Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

Page 17 text:

Carey, on being told to take hold of a gas-pipe, grasps Russell’s neck. Shoes for ipouno fiDen, IN ALL THE LAST STYLES. At Goodwin s , , , Fitchburg, cMass ESTABLISHED 1867. CLASS RINGS, PINS, ETC. AT LOWEST PRICES. Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and Optical Goods. •• HALL •• The ‘ Up-to-Datc” Jeweler and Optician, J94 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass. BROWNELL MASON, Plumbing and Heating, TIN, SHEET IRON AND COPPER WORK, DEALERS IN Stoves, Ranges, Iron and Tin Ware. TELEPHONE CONNECTION.’ 159 MAIN STREET, NTCHBURG. == You break your Class Pin or Ring, bring it to us and we will repair it so that it will be as good as new S. M. NATHAN, 258 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass. tXPERT WATCH REPAIRING. Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. Hilferty, ’01, loses his heart at the Gardner reception. Oh! that Knight!

Page 16 text:

Football I HE seavson of 1900 opened with considerable experienced mate- rial to utilize. Accordingly, a team was put in the field, with eight vet- erans trying for various positions. Among the new men, one who gave great promise of being a star center was a little Freshman, with his 265 pounds avoirdupois — Con- nors of West Fitchburg. Upon his addition to the team, Dillon ceased to excite comment. However, sick- ness deprived the team of this prom- ising player. Carey, ’00, was chosen to captain the team, and Walsh, ’03, to manage it. James Hogan again coached the team and repeated his crack work of the previous year. After the game with Cushing, who found weak spots all over the team, the eleven settled down to work, and a marked improvement was noticed. About the middle of the season Mr. Hitchcock informed the team that it must cancel its games until the marks should be raised. This they proceeded to do, and raised L. E. L. T. L. G. C. R ' aii. Fisher. Dillon. Walsh. them in time to play the closing game of the season, which was la- belled defeat. The inference which may be drawn should be of great value to the next team. While playing, Ryan was the star, but others deserving special mention are “Chick” Kendall, Hardy and Barker. There are very bright prospects for a good team the coming year, as eight of the old eleven will remain, though it will lose immeasurably by the absence of Ryan, Fisher, and Kendall. But with Mr. Hogan as coach there is a probability that strong men may be developed to cover their points. The schedule below does not show the excellent work which the team did, for it almost invariably played teams that were much heavier. Following are the schedule and players : F. H. S. 0, C. A. 36. F. H. S. 20. Wilson Club 0. F. H, S. 0, Clinton A. C. 0. F. H. S. 0, G. H. S. 0. F. H. S. 26, Highland Military, Worcester, 0. F. H. S. 0, Clinton A. C. 10. L. H. Burns. Q. B. Carey. Murphy. R. G. Geoffrion. R. T. Barker. R. H. Kendall. R E. Burdo. Church. Hardy.

Page 18 text:

Phe sixteenth of November our re- I spected secretary received a let- ter from Gardner inviting the Senior class and faculty to a Hallowe’en party to be held in the Gardner High School. At a meeting of the class it was voted to accept this invitation. Accordingly on the evening of No- vember 30, thirty of the Seniors and Mr. Hitchcock boarded our special car at the American House. They rode to the steamer house, West Fitchburg, at which place more live stock was put aboard amid vocifer- ous cheering. Mr. Hitchcock managed to find a seat in the female colony and stuck to it like glue, for what reason we cannot positively state, but we shrewdly guess that Miss Ford had him under a hypnotic spell. If she didn’t we can positively state that she did her best to get him under the influence, that is, hypnotic influence. The “goo-goo eyes’’ that she made were an innovation. It was utterly impossible to move Stone, who had secured an all-night stand with Misses Rogers and Cum- mings. Maude and Ella looked lone- some in the corner of the car, be- cause Bert had another engagement. while Lizzie endeavored to make her- self agreeable all around. Well, we finally reached Gardner in spite of all the foregoing, and were met by a delegation from the school which escorted us to that educational institution. On arrival at that place we attached our cognomens to a piece of paper, and the boys were set in a flutter by the appearance of a young lady (Miss McIntyre), who was to pin them upon our coats. After this pleasant duty was over we entered the hall. It was decorated in a unique and flattering manner with jack-o’-lan- terns and other appropriate articles for a Hallowe’en party. At this stage of the program Bessie and Ada circled around two of the Gardner fellows. Bingham took pity on them and introduced them. After introductions games were in order and events broke pretty evenly. In the snap-apple contest Pethy- bridge and Miss Rogers made vigor- ous attempts to insert their teeth, but failed miserably. Miss Hayden and Black created intense excitement as well as enjoyment in their hair- raising contest. Miss Rogers showed her Italian blood in the peanut con-