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

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THE EXPONENT 19 CLASS PROPHECY Robert Rist begins talking to Ed¬ na Christopher. “Have you read that article in the paper about crystal-gazing seances?” “Yes, I have and I was so in¬ terested that I borrowed a crystal from an Indian who told me that the future was like an open book to one who gazed into the depths of the magic ball.” “The future of our class, the class of ’21, has always interested me greatly. Suppose we see what they will be doing in the years to come.” “All right, you sit there and I’ll sit here. We shall see what hap¬ pens.—Look, the crystal glows. It becomes bright now! Oh! The first picture I get is of Gretchen Fuller¬ ton, teaching history at Dartmouth.” R. R.: I see Helen Hartshorn cry¬ ing trains in Grand Central Station in New York City, and there are Jeanette Coates and Merle Adams doing an eccentric dancing act in the New York Winter Garden. E. C.: Mariam Sevrens appears be¬ fore me now. She is traveling in India where she is trying to convert the Hindus. Here is Russell Jones. He is professor of Etymology at Ox¬ ford. His latest book, “Psycho¬ pathology of Everyday Life,” is in its tenth edition. Joe Bonneville is life-guard at the new swimming- pool. R. R.: Can’t you see Gladys But¬ ler running a jitney service between Greenfield and Gill, with her Chev¬ rolet? And there’s Web Hartman walking along Haywood Street as usual. E. C.: Is he alone R. R.: Hardly. E. C.: Bouty is in China, teach¬ ing the heathen the delicate mech¬ anisms of a fork, while Marion Woodard is exploring the Arctic re¬ gions with her husband. R. R.: Do you see Mildred near¬ by? E. C.: No, I see her conducting a winter resort among the palm trees of Florida. R. R.: Beatrice Bourbeau is presi¬ dent of a Construction Company. E. C.: Constructing what? R. R.: Oh, still constructing— castles in the air. Do you remem¬ ber Marjorie Phillips? She is man¬ aging a large dairy farm, from which she reaps untold profits and Katherine Lawler is reporting for the social columns of the Athol Record. E. C.: Oh! Here are Marjorie Shattuck and Dot Coller, who are traveling salesladies for a large gold¬ fish concern. They have both met with great success in their praise¬ worthy careers. Florence Kiley has been understudy to Theda Bara for the past five years and is soon to take her place. R. R.: Now I see someone—coll— ecting—something in China. It isn’t very clear. Oh! Yes. Fran Blackall collecting rare coins. Oh! there’s Pecky up among the clouds as usual. What in? An airplane. Her pilot? Irving Bartlett. Our old friend Ed Zeiner is manager of the town’s most progressive market. E. C.: One of our members, Ruth Higgins, is successor to Miss Bagley in the French Department of G. H. S. She even surpasses her prede¬ cessor in giving verb tests. Mazie is assistant to Dr. Fillmore G raves. It is reputed that she may succeed him eventually. R. R.: Look! There goes Made¬ leine Field through the hoop. She is a famous equestrienne with Ring- ling Bros. Charles Bates is an agent for “The Real Thing” Ex¬ tract Company and Homer Staples, a human skeleton? Oh! He grew thin because of the frequent jour¬ neys he took on foot to Stafford, Conn, to visit Aimee. E. C.: I seem to see Mildred Stiles in the front row of the Winter Gar¬ den Chorus where she enthralls the metropolitan audiences by her sub¬ lime poise. Somebody else is danc¬ ing too! Why, Mary O’Brien. She’s teaching aesthetic dancing in a back- woods town in the state of Maine, where she isas found life to be ideal. Perry is the Edison of our day and generation. His contribution to science include the squirtless grape-

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18 THE EXPONENT mitted other offenses which were tried before a large audience. The picked jury, after long meditation, pronounced the prisoner “guilty” and imposed a just punishment for his wrong-doings. The football crew again came forth with Captain Joe Bonneville, Ray Houghton, Herbert Buckley and Manager Clark Woodrow from the ’21 crew. More races were won than in the preceding years which was encouraging. The usual storms were encount¬ ered on the rocky shoals of “Mid- gers.” Again the crew of ’21 met the terrible suffering and sickness. In order to encourage our liter¬ ary aspirants and get some good reading matter, a prize was offered for the best imagination and was “gathered in” by Grace Turner, who also did her share in taking the same award the year before. An Honorable mention should be given to Ruth Clark, whose efforts to imi¬ tate Edgar Allen Poe were contrib¬ uted faithfully. The whistle sounded again for a basketball crew. It was launched with Captain Ray Houghton in charge, and Herbert Buckley, Joe Bonneville, Clark Woodrow, Wilbur Hartman and Manager Ralph Clapp helping to make a crew of which Greenfield was proud. For the first time in many years a Greenfield skipper was considered worthy of a place as an All-Valley Star which our Captain Ray Houghton proved to be. The next bit of excitement came in the form of singers from the Athol Ship, challenging us to exercise our voices; so we went over to their ship and entertained them with our best songsters from the ’21 crew. And “do you know” that the next event which caused the most alarm was when Tailor Gibson “drank too much champagne” and the spiritual¬ istic craze “got us all?” Everyone went wild ’cause we said, “You are an old fool, and if I say you are an old fool, you are an old fool.” Every¬ one knows how the poor Private Secretary got mixed up with the “cracked uncle” and into other pre¬ dicaments which called for much ex¬ planation to the audience, who came aboard the big ship Lawler. The class of ’21 was well satisfied that their credit was reestablished and the cash register rang up good amounts. According to authority ’twas a creditable production for any amateur skippers. In time of storm it was hard to communicate for help, so the gen¬ iuses of the crew led a campaign for a wireless and a good start was made. May others do as much as our Donald Perry has done for the cause. The Baseball crew with Herbert Buckley in charge, aided by Joe Bonneville and Pitcher Bartlett, again set forth for Greenfield and fast teams were slowed up by Cap¬ tain Buckley’s clan. Before leaving the subject of athletics, we wish to point with pride to three all-around captains of sports: Joe Bonneville of Football, Herbert Buckley of Baseball, and Ray Houghton of Basketball; not one individual star but three pluggers for G. H. S. Before the voyage was over, the younger crew hailed us for a debate and before an interested audience, the crew of ’21 proved its superior¬ ity. Credit goes to Harold Tjarnell, Who spoke and refuted like a Sen¬ ator, precisely and convincingly. Darker clouds than ever before formed on the home stretch, and as the crew of ’21 was given her fare¬ well Festival Promenade, we won¬ dered if we must leave. It was a fine farewell but for the time, the real significance was forgotten. The last supper was in form of a banquet on shore called the “Man¬ sion House,” and ’twas a sad realiza¬ tion that our good times together were over. Bright clouds, however, soon appeared and the sun shone brightly as anchor was dropped in Graduation Harbor. Shore dress was donned and flat caps adorned our heads as we marched down the gang plank as Alumni Skippers. The rejoicing on dock ceased for a few minutes while the good ship pulled up anchor. Now we leave her to resume the voyage alone with best wishes for Loyalty, Honor and Scholarship. HOLLIS D. BILLINGS. CATHERINE F. HAMILTON.

