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

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THE HARBOR BEACON sald Pug Kern the basket ball manager Just look at the coat' growled Andy Smxth captam of the basket ball five The coat was lndeed anclent a cut away of a style long sxnce extmct and never m fashlon for boys of any age Two large cloth-covered buttons adorned the back and rldlculous tails hung to hls heels Hls sturdy figure falled to fill 1ts vast dlmenslons A head of uncllpped halr a red flannel shlrt and green tle shlny trousers and coarse boots completed the make P The boy s color rose as he glanced over the curlous gnnnmg faces but hls Jaw tlghtened as he located the door to the prmclpal s office and passed wlthln Fellows 1ts gom to be wnth us regular Thls remark came from one who had been m the prlnclpal s oflice It s name IS Poman Palmer Worse than a dead loss growled Andy Smlth I hoped we might get some basket ball materlal among the new ones At least they ought to keep up to the standard of the school Why its a dlsgrace to have that scarecrow hanglng around What dlfference wlll It make lf we do lxck Mlddleford They ll come over see that bumpkln and we ll never hear the last of It Poman Palmer appeared regularly at classes That was why he had come to Flmt Ledge He always wore the same old garments as they were all he possessed Without parents Poman had worked about the mmes and lumber camps of the Northern Pemnsula savlng money as he was able now he had come to Fllnt Ledge to take ad vantage of the offer of an aunt who was wlllmg to send hlm to school Poman llked basket ball but he was Ignored by thc regular five on account of his clothes and was not gxven a chance to try for the team At last he was gwen a chance on the second team because he was always ready to play and never tlred He played center agamst the tall and angular Call Engle who looked as though he could reach up to the ceiling of the gymnaslum At rlght forward on the second was Bradley Chase a green player but one who watched and learned One evening as the boys were dresslng Case sat down beslde Poman a thmg that rarely happened to the boy the school called The Scarecrow I thmk you know a lot about basket ball he remarked Thank you rephed Poman W1ll you coach me a bit? Why I d be glad to lf you thlnk I could Well contmued Bradley I have some baskets up down by our barn I ll be down sald Poman But look' Why can t we have the second team down there and practxce up a b1t Sure' It s a go answered Bradley So It happened that on aftemoons the second team practxced down at Cases bam They got rxght down to busmess and by Palmer s lnstructlons managed to learn some slgnals The next Saturday the last before the game wlth Mlddleford the seconds were to play the regulars xn a practice game Everyone turned out for each student was anxlous to see Just how the school five was to play IH the game on the commg Saturday Poman appeared wlth the second team He could easlly hear the murmurs about the Scarecrow bemg on the floor but hls Jaw only tlghtened as the red mounted hrs face If they let that loose on the floor next Saturday Mlddleford w1ll never let us hear the last of xt Why don t they keep hlm off He ll disgrace us sure' Such were the remarks uttered agamst hlm The game started wlth a surprlse When the ball was thrown up by the referee every man on the second team knew where It was gomg In a few mmute s lt dropped through the Second s basket makmg them m the lead . 1 ' I 7 u 11 - - - ' 1 . . . - I I 1 ' 1 , . . . . . . . . . . . . H ' 1 . . . . ,, . . . . . . H . H 1 1 ' 1 ' - u YY - U . , . 1 u - ' 71 . . . . . . . H , . . ,, , . - 1 1 u 11 - u 1 1 ' - 11 . . U ' ' 7 ' 7' u 1 11 1 u 1 ' , . . ' 1 - 1 - 1 u 1 - . . ,, ' . YI , u 1 11 u 79 ' ' ' , . . U . . ' . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , ' 0 1 . . . , - 1 . , . . , . 1 . . 1 I7 , ' . ' . ' n . I I . u 11 1 ' I 0 u 7 s ' . . . u , . 1 e ' 7 ' . . , 1 ' 11 Q . . . . . - . . . . . ' 1 . . . . , . . . . , Y . . - - 1

