Bromfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (Harvard, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1950 volume:

3 l 2 E 5 S 51 :K E 4 S H L. , fT2E1K ,'3- 3' V . f f' . If - ' ' x -1' i ' 5' -1' If 'Lfnmf' U file from ielcl geacon A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS GF RIQCIJIVIIWEKII '3ClJ4'fPOI. HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS TUNE IQSO 'O' THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSISTANT EDITOR ALUMNI EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER 'Il-HQ 'STAEL7 MARIE E. ST. JOHN MAUDE W. STEPHENS WAYNE W. BLACKWELL 'ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER ROBERT T. HYNES BOYS' ATHLETICS ,CIRLS' ATHLETICS ' SENIOR LOCALS XJUNIOR LOCALS SOPHOMORE LOCALS FRESHMAN LOCALS PHILIP MESSERSMITH DORIS G. BIGELOW JANE A. WATERS CAROLE A. BIGELOW ROBERT F. TURNER ELIZABETH L. MAHONEY 50 51 SYLVIA SMALL ' '50 52 51 51 51 50 51 52 53 V' -I' W X - r i i WE, THE GR!-XDUATING CLASS, Bvhiratr THIS YEARBOQK To 1111111 5. 1-Xlhinn Dunlap Bromgeul Beacon 'I' ll E F A C IT L 'I' Y PRINCIPAL - Mr. J. Albion Dunlap, Mathematics Miss Eleanor Brown, Latin, French, and English Mrs. Stanley H. Turner, English and Latin Mrs. Harold L. Clifford, Economics and Commercial Subjects Mr. Francis F. Driscoll, Science, History, Physical Education and Sports Mrs. Myrtle A. Flaherty, Art and Drawing' Mrs. Fred J. Drescher, Music ik Sk Ulf TRUSTEES Mr. Haven Parker, President Mr. Adams S. Hill, Treasurer Miss Anna M. Scorgie, Secretary Mr. Stanley H. Turner, Assistant Secretary Mr. Edgar W. Harrod Dr. .Don Leet Dk Mr. J. Albion Dunlap Mr. Richard Wait Mr. William C. Haskell S Mr. Walter Harrod wk bk SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Mr. Blynn E. Davis 'lf Sk 'lf SCHOOL COMMITTEE Mr. William Hermann Mrs. Alice Messersmith Page Three Mr. Charles Perkins A Brom? i el.d Beacon School Calendar Sept. 12, 1949-School opens. Oct. 12-Columbus Day. No school. Oct. 21-Teachers' Convention. No school. Oct. 26-Bromfield Booster Club Social Meeting. Nov. 11-Armistice Day. No school. Nov. 18-Junior Class Dance. Nov. 24, 25-Thanksgiving Vaca- tion. Dec. 2-Senior Class Play. Dec. 12-Bad weather. No school. Dec. 23 - Jan. 3, 1950-Christmas Vacation. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Mar Mar. 18-Senior Class Trip. 25-Bad weather. No school. 15-Bad weather. No school. 17 31 31 27-Vacation. Sophomore Class Dance. -Junior Prom. April 4-Semi-finals for public speaking. April 11-Public speaking finals. April 14 - 24-Vacation. May 20-Make-up day for May 29. May 29 - 30-Memorial Day. No school. J une 23-Graduation. 'k 'k ir ' Social Events A comedy in three acts, The Doctor Has a Daughter, was presented by the Senior Class, December 2, 1949. THE CAST Tommy ..................... ....................... ........ J a ne Waters D-odo Grant ................. ........... L ois Dickson Cleota Helpellberry ....... ............. M ary Poitras Mrs. Billings ............... ....... B arbara Benjamin Doc Billings .......... ......... F rancis Lennihan Flora Lee Billings ..... .......... M arie St. John Chuck Hall ............... ............. R obert Hall Lulu Thaxter ........... ............... S ylvia Small David Torrence ....... ....... W ayne Blackwell Cassandra Thorn ..... ....... C arole Bigelow Ed Smith ............. ....... ........ A l bert Tooker Egbert Coddle .............................................................................. Paul Thatcher The Senior Class wishes to express their thanks to Mrs. Turner, the underclassmen, and the understudies. Thanks go also to those who prompted, fixed the scenery, did make up, and to those who lent us furniture. Page Four Brom?iel.d Beacon On November 3, 1949 a group from Bromfield attended and enjoyed the Clark University Players' presentation of f'Othello. November 18 was the date of the Junior Class Dance held to raise funds for the Junior Prom. Music was furnished by Marty's Orchestra and the dance was enjoyed greatly. The annual Junior Promenade was held this year on March 31, 1950. The hall was cleverly decorated, and the music of Marty's Orchestra was enjoyed by all. The dance was a financial and social success. The Senior Class expresses thanks to all those who have helped to publish THE BEACON. This year a poll throughout the school was taken to determine Who's Who. Most Popular Girl ........ Most Popular Boy ........ .......... .... . . . ........Marie St. John ..........Robert Hynes Best Girl Athlete ....... ....................... .......... M a rcelle St. John Best Boy Athlete ....... .-.. . . ..,Q...,......T ...... .......... P hilip Messersmith Quietest ................ Noisiest ..... Tallest ............ Shortest ............ Best Student ............. Most Friendly ............... Most Argumentative Most Talkative Girl Most Talkative Boy Best Sport ................ Busiest ........... Wittiest ............... .........Frank Lennihan .......Barbara Benjamin Best Dispositioned Girl ....... ....... Best Dispositioned B-oy ........ ....... Best Posture .................. Most Inquisitive .......... Most Carefree ..................... .......... Best Dressed Girl ..... Best Dressed Boy ...... ......Dorothy Cregar ............Paul Curley ........Richard Hall .............John Linehan ......Susan Campbell .............Robert Hall ......Maude Stephens ............Jane Waters .............Alan Blue .......Paul White .........Jane Waters ..........Richard Hall ..Rebecca Anderson ........Ernest Cregar Philip Messersmith ............Sylvia Small .........Albert Tooker l ,ffl i I ,7 .ffg Brom?-Lehi. Beacon Athletics , GIRL'S ATHLETICS BASKETBALL A The Girls' Basketball Team has played more games this year than ever before, and the percentage of victories has been higher. Our line-up was as follows: Center Forward - Jane Turini A Right Forward - Lois Dickson Left Forward - Rebecca Anderson Right Guard - Doris Bigelow, Jr. 'Q Center Guard - Mary Greenwood Left Guard - Marcelle St. John ,Substitutes -- Dorothy Cregar, Eleanor Sawyer, Betty V Maloney, Phyllis Perry, Mary Ann Poitras, M5131--Galiughfan, Marilyn ' Murphy, and ' . ' . f f 1-- 'Co-captains - ' ' n. f f , 15 1 ' .K ManagersfM-arie wfasstl it , 4 N The members of the Senior Class who were on the basketball or foot- ball squad received sweaters on April 14, 1950. The sweaters are royal blue with two white stripes on the left sleeve. We wish to express our thanks to our new coach, Mr. Frank Dris- coll, for our training, we appreciate the time and effort which he spent upon us. Game schedule and scores: Dec. 6, at Harvard. Stow 51 - Bromfield 58 Dec. 13, at Harvard. Sterling 19 - Bromfield 30 Page Six Brom?j eld i3-e arson Dec 19, at Harvard. Dracut 25 - Bromfield 47. Dec. 20, at Acton. Acton 31 - Bromfield 28 Dec 28, at Harvard. Littleton 16 - Bromfield 21 Dec. 30, at Tewksbury. Tewksbury 32 4 Bromfield 27 Jan. 3, at Harvard Ayer 48 - Bromfield 21 Jan. 6, at Sterling. Sterling 10 - Bromfield 30 Jan. 11, at Harvard Lancaster 24 - Bromfield 39 Jan. 13, at Harvard. Lunenburg 38 - Bromiield 6 Jan. 17, at Harvard Tewksbury 31 - Bromfield 28 Jan. 20, at Harvard. Acton 17 - Bromfield 17 Jan. 21. at Harvard Maynard 29 - Bromfield 37 Jan. 27, at Harvard Princeton 21 - Bromfield 22 Feb 3, at Harvard. Lancaster 30 -- Bromfield 33 Feb. 6, at Dracut. Dracut 38 - Bromfield 25 Feb. 8, at Ayer. Ayer 48 - Bromfield 34 ' , Feb. 10, at Harvard. Stow 19 - Bromfield 31 XFeb. 13, at Lunenburg. Lunenloerg 35 - Bromfield 43 Feb. 24, at Princeton. Princeton 15 -- Bromfield 30 Q, it Y l 'X lt a CHEER LEADERS The cheer leaders, this year, had football as well as basketball to cheer for. On the day of each football game the cheer leaders, during the last part of the lunch period, led the sports' rally. They have been present at all games and they have done excellent work. 1,-P' For football they were: For basketball they were: s X Sylvia mall Nancy Leet Susan Campbell Mona Callaghan Betty Maloney Sylvia Small Nancy Leet Susan Campbell. - e3,i,,.,.,. E., Doris BigeloW,Y,lr1 '51 9 tg' L. 'H :jeg P- X fi ,J .X mc,-.I J jig K rfrzrj Poem Seven K . 1 W in 1-'NL.0UJ1,fiQl L' if l 'i ' ' ,V ft, fx f , . f . ht X -.1 X V X., 1 V i 1 lille, fi Brom? 2 eLd. Beacon BOYS' ATHLETICS FOOTBALL This year, under the able coaching of Frank Driscoll, the Bromfield boys had a six-man football team. Although the record of the team was poor, we hope that the experience gained will aid us in coming years. We want to thank Frank Lennihan, the only senior on the team, for his help in starting football at Bromfield. Frank was also Captain and contributed much to the squad. The players were as follows: Left end - E. Cregar Center - P. White and R. Turner Right end - F. Lennihan fCaptainJ Backs -R. Hynes P. Anderson P. Messersmith Substitutes: C. Day, R. Leet, R. Stephens, and N. Marr. Manager: G. Lennihan. The schedule of games and scores was as follows:- Lancaster 32 - Bromfield 12 Essex Aggie 13 - Bromfield 12 Topsiield 6 - Bromiield 12 Manchester 48 - Bromfield 6 Topsfield 44 - Bromfield 6 Lancaster 7 - Bromfield 6 Sk P14 all BASKETBALL The basketball team began the 1949-50 season under a new coach, Mr. Frank Driscoll. This year's schedule included twenty-two games and participation in the t-ournament at the Boston Arena. The team fared well with eleven wins and eleven losses. The lineup was as follows: Right forward - Albert Tooker CCaptainJ Left forward - Robert Hynes Center - Philip Messersmith Right Guard - Ernest Cregar Left guard - Paul White f Substitutes: A-Kenneth West, Robert Turner, Robert Leet, Chester Day, Robert Stephens, N-orman Marr, Richard Hall, Robert Hall, Alan Blue, Elliott Blackwell, George Lennihan, and Jack Linehan. Managers: Wayne Blackwell and Laurence Gates. Scorekeeper: John Murphy. Page Eight Bromgelcl Be alcorn l The schedule was as follows: Dec. 6 at Harvard. Bromfield 53 - Stow 42 Dec 13 at Harvard. Bromfield 50 - Sterling 30 Dec 19 at Harvard. Dracut 79 - Bromfield 32 Dec. 20 at Acton. Bromfield 38 - Acton 36 Dec. at Harvard. Littleton 39 - Bromfield 23 Dec 30 at Tewksbury. Tewksbury 46 - Bromfield 30 Jan. 3 at Harvard. Ayer 51 - Brornfleld 34. Jan. 6 at Princeton. Bromfleld 43 - Sterling 39. Jan. 11 at Harvard. Bromfield 51 - Lancaster 24 Jan. 13 at Harvard. Lunenburg 39 - Bromfield 22 Jan. 17 at Harvard. Tewksbury 51 - Br-omfield 44. Jan. 20 at Harvard. Acton 45 - Bromfield 34 Jan. 27 at Harvard. Bromfield 34 - Princeton 29 Feb. 1 at Harvard. Bromfield 47 - St. Mary's C.Y.O Feb. 3 at Harvard. Bromfield 35 - Lancaster 21 Feb. 6 at Dracut. Dracut 60 - Bromfield 24 Feb. 8 at Ayer. Bromfield 39 - Ayer 32 Feb. 10 at Harvard. Bromfield 43 - Stow 36. Feb. 13 at Lunenburg. Lunenburg 46 - Bromheld 15 Feb. 24 at Princeton. Bromheld 47 -- Princeton 39 251 H4 Pl: BASEBALL The 1950 baseball season opened at Stow with a 14-11 win and a nevs coach, Frank Driscoll. This year we joined the western division of the Wachusett League, and we did well against improved competition The line-up was as follows: Philip Messersmith - Third base 58223 535161. g Second base Robert Stephens - First base Pace Nine Erom?iel.d Beacons Robert Hynes I . h Robert Turner 1 P'tCl J' Paul White 1 1 Norman Marr Scatchel John Foss - Left field John Hopkins - Center field Kenneth West - Right field Substitutes: Chester Day, c.f.: George Lennihan, r.f.g Joseph Shaw, r.f. The schedule of games was as follows: April 25 at Stow. Bromfield 14 - Stow 11 April 27 at Harvard. Pepperell 7 - Bromfield 1 May 2 at Townsend. Townsend 6 - Bromfield 5 May 3 at Harvard. Acton 15 - Bromfield 6 May 4 at Harvard. Ashby 9 - Bromneld 3 May 8 at Lancaster. Bromfield 12 - Lancaster 2 May 11 at Lunenburg. Bromfield 10 - Lunenburg 2 May 15 at Pepperell. Pepperell 3 - Bromfield 2 May 18 at Harvard. Townsend 7 - Bromfield 2 May 22 at Ashby. Bromfield 5 - Ashby 4 May 25 at Harvard. Bromfield 12 - Lancaster 2 May 29 at Acton. June 1 at Lunenburg. 214 214 214 THE BOOSTER CLUB This year Harvard 'had a Booster Club to aid Bromfield. This group was wholeheartedly supported by the people of theltown. Organized as an aid to the high school's sports' program, it, with the help of the towns- people, contributed much to the school, buying uniforms, basketball warm- up jackets, and baseball uniforms. We students of Bromfield want to thank the Booster Club and its officers for their fine work in aiding us. ' Philip Messersmith '51 Pocze Ten w- - -- r - snug.-. --..- .4.e. E U51-nm.YieLd Beagg-on is BARBARA CAROL BENJAMIN Give me leave to speak my mind -Slarzkespenme Barbara is the writer of our class. Her humor and genial manner have brought pleasure to all the classes she attended. Best wishes for the future, Barby. Senior Play '50g Beam '49 WAYNE WALDO BLACKWELL Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers. -Tennyson Wayne has been our science and math major for four years. He is valedictorian of our class and is sure to succeed in the future. Best of luck, Wayne. Senior Play '48, '49, '50g Beacon '49, '50g Beam '50g Basketball '48, '49g Baseball '48, LOIS ADIEL DICKSON A mefrfry heart maketh 11. cheefrfful counte'nrmce -Old Testament Lois is the most active member of our class. She participates in all sports and was this year captain of the basketball squad. Good luck, Lois. Senior Play '503 Basketball, Mgr. '47, '48, '49g co-captain '50g Softball '47, '48g Beam '47, Editor-in-chief '50. Pace Eleven Bromffzelcl Bealcon ROBERT KENNETH HALL UB0b!! Put tlzjzfself into the trick of singularity. -Shakespeare Bob is the jokester of our class. His sense of humor and willingness to help will win him friends and success, we're sure. Best of every- thing, Bob! Senior Play '50, Beacon '49, Beam '50g Basket- ball '48, '49, '50. FRANCIS LENNIHAN, JR. nlprankn The better pnfrt of wtlofr is discretion. -Shakespeare Frank gave us cause to be very proud of him during the football season. We are sure he will be as successful in his business ventures. Best of luck to you, Frank. Senior Play '50, Football '50 MARIE EUGENIE ST. JOHN She shall find what she would have. -Anonymous Marie is Well known for her pleasing person- ality and willingness to aid people, She is sure to make as many friends in her chosen profession as she has in her Bromfield years. May you achieve all your goals! Assistant Editor. Senior Play '47, '49, '50, Basketball, Capt. '47, '48, '49, Mgr. and Co-Capt. '50, Softball '47, '48, Beam '48, Beacon '47, '48, 49, '50, Page Twelve I3r0m?zel.d. Bea-con PAUL IRVING THATCHER Love is only clvattefr, Friends are all that matter. -Burgess Paul is the quietest member of our class. He is easy to get along with and is sure to meet with success in whatever he chooses to do. Senior Play '50, Beam '48 HAROLD ALBERT TOOKER A HAI!! Blessings rm. him who first imfented sleep. -Cervantes Albert is the class's basketball star. His ger- sonality and winning ways are sure to bring im success. We all wish you good luck in the future, Al Senior Play '503 Basketball '47, '48, '49, Cap- tain '50g Beam '50. JANE ANN WATERS Janie She has two eyes, so soft rmd brown Take came! -Longfellow Jane has been leader of the cheering team for three years. She has a very winsome smile and a friendly way which are sure to reward her in the future. Success to you, Janie. Senior Play '49, '50g Softball '47, '48, Basket- ball '47p Beam '48g Cheer leader '48, '49, '50. Page Thirteen Brom?l:el.d Beacon Gm Sana nf f950 Good-bye to dear old Bromfield On our graduation day. To friends we knew Our hearts are true, And so they'll always stay. The nine of us together Are leaving Brornfield High, But We will remember When we go riding by. Good-bye to dear old Bromfield It's time to leave you now. We've been with you for four long yearsg So we will tell you how Our hearts will long remember The days at Bromfield High, And we'll always be grateful When we go riding by. Words by Robert Kenneth Hall Music: Cruising Down the River Page Fourteen Brnmf-LQLA Be 8.i'C02l1 QQADUATIQN EXEIQCISES P r 0 g 1' n. in Invocation Song - Serenade Words by Frederic H. Martens Music by Enrico Paselli School Chorus Salutatory and Essay - A General History of Medicine Marie Eugenie St. John Class History Robert Kenneth Hall Essay - The Life of Jack London Barbara Carol Benjamin Essay -- An Historical Sketch of Massachusetts Francis Lennihan, Jr. Essay - The Shakers Song - The Bells of St. Mary's Essay - Forestry School Chorus Jane Ann Waters Words by Douglas Furbei' Music by A. Emmet Adams Paul Irving Thatcher Class Prophecy Lois Adiel Dickson Class Will Har-old Albert Tooker, Jr. Valedictory and Essay Well Drilling Wayne Waldo Blackwell Award of Woman's Club Scholarship Award of Good Citizenship Pin Award of The Arthur D. Hill Prize Award of Brom1ield Scholarship Prizes Presentation of Diplomas Class Song Words by Robert Kenneth Hall Music: Cruising Down the River By Eily Beadell and Tollerfon Sch-ool Chorus ak wk Sk CLASS OFFICERS President ........... ............................................. M arie Eugenie St. John Vice President ..... ........ F rancis Lennihan, Jr. Secretary ............................................................................ Lois Adiel Dickson Treasurer .................................................................... Wayne Waldo Blackwell Class Colors - Blue and White Class Motto- Bon Ame, Bon Vie Class Flower - Gardenia, Page Fifteen Br-om?iel.cl Beicon SALUTATORY On behalf of the graduating class of nineteen hundred and fifty, I welcome you to our commencement exercises. SF PK HK A GENERAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE Since life has existed on earth there has been disease. At first man had n-ot the intelligence to take much notice of where the pain and sickness occurred in the body or what symptoms were present. When notice of these things was first taken, the first practices of medicine began. Disease was looked upon as having a supernatural origin. Man thought that departed spirits had something to do with their illnesses, or the wrath of a tribal God, it was believed, might cause illness and plagues. Self-infiiction of bodily torture was believed to be a cure for ills. If one were ill, it may have been because he had sinned and the sickness was an atonement for the sins. Primitive people tried starvation as a way to get rid of any disease they had. It was thought that starving would make the body an undesirable place for the demons which caused the disease. Since the victim's skin turns yellow when he has yellow jaundice, it was held that the demon of this sickness could be lured into the body of a canary. Early people thought the color of the bird could attract the jaun- dice demon from the human body into that of the canary. All these beliefs were held by the peoples of the world until about 3500 B.C. In 3000 B.C., there lived in Egypt the first physician, a man named Sekhit'-enanch. About this time the first operation was performed. It was a skull operation which is still said to require great skill. This was performed to free from the head demons such as the one of a headache. About 1500 B.C. pills, potions, inhalations, and plasters were all used. One potion was made from beetles and was used thus: against all witch- craft, use a large beetle. Cut off his head and wings, put him in oil, and apply to part ailing. Then cook his head and Wings, put them in serpent's fat. Let patient drink the mixture. The earliest advancements in medicine were very slow. What records were kept are very short. Remarkable progress was made about 700 B.C. Skin grafting was first used in this period. New noses were created from cheek and fore- head flaps. Later, hospitals for the blind and lame were built. Greek temples were used for the unfortunate ones, and hygiene was rigidly enforced in old Greece and Rome. Hippocrates, wh-ose father and whose grandfather had been physi- cians, became prominent about 460 B.C. His diagnoses are very much the same as those of the physicians of today concerning the same diseases. He was the first to distinguish diseases by means of a study of symptoms. Hippocrates tried to rid the people of their silly superstitious and teach them that disease was the result of natural causes. Page Sixteen Bromileul Be alison Galen, of Greek parentage, practiced in Rome about 130 A.D. His fees were rather high, and he catered to the wealthier class. It is stated that for a fortnight's attendance upon a prominent Roman's wife Galen received twelve hundred dollars. His study and records of bones are nearly as accurate as those of t0day's physicians. His knowledge of the heart was very accurate, too. Through the Dark Ages no progress was made in medicine. The Arabs chiefly carried on medicine, but study was absent until 1542. Versalius, a Belgian, is called the founder of modern anatomy. Because he questioned Galen's writings people were against him and, discouraged, he threw many of his unpublished manuscripts into the fire. In 1796 the inoculation of cowpox virus in the treatment of smallpox was first used by Jenner. This was an important discovery for few people had heretofore reached adult life without having this disease. During the nineteenth century many important discoveries and inven- tions were made. In 1850 Louis Pasteur made great advancements against hydrophobia. ln 1865 Joseph Lister first used antiseptics -on wounds and in surgery, and in 1876 Robert Koch improved methods of treating tuberculosis. Recent progress in medicine has been very great. Tuberculosis sana- toriums have been built and favorable cases are cured in these hospitals. Asylums for the demented are in use now, and sanatoriums for yellow fever and malaria victims have been established. Much research in cancer, tu- berculosis, and heart disease has been carried on through the aid of annual drives such as the one for infantile paralysis. Poliomyelitis hospitals are numerous. A possible symptom of cancer has been found in that the red corpuscles of the blood of a cancer victim have a tendency to clot much faster than those of a person without the disease. From the fields of research have come many new drugs such as insulin, sulphur, and penicillin. Insulin is probably the most important of these new drugs. This drug is sometimes the sugar diabetic's only hope of life. Insulin was discovered in 1922 and nothing more effective has been found yet. The iron lung is indispensable for people such as infantile paralysis victims who need artificial respiration. Through the many years of research, study, and discovery from before 4000 B.C. to the present day thousands of advancements have been effected. The records of Galen, the contributions of Hippocrates, and the studies compiled by the men of yesterday all aid in the progress of medicine today. And now, through research, the field of medicine is progressing in great strides to rid the world of sickness and disease. Marie St. John Page Seventeen Br-om?iel.cl. Bcgscon THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1950 as written by Robert Hall The nine of us who were graduated from Harvard Grammar School felt very important. We all agreed that when the first day of high school came we would show the other classes in Bromfield just how brave we were. The school opened on September fourth, nineteen hundred and forty- six. In we came, Wayne Blackwell, Lois Dickson, Mary Fox, Robert Hall, Sally Leadbetter, Marie St. John, Robert Salvas, Paul Thatcher, and Albert Tooker, laughing, joking and making a lot of noise. When the bell rang, everyone became very quiet, that is, everyone except the freshmen. We felt that we were so important that we did not have to be quiet, we were different. This feeling was short lived. Mr. Dunlap rose behind his desk and quietly stared at us until our egos collapsed like so many pricked balloons. From then on we knew that We were the least important class in Bromfield. We noticed that we had a new classmate, Jane Waters. Jane looked just as much afraid of Mr. Dunlap as we were now feeling. We saw too that our teachers were Mr. Dunlap, Miss Brown, Miss Moulton, and Mrs. Turner. The first of October, when the parts for the Senior Play were assigned, we were proud to hear that Marie was taking the part of a grandmother in the play, Almost Summer . Marie was also on the Beacon staff that school year. Even though they were freshmen, Lois, Marie, Jane, and Sally played on the girls' athletic teams. Albert Tooker and Robert Salvas played on the boys' teams. In April we were joined by James Joyce. From April until June was a small step. Soon we were decorating the auditorium for graduation. On the night of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven we ex- perienced our first high school graduation. We returned to school on September third, nineteen hundred and forty-seven. Now we were sophom-ores, and we could look down one some- one. We could also sit nearer the rear of the room. We liked this idea. After we were settled, we saw that we had lost two of our classmates: Robert Salvas and James Joyce had left us. The Sophomore Class now was made up of Wayne, Lois, Mary, Robert, Sally, Marie, Paul, Albert, and Jane. Though there were a few changes in our class, we still had the same teachers. When the parts were given out for this year's play, we learned that Wayne was to play the part of Commander Stone in Act Your Age . In December we l-ost Sally Leadbetter. Our class now had eight members. Marie and Wayne were on the Beacon Staff for this year. In this school year Lois, Marie, Albert, Wayne, and Robert played sports for Brornfield. Jane Waters and a senior girl started cheering for our teams. Page Eighteen Brom? i QELA Be anon The graduation of nineteen hundred and forty-eight was almost here. The classes were practicing singing and marching. Then came the big night. Even though we were just ending our sophomore year, we were glad to see this graduation because it meant that in two years we would be in the front row if we were lucky. The fall term of our junior year began on September eighth, nineteen hundred and forty-eight. On this first day we noticed that we had two new members, Barbara Benjamin and Francis Lennihan. The class now had in it Barbara, Wayne, Lois, Mary, Robert, Francis, Marie, Paul, Albert, and Jane. The teachers were Mr. Dunlap, Miss Brown, Mrs. Clifford, and Mrs. Turner The cast' for the annual Senior Play was chosen in early October. Marie and Jane were given parts. Mary Fox left us in October. On October 29, 194.8 we, the Junior Class, had a Hallowe'en Dance to raise some money for the Junior Prom. Just before the play was to be presented one of the seniors became ill, and Wayne Blackwell was asked to take his place. Soon it was nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and we found ourselves decorating the auditorium for our Prom. We decorated the hall in blue and white and had large clusters of balloons on the ceiling. These were to be released when the dance was almost over. April first came - a perfect night. The crowd was large, and everyone seemed to enjoy himself. The members of the class who took part in sports during this year were Lois, Marie, Albert, Wayne, and Robert. Jane Waters was now head cheer leader. About this time Mr. Dunlap announced the Beacon Staff. Wayne Blackwell, Marie St. John, and Robert Hall were on his list. It was not long until graduati-on. When that night came, each of us juniors had his fingers crossed, and was thinking, Next year I will be in the front row. The summer went by very quickly. Soon it was time for school to open. Due to some work that was being done in the school, classes did not begin until September twelfth, nineteen hundred and forty-nine. This was to be our most important year. As seniors we felt very proud. There now were Wayne, Lois, Robert, Barbara, Francis, Marie, Paul, Albert, and Jane in our class. Our teach- ers were to be Mr. Dunlap, Miss Br-own, Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Turner, and Mr. Driscoll, who was to be both teacher and coach. He coached our first six-man football team, our basketball teams, and our baseball team. The Senior Class all went to Worcester to see the Clark University Players present Othello . The play was produced in Shakespearean style. Shortly afterward the parts for the Senior Class play The Doctor's Daughter were announced. All the seniors were given parts. The play was given on December second, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and we all feel that it was a success. On January eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fifty, our class went to Boston to have our pictures taken. After the pictures were taken, we went to Schraffts' for lunch. Later we purchased tickets for Brigadoon . Page Nineteen Bromfiield. Beacon On our way home after the show we stopped at Howard J ohnson's for dinner. Prize speaking was held again this year. Frank, Wayne, and Jane went to Littleton for the finals where Frank won honorable mention. Just before our April vacation, Mr. Dunlap announced our parts for graduation, so we could have something t-o do during our week off. Now on this night of June twenty-third the history of our four years at Bromfield comes to an end, but in our hearts the affection for Bromfield will live forever. Sk Pl! Dk THE LIFE OF JACK LONDON In 1876 Jack London was born in San Francisco, the son of an itiner- ant Irish astrologer and Flora Wellman, a music teacher. When her son was but a few months old, Flora Wellman married John London, who gave his name to the child. In 1878 wanderlust struck the Londons, who gathered their few be- longings and moved to Oakland. As Jack grew older, he acquired paper routes which took him along the waterfront lined with saloons with which he later became so well acquainted. Life along the coast was fascinating to the adventure-hungry boy. There lay at anchor ships from distant ports, and each vessel spoke to him of far-flung adventures. Another gateway soon opened for Jack, and through it he stepped into the world of books. Throughout all his life Jack treasured these books. The year 1889 saw a small victory for Jack. He was graduated from Oakland Cole Grammar School and then, unwillingly but out of necessity, he worked for a time earning enough to support his dependent family. From his small wages Jack managed to save a few dollars to buy a leaky, second-hand skiff and spent his leisure hours sailing the Estuary and San Francisc-o Bay. The moon danced on the chopping waves as the Razzle Dazzle, J ack's newest investment, responded to his will. The thrill of his first raid on the oyster beds long lived in the b0y's memory as did his new title, Prince of the Oyster Pirates . This was a short-lived adventure, for Jack's con- science began to pirate his everyday thoughts. At the age of nineteen, Jack entered Oakland High School, supporting himself meanwhile. He then attended the University of California at Berkeley. Inevitably the call of the Yukon trumpeted in Jack's ears. Soon he had crossed the Divide seeking gold, had wintered in the Northland, and had graduated from a cheeckako to a veteran of the gold rush. His efforts left him penniless, and his zest for this great adventure suddenly evaporated. Back in Oakland Jack realized that the love of writing seethed in his veins. Although he had experienced much disappointment, his articles earning barely postage money, Jack was determined to rise from his pit Poqe Twenty Brrnmiijzel.