Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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Belmont High School ANNA MALMSTROM “There is a time to work and a time to play,” is Anna’s motto; for no one can be gayer or more carefree than she; nor can anyone, on occasion, subdue her lighter side more swiftly or more completely than can Anna. Wherefore do we anticipate that her career, following her receipt of a business college diploma, will not be commonplace. By the way, in the water, Anna resembles Aileen Riggin and Gertrude Ederle combined. KATHERINE MALTMAN Who is it that is doing all the talking? “Kay,” of course. But by no means is that all for which she is noted among her classmates. She shines in the intel- lectual as well as the social life of B. H. S. Every morn- ing she may be seen at the back of the room, con- scientiously laboring over the attendance sheet. When her patients see Kay’s sunny smile, a sure cure will result. We are sure she will make a first-class nurse. RICHARD MURPHY “Big Dick,” as he is called by his many admirers, is perpetually trying to erase a grin from his beaming visage. Sports or dramatics— Dick is always to be found in the foreground. Have you ever heard the little fel- lows during football season? He is their gridiron hero. If you caught a glimpse of him in the fall, you invariably saw a pile of books — but when football is over — well! DOROTHY MASON On the basketball court, slender “Dot” is a veritable whirlwind; she minds not her opponent’s size, that being part of the game. Taking the ball from both great and small, skillful or inexperienced, is her favorite indoor sport. We are sorry that there are not more girls’ teams in the school; for, if there were, we should undoubtedly see Dorothy again in some star role. But being a clever Amazon, is not her only accomplishment, for she certainly can tickle the piano. 24

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The 1926 Chameleon HELEN MacKNIGHT Senorita MacKnight, we would have you know, is a very busy young lady; for being clerk to El Circulo Espagnol, assistant business manager of the CHAME- LEON, not to mention the innumerable dances and parties, which her many pulchritudinous qualities require her to attend, are certainly positions which demand such sterling qualities as those she possesses. ANGELINA MACOLINI We wish that we had been told the joke that keeps the smile continually radiating from Angelina’s coun- tenance. Her chestnut locks are as yet unshorn, but we can guarantee that no employer would refuse Angel- ina, if he possessed a knowledge of her speed upon the typewriter and elsewhere, provided that she applied personally. ERNEST MAGUIRE “Ernie” doesn’t try to push himself into the rays of the spotlight of Senior fame; he doesn’t have to. That service is performed for him by his uniformly excel- lent marks in all subjects. However, he does not, in his superior knowledge, like Kipling’s cat, “go by his wild lone,” and live in a stratum far above us “stupes,” but rather he does his best to raise us into that exalted condition where the word “flunk” or its equivalent is an archaic barbarism. ANNA MAFFUC1 Do you like brown eyes? Then you want to know Anna. You want to know her, anyway — the class of ’26 will vouch for that. Her smile won us long ago and if it were not for her eraser in typewriting, I fear many of our “perfect copies” would suffer. She will never forget — “Did you get that, Miss Maffuci, that was only 120 words a minute.” 23

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The 1926 Chameleon HARRY MASSEY “Still waters run deep.’’ The originator of this maxim undoubtedly had our majestic coin juggler in mind; for Harry is a very reticent youth, rather inclined to hide his light under the pro- verbial bushel. Who, for instance, ever thought of him as a star athlete, until by chance, he blossomed forth as the fighting manager of the Basketball Team? It is scarcely remarkable that this year’s CHA- MELEON is such a financial success for Harry’s silver tongue, which won him honors in the Debating Society, has been exceedingly instrumental in securing “ads.” Everything considered, Harvard is honored in enrolling among her class of ’30, the name of one who ran up the curtain in “Spring-time” and yet who has never moved with the agility of a squirrel since. PAULINE McCORMACK We ask you to meet the chairman of our social com- mittee. Now you know why the Senior Prom was such a success. Pauline is one of our prettiest. Always smil- ing, she can persuade you black is white with great facility. Pauline is the original happy-go-lucky but when she works — well, ask some of the Prom Committees. ROLAND MacLEAN This tall, slender, unassuming youth, with a quietly pleasant voice and a ready smile, stands head and shoulders above his classmates in more ways than the literal. Who, for instance, has been a more ardent and constant devotee of that renowned indoor sport, basket- ball, than has “Roily?” The Social Committee, which engineered last year’s Junior Prom so admirably, con- cedes him the lion’s share of the credit. In the favor of the unfair sex, Roland is prominent; moreover, it is said that his presence at social events brings cardiac tremors to more than a few of the fair sex. Such a combination of faithfulness, capability, and personality, cannot fail to succeed in the world. ETHEL MEEK Ethel is such an advocate of fun that she has to wear glasses to give her just a hint of that studious expression which we all strive so hard to acquire. Our senorita speaks Spanish fluently, plays the fiddle harmoniously, and strikes out in baseball occasionally. 25