Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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The 1925 Chameleon JESSIE LITTLEJOHN Jessie, where have you been hiding? Jessie is one of our quiet little Misses who, when asked to do a task, sets about it so quietly that it is done before anyone knows it. Beneath this quiet exterior, however, there is a beau- tiful personality. Although Jessie is a conscientious student, she can tell one all about the new plays in town. EDITH LOCKHART Every picture tells its story, but “Jest and youthful jollity” are only Edith’s chrysalis, for underneath her sparkling countenance lies a hidden wealth of steadfast- ness and idealism. Yet even the great have idiosyncrasies; thus Edith’s preference for hardwood trees is not wholly unusual. Scientific investigation has resulted in the fol- lowing formula; Ambition f Happiness, -j- Sincerity Edith Lockhart. WILLIAM LONG Home run! Whew! Who hit that? Why, Captain “Bill” Long, of course. Look at him travel around those bases. Arlington certainly made no mistake in choosing Bill for her Captain in 1924; neither did Belmont in 1925. Keep up the good work, Old Fellow, and you will be captain of a big league team soon. Only, Bill, — just keep your studies from sliding, as diligently as you stopped other sliders! HELEN LOUMOUS Ah! the perfect type of Grecian beauty, but in this case beauty is more than skin deep. Helen has proved the truth of that old adage, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” for only the Seniors may say how much we missed her during her serious illness this winter. For her faculty of dissecting the arguments of Burke in times of stress, English IVb proposes a vote of thanks to Miss Helen Loumous. 21

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Belmont High School HARRY LEON Behold, my friends! You are now gazing upon the noble visage of none other than Harry Leon, celebrated essayist and wit. Although this swain waited . until last fall to migrate to The Town of Homes, Belmont claims handsome Harry as her own. Mr. Leon’s favorite indoor sport is propounding baffling questions of a scientific nature to the honorable Mr. Grover C. Greenwood of South Sudbury fame. Ten years hence, don’t be surprised if you find in the Saturday Evening Transcript a treatise written by the aforesaid gentlemen relating to the effect of earthquakes on the batting averages of baseball players. MARGUERITE LETHERMAN She may be small, not a bit tall, but just the same she is there when you call. Who? Why, Margie — the win- some, diminutive, frail bit of dresden who danced her way into our hearts. If sympathy is wanted, one may be sure of a full measure of it from Marguerite. She pos- sesses the quality of a lyrical writer, in that she puis emotion into all her literary works. AUBIGNE LERMOND Our Minerva! The fact that Aubigne can handle al- lusions more skillfully than the rest of us, makes us in- clined to believe that she acquired this art from close as- sociation with the ancient deities and the Muses. She certainly makes a most dignified and efficient president of the Girls’ Literai ' y and Dramatic Society, as well as a leading Editor of the Chameleon. Unless we miss our guess, Aubigne will show Simmons a Belmont High School product at its best. ERIC LIFNER A voice like Eric’s emanating from such a bashfu, looking personage is startling in the extreme and defies explanation. Eric, from appearances, should be attrac- tive to the fair maidens of Belmont, but strange to say, he has never been known to choose friends outside his own sex. Perhaps this unwonted exemption has been due to his school work; at least, it seems that this plan is effi- cient, for good marks have an annoying habit of appear- ing, with great frequency, upon Eric’s report card. 20

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Belmont High School FRED MAGUIRE “Batteries for to-day! Maguire and — ” That’s what will greet our ears at Fenway Park in 1930. When Fred climbs to the mound with the famous offspring of Mr. Wrigley perched precariously on the peak of his cap, his teammates and all Belmontonians sigh with relief, know- ing that he will extricate them from a hole. In order to play baseball one must have a high average, so Fred turns his otherwise spare time to studies. We do wish you would give the other members of the history class a chance to recite, Fred! ROBERT MASON Is it any wonder that such a shy youth should select white as his favorite color? Unless you have followed the basketball games or visited the Debating Society, you per- haps do not know “Bobby.” Our class has great faith in Robert, for it elected him once, to have charge of its funds, and again to serve in the capacity of Vice-Pres- ident. Keep up the eighty per cent average at M. I. T., Robert, and we shall see you a Civil Engineer before long. ADALAIDE McDERMOTT There is no doubt but that Adalaide is best known be- cause of her ability as an accompanist. She paddles the ivories for our noble efforts in assembly; she sustains us throughout rehearsals; in fact, she’s always playing the “pianny” for some one. Did you ever stop to realize what a tremendous responsibility rests upon Adalaide while she is “rendering” a hymn? Should she but juggle the time a bit, by adding a note here and omitting one there, we might find ourselves chiming in on a syncopated version of some venerable hymn. Fortunately, Adalaide is veiy dependable, so nothing so terrible as we have pic- tured is ever apt to occur. eleanor McLaughlin Eleanor is the charming young lady who parks her sedan on Orchard Street each morning. We have yet to see our fair motorist without a meticulous marcelle. Perhaps that explains Eleanor’s popularity at Belmont’s social functions for, we regret to say, in spite of the myriad attractions that studies hold forth, Eleanor is hopelessly addicted to the art made famous by Gilda Grey. Eleanor doesn’t spend all of her time in dancing, for good marks are ever her lot. 22