-gl BG acon of obscurity to heights of recognition. After many months of rejection by editors, he sold his first article, To the Man on the Trail to the Oncrlanrl Monthly for the meager sum of five dollars. The beginning of a new century marked the beginning of Jack Lon- don's successful writing career. He set for himself a daily quota of a thousand words which he wrote early each morning. One of Jack's many hindrances in life was his unceasing craving for liquor. From early childhood the shadow of John Barleycorn had followed Jack London, first tormenting him, then delighting him. It took almost his whole lifetime for Jack to free himself from his thirst for alcohol. He told of these experiences in his book, John Barleycorn. After Jack's unsuccessful marriage to Bess Madden, he left her and their two daughters and began lecturing in Chicago. Once again Jack married. This time he chose Charmain, a girl who, like himself, loved adventure. The happy couple bought a ranch which Jack named The Valley of the Moon. By 1905 Jack London, the vagrant-the drunk -was the most fam-ous and highest paid author in America. Even with fame, Jack was lonely for the call of the sea gulls and the smell of the ocean, so again he followed the beckoning finger of adventure. After many months of discouraging defeats in the building of his newest craft, The Snark, Jack and Charmain set out for a cruise around the world. Just twenty-seven days out of San Francisco, Jack sighted Pearl Harbor. The happy couple were greeted by throngs of Hawaiians, who were shouting and singing. They spent months cruising the South Seas, having what Jack called his first vacation . The trip got no further for Jack became ill with a tropical disease and returned home to his ranch. Following his recovery he turned out two books which were greeted with little enthusiasm by the public: the Iron Heel and a biographical novel, Martin Eden. His next venture was to build a stone mansion. The cost was tremen- dous, but after many, many weeks of impatient waiting, the marvelous structure was finished. The night after its completion the mansion was gutted by fire. In 1916 Jack and Charmain wintered in Hawaii hoping that there Jack could regain his failing health. Upon his return to America Jack began living in a world of semi-realism, refusing to do anything to prolong his life of forty-one years. No one can ever know whether it was by accident that Jack took a fatal dose of medicine on the morning of November 22nd, 1916. The story of Jack London's remarkable life and climb to fame will live forever in the minds of the millions who loved and admired his courage and genius. Barbara C. Benjamin Pcrqe Twenty-one E Z:lBrom9iel.cl BG3.iCOT1'm3 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MASSACHUSETTS As far back as the year 1000 legend has it that Eric the Red and his Norsemen touched what is now known as Massachusetts, calling it Vinland or Wineland. Explorers came to our coast from time to time over a period of six hundred years. Discontented English farmers read with enthusiasm John Smith's ac- counts of his New England journeyings written in 1614, as he wrote of Many iles all planted with corne: groves, mulberries, salvage gardens, and good harbors. The landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 established democratic govern- ment on the continent in accordance with their Mayflower Compact . Dissatisfaction caused the Puritans to come to New England seeking religious freedom. In the year 1629 a royal charter was granted to the Massachusetts Bay Company to govern land granted to the Puritans. This charter was the foundation of our democratic government. It provided for two general courts to carry on the afairs of state: the first was to consist of all freemen and was to elect the constituents of the second court, which was made up of the governor, deputy-governor, and eighteen assistants. When John Winthrop brought to Salem the prized charter, democratic government was assured. More immigrants came in the years following. ln 1640 the twenty-year-old colony numbered about 16,000 settlers. Con- stant growth with democratic form of government formed our present background. Towns lying around a central green developed the township so characteristic of New England. Individual families dependent entirely upon themselves for the necessities of life developed that Yankee ingenu- ity which has resulted in the rugged individualism of New Englanders. The town meeting was practiced, which so greatly contributed to the present national government. About 1660, when the Stuarts were restored to the throne in England, there came stricter c-ontrol, which New Englanders strongly resisted. Losing their charter in 1684 they fell under the Dominion of New England and the rule of Sir Edmund Andros. Continued resistance to the will of the crown led to their being placed under a provisional government when James II fied in 1688. They became a royal colony in 1691 under a governor appointed by the crown with, how- ever, the right to two legislative houses and the abolishment of the require- ment that a voter be a church member. Due to the series of wars between France and England during much of the eighteenth century the pressure of English control let up. Yet inas- much as the colony traded with the mother country's foes and did not pay a part of the war expenses, the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act of 1764 and 1765 were put into effect. Resistance in many forms brought about the repeal of the Sugar Act in 1766. This by no means eased matters as other suppressive moves caused constant unrest in the form of defiance of each new ruling. The Boston Massacre of March fifth, 1770, was a strong and vivid forerunner of the Revolutionary War. The Tea Act, the Boston Tea Page Twenty-two Br-om?ieLcl Beacon Party in 1773, the closing of Boston Harbor, and other infringing acts by the British added greatly to the starting of the Revolution. After the Revolutionary War, came social and economic problems which were remedied by a constitution, supplementing the Provincial Con- gress. This constitution, drawn up mainly by John Adams, was ratified by the people on June seventh, 1780. To this very day the original frame of this masterpiece is used here and was used as a model for the nation. Next came the Federal Constitution and Washington's presidency. General prosperity followed the economic depression that came as a result of the war. In Jefferson's second term came the Embargo Act to stop France and England from interfering with American shipping. Massa- chusetts suffered heavily, and Mr. Madison's War made things worse by stopping all trade from Boston until 1815. As a result of the embargo, industries were started to supplement pre- vious imports. The year 1816 gave us a protective tariff to shield the infant industries from foreign competition. Abundance of water power, other natural resources, and money aided in the rapid growth of textiles and other enterprises. The Erie Canal in 1825 turned much of the farming population to industry as competition from the West grew. The growth of the West necessitated a general liberalizing of the Constitutiong thus re- forms were carried out in 1820 to hold the people from westward migration. Then in 1833 church and state were completely separated. Universal education led by Horace Mann and a movement to aid the insane led by Dorothea L. Dix portrayed the start of social progress made in the early nineteenth century. William Lloyd Garrison in 1831 started His weekly The Liberator which under him was directed to inform the pub- lic about slave conditions. The Anti-Slavery Society and the Underground Railways show a reforming intent prior to the Civil War. Industrial expansion, increased volume of imported raw materials, and considerably larger income from Boston and Gloucester fishing indus- tries made the state prosperous following the Civil War. Out of the major industries grew demands for others, and in 1937 an industrial survey showed Massachusetts to be first in twenty-five manu- factures. The state has kept abreast of the nation in its legislation improv- ing labor conditions concerning w-omen and minors in industry. The state has greatly improved its public school system and is noted for its colleges and universities. Now in the years following World War 11, Massachusetts is faced with many serious problems. Many of her industries are migrating to other parts of the country because of unfavorable tax conditions hereg her penal system has long since been outmoded by those of her sister statesg her land suffers from erosion and unscrupulous removal of top soil, her rivers are polluted by industrial waste, and her system of roads leaves much to be desired. The future of our state can be what we make it. We, as her citi- zens, must do our part in solving these problems. Francis Lennihan, Jr. Pccre Tvle-nty-three arnmsaeta Beacon THE SHAKERS The Shakers, a religious sect, came from England to America on August 7, 1774, to seek religious freedom. Their founder, Ann Lee, came from Manchester, England. She believed she had received special spiri- tual gifts from God and that the Lord Jesus had become one with her in form and spirit. The Shakers are a peculiar people, as they will themselves admit, but their habits and ways, although they may be amusing and interesting, certainly are far better than many of the ordinary living habits of the world , as the non-Shakers were called. The Shakers worked earnestly from dawn to dusk. They rose at 4:30 a.m. and proceeded to work until six when they ate breakfast. At the table they stood behind their chairs and said a few silent prayers. After break- fast they toiled at their tasks until the lunch bell rang at 11 130. This meal and the evening meal, eaten at six, were conducted in the same manner as the breakfast. The Shaker religion forbids the eating of any flesh meat or fish. It is believed that their long and healthy life is due to the absence of meat and rich foods from their diet. Their plain customs are carried through to their meals. The work the Shakers did is most amazing. We find that they depended largely upon the goods they produced and made themselves. It is indeed striking to find that all the clothing, food, utensils, and furniture used by the colony were made by the Shakers themselves. Their simplicity is evi- dent in all their manners, clothing, and furniture. This simplicity is part of their religion. They believed that simplicity and suiering brought them closer to God. Their industry was also a part of their belief. They thought that if one worked all the time he would have no time to do or think evil. This, if one stops to think, is quite logical. The men in the Shaker Village attended to all the heavy work such as the farming, building of the houses, and manufacturing their machinery and tools. The w-omen did all the house-hold chores and made the clothes worn by the Shakers. The young boys made the door mats and did other little chores about the house, but, like all young boys, they would much rather have been out in the fields with the men driving the oxen. The Sha- ker men went out to the surrounding towns to build for the people of the world . They built many houses and barns around Shirley and Harvard. The women made and sold capes, baskets, brooms, mats, and other articles that any housekeeper would need. The Shakers living in Harvard were treated very cruelly - merely because they were not understood by the people. I will relate a few in- stances where the mobs of t-ownspeople attacked the Shakers. When the Shakers were driven out of Harvard, they were usually driven away to Lancaster. Upon one occasion the townspeople broke in upon the Shaker meeting. The Shakers were whipped and pushed about and were made to walk, at a lively pace, to Still River and then to Lancas- ter. The mob, because they rode on horses, were able to keep the pace, but the walking Shakers often lagged behind. Page Twenty-four Br-om?ieLcl Beacon When crossing Jeremiah Willard's pasture, Abijah Worster, a Shaker, called to James Shepherd, another Believer, and they embraced each other. At this the mob became furious and began beating Abijah. When the group came upon a level plain in Still River, they ordered the Believers to stop, and they beat James Shepherd with sticks gathered from the woods. After this was done, they c-ontinued driving the Shakers to Lancaster. Upon their return to Still River, the mob still held Abijah Worster in captivity. They proceeded to tie him to the big tree in front of the house of Thaddeus Pollard, now the home of Mrs. Hortense Hull. A small group of the mob was selected to get sticks, and each man in his turn whipped their victim a certain number of strokes. When riding by and seeing this, James Haskell, a respected citizen of Harvard, stopped, removed his coat and told the mob that he would rather receive some of the blows himself than for Abijah to receive them all. Hearing this remark, the mob, stricken with fear, rode off. The Shaker furniture was a symbol of the Shaker customs and further carried out their belief in simplicity. The furniture was all light weight but very sturdy, the heaviest chair weighing not more than ten pounds and the lightest weighing not more than five pounds. The wood was well seasoned, and the chairs were well constructed with hardwood pegs and dowels. Examples of Shaker furniture are armchairs, side chairs, rocking chairs, kitchen tables, dining tables, trestle tables, tripod stands, linen chests, chests of drawers, lap desks, and cabinet desks. The wood used in this furniture was of the type most easily obtained. The Shakers preferred using the lighter weight woods. Paint or stains were never used in finish- ing the pieces. The Shakers later adopted a method whereby they dipped the chairs and other light pieces in vats filled with a dye made from butter- nut bark and sumac, which gave a cherry color. The Shaker ingenuity gave to this modern world a great many new inventions. It gave us the disk harrow, circular saw, washing machine, horse collar, clothespin, and the apple parer and corer. The Shakers are steadily diminishing in numbers. Their population at the peak of their prosperity was 4,8695 now their colony consists of 500 souls. These Shakers are now residing at Mount Lebanon, New York. Although the Shaker sect is dying away, the lesson of self-sacrifice and diligence, which they taught, will live long after they are n-o more. Jane Waters lk Ik 214 A FORESTRY Forestry is the art or science of forming or cultivating forests. Its purpose is to develop a forest so that it will yield the biggest crop possible. The timber may be in the form of lumber, poles, trees, pulp wood, Christmas trees, -or even fuel. Forestry is a form of agriculture inasmuch as it con- cerns the raising of a crop, but the forest takes so much longer to grow, and the soils upon which it grows are so different from those on which other Page Twenty-five Er-om?iel.d. Beqgrcon crops are raised that its methods and problems are different from those known to the farmers. Preservation of the forest is important to all citizens. It is so impor- tant that national and state governments have taken charge of much of the forest land, and they are planting new forests. Some cities have pur- chased land outside their boundaries for the planting of forests. Thus foresters are now employed by some branch of government. We of America think of forestry as a science that has just been devel- oped during the present century, but the science of forestry is much older than any of us now living. Forestry is an art that was known to ancient people but was lost in the decline of civilization during the Dark Ages. Germany has much the greatest advance in modern forestry system. She squandered her wood supply till the time of the Crusaders, when there was a threat of a wood famine. Then Germany began to forbid wood- cutting for fuel, or wood-burning for the potash it contains. The German forests are now large. The chief types of trees are either oak, beech, spruce, fir, or pine. However, during the present century more work is beingdone to protect our greatest gift of nature - the tree. In the early days of America, efforts were made to protect the forests even though such forests were often deemed a waste of land. In the year 1682 William Penn