Bristol High School - Green and White Yearbook (Bristol, RI)

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SOPHOMORE CLASS — CLASSICAL AND GENERAL DIVISION

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AFTER THE BATTLE Let them look back at the things they’ve done. At the battles they’ve lost—at the battles they’ve won. Let them all sec the faults they’ve made On a field where a bloody game was played. On a field where glory was gained and lost— They must save the country—no matter the cost! And yet at last when the fighting is o’er. Not much remains of that dreadful war. The country-side in ruins lies While overhead a lone bird flics Singing a dirge for these brave men Who gave their lives, this battle to win. At dusk as the sun sank beyond the hills. With a low sad note, the valley fills. Taps! “Day is done and all is well” Is the message to the world it tells. So let them look back at the things they’ve done— At the battles they’ve lost—at the battles they’ve won. And let them be thankful and let the Hag wave O’er our own dear country that men died to save. ANN LEAHY, ’3 . THE ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE 'Twas in the days of Robin Hood, When errant knights did roam There in the sombre Sherwood Sir Mickey made his home. Small but gallant knight was Mickey Who fought with robbers bold: Dressed in armor of style quite tricky With arrows trimmed with gold. Then in the forest he did see Friar Tuck with a broad smile, Who stopped him under the Greenwood tree To chat with him a while. What the Friar to him said Made Mickey want to fight To save a maiden in distress. The duty of a knight. On his journey he did go With great determination Four days he passed in direful woe To reach his destination. Into the castle he went, To the tower he sped. Where to his amazement He found Minnie whom he wed. ISABEL BENTO, ’37. A GARDEN As I walked along a dusty road A creeping vine I spied; 1 felt great peace surge through my soul— As toward that vine I hied. 'Phe vine was creeping all around. It crept away up high. So high it went—it seemed to me— To almost reach the sky. Its tiny little tendrils, Like baby fingers small. With purpose and with childish strength— They gripped the stony wall. 1 thought as there I stood and gazed At nature’s work of art. How ruthless indeed, would be the man Who would tear this beauty apart. From the highway this beautiful garden With its vine so enchantingly green. Seemed like unto myriads of raindrops Alive in a glittering sheen. A lone statue now stands in the garden. Where once were some three-score or more- A reminder of pageants of splendor. That that garden had seen of yore. The leaves around the statue cling As if to shield it from harm; And rounnd the brow they loosely twine A halo bright to form. Faithful down through the ages. The Statue of the Virgin there— Has reigned o’er the solemn splendor In this garden of nature fair. T. BYRNES, ’37. GREEN amdl WPiOUtE- 13

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY IT was an excited group which waited eagerly for the long streamlined bus at the Guiteras Junior High School. This bus was to take the Class of 1937 on a three-year trip through the Colt Memorial High School. The bus arrived and the students happily but nervously boarded it. You see they had heard different stories (a little exaggerated perhaps) of how newcomers were initiated there the first week. Well they were, but no one can say that even one person in the ’37 Class complained. Then the work began, although the fun wasn't dispensed with. Two members of the class, Ruth Sanford and James Conley, were elected to the Student Council. I ater three others Herman Kemph, Mary Velleca and Robert Tourignev, were elected to the Green and White staff. Many pupils from this class attended the student dances and joined the clubs, among them the Sophomore Commercial Club, tin French Club, and the Sophomore Girls' Liter ary Club. After ten months of study it was time to board the bus ’37 again, this time for a tour to Vacation I-and and then back again to Colt as full fledged Juniors. Now it was the thirty-seveners’ turn to initiate, and initiate they did. as the present Juniors can well remember! The following officers were elected after the return to school: Arthur Manchester, presi- dent; James Conley vice president ; Mary Velleca, secretary; Anthony Iasiello, treasurer; executive board : Elsie Gilroy, chairman, Irving Murray, John Simoes, Ruth Sanford, and Herman Kemph. Mr. Burke was class adviser, and a very good one, too. The representatives of this class on the Student Council were Arnold Dryer, Anthony Iasiello, and Arthur Manchester. The Green and White members were Rob ert Tourignev Herman Kemph, Ruth Sanford, James Conley. Arnold Dryer, and Mary Velleca. That year the Junior Promenade was held on June 5. It was a never-to-be-forgotten night, and the colorful figures in the beautiful auditorium at Colt made a never-to-be-forgotten picture. At least, they did to the thirty-sev-eners. After the final exams—that was where the road was quite lumpy—they again rode in their streamlined bus to the Land of Relaxation where they stayed for two months. That was the last vacation from Colt they were to hav and many of the students returned to scho.,1 with heavy hearts because of that fact. Officers were elected again: Robert Touirg-nev, president; Herman Kemph, vice president; Mary Velleca secretary; James Conley, treasurer; executive board: Elsie Gilroy chairman; Antoinette Rucci, Vernon Gray, Arthur Manchester, and Irving Murray. Two operettas, “Tune In,” and “The Magazine Princess” were successfully staged that last year in high school, and thoughts wen finally turned to graduation. Pictures were taken, Class Day officers were chosen; plans for the Senior Reception were made. The Reception—that was the very last time the thirty seveners would be together as a group. Well, we shall leave them there in the auditorium. dancing, and not wondering at that moment, perhaps what the future holds in store for them. Let them dance and have a merry time for the night will soon end and tomorrow will come. Tomorrow will come and the thirty seveners will don their travelling suits again, board their wonderful bus for the last time, and drive away—away in the distance to various destinations, leaving the next class to take command. MARY VELLECA. JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY IN' September. 1934. the present Junior Clas- was organized at the Guiteras Memorial Junior High School. It was made up of students from St. Mary’s Parochial School and of students who had already been at Guiteras for two years. This first year was uneventful and it GREEN awidLWPi DTE- 15