East High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1918 volume:

1318 (HlaaB Inok Published by members of the Class of 1918 of the Pawtucket High School Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hoarb of E itora Elizabeth F. Cushman, Editor-in-Chief. Everett F . McAlevy, business Manager. Gladys I. Adams. Nathaniel B. Chase Dorothy E. Cheek. Eugene R. Conary. Walter V. Connly. T. Gardiner Corcoran. Agnes R. Doherty. Arthur W. Eddy. Irene B. Jollie. Eunice T. Keough. Horace B. Pray. Hazel G. Sproul. Edwin C. Waltnsley. Class Ode...................................... 7 Class History ................................. 8 Debating Team ............................. 12 Class Prophecy ............................... 13 Class Will.................................... 19 Football Team ................................ 20 Track Team.................................... 22 Graduation Program............................ 23 The Flag on the School-Room Wall ............. 24 Class of 1918................................ 25 In Memoriam................................... 59 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 7 (Elass ODftr. ★ Hail to thee dear Alma Mater, Guiding light upon our way Strenght'ning us for service greater As we onward go each day. Thy great lessons we shall treasure In our thoughts they oft will dwell And mid all our toil and pleasure We will always love thee well. Thou hast given strength and power For the future still unknown And wilt guide us every hour With the precepts thou hast shown. As in life's great strife we enter As we fight for victory Memories ’round us will center Of the happy years with thee. We will fling on high thy banner And our voices often raise That in thought and deed and manner We may e'er thy glory praise. And may nineteen eighteen ever To the goal with courage press h rom thy love may we ne’er sever Hail to thee, dear P. H. S! EUNICE TRUMAN KEOUGH. Music by DOROTHY LOUISE CHEEK. 8 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918 l istonj of the (Class of 1018. ANY summers ago on one September morning the old school received within its portals, the greatest class it has ever had or ever will have (?) But unfortunately or with that perversity which always persecutes genius, it was too blind and biased to realize the fact, and called us Freshmen green as grass, told us to recite where we belonged, on the lawn, and expressed surprise that we did not all wear Buster Brown collars and knee dresses. And as for those of us who boldly proclaimed our genius, the sophs endeavored to wash out the divine spark under the faucet. But despite our self-assertiveness, we and the spark lived, though we assumed a mask of timidity and deference, merely because we did not wish to have to chastise the rest of the school in case their egoistic pride and fear of our humbling it, should force them to rash violence. And so we took over a section of the school, known as the Freshman quarters in which no soph ever entered singly, unless camouflaged. For we did not know each other very well, and so, to frighten by a show of strength as we firmly believed, always invaded the upper classes en-masse. Al. B and B1 were our rooms though already the memories of them are beginning to fade. We had three happy days of enrollments, schedules, and seating plans. We were enthusiastic over the snap we were having, and v. ere ready to sign up as pupils for life, when a cloud appeared on the horizon. In our joy we could not see it, and when some of us curious ones were admitted to the first mysteries of Latin, French, and Algebra, and when others were permitted to satisfy a great longing to be allowed to tickle the keys of a real honest typewriter, our spark knew no charms. But then when the first homework lesson came, we took it as a joke and didn’t do it, thereby earning the fatal sentence of two o’clock. What an hour was that, when no man dared to speak and no one dared to call his soul his own! However, we came thru the ordeal without any terrible results, and lived to go thru the same sentence many times during the year. Our teachers developed an unusual interest in us, for it was not long before they refused to allow us to return home after our hard (?) day’s labor at one o’clock but kept us, loath to part until one-thirty. This was called the perm”, and it soon came to be the friend ' ?) of our class judging from the number of our rank who stayed every day. Last but not least came the fatal catastrophe of our young lives; namely, the exams. How we squirmed and wriggled, begged and pleaded, tore our hair and wept bitter tears, that we might be allowed to escape but it was of no use, “the powers that be, had deaf ears, and hard hearts and we were forced to submit. We came thru the fire without even being scorched, and were led to admit, that we were more frightened than anything else. This was the last of our trials. The year soon rolled by and June came making us the happiest of creatures, because we could now throw off the hated title of freshmen and declare ourselves sophomores. The summer passed slowly, and we awaited u ith eager expectation the opening of the fall term. On the auspicious morning we all got up at an early hour and prepared for our triumphal entry into our new territory. Rooms 14. 16 and 12. Promptly at 8:15 we arrived at the school, where we expected a cordial welcome from our new colleagues, the classes of 1916 and 1917. To our surprise, they did not even seem to notice the addition to their numbers. That did not disturb us. however, and when the 8:25 bell rang we entered the school building with the confidence which our new rank justified. We found our new quarters satisfactory, and approved of the established order - of Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 9 things. One thing which especially pleased us was that the authorities had with great wisdom excluded from the presence of their betters those green, ignorant, pestiferous creatures, the freshmen. In the following month we found our new studies somewhat more difficult than those of the previous year, but after that we took them as a matter of course, along with the other necessary evils, among which we included pink slips and the permanent list—the well filled “roll of honor.’’ All this time a sectional spirit had been growing up among us. Those of us who studied French and German took pleasure in invading each other's territory, and in a shower of chalk and erasers many a fierce German invasion and many a wild counter attack was pushed in to the enemy’s country. However, in spite of all the conflict, good nature reigned supreme, the members of the two factions gained increased respect for their opponents. This was the beginning of a new feeling of class unity which grew more intense as time passed. In December an important event occurred. This was the arrival of our class pins, which were greeted with delight, and worn by the proud members of the class on the most conspicuous part of their apparel. The rest of the year was filled with the usual round of school affairs—debating, dramatics, athletics, and last but perhaps not least, studies. In all these various activities the class of 1918 took its part, and if that part was sometimes a minor one. that was because the class was “learning the ropes , and was fitting itself, by observation and experience for a more important part. The organization of the class, and the class elections took place in June. The organization, which was only an outward manifestation of the feeling of unity which had been growing during the year, was the last event of importance in the sophomore year, and when vacation time came, we all departed with a cheerful an revoir. We all felt that we had had a profitable, and what was perhaps more important to us, an enjoyable year. After another summer of anxious waiting, we returned to the old school. During the summer a marvelous change had been taking place. The superactive, boisterous sophomores of the previous year had disappeared, and in their places were the newly created juniors, dignified, quiet ( ! I and responsible. And well might we be so. for were we not to succeed the class of 1917 in their position of leaders of the school? So, with this thought in mind, we took our places in the school. We observed that there were sophomores in the school, but we paid no attention to the children. We found that the senior regarded us with more respect titan formerly. On the other hand, their dignity did not impress us as it had during the preceding year, and we soon found friends among their number. We were quite pleased with our surroundings; in fact, we would have been entirely satisfied if it had not been for an unheard of indignity which was imposed upon us by the authorities. Impossible as it may seem, they had actually dared to permit those unsophisticated infants, the freshmen, to use our desks in the afternoon session, and to leave their A B C books in them. Protests were of no avail, and we so endured it with as much patience as was possible under the circumstances. Later in the year, however, rumors were whispered about that certain juniors had been detected in the act of writing notes to the afternoon feminine occupants of their desks. These rumors were treated with deserved scorn. Many improvements were installed during the year, but lack of space allows us to mention only two of the most important of ,l e.n. One was the abandonment of the permanent list on account of insufficient accomodation. The entire class, shed bitter tears at the departure of such an old and beloved (?) friend, but grew much less sad when it discovered that the kind teachers could still hold quite large pink slip parties after school hours. Another improvement was a concession to the 10 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. musical tastes of the class. This was the installation of a Victrola in the typewriting room. This was greatly appreciated, especially by a certain junior during finger practice, who tried to dance a tango with startling results. Ours was a courageous class as was soon to he proved, since nearly one-third of our rank-ventured to explore the unknown regions on the top floor; namely, the Physics Laboratory. Those martyrs of knowledge, who braved the terrors of Cicero were a source of envy to us more timid ones who still found it extremely difficult to remember that reflexive verbs were always conjugated with “etre. February came bringing with it our annual Junior Dance. This was a splendid success both socially and financially—without a doubt the best ever held in the history of the school. The Juniors were not behind in athletics either, for the three teams football, baseball and track were made up mostly of members from our class. In dramatics the Juniors showed remarkable talent and one of the finest stars the school stage has ever known made his name in his Junior year. Those of us who have seen our class president act will realize that he is a future E. H. Sothern. In April, the school was favored by a lecture on the Great Northwest, by Rev. M. Porter whp is now preaching at the Unitarian Church. Wellesley Hills, and later, a lecture by Major Stiness of Battery A. Most of the boys in cur class were under age to answer the country's call to enlist, but several of our members answered the call to the splendid work of farming during ths summer for the government. At last, June came, and the class of 1917 moved out leaving us the title of Seniors—the honor we had striven for during the past three years. The one sad event in our school year was the death of one of the best liked members ot our class, John Oral Hopkins, the first in the school to give his life for freedom. Long before America entered the war. he felt the call to go. and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Regi- ment. September, 1916. From Canada he was shipped to England where he spent some months in training, was then transferred to France, and in a short time was at the front. It was in the battle of Yimy Ridge that he received the wounds from which he died shortly after in the Fourth Canadian Hospital. He is buried in Ecoives Military Cemetery near Mount St. Elry, France. This letter written by a comrade, tells us of his bravery and the respect of his company for him. Dear Sir: With regard to your son, John O. Hopkins, I was near him when he was hit on April 9. 1917. and I dressed him and then tried to get him away to the Dressing Station, but could not for lack of men. He did get out of the line, however, and is down on the records as dead of wounds in the Fourth Canadian Field I Iospital. I remember the lad’s brave words while I was dresing him, and how I tried to get him out of danger. 1 shall never forget these words of his, “I should like to have gone through with it, and again, “Never mind me, go on dressing the others.” I have no fear about the future of John O. Hopkins, his memory to me will always be like a sacrament--- His words and the remembrance of him. make me feel honored in being priviledged to attend to him. Truly his life was given for others. He is an honor to the American nation, for. “Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Surely this letter should make us feel proud to claim John Oral Hopkins as one of our members. His brave death for his country should make the class of 1918 proud to cherish his memory thru life. In later years when this terrible war is over and we look back over our high school years, we shall think of John Oral Hopkins as being the first in the school and the first in our class to give his life that this nation might live. The summer months soon drifted by and once again we found ourselves within the por- I’AwrrcKET High School Class Book—1918. 