Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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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

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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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