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

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Q TWENTY-TWO © JOHN JOSEPH BRENNAN, JR. Jack” Football, 2, 3, 4; Hilltop Staff, 3, 4; Captain Foot- ball, 3; Basketball, 3, 4. “The bigger they corae the harder they fall.” If Jack is a fair sample of what the St. Joseph's School puts out, why we say, “The faster they come the better we like it.” Jack's favorite pastime, as we all know, is football. If he tackles the obstacles of life with the same vigor he displays on the gridiron, heaven help the obstacles of life. Jack is our great athletic star, a three-letter man, having won a D in football, baseball, and basketball. Jack was selected as one of the best schoolboy backfield men in Bristol county. As for being popular with the feminine sex —-well, Jack just has a certain way of doing it! He knows them all and there are many underclassmen who would welcome an opportunity to meet Jack, Jack goes to the Catholic University next year and if he continues his football playing, we may expect to find him placed on Walter Camp's All-American team in future years. WINIFRED RITA BRITLAND Here is another reason why we hate to graduate. This smiling, friendly girl is known to all of us as Winnie, and a better little sport could not be found In Durfee. Ask Winnie to do anything, and you’ll hear the well-known reply, “Sure, come on, PH do it.” Dancing and swimming are among her favorite sports, and she dances beautifully. Oh, she could just die dancing! Of course, it does not take up all her time, because much of it is spent in thinking about the future, Winifred is undecided about what she is going to be, but with the asset of her sports- manship, she is sure to be a success in everything. MARION BROADEENT Let me introduce you to “Miss Perfect English.” Charmed! Marion is a wonder at argument (any- where. anytime and on any subject) and when she begins to debate, let her opponents beware. She al- ways wins. Although she is unaware of the fact, Marion is absolutely cruel when she criticises an oral theme. Evidently her watchword is “Thorough- ness without mercy.” But that isn’t all! You should see her play basketball. She has that marvelous twist which sends the ball straight through the bas- ket. Marion takes to indoor pleasures, too, and says that her hobby is reading. Marion's earnestness will get her anywhere. 23

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0 DVIRFEE 0 CAROLYN STANDISH BORDEN “Borden Here’s a girl who gets a lot of fun out of life. Borden breezed into Durfee with the rest of ust and has been breezing nonchalantly ever since. She may be small but she has old ideas. Ask the Vive. We'll wager that no one has ever seen her take her time. If Borden had an hour to get to school, she’d hurry. She just can’t drag along, Caroly says she hasn’t any hobby, but we know differently, for we’ve seen her out automobiling quite often with a very eligible one and—she's still crazy about dolls! Caroly’s going to Simmons next year. Is it Sim- mons or Boston you’re after? ESTHER ELIZABETH BORDEN “Tessie” This young lady did not appear on the scene (at Durfee, we mean) until her Junior year, but she soon made many friends. The cause of this latter fact is that “Tessie” has a very unusual disposition —always happy, never thinking of taking life serb ously. Is it any wonder that the possessor of such a personality should be widely known and liked? She is surprisingly skilled and clever in her pet hobby: sewing or embroidering. Indeed, with a needle and thread she can create a perfect work of art. Durfee will not be the same without “Tessie” and her pleasant smiles. ROLAND HERVEY BREAULT Deciding that the best was none too good for him, Roland came across the pond to Durfee at the end of his Junior year in the New Bedford High School. We hope that he has partaken of the privileges granted at Durfee, and enjoyed them. Due to his late arrival he is not so well known as some of the other members of our class. Neverthe- less he has, by his pleasing disposition and manly conduct, attracted the friendship of many seniors. Perhaps his favorite study is mathematics. To use an expression of one of his classmates, he is a “shark” in that subject. Roland states that his hob- bies are swimming, track, and basketball. Next year he expects to attend Tuft's Medical College. 22

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0 DVJRFEE Q LILLIAN VERONICA BROGAN “Lit” Pause awhile, dear friends, and behold Lillian, one of the jolly, good-natured girls of our class. Her years at Durfee have been one complete round of successes. Lillian excels in music but this doesn't prevent her from skimming over the ice in winter and from appearing on the tennis court in summer. Also, Lillian's many friends know her as a sunny, fun-loving girl whom they familiarly call Lib Next fall Lil intends to enter Hyannis, surely a most practical aim. Your class is confident that you will skim through life as pleasurably and as adeptly as you skim over the ice. ABRAHAM BROOKS “Abie” “A be” “Brooksie” Now we have before us the capable boy Abe, Abe has always been a very popular boy, especially with the fellows of the scientific division, of which he is a member. Brooksie’s hobby is dancing and we must admit that he is a wonder at it, Abe intends to enter M. I. T. later so that he may attain his ambition to become a civil engineer. We will not be surprised in the future to hear of his deeds of daring in lay- ing bridges and in digging subways. Come back some day, Abe, and build a new station for Fall River, MILDRED LOUISE BROWN “Mint” Millie” Know Mini? Of course we do! Everyone knows our cheery sunny Millie who has danced and danced at all our drills and into our hearts. (Any special one, Mim? How about it?) Oh, no, we don't mean that Mim does nothing but dance, because that wouldn’t be quite true, for she really and truly studies all her lessons faithfully. Don't you wish you were going to Framingham next year? Why? Because Mim's going! Isn't that reason enough to make anyone want to go? Here's luck to you, Mim. Don’t forget to write. 24