Weymouth High School - Campus / Reflector Yearbook (Weymouth, MA)

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w eymouth vs. Dedliai Weymouth met its fourth defeat of the sea- son at Dedham. From the opening whistle, it was evident that Weymouth was outclassed, and that the best they could do was fight to keep the score as low as possible and perhaps score a touchdown in doing so. Their attempt at the former was fairly successful, as they did very well in holding the powerful backfield of the opposing team to three touchdowns, one of which was a gift and totally unearned. How- ever, because of frequent fumbles and bad breaks, they were unable to score a touchdown, and the final score was Dedham 18, Wey- mouth 0. The Dedham linemen looked like old men compared to the Weymouth boys, and they proved to be just that in experience too. They continually broke through, to smear the Wey- mouth backs for losses; and, as Coach Kilroy ' s offensive is built for speed, their running attack was useless, because they were boxed in on every play. Paglucia, the powerhouse of the opposing backfield, repeatedly ripped open the Weymouth line and plunged through for first downs. For Weymouth, White and Batchelder, back- ing up the line, were the stars. Johnson and Arnold were the best ball carriers. WEYMOUTH McKenna Stowell Tibbs DEDHAM Backus McNally Hertig Morse Kelley . . . Tirrell Munroe DeLorenzo Cote White Pray Quirk Hunt .... MacNeil Johnson ( ) ' Connor Stewart . . Leary Hatchelder Al Wilder Arnold Art Wilder O ' connor t Toti g. Hibbard Vitalli McDonald c. 1. h. r. h. Cole Mucciaccio Magoni g. Hemming Conant t Doe e Newell Tully b Hazzard b. b. f. b. Brody Avery . . Welch Burns Mariana Pagluccia O ' Brien W eymoutli vs. Braintree Weymouth paid a neighborly visit to Brain- tree on Armistice Day to decide upon the su- premacy of the two schools in football. They returned with the firm conviction that they were second best, although Braintree had a tough fight — as they always do against Weymouth, lr was Braintree ' s objective game of the season, and some idea of the fervor with which they fought may be seen in the number of penalties REFLECTOR ...18...

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Helen Quirk Helen is a popular senior girl seen at all foot- ball and basketball games. Her favorite sport is Riding Around In The Rain. (We really mean it) From her attitude and remarks it seems as though Physics is her best study. Is it a little warm in this room? Everyone who knows her must have heard her say, Oh, praj for me! Having no special hobby her spare time is spent thinking (?). Her favorite singer is Ozzie Nelson, which is not bad, not bad at all. Helen is a good friend to all, and we wish her all the success there is. Donald Foskett Don is our idea of what every senior boy should be. He is active in many sports, and a great aid to the teams. His idea of a perfect evening seems to be one spent at the club. This is the place where he can be himself and listen to his favorite radio programmes. Don certainly has a great supply of expressions; such as Vive le Hitler! He is an artist of no small ability, and spends a great deal of time drawing pictures. His classmates like him. We wish him luck and pop- ularity in the future. He certainly has it here at Weymouth High. P. S. Just to let you know that your editor is not in charge of Snoops this year. In Screen Titles It Happened One Night while I was walk- ing down Side Streets. I met Cleopatra and The Thin Man, who were looking for The Girl From Missouri, who lost her Hat, Coat and Glove while watching the Circus Clown doing the Bolero with Jane Eyre, which be- came Private Sandals, but was complimented by Doctor Monica and Virgie Winters, who returned to the ' ' Scarlet Empress and found her Chained behind the Double Door on account of The Flirtation with Franken- stein, who had just gone on a Six-Day Bicycle Race on a One Way Ticket to Hell in the Heavens. Nellie Corey ' 37 A. J. Thompson. Ktre. Pharm.. Mgr. Campbell ' s Drug Stores TWO REX ALL STORES 761 Washington St. 1 Union St. j Stoughton So. Weymouth EDITORIALS Stop! Look! Listen] Our Reflector train is approaching, and it needs fuel to keep it going. We contributors make the fuel for the train, and without this necessity it would stop. It has made many suc- cessful journeys, weathered many storms, and its momentum has been accelerated. It is up to us to maintain and improve this fine record. There are many types and varieties of fuel, but the train accomplishes most when the best qual- ity of fuel is used. If we submit a certain qual- ity which does not prove to be quite satisfactory, let us not be discouraged. Rather let us dig deeper into our well of knowledge, so that we shall produce a better grade. It is sometimes difficult to uncover this grade, but let us get aboard the train of life. Each day ' s trip fur- nishes us with an abundant supply of material. We become involved in an interesting situation. We see various types of scenery. Although it may appear montonous to us ourselves, it will, if given the proper treatment, appeal to others who are not aboard our particular train. Surely your life train has gone to enough places, and has seen enough things which are worthy of be- ing related. Let us all be engineers, and hence through our efforts guide this Reflector train on the road to success. Dot Baker ' 35 Class Paper Success Newspapers and magazines are very expensive ventures. Publishers depend upon two things to pay for their publications, sales, and adver- tisements. If newspapers had to depend upon sales for financial support, most of them wouldn ' t lose a day. It is true that they try to have as great a circulation as possible, but this only to please their advertisers. The larger the circu- lation of the paper the more merchants will ad- vertise in them. Although certain magazines depend mostly on sales for support, some depend on advertisements. We at Weymouth High ought to take into con- sideration, both means for making our paper a success. We can do this by having everyone that is able buy a copy of the Reflector, and by patronizing our advertisers so that the adver- tisements will increase in quantity. John MacDonnell ' 35 REFLECTOR . . . 17 . . .

