Bartlett High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Webster, MA)

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We llliamicrilsrfiirar 19 3 lliriihomieit, it 2. ingly the Indian boy went to school. Later he attended the old Nichols .Academy at Dudley. Were there other Nipmucks there, we wonder, or were his the only small, restless dark eyes of a race not endeared to unattractive books dealng wlith the three R's? Was he the silent, seldom speaking child whom earlier writers present as typical of the Indian, or had a more social life somewhat loosened his tongue? After 1-lenries was graduated from the academy, he followed divers occupations. For a time he worked in the Josiah Perry Mill, located in the town ot that name. Can you visualize an outdoor-loving indian so confined? Perhaps he had just begun to experience the typically American need ot the almighty dollar, Later he worked in a store in East Thompson. Soon afterward he traveled for a short time with a circus. Doubvtless this exhibition of himself, this being stared at as if one were a inonstrosity, soon grew distasteful. After these few worldly pursuits he took up killing hogs, which must have proved more to his liking. For a time he lived with his sister and her husband at Quinebaug. They had become mod-eiriiized, living in a tenement house, following ordinary occupations, rearing their children in the white man's ways. Payne's comment is, My people now all live in big houses and work. That's crazy-to work. Therefore, for many years now, he has made his home in a little shack at Quadick. His time is spent in hunting and iishing, which, although a means of livelihood, still remain his greatest pleasure. Why Should he wo1'k ? He does not crave the luxuries of the twentieth centuryg a comfortable, easy-going lite like that of his forbears is his sole desire, In March he was sent to the Webster District Hospital for onservation, much against his will. There he proved a highly entertaining person, to DHfiGHtS Mid nurses alike. Unfortunately for himself, he could not rest lying in a white bed, having nurses, similarly clad, waiting on him hand and foot. Nor could he eat the dainty food served tc him on a tray. Now he is back at his shack once more, happy to be his own master. Payne is a good story-teller, and his store of tales is rich. He claims that The true name of our lake is Chaubunagungamaug, which was the name of the original Indian village located where VVe.bste1- now stands. One of the stories he tells con- cerns the naming of Brandy Hill. Many years ago a load of that liquor was being drawn up a hill in Thompson. The going was of course slow, and, since a wagon pace is none too smooth at best, a barrel soon fell off. The impact was too great, and the cask broke. rolling down the slope, brandy flowing all the way. Ever since, that hill has been Brandy Hill. Payne Henries is a unique character, one certain to be liked, to be admired by those who come to know him. He is honest, upright, and good-natured. The dignity, the pride, the reticence of his people still cling to him. To us he is the only living representative of the race which long ago inhabited fhe shores of the lake which have since become our home. Eleanor Thompson '32, To the N ipmuck O clever, brawny Nipmuck, How lifelike you will -make Our thirty-three class book, Along with our great lake! Weill write of ancient stories Brought down through the years, Of all your cherished viictoriesg F-or the Nipinucks had no fears. Your lean and rug-ged body Crouched on our new school ring, With bow and arrow handy, Would please most any king. Especially do we thank you For the long but lovely name You gave our lake of deep blue hue, Which has 'brought it nation ifame. Payne Henries alone survives- To keep your history clear. The Blue and the White contrives To keep it forever dear. Helmie Sippola.

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llleaimriigiegircr 19 if , 33 QBIII-IRDNMBLE was-if W z 3 .Num 1' Disgusted Teacher: Thais is the worst recitation I've had. Perhaps you've noticed I've done mioisit of it myself. Miss Campbell: The German marks are very low tlhis yearf' Joe Planfte: No-t any lower than mine. He may be the apple of his motherls eye, but he's not even aipfpealing to me. Sam, the Latin word meaning I love is amo. Now what word suggests its opposite? Reno Let's co-operate-Remember the banana. Everytime it leaves the bunch it gets skimmed. Well, I guess we will all have to sign off from saving mon-ey. They used to call it thrift, but now it's called hoarding. A TESTIMONIAL D. C. Heath and Co., Publishers Boston, Mass. Gentlemen: I take great rpleasure Q73 in saying that I used your Algebra b-ook my freshman year at Bartlett High School and have used it ever since. Very truly yours, - - - - - '33 Mr. Finnegan: What is the formula for water? Student f?J: H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O. Mr. Finnegan: Why, that's afbsurdf' Sbudent: Yesterday you said it was H to O. Hazel Aldrich: Do you suppose some girls like the conceited men better than the other kind? Kathleen Ryan: What other kind? Miss Campbell: May Dwyer, how many times have 1 told you to come to school on time? May: I don't know. I thought you were keeping score. Pete Racicot moanifully states that tlhe plural of whim is women. Mr. Finnegan Ito Chesm. 11CJ: What is another name for the white of an egg? Class fin chorusl: Yolk. Heard in the lunch ro-om: The oyster that went through this stew had rubber boots on. Question: What is sand put into plaster for? Answer: So there will be some holes in the plaster for ventilation. Aocordinlg to a member of the sophomore class, Pennsylvania was settled by quaickers. What a ducky place it must have been! Teacher: What makes you think Napoleon was a janitor? Howard: I read a book which said that after his exile he wen-t in abasementf' Harriett: Buzz, how were your .marks last month? Buzz: Jules Verne. Harriett: Howzat? Buzz: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the C.