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

Text from Pages 1 - 150 of the 1918 volume:

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En Ihr Eats Chenrgv li. iKPihg QDLIY Jlnatrurtnr in liiuturg, 1332 Evhirate thin, QJQLII' Aftvrnmth, aa at Marla nf G9ur Aifertinn emit an an Exprvaainn nf Ihr Bern Svnrrnux me Thane Sauuiainvh in Ein Euan 4 Apprvriatinn THE AFTERMATH Committee is greatly and deeply indebted to Miss Helen D. Marshall, who so kindly supervised the work in the Art Departmentg to Mr. Perry S. Howe, who gave much time and willing attention to the recording of our historyg to Mr. George B. O'Flynn, to whom is largely due the credit of the great financial success. To these members of the faculty and to all others who assisted in the compiling of this volume, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude and to express our deep appreciation of their kindness in so generously aiding us. A George 'Ehmarh illvihg From his birth in Worcester, October I5, I873, till his death. October 9. l9I 7, Mr. Reidy made Worcester his home. His elementary education was gained successively at Lamartine and Millbury Street Schools. He graduated from Classi- cal High with the Class of l892 and secured his A.B. from Holy Croxs in 1895. After a year's study at Boston College, he became Assistant Editor of the Catholic School and Home Magazine. He was also for a time private secretary for Bishop Conaty. After a year at Normal School in 1901, he taught at Millbury Street till l907, and at Lamartine Street till I9l 0. His last seven years o'f fullest service were given to Classical High. Friendships gold is a precious thing, But we never know its worth Till the tender eyes whose smile we greet, And the merry voice that love makes sweet In death have lost their mirth. G. E. R. Mtn. Elraaie CEuninnin illllillrr To Mr. Allan Miller and to Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Goodwin, the Class of l9l8 extends sincere sympathy. The delightful personality and charming manner of Mrs. Miller, whom we knew as Miss Jessie Goodwin, made her a great favorite with us all. When, at the beginning of our Junior year, Mi's Goodwin withdrew from the faculty, we regretted her loss as a teacher, but rejoiced in her happiness. We feel and sympathize deeply with the members of Mrs. Millerys family, for we too loved and honored her. lg A I 'F ' I I LE ff, ,Sw , I I I QF Akbfkzfg E: Ii 4 Ib m y X , PN. Q-O x1l J 'I' . Q u X fl ,, I X X E, CHESTER T. PORTER - DANIEL F. O'REGAN - MARTHA FAGERSTROM DOROTHY B. CRANE - WILLIAM F. ABBOT SUSAN I. W. BROWN LILLIAN M. CRAWFORD MAUD A. DODGE JOHN E. DOWD ALBERT FARNSWORTH GEORGIANNA K. FISKE MARION L. GAILLARD ANNIE M. HENDERSON PERRY S. HOWE FRANCES M. HUNT MARY P. JEFTS HELEN D. MARSHALL FRANK P. MCNAMARA GEORGE B. O'FLYNN Principal Assfslanl Principal Secrelary lo Principal Secrelury lo Principal ELIZABETH E. PEIRCE ARTHUR A. PELTON HARRIET R. PIERCE MARTIN M. POST EUGENE H. POWERS FLORENCE M. POWERS ALLAN G. RICE FLORENCE E. RYAN ANNE F. SMITH GERTRUDE SOUTHER CAROLINE P. TOWNSEND MARY A. WAITE MARGARET M. WALSH GERTRUDE E. WILLIAMS FRANK A. WILSON I ,A if I A ,gli C ,WT -I 'U WIT -X X x M I V EL - Y N W ,Er W . 55'-- 4 XX xx X I I 5 '5yg'5jWi.4eQ7ji'2?1QM lw Milai- I 0112155 Ibiiirvra zmh Glnmmittren President ----- JOHN HORGAN Vice-Presidenl - RUTH CUNNINGHAM Secrefary - - CATHERINE FLEMING Treasurer ----- ANTHONY GOLEMBESKI IOHN ABBOTT OSCAR ANDERSON MILDRED BENSON LEO BROWN MARY BUNKER WILLIAM GILREIN Aftrrnmth Glnmmiitvr Editor-in-Chief CATHERINE FLEMING Business Nfanager ,IOHN HORC-AN Editorial Slaff RUTH CUNNINGHAM SARAH FREED HARVEY IVIUIR SAUL SEDER LOUIS SMOLENSKY WILLIAM TONER Finance Cammillee PAUL LANDRY ANTHONY GOLEMBESKI THOMAS LYNCH JAMES KELLEY FREDERICK IVIADAUS Piclure Commillee THOMAS LYNCH fchairmanb PAUL LANDRY FREDERICK MADAUS Dance Commfliee LEO BROWN SARAH FREED RUTH CUNNINGHAM jOHN HORGAN THOMAS LYNCH Class Day HAROLD CASWELL CChairmanj JOHN ABBOTT JOSEPH MOYNIHAN RUTH CUNNINGHAM ELLEN POLLOCK JOHN HORGAN CLASS PRESIDENT 1Hrvuihrnt'5 2-Xhhrena DEAR PRINCIPAL, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS: We, the Class of I9l8, extend to you a most cordial welcome to these our Class Day exercises. We have been looking forward for a long period to the time when we should complete our work as undergraduates, and have awaited the pleasure which attends the reaching of this goal. I Although during our stay in High School, Europe has been the scene of bloody conflicts and atrocities, this has only served to increase our desire to accom- plish our tasks and our own fond desire for graduation. We are reminded of the fact that, in accomplishing this result we have in- curred obligations which are far beyond our power to repay. We must here express our most sincere gratitude to our friends, teachers, and most of all, to you, our parents. Gur future successes, we trust, will give further evidence of our thank- fulness. Once more we bid you, one and all, a hearty welcome. V' l r w l W I i I. ? F rf' r ,. P L: E L wi 1. w F e 3 V L VT if 1 m K v l Z' Y r F P 1 n im 2 CATHERINE FLEMING Ullman iljiaturg ,'.59LgfQ1Y2 September, l9l4, the Class of l9l8 entered upon its High 'yy C 'Y' School career. Tremblingly, wonderingly, timidly, we ap- lv -'Sim I l proached the corridor and were commanded to betake ourselves M , Qi? to the Hall. Where the Hall was, we did not know, but we determined to find out speedily. On our way we encountered many grave and dignified Seniors, laughing, merry Juniors, and proud Sophomores. They favored us with a superior and lofty gaze and went their way as if we were beneath their notice. But it was our private opinion that they too felt just a little uncomfortableg because it was their first day at the Irving Street building, for the transfer from the old Classical High School on Walnut Street had been made. At length we arrived at the Hall and schedules with studies, names of teachers and numbers of rooms were given us. Spectulation was rife concerning Miss So-and-So and Mr. Such-and-Such, whose names we saw written on the slip of paper. Somehow we got through our first day and began to think we would like High School. We made our first plunge into the social activities when we attended the production of Silas Marnerl' in the Worcester Theatre. Time sped on, and before we realized it, our first year had drawn to a close, and the thought of vacation was uppermost in our minds. But, after all, we were glad to return in September, for we were Sophomores! We breathed relievedly, I think, for Freshman year with its joys and sorrowsf?D was behind us and Junior and Senior years beckoned invitingly. We smiled complacently in anticipation of the pleasures to come. Sophomore year began auspiciously, and illustrious I9l8 had settled down to work, when Mr. Frederick H. Lincoln withdrew from the faculty to take up the task of providing educational motion pictures. We hoped for his return, but he found the other field of endeavor more attractive, so our studies were carried on under the instruction of another. Sophomore days were peaceful and uneventful, and soon Junior year was upon us with all its delights. One event, however, marred our pleasure, Miss Jessie Goodwin resigned to become Mrs. Allan Miller. We took great delight in the various socials and not the least of them was the Junior Prom, held in May, l9l 7. It was the first dance given by our class, and it was, what we hoped it would be,- a success. In June, when the Class of I9I 7 had departed, Mr. Edward R. Goodwin, whom, for the first three years, we had known as principal, resigned his office, and I6 THE AFTERMA TH we came to Classical as Seniors with Mr. Chester T. Porter as the head of our school. Those who have been Seniors can understand with what mingled happiness and regret we started upon our last year. It was impressed upon us that we must conduct ourselves decorously, that the younger classes might find us shining examples. How important we felt-Seniors and models for others! Ah, but life was sweet. Alas, it was not long before our pleasure was changed into sadness. One of the most popular and beloved teachers, Mr. George E.. Reidy, was claimed by Death. All loved Mr. Reidy, for he was kindly, patient, and a friend to each individual boy and girl. Those who were fortunate enough to have him as instructor in Ancient History are well aware of that. Words are empty, vain and inadequate to express our affection and feeling toward Mr. Reidy, but his memory will always be kept alive in the hearts of the members of the Class of l9l8. Mr. Andrew Aldrin, who continued Mr. l..incoln's work, left during our fourth year to do important service in the Ordnance Department of the Government. The first semester of Senior year glided by with John Horgan as president of the class. When we had entered upon our last term at Classical High School, we were shocked and grieved by the death of Mrs. Allan Miller, who, as Miss Jessie Good- win, had been our popular and well-liked teacher of mathematics. Mrs. Miller will always be remembered by l9l8 for her kindly and sunny nature. On May l7, l9l8, the Vicar of Wakeheldy' was produced under the auspices of the Senior Class. The cast was admirable and acquitted themselves noblyg the coaching was superior, and the production was altogether a praisewortl-ry one. . But now Senior Days have fled. Our dances, meetings in the Hall, and the various elements that make up School Life are gone. For us, High School Life is over, but in the future we will look back with affection upon our four happy, happy years at Classical High School. PAUL EMIL LANDRY Uhr mhnlv Butg nf thr Ameriran igatriut PAUL EMILE LANDRY FTF' C0 WW EFORE entering on the subject of the Whole Duty of the Amer- 'A .VZ S' 4 'ar fffi F7 li 'llli I U 5 atom' Sie' 5r.,..u ican Patriot, it might be fitting to call attention to the fact that our class is the War Classf' Prom our entrance into High School up to the present time, Europe has been engaged in a Titanic struggle. During the entire four years, while we have been members of this school, fulfilling its requirements to the best of our ability and taking part in its pleasures with spon- taneous enthusiasm, men have been dyeing the battlefields of Europe with their blood, to the sole end that democary may not perish from the earth. Today it is well to remember that if it were not for the supreme sacrifice of these men, it is doubtful whether we would have had the opportunity of enjoying a High School course at all or its pleasant termination in these Class Day exercises. ln taking up the duty of the American Patriot, we should understand what he must do and what he must leave undoneg what things he must consider significant in his every clay life, and what his attitude toward these vital matters should be. The true American Patriot cannot afford to be ignorant of the activities of this country and of our Allies in the present world war. There is no greater foe to democracy than ignorance. The two main causes of ignorance are indifference in acquiring knowledge and lack of ability to acquire it. Indifference may come from too great a feeling of security and the desire to remain undisturbed mentally and physically. Russia is the one conspicuous example of the effect of indifference re- sulting from inability to get knowledge. She was betrayed because of the ignorance of the Bolsheviki about Germany. The causes of the stupendous disaster which followed her revolutionary upheaval arose from the enforced illiteracy of the Russian peasant, leaving him helpless to forecast the future from the past. The Patriot, moreover, must have a knowledge of the activies of his own country in its relations to the people and the President, and the ability to distinguish between constructive and destructive criticism when applied to war conditions. It is not alone necessary that he understand the situation in Europe now, but he must be mentally alert to the constantly shifting drama of this World War.', The American Patriot must know the motives of the Allies for entering the War. E.nglancl's entrance into the struggle, while largely to preserve her national honor, was partly for self-protection. The German control of the North Sea would be disastrous to her merchant marine. It was of immediate necessity for her to keep CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL I9 her pledge for the neutrality of Belgium. To E.ngland's lasting credit, with the highest motives, she entered the war, absolutely unprepared as regards her army. We must remember, too, that England protected this country. But for her navy, we would have been forced into the strife almost at the start. To make a stand against the brutal aggressor was the motive of rance. To her it was entirely a question of self-preservation. Russia's motive was fear and utter distrust of Austria. In his judgment of Russia, the American Patriot should not lose sight of the fact that Russia bore the brunt of the Hghting for two years, until England was partly ready. For that alone, no matter what her shortcomings, she deserves unstinted assistance toward recovering herself. It is essential also that the patriot know in detail how we were forced into this war. Germany had unconcealed contempt for what she termed the land of the dollar. She regarded the Monroe Doctrine as a fiction, which she had no intention of letting interfere with her designs on South and Central America. Her intrigues against us in our own country and elsewhere make our American spirit boil with inclignationg hence ours is a righteous wrath. Her perfidy, under guise of neutrality, is but too familiar. Among illustrations we may include her arrogant assumption of control of the ocean, the use of the submarine and the torpedoing of merchant ships on the high seas. Her promises to stop these practices, given after our protests, were made in order to gain time for preparation to attack us on a larger scaleg for she immediately broke these promises when she was ready to continue her fienclish work. All these countless outrages have convinced us that we must save the world from autocracy and militarism, no matter how long it may take or at what national and personal sacrifices. This is a holy war to us, for the prize is as precious as the salvation of our immortal souls. The Crusades were undertaken with no greater religious ardor than is this herculean struggle to save Democracy to the world. The American Patriot understands the German obsession of her mission and her Kultur. Germany has set out to terrorize the world: to spread universal fear of the abhorred name, German. I-ler work in China in this respect was accom- plished through demolishing all civilized standards in war. Her system of terroriza- tion, manifested in the destroying of the priceless treasures of centuries, such as the Cathedral at Rheims where Joan of Arc crowned Charles IX in l486g the Univer- sity at Louvaing the Town l-lall at Arrasg the mutilation of works of artg the brutal treatment of the old and weakg the cleporting of civilian population to be made slavesg the devastation of entire towns left to starvationg the torture of war prisoners and the fiendish methods of killing :--all contribute to make the German name accursed. But German frightfulness is powerless to stop the march of freedom, for, as Wendell 20 THE AFTERMA TH Phillips once so truly said, Whether in chains or in laurels, Liberty knows nothing but victory. It is for his protection that the American Patriot be able to distinguish the German propaganda so insidiously at work on all sides of us 5-in some of our news- papers and magazines, through the moving pictures, by treacherous rumors,-all carried on through paid agents. Germany is striving to undermine our unity. The object of this propaganda is to force a premature peace, that Germany may get away with her spoils ere final defeat overtakes her and she is summoned before the tribunal of nations to answer for her unspeakable atrocities. To a nation, as to an individual, in the final reckoning, The wages of sin is death. When the loyal patriot detects the work of the German propagandist, wherever it appears, he must resolutely challenge, and refute, and stamp it out, whatever the cost in time and trouble to himself. - No part of the German propaganda does the American Patriot reject more rigorously than the stories that the Allies are starving, that our soldiers are ill-kept and poorly-fed, that disease has spread among them. A thousand and one malign reports arespread to unnerve the American citizen and to weaken his power of resistance. The American Patriot sees to it, that he and his family help our government to crush for ever the diabolical scheme of Germany for world dominion, by rendering perhaps the most patriotic service he can dog the conservation of our resources. ln the conservation of food, of materials, of labor, he can play a valiant part. Profiteer- ing and hoarding, done by the single individual, even in the smallest way are to the patriot almost unforgivable crimes against freedom. Business as usual, and plqmire as usualu are to the American Patriot the slogan of beastly selfishness and contemptible cowardice. The selfishness that must keep up the regular schedule of profit. the cowardice that needs a constant sedative against the soul-searching con- sideration of things both serious and tragic, are alike to be condemned. The true patriot cuts out all but the essentials in his budget of expenses. l..ux- ury in clothes deflects labor from its chief end, to win the war as quickly as possible: aimless amusements and unnecessary travel work destruction in the same way. ln short, no abject slave of the Hohenzollern, with the heel of the tyrant upon his neck, serves autocracy more patiently and self-effacingly than does the present clay spendthrift. The American Patriot,-standing as becomes a free man with his face to the sky--serves his country, the United States, the land of opportunity in the glorious cause of freedom for the world. The American Patriot sees with increasingly clear vision that the socialist and pacifist likewise, each hamper our government in winning the war. By not contrib- uting himself and by urging others not to assist, the socialist takes from the sum total CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 21 of our funds to carry on the war. The pacifist, Whether in or out of Congress, de- lays our aid to the Allies. The pacifist in Congress wastes precious days in idle talk. Elsewhere he delays our assistance by paralyzing action through the atmos- phere of the mistrust he creates. A danger to the morale of our country and a startling menace to the quick winning of the war is the chronic doubter. It is his custom to question every official statement of progress or good news from the Allies, and to swallow with avidity and apparent relish all discouraging and distressing news from the German War Office in connection with our Allies. The chronic doubter sees all the flaws in the executive leaders of our country, but their resplendent virtues are hidden from him by a perpetual fog of suspicion. Of this insidious foe to the quick winning of the war the American Patriot must beware. Strange to say, if the worst came, many of these disgruntled pessimists would prove themselves good Americans. The doleful citizen, with neither the physical nor mental stamina to resist the war atmosphere is a material source of weakness, wherever he is. A true patriot must be a confirmed optimist all through the discouragements caused by the fluctuating fortunes of war. He must see things in their right perspective. It is his duty to suppress the influences made by these foes of democracy in our midst. His voice should sound loud and clear above all notes of discord, a clarion call to united action. In order to secure a permanent and lasting peace, the true American Patriot must fix his mind and his heart upon the sacred object for which this war is being fought, with all the strength and tenacity there is in the individual soul. Our patriots, in common with the patriots all over the world, as President Wilson says, shall give all that they love and all that they have, to redeem the world and make it lit for free men like ourselves to live in. This is the meaning of all the American patriot does. Germany has once more said that force and force alone shall decide whethefmtice and peace shall reign in the affairs of meng whether Right as the American conceives it, or Dominion as she conceives it, shall determine the destinies of mankind. There is, therefore, but one response possible from us: Force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall make Right the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust. LEO DENIS BROWN Qllamz lirnphvrg Liao DENIS BROWN If-J 'C NE bright morning, during the latter part of May in the year dd l926, I was standing on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street, waiting for the traffic officer to let me by, when I was struck by a four-ton truck between the shoulders, or so it lei? I typ: 13 g . . . T' I. seemed at the time, and upon turning around I saw Paul Emile I..andry's smiling face. He was very busy, but spared enough i time to invite me to dine with him at his hotel, the Plaza. that evening at seven-thirty. We spent a very pleasant evening talking of the past and calling up memories of High School days. Paul is a broker with a seat in Wall Street, and he is be- coming prosperousi and rotund. When we parted, I returned to my mansion, and as it was quite early in the morning retired. I had dined heartily and soon dropped into a restless sleep. I was back at the hotel, but it seemed changed. For a moment I was puzzled until I saw on the menu, Hotel Worser. Proprietor, Philip Flaherty. It was my old friend, Flip,H whose valuable experience in a well-known grocery store had carried him to success. I had scarcely recovered from the shock when I heard a familiar laugh. I turned around and saw George Arsenault giving his order. He had certainly changed, but he made a fine looking minister. - Will you have oysters, Ellen? he was asking. I looked again, and there sat Ellen Pollock true to the life. I was surprised, for from last accounts Ellen was successfully teaching school in North Grafton. Yes, George, she answered, and please get me a hassockg the floor is awfully lowf' George repeated this to the waiter, who answered, Yes sir, one hassock. He returned, and I noticed something familiar about him. Then it dawned on me that it was Russell Nelson. He looked troubled, and bending over George he said, Excuse me, sir, I don't like to make any mistakes, but would the lady like the hassock boiled or fried? At that I left hurriedly for the grill-room, but on my way out I encountered Bill Toner and Frances Bowes on opposite sides of the same table. Frances had made her mark as an instructor in French, while Bill looked his part, a suc- cessful banker, in whose office Oscar Anderson was installed as head of the counting- room. i A 24 THE AFTERMA TH At the door of the grill-room I saw Kenneth Lloyd juggling griddle cakes with the same Hpepn that he always displayed on the lunch counter at Classical. I turned away to the hotel lobby, and as I passed I glanced into the manicuring parlor. There sat Josephine Coursey. It occurred to me that my nails were in need of attention, but before I could reach her table and undergo the operation she had vanished, and I was standing on Broadway. My steps turned toward a bird store, and as I entered I beheld over the door the sign, Hjohn Abbott, Taxidermistf, John was in. He stood holding a parrot in one hand and a shovel in the other, while a saw and hammer, along with his other necessary tools, were strewn about him. He was listening to a woman who was saying, '6You stuffed this parrot for me last autumn, and the work was so badly done that all its feathers are falling out. John was never known to be stuck for an answer. I heard him say, Ah, madam, that is a triumph of art. We stuff our birds sp well that they shed their feathers at the proper seasonf' Again the scene changed, and I was on Long Island. I noticed activity along the western side and I went across to investigate. A gang of men were digging with might and main, and among them I recognized Philip Fanger, the only member of the Class of '18 whose hobby was manual labor. He was getting his, for boss- ing the job stood Francis Feeley. Upon my questioning him he told me that they were digging a canal across the island as a short cut for the fish who were too tired to swim around. As I left him I passed through the farming district, and I was amazed to see Clifford Allen plowing up a lot of perfectly good land, while feeding the chickens in the barnyard was Dorothy Ladd. Their farm looked prosperous and fertile, but of course some people are born farmers. On my way back to New York I was crossing the road when suddenly I was struck from behind, and hurled through the air into a little frog pond by the side of the road. Are you hurt? was the first thing I heard as I woke up. There stood James Arnold, now a traveling salesman. He certainly was traveling when I met him, or rather when he met me. Although I had started back for New York, after recovering from my meeting with James Arnold, it was without surprise that I found myself in Detroit, Michi- gan, and thought I would call on Henry Ford, when to my astonishment I was told that Henry had sold out his business, but I might see the new owners if I de- sired. I entered the private office, and there sat Sydney Feingold, Billy Edinberg, and Isadore Katz. My surprise rendered me speechless, and I left hurriedly. As I Walked up Grand River Avenue I saw a sign Gilrein's Piano Emporium. I entered and was immediately seized by the arm, while a Hood of arguments were loosed in my ear for Gilrein's special piano, cheap at 353500, repairs included. I turned to get a look at the salesman, and stood face to face with Eddie Fitzgerald. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 25 I finally broke away, and was departing when I saw Gilly himself sitting on the seat of a moving van directing a little fellow who was lifting a piano from the wagon. The piano mover was a former classmate of mine, Abie Fishy while Roscoe Myers, another piano mover, held the horses' heads. Seeking for a quiet hour, I dropped in at one of Detroit's popular theatres, where the Follies of 1926 was being played. The first persons I saw as I gazed at the chorus were Margaret Fitzpatrick and Marguerite Stott, both now well-known dancers. Classical was well represented, for Hyman Cotton was with the same company as a toe-dancer. The soubrette of the company also looked familiar, and I recognized Margaret Murphy. Margaret was well-known throughout Detroit, but was billed under the name of Countess Angelina. In a box I saw May Beaulac sitting with a bored expression on her face and a wonderful hat on her head. She had risen, I soon found out, to be a famous authoress, and had written many thrill- ing stories about vegetable life in Western Egypt. With her were Bertha Freed, one of our leading artists, and Catherine Fleming. Kate was a prominent lawyer destined to be a judge in the dim future, but at present leader of her party in Con- gress. This was a remarkably strong party, for some of the prominent Suffragette members were Sarah Barrett, I-Ielen Gilbert, Glena Jackson, Ella Lehner, Kathleen O'Connor, and last but not least, the Speaker for the House, a prominent woman in the affairs of the world, Gertrude McDonald. I was told that Kate Higgin- botham had resigned from the party to take up her household duties, for she pre- ferred matrimony to politics. Here I also met Stanley Amidon. Stanley is an instructor at Harvard, and specializes in chemistry and English history. While we talked, the theatre suddenly shook with applause, and Marion Beauregard appeared. She had become a far-famed opera singer, for she had been saving her voice during her school years for this one purpose. As I left the theatre, I noticed the windows of an office building across the street lettered, Bradshaw Sc Ryan, Incorporated. Entrance Below. I entered, and in the office sat Austin Bradshaw, senior partner of the firm, while the junior partner, George Ryan, sat on the other side of the office dictating a letter to Ellen Gaffm, now a successful stenographer. I lost no time in asking what they were up to now. Imagine my surprise when I was told that they were manufacturing Klaxon horns and tail lights for airships and submarnies. At this point their advertising manager, Ernest Werme, entered and announced that Abraham Rutman was clamor- ing for admittance, and that his lawyer was with him. Austin told me that he had delivered Rutman a carload of horns and tail lights to sell in his five and fifty-cent store, on the corner of Church and Mechanic Streets, Worcester, Mass. He had been unable to dispose of them, and had brought suit against the corporation. Albert McGuinn, an eminent criminal lawyer, had taken the case to court, but with Saul Seder on the bench and Kenneth Blanchard, Solomon Hurowitz and George Shan- l L I 26 THE AF TERMA TH non on the jury the case was decided in favor of Bradshaw 8: Ryan. Abraham was back to take the law into his own hands, but I got out before hostilities com- menced. I started down the avenue again, but soon a huge crowd blocking the entire street stopped me. There stood Wallace Petterson on a platform labeled Star Soapf' giving his opinions as to why working men should get more pay for less work and shorter hours. The thought came to my mind, 'fwallace hasn't changed much since High School days, at least his ideas are the same. Wallace had two assistants with him to collect money to wage this campaign against wealth, and with surprise I saw that they were Samuel Click and Max Niman. Wallace certainly had his hands full to hold up his end as treasurer of the society. I continued on my way, until I saw the billboards at the entrance to a moving picture house: Harriet Newman, in 'The Mystery of the Woo-den Leg' or 'Saved by a Sliver'. Needless to say I entered. In the manager's office I saw May Melican, and was informed that she was the proprietress of the establishment. An- other familiar face gazed at me from the box-office window, and I recognized Helen Maloney, junior partner and official ticket seller of the firm. Harriet was not the only ustarn on the program. Playing as leading lady in The Crack of Doom was Cecilia Woolson, a product of the Lincoln 51 Parker studios, with Frank Raphael as her leading man. Sadie Mulvey played the leading part in The Sor- rows of Sarahf' for she had received a great deal of valuable experience at the gravel. Ashley Leavitt, supported by Eva Woolson and Hazel Shor was playing in Tessie the Typist or The Clue to the Misspelled Words. Hazel appeared as the typist, and was natural to say the least. This last picture was too intense, so I departed, but instead of walking out on Grand River Avenue, I landed on West 63rd Street, New York. My steps led me toward Central Park, and as I entered from 63rd Street a troop of youngsters on horses passed me, led by Mary Bunker. Yes, Mary had become a riding teacher, and was doing a fine business. Here I also saw Mary O'Brien. Mary was married to-her profession, the establishing of Day Nurseries. As it appeared to me, she must have had about six of the nurseries out for an airing, judging from the number of Mellen's food advocates she had with her. I started for down town, and on the way I was passed by Elizabeth Maloney. Elizabeth had inherited a great deal of money and was now the owner of a real limousine. Her chauffeur certainly upheld her dignity, but it is easy to understand this because Harvey Muir always did look dignified. I passed along, and right on Fifth Avenue I saw the names McCarthy 81 McCarthy, Toggery Shop. I stopped before the entrance, and, as luck would have it, out stepped Anna and Kathryn McCarthy, the owners of the shop. They entered their car and whirled away leaving me open-niouthed at the curb. I was CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 27 brought back to my senses by a familiar voice, and turning around I beheld Julia Welch. Julia was drawing a large salary as a model in McCarthy's style factory, and expected to enter into partnership with Anna and Kathryn in the near future. It was now growing dark, when suddenly I saw high up over the buildings an illuminated sign: Stop that cough! Mary Roger's cough medicine will kill or cure you. If it cures you, you pay us, if it kills you, we will pay you any amount you ask for. I always knew Mary would be illustrious, but I was not prepared for such sudden fame. Some credit must be given to Mr. Dowd for her success, as he certainly stopped her cough in the chemistry class. I was admiring the sign when my attention was directed to a window in the large building bearing this inscription, I'Iyprice Textile Co. Abraham Bramson, Mgr. Abraham had risen in his profession, and had acquired quite a-little fame through his inventions and improvements for the looms in his factories. In the same building I was surprised to find that' I-Iarold Caswell had a studio, in which he devoted himself to the educating of all sorts and kinds of voices, for I-Iarold was now a successful teacher of vocal culture. I continued my walk, and seeing a drug store, I dropped in, for I was exceed- ingly thirsty. A voice said, i'What'll you have and how will you have it?', It was Joe Foley, the only original soda-dispenser. It developed that he was not the sole proprietor, but that James Joffe was head of the establishment. I trembled at the prospect of, trusting myself to the tender mercies of these two partners, Jaffe St Foley, Incorporated. As I was leaving I encountered Joseph Kunin and Kath- ryn Finnegan. They maintained that, as yet, they had suffered no ill effects from trading with Joe, so I returned with them. Joseph Kunin was now Dean of Clark College, while Kathryn had entered social uplift work, and was toiling hard to make the poor in the slums of New York patronize grand opera instead of the movies. Joseph was spending his vacation with her, and his remarks made me long to visit Worcester once more. I boarded the next train, and started for home. On the seat ahead of me I noticed two familiar figures, Ralph Wehinger and Louis Riley. Ralph had de- veloped into a successful civil engineer, and Louie was a professional athlete. Across the aisle sat Vanda Zendzian. Vanda had gone on the stage as a vocalist and was traveling to Worcester to appear in one of the local theatres. I resolved to hear her at my first opportunity, and I was about to tell her this when the train stopped. We were a little outside Boston, and were informed by the conductor that we would be tied up about an hour. I left the train to get some air, and saw that I was not far from Wellesley College. I strolled along by the place, and then decided to enter. The first person I met was Bertha Abelovitz, the recently elected president of the college, and a successful educator. On her staff was Mildred Benson, now an instructor of French. 28 THE AFTERMA TH Umar Bedell's was the next familiar face I spied, and I was certainly stunned when he told me he was a boxing instructor at this collegiate institution. l was urged to stay, for Gilbert Hagberg was expected to speak to the students. Gilbert was a great lecturer on the Evils of Liquor, and possessed magnetic power over his audiences. l left reluctantly, and as I was returning to the train by a different route I saw an old residence with the sign, Home for Aged Women and Children. Ruth Cunningham, Specialist in Rest Cures. l never imagined Ruthie would turn out to be anything like that, but you never can tell. Upon resuming my journey, l soon arrived in Worcester, The Heart of the Commonwealth. As l passed through the station I saw Max Meenes seated at the Informa- tion Window. Max was guaranteed to answer any question from Will it rain tomorrow? to What is the best thing to clean white shoes with? Judging from our school days, I wager Max was qualified to answer all. The old town looked just as natural as ever, but as I walked up Front Street I noticed a few changes. A new theatre, The Palace, had taken the place of the Majestic, and a familiar face looked out at me from the manager's office. It was l..evone Sariyan. This was but a slight surprise, for 'iSar was fitted for this sort of work. He was doing a big business, for he took tickets, helped to seat the people, sold candy and sang patriotic songs between the acts, besides selling tickets and conducting his own advertising. Vanda Zendzian was to appear at this theatre, and l also saw on the program the names Fannie and Freda Yutan, the Dotty Sisters, in a singing and dancing actf' These announcements caused considerable interest, for among the admirers stood Harold Slobin and Catharine Splaine. Harold was a Mexican athlete, who indulged in fancy gardening on the side. His partner in crime was Fred Madaus, and they were famous for a new brand of odorless onion that they had raised. Catharine was an heiress, but although she owned a twelve-cylinder Ford, she was not averse to the Palace theatre. As l neared Harrington Corner l heard two ladies exclaim in raptured tones, Oh, see the handsome traffic officer! Archie Golembeski certainly did make a fine appearance in a blue suit with brass buttons and white gloves to match. While I watched him, a clanging of gongs sounded, and the fire teams rushed by. Seated on the driver's seat of Ladder No. 4 was Charles Estes McMullen, guiding his fiery steeds through the crowded streets with a firm hand and steadfastness. The police ambulance followed, and l was greatly amazed to see Joe Moynihan in- stalled as surgeon, with his medical instruments, a few saws, a hammer, and an axe, in a bundle on the seat beside him. Would wonders never cease! l turned my steps toward the old Gazette office, and as l passed the corner of Mechanic and Main l noticed that the sign Asselta's Whole Sole Shopn was CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL 29 changed to Miss Asselta's Boot Shop for Women. Josephine had taken over her father's business, and was making a big success. I found that the Gazette had passed out of existence, and in its place was The Worcester Evening Mistakeg Editor-in-Chief, William I-Iorgan Trainorf' I soon discovered that Classical was well represented on the Mistake's staff, with Ralph Tracy as sporting editorg I..ouis Smolensky, cartoonistg Florence Rogers, society editor: Earl Paddock a reporter, specializing in the sensationalg and Mildred Perman, whose beauty hints have been of such great value to society women of Worcester, in charge of the fashion page. I was given a royal reception, but I did not stay long as I had pressing business to attend to. I rushed for a car for Main South, and imagine my surprise when I beheld Danny Curran the motorman of the car. But chief wonder of all, a lady con- ductor was at the fare-box. Upon looking again, I saw that the nickel extractor was none other than Grace Donahue. It was only natural that the car had gone on before I recovered. As I waited I saw advancing down Main Street three classmates: Carl Carl- son, who was stationed at the Paxton Navy Yard as Rear Admiralg Helen Magoon, the Worcester Suf'fragette's choice for Congress, and I-Ielen Warren, an ardent Suffragette, who got her first ideas of equality in Miss Townsend's last hour Latin Class. To avoid any lengthy discussions I crossed the street and bought a copy of the Evening Mistake. In big headlines I saw that Gertrude Monopole was coming to lecture to the Worcester Woman's Club. Gertrude was one of the new w'omen of the world, and her book on My Idea of an Ideal Mann had won her great fame. I looked up as I heard a voice hailing me, and from an upper window on the floor over Rebbolfs was Thomas McGrail calling me to enter. I went up, and landed in a studio maintained by Steve Wackell as a club for his friends. Steve was a real artist, and his rooms were crowded with pictures showing the correct way to paint a building from the outside. Bony McGrail had been installed as in- structor in Greek at Harvard, and his name was well known to men of letters. I-Iere also sat James Kelley. James was now manager of the john C. MacInnes Company, and so had plenty of leisure time on his hands. Herbert Rice was Steve's butler and man of all work, at least that is what he was hired for, but that moment he was trying to train gold-fish to sing. As I left I met Carlton Sprague coming out of an office on the same floor. Carlton was the father of three husky youngsters, and it was only natural that he should make money from the product of his genius, inspired by his family, Sprague's Make-Em-Plump Baby Food. While waiting for the car I met Philip Landry hurrying home loaded down 30 THE AFTERMA TH with bundles. He was comfortably settled in a cozy little Hat on Wellington Street, but I forgot to ask him the number or what Mrs. l,andry's maiden name was. As he departed I wandered into the five and ten-cent emporium, and beheld Thomas Lynch, looking as natural as ever, in the position of floor walker. He was born for such a position, and his success in that capacity was meted out by destiny. Suddenly I saw an electric marked Circus l was on board before I realized it, recalling that this was my first experience along this line for eight years. As the throng alighted I looked to see what firm of show men I was patronizing, and a huge red sign informed me that it was uVaughan's Mammoth Collection of Wonders. Earl had certainly answered the summons, and his calling had not been wasted. Dalie Dahl was installed in the ticket-wagon, and, as he handed me a ticket and six cents in return for a three-dollar bill, I thought of the old saying, Two for me and one for youf' I was the you in that case. Before l reached the main tent I paused to inspect Vaughan's Wondrous Collection of Paragonsf' Among them was Amy, Queen of the Reptiles, whom I knew at one time as Rose Hurwitz. As a snake charmer Rose was a nonpareil. Joe Sheehan was there, billedpas the 'fMan of Mystery, the Only Living Rela- tion of the Sphynx. On his right were John Prood and George Russell, 'iThe Siamese Twins. John looked slightly disgusted, for George Earl persisted in scratching John's head instead of his own. Bobbie Hunt was certainly a wonder- ful sight, for billed as the Tattooed Man from the Wilds of Shrewsbury he dis- played the map of Europe from one end of him to the other. The map looked as if it had been made when the great war was in progress. Alice Morrill, The Egyptian Priestess, told some wonderful fortunes, but too much was left to the imagination. After the tour of the side-show had been completed, I entered the big tent to witness the performances. A terrible uproar suddenly broke loose, and I thought for a moment that all the animals had escaped, but it was only the overture by the band. Alice Donovan was the leader, Margaret Dowd played the slide trombone, Kate Flynn performed on the calliope, Mildred Lipschitz played the 'cello, while Rose Grace pounded the drum. The competition was keen among the performers, but Kate Flynn and her calliope carried off all the honors for noise. The exhibition was wonderful, and among the performers I recognized Harvey Hibbard, who was billed as Monsieur La Touge Boushwah, the King of the Lion Tamers. Chester Carroll, The Human Gyroscopef' held the crowd breathless in his slide for life suspended by the ears l000 feet in the air, while William Murphy as Signor Tatomato Bisque made a hit with his educated apes. As The World's Most Marvelous Tight-Rope Wonderi' I recognized an old classmate, Lillian Jacobson. Lilly was certainly a superior artist. l greatly regretted the fact that CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 31 I was unable to see Timothy A. Mclnerny, manager of this great concern, but while attempting to remove one of the trained elephants from the rear seat of his Metz touring car he had been severely shaken up by the animal, for it resented this intru- sion upon its privacy. I was informed by his nurse that he could not be disturbed. I had once known this young lady as Grace Fitzgerald. I-Ier profession and not dancing was now her hobby. The performance over, I returned to the city, and on the corner of Thomas and Main Streets I saw a sign, Maurice Power, Undertaker. At a short distance from this, another sign announced to the world that William Francis Powers was now a doctor. Evidently Maurice and Bill were close business acquaintances and firm friends. As I shot from the subway entrance to Vernon Square, I saw a magnificent residence on Water Street. I inquired as to the owner, and was told that Francis P. Morgan, our old friend, Oswald, had become heir to Pier- pont's millions, and had retired to spend his remaining years in idle luxury. Francis had always claimed to be a distant relative but, as a truthful man is a rare thing, we never believed him. I left the subway, and took the Elevated for Quinsigamond Village. On the car I met I-Ielen Cronin. I-Ielen was now a nun, and was stationed at the Convent on Vernon Street. As we approached the suburbs the cars stopped, and a bevy of young ladies disembarked. I wondered where their destination was, and was in- formed that they were pupils at Margaret Power's School of Etiquette for Young Ladies. She was ably assisted in this enterprise by no other than Minna Zaeder. It is enough to say that the school was a success. At last I reached my destination, and as I got off I saw a building labeled Warner and I-Iorgan, Chemists. I went in, and there stood Ned,' and ,lohnny,', each trying to gain possession of a test tube filled with a dark liquid. Suddenly the tube slipped from their hands, a tremendous crash ensued, and we all rose through the roof. I saw Ned', going toward the southeast, while Johnny I-Iorgan was far ahead of me, going west. Another crash-and I awoke on the floor! It was the lobster that did it allf' RUTH CUNNINGHAM itiight Rhnut, Zltarel RUTH CUNNINGHAM not be surprised that I haveunot onlthe khaki suit as Iuspeak 1-,r under the abrupt and incisive military watchword, Right VAX? D about, facelu-a watchword that clutches us all in its vise-like ' V .13 grip, whirls us round, and, with imperative force, bids us take A - . Qyl ll account of stock-of ourselves, of our resources, of our own , powers, in short, to raise the Better Self to the light. What if there should be no Better Self? Preposterous! There shall be a Better Self which shall conquer all obstacles and rise magnificently to the duty to which it is summoned. We have used this command before--in our athletic games, in our lively narra- tives of adventure, but today, ah! today! how must we interpret its significance. For the first time in our short lives, perhaps, we are called upon to make a direct and personal application of the individual meaning of this command. What does it do to us? It might be likened to an alarm clock, saying, Wake up! Your country, your president, all humanity need you! This is all too true, for our country, our president, all Europe and humanity need us. No matter how insignificant we may be, they are ever calling for us-for you and for me. We witness proudly the Right about, face attitude of the nation, which within a twelvemonth has so vitally interpreted its military dictum as to have placed two millions of men in the field, to have made herself the banker of