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

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THE HARBOR BEACON ning ,gun BEACON BOARD Front Row Dorothy Lxndsay Emlly Farrm Lottle Martm Constance Winn Ollve Bunker Juanita Martin Second Row Edwm Clark Anna Bean Eleanor Bean Dons Sutherland Marie Tracy Wilma Slnclalr Bxlly Jackson all menus are 1n French Many books con ta1n French phrases and 1d1oms If IS 1 cultural language Many people employ French malds and many of the French 1mm1grants 1n th1S country st1ll speak thexr nat1ve language There IS also the DOSSI b1l1ty of takmg a tr1p to France some day and knowledge of the French language would be necessary The French Class LATIN We the Latm class of Sulllvan h1gh school belleve that every pup1l should study Latln at some tlme durlng h1s hlgh school career for several reasons a few of whlch we w1ll mentlon now A person who has studled Latm at any tune often acts as a dictionary unto hmm elf SINCE so many Enghsh words are de rxved or t ken dxrectly from the Lat1n one fmds hls Engl1sh vocabulary bemg mcreased Whlle studymg Latln Learmng the orxgm of our Englxsh words helps us to better un derstand thelr meanmgs and consequently we are able to use them more properly Whue st1l1 m hlgh school ln the studles of bl01Ogy chemlstry and physlcs we flnd many phrases Wfltten ln Latm Such phrases also occur m newspapers classlcal works and even novels In the study of Latm 1t lS necessary to speak plamly and dlstmctly and the pro nounclatxon of all words 1S carefully pxac t1Qed Thls fact cannot fall to be of great help 1n publ1c speaklng and also 1n Just ordmarv conversatlon These are Just a few of the advantages Latm has to offer but th y should explam why we advv-e all pu p1ls to study thxs language RESULTS OF FOREST FIRES There IS a saymg One tree can make a 1111111011 matches but one match can rum a mllhon trees Thls 15 a proverb that all people should remember when near the woods M1l11ons of dollars are lost each year as a result of forest fires Some dam ages are d1rect whrle others are lndlrect 4 l x ' ', 5 , S s N s -v 1 3 ., J ' J N Q 1 . ui, w ,.f......... b .... ,, 5 . . , 1. 1 - - , , l Y , - . ' , ' 1 9 Y . , 1 r - . , - Q... v I 9 .T - Y 1 y Nl Y . , . . U c , , , , - , , S A . . - . . .,, . . . 'P . , P ' v A - u

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112 Harbor Beacon P11011 fllfll by IM Slzzffzzzis of Su!!! an High Salma! SLLLIX xx, Huw, JLNF 1940 EdltOl 111 Ch1 f Assi a11t Ed1tO1 Liteiary Editors BUSIUSS Managei Assistant JBeacon Staff Constance Winn Pearl Watson Fredonna Matthevs Lottie Martin Wllllam Jackson Olive Bunker A t 13:11 or Athlet c Editor A'umn1 Ass sta11t Joke Editor Exchange Edltor Wllma Sinclan Edwlll Clarke An11a Bean Juamta Ma1t1n Mar1e Tiacy Dorothy L1ndsey Dor1s Sutherland Eleanor Bean Adve1t1s1ng Ma11ag As 1Stf1Ilt Faculty AdV1S6l Mis MHUYICG Peaison Ebltouale Confucius WILL IT BE COMPLETED9 othei ac 1v1ty bu1ld up school sp1r1t Ye 111 order to have good teams one must have tool Sullivan h1 h school long l1as fel the need of an athletic field Tho e pre v1ously in use 316 at a considerable dlSt21l1C6' from chool and lIlSL1HlCl6llt time was left fo1 p act ce Last February a step was taken o prov1de the field which we have deslred so long A WPA project was 1n1t1ated by town of tic als to construct an athletic field dlrectly back of the h1gh school bu1ld1ng Sfveral acies of land WGIE pu chased from the ad JO1lllllg Dunbar p1operty to get the amount ot land iequned The land was cleared and the cou1se of a b1ook which formerly went th1ough the middle of the present project W s altered Workmen have cut down knolls and filled 111 hollows to secure the de 'red level At present a surface coat is bClll hauled from Falls PO111t to ornplete the g1ad1ng The students 1n General and athletes ll p:11t1cula1 aie lOOk1ll0 forward to the com plet1on of the woik and hope that it will Say Person should icmd editorials as well as ,pokes b ready when the ump1re alls p ay b'1l1 111 1941 THE VALUE OF FRENCH We have studied French for two years but lil that short t1me we have acqu1red a know ledge sufficient to read novels by such writ ers as George Sand and Halevy 1nd a peaking knowledge suffic cnt to simple conversational French French IS 1m1la1 to Enghsh lil must beg1n by learn1ng grammn vccabulary During a student s yea school and 1n college he IS still Enefhsh however 1n fou1 yeais '11 xy on that one 3 1d 1hC 1 Lil 1 StLldVlll 0 hi lx school one wlll be able to leain enolen French to su1t mos of his need If you dont 1ntend to go to collcae you may say that studying Fre11ch would be a wa te of time We dont agree for we Iind that French terms occur even 1n the home economics course Also 1n every fi-1y living there are many 1nsta11ces wbeie Fvench styles and customs are seen I11 many laige hotels and restaurants 1n the Un1ted States Q v v v - 4 - v . 1 1 , 1 . - ., 'L '-'- 'en ......... ' 'A ' 'E ..,........,.... .. ' ' .fsi ' ' ............. 1 . i ' . ....... . .. .... ' C . . 1 . ' , k, .iuf ....... , . 1. ... .... 1 . . ........ . . . ' ' ' er. .... ' rs' ........ ,, ........ .. ' ', ' '. I I 5 ' . K6 ' ' ' U Q Y ' C AL 1 'vw . V . . . Probably athletic teams, more tha11 any ' , L. . . . . 1 , , . . t . Q . H .U A .,, - D ., .' ' 1 . x' f ' 4 ' ' 1 1 . . - Y . 1 ,L ' V L -V y 1 , . S 1 ,cc .., i , ' ' 1 - 5- - . - - 3 - . I l . 3 . U' ' L ' 1 ' ' ' - ' ers 111 gl ' ' ' ' ' v ' 1 Q . . 4 . , D 5 . . .. f 'g. ' ' ' ' , , .1 . . , ' D ' t ' a ' . 1 - ,. A ' 7 if . k : 2 ' ' A . . . - . ' lv A - - ,Q -1 . 3 C , , 1 . H , --K . . A 1 ' O . 1 ' L, - - , ' - K 1 ' - -, - ' K 'O'