11 tills of our Alma Mater. Our ranks were somewhat smaller than when we left in June, but that made the rest of us all the more anxious to make a splendid success of our Senior year. The stenography pupils began to assume the aspect of real business people, hurrying to and fro with their numerous ledgers and papers. They had become very ambitious too-it was just an ordinary thing in their daily lives to typewrite seventy-five words a minute. The chemistry pupils had become so reckless that they were a source of fear to all concerned. One of the fair sex went so far as to spill several bottles of acid on the door just to see how it would act. It acted surprisingly on her arms and dress, much to her dismay. It was the means of procuring her a new dress, however, so it wasn't so bad after all. In the middle of the year the Seniors surprised their teachers and friends bv organizing a Freak Day. It was a freak day. too. No one would have imagined that the class of 1918 could make such a showing. The faculty received an unpleasant surprise that morniing when the entire Senior class hold and confident invaded the sacred halls, but were quickly herded into a couple of rooms, and so isolated from the remainder of the school. The most unfortunate part of our punishment was our being forced to fast until noon. The athletics of the school were very successful, especially the track team, which during all its sieges emerged with innumerable laurels gained mostly by members of our class. As far as Dramatics were concerned the Senior clas's certainly showed remarkable talent and under the able direction of Mr. Wade, had an unusually successful year. The president of the dramatic society. Miss Driscoll, has proved herself to be the best actress in the school and those who saw her in Op ’O My Thumb and “What Happened to Jones”, were delighted with her exceptionally clever acting. Corcoran of course, is a genius, being able to keep his audience in tears one minute and in gales of laughter the next. In “What Happened to Jones and “Nance Oldfield his audience was fairly carried away with him. Devoe, that clever commedian who holds his audience from the beginning of the play to the end by his clever versatility, and original humor. is a second Al. Jolson. His clevter acting in “The Garroters and “What Happened to Jones, has made him famous. In the course of the year, the school was favored by many interesting lectures about the war. or affairs connected closely with it. Col. II. Anthony Dyer gave us an interesting lecture on Food Conservation,” later, Assistant I’ost Master Charles I’. McAlevy lectured on “Thrift Stamps , and Miss M. Josephine Mo-roney spoke to the girls on the work of the Red Cross. Lieut. Homer D. Mitchell of the Irish Rifles, a graduate of the school in 1910, gave us a brief speech about “Our duty to France. Miss Mary Boyle O’Reilly spoke to us of her war experiences. Miss O'Reilly was with Edith Cavell in Belgium and was at one time a prisoner in Germany. Very soon the time to prepare for commencement came. As a patriotic duty the class decided to eliminate the class banquet. It was also voted that the class erect a bronze tablet in memory of John Oral Hopkins. During the past four years, we, the class of nineteen hundred and eighteen have striven our utmost to give our very best to our teachers, and to take in return that which will make our lives happier, and more prosperous. And when we emerge into a new and more serious phase of life. we. inspired with a new vision born of our high school career, shall continue to push forward and upward, whether in office. trench, college, or home. The higher things of life will always be our aim, and ringing in our ears will be these memorable words of Columbus. Sail on. sail on. and on. Margaret Mary Hughes. Eugene Roscoe Conary. DEBATING TEAM-1918 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 13 JJrnphm; nf thr (Hlaas of 1U1H. N the year 3150 A. D. the world famous archaeologist. Prof. X. K. Yator, discovered while d'Rg'ug in the ruins of the ancient city of Pawtucket, a fragment of a curious old manuscript. The document is dated 1945. The paper gives minute descriptions of what the different members of the class which graduated from the Pawtucket High School in 1918 did after graduation. By reading the document carefully, it can be found that all the members of that illustrious class achieved prominence in the few short years between their graduation and the time of writing the document. It was Professor Yator who first discovered the reason for the destruction of Pawtucket. He states that the barbarian hordes from See-konk conquered the city and burned many of the buildings. The manuscript is not complete but the part that has been deciphered follows: ' Gardiner Corcoran went to Mexico and entered the diplomatic service. Corcoran rose rapidly and became the Mexican Ambassador to Siam. Arthur Eddy is Ambassador Corcoran's secretary. While in school during a memorable debate at West Warwick, Corcoran became an authority in statistics. (We didn't learn until afterwards that many of the figures were “creations of the mind proceeding from a heat oppressed brain”) In a private conference with the king it took Corcoran just eight and one half minutes to convince the monarch that the women of Siam should be granted political equality with the men. If Siam derives all the benefits that Corcoran outlined, it will be a perfect paradise. Arlo Adams decided to become a soldier. So after graduating from West Point, he entered the service as a lieutenant. By years of courageous work he rose to the rank of general. Ilis treatise on “War with the Icelanders , which now rivals Caesar's “Gallic Wars , is read in all the public schools. Joe Arnold became a sugar refiner, as he always had a fondness for the sweets in life, including Harriet Borden. He claims that he doesn't need sugar in his coffee mornings with her across the table, and the happy 1 larriet is enjoying the height of her dreams— to drive her own automobile. Hazel Sproul and Mildred Hood do not see each other quite so often now. Mildred is a prominent public speaker and actress. Hazel is a recognized authority on history of all kinds. She recently published an invaluable volume on “Why the Men of the Stone Age Did not Shave.” Margaret Hughes, the most successful woman speaker, is now campaigning in Africa to procure votes for the women of that country. She decided that they ought to know more about government if they were going to vote and so she sent for Anna Ryan to come and teach them the first principles. Anna is now accompanying Peggy on her daily trips thru the jungles. Irene Jollie, Mrs. Yernon Castle 2nd. is now giving fancy dancing exhibitions. Her latest creation is the “aviation glide . She came to Providence recently and I'. II. S. filled the front rows. Hazel Jordan’s love of the French language carried her to France shortly after the war. She returned with the numerous titles of the wife of a French nobleman, but her friends, who find it impossible to remember them, just call her Hazel. Mildred Leddy is now Mary Pickford's successor. Her gracefulness and youth give her a high place in the movie art. Her films are in such great demand that she is now producing picture films with her own company. Helen Lewis is collecting antiques. She has a salesroom in New York and imports her stock from all over the world. People who want genuine goods go to Helen. 14 1 ’awti'ckkt High School Class Rcxjk—1918. “Barbara Luther—Latin Expert is what is written in gold letters on Barbara’s office door. Barbara has many high school pupils daily. She doesn't believe in the use of vocabularies for she uses the “Gessit System” of which she is the founder. Irene McKenzie, who dreaded Latin at P. H. S. cannot understand why Barbara chose this for a business. Irene volunteered as an ambulance driver for duty in France. After winning a war medal by her reckless driving, Irene returned to the L'nited States. Edna Mayoh has a prosperous millinery shop on Broadway. She makes a specialty of vtp to date novelty chapeaux and always fits all her customers with becoming hats. Helen McCarthy has now become a famous poster designer. Before the war ended she designed many of the Liberty Loan Posters. Margaret McCabe is now at the head of a flourishing kindergarten school. She claims that she received most of her training at P. II. S. Catherine McCarthy is helping Margaret. Rose McGarry loved 1’. 11. S. so much that she soon went back as a teacher of brcnch and English. The pupils are glad to have Rose for a teacher because she is so lenient. Frances McKenna is now a decorator of rooms. She has some of the largest contracts in the city and always leaves her customers gasping at the remarkable change she has wrought in a simple room. Mildred Milligan, after finishing a special business course, now has an important position with a large firm in New York. She enjoys a gay life in the city as her business hours are short. Georgiatia Minkins is now the head designer of a large jewelry company. She works to please everyone and everyone is always satisfied. Mary Moriarty and Evelyn Morrissey bought a large farm in the outskirts of the city and are trying new experiments in gardening. They already have written a book on “Successful Gardens” and others will perhaps follow. Brenda Mulligan is the most prominent woman physician of New England. I ler popularity, however, keeps her busy and she has been forced to enlarge her waiting room sttcral times. Evelyn Palmer is a photographer located in Providence. All senior classes go to her for their pictures for they are sure of good results. Alice Ramsbottom is campaigning for the next presidency. She has already won so many to her side by her clever speeches that there is little doubt that she will be elected. Agnes Russel has opened a large school for tne deaf and dumb. Her only trouble at first was that too many came. But now she has enlarged the building and secured the capable assistance of Ella Paton and everything is running smoothly. Helen Sweet has won her spurs. She now owns and supervises a large tray establishment. She designs special trays for particular people and they are always well pleased with the results. Ruth Shirley Taylor is a Pawtucket librarian. She can find anything from an obscure book to a lost dog. She always keeps a large supply of the best books of the school reading list on a special shelf, so that pupils may easny find them. Blanche Yiault makes specially designed calendars for all seasons of the year. Her designs of dancing girls, etc. are very original and often quite unusual. Grace Watson has made her fortune. She has concocted a mixture which if taken late at night (or early in the morning) makes it possible for the person to get up in the morning early enough to reach school or work and also makes him appear wide awake. The school board is considering buying Grace's entire supply and giving it to the Seniors of the High School. Norman Meiklejohn and Irving Reid.realized the money that could be made selling pies to the students of P. II. S. Together they have erected in Goff’s lot a beautiful brick-building where they carry on the business. All Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 15 their pies come fresh daily from Lennon's Pure Food Bakery which is owned and managed by “Barney” Lennon. Jacob Mogelever’s skillful interpretation of “Macbeth makes him rank among the foremost of the American actors of to-day. A thrill of applause runs thru the audience at the attractive appearance of Mogie in eleventh-century hose. The audience is struck with admiring terror as he rises to the height of his towering passion in his terrible combat with McDtiff. While not on the stage Mogelever can usually be found on some street corner surrounded by a mob and giving a speech on socialism. Mogelever has been arrested forty-three times for incendiary language. Eddie Moore, in the course of time, became driver of a tank. He found the work very congenial the trenches and entanglements over which he drove being so like the ditches and fences he knew so well at home, Anxious to preserve his High School reputation he broke the speed record for tanks, raising it from six to sixty miles an hour, the only speed at which he really felt comfortable. For his daring exploits he was made corporal of a tank squadron. Leo Poloquin draws an enormous salary as his mechanic—proportional to the risk he runs. Despite Moore’s wildest efforts, however, they both live and hold big blocks of stock in the “Richardster company. Arthur Read has been reaised by the Ordnance Department to the rank of Chief Inspector and Tester of all Government’s high explosives. Zeke ought to till the office well with all his experience along the line of explosives obtained at P. II. S. Bill’ Shulver with his queerly shaped legs, made a fortune on the vaudeville stage. Paderewski’s insurance on his fingers is nothing to what Bill carries on his “Bread and butter . Bill is now playing comedian iir comic opera and will soon be able to retire for life. Gertie Myette started in theatricals starring as soubrette in “Naughty Gertie” and is now playing comedienne roles with Shulver in his shivering musical comedy. “When We Were A Couple of Kids. A1 South after graduating from P. H. S. went to a navigation school and then entered the Merchant Marine. After a short season at ramming subs (not teachers) he established the great commercial house of South «Si Co. The firm’s famous flag, black with a white Fairlawn rampart, may be seen everywhere from the frozen north to the tropics. The firm of Walmsley Wightman Co. has made itself famous by its wonderful engineering feats. Walmsley’s well known abilities at juggling figures fit him particularly for the financial end (and most of the comment ) while Wightman’s pronounced dimples have proved a wonderful trade attraction. The firm has built more bungalows for rich young widows and heiresses than can be counted. The gushing Wightman looks on with utter contempt whenever Walmsley’s wife, our old friend Louise Dingwell, drops in at the office for a little spending money. “Bike” Richards after a time of circus riding soon rose to automobile manufacture and the “Richardsters” were world wonders while they held together. The “Richardster” is very light on tires as it loses weight steadily when run, but the continuous bills for replacement of the lost parts somewhat discounts this economy. Bike’s” fortune is fabulous and Helen Towle, his happy better half, attempts to make it nothing but fabulous. It’s a financial race between them but “Bike’s” wonderful aptitude for mathematics, which he demonstrated so fully in High School, keeps him out of the receiver’s hands. “Wimpie Watson is earning a living demonstrating the intricacies of the “Richardster . Carieton Worcester is known all over the country.. His famous book “How to be Beautiful , illustrated with pictures of himself, has a greater circulation than “Mutt Jeff . Tie has, however, cleared up a million on his 1 latent freckle-remover. After retiring on his fortune, just for fun. he manages the “Advice to the Lovelorn column in the 16 Pawtucket High School Class Rook—1918. “Pawtucket American . Ruth Gladys Taylor, his beloved helpmate, helps him out in the hard cases. Earnest Bott, the well known gymnast, is a persistent user of the column as he can’t find a girl to suit him. no matter where he roams. I lis proposed trip to Honolulu may finish him. however. Estelle Adams and Evelyn Beachen have been very successful indeed. Estelle invented a lightning hair dresser; a machine which combs and presents for approval hair of all kinds. Evelyn, who perfected the machine to include blondes, helps Estelle demonstrate and sell them. Gladys Adams and Bessie Coopy turned to cpiite different professions. Gladys, after studying in Europe, became the prima donna of America. While Bessie became a designer. Bessie is now employed by the senior classes of all the schools in Xew England to design their freak day costumes. Although the students are satisfied, the school authorities threaten to bring a law suit against Coopy Co. May Grimes and Gertrude Anderton together invented a passenger aeroplane that can carry twenty-five persons. These two members of our class were the first persons in the world to cross the Atlantic in an aeroplane. Since then they have perfected their invention and are now operating The New York and Paris Rapid Transit Co. Catherine Barry is a steady customer of the company in her frequent trips to the continent. Dorothea Price's School of Physical Torture is now famous. She began at the hot-tom of the ladder and worked her way up. Climbing was hard for Dorothea hut the ladder was strong and she is now at the top. So large has her business grown that she now employs several assistants, among whom are Mildred Bray and Catherine Brady. Mildred is especially needed as she studied first aid to the injured in High School and even in the most bloody cases never loses her head. Elsie Brown and Sarah Browning are Rhode Island Representatives to Congress. They each carry a copy of Burke’s “Speech on Conciliation” so that they may use it as a guide for their forms of arguments. They have found this very helpful as they win all debates with little effort. Hortense Caldwell now holds a government position as food inspector of canned goods. Hortense has found so many impure concoctions that about half the people of the country have become vegetarians. Catherine Corden and Mildred Collins are living in the Phillipine Islands. They went there to grow a new brand of carrots. These have become such an important food of the American people that Catherine and Mildred are famous now as the Carrot Queens. Margaret Dott and Bertha Cote are now in Alaska. They were sent there as special delegates by the government to boost the sale of palm beach suits. Their persuasive natures already have won the approval of the natives and the amount of their sales is remarkable. Elizabeth Cushman conceived the brilliant idea of erecting a home for students suffering from brain fever. The new hospital, which is located on Broadway, does a rushing business whenever the powers that be decide to have exams. Already eighteen “Gleaner editors have been patients at the hospital. Eunice Keough. Elizabeth’s assistant, soothes the troubled minds with her ukalelc. Angela Collins is a writer of up to date novels. Those who have read her stories get many astonishing ideas for their theme work. Her short stories on school life are very exciting. Margaret Doherty is one of the most sought after stenographers of the day. She received a position in a large manufacturing concern of this city but in a short time she left and is now a court stenographer. Josephine Driscoll—Here To-Night.”