Everett High School - Crimson Tide / Memories Yearbook (Everett, MA)

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OUR PRINCIPAL % Let us all remember as we leave this school the kindly advice given to us by one who has our good at heart, our principal, Mr. Rockwood. Some¬ times we have been amiss and have deserved much more harsh treatment than we received, but Mr. Rockwood has interviewed us in his quiet and convincing way and each time we have left his presence we have made new determinations and have made up our mind to do the best that we can. Let us recall his advice so often repeated but always useful: “If you do the best you can, nothing more can be expected.” OUR TEACHERS Perhaps we realize as never before the great amount of patience our teachers have had with us. We little value the difficulties they have under¬ gone. Day after day they have labored, like our principal, for the best in¬ terests of those under their instruction. In behalf of the class of 1916 we wish to extend our thanks and appre¬ ciation for the interest they have taken in us, and the patience they have had with us in these last four years. MISS ENGLISH CLUB SPEAKS HER FIRST PIECE I’m only just a little “kid,” ’most scared to say a word, ’cause Grandma says, and ’course she knows, “Kids” should be seen, not heard.” Oh, let me see, was that the word? “Children,” I think she said. I guess if I said “kids” to her, she’d make me go to bed. Somebody says “precocious,” an’ they’s talking about me. I s’pose it is ridici’lus, ’cause I’m not quite two, you see. I’ve got some nice big brothers, an’ a great big sister, too; but clubs, societies, and such, to me, are very new. My brainy brother Philomath must wear a great big hat, ’cause he knows ’bout “fourth dimensions” and awful things like that. My older brother Lyceum, knows more than all the rest, an’ he talks lots to other folks, an’ just throws out his chest. All the family’s proud of Glee Club when she dresses up and sings, an’ goes to big church weddings, an’ warbles “love” an’ things. The night we went to theatre, I dreamed the cutest dreams, ’bout writin’ plays and acting ’em, an’ they was “reg’lar screams.” I hoped to fill the “Clarion,” and make a great book, so Lyceum, “Phil,” an’ Glee Club would want to have a look. An’ then I waked me right straight up, an’ I was only two. But maybe now I’m not so scared, I’ll make my dream come true. Marion Henderson. 4

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Loco I M ' jt 1 -. £°! 3 V H EDITORIAL r A S WE leave our class rooms, teachers, and school, there is one word that is constantly before us. It looms up greater than the highest mountain. It is the watchword of our national life, especially so in the last few years. It is a word that greets us as we have entered our class rooms for the last four, short, but most enjoyable and beneficial years. It is the word that means the success of our future which now, as never before, comes before us like a gigantic building, and appears as broad as the most extensive prairie. It is a word that is used in the Christian life, in fact, no word could be applied to so many walks of life as that great essential to the human race. Preparedness!! Are we prepared for the great battle of life? Are our minds prepared for the stress, the burdens, the trials, the temptations, and the thousands of other things that year after year send men to their ruin, and likewise send men to the heights of fame ? Are our bodies prepared for the physical strain that the great to-morrow is going to put on us ? Some of us are going to work, others are fortunate enough to further their education in higher institutions, but whatever we do, wherever we go, we must be prepared for the task. Let each member of the class of 1916, one of the best and most successful that has ever entered the classic halls of Everett High, always remember our lessons back in the Everett High School. We there prepared day after day to take the first steps toward our future, and without these first steps we shudder to think of the future. And finally, allow us to reiterate that great word and wish success and prosperity to every member of the class, always having before him the keynote to the situation, Preparedness!! Marion Henderson, of Room 21, was found to be the best poet i n the class. Her poem was considered the best out of ten other entries. She signed it “ May Be.” Good work, Marion! This is the third issue of the Echo which is the Senior year-book. The purpose of the book is to review the events of the past year and to give the Seniors a souvenir to keep. The editorial staff has worked hard and the editor appreciates the manner in which he is supported. In behalf of the class of 1916, we wish to thank all who aided the publication of this issue. Especially, thanks are to be given Miss Veazie who willingly took the time to typewrite copy for the printers. The class appreciates this service. 3

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WILBUR J. ROCKWOOD, Principal