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

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THE HARBOR BEACON read the record the rums of Pompe11 reveal a c1v1l1zat1on strangely akln 1n many sxgnlficant ways to that of the twentleth century At the Very moment VGSUVIUS burst forth and en gulfed the clty lts people were engaged ln the stress and turbulence of a polltlcal campalgn the evldences of WhlCh may be found today on the walls of the clty For fifty of the best years of the human race explorers have been upturnlng the dry S011 of Egypt searchmg for the answer to the rlddle of the sphlnx But at last IH excaw atlng a kmg s temple contalnlng carx ed furnlture beautlful vessels arms clothmg and statuary was brought to hght At another tlme a great pyramld temple was found stocked Wlth won derful rehefs and statues Agaln wonderful 1nscr1pt1ons and the tombs of the klngs of the earllest dynastles were uncovered showmg that the pyramlds were used as the burlal places of the kmgs Thus thanks to perseverance and as a result of SClQHtlfTC lnterest Egpyt has ceased to be the land of lnsolvable mysterles All the research whlch IH recent years has been so prohfic ln the search for monuments temples and wrltlngs the findmg of the Rosetta Stone IS of the greatest benefit to the world Most of the Egyptlan WI'ltlHgS found before the close of the last century were written IH a lan guage the heloroglyphlc whlch was made up of symbols and figures for each word and was not understood even by the greatest scholars It was an lnterestlng accldent that led to the un Velllng of thls mystery Durlng the expedltlon of the French to Egypt under Napoleon an engineer 1n dlgglng the foundatlons of a fort near the Rosetta mouth of the Nlle found a stone tablet about three feet long on WhlCh was an lnscrlptlon ln three dlfferent characters Thls was the famous Rosetta Stone One of the three texts was wr1tten IH Greek and was easlly understood The text at the top was helroglyphlc and that ln the rnlddle demotlc After long and mgemus efforts the alphabet of the hexroglyphlc and demotxc was found to cor respond exactly wlth the Greek so that now cravlngs are read Wlth ease and certalnty and a new flood of llght has been thrown on the hlstory of anclent Egypt One of the l'!'11SSlOI1S of research IS to prove that the pomts ln Old Testament hlstory were true For lnstance lt has been proved by re cords that Abraham v1s1ted Egypt ln the twentleth century B C and that he then found a flourlshlng monarchy GX1Stl1'lg In Nlnevah were found serles of terra cotta tablets whlch glve lmperfectly the story of the Creatlon as recf rded ln GGHQSIS It has been further shown by the testlmony of the rocks that IS the evldence whlch they present of the order of creatlon WhlCh agrees w1th the order the Blble g1V6S The foundatxon of the rocks un der the earth's surface serlfies the successlve phenomena The first layer of stone g1V9S evldence of a gaslous presence IH the atmosphere the second layer that of anlmals and marlne bOd19S and farther on the presence of man Research IS also valuable because the ex cavatlons that are made reveal the many ways ln WhlCh people of former years excelled us and show us the ways ln WhlCh we may lmprove Therefore ln vlew of what research has done IS doing and can yet do for the progress of the world can anyone be lnsensxble elther to 1ts value or lts fascmatxon? Thus research prox es that the epochs of h1s tory form but one act ln one Proyldentlal drama one thread of progress blnds natlon to nation and age to age and lookmg at human lty as a whole we see that Through the ages one mcreaslng purpose runs And the thoughts of men ale wldened wlth the process of the suns DOROTHY MERCHANT 14 Mr Llnscott VK ho saxd Gne me llbertv or glve me death? Pete openlng one eye I dldn t , 1 1 . 1 1 . . Y . . Y - ' 1 - 1 1 - -1 . . , I - . . Y . . , . . . - 1 1 ' y . . 7 . , . B . xx. - u - 77 ' 1 1 1 Y Y ' 1 . . . . 7 - - 1 1 ' 1 1 ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 7 1 1 ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 7 - Y ' 1 , - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . . . . . H . . , . . ' . . 1 . . . . . ,, - 1 . L - 1 . lol . . . . . . , . . Y . 1 ' ' . . . . ,, , . . . . . . , H , .

