Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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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

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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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YEAR Book, 1926 17 Alicia Denny-History Lillian Hetherington-Latin. With Mary as assistant dean I know that the college can do noth- ing else but prosper, because Mary's executive ability is very great. Thelma has always been particularly bright in French, and I know that she will equal Miss Dyer, after several years abroad. It was through the efforts of Thelma, Mary and Dot that this college was estab- lished. Because they thought that the modern girls needed more of an artistic training than heretofore, they are just having the principal things taught in their school, and I am sure they are succeeding quite well. Marjorie has always excelled in Algebra and Math., although she didn't seem to care for common arithmetic when we were in the gram- mar grades together! Dot immediately thought of Marjorie, when they started this school as the perfect teacher for her Algebra pupils. She cabled to Brazil, where Marjorie was staying with a wealthy aunt, and told her to come back to the U. S., as she had a very profitable position for her. I know that Marjorie's pupils enjoy her, in spite of her red hair, for she has always been the best sport ever. Violet Conn was a very quiet, unobtrusive little thing, when she first came to our school, but we found out that she had a brain that that fairly ate up all the English that was fed to it. She proved by the numerous stories that she wrote for our school paper, that English was her favorite subject. She certainly will make a fine teacher for this school. Margaret Stone was the class athlete in '26, She made her' points in everything that had to do with Gym. She has classes every morning, from 6:30 until 7:30, and if she does as well by them as she has done by herself her pupils all have perfect muscles. The only thing that might possibly trouble Peg is that the alarm clock does not ring loudly enough or long enough. She used to hate to get up early in the morning, and I suppose now that she is obliged to, she hates to more than ever. Hilda Smith has made a specialty of swimming, and as Dot wished to include a swimming course in her schedule, they knew that they could obtain no better a teacher than Hilda. She has always been able to swim QI don't imagine many have forgotten the heroine act of twenty years agol, and these last few years she has been around to all the famous beaches, exhibiting her fancy diving. Indeed, she has out-shone Aileen Riggin. The summer course offered by the school consists principally of Tennis, Golf and Horse-back riding. The tennis teacher is Dorothy Walcott, whose agility and fast running make her an expert. I heard not long ago, that she was going to have a match with Helen Wills, this summer-so you see that Dot has used her judgment in select- ing her for an instructor. She is employed only in the summer-time by the college, so that in the winter she is left to her own resources.