Bromfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (Harvard, MA)

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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

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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

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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