Hamilton High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (South Hamilton, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1918 volume:

BOSTON STORE Phone 22-Y SAVE CAR FARES BUY AT HOME We Carry a Full Line of Christmas Goods%Toys ALSO BOOKLETS and CONFECTIONERY Please Buy Early as Advised by the Government OSGOOD J. KIMBALL, Prop. L. E. LIBBY l ml Estate unit Snaurana WENHAM, MASS. A FRIEND RIGHT FILLING of PRE- SCRIPTIONS— Not honesty alone — Not skill alone; but both of these, and two things more pure, fresh, full strength drugs, and infinite, patient, exact care these are the four essential things that enter into right com- pounding of prescriptions. C. H. Knowles Co. The Rexall Store Railroad Ave., So. Hamilton, Mass. FRANK P. TRUSSELL CONTRACTOR and BUILDER Hamilton, - Mass. Telephone Connection Mention THE HAMILTONIAN when answering advertisements THE HAMILTONIAN rtti ' M, ' EHiuc.y i- LnLi -. ) Vol. I HAMILTON, MASS. OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1918 No. I Editorial Staff Editor-in-chief, MASON COOK, ’19. Associate Editor-in-chief, GERTRUDE SCULLY, ’19. Business Manager, CHARLES PETERSON, ’19. Assistant Business Manager, ROBERT TRUSSELL. ’19 LITERARY EDITORS: Current Topics : Richard McGinley, ’20, Spectator Military and Sporting Social Editor Exchange Fads and Fashions DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS: Domestic Science Manual Training Commercial CLASS REPORTERS: James McGinley, ’19 Mable Grant, ’20 Bradley Pt’ller, ’21 Nora Gorman, ’22 Francis Moa ' niiian, ’19 Eleanor Scully, ’21 Robert Trussell, ’19 Ruth Perley, ’21 Ethel Poole, ’19 Fannie Foster, ’20 Maud Burrows, ’22 Einer Johnson, ’22 Franklin Holland, ’20 The Hamiltonian is published monthly by the Hamilton High School. Yearly subscription, $1.00 By mail $1.10 Single Copy 15c Single copies may be obtained at Knowles’ Drug Store. Address all communications to Business Manager of “The Hamiltonian”, So. Hamilton, Mass. THE CONTENTS GREETINGS (From Faculty) Mr. H. H. Archibald GREETINGS (From Students) Mason Cook, ’19 POEM — November Longfellow ROLL OF HONOR THE SLACKER Lyndall Miller, ’20 AMERICA TO FRANCE Eleanor Scully, ’21 THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Theresa Libby, ’21 THE PERSISTENT FLY Anonymous A WOMAN’S CHOICE Anonymous EXCHANGE NOTES Ethel Poole, ’19 SENIOR’S PSALM Mason Cook, ’19 SPORTING AND MILITARY NOTES Charles Peterson, ’19 MANUAL TRAINING Einer Johnson, ’22 DOMESTIC SCIENCE Maud Burrows, ’22 POEM — To Do My Bit Theresa Libby, ’21 COMMERCIAL NOTES Franklin Holland, ’20 GIRL’S GLEE CLUB Ruth Perley, ’21 CLASS NOTES EDITORIALS CURRENT TOPICS R. McGinley, ’20 TOWN TOPICS F. Moynihan, ’19 FADS AND FASHION Fannie Foster ' mmt DEDICATION mmmmmmmm GREETINGS FROM THE FACULTY It is a real pleasure in behalf of the faculty to state that this our first attempt at a school paper, is the result of that ever constant desire on the part of the students to have our Hamilton High School on a footing with the better and more progres- sive schools of the state. And why a school paper? Every wide- awake high school has in addition to its regular routine of work certain branches of activities in which students become interested, and into which they may throw their surplus energy and enthusiasm. We believe, in launching this school paper project, that we will not only give outsiders a chance to see oui‘ school oi gan- ization as it is today, but through it will come additional incentive toward better literary attainments, better school spii ' it and ideals, even than now exist and the achievement of a marked growth in the development of our school at large. i Iay the good work and interest of the students continue so that the future issues of our Hamiltonian shall show well defined evidences of pi ' ogress in all bi ' anches of work and play. Readers, — do not be over-critical to- ward this, our initial effort. Frequent interru])tions of school life this fall have made it practically impossible to work smoothly for any great length of time. Now that we are “back on the job” in eaiaiest with a longer school session avc confidently expect that our November number will turn out to be bigger, bi-oadcr and more interesting than The first issue. Students, — the faculty is back of you heart and soul in this movement ; go at it and Avith that characteristic determina- tion and ever increasing spontaneity and let us all co-operate to make the Hamil- tonian’s first year a big success. GREETINGS : In the past years the Hamilton High School has been lacking a school paper, of any sort. Through the efforts of the Principal, the assistant teachers, and the editorial staff, “The Hamiltonian’’ is mak- ing its initial appearance Avith this i.ssue. It has been the desire of the school ad- ministration to bring the students into close felloAvship Avith each other, by means of athletics and social activities. The pub- lication of “The Hamiltonian’’ Avill go a long Avay toAvards realizing this desire. All true students aauII help to make this paper a success by reading its columns and submitting contributions or sugges- tions from time to time. A hearty Aveleome is given to the fresh- men Avhose large enrollment is very en- couraging. It is to be desired that the first year students take a deej) interest in “The Hamiltonian’’ since in years to come they are the ones Avho Avill take the places noAV held by the upperclassmen. We are veiy glad to see the active int- erest so far taken by the students in this project of publishing a school paper. Noav that the co-operation of the student body has been expressed Ave feel that nothing- stands in the Avay of the success of this, our new undertaking. EDITOR IN CHIEF 2 NOVEMBER The day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall. And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast. And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all. Into each life some rain must fall. Some days must be dark and dreary. “The Rainy Day’’ A poem from Longfellow representing the month will appear in each month’s issue of our paper. ROLL OF HONOR Boys formerly of the Hamilton Public Schools. Adams, Randell Durkee, Lester Libby, Furber Anderson, William Davis, Stoughton jMcGinley, Daniel Brumby, Leo Elder, William Merry, Harold Burns, John Frazer, Peter MacDonald, Finley Burton, Percival Frazer, Malcolm McGlaughlin, Charles Chittick, Robert Feener, Lester McGlaughlin, Bly Cross, Stephen Gibney, Clarence McGregor, Harry Cook, Horace Gibney, Norman Poole, James Cox, John Grant, Charles Porter, Harold Day, Alva Grant, Wari-en Peatfield, Irving Day, Ernest Green, Walter Ramsdell, Frank Daley, Victor Hughes, James Small, Richard Daley, Harold Kin.silla, James Stone, Charles Daley, Frederick Kinsilla, John Toner, Reginald Dodge, Ijouis Keloski, Peter Taylor, William Dui ' an, Petoi- Lowe, Burton V arnum, Roy Duran, Hugh Lowe, Gai ' dner Wallace, William Dufton, Roland Landers, William Williams, William THE SLACKER. “No, I cannot marry you, Richard. The man I marry must not be a coward.’’ These harsh words came from the lips of Janet Taylor, who had been engaged to Richard Moffit for two years. Now it was all over. Janet gave him back his ring sadly, but her- heart was determined and she would not swerve from her duty. “Good-bye, Janet. Think of me as well as you can.’’ He walked down the steps and went out the little white gate. 3 Janet watched him until his broad back disappeared down the lane. The next morning Janet heard that he had left town. She bore bravely the slurring re- marks about him and wondered if she had stirred a little spark of patriotism in the heart of t he man she loved. Dick himself wondered why he didn’t want to enlist, but he seemed to have a deadly, sickening fear come over him every time he thought of himself all mangled or crippled. Janet had often told him how big and strong he was. How she would hate him, he thought, if he came back a helpless invalid. After he had left the little village he went straight to the Metropolis. Walk- ing along the street one day he saw one of Pershing’s veterans who had lost an arm and leg. The soldier still wore the uniform that had been through two hard battles. Crowds worshipped the hero. Women praised him and children saluted him. “Would Janet feel like that,’’ he asked himself, “if he came back maimed ' ?’’ He felt, as he thought it over, that her love for him would be stronger. Suddenly a feeling of shame crept over him — a strong, robust young man. He felt as if he had been asleep. His countiy needed him, and he responded to its call. For six long months Janet waited for a letter, but in vain. No one in that little New England village knew how she long- ed for the sight of Dick, and how she jirayed for his return. At la.st she could .stand it no longer. She had once been an operator, so she enlisted with a telegraph unit. On a bright sunny morning she left home, friends and all that she held dear to cro.ss the sea and help her country. She was ready — if need be — to make the supreme .sacrifice, for it would be a glori- ous death — dying for her country. Three miles behind the trenches Avhere some of the fiercest fighting had been go- ing on, a small hut stood like a solitary sentinel keeping guard. The guns could be heard rumbling, and, once in a while, flashes from giant shells illuminated the sky. The ruins of a little French village could be seen in the distance. Inside the hut a wireless outfit was set up, and only one operator was in sight. That was Janet. Her eyes were sunken and dark, and her face had not a vestige of color left in it. She had been on duty all day and night, and the dawn of an- other day was breaking. The great red sun crept up slowly and the bright rays it shed made Janet think how small her work in life was. She stood at the window gazing wearily out. The roar of the guns grew louder and louder. Her head throbbed, and she felt herself growing weaker. Suddenly a peculiar sound came to her ears. It was quite faint, but as she listened it grew louder. She ran to the door. A motor- cycle was coming up the field at break- neck speed. The rider slowed doAvn, and stopped a few yards from the hut. She ran to meet him just as he alighted and staggered towards her. He was a pitiful looking sight. A blood-soaked bandage was around his head — covering- one eye. His face was stained with earth, mingled with blood. Part of the sleeve of his uniform was shot away, and he was hatless. In one hand he held a paper. “Rush this to General B — ’’, he cried. His voice was hoarse and weak, and the last word was scarcely above a whisper. She ran to her apparatus, and the dis- patch-bearer .staggered to the door after her and fell face downward on the rough eai ' th floor. After she had sent the message, which was an order for reinfoi-cements, she turned her attention to the messengei-. Blood was flowing from the wound in his arm despite the handkerchief that Avas 4 bound on it. Tlie khaki of his uniform Avas now a dingy dirty gray. She turned him over. A look of recognition and of joy came into her face. The look changed to horror. Was he dead? She knelt beside him and put her ear to his heart. It was beating! Ilis eyelids fluttered and then opened. “Janet,” he whispered in a scarcely audible Avhisper, and what her reply was only Dick knows. LYNDALL MILLER, ’20. AMERICA TO FRANCE Nearly twenty years had passed since the great world Avar. This long period had been a very trying one for all, in the huge attempt to bring civilization once more to a normal state. At last hoAvever it seemed that the sacrifice had not been in vain. Prosperity Avas reigning once more, and people Avere beginning to for- get that there ever had been suffering. This feeling penetrated to the little tOAvn of B in south Avestern France until the remarkable discovery of Madam La Pie aroused the people once more to give greater honor to these soldiers Avho helped to crush autocracy, and to those nurses who gave their lives that the sol- diers might live. This discovery Avas in the form of a letter, Avritten by a French soldier, inclos- ed in a dark leather Avallet. It had recent- ly been uneaidhed by ploughing, Avhich accounted for the late date of discovery. Helen Layne and her brother Charles, enlisted for overseas duty Avhen America fii-st entered the Avar. Because of the necessary training Avhich the unexperienc- ed soldiers required before actual service, Helen reached France first. Among her first patients Avas a French soldier of very high rank. His Avounds AA ' ere so serious that for days his life had been disjAaired of, but Helen’s unceasing- care had finally brought him back to life. The loyal friend.ship which usually re- sulted in such cases Avas not lacking in this one. Helen and Jean became the best of friends, ahvays talking and jok- ing, and sometimes Jean confided some secrets that he possessed, for he kneAV her to be a stanch patriot. Soon after Jean left the hospital Helen, Avorn out from her long months of nurs- ing, broke doAvn completely and Avas sent to a private sanitarium for care. In the delirium Avhieh folloAved she gave away many of the secrets which Jean had told, not that they Avere particularly interesting but because she had heard them so re- cently. Days passed by, and one day came the astonishing neAvs that a famous telegraph station had been discovered by the enemy, and already many of their important mes- sages had been received. The paper said that the most astonish- ing thing Avas that the ti-aitor had been traced to Colonel Jean Val Lach, aa’Iio Avas the only person outside of the tele- graph operators to knoAv of this important post. At jAresent the Colonel could not be found. Helen Avas hoi-ror .sti-ickcn Avhen she read this teri-ible neAvs. She kneAv that Jean had never told, but hoAV had it ever leaked out? The more she thought about it, the terrible truth forced itself upon her. She Avent immediately to head(iuarters and gave herself up as a traitor, for she kneAv that this Avas the only thing to save Jean. In the trial that folloAved she refused 5 to say anything save that she was a traitor. The Court iNiarshal had just pronounced the sentence of deatli, when a figure arose in the court room. It was Jean. No Avonder he had not l)een recognized foi- his hair had turned gray, and his should- ei ' s a little bent. Yes, he had had a long- sickness. These thoughts Hashed thi-ough Helen’s mind and instantly she raised her liand to her forehead. To the people it meant only a sign of the deepest pain, but to Jean it meant the oath which he had once told her, never to betray a patriot, and was she not the greatest of patriots, one Avho gave her life for a soldier? Thus Amei ' ica, in this individual Avas united in loyalty to France. EHKANOK SCULLEY, ’21. THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Miss Dorothy llroAvn Avas seated befoi-e the fireplace in her oavu little pink and Avhite bedroom. She Avas not i-eading, nor Avas she Avriting, but crying as though her heart Avould truly bi-eak. “Why, Dorothy, Avhatever is the mat- ter,’’ asked IMrs. BroAvn as .she entered the room. “Boo-hoo-hoo, ’’ sobbed Doro- thy, “Betty t-told me that B-Bobby Avas going to invite that iicav girl, Ellen Terry, to go Avith him to the Junior Prom!’’ “But surely there are plenty of others that you co dd go A ith, aren’t there?’’ questioned her mother. “Y-Yes but 1 d-don’t Avant Bobby to g-go AA’ith Ellen.’’ “I don’t see Avhat I can do about it, Dorothy,’’ answered Mrs. Bvoavu, “you’ll have to find some Avay out of it yourself.’’ That evening Mrs. BroAvn laid the case befoi-e her husband. He laughed and laughed, and finally managed to say, “She’s just like her mo+hei-. ’’ Mrs. BroAvn sailed out of the room and to all appeai-ances the matter ended there. But not for Dorothy, for she Avas determined that Bobl)y should not invite Ellen. The folloAving day at the close of school, Bobby Avas seen huri-ying to catch up with Ellen. “Bobby, aauII you cai-i-y my books for me, please?’’ imiuired a voice directly behind him. “ Er-uh-Avhy-er certainly,’’ he stammered. They Avalked along in silence for a fcAv moments — then, “Bobby.’’ “Yes?’’ “We’ve ahvays played together, have- n’t Ave?’’ “Ever .since I can reniembei-.’’ “And you have ahvays taken me to all the parties and everything, haven’t you?’’ she insisted. “Of course 1 have.’’ What in the Avorld Avas the girl trying to get at any- hoAv? Again there Avas silence. “Bobby.’’ “Yes?’’ “Are you going to the Junior Prom?’’ “Certainly, Avhy?’’ “Oh! Nothing.’’ They i-eached the coi-nei and the still- ne.ss Avas beginning to get on Bobby’s nerves. At last he said, “Say, Dotty, did you get your — ?’’ “My name is Dorothy, if you please,’’ ]-eturned that individual Avith head throAvii lAroudly back and eyes Hashing. “What’s the matter Avith you today?’’ asked Bobby. “Well, I’d like to knoAV Avhat the mat- ter is Avith you,’’ she i-eplied. “I’ll carry my books myself uoav.’’ He handed her the books and then ran across the sti-eet to join Sammy and Tommy. 6 “What shall I do?” thought Dorotliy, “Now I’ve made him cross Avith me.” Suddenly an idea popped into her head and she hurried home as fast as she could. After dinner she paid a visit to Sammy and returned with a highly satisfied ex- pression on her face. If one had been watching closely after that, one Avould have seen Sammy go to Tommy’s house and then to Dorothy’s. That evening when Dorothy came down lo supper, she asked her mother some- thing and Mrs. Brown smiled and nodded. At seven o’clock, Mrs. Brown tele- phoned Mrs. MacDonald, inviting hei ' to come over, and spend the evening. “Shall Bobby come, too?” asked Mrs. MacDon- ald. “If he’d like to. But Dorothy is going out Avith Sammy.” When Bobby heard this, he groAv led, “She never used to go out Avith anyone but me.” The next afternoon Sammy and Tommy Avalked home from school Avith Dorothy. After dinner Dorothy and Tommy passed Bobby’s house on the Avay to the movies. Bobby, Avho Avas looking out of the Avin- doAv, scoAvled and muttered something un- der his breath. That evening Bobby came over as he usually did on Wednesday evenings. As Mrs. BroAvn avcI corned him in, he heard sounds of gay laughter and talking. ‘ ‘ Where ’s Dotty ? ” he asked. “She’s in the kitchen Avitk Sammy making fudge,” ansAvered Mrs. BroAvn, “I will call her.” In a feAv minutes Dorothy appeared, a mixing spoon in one hand, and a cook book in the other. “Oh Bobby,” she cried, “I’m so soriy, I forgot that this Avas your night.” But indeed she looked far from sorry. “Come out into the kitchen and AA ' atch us,” she invited. “Hello, Bobby,” called Sammy, “take a seat and if you ai-e good Ave may give you some of this fudge.” Dorothy and Sammy had a very happy evening l)ut Bobby’s Avas full of bitter reflections. His apron on Sammy ! Wdien the time came to go, Sammy started merrily off but Bobby lingei ' ed. “Who are you going to the Junior Prom AA ' ith?” he asked. “I don’t knoAv exactly,” she replied, “Sammy and Tommy have both asked me. I suppo.se you’re going AA ' ith Ellen, aren’t you?” “Say, Avhat right have you to go Avith Sammy and Tommy? IlaA ' en’t I alAvays taken you eveiyAvhere?” “ Why-er-uh-you didn’t ask me,” she ansAvered. “Iluh! as if you didn’t knoAv I was go- ing to take you ! I must say girls are the limit. ” THERESA LIBBY, ’21 THE PERSISTENT FLY Have you never attempted to drive off a lAersistent fly, and Avith vain efforts? For the harder you exerted yourself phy.s- ically, and the more annoyed you allowed yourself to become, did not the little tor- ment seem all the more attached to you? Sui-ely this is not affection Avhich di-aAvs him to you, for you have indicated in all possible attitudes that you desire his ab- sence. Perhaps the little scamp thinks you are playing tag Avith him, for he seems almost to laugh aloud when he es- capes a A ' igorous slap, or AA ' hen you vainly beat the air AA ' hile he flys jubilantly about. Hoav queer you must look to the fly! Imagine a creature running hither and 7 thither, wagging its head and flourishing dorsal extieniities paddle-wheel fashion while it seeks self defense against a tiny ereature several thousand times smaller than itself. Think of it ! Did you ever consider the fly’s point of view? The next time you sight a little uinoecnt fly in the distance, even if it seems to be making its way toward you, he civil to the animal, and perhaps, after one or two fu- tile attempts to rouse you into a passion as it expects, surprise it by your com- posure, and it may be that, finding you are not inclined to play with it, it will seek an easy victim elsewhere. BY PEKMISSION OF A SENIOR. A WOMAN ' S CHOICE Mrs. S , shopping, “How much did you say this remnant would he?’’ “Thirty cents a yard, two and a half yards in the piece,’’ politely answered the obliging young clerk, measuring as she siioke. “Between the pale blue and this piece 1 cannot choose. Both are so dainty,’’ observed the would-be purchasei-, unde- cided. “Yes. They are pi-etty. Each is such a novelty in shade. Something different, you know.’’ “Bet me see. I can wear that with my brown suit, and my voile, and — but this will look so well with my dai-k green suit. Oh! if 1 only knew my own mind!’’ Ah ' ud to clerk, “Now really, Avhich would you take? You see, this is why I can’t decide,’’ and Mrs. S exi lained the situation. “I really like this best ,’’ — holding up the blue, ■ — “hut iliis, ’’ — pointing to the other piece, — “is so different. Several moments of impressive silence ensued during which IMrs. S cocked her head first on one side and then the other, and viewed the objects of indecision from all possible points, a .signific-ant toss, then, “I’ll take this after all.’’ As the clerk turned to do up the parcel Mrs. S spies a previously unobserved bit of goods suspended above the counter near by. “Thei-e, that is just what I’m looking for.’’ Running after the clerk, “I’ve changed my mind, and you may give me three yards of this instead, if you please.’’ BY PERMISSION OF A SENIOR. EXCHANGES So. Hamilton, Mass., Nov. 14, 1918. Fellow Editors; It is with much pleasure that the Editors of the “Hamiltonian’’ introduce the bearer of this letter. We have known the bearer but a few weeks, but so in- timately that we feel able to vouch for his posses.sion of several very commendable qualities. It is his sj irit of friendliness and his interest in you that brings him to you as a friend and fellow worker. If you accept him into your Exchange De- partment as an active worker, you will find him, though young, and as yet inex- perienced, ever ready and eager to co- operate with you for the mutual success of our organizations. Cordially yours. The Editors. 8 The student council was reorganized this year with the following members — Richard McGinley, Pres., Ethel Poole and Charles Peterson rej) resenting the class of 1919; Robert Trussell, Doris Clark and Mabel Grant the cla.ss of ’20; Dorothy Smerage, Wesley Towle and Doris Brum- by, class of ’21; John Dcneen, Prank Ma- lone, and Nora Gorman, cla.ss of ’22. The purpose of this organization is to encourage the idea of training for citizen- ship and community service through the activity of the Student Body in the or- ganizing and management of school ac- tivities. It is a move whereby some of the responsibilities hitherto borne by the faculty, may be .shouldered voluntarily and naturally by the students themselves. THE SENIOR’S PSALM Mr. Archibald is my teacher; I shall not pass. He maketh me explain Physics prob- lems, and exposeth my ignorance before the whole class. He restoreth my sorrow ; he causeth me to give difficult laws and rules for my own sake. Yea, though I study until midnight, I cannot complete my homework, for daily examinations and flunk marks sorely trouble me. He prepareth long lists of questions for the sorrow of his Chemistry Class : he giveth me a low mark ; my sorrow run- neth over. Surely low marks and exams Avill fol- low me all the years of my life; and I shall remain in his cla.sses forever. M. COOK, ’19 SPORTING AND MILITARY NEWS At a meeting of the Athletic Association on Tuesday, October twenty second, it was voted by the members to take up foot- ball this season. A vote was taken as to the afternoon to hold practice, and M ed- nesday was found to be the most conven- ient for all. The first practice was held Wednesday, October twenty thir-d, at two-thirty o’clock. Several of the boys were pres- ent, but not as many as were hoped for. Mr. Ai‘chibald, acting as coach, selected a few of the boys and placed them in positions that they seemed best suited for. It is hoped that a better spirit will be shown by the boys by more coming to practices. The boys of the High School have met and drilled on the school grounds a few times. Mr. Archibald selected eight boys whom he drilled, and after he had drilled them, he gave each one a chance to com- mand and drill a squad. After the boys were drilled in squad formation they were formed into a company and drilled by Mr. Archibald. Since then the boys have practiced and have picked up splendidly and by and by — we hope — will surpass the Local State Guard. The contest for officers is to be held some time in the near future. The contest will be held for the following officerships : — Captain, First Lieutenant, Second Lieu- tenant, First Sergeant, and Supply Ser- geant. The drill which was to be held on Wednesday, October twenty third, from twelve-forty-five to one-thirty, was not held because of the many protests received against the boys’ getting home for dinner so late. CHARLES PETERSON 9 MANUAL TRAINING ] Ianual training is a new course this year in Hamilton High School for the boys. The Manual Training room is in the basement. There are twelve benches equipped with the following tools: three chisels, one hammer, ruler, i: lane, saw, squai-e, pencil, file, whetstone, knife, dust- pan and brush. The Freshmen boys enjoy working there veiy much, we are in the manual ti’aining room Tuesdays from 8.10 to 9.40. Each boy so far has made a broom hold- er on which he spent a great deal of time. Two of the boys made a letter box which was put up in the hall in the high school to be used for the collection of contributions to the “Hamiltonian.” THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE The cooking course is practically the same, so far, this year as it was last. They are conserving cloth by using again the caps and aprons of last year, and are hoping to learn the secrets of conserving food as well. The class is expecting to accomplish more this year because they have a half year’s work already behind them. They have taken it up where they left off and are expecting to do bigger things than before. When they have accomplished some things which they are hoping to, they will perhaps give small luncheons to the teach- ers and members of the school board. TO DO MY BIT Along came Dotty as happy as could be. Just returning from a Red Cross tea, “Bobby,” she cried with very great con- cern, “You don’t know how much I’ve had to learn ! When I see what tasks I have to do. And all the dangers 1 have to go through, I think I’ll leave it to those who know. And I’ll just knit and work and sew For the soldier boys, and the sailors too And just do my best for the red, white, and blue. THERESA LIBBY, ’21 THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The i)resent commercial department is much improved over that of last year, the tyi)ewriting department having more advantages, and new subjects having been introduced, such as Commercial English, for the third year students, and Commer- cial Geography for the first year students. As sixty-.seven per cent of the pupils in the school are taking the Commercial Course, these changes were all necessary. Thei’e are now ten machines in the type- writing room, two new Royals being in- troduced, and two more Remingtons were brought in. The room has been made much larger, giving space for a double row of machines instead of a single row as before. The work in the short hand and book- keeping classes has been bi-oken up by the closing of the school, but extra work 10 is now being done to place it as far ahead as it should be at this time. The class in Commercial English is ad- vancing very well. Commei ' cial English is one of the new subjetcs along with shorthand and bookceping introduced to enable the student to enter the commercial world in the future. FRANKLIN HOLLAND ’20 GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB NOTES The Glee Club is composed of every girl in the high school who likes to sing and wishes to belong. At the first meeting of the club this year, thirty-two girls were eni-olled as members, which was quite a large increase over last year’s enrollment. At this meet- ing officers were elected for the coming year. Two officers were chosen: Gladys ] Iann, President, and Mable Grant, Sec- retary and Treasurer combined. It was decided to change the time of meeting from 2.00 P. M. to 2.15 P. M. on Tuesday afternoons, because of the dinner hour being so short; also to have a fine of five cents to be paid by each absent member. Mr. Archibald is the conductor of the music and Mrs. Archibald is pianist. The girls are Avorking on two selections en- titled “Morning” and “When the Great Red DaAvn is Shining.” The club appeared publicly for the first time this year at the War Fund Campaign meeting held in the Hamilton Town Hall, Sunday evening, November tenth. RUTH B. PERLEY, Social Editor. CLASS NOTES 1919 Wanted — (By U. S. History students) New method of teaching U. S. History, so that no studying, reciting, or attending classes is required. Wanted — Plan of the building so “Truckey” won’t get lost going to and from Chem. Labratory. Miss Paine claims that it is well to be able to tell by the looks whether a “chicken” is young or old — A valuable power of insight say we. “Pete.” — “If M— were to stand over a dime, why would he remind one of a AVool worth store?” A’oice from class. — “Nothing over ten cents.” A.sst. Editor. — “Say, do you know any good jokes?” Editor. — “Sure, Smith, Dodge, and Mc- Ginley. ” She. — “I will accept you on one con- dition. ’ ’ He. — “That’s nothing, I entered the Senior Cla.ss on three.” Avas standing in front of the High School the other day. Tavo small boys came along and as soon as they spied him, one of them said to the other, “AVatch it ’till I get a brick.” Let us hope Santa brings “Hank” a razor. 11 Trusell thought the school fence Avas the German line the other morning Avhen he had charge of the drill company. Quick “Truckey!” Tell us Avdiich is your left • and AA’hich is your right. Did you ever try to study when the “Freshies” are having Com. Civics in the main room? Don’t do it! Miss Paine should have studied to be a dentist. It is just like pulling a tooth to get a Avord out of some of the Senior English Class. Wanted — (By “Hank” Dodge) A Morris chair or lounge to be placed before his desk in place of his regular seat Avhich he complains is so hard that he has bad dreams Avhen he takes his regular 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. snooze. Please address “any street corner,” it Avill reach “Hank” all right. Wilbur Daley has fallen for the gay Avhite lights and parted Avith a perfectly good Canadian quarter. The man in the shop Avith the glittering lights and striped pole said he Avould rather clip a dog or a horse. Thumb tacks are being used extensively this season. If you don’t believe it ask “Mooney.” A school paper is a great invention; The school gets all the fame, The printer gets the money, And the staff gets all the blame. COMING SOON .Mr. Archibald himself in that Great Tragedy “Sending Home the Marks to Pa.” 1920 In shorthand our teacher Avas reading sloAvly and carefully the Avords that had been translated from shorthand to long- hand. “CoAv,” said the teacher. “CoavII don’t see any coav,” said a student, not being able to folloAv the reading. Teacher. — “A fool can ask questions Avhich a Avise man can’t ansAver. ” Student. — “That’s Avhy I flunked in my last exam.” — Ex. Here’s the reason Daley buys the Post mornings. “Mildred Champagne’s talks on Love and Sentiment.” FOIBLES OF THE FAMOUS “As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.”- — R. McGinley. “Like some tall cliff that rears its aAvful form.” — D. DaAus. “His hair Avas black and crisp and long.” — P. Smith. “For discords make the SAveetest airs.” — Burns. 1921 “Doc.” Harraden is doing tine — avc’II next look for him to appear Avearing a broAvn derby hat and sAvinging a cane. Teacher. — Is “Flunk” good English? Pupil. — Sure. All classical people use it. Teacher (Avriting doAvu zero) — JMaiiy clasvsical peojAle do it. — Ex. “The OAvl draws out its voice into a Avhale.” Another case of Jonah. Of all sad words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these. 12 “I’ve flunked again.” He seized her, drew her to him and deliberately struck her. She made no sound. Again and yet again, the brute repeated the blow, and still she gave no sign of suffering. But when, with rapidly growing anger, he struck her for a fourth time she shrieked aloud — and her head Hew oft ' . She was only a match ! — Ex. I got A in the last test. Honest ? No, the usual Avay. — Ex. Teacher — I am beautiful. What tense is that ? Pupil — Let’s see; that must be the past tense. — Ex. , , She — Do you use water to keep your hair in shape? He — Sure, I have a wave in it. — Ex. “WHO’S WHO’’ Name Nickname Hobby Appearance William Burns Bill Chemist Natural Mason Cook Cookie Dancing Handsome Wilbur Daley Alb Cornetist Pretty Kippy Donald Davis Fat Eating Well Fed John Deneen Mike Janitor Timid Benjamin Dodge Ben Grocer Foolish Harcourt Dodge Hank Machinist Lanky John Foster Skip Trapper Dolled up Bradley Fuller Brad Student Sober George Haraden Doc Bugler Latest Style Franklin Holland Beany Clerk Never the same Finer Johnson John Carpenter Flashy John Kerrigan Keg Mailman Feminine Lawrence Knowlton Bing Heart breaker Ladies’ Man Reginald Maidment Regie Hostler Husky Frank Malone Malony Ideal Skimpy Samuel Malone Sam Athlete Just watch me Robinson Mason Mallet Druggist White Frock Richard McGinley Rich Busiest Medi im James McGinley Finn Farmer Comical Charles Peterson Pete Treasurer Angelic Philip Smith Eagle beak Soldier Adorable Willard Smith Bert Geometrician Unbalanced Horace Smith Smut Hunter Hammered down Wesley Towle Moony Athlete Moon face Robert Trussell Trut Loving Seated in the Hudson Francis Whipple Whip Wittiest Sedate Raymond Whipple Ray Teamster Squinty 13 EDITORIALS THE U. S. BOYS WORKING RESERVE Last Spring labor was short on farms, so the Government asked all high school boys over sixteen years of age to vol- unteer their services from May first to October twelfth. Seven volunteei ' ed from our school at the outset and othei ' s fol- lowed throughout the Summer. Some of the girls showed their patriotism also, as well as some outside of our school. They have now all returned to their duties in school from their long vacation. The Government has recognized their good work by giving the boys badges. HORACE SMITH, ’21 Industry plays an important part in this present struggle. Therefore labor is urged to respond loyally to any call fox- enlistment in essential industiies. No saei-ifice will be in vain, for, stop and think of the day when the boys will come home, and what did we promise the boys in France? It’s this: that evei-y minute of the day while they are going over the top, while they are going into the trenches, that we’ll be back of them, giving, working, fighting, and manufacturing in our fac- tories, tools with which to lick the Huns. Every minute lost or wasted means less help for our soldiers. Hence let us all join the good cause and keep all necessary war woi-k going at top speed. ETHEL ITfOhE, ’19 Hamilton High School seems to have forgotten that it has two excellent school songs. 