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

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DU R FEE RECOHD m 'X pSilliam Brooks “BILL” Bill is an out and out outdoor sportsman Although he Admits that lie wouldn’t part, with books for the whole world, yet, he believes in leaving the “covers” cnee in a while and m having a little fun. As Roosevelt said, so says Brooksy, “When you play, play hard, and when you work, work hard,' ’ Rill is a graduate of the St. Louis Grammar School. Jstuart 3Dafb JSrofeut “STU” “SATIN” “BBGWNIE” “BED” “HOOCHE” “Halt! Who goes there'?” Lieutenant Brown of Company A, Durfee High School Cadets (Rah! Rah!). In other words this is Brownie, our famous class flirt. But why introduce him to you, for everybody knows him, always full of ginger (not Jamaica, of course) and always ready with one of his funny jokes. We shake hands with the Westall School for having sent Brownie to us four long years ago, to be our freshman president, and the Textile School will welcome him just as heartily next year. Well, Brownie, don't work too hard and lose all your sleep. “I want what I want when I want it.” .dLi£« Edna came to Durfee after graduating from the Borden Grammar School, $he has been a great favorite among both girls and boys, which is due to her personal attractiveness and merry disposition. “Eddie” claims that dancing is her hobby,—we surely know that she excels in the terpsichoreun art by her throng of followers at the cadet drills. The Women’s College at Brown will gain a capable student next year. ’f Sweet thoughts arc mirrored in her face, A nd every motion is a (trace ’ 29

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D TJ R F E E B E C 0 R D i liiailicriitc (Liuntmt IJfiiby (,KT’ Although the Bunds of the old clock point to S.15, our iiu cli looked for classmate 1ms not vet arrived Then the whizzing of a machine and a much excited ‘ ‘ Iv11 not too animated to smile nr speak a work of kindness, hastily hops out of her machine. Just what would we have done, had the Sacred Heart Convent failed to send her to us? Indeed we would have missed her jovial nature, which leads lier to confess that landing' in 11A ut 7.45 is a pastime, quite different from her hobbies, dancing and driving a machine. Cheer up 4 K ’T, for we know that there will be no 11A at Vassar. 1 Be Mercury, set feathers to thy heels, And fly like thought A iliaria it Eunice IB r t bgc ' 7 “Mollj ”, a sweet, quiet girl, entered Durfee four years ago in trembling- anticipation, accompanied by her fellow graduates of the Lincoln Grammar School. Now, after four years here, she and her fellow classmates have come to the conclusion that Durfee is not such a dreadful place after all. “Molly'' chose the college course and for two years continued in this for the first steps of her career. But then she changed to the Secretarial course. tf Molly ” has no future plans but she lias a host, of friends who wish her every joy and success in whatever she may undertake ii Her sweetness is beyond compareJ Jistljer JSrtgi hiiim “BUB “BVDMB” tl VRlE” On day during the early fall of four years ago, a little girl, shy and modest, entered the library and asked if this were the Durfee High School. Upon being informed that she had guessed correctly, Bud explained that she had come all the way from North Digit ton to obtain knowledge; to learn of the customs, politics, and industries in the outside world. “Bud’’ started auspiciously made rap'd progress, in her studies and in her social activities, and now ends her career at Durfee, one of the most popular and best-liked students of 1921. Tn summer ' ‘ Bud ’ ’ swims; in winter she coasts. When weather interferes with both of these, sin may be found curled upon her sofa, absorbed in some thrilling novel. Somebody of a prophetic nature ventures to say that “Bud” will one day head a delegation of nurses on a relief mission to some unfortunate people—for Esther will continue her studies at Boston Homeopathic Hospital. “Better to he first in a little Iberian village than be second in Rome.' 28

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j' — T ' Mi D U R F E E RECOR0 ®£orge liMuiu ,®ubb “BUDDIE” “Buddie has been everybody's “Buddie since the day he came to us in the fall of 1917 from the Bowler school where he had been a success in every way. George lias been a member of the Scientific class since coming to us and has made a host of friends on all sides. In his junior year “Buddie was quarterback on our football team and whenever he was running the team it surely did work in fine style. However, in his senior year, being un- able to participate in football on account of injuries, he simply had to do something in athletics, so he become man- ager of our basketball team and helped it go through a very successful season. Next to athletics, GeoTge prefers dancing and he has become a familiar figure at our school dances. Next year “Buddie intends to enter M. I. T, and we all wish him the best of luck. “The best friendships arc those which lime has ripened.T9 3fnmcta Sitrns “FRANK” “BUmSIE” Francis Burns, the Latin shark, is from the northern section of the city. He is small and has only lately climbed into long pants. However, having now reached the last stage to manhood, he looks at the dangers ahead with a smile on his lips and a sharp crease in his new trousers. Like all small boys he has won the friendship of the whole class. Although Mines has undeniably won the record for being absent the most, Francis wins the paper medal (car- tate slip) for being late the most. His future plans are not complete, although it is foreseen that Francis will be popular and successful wherever he goes. 1 ‘ Good things in small packages,1 f JHtlbrefr ITtbhtu l urrclus Mildred is one of our 1921 happy-go-lucky girls. As she considers dancing as a. fascinating hobby we can say with surety that Mildred will never attain a man-hating attitude. Her presence next year will grace some popular Kinder- garten school. We all wish her the best of luck in her fu- ture ambition. “Happy am I; from care I'm free! Why aren't they alt. contented like me? 1 30