Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

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THE HARBOR BEACON But whether our lot be sad or glad, We'll start llfe s Journey undlsmay ed Let us confront lt as we ought becure the firm foundatlon we have lald Whlle here ln school as the years haye passed VS e ve mastered wortlly lessons taught , Tlll strong ln knowledve ue go at last To take the part ln llfe that we oufrht Let Us bld farewell to the frlendly faces, To those who wlll mlss us a few weeks more Tlll the school moves forward and fllls our places As we have advanced ln yeals before Yes, at last It has come farewell fareyy ell, Schoolmates and frlends, one and all We must now go to a broader held Greater vlctorles to yyln Ol to fall Classmates, soon we must part on llfe s sea There IS none who can tell what our llves may befall But we WlSh our frlendshlp ever stronver may be For classmates of '12, for one and for all Classmates, let us do our best and trv ever To do noble thlnfrs, not dream them, lll day ong And so make llfe, death, and that vast forever One grand sweet sonff Vera Gordon, ,12 Nlght Brlngs Out the Stars How often IS heard the alluslon to the tllree R s Readlnfr, Wrltlng and RlthmCtlC , the three essentlals WhlCh constltuted an educatlon ln the days of our grand palents It IS stranve how such matters wlll go bv numbers there seems to be fashlon wlth numbers as Wltll other thlngs, thus, ln anclent tlmes evelythlnff yyellt by sevens, seven days ln the week, the sey en wonders of the anclent wol ld and many other cases mlvllt be clted In the mlddle aves every thlng yyas ln hves and tens, our plesent metrlc sy stem belno- a productlon of the declmal craze To day the fashlon ls reduced to threes, the three R's that I have spoken of, and the three sldes of character, whlch compare to the three sldes of a trlanfrle and the three 'VI s, muscle, Illllld and morals vlhlch contribute ln the form mo' of perfect manhood It IS about the three 'Ws that I am golno' to speak to you You all know that a trlanvle IS no lonffer such a hvure yy hen one Slde IS taken away It IS the same wltll man He IS no lonfrer a man yyhen one of the three essentlals IS lacklng That IS to say that a man wlthout mlnd or morals IQ no longel a man, then he IS a beast As I naye sald before, It IS the three M s that go to make pel fectlon Althouvh It IS not, of coulse ln the llmlts of human power to at taln perfectlon yet by developlnv' the dlfferent aftllbutes that compose lt, we can at least ap proxlmate that lde ll state At thls polnt the questlon arlses, How shall we develop the three M s lf they are so lm portant 9 It IS easy to answer thls questlon ln part, but not easy to answer It fully W dey elop our muscles by actlvltv of course, yy hether lt be called play, exerclse, or labor , and we devm lop our lnlnd by study , whether ID aschoolroom or by general readlng But the development of our morals IS not confined to any partlcular rule Work and study both play thelr part ln the process, but there IS somethlno' far more lmportant requlred, or else we would fall hopelessly sholt of the mark that we all should alm at That somethlnd greater IS what we wmt to vet, but how are we to Get lt l Are the easy thmvfs ln llfe wh lt we want ? They may be what we deslle, but are not what we need It IS the hard places where our moral strenfrtll IS deyeloped The Unlverslty of Hard Knocks 051,15 a IIIIB course of tralnlnfr to all appllcants, wlth small tultlon fees A well knoyyn authorlty has made thls statement A stronff Cll'll'1Cf0I' IS formed by belnfr ln love wlth dlfliculty ', Thls may seem stranffe, but upon second thouvht lt IS found that the thlrd and the most llnpoltant of the gl0l1p of M's IS very slmllar to lts colleavues It lb hard yy ork that makes the strongest muscles It IS the hard pro blem- that deyelop the greatest lntellect, and so 8 xv L I . , . v . v . . , c L 9 es 9 ' L . N . Y . . . - , . w . v . . . H . 4. .I 1 ' I 1- ' , , A B T 7 - v w 1 - Y , Y ' ' ., ' - ' ra . . 1 . . Y V ' no n ' as ' - . v . . . 1 1 B - . . 4 s v 'v . . 'H . I . I rs o u 1 1 . , . . . . . 1 s 4 K -I l V Y l Y . . . , . . 1 , . . ll . Y . . . . . I v 1 . B . , , U . . . . A q ' l . . . . . . ' 1 - 9 . 25 n nr 1 Ku ' ' v . K I 0 u Q 1 1 1 . . , . .W . . . gg L . , . . , . . , - . Y . . , . . . . V . Y . 7 D . l . e V . . ' 1. V I l . I . 9 H ' 1 V x V ' D 1 1 1 , l : . ' ' . 77 v ' v , D. . ' as 1 K -.A v . , , ., . . . f .' 1 . B f la as . . iv . w . . 1 Y Ja... O- 1 , . . . , . . . V '.' , G D 1 . . 1 - . ' v - 1 - ' rx 1' r . D 1 , B . . w ' - . y ,N ' s ' ' . 9 ' 5 . . p . . . . . - 1 . ' , ' ' ' .. ' v . v ' y ' w 56 . n 1 9' Y Y . Y in . . V . . . - ' 1-1 I ' ra . . . - . v v . 1 w 9 4 .,' ' . ' ' n Y . . . Y- . . X . ra ' 1: . n ' ' . y I . y - U 1 . Y Ig ' . M A Y , . . V . . . Y .N Y 5 5 I In 'n K , ' 's v -1 . --Q ' ' - - , , 1 1 A , .' 1 ' ,T 1

