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

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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

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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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© TWENTY-TWO Q WILLIAM THOMAS BROWN, JR, “Bill” “Dusty” “Dusty” can be heard whenever he is seen, be- cause of his loudness, not in his speech but in the color of his hair. Bill claims automobiling to be his hobby, but he means to say Fordmobiling. Although he doesn’t attempt to be an excellent scholar, Bill takes a great interest in all school activities. He has not announced to the waiting world what his next Alma Mater is to be—but it will have to be some college. When '22 is having reunions, just oil up and Fordmobile down to Duriee. SYL) BUFFINGTON “Sid” “Buffy” Rf:cord Staff; Football 4 Is there anyone here who doesn’t know Buffy? Someone please break the oppressive silence! Buffy started in making a name for himself from the moment he burst in on Durfee, four years ago, and he has succeeded! If there’s any mysterious excite- ment circulating through the corridors, it’s ten to one Buffy's at the foot of it. We’re inclined to be- lieve that his hobby is attempting to shake the law- abiding foundations of peaceful old Durfee, but “Sid says” he lives for swimming and football alone. Have you ever seen him play for Durfee? It’s a thr-r-rilling sight when Buffy takes the field. Next year Buffy is going to Dartmouth to show them how to improve their football team. It will be rather quiet in Durfee when Sid leaves us. Come on now, three “Ki’s” for Buffington! Will someone kindly go upstairs and adjust the fasten- ings of the roof? ANNA BURKE “Burky” Anna is one of the notables of our class; all the fellows know, or try to know, her. Her popularity has grown steadily throughout her High School career because of her amiability and her good looks. Anna is one of our best looking girls. No matter how much she is absent, and no matter how often her recitations for her male teachers fall flat, one of her dazzling glances brings forth a passing mark at the end of the quarter. We all wish we could work the same trick. Anna came to us from the Westall Grammar School; which proves that the Westall School is capable of great things. Anna is an accomplished dancer and her card is always full. It’s a shame the way the boys fight for a dance with her. We don’t know what institution Anna intends to grace with her presence next; but. we hope she floats through her course there as easily and in the same carefree manner as she has here. 25