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

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THE HARBOR BEACON FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIALS Smce a great many puprls expressed a desrre to learn to play brrdge and to learn to dance xxe arr mged rs the result of a suggestron by Mr Vffrxcson a specral Frrday nrght sessron for therr benefit Wfrth the patrent assrstance of our facul ty xxe carrred these partres on smoothly and satrsfactorrly The puprls xxho xxere rnterested lerrmng to dtnce brought therr oxxn phonogrlph records and the study hall xx as conx erred rnto 1 dlncrng room ex ery Frrday nrght Mr Keyes helped v 1th the dancmg XYfh1le some xx ere dancmg m the study hrll others xxere learnmg the fundt The matter of card tables xx as tllxen care rf bx the mgenurty of our prrncrpal A xery rmportant feature of or r partres xxas refreshments xxhrch xx ere serx cd rn the latter plrt of the ex enrng The refreshments LO11S1SfCd of coffee xxhrch xxe mrde rn the labrltory md cakes cookies and smdxxlches that x erc donated by the students Our hrst gathermg xxas held on an uary txx enty fourth and xxas attended by nearly ex eryone ln school The second x as held anuary thirty fnst xxrth an equllly large lttendtnce As the thnd socul happened to talxe pl lce on february txxenty hrst xxe dec orrted the study hall m red xx hrte and blue rn honor of XVashmgton Our last sessron xx as on February txx enty erghth XVe couldnt haxe them anv longer be ctuse there xx e1e so m my other school functions th lt toolx place on Trrday mght XVe are loolxmg forxx 1rd to h1x mg socrals agam next xxrnter hoxx ex er XVe enloyed them a great deal and xxe feel that they xx ere beneficul NYA The National Xouth Admmrstratron xx IS created to malxe funds rx ulable far fin llltldl assist lnce to slngle young mcn 1nd xx omen betxx een the ages of srxteen and txx enty hx e Thus money xx as to en able them to contmue therr school xx orlc At the begmnrng of the program th1s opportunity xx IS open to only those xx ho xx ere on relief rolls but lI'l October rt xx as extended to mclude other needy and deserxmg students xxho xx ere hax mg drfhculty rn contrnurng therr attend ance at school Sullrxan h 15 four members xxorlcrng on th1s project 'lhe school grounds haxe been cleaned xxorlc done on the b rll field shelx es burlt m the classrooms furmture rep ured and studres of school records made It rs not the mtent of the admrnlstra tron to supplant the xx orlx bemg done by exrstmg agencres but rrther to extend th It xx orlx The lllocatron rs small but through careful planmng much can be done by and for the youth through th1s medium . Y . A f , ' V ' - Y 2 ' f -L Q 2 , , . . , , .2 Y , 2 . . -, . 1, W .' . L V' - , ,-- , I 1 4 7 I T- I ' . . - Y T 7 Y K ' . Y, '- , - f' L ' ' m , , , . z 2 ' . . 1 f 4 r D 2 I L , . , . rf - v - I I 1 -I - L O 4 l T 7 7 - K C , . xl. . . , . . r L R 7 W , Y - 1 ' ' . I 2- - h mentals of bridge in the English room. ' , K Q . . . , Y 2 V -1 - V 4 I I W ,ry in 7 . . I . . A U Q 4 , , L 1 ' . I L 4 . V , V V . I ' 1 , Y ' V 7 - L 9 V 'e ' . 2 ' ' L, K ' 'z . ' 2 'z ' ' ' 2 'z' ' c ' ' ' . 1 ' ' 1 '.' A l 1 A L A 1 Y ' 1 1 V r 2 ' ' ' 2 , ' , V - Y I V - . ' . Z' , ' - L - . - v A , ' . ' ' ' , 2 ' V, A, ' a 2 Y '. Y ' Y a '- 2 ' '1 - I 1 ,