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THE HARBOR BEACON occurred durlng the past winter term as a de bate over a trlp to Boston Almost before we were senlors, the plan of our class was to take a trlp to some clty of hxstorlcal 1nterestfBoston for lnstancel at the end of the year, lnstead of havxng the usual graduatlon At the bevxnnmfr of the wlnter term the debate became lnterest mg, for those who wlshed to take the trlp were determlned to make the others see the advan tages of the plan, whlle on the other hand those who were opposed were equally as determlned to make the rest of the class see their Slde of the questlon Some were undecxdedas to whlch course would be the more advantageous and the result IS that we have the usual graduatlon ex erclses thls year There are both advantages and dlsadvantages ID such a method of substltu t1on The chlef dlsadvantage IS the expense and we certainly would have had to work to earn the necessary funds However, thls need not have dlscouraged us as the condltlon of any success IS strenuous effort and hard work Of course no one can fall to see the advantages a class would galn 1n takxng such a trlp, so they need not be enumerated here In our case we had over slxty dollars to begln wxth, which was earned by presentlng the play Teaser ' durlng the fall term , and as the cltlzens of our town are always publlc sp1r1ted It seemed that bv some exertion on our part We could easlly have eamed enough more for our purpose More than thls our class had an unusual opportumty to do Boston as our prxnclpal, who IS a natlve of that city and accordingly well acqualnted wlth lt, would have made a splendld gulde We of the class who wlshed to take thls trlp feel that we have lost an excellent opportunity to v1s1t Boston, for some of us may never v1s1t the hub of the umverse wlth the express pur pose of slght seemg and certamly we shall never all have an opportumty agaln to go wlth a gulde l1ke Mr Russell We who wlshed to go hope the Junlors w1ll profit by our mxstake and take thls trxp next June We have the begmmnv of a fine orchestra m the bullxvan Hlgh School, and although as yet we hawe not many members, we hope soon to add to the number as the mayorlty of our stu dents are glfted wlth muslcal ablllts Even a small orchestra 13 something of Whlch every hlgh school can not boast We are hoplng for a larger orchestra next year and the prospects for the future are brlvht Class Poem, l 9 I 2 How swlftly whlrls the wheel of time ' How quickly pass the happy hours away Y Four busy years ago thls class was born And yet lt seems to us but yesterday The years have sllpped llke hour glass sand, Llke ghosts have softly ghded on , how comes the time to say good by e, To break this happy throng By the strongest tles We have been bound We hnd It hard to go away Too soon resound the merry chlmes That usher IH our graduatlon day As the shades of partmo' now draw near We know too late the past IS gone Yet look we up wlth hope and Joy , F01 a brlght future leads us on Before us lles a World unknown , A brlght and happy world lt seems to day Yet struggles awalt beyond the zone, Where happy youth so long has held its sw We reallze now our cares are not 0,er The cares we once had thought were done We reallze now as we have not before That they are only Just begun Upon the threshold stand we, yet look back Txs hard to leave so many Joys behlnd For every pleasure We shall lack, May we some broader, rlcher pleasure n We ve always known the tlme would come, We stand m doubt and half m fear Ready to go are we, and yet look back 'Phat broader llf8,S so near . . y . . ' 2: ' v y .- . . . . Y , 7 - I if , . .V . . . . . . V . . 5 . . . . . . fy . ,, 5 . . . Y v . 1 B . . lOl- . s . . . . . . . . . . - V . I I ' ' . Q 9 ' Y . I Y . . . , . I l A u - . . . ' . . T ' - y ' C , . . . . . . . Y . - 9 - . . . . . Y . . n ' 9 . H , . . I 1 . . . . . Y . - . . . ' . . . ' . . . . - 7 - . . , , 4. ,, s . . . 'Y . . . 7 ay. 5 . . . . . , . . . . . . . V , v . . . . . . Y 55 ' 77 ' - , , 9 . . . , . . . . . . . . fi d. . . . . , Y . . . . . . . ' 9 u 3 . . . . B . .

