Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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History of the Class of 1929 ( tlip lnil intcresliiig (If ' lails are iieecssai il) oinitled ) ilh sadileiied liearts do ue. tlie Senior Class, iee ' i e oiir diplomas and enter the wide, wide world to seek the fortunes Fate has prepared for us. We have f;i en, eaeh one of us. three years of our youthful lives in study at our cherished Alma Mater, aiul during three years we have made treasured aequaintaneeshi])s which, like ginger- pop, are grow ing more precious as time (da[)ses. We have added to our fame hy the transeendeney of our extia-eurrieular activity and we are sure it has constituted an indispensahle asset during our course. Musical and dramatic entures. literaiv and athletic enterprises ha e distinguished our progress. Seholastii- attainment has heen l)rilliant. ' t( ' s, we are immeasuraldy sorry to leave Our School, hut we ' re rather pianid of our leavings. Teehnieally. we ha e heen So|)homores. Juniors, and Seniors. Aetuall), we consider our three y(‘ars as one. for the eonneetions ha e l)een ery distinct. For puij)o.ses of (larit). howe er. the syno|)sis is [nesented with due respect to eonseeutiveness. , s So|ihomores. we endured the eustomarv gall, mental not physical. We rememher well how one eonrleseending a])oer pha referred to us as “riot-lo ing children. iSevertheh ' ss. we carried out our thankful role of youngst( ' rs, heard the weekly oratory of the learned upper-( lassmen. enjoyed “So This is London. and succeeded lor failed I in our final examittations. SyKia llortter. president, Katherine Lane, ice-president. Anne Lacey, secretary, and Fi nest Hesseltine. Jr., treasurer, eomjnised our ahle stall of olheers. Our Junior year passed more rpiickly than our .Sophomoric existence. Phe hegiiiling inlluenee of the year was that grand-gorgeous affair, the Junior Prom. On that occasion, coy girlhood and i hi alrie boyhood blossomed like Shelley ' s “thirsting flowers. ” the (ilarion Diarist de oled ten of her rare lines to its |naises. and eveiwone said it was outstanding. Later in the year, the Dramatic Club staged its annual playlet, “The Fnemy. It was a fine production and several Juniors I Frances .Meserve, Frances Donahue, IJeanor Hosmer, William Mower, Homer Cidlins, 7

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Khni:st IIesseltlxe, Ji!„ Prcsiden (voiiEKT Keleheie J icc-Presideitl Class Officers Donald Dodge, Treasurer W’iniered Frazer. Secretary 6

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K -mietli Kiiifrston. and Hersliel Ciin ) weie in the cast. The class ofhcers for tlie yea]- were Ernest Hesseltine, Jr.. j)resident; Donahl Dodge. ice-]jresident : W inifred Frazer, secretary, and Rol)ert keleher, treasurer. June twenty-second was the day of unrestrained exultation. W hen we returned in Septenil er. we were siinj)ly o erconie l y the news of the Asseinl)ly Hall’s Iteing too small to accommodate the school. Familiarly, this meant the doing away with a res|)ected tradition. Seniors were compelled to sjjeak before the school in order to graduate. They recognized the institution as invaluahle, hut al the same time they dreaded it as a heasth nuisance. Therefore, they rejoiced— hut the incubus of forthcoming college-entrance-examinations checked their happiness. Ernest flesseltine, Jr., president; Robert keleher, vice-j)iesident ; Winifred Frazer, secretary, and Donald Dodge, treasurer, have j)iloted the class during its last vear. The )ear, from a social standj)oint. has been uncommonly successful. I ' he Glee Glulis presented an operetta, the Dramatic Club a play, and both the Juniors and Seniors conducted Rroms. The hapjjy outcome of the operetta was in itself a tribute to the authors, Edgar Hegh and Alan (ihakmakjian. Anent drama, we must mention Mi ss Margaret Mullen who left our class in its first veai ' to hecome a ’ leading lady. ' Miss Mullen is now |)laying opposite W illiam Hodge in California, hut her professional delmt was mailc at the Co])ley Theater in Roston. Both there and else- wher(‘. she has reflected very favorable comment upon the school. Class Day and Graduation remain. They rejuesent the zenith of high-school careers, and their results seem inevitably auspicious. After these important dates are jiassed, the Class w ill separate, never to meet again. The future of ever Senior seems fraught with hope, hut uncertainty as well. We cannot proceed further, though, and we think of Eowell who appreciated this condition. Whth his poetic expression we close our chapter: ‘ ' From one slat e of our being to the next, l( e jiass unconsciously o ' er a slender bridge; The inoinenlary leorh of unseen hands. RoiiKHT RhADKORI). 8