Arms Academy - Student Yearbook (Shelburne Falls, MA)

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TO DUI? IQEADEDS2 Page Ten lt is the aim of every yearbook staff to produce a better book than has ever been made before. While such an ideal is impossible of perfect attainment, yet we believe that it is only with such a goal in view that the high standard of our predecessors can be maintained. We should like to call your attention to several features of the 1939 book. The pictures of the seniors, for instance. are of more generous proportions than formerly. Dramatics hold, and have held, such an important part in our school life that they seem to us worthy of a special section. We regret that the extemporaneous speaking contest. held this year for the first time, did not take place early enough to be included in this section. The literature section has been given special attention with the idea of showing you that there is a con- siderable number of students in Arms who not only have something to say but also the ability to say it rather well. The features section is our answer to an insistent demand on the part of the student body for something in lighter vein. We believe that the news of recent graduates, and others not so recent. to be gleaned from the alumni section, will prove of interest to the increasing number of townspeople and friends who are our regular patrons. We were unable to continue the admirable practice of printing the graduation pictures of the fifty-year class. because the most careful search failed to reveal the slightest trace of their pictures. We are glad. however, that our successors can resume the practice. if they wish, as our search did reveal pictures of several classes immediately following the class of 1989. The line drawings by our art editors add much. we think. to the attrac- tiveness of this book. May we ask that you notice particularly the space subscribed to by our advertisers, without whose generous cooperation we could have no yearbook at all. Then, too. in addition to our regular paper-cover edition, we are issuing by subscription a special edition with imitation leather binding and stiff cover to meet the requirements of the seniors and others who desire a book with more formal dress and more lasting qualities. The contents of the two editions are identical: the paper, typography, and photography are exactly the same-the difference in price between the two editions corresponds to the penny with the difference in cost of the two bindings and covers. But perhaps it is better to let our efforts speak for themselves. lt is the sincere wish of the staff that you, our readers, will gain as much enioyment in the perusal of this book as we did in its plan and execution. THE EDITOR.

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HE SENIDIDS CECELIA IANE ADAMS laney Shelburne April l9. l92l lf.-liintl li Imwrxilm prfvvxrlvrxrrn IT:,.1 l.14i.':. ti :.l11ru1n'1 furn- Ianey is one of our star guards and also one of our star cheer leaders. She is a perfect lady and a good sup- orter of our school. However, lier interests inside of school do not make her interests outside ol school any less important. Commercial: Class Basketball l: lunior Varsity Z: Varsity 3. 4: Reading Room 4: Chorus l: Commercial Club 3: Cheer Leader 3, 4. ,. f, ,X . , EARL ARCHIE AINSWORTH Colrain October 8. l920 film-,fi if: tlmill lm! ln- con :irlwi limi lu-iv yeft rrl.v.-l' Archie is the Cherub with the sterling silver tenor voice and the Rudy Vallee of the class of 1939. All this is very misleading, but don't be de- ceived-he can whack a ball 'way out into the field just as expertly as he can croon. General: Class Basketball 2, 3. 4: Iunior Varsity Baseball 2: Varsity 3, 4: Varsity Football 4: Reading Room 4. I l 3,1 MU' Y 4 X1 ' LA I WILLIAM DONALD ALDEN Don Conway December l7. l92l llf- wan: fx mari Don is one of the best athletes in the class. Equally roficient in basketball. base- ball, and track. he has helped many a team to victory. Don also is a frequent visitor of the reading room. General: Class Basketball l: lunior Varsity 2: Varsit 3. 4: Baseball 2. 3, 4: Track 4. Page Twelve DOROTHY MAY ALLEN Dot Squeaky Buckland December 28. l92U Knit curio, gurl two Dot has two favorite pas- times-the movies and knitting. She and Mike have been loyal friends for many years. Squeak has also seen four years of service in class bas- ketball. Commercial: Class Basketball l. 2. 3. 4: Commercial Club 3. DAVID WARBURTON BAKER Dibby Buckland May 3l. l92l i'l'low lx-uni it 1:3 tu nmkw tin llriqllfzlxrrmri nclcriowlmitle- llml lw is lmpyy Dibby's the boy who al- ways has an answer to any argument. He has been striv- ing to present us with an in- vention for the school. but as yet he has not succeeded. Shop: Student Council l. 2: Class Basketball l. 2. 3. 4: Baseball 3: Track 3: Chorus l: Class President l: Represenf tative to Student Council 2. .. , H d MERTON K. BATCHELDER Batchy Conway May l9. l92l ' Hemfmq nmkt-Tlx ti lull mlm Corllererice L1 :eu ly ni-xrn, rm.f wrmnq an exact mari Batchy has made an excel- lent senior class president for the class of 1939. He's ever ready to defend the Republican Party and loves to argue. lf one can judge by his rendition of Iudge Hard in the senior play. Merton wal make a grand head of a family in later life. An excellent student and a swell fallow. Agriculture: Student Council 4: Class Basketball 4: Reading Room 4: Class President 4: Fu- ture Farmers Club 4: Debating Club 4: Agriculture Iudging 3. 4: Pro Merito: All the Rivers 3: Skidding 4: Captain Hall Prize l. 14