Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Liberta Kirkham is sentenced to demon¬ strate Dick Van Iderstine’s Curling Iron. We sentence Dorothy Drinkwater to solve the problem, “If the bricklayers lay bricks, why don’t the plumbers lay plumbs?” We sentence Nancy Perani to go to Spain to climb the highest peak of the Peranies (Pyrenees) Mountains which were named, no doubt, after her great grandfather’s grandfather. Helen McCarthy is sentenced to break Johnny Miles’ Marathon record. Ruth Daly is sentenced to teach movie stars how to keep that perfect figure by doing “Daly’s Daily Dozen” daily. Hope Merriam is sentenced to design a uniform for Seniors in order that a new¬ comer to Wellesley High may be identi¬ fied in her proper class. We demand that Ivar Severson take charge of filling fountain pens at Bab- son’s with a scooter to take him back and forth to the bank. Beatrice Coughlin is sentenced to be the president of the Coughlin and Coughlin Coffin Company, whose slogan is “We defy the worms.” Frank Weadick is sentenced to ten years as a United States Ranger with the pro¬ vision that he speak at least twice a year. CLASS SONG Tune—Auld Lang Syne I. Our happy High School days are o’er, For we must hasten on, But as we go we’ll oft recall Those pleasant moments gone. To Wellesley High we’ll sing our praise; We’ll oft repeat her name. We’ll try through all the coming days To add to Wellesley’s fame. II. Although the days may come and go, And we may travel far, We’ll let no thoughtless word or deed Our schoolday friendships mar. Whatever failures we may meet, Whatever honors gain, The loyal friends we here have made Will still with us remain. III. We now must leave our Wellesley High, But as Life’s course we run, We hope that you will not forget The class of ’31. So as along Life’s road we go, The road we’ve just begun, We’ll ne’er forget the hours we’ve spent In our own ’31. —Dorothy B. Belt CLASS NOTABLES IN 1931 The most studious—Dorothy Belt Class cut-up—Fred Conant Best dressed girl—Constance Morse Best dressed boy—Donald Bell Biggest girl bluff—Louise Gidley Biggest boy bluff—Arthur Bullard Best looking girl—Katherine Rowley Best looking boy—David Porter Most popular girl—Betty Hodgson Most popular boy—Dick Van Iderstine Most all-round girl—Betty Hodgson Most all-round boy—Dick Van Iderstine Best natured girl Drue Ella Matthews Best natured boy—Charles Gubellini Cutest girl—Marion Glendining Best actress—Betty Hodgson Best actor—David Porter Peppiest girl—Lillian Hansen Class manhater—Dorothy Belt Class womanhater—Grant Bowman Class baby—Jessie Dodge Class sheik—Henry Patteson Quietest girl—Helen Sylvester Quietest boy—Grant Bowman Best sport—Drue Ella Matthews Most musical—Marion Glendining Teacher’s pet—Cynthia Wentworth Most childish—Ruth Norton Most sincere—Alice Cobb Merriest—Charles Gubellini Gloomiest—Barbara Bowdoin Vainest girl—Cynthia Wentworth Vainest boy—Henry Patteson Most athletic girl—Betty Hodgson Most athletic boy—Dick Van Iderstine

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL school classes that, to be fashionable, long hair is shorter and short hair is longer. Grant Bowman, having resisted the charm of the high school orchestra, is sentenced to be a full-fledged trumpeter in Duke Ellington’s Band. Paul Fedele is sentenced to be a promi¬ nent Lower Falls Fruit Dealer and supply Wellesley Schools with the fruit cocktails. We sentence Mary Doyle to be the most well known manniken in the United States because of her unusual taste in color. Mary Fitzpatrick is sentenced to draw diagrams of the Harvard football plays for the Hearst papers. We demand that Constance Morse in¬ dorse “The Comfortable Pillow” guaran¬ teed to raise any midget high enough for a driving wheel. In collaboration with Miss Morse, Henry Patteson must manufacture wooden stilts to connect the midget’s feet with the brakes. Helen Dunn is sentenced to be Mr. Work’s successor in the bridge world. We feel that Miss Dunn can certainly hold her own at any table. We sentence Dorothy Belt to assist Thomas A. Edison in writing intelligence tests. We sentence Donald Bell to be the di¬ rector of “Bell’s Babies,” a musical