Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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THE MAGNET 17 volunteered in the hour of need. Let us pray reverently for their safe re- turn, and if the call comes for us to make sacrifice for the welfare of our beloved country, may each one count it a privilege to lay his offering upon the altar, and let it not be said that any one of the Class of 1918 was found wanting in doing his part to bring peace and safety to the world. RoBertT J. Hutt. Class Song We are gathered here, my classmates, On this graduation day; For tonight begins our journey, And each one must go his way. Though we may not reap the harvest That we once had sought to do, Let us all go bravely onward With a higher aim in view. Cuorus—’'Tis our night of graduation; Tis a sad, but happy night; But we’ll always stand united By the Purple and the White. From our ranks nine faithful classmates Have obeyed their country’s call; They have left their home and country To win freedom for us all. We will hail them as true heroes And honor them alway; And, like them, we'll all stand loyal To our dear old U.S.A. CHorus—So we'll honor them and praise them, Our classmates tried and true. And like them we'll all be faithful To our dear Red, White, and Blue! CHARLOTTE SAWIN.

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16 THE MAGNET in France today represent fully to what extent the country has sacrificed, and there are hundred of thousands more in the cantonments, preparing to do their bit in making the world safe for democracy. There is hardly a home in America that has not been called upon to give some one of its own in democracy’s cause. Besides these, there are many who are sacrificing their time, brains, and energy with the same spirit as those who go “over the top,’”’ but whose fame is not as loudly heralded. Nevertheless, all this sacrifice has been of tremendous value to our nation. It has aroused and stimulated our slumbering patriotism to the highest degree. It has taught us to practice economy and to eliminate waste of all kinds. Before the war we were the most wasteful nation in the world, but we are learning a great lesson in the hard school of necessity’ We are approaching National Prohibition, many States having already rati- fied the amendment. Asa nation we have been awakened, we have be- come more keenly alert, and have attained an efficiency hitherto un- known to us. Would that we might retain these things that harsh sacri- fice has taught us, and may we stand firm in the present crisis, so that, ac- cording to the words of the immortal Lincoln, ‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Friends and pupils of the Leominster High School: It is my duty and privilege to say a few words of farewell to you. Wehave come to the crossroads where our paths separate, and as we part from one another, we know not what to say. We have a strange feeling of mingled joy and sad- ness: joy, because we are looking forward to fresh fields and pastures of achievement; sadness, because we are breaking forever the chain of school ties and affections. To you, teachers, I bid a fond farewell; you who have guided and taught us so patiently during our high school years. We thank you sincerely for your devotion and kindness to us, and we shall always remember you with deepest gratitude and affection. Clasmates: As we stand on the threshold of our school life, striving to look into the Future, we are a bit doubtful,—we hesitate for a moment. “For who knows the future? Who has turned its pages, Reading its secrets with divining power? We can look backward through the reach of ages, We may look forward not a single hour.” Though we know not what Fate has in store for us, let us all go forth bravely to meet it, and wherever we go may we uphold the standards and teachings of our beloved Leominster High School. Some may say we are unfortunate to graduate in such a dark hour of our country’s history; but I say to you, classmates, we are most fortunate, because opportunity for sacrifice and service such as never was given before lies open to us. Nine members of our own class have already given them- selves to their country’s service. All honor to those boys who so gallantly

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18 THE MAGNET spi Sata Class of 1918 Adams, Elmer Comstock Kearney, John Joseph Adams, Helen Grace Kerr, Eva Edessa Ashe, Ella Mary Killelea, Francis Joseph Barry, Gladys Marion King, Ruth Gladys Bascom, James Rawson Kirkpatrick, Alice May Bemis, Agnes Maude Knapp, Edward Fayette. Blake, Winchester Gould Latimer, William Henry Brown, Mildred Cora LaClair, Eugene Octave Brown, Mabel Edith Magee, Abbie Burpee, Evelyn Ruhamah Madden, Kermit Edward Callahan, Winifred Mary McCarthy, Rena Mary Carter, Grace Janet Monroe, Beatrice Sturgess Carter, Warren Adelbert Murphy, Harold Leo Carter, Willard Marcellus Noe, Veronica Connor, Helen Katharine Norton, Pauline Maynard Cook, Canzadia M. Osborne, William Hamilton Connaughton, Claire Madalaine O’Keefe, Alice Lillian Dauphinais, Leo Heldege Page, Charles Warren Dietz, Christoph Fredrick Perry, Florence Elizabeth Donnelly, Mildred Theresa Pierce, Marion Dugan, Katherine Theresa Pollard, Walter Howard, Jr. Elliot, Gladys Lillie May Preston, Arlene Elizabeth Fassett, Norman Carter Richardson, Eva Grace Fischer, Ferdinand Bowers Richardson, Everett Gordon Flinton, Eleanor Louise Russell, Christine Muriel Gallagher, Beatrice Winifred Sayles, Mildred Ruth Garland, Charles Henry Sawin, Charlotte Gove, Winfield Derby Sheehan, Helen Cecelia Hadley, Leon Edmund Shannon, Mabelle Fairbanks’ © Hager, Edith Georgianna St. George, Raymond Humphrey Haley, Ralph Elliott Spencer, Florence Irene Harris, Edna Gertrude Telfer, Ruth Irma Harris, Beatrice Ernestine Thomas, Ezra Harvey Hiltz, Lawson Maynard Tobin, Agnes Esther Lilian Hoyt, Dixi Crosby Toolin, Lucy Agnes Hull, Robert Johnson Tyler, Hazel Dolly Ingram, Mary Elizabeth Whitney, Doris Gertrude Jewett, Esther Lillian Whitney, Morgan Merritt Jewett, Wade Hampton Wilder, Florence Caroline Johnston, Anna McCullough Youngdahl, Bertha Anna Josephine Class Honors. Class Colors: Purple and White. Class Motto: Vincat gud laborat. President, Robert J. Hull Marshal, Francis J. Killelea Vice President, James R. Bascom Secretary, Beatrice S. Monroe Treasurer, Gladys M. Barry Roll of Honor Lester E. Carter - - : - Navy Francis Cumiskey - . - Army Norman Dukeshire - - - Navy Peter J. Gallagher - - - Army Philip E. Leighton - - - Navy Harold Morse eae ae en rae NINE: a! Edward J. Regan - - - Army John J. Regan - - I on EN EA Chester Russell - : - - Marine Corps