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

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22 THE DURFEE RECORD OWEN CONNORS Jin'' Jluxku HOWARD WARREN DOMSTODK Two steps forward, out- hack. hesitate “Now turn and trot. No. Master Smith, you are out of step. “I shall lose my pa tienee! Now again. om . two. three. Good ! This is Professor Comstock, none other than our old friend Comniy. who went to Durfeo with us, Don’t you know lie always liked to dance? Well lie has started his studio and is teaching the latest taps Of course, he finished Ids studies at Brown, but. he soon found that he couldn't get along without dancing. Yes. he does draw some, now and then. His last picture, called Thought.” is on exhibition now. lie says Pelt one of his classmates at Durfeo. while thinking out an Algebra problem, inspired this picture. Durfeo was the means of sev- eral of Ids works, in fact lie is inventing a new dance to the memory of Durfee. “On fa I he donee!'' (fid HIDE LEONARD EDMOND CONNORS dud No list of the good-natured members of our class would l;e complete without JiuTs name. It took George1 I wo years to find out that he had gone to the wrong school, but it took less than two minutes for him to find Durfee. Somehow or other he is very much interested in Astronomy, and lie certainly likes to go to the observatory and count stars. There is hardly a thing about the famous old Greek language that. “Jud does not know. But say, did you know that he is a wonder- ful dancer? He has invented several dances which are now the “rage in New York, In Ids Junior year “Jud was quite an ardent, letter writer or. should we say. note writer? At least it looked that way to us, but per- haps he was practicing writing prescriptions for future use. Wo are sure Holy Cross will he glad to welcome our The muliuee idol of the 'movie' fans.'1 Hurrah! The future checker champion. Mr. Connors is the best checker player that ever said “Strike One as the touchdown was made at the hockey rink. Owen is one of the most corpulent young men of the Senior class. He knows so many girls that he car- ries a small Victrola with him, saying always “Hello. Gertrude! Hello, Gwendolyn!” be- cause nearly all the girls he knows have the above pretty names. Joe interested him- self in football this last year, lie made a name for himself, as he had done in gram- mar school. As yet. he has not gazed with longing eyes at any place of higher educa- tion, hul. we think he is going to invent a new soda flavor or something else great in gastronomy. “Of off the fit Of! h ‘s H'ilft, ivhiefi the world Ir vuraf. Of event ill, a. iromon is the troesf;.

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THE DURFEE RE CORD 21 MARJORIE WOOD CLARKSON Jurj Anycl-facv” Lot us put the spotlight on another mem- ber of the (’lass of 1918. This one came from the X. I . Borden Grammar School after she had decided that that school held no more charms for tier. Since Marj lias twice changed her course she has had an op- portunity to become learned in a diversity of subjects. She inclines toward mathe- matics. Don’t get the impression, we heg of you, that Angel-face is as good as her name implies. On the contrary she has an omnipresent giggle. Marj also enjoys walking or a good game of tennis as recrea- tion. At Christmas time she lent lie)' voice to swell the melody of our exquisite (V) carols. Just, now Angel-face V ambition is to become a grade teacher after training at Framingham Normal. (Hf fflintf f itis are not alnwijx Uf ht-hc t lcd.” CATHERINE COLEMAN “Ji ■ ” If Somerset and Somerset Grammar School did nothing else worth while, they conferred a valuable favor on us when they presented us with Kilty. one of the jolliest members of our class. During her short sojourn at I)urfee Kitty's fun-loving nature attracted another genial spirit. Emily by name, and between them they banished all care and worry from the class. “Kitty's favorite pastimes are tennis and skating and from personal observation we would add taking geology trips. The committee for collecting names for the Dnrfee Honor Roll found in Kitty” a willing and conscientious worker. The whole class will feed regret when Kit- ty leaves us to enter the Lowell Normal School, to fit herself for her life work of teaching. .she has more wit in her little inner than, non in nonr irhufe hod . M A KG A R ET 10 LIZ A B10TH COLEM A N ''GreV' Wei I equipped with honors from the Bor- den Grammar School Gref entered the nor- mal course at Dnrfee. Although of a quiet disposition she has won many friends be- cause of her kind, loving nature. Having taken an active interest in all her studies GrelO’ ranks among the highest. However, outside of school, she is a lover of outdoor sports, especially tennis. Bridgewater Nor- mal will undoubtedly gain a capable student next year. Whatever her interests may lie in the future, the good will of her friends will go with her. Silenef: is the slee) that nourishes ir.isflom”

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ITAZKL VASSAL COOK i'('ooky What. you haven't been shown the errors of your ways Let us introduce you to ”Cooky, moral backbone of our famed class ami futuro Deaconess. Don't, however, think she is too good to live: she thoroughly en- joys all kinds of sports. Evidence of this is her place on the sub-basketball team. •‘Cooky claims that she likes nothing better than to curl herself up on the coach with a good book. Then. too. she warbled in the Christmas carols. We shall surely miss her when she leaves next year for the Boston Training School for Christian Workers. “trocdrtc-y.v eannoi he acquired, ft comes unit} from (he heart. THE I) U R V EE R E C O R D HARRY CHOREE COCLTER Shark Here come the State (Wards and look who's with them ! Why, if it isn't our class- mate. “SharlC Coulter! Harry came to Dnr- fee from the Davis School, where he learned the value of Principal Easton's teaching. As a recognition for his steady plugging Harry was awarded the Davis medal for iiis efficient work. Besides being an excellent student. Shark is also a great football player. Hampered by studying and work our young friend thought that, his services were needed on our football team. lie joined the team and worked till the last: minute of the game. We do not know where Harry’s next stop will be, but we do expect to hear of “Shark's becoming a captain in the service because of his perseverance in the State Hua rd. “IV ami humor Ixinutf to { cuius alone'' MERCY ALMA CROSS li M entie “Reward offered -—to anyone who can find a geometry problem that “Mernie” cannot do. Mercy is far from living up to her last name and is always willing to help lighten the burdens of some of us poor mortals by explaining algebra, geometry, in fact, any- thing that you would like to know. “Mer- nie” is very fond of outdoor sports and en- joys walking, skating and playing tennis ex- tremely. Every Wednesday evening you will find Mercy at tile Red Cross headquarters making bandages and many other things. Pratt institute will probably make “Mer- nio's acquaintance next- year and we are sure she will win as many friends at that school as she has won at Durfee. “The hand that foil on: a inh-.IJcei ran achieve.