the world, to have made fertile lands feed the fighting solcliery, and the starving, de:olatecl lands of the globe-these things rightly make our hearts thrill, but when it comes to you and me, to those of us who have homes and friends and provisions for daily comfort and prospects, perhaps, of future encouragement,-we who do not yet feel the depths or the stress of war-what is it that we are called to face? The winning of this war reveals in the dim and mysterious future a Vision of Hands--God's machines, man's machines, makers of all other machines. Whose hands? l-lands of the old woman knitting in the sun, hands moving the pen, click- ing the typewriter, working the printing press. Hands creativeg hands of them that do the world's dirty workg hands of the maid who scrubs the floor, of the Slav 34 THE AFTERMA TH woman mopping the hall in the office buildingg hands upon the locomotive throttle. on the automobile steering wheel, on the aeroplane gearg hands of the surgeon, hands hoeing, plowing, making ditches, cultivating farmsg -hands digging trenches: hands folded in prayer, upraised in benediction, extended in excommunication-all these moulded into One Great Hand of Justice, Humanity, Charity, Mercy and Democ- racy, the whole surmounted by those Hands of all hands-the Hands of Him That giveth Light and Salvation unto all. We look with pride-yes, with the pride of Old Glory herself on that symbol of Freedom and our hearts are filled with loyalty and patriotism, but how deeply does that patriotism penetrate? Are we to allow our Liberty, our boasted Freedom, the Freedom and Rights of posterity, to bow' in willing subjection to the Mailed Fist of Prussianism? Never! Recruits cannot question military commands. Neither can we ffor we are all recruits, fail to heed the nation-wide, almost world- wide, watchword, Right about, facef' And we haven't! just listen a moment. Even in old England, one and one half million women are actually taking the places of men in the industries correlated with war activities, and the great Asquith says: I did not think it possible that women delicately reared, and women of seemingly primitive powers, could so transmute powers never so exercised before. l did not think that physical strength and courage would hold out over the time which marks our war activities. I did not once imagine the hidden power brought to light. We in America take no second place in our Right about, face attitude toward these same varied activities that the war has thrust in our very path. Do we try to go round them? To get over them? Listen to President lVlcCracken of Vassar as he testifies to the contrary. When he calls to the college women every- where to organize for war duties, he knows his ground. The response does not sur- prise him. The Wellesley groups that have gone to the farms and are depicted in the pages of our Sunday papers with the short khaki skirt, the reins cast over the shoulders, ploughboy style, only show to what instant use the pioneer inventiveness can be adapted. It may be that we had prided ourselves on our removal from primitive necessitiesg it may be that our teachers have not been amiss in their criti- cisms that sometimes the school girl has thought her title to the designation lady was based on her unfamiliarity with kitchen utensils, with absolutely necessary prac- tical economies,-but not so now. We are Right about, face with the garden, with the last year's old dress, with the remodeled hat,-yes, with the Liberty Bond, the Thrift Stamp, and Uncle Sam's smile is all the recognition we wantiexcept- the frown of a defunct Kaiser. There is one more thing that we see in our Vision of the Coming World after the war. Under the new civilization, wherein all who do justice, love mercy, and CLASSICAL I-IICH SCHOOL 35 walk humbly must share, we, the girls of the twentieth century want to bear so noble a part that American Womanhood shall give the watchworcl for all endeavors that will beautify life in its social aspects, enlarge its opportunities for self-realization among all classes, and literally make this land, the best a cliscoverer ever stumbled upon, The Garden of the World. 'uf LxA? 'NW as I 4s Ftp, 15 Ffa' X53-2:21 fw FK. X- twin?-5,1 ll -.ea-9 Z9 -S-1' 'Eff-vw 'fn ,At .f ' iii zv ' is o W3 'D xx E, 'rg A A JOSEPH KUNIN QQ T X LA I 5 55 . I ll g 1 - f . Anglo-2-Xmrriran Gln-uperatinn BY JOSEPH KUNIN would be easy to state a hundred reasons why unclouded friend- ship and moral co-operation between Great Britain and America are a benefit to the world, and why an interruption of such relations is a deterrent to progress and a disease world-wide in its effects. Before the present war, great masses of American people thought of themselves as refugees like their ancestors, and of Great Britain as a country of lords and flunlceys, pickpockets and John-Bull-like farmers in swallow tail coats, still governed by George the Third and Lord North or the Sea Tyrants of ISI 3. From l 780 on, American feeling toward England had been consciously foreign. Plenty of Americans, indeed, felt less strange in Paris than in London. Nor did the cordial moral support of Britain for the United States in our war with Spain annul this feeling on the part of the mass of our population. Not until we became aware that the present upheaval is no provincial, no continental affair, but the war of a planet, not until we became aware that two great ideals of life are in conflict, the German and the Anglo-Saxon, and that the progress of the world, stretching as far as one can see, depends entirely upon the issue of this conflict,-- not until we saw this did we realize that we are not foreigners but brothers. Napoleon united the German-speaking peoples, the German-speaking peoples will do much to reunite the English-speaking peoples, not as a political unit, but in moral and material co-operation on lines of international policy and humanitarian ideals. And in the face of such union, world freedom and good-faith between nations will assuredly live. Germany has clone much to consummate this lofty Anglo-Saxon entente, but we must add something. May we not come nearer together by means of education? 38 THE AFTERMA TH We must know more of the published works of each other's historians, and we must also cultivate the habit of exchanging ideas. As a practical suggestion, an Anglo- American society should be formed. There is some basis for the fable that the tendency of historical text-books in this country has been to foster bitter memories against Great Britain. Up to the middle of the last century only two very exciting things had happened in this country, and both of them were wars against Great Britain. This was most unfortunate, but so it was. The little adventures which we had in I 776 and 1812 were not of our seeking, yet they were the chief chapters in our national history up to the year l860. It is a happy omen that our later texts are laying less emphasis on them, for who can have the slightest feeling toward the British Commonwealth of the present because of either of these wars? ls it not a cause for pride that Englishmen count Washmgton and Lincoln their own? lt is the highest glory of Englandf, said Sir Archibald Alison, the British historian, to have given birth even amid trans-Atlantic wilds to such a man as Washington. Is there not more truth than whim in the British explanation that Washington was an Englishman who happened to be a native of Virginia and who prevented a German prince named George III from oppressing further the British people in America? To whom are English publicists and English statesmen turning for wisdom in this hour of trial if not to our great war president of the sixties? They count him among the dii majores of a common race. There may be vast and comprehensive leagues of peace, but these in the final analysis depend upon a gigantic f if. The one thing of which we can make sure is that Great Britain and America never fall apart. This is a great political work, a vast object, which demands the efforts of every man, woman, and child in both nations. Let us con these words: Upon the English-speaking peoples depends hereafter the safety of the world. This is the largest political fact that has ever risen upon the horizon of the race. SOLOMON HUROWITZ Uhr Qalanre nf lgnwer BY SOLOMON HUROWITZ 5- HE doctrine of the balance of powerhin international politics has aj l long been a focus of thought and discussion. ' It has been held .,- iw ' up to execration as the real cause of the present war. It has E been condemned by English and American pacifists and by l German militarists. What is the principle of the balance of V ,gl power? The balance of power is such a just equilibrium between the nations as shall prevent any one from becoming sufficiently strong to force its will upon the rest. It is easy to understand why this doctrine is so obnoxious to the Germans, for they are precisely aiming at that dominance of one nation over the rest to which this prin- ciple is absolutely opposed. Weltmacht oder Niedergungn is their motto. Rivals are to be crushedg small states are to be brought under their ruleg German lcultur is to be made universalg international rights are to be superseded by actions dictated by the will, the interests, the necessities of the Hohenzollern empire. Over against this ideal stands the ideal of the balance of power. According to this ideal an equilibrium shall be maintained that shall allow each state, whether great or small, to develop the characteristics of its own national life. to pursue its own culture and thereby enrich the world by treasures peculiar only to racial temperaments. It is an immediate deduction from the primary right of pro- tectiong it is a mere precept of common sense. Since the principle of the balance of power is natural and elemental, we should expect to find instances of its operation scattered through the pages of history. Let us look over the past. Whenever there have been many states more or less equal, and whenever one of them has tried to assert an ascendancy over the rest, certain alliances have been formed with the object of restoring the equilibrium. These con- ditions were most perfectly fulfilled in Ancient history. The Pelopennesian league was formed to resist Athens. At the present time the world is facing the fate which the world in the time of Rome faced, that of being absorbed into one huge empire. During the Middle Ages, sovereignty over Italy was exercised by the Pope and the Emperor. In I494 the French conquered Naples. The Italian equilibrium was destroyed: Italian political theories were transported to the larger sphere of the con- tinent. Thus the principle of the balance of power became a fixed maxim of the diplomacy of Western Europe. In the sixteenth century, the Hapsburgs made a , 1 CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL 4I great bid for universal dominion, but the Tudors cut short their aspirations. The overthrow of Napoleon meant the restoration of the European equilibrium and the reinstatement of the balance of power. These examples show what the balance of power has done for the equilibrium of the world. Just thirty years ago the accession of William II of Germany again treacher- ously theatened the equilibrium of the world. To this event may be traced the origin of the huge Pan-Germanic plan of Weltmacht, the German intrigues which strained the balance of power, and the outbreak of the world war. It was not the long duration of European equilibrium, but the lack of it that set this planet afire. It has been fully shown that the Germans in their drive for Weltmacht planned to secure ascendancy in the East, reduce France to permanent subordination, de- stroy Great Britain, and, if necessary, defy the Monroe Doctrine and gain the hegemony of the New World as well as of the Old. The only thing that retarded this programme was the balance of power, which, between l89l and l907, was restored by negotiations between England, France and Russia, and by means of which the German ambitions were held 'in check until l9l4. Germany was drunk with her victories of l87l. She no longer dreamt of jenas but of Sedans. Hence, in 1914 she put her fortunes to the test, and proclaimed her action by immediately mobilizing her army and marching through Belgium. Fortunately her calculations were grossly erroneous. We cannot realize even now what dangers we consequently escaped. The Triple Entente were not powerful enough to establish a balance of power sufficiently strong to preserve the peace of the world. But the balance of power which the Allies did establish was strong enough to put a check upon the first wild rush of the Teutonic hosts toward victory, and is strong enough, we hope, to prepare the way for the final uprooting of their plans for a universal Empire. On countless occasions during the past thirty centuries, the con fecleracies formed to maintain balance of power have preserved the peace of the world. It is to the restoration of the balance of power with its ideals of liberty, and equality for all nations, great and small. that we confidently look as the immediate outcome of the victory of the Allies in the present war. BERTHA ABELOVITZ Uhr Aputhrnaia uf Svernire BERTHA ABELOVITZ ,gg A I-IEN I recently picked up a book on Women in the War, lately published, I supposed that I would naturally find the W , record of services, similar to those made memorable by such Y wonderful women as Florence Nightingale and Dorothy Dixg but as I read on and looked at the photogravures, I was abso- lutely impressed with the fact that the useful and the beautiful had found a meeting-place in the work of today, which shall forever make them one in the mind of all good people. To be useful has always been the noble idea held up before the young people, and I am certain that few High School girls can go through the four years without responding to its inspiration. The real beauty of self-sacrificing service, however, was never more clearly appreciated by the whole world than it is now. When we were obliged to join the ranks of the allies, in order to make the world a decent place to live in, it was then that the whole world of men and women, boys and girls, began to look around for work which would help win for the right in the shortest time. It did not take long for us here in school to find the plus Work expected of us, and I am glad to say we learned to use the Red Cross hour with as much fidelity and delight as we formerly had used in getting an extra lesson. Indeed, it appealed to us more strongly, for we knew that every simple garment finished would surely make glad the heart of some friendless child across the deep, and to miss the hour would mean one less dress to hand out when the day of dis- tribution came. Yes, this war book was a revelation to meg for there it was that I found how we, in our Classical High School, were linked with the whole world everywhere in useful activities. Turning the first leaf of the introduction to this book, I found that the great Asquith had spoken words of praise for the army of women workers, and that he declares women are doing things which before the war he would have said were foreign to their nature and beyond their physical capacityf, What a testimony to the varied activities in which women are engaged, and how eagerly we look forward to giving more and more in patriotic efforts which shall win the war. We can easily understand the work of Doctors, Nurses, Red Cross knitters, sewers. and bandage-makers-those activities so essential to the proper conduct of the war. Josephine Dodge Daskam in a recent article has urged college girls to 44 THE AFTERMA TH train for nurses. But what astonishes us is that, When, as early as l9l5, the call came for women to take the places of men on the farms, an English girl, Miss Matheson, knowing nothing of the work before, went as a pioneer. ln four weeks' training, this splendid English woman became capable of taking charge of a dairy, making butter and cheese, and taking care of all farm work without exception. But the beauty of it is that she rejoices in the task and says herself: HI need not state my reasons for taking up so exacting a life, for there can be no finer form of patri- otism than the uniensational performance of strenuous tasks far from the glamour and excitement of direct contact with the war. This was in England. What has happened here? The papers are full of accounts of the Agricultural Units of College girls, so that, when we see one with the reins over her shoulders behind a plow, making a furrow for corn or potatoes or beans,.we call it absolutely patriotic.--it even ceases to be novel by the year I9I 8. When we find the Princess Helena Victoria and the Countess of Bessborough in gray uniform and working in a hut for the soldiers, we are perhaps not greatly surprised, for we have always known that real princesses and real queens are noble, and that, being thoroughbreds, they never whinef' But how much greater is the delight to see our own American girls, social favorites, even right here in Worcester, selling Red Cross foods, working at all times and all hours with a real smile-not the empty kind that never comes offf' Even Her Royal Highness, Princess Beatrice, gives her very self at the depots when soldiers arrive, making and applying bandages as successfully as if she had been at the work for years. ln short, when we feel the beauty of a task, its weariness and drudgery dis- appear. So Service has a new ring, and to be at play today for any other reason than to gain new vigor, is completely out of date, yes, as much out of date as a suit of clothes of five years ago. The things that are enduring, the things that are real, are beginning to find their way to the front-and we of'today must keep in step with the times. Physical beauty, however, is just as clear to the soul as ever, and its lines and forms delight the eye no less. This being recognized, we are helping Nature to restore its lost heritage. How? By binding up wounds that healing may, if pos- sible, take place without scars: by comforting the lonely, that hearts may not wither in the long suspense, by adopting the simple in dress and manners, and by learning that true beauty combined with utility is the basis of all art. Taught by the great of all ages, real artlessness is our motto in this apotheosizing of service. A good teacher, about whom we read in our Junior year, tells us that there are only two wicked things that we can illustrate: uldleness and Cruelty, and then he tells us that the two are really one. ln our Greek History we learned of a wonderfully wise man whose motto was, Know thyselff' Another good man, CLASSICAL HICI-1 SCHOOL 45 later than Socrates, tried to impress upon the world the value of recognizing Oppor- tunity, and so many men have harped upon this knowledge that we have stood trembling before every parting of the ways, fearing to go in either direction lest we lose the one supreme chance. But now we know that the best of all teachers gave us the message, Give thyself. Yes, work is good, and we can learn to make it beautiful by doing it modestly and faithfully. Sometime when peace returns, we may, perhaps, say: It was in I9I8 that I learned that it is not the kind of work I choose that matters so much, but the spirit in which I engage in it, and the faithfulness of my effort. That is what I mean by the Apotheosis of Service, which may be interpreted- Work made God-like. Fa fm V73, I in 4 Words by GEORGE 1915 Gilman Sung F. SHANNON Music by FRANK Class Pianist, RUTH CUNNINGHAM I. Alma Mater! Dearest mother, Lest us sing to honor theeg Thou hast forged the links of friendship, Bonds of our fraternityg And where'er our duty leads us, In the scenes of future strife, The ideals which thou hast taught us, Safe, will guide us on through life. y II. Loud we hear the future calling, In its accents clear and strong: Gladly does remembrance thank thee Through the words of grateful song. And tho' we should ne'er meet further Till a distant, unknown time, I-low our thoughts will often wander Back.to thee and Uauld lang sync. III. Thou hast taught us to be manlyg Thanks and honor are thy due. We, the men of the tomorrow, To thy guidance will be true. Few are ordained to be masters, Each must learn himself to ruleg Strong the bond of friendship binds us, Formed in Classical I-Iigh School. SOLOMON RAPHAE1 SOCIETIES - v 5 1, f 1 6 J, wx W h f., X W NI V Q 9 i my Q ' 1 Us X ' W l- fgwngen 48 THE AFTERMA TH Alrtheia The girls of the Aletheia Society have always worked for the interest of the school and the members who have this year honored the meetings with their presence and eloquence did not deviate from the path trod by their predecessors. They have arranged delightful socials and we assure the members of the Aletheia that their efforts have been appreciated by the school. The evening of October 26th, a most enjoyable Hallowelen Party was held and the merrymakers attended in custome. November I6th, I9I 7, was the election day, and as a result of the votes cast, Miss Grace Fitzgerald occupied the presidential chairg Josephine Asselta as Vice- Presidentg Margaret O'Leary as Secretaryg Margaret Foley as Assistant Secretaryg Estelle Frazier as Treasurer, and Mabel Stead as Critic were chosen to fill their respective offices. On March l5th, I9 I 8, Commerce Gymnasium was the scene of a delightful dance, which was very well attended. Another election was held May 3rd, l9l8, and Miss Josephine Asselta was chosen to succeed Miss Fitzgerald as Presidentg Frances Bowes was elected Vice-Presidentg Mary Ragon, Secretary, and Mary Melican, Treasurer. The best wishes of the graduating class remain with the Aletheia for success in coming years. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 49 iEurlvie1 The Eucleia Debating Society has for its object the improvement of its members by means of various literary exercises. This object, adopted over half a century ago, has never failed in fulfillment, has ever been accomplished. Through a period of sixty years, Eucleia has enjoyed an existence most com- mendable and remarkable. Its name, adopted in 1858, has never been impeached or alteredg its constitution from that date has descended intact and authentic. The season 'l 7-' I 8 must ever live in the minds of this year's members. Society endeavors and achievements during these years of national exigency will not be soon forgotten. Important and interesting phases of the present national situation have been brought to our minds by oratorical eloquence and skillful debate. A duty of this year's Eucleia-sad because final-was to pay tribute to a faculty friend and advisor, Mr. George E.. Reicly. Success of Eucleia this year has been in large measure due to wise admin- istration by the club's presidents. The first term had a most efficient and popular president in the person of Paul Landryg the second presiding officer was James Kelley, whose excellent administration admitted of not the slightest criticism, and evoked much merited praise. The present incumbent, Maurice Power, is filling his office in a most creditable manner. As this year's history is one which has been accomplished with satisfaction, so next year's is expected with confidence. In the light of past experience, we shall meet in coming years, by the thought of past triumph we shall gauge our future hope, and our motto now as ever is: All Allies to Each Cther in Eucleiaf' soclALs A 5 I ' ' E' 14 - A QS? ,fgflaif . 5 '3 ff Q7 Hfiy -+ . S1 qi-r ' ' 45 x o ' 'fa I , ff X ,..