Cambridge High School - Yearling Yearbook (Cambridge, MD)

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PaH9EiEht THE I-IOTTENTOT Class Prophecy The White House, June 10, 1962. Dear John Paul: I certainly was pleased to hear that you got the job of building the New York Monument. I also hear that the Electrical Engineer of your Contracting firm is Ellis Orr, our old Prof. Moo. I am very glad that he turned out to be some- thing. Do you remember the President of our class? Well, Millsy is run- ning you a little competition in the Engineering world. He has just received a contract to build a dam across the mouth of the Chop- tank River. to harness power for the new Dill pickle factory opening up in Oxford soon. I was down town this morning and got the surprise of my life when I looked into Messick's Book Store Window. I saw a book writ- ten by Bill Langrall, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, entitled Where is the Crimin- al? You know, since that guy has been the head of the FBI the prisons have been full, and the crime rate has decreased rapidly according to Warden Burton of Sing Sing. Another book was Around the World on Wheels by Albert Cook, the great Arctic Ex- plorer and writer. It is a book on his travels around the world in a truck, via the North Pole. I went down to Meyer's Casino the other night and saw the floor show which featured Bettye Stew- art and her Royal Dancers. Also featured was Dukeo Williso, the great magician, not a thing could hold him. He is better known as Duck , Among the notable per- sonages there, whom I knew were: Anna Ruth Jones, the New York Socialite and wife of the million- aire playboy Count Looeyg Fred Pritchett and Lloyd Robbins, the owners of the We-Gyp-Ya Insur- ance Companyg and Annette Rob- bins, the mother of the lovelorn. One swell picture you don't want to miss if it comes to New York is Eldridge's new picture You're Mine , with Betty Bloom as the leading lady and Mary Wright, the comedian. Have you heard the new Gore Ra- dio Theatre on WWNN? It just started last week and it is some- thing like the Lux Theatre we used to hear when we were in High School. The Chase 8x Catch Coffee Variety Show, on the same station, is good now, too. It features Au- gusta Merrick, the famous singer, George Eckert, comedian, Goldy Tall and his orchestra and people who talk on various vocations. This week Brice Creighton is to talk on the subject of Accounting. Brice and Carl opened an accounting school when they graduated from night school and now have a very successful business. Talking about schools, it seems that quite a few of our old class- mates opened up schools for their various trades, for instance: the Pike-Thomas School of Art, the Robinson-Patterson School of Dancing, the Higgs Secretarial School. All of these schools are very successful. I bought a Fuller Brush last week and I bet you don't know who from. Fred Newcomb. He likes to travel and he is some salesman, too. I saw George Todd's Baseball Team play the other day, and they are what you would call cool jobs . George certainly did progress after joining the Cambridge Cardinals in 1941. I met Mace Harper on the street yesterday and he's just as red as ever. He's working as private sec- retary to Mr. I. Spark, the Radio magnate. He says that he saw Jack Twyman and Jack Evans last month and that they are still work- ing in Twyman's Refinery. I read where Willis Conover is to take over the announcing job of WWNN next week to become the best head announcer of the Nation- al Broadcasting System. I went back to Cambridge last month to visit Raymond Marshall. Raymond is now the president of the Marshall Dog Food Factory. I also saw Milton Malkus, the head of the Malkus Sugar Refinery and his private secretary, Martha Con- way. Cambridge has certainly grown since Edward Peters has been Mayor, he has made things hum around, down there. Do you remember Virginia Bran- nock? She has taken over the High Spot and has remodeled it. It takes up the whole block now and it has a flat roof for dancing at night under the stars. She calls it Jinny's Casino . Some place! You know, old Vernon Robbins has himself a job at the Continal Can Co. as private secretary to the old boss, himself? Curly certain- ly has gone up the ladder of fame, or has he? His business has fall- en off, though, since the Brooks Co. has been putting food up in pill form. Archie got the idea when trying to make hot food without cooking it. These Mills girls have started a restaurant and have a very' good business. They have the select so- ciety as patrons but anyone can go in if he won't feel embarrassed. Reba, Naomi and Virginia are the featured singers in the floor show there each week. Arnold Nichols is giving a concert at the Lyric next week with Ruth Dashiell at the piano. That team has certainly reached the peak of concert fame. Also at the Lyric this week is the Quartet we used to hear back in Cambridge, you'll remember them, Patricia White, Mary Louise Willey, Eliza- beth Trice and Margaret Richard- son. Edwin Dayton has opened a de- partment store down town next to Melvin's Sport Shop. He certainly has a big time for his opening day. Elizabeth LeCompte's B e a u t