Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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Do you thlnk H1c Yi hrtmore wrll lead rn prayer? You know he ras gryen up l1s rdea of go1ng to war and has hecome a new thcuvht leader Hester Floyd knows more about rt than l do for she IS a sort of H1 h Pncstess and has rrade rrany ccnyerts to the new farth And what are you do1ng Mllly J I asked Oh laughed Mrlly l haye started a new occupatron l am CHQCIHI chaperone at college frat house partres It s just l1ke old tlmes and l hay en t a nernute to n'yself To morrow l start for Tufts and after tnat It s Bowdorn Who are those h1lar1ous grrls that haye just come IDB l asked deslgnatlng two 1nd1yId1. uals 1n rather startl1nU ralment Why dont you rememlzzer the ack g1rls3 uret modest l1ttle persons3 They are chorus grrls at the Colonral and dreadfully popular O temporal O rroresl l exclarmed aghast and the younv man on my left turned to survey me rn drsapproval Cut out the l..at1n he commanded wrth l1s usual courtesy Sh warned lVl1lly That s RICE Haven t you HOtlCCd how neryous he lS3 H made a terrrhle mlstake ln marrlage and she jars upon f1s hlvhlv sensltlve temperament It was really qulte a romance she fell ln love wrth hrs lntellect Cracrousl l exclarmed She must haye read scrre of RICIC s Englrsh themes' ust then two scholarly gentlemen entered deep 1n the dr cussrcn of the value cf a French educatron wh1ch hy the wav has always eluded me l was much surprlsed to recognlze Lyle Morse and Harold Klmhall Thelr recltatrons ID 209 never prophesred that they would become French professors Speaklng of professors yolunteered Cl1f just look at Kelley Wculdnt you know he was a dean For the hrst t1me I agreed w1th RICIC Anyone that looked as hemgn and serene as Kelley couldn t he any th1ng more frlvolous than a dean There s A mrtstead he cont1nued contrary to Mr Cav s op1n1on eff went IH for tne sportlng l1fe and has put lVlathewson and all those other old heroes lntO the shade eff gets smaller every day drsappear soon Hello there s Beatrlce Osgood They say Bee has sung before the crowned heads of Europe and nearly llfted the crowns from the aforesa1d heads And there s Lawrence Greene someone told me Larrv was st1ll trvrng to frnd a place to put all those Hs he won hack 1n the old days At thls moment my attent1on was attracted hy Penwell and Earle Dav1s who were ev1dentlv gett1ng CXC1tCd over party rrghts or platforms and all that stuff we used to struggle wlth 1n lOl At least that was my supposrtron for they were stumpmg the state 1n a mad rryalrv for the goy ernorshlp Whrtrng was the next old frlend to arouse my rnterest He had hecome a poet of great fame some Sald h1s works were hound to become classrcs hut my flrppant ne1ghhor was rmmensely d1sappo1nted because Whrtlng was never selzed wrth a poetlcal frenzy hut dld hrs compos1ng 1n qurte a practlcal manner Some fellows were clrngrng to the1r old occupatrons 1 e Frackleton was st1ll startllng the world Wlth hrs freshness VE ehster was dlVldlDg h1s trme between gr1nn1ng and watch 3 ..s.-susns.-sus.-sus.-Q..s..s..s..s..s..s. .s..s..s. -01. sus.-snsvs. -xnxnsus..s..s.-snsns. H . . , . . . . . y . 1 1 ' D ' v . , 1 y g y I A . . Q , , . . - . , , , , , U . . K K Y U ' I S ' ' V V . I , y . . 1 . . . . . . . ' - , . A . 1 . . . . . 5 K ' 1 ' s - V l Q u , , . o ' S S V 1 ' v n 7 Y , , . , . d . . , , , . I I 1 V ' ' ' ' 1 ' - o . rr - v - - - , , 1 . C 5 Y 1 ' I 5 V ' 1 1 I , 1 , . . . C ' ' 3 Y ' . . . . . , , A y i s 4 5 I 1 7 ' S K a . Q I O 9 f Q 4 A n J Q V , .. .. V ' 7 ' Q V y - Y 1. . , , . . . . , , . y ' f - . - A, ,x v v f 1 f y . . V 5 6 5 v 9 Y ' 6 6 9 ' ' ' Y' , . - , y , . . . 5 . , . , - . . . 1 , . . , V V - . . , 5' u -K - y 1 1 v r r M Q . 1 , , V 1 K . . , , 7 , V . 4 , . , . - 9 . . , ' 1 ..s..s..s..s..s..s.-s.-sux.-5.-S..s..s..s..s..s..,..s.-5.-sus. 5..x..s..s..s..s..s..,.-sus.-snsns..

