Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS Vol. 38 No. 20 MAYOR PROPOSES DRIVE ON CRIME Boston ' s new “aim-to-please mavor, Dan Shea, announced yesterday at City Hall his intention to begin a state wide drive on crime. The Boston police force, under the leadership of Joe H oward, Chief of Police, will cooperate in every way with the Mayor and the G-people— Gabeler, Garron, Goodwin, Grout, Gio- vanella, Grieco, Guernsey, and Griffiths —to make this state safe for crime. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WELL UNDER WAY Campaigning for presidential candi¬ date, Griffith Jones, Arthur Pierotti says, “Jones will carry every state west of Maine and Vermont. Another roof¬ raising speech was rendered by Norma Estabrooks, who is campaigning for Betty Donahue. Miss Estabrooks stated: “Miss Donahue promises to read the daily papers faithfully despite all obstacles. NOBEL PRIZE GOES TO PULLING The 1950 Nobel Prize for unusual accomplishments in science was awarded to Professor Nathan Pulling of the Pyro- technical Institute at the annual science convention. Gordon Wilde, the 1949 win¬ ner, awarded the prize on the condition June 10,1950 that Professor Pulling refrain from pro¬ moting unpopular ideas. Says Professor Pulling, “I ' ve won so many times that I’m no longer afraid. GAP BETWEEN CONTINENT AND BRITISH ISLES BRIDGED The internationally known firm of Hopewell, Schmalz, MacDonald, and Bartlett riveted the final rivet on the new bridge over the English Channel. The firm is offering a reward to the first person who dares to cross. COMPRESSED AIR AUTO COMPLETED The new compressed air auto, invented by the Jewell Spurr Manufacturing Co., will be demonstrated at the Narra- gansett Race Track tomorrow. Mr. Jewell says he never could have done it without a thorough grounding in Latin. Mr. Spurr contends that he never could have done it with a thorough grounding in Latin. DARING ROBBERY ATTEMPTED Residents of the quiet little town of Hicky, Wyoming, were in a state of ex¬ citement today after the cowboy-Indian bandit, Mark McNeil, staged a daring, single-handed robbery at the Worrick Fish Drug Store. The robber, clad only in a pair of shorts and moccasins, was BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 29

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CARMEN ZUCCHELLI No one knows what he can do until he tries.” Glee Club 2; Dancing Club 1; Hockey 1, 2, 3; Baseball 3; B-Honor Roll 2, 3. MERVYN ALLEN DOROTHY HIGGINS “I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.” Football 1, 3; Track 1; Automobile Club 2; Mechanical Drawing Club 3; Wrestling Club 3. LUINELLA AVILA No one shall ever call me in vain for friendly aid.” Dramatic Club 2, 3; Usher Apnle Blossom Time” 2; Dancing Club 3; Senior Dance Com¬ mittee. The force of her merit makes her way. Glee Club 3. MARION BEADLE GENEVIEVE HIGGINS True modesty is a discerning arace.” Dancing Club 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club 1. How poor are they that have not patience.” HELEN BRYANT The tone of her conversation is gay and natural.” Glee Club 2, 3; Unofficial Funny” editor of the Maroon” 3. GUILIO DiGIANDOMENICO All great men die young, I feel sick myself.” Football 3; Athletic Club 3; Drafting Club 3; Harmonica Club 1, 2. george McIntyre It is good to live and learn, Football 1, 2; Athletic Club 2; Safety Board 3; Typewriting Club 3; Rifle Club 3. JOHN MEARS What a man has, so much he is sure of.” Golf 1; Hockev 1: Baseball 1; Football 2; Auto¬ mobile Club 2; Rifle Club 3. ERNEST GARRON Better late than never.” Hockey 1, 2, 3; Athletic Club 2, 3; Golf Team 2, 3. GERALD MURRAY Character is perfectly educated will.” Hockey 1, 2, 3; Athletic Club 1, 2. FREDERICK HALL Blessed is he who first invented sleep.” Transferred from Framingham High School, September, 1937. Glee Club; Track. PAUL HANNA The greatest medicine is a true friend.” Harmonica Club; Tennis. DONALD HENDERSON True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing and to do what is best worth doing. Orchestra 1; Band 2, 3; Typing 3. ARTHUR SNOW So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.” Basketball 1, 2, 3; Letter; Baseball 2; Athletic Club 2; Harmonica Club 3; Golf 3; Letter. TEDDY WEINZ Contented with little. Gym Club; Glee Club; Golf Team. DOUGLAS WIGGETT I am never less alone than when by myself.” 28 BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaDaaaDoaaB

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armed with a bow and arrows. Wiggett, Topham, and Mears, the Hicky police force, have begun an investigation. COLLAPSES OVER INCOME TAX Recovering from a collapse suffered while making his income tax returns, the mathematical genius and discoverer of the fourth dimension, Howard Evans, sailed today with his nurse, Agnes Ferioli, for an extended trip to Europe. $100,000 RANSOM ASKED Contact with the kidnappers of the Voice of the People representative, Lois Newton, reveals their demand of $100,000 or else. A town-wide investiga¬ tion reveals that lecturer Newton was last seen by Robert Donahue, janitor at the new Huntington Library, where she was talking to Helen Taplin, head librarian, and her two assistants, Kath¬ erine McDermott and Minna Blackler. GIRLS PERFORM RESCUE Hearing cries for help, Eleanor Brown and Delpha Corazza, popular swimming instructors, left their pupils and plunged through the rough waters to the victim, Guilio. After bringing the unconscious form to shore, the girls immediately applied artificial respiration. Relieving the girls, firemen John Meloni and Vin¬ cent Borgatti administered aid with an inhalator. Still unconscious, Mr. DiGian- domenico was taken to the Newton Hos¬ pital where he was placed under the expert observation of Dr. David Stewart and nurses Sally Smith and Henny Proctor. SOCIETIES HOLD BANQUET The annual banquet of International Relations Societies was held at the Hotel Ritz last night. Alice Kavanagh, presi¬ dent of the local society, quoted at length from NEW POLICIES written by Frances Drummond, with statistics com¬ piled by Marilyn Morse and illustrations bv George McLean and Margaret O ' Connor. At the head table were Egasti and Donahue, the publishers, and Burton Edwards, Mary Zani, and Luciile Char- ron, who have recently returned from a convention at Geneva, Switzerland. BOAT TO BE CHRISTENED Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. the christening of the world ' s fastest ship (it ' s been fast to the dock for twenty years) built by Gerald Murray will take place. Attending the christening will be Barbara McCor¬ mick who will do the honors, Captain Elton McCabe, Mervyn Allen, first mate, and co-Commanders William Rainsford and Tony Indresano. TEACHERS ATTEND CONVENTION At the annual teachers ' convention in Atlantic City last week, the delegates combined business with pleasure. Among the delegates were Harriet Ryan, Bar¬ bara Wilson, Dorothy Parmenter, Jean Fisher, physical education instructors; Evangeline McDonald, business teacher; Ma rion Beadle, art director; Elliott Hayden, well known authority on child psychology; and Virginia Smith, social worker. While there the teachers were called upon to aid in rescuing garments from the MacDaniel-Sullivan Gown Shop which caught fire from a nearby res¬ taurant owned by Rita Carmen. ‘The fire was caused, says Chef Charles Johnson, “by faulty gas jets. At the Atlantic City Country Club, the teachers were entertained by a style