Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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SUSAN SMITH Miss Smith was called to our attention first in Sopho- more year in English. We. being a rather witty scholar (in our own estimation . chanced to make what is technically known as a ‘ ' wise crack, ' and what she didn ' t do to us for our insolence is not to be mentioned. There- after. we behaveil. Miss Smith ' s poise, and her utter righteousness at all times left us with nothing but regard and admiration in our souls. She taught us English — and “take it fn»m us. Oswald. she taught. We all like Miss Smith, and wi.sh her the best :?1.3ni .lu HANNAH M. WALSH Miss Walsh ' s queenly bear- ing and aristocratic carriage had us all guessing and fear- ful when we were Freshmen, but after the Sophomore year, we soon discovered our mis- take. Kind and indulgent, she was ever ready to en- courage us in our efforts, and was only too anxious to see to our welfare in all things. Ati s Walsh ' s delicate sarcasm has more than once foiled the freshness of certain of our •■wise scholars, and made them realize that “wisdom ' is a word found in the diction- ary and not in themselves, as rbcv so fondly hoped. We wish Tier the best of luck on our craduation. TAILORED SMITH Miss Smith, our dniwincr teacher, has done much to make her .subject interesting. Always in a pleasant state of mind, and full of humor, she has never been a source of tear or dislike to any of us. We trust that she will con- tinue to crace the High School with her presence for some time to come. 10

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ROSE RATHBUN Miss Uathbiin is small — Ijui so is a stick of dynamite. We ' ll never forjLret the day when, while pin-siiinjr her duties as “Tratlic Cop” in the lower corridor, she was mis- taken for a girl student hy one of our wild hoys and was a 1 vised to get “onta the way in a rather vigorous manner. Miss Kathhun not only rc‘- fused to get out of the way hut with a forcefulness of vo- cabulary that was as de- vastating as an avanlaiiche. and as blistering as a musrard plaster, she convinced him (»f tlie error of his vision. Tliat’s Miss Rathbun — coldly calm, and absolutely capable of liolding up her end. She is very popular with the com- mercial students and is gen- erally well-liked. ELLEN K. STEVENS Miss Stevens left us last year before many of us had an opportunity to be mem- bei’s of her classes. To those of us who were fortu- nate enough to becmne ac- quainted with her, she wili always be remembered for her culture, her wide knowledge of affairs in general, and her thorough and sympathetic in- terest in her pupils. Her history chisses were events: her exidanations were (dassics of the kind. It w;is with sin- cere regrets that we heard of her resignation and it was with the l est wishes for the future that we came to the l arting of the ways. 9

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ROLAND B. HOUSTON Mr. Houston, our luoolunii- (• il (Iriiwiuji ' tt‘!iclur, and h c- Hiroi- oxtraordiiuiry ou tlio moi-;il codt ' , has, by bis un- usual luothod of (lispeusiii. kiiowb ' djio. ai ' hiovod for biui- s(‘ir an unusual distiiictioii in ( ur minds. Always a stick- le r for what be termed “the honorable way,” 1 h‘ was a safe liaveu and arbiter wlieuever our minds were i)u zled by ' ine (luestioii of honor or the like, and he settled it always for us in the ri ht way. Very iut(‘restiu! . his chis.ses were something- which we looked fcrvai ' d to with real i»leasure, and he was one of our best friends. Mr. Houston has the b(‘st wishes of all of us. NELLIE KENT We tirst became ac(niainted with Miss Kent in Sophomore y(ar, and since then, have spent many enjoyable hours in her comi any — usually in liei‘ P. iM. sessions. Miss Kent ' s knowledjie of “Math” is ])rofonnd, and when she yot on the trail of a poor, little, weak, abstruse problem in Alt?el)ra it just naturally threw up its bands and sui-- I ' endered. And as for Geo- metry — why she knew all I hose hard tlK ' orems by their pet names, and could actually make them jumj) rope. With such a teacher, we couldn ' t iK ' lp learn our “Math.” and it is with extreme gratitude fimt we lud fai ' ewell to our friend Miss Kent — and her 1 . . M. sessions. 11