Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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1 FM GWB .ls ,, ' I I U ALPHABETICAL LIST , f m ILLUSTRATIONS 8 L f.-ff' w-as. ...I QS. A. .. , I N.: my D , AFTER DINNER SPEAKING CLUB , AGRICULTURAL CLUB , ILLLLIILLILI ALPHA TAU DEBATING CLUB , BAND IILIILL , LILII ILLLL , , BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM , BASKETBALL SECOND TEAM , , BASRETBALLHSENIOR GIRLS' CLASS CHAMPIONS IIIII BROCKTONIA STAFF . . BUSINESS .ADMINISTRATION CLUB ,Q CAST OF THE MIKADOU ,, CAST OF THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY CLASS DAY OFFICERS LIIIL CLASS COMPOSER , , CLASS ESSAYIST CLASS ODIST CLASS ORATOR , CLASS POET CONGRESS DEQATING TEAM .. ,,,,,,..,.,. DRPQALBERT C. MacGREGORY DRAMATIC CLUB ,,.,,,,,. ,,,. ELECTRICAL CLUB , , EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOOTBALL TEAM FRENCH CLUB ,, ,,,, GERMAN CLUB ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, GRADUATING CLASS ,,.. HEADS OF ACTIVITIES ,,,., , ,,,,,. ,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,,,,I...,,,..., , ,, 'I HOCKEY TEAM-SENIOR GIRLS' CLASS CHAMPIONS ' OLD'HIGI-I SCHOOL ,,,,,,,,,,,,. ,I,,. ,,,..,. ,,,..,, ,,,, Q , ,,,,,.. . .,,, , , ORCHESTRA YY.., ,f,,.f,A.,,. ,......7,,A,.,, RELAY TEAM .,.,.........,. .. ..,,,, ...,,,,,. , SCENES FROM NEW BUILDING , SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS I.., SEWING CLUB ,, ,.,, Q. ,.,.., . STORY TELLING CLUB Page 44 78 , 46 34 68 ,, 70 , . 76 , 2 , , 48 54 ,,, 5 Z ,, , I0 ,, , 28 26 , ,, 28 ,, . 24 21 56 5 8 . I ,,,, 40 ,.,, 62 ,,,, I I ,,,, 66 64 . 60 ,,,, ,Facing I2 ,,,,,,,,,, 18 ,,,, 74 86 ,,,, 30 ,,,, 72 .,,, 87 , I 0 84 ,36 ,..J

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,ig Nw vii i s ,El ja org I xi-LJ ..fa HIM I , ij IQDITORIALS Page Dr. IVIacGre51ory. The Sportsman---Ifditor 6 The Inside S!ory7IisteIIe I3russeai1. '29 7 Onward to Silccessi--Rohert Tonis, '27 8 To Arms, Juniors-Class of IU28 9 SIQNIOR CLASS ,, , I-I CLASS POISM H Z0 CLASS ORATION 2-I CLASS ESSAY 20 MUSIC TOR CLASS ODIf 28 CLASS ODI2 ,, 29 LITIfRATURE The RuIer of Gods A 'cl NIenfAlice Ciiitdin, '28 31 The Lost .IcvveIYTheIina Heath, '27 32 The Vs'iII of Coda-Pearl Vw'ise, '27 , 33 My Journey to Mecca- Barbara Drake, '27 33 SKIYIACHIZS No Place Like Home7S. A. Davidson , 35 I Amcricano Italiano--Robert Tower, '27 , 35 Just Nature-S. A. Davidson ,, ,, , 37 TwiIightfAnna Banavich, 420 V VYVY Y 37 On XVearing New Shoes Sophie Urburlis, '27 38 An Ilmergency CJII for Groceries- '--, Margaret Gibson, '28 , 38 Suggestions for the Lunch Room--IVIichaeI Svirsky, '27 39 CLASS NOTES , ,,,, , 42 HIGH SCHOOL LOYALTY DAY 47 POIiT'S CORNER , , 49 ALUMNI NOTES , 50 EXCHANGES ,,,, Y 53 CLUB NOTISS ,, , 57 SPORTS 67 AUTOGRAPHS 80 JOKES 88

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4. 6 BROCKTONIA E ' t I ' 5 E ml- gg - Wx- S gil 1 Pg lit lllllllllllggv S ell . lt l mimi G 6 DR. lVlacGREGORY, THE SPORTSMAN UOne who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to light better, Sleep to wake. A heavy sultry sunshine streamed in through the window. Without warning, a loud boom of thunder broke the silence, then all was quiet: -again a seering, red flame Zigzagged across the leaden sky, a roar. a swift torrent of rain, and silence4off and on intermittently throughout the long gray afternoon. It was not a par- ticularly inspiring time in which to concentrate upon writing an editorial and our thoughts wandered distract- edly from one topic to another until they rested on a deeply calming sub- ject-Dr. MacGregory, the Sports- man. The Doctor does not have to dress in a scarlet red hunting coat, blow a curved horn, and ride to the hounds in order to be a sporstman. A sportsnzan of that kind might be an external one only with flaunting colors while the Doctor's sportsman- ship lies beneath the surface. Sports' manship is a subtle thing. The pos-- sessor of it has to weather storms of temper, periods of grim, heart-grip- ping tragedy, and struggle through moments of bleakest despair in order to acquire it. lt can neither be bought nor sold. It is one of life's sweetest possessions: in its absence one can never hope to become a friend to man. Yet, in the opinion of an audience including the most critical minds ol' any community, young students, Dr. MacGregory is a good sport, a pal Speaking in an enigmatical way, 'AWhy is he what he is? He is a sportsman because he has fought life's battles bravely, has struggled