Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

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19 3 4 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL 19 3 4 Class Oration : Farewell Advice to the Class Bjj Marguerite Shaw And now may I offer a few simple words of advice? Always elevate your corporosity to an up- right verticality. Permit the phantasmagoria of your hidden ego to illuminate the optical organs of other people. Overflow with viva- cious exhilaration so tliat otlier mortals by apperception shall attest and asseverate that you are all there. Manifest your corporeal identity perpendicularly so that the surround- ing multitudes will be indoctrinated witli im- plicit confidence in the aforesaid verticality. Manipulate your pedal extremities Avith proper precision. Mobilate your anatomy so as to ambulate on the culmination of the acclivity of success. Unceasingly fix the rotund organs of your topmost extremity witli undeviating horizon- tality. Ruminate deeply, cherisliing in your mind a predilection for persistent veracity. Ad- ministrate your professional functions with all people homologously. Sermonize and ex- patiate with unfeigned sincerity. Be impar- tial to all your associates. Or, in other words, stand straight, M ' alk straight, look straight, think straight, speak straight, and live straight, to benefit both yourself and your country. Planting of the Ivy By Edwin B. Neill In behalf of the class of nineteen thirty- four I plant here today a living tribute, a symbol of our loyal appreciation of Avhat our school has done for us. Let us stop to consider why we chose ivy rather than some other living shrub. Although back in the days of Greek and Roman suprem- acy, ivy growing outside a building symbol- ized that wine was sold within, now and through all of the Christian era it has been a tradition that ivy is used and should be used to cover the walls of our institutions of learn- ing. It is especially appropriate that we use the living symbol of ivy on such an occasion as this. In this building we have had chances to learn and prepare ourselves for our lives ' work. Much of our information is still in the undeveloped state of this small vine ; as the ivy grows to cover and beaiitify many feet of these walls, so will the seeds of knowledge planted during our four years in Memorial High School expand to enrich our lives. Here we leave our living tribute. Years from now the spreading tendrils of this cling- ing vine will cover these walls, figuratively embracing all those Avho toil within. Then, when we chance to pass our Ahna Mater, may its ivy-entwined walls remind us that our courses here are the foundations of our knowl- edge and learning. May others, admiring our contribution to the beauty of this green-clad building, recall once more the loyalty and sincere gratitude of the class of nineteen thirty-four. •4281:

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19 3 4 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL 19 3 4 ition aM ' aiting at Union Street School whore he will teach rhetoric. I am now ready to grant to Maurice Good- ell his diploma on graduating from Amherst State College. He is to reside in South Mid- dleboro and become a gentleman farmer. These two diplomas I am glad to offer to Walter Zilonis and Joe Zion who are now to graduate from North Middleboro. They are planning to spend the next two years in Tierra-del-Pnego where they will study the life of armadillos. To Emerson Grant I have been given the pleasure of offering this certificate upon his completion of a correspondence course in How to Become a Man ' ' . He is to work with the 101 Ranch as a lion tamer. I will now offer to Norman Hill this cer- tificate to become a sergeant of a portion of the Canadian Mounties. They have as their main object the rounding-up of all the un- fortunate members of the class of ' 34. It now gives me pleasure to award Louis Hathaway this pilot ' s license. This license will permit Louis to drive a boat, a plane, electric car, horse car, hand car, or peram- bulator in any state in the Union. To John Rogers the Federal Government has given me the pleasure of awarding this certificate on his becoming Food Inspector. He frequently checks upon the spinach of Pop Eye, the sailor, to see if it has the re- quired vitamins for growing children. I, as Justice of Peace, will grant to Alice Collins this marriage license. Alice is to marry at an early age. The ceremony so appeals to her she seeks a license and now loves the privilege of tying knots for all those that desire. Now I have the great pleasure to award Ethel Shaw this diploma on her graduation from Massachusetts Surgical School. Ethel so loved to dissect grasshoppers for Mr. Mac- Gown that after graduating from the Chil- dren ' s Hospital she studied surgery. Any- one in the class of ' 34 wishing tonsils, ap- pendix, or adenoids removed, will doubtless get reduced rates. Paul Allen was always interested in movie stars. In fact, his big eyes and serious ex- pression would easily have won him a hero ' s role in Hollywood. He, however-, preferred more celestial stars than Greta Garbo or Kath- erine Hepburn. His research work now grants liim this master ' s degree in astronomy. To Esther Johnson I have been given the pleasure to award this degree on her becom- ing a missionary. She is now planning on taking a trip to the Fiji Islands to do relief work. Elmer Drew has gained great prestige as a dentist and so I am now granting him his Bachelor of Science degree. His last victim was Mr. March. Roger Hall always loved to borrow money so I am now giving him this certificate and he will be listed as a profitable banker. All, desiring information about his institution, please inquire of Mr. Wilber. To Mary Jurgelewicz I now will award this diploma on her graduation from West Side ' s Institution for Growing Children. She grad- uated in a class of 95 of which 997c; were graduates of M. H. S. in 1934. It is now my great pleasure to award to Anne McLaughlin this Bachelor of Arts de- gree on her graduation from the Mount Her- mon School for boys. Anne is planning to tour through the wilds of North Middleboro in search of a position as a teacher of the deaf, dumb, and blind. I am awarding Alfred Falconieri this Na- tional prize for his success in raising muskrats. He had a fine specimen at the recent animal show. It was nearly as large as a small elephant. -427l! -

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19 3 4 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL 19 34 WALTER SAMPSON CHAPTER OF PRO MERITO SOCIETY Lindsay J. March, Pr( ' )U ( ' p( Z Charles Carey, Presideni Verina Rogers, Vice President Dorothy HoAves, Secretary-Treasurer Front Row — Alma Nyo, Verna Howes, Dorothy Howes, Charles Carey, Verina Rogers, Lauretta Bissonnette, Margaret Carlson. Back Row-— Helen Nolan, Mabel Long, Kathleen Graham, Henry Kumpenen, Walter Zilonis, Prank Raymond, Parker Holden. Charles Waters. Everett Hale, Helen Cole, Cora Place, Anita Shaw. •429 -