Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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CHRONICLES. SERTEMIIER. (S. ’97 returns to school as Seniors. 9. The football management seenres a com])etent coach. 19. High School eleven wins its first game with Murdock, 4 — 0. 2G. F. H. S. team beats Gardner, 8G — G. 28. First Junior Class meeting. OCTOBER. 3. Marlboro is whitewashed by F. H. S. eleven . 11. The Ballantines sever their connection with the football team to win greater laurels on Ware’s gridiron. 17. Our football eleven defeats Ayer, 4 — 0. 20. Professor Merrill forgets to blow the steam whistle, and run the X-ray machine the first hour. 24. F. H. S. team experiences a snap with Leominster, 18 — 0. NOVEMBER. 2. First Senior Class party. G. Mr. Chapin accepts the position of Principal of the State Normal School in Westfield. 21. The football team defeats the Monom- onac-F. A. C. combination, G — 0. 2G. High School eleven wins its last game against Murdock, 2 — 0. DECEMBER. 25. “ Guilbert Darkwood ” is held up in the dark on Goodrich street. Nit ! 28. Second Senior dance. JANUARY. 14. Tanner marches into assembly hall in time with the music. 28. Junior Class party. Weather very stormy. FEBRUARY. 1. Mr. Bingham is welcomed as a teacher. 20. Senior dance. Ladies’ night. 24. “Ralphy” Ballantine renews football practice at Mrs. Jarley’s w ax- works. MARCH. 1. The civil government class attends Leominster town meeting. Andrews is missed from the class, and refuses to account for himself. 10. Members of the school give a planta- tion concert. Ha3’ ' es (’98) makes his debut. APRIL. 1. Miss Sleeper makes the acquaintance of a Chinese rat. 5. Junior part L 15. The school is startled by the depth of crime set forth b ' - an agent of the S. P. C. A. IG. Johnson repents and joins the Band of Mercy. 19. The last Senior Class party. Gentle- men’s night. 23. High School minstrel show. 24. Miss Edgerly adds another to her long list of “catches.” 30. Miss Carpenter gives a whistling solo with an alarm-clock obligato.

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“A mere boy, a mere slip of a boy.” — Pitts, ’97. ■ffeb Dien — Serve. In licr beautiful Class Ode of ’97 the young and talented authoress says : ” Fling out afar your banners bright, The golden and the white, And for each soldier staunch and true, ‘ I serve’ will win the light.” I SERVE TO MY CUSTOMERS THE BEST Staple- GROCERIES- Fancy SPECIAIIIES: j r Pure Fresh Roasted Coffees. JOHN D. MORRILL, 59 Green Street. ri oODI-I C . FineTailoring EiTCI IbllllG, NaS5. SAr-HTY I IND liAMK OLOCl ' i. J.C MOULTON, P hotographe r m MAIM STRIlIzT. ‘fyftc JI2,eW [antic ‘(bea Co , Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ine eas, Coffees, and Spices Also, Large Line of Croefpry, fass and ‘(binware. SPECIAL SALES EVERY SATURDAY. Xlo. X CMain St., opp. DdZijrtle ve. ‘‘Little, but oh my!” — Brown, ’97.

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“The most sulitle reasoner that America has i)rodueed.’’ — Wallace, ’9S. Actual Business from Start to Finish ... AT THE ... ' Jfitcbburg business College As soon as a student learns the first principle of Bookkeeping: he is gfiv- en a cash capital of $5000, in collegfe currency He then does an actual bus- iness with the Bank, Wholesale House, Commercial Exchangfe, Commission House, etc ; receives his mail daily througfh the Post Office, from Foreigfn Busi- ness firms This training: g:ives a student the actual experience of a business man, as he assumes a responsibility which makes him thoug:htful and accurate in every detail of his work Our Fall Term begins Sept 1, 97 All those interested in a Business Education are respectfully invited to call and investig:ate 145 Main Street. D FULLMER, Proper CHOICE ELOWERS A SPECIALTY. am LSTIC ELORAL WORK, DECOPATION. r.O. WILLARD, PALMS, EERN5, AND DECORATIVE PLANTS TELEPHONE 13-T GREENHOUSES, GROVE ST., FITCHISUPG, MASS. “What is true passion, if unblessed it dies? And where is Stella’s joy, if Leon flies?”