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

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THE EXPONENT 15 all well done, ’cause the cook was our Blanche Robinson. His best customer for his famous canned cow is George Richardson, mess-master now’ on the good old ship named “lamaLoss.” And do you remember Leslie Ross? He’s telling men to stand up straight, to throw out their chests or take the gate. He graduated from old West Point and immediately sought another joint. Artist So that’s what West Point does for one. Boy! But that’s going some. Soothsayer Now, there’s Harriet Russell. Did you see the piece in the paper saying that she is the niece of Russell of Russell Emulsion Plant? Well, it seems right now as though she can’t spend good gold coin fast enough, which you will agree is very tough. Once a day without effect, she’s mani¬ cured by Helen Schneck. If this doesn’t seem to satisfy, to Helen Schneck she says goodbye and spends more of her valuable day getting French water waves from Ruth Shumway. Bessie Skibin- ski is there too, collecting all the cash that’s due to take a trip to Harry’s coffers. They take all the cash Miss Russell offers. Pardon me for not telling sooner the name of the Beauty Parlor own¬ er. One you would naturally expect—Harry Shulman, now called Henri deFect. He sure has got a business eye. Now listen here and I’ll tell you why. He has Rockwell Smith to write his ads for all his new fangles and fads and then charges them to department fifth, cosmetic department of Miss Ruth Smith. However, this doesn’t mean a lot, according to the story of Mr. Scott. Cosmetics don’t interest him anyway; he’s out on a farm pitching hay. Artist False faces though seem quite the style, but they’ll only last a little while. Soothsayer A second Ponzi we have too—Philip Stearns, whose money grew to a startling sum but has so far failed to land him in George Streeter’s jail. Elmer Taylor w’ent out one day and saw in his corn a ways away a scarecrow with fluttering, tattered clothes, but, strangest of all, it attracted the crows. So Farmer Taylor w’alked two miles, to find the scarecrow’ w’as poor Lloyd Stiles, who’d fallen asleep w’hile on his feet, and the crow’s his clothes had tried to eat. Artist I’ll try to see Phil tomorrow. Some money I’d surely like to borrow. Soothsayer Leonard Thompson’s now in France helping along his new romance. Now would you have thought that he was the kind to leave athletics just to find a romance equal to the one that Helen Toomey has begun. That surely does a “Paul” us all. Artist They all say such is life. Guess I’ll get for me a wife. Soothsayer George Voetsch is busy selling cars—Grays, Rolls-Royce, Fords, and Stars. Whenever a new- car comes along, to make quite sure he isn’t wrong about size, appearance, color, shape, he ’phones Photographer Andrew Wait. And everywhere that Wait does go Myron Warner’s sure to follow, be¬ cause Myron earns his butter and bread, holding still his neck and head that Andy may a portrait make. I’m sure I’m making no mistake when I say Winship is a success, a real go-getter at his best. And then, too, carolling wedding bells have chimed for little Marion Wells. Her husband. I’m told by one who knows, sells steam-heated fire-escapes to Esquimaux. That is all; there is no more. Artist I’m glad I entered at your door. Now I’ll dig down into my jeans,— (aside to audience) all of you know what that means—I may be doing some¬ thing rash, parting with my hard-earned cash, but do not let that worry you; I pay no more than is surely due. And now as I turn to my home I wonder if the lady’s dome is cracked or broken—- empty, too. However, I’ll leave that to you. Soothsayer I’m surely glad he had the price; the money will seem awfully nice. But as I turn to my home, I can’t help thinking that his dome is cracked or broken, empty, too. However, I’ll leave that to you. PRESENTATION I present, in behalf of the Senior Class, to the president of the Junior Class, for the benefit of the school, the gift of $100 as a token of our ad¬ miration and esteem for Greenfield High School. LEONARD THOMPSON, ’24