revue, and to accept Cynthia Wentworth and Pauline Sullivan as members of his com¬ pany, and Virginia Daniels as director of his chorus of midgets. We demand that Max Wahl do the Ger¬ man translation of George Arliss’ pic¬ tures. If he must mutter German, let him do it to some purpose. Charles Gubellini, as the World’s Heavy Weight Wrestling Champion, is sentenced to throw the shot put for exhibition after each wrestling match. Hazel Fleming, as President of a new business, “New Shoes Broken in Over¬ night,” is sentenced to walk day and night to meet the increasing demand of her trade. We sentence Dick Van Iderstine to be the inventor of an ever-hot curling iron that can be carried around in the pocket and used at a minute’s notice. Richard Shaw, as stage manager at the Palace Theatre, New York, is sentenced to scrub the stage twice daily. We demand that Fred Mills be the hand¬ some hero of the 1941 production of “Martha-by-the-Night.” We sentence Anna Connolly to vo-do-de- oh-do her way to fame on the Metro¬ politan stage. Margaret Tyman is sentenced to eat the meals for “those ladies that are fasting.” Ruth Johnson is sentenced to twirl her way to fame by teaching the Junior High teams how to twirl basketballs through the hoop. From Lillian Morse we demand some of her luxuriant hair to be used for wigs in future high school plays. Roger Kellogg is sentenced to locate with¬ in three months the fish that got away from him in his Senior year. We demand that Louise Schaller invent a cough drop guaranteed to cure that “smoker’s cough.” Arthur Bullard is sentenced to take the place of the Smith Brothers of Cough Drop fame. His bearded picture will appear on the front of Miss Schaller’s cough drop box. Barbara Bowdoin is sentenced to make better hats to fit the better hair cuts. Marjorie Bent is sentenced to give up her attempt to make Altamont, New York, world known. Gilanda Bennotti is sentenced to teach aesthetic dancing at Wellesley College. Alex Livingstone, having twisted his arm during a difficult tennis serve, is sen¬ tenced to be the champion indoor cro¬ quet player. We sentence Marion Fisher to be a sec¬ ond Evangeline Adams and give authen¬ tic horoscopes upon a moment’s notice. Harriet Portmore is sentenced to settle brewing divorce cases out of court. We trust to her experience with school-girl arguments. We demand that Virginia Rae be the “Ray-Ray Collegiate Girl” to teach col¬ lege cheer leaders how to put the old yells over. Katharine Rowley is sentenced to lend her Gibson Girl charm to the old-fash¬ ioned pictures being filmed in Hollywood. Marion Glendining is sentenced to ten years’ exile in Siberia while she compiles a “Guide to Proper Names,” pronounced as they are not spelled. Jessie Lawson is sentenced to collect a fund to put a new finger on “The Statue of Liberty.” Full well we know her ability as collector in Room 12.

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL SENIOR PLAY On the night of April 11, 1931, the Senior Class presented its annual play. The name of the play was “Martha-by-the-Day,” and the characters and corresponding actors were as follows: Francie Jessie Dodge Cora Marion Glendining Ma Slawson Elizabeth Hodgson Steve Lundy Walker Carroll Claire Lang Barbara Bowdoin Sam Slawson David Porter Frank Ronald Frederick Mills Flicker A dog (Brownie) Mrs. Allen Sherman Cynthia Wentworth Amy Pelham Alice Cobb Shaw Walter Bulger Allen Sherman Max Wahl The play was quite a difficult one for the class to undertake but all the actors and actresses and even the stage managers cooper¬ ated in such a way that the performance went off smoothly and successfully. Betty Hodgson showed us her usual fine stage presence as Martha, throwing herself into the part with great zest. Barbara Bowdoin as Claire, the beautiful heroine, and Fred Mills as Frank, the handsome hero, made a pair which moved the feelings of the audience. Cynthia Wentworth as the villainess almost gave the impression that stealing was her regular business. In fact every participator exerted himself to the utmost to make “Martha-by-the-Day” one of the most successful performances ever given at the Wellesley High School. Page 30