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

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THE HARBOR BEACON Hrgh School wrll b kept up o that all ex en those who do not srng wrll always apprecrate musrc Rebates A phase of our school work rn whrch we have made a yast deal of progress the past year rs debatrng The debates whrch are held eyery other Frrday are no longer dreaded by the stud ents but ar e looked forward to wrth pleasure for the programmes consrst not only of the ouestron for drscussron but also of readrngs current events solos quartettes etc rn thrs Way the students are rnstructed rn other thrngs besrdes argumentatron new officers are chosen each term so that as many as possrble may be gry en the practrce of presrdrng oy er meetrngs The ofhcers thrs y ear' were F ALL TFP 'XI Presrdent Leon Orcutt Vrce Pr esrdent Hary ard Blar c ell Secretary Sara Bunker Presrdent Fred C rant Vrce Presrdent Stanwood Boynton Secretary Dorothy Noy es SPRIWC TEP 'XI Pr esrdent Srdney Osborne X rce Presrdent C l'1ClXs Rolfe Secretary Dor rs Hatch A marked rncr ease rs notrced rn the number who speak when the questron rs thrown open to the house thrs rs what we lrke to see for rt shows that the students take an rnterest rn the work and are tryrnff to rmproye rt The De batrng Socrety has been asked to enter a league Wrth other Hrgh Schools and thrs wrll undoubtlv done next year One of our recent pro grammes Song by the School Resolved that Amerrcan coast wrse shrp prnfr srrould be exempt from pay mg toll through the Panama Canal Afli rmatry e N egatn e Angus 'Nlrlrne Eleanor Clark Dorrs I erghton Annre Chamberlarn 'NK alter Hanna Fred C rant Readrng VK alter J ellrson Reacrrng Stanw ood Boynton Duct Nlrsses Nlftyer and Clark C urrent F yents Orlando Foss 'Nlale Quartette Mr Lrnscott Lounder Osborne Orcutt Readrng Glady s Polf Song by the school locals The most successful plav ey er fm en by the st rt ents of Sulhy an Hrgh School was the for r act drama Down rn Marne presented by the Senro class at the lx of P Hall Ianuary 11th From all the surroundrng towns people came and no one was drsapnornted rn ertlrer the selec tron of the play or the marne rn whrch the parts were taken The play howedlcfueful pre paratror none of the students requrr rng pr omp rng rrp so famrlra were they wrth therr parts tha all therr 'rttentron could be gryen to the actrng Thefollomngwas the cast of char 'rcter s wav rsdell Zeph C urnmrngs of Har dscr able farm down rn 'Nlfrrne Hary ard Bl Ralph hrs New X ork Nlrllrcnrar e br other VK rllrt Nerl Xl entwor th a y oung rny entor Ernest Andrews Brngle the old fisherman Pay Par trdge Tonrps the hrred man Leon Orcutt Nlr Holden fr lawyer XX alter Hanna J rmpsey a ' fresh an krd X lfgll Blarsdell 'Xlose J ossrn A stutterrng lox er Srndex Osborne Susre Cummrngs Ralph s daughter Dorothy Merchant 'Nlrs Cummrngs Zeph s Nl rfe Sara Bunker Dow v Y . 20 ' . Q ' P- Y ' .J , -' C , s , b , it C , , , . 1 I v v '- . J, V 1 ' 5 I , L 1 . . ' ' , , I- Y Y - 1 . - c ' ' ' Y y 1 1 v Y . c 1 Jr 4 . A ' . , , 1 Q , ' . Y . . r .' x ' v -r 1 r 'r W' 'LY' 1 . . . . . 1 1 . J , . . . . v v v ' ' ' ' , as . 1 1 l ' - ' 1 . t, r L, c L., , . , , Y ' I ' u ' I ' 91 ., , 4 t, r , . U . Y f v - . ks A - - ' e - , ' , ,il . . . . - ' gg L . . .. . ' ' . cv' ' f A Y . - , W- . ' Y c r . ,, D c ' ll INTER TERBI . ' . . ' ' T Ly fs . - 4 . Y . . . . . . A ,. , . v - - Y cl.. . - ,v Q- . . . - - y , v .. V C C C A ' ,' . . . c K . . 4 4 ., , , K 1 I CL w - 1 I . . . f- , kd Y I . v . . Y. . , ' ' L 4 v ' Zi 1 '- .W '. ' Y . . ' ' ' . . 1 . V :AA , A A l 1 , V N yn u x l V ' A v . r , , . L - , -1 V r w 7 ' , LC ' ' r 1 O . - A . , c , . . Y N 7 Q . Y t Q N . ' v. ,, Y. . .w . .,1 . . . . . H . , J, . . . , ' .T s, C , , . .. . . . ,Q v- , . ' A - y y

