Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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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

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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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Morse dressed ln the hyery of the DOTSIQHWS seemed almost hke Frenchmen But Caspar the notary' When not dlsgulsed he goes by the name of ames Lalrlamme Thls neat llttle Frenchman nearly shook the stage wxth h1 dalnty fairy llke tread and brought down the house wrth rounds of applause The play was more than a success It was a masterpxece About thls tlme we began to go to Hastlngs Studro Once more to use the parlance of the vulgar we went to be mugged Many were the ones who appeared and many were the ones who claxmed to haye broken the camera Arrangements were made to have a Class Book A commlttee was appointed to learn the past present and future of every member of the Class of l9'4 Not belng content w1th thrs the commlttee constructed knocks which were to be handed out to the mnocent puplls whose names were at thelr mercy Baseball now became an xmportant factor of school llfe l9l4 sent many men to the coach Bub Byard captam eff Armlstead Bully Herrlck Larry Creene Guy Chrlstlan Doc MacDougall and oe Kelly Van der Pyl now decided to lnvent a new exploslve It was planned to call this new lnventxon Van der Pyllte After brxef experiments ln mxxlng sulphur carbon and potassxum mtrate Van der Pyl had a black mess whxch really looked lxke pow der How eyer that was as far as It went If the battles of the future were to be fought wlth Van der Pyllte there would be no need of Hague Peace Conferences' Une mornlng whlle ln chapel Mr Head announced that a prlvate hlgh school athletlc held would probably be gn en to the school IH the near future lmmedxately afterwards the Senlor Class xoted to glye the money gamed from the Senlor Play as a memorlal to thelr Interest ln the new field When june began to draw near our thoughts sadly for the most part turned towards the future Crand preparatlons were made for graduatlon HIC lost sleep trylng to thlnk up materlal for hrs addre s Blue serge sults became a scarce artlcle on the market As for dresses l w1ll leave that to MacDougall To mght we reallze that we are to be SCHIOTS pupxls of dear old I-laverhlll Hlgh School for a short tlme only We realize that we w1ll soon belong only to the ranks of her Alumnl Many of us wxll leave thls school to enter the world and fight for ourselves Others of us will graduate but to contmue our search for learnlng To everyone who seeks recommendatlons whether 1n buslness 1n professlon or ln school let us slmplx say thls I am a graduate of Haverhxll Hlgh School Class of l9l4 ltoryt ll johnson lnmk I lmttrs ,Qnx-'Q .Q-.Qui sus.-Quxuxutansns--inQQ--Quxns-asus.vsnsns-ws-uq-vQ4oQ4uQnQni-sg.-Q..Qu U -S--sus-vs--sus.-sus.-Q-s-.sus--5.-sus.-sus.-suqux..shsus.-sus.Vs--s..Q..s.-sus.-sus.-5.V 7 7 V' , v . . I sl 1 ' .. S . , . , , . . . , , 5 ' 1 7 7 y y I 1 7 Y . V V I K Q V ' A 4 V v n L S ' ' ' 5 l 0 1 . . . , . . . . . . - - tt . V -4 V 1 ' U 1 ' ' V V - V V V V V I , . 7 Y Y , . V . V 7 7 7 ' 7 V 1 s - - H - V V . 5 . , V , V Q V V V V 7 I 7 , . , . H , t . - - V y , . Y P I I . . . . . , - . . . .