Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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All persons who wish to have parties condueted in a suitable manner shoidd api)ly to Dillon, ’01. VACATION TIME. Prepare for taitir ontiiig by purchasing one of our BLUE SERGE SUITS. They will stand the rough usage of seashore and mountain. Albee, Lyons Co. Me fine CARRY A FULL LINE OF JEWELRY, SILYER- WARE AND NOVELTIES, .. IbiUiner .. THAT WOULD PAY YOU TO EX A MINE. BY Mme. S. V. Girard -Bernard, %, lb. IPratt 8. Co. = IST 100 MAIN STREET, Main Street, Fitchburg. FITCHBURG, MASS. “ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE,” And it the costumes that we wear are not up to the standard of neatness and style, we will likely be cast for ‘‘small parts.” Clothing of cAlheet Lyons Co “Had taught them their letters out of the self-same book, with the hjnnus of the ehnreh and the plain song.’’ — Miss Lord, ’00; Kendall, ’03.

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Chronology. vSKl’Tli.MHKK. f). Scliool begins. 1. tS. ’99 holds meeting in evening. Artistie fibility of Alumni shown. 4-. 12. Keyes discovered around the corner at 8. recess practicing C. Wiggins Cobb’s “Athletic Walk.’’ 13. 15. Parker learns new French rule: “In the plural tenses nouns in the singular 20. take s.’’ 26. Senior class elections: Richard H. Miller, president; Carrie P. Johnson, vice- president; Joseph A. Lowe, secretary; Fannie C. Lord, treasurer. 29. Aliss Elizabeth Alvira Harding Sleeper assures her class Nolen is not 50, he is . OCTOBER. 2. The “Lightfoot Brigade” begins drilling under “Corporal Blanchard.” 4. Football: F. H. S. 0, Cushing 0. Carey told by Cushing girl, “You are too small to play, little boy, y’ou’d better run home.” Miss Sleeper blows her- self; blows a horn. 5. “Corporal B.” sounds “taps” for “Light- foot Brigade.” 6. Fred Storer elected captain of football team. He wraps his head in wet towels to prevent swelling, with suc- cessful results. 13. Clio is pining for F. P. Lord. 17. W. Storer spelt word correctly. Brain fever threatened. 20. Rourke, ’00, gets to school on time. 21. Football: F. H. S. 0, Gardner 36. Lucy was all right. Eh ! Mayne ? 28. Football; F. H. S. 10, Leominster 0. 31. Hallowe’en. Cobb computes the mathe- matical accuracy required to halve the apple. Solo pleasingly ' rendered by “ Dillon-Platts Sketch Team.” NOVE.MBEK. First reports. Zounds!!! I), hard luck, boys. Footljall: F. H. S. 0, Maynard 5. Mandate goes forth. Carey must pick up his feet. Where can he put them? Stella Wheelock changes her seat. To sit near Fred? “Some pupils are wise, some otherwise.” Mr. Hitchcock’s first public joke. Vaillant recites in civics for first time in eight weeks. 24. Senior reception. Teachers and pupils radiant. 29. First Senior class party. As usual, a success. It was all right, Parker. 30. Football: F. H. S. 0, Leominster 0. Dillon bet on the Exeter-Andover game and loses $15.25. Had 45 cents next Monday and owed 25 cents. DECEMBER. 1. Miracle! Excuse brought in on time. Don’t let it happen again. 4. Fosdick makes his annual attempt to reorganize the Debating society. 8. Exhibition of dramatic talent by Miss E. A. H. Sleeper at the appearance of a mouse. 11. Mr. Hitchcock goes down stairs whist- ling “Lovely Appear.” 22. A. A. Party. School closes. Cowdrey proves himself an efficient speaker. JANUARY. 8. Winter term begins. Mr. Hartwell wears home two pairs of rubbers. 10. Force of gravity proves itself irresistible. Mr. Cobb and Miss Gifford overcome at Charity Party. 19. Parker and Woodward take leave of ab- sence from library.

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Chronology ( Continued). 22. Platts is on ood behavior. Remarkable! 28. C. B. Smith leaves school. Senior class voted to send notes of condolence to Mabel. 25. Sheddon informs C. W. Cobb that a part is greater than the whole. 27. Parker says that no matter how much larger or smaller a body becomes he is always constant. FEBRUARY. v5. Basket ball practice. 20. Andierst Alumni dinner. 27. G. P. Hitchcock absent. Herr Dean pre- sides. 28. Basket ball at Sportsman’s Show. Miss Sleeper sings “ My Gal is a High Born Lady,” to her first hour class. MARCH. 1. Platts and Brown,’ 03, go into the bunco business with success. 2. Sheddon first victim to be buncoed by a Freshman. 15. An eloquent appeal made to A. A. for money. 20. Parker describes the “ Whiskey Resurrec- tion.” 23. Second hour geometry class amuses Mr. Dunster. Trial debate. 29. Derby gives Cobb a lesson in grammar. APRIL. • 6. Last Senior class party. 9. School opens after vacation. 15. Nolen’s house-cleaning. 22. Miss Allard: “What will the audience do before the scene is over?” Lowe: “Leave.” (Macbeth.) MAY. 2. Seven boys absent. Why ? 11. Debate. Resolved: “It is advisable to annex the Phillipincs.” 21. Athletic training began. 24. City clerk gives a talk to the Senior girls on “How to get married though single.” 28. “Old Sol” hides his face for a space of 90 seconds. 29. Memorial exercises at the school. 30. Memorial Day. Mr. Cobb can’t paddle his own canoe. It is h Lowe his dignity. 31. Mr. Hartwell incomprehensibly explains the eclipse. JUNE. 1. Russell flies into a new flame. (Another girl.) 2. Athletic meet. The high school boj ' s cele- brate with a parade in the evening. 5. An epidemic of red hosiery ' among the boys, but rumor says that it didn’t stop there. 8. Circus day. No excitement. 12. Technical class picnic at Whalom. 15. First rehearsal of graduation chorus. 18. Technical examinations at Worcester. 18. Miss Cowles to the French class: “A French girl will not wear a high col- lar, but she will massage her face and she will rub her neck.” 19. Two little mice who were very Greene and couldn’t be Moore so, are caught in a trap while spying on the Class Book committee. 19. Wel-lbred horses have long manes. To Miss McCarty. 25. Miss Elsie Fuller’s pictures appear. Chickering evidently knows his busi- ness. Each one is a gem. 27. Graduation. 29. Promenade. Some of the Tech boys graduate well browned from the roasts they have received.