- We I srmzso 'IBB - Xi fx CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 51 Uhr Sveninr Banff On the evening of April 4th, 1918, the students of Classical High spent an enjoyable evening in the spacious Gymnasium of the High School of Commerce. There were no decorations, as the committee wisely considered that simplicity in war-time is the better way. Those who attended enjoyed themselves thoroughly and the lack of ornament in the hall did not mar the pleasure of the dancers. Miss Fiske, Miss'Gaillard, Miss Pierce, Miss Williams and Mr. Rice were chaperones. At eleven o'clock the dancers, weary but happy, left with pleasant memories of the occasion. Alethria iliallnwrfrn lgartg On the evening of October 26th, the Gymnasium of the High School of Com- merce was the scene of a most attractive party. The guests attended in costumes and these various charming costumes made a gay, pleasant sight. The dancing was greatly enjoyed, and all voted the evening a great success. It surely was a successg it could not be otherwise with the Aletheia girls the sponsors. CAST OF 'THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD Eh? Hirar nf maketivlil One of the most important dates in the calendar of the Classical High School was May I7, I9I.8. That evening the play, based on Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakeheld, was presented at the Worcester Theatre. The play was dramatized by Martin M. Post of the English Department. Rare talent was shown in the writing of the play and also in the coaching, in which Miss Gertrude E. Williams assisted Mr. Post. Mr. Post brought out the traits of the quaint and delightful family of the lovable Dr. Primrose. The part of the Vicar was taken by Paul E. Landry, who made an excellent interpretation of the role. Everyone felt a sympathetic interest and liked him more than ever. The love which prompted him to shield his wayward daughter and which consequently led him to prison, could not be overlooked. Ruth Cunningham took the part of Mrs. Primrose, an English lady of quick temper and yet of an equally quick insight to see the good and beautiful. Mrs. Primrose, the practical member of the family, tried to better the financial situation by marrying her daughters to rich husbands. ' The young squire, taken by Thomas Lynch, excited at first interest and ad- miration, but finally antipathy and dislike. The squire fell in love with both fair primrosesn at once and played false to both. Thomas Lynch took the part easily and put vim and daring into his interpretation. Harriet L. Newman and Helen C. Maloney as Olivia and Sophia were the two charming daughters. Olivia exhibited the emotional qualities, while Sophia was a practical maid. Miss Newman and Miss Maloney were admirably adapted to their roles. , Roscoe W. Myers as Moses made a wonderful bargain in his green glasses with silver rims. Leon Quigley as Mr. Burchell, who did not like the plan of Dr. Primrosels daughter going to London displayed rare talent. Mr. Burchell obtained Dr. Prim- rose's release from prison and was the accepted suitor of Sophia. Francis W. Feeley, in the comic role of Ephraim Jenkinson, brought great credit and praise to himself. As Mr. Post said, it was Worth a dollar to see his grin. 54 Other characters were: The .lailer . . Farmer Flamloorough . . . Jennings, the Squire's Butler . . Timothy Baxter l..ady Blarney . Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia Skeggs . . Arabella Wilmot Mrs. Chapman Polly Flamborough . , . Sally Flamborough ..... ..... Coachman to Lady Blarney ......... . George Ryan Clifford Allen Edward Brown Maurice Power . . . . . . Abigail Scott Mildred Perman Sadie Mulvey Helen Magoon Grace Fitzgerald Mildred Simpson . Eric Peterson Prisoners-Clifford Allen, George Arsenault, Omar Bedell, Carl Carlson, Francis Conway, Clarence Desmond, Arthur Flynn, lrvin Gomez, Eddy Nelson, Harry Silverman, Harold Siegel, Ralph Wehinger. Last, but not least, we must mention Babe Slobin as Bill. I-le kept the audience in a continuous gale of laughter, especially when he mimiced the grand ladies from London. During the intermission, six girls of the school sold candy, and from the amount twenty-five per cent commission was realized, thus giving about ten dollars to the school. 2 KCPQP ,CC 1 54.63 K Sis' Q-9' There have been many patriotic duties which have been put up to the Class of 1918 and the school as a whole. This year of all others the war and its effect have touched us deeply and seriously, even so far as to giving up some of our boys. But the Classical High School has rallied under its burdens and it is a great pleas- ure to tell how generously the school as a whole has given to all great and worthy causes. Last year. when the United States needed a great amount of money to carry on the war, the Liberty Loan was issued. There was nothing said about it at school until the last 'lwhursday of the campaign. After a brief talk on the subject, two representatives were chosen from each room to solicit money. The next noon the representatives made their reports. The junior Class . S100 bond The Sophomore Class S50 bond The Freshman Class 51550 bond Sub-Freshman Class 550 bond Aletheia . . S100 bond Eucleia . SIOO bond Total . S450 56 THE AFTERMA TH This year, when the third loan was issued, the school again subscribed. All the seniors greatly lamented that they could not help in the great cause, but we must stand aside and see the others do their best. 215150 was collected in the school for the third loan. Again last year a Red Cross auxiliary was organized in the school. Many of the girls gave up their Friday afternoon and came back to work for the soldiers. About fifty girls were taught to knit. Pillows of moss and snippings, knitted face cloths and bandages were made. This year the school was one of the first to be enrolled as a Junior Red Cross auxiliary. Each girl who has a study period de- votes one a week to Red Cross work and others go to Salisbury Mansion to make dressings. Up to date about 5000 articles have been made. The boys also are enlisted in the Red Cross auxiliary. The boys who take Manual Training make checker-board and other games for the Y. M. C. A. Other boys help the ladies at Salisbury Mansion one afternoon a week, doing the heavy work. Another duty has come upon us this year. Mr. Whitcomb, a man who is greatly interested in the war, especially in the selling of thrift and war saving stamps, spoke to us about the stamps. After his talk, each room elected one representative who would sell the stamps. At the first meeting of the representatives, officers were chosen. Chairman, Arthur Flynn, I9I9, Secretary. Mary Bunker, I9l8g Treas- urer, Wesley Hathaway, l9l9. These delegates canvass their rooms each Wed- nesday and report. On Thursday the stamps are bought from the postman and distributed. Upto date H69 stamps have been sold, amounting to 329225. Some time ago the Y. M. C. A. asked for a collection of books for the camps and cantonments. Three weeks were given for the contribution. At the end of that time l l00 books had been gathered and sent to headquarters. A little duty which touched the Senior Class only was the giving up of the usual Senior banquet. It was thought that on account of the high price of food and the scarcity of it, it would be a saving. Also the girls voted to limit the grad- uation wardrobe to one new dress. If a girl wished to wear two dresses at the exercises, one must be a dress which had been worn before. One Saturday last fall about twenty girls registered at the City Hall and obtained boxes and tags in order to boost the fund for the destitute families of soldiers and sailors of Worcester. The girls Worked heroically all day selling the tags. The final amount which the girls of the Classical High School collected was i15689.I2. After the great tragedy of Halifax, a box was passed around in the rooms of the school to gather money for the suffering survivors. 526.49 was collected on short notice. Another instance which serves to show the loyalty of the pupils of the school was the generous contribution for the athletic fund. ln the fall, S135 was collected for football. Again this spring a call came for money to support athletics and another S135 was given. This report gives a little idea of the loyalty which the Classical High School has shown during this school year. It certainly makes one proud to belong and to be able to be a part of such a willing and generous school. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 57 Rhhrnaaea One of the most interesting and pleasant features of our High School life has been the addresses by various ladies and gentlemen on different occasions. Mr. Harry Cu. Stoddard has twice honored us and mingled seriousness and humor de- lightfully. He invariably had some amusing anecdotes of his days at Classical that made the Assembly Hall re-echo with the laughter of the pupils. Mr. Joseph Chappell, editor of the National Magazine, mingled the smile with the tear the day he addressed us. Judge Jacob Asher told us clearly and forcefully why the United States had entered the world conflict and the part we must play in it. Rabbi Coffey journeyed from New York to honor us, and he, too, stated our war aims. Mr. Lowell urged the boys in our school to earn ten dollars to give to the Y. M. C. A. fund. Mr. Lowell played on the emotions and appealed to the patriotism of his audience, winning hearty applause and co-operation. Mrs. Edward Kinsley was instrumental in getting the school to join the Junior Red Cross. On her second visit, Mrs. Kinsley was accompanied by Miss Richardson, a Red Cross nurse in the uniform of active service. While we were sojourning at the High School of Commerce, Miss Elinor Fell came and appealed to us to give money to aid French children in the devastated districts of France. Recently, Rev. Dr. Tom- linson addressed us and in a ringing voice urged us to do all in our power to aid those across the sea who are fighting for the overthrow of autocracy and imperialism. Dr. Tomlinson magnificently expressed his scorn of those who do only their bit for their country in time of need. On March 28, l9l8, Mr. Edward Wilder, the director of Athletics, presented the Classical High School with the basketball trophy which its team had so nobly won. Mr. C. T. Whitcomb urged us, on April I7, I9l8, to appoint a committee composed of the four class presidents and one repre- sentative from each room for the purpose of buying thrift stamps. On April l8, l9l8, Rev. Fr. Dinand, the president of Holy Cross College, brought to us the message and significance of Patriots' Day. He remarked that the American boys are fighting to transmit to us the Stars and Stripes, victorious and untouched by basenessg and that the coming generation must proudly cherish the flag and do all that lies in its power in the reconstructing of the Nation. The last exercises of a public nature, before we go to press, were those of May 29, in keeping with Memorial Day. The fiftieth anniversary of this occasion 58 THE AFTERMA TH found an added seriousness on the part of all. The program included music by the school orchestra, declamations by Breen, ,2I, Whitcomb, '20, Monopole, ,l9, and Desmond, '19, singing by the school, ably assisted in the solo part of one number by Miss Janet Briggsg and an address of superior merit by Prof. George H. Blalces- lee of Clark University. Mr. Rice and Miss Hunt are deserving of our appreciation for the musical and cleclamatory parts of the program. -vu: gaz apf for ' .. f,.6. gf za:f ilu ,ffhlfvl .4 TQ' V , asf ' 1' 5 lk V 1 J 1 X CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 61 iliunthall Classical went over the top in fine style this year, winning the championship without losing a game. The habit of winning was firmly fixed in Classical this year and we hope it has come to stay. The success of the season was largely due to the efficient coaching the boys had. Mr. Norris of the High School of Commerce was the official coach but his main object was to keep the boys in physical condition while Mr. Dowd taught them football. Manager Jack Horgan arranged a fine series of games and out of town trips. The team was mostly composed of Seniors, but even the Freshmen had their chance. The members of the team were: Captain, C-olembeskig Manager, Horgang Curran, Werme, Hathaway, Blanchard, Moynihan, Muir, Turrill, Wackell, Wright, Amidon, Gomez, Hagberg, Scricco, Cu. Ryan, Ryan, MCC-rail, Stanton, Brown and T. Phillips. There were many stars, but under Mr. Dowd's direction they played together with wonderful team work. The stars of the season were: Curran, who waded through the South team for two touchdowns during the title game and whose ability to pick holes in an opposing line is almost uncanny: Captain Cuolembeski, whose calm face made many an opponent mutter under his breath, and whose tackle on tackle plays were al- ways good for a distance that could be measured in yards: Phillips, whose ability to kick earned for him the name of Charles Brickley IIg Horgan, whose shifting body was so hard to stopg Hathaway with his terrific line plungesg and last but not least, our Little General, Yummy Werme. After the season was over the boys were given a banquet and general good time at the Worcester Country Club by the male members of the Faculty. At this banquet, Mr. Porter commended the boys for their fine work and thanked them for their hard and faithful practice. While there the team held elections for next year. 62 THE AFTERMA TH George Turrill was elected Captain, and Joseph Wright, Manager. Both of these men played end and have also had two years' experience. We wish them the best of luck in winning their games next season. Classical Classical Classical Classical Classical Classical Classical I CITY LEAGUE SCHEDULE 48 8 ZI O 0 I9 I9 Commerce 0 North 6 South O OUT OF TOWN GAMES Milford I3 Leominster 7 St. John's O Hudson 0 XZ'-.- Z-,M xkn -1i --' BALL W W9 QX 'gc-o 'AS-foxloxxx 4 Ll ,,,, ,YW CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 65 Eemkvthall Basketball will be one of the cherished memories of the Class of I9l8 to the end of their days, individually and collectively. The work of our team was the most pleasing event of the year. Not only did they play well, but they played cleanly and honestly even though they played hard. The boys established a record of winning live consecutive games, one which no other local high school has yet attained. This success was clue almost wholly to Mr. Dowd, who we all know is a very competent man in the art of coaching athletic teams, and we believe that he is at his best at basketball. The captain of the team was Johnny Horgan, of football fame, and never did a team have a better one. Horgan played guard with Colembeski as his partner. These two lads played a wonderful defensive game and not only that, but caged many baskets. The team was composed of Captain Horgan, Manager Philip Landry, Co- lembeski, Hathaway, Fitzgerald, Curran, Powers, Warner and Tracy. On account of the coal shortage, there was a little doubt as to whether the Inter-High School games could be played. However, when we returned to school, a new schedule was arranged, so that two games were played each night. These double-headers drew large crowds, showing that basketball is not a thing of the past. Manager Phil Landry, while not an active member, did his part of the work so well that the season went through without any financial troubles such as are often the Hbugaboon of managers. When the All-Star Team was picked by Mr. Hehir, all of our men found places there. On the first team were Curran, Golembeski and Hathaway, and on the second, Horgan and Fitzgerald. 66 THE AF TERMA TH SCORES Classical 32 North 9 Classical 25 South 24 Classical 24 Commerce I6 Classical 22 North 15 Classical 20 South II Classical I7 Commerce 23 The greatest success of the year was accomplished when the players by com- mon consent threw triclcy playing aside. Not only did our boys do this, but all the teams, and as a result we had the cleanest season of basketball the High Schools have ever witnessed. Here's to our boys! May they always play the game of Life as they played this one, and in our memory, the name of the Big Green Team will always stand out as the ideal of Honor and Fair Play. BAS BALL ,Q PM 'Sf X 'w I 1 VL.. A! K ' . P , K' D 0 s u V ' 5 X. ' ' 1 N J f A Y , I I I X M I - xl n XY ' H, 1 N f F h rl. 1 ' lv f I.-ti - lQCT'51hilA -f-,:::.- ' ' A E. v9Soll'D8P gl S L CLASSICAL HICH .SCHOOL 69 Eaavhall Once more we have won a championship, and we are beginning to feel that we should win all the time. At the time we go to press, the baseball season has just been completed. We have on the team this year almost the same boys that we had last year, but of course they are a little better. Manager Warner deserves credit for the fine schedule of games he has ar ranged for his team. His ability as a manager is not to be questioned. The captain of this bunch of stars is Dan Curran, who is perhaps the most popular athlete in C. H. S. at the present time. The members of the team are: Capt. Dan Curran Eddie Philips u Jimn Tunney Archie Golembeski L'-lohnnyn Fitzgerald Substitutes: Shea Scores to date: Classical l Classical IO Classical 20 Classical I2 Classical l l Classical 20 Classical 3 Classical 6 Classical IZ Classical 8 Classical The team hitting has been terrific, but the fielding no second base Yummy Werme catcher Jerry Courtney pitcher George Ryan first base Tommy Phillips shortstop Ken Blanchard infield Brown Moses Brown 2 Commerce O North I Holy Cross Freshmen I0 South 3 St. John's l St. Mark's 8 St. Markls 4 Commerce 8 North 0 South l Dowd's efficiency shows as usual in their excellent results. Games with Fitchbur and Trade School are also sc victory in both. third base -leftheld leftfield centerfield rightfield infield t quite so good, yet Mr. hedulecl and we ro hes S U PPY I illtlr. Emnh The Class of 1918 extends to Mr. Dowd its grateful thanks and appreciation for the work he has done. Of his success we all know, but it is the man himself, game to the core, who commands our highest respect and-affection. I-le is a graduate of C. H. S. and loves to see it at the top in sport. l-le has coached our teams for the past nine seasons, not for the remuneration itself, but for the love of the game, as shown by his conduct in the recent football season. As long as Mr. Dowd stays at C. l-l. S. we are certain of a group of winning teams, hence we hope this will be of long duration. T GEQ I. r ,fi 'E lr D 9 Qi L f 1, ...ka --,,,,,,,.., lf ,rm i X I C6 . 72 THE AFTERMA TH Zilrark Our Track Team was not a pronounced success, which is not to be wondered at in view of the remarkable showing of our other teams. At the beginning of this school year, Captain Riley was taken ill and pre- vented from further participation. just before our annual spring games, Wackell, another standby, wrenched his ankle so badly as to put him on crutches ever since. Two more promising men were lost through scholarship disability. Hence we were fourth in the school standing with only I5 points. Most of these were scored by Smolensky, Werme, Golembeski and Sprague. In the Cross-Country Runs, Manager Paul Landry was our only scorer, and it was largely due to his strenuous efforts that Track clicl not utterly fall through. In the winter Indoor Meets, Classical won three of the four Interclass contests and finished a close second in the Final Meet. We hope next year will show improvement. The members of the team were Manager Paul Landry, Captain Riley, Wackell, Smolensky, Werme, Golembeski, Sheffield, Wright, E.. Peterson, Fanger, Perry, Sprague, Brown, Timon, I. Gomez and Harty. CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL illrttes men in Swim: Clllzwa Daniel Curran Anthony Golembeski George Ryan Stanley Amidon Kenneth Blanchard Daniel Curran Anthony Golembeski Gilbert Hagberg John Horgan Thomas lVlcGrail Daniel Curran Edward Fitzgerald Anthony Golembeski John Horgan John Abbott Harry Arnold Anthony Golembeski Paul Landry W BASEBALL W FOOTBALL Joseph Wackell Edward Warner Ernest Werme Joseph Moynihan Harvey Muir George Ryan Stanley Sprague Joseph Waclcell Edward Warner Ernest Werme BASKETBALL C TRACK Philip Landry William Powers Ralph Tracy Edward Warner Louis Riley Louis Smolensky Stanley Sprague Ernest Wermev BASKETBALL TEAM GIRLS' CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 75 Girls' Eankrthall The playing of basketball this year revealed good sportsmanship by all the participants. Although we did not win the championship, much credit is due the girls under the guidance of their respective captains. Because of the extremely efficient instruction of Miss Anna Mooney, the girls of the Classical High School displayed an excellent knowledge of the technicalities of the game and played in a praiseworthy manner. When they were defeated, they took their defeat gracefully. Without a gymnasium of our own, it is not to be expected that we can make the same showing as the other schools. Our representatives, nevertheless, have practiced faithfully and have taken advantage of every available opportunity for the use of a borrowed or hired gymnasium, as the case may be. Two players of the Senior Team, Misses Margaret Power and Mary Rogers, were chosen for the All-Star lntercity League, a noticeable honor. FRES HMAN TEAM Catherine Breen right forward Anna Power CCapt.D left forward Dorothy McCrillis center Florence Fogarty left guard Clare Murphy right guard Classical l 5 South 20 Classical Z4 North I2 Classical l 5 Commerce 38 SOPHOMORE TEAM Mabel Stead right forward Alice Barrett fCapt.D left forward lrene Monsey center Cnrace Devlin left guard Margaret Mahoney right guard Classical 2 7 South l 6 Classical 28 North 20 Classical l 2 Commerce 46 JUNIOR TEAM Elinor Kelley right forward Jeannette Soulliere left forward Kathryn Dowd ,CCapt.j center Florence McKeon right guard Gladys Nelson left guard Classical 23 South l 7 Classical l l North 23 Classical 24 Commerce 26 SENIOR TEAM Margaret Power right forward Katherine Flynn left forward Kathleen O'Connor center Mary Rogers fCapt.Q guard Catherine Splaine guard Hazel Shor guard Classical l 6 South l 5 Classical I9 North l 7 Classical l l Commerce 29 76 THE AFTERMA TH illilims Marian Gaillarh May the Class of 1918 extend best wishes to Miss Gaillard! We are loth to lose her, but we are glad in her joy. Our great loss will be another's great gain. May all happiness and good fortune attend her! mr. Anhrmu Alhrin Mr. Aldrin, early in our Senior Year, entered the service of the Government in the Ordnance Department. We regretted his departure, but were proud because he was doing his utmost to help his country in time of stress. Mr. Aldrin has the best wishes of our class for his success. mins Anne Smith During our last year, Miss Smith obtained a leave of absence and surrendered her duties as teacher to enter Social Service Work, much to the sorrow of 191 8, and, in fact, to the disappointment of all others. We hope that later classes may experi- ence happiness in the return of Miss Smith at some future date. 11111155 Marg 35. 3leftu Coming too late to give it adequate recognition is the sad news that Miss Jefts, who has served this school during so many years with conspicuous success, has resigned. 