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

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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

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