Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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The Hooks and Crooks Club agaln became actnve after the summers vacatlon The officers were Ferdlnand Penwell Fresldent Bermce Ham VICE presldent Paulma Allard Secretary Ralph Green Treasurer Marle Burchxll Etta Laskey Earle DHVIS and Edgar Clark Executxve Commlttee Every officer was a Semor The club increased 1n slze and ln importance untll xt was one of the largest ln the school Students had now begun to notlce Van der Pyl generally carrylng an assortment of manuscrlpts He had a stern and preoccupled appearance Edltlng the Eltruuan evldently was already turnlng thls young man Into a second Horace Greeley Among the other llterary stars of the Class of l9l4 were a few who helped make the Eltrurlan the splendld paper It IS Marjle Adams Exchange edltor Beatrlce Keene Alumm edltor Ruth Emerson Class edltor Ben Bagley Athletlc edltor Rats Colby Class edltor and Bub Byard Buslness Manager were among these Mr Gay wlth the ald of a comrrlttee now perfected hrs plans for the formatlon of a College Club It was declded to call thls new orgamzatlon the Fhllomathlan Club The Semors agam filled most of the responslble posxtlons Lyman Van der Fyl was elected Presldent Ruth Emerson VICE presldent Bessie Bourne and Frank Travers Executlve Commxttee The object of thxs club was to encourage students to enter college The orgamzatlon was well supported by l9l4 The Debatlng Club now sprang xnto notlce Thru the efforts of Mr Sherman of the faculty and Presldent Earle DHVIS this club became actlve after a year of xdleness Many mterestmg debates were held at lts meetlngs excltement that lt had been ln for some time From that moment we felt as lf we were entlrely separated from the lower classmen Why3 Sxmply because Rats Colby appeared 1n school clad ln long Jean A short tlme after the close of the foot ball season Bagley was elected manager of the basket ball team Candldates were called for at once Lawrence Greene captam Bullet Hodsdon Fred Moore and eff Armltstead all of I9l4 made the first team ohnny Staples Cllf RICE and Woodman were substltutes Every man won hls H Altho Haverhlll played a hard schedule nevertheless the Brown and Gold won the majority of 1ts games St ohn s Prep was defeated twlce by Haverhxll The I9I4 Class team lost to the umors and defeated the Freshmen ln the Sophc more game Whltmore and Lamg obeyed that lmpulse and gave everybody the foot ball stlff arm The Sophomores won School closed for the Chrlstmas vacatlon On the mght of the twenty slxth of December the annual umor Prom was held It was a success m every way One Frlday mght early ln February another successful socxal was held Guy Chrlstlan and Haskell our enterprxslng Georgetown beautles left the school on the run It was about eleven o clock at mght They arrlved at the Transfer Station just ln tlme to see the rear of the last car for Georgetown dlsappearlng across the brldge The only thlng that marred the beauty of that mght ID Feb uary was the fact that snow fell ln a most charmlng and entrancmg way Besides Georgetown IS only eight mlles away Chrlstlan and Haskell bemg track men decided that thls was an admirable chance to get into tralnxng To use the parlance of the vulgar they hoofcd lt to Georgetown I ..-.....,....,......-..-..s.....,..,..-..,..-.....,..-.....,,.-..,..,..,..,.....,..,..-..,.....,,.-..-.. 1 , Z , ' I s 2 , 2 , s ' 1 , Q If I9 is ' I Q, - - ' u -- 99 . . . ' , 1 1 . . ' . ll 97 . ' ' ' if 7, 7 Y Y Y 1 Y ' l Cl !l ' Y Y Y ' . , A , . . . . ,. , . . ,, 1 1 ' 9 s On November twenty-first the Senior Class was thrown into the greatest pitch of ' ' lf Y' ' ' ll' 79 s. - 9 . n , , if 7, if ll ' Y ff ,Y ll ' 9, ' ' ' fl YY ' ' Q ' ' ff ' Y, , . . Y . i M ,,,M,,,,,,,,.,.,.,,.,..,..C.-..,.., .,..,..,..-........C.,..v.,...,,.gNW.C.-,.,..,.. 15

