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

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5-, ya Durfee Record Q Mr; 39? - M 13'! erg iayilnmzna cmongiuinz ' ' a PHIL It has been said that our class comprises 1h: slowest 1hinkcrs and fastest talke'rs ever turned out al the B. M. C. Durfe: High School; but this reputation is certainly not born:- out by Mary. Fur although she may not he the fastest thinker in the class. she moat certainly is one of the slowest talkers. She Ends Ihe clisquisitions of her classmates too trifling fur emulation and solacea herself only in the reflections of Confucius. Entering from St. Mary's parachial srhonl four years ago. she has followed the slraight and narrow path of the general course fur four years. Mary expects to become a follower of Madame Montessori. and her seriousness coupled with her powers of diligent study will well fit her for this noble calling. Speak low if thou would be szc. . 7N flaunt: Slang Gtaptlauh VJ 5' FLOSSIE Flossic claims that dancing is her hobby: to us it look: as if it wen.- more than a habbyqa habit. perhaps a craze. May is a very clever girl. and possessqs-innumerable accomplishments. Florence admits Ihat drawing is her favorite study. Judging from the way You draw lb: gold-laccd cadet ofhcers and other notables at lhe drilI-dances. We would call it a favorite game. not a study. And dancinghnut a word. Sumce it to any. that we feel perfectly content and a little more. when we can Hi1 over the Tech hall Floor lo the tune of the International Rag just once with you. Florence. Painting comes next in Florence's affections. and she has shown herself to be a very clever gid in handling the brush. Singing i1 another of her developed arts. Next year our Flosgie may enter lhe R. I. School of Design. and ten years hence we shauld not be surprised to learn that Madame Flarenna Maiyanna has opened her Fiflh Avenue shop with her uWn special rouge. and other painting necessities in stack. A perfect woman, nahly planned. OEbitb waste acremymn Juiaw .. EDIE . us four years ago from the Borden began a record which she has fully at Durfcc. Edith is in possession of Besides being a clever pianist she which has been heard at numerahie dent. Edith's record is a noteworthyr a very fair number of A's. She will fall? and our heartiest wishes go with ife as a schoolmnrm. t food of 1099. play on. El

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Durfee Record Q iiwrbi iii lie? mum: millarh 011mg: WINN Winn Chase is one of Ike mos! eccentric and yet best liked fellows in our class. He is a boy who is very fond of reading and sludy in any of ils forms but who can slill get an enjoyable time He can always be depended upon to unearlh some :11- oul uf life. dispulablc lrulh will: which the rest of us are unfamiliar and uses this pmpensily 10 good advantage in the classroom. His favorilc phrase is I have a different opinion in the matter. Miss hand 8 I: his original beliefs in many mallers arc inleresting al limes a splendid English sludent and aspires lo the fournalialic world where his beliefs will be of especial value to him. Winn is call- :idcring entering Brown Unchrsily. With just enough uf I'mrnfng to misquote. i ? WW; sauna- aunts KID It was on July 22. l395. that Anni l. i - ' :- - Joseph's School could endure her no ion Main 8? dfa-gjfwa Her walls is I should worry. and how 1 that she inst loves molor-boatmg. has to do In find out, is In watch her star on: conditionithai she has a class such atherine tConmy; life. - B. M.C. Emma 03mm III School, Darree Emma is one grand shark in mal Bu; leqz. '51 ; .3! Sharki. She hi!!! idtas DE 1151' own on - qu'ie 9p, sniulions 0f algebraic and geometrical pl and Pythagoras look like kindergarlcn affinity for this subject. Emma slates tl' ing. and we state on good authority polished Hoar wili'I the agility of a antipalhy For morlals who allow II'I adheres literally Io motto. 19h la b uaxaa'. $95191! mm - 1 our class who will make leaching hi Le: HIE world 20 ail know that she never worries, in acilo- $2 a;::lng iiinessaggzsivas aft. Do in Cote ow of Arthur E.- and her companions soon give you the deai believe it when we aunouce that Annie waAsntahtive Of this Elunshe teacher? We know that She Will succe late We da aughter 0f the i ancis and the l ate .-A mind tarrlanf 5th rrumn a and resided here all- her She Was a graduate of High PEGGY SEIM uBmOA apum .111; 2r? mm Eh. :- ME

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v9 g? Q Dzzrfee Record gal chgme Raphael aulnntingti DEWEY Allhough Dewey has given us many a shock in lhe past four years, he almost stunned us for life when he handed in his autobiographical males for the Rec. B We always thoughthnnd Who of 0D! classmates did nowhthat Dewey's middle initial R sloocl for Regina. Prepare for the El-lu-Brukz blow. That mys- terious R slands far nolhing hut Raphael. Dewey tells us his malts for life ia- Never Say Die! and surely that could no! go hand in gloife with Regina. But we can't make ourselves believe Ihal it actually is Deway's motlo. That perpetual smile indelibly wrilten over his face simply conlrmfi'cts it: ancl so does that mouthpiece of his that oozes forth a perpetual giggle. Nevertheless. Dewey is a hero. He saved the class of mm from any chance of being prosaic. And the man murth while Is the man that can smile When everything :15: goes wrong. dtlarmrr krrstht! magma DACCIE CAP'N Clarence is quiet. yea. painfully quiet. but We need such fellows Iu keep us from soaring lo the skies. Daggie will never be accused of aspiring for the olice of class Flirt. but what would hapv pen if we all wave faslidious? As a student. this chap is sine meliore. In fact, if it were not for his name. Daggie wuulcl never lmow a C when he saw one. so infatuated is he with A's. But say. olcl fellow, in strict confidence. why don'l you get into lhe game? An: you nnlurally shy or are you working on same great problem that will starllc the World? Never mind. Clarence. all great men have their petuliaritiel. and be it said to your credit. diligent study is mosl certainly yours. Work. work. work. My lalwr Reva flags. mum imam: CUM Just to remind us lhat there is such a place as Assonet. lhis lillle maid came In Durfcc four years ago and i: still with us in this. our last struggle. Allhaugh not a shark by nature. Min Daley is far from being a dull Ell'l and by dint of diligent warlt. she has held her own wilh little difficulty. Cheerful at all limes and wilh a happy smile. Ruth has done her par! to dispel this gloom from 111: class. She is determined Io enter some higher institution in lhe fall hul has not made her selection as yet. Better he firs! in a little Iberian village. than he second. in Romc 22