Durfee High School - Durfee Record Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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mum.mumm-nuumuuu ......... mum . ....unm.-uum..n Jlll-IHII'IINI ......................... THE DURFEE RECORD 15 um ....... mmuxuu nnnmmnnmm unmmr um Laura Vestal -M' AURA hrst opened her serious pt'cpcrs in Fall River on February ti. 189-1. High- land grumnmr school was responsible for her clhvient preparation Eur I'Jur'fun Laura is a naturally grand student and ire equally artin' in the Hucial life 0f the. school. In IlL'F Junim' your she was alerted class secretary. In the Class 0pm: utta she took the part of a housc-maitl. HL-r sunny Smile is alwayH in evidence. Pm'hnps this smile and her winning dimple are partly awrmntahlt' for her pupularily among her ll'lluu' K'EEIHHII'IELIK'H. Laura is very fund of music and reading, and mllrh of her spare time.- is spent in the pursuance nf lhvse two pleasures. No doubt: more of hvr timu will he. devoted to the study of music after graduatiun. HRH Everett Grant Smith YERETT Grunt Smith was hL-ralclcd into E this world on May 28, 189:! amid grout ChL-criug for he was to Inc the Major of HM: cadets in the B. M. C. Durfee High school. Military images and lzin st'Jkliers were his play- things in youth, and he has acquired after much drilling, :1 magnihrent and comm'cuuling vnimz HL- l't-vvix'ml hi5 flipltfllTIEL from the. DEu-wll'ml't grammar schtiuH aml juincd our solclicrs when 11!: miurvd Hnrfno. Ile has. the honur of heing tho hrmrust. mam in lhv Class. A5 a soldier? VVEH. pt-rv 1111112. Inn wr- rvl't-r In his social hrau-ry. W't- Cilli my run gmul :nllhm'ity that hl' wan; tht' HI'St in the claws l0 spnrl a tlress-suit, and numvmus social murky: haw shown llh' hi5 Ctmrage. He has made :1 great hllfl'UI-ES nf the CEILIE'F BattaIion this year. XS ;1 mvmlwr 0f lhv Class Play Committee he was a valuahio asset. W'c wish the Major success in his military career.

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14 THE DURFEE RECORD Leon Lempert McGrady HAS HNIacH has liJeen the most hustling A President Of any class in our school history! eNaturallyl A medium sized fellmv with a. large cranium holding a still larger brain he could do 110 less. Large cranium does not mean exag- gerated ego or in simpler language hIi:-3m . In fact he is the personifieatiou of modesty yet possess- ing withal suflieient self eunhtlenee to title him over the waves of adversity. Beahtnwn being the heme 0f brainy men it was quite proper that Leon Me- Grady should be liiorn there, which event Utjcureti August, 1893. When at the age of ten years, dressed in short trousers, a lovely little Lord Faunteleroy blouse. and i'posd-alge stamp eap'l he entered the Highland School, he ttoritii'luetl tea demonstrate his precneity. Upon receiving his parchment he set sail on the tempestuoua seas of a high school career. The year 1911 saw him elected president of the class. He set to work at once unifying the memhers. His automplishments in 1912 require no emmieratinn here. Electrical eligineeri 115,; will he his life work, in preparation for which he will enter M. l. '1'., Leon Lemptkrt we wish you well! I! a BI Everett H. Francis popular officer of our Cadet battalion is Captain Everett Francis of CD. A. He is an absolute necessity at all social functions connected with the school. A candidate for president of our class, he gave our present illustrious official, Mr. McGrady EL close run for the honor, and was elected vice- president, in which capacity he has served the Class admirably. Everett is a 'lleehnical student with aspira- tions tnward Wrtil'cester Polytechnic Institute, and there is little doubt that he will succeed as notably there in his studies as he has here at Durfee, where he is generally known as a persevering student. It would seem that his particular little weak- ness is Hsitting out dances, and to judge from numerous comments he is remarkably Expert at it. Everett is a very attractive appearing oEicer, and excites much aclmiratien when drilling his company. The class will extend to him only the l best wishes for SUCCESS in the new school which he expects to attend.

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16 THE DURFEE RECORD Albert Foster Munroe :10 without Albert. He. is the source of many marvelnus ideas, sometimes they materialize, other times they do not. From experience we have learned that he is rather too optimistic. A5 Editor in Chief of the Premier he has made himself famous. He is a typical newspaper man with a generous supply of nerve. This faculty he Emmetimes used in sehenl hours, engaging in discussions which often amused his listeners. At the Highland School, Alllert was nnletl for ahsem-mindedness and even now he has lapses Of his. old delinquency. He has formed Vigor- 011:; plans for the future. After saying a fond fare- well to l'JLlrfee he intends to take. up jmlrnalism at 801119, college, and 0110 of these rlays we expect him to win high literary honors. Then when the time is ripe, he will shoulder his park and hike for Suulh America where he will doubtless stir up some harlly governed country and make hinmelf President. We will never he surprised at anything i lAl' l undertakes. IT would seem almost impossible for Durfee to HRH Winthrop Sanford Warren LNESOME YVinnie Vilarren, although short never fails to he noticed. He graduated from the Highland school in july 1908 with high honors. 1CVhen he entered I'luriee the follow- ing September we expected him to continue his good work. Expectations don't always material- ize. He excels in English because it eemes natural l0 him but to nlher subjects he devotes but little time, and when a fellow possesses brains they are there to be used. He filled the position of Presi- dent of the Forum with great ability and is an excellent. speaker. He is the unly candidate in the Class for coming anywhere near being a human dictionary. linwling is a great pastime for Win and lately he has cultivated a liking for certain young ladies in the class. He is undecided as. to what he will do next year. XVe hope he Will make good use of his: ability in English and become suc- eesaaful as an essayist.