Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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20. “vStick” I ' islier, ’07, went skating at Baker’s Pond and broke through into about twelve feet of water, l)nt by standing; erect on the bottom, “Stick” nian a a-d to keep Ids nose above water, and after bccoinin half parboiled was rescued. It pays to be lon j sometimes. 21). Basket ball. I ' . II. S. 00, (Gardner II. S. 10. 00. Basket ball. I ' . II. S. IS, F. II. S. Alnmni 21. JANUARY. 1. The Black Hand swear off studyin . 2. Bro. Dole is ])rescnted with some nice, juicy, ripe ai)plcs, with the comjdi- ments of the fourth hour Biology division. (). Basket ball. F. H. S. 24, Arms Academy 14. 11. The Holy Jumpers scalp Kershaw. 10. Basket ball. F ' . H. S. 17, Arms Acadenu ' 28. O’Dea and Litchfield illustrate how to coast without a sled. 15. Ice hockey. F. H. S. 0, Leominster H. S. 2. IG. Under the able command of General E. A. H. Sleeper a squad of the facult3 ' go through a little skating exhibition at Whalom A circus isn’t in it! 19. Basket ball. F. H. S. 00, Leominster H. S. 10. 21. Cock fight near Westminster raided by the police, and on 22. Ues Rivieres fails to show up at school. It certainl looks suspicious. 25. Woodbury is rather crust ' this morning; must have had a loaf of stale bread for breakfast. 27. Basket ball. F. H. S. 30, Gardner H. S. 10. FEBRUARY. 2. Ford “sees ’em” in biology. 3. Basket ball. F. H. S. 6, Cushing Academy second 12. G. The movement which was on foot to dress the Discobolus takes an airship. 8. Maney appears with a sample of Wild West headgear, and the hatband — ! ! 9. McCarthy follows suit. What a combination ! 10. Basket ball. F. H. S. 43, Murdock Academy 17. 15. Wilej ' Bros., violinists, have their hair cut. We wonder if they get a discount b} ' going together. 17. Basket ball. F. H. S. GO, Murdock Academy 12. 22. Junior class party. 23. Basket ball. F ' . H. S. 22, Cushing Academv ' second 21. MARCH. 3. Basket ball. F. H. S. 29, Leominster H. vS. 10. 5. Civics divisions visit Westminster and take in the town meeting. Miss Smith shows us “the cit ' ” “Doe” does a little “spooning.” G. “The Faerie Queen” tells how Jeffries knocked out Fitzsimmons in one of the Senior debates. 7. Ford and Patch successfully complete their 79th explosion in chemistry. 9. Basket ball. F. H. S. 24, Holyoke H. S. 33. 17. Miss Ballantine, ’07, parades Main street disguised as St. Patrick. 26

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25. Football. F. PI. S. 0, Gardner H. S. 17. Wyman, Fisher and Hayes have to dig rather deep for the tickets home. Was it worth it? APcCarthy, our heroic fullback, gets sick on a Trophy and goes out on the platform to admire the scenery. 2S. Football. F. II. S. 6, Lowell H. S. 11. Tough! Will Gordon kill the “coon” or will the “coon” kill Gordon? 30. Reports ! ! ! ! Sufficiency ! ! ! NOVEMBER. 1. Football. Practice game. F. H. S. 10, South Ends 0. 3. Prof. Vosburg attends a corn husking at Lunenburg but decides that such things are very uninteresting. I’robably the stroll to Whalom was much more blissful. This is a “Rich” one, isn’t it, Hill? 4. Football. F. H. S. 10, Leominster H. S. 0. Satisfaction, at least. “Tam- many” makes a hit! Hayes goes cradle robbing! Wyman gets a “shiner !” 11. Football. F. H. vS. 0, Keene H. S. 11. 13. The “All Stars” hold practice. O’Dea is fired for not appearing at practice. 14. Wilson, ’07, imports a cargo of cider into school with disastrous results. 