Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON PAGE ELEVEN all the trials and troubles of a hardwork- ing brother to Aunt Jane, a wealthy mid- dle-aged vamp, played to perfection by Peg LaVarge. Roe Leavitt made a wonderful look- ing heroine, whose romance finally ended in a satisfactory way. Bob Wright, our best looking boy, took the part of Ting, a college boy masquerad- ing as a bell hop. He has been our class president for two years. Kitty Benders, the actress, was played by Dot Derrick and without a doubt she did the part to perfection. The part of Susette, the French maid, was played by Mary Morrill. Aunt Jane and her pet dog would have been lost with- out her. While some have been excelling in sports, others have stuck faithfully to their stud- ies and have won higher honors than any of us and by averaging 85W and over have become members of the Pro Meritn Society. Fannie Featherman has highest honor, being Valedictoriang Mary Long comes sec- ond, our Salutatoriang Hilda Foster, Dor- othy Derrick, Louis McDonald, George Dean, Marion Bransfleld, our quietest girl, Marion Coleman, Wilfred Carter, Ernest McDonald and Mary Adams. We have all kinds of celebrities and as bobbed hair is getting more popular every day, we think it ought to be included. We'll admit it is not always becoming, but we all agree it is comfortable, and we like it. Margaret Coan and Laura Hopf were the first girls to have their hair bobbed. It has grown out now, but that's not their fault. Dorothy Derrick was next and then when we came back for our last year Mary Lord, Alice Baker, Alice Webster, Marion Cole- man, and Beryl Sweetland had joined the group. The last to do it was Marjorie Stone. The rest of our celebrities who havcn't been mentioned are Ruth Wright, Bob's twin sister, our best looking girl, and al- though she has been quiet. she has earned high honors in her art and sewing. Willie Johnson is rightly termed our best Ilatllred girl, along with Jack Duguid, our best natured boy. Thaddeus Sharkey, coming from the metropolis of Wayland, joined the class our Junior year and has succeeded in being our class flirt. Helen Houghton, the winner of the Sas- samon Story Contest, has been chosen our wittiest girl. Adolph Behrend, better known as Ein- stein, although our smallest boy, is con- sidered the biggest pest. The honor of being class chatterbox has fallen to Ida Hurd, who has earned it tell- ing how hard she studied the night before, therefore getting the name of class grind. Blanche Copithorn was voted our best dressed girl. Our man' hater is Minnie Yeager, but some day we hope some deserving man will change her mind. The class bluff was given to Roy Hay- ward. Anyway it isn't everyone that can be as clever as that. Even with this lengthy manuscript it has been impossible to consider all the quali- ties of all our famous members. Later in the afternoon our two worthy prophets will give you a glimpse of their future careers. BERYL BOARDMAN. CLASS PROPHECY--1922-BOYS It was 1934. At that time I was busy with my cattle in the Argentine, where a few years before I had taken over a small ranch. By unceasing labor I had increased my acreage and my herd tremendously, un- til now I could boast a million of the Hnest cattle that ever grazed in these regions. My foremen were capable men, so that took part of the managing off my hands. One hot day, in January, as I sat on my veranda, looking out over the wide lands, which were all mine, I began think- ing of my High School days, and wonder- ing in what fields my classmates had met success. The more I thought of it, the more anxious I grew to find out if their success equalled or surpassed mine. But

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PAGE TEN THE SASSAMON captain yet, he was one of the strongest players. He also played baseball his junior and senior years, and basketball as well. Arthur Buckley, better known as Buck, was the only one of our class to make the football team his first year. He played two seasons, then, owing to injuries, did not appear again until his Senior year, when he played quarterback, proving one of the strongest men on the team. He is also our class chatterbox. Linus Gavin, commonly known as Fat, played football his second, third and fourth year, and because of his coy and coquet- tish ways has been dubbed our class clown. Tommy Connolly, our clever shortstop, has played baseball his last two years and basketball his Senior year. Besides being athletic, he has gained a far-famed repu- tation for his literary achievements as Edi- tor-in-Chief of the Room XI News, pub- lished in competition to the Daily Vifhispei-, of Room XII., edited by the witty Dave Ryan. Competition is still keen and we hope they will continue. Johnny Powers has played clever basket- ball his last two years and also made a good captain. Besides this he has played baseball his last year, and although he is fond of sleeping, he gets there. Jack Duguid, or Dubber, has played football the last three years and a little basketball. We expect any day to find him coaching a Wellesley College team. Chet Nichols has played football the last two years and basketball one year. He proved a successful comedian in the Senior play and caused much mirth as Sambo, the negro porter. He also represented Natick in the Grange speaking contest, this Spring. Ellwood Waters, better known as Pea- nut, in spite of being our smallest boy, has played basketball and captained the second team his last year, and has capably played second base on the baseball team for the last two years. Clayt Morrill played basketball his Junior year and the loss of his clever shoot- ing was keenly felt this last season. George Dean, or Gige, although class dude, is the original baseball player and has covered first base his Sophomore and Senior year. Buch Mahaney, our wittiest boy, has managed the baseball team and played football this year along