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

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I) II Ii F E E B E C O R I) (®Iabys ii, JSaileg “GLAD “BLQSD1K 0, you ‘1 Bion di e1'! Giv' us a piece of eandv, will ya? 11 ei e 'a a young girl who a limits that lier favorite pastime is making candy! Can you feature that? Well, sweet people like sweet; tilings, we suppose. We doll Jt see how the Davis seliool gave her up to ns, and now, we don’t see how we h e going to give her up to Prainiugluim Normal. Well, even tho’ you become a Domestic .Science teacher, as yon wish, we know you’ll never lose any of your ‘‘pep ’' while you can ‘ tickle the ivory” the way you do and still have two feet to dunce with. How about it? ZEtUt? ISalist “TIL Tillie entered our noble balls of learning after graduat- ing from the N. B. Borden School and pursued the Nor- mal Course. 41 Til' ’ is popular among her classmates. She professes her favorite pastime to be driving her own motor, in which art we can readily say that she is proficient. Her ambition is to teach the young and untaught. Can you imagine “Tillie” looking sternly at the little ones? Of course not! As a result of her ambition, Tillie intends to be a student at the Bridgewater Normal School next year. 3)atnes IRaitttistrr “ED “Ed” received his “ sheepskin! ’ from the Westall School in 1919 and eon descended to enter Duvfee. Since then he ha s been a partner in the firm of Me Lane and Bannister, the pair who out-sheaned Gallagher and Shean, Ed V favorite pastime is limiting and lie is often seen in the early morning plodding along some coun- try road with gun and dog in search of game, lie is a sergeant in the Cadets and his proficiency in the Manual of Arms was displayed when lie won first prize in an efficiency drill held at the Cadet Camp last summer. Worcester Poly- tech will be “EiIds” next stopping place and we hope to hear of “Bannister's improved shotguns some day in the future. Sergeant Cadets, 4. IS

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DURFEE RECORD Sjtf epl] Armstrong ' JOKf ’ “SPIKE ' Did you ever see Joe without a brood smile on Iiis face? You certainly did not! It is very seldom that you meet a fellow as likeable as “Spike1'. During his four years in Duft'ee, “Joe Has partaken of many activities. He has I»:‘«n very successful in earning his ilD’s“—athletic ones we mean, nut the kind yon get on your report cards. He started in during, his sophomore year. He played on his Hass basket ball and baseball teams. Then, in Ids junior year he mad - the varsity football team, He also made a “D“ in track, in his senior year lie again played on the. football ami basket-ball teams. He graduates from Dur fee with an enviable record both In athletics and scholar- ship. Next year he will att.tend. Brown University. Plug away, 'Joe , you TI make good, we know, if but to please us! Sterhclla iXsIjIcy “DELLA “DELL” Ferdelln, came to us from the large (?) town of As- sonet. She has been a daily commuter for four years. ‘ ‘ Della 1 ‘ registered in the Normal Division, She has pur sued her studies faithfully during the time that she lias been among us. She is naturally [uiet mid has a pleasing personality, “Dell’s hobby is dancing, mi art in which she excells and her favorite pastime is playing Unit well known sport,—tennis. Hite will enter the Truesdale Hos- pital Training School next fall where she will learn to be come a second Florence Nightingale. .finicst ItfaiUn) ERNIE ’ lOrnest graduated from the Borden Grammar School in 1 DID. Now, right from the start we'll tell you we like rackets. And certainly this boy can make one! Uor. morn big., noon and night, (please don't take that literally) “ Er iii0 plays on his beloved instrument, the cornel.. And be- lieve us, In sure can toot it! He Ls a good scout, which is telling yon all about him in two words. Since he is in- terested very much in the mysteries.'of electricity (positive- ly shocking!) he will continue to study that subject., Who knows—perhaps he’ll invent an electric device by which we can push :i button and lo, and behold—Oil, you never can tell just what might happen! 17

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DUEF8E EECO R D finite “CLF.O CLEOPATIM 11 o v wonderful it was iii September when “Cleo, “ as we call her, entered our class in 1919. Her sweet disposition has won her a- great many friends since she has been with us. 11 Cleopatra'T is noted us an excellent musician and plays both the piano and the violin. She is an ardent lover of out'of door sports, especially her favorite sport, tennis. Next year Anna intends to enter an Art School for girls. lElhbibtdh lu Ibirlutu “BETTY Tiny sweet demure, humorous and exceedingly brilliant is the best description of “ Betty Mf She possesses an ex- traordinary amount of common-sense and capability. (For reference apply to Air. I3dgevvurih), We are deeply indebted to St. Patrick s school for having sent us our charming ‘ ‘ Betty’b One need not hesitate long to guess that her favorite pastime is reading—her fluency of speech and her all-round knowledge on all the best books and topics of the day testi- fy to that. “Betty ’ is also a writer of short stories. Her frequent contributions to the literary section of the Hill top have given us a great deal of pleasure. “Betty41 plans to enter Salem Normal School next year to prepare for fVinimemal High School teaching. We are 'jure that she will succeed in this as in everything she has thus far undertaken- “Betty has never been known to fail in anything. Hr a mat. ic Club, 4. Record Book Staff. (I harks ffiait “CHUCK “niurk,” a quiet resolute young man came to Durfee from the West.all Grammar School. His keen insight and vigor have made him one of the High School’s ablest mathemetieians. ‘‘Ball lias one favorite sport, football. And in rain or shine one always finds him in the Durfee ranks when the Hilltop’s eleven :s on the field. While our friend “Chuck has not yet chosen his life's profession, he has one great desire. This desire is not to play on a football team nor even to be a baseball pitcher but to raise a moustache! It may lie years before this de- sire becomes realistic, nevertheless, we would say to him, “Have patience . In the college where many of Durfee's students are found we shall add next year one more; for “Chuck” is going to Brown. 19