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1 snq.1Q.,5..5..Q asnsus-1x1-sus.-Q ns--sn-sus.nsnxngnx-15-us--Q-1s11x-as--sus- sus vsusns- Treasurer, Mlldred Sherman, Lawrence Greene, and John Storer Mac Dougall, Execu t1ve Commlttee Mr Gav nom announced hls lntentlons of formlng a College Club Anyone who deslred to enter th1s club must have plans for enterxng college lmmedlately after thls announcement Whlttler and Harold Kimball lnformed anv one who would llsten to them that they w re preparmg for West Newbury Agrlcultural College A few days later we left school for our summer s xacatlon TIS sad but true We were not unhappy ln leaung the old school ln fact most of us sang or wanted to slng all the wav home Thus we left school frxends and our umor vear behmd us mth the firm com xctxon of dolng somethmg IH the future that would make l9l4 a collectlon of flgures that would b remembered wlth prlde Swenson' Bear On the brlght morning of the eighth of September l9l3 I7I boys and glrls l beg your pardon I7I young men and women entered agaln mto the bulldmg whxch they had learned to love ln the corrldors one could hear laughter and greetmgs Mm glmg w1th one another were Freshmen full of trepldatlon overbearmg Sophomores arrogant umors and Senlors who were already beglnnxng to look CllgHlf:lCd ln the home rooms there was the usual scramble for seats Suddenly the quarter past elght bell rang lmaglne the feelmgs of the bashful ones The march was begun whxch was so soon to be a sort of second nature to us Good mght' was the thought m most of our mlnds as we entered the Assembly Hall Open mouthed Freshmen gave us a sort of baby llke stare Thls proved too much for llttle Harold Klmball Red ln the face eyes to the front he attempted to appear lndlfferent to the gazes cast upon hum He was woefully unsuccessful ln thls attempt however After that memorable first day we fell lnto the usual routlne of school llfe Book after book was added to our already well Hlled llbranes Nearly every Semor of course there were exceptlons took to hls or her StUdlCS as a duck takes to water One dav ln September a notice appeared on the blackboards of the varlous school rooms It sald Foot ball candldates report to Mr Broderlck after school It 15 almost needless to say that most of the posltlons on the team were filled by Semors HIC Whntmore captam Sally Lamg Ben Bagley Mencxs Harry Segal Larry Greene Bully Herrlck Harry Messenger lm Towne Fred Gage ames La Flamme representlng our Class Bub Byard handled the financlal end of the team It IS a remarkable and almost unbellex able fact but Bub made good ln fact at the close of the foot ball season the hugh school had money to burn that IS as far as athletxcs were concerned Haverhlll Hlgh School won the champlonshlp of the state after defeatlng St ohn s Prep to the tune of 6 0 On Frlday evenmg October tenth the first soclal of the year was held For the flrst tlme those who dld not dance had as good a tlme as those who drd But let xt be said that altho most of the gurls take a course ln Domestlc Sclence they certalnly do not know anvthmg about clothes pms Thlnk of boys beating gurls 1n usmg clothes plDSl 11 ,' v Q c, . . . , . ' 1 , , Y - 1 1 1 1 I, ' 1 1 V 1 1 Q t, . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 , J ' ' - ' , 4 . 1 1 . . - 1 1 , . .- I , , . .1 - 4 4 - - 1 1 , , ' . . . , , . 1 1 - - A 1 1 1 - 4 4 s 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 s 4 1 v 4 4 v 1 ' A 4 - v 1 , 1 1 1 1 - 1 4 1 1 . . J . - - s s 1 1 r . 1 . . ' 1 . 1 , . J A . 1 1 - 1 , . 1 1 , tux-ns--svsansnsux-11. vsnsavs-nsnxnnsu vgns--Q-.Q--Q-1sa.savxa -snsnxusnxuuf 1snQnQn10xux-