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which they received. They were penalized ten times for a total of 115 yards, six of which were fifteen yarders for unnecessary roughness and for holding. Braintree scored their first touchdown near the close of the first period. A punt by Leary had put the ball on Braintree ' s 40-yard line. On the next play Braintree was penalized fifteen yards for holding. However, with twenty-five yards to go for a first down, Rogers threw a pass to Nelson, who was downed on the 50-yard stripe for a first down. Erickson then gained five vards through centre, and Nelson picked up twenty yards, putting the ball on the Weymouth 20-yard line. On the next play, Meehan broke loose around left end, and carried the ball over for a touchdown. The second touchdown was made in the second period. A pass thrown by Al Wilder was intercepted on the Weymouth 13-yard line. A minute later a Braintree back carried the ball across the goal line, where he fumbled it. A team mate recovered, and Braintree chalked up six more points. A forward pass was com- pleted for the extra point. In the third period Weymouth ' s line braced, holding Braintree scoreless, and at the same time enabling the backfield to pick up a couple first downs. Shortly after the opening of the final period, Braintree intercepted a forward pass, which again paved the way for their score. The touchdown was scored on a pass from Rogers to Dacy. Thereafter Weymouth fought furiously to score a touchdown, but the closest they could to the goal line was the 25-yard marker. In doing so they completed two passes. One (Wilder to Tibbs) was good for four yards; the other (Wilder to Batchelder) was good for twenty-two yards and a first down. The game ended with the ball in Weymouth ' s possession and in Braintree ' s territory. The kicking of Spike Leary was exceptional throughout the game while Tibbs played a great game at end for Weymouth . The lineup : WEYMOUTH BRAINTREE Tibbs 1. e Shea DeLorenzo Westfield Kelley 1. t. Walker Blake 1. g Shores Quirk Christian White c. Rowson Munroe Goodspeed Pray r. g. Peters Munroe r. t. Jordan Hunt Sumers McNeill r. e Hanson McKenna Spiess Al Wilder q. b. Hart Johnson 1. h. b. Munroe Batchelder Nelson Bedford Rogers O Connor Sears Hunt r. h. b. Meehan Arnold Dacey Art Wilder Erickson Leary f. b. Cronin Nelson evmouth vs k vs. PI Y mont li Weymouth gave Hingham something to worry about when they put up their best defensive game of the season, to hold Plymouth scoreless and earn a to tie. The game had two outstand- ing features : the fine defensive work and the wild passing of both teams. In the entire forty-eight minutes of play only four first downs were made, each team having two to their credit. Weymouth made both of their first downs on passes. One, from Wilder to Bedford in the second period, gained fifteen yards and a first down on Plymouth ' s 40-yard line. However, this was the best Weymouth could do, for two plays later they fumbled, and Plymouth re- covered. After losing this opportunity, Wey- mouth tried to even things up, and threw Ply- mouth for a twenty yard loss on the next two plays. Intercepted passes played a large part in the game. The tide of battle changed back and forth, as first one team intercepted and then the other. Neither side seemed to know where their passes were going when they were thrown. At the end of the game the two teams were tied in this department also, as each team had inter cepted three passes. In the last period Weymouth tried desperately to score a touchdown. After Al Wilder had run a punt back fifteen yards, Tibbs reached into the clouds to pull down a pass which was good for a first down. On the next play Johnson gained five yards. O ' Connor then faded back to throw another pass, but was unable to get it off, and was tackled fifteen yards behind the line of scrimmage. A pass (Leary to McNeill) ot the fifteen yards back again, but on the next o ' ay another wild pass was intercepted by Ply- mouth. A few minutes later, just as the final REFLECTOR ...19...