stipulated in every deed that one acre of forest land should be preserved out of every five acres cleared. Twenty years later the state of Maine made similar requirements. Dr. Franklin B. H-ough 118713 was the first to begin the real practice of forestry. Three years after he began his forestry work, he was appoint- ed Forest Agent. He did his work so excellently that he laid the foundation for subsequent governmental work in this field. In 1891 the first Forest Reserve Law was passed. During all this time the forest situation was becoming so serious that even the most reckless wasters were very much worried. Most of the clamor that now arose demanded that the government buy back land from private owners and replant new forests. The demand improved in tone gradually, and the forest agencies worked out forest policies for permanent use, but they still have to labor against the amazing idea that it is the government's business to provide the forests for others to exploit. If this theory holds in the popular mind or in the political mind, private forestry has little chance of surviving. In spite of good profits made in forestry care and management, pri- vate invest-ors feel that they cannot make profits in competition with the government. The long time they must wait for the first crop helps to hide the value of the crop when it is ready for harvesting. The failure to realize these facts has handicapped the United States in trying to develop a good forestry system. A few large private forests and many small woodlots have been preserved. Some have been under skillful and profitable forest managementg but these have been thought of more as parks than forests. The fact that the United States Government is talking of planting one million acres of trees is convincing many that such planting is a good idea, so that others may follow suit. - Page Twenty-six Br-om?ieLd Be anon In the last few years the Civilian Conservation Corps has done more to cooperate with the forestry service than any other organization. Over 700,000,000 new trees have been planted since 1937 by these 500,000 men. Not only are they building parks and planting trees, but they are protect- ing hillsides and watersheds with heavy planting. In some regions they have made the enviable record of keeping seventy-five per cent of they planting alive. A number of federal departments are working in the forestry field. Some are reforesting the Tennessee hills to prevent floods and erosion of the Tennessee Valley. The Forestry and Park Bureaus are struggling to keep the areas in vast timber growth. There are those who vision planting the north side of every farm in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. The trees are needed. They benefit the farmer tremendously. lf we in America wish to protect our parks, the beauties of our ancient redwood trees and of our Douglas fir trees, if we wish to prevent destruc- tion of our forests with the resulting loss of lumber supplies and danger of fiood and soil erosion, we must cooperate with our country's Forestry Service. Paul I. Thatcher ,lf if Pk PROPHECY OF 1950 On one of my days off from the ofiice where I am a secretary, my friend, Pam, and I decided to leave the city behind us and venture forth into the country. We packed a light lunch and then left. Pam had never been in the country before, so I took pride in showing her many beautiful views. Upon arriving in a small town, we st-opped for a soda. While we lin- gered over it, Pam happened to pick up the local paper. There on the front page was a large picture of a famous writer, who was going to appear in person at the Town Hall the following week. The minute I looked at the picture, I recognized it to be that of one of my old classmates at Bromfield School. Of course! It was Barbara Benjamin! As I read the article, I learned that Barbara was going to be present to autograph her latest book, The Passionate Heart . After making a mental note of the day she was to appear, we continued on our way. As we drove along, we noticed a very prosperous-looking farm a few yards to our right. At the driveway there was a sign that said Hallstead . Two boys were walking down the driveway, so we stopped to speak to them. They reminded me very much of someone I had known in my school days. I asked them what their name was. When they said, Hall, I asked them then if, by any chance, their father's name was Robert Kenneth. They said yes, so 1 told Pam that I wanted to call at the farm house, and ask if this Robert Hall were the same one whom I had known. It didn't take me 1-ong to find out, because the minute I saw him, I knew that it was the same one I had known. Pace- Twenty-seven E UBYOTHYIGLA. Beacon Bob told me that two other classmates of ours were in constant touch with him. He said that Wayne Blackwell had his own machine sh-op now, in which Paul Thatcher worked as a welder. I wasn't surprised to hear this, because a long time ago, each of them had talked of doing work of that sort. Both were married. Paul has five children and laughs at Wayne who has only four. We stayed there a little while and then decided that if we were to see more of this lovely village, we must leave. I told Bob not to be surprised if he found me dropping in for a week-end sometime, and he replied that he always had a spare room ready for a classmate. Driving down the main street in that town, I noticed that I was almost out of gas, so I scouted around for a gas station. Presently, I turned into the only one in town. While the attendant waited on me, I noticed a man in dirty dungarees, sticking his head under the hood of the car in front of me. I thought that he looked very familiar, but I couldn't be sure, because of the cake of grease on his face and hands. The more I looked at him, the more positive I was that I knew him. Finally, my courage came to me, and I walked over to him. After watching him for a few minutes, my sus- picion was confirmed. That's right - it was Albert Tooker. I had never expected to see Albert as a mechanic, but he seemed to enjoy his work. We chatted for awhile, and then I left. I laughed as I told Pam who he was. I couldn't picture Albert with such a dirty face, because in our school days his face always shone. The more I think of it now, the more I realize that it wasn't his face that beamed so brightly, but his eyes, whenever they wan- dered over to the girls' side of the study hall at Bromfield. We stopped on top -of the hill just a few yards from the main street to admire the quaint village. Suddenly, we heard a crash at the bottom of the hill. Instantly we went to investigate, and found that a car had blown a tire and had crashed into a stone wall. When we arrived at the scene, a group of people had already assembled there. As we tried to move in closer, I felt a hand on my arm, and a woman's voice asked me if I had, by any chance, witnessed the accident. I answered her before I turned around. Hearing my reply, she exclaimed shrilly, No! It can't be! I turned to look at the woman with the high-pitched voice. I thought you sounded familiar, she said, and then, before I knew it, she called me by my first name. I instantly recalled hearing that high voice a long time ago, back in my high school days. Jane Waters had grown older, but her voice was still the same. Since she worked for the Daily News , she had come to write up an account of the accident. Jane asked me if I would take the poor man to a near-by hospital. Naturally, I agreed. Jane piled into the front seat of my car and directed me there. Two boys with Jane scrambled into the back seat to care for the injured man, so I didn't get a good look at him. Jane was busily writing her report, so she didn't bother to look at him either. When we reached the hospital, I caught my first good glimpse of the man. In amazement, I turned, interrupted Jane, and told her that the man looked like our old classmate, Frank Lennihan. She agreed without any hesitation that it was he. Evidently, he had been out selling his pro- ducts and was late returning to his office, so he had been driving a little . . . ah . . . faster than usual. Later, when Frank was resting comfortably in the hospital, we went in to see him. After a few minutes, the door opened silently, and then, the next minute, I heard someone exclaim, Why Lois, what are you doing Page Twenty-eiqhl Brom9ieL5l Beacon nere? When 1 turned, to my surprise I saw Marie St. John standing there. She hadn't changed much since our graduation from Bromfield School fifteen years ago. She told me that her husband was still in the Navy and at present was off on a cruise, so she was filling in her time at the hospital. When I learned that Frank wasn't hurt seriously, Pam and I started on our journey homeward. That evening, as I talked my day's experiences over with my husband, I remarked that it was strange that I should run across all my old school- mates. He agreed that it was very unusual. Presently, I began to make plans for a class reunion, which would be held at my h-ome. Before the evening was over, I had sent a letter to every one of my classmates who had graduated with me from Bromfield School, setting a date for our re-union. The rest of the evening, I spent looking through all my old scrapbooks, dreaming of my school days. - Lois A. Dickson lk lk Pk CLASS WILL OF 1950 On this, the twenty-third day of June, we, the class of 1950, being of sound mind and body, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To the Bromfield School we leave the balance of our treasury to be used to rent new films for the new projector. Now to the members -of the Bromfield School we leave these reminders of our class. To Paul Anderson we leave Robert Hall's free taxi service. To Rebecca Anderson we leave Lois Dickson's position as star player on the basketball team. To Carole Bigelow, an extra period in the day so she may get her homework done before night. To Doris Bigelow, free postage between Harvard and Troy, New York. To Mary Belle Blackwell we leave free passes to all dances. To Ernest Cregar we leave a pile of Class-ic Comics so that his book reports will be in on time. To Harry Creswell, a flock of crows so that he will have plenty of tar- get practice. To Donald Crowther, a book to help him in his future detective work. To Paul Curley we leave a complete set of accessories for his hot-rod. To Jean Ford, a bone to help her keep her collies contented. To John Hendrickson, a governor to put on that car he drives. To Robert Hynes, the right-of-way down Lovers' Lane. To Philip Messersmith, the right to have the family car when he wants it. John Murphy, a car to go with that license. Mary Ann Poitras, a note book so that she may write all her thoughts down. To Maude Stephens, a pair of boxing gloves so that she can keep up with that certain boy. To To Pace Twenty-nine Bromf-Q-eLd Beacon To Jane Turini, a pair of knee guards to keep her knees from being burned when she plays basketball. To Kenneth West we leave a harness and wagon so his dog can bring him to school. H To Alan Blue, free taxi service to the basketball games. To Mona Callaghan, a box of writing paper to help her with her cor- respondence. To Susan Campbell, a Whizzer motor bike so she will have transpor- tation to basketball games. To Chester Day, a book on argument. To John Foss, a back seat so that the teacher will have a hard time to see him. To Laurence Gates, a box of reducing pills. To John Hopkins we leave the Smithsonian Institute s-0 he will always have science around him. To Nancy Leet, a seat in the hall so she may watch for that certain boy. To Robert Leet, a little more weight so he can hit the line harder on the football team. To Phyllis Perry, a box of crayons to help her make those posters. To Paul Haskell, a swimming pool in his back yard. To Glenn Sawyer, a book on Massachusetts motor vehicle laws. To Frank Sloan, a pair of six-shooters to go with his cowboy outfit. To Sylvia Small, a book on vocations. To Robert Stephens, a bottle of vitamin pills to help him along. T-o Marcelle St. John, someone who can stop those fast passes on the basketball floor. To Robert Turner we give the right to talk and fool in Mrs. Turner's classes. ' To Paul White, the position of right forward on the basketball team. To Donald Daugherty we leave a rabbit to help him along in his busi- ness. To Tiiu Kruus, a seat beside the handsome president of the Sopho- more class. To William Beauvais, a noise-maker so that we shall know that he is around. To Elliot Blackwell, a motorbike so those newspapers will never be late. To Dorothy Cregar, a package of Pep. To Jenifer Culliton, all the latest sheet music to add to her present supply. To William Fox, a little more will power. To Mary Greenwood, a strait jacket to keep her still in class. To Richard Hall, a diet to stop him from growing any taller. To George Lennihan, an alarm-clock so he will reach school on time. To John Linehan, a pair of stilts so he may become center on the bas- ketball team. To Elizabeth Maloney, an Evening in Paris set to help her catch a certain Junior boy. To Norman Marr, a position on the varsity basketball team. To Marilyn Murphy we leave free voice training so that people can hear her in class. Page Thirty iLeLd Be accom To Beverly Betts, a permanent seat in Bromfield so that she won't have to travel to Ayer. To Joseph Shaw, a position in Arthur Murray's dancing school as a teacher. To Eleanor Sawyer we give a subscription to the Book-of-the-Month- Club so she will have the latest books to read. To Hugo Stapel, a chisel and saw to help him in his future medical career. To Richard Stapel we give a piggy-bank so he can start saving for his piggery: To Barbara Benjamin we give a currycomb so that Judy, her pet cow, will win a blue ribbon every time. To Wayne Blackwell we give a slide rule so he will never make a mis- take in figuring. To Lois Dickson, a car so that she may come and go as she likes. To Robert Hall, a tractor to help him get started on the farm of his dreams. To Francis Lennihan we give a book on sales talk to help him sell his products. To Marie St. John, a box of air-mail stationery to help her keep those letters going to the Pacific. To Paul Thatcher, a few welding rods to help him learn the trade. To Jane Waters we present a make-up kit to aid her in her dramatic work. To Mr. Dunlap we leave this gift which we hope he may enjoy. To Mrs. Clifford we donate a few screws t-o hold her desks together. I To Miss Brown, a book of popular songs so she may keep busy at her piano. V To Mrs. Turner, a flower pot to hold any flowers which may be given to her. ' T-o Mr. Driscoll, who has trouble getting enough sleep, we give some sleeping pills. To Mr. Vattes, whom we often see washing dishes in the cafeteria, we give a jar of Pond's Hand Cream, so that he will never have dish-pan hands. Signed, sealed, and declared to be our last will and testament, on the day and year indicated above in the presence of each and everyone of us. Respectfully Signed : Barbara Benjamin Wayne Blackwell Lois Dickson Robert Hall Francis Lennihan Marie St. John Paul Thatcher Albert Tooker Jane Waters Page Thirty-one Brom? i eLd Be anon WELL DRILLING Well drilling is one of the subjects on which there is very little written material. Wells are becoming more common every day as we depend more and more on them for water, salt, gas, and petroleum. Holes are now drilled in search of coal, iron ore, and other materials. Wells are variously classified according to the method of sinking, manner of lining, and depth or flow of water. As a matter of fact, there are over -one hundred com- binations possible for a well. The tools for the commonly known dug well are mainly pick and shovel. Dug wells date back to Biblical times. In the Book of Genesis, we find that Isaac became very great, and the Philistines envied him and filled in with earth all the wells which the servants of his father, Abraham, had