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

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THE EXPONENT 33 EVELYN GRACE REUM “Her heart was in her work.” Evelyn declares she hasn’t done one thing worth while in high school, but wait! She has received certificates on the Remington, Underwood, and Royal machines, and also a medal on the Underwood. What Commercial student could have done better? She has done well in all subjects, and, what is more important, has made many friends. LLOYD CALDWELL STILES “Laziness lends grace to his demeanor.” Manager of Track Team; English Plays (1-2). “Slow and easy”—that’s Lloyd. As a trapper, he has no rival. All the fishes in the brooks fear his cunning. He never has hunted the ladies until lately. “The French settled in the St. Louis Valley,” said Lloyd in history. Why St. Louis? But Lloyd goes to Ohio Northern this fall. ARTHUR LINCOLN DURKEE “This was the noblest Roman of them all.” Valedictory (4) ; Pro Merito; Baseball (4); Exponent (4). Two years is all we have been favored with by this august being’s presence. He has kept busy during that time waking “the next morning” to find new honors showered on him. He has M. 1. T. in view, and we hear that the authorities down in Boston are all a-twitter over the prospect! GEORGE WILLIAM BROWN “Ambition has no rest.” Baseball (2-3). George is the fellow who is usually carrying a pile of books filled with papers through the halls. He also has a little black bag, like the noted one which carried $60,000 to Mr. Fall. George has distinguished hiriiself by securing a letter in baseball. He earned it, too, for he knows the pitching game. He says that the future is unplanned. THURSTON WELLS MUNSON “He views the world from an unusual altitude.” Prize Speaking (3); Class Prophet (4); Exponent (1); Treasurer (1) ; Senior Play (4). “Punk” has done many things worthy of note during his four years at G. H. S. He is our chief illustrator for the Exponent, and this year, its chief contributor, with deep stuff like “Don Fylipe” and “Reminiscences.” His work has not been entirely “Exponential,” for he looked the part of a genuine pcet in the Senior play, can keep the Juniors happy, is a shark at pool, and is a renowned globe-trotter.

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32 THE EXPONENT LEONA WINIFRED CLAPP “Give me with gay folly to live.” Junior Prom committee (3). Leona is one of the belles of the class, one of those fickle blondes! Her high school career has been spent mostly in studying (?), not subjects of literature, history, or language, but studying human nature of a certain species. She served on the Banner Committee for Junior year, and showed us her skill in sewing. In August she will start working for the Standard Oil Company. HAROLD THOMAS FIELD “In every gesture, dignity.” Pro Merito; “Come Out of the Kitchen” (4). Harold is the boy who says it was easy to be in the Pro Merito Society. Perhaps it was for him, for he has perserverance enough to overcome any obstacle,—or algebra problem. Many accorded “Tucker” with the clever¬ est acting in the Senior play. He had so much experience with the Co-Op¬ erative Grocery Company that he was elected to the Finance committee. Harold enters Holy Cross College next year. Best of luck, Harold. RUTH NORMA MARTIN “A wonderful, thrilling voice.” Orchestra (2, 3, 4); “Patience” (4). Ruth is the shining musician in our class. She plays in the School orchestra, the special Orchestra, and has walked off with the leading lady’s part in the opera which the Glee Clubs are practicing. She gave us a glimpse of her talent at the Junior Prize Speaking. Ruth intends to go on v;ith her music next year. ELMER LAWRENCE TAYLOR “I go, I go, look how I go! Swifter than arrow from Tartar’s bow.” Pro Merito. Elmer travels to school every day via the two wheeled vehicle. Al¬ though fighting through fierce rain and snowstorms, he has nevertheless, been hindered by nothing from arriving some time. We admire his pluck. He stands very high in the scholarship list. Elmer goes to Worcester Tech this fall, where his success is assured by his conquering will-power. LAILA INEZ DUTCHER “Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.’” Inez is a very modest young woman, until one becomes acquainted with her. Then she becomes a real friend. She and Harriet are never seen, one without the other. Inez comes from Leverett, but it also seems that she has an interest in California. We’d really like to know what is there, that she should have such a strong attachment for it. Inez is going to be at home after graduation, and the best wishes of ’24 go with her.

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34 THE EXPONENT IRENE EMMA DAIGNAULT “The thoroughly great are those who do everything thoroughly.” Vice-president (1) ; English plays (1, 2) ; Vice-president S. A. S. (3) ; Picture committee (4); Pro Merito; Play committee (4); Prize Speaking (3) ; class history (4). In Irene we find a combination worthy of praise—for she has at times been housekeeper at home, and kept her school work up to a Pro Merito grade, besides holding offices and enjoying life in general. Irene is another of those Seniors who have yielded to the lure of the bob. She plans to pur¬ sue-—-and overtake—a musical career after a post-graduate course. RUTH CECILLE BLACKALL “I live and love. What more would you do?” Cap and Gown Committee (4) ; Junior Prom Committee (3). Ruth is one of the champion typists of the class! She was on ' e of the delegates to the Typewriting Contest held in West Springfield this year. She served on the Junior Prom committee—which reveals one side of her character—and altogether is very popular, especially in Millers Falls. Ask her why! She is undecided as to the future, but will probably follow some kind of Commercial work. GLADYS AGNES HAMPSHIRE “A cheerful life is what the muses love.” If you see a smiling face with a shock of fluffy hair above it coming down the hall some day, you’ll know it is Gladys. She’s been rather lone¬ some this year, for reasons we all can guess, but she has seemed to come up smiling as broadly as the California sun. Gladys’ home port has been Room 5 this year, but she doesn’t know where she will be next year, maybe doing office work somewhere. Good luck wherever you are, Gladys. MARION HAZEL DAVIS “Oh, how I do love a carefree life!” “Red” is one of our commercial students who comes to us from Millers Falls. She is a busy body with a very busy tongue, is always willing to laugh, and cheerfully takes a joke. Marion has been a good student and has won several awards in typewriting. She will take a position in Millers P alls next year. JENNY McCANN “Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax. And her cheeks like the dawn of day.” Jenny, like Columbus, (only a trifle later) started out to discover America. She came to us way across the ocean from Scotland. We must have bewildered her at first, with our dizzy, rushing ways, but she soon came to know us, and we to know her. The old world isn’t so very much be¬ hind the new, for Jenny is a shark at ’most everything, including the art of making friends. She goes to Normal next year, and we all are sure that her pupils will love her as much as we do.