East High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

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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.

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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.

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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