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ins--sus-as-sxusuxns--1.15-ng.vsnsnsnsnxus-nsusns-rx.-sux-me snxuxa 1-vsnsus-oxuQu Cllllass Bruphetp BETWEEN I2 P M AND IVIIDNICI-I1 It was a wonderful IVIay mght The Medlterranean lav sllent and motlonless under the shlmmermg srlver rays of the full moon and the languorous breeze faintly stlrred the perfumed branches of the blossommg lemon trees The wltchery of the nlght drew me lrreslstlbly to my balcony and I stepped half way thru the long wmdow and looked out on the waters that lay as tranqull as our own Kenoza on a calm mght There IS somethlng ln the grandeur of Nature whrch seems to correspond wrth our deepest contemplatxons and the quletude broken only by some dlstant straln of music caused a wave of longlng to sweep over me a longmg for home and mme a1n countree Then I remembered that thxs was the night of the Class Reunlon the tenth of the lllustrlous Class of I9l4 It seemed that the one thlng IH the whole world that I desired was to be wxth my own Class agam to see old faces and to talk over old tlmes when our greatest Joy was to recelve a report unmarked by dxsflgurxng crlmson But a wlde deep sea lay between me and the dear old Class and my eyes blurred wrth tears as I reallzed the 1mposs1b1l1ty of my deslre And then when I brushed them away I stared rn wonder For I was not alone another figure stood on my balcony and whether It had come from the sky the sea or the earth I drd not know It was an old bent peasant whose eyes lnstead of belng the dull expresslonless lmpasslve eyes of the very old were brllllant and plerclng seemlng to read ones Inner most thoughts I-Ier volce was harsh and querulous and she made the usual whmxng request for money I refused her curtly but she grasped my sleeve and whlspered 1n musical Itallan Cross my hand wlth gold sxgnorma and thou shalt see what thou most deslrest For I am MlStfCSS of Eternlty and the swift movlng hours are my ser vants Thou shalt be transported on the wxngs of Tlme across boundless seas and lmpassable mountalns And when thy wish has been fulfilled the wlnds that blow over the unlverse shall bear thee back to thy chamber Cross my palm wlth gold xt shall be as I have spoken Impelled by a strange uncanny power I made a cross on her wrmkled palm wrth a ey es Somewhere a clock struck twelye I opened my eyes and looked about the brilliantly lighted table at whlch I was slttmg Someone was talking to me and I was evldently exp cted to answer I turned to my rxght and looked mto Mlllv Sherman s eves Do you think he w1ll3 she lnqulred Thmk who wrll what3 I asked for lt seemed perfectly natural to be slttlng In the famllrar old gvm talkmg wlth my classmates agam , - , . . . . V. y v ' s , ' T Y ' Y 7 7 I ' Y Y U I Y Y Y Y - ' Y Y I V 7 V I ' gold coin. The old crone muttered. and her body shook and quivered. I closed my I . , , , . 0 ' v a n T Q e ' . f , , T Du ' - sn ' - 7 ' 1 l Q

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rng the grrls Herrrck was strll at hrs hrghly elevatrng amusement of makrng evervbody wrsh he wasn t where they were ust then lVlacDougall happy as ever entered and took away the charmrng com panron on my rrght falso as ever and Bagley promptly approprrated her seat and began to tell me wrth hrs usual readrness all about hrmself When he had exhausted the subject of hrs own artrstrc career parntrng srgns on brll boards he condescended to tell me about old frrends Some of the fellows have gone back to the sorl Allen for rnstance rs a farmer real thrng you know But Messenger specralrzes rn peaches he has any rarrety of krnds just as rn the old days Clark on the contrary rs dorng the same old thrng devotrng all hrs trme to keeprng somewhere rn Paulrna s wrcrnrty Towne rs strll vellrng for the Democrats when he rsn t tryrng to make up the trme he lost rn the Qalem meet Mencrs has gone rnto busrness wrth Henderson and they are dorng everybody Our srlver tongued orator now arose to address the assembly and a deep and respect ful srlence greeted hrm Paul posrtrvely outdrd hrmself never before even rn hrs most loquacrous moments rn Englrsh class had we heard such words of wrsdom such polrshed and wonderfully constructed Englrsh fall from the lrps of mortal' Cot Demosthenes beaten a mrle' murmured mv nerghbor who never was a respecter of persons The Englrsh government has already asked that hrs sacred remams should rest rn Westmrnster Abbey At the end of Woodmans rnsprrrng speech whrch brought tears to many an eye as the audrence recalled the old days rn 2l2 the warters served the first course and among them l saw Haskell and Wagg both of whom l learned were connected wrth Wrllett s A crowd of Unrt fellows were celebratmg old trmes rn a corner of the gym and called Clrfton to jorn them Drd you hear about Hodsdon3 he asked as he rose to depart He rs happrly marrred and rs runnrng a confectronery store on the srte of the old Crown Rachel Magurre and lVlrldred lVlcKay next caught my attentron and to my query as to how the world was treatrng them Ray replred Oh Mrldred has reached the goal of her ambrtron matrrmony and I am just lrvrng at home I trred teachrng but the rest of the faculty objected because I devoted study perrods to teachmg the puprls the new dances I heard that Dorothy Wormell had gone on the stage for a far srghted manager had seen possrbrlrtres of her becomrng a saudevrlle star as far back as the Senror Costume Party Of course Hazel Manson and Zrlpha Wallace were teachers rn college everyone knew they were certarnly fated for that professron But rt was strange to learn that Donald Kempton had mended hrs ways and become prrncrpal of Flarstow Hrgh' Cordon Barley had managed to enter West Pornt rn whrch place he held the promrnent posrtron of second assrstant gardener Bessre Bourne was lrftrng her vorce rn song at the Boston Opera House Helen Gardner and Florence Lor errng were nurses They went to Mexrco when affarrs there reached a crrsrs and whrle applyrng poultrces and bandages they managed to convert the wrldest desperadoes to the ways of crvrlrzatron Beatrrce George had settled down to a peaceful and contented lrfe rn Newton where she frlled the arr wrth 4 ,,,.Q..,, Angus. .Q-.,,,g..g.-,,.q..s..g.-sus.aus. -Q--gnsnsns, .g..g.,,.,,.,,. -1--s--5.5.-Qnns--s v . - u . 1 Y by Q v , 4 . ,, - , H . . . 1 O O V ' I Y n - - V ' U Q 1 . , . . . , L . . . . . 4 . . H , . - , - - v v v . . ll ' YY ' 7 - . H . . . - - rv , . . . . u V ! r v v 1 - v I v . . . U . ,, . . , . H ..... . . ,, 1 . . U . u y v ,e ' ' , a v r 7 ' u u r y v v V 1 -ssssasnssong-svssssesSssssisss-s s-sss-s eggs, 2