y Shoppe is right down the street, too. I hear that Marie Hurst has the position of head Nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She certainly went places fast. And so did Rosemary Byrn, she's now the national head of the Girl Scouts of America. William Hogan and Veach Hur- ley joined hands right after they graduated from college and started an airplane business. They make gliders. Bill Blades is their test pilot, and some daredevil, too! Albert Atkinson has at last a business of his own. He owns the Atkinson Meat Market down in Cambridge. Bernard Mackell has started a canning house in Madison and is putting up canned corned beef. He has quite a business. Vlliniield Dean has a transporta- tion company down in Cambridge. He calls it the Dean Transferey and hauls anything from an inch to a mile. A few of our old classmates went right into the teaching career. They were Margaret Mowbray, who is teaching Physical Education to the girls, Marie Seward, who is teach- ing Typing, Margaret Slacum who is teaching P. O. D., Edward Asp- len, who is teaching Agriculture and Gykes Creighton, the princi- pal of Cambridge High. He re- ceived his position through ac- quaintance with the Governor, John Capone, brother of Al. Helen Shenton and Norma War- ner went right into secretarial work when they graduated. Helen is working as private secretary to Radcliffe Roberson, the president of the Goodpoor Rubber Co. and Norma is working as private sec- retary to Norman Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Navyg both are doing very well. Do you remember old Sewey Mathews, who used to run the 440 and win with such ease? Well, he is now the promoter of athletic events at Madison Circle Garden and is doing very well, too. He promoted the fight between Edgar Brannock and Muggsy. Edgar won, of course, and is now light heavyweight champion of Cam- bridge. Carlton Spedden and John Trav- ers have opened themselves a din- er on the outskirts of Cambridge and have a very good business there. Seward Gray turned out to be a nature lover after all. He has opened up a camp on the Choptank and has quite a crowd there each summer. Leroy Seward and Vernon Cooke opened a dude Ranch as soon as they graduated from college. That's where you ought to spend your va- cation this summer. The Wilson sisters, Lauraetta and Rosabelle, opened a stationery shop on High Street where the old Banner Office used to be. The Ban- ner moved, you know, after Jimmy Marshall and Fred Mowbray took it over. flt had to.J Dot Weedon and Winny Smith are secretaries to the law firm of Gordy and Neild. Irving and Bayne became famous when they discovered the documents giv- ing Roslyn Wheeler the entire es- tate of her uncle. Roslyn worked a while as a waitress, but I guess she's through work now. We had four classmates to go di- rectly to the stage, they were Vir- ginia Wright, Dramatistg Bettye Mae Wright, Make-up artist: Olive Brannock, Dramatistg and Marga- ret Seward, singer. Eleanor Shorter and Margaret Pink are touring the country to- gether giving lectures about spell- ing and shorthand, respectively. Marguerite Schaffner, Olive Vinton, and Wilsie Willey have been doing very well at their jobs of reporting for the New York Times. Marguerite and Wilsie are sports reporters while Olive writes an Etiquette column. You ought to read it, it'll do you good. June Jones and Geraldine Le- Compte have opened their chain of beauty parlors over the eastern part of the U. S. KI must remem- ber to have my hair set.J Those who did not go out into the world but settled down and married are Ruth Faulkner, Eliza- beth Greer, Pearl Hargett, Hilda Hubbard and Lillian Peterson. lThey were bright.D fContinued to page 9, Col. 2J

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THE HGTTENTOT Page Seven Class History Though the future looms before us, a shining pathway to our dreams come true, it is to the past our thoughts return and we review with a smile and a sigh the happy, carefree schooldays that are so nearly a part of our memories. Never before has school seemed so dear and hard to leave and never have the events of our school life stood out so very clearly. Who, who has ever been a senior can forget the days when he was a freshman? On that September morning in '34 the bell at Cam- bridge High rang in some of the most frightened specimens of young Americans ever to behold an institution of learning. In fact, we were so frightened we all crept in the back doors. Those majestic columns in the front seemed to be sentincls guarding the front door and seniors alone could brave their hauteur. Soon enough, however, that timidity gave way to curiosity and the freshies had their noses in everything trying to find out just why it was there. Entering with us that year were several alumni, coming back as teachers. Miss Mabel Wright re- turned as a teacher of English and dramatics, and also in the English department was Miss Helen Doen- ges. New members of the mathe- matics department were Miss Ellen Byrn and Mr. James Busick. Lat- er in the year Miss Estelle Leonard was with us in the place of Miss Dorothy Noble, and Mr. Theodore Boston in the place left by Miss Rosabelle Gould. The entire freshman