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

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aullll ulli.. 'uu ' The Message of the Principal HIS past year at East Prov- idence has been an interest- ing and important one, not only for the members of the graduating class. but for the entire student body. A glance at the pages in this book dealing with the various school activities reveals that a great deal of the time and efforts of our pupils have been devoted to proficiency in things that do not exactly come under the heading of formal education. The great interest in the extra-curricular pro- gram of our school would seem to indi- cate that here, as in the majority of sec- ondary schools, the trend is definitely toward making the school the greatest socializing influence in the lives of the pupils. Naturally, we take pride in the many achievements of the year. Our athletic teams have won their share of major victories and league championships: and our debating, dramatic, and musical organizations have won highest honors in competition here and beyond the state boundaries. The one thing it seems that has characterized our whole activities program is that as a school group we have never been satisfied with mediocrity, but have been thoroughly imbued with the desire to excel. Much more important, however, from the educational standpoint than the glamour of the season's record is the fact that the number of people profiting through participation in the work of the school organizations has greatly iri- creased. It is quite obvious that each year our school is taking over more and more of the recreational and cultural life of the young people of this town. Our whole program tends to give our people an opportunity under school auspices to express their own individual- ities in enterprises that they know are distinctly their own. In this respect a great many of the lessons learned in these activities have been more purpose- ful than many learned in the class room. In addition to the advantages gained by the individual in such participation, there is the very definite contribution that such a program makes toward group consciousness and social solid- arity. It is probably safe to say that East Providence High School is the one important unifying factor in a town Continued on page 78 Page eight

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2 X t IIEQMEUJILQQIFCY I ff Y: I 11 If JAMES E. BATES-Principal FRANK E. PERKINS-Assistant Principal Agriculture FREDERICK H. TITCHENER Commercial Su bjects MARX' MCCACLEY IDA L YVOLFE CATHLEEN COYNE ADA M. MOORE WALTER S. NIACPI-IEE GEORGE NIEREWETHER Drawing CLARA E. LEWIS English BEATRICE A. SAIITH HELEN M. PORTER BERTRAND L. SHURTLEPF PRISCILLA ALDEN ARTHUR NIARLEY French ALICE SCNDBERCJ NIARIAN LUNAN CLAIRE RYAN German ALICE M. WADDINCTON Gymnasium LOUISE KELLEY CLIEEORD B. GOOD U History KATHERINE L. CAWLEY CLARK W. BROWNINC, RUTH P. KAPLAN DOROTHY A. HILL Latin HAZEL M. GILBERT Librarian MARY P. HILL Mathematics EDITH M. GOEE MARJORIE HARTFORD ALICE E. BOURNE Music HOPE SMITH Spanish ELIZABETH L. CUSI-IING DOLORES ENOS Sciences OTHO SMITH NATHAN PASS HAROLD S. GOODWIN GLADYS CARROLL

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Z ? f til fiflg l 4 5 earl , . , IETY years ago, l884. the Town of East Providence founded the East Providence High School for the furthering and encouragement of a secondary school public education. During that fifty years, between five and ten thousand pupils have been graduated from our school and have entered into that great field of life which branches in many directions. Some have followed the fields of medicine, law, theology, teaching, and other professions: others have entered into the business world: many have become skilled and unskilled tradesmen and laborers: and many-let us not forget-are those citizens and graduates of our school who gave their lives on the field of battle that their country might enjoy everlasting peace and pros- peritv. During its fifty years of existence. East Providence high can point with pride to the high scholastic standing that it has maintained and to those honor students that it has sent to institutions of higher learning. lt can be proud of the athletes who have participated in football, baseball, basketball, track, hockey, wrestling, golf. tennis. fencing. and other sports and who have given to the school a rating in sportsmanship that its followers can cherish. lt can be proud of those students who have engaged in dramatics, prize speaking, debating, library work, and the various other organizations that the school has spon- sored over a period of fifty years. lt can be proud of the members of its faculty, who have maintained a high standard over this half century, And finally, it must not forget the parents. who have shown a keen interest in the activities of the school and many of whom have made sacrifices that their children might receive a high school education. Now the time comes when the class of l97:-4 will enter into the great path of life. Some will seek higher education while others will become mem- bers of the workaday world. We feel that we have done our best in upholding the high standard set by the classes which preceded us in high school, and that we too will help to preserve the peace, prosperity, and welfare of our country. To the faculty, to the students we leave behind, and to our own class, we dedicate this issue of the Crimson as a remembrance of the happy days we spent together in high school. .... 4 Page miie