Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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PAG E TWELV PI THE SASSAMON Business Manager-Walter Kelly. Assistant Business Managers-Dorothy Damon, Dominic Cadillac. Secretary-Charles Brady Several new positions have been created x ith :i two-fold purpose-to interest mori- pupils in the actual work of the paper, and to keep pace with growth of the school itself. The board members feel that we should increase the life of the joke page as well as keep a more accurate account of the news of the school. Graduation ADDRESS OF WELCOME We, the Class of 1925, are met here to- day for our class day exercises. For four long years we have worked and waited for this moment. Now we are happy that the day is here. In behalf of the Class of 1925 I extend to all a hearty Welcome, with a wish that you may share our enjoyment in the pro- gram of the day. ROBERT MALONEY. President, Class of 1925. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1925 Little did we Freshmen reali e. when entering the Natick High School that bright September morning, what an illustrious career we were to create. As Freshmen we considered ourselves as high in judgment as Socrates. In honor of the same, Walter Hall was elected as the big brotherly leader. Little was done to- wards class advancement the first year. The main thing we did was to ignore Il's. ln our Sophomore year, your llistoiian ascended the throne as President nl that intellectual group. Our class, having he- eome by this time ambitious, contributed more or less willingly to our treasury. A party was proposed and a date set. That party was one of the most informal occa- sions ever held in our hamlet. There was hlushini: 'I'--m Kelley asking Arlene Gallant for ri danei- Grouped around the refresh- ment counter, urging Miss Sweet to rush on the ice cream, were many enthusiastic participants. She was having the most awful time trying to make forty quarts of ice cream meet the demand of countless would-be starving' Armenians. Everybody had a splendid time and thought the even- ing went much too fast. Last, but not least, of that well-remem- bered year was the class sleigh ride. There were two sleighs containing masses of hud- dled figures with dirty horse blankets draped around their forms. That party surely did make quite a blur on the hori- zon. Yet many a parent was worried be- cause his offspring did not reach home un- til the small hour of three G. M., the late arrival being on account of the scarcity of snow. When our Junior year rolled along, ev- eryone was ready to do his part, to put it over strong. The first meeting was held in October and the President of the Sopho- more year started on his second term with Patty Buckley as capable assistant. The President was removed in the middle of the year and replaced by Bob Maloney. The cause of said removal will not be stated. The triumph of the year was our Junior Prom. Mr. Archibald was running around tearing: his hair, expecting the floor to cave in, on account of the mob on the floor, trip- ping a light fantastic toe. Many outsiders were present, the result being an enlarge- ment of our treasury. Everybody went

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Once more the ceaseless march of Father Time has gone through three seasons, and another school year has drawn to a close. I think we are all justified in looking back with pride over what has been a gloriously successful period for Natick High School. Especially has this success been felt by the Sassamon Board, which had, as its ob- ject this year, a finer Senior Number than has been published before. Hard work has made this possible, and we proudly look back at our various activities. There was that pleasant feature of the Natick-Fram- ingham football game, the red and blue fa- vors made by the members of the Board, there was that help to a finer Christmas spirit, the pretty and inexpensive cards which were for sale by the Sassamong there was sandwich day at lunch time, when Sassamon girls sold tasty packages to hun- gry studentsg and there was that long-to- be-rcmemuered night of the Glee Club Op- eretta, when home-made candies were vend- ed by girls of the Senior Class and Sassa- mon Board. All this has meant profit, but it has also meant real work, and had it not been for the splendid cooperation of the members of the Board and the girls of the Senior Class, these things could never have gone through. In making the appointments for next year, we have felt the need of creating new officers, that of Humorist, and of News Reporter. The purpose of two that K, the former will, of course, be to strengthen and make larger our Joke Column, while the latter will look after and report care- fully the news of the various activities of the school. We wish them all success in their new positions. And now the time has come to say Fare- well again. We say it with regret, but at the same time we extend to next year's Sassamon Board our sincere wishes for all happiness and prosperity. SHIRLEY MULLIKEN SASSAMON BOARD, 1925-1926 At a meeting of the Senior members of the Sassamon Board, Monday, May 25, the following Board was elected for next year: Editor-in-Chief-Lucile Nichols. Associate Editors-Violet Conn, Walter Mac-llvaine, Mary Childs, Francis Burke. Class Editors-Senior, Walter Lumbert, Alice Murphy, Junior, Frederick Shipp, Roland Chaputg Sophomore, Winifred Felch, Sophie Muskat. Humorist-Edward S. Connelly. News Reporters--Verona and Winona Leach. Art Editor-Victor Rogers. Exchange Editor--Alice Moore. Subscription Editors-Doris Ambler, Virginia Coleman. Athletic Editors-Alfred Dumas, Mary Rich.

