Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Wilda Mottley “Some say she’s quiet, but— Theatre (1); Dramatic (1); Track (1, 2, 3) ; Year Book (3) ; Stage Proper¬ ties (1, 2, 3). Daniel O ' Connor “Dan” “There is no music in this life but has its chord of melancholy.” Walter O’Day “Silence is golden.” Travel Club ; Theatre Club. “Wally” Richard Whitman Palmer “Whit” “Thoughts are but dreams till they be fully tried.” Tennis (2). Marion PloufTe “Plouffie” “Quips and cranks and pleasant smiles.” Dramatic U) ; Girl Reserve (2): Chorus; Basketball, Manager (2) ; Classroom Officer. John Shelley “Schmultz” T like the women, I wonder if they like me.” Model Airplane Club (1, 2) ; Hi-Y (2, 3) ; Hockey (2, 3). Thomas Slaman “Sam” “The plowman homeward plods his weary way.” Sec. 16-1 Club (1): Travel Club (2); Chorus (1. Z 3) ; Football (1, 2. 3). William C. Smith “Bill” “Deeds are better things than words Actions mightier than boasting.” Model Airplane Club (l, 2) ; Hi-Y Club (3) : Chorus (1, 2. 3) ; Basketball (1, 2, 3) : Football (3). Xorman Stadiger “Stat” “’Tis not in knowing much, but what is useful that makes the man.” Monitor Staff (2) ; Hi-Y Club (2, 3) ; Aviation Club (2); Chorus (3); Basebali (1. 2, 3) : Hockey (3) ; Football (2, 3). Eileen Whirty What is the good of being great or wise?” Girl Reserves (3); Athletic Club (2). Page 27

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Alice Wilson “Will” “Where ' er we are, below or else above you, Where’er you are, our hearts shall truly love you.” Cheer leader (1, 2, 3) ; Basketball Cap¬ tain (o) ; Baseball Manager (]); All Bos¬ ton Tryouts. Sports: BaseLall (1) : Track 11, 2, 3) ; Hockey (1, 2, 3) ; Bas¬ ketball (1, 2, 3) ; Tennis (1, 3). Student Council Dance Com., Junior Prom Com., Junior Party Com. Properties Senior Play; Class Will. Alberta Winnier “Berta” “The world would be dull without a few bright optimists.” Dorothy C. Wright “Dottie” “To gain thine ends, lay bashfulness aside.” Needlecraft (1) ; Chorus (1) : Office Assistant (3). Mary Zoppa “Skeets” “To human race a friend.” Dramatic Club (2). ADDITIONAL SENIORS Elizabeth V. Allen “Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course.” Orchestra (2) ; Chorus (2, 3). Charles Robert Howe “Charlie” “My thoughts fly upwards.” Aeronautics (I, 2) ; Chorus (1, 2) ; Golf (1, 2) ; Track (3). Marguerite Johnson “Sweet and quiet—demure of manner. ' Basketball (3) ; Baseball (3) ; Track (3) ; Chorus 2 ). John Marenghi “They shall not pass.” Athletic Club; Football (3); Sixteen to One Club. Joseph McGurrin “Nick” “Rock of Ages !” Football (3). Oscar Melo ni “O grant me heaven a middle state!” Athletic Club (1) ; Travel Club (2) ; Chorus. Page 26

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ‘ONLY YESTERDAY’ Was it three years ago or three centuries ago that more than a hundred of us burst in on little old Wellesley High? To some of us it may seem four centuries—but let’s not mention any names. Although we were a pretty helpless lot most of us have managed to become Seniors with the help of three excellent principals. Ardmore, Pennsylvania, now claims our first principal, Mr. Gilbert; Mr. Moulton has resumed the superhuman task of trying to drive mathematical nails into ivory heads, and now the reins are in the able hands of Mr. Ralph W. Proctor. There are many outstanding members of the class of whom we are very proud. In his junior year Franklin Parker received a book, “The Adams Family,” awarded by the Harvard Club of Boston to the Junior boy selected by the class and the faculty for outstanding scholarship and leadership. John Moulton, who was awarded the Washington-Franklin medal for the highest marks in History during the Junior year, is the class Valedictorian, and Strafford Wentworth is our Salutatorian. The stars that shone on the athletic field were “Mac” and “Will”—Ruth McNamara won a place in the All Boston Tryouts for field hockey; Fro Georgas succeeded in winning the tennis tournaments four out of five times. Bill McNeil and Ralph Ver- milyea were the outstanding boy athletes, starring in both football and hockey. Last year the dread mid-year and final exams were replaced by six-weeks’ exams —most of us prefer this arrangement, probably because the review covers only six weeks’ work, not the entire year. Social functions which we have enjoyed are our Class Parties, Junior Prom, and Student Council Dance. The Class Parties were instituted in our Junior year and have proved very popular. O ur Junior Prom was a great success—both financially and socially. On Play Night in our Sophomore year we presented “In Frances’s Heart,” in our Junior year—“Trifles.” and as Seniors—“The Trysting Place.” For our Senior Play we did Noel Coward’s “I’ll leave it to You” and I’ll leave it to those who saw it— wasn’t it a great success? Let us congratulate Miss Macomber and her brilliant cast. It is a rather unusual cast that could carry on despite the difficulties imposed by Miss Macomber’s illness and we are proud of such people as Bob Cahill, Ruth Bell, Lilian Brest, Harriett Hanchett, Franklin Parker, Strafford Wentworth, Esther Wildes, Aliee Hamilton, Ruth Cranmer, and Edward Rowe, and grateful also to Miss Bronson who “took over the reins” at the last moment. This year the Monitor has not been issued—some of us think it is due to the de¬ pression. However, the clubs—Orchestra, Classical, Typing, Dramatic, Correspondence. Photography, Crafts, Girl Reserves, History, and Mathematics are still carrying on (without any Seniors). Near the end of our Senior year came the election of commencement committees and they were chosen as follows: Class Will Alice Wilson, Chairman Ruth McNamara Charles Jennings Class Prophecy Robert Munstedt. Chairman Kassie Ryan John Moulton (Continued on Pac e 31) IS i El 4