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As a soldier, he will help make the world safe for Democracy. earning the undying gratitude of his fellow-countrymen and of generations to come. May he knowithat the best wishes of his classmates go with him, and may he return to carry out those plans he has cherished and that now yield to a higher call. D Lost to sight, but to memory dearf' CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL CLARENCE JOHN ABBOTT, JR. NIO,-m., Born, October I5, 1898, Allston, Mass. Sever Street School. Our light-headed fparclon! we mean light-haired, classmate is fortunate enough to possess the same name as our revered teacher of the classics. Every recess, John doles out delicacies to his famished brethren and then proceeds to appease his own hunger. C, A. Jr. expects to enter Tech after Classical days are past, and he carries our wish that he will be successful in all his ventures. And ye! he was but easy of Jispcnsef BERTHA ABELOVITZ Bertha Born, September I4, l90l, Worcester, Mass. lVlillbury Street School Bertha is the only one in the class of l9l8 able to capture first honors. She always got A's but what we are wondering at is how did she do it? Bertha is a demure little miss, making friends wherever she goes. We expect great things of Bertha, for there is no doubt as to her ability. She is undecided as to what she will do next year, but we wish her great success in her work. Anal still llie wonder grew, Tliul one .small head could carry all slze lgnelvf' CLIFFORD MINER ALLEN Clif Born, July l0, l899, Sterling, Mass. Sterling Grammar School Clifford came to us from the Uxbridge High School. We have enjoyed having him with us, as he spends his spare hours cleaning up the Physics Laboratory. Mr. Powers has a valuable clean-up man in Clifford. He comes in every morning from Auburn and gets here on time, which seems very strange. Clif will be one of the great Generals in this War Cif it lasts long enough, because at present he is the leader of a troop of noble Boy Scouts in his home town. The I-luns had better not try to invade Auburn when Clif is there. Next year he will be studying at Worcester Tech, and he'll make good. Sweet Aulvurn, loveliesl village of llie plain. THE AFTERMA TH STANLEY BARNARD AMIDON Ammie Born, May 6, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Ammie, as he is known best, is rather a reserved lad, and can be seen walking with some of the fair sex every morning before 8.30, except when he is looking for a certain someone who has his Spanish written out for him. He is a close chum of Cigna Turrill, and is especially fond of Climax Chocolate, which, unfor- tunately, is not sold on the school lunch counter. Am- mien played end on last year's champion football team and a great deal of praise may be given him for his work. Ammie,' will enter Williams next year and we anticipate for him a continuance of his past success. Theres a divinity llial shapes our ends, Rough hem tl-rem how we will. OSCAR WILLIAM ANDERSON Oxy Andy Born, November l9, l898, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Oxy Willy Andy is quite a favorite with some of the girls of the class, but he is quiet, and is Miss Jefts, romantic boy. The story goes that one day Oxy Was standing at the window absorbed in something outside. Miss Jefts entered, saw him, and said: An- derson, you look quite romantic, but I would rather see you in your seat. Oxy likes hens of all kinds. Andy is going to Clark next year. We expect much of him. ln the right place is his heart. JAMES HARRIOTT ARNOLD Harry Born, July 8, 1898, Woonsocket, R. I. Mumford School, Nevtqport, R. I. Harry is a very ambitious chap and if it werenyt for one or two of his teachers he would be one of the honor pupils of the class of l9l8. He is satisfied as it is, though. Outside of school Harry spends his spare moments inventing little things to make the world more efficient. Some day his name will be in the list of great inventors. At present he is trying to contrive an easier way to pour milk for his classmates at recess. Harry intends to go to Tech next fall, if he doesn't go into the air for Uncle Sam. We wish him good luck wherever he goes. , By lhe work one knows the morlfmanf' CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL GEORGE REED ARSENAULT George Born, january IZ, l898, Worcester, Mass. Lake View School. George has been with us only one year. He came from South High to have the honor of graduating from Classical with the Class of l9l8. He has been a credit to the class and we have enjoyed his company. In Miss Pierce's Geometry III class George showed his ability as he always outshone the rest. In French, well, his French does not need to be mentioned. Next fall Tech will be honored with his presence. George will make good, we know, and we expect a lot of him in the future. He aloes all things well. JOSEPHINE MARY ASSELTA sclon Born, February 8, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. Four years ago a sweet little girl with a heavy braid down her back strolled into Classical High, and pro- ceeded to capture the hearts of all she met. That she has succeeded can easily be seen. Somewhere in her strolling, Jo encountered Frances Bowes, and by mutual consent they continued together through High School. Jo was the author of the exquisite cover for our AFTERMATH. Jo is thinking of going to a school in New York next year. We know many successes along an artistic line await Josephine around the corner of Life. Physically speaking we cannot separate. SARAH AGNES BARRETT Sadie Born March l8, l900, Worcester, Mass. Lamartine Street School. Sarah is a very quiet young lady with a definite end in view, and she is the kind that will succeed every time. We are afraid that her excessive dancing will carry her away from her line-to-the-top but we all will take courage in her moral strength. She plans to go to the Post Business College next fall and we wish her all good fortune. Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But onward, upward, till the goal ye win. THE AFTERMA TH MAY RITA BEAULAC c4Maysv Born, May 23, l900, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. May is a well-known personage at the C. H. S., and a constant inhabitant of the lower corridor during recess or in the morning fwhen she isn't in front of the mirrorj. May is a happy-go-lucky girl and her studies do not weigh heavily on her mind for she is looking for the good times of school life. She is popular with all her classmates. May will go to Business School after leaving us and we are sure she will be successful, for we know that her personality will pull her through anyway. Sought after by many. MARION ROSE BEAUREGARD Marion Born, january I4, l902, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. This quiet, retiring young lady is one of the most agreeable and likeable girls in the class. lVlarion's only fault is that her recitations can not be heard ten feet away, for Marion possesses. a gentle, well-modu- lated voice, but it is a little hard for the teachers. Marion is an accomplished dancer and is quite musical. She takes with her from Classical the very best wishes of the Class of l9l 8. A lon: voice, an excellent thing in woman. OMAR PHILLIPS BEDELL Homer Born, February 8, l899, Dorchester, Mass. Sever Street School. , Homer produces a smile that rivals that of Billy Sunday. He is a corking good fellow with his class- mates. We don't know how it is, but he likes Algebra and has solved some of Miss Pierce's own problems. Although he says he does not like the girls, we still have hopes because the other day he wore a red neck- tie. He is interested in experiments and hopes to be- come a civil engineer, in which work we are sure he will succeed. i U Success is gained by study. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL MILDRED LILLIAN BENSON Bennie Benneh Born, September 7, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Bennie is one of the Stars of Room 5. We have it upon good authority that her favorite hour was that in which she had French VI fwe wonder whylj. lVlil's hobby is motoring and Hudson cars are her delight. She is undecided as to what college or school she will enter next year, but wherever she goes success will be her companion, we are sure. Prim, precise and proper. KENNETH EDWARD BLANCHARD ' Sealy Born, May Zl, l900, Baldwinsville, Mass. Templeton High School. Although Sody was with us only two years, he soon proved to be a popular fellow among his class- mates and a loyal supporter of the school. He is very skillful as he has shown in his classes, and he has proved himself capable on the athletic field. Sody is an exhibition dancer and expects soon to be a real Danny Duggan. Next year he is going to Tech, where he will take up engineering. Sody surely has the best wishes of l9I 8. In form and moving, how express and admirable. FRANCES PALMER BOWES Frances Born, july I3, IS99, Worcester, Mass. Chandler Street School. One of the cleverest and most charming girls of 1918 is Frances. Possessed of a sweet, amiable dis- position, Frances is most popular with her classmates, and her ability and the fact that she is always prepared to recite glibly and what is more4correctly-have found favor with the members of the faculty. Frances is the inseparable companion of Jo Asselta. She intends to take up the Domestic Science course next year, and we predict that she will be the star of the class. Good luck, Frances. A woman's crowning glory is her hair. Q I THE AFTERMA TH AUSTIN FRANCIS BRADSHAW A uslyn Brad Shorty Born, September 3, l89S, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Brad came to us from Ledge Street School and was regarded as one of the most popular boys of the class. He was one of the gang in Miss Jeft's room and his name was often upon her lips. We did not hear much from Brad during his first two years with us, but he made up for lost time during his last two. Brad's ambition is to become a dancer, but so far he has not had the nerve to try to accomplish it. He intends to enter Fitchburg Normal School in the fall, and he has our best wishes for a profitable career there, for we are sure he will make a success of whatever he undertakes. Where are you going, my lillle man? To join wilh the 'gangf sir, is my plan. ABRAHAM BRAMSON Abe Born, February 28, 1901, Worcester, Mass. Lamartine Street School. Abe is a shy lad and is only heard when with his own crowd. He would shine in his studies if he would take the time to look at his lessons before recit- ing, a thing he rarely does. Nevertheless, Abe has a failing for Chemistry and we find him a le-ader in this study, when his book is open at the correct page. Abe expects to go to Boston University after graduating. We all hope that his future may be a bright and pros- perous one. Far from the modding crowds ignoble strife. LEO DENIS BROWN Red Brownie Born, October 8, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Leo is surely good-natured and looking for fun, as his everlasting smile signihes. He is one of the origin- ators of fun in Room 5, and, while he is the ioy of his companions, he is apparently a sore trial to Miss Jefts. When Brownie is serious, it means there,s Latin to do and we see him laboriously trying to make out the meaning of that language. According to Leo, his hobby is study, but-well, we have our doubts. He intends to go to Holy Cross, and may joy go with him. He will dispel the worst case of lhe blues. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL MARY CAROLYN BUNKER Bunker Born, May Zvl, I900, Bar Harbor, Maine. Mary, commonly known among her associates as Bunker, is, we can say, without our conscience troubling us, the best-natured girl in the class of I9I8. We first recognized Mary's ability as a poet when she wrote the school song, The Blue and White. Mary is one of the leaders of the class not only in scholarship, but in all patriotic duties, as shown by her willingness to support all measures adopted for the support of the government. Although we are sure of her loyalty to the C. H. S. we hear her frequently singing the praises of South High, and we wonder why. Mary will enter Wellesley next year, where she will be among the leaders. Mt: kingdom for a lwrscf' CARL WALDEMAR CARLSON Admiral Born, September 23, I9OI, Worcester, Mass. Paxton Grammar School When the tread of husky feet and a jolly voice are heard in the corridor, we all know it is Carl. He is very studious, capable, and does not know what a D warning looks like. Carl has proved himself to be a good mechanic by his successful experiments in the Physics Department. He has also shown his patriotism by taking to farming in the summer. We all know that Carl will be a good representative of Classical at Worcester Tech. And gladly wollle he Ierne and gladly lull. CHESTER LEO CARROLL Chet Born April 28, I90I, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. This young man is a hrm believer in every moment counts and as he makes it a point to succeed in school he is sure to succeed in later life. Chet first came into the limelight of Classical High by his clever acting in Macbeth Chester likes fishing and tells us about the different kinds he catches each summer fsome fish stories, and about his experiences in the Great Lakes. Chet is going to Holy Cross. Good luck, Chester! 'The smile lllal D!0Hll come of. THE AFTERMA TH HAROLD ALLEN CASWELL Cassie Born, May 20, l900, Shrewsbury, Mass. Sever Street School. ' Cassie is one of the most illustrious members of our class. He is a friend to everybody, especially those in his Spanish class, because every hour someone is after him to get his Spanish notebook. Cassie is one of Miss Walsh's standbys. And automobiles! he knows more- about them than Henry Ford himself. He spends his spare hours driving a certain big black car. He would be glad to give anyone a ride at any time, but we prefer not to just yet. Tech will receive a valuable asset in Cassie Hlllodesl wisdom pluclfs me from ever-credulous haste. HYMAN COTTON Hymie Born, March l8, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. To look at Hyman, one would think he was a quiet young man, but, oh, how deceiving, as the young ladies will tell you, when he gets started. Hyman likes to drive a machine and establishes a new record each day Cboth for speed and policel. Who knows but he might put it over Barney Oldfield. Hymie is going to Boston University, where he will make use of his eloquence to the best advantage. His eyen llvinlfled in his heed ariglil As daon the slerres in the frosty niglilf' HELEN MARIAN CRONIN Helen Born, March 7, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. If a noise is heard in Room 5, we all know at once that it is Helen talking to one of her masculine ad- mirers. She has not overworked herself by hard study, but what surprises us most is how she can take away the honors of the class when the marks are passed in. Helen is especially fond of swimming and is said to be the star swimmer of the lake. She has no definite aim after graduation but thinks she might be a Red Cross nurse Cthere's a reasonj. . And all was conscience aml lenzlre lierlef' CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL JOSEPHINE ELLEN COURSEY ...Ion Born, November I4, l900, Burlington, Vermont. Ledge Street School. Jo has a grave countenance when she is thinking, but, when carefree, a smiling one. She has a very dignified manner in company, but outside she is the most jovial one in the Hbunchf' To see 'her in the water, one would think she were a mermaid. It is also said by some that she is a very delightful dancing partner. That will have to be left to one who is a better authority. Jo is going to Post's Business College next fall and we all will be proud of her. t'H1'gtI erected ftiougfztsseated in the heart of courtesy. RUTH CUNNINGHAM Ruth Born, February 26, I902, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Ruth excels in all branches. We sometimes wonder if there is anything that Ruth can't do. She is ex- tremely talented musically and her ability as a debater and especially as an English student is of the very highest. She was lVlrs. Primrose in the Senior Play and it came from reliable sources that her portrayal of the Vicar's wife equalled that of an experienced college player. Ruth intends to enter Radcliffe and with her brilliancy she will surely succeed. Our hopes for her triumphs go with her. Nothing left untried and skilled in all. DANIEL FRANCIS CURRAN Dan Skipper Born, October 30, IS99, Worcester, Mass. Cambridge Street School. Dan is one of our best liked and most popular boys, both among the students and among the teachers. Upon entering High School Dan immediately started to show his abilities in the athletic line, and he has been on different All-star teams during his entire stay here. He is steadfast in all his undertakings and has kept up his studies as well as his athletics. Dan has hopes of entering Harvard in the fall, and we wish him all the luck in the world in his future undertakings. nsirrati, Loclfstey! 110 thou shoot. THE AFTERMA TH TRYGVE DALIE DAI-II.. Dalia Born, November 25, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Dalie Dahl is one of 1918's quiet, studious youths. It is evident that there are latent fires in Dalie's heart that will flame some day. When this occurs, Dalie will be a leader of men, a credit to all his friends and surely the class of l9l8 will be justly proud of him. His hobby is baseball, and they tell us that he may take it up as his profession. A still and quiet conscience GRACE RITA DONAHUE Crace ' Born, December 8, l899, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Grace is one of the most popular girls in the class. Always ready for a good time, yet she never allowed pleasure to interfere with business. One of her hobbies is dancing. It is Grace's ambition to become a private secretary, hence when she leaves high school she is going to enter business college. We wish Grace all the luck in the world in realizing her ambitions. Cheerful and happy, she was known and loved by all. ALICE RUTH DONOVAN Alice Born, February 8, 1900, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. Alice performs her work for the school in the cap- acity of clerk at the lunch counter, and by constantly informing us of the ever-rising prices of cookies, hot dogs and the like. Alice is seldom, if ever, repri- manded by her teachers for causing a disturbance, as she is one of the many quiet girls in the class. Alice tells us that after departing from this institution of learning she expects to train for a nurse. If she pur- sues this course we know she will be a success, because of her ability to keep quiet, which we assure her most girls do not possess. Freely giving of her store. CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL MARGUERITE ELIZABETH DOWD ..Peg,, Born january l, l900, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. Marguerite has clone her share in wearing out the floor of the lower corridor in company with her friend Helen Mahoney. When Peg's familiar giggle is heard, the most austere person smiles in sympathy. Marguerite is a follower of Terpsichore and is an apt pupil of that famous Muse. She has the intention ot spending next year within the walls of a business college. Here's to Peg and success! And c'en her failings leaned lo virlue's side. WILLIAM EDINBERG Bill Born, October I5, I900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Bill is one of our back-to-nature friends. He has taken up Agriculture, with the intention of becom- ing a gentleman farmer, raising cows and chickens be- sides vegetables. 'fBill,' is fond of long hours of stucly. which fact accounts for his brilliant recitations, espe- cially in Spanish. He is very popular with his com- rades, especially when driving his car. Bill takes our best wishes with him when he goes to the Boston University School of Administration. The furrow followed free. PHILIP FANC-ER Born, September 23, l900, Russia. Millis High School. Philip is one of the quiet, stuclious members of the class, whose recesses were spent in a prohtable way and not wasted loafing around the lower corridor. Philip has done creditable work during his stay at Classical, and he will enter M. I. T. after graduation. His hobby is manual labor, for Philip claims he likes to work. A rare being indeed! Philip is not one who pushes and crowds others from his path, but he is content to plod along in his own way. Everything comes la him who walls. l THE AFTERMA TH FRANCIS WILLIAM FEELEY Shakespeare Born, October l, I900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. When the war is over and the next Lives of Great Men is published, it will without doubt start with: Francis W. Feeleyg Born October I, l900. At Classical Francie was a great favorite for his spark- ling wit and cheerful philosophy. His chief diversion is counting slivers on the floor of Mr. Rice's room and his highest record was 2770 in one and one-half hours. Francie stands first in class, first in society, first in the hearts of the High School girls. Perseverance Wins. SIDNEY BENNET FEINGOLD Sonny Born, Jonuary 4, I90l, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Sonny is one of those who enter their study room with a smile. He has been a faithful student at all times and has always succeeded in getting good marks when reports were given out. Sonny has taken up banking in his afternoons, intending to became a second John D. Sonny will enter Clark in the fall, where he will smile his way through that august hall of learning. Send me away with a smile. ABRAHAM FISH Abie Born, September l5, l902, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Abraham is one of the little fellows of the class of l9l8, full of life and always cheerful. I-le has re- versed the old adage: Little folk should be seen and not heard into little fellows are heard and not seen. For all of this, Abie holds a high standing in classes, and intends to continue his high standard when he enters Clark. No doubt a few professors of that noted institution will be greatly surprised when Abraham, the boy wonder of Classical High arrives. Discrelian is the better part of valor. K ,H lu CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL EDWARD WILLIAM FITZGERALD Eddie Filzie Grafton Street School. Eddie is a popular member of the class of 1918, well liked by both teachers and students. As a member of the championship basketball squad, Eddie came in for a great deal of praise. He was a hard-working, clean-playing lad, and well deserved his choice as a member of the All-star aggregation. Room 5 was well acquainted with the name Fitzgerald echoing suddenly from walls and ceiling, but then, Room 5 was always a lively place. Eddie intends to take up dentistry at Tufts and, although as a common rule, dentists are not the most popular people on earth, we predict that he will be as popular with those out in the world as he was with his classmates. Handsome is that handsome does. GRACE GWENDOLYN FITZGERALD Little Eva Born, September 6, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Grace will never be forgotten by the class of 1918. President of the Aletheia, she was prominent in social events. Grace is very popular. She will enter Bus- iness College in the fall and study stenography, a course for which she is especially fitted, as she has had experience in business matters of all kinds. She is devoted to dancing and her graceful execution of this art is a source of admiration to observers. on Though all lliings else would wear the brows of grace Yel Grace must still loalf so. MARGARET EILEEN FITZPATRICK sspegn Born, December 30, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Chandler Street and South High Schools. Commonly known as Peg, this young lady is one of the most attractive and popular girls in the class. Her chief recreation is dancing, an indoor sport at which she is an expert. No doubt the time will come when we shall proudly say: We went to school with her. Will Peg know her old classmates then? Only time can answer that question. Margaret intends to enter Sargent School of Dramatic Art. Succeed she most certainly will. The more the merricrf' THE AFTERMA TH KATHRYN HELEN FINNEGAN Kate Born, March 16, 1901, Worcester, Mass. Canterbury Street and South High. Kathryn is one of the many quiet girls of the class of 1918. A product of Canterbury Street School, she brought with her to Classical a subtle influence that exerts its power over the members of the fourth-hour English class. Kate intends to enter Middlebury College in the fall and will, in time, no doubt emerge ready to take up her duties instructing the ignorant in the New Testament. We are proud of Kathryn and hope that we will succeed in order that she may be proud of us. A rolling stone gathers no moss. JOHN PHILIP FLAHERTY Flip Born, November 3, 1900, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. J. Philip Flaherty is one of our brilliant members. This is only natural, for he possesses something that is conducive to brightness-red hair. ulrlipn is well known about the school, and is very prominent, es- pecially in Room 5, where his classmates are often startled by Hlrlayherty, come here ringing out through the quiet room. Flip is bound to succeed, as he is persevering and never leaves anything undone. As Flip has a tendency toward all things edible we judge that his choice will be the grocery business or a meat-market as the preference. Now good digestion mai! on appetite And health on both. CATHERINE WINIFRED FLEIVIING ..Kate,, ..K,, .tcathn Born, june 15, 1900, Milford, Mass. Sever Street School. The adjectives which are most apropos for this young lady are Hshortf' sweet and uclemuref' K was a student but her keen interest in her studies did not hinder her from participating in all our class activ- ities. Always ready to help a fellow-classmate in distress, she endeared herself to all. The art in which she excelled was in drawing regular polygons in Room 15. Rumor is ucurrantn that Kate intends matriculating at Radcliffe. Be assured, little lady, that our heartiest good wishes for a bright and successful future attend you. Loved by au. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL KATHERINE IVIIRIAIVI FLYNN Kale Born, February 21, l900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Kate is one of our athletic girls. She has been on the girls' basketball teams during her course at Classical, and she always attended the boys' games. Kate loves to see the boys fboyj play and hates to see our school lose, but she has not had to shed many tears this season. She is going to a school ol physical education where she will make a reputation in the gymnasium. A roselvurl .sel willi liille wilful thorns Anal sweel as lrisli air coulzl malfe her. JOSEPH PATRICK WILLIAM FOLEY 44-,oem ulgatn Born, December 6, ISQS, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Pat is a quiet, studious young man until the young ladies Cone in particularj appear, then a smile and blush o'erspread his countenance. I-Ie studies some- times, oft he bluffs but he always gets by. When it came time to do Cnot just to talk about it, something for his country, Joe volunteered for farm work. Pat thinks of enlisting in the Aviation Corps. If so, we wish him to become an Ace, Tl:cy sliall mounl up with wings as eagles. SARAH BERTI-IA FREED Serafinila Born, Septeniber 30, l900, Russia. Ledge Street School. Serafmita is one of the few sharks of the class. Did Sarah ever get a B-H is the wonder of l9l8. During the last part of her Senior year, Sarah had a vacation which she unwillingly spent in the hospital, but she will graduate with her class and with honors. Although a girl of studious temperament, Sarah loves the movies, and her favorite picture is to see herself at Mount I-Iolyoke, whither she will carry with her our very best wishes. Be wisely worldly ,- be not worldly wise. THE AFTERMA TH ELLEN GAFFIN Ella Born, November 25, l902, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Ellen is a very quiet miss, which accounts for her timidity. Qne would never believe Ellen to be a dig- nified Senior, but rather a Freshman sitting on the first floor by mistake. Ella is fond of dancing, but no love of this pastime prevents her from getting good marks on her reports. She is liked by all who know her, and we expect to hear of good records made by her while in Normal School. Great oaks from lillle acorns grow. HELEN GREENLAW GILBERT Helen Born, August 25, IB99, Framingham, Mass. ' Grammar School, Milford, Mass. September, l9l 7, Helen favored the Classical High and our class by becoming one of its most diligent mem- bers. She is a very quiet and demure young lady, but painfully studious. She was a most valuable addition to our class and we wonder if she was ever known to flunk any subject. She is recognized generally as accomplished and must have been brought up on Amer- ican History. Helen enjoys drawing, and after leaving us will enter Boston Normal Art School. Smooll1 runs llic water where llie brook is deep. WILLIAM JOSEPH GILREIN Cilly Born, December l, IS99, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. William Gilrein, prominent in the class of 'l8, is popular with the fellows and girls of the class alike. Gilly is always in good humor, hardly ever without a grin of welcome, and is certainly refreshing. Gilly's school life has been full of' ups and clowns, but he always comes out on top with his smile unim- paired. William will enter Harvard next fall, fol- lowed by the good wishes of all his friends of the class of 1918, for his heart is in the right place. Good luck to you, 'Gilly'. Laugh and ll1e world lauglis willi you. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL SAMUEL GLICK Sammy Born, February 27, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Sammy often smiles, but rarely talks. This sel- dom fails, however, to convey the desired impression. We are told that Lowell Textile School will receive Sammy after graduation. Perhaps his quiet tem- perament will fit, better than we realize, the hum of industry. Shuffle and spindle, warp and lvoof, All lhese are paris of Texlilehs proof. ANTHONY EDWARD GOLEMBESKI Archie Born, May 25, l900, Lyon Mts., New York. Lamartine Street School. Archie'sH prowess in sending the foes of Classical down to defeat need not be told to a Classical student. He is immensely popular with his classmates and the faculty look with approval upon his excellent scholar- ship record. He was captain of the champion football team and won much applause for his wonderful play- ing on the basketball team. Gf course his hobby is athletics. Archie is undecided as to where he will continue his studies next year, but whatever college he elects will certainly have a valuable acquisition in Archie, Quick to learn and wise la know. ' ROSA GRACE. Rosie Born, October 27, l900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Rosie came to us from Ledge Street School with the reputation of being a good scholar. During her four years at Classical she has studied her lessons and hasn't been afraid to take home her reports. Rosie has a bad habit of coming in half a minute before that last bell, but, strange to say, she hasn't had to come back for a P. M. Rosie is fond of swimming, and we may yet hear of her as the second Annette Kellerman. She will enter Normal School in the fall. The more 1 study, the more I learn. THE AFTERMA TH ' GILBERT CARL HAGBERG Gil Born, January 5, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. UGil,' or Gilly, as this young gentleman is called, is much in evidence but not heard often. He is one of the many who find the charms of Amherst alluring, for next year Gilly will enter that institution of learning. Gil likes football and also, we hear, dancing. But Gil denies this accusation. We pre- dict that Gil will lze a great success as an agricul- turist fisn't that what you intend to be?J and mayhap Mr. Burbank will be obliged to look to his laurels. The Man lvillz the Hoe. HARVEY LEONARD HIBBARD Nl-1 arveyn Born, September 20, 1898, Worcester, Mass. Abbott Street School. Harvey is one of our quiet members. We have never heard of Harvey's getting into any scrapes or arguments with the teachers. He held his peace and they were good to him. He spent his last year in Miss Jefts' room, the room of Peace and Quietness. Harvey is very fond of his bicycle and may be seen riding 'to and from school every day. He is also somewhat of a farmer in his leisure hours, spending his time milking cows on a little farm in Tatnuck. We know that Harvey's modesty will not keep him from being one of the teachers of the future, and we wish him the best of luck. Silence is golden. KATIE GRACE I-IIGGINBOTI-IAM Katie Kitty Born, March 30, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street Prep. School. Katie is a profound puzzle. She is always the same pleasant, smiling, steady, energetic girl, but there is something mysterious about her. She goes to Salis- bury Mansion every Friday afternoon and makes a marvelous record. Nobody would believe it, but she makes three tampons in an afternoon. Katie,' is thinking of entering Normal School. She is one of the best-natured girls in the class and we wish her a happy career. 1-Ion: mucli cloth live in a winsome smile. CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL JOHN JOSEPH HORGAN flfaclef, Born, November 26, l899, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. john is generally one of the participants in the l00 yard dash into the room at 8.l4M3N a. m. However, he is our very popular and efficient class president, and he held that office during his Junior year also. jack is very fond of canoeing and likewise a follower of Terpsichore. We know that Jack will succeed at M. l. T. next year. Perhaps he will be Class Pres- ident. Who knows? uspcedf Malise, Speed! ROBERT HENRY HUNT Bobbie Born, March l2, l90l, Worcester, Moss. I Abbott Street School. BobbieH has been a fixture at Classical for the last four years. He has held the position of office boy as far back as we can remember. Although he is one of the smallest he is one of the busiest members of the class. He is interested in all athletics and serves as mascot for the teams. Bob went out to the wild and woolly west for a year but he finally decided that Classical was the best place he could Hnd. Next year Bob hopes to enter Annapolis, where we wish him the best of success. UA man of sturdy action all his life. SOLOMON HUROWITZ Sally Born, August l4, I90I, Smoleon, Russia. Ledge Street School. Selly is one of those who always look on the bright side of life. He can see a joke as quickly as anybody and can give one, too. At home he has his walls covered with pictures of great men and his book shelves also are filled with well-worn books. He thinks by seeing great men and reading their works he will also be one. To say the least, he is one of the two first honor pupils. We all hope he will come to the fulfillment of his ambition twenty times over. He is going to Worcester Tech, where his range of oppor- tunity will be wider. My library is dulfedarn large enough. THE AFTERMA TH ROSE HURWITZ Tl1eda Bam Born, February 20, l9OI, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Rose is a jolly, talkative girl who likes the boys and is liked by them, Most of Miss Crawforclis trials and tribulations can be accounted for by this fact. Rose has a winning manner which makes her very pop- ular ancl when she comes into a crowcl, that means a good time. Rose intends to enter Normal School, where she purposes to become proficient in the art of dispensing knowledge to young America. Rose has a great determination, which is the chief factor in SUCCESS. As merry as llie day is long, GLENA MAY JACKSON Clem Born, September l4, l9Ol. Lowell, Mass. Sever Street School. Glena is not one of those who have been active in the political business of the class, but, content to let others have offices, she has done much in a quiet way. Cxlena is foncl of dancing ancl she is very talented and accomplished in this art as she is also in music. She will represent Classical 1918 at the Boston Conserv- atory of Music. Cnlena may yet rival Paclarewski. Music lxaih charms. LILLIAN ALIVIEADA JACOBSON Lil Born, July 30, 1901, Worcester, Mass. Prep., Nlillbury Street School. To those who have not the pleasure of Lil's ac- quaintance, she may appear to be a very serious, quiet miss, but alas! theylre wrong. Ott do we hear Lil'sl' blithe laugh especially in English Class, for Lillian was kind-hearted enough to endeavor to lighten the gloom in Room 9 during our perusal of Burke. Every- body likes Lil,' and wishes her all possible good for- tune. Lillian will enter Postls Business College in September. l-lere's to her success! HA smile wlmse liglil would almost malfe a dungeon briglilf CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL JAMES JOFFE. fumes Born, December 25, I900, Russia. Lamartine Street School. James was a Christmas present to his parents eight- een years ago. He has been a present to all so far in his quiet life. His past interest tends to regattas. Although we have had no regattas for some time, we think he is content with canoeing. He is going to Clark next year to gain more knowledge. We are sure his representation of our school will be favorable in every way. Learning hath gained most by those hooks hy which the printers have not. ISADORE KATZ cols-syn Born, November I4, l900, Somersworth, N. H. Spencer, Mass. Mr. Katz Cpronounced by Miss Jefts Hcatsul with his extremely euphonious cognomen caused much mirth in the illustrious class of 191 8. Missy is not half as gentle as his name may sound, for he has ambition to get a German or two, so he will go to an aviation school. We certainly wish him all the success possible. And makes us ralher hear lhose ills me have Than fly to others which we know not of. i. JAMES THOMAS KELLEY 1 ujamesn Born, December 23, 1900, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. James is a great talker and has amused his comrades greatly, especially in the illustrious third hour English class. His hobby is Work-W-O-R-K-all capital letters, too. To see him in Miss Jefts' room with his broad smile, itiwould not be thought that he had a care in the world, but he takes life seriously. He is going out west to a mining college in two or three years. We hope he will strike a vein of gold and good fortune. lo Hear ye not the hum Of mighty nmrlgings? Z' I ff U 0 THE AF TERMA TH JOSEPH KUNIN aloe.. Born, March 7, 1902, London, England. Lamartine Street School. Although Joe is the baby of our class, he ranks among the leaders of the school. He is one of the stars in Chemistry and we hope that he will be able by his experiments to manufacture something that will make the Kaiser sit up and take notice. Hjoen is a great baseball enthusiast and we expect him to bring honors to Classical. If he will keep up the same dis- position through life that he has shown through school he is assured of real success. He intends to enter Clark College next year. Many a little makes a nickle. DOROTHY MAY LADD ..D0t,, Born, May I3, l900, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Dorothy is a quiet young lady, but she can thor- oughly appreciate a joke and is eager for a good time. Dot is one of the mainstays at the lunch counter and her ready, cheerful smile as she serves you, makes you feel as if life were really worth the living. She is a faithful student and an agreeable classmate. Next year Dot will enter Simmons and the best wishes of l9l8 go with her. Faithful in leasl lherefore faithful in much. PAUL EIVHLE LAN DRY Paul Born, September 6, l90I, Worcester, Mass. Tatnuck School. To call the attention of the class of I9I 8 to Paulls activities would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. As a clebater he is in a class by himself and his inter- pretation of the'Vicar in the Senior play was superb. Paul was chosen Class Orator, a position for which he is eminently fitted. His hobby is delightful but ex- pensive-autumobiles. Paul intends to enter Clark in September and from there he will go to Worcester Tech. May all good fortune attend him! Then he would talk. Ye gods! how he would talk! CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL PHILIP RENE LANDRY Phil Born, September 6, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Tatnuck School. Philip is one of those Landry boys-the quiet one. Phil had the gift of looking innocent and was a puzzle to the teachers. He first brought our attention to him when he was elected Treasurer during Junior year. His Senior year he was manager of the cham- pion basketball team. He claims that his favorite occupation is athletics, but we think that the theatres employ a large amount of his time. Phil will enter Clark in the fall, where we predict he will make an enviable record. Theres no art to find the minaps construction in tlie face. ASHLEY LEAVITT Ashy Born, November I9, I90l, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. A few years after our encounter with Spain, there came a young person, who after a little deliberation decided to remain in this world of ours. Ashy has been plugging four years at Classical, because he intends to enter Clark next fall. He has prepared him- self by studying French, in which class rumor has it, his familiarity with verbs appals his admiring class- mates. 5lion: me tlie verbal message. ETTA SARAH LEHNER HEHGH Born, December 23, 1900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. We take great pride in the fact that we have such a quiet young lady as Etta in our class. She is faithful in her studies and has a great deal of ability in draw- ing. Etta expects to enter the Art School next year, where she will develop further her artistic abilities. She has our sincerest wishes for success. There is a certain dignity to be kept in place. THE AFTERMA TH MILDRED MARCIA LIPSCHITZ Milly Born, June 22, I9OI, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. lVlilly', is a uwonderl' and her translations of Virgil are the admiration of her classmates and balm to the tired heart of Mr. Abbott. Milly says her great interest is in reading and the knowledge displayed by her in various classes proves the truth of the assertion. ulVlil'l contemplates entering Normal School next year. She will surely be successful in all her ventures. Her ways are ways of quietness. KENNETH JANES LLOYD ttKen,, Born, March 20, l900, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Kenneth is one of the demure characters of the class of l9l8. All his spare time in school fwe cannot safely say outsidel is spent in correcting French exam- ination papers. l-le makes things fly at the lunch counter and we think the boys would go hungry at noon if it were not for Kenneth. Next year he will be seen pedalling his bicycle to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where, it is fondly anticipated, that he will pass, at least in French. Thy nioelesljfs a candle lo thy merit. THOMAS JOSEPH LYNCH H7-omn Born, December I3, l90l, Worcester, Mass. ' Abbott Street School. TomH was one of the prominent occupants of Mr. Abbott's room and nobody knew it any better than Mr. Abbott. Outside of school and work, Tom's chief occupation is dancingg therefore he is very pop- ular with the ladies. If the girls hadn't liked Tom- my he might have learned more during his High School course, but alas! fa lassll I-le is a prominent member of the Eucleia and has shown considerable theatrical ability. UTom', expects to go to l-loly Cross next year, and we prophesy a brilliant future for him there. Far famed in lady's Bonner and hall. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL FREDERICK JOSEPH MADAUS Fred Moda Born, December 28, l899, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Miss left invariably designated Fred as lVlado,y' so to us, his classmates, he has been Fred Mado since then. He is a quiet young man with no particular hobby fso he says, but we hear he is very fond of dancing. Fred may go to Holy Cross, and if so, we will have a worthy representative there. In peace ll1ere's nothing so becomes a man as modes! stillness and liumililyf' HELEN ALMEADA MAC-OON Helen Born, February l6, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street Prep. School. Every morning Helen journeys in from yon seething mart-Paxton-to be one of us at Classical. She has learned, we know, that ufacilis descensus Avernof' but she has not taken the warning to heart, we fear, for rumor has it that she received but an A plus in English. l-lelen's hobby is automobiles. She intends to enter Simmons next fall and we wish-her all possible success in her chosen work-that of secretary. Happy am I. ELIZABETH AGNES MALONEY uLizziel' Born, September 28, I900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Elizabeth is one of those seen-but-not-heard sort of people. Sometimes we see her, and sometimes we don't. It can be said that she is a devotee of the movies and never lets a uchangel' go by without seeing it. Although she does not know what she will do or where she will go after graduating, it is our wish that she will succeed in whatever she does undertake. Heard melodies are sweet, 'but those unheard are sweeter. THE AFTERMA TH HELEN CLAIRE MALONEY Fifi Born, March 22, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Q Grafton Street School. This versatile young lady is known by her close friends as FiF1. She is a wonder in her classes, a delightful and accomplished danseuse, and an actress of no mean ability. Helen intends to go to some busi- ness school next year and the man who hires Helen Claire as his stenographer will be extremely lucky. She will certainly attract customers. We know that Fifi,' will succeed. A ready smile, a cheery work, a sunbeam in this world of strife. ANNA CECILIA MCCARTHY .rAnnas, Born, October 3, IS99, Worcester, Mass. Lamartine Street School. Anna is a quiet, pleasant girl who did not mingle much with the student body, but preferred the society of her sister, Kathryn. It was most natural, but we would have been glad to have had more of Anna's company, for we liked her. Her hobby is tennis. Next year business college will claim Anna and we wish her all success there and in her chosen occupation. Modesly is a rare virtue. KATHRYN TERESA MCCARTHY f'Kathr-pn Born, January 25, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Lamartine Street School. Kathryn is a quiet, demure little maiden, but it is whispered around that she is one of the brightest stars in Mr. O'Regan's chemistry class. Do you plead guilty, Kathryn? Next year, we understand, Kathryn will transfer her goods and chattels to busi- ness college. Here's to her success! You'rc grave.-no doubt you're wise. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL GERTRUDE. MCDONALD Gertrude Born, August 7, l9Ol, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Gertrude is a great worker. She would have grad- uated in February, but she preferred to wait until June to receive her sheepskin with us. Since February she has worked in the office of the Graton 8: Knight Company. Peggy Fitzpatrick and Gertrude go to the Strand every Thursday night. Gertrude is a fol- lower of the latest dances. She is going to business college in the fall, although we do not think it necessary for her to learn a great deal more of business, as she is already well equipped. The wheels of industry lurn fast When woman'.s hand directs them. THOMAS FRANCIS MCGRAIL Bump Born, December l0, IS99, Worcester, Mass. St. Johns School. Thomas F. McGrail arrived in our midst at the beginning of his last year and won a place in our hearts. Bony has a way with him that makes him a favorite and his grin is always present. He is a shark at Greek and there are rumors that he has accepted a position as Greek instructor at Holy Cross, his intended college. His hobby is athletics and he certainly rides it, for he played guard on the cham- pionship team and was right there with the goods. Thomas F. is a favorite with the ladies, as his motto indicates. Veni, vidi, victum sum. ALBERT FRANCIS MCGUINN NAI!! Born, March l, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street Prep. School. Al came to Classical in the fall of l9l4 for the purpose of increasing his knowledge, and many of us who have been in classes with him feel sure that he has accomplished this. He is a quiet, pleasant fellow of studious disposition, at least so he appears, and we have reason to think he is. Although he has our best wishes for his success, he does not need them, for one of his specialties is the ability to stand on his own feet. Al intends to go to Amherst Aggie and there we know that he will uphold his reputation as a scholar. SuMcient unto the day is the evil thereof. THE AFTERMA TH TIMOTHY ANTHONY MCINERNEY Tim Born, July l7, 1900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. This young man is the Mark Antony of the class. He has been in many of the debates and has won hon- orable distinction. He is the tallest member of the class and resembles the well-known Woolworth build- ing. He is also one of our farmers who work for 'the winning of the war. He plans to go to Holy Cross 'to be a statesman and an orator, and we believe he will stand above everybody in everything. 