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THE HARBOR BEACON QRCHES F RA Because musrc rs educatronal as xxell as entertarnrng xxe xx anted and needed rt rn Sullrx an I-lrgh An orchestrr seemed rmpossrble perhaps because no one could play some of the rnstruments needed for a complete organrzatron and perhaps because so xery few schools rn our xrcrnrty had orchestras XVe trred sex eral schemes for obtarnrng entertarn mg musrc none of xxhrch seemed xery successful XVe had pr rno musrc srng rng and an excellent phonograph XVe enjoyed these and xxere content but nex er qurte satrshed In the frll of 19 5 Mr Keyes ae nexx superrntendent suggested that xxe learn to play the needed rnstruments Irnmedrrtely there xx ere hxe xolunteers and on Noxernber 70 19sD the hrst Orchestrr xx as held The rnajorrty of the members lcnexx xery lrttle about rnstrumentrl musrc but through the patrent ellorts of Mr Kexes 1 lot o-C hard xxorlc rnd xx eelcly rehearsals raprd rmprox ement xxas made Mrs Mrlclred Bulcer grxe freely of her trme and talent as both pl ryer and rnstructor rn the xrolrn sectron SPEAKING It h rs long been a custom at Sullrx an I-lrgh School to haxe a sperlcrng contest each year l'or many years only mem bers of the junror cl rss toolc part rn thrs contest At present hoxx ex er students from all clrsses are alloxx ed to Compete Tryrng out for the spealcrng contest rsn t compulsory as rt has been rn past years The xx fry that xx e noxx conduct the speak The hrst publrc appear rnce xx as made at the Senror plav at East Sullrx rn on February sex enth Other opportunrtres folloxx ed Both the prelrmrnrry md the hnal spealcrng contests found the orchestra xxell prepared and readx to grxe xery credrtable performances On Aprrl 17 a concert xx as grx en at the school burldrng On M ry hrst XVrnter I-lubor Hrcjh produced rts unror play Agrrn the serxrces of Sullrx an s orchestra xxere rn demand Exeryone enjoyed the crrsron The members of the orchestrr rre the leader Mr Keyes cello Mrs Bulxer Glennr ohnson XVrlton Martrn 1nd Don rld Perry xrolrns Ellrott Hrm mond srxophone Exelyn Srrgent drums Leon rrd Montgomery banjo Claxton Donnell gurttr Mrry Keyes prano XX e all hope to retarn the orchestra rs a perm rnent prrt of our orqanrz rtron lt serxes both IS an opportunrty for prohtrble study for those rnterested rn rcturlly playrng and as a merns for pleftsrnt entertarnment for those xxho crn only lrsten CONTESTS rng contest prox es xery srtrsfrctory The puprls xx ho xxrsh to trlce part choose a selectron 1nd learn rt They 1ll recerxe coachrng from the te lchers Then xxe hrxe a prelrmrnrry contest tt school x hrch rs usually judged by the te rchers and the superrntendent Erght of these contestants are chosen to spe llc at a con test rn publrc On thrs occfrsron prrzes X 20 , ,d , . L , R r r ' . 1, I 4' Y Y v 1 f 1 7 I y v 7 V ' . ' , - - N - 'L 2 J 1 K , - Q - - . . , J ' . Yz . . - . oc- .7 K. . L fl , X . , V ' V ' z 2 ' : 7 . ' - . ' . 4 a - Q a ' . 4 , , 7 ' ' 2 ' V V 7 H K J v 7 j Y -,- ' , 1 - V' ' -. ' 1 - H 5 X 7 L L , , L meetrnq of the Sullrx'an Hrgh School - 2 , ' 2 K , k 4 S 2 H . 2 1 a . . 1 f 'rr 7 L L 2 7 . , ' H- . 'V I ' ,. V 1 - v' v 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 I ' , L L , L L L L L L . . z ' 1 . ' 1 ' z W 1 ' ' ' ' 2 r. I f z ' 1 1 ' Y Y - Tl . 2 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 2 1 ' ' . K L L or ' ' ' ' r ' . ' ' v v 1 V 1 l . 1 - ' 1 ' . , , L L L , L 1 . vc L V l S V' -. T L