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THE HARBOR BE acox Probably the greatest d1rect loss 1S that of t1mber 1tself Maybe youve gone Jy a place where tall stralght trees once stood but where only tall burnt lrmbless old scrubs now stand Someone lost money ln that fire you can bet How valuable IS human l1fe'7 Its prrce less D1d you ever stop to thlnk how many people d1e from fires IH the forest'J There are about three thousand deaths a year as a result of forest fires No one can reckon thrs loss There are many fur bearmg annnals whrch when caught and skmned brlng a good prlce When a flre sweeps the wood land What happens'P These fur bearmg and meat grvlng anlmals erther dle or are dr1v en away never to return Out ln the mlddle west there are a lot of floods Some people wonder why thxs lb so The reason 1S slmple There arent enough trees ln an area to absorb the wa ter so the r1vers fill up and overflow In a oyggg Are. rm'- co w bw BOOKKEEPIN G AND COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC Bookkeepmg and Commerclal Arlthmetxc were offered to the students last fall and both subJects have proved to be very ln terestmg There IS somethlng fasclnatmg about recordmg figures rn bobks 1n such a way that the whole buslness transactlon 1S made clear It IS somethrng that everyone should know about because rt can be used by everyone even a housewlfe Commercral Anthmetlc lS a foundatlon ML wi 'few Cow-sts great many places where there has been a large forest fire 1n the dry part of the summer there have been floods the follovt mg sprlng Floods take more 11V9S than any other one dlsaster Another loss Ls that of the so11 being washed away because there arent enough tree roots to keep It ln place It costs thou sands of dollars to clean out the streets or r1vers after a storm which has washed down the so1l Now that I have told you a few thlngs about the results of forest flres I should 11ke to tell you how to prevent them 1 When rn or near the woods dont l1ght matches or fires unless necessary 2 If a fire gets away from you dont get panlcky Cut off 1tS progress 1f poss1ble If th1s cant be done notlfy OfflCla1S at Q o Ewi 5- rn H2 DN 05 E 9, SD' OID OH gm L11 sw cr S O s: ID rv- ,- Q. O c' FD E E UQ UQ D' Cf' O O 5 5 A 2 w 2 U1 lilllf 42 535553 Noomm: gpg-535'-1 mW'UQv- fn f-:mg-N20 on '-.4 U E 'U E? g'Jg,g2'-1 immmgo- messes 'gfbswgvv r- 3 CD Basis? Uegh-'EOS 592355 QUQ 5221 :Feiss agaigd 1242-:5 s!l1r-g 'Odd CD cus. 4 WE.-G5 mmI3 C5E H22 m as Q fomzbofl ZSSD.-Eco rf-U1 'S-nr TYPEWRITING Everyone was so 6XClt6d about the four shrny, new typewnters last fall' All the ' . XL, . ' h '- Q. . ', Z- ' ' z I ' u ' . . bg . I ll A . ' Ubin y. r . I. Q W q I ' ' . . , . U cp 4. s 1 q Q I ' ' N3 w ' . '- ' ,I M -- .. ra 4- l J ,A ' - ' ' I ' -? If I I I , S -. I f I .1 '4 . l '. ' f', bv' 'H . .fi U 1 Q . ' . 1 ' I I I - , ' ' x ' 1' U1