1 believe that the songs were made to be sung, but 1 have not heai-d them since school opened this fall. : SCHOOL TO BE ONE HOUR LONGER Owing to the closing of the High School on account of the Spanish Influenza Ep- idemic, much time has been lo.st. The problem of making up, or of making up as nearly as possible these lost houi’S has been a hard propositioix for the School Boai-d, teachers, and students to face. It has at last however been decided to lengthen the school day one hour. This arrangement will go into effect the 18th of this month. School will close at two o’clock instead of at one, the usual time of closing. The period of time given over for recess will be lengthened to thix-ty miixutes which will give the studeixts time ixx which to get eatables. Those fortxxxxate oxxes liviixg ixear eixough to the school may go honxe dux-ixxg their recess. It is hoped that the studeixts aixd pax-eixts will co- operate with the School Board in this act even though it xxxay be a little iixcoxx- venient for some of us. HAMILTON EVENING SCHOOL An evening school has jxi.st beeix started in Soxxth Hamilton. The purpose of the evening school is to give those avIxo had to leave school and go to work, a chance in the eveixiixg to get more schooling so that they nxay get higher positions. The large nxxmber of i-egistrants aixd the attendance dxxi-ing the first week showed it was to be a success. IMany grow n people, besides the young folks who have left school iix the past few yeai-s, attended, aixd as far as we know, all were satisfied with it, aixd enjoyed the privilege of atteixding. The subjects taught are mostly in the business course, including Algebra, Com- mex-cial Ax-ithmetie, Typewx-iting, Eixglish, fShorthand and Bookkeeping. Weixham people may attend by paying a sixxall txxition. The school is open on IMonday, Tuesday and Thui-sday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30 o’clock. 14 ing to a fire in the last part of the second month, and all the students wish the fire had come sooner, because it ends the busi- ness. The only thing to do now is to make the closing statements. The third year class has also done good work, finishing two one month sets, and starting a Gro- cery Business. As the typewriters make quite a noise when they all are being run at once, each one has been set upon a book in order to deaden the noise. The speed tests have been started for the second year class of typewriting, and a fair showing has been made at it for the first attempt. N SOPHOMORE CHARACTERISTICS Doris Brumby Evelyn Conrad Louise Day John Foster Bradley Fuller Bessie McCrea Robinson Mason Delightful Bridget Easily Caught Little Dear Joyous Fellow Bright and Funny Beautiful Minerva Regular Mallet Ruth Perley Martha Pierce ' Dorothy Smerage Eleanor Sculley Philip Smith Horace Smith Wesley Towle Real Pretty Mighty Proud Dear and Sweet Effectual Sinister Pretty Swift Horse Seller Windy Tub EDITORIAL A new year means a new start in life. Whatever may have been the difficulties of the previous year we feel a renewed hope at this time. Did you ever stop to think how many resolutions are made by people at this season? We make New Year’s Resolutions and keep them for about a week, or maybe a month, and then comes an end to them, for in a few days our good resolutions are forgotten. Therefore this year let us resolve not to make resolutions unless we intend to keep them, for what is the use of making them if they are to be broken. Some critics are like chimney-sweepers : they put out fire below, or frighten the swallows from their nests above; they scrape a long time in the chimney, cover themselves with soot, and bring nothing away but a bag of cinders, and then sing from the top of the house as if they had built it. TO ROOSEVELT Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. GLEE CLUB NOTES The Glee Club showed good spirit when so many of the girls came out the night of the twenty-third of December to take part in the singing of Christmas Carols. They sang to the sick students and friends of the schools, bringing Christmas cheer Avith them. 18 After they were through singing, they gathered at Mr. Knowles’ drug store where refreshments consisting of hot chocolate and cookies, were very kindly served by Mr, and Mrs Archibald. The girls appreciate Mr. and Mrs. Arch- ibalds’ coming from Waltham to lead the singing and bringing other singers also. The school is now planning to give a concert before long. The concert may be followed by a dance. The Glee Club are practising on a med- ley composed by Mrs. Archibald, and are to have new selections to work on soon. They are planning to put much work into the concert. The school chorus will prob- ably sing a few selections also. We hope that the proceeds from this year’s concert will not fall short of last year’s which were fifty dollars. CLASS NOTES 1919 Daley Avashes the main room floor with the contents of his thermos bottle. Miss P. “chooses her man.” Smith is the dctim. “ ’Tis better to have loved your teacher than to have been caught by her, loving someone else.” In the series of chloric acids Trussed recommends thru his remarkable ability to speel (correctly?) that we substitute paregoric for perchloric — nothing like tying up chemistry Anth every day living Robert ! Mrs. S. — (to clerk at hat counter) “I AA-ant to see a respectful looking hat.” (There aint no sieh) “Alb” Daley met Avith an accident. “Alb” thought that he Avas carrying too great a load on his shoulders in the form of hair, so he Avent into a reaping estab- lishment and made himself so comfortable that he fell asleep. When “Alb” AA’oke he was a ruined man. Father — (leaning oA ' er banister) “Edna.” Edna (below) — “Yes, father.” Father — “Will you tell Mr. C. if he’s Availing for the morning paper he can get it quicker doAvoi toAvui.” Where did W. S. get the upper story of a pair of pajamas that he is AA ' earing in chemistry laboratory? The H. H. S. hockey team has not met defeat as yet this season. (Good reason why) (?) “JUST SUPPOSIN’ That AA ' e got A’s on our next report card. That the Junior girls AA ' ere allowed to talk as much and as loud as they Avould like to. (It AA-ould be quiet as a boiler fac- tory around school.) That the “twelve o’clock Avhistle” real- Ij blcAv at tAA ' elve o’clock. (The “kids” would have no excuse for being late then) That Gertrude Haskell Avas as tall as “Luke” and that “Luke” could toe dance 14 like Gerti ' ude. (You’ve all heard about that graceful little “bird,” the elephant) That “Pete” kept half his good resolu- tions concerning good behavior during the last period. (Somebody has got to furnish matei’ial for class notes.) That we were all as smart as Gertrude Seulley — Aw ! what ’s the use ! ! E. P. translating in French — “Donne-moi ta petite main que je la baise.” “Give me your little hand and I will wash it.” “Why is a pig tail like the Germans?” “Because it’s the end of the swine.” The war department has bought many million pairs of shoes. It is plain to see that Uncle Sam does not want his army on their “Uppers.” Teacher — “What is a Diving Bell?” Student — ‘ ‘ Oh ! now I know, but I never saw a dame 7.1 feet tall.” — Ex. Facts are carpet tacks under the pneu- matic tires of theory. Bill Hohenzollern is raising whiskers in- stead of raising anything else. Charles: Did we have that for today? English Teacher: Yes, where were you? Charles: I was here sph’itually but not mentally. English Teacher: What? Charles: Nothing. English Teacher: Some people talk a lot but say nothing. You must be one of them, Charles. U. S. History Teacher: What was Gen- eral Taylor’s policy? “Pete.” Life insurance policy. U. S. History Teacher: James, can you recite ? James: I don’t know. U. S. History Teacher : It seems as though the extent of your vocabulary is “I don’t know,” and “Very