. Thi s is all that any of the moving picture theatres have to say for Jo is so popular that this sign immediately fills the house. Jo always had a liking for acting and when she entered the movies she was immediately pronounced a star. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 17 Emma Dunbar, that quiet, modest girl of our 11 igh School days, is now an astronomer. On clear nights you may find her looking heavenward to detect the slightest movement of the stars. “Mary Etta Emmett, Composer’’ is what is seen on our most up to date music. Her first compositions were so difficult that few people could play them and so she is now writing less difficult selections to use in graded lesson books. Mildred Fames and Elsie Johnson had one of the largest hair dressing parlors in New York. They were doing very well when Mildred was married. Elsie was so disappointed because she had to run the establishment alone that she married a rich bachelor of New York. Rose Flynn and Anna Toher have turned out to be school teachers and are surely the best in the state. They were both graduated from Normal School, and Rose is teaching in Woonsocket, while Anna is employed at Newport. Elsie Habershaw leads a gay and happy life at Palm Beach. Soon after leaving school she invented an onion mask which has made her fortune. It is on the plan of a gas mask and is very beneficial to housewives who peel onions. So great has the demand for these masks been that Elsie had to get Helen Dwyer to help her run the business. Bertha Horovitz is the graceful tight-rope walker of Harrington’s Circus. Myra had this large circus left to her. She cheerfully took the burden and has improved it so much that it is now one of the largest circuses in the world. Emma Harris, that studious girl of our school days, has now, most unfortunately, forgotten many of the things which she learned at High School, so engrossed is she in her new occupation. She is a collector of uncommon and mysterious plants. Gertrude Smith and Evelyn Harrold own a prosperous tea room in Providence. As soon as the success of the business was assured they hired Grace Lyons to manage it for them. Now the two chums are enjoying life while Grace is worrying over the high cost of running a tea room. Merrick Holliday made a fortune on Wall Street. Rising from office boy, Merrick reached high in the brokerage line, his High School luck in matching nickels sticking by him in his big deals. Though he rides to the office in a Rolls-Royce he has not yet acquired the obesity common to his profession,for Bessie Beardwood keeps her “honey” thin by forced attendance at all of her dancing parties. “Dance and reduce is Merrick’s compulsory motto. James Ashworth decided that a fortune could be made in the manufacture of foods. Therefore, he built a bologna factory in Darlington. Ashworth has cut down on the cost of manufacture by using “New Skin” for the outside. This gives him a monopoly of the whole bologna trade. Charles Mangan became the leading lawyer of Limerock. His greatest case was the defence of Edwin Bannon. Bannon had amassed such a fortune that he was charged with violating the anti-trust law. Charles pleaded so pathetically that the jurors, with tears in their eyes, begged him to cease. Of course, Bannon was acquitted. This case gave Mangan such a reputation the he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Amos Card is featured the country over as a daredevil balloonist. He certainly earns his one hundred a week when he drops three thousand feet in a parachute. But then it was well known, even at P. H. S„ that Amos would choose a reckless profession. Nathaniel Chase led an exploring party to the Antartic regions. The expedition was doomed to failure, however, for Chase’s appetite caused a shortage of provisions. Nathaniel went for two whole days with nothing but a piece of hardtack. When he returned to the United States, he swore never to be hungry again and opened a restaurant in New York.’ Eugene Conary has started a patent medicine business. According to his advertisements he can cure anything from ingrowing 18 Pawtucket High School Class Hook—1918. toenails to baldness. It is safe for him to advertise “absolutely harmless for his medicine consists of distilltd water, colored red, and flavored to suit the taste. Sidney Simons is Conary's advertising agent. Walter Connly's knowledge of every cigarette makes him an expert tobacco drummer. Since “Yolly gets a discount on all his smokes, this profession considerably cuts down his living expenses. The name of the great biologist. Howard Loring Curtis, is often heard in our midst. Howard acquired his fame, when after fourteen years of experiments, he discovered that gold fish do not enjoy moving pictures. After a hard day’s work in his laboratory Howard returns home to Dorothy Cheek, who has long since been his wife. Constance Capron became one of the leading society women of Newport. She inherited a million dollars from a distant relative and thereby won the love of the Hon. Louis R. Devoe for life, or rather as long as the million lasted. Bob McElroy's adventurous nature yearned for excitement. He travelled around the world a few times and finally landed in Costa Rica. 1 lere a revolution was brewing and Bob took the side of the revolutionists. After they had overthrown the government the revolutionists elected Bob president. Soon after his election Bob bought the “Pontiac and made Charlie Driscoll admiral, with the “Pontiac for a flagship. He then looked around for a good general and finally chose “Pete Gardner to fill the office. The Costa Rican army now has twenty-three generals and five privates. Bill Duclos went to Texas and started a ranch. He intended to raise high class cattle but discovered extensive oil fields on his lands. His wells now produce so much oil that he has broken the Standard Oil Company’s monopoly. Sidney Jackson is now handling Duclos' business while Bill enjoys his fortune. Everett McAlevy rose in the newspaper business. His “Pawtucket American’’ drove the “Times” completely out of business . The motto of the paper is “We print everything but the truth.” Mac’s scientific gassing can get advertisements from the biggest tightwads. Carl Flick is the leading cartoonist for the “Pawtucket American . On every corner people can be found laughing at “Flick's Funnies . McAlevy hired Raymond Mara for sales agent. « Arthur Korcier and Henry Whipple have become known the country over as expert auditors and accountants. Henry thinks it nothing at all to add on a paltry ten thousand to make his books come out all right. Altho Oreal Grossman and John McGreevy have not made fortunes for themselves, they have at least made themselves famous. The two went to Russia and founded a bank. (John had some difficulty in mastering the intricacies of the language but it came natural to Oreal. I Just as the bank began to make money, the Bolsheviks raided it and “swiped the deposits. John and Oreal have returned to this country in bankruptcy. Albert Holburn and Byron Stapleton are well known scientists. Working together they have produced wonderful chemistry text books. Albert remembered his own dislike for chemistry formulas at P. H. S. and refused to have any rules, formulas, or laws in any of his books. Needless to say the books are in great demand especially by students. The two scientists are now on research work trying to discover foods that will not burn for use in the 11 igh School domestic science department. The two tellers of this sorrowful tale state that they did not make all their classmates millionaires on account of a shortage of space. One of the two colleagues suffered a mental relapse and retired to Miss Cushman’s Sanitarium. The other showed the utter hopelessness of his case hy experimenting on a perpetual motion machine. I laving solved the eternal question he equipped an aeroplane with his new motor and started on a trial flight. The machine was a remarkable success. In fact, the motor was so perpetual that the inventor could not stop it. When last seen he was travelling at a tremendous speed towards a distant planet carrying with him the solution to the mystery of perpetual motion. Agnes Rebecca Doherty. 1 forace Boss Pray. FOOTBALL TEAM, J9J7. 20 Pawtucket High Schooi. Ci.ass Book—1918. WILL OF THE CLASS OF 1918 Knout all Hint by these presents, HAT, we, the class of nineteen-eighteen of the Pawtucket High School, being of our usual sound, disposing, and even generous mind and memory since it does not effect our pocketbooks, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. First: To the class of 1919, our successors through unfortunate circumstances over which we have no control, we give and bequeath the following: All our debts which we request they shall pay promptly. The right for the coming Senior track team to dignify its practise under the name of Interclass Meet. The right to appoint certain of its members to lead the “pie-eating bunch” to the rendezvous, console Sophs who rip their trousers on the fence, call the doctor, and render first-aid generally. The right to stir Mr Hosmer to the “murdering place” by thinking of a Freak Day. The right to officiate next year at the annual scuttling of the good ship “Lyceum ’ ’. The privilege to consider moral right and ethics in making important class decisions. The privilege of trying trig, for the usual time—a week. The privilege of acting-out “Macbeth”, and “murdering sleep” with “dag gel's of the mind”. The privilege of trying to learn to decline and use ego as well as we have. These things we give and bequeath to tin class of 1919, on the condition that the profits on said class’s Junior Dance be appropriated as a subsidy to the lunch counter in its price-slashing competition with Kelly’s Pie Emporium. Second: We give and bequeath to 1920: The privilege of a few of its members having a Cook of their own. The customary Junior right to “bully” the teachers. Customary right of same class to “bluff” at nine o’clock and wonder at one. Another customary right of same class to look into Bunsen burners to see if they are lit. Third: To the class of 1920 we bequeath: The self considered importance of Juniors, which will be all they can handle for a year. Fourth: To the class of 1921 we bequeath: A continuance of their right to hold football practise on the lawn. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 21 The privilege of patronizing the lunch counter when they become tall enough and rich enough and their little stomachs strong enough. Fifth: To the other institutions of the school we bequeath as follows: To the Gleaner Board a shining example to follow our record for handing in material on time and our management of finances. To the Gesellschaft the privilege of a happy death. To the Athletic Association, in accordance with the best traditions of the school an empty treasury and an extension of the privilege of making the school happy with “the joy of giving” semi-weekly. To the Dramatic Society a sot of scenery for which we helped to pay, with the request that they learn if possible, that doors should open from the Hoor and not from the ceiling. To the members of the Cercle Francais and the Lyceum our deepest sympathies in their recent bereavements. To the school we bequeath a wonderful “jazz” orchestra and an awed but loved memory of us, with the comfort that all great organizations, schools included, touch the summit of greatness in one refulgent peak of grandeur, and then slowly decline. Therefore let not the pupils stand self-accused of umvorthiness to follow us, but with tin lesson of history and the ages as comforting companions of their misery, pull their ties tighter about their necks, and eyes always fixed on the fading star, make the downward years as glorious as possible in order that an almost fitting and worthy setting may be provided for the most dazzling jewel that ever glowed in the school’s crown, 1918! Sixth: All the rest and residue of our property of every kind and nature, consisting mainly of waste paper and hot air we give and bequeath to the janitors to be used in heating the school next winter. in IBitttraa ffllirrruf, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this first day of June, A. 1). 1918. Witnesses: IKE X. PREVARICATE, B. HAPPY. CLASS OF 1918. TRACK. TEAM—1917-VS8. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 23 C raftuatton IHxrrrisrs (Hubb nf 1918 High School Hall Wednesday, June 12, 1918 JJ r o g r a m March—'The New Colonial P. H. S. Orchestra Hall Invocation— Rev. James D. Dingwell Chorus—The Star Spangled Banner Smith Essay—Belgium Horace Boss Pray Piano Solo—Fantasie Impromptu Dorothy Louise Cheek Chopin Essay—Russia Charles Edmund Mangan Vocal Solos—(a) God Be With Our Boys Tonight (b) My Heart Would Break Bessie Hunter Beardwood Sanderson Edwards Essay—France Mildred Idella Flood Chorus—The Marseillaise DeLisle Violin Solo—Hejre Kati Carl Lawrence Flick Essay—Italy Ruth Gladys Taylor 11ubay Chorus—Italia Essay—The British Empire Elizabeth Foster Cushman Chorus—God Save Our Noble King Carey F'ssay—The United States Thomas Gardiner Corcoran Cantata—Columbus Hosnier Presentation— Josephine Bernadette Driscoll Presentation of Diplomas— Lester W. Millman, Esq., Chairman of the School Board. Class Ode— Words by Eunice Truman Iveough Music by Dorothy Louise Cheek 24 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. She 3Flag an tljc rt|oal-£aam Vail. ★ 'I'he Hag hangs on the school-room wall, And we pledge our faith to the shining folds. And we think of those who have heard the call To give for the flag all the future holds. We hear once more young voices gay That joined with ours in the refrain That follows the hymn and the prayer each day, And we see in our midst our boys again. We know those strong young hands are set At all the sterner tasks of war. And those young eyes our own have met Face death for us in scenes afar. We think of those who in days gone by Have fought for that flag on land and sea. And with dauntless hearts and purpose high, Won the holy wars of liberty! And we know in these days when souls are tried, Our men went forth in their country’s need To exalt that flag, whate’er betide. Sons of the fathers in word and deed. We think of the present and we think of the past, We have given our best, and we pledge our all, In life and in death, while time shall last, To our country’s flag on the school-room wall. Mary G. Osborn Head of the History' Department. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 25 (Hlafis of 1U1B. Estelle Loretta Adam. Estelle is that very fashionable girl who resides in Room 29. She sets the style for the Senior girls. Estelle is one of those jolly, care-free girls who never worries, not even if her lessons are not prepared. Rhode Island School of Design has a great attraction for Estelle. Can it he that she is fond of drawing? We think not. Estelle is a “shark” in Erench. Her hobby is dancing, and we hear that she indulges very often. Next year Estelle expects to go to Laselle Seminary. Arlo Gordon Adams. Arlo is that handsome looking individual who came to us last fall from our neighbor across the river. Central Falls. Although only having been with us for a year, he has been the source of inspiration and delight to us all? ???. Arlo took a fawncy” to P. H. S. as soon as he came into our loving care. We do not know whether we have brought him up properly but we do know that he has developed greatly in U. S. History due to his extraordinary brain capacity ? ? ? ? ? 11 is melancholy voice and highly trained eyelashes are his outstanding features and are very attractive to the other sex. Gladys Isabelle Adams. Gleaner Board '16. '17,—'17, '18. Wow! Did you hear that awful racket? Now listen for that forty horse power laugh. Yes. it was right. Here come Gladys. Sure, that is she with her crony Miss Coopy. When she enters Room 29. she usually has something important to tell her neighbors, much to the delight of .Mr. W ade, who just dotes on keeping the “young bunch of sauer-kraut” after school for fifteen minutes, because he admires that wonderful, tight fitting, vampire, purple sweater of the young lady. This sweater blends nicely with Miss Coopy's “yaller” waists, especially when the former is displaying her sudden affection for the latter. We wonder if that is the way she treats all the young men who climb the steps of that little house upon the hill night after night. Does this account for her coming to school early, and her great efforts to learn her French before the last bell? We will have to give her credit for being a good typist, and an accomplished musician. She just dotps on practising, indulging in it two hours per day, (with intervals,) but we fear if the piano were moved from that window, and she were not able to see that hand- 26 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918 some looking fellow, who motors frequently along that way, her zeal would wane. Gladys expects to enter the business world, and we all wish her success. Gertrude May Anderton. Well, if here isn't our old friend Gert. She is a jolly good-natured girl, always willing to help a friend in trouble, as many of us already know. Who ever saw her when she wasn't smiling? Gert just dotes on school, so much so that she wishes her four years were just beginning. Is this natural? She is very fond of dancing, and indulges frequently. The next morning she appears at eight o'clock to do her shorthand. Never mind Gert. you are not alone in this. Joseph Jenks Arnold. “Joe made a had start in school having to enter with the class of 1919. but he has had the good fortune by working hard to shake off his unfortunate past, be accepted into our class, and thus be entitled to go down in history. “Joe’s” chief diversions are riding a-bout in a cosy coupe with company, and being dazzled by the sparkling glances and soft words of a much sought after Senior. Despite his many rivals he manages to hold his own. When he entered 29. lie endeavored with the desperation of one in his state of mind, to obtain a seat convenient for soul-satisfying “tete-a-tetes,” but Mr. Wade, judging that he had enough bad cases already condemned “Joe” to a more quiet neighborhood. Joe” intends to enter business life after graduation. James Linwood Ashworth. “Bill is not very well known outside of his gioup of intimate acquaintances, as he is a rather quiet fellow, but those who know him will testify that he is a cheerful, jolly companion and a loyal friend. Lin has worked hard on his studies for four years, and has reaped the reward on his reports. He is going to the Rhode Island School of Design next year, and we are expecting to hear good news of his progress. Edwin Getrick Bannon, Jr. Behold, the young business man enters. Watch that typewriter hustle along. Look at him now ! I le’s not writing in long hand, but taking stenographic dictation. Just the same, Ed is Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 27 writing as fast as if he were writing a long hand account of the time he caught a car last fall. Now take a glimpse at his ledger. Can you find a blot ? Front this pen picture you can easily see th.at Edwin is just the sort of a fellow that the big business men are looking for. There's no use in wishing him success: he will make that for himself. Anyway, good luck, Ban-non. Harriet Louise Borden. Class Reception Committee. Secretary Dramatic Society, '18. “Well, Harriet? Haven't you one free night this week? This is Harriet. Oh. no. she isnt at all popular! Back in her youthful days as a freshie and soph she used to be a model pupil, but—well this y .ar there has been so much going on all the time! Harriet is one of the most loyal supporters of our school teams. Often she even goes to the out-of town games and roots for the team thru defeat or victory. She is a member of the celebrated Silent Trust of the north-east corner of 29 (or rather, she used to be. until Mr. Wade broke up said trust and--------but why lament.) Harriet needless to say, found her new surroundings congenial and promptly—- ----started another trust. We all know that in “Nance Olfield she was just too dear for .anything and she has been a fine secretary • for the Dramatic' Society this year. We all envy the business man who has Harriet for his “stenog'' next year. Catherine Mary Barry. Catherine is that pleasant, quiet blonde who sits in 29. She dosen’t attract people's attention—but we know she's there just the same. She always has a bright, friendly smile for everybody. Although she’s not a grind in any sense of the word, she learns her lessons and knows how to pull down some fine marks. Catherine, also, is a loyal supporter of our teams, appearing at most of the games. The fact that she wishes to become a nurse is the only reference to her future that she has made public. She may go to college. Evelyn Doris Beachen. “Oh 1 had the most wonderful time honestly 1 never had such a good time in all my life. This is just exactly what Evelyn says, about every dance she goes to. Evelyn certainly does love to trip the light fantastic better than she likes anything else but chocolates. An other thing that Evelyn used to enjoy before the war was canoeing. But lie's with the Canadians row and as Evelyn says, “What a crime it is that the censor should have to lead those letters. It make such a difference 28 I'awtickf.t High School Class Hook—1918. you know!!!” Evelyn has sucessfully completed a commercial course and expects to enter the business world next fall. Bessie Hunter Beardwood. “Whew, but I'm tired this morning''. Never mind turning around to see who it is, but to enlighten the minds of the folks who do not know, it is Bessie trying to get over the excitement of a dance the night before. Her motto is “dance and grow thin , and she hacks it right up with her demonstrations. Room 29 was certainly fortunate in securing her to grace its hearty portals. Bessie is our class “Alma Gluck , for the walls resound with her praise. We all admire her. not only for her singing, but for her loyalty in supporting the class. Ernest Bott. Ernest has been masquerading as a junior for the greater part of the year. Toward the beginning of the last term, however, he decided to graduate with a much better class— the class of 1918, of course. According to all reports, Bott is a shark in his studies, especially in French, where he has often proved a life saver to the third hour class; and we know that he has been a faithful member of the Lyceum and of the French and German societies. We wish that you had joined us earlier, Ernest. Catherine Veronica Brady. Isn't she sweet?” This is what one hears about Cas all the time. It certainly is true too. for she is one of the sweetest girls in the school. “Cas usually lands in her seat just as the last hell starts ringing, but as she says: “We should worry as long as it hasn’t stopped. This young lady doesn’t let anything worry her—no not even—but hush, we mustn't tell tales, as she positively refuses to have his name told around the school. “Cas's favorite pastime is waltzing with a certain young man who inhabits Room 29. We don't blame you a bit Cas he certainly can waltz wonderfully. “Cas has been an ardent supporter of all school functions, and has proved herself to he an all-round good pal with a lot of school spirit. Her reports show that she possesses quite a bit of knowledge, because she says: “I am too busy to study—such trifles as that are the least of mv troubles. Why so many 4’s and 5's, “Cas? Is it camouflage? The future seems to point to a business career for this young lady, unless that tall blonde that follows her around steps in. One never knows! Good luck. Cas. We like to tease you—but we know that you will always be just as popular as you are to-day, beausc j ou possess what most of us envy, a mighty pleasing way. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 29 Mildred Taylor Bray. Mildred is one of our well known classmates whom we always know will appreciate a good joke. She is full of fun and is the president of a lively group of girls known as the “Wah Wah 'Pay See Girls” and she is also ? member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mildred has shown much talent in applied art. and is a fine player on the piano. She is very fond of swimming and other athletic sports. She has not decided what she will do after leaving P. II. S., hut we think that she will enter some finishing school. Elsie Whittemore Brown. Here’s one of our class sharks in the line of typewriting, stenography, etc. Elsie is “right there with the goods” when it come to knowing her lessons, but she also knows how to have a mighty good time. I ler chief diversion is sharpening pencils in that famous corner basket in 29. Another of her favorite occupations is kicking at the way the Athletic Association robs the school. However, Elsie always “sends as good as she gets. so we’d better look out. The wide, wide business world claims this shining light of T8 and fortunate will be the firm which employs Elsie next year. Sarah Elizabeth Browning. Do you know Sadie? Of course you do. She is that short little miss with the dark hair and large black eyes. Her ever ready smile makes friends for her wherever she goes. Is she accomodating ? Well, I guess. Her motto must be the same as a certain body of people we know so well, Do one good turn each day.” She will gain favor with her business friends through her speed in typewriting and her well-arranged letters. I am afraid that we shall not see our little friend long in the business world for something points in other directions. Any Sunday evening you can find her at the close of evening service, among a group of friends. Among these friends, there is one. Who is he? Elsie Hortense Caldwell. Hortense! Just see how her round smiling face beams with joy. And say did you hear that musical giggle resounding through the corridors? That belongs to Hortense also. 30 I’.wvrrcKKT High School Class Book—1918. She has an ever-increasing appetite if one judges from the number of sandwiches she consumes down in the lunch room. At times is has been known to exceed a half dozen. She hardly has time to finish during recess but very often takes up part of the fifth period in so doing. Hortense is very fond of movies. This fondness has often caused her grief, especially when it lias prevented her from learning her English. We do not know just what Hortense will do next year. Nathaniel Borden Chase. ' Gleaner. '17. '18. This is that very popular fellow with the cherubic countenance and tape-measure proportions, who lends his “Jerry Cruncher” pompadour to grace historic 29. He tried parting it once (Freak Day), but the resuit was a bad match for his eyes, (and officestanding) so he now dispenses with that bother. “Xate is perhaps the best known among us for his activities among the girls, and for the facility and frequency with which he acquires and disposes of fair maidens, it is no doubt due to this natural tendency (the faithless flirt ) that he has so well managed the “Exchanges on the “Gleaner for two years. His wit is criminal. He can catch more fish (including teachers) on the same bait than any other fellow we know, and his bait-inventing genius is positively diabolical. “Texas is a most loyal Uam supporter and good sport, and never is tired of showing his school spirit by providing material to keep the Tatler in business. As for his studies. Miss Holt will vouch that he is one of the most “prominent members of her “Classe fran- •caise . His only regret is that the co-eds do not recite with the Brown fellows. After keeping Brown on the map for four years, he will abandon it to its fate, and attend a textile school. Then he fears he will have to work a little while, 'till he dazzles some beautiful heiress with his charms, and becomes rich for life. Constance Carpenter Capron. Here is Constance, that little, black haired damsel who used to come running into Room 29 at half past eight or at ten o'clock. Conny liked to spend her recesses on the school steps and amuse her friends by bringing kodak pictures to school, and passing them around during School periods. Conny hasn't decided about next year yet. Amos Roland Card. Premier draftsman of the school, that's he, finishing up a year’s work in a little more than a term! In his other studies, however, he takes it easy, and uses all four terms to get his string of 5’s. He is a very bashful boy. A very quiet fellow, he doesn't have much to say except in recitations, when he Pawti ckkt High School Class Book—1918 31 makes up for lost opportunities, lie's a fine clarinetist, too. but he doesn't like to play in the orchestra because of the girls. He doesn't know what he will do after graduation, but he has certainly accomplished what he came to school to accomplish, and he is the kind of a fellow 1 . II. S. will always be proud to claim. Thomas Gardiner Corcoran. Captain Debating Team, '17, T8. Class President. Gleaner Board, T8. Football. '17. Debating, T5. 