Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THB, COMET The assoelatlons that xxe folm and the fllfndshlps that xxe make IH hlgh sehool xxlll be a source of ple :sure to us 1n the xe lrs to come Through the medlum of the dlfferent actlxltles xxe XlSlt other hlgh schools md 1s ocmte xx 1th other young people Thls IS a fdSClI1Lt1I1g exper1ence IH ltself VS e re zllze that xxe are confronted xx 1th a serlous questlon It 18 a ques tlOH that deserx es thoughtful cons1d e1at1on Let us answer lt Ill such a xx my th xt It xull cluse us no reffrets Was It not Shakespeare xx ho sald To thlne ovxn self be true And It must folloxx as the nlf ht the c ly Thou exnst not then be fxlse to anx m in 'N W HY WE SHOULD LE THANKFUI In th1s busy World of ours xxe sel dom stop to conslder xvhether xxe haxe flnxthlng to be thankful for or not I thlnk xxe do haxe manx th1ng,s to be th znkful for Arent xxe grateful to the people xx ho haxe llxed before us that xxe haxe our l1brar1es art gal lerles our frlends and exen the les sons that xfxe are to learn To day we have more 0DD0ltllYl1tl9S fol adxancement than exer before Nfanx people haxe not had a chance to go to h1g,h school and college some haxe been forced to leaxe school be fone thex completed the rammar chool Haxe xou exer stopped to thlnk of the dlfference betxx een the log school house of the ploneer daxs and a mod till equlpped bL11ldlI1f.,9 To dax xxe haxe large xx ell xentllated rooms The l1g,ht1ng and heatmg sx stems are up to date Llbrarles laboratorles and gxmnaslums haxe come to be essentl il equlpment fol a modern school Xlthmugh xxe may not re'1l11e It it the pusent tlme 1snt It true hat luxuues of flftx ye urs 15,0 hxxc be come neeessxtles to d ly? These ue lust a fexx of the adx an txges th it xxe emoy Are thev not suf flclent to conxmce us that xwe should be xelx thxnkful exery dav of our 11x es P E S 0 SENIIOR PLAY For ou1 annual play th1s vear xxe chose Slmple Slmon S1mple a ru ral comedx ln three acts The plax xx as glx en December 5 1926 xxlth the fol loxxlne e 1st Slmon Slmple Dlkld Slmmons Thankful Barlox Russell Butler Mlnerxa Webb Katharlne Hanscom S ummy S1mple Caleb Cole Hazel Haxx kms Loulse Bllllngs Stella Slmple Edna Crlndal If lxx ood Flklns C ecll Hooper D1rothea Dueksxx orth Pettv Thomas Sully Ann the mald Katherme Saunders Slmon Slmple l1x es 1n a small toxxn xxlth hls xxlfe his daughter and hl son Mrs Slmple runs a boardmg, hou e the chlldren hold pos1t1ons ln the toxxn and Mr Slmple xxozks at lus mxentlons Fmally he 1nx ents a nexx klrd of mstantaneous hot xxater heater and lnterests the town s mlser 'Thankful Parloxx Barloxx gets Slmple Sxmon to s1g,n a paper by xx hlch he xx 1ll get po s SNIOH of the Slmple propertx lf the he zter falls to xxork Barloxx s Ellte Hotel burns but Slmon outxxlts the old YHISLI Thr plot IS m :de more mterestmf bx the loxe affalrs of Sam 1 1 9 1 11 .'. ' 1 11 - C 1 65' K- - 1 1 M2 , 1' , .1 ' K1 1 1 ' ' , ' 1 A1 D .' ' 'l A , 1' 2 .' 1 T 7' 'f ' ' 1 '1 Z , . . , . 1 4 1 X Q 1' i fl ' ' I K A x -I, if L u r ' l Y L ' t - ' ' - ' Us ' ls x ' V' 12 .' z f 2 '2 - 1'1' 5 ' 1 1 1 1 1q ' 1 I 'x' ' ' - f 1 1 i 1 1 c 1.1, 1g 1. 1 c . 1 , '. 2 'J f ' ' '1 - ' Q 1 .' , if .' 2 v . . V 1 - 7 1 A2 ' ' ' .' ' ' 1' 1' 1 ' 1 1 ' '1 1 L1- '1' ' 2 ' ' . . . V , . 1 1 1 1 1 L X A Y 1 ' A q . . . v , , 3 J .' 2 . . 4 ' l n 1 1 1 Q 1 ' z ' 1 S . C .. '. F 'F if ff 4' X c 1 7 1' , A H ' I X' 1 1 1 'L1 I. 1 ' 1 1 1 11 ' ,- 1 44 ' ' ' ya . . , . C K , - li ', t' ., ' .' 'z Q 2 S3 K' , . , 1 - 3 -H V 'Z 1' I E. Ll. '40 Q' 1 1 1' ' V ,- r if Y if -k Mrs. Slmple VlFg'lHl?l Grmdal Y 1 1 1 4 1 ' '1 ,.'1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 l 'f v I ' 1 ' 1 1 1 2 ' ' - . . - C , ' r ' 1 1 .1 K1 ' ' K1 'X - ' ' rg 1 1 ' r 9 , ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' 2 , 7' ' J 1 A . 1 x X x , , , ' , i K, 1 1 1 L1 1 V, L1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 - 'E Y f ' 7 K Y n , A L- A 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . . . , , - 1 1 1 1 ' ' ,' ', 1' ' r ', . . , . , 5 N I v v 1 -' . .'. 1' 7' A, , t, , C . SA' . . .H . r ' r ' ' x 1 1 ' 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 . 1 4 ' 1 1 1 1 ' Ax - ' 1 U' 1 ' 1 77 ' 1 , ' 1 , 1 1 1 I 7 g I v r. i - 1 1 1 Q 7 1 ' 1 1 Y ' 'J ' L A A x , ' ' I Y I V 1 ' ' Y ' A - . 1 , , , ,. . . . 1 1 1 - 1 - K A' r - 1 1 1 ,-1 ' - - - 3' s.'e.'.' ' , . ' 11 , ' , ' ' ,1 1 1 1 l L 1- ' - 1 1 1'1 - I I , L A ' l V v . 1 . I 'W Y. '. V , c 1 . ' - ' ,- ' 1 ' K1 1 1 1 1 1 - x li' 1 'l 3 1- 2 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' - ' 1- 1 f 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - - . 1, 1 - C , - n