class had learned to love Miss Mills, our li- brarian and teacher, not only as an instructor, but as a friend. She seemed to care about each and every one of her pupils as a per- son, and endeared herself to the freshmen who were so anxious to be considered as important person- alities. Her death, in the spring of that year was one of the saddest events in our school life. So, our freshman year passed, with its sad moments and also its gloriously happy ones. We had made some impression on the school in both the scholastic and athletic fields, but our greatest vic- tories were to come in the follow- ing years. Vacation days were nearly overg as sophomores we were prepared to accomplish things. And then one morning the fire siren rang, clear and long. It was our high school building. In a few minutes our books, equipment, and building were a mass of charred coals. In three days school was scheduled to start. Where would we have class- es? That was the question upper- most in everyone's mind. After much deliberation, it was decided that the walls of Seminary could be stretched to house us. From attic to basement we swarined from 8.30 until 5.30. That year every class in high school and every class in the Seminary proved just how well it could adjust itself to any situa- tion. Though we were cramped for space, perhaps the very experi- ence made us realize the value of our new school building. As sophomores we felt we really had an active part in the doings we had watched from the bleachers last year. Every one of us tried to make our second year worthwhile. Many took part in all athletic and scholastic events on our limited cal- endar. - Again the faculty had changed and we found Mr. Raymond Sim- mons, Mr. Edward Walter, Miss Ella Barkley, Mrs. Eleanor Willis Fox, and later Mrs. Bonnie Harmon among our teachers. It was only through excellent co- operation between the teachers and pupils that the school year of 1935- 36 was a success. We romped through another va- cation, hoping fervently that our new school building would be ready to open in September. It wasn't quite finished but we entered, now full-fledged upper-classmen. How proud we were of our new school with its new slippery Hoors, its in- direct lighting, and its loudspeaker system. How diligently we twisted to get into our lockers, improved with combination locks. Though our first few weeks of classes were spent in a pell-mell of hammering and banging, we were rewarded for our earstrain when Mr. Crom- well complimented the student body upon its cooperation with the work- men in the building. Last year, a new system of lunch- ing was put into the schedule at Cambridge High. Instead of al- lowing the whole school to eat at twelve o'clock, as in previous years, only those who happened to be on the first iioor went to lunch at twelve. The other poor mortals dragged their steps upward to wait another hour. Scholastic records were made in our junior year. A new honor roll system was installed and many jun- iors' names were listed Some very few even attained the heights of all A's. Many juniors took part in the annual spelling contest sponsored by Goldey College, and the team en- tered by Cambridge High was for- tunate enough to win first honors. For the first time, the juniors really blossomed in the athletic events. Several juniors were mem- bers of our shore championship soccer and basket-ball teams. Cam- bridge High placed first in the an- nual Dorchester County field meet, and also in the field meet held at Salisbury. Juniors were the proud possessors of many new records. With spring came commence- ment, the last commencement we would witness before we were the actors in the pageant. Just three short months and we had returned as seniors, fully prepared to do jus- tice to our dignified position. For the third time the faculty had changed. New faces in the teachers' gallery were Miss Paul- ine Hirst, our new art teacher, Miss Lucille Hurley, in the music department, and Miss C l eon a Brinsfield to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Fox. As in former years, the seniors had the advantages in school. Ours were the choicest seats in the audi- torium. We published the school paper and led the way for the other classes. We entered our senior year realizing that, though we were seniors and had senior privileges, we had much to learn. Strangely enough we also remembered we had once been freshies and did not worry this year's group too much. When the athletic season opened with soccer, the senior boys turned out strong. Though their team was not the most victorious the school has ever knovsm, it will be remembered for its sportsmanship. Not satisfied with athletic: prow- ess alone, the seniors tried as never before to get their names on the honor roll for scholastic ability. The fall passed away into winter and the New Year was here. We were beginning to worry about mid-year exams, when a voice from heaven, Mr. Cromwell's to be exact, announced -that there would be none. Never was a happier mes- sage brought to our ears, but we wondered why he waited until we were seniors to begin the good work. With exams so easily disposed of we could more readily enjoy the peak of the basketball