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

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THE HARBOR B1 -xcox JlllllOlS and SCll1OI'5 slgned up for the course Wl at fun lt IS now to hear che keys cl1ck so much faster than they d1d vshen we fnst started' It sounds so ef hc1ent and busmess llke and the product when well done looks so neat and clear' When we lealned to use the mlmeo graph that Mr Shnley Clemons let us have we certalnly felt l1ke full fledged ofice workels Thls was a machme that Mr Clemons had used when he taught at Sulllvan and after 1t was cleaned up and varnlshed by Edwlll Clark It was a great a set to the commerclal department W have used 1t to good advantage ln maklng out programs and sendmg out clrcular let ters and advertlslng materlal We not only learn to operate the type wrlter lll our classes but we learn a great deal from the contents of the type Wfltllln' book It stresses Engllsh rules so many dlfferent subjects enlarges the vocabulary It makes us conscxous of the arrangement and the placement of the materlal on our papers Malcolm Urann made some wooden book standards for the typewrltlng class that are very conven1ent and for wh1ch every typlst IS grateful Thls promlses to be one of the most popular and useful courses ln the school A Typlst A VERY PRACTICAL COURSE Fourteen Junior and senior girls enrolled 1n the Home Econom1cs course last fall Even though th1s was put 1n as a book course we have found It to be a very pract1cal one The first things we made when we took up the Sewlllg un1t were aprons and many of the glrls made themselves sk1rts Near ly all of us have learned to kmt em bxorder and crochet Durmg th1s sprmg semester we have been workmg on the cooklng un1t ln our books nd thanks to Mrs Shlrley Clemons who lent us her 011 stove We can make th1s pa1t of our book as practrcal as We have made the others When vle took up the SECUOIIS on Man nels and Conventlons we learned many valuable thlngs Very soon we are golng to p t on a short play for an assembly p oglarr- deahng mth th1s topic We hope that ln the near future th1s course may be enlarged somewhat by hav mg more equlpment and by havlng a sulta ble room to work Ill THE HOME ECONOMICS CLASS WHY DU WE STUDY SHORTHAND9 Shorthand 1S an art not a sclence Among the valuable by products that we get from shorthand are qulck declsolons In busmess one can possess no greater asset than the ablllty to thmk qulckly and to act wlth prec1s1on Shorthand 15 closely correlated wlth Fnghsh Thxs study IS a great help 1n the pronunclatlon of Words because horthand IS written entlrely by sound It also ln creases one s vocabulary Shorthand makes for convemence and accuracy even ID takmg personal notes or taklng lnstructlons from others ln any capaclty One can economlze on tlme and labor by usmg shorthand to wrxte down telephone messages to make entrles 1n ones dl ry to copy research ltems 1n the hbrary to preserve favorlte quo 3.t10l1S for scrapbooks to t ke down xnformatlon heard oved the radlo or to make up shop omg l1sts The value of shorthand as a means of hvehhooo has not been mentloned Everyone knows that students who mas ter shorthand and typewrxtlng ln hlgh school often secure good posltlons Shorthand 1S a very xnterestlng study too It IS dlfferent It 1ntr1gues and lt never grows monotonous COMMERCIAL GEORAPHY We had heard that trave11ng was an edu catlon ln Itself but most of us never ex ' . 1 ' ' ' , ' ' ' 1 . ' ,' - ' . - Y , Y - 0. , , , . ' ' - r ff' . ' ' ' ' . , y ' g .1 . , , 1 S . e --O-- . l . A , Z . U ' ' ' , I 4 . . . . . . D ' . , . ' A t especlally punctuation, and writing about - ' ' U . . , S A 1 ' l . ' . y ' VH- A 1 'al , ' ig? ' 7 If I .. , C 3 ' - . . . . A I . I . v 1 1 ' . A 1 I ' Q r s , y 5 . . . W. . . y . . 3 - . - , lm, ! , 9+ , . ' ' ' if l v '

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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

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Frrr Haarxora Be xeox pected to get out of the New England to ay nothrn of leavrng the Unrted Yet we are now approachrng the end of 1 Journey throu h every coun ry ID the world States States Frrst we traveled across every state 1n the Unron then to Canada Alaska Mexrco and all the South Arnerrcan countrres study the customs of the people to notrce how they made then lrvrng and to com pare then resources wrth our own Then reluctantly rnovrng on to the next coun try we followed the same procedure throueh every contrnent on the earth But wart you ask and before you fin rsh your questron I shall answer We drd not actually take a year off to traxel and the cost was srnrpls the trnre we spent on Cornrnercral Geo rapry And the walue recerwedq If ever we should have an op portunrty 'rc ually to travel we know wh rt we would look for Now we can understand better the news reels and travel tours penrnes rn Europe mean more to us because we know about the places where battles are bern fought Current news events wrll always be more rnterestrng to us be cause of our trrp around the world the Conrrnercral Georeraphy class N Zx Ao r A .4 , A, 7' 5 ' g f ' 'V ' . ' ' ' ,Q r . 7 4 1 Q V .1 rw QA 7 h V .- ..Sf , . I 4 Q1 . - ' c 1 C - Y , V - - 2 . l . , , .e , , T. c We Stopped in each place long enough to shown on the movie screens. The hap- .Q . . Y I - . . . -, ,' . , ' ' fr v' ' ' . , rf - ' c q ' .. 'I L L r' A V 1 h 1 ' - Q 1 7 V ' ' 'I 4 ' ' ifl . U . V I . ' ,nd 46- Nw r- A 1 fr s -5 .ajax . X he S ' u.