Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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uf, 1 ,f ,-. ,- , x X m I 1 2- , fa Q an Cf.EiIlI1l'l H TRUTH CONQUERS ALL Vlrtus Omnxa Vlnclt A ne Latin motto And one that has been gavly emblazoned as a fam ly crest on many an old hleld Hou many brave and sturdy knights of old have chosen that as an ldeal for hvmgl HCIOIC deeds haw e been performed mth those same words as msplratlon It IS for us, as Semors, to lmprlnt that motto on our banners to carry those Hammg words of truth suth us wherever we go Ideals are pecular thmgs that are rather dlmCLllf to de ne those chose thang more When we, as freshmen, chose words as our class motto, we them because they meant some to us They should mean much now Four years we have been together four years of studylng and strnmg, always wlth our motto men tally betore us as lnsplratlon Thls une dlVldCS the paths of many of us Xve sh ll walk ln dlfferent vxays No matter xf we never meet agam, there ls a common bond among all the members of the class of 1930 ln the beautiful memorles of school days We cannot help but sxgh xuth regret as we remember all the happiness me have known mthm the walls of Brockton H1 h It xs wlth greatest gratitude and appreclatxon that we turn to thank our patxent faculty for the r unfallxng Interest and Mr Rye for his bcnev olent advlce and help In leavmg, we hope that we have at tamed at least a few of the goals toward whnch we stramed so eagerly four years ago, and that our name may go down wxthm the annals of the school and of the clty as a class who tried nts best to fulhll the ideals rep resented by its motto Truth Con quers All Fdltor TO THE SENIORS PSyCl1OlOglSIS ll1'lll1t'lll'l tl1'lt 'IYIYOHC not lheiitilly CTCFICICHI' IS 'llIJlC Vblfll 311 TIOLII' OI' IWC of COI1CCI1fl'1tCCl Il'10Llgl'lt to I'6Ci1ll lI1C1dCHfS HS far b'lClC HS l'llS f0LlL'Il'I OI' yeill' of Cl'1lldl'100d Assummg that these psychologxsts are even partly r1ght, may I ask you to turn thls magazme face downward, for the moment, and g ve a thought to the four years you are now endmg How qulckly the lncxdents and ac clclents of the past year surge into your mind, shaplng themselves ln such mcolaerent thoughts as the thrlll of the socxals great tlmes ethics report cards une lst suspense teachers are human' stunt nltc d1ploma at last the reactlon Then almost as easxly brought to mmd are the events of the precedlng year upper classmen football Mr Staff s incomparable qulntette Westsuard Ho' Prom d6COI 1IlOIlS best yet champlon track teams what n orchestra' the band hrst taste of extms un'or ushers almost there A b1t more stubborn come the Soph omore pxctures no longer babes added personal responslbxlrtles more bool- s frxend Caesar u est year of the four X a 'X Q MQ, I ... . VI :N .ii M as 613 Q f ' 9 4 Z L WP R ,bf 5' ' . b 1 Kr , N ' N ' l 1 4 1 ,, . .C . .... fl I M t ' - . 7 4 ' . . . . ,, . H . ' . M L 1 a I 1 , I . . . I 4 K 3 being called Seniors . . . elections C ' K ' .... 4 . . . t 4 1 4 . ' ', ' ' . . . . 'F . . . .I f - .4 1 . : ,... ' L . ...d ll-

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS Page Aero Club After Dmner Speaking Club Alpha Tau Debatmg Club Band Baseball Team Basketball First Team Ba lcetball unlor Curls School Champions Bf0ClxIOHl3 Staff Business Admlnlstratlon Club Cast of Senior Class Play Class Day Officers Class Composer Class Essaylst Class Od1St Class Orator Class Poet Congress Curle Science Club Dramatic Club Edison Scxence Club I XCCUIIVC Commlttee French Club German Club Graduating Class Heads of ACIIVIIICS Hockey Team Senior Girls Class Cbamplons Literary Club Orchestra Iqraclc Team Semor Class Officers Sewmg Club Story Telllng Club Yacht Club 40 .. ., . . .. . 64 ' . . .. , , ,. , 78 . ., . , . 62 .1 A , . . . 44 y ' . . A ,. 66 S , J ' A ', ' .. . 60 ' ' ..., ,.. . . ,.,. , 2 ' , , , .. , . 42 A A . .. ,. , 13 . , . .. 22 , ' , . . ,. . I7 ' . , . ., , ,, .. 22 .. . 14 . 19 . . 74 ' ' , . , . 58 ' , , ., . 38 ' ' 52 I ' ' 9 Football Team 72 . . 70 50 ' 11 ' ' L- , I2 ' . , ' 4 , ' 68 ' . . 34 . . 54 ' , ..,, .. ,.,, .. . 8 . , ,. ,.., , 46 ' ..,. A . . ...... .... ...,,.,, . . .. ...., . ,. .. .. . 32

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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 . .