Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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THE HUTTLESTONIAN 17 Initiation of the G. A. A. M ANY surprises were in store for the freshmen girls, when they were initiated into the Girls’ Athletic Association in the High School gymnasium, on the afternoon of October the eighteenth. The ‘‘coiffures” of the “fresh- ies” first attracted our attention. Girls having bobbed hair had their hair done up with twenty- six hair pins! Twenty-six pig tails were required of those hav¬ ing long hair! The costumes of the initiates were quite as ridicu¬ lous as the mode of hair dress¬ ing. A large red ribbon held blouse collars high; a large bow secured them tightly in front. Stockings of brilliant hue were particularly effective when it was discovered that everyone was walking a la Charlie Chaplin. The grand march was an event which will not soon be for¬ gotten. As the girls marched around, they were treated to worms, slapped in the face with rats, compelled to walk planks, and to fall from precipices. Some of the individual stunts were most entertaining. Miss Aldora Fairweather demon¬ strated how a modern flapper flirts. Miss Helen May Kidd cer¬ tainly enjoyed her ice cream treat when she discovered cay¬ enne pepper in it. Miss Yvonne Blanchette, who has a natural dislike for milk, was given a baby’s bottle. She drained the contents, and gave the girls a good laugh over the funny faces she made. All of the freshmen suffered mental agonies while being branded. After the torture, the floor was cleared and the upper classes asked the freshmen to dance. Refreshments were then served. The faculty were the invited guests at the initiation. B. R. C., ’26; L. F., ’26.

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THE HUTTLESTONIAN 16 that we sing “Yes, We Have No Bananas”, for the benefit of those returning for a second helping. Dancing followed the refreshments, and music was furnished by Eleanor Haney and Grace Caswell. The committee in charge of the initiation was as follows: Helen Douglas, Chairman, Ethel Winterbottom, Franklyn Young, Alfred Sylvia and Margery Coombs. The Commercial Club is not wholly a social organization. Busi¬ ness efficiency, and the aim and future work of the Commercial stu¬ dents will be taken up at the various meetings during the year. The officers of the Club are as follows: President—Helen Douglas. Vice President—Alfred Sylvia. Secretary and Treasurer—Margery Coombs. M. C., 74. HE first Senior dance of the 1924 class was held Friday evening, October 19, 1923, at eight o’clock. It was a Hallowe’en party and the gymnasium was attractively decorated in black and orange colors representative of the autumn festival. Music was fur¬ nished by Yeager’s Orchestra. During intermission ice cream, candy, and punch were sold. The patrons and patronesses were Mr. and Mrs. John F. Goggin, Miss Dorothy Muzzey and Miss Margaret Siebert. The ushers were Waldo Haydon, John Hawkins, Earl York, John Parker and Fred Sheard. Over two hundred guests enjoyed a very pleasant evening and much credit is due Bradford Terry, chairman of the dance committee, and his able and willing assistants whose efforts made the dance both so¬ cially and financially such a success. M. D. W., 74.

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18 THE HUTTLESTON1AN T O PREVENT the brow-furrowing and hair-graying process of teaching school from roughening their dispositions, the members of the faculty have to indulge sometimes in recreation. This fall such recreation has been enjoyed in the form of two picnics and an organ recital and social. The teachers of the High School, in automobiles collected from their own number, drove to the Dunham’s camp on Mary’s Pond. Tables were spread in the pine grove, and a great deal of ex¬ cellent food was consumed in the midst of general joking and good cheer. Even after such a supper there were some who were ambitious enough to skip stones or play “duck-on-the-rock” on the beach. Before it was quite dark the party made preparations to go home, but it was found that Miss Siebert’s car was disabled. The able mechanics, included in the school faculty, made the necessary readjustments, however, so that all the cars moved homeward speedily and safely. A few days later many of the Fairhaven teachers had their first in¬ troduction to a clambake at Fort Phoenix. Those to whom the ex¬ perience was new were quite overwhelmed at the array of strange food which kept piling up on their plates. After paying due respect to the well-represented fish family and its allies, the teachers ad¬ journed to the dance hall where each school showed how funny it could be. The Rogers School group impersonated everything from cats to sunflowers, while the Annex School furnished a full orchestra. The charades from the Anthony School were very clever, but the au¬ dience, being school teachers, guessed their meanings. The High School teachers gave a tragic little sketch called “The Wreck of the (Concluded on Page 19)