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

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CRIMSON and BLUE good that they are all we desire?” Shall we simply go hack to where we were in 1914? This is not the re¬ construction we hoped for. It may he that having become used to war-time intensity and speed we expect too much in a short time. After all, reconstruction is evolution, and evolution is a gradual process. There are two facts which are hotli significant and hopeful. As citizens we may he glad in the fact that schools, and colleges are more crowded than ever. This crowding demonstrates one thing: the people are convinced that they must learn more. They must learn mor e to fit them for their life’s work. They must learn more to enable them to influence government and society in the right direction in these days when democracy brings great re¬ sponsibility. A second stimulating fact is the cry for “increased production” which is becoming more and more the slo¬ gan of commerce and industry. Peo¬ ple now understand that they must work more and not less. P»y in¬ creased production we may hope to relieve suffering and bring prosperi¬ ty to the common people. America is not so much in a stage of rec onstruction as in process of first construction. America is still in the making. Her mixture of races must be blended into one. Her industries must be made to serve the public better while furnishing to la¬ bor an adequate compensation. Her masses must be raised out of illitera¬ cy and ignorance. Her government must be freed from corruption. All these things come home direct¬ ly to us. We trust we have an in¬ telligent interest in the country’s welfare. We are told that we are the hope of, the nation. Let us firm¬ ly resolve that great expectations, shall not fail of realization. Dwight H. McMahon. WALLS NCE in the dark ages, historic times there ed in Everett High several thick, high These walls were of pre- exist- Sehool walls, raised like dough, on hot air and gas, and grew like mushrooms. But unlike mushrooms they were deeply rooted and could not be torn up. These walls came about in this way. In every High School there must be at least three walls. That num¬ ber is absolutely essential to the good and democracy of the school. There must be a wall between the sopho¬ mores and freshmen, another be¬ tween the juniors, and sophomores and a third between the seniors and juniors. This surrounds the seniors by three walls and makes them very exclusive. Granted that these walls are necessary, let us, discuss the others. The unnecessary walls wer e those between the - four different courses. The highest and strongest of these walls was that between the college, or academic, and the commercial courses. There was a bitter feud in progress between the two. The tech¬ nical boys, found it the correct thing to do and surrounded themselves lik ewise with a wall. But they were a sociable set and frequently emerged from behind their wall much to the open disgust and secret admiration of the others. The do¬ mestic science girls had to erect a wall or lose caste and erect a wall they did. Now you see the condition of affairs when the class of 1921 arose and took their exalted thrones as seniors,. The year began with fireworks and a partisan election of class offi cers where much blood was shed (figuratively) and the academic seniors won out for the most part. No sooner was this over than the rival organizations in both parties began to die natural deaths. The wall was crumbling. Perhaps one cause was, the new law compelling students to take American history before they can graduate, which brought both factions together and gave them a chance to see that there was not so much difference between 11W

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3 1759 00146 6626 CRIMSON and BLUE NCE again the E. H. S. year¬ book appears, but this time under its older name, “The Crimson and Blue,” the colors of good old Everett High. A new feature has been introduced in this year’s issue: that of having a photograph of each mem¬ ber of the Senior Class, giving the year-book, I think, a more personal touch, and one to be highly prized in the years to come. The editor regrets that not all the art work and cartoons submitted could be used, but space would not allow. He extends, his most sincere thanks to each and every one who contributed work or co-operated with him in making the 1921 Crimson and Blue a success. To Mr. Bryant we are especially indebted for helpful and untiring ad¬ vice which has been a source of great assistance to us all. We as a class should patronize our advertisers liberally on every possible occasion and try to induce our friends to do likewise. To the members of the staff, I have only words of the highest prais for the unselfish and energetic work which they have put into the many tasks that they have found confront¬ ing them which are to be met and ac¬ complished in the effort of making a year-book worthy to be contained between the covers of “The Crimson and Blue.” H. McQaseney. THE PERIOD OF RECONSTRUC= TION INCE hostilities ceased, we have heard a great deal about the period of recon¬ struction. We thought that the world would be re¬ constructed on a magnificent scale after the war had swept everything clean, much as we would rebuild a city on a grander, more beautiful plan after a great fire has swept ev¬ erything clean. As we review the past two years and a half, we cannot point out any great progress in the line of recon¬ struction. Factions have sprung up in Europe, and strife is still going on. In the United States, the govern¬ ment has, refused to enter the League of Nations as a move toward recon¬ struction. Both in Europe and America there is a period of moral laxity which is by no means whole¬ some. In the business world, men feel that we must get back to nor¬ mal, to pre-war conditions., with low¬ er prices, lower wages, and lower taxes. We might well ask, however, “Were the pre-war conditions so

