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

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VeRPYyon AUR Ee B O2Osk-E 21 Salutatory By GERTRUDE H. SWEET In behalf of the Class of 1982, I wish to extend to the parents, teachers, and friends present tonight, a most cordial welcome and to express our appre- ciation of your interest in this, our last night to- gether as schoolmates—the sunset of our high school career, the dawn of our journey into Life. Before we start upon this journey, it is well for us to pause a moment to consider what our high school days have meant to us. They have been im- portant days—days in which we have been preparing ourselves for a greater task—namely, our life work. Each of u s has been fitted for one of two things: either to continue his education or to go directly to work. In either case, we have received excellent preparation. All of us, moreover, have gained a fuller under- standing of life. Because of the subjects which we have studied, and because of our associations with teachers and fellow students, our lives have been broadened anid enriched. We desire to seek the best in life and to live as fully as possible. Learning to make decisions, to find solutions to the everyday problems, to be honest and fair to ourselves as well as to others, has been a valuable part of our training. For four years we have been gaining know- ledge which will help us to understand the many difficulties which every American is facing today. We have been acquiring habits which will make us better citizens. We have learned to shoulder res- ponsibility and to follow instructions, both excellent habits, which will mean much to us in the days to come. And tonight, as we look upon Life, we must realize that if conditions are to change, it must be because we, as coming citizens, bear our share of responsibility in the task ahead. To our teachers, who have labored so patiently in our behalf, we desire to express our thanks. To- night they receive, as they have received in the past and as they shall receive in the future, our sincere gratitude. Our parents are responsible for much of our success. They have sacrificed much that we might continue to attend school, and that we might have time for study and for the enjoyment of the social life connected with high school. Because of this, we must not disappoint them. We must not permit their sacrifices to have been in vain. Although they ask for no reward beyond our earnest efforts to succeed, we would say to them in the sincerest way we know, “We thank you.” Friends, too, must not be forgotten, for they have been very helpful with their encouragement and sympathy. For their kindness we are very grateful. We appreciate it more than they can know. And now, once again, parents, teachers, and friends, I take great pleasure in welcoming you to these exercises. Your presence at our graduation will add immeasurably to our happy memories of this evening. Presentation of the Class Gift By Rate E. CHASE It has been the custom, at graduation, for the seniors of the Mansfield High School to present a class gift; and gladly, we, the Class of 1932, continue this tradition. Two preceding classes have chosen very fine autographed pictures of Calvin Coolidge and of Herbert Hoover. Knowing that it was not possible for us to give the photograph of another living president, we turn our minds to the “Father of Our Country.” Since we are commemorating this year the bicentenary of the birth of our first presi- dent, the appropriateness of this gift seemed appar- ent. In behalf of the Class of 19382, I present to the Mansfield High School this portrait of George Wash- ington.

