Duxbury High School - Partridge Yearbook (Duxbury, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY PART I. The Limited 42 pulled into the Freshmen station on September 7, 1938. We started with seventeen passengers but when we arrived we noticed that the Limited 42 had attracted Rose Burdick, Barbara Scott, Theodore Whitcomb, and Arthur Hammond. Because Phoebe Shirley, Mona Scholpp, Robert Herdman, Norman Short, and Stanley McAuliffe had miss- ed the last train they also boarded ours. The passengers were so thrilled with the experience of starting on this trip, that they forgot about class meetings until October 3 when the officers for the coming year were elected. They were: President .... Robert Bunten Vice President . . George Teravainen Secretary ..... Mona Scholpp Treasurer .... Phoebe Shirley Looking through the records, we find that our class dance was held on March 24, 1939. Since Arthur Hammond, Norman Short, and Stanley McAuliffe found that our accommodations were not up to their expectations, they decided to leave us. The first year of our trip was spent mostly in pregaratiin for the years that were to ccme. In June, 1959, our train pulled into the staticn which was called Vaca- tion where we were to spend the summer months. After the .ong needed rest was over, we once more boarded the Lim- ited 42 which was to take us cn to the sophomore station. In examining the passenger l-st, we missed Theodore Whitcomb and Barbara Scott, two of our former pass-angers, but found that the accom- modations of th-e Limited 42 had met the requirements of Synnove Strom, Daniel Winsor, Stuart Lagergren and Melvi-le Holmes. The President of the previous year called a meeting to elsct officers for our sophomore year. 'lhey were: Pr-esident .... George Teravainen Vice President .... Robert Bunten Secretary . . Phoebe Shirley Treasurer . . . Marguerite Chandler Historian .... Harriet McNeil From the dates submitted to the students, March 29, 1940, was chosen for our dance. The dance was very successful. As the train pulled into our mid-year term, Synnove Strom expressed her desire to leave us and go into training as a nurse. We enjoyed greatly those memorable years with their difliculties and pleasures. I will now turn the controls over to John Alden, who will continue the trip into the junior and senior stations. HELEN TAYLOR I253

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CLASS MOTTO PART I. Faith in America is Faith in Ourselves Our class did not choose this motto because it fits into the trend of thought at this time, but because we believe in what our motto means. During these times our motto cannot be read without some thought being given to present world conditions. Webster gives the definition of faith as the state of acknowledging unquestioningly the existence and power of a supreme being and the reality of a divine order. To acknowledge unquestioningly means to have complete confidence in, or to believe in. Believing in America is not a task for anyone. The immigrants that have com-e over here had faith that in America they would all have equal opportunities for personal achievements. They have had faith that their children would be able to rise above the lower class and have the same chance as a natural born American. If these immigrants who were not acquainted with America could believe in it, it is not hard to understand that we, Americans, are ready to give our lives to defend it. ELEANOR RAYMOND PART II. Unity In our struggle for independence from England, it was necessary for the colonists to band together to protect the faith they had built up in a new country. Even though they had to look forward to hardships with crude methods of life, they fought for their freedom rather than live under Parliamentary rule. They won their independence with all the odds against them. We must do the same. Faith in America me-ans the same as faith in ourselves, for we are America. Living under parliam.entary rule wasn't nearly so bad as living under a dictatorship would be, yet the early colonists all had faith in the same thing, and all expressed it by doing everything in their power to aid America in winning her independence. Six times America has been successful. The one reason for this has been faith. Whether in war or peace we must learn to face the hardships which are part of our freedom and faith. ELIZABETH GREEN. l24l'

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PART II. During the summer vacation of 1940, the passengers of the Limited 42 had such a burst of enthusiasm and wanted to soar to such high levels, that they decided to continue the trip by air. One by one they piled outlof the faithful train and hurried to a streamlined airliner, The Dreadnaught of 42. Marguerite Chandler, that dainty gal we liked so much, parachuted into space after the first week-to land on the roof of a girls' prep school and a few weeks later, we sorrowfully heard, above the roar of the motors, that Laurel Cahoon and Norma Gates, who had joined us at the Freshman station on the Limited 42 , would have to leave us. Also, Bud Whitney, who is now in Pearl Harbor, joined us that year. We decided to hold our class dance on November 15, 1940. Our class officers were: President .... Phoebe Shirley Vice President . . Harriet McNeil Secretary . Laurel Cahoon-Letitia LeCain Treasurer .... Eleanor Raymond Historian .... Dorothy Eldridge After Laurel Cahoon left, Letitia LeCain took her place as class sec- retary. Again we heard some sad news-Rose Burdick-honor roll first, last and always was her slogan,-was goin to leave us. She was bound for Randolph. The rest of the trip was spent uneventfully in our cabins, everybody enjoying our reception at the end of the year. The Dread- naught landed on June 18, 1941, our passengers dispersing to enjoy their various summer occupations. The last part of our trip was spent as one gay, glorious time, especially with Shirley Shaw, Eleanor Field, and Bi-l Buckingham as newcomers,- with the class play,- The Mad Hatters ,-and our Hallowe'en dance the big events of the fall season. Meivil.e Holmes who joined us on the train Limited 42 in 1938, had stayed from our crew and had not returned this year, Sylvia O'Neil left us late in March. Our class officers for this year were: President, Pilot ..... Eleanor Field Vice President. Co-Pilot . . Lloyd Blanchard Secretary, Navigator . . . M. Freeman Treasurer ...... Letty LeCain Historian ...... Phoebe Shirley Then, with graduation in the oHing, and everybody busy, the Dreadf- naught throttled down and finally made its last landing on this June 19, 1942. The happy days we spent in Duxbury High will never be forgotten. JOHN ALDEN l26'l