17. Football. Sophs 5, Freshies 0. Wow! ’07 get theirs between the halves. 18. Football. F. H. S. 0, Lowell H. S. 17. But it can’t be helped. “Kershaw’s Ghost” walks and get s off a punt of five yards. Ducharme does a little fancy juggling. 20. Felch publishes the first edition of his celebrated football guide. “How to Catch Punts.” 25. Football. F. H. S. 0, Gardner H. S. 16. 29. First Senior class party. O. K. 30. Football. F. H. S. 0, Waltham H. S. 28. Amen! DECEMBER. 11. Zeta Phi Fraternity party. 13. “The Faerie Queen” takes the 9th degree in the Black Hand. 15. Reception to the Senior class by the faculty. Can “Bill” Vosburg wash dishes ? Well I guess ! 16. Rina Maude attends a “week end party ” 18. The Red and Gray comes out. The Juniors only have two articles which were accepted. As usual ’06 furnished all of the good material. It’s a shame that ’07 is so pitifully lacking in literary talent. Oh, ’08, take this as a warning and get busy with your brains next year. It will be you that the school will have to rely upon, since poor ’07 is mentall 3 unqualified to run a school paper. 22. Christmas vacation begins. Lambda Sigma Fraternity party. 23. Basket ball season opens. F. H. S. 25, Boston English H. S. 9.

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19, Spirited class meeting. “Doc” (jiiotes “parliaincntar v” and President Hayes rules him “out of order.’’ “Bug’’ gets sore and challenges the whole class to a game of “Kelly.” 20. Kershaw and Hayes, the invincible pool combination, get bumped. APRIL. 2. The Slecper-Greene joking combination tackle poor Hawes and make things hot for him. 5, Miss Beauregard translates some “slushy” Prench. But how naturally she does it. 0. Baseball. Seniors 12, Juniors 3. Nothing to it. 9. Hayes “fans” Kershaw at Circle street, but “Bug” is “willing to put up $5 that he can’t do it again.” 13 Baseball. Freshmen 25, Sophomores 0. 16. Baseball. Seniors 13, Freshmen 2. “Skidoo.” 19. Baseball. Practice game. F. 11. S. 5, I ' . H. S. Alumni S. “23,” The Girls’ “Dramatic” Club present a couple of comedies before a packed (?) house, with howling (?) success. Get the hook. 27. Lambda Sigma dance. 30. Senior class party. “Buns” sits out seven dances. Oh, Bernard! MAY. 2. Baseball. F. H. S. 4, Orange H. S. 16. 5. Baseball. F. H, S. 14, Ayer H, S. 12, Better. Jim Patch goes down as mascot and sport. It pa ’S to be chairman of class party committees; don’t you think so, Jim? 11. Baseball. F. H. S. 10, Cushing Academy second 7. Gardner reception to the Senior class. Briggs caught sitting with a girl on the stairs. Miracles still happen. 12. Track meet at Manchester, N. H. Boston English High first, Roxbury High second, Fitchburg High third. 14. Kershaw eats 25 cents’ worth of lunch. 15. Kershaw still lives. 16. Baseball. F. H. S. 4, Gardner H. S. 8, 18. Baseball. F. H. S. 7, Cushing Academy second 4. McCarthy is christened “The Missing Link” by the Cushing rooters. 23. Baseball. F. H. S. 5, Ayer H. vS. 4. 24. Second edition of the Red and Gray “stepped on” by Principal Woodbury because it contained an innocent joke on a member of the faculty. 25 This day was set apart by the Class Book Committee as a day in which to worship and give thanks that no member of the faculty was on our “Board.” 26. Baseball. F. H. S. 11, Groton Sehool 2d 1, 29. Baseball. F. H. S. 9, Gardner High 3. McCarthy composed a touching little ditty entitled, “O’Dea’s shoes do not fit Ford.” 27