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THE H ARBOR BEACON and states sard the great Beecher are h1s pall bearers and the cannon speaks the hour xx rth solemn progressron Dead xet he hx eth I VK ashrngton dead? Is 'rnx man that xx as ht to lrxe ClG'1d7 Hrs lrfe rs noxx grafted upon the rnfinrte and vxrll be fr u tful as nc earthlx hfe can be D mums At the begrnnrng of thrs xear a char ge of musrc teachers took place as 'NIrs Russell our former musrc teacher had obtarned '1 posrtron rn another rart of the state Mrss Marx H Hutton of Lawr nce 'Xhss takrng her place Lnder Mrss Huttons supe xrsron vxe haxe made much progress rn the study of musrc specrfrl attentron berng grx en to the expressron and accent of the mu rc Vle find that the two half hour perrods each week haxe A recrtal was grx en Max Sth under the dr rectron of Mrss Hutton assrsted by IVIrss Sx lx ra Leland Reader and 'XI1ss Nlrldred C Mansfield accompanrst PROGRAM PART I The Rexel X ea71e Chorus Duet The Crocus Stewart 'Wrss Hutton 'XIr Lrnscott Peadrng ll h re Ingorance rs Blrss Freldrnff 'xlrss Leland a 'lo the Rose Jensen b At close of Dax Loomrs C rrls Chorus Old lxrng Cole Englrsh Folks song Chorus 6 Readrng '1 Shel1kedh1mRaleVNeel b lmph nr 'Xlrs Leland 7 The Nlrllers VI oorng Eaton Fanrng Chorus Intermrssron I ART II S VK aterlrlres Ixarl I rnder Chorus 9 Banjo Song Homer 'XI Osoor ne Re rdrnfr lung Pobert of Srcrly Longfellow Xlrss Leland Bar rtore Solo I Hear X ou Callrng Me 'XIr Orcutt Peadrng keeprng a Seat at the Benefits 'Xhss Leland Lrfe of Youth C erbel Cnorus Seyeral socral affarrs durrng the year were greatly assrsted bx musrcal numbers rendered by the Hrgh School Chorus The number of srngers has been greatly mer talent left us clue to gr aduatron and other causes The students of the Hrgh School bought 'lhe Students Hy mnal for the use rn the chapel excercrses durrng the fall term Thrs book wa xerx much needed as the regular chorus books contarned x ery few hymns lhrss Hutton has undertaken the Baccalau reate musrc thrs year and the musrcal numbers vxrll be grx en by choruses by the undergardu ates Some of the numbers are MacDougall s Onxx ard Chrrstran Soldrers Gounod s Pr arse Ye the Fall 4 r and a Trro Ont dfry dur mg the fall term the musrc per rod xxas dex oted to specral musrcal exercrses 'NI1ss Hutton gaxe a brographrcal talk on Verdr and choru e from the operfrs xxere sung by the school One of the fr lends of the school Dr Holt xerx krndly loaned u aphonograph for the afternoon s programme for vxhrch we all wrsh to thank hrm VK e all hope that the studx of musrc rn the 24 r .I as ' . H . ' ' 1 ' ' ' f L I - L . y. ,' 1 K x 'M K., 'v U S . J ' . ' . : I j e ' S ' . . . . ,F . v L ' T v bv v . 1 r 1 u F ' ' , ' 1 . J 3 N' 4' ' J D R. C. P. '14 ' I I l'. L ' , 19. z ' ,., I ' cf' j, . . . 'Y , 1 11. .' A , Y . ' I ' y T. D . ll . - v. . 1 10 . H 7 A . l H . I . K , K ... x. k L ' ' 9 ' .u , ' rr V' . h A I ' , I .D C - 1 13. 1 c , ,.., . Y 1 , T v.L. y 7 f I fv 1 C S . 1 . Y V . . . Y Q C A . g v A .M I W . Q c. S. . I 7 .F , ' . - K V ' Y H ' L proved to be of great help to all. diminished this year because some of our for- ' I 7 ' .DI c, ., ' ' , I ' V 1, L L soy' I ' . , , Q . I' . c L. x . ' SK 1 Y 71 ' ' ' 7 . . s ' f ' 1. I v c. .l N. ' N 1 1 , I v 1, Q. -y - ,C - Y V J - - - , ' 1 - . ' . . 7 3' X ' as ' 9. 4 . A ' ', vs as , ' ' ' in 1 . . I H Q .1 U ,V ,, . g L rr , . r'sr . 1..' H '. 4... N VM Y . N. .iy. u A xl , . 1 M ' , 1 ' s s ' '.' ' ' ' ' 5. ' ' I . '. . 1 '1 , v uyv ri v A Ai' x v . nw - . , I H , Q , ' V . .N rr - -,, V . Ay. S , K uv . .