dug some time before. Now Isaac and his servants redug all these wells and kept the original names to them. And we even find an example of an Ar- tesian well in verse nineteen of chapter twenty-six Cstill in the book of Genesisb : Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. Well digging was not uncommon as an occupation, for in the Gospel of Saint Luke, chapter sixteen, verse three We read: Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? For my Lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot digg to beg I am ashamed. More up to date and closer to home, I find that there are many wells in Harvard dating back to the sixteen and seventeen hundreds which are still used today. The well used by the Spragues dates back to 1665, and it has never been known to go dry. Two modern means of digging a well are boring and drilling. They differ essentially from hand digging in that all operations are carried on from the surface, the hole being smaller - usually from three to twenty- seven inches in diameter. Boring and drilling differ from each other also, that is, boring employs a rotating motion while drilling pounds and shat- ters with a churning moti-on. The first method cuts a hole at any desired inclination using as a tool a diamond bit driven under pressure by a rotat- ing outfit. The diamonds used in the bits are commercial diamonds - stones with fiaws or other imperfections which render them unsuitable as cut jewels. This rig is used in the exploration for deposits of coal, iron, copper, and precious metals. Because of its ability to drill at an angle, it. was used to help mine the minerals from under one's neighbor's property. The more commonly known method hereabouts has, as a tool, a bit on a heavy shank whose pounding power is supplied by lifting and dropping it by a rope or Wire cable. The grinding depending on sheer weight neces- sarily sinks a vertical hole - theoretically, that is. Artesian wells are becoming increasingly popular. The name came from Artois, the province in France where the first deep boring in Europe were made. A famous well near there was begun in 1833 and in 1841 at a depth of 1797 feet the water rushed out with terrific force at the rate of 500,000 gallons per day. Another well near by was 1923 feet deep and of the unusual diameter of 2143 feet, yet it yielded 5,600,000 gallons daily, the water rising to a height of 54 feet at the mouth. Page Thirty-two Brom? i el.cl Beacon Strictly speaking, -artesian is the name given to such wells as discharge water at the surface under natural conditions, but here we define the term as a Well in which the water rises under its own pressure above the point where it was found. There are a surprising number of people who believe that no matter where they would like a well - hill, valley, forest or desert - a few feet of easy drilling will bring a water spout of the softest, purest water with limitless abundance and great rate of flow. In reality, the depth -of a well and the quality of the water depend upon the earth structure surrounding the well. Nowadays when the surface water is so polluted, we must go down to another layer. The well then goes down through the surface soil - down until it reaches solid rock ledge. After it goes through this ledge it should reach a layer of sand or porous stone in which there is water. If this water is contaminated, too hard, or not sufficient, the well must go through another rock ledge and on to another porous layer containing water. You may wonder why the sides of a well do not cave in, as in your ex- periences of digging at the beach or in the back yard. The sides would fall in if they could, but the driller starts out digging a hole larger than the intended well size and, when he has reached rock ledge, places large pipe inside the hole to hold up the sides and to keep surface water from running into the well. Then he drills inside the pipe. Seams in the rock ledge must be sealed up with cement. Sometimes the cement is poured into the well, and the hole dug right through it. A less costly scheme is to place a small- er pipe inside and pour cement around it. Nothing, -of course, is gained when, afterwards, the driller cannot extract the smaller pipe from the cement. You would not use the same cement in building your house that you would use in well drilling. Such cement is not of poor quality, on the con- trary, you could not afford it since it c-osts three times as much as ordinary cement. The driven well that we are concerned with is supposed to be vertical. That doesn't mean that it always is. When the tool strikes the side of a boulder, it has a tendency to bend the hole slightly, and this leads to trouble. Occasionally a tool breaks off down in the hole and then a process follows called fishing. Fishing wastes time and labor and requires specially made gadgets - and a rabbit's foot. Success often depends more on the good luck charm than on the device. One contrivance is an inverted cone which is lowered onto the tool With the hope that the tool will stick inside the cone until it reaches the top. Fishing isn't always successful, but when it is, it sometimes saves 81500. Experienced well drivers can tell exactly what is going on down below by the sound of the drilling and the feel of the cable. When water is reached, the bale is let down. The bale is a cylinder with a valve in the botton to let the water in when it touches the end of the well. The bale full of water is dumped in a sluice for examination. The well, if the water is good, is then test-pumped for twelve or more hours to see if the Well recedes at the given capacity. If it does, it may need to be gravel-packed. The gravel used for packing is a certain carefully graded size of stone de- pending on the surrounding earth. Inside this packing goes a bronze screen Page Thirty-three Eromfliegd Be acson of a corresponding size mesh. Now it is time to lay the pipes and have a glass of cool, refreshing water from your own well. Because of our increasing usage of water and because of water shor- tages resulting from droughts, more and more people are becoming acquainted with the process by which men tap our underground reservoirs. VALEDICTORY As classmates bidding farewell forever to our high school days, we make numerous promises to one another and to friends to correspond often and to share now and then the memories of these days and of our dreams and ambitions. I sincerely hope that every promise is kept. It was Tryon Edwards who said, He that resolves on any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. Wayne W. Blackwell PF ik PF SENIOR ROLL CALL Barbara Carol Benjamin Wayne Waldo Blackwell Lois Adiel Dickson .......... Robert Kenneth Hall ...... Catch Bill ....................Wayne Won't Budge .......... Lois Adheres ftoj Dreams ................Robert Keeps Happy Frank Lennihan ................. .......................... F atiguing Life Marie Eugenie St. John ....... Paul Irving Thatcher .... Harold Albert Tooker ........ Jane Ann Waters ............ ........................................ ...........Marie Enjoys Sailor Jack .......Paul Insists fonj Tarrying .......Has Angelic Tendencies C ?J .Jane's Always Winsome Barbara C. Benjamin .................................................................................... Bill Wayne W. Blackwell .......... I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Lois A. Dickson ........... R-obert K. Hall ......... Frank Lennihan ...... Marie E. St. John ....... Paul I. Thatcher ..... H. Albert Tooker ........ Jane A. Waters ........ Senior Class .......... Mrs. Turner ...... Miss Brown .......... Mrs. Clifford ........ Mrs. Drescher ..... Mrs. Flaherty ...... Mr. Drisc-oll .......... Mr. Dunlap ............... Bromfield School ....... Mr. Vattes Mr. Kelly ......... I Could Be With You The Girls Go Yourself .........She's Only a Sailor's Sweetheart Fry That Man of Mine ..........We've Come A Long Way Together Knows Day Is Done ...............Typewriter Song .............Music, Music, Music .......The Old Master Painter .............................Memories ..........................Good-bye ........M1SS You ........Rag Mop BromQl:el.d. Beacon WE WONDER Why Barbara enjoys 4-H meetings. Why Wayne is going to Manchester this summer. To whom Lois writes all those letters. How Robert manages always to have someone extra to take home from the dances. What Frank does with his spare time Why Marie buys Air Mail stamps. Why Paul isn't interested in girls. Why Albert would like to grow at least an inch. Where Jane is planning to spend the summer. Sli 21 Pls SENIOR LOCALS Mr. Driscoll in chemistry class: What is the heavier form of hydrogen called? Miss Waters: Duridium ? Miss Blackwell: No, that is the new razor blade - you mean deuteriumf' Mr. Driscoll, talking of man-made and natural law: When the crow protects its fellows, is it man-made law? F. Lennihan: No, Crow-made. ' THAT PROBLEM OF GROWING UP Don't do that, Sarah, you're too old, cries Mother. - Don't wear that, Sarah, you're'too young. That's all one hears from the time she is thirteen until after graduation from high school. That in-between age is the worst age of all. If you do one thing, every- one calls you a child, so you decide to grow up. Then they tell you to act your age. Actually the uncertainty of this period is enough to put anyone in a mild dilemma. You get a beautiful new formal all picked out for your first high school dance. But Mother says, No, its too old-looking for you. S-o you bring home the dress she chooses. The night of the dance comes and your escort arrives for you. Just as you're leaving Dad says, Doesn't my baby look cute tonight? Be sure to come home early, Little Girl. Of course this remark nearly spoils the evening for you because you're wondering if your escort now thinks of you as Daddy's Little Girl . Then you decide t-o act the way that you think your mother expects you to. When you're reading J unior's new copy of Hop Hazard and he starts yelling, Mother says, You're getting rather old for comic books, aren't you ? lt's really a terribly unfortunate spot to be in. You're too young for high heels, too old for bubble gum, too young for make-up, and too old to wear ankle socks to church. And people wonder at teen-agers! Don't they remember when they were too old and too young at the same time? Marie St. John '50 Porcre Thirty-five E UBY-omS'iel.d Beaconlj Z THE GOLDEN MARE Each evening as the blazing sun sank behind the face of the earth and the searching wind hushed to a gentle breeze, the thundering of hoof beats came across the wooded hillside and onto the field. ln the light of the moon, a golden mane blew against a shimmering arched neck of deeper gold. Two fiashing eyes shone from a proud fore- head. A flowing tail was carried by the wind. As the hoofbeats grew louder and nearer, Robin dashed out of the house and onto the cool grassy field. Her heart beat faster and faster as she waited for the palomino to draw closer. Then the beautiful mare stood in front of the trembling young girl. Robin stroked the long nose and arched neck as she and the horse softly conversed. Suddenly the magnifi- cent horse wheeled and, with a significant whinny, broke into a gallop. When Robin reached home, she was almost crying. She wanted so much to own this beautiful palomino, but instead the wilderness claimed it. Every day Robin worked hard on the farm preparing for the rest of the winter. She worked much of the time but after all her work was done she would hurry to the field now covered with snow. As the winter grew bitter with sleet and wind, the mare came more often. Robin always had some oats and a few sections of sweet-smelling hay for the horse. Soon spring had come and the two friends spent much time in the grass-covered field. Robin knew deep down in her heart that she was the only human that the mare would venture near. She knew, too, that the mare because of her wild nature would never let Robin or anyone else put a saddle on her. V One evening as the horse disappeared again into the distant hills, the girl realized that this mare could never be owned by anyone. As she lay in her bed that night, she could hear the gentle neigh of the beloved horse and then the pounding hoofbeats as Mother Wilderness claimed her un- tamed child. Barbara Benjamin '50 Page Thirty-six 5:33-gnmgg GLA Beacoi-. J UN l0BS Paul L. Anderson ...... Rebecca N. Anderson Carole A. Bigelow ........ Doris G. Bigelow ....... Mary Belle Blackwell Ernest A. Cregar ...... Harry C. Creswell .... Donald R. Crowther . Paul R. Curley .......... M. Jean Ford ............. John Hendrickson .... Robert T. Hynes ........ Philip E. Messersmith John J. Murphy ............. Mary Ann Poitras ........ Maude W. Stephens ..... R. Jane Turini ........... Kenneth A. West ...... Paul L. Anderson ..... Rebecca N. Anderson Carole A. Bigelow ......... Doris G. Bigelow ............. Mary Belle Blackwell Ernest A. Cregar .... Harry C. Creswell ..... ' Donald R. Crowther JUNIOR ROLL CALL .......................................Positively Lax Attendance ..........Rebecca's Never Angry ...........Carole Admires Bert .........Doris Gaily Banters .........Mary Bewilders Boys .........Energetic And Carefree Can Croon .................Donald's Really Cute .......Paul Relaxes Continuously ........Makes Jokes Frequently ..................John's Hilarious ........Really Tender-Hearted ...........Phil Enjoys Mischief .....................John Just Moons .........Mighty Ambitious Person .......Many Wonderful Summers .........Roberta's fab Jaunty Type . .......................................... Kenneth Avoids Work THEME SONGS Your Little Whosie? Enchanted Evening .......There's a Man Who Comes to My House Letters ..........................Who'll Be The Next One? .................................Stumbling ...........Hunting We Will Go Buddy Price Thirty-seven 131-nmfezeia Beaicoin Paul R. Curley ...... .... . ..... L ittle Man, You've Had a Busy Day M. Jean Ford ........... .................. L et A Smile Be Your Umbrella John Hendrickson ....... ....................................................... D ream Girl Robert T. Hynes ............. ........ T wo Hearts Beat in Three-Quarter Time Philip E. Messersmith ....... ...................................... H urry, Hurry, Hurry John J. Murphy ............. . ....... .............................. I f You Knew Susie Mary Ann Poitras ......... ....... M y Foolish Heart Maude W. Stephens ....... ................. H omework R. Jane Turini ........... ...... ....... S w eet Sixteen Kenneth A. West ........ ............................................ ......... B a by Face WE WONDER WHY Doris Bigelow enjoys college vacations. Paul Anderson is attracted to Bolton. Kenneth West looks so angelic. Carole Bigelow is always looking at her watch. John Murphy admires a certain sophomore. Robert Hynes - No, we know why he likes Lovers' Lane. Jane Turini is glad she is sixteen at last. John Hendrickson likes an Acton Miss. Jean Ford reads so many books. Phil Messersmith has a weakness for blondes. Mary Ann Poitras is so petite. Rebecca Anderson shines at basketball. Mary Blackwell walks, but seldom rides. Harry Creswell is so sensitive. Paul Curley is so suave. ' Donald Crowther is allergic to girls. Maude Stephens likes to argue. Ernest Cregar breaks his glasses so often. JUNIOR LOCALS In English Class: Mrs. Turner: Can you use heinous in a sentence ? Curley: Put the heinous on the hoss ! Mrs. Turner: Mr, Murphy, do you know what wishy-washy means? Curley: finterruptingl A Chinese Laundry. Mrs. Turner: What does gabble mean? Curley: That's a thing the judge hits! Miss D. Bigelow: 1 looked up namby-pamby in the dictionary. Curley: What did it mean Y Miss B: Silly. Curley: I thought it meant a teddy-bear. A PLEASANT OLD LADY When I was in grade school, I used to help an elderly lady by raking leaves in the spring and fall, and by keeping her flower gardens in order. Anything that was out-of-doors, she loved. Flowers, birds, and animals - all were like children to her. She had lovely fiower gardens, and she saw Page 'Thirty-eight Brnmijmeld Beacon that they were well cared for. I remember particularly the lovely hollyhocks that grew so tall and brilliant by the sidewalk. It seemed that they would bloom almost every part of the year for her. She loved cats and always had one in the house to keep her company. I gave her a kitten once, and she, in turn, gave me one of the cat's kittens. Birds, too, were her friends, and she loved to sit outside and listen to the birds sing. Anyone who came to her house was always welcomed. Shc was very liberal-minded and democratic in her own way. Her convictions about life and religion were strong, but were never inflicted upon those who did not wish to listen. Her religious books were always in evidence, and she read them many times throughout the day. She practiced her religion very strongly, faithfully, and proudly. She was very generous and enjoyed giving things to people. I remem- ber when I used to go down to visit her how I tried to play the piano and how I used to wish I had a piano of my own. Well, when she moved away, she gave me her piano. This was about the most generous gesture made toward me, and I have never forgotten it. Mary Ann Poitras '51 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Someone has said that the English language is the hardest of all languages to learn. I never tried very hard to learn any of the -others, but I've been seventeen years at the English language. And am I a success at it? I am not! Now, where does it get the name - English? Don't they speak English in England? Can an Englishman understand what we're talking about? He can not! Can we understand an Englishman? Of course we can't. If we mixed red and blue and green and purple and orange together, would we get red? I don't think so. So, if we toss in English as it isspoken in England, and French and German and Spanish, do we still have English? Another thing is the spelling. The psychiatrists say that if you can't spell it's a sure sign you're not a moron. Well, that, at least, is a comfort to my mother. She knows I'm not a moron. Take the word psychiatrist . What is that ps doing there? Why won't an honest i do instead of that y ? Why not a k instead of the Bch!! I? And, when I can't spell a word, my elders and more erudite friends say, Look it up in the dictionary! Now who can look a word up in the dictionary if he can't spell it to begin with? How, for instance, can you look up psychiatrist ? Do you know what letter it begins with? I don't. I'd look under the s's . If it was a large dictionary, I'd waste a lot of valuable, to me at least, time. So, it's quite likely, I'd slam the dictionary shut and decide to use another word which I could spell. But what word can I spell? Jean Ford '51 Page Thirty-nine E UBrom? i QLJ. Be 31.05011 SOPll0M0liES SOPHOMORE ROLL CALL Alan S. Blue .................................................................. Alan Sings Beautifully Mona C. Callaghan ...... Susan L. Campbell .......... Donald D. Daugherty Chester M. Day .............. John E. Foss ................ Laurence R. Gates ...... John W. H. Hopkins ...... Nancy A. Leet .............. Robert K. Leet ......... Phyllis M. Perry ...... Paul H. Haskell .......... Glenn R. Sawyer ..... Frank P. Sloan ........ i N Sylvia Small ............... Robert A. Stephens ....... Marcelle O. St. John Robert F. Turner ........ Paul R. White ...... Tiiu Kruus ......... ..................Mona Carols Cheerily ........Susan's faJ..Latin Classicist ............Don Delights Drescher ............Clocks Minutes Daily ...........John Earnestly Fakes .........Lazily Regards Goin's on .........John Walks Home Happily .......................Naturally A Linguist .......Rather Knightly Ctoj Lassies ...............Phyllis's Mighty Pretty .............Polite, Merry, Healthy .............Gains Rather Slowly ........Fancy Pair Cofl Shoes .....................Speaks Softly .............Round And Soft Over Sports .....................Rather Fresh Toughy ..........................Patience Rewards Willingness 'n Keen THEME SONGS Alan S. Blue ................ ............................ I Must Have Done Something Mona C. Callaghan ...... Susan L. Campbell ......... Times Sue Donald D. Daugherty ........ ......... S inging My Way Back Home Chester M. Day ............... .... ............................................. I t Isn't Fair John E. Foss ................ .................................... W hy Can't You Behave Pace Forly ' R. V, E UI3i-om? i el.cl Beacon Laurence R. Gates ....................,..................................................... Shenanigans Paul M. Haskell ............... ...................................................... T ell Me Why John W. H. Hopkins ......... ........................ . g ........................ g ...Lost in a Dream Tiiu-eKT'Tf1s '? .'.h. ..... Li.g.,p.i.f.'IQP6wder 'Your Face With Si1TISi'rine,,, Nancy A. Leet .................... ........................................... D ime a Dozen R-obert K. Leet .............. .......................... A Cockeyed Optimist Phyllis M. Perry ........ ....... H orses! Horses! Horses IX ' ff Glenn R. Sawyer ....... ..................... M y Last Cigar K F 1 ......... 'X Sylvia Small ............... . ...................................... Little Things in Life Robert A. Stephens .................................................................... Shame on You Marcelle O. St. John .......................................................................... Dark Eyes Robert F. Turner ........................ Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning :.:. . . :. . r. Onderiniiisife WE WONDER WHY Alan Blue studies his Latin so hard. Mona Callaghan is so quiet. Susan Campbell flirts with the boys. Don Daugherty walks up t-o the center of town every day. Chet Day always argues with Mr. Driscoll in history class. John Foss studies so diligently. Larry Gates can't sit still. 6 John Hopkins likes to play baseball so much. -. 'D Tiiu Kruus only associates with the girls. Q Nancy Leet always stands in a certain hallway at noontime. M Bob Leet is so popular. l Phyllis Perry dislikes the sophomore boys and likes the junior boys. : Paul Haskell has such a good sense of humor. Glenn Sawyer likes English class. Frank Sloan always wears cowboy boots. Q Sylvia Small always has the right answers. Bob Stephens visits the bowling alleys so much. s Marcelle St. John has so many boy friends. Robert Turner is always sleepy now. Paul White likes to play basketball so much. SOPHOMORE LOCALS Ek Latin Class: Mrs. Turner: Start at chapter twenty-nine in your Caesar book and L translate as far as you can. L Chet Day: What does the first word mean '? X English Class: . Miss Brown: At what period in history does the story 'Ivanhoe' take '3 place? if Alan Blue: lt takes place during the period of shrivelry'. Cchiv- alryj fu Page Forty-one I3rom?ieL:d Beagcon AT SUNSET And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night. Oh, how beautiful the sun is! - that ever faithful ball of inspiring fire that gives life, beauty, and loveliness to all. What would we do without its presence! Indeed, We would be helpless and lost, as a lamb without its mother. . Despite this wonderful blessing of life, which the sun has never failed to furnish, everyone seems to appreciate the sun most at evening - the time when it is about to sink below the hilltops, out of sight. It is then that real beauty appears, as though the sun were reluctant to say good- night, and left the memory of its rays implanted on the minds of everyone until the following day. Just as the trees begin to cast extra long shadows over the slowly cooling earth, the sun sinks low among the clouds. First slowly, then faster and faster, the once blue skies turn to rich shades of yellow, orange, scarlet, and deep purple. The sky is a sight always to be marveled at, but never to be quite satisfactorily snapped by a camera or caught by an artist's paint brush. Sinking low in the west, the sun leaves all life calm and serene until the advent of another day. When we consider the benefits of sunsets, We realize how much the sun does besides providing a source of life to all the world. Sunsets give a feeling of relaxation, peace, and quiet to young and old. They are often the consolation of discouraged or depressed souls. They may also be a source of inspiration to the eager, as well as a calm reassurance to the troubled, for sunsets offer just the contentment that is needed at the end of a busy day. The picture made by the sun can be compared to nothing else, since it is truly one of the masterpieces of nature. Sylvia Small '52 Sk Pk if GREAT EXPECTATION S Everything was in readiness for the expedition. The big traps were all made soundly with the strongest Wood and the sturdiest Wire. All the bait was also packed. At a signal the canoes shoved off from shore, and the long awaited trip to Frie's Island had begun. The purpose of the trip was to bring back some raccoons for the camp nature class collection. Frie's Island had been chosen because last year a very large raccoon had been captured, and the island was known to be heavily populated with the animals. After a long journey We arrived, with everybody bearing the marks of an extremely bright sun. The canoes Were unloaded, the bed rolls laid out, and the supper was being prepared over the fire. Having finishd our double portions of Mulligan stew We set up our 'coon traps in the surrounding woods. The idea was to have the raccoons enter the large box and start to eat the bait on a stick in the rear of the trap. When the stick that the bait was on moved, the wooden door would slam down, and the animal would be trapped. We settled back and waited for some results. Around eleven o'clock we heard a rustling sound near one of our traps. Quietly and very expectantly we edged toward the trap. Page Forty-two E UBrom?iel.cl Bea.coi-.U 3 We arrived, thoroughly assured of seeing a big furry raccoon in the box. We slowly opened the door, with all flashlights shining brightly. We stared intently, and suddenly out rushed the biggest, most frightened bullfrog 1 have ever seen in my life. Disconsolately we decided to stop waiting for our prey and get a little sleep. The next morning We arose and rushed to all of our traps. We found no bait and no raccoons. When We started to get breakfast we found almost all our food had been eaten, and, leading from the remains we found ever so many raccoon tracks. We then started on the long trip back to camp, tired, hungry - all of our great expectations shattered! Robert K. Leet '52 Page Forty-three iigggr-om?i-eLcI. BG-Q.-.CO11 FBESIIMEN William F. Beauvais Beverly L. Betts ................ Elliott H. Blackwell Dorothy L. Cregar .......... Jennifer H. Culliton William J. Fox ........ Mary E. Greenwood Richard A. Hall .......... George O. Lennihan FRESHMAN ROLL CALL Feels Bashful Beverly Lacks Buffoonery Happy Boy Docile Little Creature .............Jolly, Happy, Capable ........Witty, Jovial, Forthright .........Mary Enjoys Goodness .............Really A. Humorist ...........Genial, Original, Lively John R. Linehan ..... ....................... J olly, Reliable Lad Elizabeth L. Maloney ........ ,....... E lizabeth's Likeable, Musical Norman H. Marr ............... ,........... N orman Has Magnetism Marilyn J. Murphy ........ .............. M arilyn's Just Merry Eleanor A. Sawyer ...... ................... E arnest And Sincere Joseph B. Shaw ........ ......... J udiciously Breaks Silence Hugo L. Stapel ............ ........ H appy-go-Lucky Student Richard M. Stapel ...... ....................................... R ichard Masters Studies William F. Beauvais Beverly L. Betts .... Elliott H. Blackwell Dorothy L. Cregar .. Jennifer H. Culliton William J. Fox ......... Mary E. Greenwood Richard A. Hall ...... George O. Lennihan John R. Linehan ...... THEME SONGS .........All Er Nothin' Tired ..............Just For Fun ....Maybe It's Because Music, Music Casanova .........When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Page Forty-four ................Humoresque .................................Homework ....They All Love Jack .4 ,E w-qi ...MFI . .. il, I- Brom? i el.dc B esaicpn Elizabeth L. Maloney ........ ........... A n Old Fashioned Walk Norman H. Marr ............ ......... R ed Roses for a Blue Lady Marilyn J. Murphy ...... ........................... D reamer's Holiday Eleanor A. Sawyer ..... ........ D ear Hearts and Gentle People Joseph B. Shaw ....... .................................. D on't Cry, Joe Hugo L. Stapel ............. .................................................. J ust Slippin' Around Richard M. Stapel ..........,........................................... Just One More Chance WE WONDER WHY Jennifer giggles incessantly. Dicky S. doesn't start growing. Mary likes science class. George likes lunch period. Jack is so popular with the girls. Billy F. makes eyes at the girls. Marilyn is so reserved. Elliott is such a good mathematician. Eleanor is quiet in business training class. Joe sits near Jennifer in science class. Billy B. still holds his Vermont accent. Dorothy loses her tongue in history class. Norman likes to watch television. Betty's liking for dances has diminished. Dicky H. doesn't stop growing. Beverly transferred from Ayer to Bromfield. Hugo insists on having his own way. FRESHMAN LOCALS After a discussion about intuition in science class: J. Culliton to Mr. Driscoll: I was once in a bicycle accident while at a party, and at the very moment it happened, my mother seemed to sense it at home. Dick Hall: After having seen Jenny ride a bicycle, I can understand why her mother would worry anyway. FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH There are many superstitious people. Are you one of them? Do you believe that going under a ladder instead of around it means that you will have bad luck, or, when a black cat crosses your path, that you will have bad luck in the future? I don't because the unlucky day for so many, Fri- day the 13th, was my lucky day. Two years ago on Friday the 13th, I ran around the corner of the house to get my bicycle. As I was in a hurry, I went under a ladder which the painters were using when painting our house. 1 said to myself, Boy, this is going to be my lucky day! In an hour I had forgotten all about going under the ladder. I decided that I should go swimming down in Bare Hill Pond to cool off because the day was so hot. I ran up stairs to get my bathing suit and a towel. Then I went tearing out of the yard on my bicycle. I did not have any money so I went right by the Soda Shop without my favorite lemon and lime. - Pcfqe Forty-live E UErnm?iel.d l3ea.co11!:! Z On the way down to the pond, I saw a green object in the road. I thought it was a leaf, but when I got to it, I found a ten dollar bill. I turned my bicycle around and headed for the Soda Shop. I said to myself, I knew this was my lucky day. Half way to the Soda Shop I saw a black cat go across the road in front of me. 1 did not think a thing about it. When I got to the Soda Shop, there was a man selling chances on a new Ford. The chances were a dollar a piece, so I bought nine chances and used the other dollar on a lemon and lime. About two weeks later, I received notice that I had won the new Ford. I also got my license to drive, the next day. So Friday the 13th was my lucky day! William Beauvais '53 FISHING PROPAGANDA Ah, yes, fishing season! It is the time of year when boastful men plan to rise at 3 A. M. and catch the biggest fish in history. They leave their houses at 8:30 only to return in half an hour soaking wet and ready to be wrung out. Now there are several types of fishermen. First, there is the man who prides himself on his enduring patience. He will sit by a brook from five to ten hours at a time with his back against a board until he catches a fairly good-sized fish. As he rises to leave, his gaze falls on the board against which he had been leaning. It bears the sign, No Fishing - S500 fine. He immediately loses all self control, hurls the fish back accompanied by several appropriate remarks which I find unfit for publication. Next we find the restless fisherman who is constantly skipping lightly from rock to rock. Occasionally, as fate would have it, the light skip becomes a SPLASH as he misjudges the distance and comes up midst flailing arms and flying spray muttering oaths that differ not in the slightest degree from the patient fisherman's speech. There are those who must spend time fly-casting. Down near a trout stream one may see men dangling from trees like so many monkeys as they try to rescue their five dollar line from the grasp of a tree. Closer to the water your attention might well be arrested by various noises. You hear the low whistle of the fishing rod as it knifes through the air mingled with the whirr of the reels as they let out or take in line. The monotony of these sounds seems endless until your sensitive ear picks up the first peaceful strains of a high pitched scream. This lessens octave by octave until it results in irregular groans as an unlucky fisherman finally succeeds in plucking his fish hook from its all too painful perch in the sensitive end of his body. Once again I am forced to omit any quotations I had thought of making. These are only minor incidents in the hazardous life of the sport -- fisherman. But still the staunch fishermen brave man-eating flies, wet feet, tangled lines, and soggy lunches for a little bit of sport. Maybe I'm not a good sport as far as fishing is concerned, but none of this for me. Whenever I feel the need of a mouthful of fish, I sink down into an easy chair, and like the gallant soul I am, draw out my trusty can opener and proceed to liberate at pack of already dead sardines. Richard Hall '53 Page Forty-six - 1--1- Br-nm9iel.d Beacon oglumni Cnoteo 1880 Lucy M. Patch, deceased. Anne E. Sprague, deceased. Alice Marshall, deceased. Addie Taylor, deceased. Carrie Willard, deceased. 1881 John H. Bagster, deceased. William Blanchard, deceased. Esther Hagar, deceased. Gertrude Houghton, deceased. John E. Maynard, deceased. Eleanor CWillardJ Merrifield, deceased. 1882 Grace Willard. deceased. 1883 Emily CCobbj Allen, deceased. William E. Dailey, general manager, Thomas Stratham Co., Medford. 1884 Henry Allen, deceased. Kate fDicksonJ Bigelow, deceased. Robert H. Leland, deceased. Elizabeth CHartshornJ Maynard, de-A ceased. - 1885 Emma Bagster, Harvard. Charles Blanchard, deceased. Emily E. Hersey, Harvard Henry Knight, deceased. Evelyn CWhitneyJ Smith, deceased 1886 Mary E. Dailey, deceased. Fannie Farnsworth, deceased. Emily CHeywoodJ Turner, Harvard. Arthur M. Whitcomb, West Acton. Clarence Willard, deceased. 1887 Albert H. Bigelow, deceased. Katherine CDesmondJ Haven, deceased. Sarah E. Hammond, deceased. Annie Uoycej Kenney, deceased Ellen A. McNilf, graduate of Bryant and Stratton, Somerville. Fred Sprague, graduate of W.P.I.g Elsi- nore, California. 1888 Annie Brewer, deceased. Katherine CNeylandJ Brosnahan, de- ceased. Annie J. Dailey, deceased. 1889 Eliza A. Bateman, graduate of Wellesley Collegeg Clinton. Fannie CHowellJ Hoffman, Jamaica Plainfi 1890 Alice CSawyerJ Bigelow, Harvard. Hannah Desmond, deceased. Edgar H. Harrod, Harvard. Ernest Mossman, civil engineer, Cleve- land, Ohio. Mary Cwhitneyj Thorndike, deceased. 1891 Abbie Desmond, deceased. 1892 H. Ernest Brown, Littleton? Josephine Uoycej Mullin, deceased. Bertha CWillardD Wright, deceased. 1893 Warren Harrod, deceased. Alice Preston, Arlington. 1894 Margaret Neyland, Bellows Falls, Vt. 1895 Grace Farnsworth, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, Still River. 1896 Percy A. Atherton, deceased. Julia CS:-xwyerj Bailey, Lancaster Ellen F. Joyce, deceased. , William J. Kerley, deceased. Mary CSherryJ Moynihan, deceased. Frank Preston, janitor, Harvard. 1897 Alice CParkerJ Cleaves, graduate of Bridgewater Normal School, Stone- ham. Harry Dickinson, attended W.P.1.g Con- cord, N. H. Lucy CHosmerJ Sawyer, Kenosha, Wis- consin. Mabel Sawyer, Lancaster. Fred Wrangham, farmer, Harvard. Ralph Goddard Whitney, deceased. Page Forty-seven B 3.0011 E UBrom?ieLd B 1898 Ruth CWhitneyD De Langis, Harvard. Annie M. Murray, deceased. Larrie CPriestJ Morgan, deceased. Nellie Neyland, New York. Abbie CLeeJ Waters, Littleton. 1899 Eunice fParsonsJ Allen, Los Angeles, California. Alice CFordJ Coffey, deceased. Grace CClayJ Dickinson, Concord, N. H. 1900 George Dickinson, doctor, Nashua, N. H. Katherine McNitf, attended Fitchburg Business College, Washington, D.C. Lulu CB'aileyJ Olsen, Pepperell. Richard Sheafe, Apopka, Florida. 1901 Fred Poole, graduate of M. I. T., Bostonf' 1902 Louise CGaleJ Atwood, Worcester. Edith CI-Iapgoodj Axtell, deceased. Alice CFairbankD Barry, graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, Harvard. Frank Gale, graduate of Clark Univer- sity, Pawtucket, R. I. Helen CDicksonj Wrangham, graduate of Simmons College, Harvard. 1903 Edith Farnsworth, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, Still River. Edna Flanders, Ayer and Florida. William Haskell, graduate of Becker's Business School, insurance agent, Still River. Ethel Parker, Worcester. 1904 Jennie CMenutJ Brownell, Canton, Chinaf Marion Dickson, R. N., superintendent oi Lakeville Sanitarium, Middleboro. Gertrude CFarwelD Sawyer, Harvard. Frances Fitzgerald, Waltham. Lewis Ripley, graduate of Harvard Uni- versity, Harvard. lrene CRusselD Sheafe, Apopka, Florida. Ruth CBagsterJ Wetherbee, dfveased. 1905 Eva fLawrenceD Braman, Gleasondale. Edna Robinson, bookkeeper for Kerley, Reed and Bryant, Harvard. Charles Sherry, deceased. Anna Sherry, graduate of Fitchburg Nor- mal School, Harvard. Page 1906 Lillian fParkerJ Cleaves,, graduate of Worcester Normal School, teacher, Harvard. Maria C. McNil'f, graduate of Burdett College, Washington, D.C. Maud tKingJ Morse, teacher, Melrose. Hubert Robinson, Supt. of Construction of Eastern Tennessee Corp., resi- dence, Kingsport, Tenn. Ethelyn Russell, graduate of Northamp- ton Business College, Still-River. 1907 Clifford Dudley, Still River. Maud Hewins, San Francisco, California? Olive CCrossleyJ Porter, Billerica. Flora CMurchieJ Stamps Smith, R.N., Florida. Doris CRipley Wilder, Harvard. 1908 Catherine CSherryJ Ford, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, Harvard. Eleanor S. Haskell, Still River. Elsie Houghton, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, San Bernardino, Calif. Mildred CTookerJ Keyes, Harvard. Esther CPriestj Riley, Harvard. Winnifred CBryantJ Sturdy, Harvard. Blanche CDavisJ Tooker, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, Harvard. 1909 Malcolm Campbell, teacher, Milton. Edith Davis, graduate of Fitchburg Nor- mal School, teacher, Mansfield. Andrew G. Goodrich, Waltham. Etta Sweeney, Lowell. 1910 Katherine CMadiganJ Baxter, graduate of Burdett Business College, resi- dence, Belmont. Harold Bigelow, deceased. Evelyn CFarnsworthJ Bigelow, deceased. Viola CParkerJ Downing, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, teacher, Shirley Junior High, residence, Ayer. Georgia CBryantJ Lincoln, Roxbury. Owen McNiif, graduate of Burdett Busi- ness College, Government Inspector of Fruits and Vegetables, residence, North Hadley. Harlow Morse, teacher, Springfield. Kent Royal, graduate of Harvard Medical School, physician, North Brookfield. Katherine Waters, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, Springfield. Forty-eight f 1 J l'?' T1 Bromiield. Biacon 1911 Albert Goodrich, graduate of W.P.I., residence, Erie, Pa. Mildred CFairbankJ Savage, Harvard. Amy CBryantJ Tolman, Picayune, Miss. Earle Turner, graduate of M. I. T., pro- fessor, University of New Bruns- wick. Louise CFreemanJ Turner, graduate of Simmons, residence, Fredericton, N. B. Cedric '-Webster, graduate of Harvard University, Head of Academic Dept., Quincy Industrial School, Quincy. 1912 Oressa Cwebsterj Archibald, graduate of Springfield Civil Service School, residence, Springfield. Olive QHoughtonJ Bryant, deceased. Sarah L. Uonesj Hazard, Harvard. Elsie F. Clinightj Keyes, Hubbardston. Helen E. lWhitneyJ Murtaugh, deceased. Harriet B. CThayerJ Royal, Worcester. Ellery E. Royal, graduate of W. P. I.: Supt. of City Farm, Worcester. Catherine E. CI-Iazardj Tabb, Roxbury. 1913 Dorothy W. Bigelow, deceased. Mildred CCarmenJ Cameron, dental as- sistant for Dr. Desmond, Ayer, resi- dence, Harvard. Herbert E. Dickson, graduate of North- eastern University, employed by Boston Woven Hose Co., residence, Medford Hillside. Marguerite Cfhomasj Gerard, Reading. Harriet CMasonJ Fulton, Wakefield. Ruth O. CWillardJ Rockwood, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, resi- dence, Gardner. Madeline H. CParkerJ Strand, graduate of Fitchburg Normal School, resi- dence, Florence. Josephine N. CBakerJ Sawyer, deceased. Paul Sheehan, attended Hawley Elec- trical School, postmaster, Northboro. Philip B. Watson, graduate of M.I.T., New York, N.Y. 1914 Myrtle Campbell, Leominster. Rolena Campbell, deceased. Bernard Foss, mail carrier, Harvard. Thomas McNiif, farmer, Harvard. 1915 Wilmur Brown, employed by Sunshine Food Co., Ayer, res., Shirley. Kenneth Russell, graduate of W. P. I. residence, Holyoke. Eva Sheehan,' graduate of Sargent School, residence, Harvard. Bessie CBenedictJ Wheeler, Underhill, t. Harold Whittemore, Woburn. Kenneth Whittemore, Belmont. Marion CCampbellJ Wilcomb, Malden. 1916 Robert Cunningham, teacher, Providence, R. I. Rachael Farnsworth, physiotherapist, Wakefield. Leo Madigan, graduate of Northeastern University, State Inspector, Water- town. Eva CEaglesJ Peters, Harvard. Dorothy CWestJ Arnold, deceased. 1917 Mary CBenedictJ Rounds, deceased. Beryl Bigelow, graduate of Simmons Col- lege, secretary, Robert Pratt Co., Worcester, residence, Harvard. Vera fwillardj Goodwin, Fitchburg. Harold Jones, farmer, Harvard. Doris fHoughtonJ Phelps, graduate of Peter Bent Brigham, residence, Harvard. Homer Richards, Reading. Katherine Russell, deceased. Liiana CWebster Sexton, attended Bliss College, residence, Bloomfield. Carrie Gloughtonj Wood, graduate of Lowell Business College, residence, Reading. 1918 Marjorie CWalkerJ De Sortel, Kalamazoo. Michigan. Mary fSheehanJ Mason, Arlington. Hilda Ryan, graduate of Framingham Normal School, Harvard Inn, Har- vard. Perley St. John, Clinton. Stanley H. Turner, graduate of W. P. I., treasurer North Middlesex Savings Bank, Ayer, residence, Harvard. Bernice KWalkerJ Hutchinson, graduate of Post's Business College, residence, Shrewsbury. Alexander Watson, California? 1919 Ina M. CWetherbeeJ Carlson, graduate of Post's Business College, residence, Worcester. Leslie Davis, attended Clark University, residence, Harvard. Page Forty-nine ZjBY'0Tll?lGl.gi. Beacon Marjorie S. CHOughtonJ MacLennan, graduate of Post's Business College, North Weymouth. Harold McNiif, farmer, Groton. Lloyd I. Small, graduate of Burdett Business College, automobile dealer, Somerville, residence, Medford. 1920 Elizabeth CSheehanJ Bacon, Arlington. Nellie CTervoJ Kelly, graduate of Bur- dett Business College, residence, Brooklyn, N.Y.' Susan CGoodrichJ Rowe, graduate of Malden Commercial, Post 'Office clerk, Bolton. Lillian CTaylorJ Small, graduate of Post's Business College, residence, Harvard. 1921 Flora Campbell, Leominster. Fidelia Campbell, deceased. Rachael CRyanJ McTigue, graduate of Burdett Business College, Harvard Inn, Harvard. Henry McNiif, graduate of Burdett Busi- gs?-I College, salesman, Nashua, 1922 Carrie CHazardD Blue, graduate of Wor- cester Normal, Harvard. Francis Hirsch, Standard Oil Co. of N. J., New York, N. Y. Merrill Preston, graduate of Worcester Boys' Trade School, Chief Engineer for Florence Oil Co., residence, Lew- isburg, Tenn. Leona CGabrielsenJ Schoiield, Nova Scotia. Lawrence Small, graduate of Burdett Business College, Assistant Treas- urer, North Middlesex Savings Bank, Ayer, residence, Harvard. Kenneth West, graduate of Northeastern University, employed by Heald Machine Co., Worcester, residence, Harvard. 1923 Raymond Kinsman, attended W.P.I. and M.I.T., employed at Mass. General Hospital, Boston. Mary CHoughtonJ Riley, graduate of Peter Bent Brigham, residence, Rox- bury. John Sheehan, attended Lowell Textile School, residence, Harvard. Harmon Swanson, attended Bentley Col- lege, residence, Chicago, I1l. : 1924 Sarah CSissonJ Bailey, graduate of Mans- field Academy, Fall River. Emeline CFairbanksJ Emerson, graduate of Forsyth Dental Infirmary, hy- gienist for Dr. Philip McGuane, Ayer, residence, Harvard. Freda CWatsonJ Flint, graduate of Les- lie Kindergarten, residence, East Cornwall, Ontario. Lucilla CGrimmJ Griiiin, graduate of Westfield Normal School, residence, Shirley. Luther B. Willard, farmer, Still River. 1925 Grace CNoglerJ Cleaves, graduate of Westfield Normal School, residence, Westboro. Anna CBroughJ Ferguson, graduate of Newton Hospital, residence, Waban. Emerson Griffin, employed by Pittsfield Milk Exchange, Pittsfield. Paul Griiiin, attended Hawley School, Industrial School, Shirley. Rudolph Swanson, attended East Green- wich Academy, residence, East Greenwich, R. I. 1926 Jeanette CGoodheartJ Chitty, graduate of Westfield Normal School, residence, Norwood. - Rosemond CCleavesJ Emery, graduate of Framingham Normal School, resi- dence, Milton. Andrew Haskell, Pepperell. George H. Rose, attended Becker Busi- ness College, residence, Boston? 1927 Alden Cleaves, attended Boston Univer- sity, National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, residence, Bay Village, Ohio. Leona fGriifinJ Craft, attended Wilfred Academy, residence, Ayer. Edwin V. Haskell, graduate of W. P. I., employed by McGowan Engineering Corp., Worcester, residence, Bolton. Frances Hicks, R.N., Symmes Hospital, Arlington? Winslow West, deceased. 1928 Frances fGrii'IinJ Golden, graduate of Forsyth Dental Infirmary, residence, Woburn. Eleanor CDunlapJ Perry, graduate of Simmons College, residence, Har- vard. Page Fifty Br0TnYiel.cl Beacon Reginald Lundstrom, M. I. T., civil-serv- ice, Langley Field, Va., residence, Buckroe Beach, Va. Alfred Nogler, employed by Simonds Saw and Steel Co., Fitchburg, resi- dence, Still River. 1929 Lawrence G. Bigelow, graduate of Becker's Business College, milk dealer, Still River. Martha E. CCheneyJ Dunn, Clinton. Nelly CCallaghanJ Hayden, Garwood, N. J. Paul Kinsman, graduate of Northeastern University, residence, Bristol, Ct. Eileen CMadiganj Kneeland, R. N., grad- uate of Newton-Wellesley, residence, Belmont. Mary fMongovinJ Forst, graduate of Framingham Normal School, mana- ger at Raytheon, residence, Boston. Bradford Murdock, Sterling. Taimi J. CPertullaJ Pistennia, Glouces- ter Anthony Roche, graduate of Night Law School, Northeastern University, at- torney at law, Medford. George Wood, employed by Springbrook Oil Co., Ayer. 1930 Herbert Davis, Ayer. Stewart Fitzgerald, Lancester. Mildred CGarrickJ Hazel, Harvard. Rachael CHaskellJ Reed, graduate oi Worcester Art Museum, residence, Worcester. John Roche, graduate of Night Law School, Northeastern University, residence, Dedham. Edward Ryan, farmer, Harvard. Catherine CFitzgeraldJ Wood, graduate of Becker Business College, resi- dence, Ayer. ' 1931 Walter Carlson, graduate of M.A.C., agriculturist, Harvard. Abby CMongovinD Duggan, employed by Telephone Co., Harvard, residence, Ayer. Barbara V. CDavisJ Eliades, Ayer. Herbert Grant, N. R. I., supervisor in the Raytheon Electronic Laboratory, Oxnard, California. Charles Perkins, civil engineer, graduate Northeastern University, residence, Harvard. 1932 Walter Harrod, graduate of Worcester Boys' Trade School and Fitchburg Poqe Fifty State Teachers' College, supervisor of student teachers of industrial arts, residence, Harvard. Margaret CCalkinsJ Robinson, Yarmouth, Maine. Thomas F. Roche, graduate of Night Law School, Northeastern Univer- sity, employed in Boston. 