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

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THE EXPONENT 7 you remember that Mr. Smith told them they were to go to school only in the afternoon. But I fail to re¬ member why. Father: Huh! The children prob¬ ably had to have their morning beau¬ ty sleep. St. Anne: Have you the freshman class officers there? Father: No, 1 don’t believte I have. I must have been writing about the freshman reception at that time. St. Anne: Well, here are their class officers: President, John Des¬ mond; Vice-President, Rachel At¬ wood; Secretary, Pauline Mills; Treasurer, Edwin Cowan; Assistant Treasurer, Blanche Morris. Right after these notes it says that Ray Demeo and Jack Desmond were prize-winners at the annual track meet held during the Franklin Coun¬ ty Fair. Father: The girls s hone too as I remember it. Marjorie Church and Bernice Sargent won prizes on their essays on “A Playground in Green¬ field.” St. Anne: Father, St. Peter’s notes, here, say that the freshman basketball team was the champion class team. How did that happen? Father: Well, you see the fresh¬ man were little but very enthusiastic young hopefuls. St. Anne: It is queer the notes concerning this class are lacking for the next few months. Father: Ha! Ha! The freshmen had reached a sort of transition pe¬ riod. They were busy putting on a veneer of superiority and casting aside that look of humility which all freshmen sooner or later acquire. Yes, they were about to become sophomores. St. Anne: Ha! ,Ha! Now St. Peter’s records say that John McCann and—What’s this? I can’t make it out. Something like a Wheel—H. Wheel, it is. Father: You mean Hosea Wheeler —Don’t you remember that bloom¬ ing-cheeked youngster from Bellows Falls, Vt.? Yes, those two boys made their class a little bit larger. St. Anne: Yes, it seems as if I have heard of them. Next it is writ¬ ten here that many of the sopho¬ mores had come into the public eye and even the names of some were added to that famous book—Who’s Who. Anna Crowley’s name is men¬ tioned here. Father: Yes, she was the famous Pat Crowley of the Deerfield Street Gang. My records are blurred again here. Will you go on? St. Anne: The class officers of the Sophomore year: President, Ed¬ ward Pulaski; Vice-President, Anna Crowley; Secretary, Pauline Mills; Treasurer, Andrew Murphy. At the foot of the page it states that Isabel Morgan and Bernice Sargent had re¬ ceived Maximum Nine for the year. Peter’s records now end. Father: Oh! There’s more than that. They followed past customs and gave a reception to the fresh¬ men. St. Anne: Why, I remember St. Peter speaking of that. He said that those lordly sophomores danced con¬ tinually with the freshmen girls. The poor freshmen boys were left all alone. Father: Well do I remember Ber¬ nard Miller, Edwin Cowan, John Desmond, and Ray Demeo as their leading athletes. Here again my rec¬ ords are rather incomplete. I can’t find the records for the next fall. St. Anne: You say you haven’t got the whole of the third year’s record? Well. I’ll read these and you can compare yours with them. I remember that at the beginning of September, 1924, the new High School was finished and they were very busy moving in. That is prob¬ ably where you got mixed u’ . Father: Yes, I remember. They didn’t start school until a week la ter than usual and then Pauline Mills was late the first day. St. Anne: It seems that their first public act was to elect class officers: Theles Condraski . President Anne Crowley.Vice President Pauline Mills . Secretary Earle Welcome . Treasurer Rachel Atwood, Assistant Treasurer Father: Didn’t they go to the Fair this year? St. Anne: Oh yes, and for the first time in the history of the school Greenfield won the cheering cup from Arms. Two of the cheer¬ leaders were from this class—Hosea Wheeler and Anne Crowley. Father: Yes; then Desmond,

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6 THE EXPONENT George Washington, Abraham Lin¬ coln, and Theodore Roosevelt to see if they have these characteristics. We find that George Washington had the desire to be a great leader of men. He was born of wealthy par¬ ents, but this did not interfere with his attainments. We find him in his youth climbing the highest trees and bridges and cutting his initials to show that he had won over all compe¬ tition. Later we find him leading armies and finally the whole United States as its first president. The at¬ tainments in climbing and the ter¬ rible winter at Valley Forge speak for themselves in respect to his per¬ sistency. The fact that he would not take a cent for his services is proof that he was unselfish, while we know that he had a perfect trust in God to help him in all his tasks of leadership. Abraham Lincoln determined when only a boy to be some day President of the United States. He carried this before him as his goal until he reached it, but he had many strug¬ gles to win to attain it. His trials and defeats are not unknown to any of us, and neither is his persistency to be honest and helpful to others at whatever cost. By means of his hard work and perfect trust in God while President we were safely car¬ ried through the Civil War. For four long years he labored incessant¬ ly and now, though he was not al¬ lowed to reap the rewards of his work on earth, his fame and the inspiration of his character will never die. My last example, Theodore Roose¬ velt, is another man who had a defi¬ nite aim in life. As a boy he was sickly and weak, but on being told by his father that he could make himself a strong man by hard prac¬ tice in a gymnasium, he determined to take the hint. He was so per¬ sistent in his gymnasium work that by the time he was twenty years of age he had built up an iron constitu¬ tion. He may have seemed selfish to some of us, but a selfish man would hardly make it possible for others to have wealth and happiness through his untiring efforts in behalf of con¬ servation. Although we do not hear so much about his trust in Providence we know that he did have that faith and that it was dear to him. I could go on with numerous exam¬ ples, but they would all tend to show that life freely defined has a far deeper meaning than living and that it is obtained by having a definite aim in life, being persistent to the end, holding unselfish thoughts, and keeping a perfect trust in the Almighty. RUSSELL NIMS, ’26. CLASS HISTORY Father Time is writing and study¬ ing notes in his Book of Records. He is also talking to himself. St. Anne comes on. the stage carrying a book similar to that of Father Time’s, sees Father Time and says ‘Good Morning, Father Time. You seem busy this morning.” Father: Good Morning, St. Anne. Yes, I am rather busy. I’ve been looking over the records of the class of 1926 at Greenfield High school and I find that these records are not com¬ plete. By the way, where’s your brother, St. Peter? I asked him to come over and compare his records with mine. St. Anne: Oh, business is rushing for St. Peter this morning, so he sent me over with his entries of the class of Greenfield High School. Father: All right. Honestly if that class had conducted itself in a quiet and respectable manner every¬ thing would have been right but those rascals were always up to something. Before I had recorded one thing they had started something else. Now, pay close attention while I read my records of this class and you are to see whether they conform with St. Peter’s. (turns over pages) Ah! Here we are—the month of Septem¬ ber, 1922. One hundred and seventy darling little cherubs entered the freshman class of Greenfield High School. St. Anne: That’s right. Don’t for¬ get that it was the present Junior High School which was then their high school. And, oh how little and sweet these children were. Can’t

