Barre High School - Barretone Yearbook (Barre, MA)

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THE BARRETONE 19 EUROPEAN TRAVEL Piarre Iti«;h School is very jiroud of the fact tliat one of lier students, Peter Pauli, the P arre h,agle Scout, attended the P)oy Scout jainhoree in Eng-land last summer, and later toured the conti- nent. Peter has had an cx])erience which few of his age can boast. TWO SOPHOMORES HAVE WESTERN TRIP Ian d ' urner and Thomas Pauli gave an account of their interesting western trij) with T.ansing E. Stanley, before the school in assembly one morn- ing this term. Their amusing ex]:ieriences inter- ested us immensely. ALUMNI Since Barre High School was founded in the year 1852, it has had an ever increasing group of alumni. L’p to the present time there have been between fifteen hundred and two thousand. These make up the Barre High School Alumni Associa- tion. ' J ' his association holds its meetings once ever}- two years. The last one was held June 20, 1920. The officers are; F resident, Dr. Harlan Angier ; secretary. Miss Dorice Knight; treasurer. Dr. (j. Percy Brown; executive committee. Miss Helen Clilmore, Miss Miriam Ivllsworth, and (leorge 1 ' . Smith. J-larre High is fortunate in having such a heljiful association. It is continually striving to aid the lligh school in all ways within its means. At the present time the association is doing its best to secure an athletic field for the High school. ' Phe association intends to give all its hel]) and is in- tensely interested in the welfare of the High school. Ifarre High has been well reiiresented in the various colleges and other schools of higher edu- cation of the country during the Jiast years. Class of 1929 Beulah Allen is recei ing training in nursing at the .Memorial Hospital, Worcester. Harding .Mien is attending the Brown and .Sharpe School in Pro idence, R. 1. .Mildred . nderson and Vesta Hinckle} ' are stud} ing hairdressing in S])ringfield. Leo Miller is attending St. John ' s Preparator - School. Muriel Curll is attending Worcester Xormai School. leanne Sweetland is in Ifoston studying kinder- garten at Miss Wheelock’s School. Catherine .M ' cAndrew is taking a ])ost-graduate course at Barre High School. John Ifritton is attending Ifoston Universitv. Irene iitala is attending Becker’s night school in Worcester. Class of 1928 Phyllis Hillman and Carolyn Rice are attending i ' ramingham Normal School. Ifugene Dunbar and Harold Howe are taking their second year at IFecker’s Business College, Worcester. I. ester Smith spent a year at Tufts College, Ifoston, and now is in Wharton School of Finance, L niversity of F’ennsylvania. John Hancock is in his second year at Dart- mouth College. Hanover, N. H. Paul Hillman spent a year at Mt. Hermon Pre- paratory School, and is now attending Northeast- ern University. Ifoston. John Gross is studying music at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester. N. Hazel Hunting is attending P ay Path Institute in Springfield. The oldest living graduate of Ifarre High Schot)l is Dr. Joseidi W. Grosvenor of Buffalo, New ' ' t ' ork, now in his 94th year. He graduated from Barre in 1855, the only ])erson in his class. He was the first one to go t o college from this High school. He attended ' Dartmouth College, g ' raduat- ing in 1859. He ])ractised medicine in T.ockport, New York. He is also a Civil War veteran. . t the ])resent time Dr. Grosvenor is in poor health, but he is .very much interested in the welfare of the school and the . Iumni .Association. d ' he next oldest graduate is Mr. Eeander Fdeald. who is 9, years old. He attended the High school in 1854. Mr. . ustin .Adams, 89, graduated in 1859. Mr. . dams is much interested in the High school and on hearinsr that w ' ' were publishing a school i)a- per immediatelv offered all his knowledsje and ma- terial on the High school histor}- for our use. ' Phis has helped us much ami we are indebted to him for it.

