Dexter High School - Signet Yearbook (Dexter, ME)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Our entrance into N. H. Fay High School came on a rainy day in September of the year 1924. It was not an auspicious omen that heralded our approach. Frightened and bewildered, fifty-two of us passed be- tween the sacred portals, even the day dampenling our spirits and attuning us to the judgment that we thought was pend- ing. In a mad rush to secure the freshman seats in the main room, we became entang- led and panic ensued until some bold and mighty senior, who we thought was an important personage, endeavor-ed ito quell our uprising. Awe had completely en- veloped us and the newness of of school life had us at times loss. Absorption in our school it a pleasure that we thought school would be foreign to us. Shortly after our entrance our class ofiicers. They were the routine fairly at a work made on entering We elected -as follows: President, Robert Eliot, vice president, Nathan Bucknamg secretary, Theodora Dyerg tre-asurer, Beatrice Brawn. Our first social event was the Freshman Dance held on April 17, and this being our debut into the social existence- of the school, we committed perhaps a fefw faux pas but, neverthele-ss, we were sufiiciently satisfied wlith its outcome. During the remainder of the year we were embroiled in numerous diversions, and our elders treated us always 'as in- ferior Freshmen. On September 14th, 1925, we returned as sophomores, sophisticate-d and wise in the lore of the school. Forty-six of the original 'fifty-two answered the roll call on the opening day. We greeted the Fresh- men uproariously, glad that we co-uld now avenge ourselves on them for the ridicule that we had borne our Freshmen year. Our officers this year were: President, Helen Palmer, vice president, Robert Eliot, sec- retary, Rose Ganeaug treasurer, Roger Woo-d. On October 16th, we gave the Freshmen a reception and initiated them into the ways -of the school. As sophomores We were swept into the vortex and mwlstrom of our existence and became in a brief space of time firm adheren-ts to whatever course the school would a-dopt. Delightful pleasantrie-s and exquisite bits of humor were portrayed by some of the more in- dulgent of our class, namely: the amusing and at times hilarious antics of Crazy Kittredge, theepwitticisms and refreshing repartee of f'Eliot and the grotesque, ludicrous expressions of Boidy Coughlin. The end offour sophomore year found us at the midway stage. How those two years had fiownl Replete with varied and interesting incidents, they had delved into our hearts and disclosed our true selves. We had expanded and broadened under the ,benignant force of its infiuence. Crudity still possessed us, a per- fect symmetry of knowledge had not per- vaded us, as yet. Let us, then, observe the refining effect that the next year had on us. The birth of our Junior year found us with thirty-eight members left. Our offi- cers for the ensuing years were: Presi-dent, Helen Palmerg vice president, Robert Eliot, secretary, Beatrice Brawng treasurer, Ches- ter Strout. Under the guiding and aiding hands of our .beloved teachers, all of able calibre, we were launched rather auspici- ously into a year 'thaft promised good will. Our prestige had increase-d socially as well as intellectually. Then mid-years came as it has a habit of coming and in the latter part of January was held the Junior Pro-m, a social as well as a financial success. Life glided on uninterruptedly and as the year came to a close a new vista of-our learning was unfolded. We had syoftened and polished some of the roughness, 'a relic of our undergraduate days that still cling to us. - . Dignity and astuteness were commencing to control us. We had acquired a more ex- tensive view of life and the end of the year found us rady to cope with the difiiculties of our last year. September rolled around and established us as worthy members of the Senior Class. We elected as our class oiiicers the fol- lowing: President, Rob-ert Eliotg vice presi- dent, Nathan Bucknamg secretary, Beatrice Brawng treasurer, William Dunham. Whirl- ed through the events of the year that crowded fast upon us, we were seized with a new born responsibility. The Senior Dance cam-e and went, the Senior Play left us in a jubilant mood. It was a crowning ev-ent, for a class banquet was now assured and we reclined upon the laurels that had been won. The roughness had departed. Polished, suave and courteous, we were now the di- rect antithesis from the frightened, :bewild- ered Freshmen that we had :been our en- tering year. The acme of our career has been attained and we are now on the verge of emblrking on a new and perilous journey-life. have been prepared to battle for our future existence by the means that our high 'school care-er has given us and may we hope to attain a full measure of success. if ' 9 I A 'Q ir 2 E Q . 1

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SENIOR CLASS, N. H. FAY HIGH SCHOOL

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JUNIOR GLASS, N. H. FAY HIGH SCHOOL