney: Byard, spell ' exquisite '. ' ' Byard: E-X-q-u-i-s-i-t-e. ' ' Miss McKenney: Why didn 't you spell it that way on your paper? Byard: I didn't have my book open then. 36 SF S? Mr. Langley Qin com. civicsj : Oe- cil, what is an ordinance? Cecil: I never seen one of them things before. SG S9 SK: Miss McKenney asked if it was ever necessary to tell a lie? Calvin: It tells you in the Bible that you shouldn't lie. Miss McKenney: Do you believe everything in the Bible? Calvin: Yes. Miss McKenney: Do you believe that Jonah swallowed the whale? Cecil Cto Mr. Langley? : What be- came of the garden of Eden? Mr. Langley: Do you know? Cecil: Yes, it disappeared. FX4 Pl? SF Miss McKenney fin Englishj : Black, you are on a crowded street car and your arms are full of bundles and a young lady enters. What would you do? Black: Get up and put the bundles in my seat. Pk PX: ll? Miss McKenney: Mr. Harper, what is the difference between an an- tidote and an anecdote? O. Harper: An anecdote is a druggist and an antidote is a medi- eine. 2311 S? :Kr Mr. Langley fin chem.j: Carter, what do you get if you melt butter? Carter Cinnocentlybz Water. PX: SF it Mr. Langley Qcom. civicsj: Wom- en like red. Leon: 'tis that a sign of danger? Mr. Langley: That would be for you, probably. :Ks SF :XG Mr. Langley fto Leonb: What is the white of an egg? Leon: It's the yellow part, isn't it.

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LOCAL Sept. 14-School began. Sept. 15-Music teacher came. Sept. 16-Abbie Sargent and a friend visited school. Sept. 17-Mark Clapp and Clifton Hooper visited school. Sept 25-Freshmen's reception. Sept. 28-Seniors had charge of a social at the chapel. Sept. 29-Music teacher came. Oct. 5-Began basketball practice. Oct. 6-Rev. E. H. Stover gave a talk on VVorld Peace. Traveling Li- brary presented to the school by the Sargentville Community Association. Oct. 9-Formation of the Interna- tional Relation Club. Oct. 13-Music teacher came. Oct. 22-23-Examinations. Oct. 26-Charles Young, Roscoe McCarthy and William Hall visited school. Oct. 27-Music teacher came. Oct. 28-29-30-Teachers' conven- tion at Portland. Nov. 10-Music teacher came. Nov. 16-Magazine contest, Army vs. Navy, a tie. Nov. 24-Music teacher came. Nov. 25-A Thanksgiving enter- tainment was given. Owen L. Flye visited school. Nov. 26-Examinations. Nov. 30-Opened the basketball season by playing at Penobscot. Dec. 1-Castine played basketball here. Dec. 3-Overnight trip to Stoning- ton. Rough sea. Dec. 7-Boys beat Penobscot here. Dec. 8-Music teacher came. Dec. 10-Members of the honor roll visited the assemblies at Bar Harbor high and Ellsworth high schools, and went to the movies in Ellsworth. Members were Rosalind Pert, David McCarthy, Lloyd Buck- minster and Eleanor Cousins. Dec. 16-Played Bluehill basketball team. Amy Ferguson and Gertrude Orcutt visited school. Dec. 18-Christmas entertainment with a large, well-decorated tree, and visitors. Each present given con- tained a verse which was to be read on opening the present. Dec. 18 to Jan. 4:--Christmas vaca- tion. J an. 5-Music teacher came. Jan. 8-Boys played at Franklin. Jan. 9-Bar Harbor Seconds played here. Jan. 12-Calendar social at the chapel. Audrey Candage visited school. Jan. 19-Music teacher came, and basketball team played at Ellsworth. Jan. 22-Played Franklin here. Jan. 23-Played at Bar Harbor. Jan. 27-High school gave Blue lodge supper. Jan. 28-High school supper. Jan. 28-29--Examinations. Jan. 30-Sullivan played here. Feb. 2-Music teacher came. Feb. 11-Played at Bluehill. Feb. 16-Gave Royal Arch supper. Feb 29-Played Brooklin here Dec. 3-4-Examinations. score 23-8 in favor of Brooklin.