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20 No Yok AtRe web Os chan in the rear of the school for parking his bicycle. 9. Frances Morton leaves an alarm clock to her sister Florence. This should prevent Florence from being late next year. 10. Helen Schromm leaves to Lois Griswold her seat on the West Mansfield bus. 11. Elinor Woodbury leaves to Gertrude Willard the task of supporting the High School lunch counter. 12. Dorothy Strese leaves her ability to keep the girls amused during basketball practice to Emma Chase. 13. Charles Buck bequeaths his football togs to Carl Harrington, with the hope that Carl may someday grow to fit them. 14. Joseph Connor leaves his ability to argue to Louis Melchiorri. 15. Dorothy Hayward leaves her well-known giggle to Henrietta Green. 16. Margery Shepard leaves her ability to keep calm, cool, and collected at all times to her younger sister, Marion. 17. Enid Warren leaves a scooter to Kithel Paz- sit and offers to help her get started on cold morn- ings in case the radiator of her car should happen to freeze overnight. 18. John Certuse leaves his ability as an orator to Joseph Julian. 19. Alfred DeLutis leaves his athletic ability to Walter Ripley. We all hope that Rip may some day follow Doug to Fordham University. 20. Harold Willard leaves his sweet personality to William Clem. 21. Bob Barre leaves his ability to maintain a sympathetic attitude toward all to William Max- well. 22. Lewis Davison leaves his inferiority com- plex to George Titus. 23. Hugo Blandori leaves his position as col- lector of faculty A. A. dues to the first one desiring an easy position. 24, Wilma Sowle leaves her original pamphlet entitled “What To Do and When and How To Do It”, to Dorothy Stearns. 25. Ralph Chase leaves a portion of his surplus energy to John Barnes. 26. Marguerite Valois leaves a jar of peanut butter to Marion Gallipeau. 27. Francis Murphy, our official barber, leaves a pair of clippers to the next one desiring the position. 28. James Bannon leaves his position as school chauffeur to Fred Brown. 29. Margaret Burr leaves her recent novel, “Pass the Salt”, to Marjorie MacDiarmid. 30. Corrine Schools leaves four extra fiddle strings to Elizabeth Hall, to be used only in case of dire necessity. 31. Joseph Harrigan leaves to the school or- chestra a banjo, for ambitious musicians to practice on in spare moments. 32. Gino Scarpellini, very generously, offers to teach anyone how to dance “The Lily and the Lamb”, as he softly murmurs “Practice—practice.” 33. Henry Clark leaves to Earl Greany his ability to juggle trunks over unsuspecting heads. 34. Milton Cobb leaves his name of “The Wom- an Hater” to Leland Orcutt. 35. Louise Monty leaves her meek and unas- suming manner to Dorothy Rathbun. 36. The sixth period shorthand class bequeaths a box of pencils to Mrs. Olsen to lend to stenograph- ers who forget their pencils, even as we have done. 36. George Voegeli and Leo Fletcher leave their berets to any two junior boys who will wear them and still manage to look dignified. 388. Alice Maday leaves to anyone who may need it, a specially patented heel, which can be clamped onto any type of shoe at a minute’s notice. 39. To Mr. Robinson we leave one carton of his favorite “Lifesavers”. 40. To Doc Livermore we leave our admiration for a disposition which cannot be spoiled even by a rebellious heater on a cold Monday morning. 41. To the school we leave our sincere wishes for success in all lines of endeavor. In testimony thereof we hereby set our hand and seal this fourteenth day of May, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two. WITNESSETH: STAN LAUREL OLIVER HARDY BUSTER KEATON

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22 Vols Ye RAC Rs Hoe bso sO aegis Acceptance of Class Gitt By Cari C. HarrincTron On behalf of the students of Mansfield High School, I wish to thank the Senior Class for this very appropriate gift. This picture of the Father of Our Country will ever serve as a reminder of the class of 1932, both to us and to those who come after us. At the same time it will keep before us the ideals exemplified in the life of George Washington—ideals which are being very vividly brought to our attention this year, the bicentennial of his birth. Again we thank you for this most fitting gift. Valedictory By Witma M. SOwLeE Tonight as we view with pleasure and not a few regrets the approach of the sunset of our career in Mansfield High School, there comes to mind that beautiful thought of Wordsworth in reference to the past: “We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind.” As we bid farewell to our happy school days, we should remember that we are not completing our school life, but that we are entering a new one of such vast proportions that we cannot even imagine what the future holds for us. Some of us will need further preparation, but eventually we shall all enter this great university called Life. It matters not in which school we enroll, be it in business, in the professions, in the arts, or in home making, there will be long and difficult les- sons to learn. To succeed in this great institution, we shall need the same qualities that we have learned to value in the school life now drawing to a close: strength—moral and physical; honesty—with the world and with ourselves; unselfishness and kindness to those who are less fortunate than we; and, lastly, good common sense, a quality that will go farther than any other in helping us to succeed. Over this university, we shall find there is a master, exacting and unyielding. He will not point out the difficult phases of our lessons, nor will he spare our feelings, but having stood by and watched us suffer, he will teach us not to make the same mis- takes again—if we will but listen to him. This mas- ter is Experience. Upon this our last night together, we would im- press upon our parents our determination not to fail, and we would thank them for their loving care and sympathy throughout our early school days. We would take fond farewell of our teachers who have painstakingly prepared us for our new duties, and of our schoolmates and friends who have filled these happy days with memories never to be for- gotten. Classmates: In parting, let us remember that we must live for something. Let us do good and be honest. Let us leave behind us a monument of virtue that the storm of time can never destroy. May we write our names in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of the thousands with whom we come in con- tact year by year. Tonight is but a sunset on our years spent in high school; tomorrow will see the dawn of far richer and fuller days in the University of Life. In the words of the poet Charlotte Perkins Gilman, let me “Resolve To keep my health! To do my work! To live! To see to it I grow and gain and give! Never to look behind me for an hour! To wait in weakness and to walk in power, But always fronting onward toward the light, Always and always facing toward the right; Robbed, starved, defeated, fallen, wide astray, On with what strength I have, Back to the way!”