Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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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)

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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 19 Eulogy on Our First Football Defeat (With Apologies to Daniel Webster.) B ROTHERS: ’Tis a solemn occasion which causes us to be brought together at this time. Alas, the time has come when the same feeling of misery fills all our hearts. Through pride we have not shown it, -but it is there. We played the game and lost. That is nothing to our discredit, however, for a good defeat is better than a poor victory. At first we were certain of winning. The goal was nearly reached, but three times we were thrown back. After that things were uncertain; vain attempts were made to regain lost ground. We are capable of doing the best. This is the first time such a thing has come into our lives and we solemnly swear it shall never happen again. If only they will keep their faith in us, we will show them the stuff we’re made of. Brothers, we are of a mutual sympathy and although time will erase from our memories the thought of this terrible catastrophe, we go our ways with heavy hearts. Let our object be our team, our whole team, and nothing but our team. And, by the blessing of God, may that team itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom and victory, upon which the world may gaze, with admiration, forever! M. D. T., ’24. FACULTY (Concluded from Page 18) Julie Plante” that quite moved the audience to tears of laughter. Of quite a different nature was the entertainment for the Fairhaven pedants held in the evening of October 10th, when Mr. Alton Pauli gave an organ recital in the Memorial Church. The music would have been beautiful anywhere and in such a church with its exquisite carving and the stained glass window emerging softly from the dark¬ ness, it was something more. After the recital, the Allen Class of the Church invited the teachers into the Parish House where refreshments were served, and an hour spent in general sociability.