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

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D TJ R F E E KEC 0 R D Pita fflaseu J}xIa, “MIT” “RITTER” ‘‘ Kit ’' carne into our midst from tin? Lincoln School four short years ago. To find a girl with a more pleasing person- ality would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. “ Bitter Is an enthusiastic dancer and lias never had the least trouble in showing people that she knows how to dance. She is also a great reader and it is hard to find many interesting books that she lias not read. i Ritter’s” plans for the future are not fully decided, but there is not the least bit of doubt whatever she chooses, success will come to her. “Not to know her, argues yourself unknown.” iHitry (Catherine Cffa eu tlK 0” Well! Here’s “ K C' one of the shilling lights of Din- fee. Besides being an enthusiastic football, basketball, baseball fan, she is a conscientious and ambitious student, who lias acquired from the Davis School all the excellent and valuable qualities which place a pupil on the surest road to success. “K lias, indeed, attained much success in school through faithfulness to her studies, but also gives play a plate in her life and often enjoys her favorite pas- time, dancing. Her cheery disposition and loving manner have won her many staunch friends, whose lies! wishes for ii bright and happy future will go with her when she leaves Durfee. ‘ ‘Nobility is the one only virtue.” pliUiam ifbftutrb dlasi] “BILL” Would you believe it? Bill, on the thirteenth day of March, T9lil, A. Id, walked down to Tech alone—uuaceom panied. This is very surprising news to anyone who knows him, because his greatest hobby was to escort a friend (es penally a girl-friend) from Durfee to Tech or vice-versa. ‘•Bill” has mingled with us for four years, ever since he left the Blade Grammar School, He is a very enthusiastic basketball fan and always has a seat—or two, we should sav—reserved at all the games. When one speaks of danc- ing. Bill can put more pep in a fox trot than Zepps can put in hair tonic and he goes through the one-step like a new Font He intends to follow electricity, ami will enter an electrical school next, year. ‘ Life is Imt a joyous whirl,'' X 33

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M—f t rrn i D II KFEE R E C 0 U 1) EUerg 'jfiill ffljipm Hellery ’ entered Durfee from the Susan H. Wixon Grammar School. We know he is very studious, for he spends all his spare time doing trigonometry and algebra. Did we say all? Pardon the mistake. Ellery is a cadet and attends all the drills and we believe lie has a medal pinned to ins coat. He surely deserved it for Ids perseverance. Contrary to expectations, he intends to enter Massachusetts State Nautical School next fall. Some day we expect to hear of a ‘ Captain Ellery CapenM sailing the ocean blue. 1‘ Speaking of A ngels. ' ' libna Oderirube Carr f$1 c . . , “eddie J Q (j (JjjwMsyv?' What a joyful day it was when Eddie, after graduat- ing from the William S. Greene School, looked upon Dur- fee 'a stately structure with favoring eyes. At length she mine, and Du rise's halls have been ringing with her laugh- ter ever since. But once in a while she becomes truly seri- ous and, by her excellence in her studies, shows herself to be a bright and energetic student. She says she spends much of her spare time reading. More often, however, she may be seen gliding merrily over a smoothly waxed floor. Next year slie intends to journey to Bridgewater, where she will join the ranks of school-marms-to-be. Good luck, '1 Eddie. ’' “Strew gladness on the paths of men; You vAU not pass this way again. jfiemietij Smtpsmt (Harter “NICK ‘‘Eyes front 7 and view the noble countenance of our friend “Nick ' who has attained the acme of success in the High School Cadets by reaching the rank of major. The Highland Grammar School was the reason for his being with us this year. Drilling is, of course, Nick’s greatest hobby. We pity the freshmen—we should say fresh children—under Mm, because he is a very exacting drill master. Although drill- ing is Ids greatest hobby, his greatest pastime is dancing. We have often wondered which is Nick’s proudest moment, when he is leading the battalion or the Grand March. An- other of his idle pastimes is joy-riding. It doesn’t make any difference to Nick—if it goes he will ride in it. Nick leaves us to go to Wentworth Military Institute. ‘1 Gold chevrons are mightier -than gray, 32

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DURFEE RECORD JVrthur 3] a sc pi] ffiafrcmauglj “ART” “CAVVIE” This is one of the members of our class who liasu ft grown since he came into our midst, and is still one of the smallest boys in our class. He tame to us from the Borden Grammar ftcliool and lias been making friends ever since he arrived. “Art's” favorite pastime is skating, and when- ever the least sign of a freeze is shown, he is around to the different ponds inspecting them. He is also quite, a History student as a good many of his friends know. Why, “Art” even knows that George Washington was our first 1 resident! Next year lie intends to enter M. I. T. and although lie hasn’t coulided to unjust what lie wishes l.o be, vve are sure that he will be a .great success. lt The MiU sir mm oft runs deep 1 Kefai'll (DjanMsr •'ED'’ “EDDIE Behold “Eddie”,. n grailuate of the William B. Greene School, who, after much deli lie ration, decided to favor Dur- ie o with her blue eyes and winning smiles. Her nature has a serious side also which shows itself clearly when studying is to I e done. Indeed, her faithfulness to all her lessons lias won her excellent marks of which she might well be proud. However, “Ed” always welcomes the chance for a good time. She has a. great love for dancing and often indulges in this, her hobby. In summer she spends much of her time in playing tennis, a very delightful pastime ac- cording to “Eddie”. As yet she has not announced her in- tentions for the future, but she will take away with her the lies! wishes of the class for success in whatever work slie undertakes. IKemtcilj DuMnj (Climuu'll 44DOC’ ’ “Doc” is adjutant of the High School Cadets and well deserves the position, since lie managed to make most of the medals at the prize drills last year. He is very much in t crested in any thing of media ideal nature and we arc at a loss to find someone to replace him in the machine shop next year. When “Doe” is not in the employment of the New England Steamship Company, Tiverton seems to he his chief attraction. He plans in the future to he an engineer and we wish him the best of success in this work. “If it’s fast, and snappy, it mm1 will matt- me happy, 34