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IS THE RARKETOXE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COMING EVENTS Dec. 20, Social and Christmas tree, l)y the Senior class. Jan. 24, Senior play, benefit of the Senior class. Eel). 6. Prize Si)eaking Contest, prizes donated by the Harre Woman’s Club. Eel). 14. ' alentine social, by the Sophomore class. March 14. St. Patrick’s Day social, hv the Fresh- man class. May 16. Junior Prom at Williams Hall. THE SENIOR TEA One of the important social successes of the year so far was held in the assembly hall of Barre High on 1 hursday afternoon. October tenth. It was an afternoon tea given by the members of the Senior class for the Junior and Senior mothers. 1 he hall was tastefully decorated with bright- hued autumn leaves. ■An entertainment, consisting of vocal and in- strumental selections, and tableaux of well-known characters, was presented. Refreshments, served by the Junior girls, were enjoyed by all after the entertainment. THE JUNIOR SOCIAL - n interesting event on the social calendar of Barre High School took place October 21. 192P in the high school asseml)ly hall. It was the Junior’s Hallowe’en Social ! The entertainment consisted of “The Wedding of the I’ainted Doll, “The .Awkward Scjuad. and a “Dialogue of Alutter and Mumble, l)etween Herald Loughman and Alatti Wiitala. The big- hit was “ ' I ' he Wedding of the Painted Doll, but “The .Awkward Scpiad drew the most laughs from the audience. I he decorations were brown and orange, and many cats and witches laughed down from the walls. Many guests were ])resent and all greatlv en- joyed the social. THE SOPHOMORE SOCIAL On Friday evening. Xovember 22nd the .Sopho- mores held their Thanksgiving Social in the as- semblv hall. I ' he entertainment consisted of three acts. I ' hey were “A Day in Court at Crazyville. “Miss Huckleberry’s Dancing .School,” and “The light- house Tragedy. The decorations were brown and orange, and many pumpkins and turkeys adorned the hall. The class banner was on display above the stage. Refreshments and dancing were enjoyed by the numerous guests. One the features of the danc- ing was a “.Spot Waltz.” the prize being won by Doris Cutting and Charles Damon. THE MAGAZINE DRIVE riic annual magazine drive was a decided finan- cial success this year. Subscriptions were sold for the Crowell and Curtis publishing companies. The pupils were divided into two teams, each team trying to beat the other in selling the most subscri])ions. Gladys Abbott was the manager of the drive. The team leaders were Clara Carter and Francis McOueston, and their assistants were Peter Pauli and Alae ilson. The drive lasted from Tuesday. Oct. 1. . till Wednesday. Oct. 2.k Prizes for selling subscrip- tions were awarded to the students. Those who distinguished themselves by selling the most mag- azines were Kathryn Dolan. Clyde Swan, and Charles Dean. The contracts with both compan- ies were fulfilled, and a bonus of ten cents on each subscription was received from the Curtis Com- pany. The profit was put in the treasury of the Athletic Association. THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA W hen the orchestra was reorganized in Septem- ber under the direction of Miss Chase, twenty- four ])ui)ils resi)onded. They are distributed in the classes as follows: Seniors, four; Juniors, four ; .So])homores, seven ; Freshmen, nine. The instrumentation includes : .Solo violinist. Shirley .Swan; first violinists. Joseph Crowley. Charles Dean Stanley Drake. Gertrude Alarsh, Iwwis Rush, Earl .Sullivan and Katherine Weeks; second violinists. Gladys Abbott. John Abbott, Leslie .Albrecht. Louis F ' ranciose. .Sam Lamacchia. Harvey .Miller, and Ruth Swan; first cornetists, Walter flancock and Peter X eri ; second cornet- ists. Peter Pauli and Ian Turner; saxophonist. Francis Rush; clarinetist. Stanley Freeman; cel- list. Edward Hancock; drummer, Charles Da- mon ; ])ianist. Bernice Harrington.

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20 THE BARRETOXE JOKES Geometry Professor Buker is my teacher; I shall not pass. He maketh me to go to the board; he compelleth me to draw difificult figures. He gives me zero. He maketh me stay after school for mv own good. ea. though 1 study ' til midnight I will gain no knowledge for my pro])ositions sorely bother me. He prejiarest a test before me in the presence of ni}- classmates ; he giveth me F. Surely flunks shall follow me all the days of mv life and I shall dwell in the Geometrv class for- ever. And Why Not? Freshman — “Hurrah! The Barretone has at last accepted something that I have written.” Senior — “What ! You don’t mean to say that it took something that you wrote? Freshman — “Vessir. They took the check that 1 gave ' em for my subscription. Miss X’eal — Crowley, say five hundred and fifty- five in French. Crowley — Sink, sank, sonk — ? Seen in a history notebook — Benjamin Frank- lin — apprenticed to a tallow candle. A woodpecker lit on a Freshman’s head. And sat down there to drill. He bored away for fifteen minutes. And then he Iiroke his hill. Jff Mr. Dawson’s favorite words lately, “When mv car gets hack from the junk yard.” Wouldn’t We all he surprised if — Jerry I.oughnran forgot to fool for one whole day ? The hoys in general chorus didn’t try to sing so- ])rano ? . 11 the pupils walked up to the assembly hall as they should? The Juniors did the physical exercises rig ' ht? There wasn’t any whispering in general chorus ? Riley could do his Latin without first asking fifty questions about it ? Clara Carter — fCoaching Freshman in the ,gyni about haskethallj “If you aren’t in a position to pass, shoot yourself. Teacher — What are some of the elements of a .sentence ? student — W hy-a-thirty days on bread and wa- ter. JF Two in One hirst Onlooker: (at the fair grounds) iitala’s a pretty good pole-vaulter. Secoml Onlooker : Oh ya, hut Matti can beat him. 1 . Comprenez vous ! Monsieur A — Coupez mes cheveux. l.e coift’eur — Mais. vous avez la tete chauvre ! idonsieur A — Monsieur. I ' herbe ue croit pas sur i.i :e rue occupee. Le coift ' eur — Oh, je vois. elle ne petit pas croitrc eu le cement. Miss Richmond (at the library). — “I’d like to have the book. ‘Alen, the Creators of the orld. Librarian — “I’m sorry, but we don’t deal with fcdry stories. Today’s Fable ' I h.e geometry class protested when it was an- n -.unced that originals were not to be part of the course in the future. In the Latin class Edward Hancock was in the habit of being jirompted by a certain young lady who sat beside him. One day !Miss Butler asked him to give the four princijial parts of the verb “to jiraise in Latin. Straining his ear he heard the gi l beside him say “1 dunno. Immediately he responded to the teacher’s (juestion : “1 dunno. 1 dunnare, I dunnavi. I dun- natus.” Keep the Cheinge B. Fiske, jokingly, (after giving a pedestrian a lift) — The bill is $2.9(S. Pedestrian — Aw, I don’t wanna buy the car. Mrs. Boyd — Oughtn’t we to get this paper pub- lished immediately? AL. Dawson — Why yes, if not sooner. ' ' if. if. ip. Practice Makes Perfect Alae Wilson — Xellie, is your boy friend a good driver ? X’ellie Stoner — Is he good? Say, he can drive a car with one hand tied around my neck. if if if A student (in English class) — One disadvantage of being the youmrest in the family is that you have to wear the older children’s cast-off clothes. A voice from the rear — That so? How about the fellow who’s got an older sister?