Greenfield High School - Evergreen / Exponent Yearbook (Greenfield, MA)

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THE EXPONENT 3 CLASS MOTTO “Haud ye leal” HONORS Members of the Pro-Merito Society Greenfield High School Class of 1920 Ellen Elsie Pierce, Edwin Metcalf Clapp, Helen Rosella Field, Elizabeth Katherine Loomis, Dorothy Ida Has¬ kins, Gordon Cedric Willard, Norma Winifred Foster, Theresa Agatha Barker, Dorothy Victoria Taylor, Marjorie Salome Sauter, Ellen Me¬ linda Nims, John Norman Alberti, Inez Estella Lee, Edith Gertrude Potter, Eileen Cecelia Donovan, Nor¬ ma Wise Hawkes, Marion Lutheria White, Beulah Gladys Upham. The Greenfield High School re¬ quires 70 credits for graduation. Ed¬ win M. Clapp has taken so many studies during his four years’ course that he has earned 122 credits. GRADUATES College Preparatory Course: The¬ resa Agatha Barker, Edwin Metcalf Clapp, Helen Rosella Field, Norma Winifred Foster, Dorothy Ida Has¬ kins, Ellen Melinda Nims, Ellen Elsie Pierce. Technical Preparatory Course: John Norman Alberti, William Lov- ingdon Barnes, William Edwin Long, Gordon Cedric Willard. Commercial Course: Emilia Vic¬ toria Arrighi, Blanche Eva Bourbeau, Lilia Harriet Campbell, Eileen Ce¬ celia Donovan, Margaret Caroline Eppler, Ruby Belle Hastings, Inez Estella Lee, Fidelia Papillon, Edith Gertrude Potter, Willard Oswald Sei¬ bert, Helen Gertrude Story, Beulah Gladys Upham, Marion Lutheria White, Merle Eugene Wilcox. General Course: Harold Damon At¬ wood, Esther Marion Austin, Harold Davis Beaman, Marjorie Lois Bell, Gordon Harvey Bickford, Harold Walter Bonneville, Faith Elizabeth Burrington, Dorothy May Church, Margaret Elizabeth Class, Roger Wayland Crouch, Mary Monica Crow¬ ley, Isabelle Olive Davenport, Zaidee Pearl De Loach, Philip George Facey, Harold Irving Grousbeck, Marion Ellen Hawkes, Norma Wise Hawkes, Howard Nelson Hewitt, Raymond King Holden, Thelma Jones, Eliza¬ beth Katherine Loomis, Marjorie Florence McLaughlin, John Edward Mazuzan, Edward George Merz, Clarice Lillian Mesick, Kathryn Elizabeth Ryan, Charles Francis St. Lawrence, Marjorie Salome Sauter, Francis Henry Ballou Smead, Dor¬ othy Victoria Taylor, Everett Vernon Thompson, Hall Fowler Ward, Mar¬ ion Elizabeth Woodlock. THE ‘‘GADFLIES” OF MASSA¬ CHUSETTS John Quincy Adams, as a member of the National House of Represent¬ atives in his latter years, records in his diary, “My speech of to-day stung the slaveocracy to madness.” And it has been said of the grandson of this man, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., that “the terseness and pun¬ gency with which he characterized the rush of the tariff-fed swine to the trough must have left a sting under the hide of even the most hardened and greedy of them.” Such tantalizing and stinging criti¬ cisms as the ones referred to here are so characteristic of the Adamses, that it can readily be seen how the immortal Adams family of Massa¬ chusetts has come to be compared to that annoying and provoking tor¬ ment, the gadfly. But the significant and permanent services of the Adamses do not lie in the realm of mere destructive criticism; they lie in a much loftier realm, that of “constructive states¬ manship.” Henry Cabot Lodge spoke the truth when he said that “to fol¬ low even in the most meagre outline the careers, or endeavor to describe in the most superficial way the char¬ acters and achievements of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Charles Francis Adams, would be to review the civil and diplomatic history of the Thirteen Colonies and of the United States during more than a hundred years.” Let it suffice, then, to characterize in a few words the successive generations of this extraordinary family, which is con¬ sidered to furnish one of the most remarkable examples in history of hereditary energy and strength of character. John Adams, of the Revolution¬ ary Era, and the second president of the United States, who said that we might regard him in any light we