17, '18. Lyceum President, T8. Treasurer Dramatic Society, '18. In the four years that Gardiner has been with us he has received almost everything that the school could give him. He started in his Freshman year by making the school debating team and he has been going ever since. He surprised us a little by making the football team this year. Theoretically Gardiner is an anti-suffragist and woman hater but when he learned that he couldn’t have the write-up for a certain fair member of the class, he nearly broke up the meeting. In dramatics Gardiner always had hard luck by getting the rich old uncle parts. This cut him out of the final close up in which the hero embraces his future wife. He usually made up for the misfortune behind the scenes. Next year Gardiner will wear a little brown cap with a white button. Bertha Helene Cote. There's a black-eyed maid in 29, And she is wondrous wise: 8he fools the teacher when she can. And when she can't, she tries. (Apologies to Mother Hubbard.) That is not exactly fair to Bertha, who almost always knows her lessons perfectly. On the morning that she dosen't. however, she is always called upon for the hardest questions, and it is in memory of those times that the above verse (?) was,written. She has also shown great aptitude for debating, and could certainly have made the first squad. That talent, seconded by real business ability and a most happy disposition, will be of great value to her in negotiating for a raise in the business world. Dorothy Louise Cheek. Class Pianist, '17, '18. Gleaner Board, '17, '18. “Hello, Dottie! Coming home?” No I'm going up to lab This is Dot at one P. M. any day. “Chem is her hobby and she usually has her experiments done before all the 32 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. rest of the class. She loves to give her uninitiated friends dissertations on potassium chlorate, sodium bicarbonate, etc. etc. She is very fond of both football, and baseball, but she likes tennis best of all. and considers a game of doubles much more interesting than singles (especially when.she has a partner who can loft and play “net etc. wonderfully.) Dot is very patriotic and helped make '18 famous by the stupendous sacrifice of abolishing the class supper. Another side of her patriotism is shown by the way she plays the Star Spangled Banner for the school in the hall. She has made a fine class pianist and had the honor of playing a solo at graduation. So many out side activities have made demands on Dot’s time, we wonder how she has been able to swing everything and yet do so well in school. Next year she will go to that fine woman’s college just across the river from Amherst! Never mind. Dot, we know you'll give P. H. S. a good name at Mount Holyoke. Angela Patricia Collins. You may think that Angela is an angel simply because her name has an angelic sound to it but you've got the wrong number. We tearfully admit that there is no relation whatever between Angela and the heavenly sisters, and also—brazenly perhaps—that we're glad of it. It may not be generally known but we received a tip that certain males of the senior class are “wild, simply wild over curly hair. Another year may find Angela helping make some man's life (of course we refer to business) smoother, and we’re unanimous in assurance of her success in that line. Catherine Helena Corden. Catherine is a studious young miss, we should judge by her recitations and marks; but this doesn't keep her from having a good time. Catherine always sees the funny side of things. She cannot be accused of too much talking and she is well liked by all who know her. We arc sure she will shine at Normal School next year. Eugene Roscoe Conary. Officer of Lyceum. '17. 18. Class Historian. “Gene floated to us on the wings of the Rhode Island Company one “Sophomoric” morning from the wilds of Providence, but despite his unfortunate past, we treated him like a brother, even copying his algebra and borrowing his money. He is the only pump that has kept the Lyceum from going under both this year and last, and has been an important and valuable Gleaner man. A deep thinker and hard worker, he is the joy of his teachers and has done much for the school during his stay, but always in a quiet, unobtrusive and sacrificing way. His classmates showed their Pawtucket High School Class Bix k—1918. 33 confidence in his abilities when they made him Class Historian. Although gifted with a wise distrust of our fickle girls, all the fellows and those fair ones whom he has deigned to admit to his acquaintance, know him for a “good fellow and regret that we didn't have him four years instead of three. I f he succeeds as well in business next fall as he has succeeded in school, we'll all know where to go when we’re broke. Howard Loring Curtis. Football, '17. '18. Track. '17. '18. “The ladies look at me and sigh. In my arms they want to die. They go wild—simply wild over me! Behold the heart-smasher of P. H. S. These lines weren't written by Curt but they certainly express his case—for he is certainly “there” when it comes to the fair sex. He seems to make a special choice of the “Sophs”, too. We wonder why? In spite of the weakness, however, Curt is certainly a wiz at his studies. His report just beams with 5's . He is the star of the chemistry class—his fingers seem to possess certain magic when it comes to chemistry. “Curt is also prominent in athletics, too, making the football and track teams in his Junior and Senior years. His favorite pastime, though, is teasing a c rtain fair brunette” in Room 29, thereby causing the teacher of that room to hold an extra session, for their convenience, after school every day. “Curt” expects to go to Norwich Tech next year. Walter Vincent Connly. Gleaner Board. '17, '18. Junior Dance Committee Ass’t. Mgr. Track, ’17. We now have before us, ladies and gentlemen. one of the guiding spirits of the class. “Yolly” as he is most commonly known bv his class mates has been a prominent aspirant in all branches of athletics. His favorite indoor sport is to give hourly talks on his favorite subjects. How to play Football”, and “If I were President of the Class”. Although small in figure, he parts his hair in the middle and is always careful in selecting his dazzling socks. “Yolly” certainly distinguished himself at recent class meetings by his eloquent, well chosen, carefully selected thoughts (?) As yet he is undecided what to do next year. Bessie Josephine Coopy. “Look who's here! If it isn't our old little pal. Bessie! She has the cutest little giggle.” This song surely must have been written about Bess. Because she possesses a mighty cute giggle. Bess is so popular a young lady that she even has songs composed about her. How 34 I’awti'ckf.t High School Class Hook—1918. about it Bess? Don't deny it 'cause we've all heard. This young lady’s favorite pastime is pounding the keys of the typewriter. She certainly can do it mighty fast. too. This is only one of her accomplishments, for Hess has a pretty good record in her studies. She does a remarkable lot of fooling and attends all the social activities of the school, but she always gets the marks. This shows that Bess, besides being one of the most popular girls in the class, is also one of the brightest. The future will probably see her established as a private secretary. Elizabeth Foster Cushman. Editor-in-chief Gleaner, 18. x N ice President of Class, '17. Vice President of Cercle-Francais, ’18. Yes indeed, this is Betty lugging along all the honors P. H. S. could give and she has deserved everyone of them. too. Themes are the only thing which make Betty burn the midnight oil but for four years her poor friends have been trying to find out how in the world she gets those wonderful marks. Does she worry? Not a bit. She’s always cheerful but we must say that she’s happiest before and after visits of friends either from Newport or the “Philly navy yard. How convenient a thing a brother is!!! Betty does not believe in women's suffrage but she certainly has shown a great deal of executive ability by the way she has ordered the poor members of the Gleaner board around. But what does this matter when you have brought the board thru a very successful year? ,, By no means do Betty's accomplishments end in school work for she's not a grind. Betty excels in musical lines and has shown ability as an actress. Next September Elizabeth will enter Obcr-lin College. Altho we feel sorry to have her go so far away, we feel sure that we shall be proud, in later years, to say that she is a member of the class of 1918. Mildred Genevieve Collins. 1 wonder who those eyes and that smile are for? Well, never mind, the owner knows. Mildred is one of our girls who is always ready for a good time, and as a rule she gets it, never worrying over such an insignificant thing as a lesson to prepare—“1 should worry”, being her slogan. Next year Mildred expects to join our representation at the Normal School. Louis Robert Devoe. Track, '17. 18. Vice-President. Dramatic Society Is there anyone in the school or within a ten mile radius who knows not Louis? Then pity him for he is either blind or deaf. Louis believes in the maxim “Little children should be seen and not heard. but exempts himself Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918 35 from the last provision because of his six feet. He is leading first tenor of the Senior ciass, his volume on the high register marking him above his fellows, and it always brings tears to Mr. Ladd's eyes at the thought of such talent being wasted. In the life of Room 29. Louis is an important factor being response for the most of the overtime, for which we do not receive pay and a half. Louis is well known on the local stage, principally for his conservation-mad memory which aided him in cutting off fourteen pages of “unimportant dialogue from the “Garroters . But then as he says “It's not the line but the spirit of the thing that counts and if you doubt his sincerity, watch him in the close-ups. Louis is our star middle distance track man, and an ardent follower of all our athletics, including the minstrel show. Despite his funmaking and police whistle, however, Louis has shown his serious abilities in more than one uphill fight with studies, and we are sure that if he takes up Y. M. C. A. cantonment work, he will perform his duties well, besides keeping everyone goodnatured with his fun. Blanche Ursula Desjarlais. Blanche is one of the star students of our class. She did such fine work and so much of it, that, at the end of her Junior year, she had secured enough credits for graduation. She had a good opportunity to take a position in a business establishment this year and. since she was perfectly capable of doing the work, she did not come back to school. However, she decided to graduate with the rest of us. We wish that she could have been with us this year, but we are glad that she is succeeding so well. Blanche is one of our class of whom we have reason to be proud already. Louise Winifred Dingwell. Class Vice-President, '18. Secretary of Le Cercls-Francais Louise is one of the most popular, pleasing and striking individuals of our class. Her ability and personal graces have won for her tiie highest office opened to the fair sex ; namely. the vice-presidency. During her high school career, madamoiselle, as T. G. Cor—an calls her. was elected secretary of Le Cercle Francais, and has at times appeared on the stage where she performed very creditably. I ltr only fault to find with Pawtucket, for she. comes from Amesbury Mass., is that the weather is too changeable. If she doesn't reach a decision during the summer vacation as to her future she may possibly take a postgraduate course. Agnes Rebecca Doherty. That demure young lady, who often comes bustling in in the last half of the last minute, is Agnes Doherty. She seems rather quiet, but those who know her find her quite agreeable. 36 Pawtuckkt High School Class Book—1918. Her studies don’t seem to cause much worry, and she had good marks. Evidently she stands in well with the faculty, having been on the Gleaner board for some time. They say she plays the piano, but it seems that she doesn’t care to perform much in public. She also has good taste in drawing, as some of the Gleaner covers show, and she will probably enter Rhode sland School of Design after leaving I’. II. S. Margaret Marie Doherty. Who is that tall, stately-looking girl down at the further end of the corridor? Why, that is Margaret. I ler appearance belies her character for she loves a good time as well as the next one. Nevertheless she is a good example of what a dignified senior ought to be, her motto being—“Speak when you are spoken to. Although the lady may find her tongue when with her chums, she is unusually silent during recitation periods. Josephine Bernadette Driscoll. Chairman of Tablet Committee. President of Dramatic Society. Junior Dance Committee. “To know her is to love her. This isn’t putting it a hit too strong for “Jo because she certainly claims the love of all the class, especially the males. She has been our most popular girl right through the four years and it is no wonder, for she has been a good pal to us all. If anyone wants advice in anything, just turn to “Jo and she will be right willing to help. We often wonder what strange magic she possesses. “Jo” has been a strong support- er of athletics and of all social affairs around the school. The Dramatic Society has flourished under Jo's direction and it was because so many of the other sex wished the chance to make love to her that they joined. We hardly blame them. Jo is undecided about next vear. Margaret Courtney Dott. Margaret, one of our number from 29, appears to be of a quiet temperament. But you find out that she is very different, when you really know her. During fifth period she sometimes utters laughs that bid fair to outrival Etta's. We have heard that she also enjoys some outside interests besides those in school. She expects to enter the business world next year. Charles Dennis Driscoll. Football, T5. '16. '17. Baseball. 16. '17. '18. President Athletic Association. 18. Junior Dance Committee. Charlie is one of the most popular members of our illustrious class. He is also some athlete. 11 is favorite pastime is hanging out a three Pawtucket High School, Class Book—1918 37 base hit with the bases full, two out and Pawtucket two runs behind in the ninth. Charlie is also popular with the females and you can see the girls flocking after him every day at any time. Drisc has been one of our star soloists in the minstrel show for the last two years and Oh boy. how he can sing. Charlie is undecided where he will go next year. William Arthur Duclos. Duclos is a quiet appearing fellow who may be seen in the vicinity of Room 24 during the short recess. Ilis studies do not cause him any uneasiness, as his reports testify. His industry will surely make his success certain, and his genial smile will assure his popularity in his business career. Emma Fenton Dunbar. Here's another one of the quiet girls in Room 24. She is the girl with the fuzzy black hair, and large brown eyes. Emma has successfully waded through the commercial course for four years, and has come out with a smile. Her future lies in the hands of the business world. Helen Mae Dwyer. One would have to travel quite a distance to find a livelier girl than Helen. She is always happy in looking for fun and she usually manages to get it. Whether in school session, ball-game, or dance, she is always the same. Helen is the champion “blues curer” in the class for she is so sunny that she laughs those little demons away. Her favorite pastime is taking history exams. ( ?) She just “eats up history, so to speak, never letting anyone else get a word in edgeways. Her chief delight is to exhibit the latest Paris fashions both at school and in the ballroom. She is so pretty she looks charming in any style, for she tried them all out. She aspires to be a second Billie Burke. She arouses the admiration of the “other sex” at the same time, which accounts for her popularity. Helen is undecided about the future. Arthur Wilson Eddy. Gleaner Board. '17, 18. “Bill” is that good looking fellow who is always complaining about the shortage of 38 1'awtcckf.t High School Class Book—1918. “Gleaner” material. His worst offense is a habit of lingering around school corridors until the Freshmen arrive. We couldn’t figure out the reason for a long time until one day we caught him with the goods, “the goods being a fair member of the class of 1921. “Bill's future is not vet settled. He says that there are some awfully good looking Red Cross nurses and he may take a chance with the army. Mary Etta Emmett. Mix a solution of happiness, weight, smiles, and a box of lozenges, and you have Etta. During her four years at P. H. S. she has frequently astounded her class-mates, espcc-ally those of her English class with her time-' ly suggestions. We are sure that she has not wasted her time at school as she has already put some of her knowledge into practical work. Etta, we fear, is badly addicted to dancing, and nearly every Wednesday evening finds her en route to a place where they play “the grandest waltzes.” Mildred Bernardine Regina Fames. Mildred is one of the bright, lively girls of dear old ‘18. Whenever you hear a shrill cry in or about 24. you know very well who it is. It’s M. B. R. F. She has expressed a desire to go to the Wilcox Kindergarten School, Boston. She certainly would make a fine kindergarten teacher. I lowever, considering a present she received from a certain someone last Christmas!