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

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DURFEE R E C 0R D (bertrube ®utes After completing her courw at the Wfata.ll Grammar School, Etliel decided to enter higll school. After spending two years at Teeth, she finally wended lier way to Durfee. Ever since her a nival she has ken one of our most able ami l o. t-liked classmates. Ethel is fond (if dancing, and de- lights in attending the drills, but she is still more inte estel in everything that, pertains to outdoor life—skating, swim ming and tennis, for instance—for truly, Ethel is a great out-of-door girl. She intends to take a course at Simmons next year. i'ire tin I hr orent out (Inora to dot in.'' Algernon Spimilton iBrll 4 HELL ’ f DING DONG '' ‘ Ding-dong, ding-dong!’ ’ Wlioni have we here Why, 1 ‘ Be 11™, of course. He came all the way from Swansea to attend Durfee, when he had finished his eour e at the Prank S. Stevens School. As we should expect from his residence, “Pell is an expert farmer. May lie never imrt with drought, Hood, or locust in pursuit of success in the line of agrim Iture, width, ho he says, he enjoys. t!od the first ’garden made, and the first ell if, Cain (bolhte ©, jSciibcr Goldie came to Drrfrc after graduating from the Shidr School. She takes all medals offered for jovial, good- natured girls. 6b3 claims cornet pi lying as her favorite diversion for she has many invitations to play in concerts. Music is naturally accompanied by the dative another line in which Goldie excels. Tt is to Goldie that we look for the latest steps in the modern whirl, We all wish Goldie good luck when the leaves the Commercial Claes in June. 4 Tin now the summer of j 'iitr youth.T1 17

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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

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D U R F E E R E C 0 R [) (Cora P- plate “CORA Cora is a graduate of the Stevens Grammar School, who came all the way from Swansea to lie with our class at Din-fee. She tells ns her favorite pastime is walking, but when a girl says walking is her pastime, it surely looks rather suspicious to us I When t lie graduates from Pur fee she will become somebody's secretary. Hail, fellows; well met, 3J effers mt Bmrfren I a JEFF' “Jtdf is a great, lover of the open, to he confined in school is 11is one great misery. After graduating from the VVesta!! Helmut 4 ‘.Toff ’ came to ihirfee and chose the Scion- rifle Course of study, his hobby being wireless telegraphy. Swimming, skating, boating and motoring are some of his favorite pastimes. “Jeff,'’ being of an agreeable turn of nviml has made many friends during his high school career, 44 Jeff M has settled his mind oil Harvard Scienti lie for the further cultivation of his hobby. arjarte Buriteit “MARJ Paine awhile, gentle reader, and observe this noble grad- ual e of the Westall School. Although dancing has proved a great attraction to her, we have noticed that cadet of- ficers' uniforms run a close second. Her name might well lie read among the hest-natured in the clays, for she always seems bright and happy. She will carry with tier in the future the best wishes of her numerous friends in whatso- ever she may deem worthy of her undertaking. Her voice teas ever soft, flentlc, and low. An excellent thing in a woman. 18