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

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THE l-IARBCR BEACGN SULLIVAN MAINE vol, vu JUNE l9l7 NO I OOGOOUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOQO gooooooooooooooooeooooooo Uhr Earhur Brarnn Edxtor ln Chlef PAULINE KINGSLEY 17 Asslstant Edltor MAYNARD WATSON 18 Llterary Edxtor SELENA HAVEY 17 Local Edltors RUTH LEIGHTON 17 KENNARD HASKELL 17 Athletlc Editor B MORTON HAVEY 19 Alumni Edltors RENA URANN 18 HOLLIS REED 17 Personals WESLEY BRINTON 17 Business Managers HOPE PERKINS 18 GUY DAVIS 18 5595535559954 Glflnturual OUR DUTY In these days we hear much about moblllzlng and Webster tells us that to II1Obll1Z9 IS to put ln a state of readmess for aCt1Ve servlce 1n War as an army corps We have already seen thorough and exhaustlve plans put mto opera tlon for the purpose of placlng the United States on a war basls and lt IS Wlthout doubt a revelatlon to the majority of Amerlcans to observe the readlness wlth Whlch our beloved country adapts ltself to these new and un pleasant condxtlons It IS a matter of hlstory that the Unlted States has never unfurled the Stars and Strlpes ln an unjust cause and lt IS common knowledge that when once really aroused the Amerlcan does not do th1I1gS by halves but We have been at peace so long and the horrors of modern Warfare have been so v1v1dly portrayed to us we hesltate Just a httle as a people to appreclate the serlousness of the sltuatlon now confrontlng us Von Papen an ex representative of the Imperlal German Government at Washlngton out doubt Germany lS hoplng that we Wlll not profit by the mlstakes of the Entente Allles but wlll contmue to Waste tlme and begln the War W1th a serles of blunders of whlch she wxll readlly take advantage The first thlng for us to do IS to glve more attentlon to the l'l'lOb1llZ1I1g of the natxonal mlnd We have l1ved so long and so contentedly ln our lmmedlate sphere that a false sense of securlty and an easy op tlmlsm have been very naturally unplanted ln the mlnds of our people We are now brought to the stern reallzatxon that We can no longer thlnk ln terms of the Unlted States alone but must glVE some clear headed th1nk1ng to the problems of the world The President has very aptly sald the world must be made safe for democracy That sentlment expresses our end and arm and lf we are to succeed 1n mak1ng the World a safe place for democracy we must be prepared to make S2.CI'1flC8S War always makes necessary certam re 9 Q . . . 0 . . . . 0 , 7 . . s 7 . - . I 0 Q u 1 7 ? . . , , : Y 7 . 7 , . . . . 7 . . . . f 7 . a . . , - 7 . , ' characterlzed us as 1d1ot1c Yankees, and Wlth- , r , . . . . l , . . . . 1 , . . . . . . I Q Q . , . , - , . . . . I I I I I , ' ll . ?l ' . , , . , . . . . . , . . , .

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Dedlcated to ANDREW P HAVEY Punclpal of Sulhvan Hugh School

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4 THE HARBOR BEACONI stralnts and unpleasant I'0Sp0I1Slbll1tl9S The national mmd must be made ready to meet these duties and restralnts by domg now some sound thmking We must develop the habit of looking stubborn trylng condltlons squarely In the face The sooner the national mlnd IS adjusted to thls condltlon the better lt will be for the country Let no man underestlmate the seuousness of our duty' M W 18 DQQDDQHDDQDDC QGDDDDC Qlihnturual Bates SQQCIQQC QQQDDOHDDDQCXQDDQQEC SULLIVAN SCHOOLS By FREDERICKA GERRISH 19 The schools of this vlllage were early estab lished and have always malntalned a very hlgh standard The high school of the village for a Hall Sullivan Harbor but owlng to the In crease In attendance and the long dlstance which many of the students had to cover In order to attend the school lt was In 1909 10 declded to construct a modern bu1ld1ng In a more central location Our present buildmg was constructed on the Workman lot Sulhvan and opened In 1910 Ex Supermtendent Adelbert W Gordon who designed this bulldmg deserves unllmlted pralse for his unt1r1ng efforts Mr Gordon a bright enterprising boy from the start taught the Grammar school of thls vlllage at an early age and shortly afterward became prlnclpal of the high school When the high school came under his charge he endeavor ed to place lt on a par wlth other preparatory schools of the state It ranked as a C school when he first became prlnclpal but did not remaln so long as one day whlle vlsltmg the school Hon Payson Smlth told Principal Gordon that wlth an asslstant teacher lt could easlly become an A school Almost Imme dlately Mr Gordon secured the efiiclent ser VICGS of Mlss Florence Hamblen of Forham as assistant and from that time the school has been ranked as an A school From prmclpal of the hlgh school Mr Gordon became Supermtendent of schools of Sulhvan and later IH 1907 was elected Distrlct Superlnterdent of schools for the towns of Sulhvan Gouldsboro Wlnter Harbor and Sor rento He served In th1s capaclty from 1907 untll 1915 elght years of excellent service About the mlddle of the year of 1915 he resigned to take up his present duties as State Agent for bnorganlzed Schools w1th headquarters at Augusta Maine Upon the resignatlon of Supt AdelbeI't W Gordon IH 1915 R L Slnclalr was elected Su perlntendent of this dIstrIct He has shown much ablllty and great Interest In our schools That he may serve us for several years to come IS the slncere wish of all has also been high from an early age Wlth the erectlon of the present grammar school bulldlng the common schools of Sulhvan In 1889 took a new start Having been favored Wlth efficlent Instructors they have made rapld progress In then' respective branches of edu cation MAINE HISTORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS By P s K 17 One of the leadlng topics discussed by the school boards and educational leaders of thls state IS that of teaching Malne history In the common schools In the publlc schools of our state at the present time we find American hlstory taught to puplls of both the Intermedlate and grammar ages They leam much of the history of our nation at large and of other natlons but llttle do they know of the state In which they lIve or even the town or clty M 1 l . . . . . I , . . . - , . ' , 7 T. I 0 I A , . . - . . , , , . , . . 7 , . y . , . . . . - . , . . . . 7 Humber of Years held its SGSSIQHS in Distflct The common school standard in this village 1 1 ' l , ' , . i . . . . , . 1 I ' 9 , , ' , 1 . r I ' -'ll - , , I I I I , , i , . , . . , , , , . . I . . , . . . P I n I ' f.