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THE COMET com French I Edna Grmdal and Cllf ton Pert Latm III Katharlne Hans com Latln II Caleb Cole and Cllfton Pert Latm I Edna Grlndal Physlcs Cecll Hooper and Daxld Slmmons Hlstory RussellButlerand Cec1l Hoop er Algebra I Caleb Cole and Cllft0I1 Pert Plane Geometry Katharlne Hanscom and Lawrence Torrey Last year we won txxo places 1n these tests The field day m connectlon wlth th1s IS at Castme on May 14 The e xents ln track the baseball games a test 1n wrltten spelllng and the var1 ous speakmg contests are held durlng the day and IH the evemng Bestocca 1s brought to a close by the avx ardlng of cups and rlbbons to the xxlnners of the dlfferent ex ents as well as to the xx lnners of the exammatlons taken ear l1er ID the esason In splte of the fact that we have not entered a team ln track th1s year Sedgwlck Hlgh School hopes to be represented bv a large number of stu dents I am closlng w1th the wlsh that we brmg home our share of the r1b bons from Castme H P T A AND ITS OBJECTS Durmg the past vear a Parent Tea cher ASSOClat1OH has been formed 1n our commumty Thls organ1zat1on has dexeloped rapldly Any person 1nter ested IH the vx elfare of the schools may 1o1n by paylng dues of 30c a year Part of th1s money goes to the state P T A The obxects of the orgamzatlon are 1 To promote the welfare of ch1l dren and youth IH the home school church and communlty 2 To ra1se the standards of home l1 e 3 To secure adequate laxxs for the care and protectlon of chlldren 4 To brlng lnto closer relatlon the home and the school that parents and teachers may cooperate mtelllgently ln the tralmng of the ch1ld o To develop between educators and the general publxc such umted ef forts as w1ll secure for ex ery ch1ld tht hlghest adx antages ln phys1cal mental SOCl3l and splrltual educat1on The Sedgwlck P T A has for 1ts speclal alm a much nccded gy mnaslum for our schools Come and 1o1n us' C WHY GO TO SCHOOL? Th1s questlon arlses frequentlx ln our llxes Why go to school? Some that beg1n hlgh school go for a short tlme go to school any more? I haxe fun T1me and agaln It has been proved that such people are the ones vxho become a burden to the town We of th1s generatlon should proflt by the mlstakes of others Parents vxho d1d not flI'llSl1 hlgh school haxe often sa1d how sorry they are that they dld not complete thelr trammg when they had the chance Opportumty usually comes but once We must be readx to take advantage of that once At the prese It t1me 1t seems though ex ery f1eld vxere crowded Thele are manx more appllcants than pos1t1ons Who Wlll be successful 1n obtalmng a Job? W1ll It not be the one who 19 best prepared? A h1gh school tl1IJl0f1'l3 may not mean much to us on graduation day but sooner or later It w1ll play 1ts part It 18 the flrst step toward a h1 her educatlon Who knows when he may haxe an oppor tumty to go to nolmal school or ex en college? 1 v ' ' ' Y 3 r ' ' K 3 9 ' 3 ! : 'K 'Y ' , , . .u H . . Y L , LL - ' 5 ' . T . . - 1 9 ' , l 4 1 1 . v V . I , , . . . 4 I w I Yu I x I 1. I I L ' K ' ' ' v 7 , , , ' 1 ' r 1 ' ' 1 1 ' I . . . D u D n K' . L' . . . - . . A y 1 ' , , , . . . . .. . . . . . , , , , - F. ., 39 ' ' PK ik PK vlf Pls , 7 ' .1 1 ' .1 1 7 ' 1 I . Y Y- . I ' ' L L L 5 5 . . . . H ,, ' s ' . - and then they get tlred and say Why ' , Q . f no , ,, . . . N . A - . A . . K ' ' L L L' L 1 K L V K' A I A kv 1 4 ' ! . - . C. ., 37 - PF Ik if Pk Pk 4 ' v 2 . . - ' ' 'l .Y l 1 1 - - -l S r ' ' .I as . Y. . . . 7 , v I L' Ll - . . 1 K , . ,l D y . 5 ' . I' ' K 1 . A 1 5 ' ' v 1 A ' , - . 5 ' ' Y . .1 D 1 v , A , a . . . . . . ' 'lr ' 1 D ' '1 ' 1 ,,

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