Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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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

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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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melody day and night whlle L na Allen held the important pOSltlOn of post mistress rn the Bradford post OfI'.lC6 Ellzabeth True was an artlst s mcdel and rumor had lt that smce that partlcular artlst began pamtmg Betty he had made mlllrons could sell hrs plctures whether they had real artlstrc value or not Llkewlse Marxan Rogers about whose profile people used to rave Katherme Baxter and Ollve I'Noel were stlll together runnmg a qualnt book store on Washmgton Street where one mlght find Mary Curtm Kathleen Fennessey Harold Kennev and George Leavltt ponng oy er the volumes ln characterrstlc studlous fashron When I was just longlng for a new source of mformatlon Aus Turner fell mto the chalr next mme wlth her customarv grace I asked the usual questlon What are vou do1ng3 Same thrng sard Aus as cheerful as eyer takmg care of chrldren my own now There s Ruth Emerson She cast aside all mundane pleasures and devoted all her trme and bralns to poetry wlth such marvelous success that the works of Mrlton and Tennyson have been dropped from the school courses as mere doggerel Hazel McKee with twentleth century contempt for femlmne tasks has enlisted ln the suffragette army and was recently promoted to the rank of lleutenant Anme WllIl3mS3 Oh she couldn t exist ID thls wlcked world long she IS leadlng a lone existence on an Island ln mld ocean surrounded only by books Ethelyn Ramsdell and Ellzabeth Caswell horrlfied by the lncreasmg frlvollty of llfe ln Haverhlll are devotlng thelr young llves to mrsslonary work 1n Indla and lt IS sand that they have had unusual success every natlve IS at ihelr feet IH adoration What IS Ralph Buttrxck do1ng3 I asked He used to get truly remarkable marks ln Engllsh He IS wrltmg a book on H H S as I Have Found It It seems Buttrlck learned 1rony as well as other thlngs ln 2l2 and rt knocks some of us rather hard But he lsn t the only author nn our Class Bub Byard has just published a pamphlet entltled How to Run Everythmg Clrls Included George Smlth wrote an lnterestmg essay on auto moblles whlle he was detalned rn the lower conflnes of the Clty Hall for speedmg That rs a wonderful creatlon adormng Marlon MacGregor s head I interrupted Yes lt came from the Laskey Mllllnery Store Etta and Sadie own a hugh prlced store on Merrxmack Street and every one trades there even Marlon Bryden who moves ln the hlghest crrcles of New York soclety Notxce the gown Catherme Donahue IS wearmg That came from Daphne Dean s establlshment nt IS one of the least complr cated of her creatrons which are the most darrng and orlgmal ln all New York Gage as Master of Ceremonles now announced that we must go up to the balcony as the floor was to be cleared for dancing I stopped to lnqulre for Fred s welfare and havlng learned that after falling as Creek professor at Harvard he was teachlng astronomy 1n Bradford Academy I mounted the clrcular starr way and found a seat rn the balcony Here I found a group of glrls dxscusslng everybody wlth old time famlllarlty and klndness 3 I heard them talkxng about a languld young lady gowned ln the very latest Pans model It was Pauline Prescott who had been on the stage smce she made such a hat IH Nephew or Uncle -54114-Q.-snxuss.Q.-Q.1s.-s-1s.1x.-susan--sus.-Q.-snsnsns.-Q-ss41snQ-1s.1so1Q-vsus. 'unsus- f I 9 - , ., . . , . . . s , V - 1 . . V . . . - 1 U , 1 1 1 , 1 1 ' - . . . . , 5 - . ' ' -1 . 1 , , , . . , . . , 4 . . 1 1 1 ' 1 - ' - 1 1 1 - , V 1 - s , 1 . . . . 1 . . , 1 ' v - 1 . W y - 1 - - 1 1 s A - ' - v v 4 4 - - 1 1 H . . . , , . . . . . . 1 , . . . . . 4 . . , . . . . . . . . . , , u - - - - 1 1 1 - , . . 5 , . . . . . . ' .- , . v 1 1 . 1 . . . . . , - . . . . . . , , 1 . 1 1 1 . . . , - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 v - c' D 1 ' 1 - - ss 11 1-S01--susnsns.as-vs.-1-'sus-1snsns.-s.1s-1s.-sns--snsusnsnsnsa-s--s.11--s-1sns--Qnxusug -5