Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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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

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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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I sald Yvonne Provost have devoted my llfe to haylng a good tlme When I see Dorothy Pendleton and Gladys Qmlth practlcally fmdmg out a peaceful hermlt age ln order to gam knowledge unmolested I am perfectly contented wxth my own cholce Isn t It great that ohn Plerce IS commg to Haverh1ll3 exclaimed another They say he rs better than Caruso and I shall certalnly go to hear hlm Do you remember how he used to cut a few mlnutes off our French recltatxon by hrs solos ln Chapel3 I-Irs brother Llncoln IS now a doctor Have you heard about Bunker3 He made such a hut wlth the gurls ln the lower classes that everv tlme he goes out he has to be surrounded bv police to protect hlmself from thelr advances Good for Macdougall broke ln a volce whlch I knew to be George ohnsons He let Sherman Kxmball off for the mght Seelng my perplexxty George kmdly elucldated Sherm IS a warden or somethmg llke that at the qtate PYISOD and Macdougall the Progressxve governor of Massachusetts allowed hlm to come to mght as a speclal favor They are talkmg over old tlmes now By the wav My ron Morse IS comedian at Kelth s I am l1v1ng on a new plan sald Elsle Robbms I slmply let everythlng sllde When I heard that Etta Smart was sojournmg ln a samtarlum because she had studled too consclentxously I lmmedlately reformed mv ways Thls from the studlous Elslel Dld you know that Mlldred Emerson had gone to France3 asked PTISCIIIH Thayer She IS Engllsh Instructor IH a convent there and her youthful ways qulte shock the Stald slsters Harold Drew IS m France too for smce the Phllomathlan exhlbltlon he has consldered hlmself a tvplcal Frenchman You know he never was shy about expresslng h1s good op1n1on of hlmself If Klbby had been all he thought hlms lf he would indeed be llttle lower than the angels' He says he IS enyoylng hlmself nearly as much as when he used to try to bluff thru an Engllsh recltatron I prefer Germany and lntend to stop there for a long v1s1t next year Seemg that Rats Colby was modestly endeavormg to attract attentron to hlmself I turned to h1m and sald Well Rats' as happy as when vou were the hlt of the school as the Egyptlan mummy3 Rats blushed and whlspered nervously Please don t mentlon those awful thlngs At present I er I am a mlssxonary FIVE mlnutes later I recovered A grave and prosperous lookmg gentleman appeared who proved to be the ex dntor of the Eltrurlan Of cours you are an edltor Lyman3 I asked What magazme3 Llterary Drgest Popular M chan1cs3 None of those replled Van d r Pyl the Gazette I devote an entlre column to school notes every mght The Alumm department of the Eltrurlan IS remarkably good now Last month I read lt and learned that Celia Carter IS a teacher nn New York drawxng an immense salary because she has attamed more knowledge than any other mortal The Carleton gurls are stlll rustlcatmg ln Rosemont and are ladies of lelsure altho both are accomplished m all the ICITIIFIIDC graces Alxce Cunnmgham IS a stenographer and her engagement to her employer has been announced I -sus.-Q.ts.-s..s..s..s..s..s.-s..,.-5.-sus..s..s..s.-Q.-sux..s..,..,. ,,,.,..,. .s.-Q.-Q.-shsus.-S.. s 4 1 1 - 4 4 . . . Q , . - - , . . , 5.1 ' 7 ' I . , . . . 1 ' 1 Y C I Y ' 'I ' ' ' n 9 V I I K 1 Q I ' ' 9 9 I6 I 1 . - - . u 65 5 1 ' ' ' 7 V . . C S . 1 u Q v 1 u 1 . V , . H . . . . www - v v 1 9 y - V Y V ' . . Y , - . . y Q . , , . . , , . . . 4 , . . . , . . . . . . , , . . . , M . . U . . - , . . 4. . . . . . . v ' 5 7 Q . C , ' 9 - - s u 7 . . , , . v Q - , . - Q - A L 9 - - , . - - 1 Y Y, , 7 ,Q C . C I I V l 6 I ' ' D C , . . . . , . , , o , ., . ll 9 9 ' ' D . . W , e , . 1 . v V 1 - v , . ! 9 , . Q--sus.-gas-vs--5.asus--1.vs-asus-as-vs--Q.-Q.-sux-ns.-sus-usnga-unsung.-Q.-sus.-sux-use sus-