Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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VASSAR CONSTANTINE Clubs: Riding, Dramatic Athletics: Hockey, Tennis, Golf Since she has a quiet personality, her real charm is appreciated when you see her winning smile or hear her play the piano. CAROLE COOK Clubs: Art, Nature, Spanish Activities: Girl Reserves Athletics: Softball, Hockey, Basketball Small, dark, a grand personality-add that to her artistis ability, and you will have Carole. GERTRUDE COOPER Athletics: Basketball If you don't think Gertrude has a heart of gold, just ask her any favor, If it's in her power, she'll grant it. WILLIAM COURTLAND Activities: Cadets The cynical sheik and man-about-town who has an urbane smile for all remarks by his superiors. DOUGLAS COWAN Clubs: Ski, Stamp, French Athletics: Swimming aug is a real, lo legged New n land Yankee an a l er of nature. e takes his skii ver seriously, but 'W n W h i CLARENCE CRESSEY Hc likes to dance, and he loves to make eyes at the girls in the Problems Class. Ask Buck Page Seventeen GERTRUDE CROSSETT Activities: AMETHYST Athletics: Tennis Here is one of Deeringls best-liked blondes whose twinkling toes cut capers on the dance floor as Well as on the roller skating rink. ROBERT CROZIER Clubs: DH Athletics: Football, Basketball, Baseball Bud was a tackle on our great football team and has been one of our most popular seniors, especially with the girls. DAISY CURRY Activities: AMETHYST She looks like a quiet girl, but look again and youlll find frivolity plus. NATALIE CURTIS Clubs: Purple Cavalry, Washington, Chemistry, French Activities: Orchestra, String Ensemble, AMETHYST Athletics: Plockey, Basketball, Tennis Her sensitive feelings are quick to re- turn the friendship which the Wiser people offer. GWENDOLYN CUSHING Clubs: Chemistry, French, Dramatic Activities: Scanraki, AMETHYST, Senior Class Play Athletics: Basketball, Hockey There's a dynamic personality behind those innocent big grey eyes. Vim, vigor, and vivacity, thatls Gwennief MARJORIE DAICEY Clubs: Geology Marge looks as though she leads a gracious life, and that is the height of perfection, according to Miss Briggs!

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ANNA CARLSON Clubs: French Judging from Mr. Harvellls Problems Class, we should expect to see Anna making a soap-box speech in New Yorkls Union Square some day. VIRGINIA CARPENTER Clubs: Glee Activities: AMETHYST, Library Ginnie is the girl who speaks softly and smiles sweetly fand doesn't bore you all the whilel. LEAI-I CARTER Clubs: Glee Athletics: Swimming, Basketball ltls really worthwhile to look beneath the surface and know Leah as only her friends do. JUNE CARTER Clubs: Glee Activities: Girl Reserves Athletics: Hockey June is a girl who takes a long time to get started, but she always comes through with flying colors. ELEANOR CHARLES Athletics: Basketball, Tennis Charlie is one of those girls who have two natures. She is reserved, quiet, and well behaved in school, but lively, lov- able, and full of pep outside. MARY CHENEY Clubs: Dramatic Activities: Band, Recl Cross Athletics: Basketball, Hockey If we were asked to name the most willing senior, we know it would be Cherie, Helpful, gay, and charming, she lacks nothing in the formula for making friends. JOHN CHRISTENSEN Clubs: Collectors' Activities: AMETHYST Athletics: Baseball SonnyD is the silent ' l whiz who rides to and sc n a cream- color 39 CORNELIUS E. CLARK, Jn. Clubs: Glee, Washington Activities: AMETHYST, Choral Speaking Athletics: Cross-country A keener mind than Neill: has yet to be found in our class. He's one of the few boys who possess a combination of wit and wisdom. JOSEPH COBB Clubs: French Activities: Cadets, Band, Orchestra Athletics: Basketball, Swimming foe is another of our musicians. He manipulates his drums very expertly. ROBERT COLTON Were he more fluent, he would be a second Dr. johnson. It is probable, however, that one of these days he will publish a dictionary and an encyclo- pedia. EMILY COMPTON Clubs: Glee As a singer, Grace Moore has nothing on our nightingale.'j Her ambition and conscientiousness should combine to make her a success. ROBERTTA CONANT Clubs: French, Woodcarving, Archery Athletics: Tennis Robertta has the lovely flaxen hair of a Cinderella, and the quiet but effective well-wishing manner of a fairy god- mother. Page Sixteen

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PAUL DAY Clubs: Art Athletics: Basketball, Football With the Fred Astaires so scarce, the world is fortunate in having Paul, our good friend and grand tripper of the light fantastic. PHYLLIS DAY Clubs: Geology Athletics: Basketball, Hockey Phyllis, our classmate with pleasing charm and helping ways, is an asset to any gathering. WALTER DEERIN Clubs: D'Z1q7urplel Cavalr Activities: Jra Speaking Athle i st F ball, Basketba Baseball, rackhxholljp 'v yb y has seen this towering young an striding along the corridors and skirting the end in football. We always will remember that Gabby carried the mail for the purplef, BOB DILLENBACK Clubs: Radio Activities: Choral Speaking, Cadets, AMETHYST Athletics: Track, Football Welre disappointed in Bob. Although he is one of our best dancers, he has a reserved place in the stag line. BARBARA DIMMER Clubs: French Athletics: Hockey, Tennis, Basketball Independent Babs upholds the good old tradition that girls will not be trodden upon. ROBERT DIONE Athletics: Track Robert has a wavering allegiance. He first tries Portland, then Deering, then Portland: but now he's back home again at Deering. JACK DODGE Clubs: DU Activities: Orchestra, Cadets, Senior Class Play, Band Athletics: Football jack is seldom to be seen when not in the course of a friendly argument, from which he will emerge smiling, whether successful or vanquished. CLEO DORR Cleo just entered Deering last March, but it took us only a moment to find that we were going to like her. HELEN DOUGHTY Clubs: Washington, French, Purple Cavalry Activities: Red Cross, Library Athletics: Basketball, Swimming, Ten- ms lt's Helen's thinking of others that makes others think of her. MARTHA DOWNS Clubs: Nature Activities: AMETHYST Athletics: Tennis In-tro-ducing Martha Downs, a regular handbook of knowledge and a gener- ous friend in sharing what she knows. 776 , '!SQMf ' DAVID DREW' Clubs: Dv, Debating, Stamp . Activities: Band Athletics: Swimming, Outdoor Track, Indoor Track, Cross Country, Tennis David is another big reason for the suc- cess of our swimming team. He will be remembered as one of Deering's out- standing seniors. PHYLLIS EASTMAN One of our girls who excel in working. whom Deering will lose and a hospital will gain as an excellent nurse. Page Eighteen