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THE HARBOR BEACOY our lu es be such as wlll reflect credlt to our selves and brmg Joy to you who Wlll be Watch mg us Wlth ey erv mterest Supermtendent and the members of the School Commlttee Your retxrmg efforts ln our behalf have com blned to make our school days pleasant as well as profitable We are grateful to you for the lnterest you hate shown ln us and from the bottom of our hearts we thank you To you our falthful teachers we are much lndebted You have been most truly guldes polntmg the way to a hlgher and broader de velopment Undergraduates It IS Wlth slncere regret that we say the partlng Word to you tomght It IS true that we shall meet many tlmes 1n the days to come but our relatlons wlll no longer be that of schoolmate to schoolmate for whlle you are to take a step ahead and fill the places we are larger world to fresh fxelds and pastures new The hour strlkes and we must not be unmlndful of lts solemn warmng but take our leave Irom you wlth one long lmgermg look behlnd Classmates For r happy years vse hay e been together and now the tlme for partlng IS at hand Some of our happlest days have been spent here as class mates Lmted as a class we have stood four long happy years But we part tonlght each to go his own way We shall frequently meet lt IS true but under dlfferent clrcumstances and Wlth dlfferent lnterests Shlps that pass ln the nlght and speak each other ln passmg Only a slgnal shown and a dlstant volce IH the darkness So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another Only a look and a volce then darkness agaln and a silence ' Hltherto We have been free from the cares whlch wlll be the lot of us all ln later llfe Many and varied wlll be the shlfts of scenery ln the days whlch are before us VK e know not we cannot tell what fate awalts us but Honor and shame from no condxtlon r Act well your part there all the honor hes But Why delay? The word of partlng must be sand The last word spoken ln sadness tempered wlth hope a Word that carrles wlth It a feehng of frlend to frlend Vale Vale Fare we H W B 14 SALUTATORY MISSION OF RESEARCH One hundl ed and fifty years ago the study of ancient manners sculpture and art was un know and up to the elghteenth century people were unable to Judge properly of ancient art Even then they had very few orlglnals and had to Judge from a standpomt of later Roman clvlllzatlon But the mnteenth century and the spade of the excavator probed deeper and brought long burled treasures to llght The dlscoverles of the great explorer then began to lllummate our darkness untll the hght has now grown so clear that we recognlze the addltlon of entlre chapters to sclentlflc records When we conslder that xt was the fate of the old Archaean capltal to be destroyed at the helght of 1ts glory and to remaln undisturbed untll two decades ago lt 1S easy to comprehend that an anclent fortress clty of well nlgh perfect type once 6XlSt6d There are records about the llfe that was hved ln It about the palaces the prn ate houses the dwellmg places of the dead about dress arms war art wrltlng and rellgxon that all show an advanced stage of dew elopment It IS to Pompeu that we turn for the most strxklng dlscox 91195 WhlCh are of xalue to the archaeologlst the hlstorlan and the student So to those who hay e the skxll and experlence to 10 , . . , . - . . . . .f ' ' 7 ' 9 1 :T - . U . ' ise, . . n . ,, . - y y l . 7 . I . , . Y . . , . . Y .... - ll. . 7 3 . , . . . - 1-UJT - u Q , . . , - 7 - 1 ' ! 7 leaving vacant, we are to face forth into the . ' . 91 . . , , . . S , . H . . . - , , . . y . . 'A L 7 Y . u 1 Q . . 5 u Y . , v D v , ' Y . . . . o - . . u . 7 ' - 1 Y, , ' . Ci ' ' ' . - . . . . , 7 7 . . , , , , v Q I Y I I ! , , 7 ' , y . . . V Q. , . I ' V . . . . , . 7 v '