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8 THE EXPONENT Pulaski, Prest and Ray Demeo helped to win the banner, too. St. Anne: Here we have the first quarter Honor Roll with Marjorie Church, Bernice Sargent, and Russell Nims as maximum nines. Father : The names of the athletes appear again—Jack Desmond, Ray Demeo and Ed Cowan were the stars of the football team. Right after the close of the season Ray Demeo left school to get married. St. Anne: My, the school was pro¬ gressing. A Student Council was or¬ ganized with Condraski, Anne Crow¬ ley, Marguerite Brown, Rachel At¬ wood, Lamb and Witty representing the class of 1926. Father: Now comes the baseball season with Miller, Welcome, and Desmond playing on the regular team. The interclass tournament was won by 1926. St. Anne: The next page is blot¬ ted. What happened? Father: Oh yes, Midyears. Enough said. But here’s the Honor Roll again. Listen to this—Clarence White, Max, 9— St. Anne: Father Time! There must be a mistake. There were no maximum nines in the Junior Class at Midyears. ’ Father: Pardon me—how did I happen to make such a blunder. I say, wasn’t it splendid of the P. T. A. to help in giving those afternoon dances? St. Anne: Weren’t those new gym classes amusing as well as benefi¬ cial? Father: These were some new en¬ trees to the class this year—Mar¬ garet Leith, Russell Nims and Alma Taylor. St. ' Anne: In the Junior-Senior debate 1926 made a valiant attempt to win but the Seniors proved supe¬ rior. Father: Then came the Junior Prize Speaking Contest. Bernice Sargent and Chester Osgood won first prize while Anne Crowley and Edward Pulaski were given honor¬ able -mention. St. ' Anne: Desmond, Miller and Welcome joined the baseball squad and needless to say made good. Father: In June after much prep¬ aration the ' class of 1926 gave the first Junior Prom to be held in the gym. It was a sweltering success. St. Anne: Graduation came short¬ ly after that and the Juniors were promoted to the rank of Seniors and received their well earned reward of a vacation. Father: Now we come to the last page in the book—the Senior year— when this class takes its place as dignified men and women. St. Anne: Greenfield won the track meet again with Desmond and Pulaski representing the Seniors. Father: The following class of¬ ficers were elected: Lester Hodgen . President Anne Crowley ...... Vice President Rachel Atwood . Secretary Chester Osgood . Treasurer Bernice Sargent, Assistant Treasurer St. Anne: Hodgen, Anne Crowley, Rachel Atwood, Edwin Lamb, Kath¬ ryn Knight, and Witty represented the class on the Student Council. It was voted to award letters to the Senior cheer-leaders—Anne Crowley, Hosea Wheeler and Lester Hodgen. Father: It says that this year saw the best football season that G. H. S. has had. Annette was at every game rooting for Capt. Jack Desmond. Welcome, Miller, and Condraski re¬ ceived their share of the honors, too. St. Anne: I see Desmond, Wel¬ come and Miller played again on the basketball team. The girls also had a team which had three seniors play¬ ing on it—Dot Crosby, Anne Crow¬ ley and Agnes Wait. The Senior Girls also won the Volley Ball tour¬ nament. Father: The Exponent was suc¬ cessful as usual. Rachel Atwood and Harriet Salway acted capably as Editors in Chief. St. Anne: At Midyears there were none on the maximum nine list, but Gertrude Chamberlin was the honor pupil for the 3rd quarter. Father: The Seniors covered themselves with glory when under the direction of Miss Merrill and Miss Atherton they presented “Bach¬ elor Hall”, a very amusing com¬ edy. Ed. Pulaski with his kiltie shirt and moustache made a striking looking detective. St. Anne: The class was also de¬ lighted to see Mr. Smith and the teachers perform in the faculty play.