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14 THE EXPONENT fills. Antoinette Koziski features in French plays as Queen Antoinette, who fooled away her days. Her costumes are furnished by Dora Kopleman, who is a costumer just for the fun. Beatrice Law¬ rence owns a theatre—the best one out that way; Dora Lillie books the people who come there to play. But the latest film out is named ‘Rather Round About” with James Leeson as the sheik, and it’s causing quite a shriek. He’s accompanied by Bea Lamb, you know, who makes it quite a full show. Soothsayer Goodness me! is that so? Quite surprising, don’t you know. Soothsayer Then, too, the ballet has claimed one, called Isa¬ bel Livingston. Lockhart cursed this high and low, ’cause he’s a preacher now, you know; and once a year he buys some clothes from Charles Looney, the tailor, who knows enough to send him to the door of Arthur Lyman’s new shoe store. It’s just the same with the ladies too. When prima donna Martin wants a shoe, she goes right in at the door of a shop over which hangs a sign, “Thelma Mar¬ vel, Prop.” And when she has satisfied her feet, she comes again into the street and starts again where she began. Then the millinery shop of Jennie Mc¬ Cann attracts her eye, so over she goes to look at rows and still more rows of hats of various hues, all shaped by Gladys Murphy, designed and draped by Leora Northway, who is now, you know, leading de¬ signer of Main street row. Munson, too, is over there, giving bad customers lots of air, and when he’s tired of doing that, he’ll paint a customer to suit her hat. Artist Oh, I say, that’s g oing some. I never thought it of that bum. Soothsayer Ellen O’Hara has an act that’s by her cousin, William, backed. He’s a financier, you must know. His influence made Osgood grow to a dancer of fortune and fame. Remember he was so terribly tame? The act is good, but awfully brief, according to the story of Margaret O’Keefe, who’s now a critic with positive views, working for the Greenfield News. Artist Is that paper still around, telling the scandal of the town? Soothsayer Poor old Packard’s out of luck; he lost his job of driving a truck, ’cause he used more gas every day than Contractor Payne could afford to pay. He fired Reggy Pfersick too, for all that Pfersick seemed to do, was lie around all day and sleep or else to talk enough to keep Marion Phillips from figuring out the length, the depth, and all about the overhead expense of a tunnel, built in the shape of a giant tunnel from Greenfield here to Turners Falls through Rocky Mountain whose size appals. Artist Don’t mention Turners Falls to me; it and I just don’t agree. Soothsayer And you remember Julia Pierce, whose marks were so good that they were fierce? She’s carrying samples of brick light houses. She sells where in¬ terest she arouses. Sarah and Oliver Plantinga. you know, are teaching little seeds to grow. Idell Plumley, they say—perhaps ’tis so—has perfected a non-squashable tomato. She and the Plantingas now do rank, along beside Luther Burbank. Sarah Portman says, and she should know, ’cause all new plants through her hands go, that this tomato gets better and better. As an agricultural inspector she’s a real go-getter. Artist Boy, oh boy! Is that true? What is this world coming to? Soothsayer I won’t say who it is to blame for Bobby Pratt’s being in the Hall of Fame, but Felicia Prusick long ago told him what made her new car go. (She’s now the owner of a King—a car I mean, not a man or thing). And he at once began to write. He wrote and wrote way through the night, until at last a book he had, named “The Quintessential Toxicity of Vaporishness from Exhaust Pipes Re¬ gal and Bad.” To eliminate stiffness and make it divine, Cath¬ erine Putnam offered some of her time to write a new little nurseryrhyme, which lifted the book to a state called sublime. The book was widely and extensively read, and Roland Reed, or so ’tis said, athirst for knowledge, took the book to bed. When he awoke he’d an aching head. He thinks it’s lucky he’s not dead. He denies that the book is really prime, even as does Evelyn Reum, a critic for the Greenfield News, even before it attracted views, for though it has a truthful ring, it doesn’t mean a single thing. Artist Gee! He had quite a time. Does it cost more than a dime? Soothsayer Donald Roberts you can see trotting around the “A and P” with cans of meat and cans of fish and everything that you could wish. He guarantees it

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16 THE EXPONENT LEONARD LEWIS THOMPSON “Oh wonder of wonders, can it be! A man among us, such as he.” President (1, 2, 3, 4,); Exponent (4); S. A. S. (2); Football (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2, 3, 4,); Captain Basketball (4); Baseball (2, 3, 4). Hail “Donkey,” the incomparable! Class president for four years. Who ever heard of such a thing before? Writing up the “old folks” in the Exponent and directing the course of the S. A. S., were merely inci¬ dentals. Football, basketball, baseball,—any other little trick you would like our star acrobat to perform? “Donkey” is the boy who can plough through any line, who can swat the ball almost into Green River, who can always find the basket. Still, this mighty warrior only attends the Prom because he has tO ' stand in the receiving line. We assure M. A. C. they have captured a prize. ELLEN MADOLYN O’HARA “Born for success she seemed. With grace to win, with heart to hold With shining gifts that took all eyes.” Secretary (1) ; Play (2) ; Basketball (3) ; Prom Committee (3) ; Dance Committee (3) ; S. A. S. (4) ; Vice-President Class (4) ; Senior Play (4); Class Prophet (4). “Jane Ellen”—Clever, pert, vivacious. “Peg,” G. H. S.’s favorite, of course! She has been on every kind of committee ever created, and when Peg’s around there is “somethin’ doin’.” Peg likes the stage, and who didn’t love her interpretation of “Jane Ellen”? But she is going to learn at Framingham how to be a sedate school teacher. FRANCIS DANIELS ALBERTI “The soldier of his queen In all but rainy weather.” “Mid-Summer Night’s Dream” (1) ; Good English play (2) ; director S. A. S. (2-3); president S. A. S. (4); Junior prize speaking (3); class treasurer (3-4); “Patience” (4); Picture Committee (4). Greenfield’s rubber-neck busses are already including the home of Mrs. F. D. Alberti in their itineraries. It was he who gave “The Lady or the Tiger” in the Prize Speaking Contest last year. He has since found out that it really made no difference which door his hero opened. Those of us who have had seats near “Freak” in study periods or dull recitations will not be surprised to know that he plans to go to Philadelphia Industrial Art. MARION LEONE WELLS “A goddess could hardly love and be wise.” Secretary (4); Senior Play (4). Marion came to us from the wilds of Maine, and sbe surely has cap¬ tivated a few members of the basketball team. She is now looking for more lands to conquer. For a one year’s stay here, she has had a whirlwind career. She was elected secretary right off the bat. Then she was “Cora” in the play, and captured all the hearts she had not entranced before. Her future is undecided. PHILIP BEALS STEARNS “As mild a man as ever scuttled a ship. Or cut a throat.” Pro Merito; Junior-Senior Debate (3); Exponent (4); Assistant Man¬ ager Exponent (2); Manager Exponent (3); Treasurer S. A. S. (4); Class Treasurer (2, 4). “Phil” is the mathematical shark and business manager of the school. Perhaps he will be a city manager some day. For some unknown reason, he is in the Pro Merito society. He says it’s a great society, but it needs more members. We wish “Phil” success when he enters Renssalaer in the fall.