Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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QuQuQa.q.vss-QuQ4oQnQenq- ns. msn- ins-ng.vx-vs4vius-asuq.-snxnQ.-50505. At the end of our Sophomore year we learned much to regret that our Pnncxpal Mr Flles was to leave us to take a posltlon as prmclpal of the school at East Orange IN He took wrth hlm our b st wrshes for hrs future success After the electron the doors of the Hrgh School closed upon us not to open agaln untll September when we were to resume our studies as umors Elumur Bear School days school days Dear old golden rule days started for us agam It was on the mnth of September nlneteen hundred and twelve that we entered school to begln our work and play of the un1or year That eventful mornlng we marched mto chapel at the very beglnmng Whlle we were seated there we noticed Mr Head on the stage that IS we thought we drd Splrlt demanded that we clap and clap we drd But we soon found that lt was merely a case of mrstaken ldentlty The man whom we clapped was Mr Stevens a new member of the faculty Flnally the real Mr Head appeared Ever smce that first day Mr Head has been a true frrend of the Class of l9l4 Some of our classmates of the years before were mlssmg Llke the seeds of the Parable some fell by the wayslde and were trodden down But desplte thls the unlor class was by no means small nn slze All told lt contamed I87 puplls Hall the conqueung hero comes should have been sung on that first day Ebeneezer Cordon Barley ofhclally known as the orrglnal and only Georgetown Sneezer graced us wlth hls presence From the very beglnnlng football Interested us Nmeteen hundred and fourteen sent lts usual quota of men to Frght for the Brown and Cold Lalng Whltmore Bagley Vaughn Page Segal Read Greene and Messenger persplred for days tackled the dummy whenever posslble sacrlficed SfllCllCS for the school and fought for the team Every man but one finally had the satisfaction of recelvlng a brand new awe lnsplrlng golden H Room 213 lmmedlately became famous What Whlttler and Chrlstlan dldn t do Harry Cate dld for them Fmally an orgamzed chalk battle took place The part1c1 pants vlctors and vanqulshed came back one afternoon and fought to the frnlsh Thus was the end of orgamzed chalk battles Physlcs was a new study to most of us There we asked foolxsh questlons appeared wrse and enjoyed ourselves IH every way and manner A new organlzatron was lnaugurated by Mr Stevens of the facultv It was called the Hooks and Crooks Club The club stood for two very lmportant attrlbutes scholarshrp and fellowshlp It was one of the most successful orgamzatrons ever started IH hrgh school One day Colbv created one of hrs stlrs The mathematlcs teacher asked Now Colby what does Q E D mean3 u1te easlly done was the unexpected reply from Rats Is v v v v . , , T .I Q 1 v ,I ' vu . 1 a l n - v - Q - I I - v . , . , . - ' v . 4 K . - v 1 - . , . s s - - 9 v , . - - ' - 4 s v 1 r a ' v 1 1 7 V 1 ' 9 1 v 4 - y - 1 y 4 4 - v ' 1 1 v . . ' v , . 5 , 1 Q . . ' 9 . . . I 4 V ' 1 - v , . . . . 4 4 - ' s 9 A 4 1 a r 1 ,, - interim -Q--snQususns- vsnxnxugnxusl :unsung -Q--sus. -Qagnse agnqnxu -QnQuQ4sQnQ..5ug0

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1 I Ibnhnxntutnusutovtuse vsninQninQnx4 .QnQsvxnsugnQ4n5.,5,,,, ,qnQ--Q-a1nxuQnQ4vx-:Q-:Qc mformallty of those classes led to many playful pranks which made the study of French ln that room very delightful and enjoyable in the extreme The Debating Club was revived during this year and some few Sophomores were members of it A great many debates were held at its meetings in which the Sopho mores held up the class honor Candidates for the basketball teams were called for and Byard responded from l9l4 Sargent Hodsdon Page Byard Moore Read Downes and Laing won the champion ship of the school for the Class Girls never desire to be beaten or out classed by boys For this reason school suffragettes militant anti and otherwise planned and finally carried out a remarkable attraction One afternoon late in February the gymnasium was closed to the male observer and the girls held an inter class track meet of their own The l9l4 athletes finished third thru no fault of theirs Letters laurels and words of praise were extended to the participants To this day the boys firmly believe that the wonderful time reported for some of the runs was made because no boys were there with reliable stop watches Altho the Class of l9l3 may claim honor and pat itself on the back for having printed a new and up to date school paper all the journalists were by no means mem bers of that worthy and esteemed class Three Sophomore rooms 2l0 2l4 and 2l5 conceived executed offered to the public and finally buried three very Oflglflal and remarkable weekly school papers They were known to the prmters as The Sun Pro Bono Publico and The Daily Smile which by the way was printed weekly The names of their enterprising editors will be withheld for obvious reasons Baseball candidates were now called for Herrick Read and Byard responding from the Sophomore class The I W W as proposed by oseph Ettor descended