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

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D U I! FEE RE C 0 R 1) Wau Aim» ED EDJE - ’ One of the lie at known members of our class is Edith, more popularly known ns rEdie,f. She came to Durfee from the Westall Grammar School, and since that time, she has always been one of our most admired classmates. Her hobby is dancing, as you would plainly see if you were as regular an attendant at the drills as she. “Edit is also fond of cooking and if, in passing though the Technical building, yon should smell water burning, you would know it was 11 Edit' ”, up in the cooking room trying some new dish. She intends to enter Beechwuid next year and then leach domestic science, in which pursuit we know she will succeed. 1 Good nature is one of the richest gifts.” “MAIUIK “MAFU '1 Marjie' ’ journeyed all the wrv from Little Comp- ton Grammar School up to Durfee and Durfee certainly is eery glad that she did. She is one of our brightest pupils and although sometimes rather quiet., is, on the whole, respon- sible for lots of fun. 1 ‘ Mar j ’T tells us that her hobby is coasting. She lias not yet decided what school she will attend next year, True la your word, your mi-rlr, and y mr friend. 3Jnctib A (pert ''JAKE The John J. McDonough Grammar School claims credit for sending us Jacob, He is, indeed, an asset to the class for his work is of a high standard. lie lias nut stated what His hobby is, but he is always apparently busy and is not very frivolous. Next year “Juke ’ will enter some technical school. Herme built, yet of terrestrial mould.7 ’ KEELEY LI BE 15

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I) UR FEE RECORD dfcrtmft Ahislxuidlj “ALICE Alice is a graduate of the Borden Grammar School who ramc to the partitis of l)urfee to imbibe the. College Course, Her hobby is swimming and one only needs to see her in the water to know that she lias chosen well. After leaving Purfee, she is undecided about her future plans, “ Enrr rrr foremnst is lu r jxmt ion. ’ ’ JHabel lift tut i lliitsmi MA Y9 Mabel is one of the class musicians. She has played both horn and cornet in our ensemble, in a most creditable manner. She comes from the Highland School, ami is bound for Sargent ’h. There is no doubt that she will be sadly missed by tier many classmates, among whom she is 7 fcrenw- ly popular, 4' Dux femina facta9 ’ Jlililltam ffij, JUnuntb Our popular classmate came to us in the fall of 1916 from Ilii- Samuel Watson Grammar School, Although lie admits quite freely that it is his delight to study Milton, we fear that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is more in his line— or, perhaps, even Horatio Alger. Next fall, barring “ flood, famine, or act of God ’ ns the insurance policies say, the portals of the Mass acini setts Institute of Technology will swing open to receive him, “And gladly wolde he lerne.,J 14

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I) U R F E E R E G O R D Jlfrmtrb JVnforssmt This pleasant fellow is a graduate of the Borden Gram- mar School. One of his hobbies is music, and it is rumored that Paderewski’s manager has offered him a fabulous sum if he will take the place of the Premier of Poland. He amuses himself by reading as well as by playing the piano, perhaps so that he may lie better prepared to enter M, L. T. this fall. ‘ ‘ Deep versed in books. ’' ester JSiiUst “MIKE If you want to hear a new joke, just ask Bakst. He came here from the N. R. Borden Grammar School, where he luii I a great reputation as a scholar as well as an enter- tainer. If has charge of the jokes in our Record Book and lie can put you wise to the best of them find then some. He experts to attend the Law School at Boston University next year and we all expect to hear good reports of him there. ‘ ‘ IT an ( sorrow t awe 'Would kill a eat, So therefore, let's be merry. (JHarion i . ifwlnht 1 MA ybe 4 ’ Marion tame to Durfee from the Davenport, bringing her frivolous tendencies along with her. That is how she earned the nickname 1‘Maybe.'’ She is always ready for a good time, but nevertheless greatly to our surprise, she manages not to slight her work. She tells us that her hobby is dancing'; just what we should Lave guessed! “Maybe” will greet Bridgewater next, fall, still (presum- ably) on the lookout for dances and parties. “ M7u mixed reason with pleasure, unit wisdom with mirth. 16