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THE HARBOR BEACON Junlors You are about to advance to the ranks of Semors and soon w1ll fill the place vacated by us To you I extend a hearty greetmg Upon you w1ll rest the cares and responslbllltnes of the commg year May you carry out your tasks wlth unfllnchlng wlllmgness and success Lmcoln once sald Let us have falth that rlght makes mlght and ln that falth letustothe end dare to do our dutyaswe under stand lt Let thxs quotatlon be apphed to you Put forth your best effort to uphold the honor of the school and do nothmg that wlll blemlsh your name or character Ablde by the laws and customs set for you and ln later l1fe you can look back upon your hlgh school days wlth a clear consclence knowmg that you as the Class of 1916 dld your best to do as you thought rlght Sophomores You have but half completed your hlgh school course We trust that you w1ll make the most of your tlme so that you may feel that you have wasted none of those golden mlnutes of opportumty Form a resolu tlon that you wlll do better than you have ever done before and Perseverance wlll have lts reward Your character IS formed durlng your school hfe Make a sterl1ng character your xdeal and work to attam thls w1th the best of your abxhty Whatever you undertake do It wlth a wlll and never strive for popularzty for xf you do you wlll always be dlssatlsfied As a suggestlon you m1ght take this as a motto Whatever IS worth dolng at all 1S worth domg well Hawthorne once sald It IS the Iron rule m our day to require an object and purpose m hfe Let that rule apply to yourselves Have a purpose m view and strlve wlth you utmost ablllty to attam unto lt for by so domg It w1ll rest entlrely wlth you whether or not you have made the world glad that you have lxved rn It Freshmen You have undertaken the first steps that separates youth from manhood As you have been with us but one year perhaps your burdens have seemed hard to bear yet we trust that you will keep strlvlng upward and partake of that vast field of knowledge that hes before you Do your best to lmprove the many advantages offered ln hxgh school l1fe Above all thmgs be manly and xndepen dent Do not rely upon your neighbor for support but try to develop self-confidence If you have a hard problem to solve do not waxt but go manfully at your task and you wlll be successful ln the end Garfield once sald If you expect to wear the spurs you must wln them Let th1s be an example for you all that you may put forth your best effort to make of yourselves noble men and women who wxll play an Important part ln on the world of today Undergraduates Today we leave you and go out mto the vast Unknown to make of ourselves what we wlll We feel a pleasure to know that we have lald aslde our books yet as we linger a feeling of sadness creeps mto our hearts to know that wlth some of us at least our school days are over perhaps forever Our four years of hlgh school llfe have been filled wlth pleasure and happmess carrymg thrlll of but at last we must part therefore ln the name of the Semor Class I bld you all a last farewell G 0 CLOTHES AND THE MAN Who let It ln? Who IS the goat anyway? The wmter term at Flmt Ledge Hlgh had Just begun and the returning students grouped ln the broad comdor shouted the1r amazement at the apparltlon The youth who received these remarks looked rxdlculous mdeed clothed as he was ln the garb of an elder of the past genera tlon No wonder the wealthy dressed students were amazed for Flmt Ledge High prlded ltself on belng the best dressed high school ln the country Bet he robbed a scarecrow of that get up ' . . . . . . . . . . - . . H . . , . , . ' 1 . ,, . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . H . . ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . , - u 11 . . . Y - 7 I I 0 ' 0 o . - . . 1 H . . . . . ,, . . . . . ' 1 ' 1 . . . . . . . . . , . , F. E. ., 15 . . . . . 1 .-.l. .l-. . . . . . 1 H . . . I ' !! ' Cl ' ll ' ' !7 Cl ' 77 . , . , . . . ,, . . ' 1 ' 1 . I Q 7 - . . . . . ' ll il 1 ' 1

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THE HARBOR BEACON where they stayed and by Poman s excellent play1ng won the game The great game of the season was now at hand Mxddleford had 3.I'I'lV6d at Fhnt Ledge durlng the day and were walklng the streets waiting for evening to come Everyone was BXCIIZBCI That evening there was a large crowd as sembled ln the gymnasium where the great battle was to take place Both teams hned up but Poman was not seen The game started Mxddleford took the lead and held it The first half ended wlth Mlddle ford twenty points to the good The second half started but Poman played center ln Engle s place He worked wlth all his mam and gradu ally reduced the score so that Mlddleford was only one pomt ahead but there was only one mmute left He must get the ball was h1s only thought and he did He shot a basket lymg Hat on his back putting Flmt Ledge m the lead by one point He had won the game When the boys were dressing Andy Smith approached Poman with outstretched hand I guess we all owe you an apology he began You taught us basket ball and more be sides O W F 16 THE VIEW OF SULLIVAN HARBOR FROM MANOR INN As we gaze westward and southward from the lookout at Manor Inn we cannot help but realize the beauty and grandeur of the sur roundmgs of our daily lives About the Inn stretches the soft green lawn sprinkled with scarlet phlox dainty hued snap-dragons and noddmg golden glow The lawn IS enclosed by woods through which wmds a wlde path leadmg down to the mam highway In these woods the birds smg gaxly and the squirrels chatter gleefully in their unmolested solitude Along the highway are the qulet homes of the peaceful cltlzens and friendly nelghbors Back of their abodes slope the broad smooth fields to the shore of Frenchmans Bay Oli' to the northward hes Falls Polnt that ralses lts hlgh bluffs as lf 1n challenge to the malnland of Hancock Polnt that hes Just across the swift dark roarlng flood of the falls In the mellow glow of the twilight these projections cast long deep reflections IDUO the calm and peaceful waters of the bay Dlrectly across the bay a dlstance of elght miles rises before us the hills of Mount Desert Island Their stlff outllne IS softened by the hazy atmosphere of the warm autumn and then' clear dark blue IS tlnted to a qulet peace ful grey by the last ghmmermg rays of the set tlng sun Thus do they stand llke proud and mlghty sentmels guarding the lxttle Vlllage from all unwelcome vlsltors ETHEL A HODGKINS 15 A DAYS EXPERIENCE I come to school ln every gale In hand I have my book and pall Upon the shore I tie my boat For fear that she mlght go afloat At nlght I leave the school at four And make my way down to the shore I find my boat all safe and sound And start for home where I am bound But when I reach the Hancock side I haul my boat up from the tide I then walk down the railroad track And stay a whlle fore I come back F E G 5 0 , . . 1 .. . . - . 7 l 1 -. - . . . . . . - . . . . . - . . ' n . . .. . . - . . ' 1 - . - . . . ' 1 . . . . . . n ' , . . . . . 5 I . , l 1 . . . . . . . , - , - - . . . , . - . . . . . ' 1 . . .. . . . . . . , , ' 1 . . l - . ' 1 . u 77 1 . ' 1 rr - 1 . ,, . ' 1 , . . . . . . 1 . 1 1 ig-1 0 . 1 . . ' 1 . . . . . . . . , 1 1 - ' 1 , . . .,I , . . D I I ' '?Q'i1-lg . . . . . . . . . . . .