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

Page 25 text:

THE HARBOR BEACON 15 waltmg the tlme came for us to assemble and resume our school work as sophomores There were only seven ln our class now some of the students havlng left to attend other schools whlle some were forced to stay at home on account of slckness Thls year we had a new set of Instructors wlth the exceptlon of Mrs Russell who contlnued to be our lnstructor 111 muslc Mr Edward L L1I1SCOtt was our prlnclpal and M1ss Mlldred Mansfield was hls assistant They were very efficlent and dld thelr utmost to make the school as successful as It had been the year prevlous Wlth thelr efforts and those of the school comblned we were able to attaln thxs ldeal We played a few harmless trlcks on the Freshmen merely to show our authorlty as Sophomores These llttle pleasures and our studymg absorbed us so deeply that the end of the year came before We reallzed it and we were once more waltlng patlently for the tlme to come when we should come back to the school as J unlors Thls trme soon arrlved br1ng1ng wlth It new members to our class makmg a total number of ten We had the same mstructors thls year as before wlth the exception of Mrs Russell whom we very much regretted had moved away Her posxtlon was efliclently filled by Miss Huton Sulhvan Hlgh School had long felt the need of a thlrd teacher and thlS year Mrs Phllhps was elected to ald ln the Enghsh de partment It was at this tlme that we recelved new of Mrs Russell s death I cannot express our grref when we thought what a dear sweet woman she was and of the efforts she had put forth m our behalf A falr was grven thls year each booth bemg conducted by the dlfferent classes The seniors had the fancy 3I'tlCl6S for sale the Junlors the lee cream the sophomores the home made candy whlle the freshmen offered a varxety of articles for sale IH the form of a grab bag If anyone would hke to know whether lt requlred any mental or phxsxcal labor to prepare that ICB cream I w1ll refer them to any member of that class In the evemng there was a pro- gram conslstlng of muslcal Issues mag1c trrcks and a farce entltled At the Junctlon The fa1r was a surprrsmg success-over one hundred dollars was taken at the door and over fifty reallzed Twenty dollars of thls was glven to the sophomores for thelr sophomore readlng whlle the remalnder was used ln the graduatlon exerclses There was no Jumor exh1b1t1on glven thls year as was the custom thls was probably due to the t1m1d1ty of the members of our class to dlsplay thelr powers of oratory ln the pres ence of a large audlence consequently a sopho more reading was gwen ln nts place There were only seven of us now to contlnue our school dutles as dxgmfied Senlors Thls year we were confronted wlth a new corps of ln structors, Robert R Webber prlnclpal Mlss Perkxns first asslstant and Mlss Presson mstructor ln Enghsh and muslc Under her mstructlon and management we developed a male quartet three of the members of Whlch were Senlors Thls has been a helpful element ID all muslcal exhlbxtlons and plays whleh have been glven throughout thls year The most lmportant event durlng our Senlor year took place ln December when we presented LITTLE BUCKSHOT at Knights of Pythlas hall under the earnest lnstructron of Mlss Perklns Later we presented the same play at Wmter Harbor both tunes meetlng wlth surprrsmg success An operetta entrtled GREETING THE GYPSY QUEEN was presented at Knxghts of PylZh13.S hall under the xnstructlons of Miss Presson Thls was grven for the purpose of completlng the amount stlll owed on the pxano Although the four short years may seem uneventful to many yet I am certam that all the members of the class of 1915 go forth from here tomght each Wlth a httle mventory of the good thlngs that we have done together ln these four brlef years of happlness FRED C LOUNDER 1915 .. . . . Y A, 9 U ' , . . . .. ,. . . 1 9 7 . . . - . 7 7 ' . . .. ' 1 . . . . . . r - ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . ' 7 . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . , - . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . - . .. . . ' ! 7 1 7 7 r .. . . . . . . . ' 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . '.. . . . . . . 7 ' 7 .. . . . . . . .. - Q . . . . - r , . . . . . . . . , . . . . J . . . . . . 1 . . - . , , . . . J . . . . . 7 Y . . . 9 . . . . . . . - . f , y' 1 . y ,

