Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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THE SENIOR FLICKER 27 HISTORY OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS, 1925 One memorable day in October, 1922, there entered Gloucester High School a large group of puzzled boys and girls, who wandered through the halls, losing their way, finding it again, finally becoming accustomed to the building. This group was known as the Freshman Class. After they had a class meeting, at which they learned that they excelled in numbers any Freshman class which had been known for some time, they determined to excell in other things as well ; mainly, class spirit and school loyalty. This determination began to be fulfilled when members of the Freshman class participated in the school programs given for the various holidays. These holidays included Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Memorial Day. Right here the upper-classmen realized the talent in the Freshman class. The girls formed a splendid hockey team and tied a game with the Juniors. The girls who made the High School Basketball team were Mary Sonia, Edith Maddix, and Ellen McEacheren. The Freshman Football Team won from the Juniors, but lost to the Sophomores. The lineup was as follows: Ross, Kramer, Witham, Smith, Hanson, Scammon, Souza, Griffin, Capillo, Lane, Oliver, Erskine, and McDonald. The Freshman members of the Beacon Staff were Evelyn Kane, Paula Patch, Fletcher Wonson, and Helen Polisson. The winners of the Sawyer Medals were Beatrice Madsen and Horace Erskine. At the close of our Freshman year at the Annual Field Day exercises, Franklin Bray won the Junior Haskell Medal. Thus ended our Freshman year and we came back to school the next fall ready to begin our Sophomore year with a bang ! Under the direction of Miss Austin the Sophomore Latin class combined with the Freshman classes and formed a Latin Club called, “The Olympic Council.” The officers elected were all Sophomores: Horace Erskine, Lempi Martin, Fletcher Wonson, and Beatrice Madsen. A club program given un- der the auspices of the “Council” proved to be both interesting and instructive. At the interclass speaking contest for the Roosevelt trophy, the speakers from our class were Evelyn Kane and Martha Burnham. Although the trophy was won by Frances Morong, a Senior speaker, both of our speakers were meritable representatives of ’26. The members of the Sophomore class on the Beacon Staff this year are Evelyn Kane and Beatrice Madsen. ‘26 is full of “good sports” and their school spirit is shown by their appearance in athletics. The boys on the football squad were Scammon, Erskine, and Ross. The track team boasted two Sophomores: “Smut”, (Allan) Smith and Horace Erskine. Scammon, Erskine, “Hank” Souza, and “Budsie” Ross decided to win more glory than they had attained »in football, so they were selected from candidates for the baseball team. Daniels, Wilkins, and Pomeroy also made the team. The girls, not to be outclassed in the show of ‘ sports , went out for basketball, determined to win. Those who made the team are E. McEeach- eren, Grace Sonia, C. Meuse, A Vibert, and E. Maddix. A few interclass games were played and the Sophomores won a game from the Freshman team.

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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

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28 THE SENIOR FLICKER So ends our history but remember that — There is a class in Gloucester High — That’s full of “pep” and loyalty, Who has the slogan, “never die” — Who is a friend to everyone, Who couldn’t frown and wouldn’t sigh, And to whom is always said, “well done”. Truly, there is a class like this, A class that lives in joy and bliss — It’s the Sophomore class of ’26. Martha Burnham, ’26 HISTORY OF THE JUNIOR CLASS In Spain in the year of our Lord 1490 a great proclamation was issued. It stated that in a land where no European had traveled, a group of the wisest, cleverest, prettiest, and most talented people would astound the world with their achievements. It went on to state that when this group, first came together a warning would be given from the heavens, which would guide all the curious seekers of adventure to this history-making body. In Spain at this time there was an Italian named Columbus. He had no claim to distinction except a little parlor trick which he had invented; namely, the standing of an egg on its end. Now Chris decided that it would be quite nice if he were able to find this group at once. So he went to the Queen, who was quite taken up by his Italian beauty, and he hoodwinked enough money out of her to pay for the purchase of ships and supplies for his journey. There is no need of an accounting here of what took place ; we all know that instead of the illustrious group he had tried to find, all he found were dusky maidens, a lot of land, and a few shiploads of fools’ gold. We also know that he returned home a sadder and wiser man. We will skip over a few years, four hundred and thirty-four to be exact. Shining in the heavens a light dimmed all of its competing stars. The great and wise men pondered over this strange phenomenon. Various opinions were given as to its origin and its purpose. But in that great country only one man remembered the prophecy which his great-great-grandfather’s grand- father had heard, and passed on to his ancestors. Pedro, for this was his name, was ordained, being chosen for this work for his remarkable powers. Calling into play one of these powers, he was transferred instantly to the wonder of wonders, the cause of the light, the Junior Class of 1925. Pedro was appalled by the sight that met him ; beauty — not the kind that is only skin deep — met his eyes on every side. He asked a passer-by who these beauties were. The one interrogated replied, “High School girls, Juniors without a doubt. That class is the whole cheese hereabouts.” The young men, too, had an air of superiority that marked them from that common herd, the Freshmen, the Sophomores, and the Seniors. Pedro concentrated his abnormal mind and was able to look back at the past activities of this notable group. He saw them entering the School as Freshmen, green as the grass they trod under foot. He saw them as Soph-