'tHe'd language use-I may nol say. CHARLES ESTES MCMULLIN C, Estes Born, july Zl, 1901, Syracuse, N. Y. Bowditch School, Salem, Mass. McMullin entered Classical from the Brighton High School. He is inclined toward mathematics and his greatest joy was his hour in Miss Piercels Trig class. He does not wander through the corridors at recess and has never beeniknown even to speak to one of the fair sexg but many are the eyes that follow his stately form as he walks from class to class. C, Estesn will enter Worcester Tech in September and we know he will make good. 1 am constant as the Norlhern Star. MAX MEENES ffMax,s Born, May 24, l90l, Russia. Lamarline Street School. Max can prove more originals in Geometry than many of us can think of. He has always been quiet and reserved, not mingling with his fellow students. His favorite hobby is science, and if you ever hear of some new discovery called Meenesitis, you'll know Max was the originator. Max intends to enter Clark next year, and we wish him all success. Knowledge always desires increase CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL MARY AGNES MELICAN 4rMaC., Born, February 20, Worcester, Mass. Ascension Academy. Mae is a quiet young lady, but she has a smile for everybody. Though modest and retiring by nature, all who know her find her very agreeable and pleasant. lVlae's hobby is swimming. She intends to enter Post's Business College next year and we think that there, too, she will be able to maintain a record su- perior to all requirements. nThe sweet peace that goodness twosoms ever H GERTRUDE. MONOPOLE. facuswi Born, March I7, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Gus, as she is called, has a great liking for the movies and found it necessary to stay away from school occasionally. She seemed to be very quiet, but how she could talk at times. Gush has frequently been seen in the P. lVl. room. She is fond of dancing. We hear that Gus kept Mr. Abbot busy writing her name on the toard with a question mark beside it. Rumor also has it that Gus will go to the University of Pennsylvania. The best wishes of the class go with her. This life, so far'.s 1 understand ls all enchanted fairy land. FRANCIS PAUL MORGAN Oswald Born, September 2, l90l, Leicester, Mass. lVlil.bury Street School. Oswald has become an expert in the art of brushing up papers around the waste basket. We hear he is quite a devotee of the Terpsichorean art and that he indulges upon all possible occasions. He is a Latin expert, and how he does love Burke's Con- ciliationn! Oswald says his hobby is work, but we fail to see it. Francis has our best wishes for suc- cess in all his ventures. On their oivn merit great men are silent. THE AFTERMA TH ALICE ROSE MORRILL Alice Born, January 28, l899, Worcester, Mass. Gates Lane School. Alice is one of the most retiring young ladies in C. H. S. Before coming to us she went to Com- mercial High, but came to C. H. S. in her Senior year. Alice asks favors of none but if it is in her power to help others she is always ready. Alice is very sensitive ancl if startled will close her lips tightly and sink to the bottom of the Sea of Silence. Altho Alice is so quiet we know that she will succeed in the future and she has our cordial good wishes. As modest as a violet Ilia! blooms in spring. JOSEPH ANTHONY MOYNII-IAN aloe., Born, July 22, l900, Worcester, Mass. ' Nlillbury Street School. Joe is another member of the Class of 1918 who has caused many an uproar in Miss -lefts, room. Joe is a favorite among the young ladies and he does not feel at home unless he has three or four of them talking to him at once. It is Joe's ambi- tion to become an athlete ancl he surely was of great assistance to the football team. We wish Joe the best of luck at Holy Cross ancl we hope he will at- tain his ambition as an athlete while there. Ful louclc he soong, tC0me hider, love, lo mei. HARVEY ALEXANDER JOSEPH MUIR Han2ey Born, June IS, l90l-, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Harvey, rejoicing in Alexander as a middle name, is captain of the Senior B. basketball team and was left-guard on the champion football team of last fall. What, Harvey fmay your classmates aslcl, is the reason you approach C. H. S. from the direction of Commerce every morning? We haven't an idea. Enlighten us, please. Harvey is a faithful patron of all the school dances ancl quite proficient in the art. When you matriculate at Tech, Harvey, we hope you are extremely successful, and in after years, too, when school days are over. Genuine simplicity of liearl is a healing and cemcnling principle. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL SARAH AGN ES MULVEY Sadie Born, January 2, I90l, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Sadie ' was one of the quiet, pleasant girls of the Class of I9I8 who busied herself with her les- sons and her friends, minded her own business and allowed other people to do the same. No matter what happened, Sadie always had a winning smile and it captivated many of the boys of Classical High School. Sadie was fond of social activities, espe- cially dancing. She had a prominent part in the Eucleia-Aletheia play, Nathan Hale. Sadie intends to enter Business College and we wish her a successful business career. The girl wilh the smile is the girl worth while when every- lhing goes dead wrong. MARGARET CASHMAN MURPHY S'Margaret Born, january 4, l902, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. How many of the fair sex have wondered at your lovely blond hair, Margaret, and wished that theirs would grow like that, too. Margaret believes in having a good time, and being late once or twice to Spanish class does not seem to bother her at all. But, goodness, how the girl does love to talk! ln history class how often have we heard her say: Oh, what was the question? Nevertheless, -she can usually answer it and we have good reason to be- lieve that she really studies after all. Labor overcomes all things. WILLIAM EDWARD MURPHY Bill Born, Ocfober I4, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Bill is a quiet, serious fellow at school and could be found on time every morning, sitting quietly in Room I0 while Mr. Farnsworth conducted devo- tions. He has two hobbies, work and study. Bill was the star of Miss Townsend's English History class, which he thoroughly enjoyed. If he failed to know anything, the book was surely at fault-never Bill. Bill expects to enter Tech next year and we are all assured of his success. Congenial occupalion makes worlf easy. THE AFTERMA TH ROSCOE WALLACE MYERS Mn Myers Born, March 2, IS99, Derry, N. H. Belmont Street and North High. Roscoe, or lVloses,' as he is callecl in the Senior play, is as meek as the gentleman of whom we have hearcl so much in Scripture. Une of the wonders of I9I8 is if Moses ever indulges in the movies However, Roscoe is a Chemistry shark of the first magnitude and he intends to enter Clark. He'll be a professor of chemistry yet. Tn1inl5le, llvinfgle, lillle slarf' RUSSELL NELSON Russell Born, May 26, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Russell is a rather quiet lacl of illustrious l9l8. He never seems to have much to say, but they tell us that when he cloes speak it is something worth While. Russell evidently has no pet hobby, his plans for the future are as yet incomplete, but we certainly wish Russell great success. Slill wafers run deep. I-IARRIET LI LLIAN NEWMAN 'iHalfie,' Born, August 30, l90l, Lincoln, N. H. Grammar School, Lincoln, N. H. Hattie came to Classical from the Lincoln, N. H., High School in our Junior year and straightway won everyone's heart. I-lattieu is Olivia in the Senior play, carrying off the honors gracefully. Her hobby is automobiling, provided she secures the proper at- tention. Hattie intends to enter Simmons College next fall and we wish her success. 'Ashe hall! an eye fha! smiles inlo all hearts. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL MAX LOUIS NIMAN t.Max,, Born, December 20, 1900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Max is seen but not heard within the sheltering walls of the C. H. S. It is written in the stars that he shall have a busy and successful life. Max is a hard- working youth whose aim is to enter the Boston School of Administration. We wish him good luck. Nothing succeeds like success. MARY AGNES O'BRIEN ..May,, Born, July 9, 1901. Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. May is a quiet miss and the delight of any teach- er's life, for she is always there with her lessons pre- pared and is always well-behaved. May is at the Grand Theatre every afternoon and evening. She is the kind of girl who will make good wherever she goes, Grand or otherwise. If 'KlVlay will keep the same disposition through lile as she has shown through school nothing but success can await her. A noble and a friendly girl. KATHLEEN ANNA O'CONNOR s.KatC,, Born, july l, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Kate was one of our noble representatives in basketball and played a good game in her position as center. Kathleen is an unassuming young lady with rosy cheeks, the latter gained by a trip to Ireland when a small child. Kate is quite a clever historian and comes out with such facts as astound even Mr. Rice himself. Kate is going to Normal School and we know by her quiet nature and vigorous intellect she will make a first class teacher. Knowledge is power. .A THE AFTERMA TH WALLACE EARL PADDOCK Earl Born, January 7, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Millhury Street School. Earl is another of those quiet personages who make up our class. He is a great friend of Archie', Colem- beski and is usually whispering to Archie in study periods, to Miss Crawfords great vexation. Earl's pastime is camping. He may be a second Robinson Crusoe in his desire to camp. Earl plans to go to Amherst Agricultural College. We all wish him to become a scientific farmer so he may help Uncle Sam in feeding the people. The happiness of a country hresiclef' MILDRED LOUISE PERMAN f'Milly Born, June 7, I90l, Worcester, lVla:s. - Nlillbury Street School. Milly has succeeded in completing her High School course in three years: the attraction of being a member of our class was a great inducement for her labors. Milly is a blond, curly-haired, cheerful miss, and her specialty is English. Milly will enter Framingham Normal School, where she will surely be successful. - '5he has the sunshine in her laughter. WALLACE ENFRID PETTERSON Dimples Born, December l0, l899, Worcester, Mass. Elizabeth Street School. Wallace's dimples proved sources of attraction and amusement, for one member of the class delighted in making him smile and then remarking to an amused class: Aren't Wallace's dimples pretty? This was embarrassing for Wallace-exceedingly so, but he took it good-naturedly. Wallace intends to enter Dart- mouth and we wish success to be his. Laugh and the world laughs with you. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL ELLEN POLLOCK Born, March I6, l900, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. One of the quietest, but most clever and pleasant gfirls of 'IS is Ellen. She is greatly interested in automobiling, swimming and tennis and we have no doubt that her skill in them equals her fondness for them. Ellen, we understand, intends to enter Normal School next year and we wish her all success in the difficult task of guiding young hopefuls in the paths of knowledge. Steady and true as the stars that stiinef' MARGARET MARY POWER Peg Peggy Born, July I7, l900, Worcester, Mass. Chandler Street School. Yea, 'Peg'g Yea, Power, Yea, Yea 'Peg' Pow- er! How often have we heard this familiar cheer in the gym, for Peggy is one of our star athletes, both in gym and basketball. Her athletic work has not interfered with her lessons and one could al- ways depend on Peg to make a good recitation. Peggy intends to become a Gym teacher and we wish her success. Her friends-there are many, Her foes-are there any? MAURICE PHILIP POWER Stretch Man2russ V Born, October 25, l900, Worcester, Mass. Abbott Street School. Maurice is a tall, lanky individual and is com- monly called Stretch. How he is so thin nobody knows for he is always eating, as the lunch counter patrons can testify. If there is anything doing in Room ll, Stretch is the goat, He says he acquired the habit in Prep. He intends to enter Tech and become an engineer, though he feels the lure of the army strongly. 1-Ie goeth and c'omett1 without a sound. THE AFTERMA TH WILLIAM FRANCIS POWERS Bill Born, July I3, 1898, Worcester, Mass. Chandler Street School. Bill came to us from Chandler Street School four years ago and was another one of those boys who won fame for Classical on the athletic field. During the winter, Bill piled up a score for our basketball team. I-le worked for the government out- side of school hours and it is his ambition to hold office in Washington. We sincerely hope his ambi- tions may be realized. Bill' is a determined sort of fellow and he intends to enter Holy Cross. I-le carries with him our very best wishes. - True worth needs no interpreter. JOHN MYRON PROOD ufohnnicn Born, january l4, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. John is a quiet boy and wakes up a few times only each day. One of these is in Miss William's Eng- lish class, where he lifts his dreamy brown eyes in mild protest at being interrupted by the call to recite. I-lis most active moments were with the Senior basket- ball team where he showed a surprising amount of pep. l-le plans to enter Tech in the fall. We are such sluf as dreams are made of. FRANK SOLOMON RAPHAEL Frankie Born, july 3l, l90l, Worcester, Mass. P Ledge Street School. Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as Frank Solomon-that is in Geometry. I-le arrayed himself to clash with all who dared dispute his state- ments regarding angles, bisectors, etc. Even Mr. McNamara was often drawn into the discussion and Frankie always insisted upon arguing until a defi- nite settlement was reached. Frank is studying the violin, and also expects to enter Law School by way of Harvard. Good luck, Frank! We shall not loolf upon his like again. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL HERBERT ELIAS RICE Herb Born, September 20, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Herb sits in Room l l and here he is at his best. He is very fond of feminine society but still he can- not be prevailed upon to dance. We sympathize with you Herb, for we understand how you feel. We hear that Herb reads well and that his composi- tions, especially on Nature, are remarkable. Herb is another candidate for Tech and we wish him the best of luck in the world. A man'.s a man for a' that. LOUIS BERNARD RILEY Louie Born, April 3, 1898, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Louis came in to our school one bright Septem- ber morning and from the moment we saw him we knew that he was honest, for truth is written all over his face. Louis is some runner, in fact running is his hobby. He was captain of the Senior team until illness took him out of the game for quite a while. Louis is one of the most faithful students of Classical High and intends to continue his education at Holy Cross. Keep it up, LouieH! Quiet he was, forsoolh not vain: If friends be credit. he has much gain. FLORENCE MAY ROGERS Flo Born, june ll. l90l, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. Florence is a nice little girl who likes good times. She has flashing eyes that are constantly sparkling with mirth or surprised joy. She claims that dancing is her hobby and evidence seems to prove it. When she leaves us she is going to Post's Business College and we know that she will be just as popular there as she was here. A Fairy Sprite in Human Carb. THE AFTERMA TH MARY ELIZABETH ROGERS ..May,, Born, September 24, l899, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. May', is one of the best liked girls in school. We have admired her ever since her arrival. May is a basketball player of high degree, and led her team through a fine season. She is also a good dancer and is seen at all of our school functions. She was picked for the All Starn basketball team, and we feel that she richly deserved the honor. Mary ex- pects to enter Business College in the fall, where she is clue to meet with pronounced success. A maiden modesl, ye! made lo lead. GEORGE EARL RUSSELL Russ Born, March 2, IS99, Worcester, Mass. Lake View School. Everyone knows George, who is one of our artists. He possesses what is known as temperament, as Miss Marshall can well avouch. He lays pretensions to being a mechanic, but we wonder whether the over- hauled car requires any more hauling. Though not a ladies' man, he has the power of natural selection and therewith a speaking acquaintance. George takes with him the best wishes of his classmates. 1-le knoweth much but .sayelh little. ABRAHAM RUTMAN l ey!, Born, December IS, 1898, Russia. A more earnest student never entered Classical. He came to the country in 1912 and in two years more was one of us. His idea of enjoyment is to solve some Geometry problem in Room 8. He contem- plates entering Clark College and our best wishes are his, for he does every duty well. lndustry is lhe keystone lo success CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL GEORGE RYAN Porcupine Born, February tl, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Whatever Cteorge lacks in stature he makes up for in athletic ability. He is greatly interested in base- ball and in fact all kinds of athletics. Porcupine intends to enroll himself at Fitchburg Normal next year. Here's to you, George, in whatever you undertake. Like quills upon the frelful porpentinef' LEVONE ARTHUR SARIYAN L.evone Born, May l9, 1899, New York City. Dewitt Clinton High School. Some time ago there came to Classical an optimistic lad from New York town. He invariably wears a smile,- and it becomes you wonderfully, Levonef' Although he has not been with us four years, he cer- tainly feels at home. We hear that he intends to take Caruso's place when that gentleman departs this world, but Levone thinks he will be graduated from Harvard first. I-lere's to success, l..evone! They win lhal laugh. SAUL SEDER Sally Born, May 9, l9OI, Manchaug, Mass. Ledge Street School. This young man believes himself fit to argue on any current topic, but after spending four years at Classical, he has yet to conquer Mr. Porter in debate. Though he realizes this, his chief delight is in debating. We believe he began debating the day of his birth and that while attending Ledge Street School he must have been the wonder of the teachers. He has represented the Senior class through all its stages on the Debating team. When he leaves us he is going to Clark College, where we are certain he can satisfy the desire of his heart. A Webster he would be. .5 .491 THE AFTERMA TH GEORGE FREDERICK SHANNON George Born, July l4, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Daniel Webster should hear George pour forth eloquence from his silver tongue. His heart would be glacldened, for George was on the champion junior debating team. He intends to enter Harvard. He is going to be a lawyer and when he is a legal light, -Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,-we will proudly say: I always knew George would win out. Noi in the role of common men. JOSEPH THOMAS SHEEI-IAN ...loan Born, January 23, l900, Worcester, Mass. Upsala Street School. Joseph Sheehan is one of the members of the Class of l9lB who prefers actions to words. 'floen never wastes any time in needless talk and he is so saving of words that he must have a remarkably large number stored away for use in emergencies. As a student joe is far above par, for he is the type that plugs and always gets there. Joe intends to enter Wor- cester Tech and when he graduates he will certainly make a civil engineer par excellence. Tl1ougl1ls, nal words, are llie sleps lo success I-IAZEL BELLA SHOR Hazel 'iBorn December 6, l900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Hazel has been very prominent, especially in Chem- istry and athletics. She was a splendid basketball player and a faithful attendant at all games. Hazel's ambition is to be a librarian and we also understand that she is endeavoring to choose between the attrac- tions of Simmons and Wellesley. Wherever she goes, she will be very successful, for Hazel is a hustler. Clever is llial clever does. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL HAROLD MARTIN SLOBIN Cicero Born, May I7, l900, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. When Harold first entered Classical he was very uncommunicative concerning his career ffateful wordll but recently he announced that Amherst is to have the benefit of his presence. Harold claims that the only book he ever studies is one pertaining to agricul- ture. Don't let the faculty hear it, Harold. Har- old will make the Class of l9I 8 famous yet. My farm is my kingdom. LOUIS SMOLENSKY Louie Born, December I4, l90l, Russia. Ledge Street School. Born in the cold month of December, he is a frisky lad who seems to have retained his friskiness. We are indebted somewhat to him for what Russia was at the time Kerensky resigned: for he and Kerensky were next door neighbors and plotters together. Louis was somewhat hidden from activities the first two years of his high school careerg nevertheless he came out strong and secured a big name for himself the last two years as being one of our best runners and also our chief artist for THE. AFTERMATH. We ex- pect Louie is to make quick progress in his future career at Tufts Dental School. Quick of fool and clever of hand. CATHERINE HELEN SPLAINE Catherine Born, July 2l, l902, Worcester, Mass. Ledge Street School. Catherine is much interested in basketball and in- dulges frequently. Altho she is quiet and not self as- sertive, Catherine is pleasant and friendly to all her classmates, who like her immensely. Catherine expects to lzecome one of the many at Business College next year, where success will follow her, we are sure. Mag: the Cods speed lhee in thine enterprise. THE AFTERMA TH CARLTON STANLEY SPRAGUE Stan Born, October 16, 1901, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Stan is devoted to Mathematics and loves to tackle a problem at recess instead of devouring cheese sandwiches, as ordinary mortals do. The magic of the spring has lured Stan to the baseball diamond, where he practices until Ty Cobb will be obliged to look to his laurels. Stanley will wend his way up Salisbury street to Tech next year where he will aston- ish the professors by his ability. He made mathematics poetry. MARGUERITE RENEE STOTT Babe Born, October 20, 1901, Worcester, Mass. South High School. Babe is a small individual brimful of mischief. She came to us from South High where she had met Mr. Rice and when she came to C. H. S. she sat in Room 1 1 where she has helped many long hours pass quickly. l-ler hobby, like that of some others, is danc- ing. When she leaves us Babe is going to Sargent School in Boston and we hope she will master the art that she wishes for as yet she has not had enough. She also has our cordial wishes for a successful future. On with the dance: lc! joy lne unconfinedf' WILLIAM EUGENE TONER Bill Born, August 5, I900, Worcester, Mass. Belmont Street Prep. School. This youth can give such marvelous translations of Virgil that Miss Crawford does not know what will become of him. While reading the passage where Aeneas comes to Dido he thinks of the beautiful sum- mer which he spent in Maine. He can hear the roar- ing billows and smell the salt breezes. We have it upon good authority that Bill has occasionally dem- onstrated A calibre in English. Bill is going to Holy Cross to extinguish himself in athletics. He has attempted a great task as he is six feet tall. nsluzlious of ease and fond of humlnle lhingsf' CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL WILLIAM HORGAN TRAINOR Bill Born, August IZ, I900, Worcester, Mass. Belmont Street School. Four years ago William entered Classical to in- crease his knowledge. We can assure you that he has attained his ambition in some ways. He is an ex- tremely popular fellow, doubtless because he hangs the sign All Welcome on his coat locker. Bill admits that his favorite occupation is driving a Ford, so we must excuse him for some of his actions. His friends wonder why he does not bring his Ford around and introduce it to them. We predict that he will succeed at the Manual Training School, Fitchburg Normal, as his name has settled his choice of a pro- fession. Appearances are deceptive. RALPH PRIOR TRACY Ralph Born, June 8, l900, Worcester, Mass. Belmont Street School. Ralph is one of those modest fellows whom we would never know if it were left to themselves. In his Senior year he played on the basketball team. He showed his calibre when he left school last year to work on a farm and he intends to do 'it again this year. We sometimes wonder whether Ralph has a home or whether he lives at the Y. M. C. A. gymna- sium. He intends to enter Amherst Agricultural College in the fall. We are confident that he will make good there, owing to his previous experience in farming. Actions speak louder than words. EARLE SCOTT VAUGHN Crazy Born. May IS, IS99, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Earle is one of the best known members of the Class of l9l8. He is known by both teachers and pupils, but his meetings with the teachers were not wholly due to his excellent conduct, we fear. He was a member of the Room II crowd so well known to lVIr. Rice. His spare time is spent in farming and inventing some new trick that he and his friends can play upon their teacher. Earle is so interested in farming that he intends to go to Amherst Agricultural College next year. Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. Y g THE AFTERMA TH STANISLAUS JOSEPH WACKELL Steve Born, December 28, Worcester, Mass. Lamartine Street School. Steve has been prominent in athletics for the last two years. He was a regular on the baseball, foot- ball and track teams. Besides being a member of these teams he is a Star, His smiling countenance is familiar to all as he is one of the chosen few called office boys. Steve had a way of getting by in his lessons without any preparation at home. His favorite occupation is to burn up gasoline in a Mitchell every afternoon. He hopes to enter Holy Cross in the fall, where we wish him the best of success. Keep smiling. EDWARD PAGE WARNER ssNedvx Born, July 25, 1899, Worcester, Mass. Abbott Street School. Ned, besides being an all around athlete, was one of the most popular fellows in the class. He won fame in baseball, football and basketball and did all in his power to put the athletic teams on top. Much of his spare time was spent in the Physics Laboratory so we draw the conclusion that Physics was his favorite study. Incidentally the laboratory was a gathering place for-but we'll not give you away, Ned Ned', is going to the Bradford-Durfee Textile School next year. Spin,' spin: Clollio, spin. HELEN CAROLINE WARREN Helen Born, January I6, l90l, West Auburn. Sever Street School. Four years ago a quiet young lady entered Classi- cal High School and surprised her classmates by her A recitations. Helen has been doing A work since that day. She is unapproachable to the com- mon multitude. You can judge Helen's scholastic record for yourself when she informs us that Latin is her hobby. We imagine that Miss Crawford would resign if Helen ever murmured that much used phrase: 'Tm not prepared today. We are sure that she will uphold the reputation of l9l8 at Wellesley. Among the enlhroned gods on sainled seals. 4 L , n CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL RALPH JULIUS WEHINGER ..Fat,, Born, january IZ, I90I, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street School. Ralph is another seen but not heard member of l9l8. He is studious and his ways are certainly ways of quietness. He is greatly interested in me- chanical engineering and some day he will make a name for himself in that line and we will be justly proud of our old classmate. Speech is silver, silence golden. JULIA JOSEPHINE WELCH ujudien Born, March l4, l90l, Worcester, Mass. Grafton Street School. Julia is one of those very quiet girls who are so numerous in our class. She is an accomplished French scholar and loves to be in Miss Jefts' classes. She can translate this language so Huently that her class- mates commend her for her bravery. But to Miss Jefts' discomfiture, Judie must have something in her mouth to chew as an aid to efficiency. Her sup- ply of this commodity rarely fails. Judie is going to Business College next fall and we wish for her the cordial association of her instructors. The lrue virtue of a woman: sweetness and reserve. ERNEST WERME Yummy Born, November I4, l899, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street Prep. School. Yummy is a popular fellow who has helped bring many a victory to Classical in athletic struggles. ln the spring he plays with the baseball team and in the fall he helps pile up a score for the football team. His good nature made him a favorite with all his class- mates. Yummy is also a member of the noto- rious Room I I crowd. He plans to enter the Spring- field Y. M. C. A. College next year. Owing to his athletic ability he is bound to succeed in that line. The will lo do, the soul to dare. A ' 4..J THE AF TERMA TH CECILIA SHIRLEY WOOLSON Red Born, March ll, I90I, Manchester, England. Millbury Street Prep. School. Red was a little doubtful about graduating from Classical, but a few months at another school con- vinced her that Classical was the best. Her outline for the day is tennis in the afternoon, dancing in the evening and studying in between the two. Cecilia intends to enter the New England Conservatory of Mu- sic in the autumn and those who have heard her music are confident of her success. Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The lislener held his lnrealh lo hear. EVA WOOLSON UEVGN Born, April 3, l90I, Boston, Mass. Millbury Street School. Although Eva has many friends, she is unspoiled, and is as sweet as when she entered High School fat least some think sol. She enjoys dancing exceedingly and is very clever at it. Eva is going to a domestic science school where she will learn to cook a good meal, one which has the right proportion of proteids for a lucky man. We hope she will live to be old and wise. l-lere's to her prosperity. The love lhal follows us sometimes is our trouble. FANNIE PEARL YUTAN Miss Yates Born, january 25, l90l, Russia. Millbury Street School. Fannie is a girl who is never sober except when called upon in Latin class. She is always smiling and thus wins all our hearts. Fannie has completed her course in three years, something remarkable, we think. She spends a great deal of time in the Physics rooms. We wonder why? Can it be because of her interest in molecules or-. Well, Fannie, we won't betray you. Fannie intends to enter Post's Business College, where she will surely be successful. Begonia, dull care! You and I shall never agree. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL FREDA EDYTHE. YUTAN Freda Born, March 5, l902, Russia. Millbury Street School. Freda is one of the brightest little girls in our class. She has succeeded in completing her High School course in three years and has decided to graduate with the distinguished Class of I9I 8. Freda's hobby is Greek and she is a star pupil in that study. She al- ways has her Latin prepared when Mr. Abbott says: Miss Freda, please begin the review. Freda has made many friends during her three years at Classical and she has our best wishes for the future. Though .small in stature, I am large in wisdom. IVIINNA JULIA ZAEDER Minna Born, October 8, I897, Worcester, Mass. Sever Street School. Minna is a quiet girl. She has been forced by ill- health to leave school many times during her course, nevertheless, she graduates with her class. Minna is very fond of dancing and singing: in both arts she is no mean performer. Minna usually has a car and chauf- feur in attendance upon her. The chauffeur is not only, hired, but is a friend of the family. We wonder why? This young lady is going to enter an art school, where she believes she will become exceedingly proficient. Ari is long and time is fleeting. VANDA JULIA ZENDZIAN H Vander Born, September 29, l900, Worcester, Mass. Millbury Street Prep. School. Vanda is a very serious young lady? She takes her course at school as a duty to herself and country. She stands so much fit is not known whether she had to stand in the corner or not, that she has grown very tall and approaches six feet as the limit. She enjoys music and there is enough when she is around. Next year she will ge to Pratt Institute, where she will make good we are sure. Always lhoughtful, kind and unlroulnledf' A F li bi X AFT ERVWH wh? fume QLASSQQAL f xx E wx 'MGH SCHOOL E f 1 'Ili' , 4' -' at T 'BMIL CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL IZ7 Mr. Abbott: That'll clo, Miss Freda. Lynch! Lynch: Er-er. Caesar gets up. freferring to lessonj lVIr. Abbott: No: Lynch gets up. Mr. Rice: What was the Know-Nothing Party? Cotton: The fourth hour History class. HEARD ONE RECESS X: Does your head feel hot? Y: Yes X: I thought I smelled wood burning fgrrrrrjf' Miss Walsh treading the test marks, : 92, 57, 63, 27- Warner: Present Mr. Abbott, to Fannie Yutan: What were you saying just now to Toner? QNo answer from Fanniej Mr. Abbott: Well, well, what are you talking about? Billy Toner: lVIoneo. Mr. Abbott: I rather think it was 'Toneo'. C. F. to L. B.: You ought to write your jokes on tissue paper so we could see through them. Lynch Cbefore the paradej : Mr, Abbott, I don't think you ought to give us a lesson. We'll be tired after the parade. Mr. Abbott: I never knew, Lynch, that you walked on your head. Mr. Porter, to irate father: Your son is suffering from constitutional inertia. Irate Father: Oh, and I was blaming the poor boy for being lazy. Voice over the Wire: Box for two, please. Harold Caswell: Wha-at? Voice: A box for two. Isn't this the Worcester Theatre? Harold: UNO. These are Caswell's Undertaking Parlors. 128 THE AFTERMA TH Mr. Abbott: Toner, you should never jump at conclusions. It is a very dangerous thing to do. Bill Toner fthe original Greek sharklz I know it, Mr. Abbott. I jumped at the conclusion of an electric car yesterday and missed it. Mr. Porter, to delinquent: Where were you yesterday? Delinquent: I was ill. Mr. Porter: Then how did it happen I saw you on Pleasant Street?', Delinquent: That must have been when I was going for the doctor. We would 'like to see Mr. Rice and Mr. Powers divide an American quarter evenly. Mr. O'Flynn Cin Physiology class? : What is expiration? Bright Pupil: Expiration is when your paper stops if you don't pay for it. As Billy Toner brilliantly but hopelessly remarked in the Greek class: This is all Greek to me. Freshman fto his teacher? : Yes, ma'amg I think so. Sophomore: Yes, ma'am. Junior: Yes.', Senior: lVlm. Mr. Powers fduring an experiment on the sulphur reaction of silver? : Try it on any silver coin. What are you using, Muir? Harvey Muir: A nickel. Mr. Howe: Leavitt, give an example of hyperbole. Ashley Leavitt: He was so long he didn't know when his feet were cold. Mr. Post: Take the sentence, 'The pupil loves his teacherf What is that, Seder? Seder: Sarcasm. CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 120 LATIN A LA MODE Examini, Hunkeri, suspendi, expulsum. F ierce lessons L ate hours U nexpected company N o preparation K nock Out TO FREDA YUTAN There was once a young damsel named Freda, Who always was seen with a Greek reader, Une day she forgot it, and then She determined to do it again. Naughty, naughty Freda. TO LEO BROWN There was a boy named Leo Brown, Who always acted like a clown. He tried once too many, The cause, there wasn't any, So that was the end of Leo Brown. TO FRANCIS Francis Feeley was the hero in the Senior Play, Who rescued sweet Olivia from the villain's sway, He came on his steed with lots of speed And saved her from the villainis greed. Wasn't he a hero? OCCUPATIONS I9l8 MAY PURSUE Working in a watch factory making faces. Making telegraph poles for the wireless company. Feather foundry-light work. Smoothing the wrinkles on the brow of a hill. Looking for the foot-rail on the bar of justice. Embalming the dead of winter. Looking for slivers on the Board of Education. 130 THE AFTERMA TH 1918 WONDERS How Brownie ever survived the taunts of Mahoney', and H0gan.H Who did the whistling in Room 5. ' Where Mary got the nag. Who wrote the disparaging epithet on the board in Room 15. If Bertha Abelovitz ever got a B-. If Roscoe ever goes to the movies. If Leo ever wears a grouch. If Miss Jefts ever forgets to give a lesson. If Mr. Rice ever gives back test papers. Where Peg Dowd found that giggle. If Harvey Hibbard ever got a P. M. Why Mary Bunker likes South High. Why Mr. McNamara always carries a bag. FAMOUS SAYINGS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE Mr. Abbott: When I was at Harvard. Miss Crane: Ask Miss Fagerstromf' Miss Dodge: I will send you out of the class. Mr. Dowd: Tell us all what you are laughing at. Miss Fagerstrom: You'll have to ask Mr. Porter about that. Mr. Howe: This is passively active, if I may sayf, Miss Jefts: Nothing you can say is worth an hour and a half. Wake up in the morning, you silly boy. Mr. McNamara: It's perfectly simple. Mr. O'Regan: UAn thorombic or monoclinic particle of the hytrogenious substance, etc. Miss Pierce: To qualify as an expert. Mr. Porter: Any excuse? Mr. Post: Go on, Morgan. Mr. Powers: Do you wish to instruct the class? MissTownsend: Where's the place? Oh, yes, I see. Miss Walsh: I said I wanted it quiet. AN APOLOGY Miss Jefts, our eminent and respected French teacher, is greatly adverse to whistling. It seems a pity that any boy should have such a mean, low mind as to persist in this practice, contrary to her wishes. Therefore in behalf of the Senior CLASSICAL HICH SCHOOL 131 class, we wish to apologize for the misbehavior of any boy who has annoyed Miss Jufts by whistling and to promise that all in our power will be clone to apprehend and punish the culprit. P. S.-This apology must be considered null and void as it has been discovered that the whistling was done by one of the fair sex who was afflicted with a cold. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF l9I8. Before we start upon life's journey far from the sheltering walls of Classical, we deem it our duty to bequeath unto our successors the pleasure and treasures we have held dear for four happy years. Therefore, we of the Class of l9l8, do hereby solemnly bequeath the following: UI To the Superintendent and the School Committee we leave our sincere thanks for all they have done for us. KZJ To the teachers of Classical High who have guided us in the path of knowledge we leave our gratitude and best wishes. f3J To Miss Jefts We leave the task of drilling a new class of silly Soph- omores into taking their French lessons to heart, f4J To these same Sophomores we leave the prospect of a very lively term if lessons are neglected. all To Mr. Rice we bequeath the custody of all the erasers in the building. We feel sure that they will be put to their proper use in his room. Q65 On Mr. Powers we bestow everlasting membership in the Grand and Glorious Order of the Eagle Eye, in recognition of his services and guard of the wished-for territory, the lodestone of all the schoolboys-the corner of Chatham and Oxford Streets. fm To Miss Crawford we leave our sincere wishes for her personal safety, but we can only hope that she will never be overwhelmed in her heroic attempts to check the mad rush for the door at 1.00 P. M. CSD To Mr. O'Flynn we bequeath a tea-caddy.. It seems a very appropriate thing in which to collect the dishes left on the lockers after recess, and it is mucl, easier to use a cart than to collect them by hand. Q91 To Mr. Wilson we bequeath the keys to the school. The only way he may ever hope to keep the younger students off the grass in the spring is to lock them all in school until recess is over. 132 THE AFTERMA TH UO, To the future occupants of Room 5 we leave a warning, believing that forewarned is forearmecl, and, lest ye come to grief: the windows of said room are to be used only for light and ventilation. All who wish to observe the activities of Irving or Chatham Streets are requested to do so from some other point of vantage. fl U To Mr. Post we wish to bequeath a few new records. The present records are, without doubt, very lovely, but we feel that a few modern records such as Home Was Never Like Thisn would be equally well appreciated by all who are so fortunate as to be in Mr. Post's classes. CI2 We sincerely hope that these, our bequests, will be received with the same spirit in which they are offered-the spirit of good will toward those who are to re- ceive our bequests, and of sympathy for all the trials and tribulations which they have suffered on account of our thoughtlessness. Given this Zlst day of June, 1918 A. D., at the Classical High School. J Se i 3, v- I ,J ,-2 sf! t R23 1 P I X f X Z I Pw- -,ff ww if : V K fr 1 'Q ' - f W ' I V IC' X Xxx J 4-1---,, ,,,..f f--' I ,,., .Jf-I 5 'J ' mix-W I Jlidfq A DIE. vssell 1 OTOG CESTEPJA Stublo QQFU ek , 5- 0 311 Main Street eop l ' 51' II 65 ? N M Howard-Wesson C0 College Engravers 0j'New England Graphic Arts Building, Foster Street Worcester, Mass. Compliments of Worcester Market Company Harry Richardson Confectioner and Baker 584 MAIN STREET WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS New England lvlotor HBICYCLESH We carry a full line of Bicycles and Accessories 24 AUSTIN STREET W. P. MYERS Registered. Optometrist 8 PLEASANT STREET WORCESTER, MASS. Complfments of Mr. A. C. Moulton Compliments of Adcox, Foley 81 Co. E. A. Cowee O. rain, ay, Feecl A FULL LINE OF Seeds and Fertilizers PHONE PARK 2640 STORES WORCESTER JEFFERSON RUTLAND WEST BOX LSTON CROTON V I -T 011111111215 B. 6611111 Qlnmpang Elnrnrpnratvh BPBIQIIPYE :mil !IHz1kPr5 uf 0111155 151115 amh 511111115 IKPIIILIBPIIHQ :mil Savlvrt ,Stark nf iliepuiring Artmtir Zlvinvlrg 0112155 fdvinvler fur, 1 5 1 5 387-353 1111111111 Svirrrt 1MnrrP5ir1', !11H1155arh115rit5 CIIASSIUAL HIGII STI'IlICN'I'S SHUVLIJ I'A'l'Il0NIZIC OVI AFTICIUI.X'I'I I AIlVICIi'I'I SIGNS VI U5 CUMRQEXEET We Carry at All Times a Large Stock of Misses' Stylish Garments COATS - SUITS - DRESSES - PARTY FROCKS, ETC. GRADUATION DRESSES 510.75 to 3525.00 Exquisite Organclies ancl Voile Models A Specialty Shop Devoted Especially to the Sale of Outer Apparel for Misses and Small Women Garments Built on Youthful Lines I.. A S K E Y ' S 349 MAIN STREET BOSTON - WORCESTER - SPRINGFIELD - PROVIDENCE TEA COFFEE Compliments of VAN DYK GRODBERG 8: I-IIRSCI-I Modern Credit Clothiers 42l MAIN ST. COR. FRONT UP ONE FLIGHT Compliments of DANIEL P. I-IORGAN Compliments of JAMES GILREIN V II V r 4, Sixty odcl years in the belting business and thousands of satis- fied users spealc for the quality of C-ralon 81 Knight Leather Belting. The very name, Graton 8: Knight is synonymous with quality ancl economy wherever belting is sold. Every belt is backed by years of successful service and a rigid guarantee of satisfaction and su- perior service. Graton 8: Knight Mfg. XCO. WORCESTER, MASS.. BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES ave Shoe oles ESSES Save Dollars Spend a Quarter Manufactured by JOH NSON'S LABORATORY Paxton, Mass. Sold at PARTRIDGE PAINT STORE W O R C E S T E R Gbe Ctanbv Shop COBB tk Gunmaw Manufacturers of HOME MADE C A N D I E S 95 PLEASANT STREET WORCESTER, MASS. Taxicab Service Co. Automobiles for Hire Phone Park 1620 353 Pleasant St. Cor. Russell Worcester, Mass. Enlarging and Copying Portraits in Bromicle, Crayon, Water Color, Etc. De Duke, Studio K. S. lVIelilcian Bl H. K. Kinosian, Props. 41 I MAIN STREET WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone Park 2573 George W. Gilligan CHOICE PROVISIONS 148 VERNON STREET Tel. Park 282 Compliments of WALTER W. FARMER Compliments of l..OUlS E. FE.lNGOl..D Richard Healy Co. The Newest Fashions--First Misses and Girls' Clothes Tastefully Selected Correctly Designed Economically Priced Richard Healy Co. No Other School .lust Like Worcester Business Institute lil Never before in the history of the school has the outlook been so promising and the demand for competent help is far in excess of the supply. High grade train- ing means high poziliong high position mians high grade salary. This is why our graduates are so successful. It pays to get a high grade training, and 'inothing is dear that pays. Call or send for catalogue. C. B. POST, Principal 476 MAIN STREET i Mr. Frederick Bailey PIANO, ORGAN and VOCAL COACH 512' Day Building FAMOUS HILL DRYERS For use on Balcony, Roof or Lawn. Also Cabinet Clothes Dryers for use in Laundry Rooms in Residences and Institu- tions. HILL CLOTHES DRYER CO. 40 CENTRAL STREET WORCESTER, - MASSACHUSETTS HIRE YOUR BOATS AND CANOES AT CRANDELL'S BOAT HOUSE LAKE QUINSIGAMOND All our Canoes and fancy painted and striped. We are the only manufacturers of Canoes in the city. Consult us before buying H. E. CRANDELL, Proprietor LEOFANTI BROS. DEALER IN 1 C E C R E A M C0mP'fmf5 of Wholesale and Retail T GRAND THEATRE 631 FRANKLIN STREET Phone, Park 5929 THE RIALTO MILLBURY STREET Continuous Pictures l l'rml1JUllICHlS of ll Frivnrl AMATEURS I Every Thursday Evening J. cnsmco, MGR. X W. H. TONER V. J. O'DONNEI.L WILLIAM H. TONER 81 CO. llblumbers anb Sanitarxg Engineers I74 MAIN STREET WORCESTER, - MASSACHUSETTS Q Telephone, Park 5869 Complfmcnls of REBBOLI SONS CO. DR. FREDERICK BROWN Confeclioncrs and Caterers Dmlisi 444 MAIN STREET 34 FRONT STREET WORCESTER, - K' MASSACHUSETTS WORCESTER, - MASSACHUSETTS Compliments of Compliments of BANNON Sl KEEGAN DR. GEORGE W. REID XI A K ff . fa f X. Q Kckggw, is 7 sa A SUCCESS Class oi 19 1 8 IS ihe wish 'E 1 of the Xwha. Harrigan N Press xx W Prm ters of this qqqqnclim-1:2 srlluvdwd Bo 0 k 4 Af! 1 in ,ly 2' , 5 -IS J ff: rig 5-is ' -i . T 5 -.ii 3 : f 2 -2 ',R. L '3 1' .' V 3 sg 5 b. 5. ,f 31 sis: Th' Nfl E. Ni!bXxx'S1X , ' 3? 1' xx' , nfx. NN 5 W ,gl Q Ns' ' MM ii X51 , . ,ig '--' 1 . V ' ' : -L1 hi., I 'l' w wwf' - 1 .. - QL 'E' ,H-iffiy' ' av . '- -5- Q . .X 'Nfgx - 1 A ff: l N . 'gh-X . 1: ' ,.,, W ,, fury: -1 gag n . I 'ff Q 1,-1 I 1 E -:V 1 ' V, '-.,. g 31 -fl k 'A , . .--,I 5 f xg- ,, . 3, 5 Inf X 'hm 1 AV- . 15 .' xx N X --My. .,. 5i,xGQ,y l,, ', Q 's A ..,--ful- N Z 'L X, 'J '14 f. ' V - un a2f5f'E'Xf1g'l gg' N. 4 W if 'ai X m zvgwwgn X XII