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Q4 sa snq-.Q--Qui sus.-sux--Quia 1- sux- L--in-ins-,Q-1,, Q pq.-sn, ,,,,s,,5,,,,,,.,Q v5..,.,,,. Durlng that same month the Haverhlll Board of Trade offered several cash prlzes for the best essays wrltten by the puplls of the Hlgh School The Semors carrled off the three pnzes George johnson won the first prxze Dorothy Ferdleton the seccnd, and Zrlpha Wallace the speclal second prxze The l9l4 Chapt r of the Lmt now gave a play for the beneflt of athletlcs It was called The lN1ght After the Came MISS My ra Bartlett s murrmy acted bv Walter Colbv played an lmportant part IH thls theatrrcal performance Several days later l-larrv Messenger wlth hesltatlng VOICC and trerrvbllng knees gave a flfty dollar bnll to Mr Flske to be placed xn the treasurv for the use of athletxcs Track now began to lnterest the sport loxers of the school Harold Drew was elected Captaln and Ferdlnand Fenwell Manager of the school track team In thls branch of athletlcs l9l4 drd not furmsh many athletes But durmg the flrst few weeks before the mter class meet especlally when It became known that the umors were the favorltes new runners jumpers and shot putters from l9l-4 seemed to sprmg out of the ground We were more than surprlsed when lt was reported that bashful and unassummg Guy Chrlstlan was elected Captam of our class team On the mght of the twentleth of March speculatlon ran hrgh as to the vlctor of the meet The Freshmen ran up a total of twenty SIX points the QCHIOYS belng second wlth twenty four Arrangements were now made to have the Dartmouth Clee Club glve a recxtal for the benefit of our graduatlon expenses ThlS recltal took place on March thlrteenth Fromptly at elght o clock the first muslcal selectlon was sung Among the ushers was Van der Pyl who on a dare attempted to lmltate an Englxsh lord He wore a real monocle' What IS more he dxd not crack one smile After the recxtal nearly everyone went over to Elk s Hall There the Dartmouth and Haverhlll undergraduates tangoed to thelr hearts content On March twenty seventh the blggest event of our school year wlth the exceptlon of graduatlon took place The Semor play otherwlse known as Nephew or Lncle was presented to the public A day or so before the play was glven Huck Whltmore our esteemed and worthy Fresldent worked llke a Trojan He even went so far as to pound hls fingers wxth a hansmerl But best of all he proved a theory advanced by nearly every SClCHt1f:1C man of the world Hlck proved much to hls dlsgust that tacks could not be drrven lnto the steel nettlng whxch supports the plasterlng of the walls no As for the actresses and actors Madame Dorslgny I-lortense Flerce Sophle Mlldred Sherman and Madame de Mlrvllle Paullne Z Prescott clad m the latest gowns from Cray Fans really made a hit Y alcour allas oe Kellv was stunmng But the Captain' Thls neat dapper llttle fellow clothed 1n a French Army unlform hls face decorated wlth a rrost charmmg black mustachxo half of which perslsted IH comlng off was Bub Byard Clfanapasre lmper cnatfd by Harold Drew wa as one mlght say th llmlt Forever gettlng both the Captam and himself mto trouble and by luck gettmg out agam gave Champagne en ugh to do ln the performance The Colonel the exact xmltatlon of the Captam appeared on the stage He IS better known to us as plam Doc Maclnlougall or to some as Mac Then Lormeull Paul Woodman mad hrs appearance asmln Frank Malcolm and Anatole Myron B . . , 1 . 1 ' - 3 . , 4 L V . - 1 . , y r 1 I 1 ' . ' 5 .1 , 1 - 1 , 1 A 1 ' 1 J 1 1 1 ' ' , Q ' . . , . . 1 1 - . , . - 1 s 4 1 1 - 1 ' 1 - - - A A ' 1 1 1 - 1 - - s a - 1 1 - - 1 1 , . . A . , . . 4 5 . , , . . - 1 1 A 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 , , . 1 1 . In - 4 r 1 1 . 1 I - l 1 i 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . . , 4 s 1 1 - ' , f . L . V . , s . , s, . . . . , , . . . . D 1 4 C , ., . .. , , 'T , , 1 . . 1 1 ' ' A 4 1 1 c 4 - ' 4 6 ' Q 1 X- - 1 1 4-Q-we-Q-11.-Qnsnxn-Q-15.-Qns-.Q-.Q--sus..sus--Q--sus--Q. :Q-:QQ-Q-1Q.-Q1-Q-use -Lnintu -snQuQuQ4 I 9