season. Game after game was tossed off by our boys and girls and they were crowned Eastern Shore Champs. Then for Cumberland, and alas, for defeat. But it was a glorious de- feat. Our boys showed their good sportsmanship by presenting the opposing team with some of the largest fish their landlubber eyes had ever beheld. In the meantime, though, Cam- bridge High had changed princi- pals. Mr. Cromwell had been ap- pointed State Supervisor of Educa- tional Guidance, a new department in Maryland's educational field. In his place stepped our vice-principal and the boys' peppery coach, Mr. Emmett Andrews. Though the whole school regretted to see Mr. Cromwell leave, we gave Mr. An- drews a big hand as our new prin- cipal and sincerely admired the smoothness with which he ran our school. He no longer could fill his duties as coach and biology teach- er, so Mr. Walter and Mr. Busick became coaches and Mr. Robert Vincent came as the teacher of sophomore biology. Spring slipped upon us, and found us unaware of the fact that autumn had passed. Soon we were posing for our senior pictures, and attending our senior play. June week was here and over in a twink- ling and we found ourselves pos- sessors of a diploma, neatly tied with white ribbon. Though that diploma may show to the world that its owner has acquired four years of knowledge within the walls of Cambridge High School, it cannot show the world our memories of those four years. Those memories. more than our diplomas will keep fresh in our hearts our high school days. May our futures be as glor- iously worthwhile and happy as our four short years at Cambridge High. Eleanor Shorter, Class Historian, '38. CLASS SONG By Willis Conover, Jr. fTune: Thanks for the Memories J Thanks for the memories Of cokes we sipped at Ted's, Tennis courts and Keds, And evenings when at half ten We tucked into our beds- How lovely it was! Thanks for the memories Of homework left undone, Movies by the ton, And cigarettes we smoked on bets And startled everyone- How lovely it was! You never bothered to question How I'd get additional money, But, really, dear, it wasn't funny. You took my dough, And let it fiow, But thanks for the memories Of dances at the school- I acted like a fool, And even now I wonder how You managed to keep cool. Yes, thank you so much. past

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--.-.-rew- THE HOTTENTOT Page Nine MR. CROMWELUS EFFICIENCY LEADS TO NEW POSITION Clnfoi-mation from THE DAMILY BANNER? About the middle of this past school year Cambridge High School lost one of the best principals it has ever had. Mr. R. Floyd Crom- well, for five and one half years principal of Cambridge High and an active Hottentot staff member, resigned his position as principal to take over the new duties of State Supervisor of Educational and Vocational Guidance, starting on February lst. Mr. Cromwell has been connected with the Maryland Public School System since his graduation from Western Maryland College, and has been active in both the State Teachers Association and the Na- tional Education Association. Be- fore coming to Cambridge he had served as principal of the Western Maryland Preparatory School, prin- cipal of the Tracey's Landing School in Anne Arundel County, principal of the Upper Marlboro High School, Prince George's Coun- ty, and the principal of the Bruns- wick High School, Frederick Coun- ty. He has done graduate work at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maine, and Harvard University. For the past six years, Mr. Cromwell has been chairman of the Legislative Committee of the State Teachers' Association. It was this committee that secured the restor- ation of the teachers' salary cuts. He has also served as vice president of the State Association, and for two years he has been a member of the Legislative Committee of the National Education Association. This national committee is made up of eleven members from all sec- tions of the United States. During the five and a half years he has been in Cambridge, Mr. Cromwell has taken a very active part in community affairs. He has served as chairman of the Recrea- tional Council which is now func- tioning in Cambridge. He was al- so president of the County Teach- ers Association for two years, and has been very active in the Cam- bridge Rotary Club. For the past two years he has served as pro- gram chairman of the Club. Mr. Cromwell made countless changes and improvements during the time when he was principal. The curriculum has been greatly enlarged and a Core Curriculum for all first year students has been provided. Our High School is the only high school on the Eastern Shore which follows this system. F acult Emmett Andrews, Principal-Vocational Guidance. Nita Perry Bradley-General Science, Occupations. Cleona Brinsfield-Civics, Occupations, Junior Dramatic Club. James G. Busick-Biology II, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Education, Athletic Coach. Anna G. Collins-Typewriting III, IV. Helen Doenges-English II, IV, Faculty Advisor of Hottentot. Nora Dunn-Bookkeeping III, IV, Business Training, Faculty Advisor of Hottentot, School Treasurer. Albert Farver-Manual Training. Hilda Harwood-Stenography