Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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12 THE SENIOR FLICKER THEN— THE BEGINNING m OOKINGr forward, our faces aglow with interest, our hearts beat- ing high with excitement, and our minds eager to grasp the true worth and meaning of the new school life before us, we came four years ago to Gloucester High School. Timidity that knew no faltering, and pride that knew no hauteur, held us in their ways. We looked continually to the future, with scarcely a regret for what lay behind. We felt secure in the expectation that the high school course offered something that would prove to be definite value in our lives. • AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT T has been said that nothing of true worth was ever accom- plished without enthusiasm, ’ ’ and we can heartily agree to this statement. As the staff members of our year book, we must real- ize that enthusiasm is most necessary, but of comparatively little help unless we have a spirit of cooperation from the many sources vital to the life of our magazine. The spirit if cooperation we have met with is very gratifying. Lest our colleagues think we fail to appreciate their interest, we take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Marion Wood- ruff, who has taken full charge of the office management; Mr. Henry Russell, who has had supervision of the advertising; Miss Mabel Spof- ford, whose interest and direction of the art work has been of im- measurable assistance; and Thad Call, a Junior, who has taken com- plete charge of the cartoons. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT OF LIFE? jpj S we linger upon the threshold of actual life with the school and gggg its educational advantages swinging behind us, the question nat- urally arises in our minds, What are we going to get out of life? There is but one answer. We are going to get out of life exactly what we put into life. It rests with us. Everything has its price. We will not gain one advancement with- out some time being called upon to pay for eveiy ounce of its value. As Lowell says: For the love of gain our lives are sold; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.” We must decide OURSELVES what we most earnestly desire to accomplish in life, and, having set our hands to the plow, work up- ward and onward to that end. Every man is the captain of his own soul and the ruler of his own destiny. Thus are our lives to be what we make them. Thus do we see the justice of the Golden Rule, What- soever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even unto them. ’ ’ This is the great law of life. By it we must live if we are to reap life’s richest benefits. Milford Wilkin

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THE SENIOR FLICKER 11 THE SENIOR FLICKER PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY STUDENTS OF GLOUCESTER HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FLICKER STAFF 19 2 6 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Martha Burnham CLASS ROLL CHAIRMAN, Agnes Hudder Horace Erskine Fletcher Wonson Clifford Amero Vera Cedarstroir Sylvanus Smith Dorothy Pendleton Edith Maddix Arnold Jones Lelia Sponagle Edith Dann Pauline Low AS YOU WERE CHAIRMAN, Ralph Stapleton Martha Pew Kathleen Peeples CLASS BALLOT CHAIRMAN, Charlotte Nickerson Allan Smith SCHOOL CALENDAR CHAIRMAN, Sylvanus Smith Milford Wilkin Lelia Sponagle Evelyn Kane Myron Warren Beatrice Madsen GRINDS CHAIRMAN, Priscilla Marshall Martha Pew Pauline Lowe Edith Maddix Allan Smith ADVERTISING MANAGER Ralph Stapleton OFFICE MANAGER Evelyn Kane GENERAL MANAGER Alex Stanley DISTRIBUTORS Donald Wilkins, First Floor Carleton Chadboume, Second Floor Elliott Anderson, Third Floor SENIOR CLASS MOTTO — Altiora Quaerimus — (We Seek Higher Things) COLORS — Crimson and White OFFICERS PRESIDENT Horace O. Erskine VICE PRESIDENT - John Fletcher Wonson SECRETARY - Martha Day Burnham TREASURER Clifford Amero

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THE SENIOR FLICKER 13 CLASS ROLL Name — Thomas John Abraham- son. Address — 17 Bass Avenue. Nickname — ‘ 1 Tommy. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Eyelashes. Ambition — To become a second F. W. Woolworth. Honors — Football 2, 3. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. First Sergeant in R. 0. T. C. 4. Service Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Roosevelt Club 4. “Handsome is that handsome does.” Autograph Name — Madeleine Amazeen. Address — 1263 Washington street. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Mad. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Happiness. Ambition — To reduce. Honors — Service Club 1, 3; Dram- atics 3. “Age from no face takes more away Than youth conceal ' d in thine.” Autograph Name — Clifford James Amero. Address — 196 Maplewood avenue. Nickname— “Cliff.” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Cynicism. Ambition — To get a square deal. Honors — Sawyer Medal 2; Class Treasurer 3, 4; Roosevelt Club 4 ; Fli cker 4 ; Winning Prize Squads 1, 3, 4; Dramatics 3; Beacon Staff 4; Service Club 3. “Take him for all in all, I ne’er Shall look upon his like again.” Autograph Name — Frank Amero. Address — 37% Derby street. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Ike. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Brown eyes why are you blue? Ambition — To sell soft drinks down at the fort. Honors — Second Lieutenant 4 ; Basketball 2; Rifle Team 4. “Unaided by anyone, he still per- severed in the work. ’ ’ Autograph Name — Margaret Anderson. Address — 7 Bond street. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Marg. ’ ’ Most Distinctive Characteristic — Making mistakes. Ambition — To convince Mr. Rus- sell that I can sell cars ! Honors — Perfect Attendance 4 years; Roosevelt Club 4; Ser- vice Club 4; Underwood Silver Pin Rem. Silver Pin Rem. Cold Pin Underwood Bronze Pin. “Desire not to live long, but to live well; How long we live, not years, but actions tell.” Autograph Name — Sherman Anderton. Address — 3 Curtis Square. Nickname — ‘ ‘ Sherm.” Most Distinctive Characteristic — A Harry Langdon expression. Ambition — To sell Bulldog Hest- ers in Death Valley. Honors — Band. “Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen,