Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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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.

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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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20 Mar. 1-Music teacher came. Mar. 3-Played at Brooklin. Mar. 4-Pictures taken. Mar. 7-School went to town meet- ing. tlllar. 8-Washington bicentennial play. Mar. 10-11-Examinations. Mar. 11-Graduation parts given out. Mar. ll-21-Easter vacation. Mar. 22-Music teacher came. Mar. ited school. 28-Debate. Mr. Pollard Vis- POE We take our books home every night, And study them with all our might. We go to school at half past eight. No, we are hardly ever late. Math. comes the very firstg We always say it is the worst, But when our history we've begun We say the worst is yet to come. At two twenty-five, by the schoolhouse clock, The little bell rings right on the dotg With happy faces all is wellg We grab our books and run like h-. l I' i CHEMISTRY There is just one study in high school Which doesn't agree with meg If you want to know what that is, It's that blamed old chemistry. THE COMET Mar. 29-Began play rehearsals. April 1-Abbie Sargent Visited school., April 5-Music teacher came. April 6-No school in the morning. The boys put in the wood and cleaned up the basement. April 8-Pictures taken for Comet. April 13--Seniors went to Bangor to have pictures taken. May 2-Sedgwick high school put on a calisthenic drill at Brooklin. May 25-School play given. -E. C., '34. TRY I take my book home every night, And study with no availg When those formulas I start to write, To remember them I always fail. -R. C., '33. PX: Pl? :BF SCHOOL ALPHABET Als Bis for Anderson, so charming and sweetg for Babe, who has big feet. C is for Cousins, Cooper and Carter-two all toldg D is for David, courageous and bold. E is for Eleanor and Eva, the inseparable pairg F is for Freshmen, none of whom we spare. G is for Grant and Gray, who seem quite alike 5 H is for C. Hooper, who has quite a hike. I is for Idyll, a snappy little miss, J is for Juniors, whose ignorance is bliss.