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THE HARBOR BEACOW Kezrar 43 and desparate Cladys Rolfe Betsey Tomps Mona Gordon The specraltres of the plax were of except ronally hrgh order and the students showed therr musrcal talent both rn the choru es and solos Among the specral features of tbrs part of the provr am were X ocal Solo Good Bx e Sweet Dax Leon Orcr tt Recrtatron Countrx Lrfe Sara Bunker X rolrn Solo Fred Grant Southern Melody Male Quartet Recrtatron Uncles Josh s lxew X ears Reso lutron Leon Orcutt After the play Ice Crean xvas sold then a dance followed wrth musrc by Noyes Orchestra From the ex enrngs entertarnment a good sum was realrved whrch was used bx the class to Ward defrayrng the expenses of graduatron The first farr ever held by the students of Sullrx an Hrgh School proved to be such a grand success and was so well patronrzed that many people feel that rt may become an es tablrshed custom to hold a farr annuallx as ments that are usually grven by hrgh schools Each class worked hard to make therr part add to the enjoyment of the occusron and dur rng the forenoon the xarrous booths Were de corated wlth cedar the drfferent class colors and numerals ao that by afternoon the lx ofP hall presented a xery attractrxe appearance At the senror booth whrch was decorated rn orange and black the fancy work was for sale and here were found aprons embrorderres and other artrcles of thrs nature The Junror booth rn green and xvhrte contarned ree cream At the sophomore booth whrch was decorated rn prnk and green homemade candles were sold whrle the freshmen had the grab bag guessrng contests fortune teller etc Then booth was of crrmson 'md whrte and here tht grab bag had to bc replenrshed sexeral trmes as both xouncf and old seemed eager to trx tlrrrr luck at wrnnrng a xaluable pacl age Here also bx paxfrng a nrckle one mrght guess on the werght of the prrze cake and although many people guessed nearlx correctly Morton Hax ex Uaxe the exact werght and thus won the cake All the afternoon the people were busx x rsrt trng the drfferent booths and at 6 o clock a sup per was held consrstrng of baked beans salads pres cakes etc T hrs was the frst attempl ex er made lrx the students of the hr h school to grx e a supper rn connectron wrtlr therr enter talnments but thrs trme rt was attended by such a large number that rt only helped to make the whole farr more successful At 8 o clock was the program consrstrng of a farce musrcal numbers and many trrcks rn mavrc by Mr Collrns of Bangor The openrng selectron was the chorus To Thee O Country by the hrgh school students followed by the farce At the Junctron The posters a nounced that thrs was guaranteed to pruduce a laugh a mrnute and the audrence were cer tarnlx kept rn uproar from the trme Mr Spatts the statron agent first apperared untrl the end full of srly er dollars danced off the stage The cast of characters was Jack Sharp a prospectrxe herr Stanwood Boynton Percy Keen hrs frrend Chandler lxoyes Mr Spotts statron agent at the Junctron Leon Orcutt Fannre Qurck a prospectrxe herress Gladys Rolfe Clara Cute her frrend Mona Gordon All took therr parts xerx well and the race for matrrmonx between the two cousrns Jack Sharp and Fannre Qurck one of whom would wrn a mrllron dollars bv berng marrred befor e the other was laughable throughout and 'NIr Spotts made ex erxthrng strll more comrcal by hrs frequent requests for a dollar '1 prece rn 'rdx ance and especrallx rn the conclusron wlrer e as Ju tree of the peace and notar y publrc rn hrs haste to mar rx the couplesbeforethe trarn arrrx ed he confused tht mar rrage ceremonx xx rtlr 'll1 tfl:lCl3.X rt tlrrs stfrtron agent at the June tron show ed the real humor of the srtuatron 26 A . , , I Y E. . . v ' s ' ' 1 ' - 1 v ' .1 ,, 7 v O ' ' s . . 5 . N 1 Y, VL. - Q . ' ' 9 - C, . 7 Yin - , . ,vu , V -N - , v y 7 ' L 7 Y ' r , ., . r ' ' ss , ' M , , Y -U Y' ' V Q 4 v 4- s A Q 1 :- , V , L 1 , . v ' ' -TCG ' 9 Y f 1 - ' ' 91 , - Y A lv a , . . 7 7 ' Q Y g b . . ' ' Y - ' so vs ' 9 . . . . 7 7 L , sa -sv n- . - . bv . C . . . , .Q J, x . , . well as the senror play and other entertarn- of the play xvhen he, happy and with his pockets n n v , n . I Y ' v 1 3 . Y . . . , 0 ' 1 1 ' v ' 7 1 1 Q ' ' r Y 2 ' v ' v - I . ' ' 7 7 9 ' , y ' ' 'V7 , . , Uv , , 7 7 . . y N , , . ', , x' . , S ' ' - ' ' . . . - . as ' ' , Y 1 C ' . - . - ,.' , 11 ' , ' N' s 4 , r c v - D 7 . . . . . y N S , -s c ' . I k . - ' ' v- v - Q - ' C A ' I ' v ' cs .C - A . ' - 7 .Y U cp, Y. C L v., U - g . A ' i . Q, . 5 Y ' i . . .