Page 24 text:

1015 CIAQS R IO NI II 1 v 1

Page 26 text:

THE H ARBOR BEACON PROPHEC Y The mght was dark Ram came down ln torrents and the wmd wrth lncreasmg veloclty swept round the house wlth the fierceness of a wlld beast The moments wore on Then wrth a deafemng roar the wmd rushed down the chlmney and entered the room where I was sxttmg buslly engaged wlth a dlfllcult experlment ln sc1ence whlch was then my professlon The gust of a1r after wheezlng through the chemlcal apparatus and varrous other rmplements swept past me and ln so domg extlngulshed the only lamp that was burnmg ln the labratory After a t me the storm abated and I rehghted the lamp and resumed my expermmentmg It was on such an evenmg as this that I often became lost ln thought Upon this particular evening I had been wondering much as to what my classmates had been dorng and what they had achleved slnce thexr gradna tlon from Sulhvan Hlgh School The more I thought about the matter the more determmed I became to devlse some means of throwmg hght upon the subject through sc1ence Thus I contlnued my task whlch I had prevlously started I had trled all the chemlcals whlch to my knowledge would a1d 1n th1s productlon wlth the exceptlon of one element If thxs falled I would also fall The compound was then ready to recelve the final reagent so Wlth a platmum wlre I held a small plece of strontlum over the cruclble and after a moment s reflectron let It drop Then placlng the apparatus before a dark curtaxn I sat back and walted Suddenly a red flame appeared and formed ltself lnto one of the most beautlful plctures I have ever beheld The extenor of a theater was rex ealed The doors lmmedmately opened and disclosed the mterxor whlch was filled wlth a great multltude of people On the stage were seated a large number whom I rmagmed were to take part ln the performance There was only one m the entxre group who appealed to me and that partlcular person was a gxrl She was seated ln the center of the group a httle 1n advance of the others Her whole attltude seemed to be that of posmg I rmmedxately began rackmg my braln to recall the place where I had seen th1s glrl before Surely no member of the class of 1915 ever had th1s attltude I had not long to awalt enhghtenment for she soon ralsed her large blue eyes and gazed xn my dlrectlon You cannot lmaglne my surprrse upon I'6C0gI1lZ1l'lg BESSIE CARLETON Bessle was always the leadlng soprano of our class and xt had been her hlghest ambltlon from lnfancy to learn to slng She had progressed very rapxdly ln th1s art but toward the end of her course we became a blt worrled on account of her dlsappoxntrnent IH love But xt seemed that she had conquered th1s lmbeclllty and won her ldeal The next plcture formed upon the screen was that of Mt Vesuv1us On the very crater of the volcano was sltuated an lmmense power plant After remammg upon the screen but a moment It transformed Itself lnto a motlon prcture of the lnterxor Here were presented to my gaze great rooms that contamed huge dynamos generatmg enough electrlclty to llght the whole world Workmen were hurrymg to and fro as though they had only a mmute to hve Soon the door of the prwate office opened and revealed the opposlte wall on which was hanglng the motto Whlle There Is Llfe There Is Hope After readlng th1s motto I knew that th1s must be the prlvate office of STANWOOD BOYNTON that well remembered mathamatlclan of our class He had won success by uslng the gases glven off by the volcano to such an advantage as to generate electnclty I am sure he must have felt qulte content wlth hnnself after accomphshmg such a dxflicult task Thls plcture was suddenly replaced by one of a most attractive looklng SplIl1St6I' She was robed ln white and her halr done ln the most becommg manner was hcauly laden wxth 16 . . . . . . . .., 1 Y . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . I .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .. . - , . . . . . . . . .- .7 . . . . . . . - . , . , 1 . . , . . . , . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . ' . . . , . . - . - Y . . . . . .- - . - f - - . . . . . - . . . . . . . - . .. . . . . . . -, . .. . . . ! . . . . . . . , . . . . H . 7 7 . . . - . . . 1 . , . . . . . ' J . . .. - . . . . . - .- . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ' i . . . . . ' v ! 7