with our best look- ing boy, Bob Wright, and our play hero, Ed. McKinney. Jimmie Hogan and Roy Hayward were managers respectively of the football and baseball teams. Mary Lord, known as Lordie, our ath- lete, has played on the basketball team for the last three years and has successfully managed the undefeated team of 1922. Mary Adams, our faithful side-center on the two years' championship teams, has been most generous in playing the piano for us on all occasions. She is also in the Pro Merito list for excellent scholarship. Irma Godendorf, our tallest girl and class flirt, has played basketball with the 1922 team, and also has given us some pleasing violin solos. ' All the celebrities aren't on the athletic fields, there are some who have chosen the typewriter for their exercise and have won either medals or certificates or both for an average of over forty words a minute for ten and fifteen minutes. Coming in order, Fannie Featherman, although the smallest girl, has earned the highest honor in type- writing and also that of being valedictori- an. Next comes Margaret Coan, who is a firm believer in having a lunch between B and C periods. Mary Morrill, a rather quiet girl, comes next, followed by Evelyn Nims and Hilda Robinson, Dorothy Derrick, John Powers, Beryl Boardman, and John Jennings, our woman hater. Next, Doris King, Alice Ward, our class baby, Harry Blumenthal, and Mary Long, our salutator- ian. Our Senior play, The Arrival of Kitty, coached by Miss Ellison, was a roaring suc- cess and we cleared approximately 8300. The role of Bobbie Baxter, the hero, played by Ed McKinney, was perfect, but when he masqueraded as Kitty, just ask Gayton what kind of a girl he makes. What was in that bottle, anyway? Louis McDonald, our most popular boy, in playing the part of Willie Winkler, had

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PAGE TWELVE THE SASSAMON how was I, 'way down in Argentina, to find out? Long I pondered, but finally I hit upon an idea. I knew that it would be dif- ficult for anyone to hunt up the doings of my friends, for they were probably widely scattered, but the fact that the Class of 1922 was the best class that ever graduated would make a big difference. Accordingly, I sent a check for 352,762.49 to the Mayor of Natick, asking him if it would be pos- sible to send me information about each member of my class. In four weeks I received a letter from Charlie Mahaney, headed Office of the Mayor. I was surprised to find Butch in politics. He said he had held the chair for three consecutive terms. No opposition, I guessed. He also stated that since he was a member of that famous class, he had done everything he could for me, but had been able to locate only the boys of 1922. This pained me, but the boys were better than nothing, so I had to be satisfied. Charlie said he would send me a letter as soon as possible containing what he found out about our classmates. The days dragged by, each one slower than the one preceding. In three months I received a thick letter stamped Natick, Mass., U. S. A. As I opened it hastily, a piece of paper dropped to the floor. 1 picked it up and saw that it was a check for 81.13. The first paragraph of the letter explained it. This is all that remains 01 the money you sent, wrote Charlie, for it was he who had written the letter. The rest of this is taken up with the informa- tion you asked for. I'm sorry I couldn't get it to you more quickly. And then I started to read. It was rather natural to see Bob Wright's name heading the list. After graduation from Dennison Academy, he had received an offer from the Loco Film Corporation. Bob was now working for them at a 81,000- a-week salary. I learned that he co-stars with Edna Fair. Their latest photoplay, Oh! What Blushes! was the sensation of the year. Next on the list was .lawn Jennings. Jawn had become world famous as the first American to ascend Mt. Everest. I always knew that Jawn had high ideals, but I car- culated that when he stood on that peak he had higher ideals than anyone else in the world. Following Jawn was Adolph Behrend. Little Weeshee had taken up Science as a life study. He had retired to an isolated spot in the Middle West and set himself to propounding new laws. One day he got in the way of an electric current. Poor Adolph, he had never been so shocked be- fore. The floral gifts were wonderful. Turning over quickly, I nearly ripped the page off, but that didn't hurt the contents any. Clayt Morrill was the first on this page. He had joined the Aviation Corps, and had piloted the first airplane over the Pacific. On a later trip he got wrecked on a South Sea Island, where it was reported he had been made King, after winning the confidence of the natives. At any rate, Charlie said, he never came back. Arthur Buckley and Linus Gavin had paired up and gone on the stage for a liv- ing. They went under the name of The Boys From the Golden West. Very de- ceiving, I thought. But that was natural, for I could remember how they used to try to deceive the teachers in High School days. Was this another miracle? I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I was reading cor- rectly. Ed McKinney had become a .teach- er! What a jolt this was to me. Heiilvas teaching German in the High School. It was said that the German Course was the most popular course in the curriculum. Ed was always a German shark, anyhow. Parker O'Brian had become an artist. His latest masterpiece had startled the art world. , This is confidential, wrote Butch. I went to see Parker, and he told me about that picture. He had been disgusted with it, and had slung it across the room. As it happened, it landed on a lot of paints in the corner. Later he repented his hasty act, rescued it, fixed it in a few places, called it 'When a Man Sees Red,' and be- came famous from that picture. I was not surprised to find that Tom Connolly had entered the baseball world.