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THE SASSAMON PAGE THIRTEEN home tired, but immensely pleased. Later in the year a party was put over, the main attraction being the eats. Danc- ing and games were enjoyed by all present and every girl was escorted home by the slikum kids. The Senior year of the class of 1925 should go down in history. As the snows threatened our peaceful village, the Senior Class gave a banquet to our victorious foot- ball team. Speeches were given amid cheers and flying biscuits. The fraternal spirit shown at this banquet was worthy of both the school and the teachers. The Senior play was a huge success, Tom Kelley being the hero and Dot Klein, the heroine, known as Honor Bright. There were also a few other splendid characters, as Roger Russell, Bob Morley and the Woods boy. We were very proud of the success of this play and for the following week or two the Seniors were seen strut- ting around wit-h expanded chests. Then upon the eve of our graduation everybody became excited and wondered if he would receive that important little doc- ument known as a diploma. Next year, Max Mordis is going to a school of pharmacy, to learn how to mix drinks-soda, of course. Skinny Rich- ardson is going to Norwich, to get up with the birds, salute, and say Yes, Sir! about ninety times a day. So the time is drawing near when we shall all separate, each going a different way. Many years from now may it be a pleasure to look back upon our High School days and say to ourselves, What an easy life that was, now look at me! RICHARD BOWEN BOYS' PROPHECY It was a great surprise for me, a humble colyumnist on the New York Times, to meet my old pal, Bozo Kyte, on Broadway, on the morning of May 25, 1950. Bozo hadn't changed a bit-he was still living up to his name and kyting now in an aero- plane. It was a stroke of luck for me to meet Bozo here at this time, as I had received orders from the boss to take a fiying trip to the old city of Natick, Mass., to inter- view a few of the intemationally prominent men, who claimed that city as their resi- dence-and now, thanks to Bozo's kind of- fer I could literally make a fiying trip in his plane. When we landed at the fiying field in Natick, a few hours later, and I was trying to make myself believe that this used to be the Town Park, in my boyhood days, I was suddenly brought back to earth by an athletic whack on the back-and turn- ing, beheld the genial smile of my old friend, Walter Slamin, who soon told me that he was sole owner and manager of this field. From him I received directions for reaching the City Hall, where I hoped to find the Mayor-The Ilon. Paul Heslin. His Honor was in, luckily for me, and graciously granted me nine minutes of his time lfour minutes more than he had ever granted any reporter before, he told me confidentiallyi. He said that the Mayor business was doing fine and he certainly looked it. His administration had been marked by drastic cuts in city officials' sal- aries, a continual fight against graft in all forms, and a booming of home industries. Seeing by my watch that nine and one- half minutes had elapsed since our inter- view began I hastily arose. Let me con- duct you to Ed Canzano's Music Publishing house, on Main Street. said His Honor, he knows everyone and can give you the latest news. Mr. Canzano was busy in his private of- fice whcn we arrived. The Mayor could not wait, but asked me to meet him at Hall's Hotel, the finest in town-Joe Hall, proprietor-at six o'clock, that evening. and dine with him. I took up the Boston Globe from the table, to help while away my time, and turning first to the sports news, as is my wont, I read Richardson and Swenson save the day for the Wilson Men. Evi- dently Jimmy had at last bought our two local boys for his team and had made home- run kings out of them. As I looked down the page, I saw a pic- ture of the big boy we used to call Shrimp Parsons. He had knocked out his opponent in the second round, so I read,