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

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TWENTY-TWO RICHARD WILLIAM BATT “Dick In Dick we have one of the “ cheerful est” mem- bers of the Senior class. Besides this he is also a good student and an athlete of no mean ability. Con- sequently he is popular with his classmates. His hobbies are basketball and football, both of which he plays equally well. His favorite pastime is, however, distributing the News, at which he is ex- ceptionally proficient. His customers are to be con- gratulated upon the efficient service which he ren- ders them. After leaving Durfee, Dick will continue his education at M. I. T. where he should make a name for himself because of his exceptional mathe- matical ability. We expect to hear of Dick after his graduation from M. I. T., in the capacity of a great authority on mechanics. ELEANOR MORRILL BEAN “Beany” Beany is the jolliest girl in the class. She is al- ways right there to hear or tell a good joke, and to laugh with real enjoyment. She is just the person to tell a joke to—which means a lot. Beany is quite a mermaid. At Horseneek she spends most of her time in the water. An extremely high surf or a chilly day are as naught when Eleanor wishes to indulge in her favorite sport. Beany possesses the enviable ability to be a friend to everyone—and we are all her friends. We hope you succeed “swimmingly” at the Rhode Island School of Design! ELDRED WARREN BEMIS “Bee” Supply Officer Cadets 4; Ex. Committee of Forum 4 What Ho! A future engineer is what you are gazing at. M. I. T. will gain this bird, or rather this “Bee,” and will never regret it, we assure you. But the wilds also will probably claim our social light because he named his hobby as camping. Bee comes from the Westall Grammar School and cer- tainly is a credit to his early teachings. As a cadet officer he shines at the drills and many a girl has lost her heart to our gallant quarter- master. He also has a great ability at banking and while we have not heard of any local missing money, yet you never can tell. 19

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0 DVIRFEE 0 HARRY WHITERDGE BARNETT “Barney” Barney came into our midst in our Senior year, after he had completed his first three years of learn- ing in a town that is probably smaller than Somer- set. But we conclude that its teaching staff must be wonderful for Barney is a shark in all his studies. Although he has been with us only a short time, yet we know and like him well. He has not told us his intentions for the future but we think he'll be- come a great stamp collector, as that is his present hobby. Barney is the sort who plugs and is bound to succeed. MARY SWAN BARNEY “Molly” “We have among us shirkers and workers.” Mary is one of the workers. Simmons College will gladly receive her next fall, since she is such a brilliant scholar. Molly never shirks her studies or, in fact, any work that she has to do. Moreover, she is al- ways willing to sympathize with and to help her friends. There is something about Mary which makes her a rather remarkable girl. She is a diligent student; but outside of school she is also a skillful athlete, who never misses an opportunity to go horseback riding in autumn or skating in winter. Nor is it unusual to see her, on a hot summer day doing some of her fancy dives. Yet, to our surprise, Molly is domestically inclined also; she makes the finest cakes and the most excellent fudge! It is in this latter branch of education that she will continue and in which we are certain she will be successful. DORIS BURGESS BARTON This dainty little person came to the Hilltop School surrounded, as usual, by a number of her friends. She belongs to that class of people who, although they are not continually in the limelig'ht, are always beloved and respected by all who know them. With her genial and warm good nature Doris is a very likeable little girl. She claims that she is crazy about dancing and reading, and we can say that she is artful in the former and indulges freely in the latter. Dot has not yet decided what she will do next year, but we hope that sometime in the future we will see her pleasant face again. 18

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0 DVJRFEE 0 CAROLINE HAMILTON BENNETT “Came Here is a regular “Girl Scout ' and we can as- sure you she knows how to scout With a great many of her friends she joined our class and pro- ceeded to make herself liked. Intermingled with social duties she finds time to keep up to the minute in her studies and therefore is quite proficient in that line. She is another lover of dancing and we presume she shines in that as in most of her accom- plishments. Carrie has made no definite plans for next year but we know that with the benign good- will of her friends and the best wishes of ’22 a suc- cessful future awaits her. MARION CLETUS BENSON Three guesses as to her hobby! We don't need to enlarge upon that subject. When wTe encounter Marion, we first notice her eyes—those eyes, (no ex- planation needed there, either) ; then our glance (not a casual one) wanders upward and takes in a magnificent bob. Thoroughly aroused we take a general survey and find Marion most exotically at- tractive. For further particulars, inquire—well, on second thought we'll let that go. Marion is the life of all our dances and dances are the life of her life. She has oceans of pep, yards of “line” and everything requisite—a vamp, a deadly vamp. Marion plans to go to Skidmore, or some place where there are plenty of study periods, so she says. Now we wonder what .sort of studying she’s planning to do. MILTON EDWARD FRANCIS BERBY “Berby “Innocence“ Forum 4 Here is the submarine of the class. Berby is a wonderful swimmer—just like a sponge,—and only for the Oil Works he would have swum the length of the Taunton. Berby, moreover, is somewhat of an actor; at Tech in our Freshman year, he actually appeared on the stage carrying the flag. Milt is also a dancer and expects to change his flag-carrying act to one of classical dancing. At most any time, he may be seen prancing through the corridors, to keep in trim. The fact that Berby is a dancer ac- counts for his desire to travel. “Innocence” has no definite college plans, but time will tell. Who knows but that he will become a sec- ond Mack Sennett? 20