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20 THE EXPONENT fruit and self-explaining algebra problems. R. R.: Well, well, what’s this? A bank? Yes, Elpheage Kirouac has •opened one in the town of Athol in company with a young lady of that town. They have elected Ralph Lockhart as draft clerk. He attends to the transoms. Now I get—Alice Scott. She has met with all the suc¬ cess that we wished her in the liter¬ ary world. Her essay on the “Bos¬ ton and Maine Railroad’’ has recent¬ ly been published in the Atlantic Monthly. E. C.: Over in this section I see Raymond Houghton, now. He’s all¬ round coach at Harvard. His Mis¬ sissippi marble team has held the silver cup for many years. Can you see Connie Lovell managing forty- five children in the kindergarten di¬ vision of the Helen Taft school in Dayton, Ohio? And Irene Horri- gan!—superintendent of the Con¬ necticut Valley Street Railway. R. R.: If here isn’t Nellie Johnson, an—an attendant at Memorial Hall, Old Deerfield, where she is in her prime surrounded by historic relics. Ruth Clarke appears now. She’s giving spiritualistic seances at the Hippodrome. A capacity house greets her at each performance. Ah! Celia Pease? No, Mrs. Morse now. With her husband she directs a large poi ' ry farm in New Hampshire. E C.: Have you seen Rebecca Eberlein yet? Surely Becky’s do¬ ing something big and noble. R. R.: Here she is now, acting as private secretary to Charlie Ballou, a great financier, whose every stir is watched with keen excitement on Wall and Bond Streets. Ed Chris¬ topher is president of one of the largest of the most important in¬ dustries in the United States—the “Hold ’Em Fast” Hairnet Corpora¬ tion. Now I’m going to try to find Grace Turner—Oh! At the head of the Aviation Corps of the San Fran¬ cisco Police Department. E. C.: Catherine Hamilton is here in her element—she’s talking, that is she’s teaching elocution at Vas- sar. Oh look at this group! It must be nearly half the class!!! R. R.: Yes, Ethel Brocklesby has found work in Holleywood as an artist. She is quite an authority in the art of making up the stars to suit the camera-man. E. C.: I can see Robert Rist on a long, hot, dusty road, breaking the speed record in a Ford. Mabel Sweeley, an interior decorator. Her latest noteworthy design is for the auditorium of the new High School which is at last nearing completion. Mayda Lamoureaux is lecturing in all the largest cities of the country on “How to Manage Men.” R. R.: Irma Winslow, who is a graduate of the Boston School of Domestic Arts, is practicing her chosen profession in a home of her own under the name of Mrs. Butler. On a darkened stage I see Hollis Billings who is now a great trage¬ dian, playing “King Lear.” He stars in such heavy roles as Macbeth and Hamlet. E. C.: Herbert Buckley is spend¬ ing a great deal of his time up around the St. Lawrence River. For some reason or other the name holds a certain charm for the boy. Here’s somebody else in an airplane! Oh! Ralph Clapp is running an airplane express between here and San Fran¬ cisco. Jo Marini, while at the height of his career as an opera star saw Emma in th audience with a rival. Since then he has never been able to reach high C. R. R.: When we’re out west we mustn’t forget to stop in and see Ruth Freshour, who is ably handling the money in a one-arm lunch out in the ranch country. Clarke Wood- row, after having been graduated from Norwich, accepted a position with the town Street Department. E. C.: I see Lucille Hunt supervis¬ ing a large greenhouse. She de¬ votes much time to the buds. Verne Lyman has joined a circus as their leading acrobat, and look at Sheila McCarthy working earnestly to at¬ tain her greatest desire, “Home Rule for Ireland.” R. R.: Mary Nims is teaching Latin to the Indians at the Tuskegee School in Oklahoma. Here are Bea and Nita, still together. They are energetic workers in a world-wide movement for the suppression of the