Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 23 February 27, to witness the installation of officers of the Big Sister Club. Those installed were: Preside nt..... -..-Jean Turnbull Vice-President................. Grace Luce Secretary...................... Dorothy Ayres l r‘usurer -....Eftie Huovincn Executive Committee— Virginia Fair, .Vlary McCarthy, Marie Johnson. Dorothy Barr. Edith Hayden. Dorothy Elliott, and Dorothy Thomas Decorating Committee-------- Jane Glading Refreshment Committee Geraldine Bums Sick Girl Committee... —.Edith Donde New Girl Committee-------Virginia Cochrane Each officer wore a red carnation. Flowers were presented to Abigail Norris, the retiring president. After the impressive ceremony, Ethel Johnson entertained the group by two soprano solos. She was accompanied on the piano by Barbara Goward. Especially enjoyed was Miss ictoria Zeller’s talk on her trip through Guatemala. Mr. Collins then gave a brief talk, alter which refreshments were served, and an informal gathering enjoyed. A Mixer Party was given on March 17 to the girls of the February, ’33, class by the Big Sister Club. The girls in charge were: Dorothy Elliott and Dorothy Barr. The pantomimes, Young Lochinvar, read by Virginia Fair, and The Lamp Went Out., read by Dorothy Barr, were acted by the members of the club. Following the entertainment, refreshments and dancing in the gymnasium were enjoyed. DEBATING SOCIETY On January 17, a number of the mem- bers were the guests of the Men’s Club of the Wollaston Congregational Church at a supper and debate on the Death Penalty, given by two of the officials of the state prison. At one of the regular meetings of the society, talks were given, departing from the usual customs of holding debates. These proved rather interesting and are to be used to vary the meetings in the future. The Baitmes Habitual Offender Law and The Right of the U. S. to Interfere in South American Disputes, were among the questions recently debated. At the meeting on March 4th, the fol- lowing officers were elected to fill vacancies caused by graduation: Pres lent ...........Charles Baker I ice-Presulent George Murphy Se retary.. David Meaney Wendell May will continue as Treas- urer. THE Q. B. CLUB On February 11, ten members were initiated into the Quincy Bridgewater Club. Games, dancing, and refreshments were enjoyed. The committee in charge was Katherine Phillips, president; Sylvia Bianchi, Marie Johnson, Edith Hayden, Virginia Fair, Anita Carrera, and Mary Di Bartholomeo. On March 5, a luncheon was served in honor of Miss Elizabeth Pope, dean of girls at Bridgewater Normal School, at which Miss Virginia Wakeman, Miss Mildred Harrison, and the officers of the club were present. HERE AND THERE The June, ’30, Golden Rod Staff en- tertained the February, ’31, Staff on March 5. After a luncheon in the cafe- teria, they adjourned to the library, where a round-table discussion was held. A new traffic squad has been organized with only members of the June, ’30, class as officers. On Friday, February 28, after the in- terclass basketball game, the students enjoyed an hour and a half of dancing, a new feature which is hoped will continue. Motion pictures of the Quincy-Beverly and the Quincy-Brockton football games were shown on March 5 by Mr. Harold Lyon. The pictures were taken by Harri- son Fiske, a graduate of our school. Between 40 and 50 Quincy Senior High School science students trouped into M. I. T. recently to hear Prof. John W. Bunker speak on “From Molecule to Man.”

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22 THE GOLDEN-ROD presenting the Bovvdoin Musical Clubs in a concert and dance on Wednesday, April 2, 1930, at the High School. The pro- ceeds of these college concerts in the past have been used to help defray the ex- penses of the band and orchestra at the Spring Conclave. This year, however, the department is hoping to clear enough to give a scholarship to some one of its members to the band and orchestra sum- mer camp, which is to be held in Maine, probably on one of the Belgrade Lakes. The business manager of this concert and dance is Walter Smith, Jr.; Kenneth Ryder is in charge of publicity, and a sub-committee, consisting of Sam Hussey, Alice Malone, and Stanley Johnson, assisted by Miss Harrison, our dean, is working on plans for the dance. THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL A.fter almost six months of ceaseless work, the members of the Student Ad- visory Council distributed on January 30 three hundred copies of the first hand- book issued in the history of the school among the entering sophomores. Copies were later sold to the members of the upper classes. The committee in charge of this successful project was: John Walsh, chairman; John Pinkham, and Dorothy Elliott. Under the leadership of Ruth Koss, the new student council lost and found de- partment is now functioning. She is assisted by Alma Reeves. Arthur Peel, John Walsh, David Kinghorn, and Dorothy Elliott. Room 300 is being used as the department’s headquarters. At the recent meeting. President Arthur Olinto appointed Arthur Peel. Ferror Di Bona. Dorothy