Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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The 1925 Chameleon LeROY redfield Aha — LeRoy! the youth with the highest average among the boys for the four years’ work, and whom Harvard would welcome with open arms, if he would deign to matriculate at that Cambridge University. LeRoy is also skilled in the gentle art of wise-cracking, especially in verse. Debate! Man alive, this rising young orator would make Dan Webster look to his laurels. One winter he managed the hockey team; the next winter he sought the seclusion of the Gym and made the basketball quintet, rather an unusual accomplishment. JOSEPH ROCKETT Gentlemen, hush! Joe intends to be a teacher! We can picture Joe, rotund and dignified, in a professor ' s chair with his habitual smile eradicated for the time being but held in check ready for instant use. Well, Joe, you made a name for yourself in the role of “Willyum,” stalwart yokel of “Sylvia” fame, and in the presidential chair of the Spanish Club, so, if precedent be correct, you will also score as an upholder of didactic principles. ANNA SEMPLE Anna doesn’t often volunteer, but the surprising regularity of her correct answers concerning Burke’s logic has startled more than one skeptical listener. Anna’s voice was never intended for the vocation of auctioneering, that is certain, but upon occasion it has shattered all previous records and broken into voluminous and authoritative sound. We have decided that beneath Anna’s serene calm is an exceptionally rich personality. STANLEY RUSSELL “Well groomed men and actors use it.” So does Stan, but in vain. Although this smiling youth has never voiced his desire to become a sailor, it may be clearly seen that the rolling wave is forever on his mind. With a temper as hard to ruffle as his golden locks, Stan is ever popular. P ' ragrant and beautiful hair is not Stan’s only attri- bute. Not at all! When it comes to scholastic duties, Stan steps out in front with the best of us. History classes quake before his sound logic and piercing voice. Burke’s speech appears to be a primer when Stan attacks. These, and other achievements, prove that the daily shampoo develops the gray matter. 25

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Belmont High School DAVID OAKES David is our gentle poet and ungentle satirist who does not wait for spring, but when winter comes (with due apologies to Hutchinson) turns his thoughts to beau- tiful expression in verse. Although poetry is one of his numerous natural acquisitions, it was not brought into prominence until he engaged in a verbal poetical ioust with one of our other minstrels. For further evidence of this youth’s ability, we refer you to the joke depart- ment. We know that Dave will remain with us, for his “heart” is “lock”ed in Belmont. MARY O’LEARY Mary slipped into our class with hardly any notice, but we lost little time in appreciating Mary’s ability at the typewriter. Speed! Mary can typewrite as fast as C. R. C. can talk and that is no mean achievement! Here’s hoping you type your way to fame, Mary. DORIS PACKARD Dainty and shy, but it is a different story on the History floor. Here determination comes to the fore, since she must vanquish her brother in the daily race for dots. Moreover “Dot” shines in the field of unexcelled Terpsichore or, as mere mortals put it, dancing. EARL PACKARD Friends, this is Earl, — 1925’s lady-killer. Earl may be shy and rather secretive when it comes to divulging the mysteries of American History, but although he stands in awe of the chairman, Earl can’t be caught by an unexpected question. “Quiet” is Earl’s middle name; yet he has another side, for when playing basketball, he displays qualities far from quiescent. Earl’s mind, also, is extremely active for, although his recitations are few and far between, he conquers his studies with wonderful diligence. But, Earl, to be successful you must refrain from so much feminine society. (????). 24

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Belmont High School FRANCES SANDERSON Frances is one of the leading violinists in the Orchestra. When we consider that there are almost twenty fiddlers in the organization, that is no little distinction. Entrusted with the tedious duty of reminding all the young ladies in the class that Mr. Waid was anxiously waiting to photograph them, Frances served the Year Book Staff diligently and well. ELIZABETH SCOTT A slender, fair-haired damsel — with unshorn tresses — is Elizabeth. Cruel, cruel instructors hold no qualms for her! She is quite at home in any class room and is so well-informed generally that she is able to glide into Wheaton on “ye Certificate”— (No mean accomplishment, that!) But, that’s not half of it. Is there, perchance one among us who is not familiar with Elizabeth’s charming Posters? This question leads us to remark that the likeable young lady now focused under our Chameleon microscope, shows great promise in the field of Art. LAWRENCE SHAUGHNESSEY “Put that in the waste-basket, Lawrence.” Shiner’s favorite fruit, we regret to say, is the one produced by Mr. Wriglev, with the prefix “juicy.” In spite of his constantly wagging jaw, Lawrence manages to absorb his lessons with unusual accuracy. We shall never for- get the manner in which Lawrence addresses the chair- man of the history class, “MISTER President.” RUTH SPARROW Like the rest of the sparrows, Ruth has been with us as long as we can remember, although, as a rule, she kept so quiet that few were aware of her presence. We can always regard Ruth as an altruistic lady, willing at any time to step into the role of Good Samaritan. 26