Classical High School - Classic Myths Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Semor rooms VVhat should we do? Fxc1ted groups of Juniors gathered ln the rooms and corr1dors One Jumor whose gene1os1ty ue shall alu ays remember gaxe us some streamers and xery soon green and uhm, decorated the gas Hxture of Room 17 and there It stay ed most of the mornmg A glrl of 1902 had an 1nsp1rat1on and elrly 1n the mmnmg to our Joy and the Scmors chscomnture our green and uh1te on the State Mutual bu1ld1ng xx u cd 1n the breeze All that mormng the teachers seemed to be 1tra1d that we were gomff to mutate 1901 s bad example and try to take down the Semor colors Of course not VVe were too pol1te and bes1des, 1901 s day was nearlv over Let them enjoy rt vwh1le lt lasted, vse thought In the debatmg soc1et1es that year three members of 1909 were 1n the Jomt debate between the Sumner Club and the Fucle1a Tvto members were on the w1nn1ng team I the Alethela a member of our Class took part 1n the pr1ze debate Early 1n September 1901 began our Semor year Durmg all our cou se we had looked forward to 1t, and we assembled xx 1th great ant1c1pat1on 1n the hall to be ass1gned to our rooms Before the first week was over we had begun to reallze that Semor year meant much more than merely belng Sen lors All the classes that had been wuth us when we began our course were gone and wlth them many of our frlends Then too there were the Senlor respons1b1l1t1es It was our last chance to redeem ourselves 1f we had made m1stakes 1n the past For those who were preparmg for college this has had to be a year of hard thorough work Th1s year the class of 1901 d1d the tuo most noteworthy acts of 1ts career It left the H1gh School to make way for 1909 and some of 1ts members the wlsest Jomed 1909 for as long a t1me as they could VVe congratulate them for then' good sense Our Semor ofiicers are Pres1dent Mr W1llard Whrtman Vrce Pres1dent MISS Harr1et Roe Treas urer Mr Arthur Burns Secretary M1ss Blanche Brownell, Orator Mr Edgar Burrlll Class Poet M1ss P xge Thlrteen 1 1 . . 1 . . K . Y 1 J 5 sl. ' 1 . 1' , , 1 Y 1 , , . . . Q . , . . , ' X ' cf .' , 4 .' L 7 .1 . . . . I . . . . 1 . 1, .1 1 . 1, , 4 , 1 , A, L . , 4 v . . . V ,K . . 1 1 L - 4 . , c . V . . v . . . , . 1 r. ' ' B c . 4 Y , . . 1. , 1 . . . . Y . , 1 . Ce Y 1 n , ., L , -f L J . 1 . U , . . . Y s 1 - 1 1 . Y. . . . . . .. . L1 K ' I. K C ' ' . .1 1 1' 1 1 ,' . .. . L 1 . y . 1. . . . Q . , , . . . , , 1 , . it C C- 7 sq L 1 , ' 1 . 1 . . . . 1 4 .., , . , , .. , . ' . . 1 n . - . . . . - . , . , , . - '- v 1 1 ' . ' 9 - 1 1 1 - y y 1 .

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bemg sald It shoxx ed a pralse Worthy Splflt ID the member of that class he xx1shed to see hoxv the Class of 1909 c 1rr1ed on rts busmess that hrs class Ullght copy It and so he xx ms xslted 111 1 kmdly xx ay xx hat he xx IS domg there I 1om h1s rephes It xx ts lc uncd th xt he xx 'rs not there to rmproxe hrs nnnd O no I He xx 'Ls a spx There xx ere crles of Put hun out but he xx xs first courteouslx asked to go After sex er xl rude refusals on hrs part and not l1I'1t1l then the Llass of 1909 'trose IU rts mxght and ejected that 1mpert1nent young person Srnce then there h is been no trouble from spres We looked fOl xx ard xx 1th great 1nt1c1ptt1on to lheld Day 1n 1900 nor xx ere we d1s'1ppo1nted In the morning the Ll xss cxme to school xxe umff 1ts class c tps In the afternoon lt thc frames one of our promr nent members captured the Freshman colors and started to carry them rn dC11b1OI1 across the held The Freshmen Jumped from the1r seats to rescue then' colors and the SODIIOITIOICS to ald the1r fellow class man An ezscrtrng scrunmaofe took place The bophomore class xvon seven points that ye tr and as the lfreshmen won the same number they challenged us to a Duel Meet The challenge xx as accepted but oxxlng to oppos1t1on from the Faculty the meet xx as not held That year came our first class sorroxx xxhen xxe lost by death M1ss Gertrude Kelly Our .Iumor year was '1 year of success 1n athletlcs and the debatxng soc1et1es It IS not necessary to speak of lessons for 1909 has alxv xxs done 1ts duty The thxrd year officers xx ere Presxdent Mr VS 'rldo Parker V1ce Pres1dent Mlss Ixachel Loxx ell Treasurer Mr Charles Dax 19 Secretary 'NI1ss Grace Garland In our .Iumor year xxe xx on the Cross country Run from the Semors and conident Sophomores In the class games we made a score of thxrtv one and one half pomts a la1ge score for 1 .Iumor class agamst the elex en pomts of the Sophomores The day of the cl iss games, great excltement raged True to custom, the .Iumors xx ere not alloxved to hang the1r colors on the flag st ttf 1D front The Semors that year, decorated the loxx er corr1dor and the P xge I xx elxe . . 