Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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YEAR BOOK, 1926 15 acts to the songs. Needless to say, this was a great attraction. Kate was our champion dancer in the old days and Mabel has a voice that even critics appreciate. Indeed, when she isn't singing jazz with the orchestra, she is soloist in St. Pa.ul's Cathedral, I was more than glad to hear that the girls had made such a huge success in their work, for they were all very enterprising. Margaret also told me that Vera Swenson and Teddy Dumas had tied the final knot. Of course, Teddy and Vera started chumming around together when they were sophomores, but I supposed that they had separated when they got through college. It seemed too bad that Vera had not continued typing. She was the expert typist of the school back in '26 and she could have been making it up instead of washing dishes for her large family. They were married directly after Vera finished college, and I suppose they are quite happy. Others that have joined the ranks of the married are: Marjorie Taft, Irma Duncan, Lydia Hall, Dot Fitzpatrick and Dorris Ambler. Marjorie and her husband live in Pasqua, where they have a dear. little six-room cottage, with a large sun-porch upstairs, which they use for a nursery. Irma married a quiet fellow, who was troubled with heart-disease. They moved to Texas, where she spends her life caring for him. This suits Irma to a T, because she was always of a loving nature, and delighted in doing and caring for people. Dot Fitzpatrick married an artist. She met him in New York, where he was living on the East Side, get- ting material for one of his famous pictures. Dot has done quite a little canvas work in her life, and as they both liked each other, they decided to paint together. Dorris Ambler is the happy wife of a multi- millionaire. She has everything she wants, including a squirrel coat, which has been her desire for years. She turns out to every aHair, and her name is often seen in the paper heading the social column. She has a home equipped with all gas conveniences, and I am told that she has a special gas man to attend to her appliances, Lydia Hall married her High School sweetheart, and they are now residing in Arizona, where he owns a large cattle ranch. She seems to get in touch with the outside world occasionally, because her friends say that she is perfectly contented out there in the wilderness, I suppose it seems quite natural to her, because she used to live in North Natick, when she went to Natick High. Speaking of married people, I began to wonder what had become of Irene Shea. I said to Margaret, What did Irene Shea do after she left High School? Margaret looked away, with a tear in her eye, and said: Well, I suppose I must tell you, now that you've asked, but it is quite a sad story. I, of course, was somewhat surprised to hear anything of this sort, but I said, Why, by all means tell me! So Mar- garet began to tell me what had happened to Irene, after she left High School.

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GIRLS' PROPI-IECY I have just returned from a ten-year sojourn in Europe and Asia, where I have been traveling companion to a very old and ugly man. He has finally died, however, leaving me the freedom to come back to my native country to spend some of the money he left me in his will. During my stay, I wrote my family every week and asked them to save all the Natick Heralds , so that I could see all the news when I re- turned. They did, and here is a. great stack to look through soon. As soon as I boarded the ship that was to carry me back home, I met the stewardess, who was to fill my wants on the journey. Her face looked strangely familiar and upon inquiry I found that it was none other than Margaret Scott. As it was past the regular dinner hour, she said that she would ask the dietitian Qfor now, as you know, every steamer has onel, to prepare me a light lunch. It was no sooner said than done, for she immediately came back, bearing a tray loaded with every variety of delectable dainties. We had a nice, long talk about the old days and she told me a lot of surprising news. The first thing that she said was that some of my most intimate school-friends had organized an orchestra and it was called The Junior Mal-Hallettsf' This orchestra had had four very successful seasons at Long Island, but it was now traveling around to all the famous dance halls and broadcasting over the radio. I asked her who played which, and she said that Doris Graham was the pianist--which was not in the least surprising, for Doris always has had a mania for playing-especially at night. Isobel Johnson played the banjo, and gave side exhibitions of the Charleston, which has become much more difficult than it was twenty years ago. This particularly suits Isobel, because she was always a fine dancer, and was repeatedly seen at all the local dances. Mary Burgess played the violin. I guess it was pretty hard for Mary to choose what musical instrument to study, for she never knew which kind she liked best, although she was always partial to a violin or drums. Ruthie Goldrick and Helen Murphy played the saxophones. Ruthie has always seemed to like wind instruments--and I am positive that she will never be obliged to stop playing, because of short-windedness. Helen, although she has never expressed any dislike for the sax, seems to favor the piano. Of course. such a small orchestra could not afford two pianos, as yet, but I do hope that they will acquire one later on, because Helen's talent will certainly be wasted. She used to be so musical that she would render all the popular songs of the day on her typewriter, up in the type-writing room, in dear old Natick High. Edna Frost marked time by the drums, which seemed more than nat- ural, because Edna. could never keep her feet still when she heard music-whether it was the Wedding March or the latest song, but what she kept the most perfect time to was the 11:30 dinner-bell. Mabel Spiller and Kathleen Hannafin went with the orchestra, giving

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16 THE SASSAMON Irene had been going steadily with a fellow for several years, and during her first year of college, they had become engaged. Then something unexpectedly happened that caused them to separate. Irene's pride would not allow her to make up, and as time went on, this pride turned to scorn, and later to hatred. Ever since that time she has hated the very sight of the masculine sex, believing them all to be the same, I suppose. She never told a soul what the cause cf the trouble was, but kept it to herself to remind her, in case she needed a reminder in years to come. She has changed so completely that you would never know that she was the same Irene of twenty years ago. She is a con- firmed old maid, and even her styles of dress have undergone a com- plete revolution. You simply cannot guess what she told me next! She said that Claire Reiss had become the Abbess of a Convent! This hardly seemed possible to me, because Claire had never been lonely, so far as male admirers were concerned and her various affairs had amused us all. Of course, Claire will make a good abbess, because her remarkable dis- position warrants that. Margaret said that she has become quite thin, be- cause of the worry and work that she is submitted to. I certainly would like to see Claire, if she has really become thin !-because she never used to be, to say the least! Before I go, said Margaret, I must tell you who is the dieti- tian on this boat. I had never thought about asking who had pre- pared the delicious food, so I was more than interested to find out if it was anybody that I knew. She told me that it was Dorothy Allen. As I remember, this vocation suited Dot, because she always respond- ed to any dinner call without a moment's hesitancy. I suppose now that she has studied the affects of food so diligently, she does not con- sume anything that will add flesh to her figure. ' Margaret did not have any more time to tell me anything else, so I guess I will have to resort to the papers for the rest of my informa- tion. What is this I see? UHUGUENOT COLLEGE, SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. A SPLENDID COURSE OFFERED FOR GIRLS OF ALL AGES. SUMMER TRAINING CAMP AND INSTRUCTORS IN ALL SPORTS. Apply to Miss Dorothy Whipple, Dean. And here are the names of the members of the faculty: Mary Rich-Assistant Dean Thelma Wight-French Marjorie Currier--Algebra Violet Conn-English Margaret Stone--Gymnasium Hilda Smith-Swimming Instructor Elizabeth Putnam-Riding Instructor Isabelle Church-Music