Elliott, Geraldine Sulli- van, Alma Reeves, and Aaron Rcdcav to make plans for outdoor activities dur- ing lunch period. SENIOR RECEPTION The class of February, 1930. gathered in the cafeteria, Friday evening. January 17, or their class day exercises which were in the form of a banquet. After the ban- quet. which was served by members of the Big Sister Club and Thalia Club, the class will, written by John Pinkham and John Walsh, was read by Nathan Kuper- man, the class orator. Following this was the presentation of various gifts by the class president, Alph Petersen. He presented to Mr. Collins, for the school, from the class, a picture of the interior of the Rheims Cathedral. Everyone then adjourned to the gym- nasium, which was decorated in rainbow colors, where dancing was enjoyed until twelve o’clock. THE BIG SISTER CLUB Junior High Day, observed each semes- ter by the Big Sister Club, was held on January 20, under the chairmanship of Bernadette McWeeny. The entering Sophomore girls from the four Junior High Schools of Quincy were invited. The first speaker, Abigail Norris, former president of the club welcomed the iris, and then introduced Jean Turnbull, the new president of the club. Miss Har- rison, the club advisor, spoke to the girls. The group was then entertained by Beatrice Irwin, who sang My Bill, and Barbara Coward, who played the St. Louis Blues on the piano. The next se- lection on the program was a solo by Ethel Johnson, Italian Street Song, which ' as followed by a tap dance by Harriet White and Emmeline Patten. Grace Garland then sang two songs. Can’t We Be Friends and S le. Harriet White gave a specialty dance, and Barbara Coward rendered a classical selection upon the piano. Then followed a talk to the sophomores by Mr. Collins. After the entertainment, the members ( f the Big Sister Club showed the sopho- mores about the building. Members and friends gathered in the school library on Thursday evening,

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24 THE GOLDEN-ROD Radio programs are being received during the lunch periods, in the assembly hall, as an experiment for the relief of congested conditions in the cafeteria. A new electric automatic bookkeeping and billing machine has been installed in the commercial department. Herbert Hanson of the June, ’30, class has succeeded Donald Fairfield, who graduated in the February, ’30, class, as concert master of the first orchestra. He has taken lessons on the violin for seven years. Honor Roll for the Quarter Ending January 24, 1930 FEBRUARY, 1930 Highest Honors Rose Barnett Evelyn Christie Gladys DeLuca Myerma Hersey Eliza Hutchinson Ruth Koss Pauline Pavan John Pinkham Edith Silverman John Walsh Honors Dorothy Allen Evangeline Bryan Gertrude Cleary Dora Constantine Emily Dixon Oscar Eckblom Donald Fairfield Sadie Fleishman Evelyn Fontana Helene Johnson Merriel Kimball Esther Lindberg Sylvia Locke Isabel MacBurnie Albert Sherman Mary Simmons Bernice Smith Robert Sternes Irene Stone lone Wells Morion Williams JUNE, 1930 Highest Honors Ferrer DiBona Hilja Malstrom Burton Engley Vera Mattson Mabclle Hanson A vice Morton Margaret King Kenneth Ryder Coniston Lees Dorothy Squire Honors Hazel Berry Edward Kirkland Sylvia Bianchi Dagmar Lindberg Marjorie Brown Catherine Long William Cagney Edith Luomala Muriel Castleman Mary McCarthy Mary Crowley Bernadette McWeeney Louise Cummings Alice Magnant Wallace Fairfield Lillian Pearce Dorothy Fisher Alice Rahko Isadorc Cotlieb Aaron Redcay Hazel Harvey Josephine Salvucci Marjorie Hill Evelyn Savard Grace Holden Doris Sherrill Ethel Johnson Ruth Spear JUNE, , 1930 Highest Honors Vcllamo Wilander Honors Helen Swcetser Florence Whittemore Jean Turnbull Linwood Young FEBRUARY, 1930 Highest Honors Helen Poland Harold Slate Esther Dewey Marguerite Iiaake Kathleen Hofferty Irene Cutler Mary DiBartolomeo Laura Freberg Ruth Johnson Esther Koski Margaret Lahey Esther Leppala Honors Janet Hemingway Eugene Xattie Doris Rizze Warren Sillen Edna Skinner Warren Sundstrom JUNE, 1931 Highest Honors Elizabeth Cornish Bessie MacAulay Flora DiBona Dorothy Pratt Helen Lahey Lois Absalom Carl Anderson Ethel Asncs Marie Bailey Carrie Bohlken Bernice Brown Clare Collagan Ellen Fagerlund Anna Fruth Thelma Goode Honors Florence Harney Betty Keniley Sidney Kurtzman Roger McCormick Marion McSorley Theodore Poutree Eleanor Rappaport Barbara Somers Mary Varney Virginia Wheeler FEBRUARY, 1932 Highest Honors Betty Kupcrman Henry Little Edith Lundgrcn Sarah Moscardelli ' Alfred Pactovis Frank Chiminiello Dorothy Goldstein Mary Hutson Lawrence Reid Helen Peak Martha Schwartz Virginia Spencer Barbara Walsh Dorothy Wyman II onors Doris Laporte Anna Swenson Mabel Walsh JUNE, 1932 Highest Honors Mary Battaglia Arthur Peel Ruth Darr Robert Putnam Lillian Halonen Helmi Saari Sibley Higginbotham Sadye Stein Francis Jenkins Honors Frank Brodil Elliott Countway David Eng Jane Ferris Gertrude Fleishman Marion Holmes Vera Karhu George Kinnaird Irene Lawton Ellen Leahy Lilia Mignault Irja Pullman Doris Roberts Helen Russell Sarah Sargent Elizabeth Shields Rose Silverman John Sisson Janet Thompson Doris Van Bibber