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THE HARBOR BEACONT HISTORY If the old saymg Happy are the people whose annuls are brlef IS true then we should be called a happy class for the story of our four years IH Hlgh School IS Indeed the short and slmple annuls of the poor Our experlence for the first few weeks was that experlence of all Freshmen smce the begm nmg of time We had salt put m our halr water thrown on us and all kmds of dlsagree able thmgs done to us but we had one conso lation whlch was that next year we would have the chance to dlSClpl1I'lQ our successors Vi e were twenty one green gawky boys and glrls who entered Sulhvan Hlgh School as Freshmen ln September 1910 of thls orlglnal number less then one thlrd wlll recelve dlplomas here to night Th1s first year Mr Donnell was our Prmclpal wlth Mlss Hamblen as Asslstant How we enjoy ed Anclent Hlstory under Mlss Hamblen' It seemed as though we kenw all there was to know when we had finlshed that book When we came back as Sophomores our class had grown smaller Thls year Mr Donnell left us and Mr Russell became Prlnclpal wlth Mlss Hamblen stlll as Asslstant Muslc was lntrooaced at thls txme under the dlrectlon of Mrs Russell Because of her ab1l1ty her tact and her kmd helpfulness Mrs Russell won a very warm place IH our hearts durmg her two years stay wxth us By her death at Ashland last Aprll we feel that we haye lost a very val uable frlend one whom We shall always hold ln lovmg memory One in our class took a great ln terest in the muslc and We were very pround of hlm Thls was Hary ard and although he has never been glven a chance to do solo work we all feel yery confident of hxm and know he has the ablhty The demerlt system was also mtroduced thls year and caused a great deal of amusement especlally for the boys One by one the members of our class kept dropplng out untll at the beglnnlng of the J unlor year only fourteen of the or1g1nal twenty one remamed This year both Mr Russell and Mlss Hamblen left us and Mr Lmscott came as Prmclpal wlth Mlss Mansfield as Asslstant The most Important event thls year was the J unlor Exh1b1t1on glven by our class Thls was the first entertalnment of thls kmd glven by Sulhvan Hlgh School and was a success ln many ways When we came back ln the fall only SIX of us were here to take our place as dlgnlfied SBHIOTS Thls year the muslc was under the dlrectlon of Mlss Hutton As the need of a thlrd teacher had long been felt Mrs Ph1l1ps was obtamed as Eng hsh teacher for the new year Sldney entered our class thls year comlng from Kents Hlll Dorls also who had left school the year before on account of slckness Joined our ranks At the be glnnlng of the fall term as first class ln the school we occupled the back seats But alas' Poor un lucky Harvard had been there about two weeks when one day he was suddenly ordered to the front The rest of us were lucky enough to keep our seats for the whole year but always wlth fear ln our hearts The most lmportant event of our Senlor year took place ln January when we presented the play Down IH Malne Thls was glven fxrst ln K of P Hall later at East Sulhvan and Prospect Harbor Aslde from thls as a class we have taken httle part ln the soclal affalrs of the school except at the Hlgh School falr gly en ln February Altho the four years may seem so unevent ful yet they were truly perlods of development 1n every way Now as we stand facmg a broader hfe may each echo w1th1n h1s own heart the words of Ohves Wendell Holmes Bulld thee more stately manslons, O my soul As the swlft seasons roll' Leave thy low vaulted past Let each new temple noble than the las 12 . v. H 7 . . . ,, . . . , . 7 . 3 . . . 7 . . . , . y - c n , , , . . . . Y n n Q . - y I . - . 7 . . . i - ' 1 ' ' ' . ' sc ' ' n . . . , , . . . . , ' , . . . . . Y . . 7 n , . , . . v . - . . . u u I Y I ' r . n . ' cs ' ' ' 1 , . . - . , . ' r ll,