Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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i2 MEMOIRS ' g Company B also took second prizeg and Emily Roberts of Company C received honorable mention. . Richard Fowler was chosen from our class to represent the High School in the Singleton Prize Speaking Contest held at Plainville. Under the leadership of Captain Catherine Driscoll, the- Sopohomore girls' bat-ball team won the championship of' the school and was awarded a silver cup. This year Carl Anderson received a letter for football. and Fred Bowers one for track. At the opening of our third year the class was greatly enlarged by the addition of Dorothy Beebe from Norton,. and Hugh West from Methuen. Richard Fowler was elected president: Catherine Dris-- coll, vice presidentg Rita McCart, secretaryg and Roy Morse, treasurer. In drill, Corporal Fox of Company A won first prize as did Corporal Rita McCart of Company C, while in Company B, Corporal Florence Snow took a second prize. For the prize speaking team this year Richard Fowler and Emily Roberts were chosen from our class. This time- Fowler won second prize. June 24 we gave the Senior Class a reception. Socially' the affair was a great success, but financially We cannot says as much for it. l Six members of our class, having an average above 85.76 in their school work were admitted to the Pro Merito So-- ciety. They were Richard Fowler, Robert Mears, Dorothy' Beebe, Aurora Moro, Wesley Grover, and Roy Morse. Our athletic record during this year was exceptionally' good. We furnished eight men for the football team and a. majorityfof the men on the basket-ball, track, and baseball teams. Catherine Currivan was our only representative on the girls' basketball team. September 7, 1921, began our last short and eventful. year. We started off by electing Richard Fowler, president of the classg Francis Fox, vice president, Robert Mears, treasurerg and Dorothy Beebe, secretary. Then we turned our attention to the class play, and on Thanksgiving night, under the direction of Miss Fox, we presented Just Plain Mary. With our dramatic ability, it is needless to say that the play was a great success. On February 20 the Senior Class Went to Boston, where, after dining at the Brunswick, we went to see Tip-Top at the Colonial Theatre. The girls' military drill being discontinued, the senior girls came forth and showed their ability in physical train-- ing. Emily Roberts was judged the most proficient in the Senior Class, which ranked second in the class competition, The boys, besides furnishing the officers of Company A.

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V MEMOIRS 11 possible for us our education during the past four years, you have instructed us faithfully, and you have urged. us 'on by your good-will. - - Graduation maynot hold the same meaning for us all. 'To some it is merely a pause in many years of learningg 'to :others it is the end of all school life, and the commencement of a career in the world of affairs. But whatever our course may be, we shall be sure to find some difliculties which we have never before encountered. Therefore, we ask you to icontinue your interest in us as We try to aim high .and straight. - , , So, to you, to whom we owe so much, we dedicate our -commencement exercises. We have long and eagerly .awaited this event tonight, and now that it has come, with the same eagerness, we present our exercises to you. Again, on behalf of my class, I bid you be most welcome. -Richard Melville Fowler. - CLASS HISTORY In June, 1918, seventy-three pupils were graduated from the Mansfield grammar schools and in September all but ten of these entered the High School. At this time, Aurora Moro, Olive Lockwood, and Edward Bliss joined our class. After a warm welcome by the Sophomores, we became full fledged Freshmen. We then elected our class ofiicers, who were as follows: President, Roy Morse, vice president, Rita McCartg secretary, Hendrick Olney, treasurer, Wes- ley Grover. I The next important events of our first year were the prize drills, in which the freshman medals were won by John Murphy of Company A, Alice Donoghue of Company B, and Emily Roberts of Company C. , Through the kindness of Miss Foulkes, the freshman -civics class made trips to several places of interest. The trip to Boston included a visit to the Library, Bunker Hill Monu- ment, Watertown Arsenal, Perkin's Institute for the Blind, and Charlestown Prison, where all the boys were locked up, but later released because of good behavior. On another trip we inspected the Foxboro State Hospital. fNone of our members were detained herej . In basketball the class was well represented by a team which gave the Sophomores several beatings. Frank Cav- allo made his letter in baseball during the spring term. At the beginning of our sophomore year we found that seven of our classmates had left us, during the year ten more left our ranks. At the prize drills we made a good showing. Francis Fox of Company A took second prize, Florence Snow of

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MEMOIRS 13 took two prizesinthe Military Drill, the iirst being awarded to Roy Morse, and the second to Sergeant Ralph'Pal1adino. The prize speaking team was again chosen from our class, Richard Fowler and Emily Roberts competing in the Singleton contest held at Franklin. Fowler was awarded first prize while Miss Roberts took second. Our class has also made a good record in the Commercial Department. - Twenty-two initial certificates in .typewriting have been warded to members of the class. Thirteen mem- bers have won bronze medals and certificates for typing forty words per minute. Catherine Currivan and Helen Ledwick have typed fifty words per minute, and Dorothy Beebe has attained a speed of seventy. Our class has produced four four-letter men and two three-letter men. Anderson, Palladino, West, and John- Jslon have won four letters, Powers and Cavillo have won ree. -Roy Emerson Morse. STATISTICS It was with delight, but also with a feeling of unworthi- ness, that I learned that I had been chosen to compile the statistics for the illustrious class of 1922 of Mansfield High School. Nor has delight in any way diminished as I have tried to carry out the task enjoined. The pleasure which I have had in discovering my classmates' unsuspected achievements has more than repaid me for the arduous hours of research necessary to bring to light the accomplish- ments of such unassuming and retiring young men and -women. My feeling of unworthiness soon gave way to dis- fmay, for it took but little time to discover how utterly im- -possible it was for me to do justice to my classmates. Vol- umes might be written about them, but I must necessarily -confine myself in each case to a few remarkable achieve- Tments. Carl Reignhold Anderson is one of the few four letter athletes in the school. He was captain of the football team that won the Bristol County Championshipg he is president of the Athletic Association, and manager of the baseball -team. Andy's chief hobbies are playing the Victrola and eating. He is particularly fond of Graham Daintiesf' Andy was voted, by the class, the most popular boy and 'the possessor of the best disposition. John Edward Asprey, one of our most unassuming stu- -dents, is an authority on all subjects pertaining to Com- pany A's band. John is an excellent boss when it comes to