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

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20 THE EXPONENT CLASS POEM The happy days, the fleeing weeks Are assembled into years; The essence of our motto steeps Us in an atmosphere Of loyalty and honor, too. And grace toward friendship true. Yet Truth and Might will conquer all If we but press them hard; Our class is proud that it can call Success to safely guard Our name, and keep the precious ties. The bonds of Greenfield High. Our courage rises, hopes are dear. We cannot lose the fight. Our lives through dangers we will steer We cannot lose the fight With faith in what is right. May Fortune ever smile and wait On the Class of Twenty Eight. MILDRED D. GORMAN ’28 IVY SONG I. Let this ivy start to grow As a symbol bright Of our class’s wish to go To the greatest height. As these branches grow and cling To our dear High School, So shall we, rising, bring Fame and courage cool. II. Ivy clings with shoot and vine. We, with love fore’er. To the school we all call ‘‘mine”. Covered with foliage fair. Let this ivy start to grow As a symbol bright Of our class’s wish to go To the greatest height. KATHERINE E. FLEMING ’28

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THE EXPONENT 19 HI Y Monday night, May 21, the Hi Y held a meeting in room 7. James Parker presided as president. Plans were discussed for the dance to be held Friday night, June 1st. After the regular business meeting was finish¬ ed, Mr. Sanders conducted a discus¬ sion which took up the remaining time of the meeting. The Junior Prize Speaking Contest The annual Junior Prize Speaking Contest took place Monday, June 4, in the High School Auditorium, at eight o’clock. The speakers were Nina Taylor, Edmond Nash, Helen Ripley, Steve Maniatty, Gladys Plumley, James Parker, and Gladys Townsley. The first prize, a ten dollar gold piece was awarded to Gladys Plum- ley and the second prize, a five dollar gold piece, was awarded to Steve Maniatty. Helen Ripley received honorable mention. The contest was fairly well sup¬ ported by the school and by the pub¬ lic. A TRIOLET Over the hill where the birches sway. Out where the wind blows free, Where the squirrels and rabbits run and play; Over the hill where the birches sway And the robins sing in the trees all day, That is the place for me. Over the hill where the birches sway Out where the wind blows free. G. W. ’29 A TRIOLET O show us mortals as we grope The light of higher things. To do our best and not to mope; O give us mortals as we grope The lifting tide of hope. To bear us up on wings. O show us mortals as we grope The light of higher things. A. A. ’29 As Others See Us Infancy. Freshmen Youth . Sophomores Middle Age . Juniors Second Childhood . Seniors THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS When Spring draws near and the sun shines warm. To the Islands of Hope the people swarm. To seek for Happiness. WHien birds return and the leaves burst out; To the winds do we cast our cares and doubts, To seek for Happiness. Thru endless generations and thru many more to come. The soft, elusive, shining land will always be the prize, Which falls to those of honor great and loyalty divine; For those who keep this simple faith the road before them lies. To the great, wide realm of Happi¬ ness. M. G. ’28 SOPHOMORE NOTES Walter Wilcox “took” George Lawver fishing the other day up in Ashfield. The only thing these two Izaak Waltons caught were two nice big colds! Marguerite Harper, Blanche Mar¬ tin, Marjorie Streeter and Hazel Smith attended the convention in Dal¬ ton. A little bird told us that Pierce street is nearly worn out! Perhaps a little Sophie can explain more. WAVES O’er the rocks bounding high Tossed the waves and then whirled by— Pushing on toward their goal; O’er the rocks bounding high Leaped the water to and fro. Wave on wave piling high; O’er the rocks bounding high Tossed the waves and then whirled by. E. D. ’29 A PRAYER 0 free me from all sighing To make the most of life. And keep me always trying. O free me from all sighing, And idle useless crying To feel the joy of strife. O free me from all sighing To make the most of life. J. P. ’29

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THE EXPONENT 21 WHAT AN EDUCATION MEANS Four long years we have spent in G. H. S. preparing ourselves to bat¬ tle with the world on our own re¬ sources. Some of our members feel that to win the goal we have set for ourselves will require still more edu¬ cation than we have obtained within these walls. Not one of us will tell you now or will ever tell you again that he is sorry that he has completed the four year course here. Often when discouraged we ridiculously as¬ sert that we are profiting nothing from our studies. To be sure it seems as though we really do learn very little each day, but at the end of each month we are able to think of numer¬ ous things we have cleared up in our minds, and at the end of the year we look back and wonder how we could have done and thought such “dumb” things “just a little while ago”— Psychologists tell us that men are¬ n’t created equal, but that some are endowed with more brains than others. Unless we have a certain per¬ cent of this endowment, they tell us, education is little avail, but that it can be decreased by lack of training. For this reason some self-styled prac¬ tical persons argue against going to school by saying that if a man pos¬ sesses these qualities of success no lack of education can keep him from rising to the position of a leader of men. They quite naturally take for example men such as Jackson and Lincoln, who were entirely self-made men. Of course, it is a man of this type that we admire most, but they represent the exception rather than the rule. When quoting these outstanding examples they fail to take into con¬ sideration the vast majority who have not made good under like conditions. It is foolish for us to imagine that education could make us less suc¬ cessful. It without exception adds to our power of comprehension and ca¬ pability. Education broadens our scope of understanding to a degree that we are able to derive a great deal of pleas¬ ure from sources that hitherto we had ignored. Some persons have the contention that the foremost reason for attending institutions of higher learning is to be able to occupy posi¬ tions financially better. This is, of course, very true, for business today is more and more demanding the man with the special training. However, the real reason that most people wish to obtain a higher education is that they may appreciate more fully the enjoyment that this world is capable of offering. The doors of higher learning are by no means closed to the man or woman who considers himself too poor to attend other than the public schools. The present college and business school system is so arranged that any peron who desires an edu¬ cation to such a degree that he is willing to work for it may receive a college training. Even the unfor¬ tunate one who hasn’t had the oppor¬ tunity of a high school education may obtain a satisfactory training from a night school. In this twentieth century of ours there are no restrictions, either for man or woman, except for him who has allowed himself to believe that he is incapable of accomplishing his task. If you fail to succeed in your chance in life, who is to be accused of the failure? No one but yourself, who allowed a restriction to be set upon you when you might have made the other decision and accomplished your aim. E. H. ’28 Would You Collapse If: Margaret Ballard didn’t study? Kay Fleming didn’t have wise ideas? Mary Blake didn’t say all she thought? Frink Fitzgerald couldn’t swallow? Kay Fregeau couldn’t smile? Dick Miller lost Betty? Esther Hawks didn’t have brains? Stuart Witty didn’t have curly hair? Ruth Baker wasn’t good natured? Jean Thomas lost Sunday nights? Anne Kramer didn’t have her New York friend? Evelyn Morris couldn’t dance? Bill Breslin couldn’t wink? Bernice Wood didn’t have blonde hair?