Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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I Music T El) by two (Iruin majorettes, Doris Shanahan and Natalie Hussey, our hand, consisting of sixtj’-five members, attended all of the football games and thrilled the spectators with their music and their marching between the halves. As far as competition was concerm ' d our l)and was far alu ' ad of that of any school we played in football and, by the way, so was our team! Last year the B. H. 8. band was .second division winner at the State Music Festival at Belmont and was first division winner at the New Eng- land Music Festival at Worce ' ster. Our orchestra, as well as the band, gathered a number of students on Thursday noons to Imar them practice. The grouf) consisted of oidy forty members. Tlu»y also were first division winner at the State Music Festival. The orchestra of course could not parade on the football field, but they performed for the different plays and shows given by the class and teachers of Braintr(‘e High School. Mr. Ilauck ever had, not only musically but also Smilin’ Bat and Myron said that this year’s group was the best he in the important matter of cooperation. Miss Lindsay, director of vocal music, had five groups, boys’ and girls’ glee club, freshman glee club, upper class chorus and the madrigal group, consisting of about two hundred and seventy members. Last year the glee chd), boys and girls, won an “A” rating at the Massachusetts State Music Festival. The different clubs sang at some of the assemblies. This year’s operetta, “The Belle of Barce- lona,” given for the Junior (’lass on March 1, was an outstanding event as u.sual. The Braintree High School Music Festival was the best yet and those who attended were very much pleased with the quality of our musical groups. Both Miss Lindsay and Mr. Hauck have given individual help many times to the members of their groups, and to many of the shows and plays given at the school. PAGE 23

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Is4.uch Ado Thanksgiving Baskets “pjELP your neighbor!” A grand slogan, isn ' t it? And one that you can Ix ' justly proud of if you live up to it as fully as has Braintree High School. Yes, B. H. S. has more on its mind than merely education. Another interest is cooperation. Cooperation, that is, with those a little less fortunate than itself and its members. And the way it expresses this sjurit is just about the best we know of — one worthy of praise. It all began more than twenty years ago when the idea of giving Thanksgiving baskets first was put into practice. Then, after that initial attempt, enthusiasm ran strong and efforts, for a bigger and better Thanksgiving campaign the next year weie decided upon, and, incidentally carried out. Succeeding years have seen this cause willingly subscribed to, and this 3 ' eai-, as in the past, Braintree High was able to sec a satisfactory number of baskets go out on their way to needy families here in town. With the help of student contributions, twelve baskets in all were filled, each containing a good amount of potatoes, onions, scpiash, turnip, apples, oranges, cranberries, dates or raisins, and a roast of pork. These were delivered by volun- teer students. You can see Braintree High has lived up to its part of the bargain — now , hy don ' t you do the same four yours by really getting behind the Braintree High School Thanksgiving Campaign for 1940 to make it the best one yet! Magazine Drive A GAIN this 3 Tar, as in the past, the B. H. S. student body put on its Magazine Drive, November 7-17, under the direction of the Crowell Publishing Com- pan}’. The purpose was the same as in the past, the proceeds to go toward the fund for athletic equipment. Kach homeroom was divided into two tribes — the Potawatomies under “Big- Chief” Jones, and the Kickapoos under “Ver Big Chief Murphy. Each student was asked to cooperate in this school undertaking to help a common cause. The i-esult, the Potawatomies won with the most sales. Bob Ackerson was high sales- man for the school. Mr. Toolin ' s room, a freshman homeroom, won the radio. And say, do you know Brother Toolin has been striving to win that radio for vears ? The grand total was 4(59 subscriptions. Not too bad! PAGE 22

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Rifle Club T ANG! Rang! Pop! Pop! You bet — the Rifle Boys at it again. The Rifle Club for 1939-40 was right out in front, and how! There were 43. members on the team, 38 of whom were untlergrads. About one-half of the team were freshmen, and the way they have improved, Braintree won’t have to worry in the future if these boys come out for four years. The officers elected were: jiresident, John “Knobby” Aumen; vice-presi- dent, Ken Brown; and secretary- treasurer-instructor, James L. Jordan, Principal. Because of so large a group the team was divided into two sections, the upper class and freshman divisions shooting in alternate weeks. One team was selected from the two groups and entered in the National Bi-weeklies. In the first of these bi-weekly matches, Warren Ericson shot a so-called “possible” of 100, the first shot by any member of the club in such a match. John Aumen followed close behind with a 98, Paul Brown 94, Kenneth Brown 93, and Arthur Peterson 91. Several comiietitive meets were held with outsitle schools. Braintree broke even with one loss and one victory over North Quincy, was defeated by (Quincy, Norwood, and Brockton, and gained victories in the case of Thayer and Sandwich High. In the second weekly series, the scores of the team were high enough to raise it from Class C to C’lass B, in which class the last matches were shot. The boys who have been on the team at various times during the season are: J, Aumen, K, Brown, P. Brown, A, Foster, P, Zahn, W, Ericson, R. Johnson, A, Petterson, T, Robei ' ts, R, Small, L. Faustini, R. Lourie, E, Maloney, W, Mann, R. Bence, F, Harris, K, Jaegei ' , R. Milk. The last matches of the season were return meets with Norwood and Brockton, and a postal match with Woodrow Wilson High of Youngstown, Ohio, in which targets were exchanged in order to compare the prowess of the two teams. Ready — Fire ! PAGE 24