Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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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

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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 JUNIORS Halfway down the stairs Is a stair Where I sit. There isn’t any Other stair Quite like It. I’m not at the bottom I’m not at the top; So this is the stair Where I always Stop. Halfway up the stairs Isn’t up. And isn’t down. It isn’t in the nursery, It isn’t in the town. And all sorts of funny thoughts Run round my head: “It isn’t really Anywhere! It’s somewhere else Instead!” —A. A. Milne