East Providence High School - Crimson Yearbook (East Providence, RI)

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FIRST HOXORS STANLEY ERNEST BALLINGER SECOND HONORS MARGARET ISABELLE CARTER 000 Class PresUent MAHLON WHIPPLE ALLEN Class V.cc-Pres.dent BARBARA THAYER Class Secretary MARTHA CAROLYN McCORMICK Class Treasurer ELORENCE HOWE ROBERTSON VJ 1st Honorc -nd Honors President Vice-Pi-HSKlent Treasurer

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Tlie Message of ike PrincipaJ Titi ilfciiiiliim ' 3l HE CLASS of 19 33, East Providence High School, entered on its senior high school work at a time when the nation was entering on one of the most difficult periods of economic re- adjustment that the world has ever known. Back in September, 19 30, when most of our members of the graduating class enrolled here, a period of spec- ulation and easy money had definitely come to an end. All of us had found it necessary to take a reef in our sails and start on a prolonged program of retrenchment. During thc:e last three years we have heard of dire distress throughout the country and have wit- nessed in our own community a great deal of sacrifice and hardship. One of the direct results of the un- employment situation has been the astoundingly large increase in the num- ber of students that have remained in high school. This year ' s graduating class in this school is over forty percent larger than the class graduated in 1932. No doubt a great many members of this class would have dropped out of school had it not been for the difficulty in finding jobs. We can not escape from the fact that a great many of our stu- dents have pursued their work under trying financial circumstances in the home. It IS to the credit of our students and to the credit of the students of the high schools throughout the country that they have taken the turn of affairs philosophically and have gone about their tasks of preparing for the pre- carious business of making a living with a high degree of optimism. It is somewhat hazardous to attempt to predict what the next few years will bring, but it seems reasonable to assume that the prosperity of the country can not be retarded indefinitely. The ad- vancement that has been made in scien- tific fields and the many technological improvements that have been achieved should, in a well organized society, re- sult m a much higher standard of living than any we have yet known. It is quite essential that the young people graduating from our schools be prepared to meet the new conditions of this changing civilization. It is rather dif- ficult to determine at times just what changes are necessary in our educational system, just what opportunities should be presented to high school pupils. One Continued on Page 1 1 3

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HREE years ago wc. the class of 19 33, entered East Providence High School. The years wc have spent here have been happy and busy ones, but now they are over: we must go on. Some of us B s j s, will enter the world of business, others will go to college— we s ' Mi e separated and scattered through the country, and yet we shall be together here in this Crimson and m our memories. While we were here, by our struggles with the X s and s of Algebra, hy our attempts to juggle the red and black figures of bookkeeping, and by our efforts to make sense out of the writings of Caesar and the orations of Cicero, we have increased our mental ability, broadened our cultural back- ground, and added to our practical knowledge. While we have been doing these things, we have been learning m other ways. In athletics we learned the fundamentals of teamwork and sportsmanship: in dramatics, to speak our thoughts clearly, to question skillfully, and to argue cc)nvincingly. Ou musical talents we have contributed to the various musical organizations of the school, and have received in return a greater interest in, a wider knowledge of and a deeper love for music. By our activities in such organizations as the Hi-Y and the Girl Reserves we learned the joy of working for others, in the pursuit of our everyday school activities we have learned many valuable lessons— the value of friendship, the necessity for fair play, the comparative values of a smile and a frown,— these and many other priceless things have we discovered We have studied the first chapter of the great lesson of Life Now we must leave, and as we go let us say this: We have learned. Page nine