Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School of the class took part in a Dutch play: Dorothy Jackson, Virginia McComis- key, Muriel Hendrick, Marilyn Crump, John Cunningham, Jack Gardner, George Hammond, and Robert Dean. We also had an operetta in which everyone was dressed in Chinese costumes. SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Miss Hazel Bradbury was our new teacher and extremely popular she was. She bought for our class a pet rabbit which we named Peter and some goldfish. We learned how to care for them. Then she had us make Mickey- Mouse puppets. When we had learned to manipulate them, we put on a ver y impressive show for the first-graders. In our little store, which helped us with arithmetic, one day we sold” some real cocoanuts. Another engros- sing event was our movies” about Little Black Sambo. Some of us made a trip to the Bourne High Cafeteria so that we could build a better play cafe- teria in our classroom. Every noon we bought cardboard food representing a healthful meal. THIRD GRADE— 1934-1935 BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL We who had been at Bourne for the preceding two years could hardly wait to see our new classmates from Buzzards Bay. Among them were boys and girls who have become most prominent in our class. Miss Blanche Can- ham was our teacher until Christmas time when she left to be married. Sev- eral teachers followed, including Miss Ruth Dainty and Mrs. Horace Kimball. It was during this year that we were considered grown up enough to write with pen and ink. And multiplication tables! A Good Citizenship Club was formed in connection with the study of our home town. Bourne. In June all of us were excitedly taking part in a Field Day. SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Although we approached third grade and multiplication tables with some trembling. Miss Abbie Steele soon restored our confidence. She prom- ised each of us who had the tables learned by a certain day an ice cream cone, and most of us collected. To go with our study of Cape Cod, we had a sand table on which we made a relief map. In connection with our study of early America, we made a trip to the Aptucxet Trading Post. Most interesting to the bookworms was the library work we had once a week. FOURTH grade— 1935-1936 BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Besides Mrs. Breta Harris for our new teacher, we had a new vocal music teacher. Miss Pauline Newington. She immediately endeared herself to us by considering us capable of two-part music. Many of the girls played the part of bears in an operetta called The Honey Bee.” Something new in drawing, too. We were allowed to go out-of-doors to sketch the new bridge. Mr. Querze invited us to join the Junior Orchestra, a great opportunity and honor. In our own home room, we studied geography diligently and drew maps of the continents. We prepared plays for assembly and did a Major Bowes program. At Christmas time we studied the holiday customs of other peoples and made booklets on them. At graduation time many of us were presented with library certificates following our book reports. Add to all that, fractions and a little science and you will see that we were hardly idle. Ethel Parrott and June Rhodenhiser were new members of our class. Page Eighteen

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School CLASS HISTORY FIRST GRADE— 1932-1933 BUZZARDS BAY SCHOOL On September 9, 1931, a small group of awed, frightened, yet excited little people entered the first grade. Miss Edna Rogers, a gentle, kindly lady, was our first teacher and soon had us feeling very experienced and worldly. She taught us our letters and numbers, a little reading, and how to know colors. BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Mrs. Grace Kendrick greeted the small fry on that stupendous September day. We were enchanted by her goldfish bowl and the sand table on which we later built Indian scenes. At first we were a little bit confused by all our teachers: Miss Bowman for music. Miss Handy for drawing, and Mr. Demers for exercises and games. Besides learning our letters, some reading, and writing, we put on little plays, among which was one in which the boys were farmers and the girls, milkmaids. Dorothy Dixon was in our class for two days, but because of her reading ability, was advanced to the second grade. Those were also the days when we had our teeth and fingernails checked. SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Twenty-one little folks reported to Mrs. Theresa Pope, whose patience and helpfulness we’ll always remember. She soon impressed upon us the need of keeping the playground in order, and proud little cleaner-uppers we were. In the course of our studies we learned to write our names, than which life could hold no greater thrill. Playing policeman with a signal post ap- propriately inscribed with stop,” go,” etc., was one of our favorite games, and New Shoes, Old Shoes,” our favorite song. Before the year was over, we all had our pictures taken. SECOND GRADE— 1933-1934 BUZZARDS BAY SCHOOL Experienced now in the wavs of school, we returned to the little school, expecting the guidance of Miss Rogers. She, however, soon became very ill and later died. Too young to realize the tragedy, we were comforted by our new teacher, Mrs. Lura Crump, who taught us such complicated things as adding and subtracting. A minor tragedy that we could all appreciate, how- ever, was Mary Masterson’s generously and unknowingly passing on the measles to all of us. On one occasion only three of the twenty-three of us came to school. As spring came on, we were anxiouslv waiting school-bus” days when we would be crossing the bridge to Bourne Grammar. BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL To Mrs. Mryta Chadwick now fell the task of guiding our inquisitive minds. She taught us much more about numbers, especially telling time. We built a store in order to learn making change. On one occasion, certain boys (and girls, too) were guilty of throwing modeling clay at the ceiling. It was fun because only sometimes it stuck! During part of the year our seats were arranged in fours facing each other. In March, the following members Page Seventeen

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL One of the best-loved teachers of our whole school career, Miss Hoxie, helped us through our fourth year. Her unlimited patience helped us through such trying things as Roman numerals and long division. Shadowcraft, pup- pets, and posters made our study of other lands our most popular subject. We even built a model of a Viking ship. At Christmas time we showed our dramatic ability by a presentation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol and in June many of us received our first reading certificates. FIFTH GRADE— 1936-1937 BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL We started cut with Miss Ruth Sears, but because of her illness, we were taught most of the year by Mrs. Kimball. She took us to two dairy farms to watch the process of milking by electricity. Fractions and our first home- work put the weight of responsibility upon us. The cranberry industry and all New England came in for their share of boning”. At Christmas time, under the direction of Miss Newington, we did the operetta Scrooge and Marley. Many of us played the part of sprites. And Dorothy Bassett had to have the largest seat in our room! SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Now we were supposed to be big boys and girls; we certainly felt that way. Miss Sanborn was our teacher and she always had a surprise for us, ranging from tests to genuine maple sugar from Vermont. She left us in the middle of the year, however, and Mrs. Russell finished out the year with us. We studied New England and made stand table displays appropriate for each month. Here, too. we first joined 4-H clubs, and learned cooking, sew- ing, woodworking, and leathercraft. Art Anderson went out for baseball and pitched in a number of games! During this year Mr. Wallace taught us penmanship. SIXTH GRADE— 1937-1938 BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Miss Grace Ellis, who told us Paul Bunyan yarns and taught us to play the harmonica, was our leader in the sixth grade. Mr. Smith taught us arith- metic on Fridays. How well we remember that home room with Athens, Ethel, Mary and Eertha adorning the four corners. Mr. Demers had left us and Mr. Camrbell taught us phvsical education. Basketball and softball at last! We did an assembly in which we represented famous inventors such as Bell. Edison, and Morse. At graduation time, we were allowed to sing in the chorus. SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Mr. Gibbs, affectionately known as Major Hoople because he entertained us with tall stories, was our fir ' t man teacher. It was our first year, too, for changing rooms ?nd teachers for various classes. By this time we were be- ginning to misbehave quite frequently; so Mr. Gibbs started his Guest List of students who were to stav after school, and many a weary Friday afternoon we spent. Isn’t that so. Red? SEVENTH GRADE— 1938-1939 BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL That never-to-be-forgotten disaster, the hurricane, took place a few days after Miss Magnusson had welcomed us to the seventh grade. It was during this year that we had two practice-teachers, Mr. Koskella and Miss Roberti. Page Nineteen