1 v .Q- 74 .. . Q L 4 Q . . . .., . 1 1 ' '1 1' - '1 -1 ' x 1' 1 V1,-, ' ' v v 1 1,1 .. t . .. I . .. ,L . L. L. L 4 L L, ' 3. '. ' 1' ,1 ,,. , . , . . ' . '. ' , . n n 'ks L S K.. 7 x s Y a A Lx 1 1 y x' - N ' 'I 1,1 1 1- - 1 1 1- 1 , f . . . , 4 . . U 1, . ' a . . 1 N 1 . . I . . N . . .t ,Q , . ... . 1 , ' 1 b . . f.. . . , 1 . ' . . I . 1. . V .1 . In I 4 L L I . , .L . . 1 . . . 1 ,1 . 1. 1 ,- 1 1 11., 1 , s. 1 - , K. 4 . L b . t, L . t G . 4. ,1 - .A. . .-1 , .1 1' ' .'1' , 1 ' .L 1 . . 4 . . 1 . , Q . . y - - . b c . 1 - 1 , .. 1 1 , ,. . 3 1 .. . . t ,L , . .4 , f s y 1 x -' rf fs ' ' 1 Y l , 1 I 1. I ' I , 1. , lf . xi L x K 1 K 1 in s 1 11 1 ' 1 ,Y1 ' 1 . , .. . L . ' ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 . 1 I , y . - 1 , . 1 . . ,I . 1. , , , 1 Q . 1 ' s . ,I . c'., t ',I . . . 1 . Y Y '- ' ck. l .1 1 - - I1, . . C 1, 1 , ' 1 1 Z ' C I . l I ' 1 - , ' ' .1 y ' Q . , 1 'lv v Sr Q

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H'11r1et Roe, Irophet N11 IOIIII Pl usted, U1 111111111 of Ll tss D 15 Lornnuttee A1153 R 1chcl I oxx ell H1s tO1'1ll'1, M1ss A11111 N111 ble I 1'1111st, M1ss Ros 1l1ne Brqnd Our b'1nquet xx 'ls Ill 1IllDOIf 1nt ex ent of our Semor xc xr Ihc thuxl s1xth 'md sex enth xeir mem be1s d1d llIC1I' best to b1c 1l1. It up llltl c 1ptur1. 0111 to 1stn1 1stc1 lhcx xx crc unsuccessful On tht propue to1 s xx ord no flll n1turc or Llllll 1 xx as IJIOIXCII 1nd no s1lx CI 01 to lsllll Lstcr t'1ls6Il In Athleucs xxexx on the Indoor Interscholast1c 'NIeet 111 Boston ind three 1909 ff1rls xx o11 the H1 h School ll 111 b tslxct b 1ll cjlll 3011101 xc 11 xxc lost txx o of o11r 1llLIIllJE,IS 111 the dc xths of NI1ss Xhce Ix1ce 1nd 'NI1 I CIOX Ihoxx 11ell 'NI1ss R1ce xx as 11ot a IIl61'I1lD6I' ot the Class tor a long tune VI h1le he1e she xx '1s 1 qu1et gnl 1nd a t0Lld.11T1 1s then OXX11 Although xcrx xounf to be '1 SLIIIOI hc xx ts 1studcnt of 1110 l.l31l1tN 'llltl hed he l1x ed he xx ould have led ft d1st1ngu1shed cftreer IH college 'lnd ifter hfe On N115 suteenth NO? tl1e Qlqss '1ch1exed '1 success xxh1ch I can t1 ulx slv xx as the ffre 1test success of 1ts lxllld ex er 1ch1ex ed bg the lVorcestc1 schools X 111 CSLIll'1UOIl of the t1 mgcdx of 'NI tcbeth 15110 11ght task for profess1onal actors Xet the Clftss of 1907 tra1ned by fan TIUITIHUS of the H1ffh School, 111 the1r presentat1on of the play, succeeded bex ond tl1e most s'1ngu1ne CX17CCI3t101'1S of the1r xx ell xx1shers We fue proud that 1 member of th1s Ll xss h 15 xx on from 1ll the 'ULHIOFS 111 VVorceste1 County the pr1zc 111 the Pdtr1ot1c Lontest, 111bt1UlfCd by tl1e D xulfhters of the Revolut1on Less than a month from to day xxe sh1ll have gmduqted from the H1Uh School most of us not to return '1s scholars M 1y xxe 1lxx ays ren1en1be1 the school that xve haxe loved and tl1e teichers xxho have tra111ed us, and our motto Persta et Praestft Page Fourteen .' , 7 . . ','. '... .,' ' '11 , , 1 . '.- L ,, . . . . . . . .. 1 , .. . , , . ' 1 1 v I ' v f 'I s ' - 1' Y 1 1 W ' .. ' ' x- -Uv' . sf 1. 1 f- ,111 'I sv 11-1 1 xs11- 1 fs . 1 1 4 1 4 . 1 , . V . . . . - ' .r, , . ' , , ' . 1 1 1 1 . 1' 1 - 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 ' 5 ' ' 5 ' - . 5 ,1 - A 5 ' 'g . H 1 1. , . . 1 ., 1 . 1 . , L 7 - faithful student. I11 Mr. Brownell we lost Z1 member such as fexx' classes have tl1e good fortune to be able , , ' , . ,'. 1 L vi 1 1 1 , 'B ' - , Y, 1 , 1 1 - - - ' ' v , 1. . , 1 ,, . 1 , .. . . 1 . H, 1 , . .7 3 7 L . 1 . Q I . . . z 1 , . L, ' . ' 1 . .' ' ' ' j ' 3 ,D : . .' 1 I .l I L 1' HI 1 fn. l 1' . .Q I I ' I.. -1. Y , , I ' 1 ' , 1 1 . 1 , , ' , ' 1 ' , . . , 1. 1 . 1 1 1 1. , 1 x 1 . , ' 1 ' f ' ' ' 5 ' z ,B ' ' . - ' z C . 'b , 5 1 Q ll . 1 ,y