III, IV, Occupations. Pauline Hirst-Art, English II. Charles J. Koch-Latin II, III, Economics, Ec. Geography, History II. Sarah K. Linthicum-English II, III, Faculty Advisor of Hotten- tot. Estelle Leonard Murphy-French III, IV, Problems of Democ- racy Dorothy Noble-History Il, III. Bertha M. Robinson-Librarian, Library Science, Geometry. Frances Matthews Stewart-Home Economics. Robert Vincent-Biology I, Occupations. Edward Walter-Math. I, II, Trigonometry, Athletic Coach. Ella Walter-Math. II, Physical Education. Mabel V. Wright-English I, V, Senior Dramatic Club. M1'. Cromwell was instrumental in adding Physical Education, Art, Vocational Guidance, and Post- Graduate work to the High School courses as well as advanced courses in Biology and English. The Post- Graduate courses have proved ex- ceptionally helpful to students who have been unable to attend colleges and business schools. Mr. Cromwell accomplished a great deal of constructive work for both the High School and the com- munity and though we are pleased about his advancement, we truly regret losing him as a citizen of Cambridge, as a fellow Staff mem- ber, and as Our Principal. ..-.l.,l CLASS PROPHECY fCont. from page 8, Col. 45 Jane Carreau and Henrietta Da- shiell decided they liked the air so they both became airline steward- esses. Blondy Murphy started out as a dietitian but she lost so much weight she's now the thin girl in Kinnamon and Pike Circus now touring the good old Eastern Shore. That is all that I could find out about our old classmates of '38, MAY THEY LIVE FOREVER! You1's truly, President of the United States, Everette Creighton, Jr. WILL OF '38 We, the senior class of Cam- bridge High School, Cambridge, Maryland, do make this our last will and testament to be executed as such by the proper legal auth- orities. After payment of all our just debts and graduation expenses we duly bequeath our worldly posses- sions as follows: Item I-To future classes we leave our new principal, Mr. An- drews, and trust that they will take care of him as well as we have. fAnd vice-versai. Item 2-To next year's seniors we hereby leave the good times and grand fun which we had as seniors to be enjoyed by them. Item S-A few of the individual members of our class do variously leave the following to individuals of the junior class: Bayne Neild's scholastic ability and good nature to Raymond Ingalls, Irving Gor- dy's proficiency in sports and clas- sic features to Harold Sheets, Mar- garet Mowbray's athletic prowess to Agnes Foxwell, Errol Pritch- ett's ability to ride a rippling wreck around as well as a car to Ben Linthicum, fErrol's car ought to leave a will too-it has died so many timesl, Pauline Pike's artis- try to Helen Lichti, Cabbage Robinson's female admirers to be distributed among the junior boys fand if there are any left over you sophomores may have some tool. fCont. to pag'e 15, Col. 21 THREE DAYS OF GRACIE Mr. Everette Pillsbury Pancake, after observing the senior class play, Three Days of Gracie , de- cided to go backstage and congrat- ulate the participants. Opening the stage door he is just in time to see the stage electrician, Ellis Orr, leaving the school through the back exit. He is greet- ed by Miss Wright, dramatic in- structor who supervised the pro- duction of the play, and who learns from our critic that our perfor- mance was a huge success. Little Mr. Pancake demanded to meet all the members of the cast. Miss Wright, happy to oblige him, called Virginia Wright who played Gracie Warner, a college girl of nineteen, from her dressing room. Virginia was congratulated on her excellent leading performance and her deep affection for her pet dog, Bijou. Next in line came Winnie Belle Pattison for her perfect interpreta- tion of Phillipa Waring, Gracie's roommate. It seemed as though this part was written especially for Winnie. Pillsbury next met Mary Louise Willey, who gave a top perfor- mance of a stern old maid of forty- five or fifty, Miss Kate Waring. i Next in line to receive honors was Janet Waring, an excellent character, whose role was played by Helen Shenton, who, contrary to her sister Kate's wishes, turned the tables on the college girls by marrying the handsome young doctor, whose part was played equally as well by Jack Twyman. Eliie, spying a new male face on the stage, immediately went to work on her next victim, Pillsbury Pancake, and soon had Miss Wright's job of escorting the young gentleman about the set. Hearing loud commotion over in one corner of the set Effie, played by Roslyn Wheeler, immediately took her new heartthrob over to complete his honors. The gang, Billy Jackson fWillis Conoveri, Tommy Burns fFred Thomasl, Bebe fBettye Stewartl, Sallie fShirley Dilll, Charlotte fMargar- et Mowbrayi, Lanny fEdgar Bran- nockl, Dick fRussell Messickl,and Jim fRussell Millsj we found be- hind the scenery props, devour- ing the remaining refreshments while Mr. Smith, a telegraph mes- senger, telephone man. and taxi driver stood by vainly trying to get a taste. Little Mr. Pillsbury immediately took it on himself to thank the cast by climbing on a box and mak- ing a speech, and it was not until' the light switches were pulled that our critic was ready to leave.