Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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Class of Nineteen Fifteen : Clinton High School “ When I said I would die a bachelor , I did not thinly should live till I Were married .” JOSEPH FRANCIS GIBBONS Joe Secretary of Ecclesia Debating Society (2) ; Manager Track (4) ; Assistant Editor of Student (4) ; Junior Reception Committee; Baseball (4). “Joe,” the huntsman of our class, is a “mighty good fellow,” no matter how considered. He is very popular among his classmates, but particularly among the girls. Although not an active member of school athletics, “Joe” was a staunch supporter of them, and an excellent worker. Notwithstanding his athletic physique, he considers tramping through the woodlands in quest of game more enjoyable than laboring on the gridiron or the track. Even though he is a hunter, it took some time to convince him that he must hunt up “ads” for this book, but he finally conceded to our request. He was strong in the hair-dressing arts. His hair was always sleek and smooth, and about every week he devised a different way to comb it, which we always pronounced ires chic. “Joe” is some linguist and the manner in which he “reeled” off French was amazing. If when he grows up he is not a hunter and trapper in the wilds of Alaska, he surely will be a professor of languages in “Harvard.” 26

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Class of Nineteen Fifteen : C l i n to n High School “ Laugh , and the world laughs with you. ANNA MARIE GANNON “ Annette ” Annie “ Susey ” Girls’ Basketball (3), (4); Class Play (4); Senior Dramatics; Prize Winning Cast; Junior Reception Committee; Inter-Class Dramatics. Our friend, “Annette, ” leisurely strolled into High School one Septem- ber day in 1911, and practically every day for four years she has been seen meandering “toe-words” the stately building, where she has gained much promi- nence in many respects. “Annette” has won renown in girls’ athletics, but she shines most brightly as an actress. Every one will remember her as the Irish maid in “Go Out” and “Ferguson of Troy,” the two plays which the Seniors gave. Her ability to talk with a brogue made a hit. In “Annette’s” case we doubt the saying, “Good things come in small packages,” for “Annette” surely is as “good as gold,” and yet there’s nothing small about her. If laughing makes one gain weight, “Annette’s” cheerful disposition will someday be the cause of the scales needing our sympathy. When “Go Out” was put on in Lancaster, “Annette” thought she heard a bell, but the humor of the situation was lost to the audience, for no bell rang. Here’s hoping “Annette” may always be as alert as she was in Lancaster. 25

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Class of Nineteen Fifteen : Clinton High School “ Her voice was very soft , gentle , and low. An excellent thing in woman. — Shakespeare. MARY FRANCES GRADY Baby Student Staff (2, 3, 4) ; Class Secretary (2, 3, 4) ; Banquet Committee; High School Orchestra ; Glee Club ; Junior Prom ; Class Song Committee. “Baby” has served (since we first had a server), as Class Secretary. She plays the piano accompaniment at music every Wednesday morning ; is a member of the Glee Club and the orchestra, and the youngest girl in the class. She has a little black poodle, whose name is “Jet,” and “everywhere that Mary goes, Jet is sure to went,” except to school. Mary is going to sing a song at graduation — all alone, too. Won’t that be nice for us? Her golden hair and blue eyes are symbolic of her agreeable disposition. She, too, won’t be troubled by uninteresting entrance exams, either. Mary will be the only girl from this class at Smith next year. But since she makes friends fast and keeps them, she won’t be lonesome long. We may have Mary teaching “French some eight years hence.” Who knows? “Queerer things have happened.”