Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Rachel H. Ward “Ray” Girls’ Glee Club i, 2, 3, 4; “The Windmills of Holland” 4; “The Charm School” 4. “Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low — an excellent thing in woman.” John White “Whitey” Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2. Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time” Ellen J. Worthington “Little One” Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; “Windmills of Hol- land” 4; “The Charm School” 4. “Is she not passing fairf ” [10]

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Dorothy M. Skinner Teddy Class Vice-president i, 2; Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer of Athletic Association 3; Bas- ketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Hockey Squad 4; “Windmills of Holland” 4; “The Charm School” 4; Junior Marshal for Senior Class 3. “She is pretty to walk wit i, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on.” Doris E. Stedman Steady Girls’ Glee Club 1, 3; Mirror Staff 4; General Science Notebook Prize 1; Class Song 4. “And every gesture dignity.” Vivian R. Vincelette Vi” Girls’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; “The Charm School” 4; Alpha Beta Gamma. “On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined.” [9]

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Glass 3hClstory S %o you believe in premonitions? I am beginning to have such a € JL jL feeling, for in my Freshman year a little bird told me that I might ✓uK Jr. be elected “Class Historian.” I am sure you will be interested in it J) this Scrap Book which I have kept. You remember the morning we walked into the study hall and found Miss Jaucb our room teacher? Here is a picture of her up in the right hand corner (just like a star). She hasn’t changed much in the four years, in spite of the worry we gave her. And here are pictures of Irene Costa with her long, golden braids, and Preston Leonard in short trousers. Don’t they look cute? We won’t forget Mr. Pease, our English teacher. By the way, I sup- pose you have all heard of the announcement of his engagement? How real he made Ivanhoe to us! Do you suppose Ellen Worthington remembers how provoked she would get when Leonard called her Rebecca? And here are the pictures of our first class officers. Here’s Gordon Wallace as president, shining as he did for three years in that office. Here’s our Titian-haired “Dot” Skinner as vice-president, Paul Cesan as secretary, and Paul Ferrarini as treasurer. Both of the Pauls proved very capable at their offices. I am sorry you cannot see these pictures, but my explaining them may help bring back memory. On the page marked “December” arc the details of our Freshman Christmas party. Just see, here’s Consolati all dressed in kid’s clothes and playing the role of Baby Larry in the Birds’ Christmas Carol. Here is a picture of Mary Holmes as she looked with her long curls, playing the part of Carol Bird. This is the brief line about the party, “A good time was enjoyed by all.” Now for February, 1924, here is a paragraph. “We all took our mid- year exams. Being new at it, we hope that we made no terrible mistakes.” And for the rest of the year, “Nothing very important happened dur- ing the next few months. Then came graduation and we could picture our- selves marching up for our diplomas.” That was three years ago — and day after tomorrow the deed actually takes place. We enjoyed that first graduation because it was all so new to us and ours seemed so far away. This picture is of Miss Sanderson, pardon me, Mrs. Cole, our home room teacher, our second year. If we did get unruly at times, we hope she has forgiven us. We trust she has. This snapshot is of Miss Button, our English teacher. Among other tasks, she had us take notes and write themes. Here is an extract from one. “Standing in the woods, birds can be seen singing and chirping in all direc- tions.” 1 hen she tried to make poets of us. Remember Vivian Brown’s famous poem, “The Plane that Flew Around the World”? A very appropriate title now would be “The Plane that Flew to Paris.” We expect to see many of her poems published in a book called “Golden Gems” bv Brown. [ ]