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CRIMSON and BLUE them after all and that they were no more nor less than ordinary human beings. Class, or rather Course rival¬ ry could not survive such a shock. In an obscure corner of the cemetery of Oblivion is a grave marked: Here lies The MISUNDERSTANDING between the courses of E. H. S. Anno Domini 1921 “Requiescat in pace” This jealousy and misunderstand¬ ing is now gone, but like John Bar- lycorn, its spirit still roams the land, or rather, th e school. So long as you, the present freshmen, sophomores, and juniors continue the work that ’21 has begun, Misunderstanding will rest in his grave and there will be harmony, peace, and understand¬ ing in the school. But give him a chance and out from his grave will pop Misunderstanding, ready armed for war. May Halpersohn. RELIEF WORK for 1920=21 TIRING the year 1920-21 E. H. S. has reached the climax of its relief work. The students and faculty have given liberally when¬ ever asked so that every drive that has. been introduced during the year has received staunch backing. Al¬ though the war has ended, much money is still needed for the main¬ tenance of life in many European and Asiatic nations. This year three drives have been inaugurated and successfully carried out. First there was the annual Christmas work for local relief. Then the Girls’ English Club collected money for the Hoover Fund. The third drive was that for the Near East or Armenian Relief. Annual Christmas ReFef Work A few weeks, before Christmas the boxes were distributed as usual to e ch room. When the money was all collected, it was found that $721.31 had been raised, more than had ever been obtained since this movement was started. The committee, elected by the stu¬ dent body, were Edward Hogan, chairman and senior representative; Chester Whiting, junior member; John Noonan, sophomore representa¬ tive ; and Edward Bond for the freshmen. Hoover Fund In February the Girls’ English Club started a drive the returns from which were to go as a subsciption to the Hoover Fund. The boxes used at Christmas time were placed in the rooms for collection of the money. O 11 Friday evening, February 11, in behalf of this drive and under the auspices of the Girls’ English Club. Dr Edward Plummer, Professor of Otology at Tufts Med ' cal School, gave an illustrated lecture on the sports of the ancients. At the end of this drive the English C’ub was aide to send a check of $160 to the Hoover Fund Headquarters. Near East Relief At one of the Monday mo rning lec¬ tures,, Dr. Bartlett of the Near E ' st Relief organization spoke of the ter¬ rible conditions in Armenia and asked that money be raised bv the pupils as a subscripfon from Ever¬ ett. Nachon Keljikian was e 1 ect°d chairman of the general committee with the following pupils as mem¬ bers:, Esther Wehner, Joseph Bock, Chester Whiting, and Dorothy Dris¬ coll. Besides this general committee a student was elected in each room to attend to the collections in his own room. Many novel ways were em- idoyed to induce giving. Money bags with Near East printed in largs blue letters on the side, placard with sl ts for the d ' fferent sized coins with the 1110 P 0 “Say it With Flour,” and pasteboard cartons with pictures of the deplorable conditions on the sides were used for collecting in the several rooms. Posters show¬ ing a table lined with hungry chil¬ dren were placed in conspicuous pl°cev in the corridors. One of the most notable features of this dr ve was the production for a second time of the Girls’ Glee Club musical com¬ edy “The Transformation of Jeanne” the proceeds of which wer e used to buy coupons from the New East R°- l ; ef committee. By this reproduc¬ tion the girls swelled the returns of tlm fund by $120. The ent’re n mount raised for this drive in High School was $480.80. Harland A. Carpenter.