Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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THE SENIOR FLICKER 25 THE HISTORY OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS Gardner Porter, having been inaugurated President of the United States in 1957, employed me as his secretary. President Porter was about to have an autobiography of himself published, and there on my desk lay a pile of neatly folded papers ready to be typed. While glancing over a few of the pages, my attention was immediately attracted by a brief account of his entire Freshman class of 1924. (Seniors, notice! Even the President of the United States had been a Freshman once.) The account read somewhat as follows: In September it w T as a bashful crowd of Freshmen that entered upon the beginning of their High School career. But they were soon welcomed by their brother Seniors who acknowledged them at a Halloween Party given in October. The affair proved to be a successful one and all enjoyed the evening. Not long after the opening of school, Principal Ringer informed us, as students of the High School, of the work expected. I am sure that we all obeyed his instructions. The Thanksgiving Club Program was presented by Freshmen under the directorship of Miss Bailey. Mildred Shute took the part of a small girl, while Alice Whittemore proved to be a charming mother, and Elliott Anderson, a splendid dad. The fairies who appeared in the play were both clever and graceful. The moral of this drama was, “Be thankful for all things” (even if you should be unfortunate enough to have hash on Thanks- giving). These performers acted their parts almost professionally and a bril- liant future was predicted for them. During Good English Week a contest was held to decide the winner of the Roosevelt Trophy. Alice Whittemore and Helen Handran were the Freshman representatives. The two girls gave splendid speeches and made a fine showing for their classmates. The orchestra included three Freshman boys: Kline, Thomas, and Steele. These boys were faithful members of our orchestra and added much to the violin and flute sections. During the year, Alderman Brooks gave us an interesting speech con- cerning her trip to Washington. Her remarks were instructive and greatly appreciated. At the Presentation, Company C’s prize squad — Robert Callahan, Rus- sel Spinney, Wilfred Brown, Owen Steele, Arthur Goodwin, Philip Doyle, Harry Christenson, and Frank Welsh — carried off the medals on their manly chests. Outside of the prize squad, the Freshman boys provided background by acting as wallflowers. The Freshman girls, however, were well represented in the Grand March. The entire Freshman class was thus initiated into the social life of the school and the afore-mentioned chests of the prize squad members have continued to grow more manly day by day, because of this honor. SAWYER FREE LIBRARY . GLOUCESTER, MASS. 01930

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24 THE SENIOR FLICKER As You W ere Photo by Kupsinel How Many of These Can You Guess — Refer to Page 35

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26 THE SENIOR FLICKER A new sport had been introduced the preceding year among the girls and continued the following year. This was rifle practice, and all found it to be a great pleasure. Grace Burnham was captain of the girls’ basketball team. The remain- ing members were Margaret Martin, Muriel De Souza, Pauline Brayman, Margaret Whittmarsh, and Eleanor Groves. The school team for the year included Margaret Whittmarsh, Grace Burnham, and Margaret Martin. These girls proved to be active leaders in all sports. The Freshman members who assisted in supporting our Beacon Staff for the year were Owen Steele, Marjorie Robinson, and Eleanor Parsons. Fame is not dependent upon size, — we have already learned that from our artists, Thaddeus Call and Walter Aho. Their clever cartoons have added many pleasant pages to the Beacon, and we all expect great things from them in the future. Several clubs were formed this year, and as the Freshmen were quite bold, they took part in most of the different associations. The Sophomore and Freshman Latin classes formed a Latin Club which they called the Olympic Council. Miss Austin secured some stereoptican slides and gave us an interesting talk on Pompeii during one club period. To make us acquainted with the Old Roman “Vestal Virgin Drill,” several Freshman girls and some Sophomore girls executed the “Drill” for the benefit of the Olympic Council and the Travel Club. In another club period, Pro- fessor Rice from Boston University talked to the whole school on the necessity of Latin. Latin baseball became very popular this year in the Freshman class. On a Friday afternoon, the Freshmen met the Sophomores to play the first game of the series of three. These games were to decide the championship. Woe unto the Sophomores! The Freshmen won the first game by the score of 59 to 53 runs. Our class fulfilled every duty as they came to it. If the future is to be judged by the past, all are justified in their expectations. It has been a class of material from which great things should eventually come. Annah York Burns, Marjorie Robinson, Fre4 S. Melgroom, G. Lovell Tarr, Class of ’27