1933 Alison QDunlapJ Blake, graduate of Bates College, residence, Harvard. Henry Bulger, assistant Postmaster, Harvard. Mary E. Callaghan, R.N.B.S., Associate Director of Physical Therapy, Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Cogimbia University, New York, N. . John Coke, graduate of Burdett Busi- ness College, farmer, Harvard. Norman Golden, Clay Electric Corpora- tion, Hayti, Missouri. Eugenia CGriilinJ Jelferson Frederick, Los Angeles, California. Philip Lozier, employed at Ayer Tan- nery, residence, Harvard. Orvo Mack, employed by Bonazzoli, resi- , dence, Harvard. Eleanor CRyanJ McNulty, Ayer. Edgar Perkins, employed by Town of Harvard, residence, Harvard. Paul Setzco, graduate of Worcester Boys' Trade School, address un- known. Elaine CCleavesJ Shields, graduate of Fitchburg Teachers' College, teach- er, Shirley, residence, Ayer. 1934 Katherine CHynesJ Clark, Ayer. Robert Clement, salesman, Atlantic Re- fining Co., Reading. Earle Gabrielsen, employed by Town of - Harvard, residence, Harvard. Barbara CCameronJ Holland, Littleton. Richard Roche, graduate of Boston Col- lege, graduate of Tufts Medical Col- lege, On fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital. Bertram R. Wood, graduate of Hemphill Diesel School, employed by Jenks Frozen Food Locker, South Acton, residence, Harvard. 1935 Vincent Callaghan, graduate of Massa- chusetts State College, Treasurer of Channel Marine Corporation, The Weirs, N. H. Mary CCondonJ Pickard, R. N., Littleton. Claire Cwilsonj Cotter. Newton Upper Falls, Mass. -One A Beacon E Hl3rom?iel. Ethel CPerkinsJ Kinsman, graduate of Miss Elliot's School, residence, Bris- tol, Conn. Geraldine Murray, graduate of Simmons College, librarian, Waltham. Anne CBulgerJ Poutry, Maidstone, Vt. Ruth CRyanJ Tolman, Westboro. Phyllis CWhitcombJ Gale, Worcester. 1936 Barbara CBryantJ Callaghan, graduate of Simmons College, residence, The Weirs, N. H. James Dunlap, graduate of Bates Col- lege, M. A. at University of Michigan, employed by March and McLennan, Inc., insurance brokers and pension consultants, Boston, residence, Har- vard. Florence Foss, attended Bowling Green College and Rhode Island State Col- lege, Hong Kong, China. Ruth CCameronJ Graves, Leominster. Daisy CGundersenJ McCune, Fitchburg. Helena Murray, graduate of Boston Uni- ,versity, employed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Boston, residence, Harvard. Alexander Setzco, address unknown. 1937 Arlene CCallaghanJ Betts, R. N., Town- send. Dana Cameron, manager of Cimaron Ranch, Lemoire, California. Paul Coke, trucking business, Glendale, California. Emily CYaugaJ Jason, South Boston. Phyllis I-gRyanD MacDonald, Charlestown, N. . Ruth CGundersenJ Perkins, Harvard. Ruth CPoitrasJ Lekos, Lowell. Donald Wood, graduate of Worcester Boys' Trade School, residence, Har- vard. Walter Wrangham, attended Burdett Business College, employed in North Carolina. 1938 Adelbert C. Cameron, training and driv- ingd sulky race horses, Pinehurst, N. . Philip Coke, employed by Eastern Air Lines, residence, Harvard. James Condon, attended Wentworth In- stitute, Boston, res. Fort Lauder- dale, Fla. Rosemond CLeadbetterJ Curley, Still River. Benjamin Fay, employed by Ayer Tan- nery, residence, Littleton. Alan Dean Honey, Michiganf Archibald Kelly, graduate of Springfield College, teacher, Brockton, resi- dence, Stoughton. Dorothy CCheneyJ Knaggs, Tigard, Ore- gon. Constance CReedJ McClellan, Harvard. Louise CBosworthJ McNall, Ayer. Vera CGabrielsenD Ware, Bolton. Julia CRobertsJ Towne, Harvard. Judith CWebberJ Wood, Harvard. 1939 Kathleen Callaghan, Business manager at Boston Museum of Science, resi- dence, Boston. John Condon, salesman for Wilson and Co. Worcester, residence, Harvard. Donald W. Haskell, graduate of Boston University School of Business Ad- ministration, special agent for Am- erican Fidelity Insurance Co., res- idence, South Weymouth, Mass. Edward Hynes, employed by Telephone Co., California. John Lee, employed by Telephone Co., residence, Harvard. Lorraine Murray, librarian, Waltham, residence, Harvard. Margaret CRocheJ Nash, attended Bos- ton University, graduate of Kath- leen Dell School, employed at Har- vard University, res., Harvard. Doris CPoitrasJ Hallowell, Santa Bar- bara, California. Margaret CPoitrasJ Taylor, Ayer. Carol CTookerD Troy, graduate of Syra- cuse, University, M. A. at Smith College, Social Worker, Schenec- tady, N. Y. Wilbert Watt, farmer, Still River. Roger L. Wood, employed by Craigen and Wilkens, Leominster, residence, Clinton. 1940 Josephine Condon, graduate of Burdett Business College, employed in Bos- ton, residence, Harvard. Alfred Poitras, painter and carpenter, residence, Ayer. David Pillsbury, North Carolina. Robert Withers, Attleboro. Frances CSt. Johnj Wood, employed at Blake's Mfg. Co., Clinton. Henry Wood, Jr., attending North Caro- lina State Teachers' College. 1941 David Calkins, employed in Waltham, residence, Lexington. William Coke, attending Boston Univer- sity, residence, Harvard. Robert Foss. U. S. Army Air Force, Japan. Page Fifty-two E Ulflromfield Beacon Thomas McNilf, attending Franklin Tech. Jean Phelps, graduate of Bates College, employed in Lowell, residence, Har- vard. Barbara CLeeJ Reidy, Worcester. Elizabeth CAndersonJ Brown Slovensky, Arlington, Va. Jeanne CPerryJ Sylvaine, Boxboro. Teresa CCondonJ Waite, graduate of Bur- dett Business College, residence, Harvard. Clifford Watt. farmer, Still River. 1942 Constance L. Avery, owner of dog ken- nels, Harvard. Joseph E. Bakum, Jr., employed by Law- rence Bigelow, Still River. Florence F. fAndersonJ Blanchard, Dev- enscrest. Jerome C. Callaghan, attending Boston College, residence, Harvard. Robert G. Campbell, mechanic, Harvard. Bernadette T. CCurleyJ Coke, Harvard. Norman A. Gundersen, attending gradu- ate school at Tufts College, resi- dence, Harvard. Janet CSpragueJ Falconer, Des Moines, Iowa. Barbara H. Warner, attended Mt. Hol- yoke College, address unknown. Helen L. CSt. Johnj Wood, Harvard. ' 1943 Richard Coke, farmer, Harvard. George Tzizik, attending Mass. School of Physiotherapy, residence, Boston. ' 1944 Elsie CTookerj Campbell, attended Bur- dett Business School, employed by North Middlesex Savings Bank, Ayer, residence, Harvard. Sylvester P. Condon, employed by Will- iam Hermann, Harvard. Walter-F. Dickson, U. S. Navy, Panama. Edith CTookerJ Fuller, graduate of Fan- nie Farmer's School of Cookery, residence, Montana. C. William Hall, attended Stockbridge School, Amherst, employed by Wor- cester Breeders' Association, resi- dence, Harvard. Verna CKellyD Jones, Xenia, Ohio Betty C. Sprague, employed by Dr. Smith Alhambra, Calif, residence, Pasa- dena, California. Ralph W. Nixon, Jr., Dairyman, Little- ton. Elsie R. St. John, employed at Blake's Mfg. Co., Clinton, residence, Still River. Page Fifty 1945 Shirley L. Cwheelerj Berthel, Billerica. Warren R. Carlson, farmer, Harvard. Helen B. Curley, employed at Fort Dev- ens, residence, Harvard. Donald R. Foss, attending University of Mass., residence, Harvard. John C. Madigan, Jr., farmer, Harvard. C. Aileen Ross, B.S. from Simmons Col- lege, teaching at East Hartford Sensor High School, residence, Har- var . 1946 James L. Blue, attending Clark Univer- sity, residence, Harvard. Patricia E. Callaghan, Harvard. Carmel E. fDucharmeD Conroy, Harvard. Howard W. Davis, U. S. Navy. Marilyn R. Hall, attending Boston Uni- versity College of Practical Arts and Letters, residence, Still River. Dorothy R. Lozier, employed as nurse's aid at Clinton Hospital, residence, Harvard. Martha A. CGundersenJ McCune, Har- vard. Jacquelyn A. Perry, employed by Tele- phone Co., Harvard. Pauline B. CRobertsJ Scribner, Harvard. 1947 Russell H. Anderson, U.S. Navy. Ernest A. R. Chester, employed by Alex- ander Williams, Harvard, residence, Boxboro. Paul V. Johnston, employed by R. H. Shepard, residence, Harvard. Peter K. Johnston, employed at Cream- crest, Ayer, residence, Harvard. Dorothy A. Madigan, student-nurse at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, resi- dence, Harvard. David Sawyer, U. S. Army Air Force. William L. St. John, U. S. Navy. Robert K. Stone, farmer, Harvard. 1948 Jennie N. CRobertsJ Champagne, Little- ton. M. Elizabeth Curley, attending Worcester Girls' Trade School, residence, Har- vard. Joanne Emerson, attending Westbrook Junior College, residence, Harvard. Emma Y. Lozier, Harvard. Carol H. Sawyer, employed at Westboro Sanatorium, residence, Still River. Arthur S. Turner, attending M. I. T., residence, Harvard. John J. White, Air Force. Barbara A. Wheeler, employed by Tele- phone Co., Harvard. -three BrQ1nfglEeLcl. Beacon 1949 William Brown, employed at Victory Plastic Co., residence, Harvard. Richard H. Dudley, attending Renssel- aer Polytechnic Institute, residence, Harvard. Marion E. Feltus, attending Becker's Business College, residence, Har- vard. Philip H. Knights, farmer, Harvard. Annette L. Perry, Harvard. David C. Poitras, painter and carpenter, Harvard. Patricia A. Sprague, attending Leland Powers School of Radio and Theater, Boston, residence, Still River. John B. Tully, employed at Chandler Machine Co., Ayer, residence, Har- vard. Dorothy E. West, employed as nurse's aid at the Clinton Hospitalg resi- dence, Harvard. 'Latest information. Corrections gladly received. utogmp hs Page Fifty-four FRUITLAN DS WAYSIDE MUSEUMS, FOUNDED BY MISS CLARA ENDICOTT SEARS ON PROSPECT HILL HARVARD, MASS. A motor drive of only 30 miles from Boston These four museums are situated on land until recently a part of the estate of MISS CLARA ENDICOTTT SEARS ln the new addition to the Picture Gallery there is a very beautiful exhibition of Hudson River landscapes. 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Telephone 209 ,LM Compliments of IEROME C. CALLAGHAN 'ly FRUIT GROWER X , HARVARD. MASS. UN X Compliments of N X ROCK SPRING FARM W. R. WESTCOTT, lR. HARVARD. MASS. Compliments of WALLACE F. BRYANT INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS Tel. 128 HARVARD. MASS. HARVARD, MASS. TELEPHONE 83 - 3 ALFRED A. POITRAS PAINTING - DECORATING PAPERHAN GIN G The Savage Company flzmaaa me Jada, OIL BURNERS WATER SYSTEMS DEALERS IN ICE AND COAL SHELL FUEL OIL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES TELEPHONE 99 ,Q HARVARD, MASS. PHILIP A. MCGUANE Ferguson Tractors Farm Equipment D. M. D. Curley Block R- W- THAYER MAIN STREET TRACTOR CO. AYER, MASS. AYERI MASS- COMPLIMENTS ,A f W xi X - of - 7 L REED'S EXPRESS AYER MASSACHUSETTS fg 7 Q f DRINK DELICIOUS J V I T A M I L K GOAT MILK FOR HEALTH fr O Compliments of Compliments of En Lg' WALTER A. EARNSWORTH l THE POST OFFICE Turkeys DEPARTMENT Fmen Fmsh RORERT P, SHEEHAN, Postmaster Woodchuck Hill Farm 'J U HARVARD' MASS- 6:30 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. Daily Compliments oi WALTER CARLSON DAIRY FARMER POTATOES AND APPLES FRESH EGGS AND RAW MILK TELEPHONE 6 - 3 HARVARD, MASS. Compliments of MASS. POULTRY PRODUCERS CO-OP. INCORPORATED CAMBRIDGE. MASS. Compliments of Compliments of WENTWORTH HARDWARE ANILLIAM BROWN CO.. INC. Druggist AYER. MASSACHUSETTS AYER' MASS. Compliments oi PARK STREET DINER AYER. MASSACHUSETTS MURPHY AND SNYDER Compliments of Printers of the Beacon COUNTRYSIDE FINE ARTS THEATRE BUILDING REAL ESTATE HARVARD 15 MAYNARD Tel- 473-W HARVARD, MASS. I'l Compliments of THE HARVARD INN f and SODA SHOP THE MCTIGUES Compliments of H. A. TOOKER Carpentry Painting Floor Surfacing Compliments of H. A. 'rooKEn. 1 Tractor Work Plowing, Harrowing Snow Plowing II GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1950 1 Q CQ THE HALLS ll-J IR Compliments of BIGELOWWS MARKET Arthur S. Bigelow HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone lUU Compliments of SHAKER HILL KENNELS VVU-I-IAM C- HASKE1-L Registered msURANcE Cocker Spaniels mmming Puppies .STILL RIVER, MASS. HARVARD, MASS. Telephone 48 - 4 Phone Ayer 8961 Compliments of D. M. WATT AND SONS STILL RIVER MASSACHUSETTS HUNNEMAN AND COMPANY R E A L T o n s Represented in Harvard, Bolton, Groton and vicinity by PAUL W. SCOVILL OAK HILL HARVARD Telephone Harvard 229 Compliments ot ALBERT W. SCHNEIDER F1.omsT N' . . ci an J' ,LUJA havens ff! A 656 HIGH STREET TEL. 965 CLINTON, MASS AYER MOTOR SALES Authorized o Dealer Sales - Service 25 PARK STREET AYER, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone 326 Compliments ot WILLIAM CULLIN AN f HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS H lx Compliments off 'L I fi . f S' STURDY FARM if HARVARD. MASSACHUSETTS THE MUSEUM COFFEE HOUSE PROSPECT HILL, HARVARD, MASS. LUNCHEON - TEAS Parties Accommodcrted TELEPHONE 50 FOR RESERVATIONS VVITH THE VERY BEST OF WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1950 ' 1 5 r 1 1 J ARTHLUR H. TRIPP X if Compliments of KERLEY, REED 86 BRYANT GENERAL STORE HARVARD. MASS. TEL. 34 AND 35 KNIGHT'S RED 86 WI-HTE STORE HARVARD. MASS. - TEL. 162 You Get What You Like at The Red 6. White You Like What You Get at The Red 6 White Quality Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, Cold Meats, Beverages Candy and Tobacco, Borden's Ice Cream 'pl-'q- Compliments of CREAM CREST LITTLETON ROAD AYER, MASSACHUSETTS Home Made Ice Cream Groceries and Meats Compliments HARVARD MACHINE 6. TOOL CO. of General Machine Work PHILIP KNIGHTS Charles H. Brown ' Tel. 223-2 HARVARD' MASS' Warren A. Farnsworth Tel. 52 Business Phone: Clinton 456-W Residence Phone: Harvard 161 CHARLES A. PERKINS CO. Registered Civil Engineers and Surveyors 70 HIGH STREET CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS Compliments of CLINTON SMART SHOP 44 HIGH STREET CLINTON, MASS. Compliments of PARISIAN SHOE STORE 24 HIGH STREET CLINTON, MASS. THE CLINTON SYSTEM CO. CLINTON' S SMARTEST MEN'S STORE Bank Building CLINTON, MASS. STOWERS AND CO. The Store of Quality Two Floors oi Carefully and Personally Selected Merchandise BANK BUILDING CLINTON, MASS. Bring Your Prescriptions Here BAHOSH PHARMACY 132 HIGH STREET CLINTON, MASS. Compliments of SANFORD'S SHOE STORE CLINTON, MASS. Compliments of WM. HERMANN FRUIT GROWER HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS jllg Compliments of f Morrill G. lSpra.gue FARM AND ORCHARD MACHINERY h s'rn.L Rrvsn P. o. HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS Compliments of . . . R.H. STILL SHEPARD Specialties Awnings Groceries Venetian Blinds Gasoline Window Shades All Electrical Appliances CALL HARVARD get 3 for prompt service and estimating RIVER, MASS. ROUTE 110 Compliments of , BLACKWELL MACHINE CO. INCORPORATED I OBBING TOOL MAKING HARVARD. MASSACHUSETTS STEWART AND HENEY, INC. Iewelers - Opticians 7 HIGH STREET CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS YOUR GIFT HEADQUARTERS TELEPHONE CLINTON 173 Compliments of Compliments of NASHUA VALLEY FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS. INC. I. C. PENNEY CO. The Best in Frozen Foods Locker Space Available CLINTON. 395 HIGH STREET MASSACHUSETTS CLINTON, MASS. O I L . D RI OIL AND WATER ABSORBENT gfvfwf in THE SEAT COVER FOR THE MECHANIC FRANCIS LENNH-IAN, IR. Phone 102 HARVARD Compliments of H. H. PROCTOR CO. Compliments of IOHN'S BARBER LINNIE W. CHENEY, Owner SHOP AYER, AYER. MASS. MASSACHUSETTS HAMILTON HARDWARE C. F. DOBSON CO. Photographer Packard Paint Hardware - Wall Paper 119-125 HIGH STREET CLINTON, MASS. Home or Studio 34 MAIN STREET AYER.AMASS. Tel. Ayer 2048 Compliments of CRESCENT LAUNDRY Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service PHONE 1431 640 HIGH STREET CLINTON. MASSACHUSETTS I T BUY YOUR NEXT CAR FROM KIT Kit's Service Station NEW AND USED CARS GENERAL REPAIRING ON ALL MAKES OF CARS TRUCKS - TRACTORS - FARM MACHINERY ESSO GASOLINE EXIDE BATTERIES - GATES TIRES HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone 173 3 l 2 E 5 S 51 :K E 4 S H L. , fT2E1K ,'3- 3' V . f f' . If - ' ' x -1' i '