Drury High School - Class Book Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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Edson Orton EDSON ORTON, 2 A X, The dignified one, Ex-Editor-in-Chief of the Academeg how much weight his words carry though they come thus lamely, from his tongue. See ye not, unthinking mor- tals, an Edmund Burke among you who, ponderous in action and slow in action will yet cause future students to wade through tedious lengths of discourse? Coming from Freeman, Edson wisely decided to let 'OG stand after his name and plugged along with us through four short years of school life. In What's Next? Edson did full justice to the part of Mr. Maddeiga rather eccentric artist. Next year he will spend at Cornell, experimenting with as large doses of learning as may be conveniently swallowed. Civil Engineering will be his hobby and his friends may look forward to railroads going up to castles in the air in the near future. William James Pead, Jr. WILLIAM JAMES PEAD, Jr. Willie graduated from the Drury Grammar School, although we are told that he obtained his knowledge from several grammar schools in the city. Although Will is small of stature he has a large heart, and a smile for everyone. He has gained great renown in his ability to run an auto, and many are the times we have come very near being run over by his horseless carriage. While at Drury he has entered into the life of the school with a will having come out for the track team and also having taken part in the Senior farce. He al- ways did the most difficult problems in Advance Mathematics with the greatest ease, and astonished us all by his wonderful sayings in Physics' class. His many friends at Drury wish him success in the Mass. School ot Tech. where he is going next year. 29

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Robert K. Morrison ROBERT K. MORRISON, D, G A cb, This elongated subject came down from Freeman with LaDarne and the rest of the bunch and has continued to come for four years. Rummy is the tallest man in the class unless it's Dailey and if he ever fell down he'd be halfway home. He made his D on the baseball team in his junior year and came out for football in his senior year. Runnny'i is also an orator of note and delivered his Kappa Phi essay in the contest last year. He also took a prominent part in the Senior farce and covered himself with glory and grease paint. Rob is quite a traveller and makes frequent trips down the county to Pittsfield. If nothing happens to preventive expect to hear of Rob doing great things in the future. John Ross MacPherson JOHN ROSS MacPHERSON. Jack has had a long, uphill iight. After three years of summer school he reached the Senior room, all up in his studies,but had to descend to the degrading Work of typewriting in order to get his sheepskin. Grouch never worked in his life except when he sold papers and was an agent for Hamer's Washing Machines. He is a great friend of the ladies as is testified by his career in the lab . He intends to enter Bliss Business University or Lowell Textile School in the fall but, wherever he goes. may he be pursued by the evil spirit of Kronick. who is Mac's accomplice in all the grafts that are being carried out. As President of the Boys' League his name will go down in the history of Drury. 23

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Carrie Agnes Ray CARRIE AGNES RAY. Who can ever forget Carrie? We can all still hear her sputtering about those avvful lessons and those fierce marks. But Carrie has not spent quite all of her time talking but has put in some hard Work during the last four years. Last year she carried otf second prize at prize speaking and has been chosen to speak at Commencement on account of her scholarship. We shall always remember that hicleously dressed Bridget who discovered a murder in the Farce at the Bazaar. Carrie expects to make teaching her vocation, and her persistent nature is sure to Win her success. She will enter the Normal School in the fall. Gertrude B. Ryan GERTRIJDE B. RYAN. When Gertie joined us she came late to avoid the rush and has been coming later ever since, leaving us in doubt as to her reason now. But then she is one ofthe privileged few who have an excuse to come on the car. At history she's a sharkg occasionally staggering Mr. Thomas with her questions. Gertrude is not a particularly talkative girl only when she's jollying, tat which art she is second to none.j She takes life easy like the majority of 1906 and lets her luck do it all, so that we were a little surprised when she was chosen to speak at prize speaking. She is Waiting to hear the prophecy fate decreed for her before deciding what to do next year. 30