Amherst Regional High School - Goldbug Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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mid year and final exams. We can all testify that f horrorsf - G u ti thewlgglrig cifsnapsf' but the genuine article. A special schedule was ar- t ey d for them and the law of the Medes and Pers1ans ruled in the rooms range tered the room feeling shaky and came out h re held. You en i Where t ey WE walk Between exams, the rooms and corridors were teeming 1 able 0 - , H isilhcesich remarks as, Wasn't that Latin exam awful? and 'Tm Sure I d ' chemistry ' But never mind, they are over, all overg and now We fl k I1 - . fetelf beettier prepared to cope with those we must meet in the future. h our class has made no especially enviable record in athletics, Althoug u we have had in all branches representatives who have done us credit. As we look back over our four years we cannot boast that we have made strikingly brilliant record, but we can truthfully say that by hard work and a faithful plodding we have made a record of which we are not ashamed. Soon ' - ' F h we shall be Seniors no more, some of us will become res men again 5 some, sedate stenographersg a few, hardworking farmers, but wherever we go or whatever we do, we shall Look back with pleasure upon these four years, and sigh in vain for the good old high school days. 'W i . QQ and 0 .Um Q5 if X I . 5 ia l li 9' pg ax' dis WN 0' Q f 'una zwavfo Q Wfflfflllllilllllllll ' EQ? - - :ia EMQSQ' .f N i 24 ,K X l ll l '-1-,lf-1 ,..-i '- We walked the torch which I put my hand ceiling hung lo came to the i nowned not oi When we enter numerous ques After we l need ask no q are away from twenty-third 0 mates. Before we had again beg H I see a re sitting before 2 pole is marker I UI-Ielen A tltleda 6L9lZ G5 HAllC9 Bl: Feeble-Mindet :ay of resting er Latin tram 0 Q new men HF a - rank Q

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,. .f W lmullfllnz zu given :mi :md IL' ours. ' Fuel, -zzz. lie- g'o-' 'AIQU mflc' 'AILQ A 'f if ' gy,-' 'kr 'I'-Q': f.l. f ll--ti :Q at A L .5 .X The same officers served this year, with the exception of the Secretary and Treasurer. Beth Strong moved to Framingham, and Mildred Burnett was chosen to take her place. Our Junior year was started under unfavorable circumstances, for we learned that Mr. Wingate was to leave us. He returned to get the school well started, and, after a week's stay, went to his new position and left us to our fate. He was a wonderful teacher and possessed those magic qualities which inspired us all with a desire to do our best. Our Junior oflicers were: President, John Fenton, Vice-President, Philip Walsh, Secretary and Treasurer, Ruth Fiske. G The most important event of the year was the presentation of the annual Junior Play. The play Green Stockings was chosen by the play committee, which consisted of the following persons: Ruth Fiske John Fenton Ida Moore Harry Swift Doris Millett Manford Spalding Because of the influenza epidemic, the starting of the play was greatly delayed, but after encountering and overcoming many obstacles, it was finally given late in May. As there is a more detailed history of it elsewhere, it will suflice to say that it was a great dramatic as well as financial success. Owing to the influence of our new principal, Mr. Charles L. Smith, a debating society was organized. Two members of our class, Vera Smith and Vera Eldridge, joined it and made a fine record. We firmly believe that it was due to the eloquence of our representatives that Amherst won both de- bates with Northampton, which were surely the most important ones. The girls of 1920 are very proud of the fact that, under the spirited leader- ship of Ruth Fiske, they won the silver cup at the Girls Physical Training Exhibition. This is held every year to exhibit to parents and friends the work that has been accomplished during the year. To the class which does its work the best, is awarded a silver cup on which the class numerals are engraved. For the two preceding years the cup had been given to the Senior Class, but we managed by much hard work to break that record. Toward the end of our Junior year the Pro Merito pins were awarded, and we had thirteen lucky members whose average passed the safety mark of eighty-five per cent.. - Mr. Smith stayed with us only one year, and Mr. Jason O. Cook has come to take his place. Our Senior officers are as follows: President, John Fenton, Vice-Presi- dent, Philip Walsh, Secretary and Treasurer, Grace Cowan. ' To be sure, when we were Juniors we looked forward to being revered Seniors, but now that we are Seniors we find that we have little time to think whether we are properly reverenced or not. Because of higher college entrance requirements, Mr. Cook has raised the standards. We do not say they did not need raising, but it is hard on us. This year we have been introduced 23

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'iffy that I Wim Zlr. ln- nmms mul' out - gwming H1 sum I 1 I1-rw We -Hx! ' ...im-Zi.,-5 -L .V ' ' Q' 1'---rig gms ' A . S.,.,n L sun-V 1. 1 x , We walked in pitchy blackness down the narrow cavern, lighted only by the torch which our guide held. The path was very uncertain, and, as I slipped I put my hand out on the wall of the passageway, it was cold and slimy. The ceiling hung low, and we were happy, though a bit afraid, when we finally came to the inner cave of the great sorceress Yindala, whose art was re- nowned not only throughout India, but in surrounding countries as well. When we entered, we found her seated before a globe, preparing to answer our numerous questions. She motioned us to be seated. After we had settled ourselves on the ground before her, she said, You need ask no questions. I already know of whom you wish to hear. You are away from all those with whom you graduated in the year 1920, and on the twenty-third of June 1940, you wish to find out what has befallen your class- mates. Before we could recover from the surprise this statement caused us, she had again begun to speak. I see a red haired youth, Leander Aldrich, by name. He seems to be sitting before a pail, fishing with a red fish-pole. On closer scrutiny, I find the pole is marked, 'Leander Brand, Pelham Fish Rod Factoryf Helen Atwater is now starring in a new version of the old time play en- titled, 'Let George Do It.' Alice Black is now physical director at the Shutesbury Institute for the Feeble-Minded. Not that Alice is feeble-minded, but she finds this an ideal way of resting after the nervous breakdown she had from trying to memorize her Latin translations. Margaret Campbell has become famous the world over by her discovery of a new method of wordless conversation. Frank Cowles has amassed a large fortune trapping in the city of Pelham, and is now one of the retired gentry of England. 25