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THE HARBOR BEACON lt IS true that the hardest tests of our morals develop them the most We usually feel that It IS the teachlnv and example of the parent that forms the morals of a boy or glrl, on the prlnclple that 'as the tWlg IS bent, so the tree IS lncllned We are rlght ID thls oplnlon only IH part, as parents and teachers cannot bend the twlg, they can only show It how to grow lnto a stralvht perfect tree And the twlg must have a strength of ltS own ln order to become such a tree The ln dlvldual strength of character IS not framed through others, It IS by our own endeavor that we become strong IH the M most necessary for human perfectlon, Morals It IS true that we learn by our mlstakes, and It IS no less true that we TISS by the obstacles we overcome, whether the obstacle be a hard example ln arlth metlc, or some dangerous temptatlon Each temptatlon that we overcome leaves us Just a llttle stronger to overcome ltS successor If we have not the strength wlth whlch to reslst the smaller temptatlons, we can have no hope of belng vlctor when we meet Wlth SGPIOUS pro blems , but lf we overcome the llttle obstacles ln our way, we wlll constantly galn strength llttle by llttle, untll we are strong enough to How slngular, and yet how strllllng, then, IS the resemblance between human character and -l gold coln, the harder lt IS rubbed the brlfrhter lt shlnes Y Do not the dark places ln llfe bllnv out the brlght polnts of our character all the more forclbly 'I How famlllar IS that famous quotatlon How far that llttle candle throws ILS beams , so shlnes a good deed ln a nauffhty world l Is not the say lnff as true then when a plled to man as when applled to nature, that Nlfrht brlngs out the stars ? Why do St-818 shlne at nlght and not ln the daytlme 9 It IS because of contrast contrast wlth the darkness of space around them bo does a strong brlght character shlne by contrast wlth the darkness of the world around lt Love Vlrtue, she alone IS free She can teach Vou how to cllmb Hlgher than the sphery chlme , Or lf Vlrtue feeble were, Heaven ltself would stoop to her TO I '12 Class Prophecy One sunny June day durlng the noon perlod of an hour and a half I wandered out to the very end of Falls Polnt I had ln mlnd the thoughts of the class prophecy vyhlch I was to XVFIIJB, so I lay down on the soft green grass to thlnk about what my class mates would be dolng twenty five years ln the future The sun was very warm and I lay and watched the water rac mv by for the tlde was C0mlHg ID After a whlle the water became less dlsturbed and lo and behold l Out of the whlte capped crest of a wave came a mermald The mermald looked Just as the plctures do, that I have seen of them ln story books She had a pretty face but her halr was green and the lower part of her body was shaped llke the tall of a fish Around her head were strlngs of many colored shells She swam to a smooth rock on the shore, cllmbed out upon It and beckoned to me I went down to her and she sald, Cease to worry about that class part of yours for I have come to help you Eat thls llttle fish and you wlll become a mermald llke myself then I wlll conduct you to the palace of told me for the fish was small and tasted llke bolled lobster Immedlatelv my llmbs became llke the mermald s and I found myself swlm mlno' b8SldC her We went down and down I saw all klnds of queer flsh and marlne plants and after a whlle I saw before us a hugh shell thls, the mermald Sald was our destlnatlon We went ln through an entrance made of shells, alono' a narrow passage way lnto a large hall llke room ODPOSIIB us as we entered I saw what looked llke a huge mllror set ln the wall My companlon told me to lle down on a couch made of a clam shell upholstered wlth sea mosses, and to watch that mlrror closely A hgure began to form, no lt was ascene ln some fOlelg'I'1 country A man wlth a mlnlster lal alr was standlng beneath a palm tree of some klnd and appeared to be talklng to the many IICUIOQS seated on the ground about hlm I 9 Q . . . B V v l I . . . 5 . I , v . . . . . . . v . . Y A . .' ' v v , F ' ' I ' I in 9 . '- ' l . . . D v Lv - J I 0 . l - . W - . . . b v . I . I5 n I - ' 65 37 , 1 . . - Y . 1 . A ' H r . - . 5 g I . . . , master Whatever Inav' be Set, before us. the future far below the sea. I as she . Y . v. . . 4 . . . .H . . , ' V ' - w ' - . H I . . . D , . . .5 . A . 9 . . sl , B i, . . . , . . l 7 v' . . ' 5 I 1 P ' ' 4 ' ' 97 v -' za 15 ' ' Z q l . w u . l . . . ' . ns ns .' Ls I 1 . , , i . . - 3 , . . . . ,, . Q . . v . ' . B ' V l' 4 Q . .