Classical High School - Classic Myths Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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V' l r w l W I i I. ? F rf' r ,. P L: E L wi 1. w F e 3 V L VT if 1 m K v l Z' Y r F P 1 n im 2 CATHERINE FLEMING

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1Hrvuihrnt'5 2-Xhhrena DEAR PRINCIPAL, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS: We, the Class of I9l8, extend to you a most cordial welcome to these our Class Day exercises. We have been looking forward for a long period to the time when we should complete our work as undergraduates, and have awaited the pleasure which attends the reaching of this goal. I Although during our stay in High School, Europe has been the scene of bloody conflicts and atrocities, this has only served to increase our desire to accom- plish our tasks and our own fond desire for graduation. We are reminded of the fact that, in accomplishing this result we have in- curred obligations which are far beyond our power to repay. We must here express our most sincere gratitude to our friends, teachers, and most of all, to you, our parents. Gur future successes, we trust, will give further evidence of our thank- fulness. Once more we bid you, one and all, a hearty welcome.

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Ullman iljiaturg ,'.59LgfQ1Y2 September, l9l4, the Class of l9l8 entered upon its High 'yy C 'Y' School career. Tremblingly, wonderingly, timidly, we ap- lv -'Sim I l proached the corridor and were commanded to betake ourselves M , Qi? to the Hall. Where the Hall was, we did not know, but we determined to find out speedily. On our way we encountered many grave and dignified Seniors, laughing, merry Juniors, and proud Sophomores. They favored us with a superior and lofty gaze and went their way as if we were beneath their notice. But it was our private opinion that they too felt just a little uncomfortableg because it was their first day at the Irving Street building, for the transfer from the old Classical High School on Walnut Street had been made. At length we arrived at the Hall and schedules with studies, names of teachers and numbers of rooms were given us. Spectulation was rife concerning Miss So-and-So and Mr. Such-and-Such, whose names we saw written on the slip of paper. Somehow we got through our first day and began to think we would like High School. We made our first plunge into the social activities when we attended the production of Silas Marnerl' in the Worcester Theatre. Time sped on, and before we realized it, our first year had drawn to a close, and the thought of vacation was uppermost in our minds. But, after all, we were glad to return in September, for we were Sophomores! We breathed relievedly, I think, for Freshman year with its joys and sorrowsf?D was behind us and Junior and Senior years beckoned invitingly. We smiled complacently in anticipation of the pleasures to come. Sophomore year began auspiciously, and illustrious I9l8 had settled down to work, when Mr. Frederick H. Lincoln withdrew from the faculty to take up the task of providing educational motion pictures. We hoped for his return, but he found the other field of endeavor more attractive, so our studies were carried on under the instruction of another. Sophomore days were peaceful and uneventful, and soon Junior year was upon us with all its delights. One event, however, marred our pleasure, Miss Jessie Goodwin resigned to become Mrs. Allan Miller. We took great delight in the various socials and not the least of them was the Junior Prom, held in May, l9l 7. It was the first dance given by our class, and it was, what we hoped it would be,- a success. In June, when the Class of I9I 7 had departed, Mr. Edward R. Goodwin, whom, for the first three years, we had known as principal, resigned his office, and