into the lowliest place in the High School the basement Consternatlon relgned supreme one bright morning in May when it was brulted about that the waiters on the lunch counter had obeyed the mandates of the I Won t Workers or in this case I Want More Free Lunchers and had struck for more than fifty cents worth of lunch per week Even the Boston papers lunch counter after minute and scientific observations found that the strikers suffered not from being underfed but from being underwoiked Therefore they cruelly denied the strikers Sophomores mcluded the extra sustenance which wa demanded Thus ended the strike of the Long Lean Lanky Lunch room Lackeys Two Clee Clubs one for the boys and the other for the girls had been started under the guidance of Mr Keayes It vias decided by the tvso clubs to hold a Joint concert May I6 l9l2 At this affair Fred Moore gave promise of being another Marcel ournet by the deep and impressive way he used his bass voice a promise which by the way he has amply fulfilled by the wonderful solos he has rendered for the enjoyment of the school Soon came the end of school when we were to elect the officers who were to lead us for the next year The officers whom we selected were Hermann K Whitmore Presl dent Erna Downes Vice president Pauline Prescott Secretary and Edmund Sargent Treasurer -I Y , . , , . 1 9 v 1 9 9 , - . , Y Y 7 Y ' Y 5 Y Q , ' , ' 5. 11 ' 7 Y 7 V 1 ' 1 ' 9 if YY ' ' ' ' ff Y ,Y ' ' lf Y, U ' V ' - Q found this event important enough to place it on their pages. The proprietors of the ' ff YI ! l Y - ' . I . Y . . , 1 . , '- t . - . : . . V: 15lilIilliGl1lliCIi5lillHlli5lillilO?5'iii5:9137Lv57Lq52Qi'iG1i 5li6'ilKil'Lliillillhllililliiilihlliliil l

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veezzezeezeezeege ie:i:0LuviueLe:i::ie:L:ei:ei ea rx as :ana ez-vgesxauslesasg-vs-vgeeiusu-.1o-v.-wsu:-ve Finally the hopes and dreams of the literary stars were realized. A genuine, up-to- date, inspiring school paper was issued. This was mainly thru the efforts of the Senior class. For some time the organizers of the paper were puzzled as to a fitting name for the periodical. Finally Mr. Broderick suggested the name Eltrurian. Everyone was perfectly satisfied with this name. Lloyd Byard was assistant business manager. When it comes to finance, watch Bub. Myron Bagley, from Bradford, by the way, was an athletic editor and illustrator. Ruth Emerson and Lyman Van der Pyl were our class editors. One day in December the announcement of the winner of the W. C. T. U. prize essay was made. Dorothy Pendleton of l9l4 won the first prize. But on january 3, 1913, the big event of the year took place. For some time the Junior Prom was in the minds of all the admirers of the antics of the light fantastic toe. Now the Prom was a reality. A marked feature of this year's junior Prom was the simplicity of everything. Dress-suits and stiff-bosomed shirts were ruled out. Blue or black suits were the only requirements for a fellow's entrance that is, if he had a ticket. The Seniors were more than satisfied with their treatment. Altogether it showed that the Class of l9l 4 had spirit and something else beside. Basketball now became interesting to athletes. The unior Class sent Cireene Moore Hodsdon and Byard to the captain of the team. The basketball season was a very successful one for the high school was defeated only once The l9l4 class team was not nearly so strong as in former years but this can be attributed to the fact that most of our men made the first team A great surprise fell upon our Class and the school as a whole Miss Mabel Smith exploded a bombshell by resigning from the faculty One morning President McKay of the Senior class presented a silver mesh bag to her in behalf of the Classes of l9l3 and l9I4 Mr Sherman took Miss Smith s position as Mathematics teacher and from the very beginning was a friend of 1914 For a few weeks in the winter the corridors were nearly empty Those who by chance passed down these passageways were sad Their shoulders were bent as if burdened with the affairs of state This was because of grim war Volunteers who for the first time in history included girls hastened to the front Many were the ones who fell before the volleys and charges of the invader Who was this enemy3 Measles The baseball season started out with a rush and ended with a crash Armltstead Greene Herrick Christian Byard and Gleason were l9l4 men who won positions on the team Haverhill again won the majority of its games The l9l4 class team how ever was still more of a success Led by Clif Rice l9l4 won the class championship after defeating the Sophomores The g aduation of the Senior class now took place Altho we were not very much concerned some of us felt a vague uneasiness regarding the time when we were to go thru the same ordeal The l9l4 politicians ward heelers statesmen and diplomats now went after votes Hick Whitmore was up for re election He easily secured most of the votes Erna I6 ,l . , 9 , . Y . . I In ' 11 ' , ', I , ' . Downes was re-elected Vice-president, Ruth Emerson was chosen Secretary, Fred Gage,