Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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BROCKTONIA 1930 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS 1930 LESTER OPPENHEIM MARION LEONARD BARBARA SWAIN FREDERICK OCONNFLL S ta Y 1 1 President Vice-President ecre r Treasurer

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BROCKTONIA ust hlce yesterday s thoughts come Freshman fantasxes our new head master land ng rooms practxcal jokers what a grand feelmg to w r1te B H S after your name maroon and whlte Truth Conquers that Ethlcs speaker who char acterwed us as, Freshmen who know not and know not that they know not Those thoughts don t mean a whole lot just now, do they? This artlcle sounds hke an attempt at throwmg the proverbml cold water on joyous plans, doesn t1t9 It remmds you of the over done, Farewell, C Class Q Class, Farewell' s hlch everybody 1n pollte socletv must tolerate But, ser ously speakmg d1d you ever stop to thlnlc that the odds are about 1000 to 1 against your chances of ever seetng every one of your classmates under the same roof together again? T wonder WOL1ld that you save thus copy of Brocktonla ' Store lt In the attic ln some obscure corner Then ten, twenty, thxrty forty fatty, even s1xty years later, come upon t by chance One stnll grants you a well balm ed mind lf psycholog1sts assertlons are true llve those hlgh school days over again and ask yourself the same ques txon, I-low mucn do those memorxes mean to me now There 15 but one answer Lester Qppenhexm WE THANK YOU' We tlae Brocktonla stall: wxsh to show our hearty apprectatnon to the teachers and pup ls w ho hate done so much to axd us in making thls year a success for tlae magazxne The faculty and the students reahze the necessity of cooperation m all bran hes l school actltlty and ha e gnen the staff immeasurable assxstance XVe also ex tend our most heartfelt thanks to lxlr I-larolcl T Eaton our hterafy adusor and to Dr A C hlaccaregors who has overseen o1r actlv t'es IH the fmanclal held To the 1ncom1ng staff, we wlsh the best of all good luck' Edztor DISCOURSE ON ART HOW often IS '1 IDCFSOI1 TICSFCT to Say, Ufl1CT1 I'Cl:CI'l'1I'lg IO l'l1S IITUSUC Elbllltl8S, tl'1'1t he OI' bl'16 C'lI'lI1Ot draw 'I Stlullglit llfle I XNOLIlCl SHV, 1fyOU VV'1l'lf 'I straight llI1C g '!D 3 yard StlClC 'Ind YOU have If of US cannot be EIFUSIS, dI'aYVll'lg I'I1?1S 6I'p1CCES, but WC ITIRY, through the detavled Stlldy ol' the fUI'lCl3lTl6!1f3lS of 'ITL lC'lI'I'1 to RPIJYCCIQIC great works The Brockton High School IS for tunate mn possess ng an xdeal classroom for drawnng fiere are over a hundred casts and many dxfferent studxes used rn charcoal and pencll worlc Not only has our hlgh school a well equipped and llghted drawlng room, but It IS also fortunate in havlng ln Mr Knapp a consc1ent1ous and pa nstaklng teacher, who gives hxs utmost to lmpart to his puplls a little of the gemus that IS found m htm Nlany tlmes students elect drawing wxth the ldea that lt IS a dull and umn terestmg study Art IS the most fascm ating work It xs surprusmg what beauty may be found na a slmple study Wlth a little patlence and labor any art student can produce creclltable charcoal studles There ns always a tendency among pupils to crltlclze drawings It IS thxs amateur crxtxcl m that ls so lrrltat ng to persons who have made a study of art It IS usually thls curbstone crltxc that mstantlv condemns an IIHPYCSSIODISIIC pxcture or a draw ng seemxngly devoxd ol' an ,1 teelmg because he cannot grasp lf off hand Others may see beauty m the same work and may laud lf Beauty ln art means different thmgs to dlfferent people Wllllalll Kt araceus 30 In the game 1ts GRIT ln splnacla nt s termble . 5 - - ' - - J L 1 . v . 730 r' -l--1- Alla' . . . ' ' - . ,. , . ' ' ,N t, 1 , Q . . , . . , . . ' , . ' 1 c t 1 . . . , . . , , tr ' 1 t . 7 ' ' , - F b ' ff ' Y I 7' . ' ' ' ' , ' I Q, I 1 4 . A . K u f V . I L - L l Q C -. C L . 1 K v- Y' - ee - 77 , 1 1 .. . ' ' te 7 ' ' ' ' ' . . K Q . .I , q 7 - C . I . . . . It at that stage 1n life, tlae Ommpotent I - ' f A 1- K V 7 - - 1 ' C ' ' . . . , . Q K . , . - V - t ' '. t f .f ' - - re 77 - rf , I ' . . ' If ' 7? K vl. L K V Q S - v K K K n - - rt ' - M . . . ,,. . . . ,, 7 0 ' K L Q ' K C V. ' 1 e K. 1 -T 1 , ,, .. L I A ,, 'H ' t 1 L ' ' Q . 1 L . I L lv It Q ' . . F ' . . , .. Q c o f . , A 'A ' YV A Y , .. . L L . L - T c Y I - . Ls Q . y C ' 1 sf 3 1 - . 4. Q K- v- v L . .

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BROCKTONIA 1 930 Executzve Commzttee 193 MAX MA! UIRI- THPODORF FFLDMAN a' DAVID BARRI' TI' IHODA mum WRCWIA LOW I I . - 0 'Q 3 I