Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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Miss Belding’s Class Song was all right, but the credit belongs to the one who wrote it. Rollstone National Bank, FITCHBURG, MASS. 131 Main Street. Capital, $250,000. Surplus, $135,000. ESTABLISHED 1867. FRANKLIN S. HALL, SUCCESSOR TO JAS. H. FAIRBANKS, III Jeweler and Optician, in .. Xatest in (3oK) anD Silver .. IRovelties. Special Attention Paid tg Repairing Fine Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. 194 MAIN STREET FITCHBURG. H. A. WILLIS, President. W. B. TENNEY, Cashier. Accounts solicited. Depositors offered every facility which their business and responsibility warrant. DEPOSIT BOXES to rent in latest improved BURGLAR and FIRE-PROOE VAULTS. L0IE1G, ELLIOTT GO. 121 MAIN ST., .... FITCHBURG. The reason ’98 has such cold shoulders is Principal-ly on account of that marble heart.

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O ur second minstrel show took place Feb. 11, and introduced the newest hits and novelties of the season, including the animated song sheet. Haves and Foss scored a great hit in their original dia- logue and aided to a very great extent in the success of the enter- tainment. A dance was held from 11 to 1, in which many partici- pated and declared it the most enjoyable evening they ever spent. While we believe in giving other classes full credit for the work they did, it was mainly through ’98’s management and executive ability that the performance will be remembered throughout as the best amateur performance ever given in the city. THE CLASS PLAY. ' T ' he class of ’98 thought it wise to show their precedence over all other classes, past or present, so they gave a class play, entitled “Our Starry Banner.” It was a thrilling military drama in five acts. Each one in the cast learned his part so that the play went off without a hitch in the last rehear- sal, but our ill luck still followed us, and Miss Bemis, who played the soubrette part, was taken ill and was unable to take part. Miss Searle kindly helped us, and without a hitch filled the part. Every one said the play was one of the finest exhibitions of ama- teur talent of the kind in the city. Especially strong were Litchfield and Crimmin in the heavy parts, Parks and Shattuck in the part of old men, Miss Wheeler as the heroine scored a big hit, Lovell as the hero was very good, Hayes and Miss Warner took the parts of Dooley and Judy O’Dowd in a real old Irish way. The class worked hard for success, and suc- ceeded both from a theatrical and a financial standpoint.

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THE FOOTBALL TEAM, Hi! Ro! Kee! Hi! Ro! Kee! Boomeraka ! Boomeraka ! Who are we ? First in the rush line, First in the tackle, First in the hearts of the Fitchburg people. N ever in the annals of this school was any cr} ' given oftener after a football victory than the one above during the football season of ’97. Never in the history of this school has a football team been placed on the gridiron that was so successful in winning victories as the one which represented the F. H. S. last sea- son. Of nine games played, eight were overwhelming victories for us, and the other was not lost by poor playing. It was lost simply because the game was played about dusk, it consequently being almost impossible to see the ball. Although it may be true that Fitchburg lost because the Senti- nel reporter was not present, they would undoubtedly have won had they received a fair show. Any wav, the season is over, and as will be seen from the fol- lowing scores, some of the best teams in the state have been defeated. Out of the full team, ten of the men were of ’98, and this shows again how this class was at the head of everything. C. A. Kendall, who was captain, commanded the respect of every player, and great credit is due him for the fine manner in which the team conducted itself both on and off the field. Every man in the team played excellent ball dur- ing all the games, but the follow- ing men deserve the most credit : Cross, Hassett, Sheehan, Worster and Prescott. Below is the full team and the positions each played : Thomas Hassett Left End. Perrv Wilson Left Tackle. James Johnson Left Guard. H. M. Parks Centre. Charles Prescott Right Guard. T. J. Sheehan Right Tackle. W. E. Hayes Right End. C. A. Kendall Quarter Back. W. S. Cross Left Half Back. C. E. Worster Right Half Back. C. H. Lamb Full Back. GAMES. Se pt. 18, F. H. S. 4 Leominster H. S. 0 “ 25, “ 6 Worcester H. S. 0 Oct. 2, “ 18 Cushing Academy, 0 “ 16, “ 22 Marlboro Y. M. C. A. 6 “ 20, “ 18 Framingham H. S. 0 “ 30, “ 6 Somerville H. S. 4 Nov. 6, “ 8 Athol Y. M. C. A. 0 “ 17, “ 0 Somerville H. S. 16 82 26