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

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THE EXPONENT VOL. X. GREENFIELD, MASS., JUNE 1923 NO. 5 BOARD OF EDITORS Editor-in-Chief .Malcolm Stearns ’23 Assistant Editor .William W. Ballard ’24 Literary Editor.Louise D. Hunter ’23 Assistant Literary Editors ..Robert A. Pratt ’24 Catherine E. Putnam ’24 Business Manager .Philip B. Stearns ’24 Assistant Business Managers Frank R. Bryant ’25 Richard G. Minott ’25 Illustrators .Russell H. Jones ’23 Thurston W. Munson ’24 Senior and School Notes . . . .Annie W. Carroll ’23 Junior Notes.Mary E. Ballard ’24 Sophomore Notes.Helen MacGowan ’25 Exchange Editor.Ramona A. Brown ’23 Commercial Editor.Weino M. Riddell ’23 Music Notes.Margaret M. Murphy ’23 Drawing Notes.Wilton Dean ’23 Alumni Editor .Doris W. Whelpley ’23 Athletic Editor .Wadsworth Croft ’23 Grinds .Robert S. Hall ’23 Mr. Smith FACULTY ADVISERS Mr. Pennegar Miss Atherton Entered as second-class mail matter April 3, 1920, at the postoffice at Greenfield, Massachusetts, under the act of March 3, 1879. Accepted at special rates of postage for second-class matter. Published five times during the school yeai - in October, December, February, April and June. 35 cents a copy; except June number which is 50 cents; $1.50 a year. Another school year is past, and another grad¬ uation is taking place. To us, who will again take up High school work in the fall, the summer vacation brings a welcome rest from studies. But to the seniors, who will not be with us again, the summer will mean much more. You who will not enter collegei or keep on with your studies next fall, will begin your real work of life soon. Many of you, we hope, will continue to live in Green¬ field, helping to make it better by what you have learned. But all of you will owe your progress, be it in college, school or factory, to the founda-

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2 THE EXPONENT tions you have laid during your four years’ course in G. H. S. Remember that, and pay your debt by continuing to stand back of your school in later years. We extend the heartiest of wishes for the future to you. We shall miss you next year in every branch of school activity, especially in ath¬ letics. About half the men on the teams this year were of your number. This fall, when you seniors were most forceful, we won the banner at the County Fair and had the best football season in a number of years amid a fine show of enthusiasm on the side-lines. You, as a class, are now at the climax of a very successful high school career. You have a high scholarship record to your credit as well as spirited participation in school activities. iour honor roll and the membership in the Pro Merito society are proofs of this. Then there have been several dances, a debate with the juniors and a notably good senior play which you have put on this year. Mention of numbers of other activities appears elsewhere in this Exponent. We who are left to continue our high school work wish you all the greatest of success in your new work—not “good luck” but the success that crowns an honest worker’s toil. Many thanks are due to the retiring board of editors and managers of the Exponent for their work of the past year. W. B. ’24 SALUTATORY Friends of the Greenfield High School: At this time of the year the word “saluta¬ tory” is being used all over our country with very little thought as to its original mfeaning. The dictionary tells us that it comes from the Latin word “salus”, which at first meant being well or in good health, then welfare or prosperity, next a wish for one’s welfare and finally a greeting or salute. The ancient Romans when meeting friends upon the street or in their homes said, “salve,” in greeting. Therefore, I say “salve!” to you, our parents and friends, tonight, expressing a most cordial greeting and sincere wish for your wel¬ fare and prosperity. Because Massachusetts is such a small state, her importance is frequently belittled by her own children as well as by citizens of other states. A certain little incident may prove the latter atti¬ tude to be wide-spread. A Massachusetts man was visiting in Montana. One of the men there was praising the fine copper mines of that state. The eastern man listened for a time but finally asked, “Who owns these mines?” It was found that Massachusetts men owned them. Again the western man boasted of the wool produced from Montana sheep. “Yes, but men from my state own it,” answered the other. Let us consider some of the points which make our state important. Massachusetts in the Indian tongue signifies the place of great hills, meaning the Blue hills south¬ west of Boston. As a whole -our state consists of eight thousand, five hundred forty-six square miles of territory, including mountains, valleys, rich, level fields, sandy plains and barren, rocky hillsides. In our own section and farther to the west and south¬ west are the Berkshires, some of the most beauti¬ ful and picturesque hills in our country. Although Massachusetts’ hills cannot compare with the western mountains in lofty magnificence, the vari¬ egated tints of green make them beautiful. But hills and dales alone could not make Massachusetts beautiful. The mountains need clear brooks, dashing down their rugged slopes to in¬ crease their charm and enhance their grandeur. The streams are what have made the broad val-