Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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TIIE SENIOR FLICKER 15 NAME — OWEN STEELE Address — 14 Commonwealth Avenue Nickname — “Ownie” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Promises Ambition — To (tell or show) Miss Harris how — believe me he does. Honors — Beacon Staff 1, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Man- ager Basketball 4; Major R. O. T. C. ; Junior Has- kell Medal 1, Senior Haskell Medal 4; Flicker Staff 4 ; Orchestra 1, 2, 3 ; Service Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Roosevelt Club 4 ; Address of Welcome 4 ; Presentation of Gift 4 ; Acceptance of Gift 3 ; Class President 3, 4 ; Vice President G. H. S. A. A. 3, 4; Service Council 4; Prize Squad 1, 2, 3; Winning Squad 1, 3. “A lion among ladies is a terrible thing.” AUTOGRAPH NAME— ANTHONY MADRUGA Address — 49 Perkins Street Nickname — “Hank” or “Ant” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Ambitious Ambition — To graduate from M. I. T. with honors. Honors — Beacon Staff 3 ; Track 3 ; Rifle Team 3 ; Service Club 3 ; Sawyer Medal 9th grade ; Dra- matics 3, 4; Roosevelt Club 4; Class History 4; Salutatorian 4; Vice-President 3, 4; Honor Group 4. Everybody can see that the people who hunt are the right people.” AUTOGRAPH NAME — GRACE BURNHAM Address — 212 Washington Street Most Distinctive Characteristic — Doing things Ambition — “They Marry Brunettes” Honors — Beacon Staff 4 ; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Secretary G. H. S. A. A. 3 ; Service Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Women’s Club 4; Roosevelt Club 4; Valedic- torian 4 ; Class Secretary 3, 4 ; Service Council 4 ; Honor Group 4. “Grace, Loveliness, and Charm combined.” AUTOGRAPH NAME— PHILIP V. DOYLE Address — 13 Washington Street Nickname — “Phil” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Hiking to East Gloucester Ambition — Bernice Honors — Beacon Staff; Football 2, 3, 4; Captain Company A; Service Club 3, 4; Sawyer Medal 1; Dramatics 3 ; Perfect Attendance 4 ; Roosevelt Club 4; Class History 4; Class Treasurer 3. 4; Harvard Book 3 ; Honorable Mention American History; Secretary for Service Council; Presi- dent Latin Club 2; Prize Squads 1, 2, 3; wining squad 1, 2; High Honor Group 4; “A Man of letters, and of manners too.” AUTOGRAPH

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14 T1IE SENIOR FLICKER My work I build, as best I can and may. Knowing all mortal effort ends in dust, 1 build myself, not as I may, but must, Knowing, for good or ill, that self must stay.” If we but view life from every standpoint, we will see that it is worthwhile. A. B. ’27 FUN JUST FUN Yesterday afternoon while taking a walk, I came upon a big overgrown boy standing in the center of a half a dozen dogs. He had tied them together, and by means of a vicious whip he was en- deavoring to make them travel around him in a circle. I rushed up and took the whip from him, and asked him what in the world he was doing that for, and he half sullenly replied, “Just for fun!” The day previous to that I lead in the papers that two boys had been arrested for tying two cats’ tails together and hanging them over a line to see them fight. After being questioned by the officer as to the reason why they were doing such an act of cruelty, they replied, “Just for fun!” Young boys must have their fun, that is right and desirable, fun for the fun of it. Flun for the thrill of it. We all must have thrills or else life becomes drab and routine and colorless. We live for thrills. But it is very important that we seek only the right sort of thrills and forget the wrong sort. There is fun in serving other people. There is fun in being thoughtful at home. There is fun in earning your own money and paying your way as you go. It is fun to create things with your hands. There is no thrill in the world like the thrill of making some- thing useful that has been greatly praised by your superiors. No man ever lived who had more fun than did Theodore Roosevelt. He left one good suggestion to all clean American youths that enjoy thrills and want to live. “Hit the line hard, don’t fail, don’t flinch, but hit the line hard.” ELLIOTT ANDERSON ’27.

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16 THE SENIOR FLICKER NAME— WALTER FREDERIC AHO Address — 21 Centennial Avenue Nickname — “Walt” Honors — Beacon 1, 2, 3 ; Baseba 1 3, 4 ; Flicker Staff 3 ; Roosevelt Club 4 “Every Artist is at first an amateur” AUTOGRAPH NAME -ESTHER ELVIRA ALPHEN Address — 14 Brightside Avenue Nickname — “Van” “Essex” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Voice Ambition — To be able to direct like Mai Hallett Honors — Service Club 3, 4; Typewriting Awards: Underwood, Remington, Royal, L. C. S nith, Underwood; Shorthand, 100 word transcription certificate. “Accuse not nature, she has done her part ; Do thou but thine.” Editor’s note: She has AUTOGRAPH NAME— ELLIOTT ANDERSON Address — 26 Mansfield Street Nickname — “Jake” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Trying to get a square deal Ambition — To lose my temper without swearing Honors — Beacon Staff, Floor Supervisor 3, Asst. Sales and Adv. Mgr. 4; Rifle Team 2, 3; Flicker Staff, Assistant Manager 4; Service Club 1. 2, 3, 4; Dramatics class 1, 3; Roosevelt Club 4; Prize Squad 1, 2, 3, winning 3; Commander 2nd Platoon Co. A Prize Squad 4 “And even though vanquished he could argue still.” AUTOGRAPH NAME — ROBERT ASHLINE Address — 6 Baker Street Nickname — “Bob” Most Distinctive Characteristic — Bashful Ambition — None Honors — Football 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3 ; Captain Base- ball 4 “Bashfulness is an ornament to youth.” AUTOGRAPH