—hut we won’t say too much here. . V ■3 f Carl Lawrence Flick. President “Gesellschaft ’17. Football, ’17. This is the fellow who took a bath once during his Senior vear and then objected to the “Tattler's revelation of the fact. We know Flick best as a wild-eyed artist, who wears his cute curls long (though not from monetary reasons), and. who according to his English teachers, wipes his ink brushes on his themes. However, it isn’t Flick's fault if he had to go to school in the wilds of Sayles-ville, and w-asn't taught to write right. He is the fellow who keeps classes in an uproar with his “Funnies” and paints the posters for the “Dramatic Society , for which he receives an annual stipend of thanks. Although a French crack, he specializes in no other study to any great extent except office duty. But, from the sordid cartoon he rises to the sublime with his music and is one of the finest violinists the school has ever had. He plays the viola too, and his steady accompaniment may always be noted when the orchestra is playing well. When it doesn't—but Corcoran only plays the drums once a year. Xext year he intends to arouse all the Brown dormw tories with that sweet “bare of tone we all know so well. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 39 Rose Louise Flynn. Well, if you haven’t become acquainted with Rose you've missed a part of your high school education. She has not neglected opportunity as her quarterly reports testify. Rose surely believes that “what is worth doing at all is worth doing well , and although we may not all be converted to that maxim, we cannot but admire a person who follows it out. Next fall will probably tind Rose making her daily pilgrimages to the factory in Providence where they turn out teachers, and there is no doubt in our minds that she will emerge an A 1 product. Arthur Alma Forcier. Who is that fellow with his hands daubed with ink? Why that's Forcier. Guess he’s been operating on another typewriter. When you first see Forcier at a machine you might think that his tendency was to be a typewriter expert, but if you watch long enough, you'll be convinced that he's a silent partner in some typewriter repair concern. Never mind, Arthur when you're exploring a typewriter's insides, you are not so apt to be whispering. Perhaps some of Forcier's friends will soon be receiving postal cards from Washington as he is interested in the civil service work. Lester Hall Gardner. Football. '16, '17. Pete has spent four quiet years at P. H. S. and if one did not know him quite intimately one would never realize he was around. Pete is just as bashful as his running mate Bob but is very popular in his little circle of friends. One hears many girls talking about him as he passes by as he is extremely good looking. Pete expect to become manager of some large firm in the city next year unless Uncle Sam gets him first. May Frances Grimes Does everyone know May? She is that dark-haired good-looking girl that always has a hello and a smile for everybody. She is one of the essential attractions in Room 29. May has many friends at school and we believe she has many somewhere else, judging from the quantity of lavender note paper she uses each 40 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. week. May is fond of dancing and she has showed such marked abilities in this art that her friends expect great things of her. May’s hobby is Latin and she spends hours in the library raking over the ruins of ancknt Rome. Oreal Grossman. “Good things come in small packages” is the slogan of this brilliant ( ?) student. “Scootsy unblushingly claims to be the champion penman of the commercial department, but Mr. Holden never fails to dispute his honor. In fact, this budding young graduate has fre-quently been requested to remain after school tc demonstrate his abilities in that line. Gross-man is known to have socialistic tendencies but we have as vet been unable to discover whether he is a Maximalist or a Bolsheviki. There are rumors floating about that Gross-man is to accept a position with a well-known Providence clothing house. Elsie Habershaw. Do you see that crowd down at the other end of the corridor? Well Elsie is down there telling them all the choice bits of scandal she has gathered. Elsie is one of those very in- teresting girls who never has her lessons done because she went out the night before. Have you ever noticed how she runs out of school at one o'clock every day ? I s it because she loathes school so or is there a deeper reason? Elsie is very fond of I’. S. History. She says that is the only thing that holds her to P. H. S. Judging from reports. Elsie is very fond of dancing also. Elsie expects to enter the business world next year. Myra Elizabeth Harrington. Myra is one of our bright high school students whose personality is so pleasing, and her ways so winning that it is a pleasure to meet her at all times. During her high school career she has pursued the commercial course and has received high marks in all her studies, hut Myra believes in mixing fun with her studies and that is the reason why she is so popular. She is planning to enter the business world next year. Emma Allison Harris. Just follow that peal of laughter to the dressing room of Room 24. There she is in Pawtucket High School Class Hook—1918. 41 the center of the group. Just listen to her for a few minutes and you. too, will he in a merry mood. Emma always has a joke to tell, and her cockney is perfect. Her plans for next year are indefinite, but she will probably choose between X'ormal and a commercial school. Evelyn Margaret Harrold. Evie, as she is called by her friends, is a demure little maid who resides in Room 24. Site possesses such a fondness (?) for the study of U. S. History that it is necessary for her neighbors to rouse her, lest her slumber disturb .Miss Osborn. In spite of the fact that she has a bashful look, we believe that Evie is helping L'ncle Sam to take care of one of bis boys, for she is often heard discussing the sterling qualities of a certain young rookie. After leaving P. H. S. Evie intends to add to the attractions of some business office. Albert Edward Holburn. Bert is often seen in the group outside of Room 24 during the short recess. He is a good-natured, likeable fellow and is generally popular. Albert has had success with his studies, and has a well defined tendency for accuracy, especially in German. This love of accuracy has gained him the affection of the sixth hour class in that subject, as it has often bridged over dangerous intervals during translation. I’ert is going to spend the next four years at Brown, and he carries with him the best wishes of his classmates. William Merrick Holliday, Jr. Track. 15. 16. 17. 18. Who is that good looking fellow down the hall? That’s Merrick Holliday. He is one of the mainstays of our track team. He used to be a pretty good sort of a fellow but since he came back from that memorable trip to Malden, all is changed. 1 ie looks pale and despondent. You can often hear him mumble unintelligible things about Ruth and the high price of railway fares. Cheer up, Merrick. the course of true love never did run smooth. Mildred Idella Hood. Mildred is one of our seniors who is well known in the Public Speaking Class. She has spoken several times before the school, and Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 42 everyone has enjoyed hearing her. She is cne of our best students and her report card blazes with 5's. We wonder why she wears such a curious ring and why she is so interested in the Expeditionary Forces. Mildred intends to enter the business world. Bertha Horovitz. Bertha is a quiet miss who spends a great deal of time on her lessons and vet finds plenty of time for fun. She represents the majority of the student body, who do their work faithfully and well, yet do not take an active part in school activities. She will enter the business world after graduation. Margaret Mary Hughes. “Peggy is that much beloved maiden who always holds a reception in the hall before each period to the infinite dismay of M r. Holden. She is not one of our quiet ones, but is a good sport and is perhaps the most popular girl in the school especially where the fellows are concerned. “Peggy was terribly enthused over chemistry this year, even staying late to do extra work, until Mr. Johnson left. Since that time her ardor has noticeably cooled. Peggy (who calls her anything else?) is very prominent on the local dramatic and declamation platform, but always keeps Mr. ade on pins and needl.s because of her lines, the insignificant troublesome things. Despite her sunny disposition and social duties, she really finds plenty of time to study though as in the case of h:r lines, she just adores French idioms. She is preparing for Xormal School and expects to become a school inarm; in which case we expect that half of male P. H. S. will start school over again. Sydney Charles Jackson. Sydney is one of the bright school boys who. we are proud to sav, is a graduate of the Baldwin Street Grammar School. During his high school career he has successfully completed the commercial course and has shown much talent. We feel confident that he will be able to meet the great opportunities which the business world offers this year. Elsie Viola Johnson. Who is there who does not know “Elsie J , the soloist of 24? She has the distinction of being the only senior girl who does not I’awtickkt High School Class Book—1918. 43 comb her hair at the recess period (?) Elsie believes that girls should be seen and heard hence the noise in the client, lab. during 4th. period. But the lab. is not the only place where Elsie makes herself heard, for oftentimes we hear the echo coming all the way from Camp Devens. Doubtless, after she has completed her course at the normal school, she will settle in Ayer? And who knows but what she will surpass Ruth I ,aw in her daring trips thru Ayer! Irene Bowen Jollie. Class Secretary, '18. All the way from Edgewood comes this member of the senior class. And she’s never a half a minute late either. (She believes in making it a period or two). We know she must like us or she wouldn't travel all that way to be one of our number. But, she likes someone else too. Irene refuses to tell what her plans are for the future, but the writer can guess. Who knows? Hope you can bluff as well in the future as you have in the past, Renie! Hazel Bessie Jordan. Oh, yes! We all know Hazel. She's certainly a corking friend in every way and we’re not the only ones who think so ? ! ? ! She’s been a shark in math, and geometry originals have never bothered her in the least. Her favorite recreation consists of sports of all kinds and she’s at her best on the Y. W. C. A. gym. door. When it conies to supporting our school teams. Hazel is always right there. Next year will find her studying at that big yellow building near the State House. In after life we know she will succeed because people cannot help liking her happy disposition and her friendliness. Fred Kalman. Kalman has been one of our quiet but studious classmates. He seldom has anything to say but he is always ready to be in anything. He aims high for the future. He hopes to get into Amherst and then finish at Boston Law. Eunice Truman Keough. Secretary of Class, '17. Gleaner Board, '18. Class Ode. “Well. How do you do, Eunice? Awfully glad to see you with that smile to brighten us.” We never heard of Woodlawn until Eunice came to us but now a great many of us are well acquainted with the place. Eunice has no bad faults except dancing and grinding. Altho the two do not go well together. Eunice believes that everything has its place and when she’s not dancing she’s studying. Yes indeed she studies. Why, she's so fond of her Latin that she came two hours and one half early in anticipation of her Latin “exam” 44 Pawtuckrt High School Class Hook—1918. at P. H. S. Never mind, Eunice, you might have lots worse faults than these .Some wise sage has told us that good tilings come in small packages and we are convinced that he knew Eunice. Next year we expect that her pleasing personality will win for her many many friends as a member of the freshman class at Brown University. Mildred May Leddy. Just because Mildred isn't just as big as some people we know of, that doesn t prove that she isn't just as nice if not more so. A glance at her report would tend to convince you that some of the teachers also share our opinion. M ildred intends to trudge up and down the hill behind the Union Station for the next few years. If there are any dark places in the Normal School, we are quite sure that her smiles will brighten them up. But when she becomes a school-marm, we hope that Mildred will remember how much she liked to study U. S. history and then give out the home-work accordingly. Bernard Thomas Lennon, Jr. The artist of the school as far as the light fantastic is concerned! You can always find Barney in the middle of the dance-hall with some good looking Jane any night there is a dance in the city. Barney is well liked by both sexes as his good matured smile never vanishes from his face. There is someone at English High School in Providence who interests Barney. Who can she be? Dartmouth will welcome him next year. Helen Frances Lewis. Well, Helen, have you finished that problem in algebra? If you can't do it he certainly won't expect it of the rest of us. Helen certainly is a “shark in “math , for no matter what the problem. Helen can solve it. She is also very clever with her fingers. Oh. Helen, how hard it is to write you up. there are so many nice things we would like to say. For Helen dances, plays, sews, and is just an all around good sport. She does not know what she will do next year. Barbara Luther. Barbara is one of our high school pupils who is just full of fun. She enjoys dancing, swimming, skating, and golf, and she is sel- Pawtucket High School Class Book —1918 45 dont beaten in a game of croquet. Barbara always has the good fortune to have a holiday on her birthday, for she celebrates it on the same day that we celebrate Lincoln's birthday. She is a very patriotic person and at present she is the youngest member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. During her high school career she has done well in her studies but she has not decided what college she will enter. Grace Isabel Lyons. “Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone!’’ This has been Grace's motto thru life. She couldn't even look serious long enough to have her picture taken—although she tried real hard. Grace usually lands in her seat at twenty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds past eight, with the following statement: I haven’t a thing done! However, she brings home a bright report each term in spite of the odds. The teachers just can't give her a poor mark, she would smile them out of it. This little lady is a strong supporter of athletics;—there is a reason I suppose, and he does look fine in a baseball suit! Grace pretends to hate blondes—but we think she is trying camouflage—however, we suppose strawberry blondes are different. She expects to continue her studies next year, although she is undecided as to where to go. Charles Edmund Mangan. Charlie is one of those boys who belonged to the quiet class during his first two years. In his junior year he joined the public speaking class, and here is where he started. In one of those daring, eye-opening speeches, he kept the whole class with their mouths open until he finished. After he retired, Mr. right, who was then the instructor of the class said. “Well, Mangan. you haven’t got that red hair for nothing. and with this Charles started his career. In his senior year he became one of the school’s debaters, and defeated West Warwick. Although he has not busied himself in athletics, his reports show where he spends his time. Charlie will enter Rhode Island State College or Brown University in September. Raymond Anthony Mara. Yes he’s the handsome boy with the perfectly lovely auburn hair. And, do you know, we just love freckles, especially the “Liberty” kind. Among his other accomplishments, Red” has that wonderful faculty of crossing the threshold of Room 24 just before the bell 46 Pawti’cket High School Class Book—1918 condemns him to a seance with Mr. Hosmer. We do not intend that this column be as personal as the “Tattler” and recount the vices of the pupils, but let us say that Mara is an inveterate patron of a local vaudeville house every Monday night. Ever notice the cute feminine ushers in one of our theatres? “Red’s” future course is as yet unchartered. Everett Bernard McAlvey. Business Mgr. Gleaner. 17. '18. Football, 17, '18. Baseball, 16, '18. Reception Committee. Everett's specialty is wringing the necks off a whole opposing backfield. We fear he must use the same method on prospective “Gleaner advertisers, for we have one of the biggest advertisement .sections this year for some time. He'll surely run into a million someday, for he has been a most efficient business manager, whether with the Dramatic Society, the Gleaner, or the class Book. Though not born fortunate enough to sit in 29. he's the only good boy in famous 6th Senior French and is poor Miss Holt's sole consolation. He is so vain that he had three sittings, for his pictures before he despaired of being done justice to. His favorite recreation is hunting for a camera which can look at him without blinking. F.verett is known as a good debater and a prominent Lyceum man, and has been an athletic mainstay of the school for a long time. Perhaps that is why the girls like him so well. They’ll like him still more next year when he has his R. O. T. C. uniform on ’cause he's going to take military training with the Brown “bunch in the fall. Edna May oh. Appearances are deceitful. Xo, now don't misconstrue our meaning: Edna is just as nice as she looks, but somehow (along with her other subjects) she has learned to whisper. Of course, she never communicates unless it is necessary, but occasionally Miss Osborn fails to see the light and so Edna is given an extra study period after one o'clock. And then again, she has been known to mistake a certain senior's head for a typewriter and endeavor to enclose it with a cover. Edna intends to enter Kingston this fall and take a peep into the mysteries of domestic course. Well, Edna, there's nothing like preparedness. Who is he ? Margaret Frances McCabe. Here's to happy go lucky, merry go round Margaret! As you would suspect, she is one .if our quiet, reserved girls ( !). who likes nothing better than dances and movies. Studying is the least of Margaret’s troubles and some of her pet sayings are I haven’t opened a book,” or “my feet are sore.” both results of the dance of the night before. Margaret will attend Miss X'eal's Kindergarten School next year. 47 I’awti-ckrt High School Class Hook—1918. Catherine Frances McCarthy. There are many adjectives which might describe this brunette of Room 26. but chief among them must be quiet, studious, petite, and demure. Catherine's intimate friends, no doubt, would cross out the first adjective. Her future is undecided as yet. Robert Francis McElroy. Football. '16, T7. Captain, '17. Baseball, '16. '17. A redierseyed athlete is seen to break through the line and dash down the field and across the opponents goal line for the winning touchdown. That athlete is Hob. one of the most popular and one of the most bashful members of our class. .Mac was captain of this year's football team and he certainly lived up to the traditions of the school as his record shows. l!ob does not care a great deal for the female members of the class but nevertheless he is admired by all. He expects to go to work in some office next year. Helen Jane McCarthy. What? You don't know Helen? She is that little girl who sits down front in Room 24. She thoroughly enjoys playing jokes on her associates much to their chagrin. Helen is very discreet about her personal affairs and it is seldom that one can get anything out of her. Next year she expects to be one of our girls who will go to Normal School. Norman Johnstone Meiklejohn. (fitting Committee. “Children should be seen but not heard’’. This applies to a small, blonde youth who sits in Room 26. Xormy has gone through his four years without being widely known. We all know, though, he has accomplished a good deal. His size greatly handicapped him from going into athletics but he has shown good school spirit by supporting the various teams whether winning or losing. Our curiosity is aroused because of his sticking to Room 13. Mr. Meiklejohn (beg pardon) “Xormy ’’ thinks that Amherst will be graced by his presence there. 48 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. Mary Magdalen Moriarty. Did you say giggles? Yes. May has just heard a joke! Perhaps you think she is quiet, but we know better! May and Katherine are an inseparable pair, and they both have a smile for everyone. The business world looks good to May and she will probably enter it in September. Evelyn Mary Morrissey. Quiet and unassuming, yet possessed with that indefatigable determination to win and succeed, characterizes the disposition, amiable and kind, of our Evelyn. Like other Evelyns, she has never been of the develin' sort but pursued her course with the attentiveness of a true and loyal scholar. 1 ler penchant for all that is good in the film world and her constant attendance at moving picture theatres may provide her with a familiarity of silent-stagecraft that may prove beneficial, financially and socially. We hope so. But for the present she is undecided as to her future. Brenda Elizabeth Mulligan. Tormented and teased throughout her high school career by that Super-tormenter. Arthur Eddy, Brenda Mulligan has successfully achieved the accomplishment of her ambitions of four years ago. Her course, naturally severe and exacting, was made rough and tempestuous at times by the welcome attentions of the aforesaid Eddy, but despite obstacles she emerged triumphantly. Gertrude Rosaline Myette. Xow we have arrived at Gertrude. To look at her you would imagine that she was very sober and quiet. ()h. but you are greatly mistaken. She is always on hand for a good time. Next to running a typewriter she likes running to a good moving picture show. “Gertie takes an extreme pleasure in tripping the light fantastic toe. That doesn't mean walking all oxer her partner's feet. During the school recesses she can be found strolling up Broadway munching on some sweet. We do not know xvhether she eats because it is sxveet or that she may become sw.eter. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 49 Rose Veronica McGarry. Rose is one of the twins, for Hazel and she ait inseparable chuins. Rose is jolly, good natured, always smiling. Needless to say, she has enjoyed her high school course. Her future is unknown, but we know by the faithfulness which she has shown in P. H. S. that she will succeed in whatever course of life she may enter. John Martin McGreevy. McGreevy is the sort of a fellow who believes in taking a four year high school course in three years. Just what the reason is, we don’t know, but we do know that he’s going over the top . We don’t know much about him because he has only been a part of the class this year and is this year for the most part in Junior classes. Those of the senior class who are accjuainted with him in the classroom and out, say that he is a good student and a worthy classmate. Annapolis or West Point is known to be his goal. Frances Catherine McKenna. Frances is one of our demure girls. She is following the normal course and intends to be a school marm. Francis is that maiden who makes a specialty of hoping the electric bell wont work. Why hurry ? “Fools rush in where angels fear to tiead saith the prophet.” Frances is a close follower of the latest Parisian coiffure fashion always first introduced by Mile. Leddy. Irene Louise McKenzie. Irene is one of our most popular high school girls. She is generally found to be the center of attraction in a group of admiring friends. She is a fine dancer, swimmer, and skater, and she can play the piano well. Irene is in her glory when she is driving a Reo car. She has proved her ability as a chauffeur by taking off one of the tires, which had been punctured and by putting a new one on. But with all her social activities, Irene has successfully completed the college course and is looking forward to entering Smith College in the fall, where we wish her the greatest success. Georgiana Firman Minkins. Sparkling, energetic, witty, vivacious—in short, the only Georgiana Minkins!! Marvelous artist of Room 26. Applied design, stumbling 50 Pawtuokkt IIic.h School Class Book—1918. block for so many, is her specialty. Good-fellowship. always in evidence wherever Georgiana’s smiling and beaming countenance appears, qualifies her as a comrade or companion when a good time is the objective. The Rhode Island School of design will have the honor of her presence next year. Mildred Ethel Milligan. Mildred is what her friends call a “jolly good sport. Xevertheless, she is studious, and her reports prove that her efforts are not unrewarded. She has borne the burdens of the commercial course, and her name is usually among the first when there is a speed contest going on in typewriting. Mildred will work in the business world. Jacob Harold Mogelever. Here’s a classmate who must be given due credit; its a case of little seen and much performed. In the first place, Mogee , as he is nicknamed, is earning his way through school here by means of the newstand medium and he will work his way through college, either Brown or Georgetown. Of course, everyone knows him as lie's into every argument that is brought up. These “skirmishes on any side of the question are the results of his extensive news paper reading and bis desire to debate. Considering the time that he is able to give to his lessons, “Mogee does very well; therefore, we surely expect that he’ll “make good in college. Harold Mogilevkin. (ill girls, doesn't lie wear the nicest spats! You bet! Spats and Mogilevkin are inseparable, like “2 bells and an eraser fight. Mo-gil-etc. has won quite a reputation in the sixth period public speaking class as an orator of the Sumner type. Several of his orations have caused the class to shed tears (curious ones please apply to Mr. Wade to learn the cause), He, we haven't time to spell his name again, is something of a dancer and. we sometimes suspect that he is a relative of old lady Terpsichore. The class certainly hopes that he will find business life as easy to glide through as Ik does a fox-trot. Edward Joseph Moore. Baseball. 16. 17. '18. Class President. '17. Manager Football. '18. F.ddie is our star twirler. Mark! the conquering hero comes, who? Why Eddie our former class president and lately the man on whose staunch shoulders rests the hope and honor of the school as far as baseball aspirations are concerned. F.ddie like the rest of the heroes has a friend. Who can she be Eddie? Ed has spent four happy years at P. H. S. Either Brown or Georgetown will greet him next year. Pawticket High School Class Book—1918. 51 Evelyn Bennett Palmer. How little we know of some of our classmates after four long years and how sorry we are that we have not known them better. Evelyn is just one of these quiet girls, whom we didn’t know until we learned of her serious illness last fall. Since she came back many of us, have made her friendship and have found her to be a true friend. Rumor tells us that Evelyn plays both piano and violin very well and we wish that she had shared this with us. Evelyn does not know what she will do next ear. Ella Beatrice Paton. Ella is that quiet thoughtful person who sits in Room 26. She never has to be spoken to for conduct but always remembers the slogan, speak when you are spoken to.” Ella has a very dignified manner but her friends say she is not the least bit quiet outside of school. She adores dancing and is very popular with the male sex. She has always worried over her studies, especially history, but despite that fact, she has very good reports. She intends tr enter the business world next fall. Leo Odilon Poliquin. Baseball, ’18. Track, '17. ’18. We’ll admit that “Polly isn't a Jess Willard if you measure him for height, but that didn't prevent him from showing the out-of-town boys how to score touchdowns. And his record on the gridiron is easily equaled by his work in school. Erom his typewriting and shorthand classes come whisperings of Polly's speed and accuracy, and prophesies that soon he will make Miss Fairweather watch out for her laurels. Hist, ye graduates! If any of you require some high quality and low priced (or vice versa) footwear, apply to Leo as he is reputed as being a first-class salesman in that line. Probably next year will find Poliquin hard at work. Horace Boss Pray. Gleaner, '16, '17, ’18. Track. T8. Debating, ’18. Freshman Debate. Class Prophet. This fellow is well and aptly called “P ing . He may be a small shell, but he's loaded with 52 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. T. N. T. and is a regular pocket-edition of Mr. Crosby at math. Even his hair suggests an explosion. He's a star shell, however, whether chasing a certain well-beloved Aeneas all over the map, or trying to wheedle big words out of Mr. Davidson with which to stagger the readers of the Scientific Notes of the Gleaner. His favorite recreations are trying to produce an explosion in the chemical lab. and deliberately seducing innocent Fresh-ies. Do not judge by this, however, that he is noi willing to consider Seniors at times, for it was a sore disappointment to him that he could not be married in the Class Prophecy. One of the best debaters in the school, he sometimes waxes eloquent enough to convince himself, and has been a member of both class and school teams. Although intimately acquainted with the “jokes” on the Gleaner for two years, he has been unusually fortunate in escaping contagion and still appears somewhat natural. He intends to catch cold in that little brown apology for a cap next fall, and sincerely hopes it will not be long before he can compound a chemical mixture which he can call “Bing . Dorothea Kenyon Price. If you don't know this bright, happy person who never worries over anything (studies, least of all) you certainly have missed something. Dorothea has always been a mischief maker much to the dissatisfaction of many of her teachers. In spite of her fun and antics she has found time to study and is a Wonder at typewriting and stenography. Next year she intends to enter a business school. Alice Carleton Ramsbottom. We cannot say that studies, examinations, cr any other things at school trouble Alice v:ry much, for she is always having a good time. When she does her studying is a mystery to most people for she is always “on the go.” However, she manages to “get by.” Alice is undecided about what she will do next year. Byron Ulysses Richards, Jr. R-r-r! P-s-r-t! Zip! There is a flash of color, and it is gone. Don't be alarmed: that is only Bryon Richards breaking the speed laws with his gas engine. The flaming color which you saw was Doc’s brand new tie. You didn't get a chance to view the surprising socks, but they’re there just the same. Joking aside, though. Bike is a good fellow, and even if his studies do not trouble him over much, and even if he has a fondness for bright colors, we are sure that he will make a successful doctor, if he does not hang hjs car on the top of telegraph pole before he gets a chance at doctoring. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. 53 Arthur Ashton Read. “Zeek ! “Zeek ! We have all heard this word called out time and time again although we might not have seen the owner of the name, we knew he was around. Perhaps “Zeek is small, being one of the last fellows in the class to don the long jeans, hut he is one of the best known and best liked in the class. He isn't worrying about what he will do next fall. Anna Geraldine Ryan. “Am I late? (Ding! goes the hell.-) “No. hut almost Anna.” This is her usual morning exercise trying to reach Room 26 before Miss Fairweather gets her hands on that 8:30 button and Anna usually succeeds after which she gives a sigh of relief and one of her well-known smiles, for whoever saw Anna without a smile? Her funny little laughs have often made others join in the merry-making thus proving true the old saying, “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” Anna expects to attend the Rhode Island Normal School next year. William Irving Reid. Track. 15. T6. 17. T8. Captain, '18. Irv. is our star athlete at track. How many medals did you win. Irving? When Reid takes his place for the start of the twenty-live yard dash it is time for every one else to withdraw. He has never finished second yet. Irving also has a weak spot in his heart for the fair sex. Who is it. Irv? lie expects to enter Brown next year. Agnes Russell. Agnes is a very quiet, demure young lady who has very serenely completed her high school course. She is so bashful that few of us have the pleasure of knowing her very well. Perhaps she belives in the old proverb “Silence is golden but, nevertheless, we all admire her for it. She is extremely studious and is the envy of many friends, especially those in her English class. Agnes must be brave and fearless for she intends to study to be a nurse. 54 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. William Shulver, Jr. Manager Baseball, ’18. Bill came to us in his second year front Central Falls and has been with us ever since. He is a rather quiet fellow hut nevertheless is well liked as is shown by the fact that he is nianager of this years baseball team. He is always ready to take part in fun making that is going on and is always ready to share the blame. Bill expects to enter the State College next year. Sidney Morton Simons. “Sid” is firm in the belief that the teachers delight in making pupils burn the midnight oil. He can usually he found trying “to prove” to some other member of the class that a system of education should be adopted whereby pupils could tread the path of knowledge without study. His main contention is that it would conserve the supply of brains. There is one thing that “Sid holds the record in— he has been late more times than any other member of the class. “I should worry,” says Sid, “the school will be theje when I get there”. Xext year Simons is going to Tufts. Hazel Gertrude Sproul. Gleaner Board, '18. Now we come to Hazel, one of our businesslike seniors with dark eyes. But if her eyes are dreamy, we do not believe that she spends much time dreaming, for her whole attitude spells proficiency. We are positive that she will make a success of the business career which she will follow next year for she has shown that she has it in her by her brilliant work in P. H. S. Albert South, Jr. A! South is the fellow who came to us front the wilds of Fairlawn. He is known and admired by all the gentler sex who go wild, simply wild over his hair. It is also rumored that Albert is strong for a certain girlie, but modesty prevents us from mentioning her name. When ever a teacher h.ars sounds of uproar issuing from the coat-rooms, he may rest assured that A1 is at the bottom of it. Al's favorite pastime is trying to convince Miss Leach that Shakespeare’s methods of writing were old fashioned, and that his own way is far more modern. Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918 55 Gertrude Veronica Smith. Gertrude is that pleasant, cheerful senior of Room 24 whom some people consider quiet. Surely they can't be well acquainted with her. for most of (ts have discovered that she is full of fun and laughter. She admires a great many things, especially members of the opposite sex. Helen Dudley Sweet. “My land. says Helen, and we always know that we are in for something. But who minds a scolding from Helen for she's such a jolly good sport. We can't find out what bothers Helen most for she never wearies us by an “Oh dear, she's just the kind of a friend one seeks. Another thing we can’t find out is why she despises the boys. What is it Helen? Is it just a blind for something we don't know about ? Helen’s chief joy is drawing and she certainly does it well. Ever since we have known tier we have been proud of her work in applied design. We haven't the slightest idea of what Helen . is going to do next year. Byron Jesse Stapleton. In school Byron is a quiet studious fellow but we believe that when school hours are over, he is as capable of having as good a time as anyone. We do not know him very vell. however, as he hurries home so soon after school is over. Judging from what wo have seen of him. we should like to know him better, lie is not quite certain what he is going to do next year. Ruth Shirley Taylor. Ruth is one of our fun loving girls who is always ready to appreciate a good joke. Nevertheless, we must conclude from the high marks she receives that she is of a studious nature. Her greatest misdeed during her high school career occurred in the chemical labora-tary, where she caused a great disturbance by knocking over a large bottle of hydrochloric acid and. thanks to her many kind friends, who applied first aid to the injured, little damage was done. She is a fine player on the piano and she plays quite frequently at Gesellschaft meetings. But we question whether she is as much interested in her music as in a certain 56 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. member of the society who appears to listen very attentively. Ruth is planning to enter Rhode Island Normal School in September. Ruth Gladys Taylor. Did you ask who that little girl with the smiling face and the ringing laugh was? Why that's Mademoiselle Ruth, one of the stars of the Dramatic Society. She's been great in the plays and hasn't ever tortured Mr. Wade by forgetting her lines. But really she's lots better off the stage, just as her own, sweet little self. During the long recesses she believes in dispersing the gloom ( ?) of the vacant classrooms. When it comes to school work she excells especially in typewriting and stenography. She is also great in history and. in her Junior year, was one of the star orators of the, public speaking class. Next year each morning will see her wending her way tc some large business establishment. Anna Frances Toher. Anna, though she has no special friend with whom she is always found, is the kind of a person who is well liked by all. Through her four years at P. H. S. she has been a great addition to the school as the high marks on her reports show. These same marks indicate that she might be a grind”, but such is not the case. The fact, too, that she may be both strious and not. is one of the reasons why she is so popular. We predict that she will be just as popular in the State Normal School as she is here. Helen May Towle. Is there anyone who doesn't know Helen? Why no, of course not. “Billy is a fine sport and ready for everything. She is especially popular with the opposite sex as we all can see. If there is a good-time going on, Helen is one to be found in the midst of it lending her aid. It is rumored that she enjoys riding a certain horse—well we wont give too much away. She is undecided as to where she is going next year, although P. II. S. may claim her for a P. G. Blanche Marie Viault. If you want to know how to express your thoughts just call on Blanche. She is certainly gifted with talk. Ask Miss Booth, she knows. Cheer up. Blanche is right there Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918 57 when it comes to lessons. She does not believe in the “carry-home habit.” for she never carries a book home. Yet her reports gleam with fives. Blanche will follow the call of the typewriter when she leaves us. Edwin Chace Walmsley. Gleaner, '17. '18. President French Club, '18. This is the type of fellow which is the despair of rivals, and the alternate joy and despair of the teacher. ‘‘Loveableness” is a shark on studies and on system. I le even carries on his French argument series on a “one-every-five-minutes basis: and makes it a point to challenge every third trig, statement of Mr. Crosby's without exception. Although this plan often lands him in tight places, he claims it works better than the 1-5-7 idea of Curtis. He even brings down sacred calflove to the sordidness of system, paying his visits to Room 29 every five minutes and at long recess, to “somewhere on Broadway” every other night, and to church three times every Sunday. Let's hope he gets results in this also, though he doesn't say much on this matter. His popularity is attested to by the fact that he is president of the French club, which though temporarily inactive because of a war, (not the great one ), as Miss Caldwell has put it was great while it lasted”. For the next few years Edwin will choke down his breakfast every morning trying to catch the Providence car, though he hates to have to wear that little brown cap because “she's always liked me so much better in a hat. William Perkins Watson, Jr. “Wimpie” is one of our happy-go-lucky sort of school-mates. Where there's a joke, “Wimpie” is sure to be present or else, can't help it; that is lie's the joke. He simply has to jump from one fire to another for he's in Dutch” all the time. He is a good-natured fellow and one whom it is well to know for he'll surely take the blues out of you if you have any. “Wimpie is just a fountain of good-natured pranks that can't be copped by “two bells or studies. Nevertheless, we know that he can get down to real study if he wants to. He is planning to go to Dartmouth next year. Henry Baker Whipple. “Hasn’t he got perfectly lovely hair?” exclaims a girl of Room 29- quite frequently. 'Course, she means Henry. In spite of the intrigues of many of the senior males to discover the secret of his “crown of beauty , “Whip” has kept it hidden, and we poor mortals must plug along without it. During his high school career, Henry has never caused the school committee any unnecessary expense 58 Pawtucket High School Class Book—1918. by wearing out his books. e are sure that patriotism has prompted him to conserve on the book supply. Whip's history marks are the envy of his class-mates and we are positive that when he enters the business world, his marks will be just as good if not better. Carleton Everett Worcester. Dramatics. Secretary Stunner Lyceum. Scene: P. 11. S. Room 26. Time: 8:29 .1-4 Any school day. Characters: Worcester, teachers, and students. Articles: Books, etc. Worcester slams the outside school door, rushes up the stairs, and dashes into Room 26. Out of breath, he takes his seat and sighs with relief. Bell rings. Pupils about him nod significantly at the clock. Worcester returns tlie nod with a smile and is interrupted by the teacher. The room settles down to ten minutes concentrated cramming before the first pt riod. Grace Sterling Watson. “Who is that good-looking girl down there with the beautiful complexion?” inquired a timid looking sophomore. “Oh that is Grace, isn't she a dream! replies another of the stronger sex who takes special interest in the said young lady. One of the young lady’s best qualities is that she possesses an uuusal sunny nature and a hearty laugh. Grace’s laugh is the contagious kind, too, for if she commences, it is impossible to keep a sober face. Studies are the last thing in the world to make her worry. She declares that she never troubles trouble until trouble troubles her. She usually manages to get by. however, and that is all that's necessary! Grace's favorite pastime is taking French “exams and tripping the light fantastic toe. My can't she dance! Everett Gatchell Wightman. Class Treasurer, 17. '18. “Ludy is one of those who form the backbone of any class for he never allows the teacher to give him less than a 4. for this reason, he will enter Worcester Tech without examinations. For a number of years, he has always kept to the idea of becoming an engineer which will certainly aid him toward gaining his goal. It's a well known fact that wherever Wightman is. Walmsley is to be found in the neighborhood. This also works vice versa and no wonder even their initials (E. G. W. and E. C. W.) are but slightly different. 1 le has also taken part in the athletic and dramatic life of the school in an admirable manner so that he is by no means an unpopular classmate I T' Jttlnt ODral SfopkiitB John Oral Hopkins was born in Canada Sept. 3. 1898. His parents moved to the United States when he was very young. He received his education in this country, and graduated from Grove St. Grammar School of this city. He entered I’. II. S. with the Class of 1918 became very popular among the student body, as an athlete and a good fellow. He performed some splendid work on the Track Team, winning several trophies in the Hope, Classical, Pawtucket, and Moses Brown Junior Meets. He also made many friends among the members of the faculty. He was. with us during our Freshman and Sophomore years. In the summer of 1916. while the great European War was being waged, he went to Canada where he had spent many vacations since boyhood. While there he saw a great many of his friends who had enlisted in Canadian Regiments, in order that they might take an active part in the great strife. John felt the noble call, that his country needed his services and enlisted in the 9th Regiment of Canada Overseas, August 18, 1916. He was soon sent to England where lu received military training and on December 1st embarked for France. On the 8th of April,1917, the Battle of Yimy Ridge was fought. John’s Regiment was in the first line trenches. The lad was courageous and fought like a man, but was hit and received wounds from which he died the next day April 9. 1917. The letters received by his parents show the kind of metal” the boy was made of and we of the class of 1918, P. H. S. are more than proud to have had him for a class-mate. The name of John Oral Hopkins shall always be to us a sacred memory.