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2 THE EXPONENT would be to have the present Senior class graduate. Surely this expresses the feelings of all underclassmen to¬ ward you, 1920, and you may well be proud that you have earned that rep¬ utation. Your class has entered all the activities of the school and you have shown true school spirit in all your undertakings. Especially has it been brought out in athletics, schol¬ arship, the S. A. S, and the school play, “Nathan Hale. ' ’ The whole school is proud of you for this rea¬ son, and highly respects you. To some, graduation will mean the end of school days; to others simply a beginning. To those of you who will now begin your life work, we wish all success. Opportunities will be presented from all sides. Do not be too. eager to grasp the first one. Wait until you are sure that what you undertake will never prove to be a disappointment. In your work, whatever it may be always keep be¬ fore you your school motto, “Honor, Loyalty and Scholarship.” To those of you who will continue in some higher institution of learn¬ ing, we wish the same success. Re¬ member that your next four years will be, perhaps, the most important of your life. You, too are prepar¬ ing for your life work and your preparation must be thorough. Do not be content to just “get by!” Do your utmost! Remember Longfel¬ low’s words, “Build today, then, strong and sure with a firm and ample base.” And to you, too, al¬ ways be loyal to whatever you do and never fail to do your best! You will never regret it! The 1920 Exponent Board deserves much credit for the excellent man¬ ner in which the paper has been car¬ ried on throughout the year. It has enlarged the various departments ‘ and tried to better the paper in every way. The biographies have been continued and a successful poetry de¬ partment has been established. In one issue a sheet was devoted to cuts, which proved an attractive feature. Lack of finances has kept the board from doing much and lack of co¬ operation by the student body has somewhat hindered. Several times during the year it was necessary to have compulsory contributions. An¬ other year we hope this will not be necessary! To the whole board we extend our thanks and it was only by their pa¬ tient work and co-operation that the Exponent was so well carried on. To the Editor-in-Chief, we are es¬ pecially grateful. Her leadership has meant much to the paper and her loyalty is an example for others. To the Business Manager praise and thanks should be extended. He has worked faithfully getting new advertisements and his handling of the business end of the paper has been well done. To the other editors we are grate¬ ful for each has done his special work creditably. The new board of 1921 extends to the old board of 192 0 its thanks and appreciation, and it is the desire of the new board to continue the Ex¬ ponent on the same high standard on which it has been conducted through the past year. M. E. F., ’21. GRADUATION EXERCISES, CLASS OF 1920, GREENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Lawler Theatre, Thursday Evening, June 24, Eight O’clock PROGRAM Overture, “Poet and Peasant” von Suppe HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Music, “On the Chapel Steps” BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Invocation, REV. DR. A. P. PRATT Salutatory and Essay, The “Gadflies” of Massachusetts EDWIN METCALF CLAPP , Music, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Address, The Challenge of the Age to the Schools PRESIDENT BENJAMIN T. MARSHALL, Connecticut College, New London, Conn. Music, “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Valedictory and Essay Glimpses of Green- fleld ELLEN ELSIE PIERCE Presentation of Diplomas, DR. HALBERT G. STETSON, Chairman of the School Committee Music, Medley of Favorite Songs BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Class Song, Words by Norma W. Foster CLASS OF 1920 March of the Graduates

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4 THE EXPONENT pleased save that of a British sub¬ ject, will be forever remembered as the “great constitutionalist.” For not only was he a member of the convention of 1780 which formulated the constitution now in force in this state, but also, as Chamberlain says, “fifty millions of people to-day live under a constitution, the essential features of which are after his mod¬ el. Thirty-eight states now have constitutions in no essential respect differing from that which he drafted. And, as his cousin, Samuel Adams’, readiness in action earned him the title of “the father of the Revolu¬ tion,” so John Adams’ readiness in words earned him the title of “the colossus of debate,” and drew forth the glowing tribute of Webster, who characterized his eloquence ah “noble,” “sublime,” and “god-like.” John Quincy Adams, prominent during the early life of our repub¬ lic, and the sixth president of the United States, inherited his father’s readiness of speech and will go down in the ages as “the old man eloquent of the House.” He also followed the steps of his father as a diplomat and statesman. In truth, concerning the first three generations of the Adams family, it has been said that “the synchronism of wars, treaties and ministerships between father and son, is so curious, that in An¬ cient History it would be treated as indubitable confusion of persons.” Perhaps one of John Quincy Adams’ greatest achievements as a states¬ man is the Monroe Doctrine, termed in recent years, the Adams Doctrine, because it has become an established fact that John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State to Monroe, orig¬ inally formulated the principles set forth in Monroe’s document. Almost equally great, perhaps, was his suc¬ cessful war against the “gag laws” waged against tremendous odds in the National House of Represent¬ atives. Charles Francis Adams, Senior, who reached his prime during the period of the Civil War, and was our ambassador to England at that time, merits the greatest praise for his in¬ valuable services in that country, by which he is considered to have aided the cause of the Union to a greater extent than even the com¬ mander of the Army of the Potomac. The fourth generation from Johi Adams has been represented by four equally gifted and illustrious men, men to whose loss we have as yet scarcely become reconciled. John Quincy Adams, Jr., an able lawyer, has been prominent in the Demo¬ cratic party both in this state and in the nation. Charles Francis Adams,. Jr., a writer by “aptitude,” a law¬ yer by profession, has wrought a nation-wide reform by initiating railroad control legislation, has con¬ tributed to the progress of educa¬ tion as the author of the “Quincy” system of instruction, and has left an everlasting memorial of his sound judgment and clear vision in the present Metropolitan Park system of this state. Henry Adams, the writer and historian, was, perhaps, typical of the family in his love for rebuk¬ ing ideas that he considered errone¬ ous, imparting that characteristic sting to his criticisms which were all the more discomforting because they set forth plain facts, simple, unad¬ orned, and commonplace, but never¬ theless, true. The only son of Charles Francis Adams, Senior, who still lives, is Brooks Adams, the law¬ yer and author. And so closes the roll-call of the great Adamses who have gone be¬ fore. What the “gadfires” yet have in store for Massachusetts only the future knows. Fleeting as our glimpses have been in this hasty en¬ umeration, we cannot fail to recog¬ nize and appreciate the worthy pre¬ cepts and high ideals of this grand old Puritan family, which has lived in its simple, unaffected, “Quincy,” style for so many years at our very doors. Liberty, independence, and freedom will never lack a champion, whilst the unconquerable spirit of the Adamses is burning in our land. The people will never clamor in vain for honest, energetic, capable, public servants, whilst the blood of the Adamses is flowing in our veins. Hu¬ manity, itself, is indebted in a de¬ gree almost beyond human reckon¬ ing, to the wisdom and foresighted¬ ness of men of the Adams caliber. Well might it be said that, “they served their country, not alone be¬ cause that country was their own, but because they knew her duty and her destiny, and knew her cause was the cause of human nature. Such