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

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THE HARBOR BEACON 9 ftlnturual Our school work thls year has been very successful The teachers have been worklng hard to lmprove the school All have displayed a great amount of school Splflt and are ln hopes to make the school better ln every way thls year than It has been ln the precedlng years We now have three teachers The Engllsh and muslc has been comblned thls year and lS taught by Mlss Presson We have obtalned a travellng library contalnlng fifty books from the state llbrary at Augusta Thls takes up subjects on hlstory geography muslc clvll government and some flctlon We are to keep these books for slx months Mr Webber has had many 9Xhlbll',S sent to hlm for the educatlon of the scholars Among these the most lmportant are Cocoa and Chocolate Educatlonal Exhlblt from Walter Baker Kz Co Dorchester Mass Cotton and also Woolen Exhlblt from the Paclfic Mllls Lawrence Mass the cotton exhlblt shows every step ln the development from the seed to the cloth the cereal exhlblt of Grape-Nuts Post Toastles Postum and Post Tavern Porrldge from the Postum Cereal Co Battle Creek Mlch The Dlamond Salt Exhlblt from the rock salt as mlned to the refined table salt also salt as evaporated from brlne from the Diamond Crystal Salt Co St Clalr Mlch School Exhlblt of Corn Products-thls shows all the products obtalned from corn from the Amerlcan Assoclatlon of Corn Products Chl cago Ill Carborundum Exhibit whlch shows the carborundum crystals as taken from the furnace and also the HI11Sh9d sample stones used as abraslve from the Carborundum Co Nlagara Falls N Y Asbestos Exhlblt thls shows the crude asbestos and the finished pro ducts obtained from lt from the Asbestos Co Amber Penna Standard Oll Exhlblt from the Standard Oll Co thls shows the crude oll refined oll floor wax parafine wax cylinder oll and coke One of the most lnterestlng phases of our school work this year has been the debatlng These debates occur the last part of Frlday afternoon once ln two weeks During the fall term the debatlng assoclatlon was reorganlzed and lS conducted by the stu dents ln a buslness llke manner The students have taken more lnterest ln the work thlS year than before as IS shown at the meetlngs slnce many students speak from the floor The sub Jects for the debates have been both mterestlng and lI1StI'l1CtlV6 many of them requlrlng much outslde study and research Many Freshmen have taken great lnterest ln thls work All th1S goes to show that debating 15 not looked forward to with dread by the students as lt was when first lntroduced lnto It lS a new and strange feellng that puplls experlence when they enter a hlgh school for the first tlme as freshmen It IS a usual custom that all freshmen should take front seats and here they slt the first two or three days llke statues hardly darlng to move After a few days thls feellng beglns to leave them and they shyly glance about them to see what their older nelghbors are dolng Perhaps they may see some of the upper classmen whlsperlng together across the alsle or throwing notes or somethlng else to create a dlsturbance Before they hardly reallze lt they wlll be dolng the same thlng What made them do lt? It was the lnfluence that the older puplls had upon them that made them do It The first year ln hlgh school the freshmen are sublect to more or less annoyance by the upper classmen and when the next year begins . . , ' , n I -1 1 1 . . i... - . . . 1 1 1 1 ' l . , .-.. ' I I . . . . . . . . . , . . , 9 I - . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . I - . . . . . . . . . . I 1 1 . . . 1 - ' . . . . . . ' 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . - . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . - . : thlsschool. . . . , .-1... . . . . -1 1 '1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 - . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . . 7 7 I 1 1 ' . l . . . -1 1 . . . . W U , . . . . . . . . -1 1 1 11 1 . . . , . . . . . . . . . 1 1 ' . . . . . . 1 '1 1 ' . 1 -1 . . . . . . 1 ' '1 -' 1 1 ' , .

