Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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’Winner (3) ; Crimson and White Board (3) ; Prize Winner Declama- tion (4) ; Second Lieutenant (4) ; President of Debating Society (4). FORMER MEMBERS OF J903, Ella M. Oakes, Amanda L. Rowe, Grace O. Smothers, Charles Barry, Blanche Brooks, Edith Elwell, Norman Olsen, Effie Poole, Albert Jacobs, Fred Lycett, Eva M. Torrey, Harry Maclaasic, Arthur H. Parsons, Esther Powers, Theresa M. Barry, Nellie S. Clarke, Alfred Fenton, Annie O’Brien, Milton Hall, Fred McRoberts, Luie Lane, Agnes K. Tracy, Grace M. Riley, Hugh Brown, Herbert F. Hartwell. 16

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Society (4) ; Second Lieutenant (4) ; Crimson and White Board (3) ; G. H. S. Baseball Team (4). Arthur Myron Tarr 4 Me, . . . . 72 Washington Street 5 Year Classical Course : President of Class (1) (2) ( 3 ) (4) (5) ; Vice President Debating Society ( 5 ) ; Commander of Prize Squad (5) ; First Lieutenant (5) ; Prize Winner Declamation (3). Ruth Wales Thayer, ..... 3 Beauport Avenue General Course. Eugene Miles Webster 4 M0, .... 7 Bellevue Avenue Classical Course : Business Manager of Crimson and White (3) ; Prize Speaker (3) ; Representative at M. I. T. (3) ; Class Basket Ball Team (2) (3) (4); Football Team (4); Class Baseball Team (3); Class Treasurer (4) ; G. H. S. Basket Ball Team (4) ; Major (4) ; Business Manager of Reveille (4) ; Debating Society (4). Laurence Wetmore, ........ Essex Special Course: Entered Senior Year. Sumner York Wheeler $M9, ...... Rockport Classical Course : First Sergeant (4) ; Social Committee (3) ; Crimson and White Board (3). Harold Sayward Wonson $M0, . . . 160 East Main Street English Course : Prize Speaker (1) ; Editor Crimson and White ( 3 ) ; Prize Winner Declamation (3) ; Prize Winner Composition (4) ; Class Baseball Team (3) ; Class Basket Ball Team (3) ; Editor Reveille (4) ; Foot- ball Team (4) ; Captain (4) ; Debating Society. Martha Taylor Wonson, . . . .70 Mt. Pleasant Avenue General Course: Fair Committee (2; ( 3 ) ; Social Committee (3) (4). Florence Knowlton Wonson, .... 347 Main Street English Course. Bertha M. Woodbury, ...... 16 Butman Avenne General Course. Amos Chesley York 4 M0, ...... Rockport General Course: Social Committee (2) (4) ; Senior Haskell Medal 15

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1903. One bright September morning five years ago a little flock of ducklings left the safe and quiet pools of the eighth grade grammar schools and came to swim in the great and glorious pond of the G. H. S. Very scared little birds indeed were they when they made their first plunge into the great place called the “ Study Room,” amid the tumultuous applause of those already gathered there. They did not understand why they were so attrac- tive, and looked about them with open, round-eyed wonder at the strange sights and sounds. Finally some friendly upper class beings informed them, “ 0, it’s because you’re so green, you know !” The idea ! Now, who ever saw a green duckling ! However, under the wise leadership of the gentleman known as “ Mr. B.” the flock soon stopped its quacking and settling down to business made rapid progress, and in the process of evolution soon were dubbed by the scornful Seniors, “ Mr. B.’s Babies,” a distinction which they themselves considered very flattering. The year passed on quietly for the class, with no very thrilling adven- tures or hair-breadth escapes, while they gained a reputation for brightness and goodness which succeeding Freshmen have tried in vain to equal ! Near the close of the year came an invitation to go with Mr. Bachelor for a long tramp across the beaches, and all who went enjoyed it exceed- ingly. One of the incidents of the walk was having fortunes told, and as all received prophecies for a great and glorious future career, it is needless to say that the majority are already fulfilled. But the promising youth who was to become President of the United States still, alas ! conceals from his admiring friends his stored-up genius, which will doubtless burst upon the world in its full glory in the years to come. 1 7