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

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Presidentls Address ol: Welcome ARENTS, Teachers and Fellow Members of the Graduating Class of 1931: - lt gives me a great deal of pleasure to welcome you most heartily on this significant occasion-Class Day. Perhaps it is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the greatest events of my life, and I know that my classmates have the same feeling regarding themselves. It is the time when the thrill of receiving such recognition of advancement is combined with the sense of the responsi- bilities to which we must look. lt is the time when we realize that we have reached a certain stage, from which we must step onto another higher one, always striving for those things for which we are best fitted by nature and circumstances. lt is the last of four of the happiest ' ' years of our lives, and, in looking back, we are proud PRLSIDENT ALBERT FARMER of having accomplished the tasks they brought usg but We also feel that, in a sense, we should be happy in going through them again. This is the time when we should express our deepest thanks to both parents and teachers for all the sacrifices they have made and the encouragement they have given while guiding us toward our life-work. Although we shall soon leave Classical High School, this does not mean that we shall forget the pleasant hours spent here. lt is our earnest hope that the gratitude which we feel towards those who have assisted us, should be expressd not only in words, but by our acts in the future. As the representative of the Class of 1931, 1 again cordially welcome you to our exercises. Fourleen

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Class Ollicers and Committees President ............. ALBERT FARMER Vice-President . . ANNA-MARIE O,CONNOR Secretary . . AGNES STEINHILBER Treasurel' ...... . . IOHN O,REILLY CLASSIC MYTI-IS BOARD Editor-in-Chief .... Business Manager . Assistant Business Maizager' Secretary . . . EDITORIAL BOARD Ruth Reidy Beatrice Kaufman Doris Tucker Irving Skeist Pauline Arkus Carl Bergstrom Anna-Marie O'ConnOr Vitold Sukaskas . . . . GRACE TAYLOR . LEWIS SHIPMAN . AARON EDXVORIVIAN . DOROTHY SAMPSON BUSINESS BOARD Dorothy Murch Samuel Shaer Samuel Cohen Robert Daw Virginia Houghton Benjamin Silver Alfred Goldenberg Paul Riversman Adelaide Altschuler Kathleen Horgan Mildred Epstein Dorothy Strogofrr Nazir Salih Edward Iaffe Helen Tracy SENIOR CLASS COMMITTEES SOCIAL SONG Robert Grant, Chairman Harvey White, Clmirnmn Dorothy Murch Anna-Marie O'Connor Gertrude Wirths Agnes Steinhilber Grace Taylor Henry Smith Gertrude Iohnson Irving Skeist Fred Knott Dorothy Strogoff PIN AND RING PLAY Pauline Arkus, Chzziwnun Pearl Masterman, ChL?Z.7 77l6Z7Z Beatrice Kaufman Frank Domblatt Dorothy Corbin Carl Fisher William Dempsey Michael Wilson Arvey Niman PICTURE GIFT Adam Pizan, Chairman Irma Illingworth, Clzzzirman Edith Beaumont Lewis Shipman lean Gifford Iohn Coyle Rachel Bell Iohn Scannell Dorthy Pollinger Lawrence Franks Abraham Beleson CLASS DAY DEDICATION Robert Rochette, Chuiwmzn Iohn Al'3X9mdf0ViCh, Chalifimfln Irene McNamara Chester Howarth lean Hunter Anthony Ignatovich Barbara Prior Nazir Salih Ruth Reidy Iohn Robertson Iacob Mooradian Thirleen

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Class History GUl.l.1VER,S TRAVELS FROM 1927-1931 HE swirling waves pounding dully in Gulliveris temples had subsided into soft, silvery ripples, cool and refreshing as the lacy fern. The sun was streaming in warm, kindly beams, calming the exhausted man. All seemed utterly peaceful. A strange piping, as of a chorus of musical crickets, was the only sound. Gradually this insistent shrilling began to register on Gulliveris numbed brain and was broken up into infinite noises, each a wee, glorified squeak. Queer pulses throbbed faintly from his head to his feet. Minute prickings irritated his bruised skin. Suddenly alert, Gulliver opened his eyes. A startling sight appeared. Swarms of tiny, crawling creatures dotted the entire length of his prone frame- tiny things that scuttled eagerly to and fro like a bold band of marauding ants about a jar of honey. lntending to brush off the supposed pestilence, Gulliver found, to his amazement, his hands firmly held by some invisible force in the meadow grass. Strange, indeed, this! As his eyes grew more accustomed to the blinding sun-light, Gulliver, aghast, perceived the black things developing wee arms and legs. Verily, only fancies of my brainlv thought the stupefied Gulliver. But no, they were indeed humans, if such tiny specks of Hesh and bone merited the title. ln fact, one fearless Pygmy was causing much annoyance by perching precariously on the tip of his nose, as he swung ferociously at a tiny pebble placed on its utmost extremity. A ring of admiring spectators surrounded the bold golfer and shrieked lustily what seemed to be, Bucky, Buckylw each time he missed. For long hours, Gulliver lay there bound hand, foot and hair by slender but strong strings, and poked and punched by inquisitive scraps of humanity. After their fears that this creature had come for their destruction had been dispelled, they erected a rude plat- form. Upon this was hoisted a chubby, brown-eyed Pygmy, who was concealing his terror beneath a broad but somewhat trembling smile. In quavering falsetto, he piped, Welcome to the Land of the Pygmies, Man-Mountain. 1, Bobby Grant, have been selected as official speaker. ln this capacity 1 wish to extend to you a cordial invitation to visit us and our homes. Sincere . . . H GRACE TAYLOR, I-Iiszarizm But more fluent tongues have lost the thread of more elegant speeches. Apparently overcome with the tax placed on his nervous system, Bobby lloundered wildly, uttered an embarrassed squeal, and disappeared headlong from the unstable platform. His sympa- thetic fellow-citizens caught him in his plunge and did their utmost to assuage the frenzied shame of the frustrated speaker. After another considerable delay, a huge vehicle hove in sight. Evidently all the car- penters of Pygmydom had been furiously plying their trade since Gulliver,s arrival. A vast plateau of planks rolling cumbrously on wheels -of different sizes rumbled unsteadily across the plain. As it approached, practically the entire gathering whistled shrilly, scrambled wildly in the direction of the rear of the vehicle and clambered frantically Fi ftecn