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THE HARBOR BEACON Why Mlss Mann you look better You have a llttle color ln your cheeks the alr IS what you need I ll see that she gets lt after th1s declared Frances She must keep me company For the next few days Vlfglnla spent long hours ln the garden Sometlmes Frances read to her afterwards she went on wlth her German and French whlle the lnvalxd lay qulet She galned but httle strength Frances saw that and It WOY'l'l6d her What would the poor gurl do lf she were not able to go on wlth her work? One mornlng Frances awoke wxth the solu tlon of that problem ln her mlnd She would go to Three Mountalns and take Vlrglnxa wlth her She would arrange the matter that very day and say that she was comlng and purchase the tlckets Then she would tell V lrglnla about It and mslst that she should go wlth her plan who seemed decldedly TQIICN ed I have been worrymg over lt Mlss Brown I saw no way of glvmg her the change she needs Three Mountams IS the very place for her MISS Brown thought xt very good of Frances and showed her appreclatlon by klSSlDg her forehead which was a most unusual act for the stately matron Late that aftemoon when Frances returned from the clty she went at once to Vlrglma ln the garden The latter greeted her more warmly than usual I have mlssed you so much today she sand Oh have you? Im glad now let me tell you some thmg and Frances told her about Three MOUDf31HS and her plans And you MUST go she ended V1rg1n1a looked at her a moment ln amaze ment then burst lnto tears How good you are to me she faltered And I thought you thought I was horrld fimshed Frances I was but ex ery thmg Wlll be dlfferent and better now Well learn to know each other Come' smlle and thlnk how strong and well you are golng to be Vlrgmla stood up I am better already she sald I m glad to go to the mountalns of course but much more glad that I have found ln you a frlend I do so need a real frlend and I have never seemed to know how to draw others to me Walt t1ll we get to the mountaxns dear answered Frances It IS golng to be a glorlous summer for us both you are not alone 1n needlng a frlend What may not the dear cool qulet mountalns do for us' E F B 17 Zllihe lbarbor JBeacon Editor in Chief GLADYS M ROLFE 1916 Assistant Editor Literary Editor ETHEL A HODGKINS 1915 Athletic Editor LEON M ORcU'r'r 1915 Local Editors H STANWOOD BoYNToN 1915 DORIS M LEIGHTON 1916 .alumni Editors BEss1E C CARLETON 1915 PAULINE S KINGSLEY 1917 Exchange Editor CHANDLER L NoYEs 1917 Business Manager WALTER S HANNA 1916 ORLANDO W Foss 1916 Personals FRED C LOUNDER 1915 The Harbor Beacon rs publrshed annually ln June by the students of Sulhvan Hugh School Terms 25 cents a copy Address all busmess commumcatxons to the Managers and all hterary contnbutxons to the Edltor 8 Ol ' ' ' ' KK n 1 r ' - y . . . . . ,, , . , . Y rr , ' 9 ll ! ' ' ,Y ' ' ' , . IK 71 . . . ,, , . - ' u - ' ' n ' 1 1 . ,, . . . , . - 3 S - , , . . . . ,, . . , . , , Frances went immediately to Miss Brown LEONARD F, FOSS, 1916 al 0 0 1 . , . . . . , , - ' n L , , , . Q . , ' I I V I , 7 . , , ll ' I, ' , . ll Y 7 ' 7 ' 77 ' I ll Y! . 1 ' ' I - , , ll . 77 , . u - n f y 7 Q H Y 7 . . ' - 7 7 . . ' 7 1 . I ' U . I . . . l .

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THE HARBOR BEACOlN and they are sophomores they thmk that It IS thelr duty to teach the freshmen a few lessons Thls 1s all caused by the influence that the older classmen had upon them the first year Then agaln the freshmen may see some of the Junlors or senlors smokmg they will thlnk lt IS their prlvllege to do the same and before you have time to thmk about It you w1ll see some freshman golng off wlth a clgaret or plpe ln hls mouth Thus It all IS that all the hablts the younger pupils form are through the miluence of the older students gl. SERVICE The way to help the world Is not to brag and fight But do what e er we can And that wlth all our mlght When fate goes dead agamst us When skles are dark and drear And do our llttle here For when the strlfe IS o er And the battle s falrly won We see wlth satlsfactlon The work that we have done H S COMMENCEMENT WEEK Commencement Week began Sunday June 6th wlth the Baccalaureate Sermon Wednesday evenmg June 9th Sophomore Reading K of P Hall West Sulhvan Thursday afternoon June 10th Graduatlon Exerclses K of P Hall Muslc for thls occaslon was furnlshed by Cora P Presson and Ray Moon Thursday evenlng Graduatlon Receptlon and Ball wlth muslc by Roberts orchestra of Mllbrldge VALEDICTORY NON VESPERA SED MANE NOT EVENING BUT DAWN Four years ago today new work and new experlences rose before us as the sun of each new day rose from behmd the hllls that frlngc our horizon but Now the day IS over Night IS drawlng mgh Shadows of the evemng Steal across the sky And tonlght wlth the settlng sun closes the day that ends our hlgh school l1fe When we thlnk of all the numberless mven tlons along mechanlcal and electrlcal lmes of the vast areas of once worthless barren land the great stretches of swamps and marshes that were a few years ago not only useless but dangerous to the health condltlons of the sur roundmg country then turn our mlnds toward all the wonderful dlscoverles along the many lous advances ln medlcal and surglcal depart ments then for an lnstant thmk of the develop ment of our great educatlonal and govern mental systems we often say that human mgenuxty and sklll have reached thelr l1m1t and that c1v1l1zat1on has reached lts helght along such lxnes Yet the men who have spent thelr whole llves maklng posslble these wonderful d1s coverxes and mventlons tell us that they have taken only the first steps ln thls development and that the posslbllltles for further advance ment are almost mnumerable The proof of thxs statement ms mevltable The government has taken charge of the re- clamatlon of the waste lands of our country and the thousands of acres of land that have been made fertile through lrrlgatlon and draln age as compared wlth the mllllons of acres that are stlll barren and umnhabltable shows that thls work IS Just begun 10 ' 7 Y I Q . . I . y y S . . . . 3 I 7 , I I 1 . , . 5 . Y Let's make the most of things branches of scienceg noting the almost miracu- r ' ' Q - . . , . , - 7 ' , Y ! . . B. ' . I , . u . . . - 2 I ' , . . , . . D 7 , . . . . Y . . ' . . . . . , . . . 1