well, very, very, well.” 1920 When the Juniors come in smiling. And wear their grins all day, you’ll know they all got A In the “Business English” test. A Junior who was translating French into English read: “Mais etes vous maitre chez vous, ’ ’ which should have been tran- slated as follows, “Are you master in your own home? The student translated it, “Is your mother at home?” Spanish-La mona, aunque se vista de seda, mona queda. English-The Monkey, although he may be clothed in silk, still remains a monkey. Lawrence Knowlton, ’20, has left school and is employed at the United Shoe Machinery Co. Junior boys are forbidden to wear bow neckties at dancing school because of the trouble they have in tieing them. 1921 Miss R. — Who was the first Capetian leader? B-M-s-n. — Hugh Capet. Miss R. — When did he rule ? B-M-s-n. — At the beginning of Chap. XIII. Air. Archibald upon retiring to bed re- calls his instructions given at 2 P. M. to a student, “You stay here and work on 15 these examples until I return to correct them.” We hope the unfortunate lad didn’t stay all night. Miss H. (to class learning new keys on the typewriter) “Did you get that Philip?” “No.” “Why not?” “Because we never had it before” Run to a fire and the world runs with you. Run on an errand and you run alone. 1922 The “Freshies” forget that they must be “on their dignity” now that they are in high school and not address their class- mates by their nick-names. Sweet are the uses of a jack-knife in the Freshmen class ! ! Bird, beast, or fish? “The three kinds of sentences are com- plex, deplex, and incomplex.” From a Freshman paper. Mr. A — “Who is a good photographer here?” “Luke” — “Beany Holland is, he was the only one who passed in stenography. ’ ’ Teacher — Tell what you know about electric railways. Freshie — It doesn’t take long for the passenger to go from the farmer to the consumer. Wanted : A hockey game with the Sophomores or Juniors. A Freshman. The fraction leaned over and touched the whole number on its digit. “Say,” she whispered, “is my numerator on straight?” — Ex. FADS AND FASHIONS Don’t you wish your brother had a pair of knitted stockings? Boys be careful ! Your neckties will get you in trouble if the girls turn many more rings. Ask some of the “Freshies” how to overcome pale cheeks. EXCHANGES THE HAMILTONIAN acknowledges the receipt of the following exchanges : “The Review,” Newton High School. “The Cambridge Review,” Cambridge Latin High School. “Volunteer,” Concord High School, Concord, N. H. “Oracle,” Manchester High School, Manchester, N. H. “The Quarterly,” Stanford High School, Stanford, Conn. “The Monitor,” Wellesley High School. “The Breeze,” Cushing Academy. “The Mirror,” Waltham High School. “The Herald,” Holyoke High School. “The Gazette,” Lynn English High School. • COMMENTS “The Cambridge Review.” Your edit- orials are good, and we certainly envy you your fall athletics. “The Review.” Your stories are vei’y interesting. “The Breeze.” You are certainly well informed as to your alumni members. “The Herald.” Where are your ex- changes ? “The Mirror.” Each of your successive numbers shows us that we have a high standard to maintain. “Oracle.” The jokes are clever. “The Monitor.” A little poetry would add brightness to your paper. “The Quarterly.” Your paper is very entertaining. “Volunteer.” You have a good paper. Where are your comments? IG The Parent Teachers Association WILL HOLD A WHIST PARTY DANCE AT GRANGE HALL ON Monday Evening, February 17th, 19 THIS IS THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CHILDS’ WEL- FARE DAY FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE EVENING WILL GO FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDS’ WELFARE IN TOWN. Peters’ Pins - - Rin s H. W. PETERS CO. Class Emblem Makers 5178 WASHINGTON STREET Boston, Mass. J. RICHARD O’NEIL SALES MANAGER Peters’ Pins - - Rings COMPLIMENTS OF THE FACULTY OF THE Hamilton High School Mention THE HAMILTONIAN when answering advertisements HAVE YOU TRIED THE FAMOUS SEALSHIPT OYSTERS We Carry Them � 38c Jar GIVE US A CALL. Coffees are advancing in price. We Ceirry a Full Line of High Grade Coffees. Try a pound of our Mocha df Java. Stanzalone Coffee is also a great favorite with our customers. Give us a call on the phone. — We deliver. INSURANCE— Fire, Liability and Bond TELEPHONE HAMILTON 100 W. F. TROWT, Main Street, Wenham S. C. GOULD Groceries and Provisions CORNER OF Willow street and Railroad Ave. SOUTH HAMILTON, MASS. Telephones 38 and 188 Watch the Window ' TRADING IN TOWN makes for Loyalty to the Town. There is a Patriotism in Trade that has not as yet been fully developed locally. Will the School Paper be of any help ? Try some local dealer on your next sugar order. DALEY’S MARKET CHAS. E WHIPPLE General Contractor AGENT FOR WEEKLY SALES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY Atlas Portland Cement Hamilton, Wenham, Essex BECK’S POND ICE Mention THE HAMILTONIAN when answering advertisements i i I THE HAMILTONIAN HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL JANUARY NUMBER Boston Store So. Hamilton EVERY ONE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR Eleventh Annual Cut Price SALE which Starts Saturday, Feb. 1st. ALSO DON’T FAIL TO SEE OUR VALENTINE WINDOW One of the largest line in Essex County. BUY IN HAMILTON AND SAVE CAR FARES. O. J. KIMBALL, Proper. L. E. LIBBY iEfitatf mh iluBuranr WENHAM. MASS. A FRIEND We carry a full line of Drugs, Confectionery Cigars, Kodaks Films, Rexall Remedies C. H. Knowles Co. I PHARMACISTS South Hamilton, Mass. FRANK P. TRUSSELL CONTRACTOR and BUILDER i ' HAMILTON - MASS. Telephone Connection Mention THE HAMILTONIAN when answering advertisements KL ' Tii hEHLc.)f THE HAMILTONIAN Vol. I HAMILTON, MASS, JANUARY, 1919 No. 3 Editorial Staff Editor-in-chief, MASON COOK, ’19. Associate Editor-in-Chief, GERTRUDE SCULLY, ’19. Business Manager, CHARLES PETERSON, ’19. Assistant Business Manager, ROBERT TRUSSELL, ’19 LITERARY EDITORS: Current Topics : Spectator Military and Sporting Social Editor Exchange Fads and Fashions Domestic Science Manual Training Commercial James McGinley, ’19 Richard McGinley, ’20, Francis Moynihan, ’19 Eleanor Scully, ’21 Robert Trussell, ’19 Ruth Perley, ’21 Ethel Poole, ’19, Gladys Mann, Fannie Foster, ’20 DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS: Maud Burrows, ’22 Einar Johnson, ’22 Franklin Holland, ’20 CLASS REPORTERS: Mabel Grant, ’20 Bradley Fuller, ’21 Nora Gorman, ’22 The Hamiltonian is published monthly by the Hamilton High School. Yearly subscription, $1.00 By mail $1.10 Single Copy 15c Single copies may be obtained at Knowles’ Drug Store. Address all communications to Business Manager of “The Hamiltonian”, So. Hamilton, Mass. THE CONTENTS POEM— JANUARY STORIES— MADEMOISELLE MYSTERIOUS “YVONNE” THE RED CROSS DOG MY FRENCH ADVENTURE THE LIFE OF 1918 SHIELDING A CULPRIT COURAGEOUS JOE THE FRESHMAN PARTY BITS OF DESCRIPTION- SPORTING AND MILITARY CURRENT TOPICS AND ALUMNI NOTES DEPARTMENTS— SOPHOMORE CHARACTERISTICS EDITORIALS GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB CLASS NOTES FADS AND FASHIONS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT .... Henry W. Longfellow .... Lyndall M. Miller, ’20 By permission of a Senior Maud Burrows, ’22 Eleanor Sculley,’21 Anonymous Ethel Poole, ’19 Anonymous R. McGinley, ’20 F. Moynihan, ' 19 “Doc” Fannie Foster, ’20 . . . Ethel Poole, ’19 JANUARY Janus am I; oldest of potentates! Forward I look and backward, and be- low. I count — as god of avenues and gates — The years that thru my portals come and go. I block the roads and drift the fields with snow, I chase the wild-fowl from the frozen fen ; My frosts congeal the rivers in their fiow, My fires light up the hearths and hearts of men. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. MADEMOISELLE MYSTERIOUS Chapter 1 — The Voice of the Battlefield. Marie Duplessis had disappeared. She, the famous French prima-donna, the idol of all Paris! Where had she gone? No- body knew, for she had left no clues. Detectives were put on the trail, but with- out success. No traces of her could be found. She had just slipped away from the stage and her devoted admirers. All Paris talked about it. Her brother Gene was told the terrible news by a fellow poilu as he lay convalescing in a rest camp. Her fiance, Rene Dupre, was heart broken, and, after waiting for two long weeks, which seemed like years to him, he enlisted, as an aviator. They called him “L’audacieux”, which means “the Dare- devil”, for his courage could not be equalled, and his happiness was never greater than when engaged on some dan- gerous mission. While all his comrades were “going West,” he was coming out of all his engagements without a scratch. In fact, he seemed immune from danger. People said he was queer, because he still believed that Marie Duplessis had gone away of her own accord. He thought that she was alive, and would, some day, come back to him. People told him that this theory was absurd, but he stubbornly clung to his own opinion. • • Meanwhile, where was this idol of the stage? She had gone to her manager’s for a rehearsal, and had never returned. Her friends mourned her as dead, and her manager. Alee Dupont, had offered great sums of money for information as to her whereabouts. She was to have taken the title role in the “Maid of Bautreux” which was to have been staged only two weeks after the date of her disappearance. Posters were put out describing her appearance, but this seemed a futile pro- ceeding, for had she not been known to the whole population of Paris ? Her sweet, strong voice was heard no longer in the theatres, and others took her place in the theatrical world; but some people there were who could not forget the gracious Mademoiselle Duplessis. Her manager, not being satisfied with the efforts of the de- tectives, sent to England and employed men from Scotland Yard, at great ex- pense, but without avail, for the case baffled them. So Marie Duplessis was soon forgotten, except by those faithful few of her friends who prayed for her safe return. « He was just a wounded poilu, but, as he lay on the battlefield, he heard a voice singing, faintly at first. There was a lull in the fighting, and the voice then rang out loud and sweet and clear, “Peace on earth, goodwill to men.” Then it stopped. His heart was beating wildly. He had heard that voice before, 2 for he had been Assistant Property-man in a theatre, and many times had he heard it rise high and clear in some simple melody. He spoke to a fellow- sufferer a few feet away, who lay wound- ed in a shell-hole, — an American, who was with the Foreign Legion. “I know that voice. It is that of the great singer, Marie Duplessis.” John Howard, the American, who was still conscious, though in great pain, believed this to be merely the imagination of a fevered mind. “It is probably the voice of a nurse,” he mused, ‘ ‘ one of these wonderful American girls who are making life (and death) so much easier for our brave soldiers.” But the poilu was certain that it was the voice of “Le gracieux Ma’mselle” and no other. The battle raged fiercely, and Francois Pallette, the poilu, never lived to see its end. Afterwards John Howard told the Lieutenant of his company what the poilu had said of the singer, and the officer replied that he, too, had heard the voice, and that it was that of a girl ambulance driver, who was singing to a seriously wounded soldier, on his way to Blighty, to keep his spirits up. However, the news spread, for when John Howard was sent back of the lines to a rest camp, he was placed beside Gene Duplessis. Not knowing Duplessis’ name, Howard one day mentioned the peculiar incident of the battlefield. Gene at once sent word to his sister’s manager, but when a detective was sent to the front, he could gain no information as to who the singer had been. She had not been seen after that incident, but a soldier who hap- pened to have been in the ambulance she was driving said, that she was “a tiny thing with big black eyes.” The detec- tives closely followed up this clue, but, as by chance there was found another girl ambulance driver who resembled Marie in all those details, but who had already been a year and half at the front, the search was abandoned. At last the detectives in Paris had a clue ! A girl had been seen in a suburb , of Paris whom they felt beyond doubt was Marie Duplessis. Then she had disappear- ed again, and she was not Seen for days. Her press-agent put out more posters and her manager raised the amount of the reward ; but to no purpose, for after days of earnest and painstaking effort, the de- tective found that the clue led to only a poor French girl working in a millinery store, and they then gave up the chase. On the battle-field the voice was heard often at the close of some big fight, or when there was a lull in the turmoil. Dy- ing soldiers heard it, and passed out with a smile on their lips, and a blessing in their hearts for the woman who, in that desolate waste, could raise her voice in some old-time melody. Rene Dupre still flew over the lines, and it was said that at sight of him, the sing- ing would cease. Why was it? Was the mysterious singer really Marie Duplessis or was she merely the “tiny American girl ambulance di ' iver with big black eyes?” Chapter II. — Marie Appears. Gene Duplessis wondered, as the pre- parations went on for a big attack, wheth- er or not he would come out of the battle. They were to go “over the top” at 5.15 the next morning, preceded by a heavy barrage of fire concentrated against a two mile front. As he sat cleaning his gun he recalled how he had come out of his last fight with only a slight wound. He was back from the rest camp, and was again going to serve his country, perhaps die for it. He was anxious for the battle to start, and yet, in a way, he dreaded it. He laughed with his companions over the 3 nervousness of the American rookies who were about to go into their first battle. As five-fifteen came nearer and nearer, Gene had a sinister feeling. He spoke to the fellow next to him, “If I die,” said he, “will you see for me that this letter is sent?” The soldier promised and put the letter — which was to Alec Dupont — in his pocket. At five o’clock the bom- bardment commenced. The nervous ten- sion of the soldiers ran high. Red Cross dressing-stations, just behind the lines, showed more and more signs of life, and there preparations were going on for the receiving of a large amount of wounded. Five-ten came. The rookies in the reserve trenches glued their eyes to their wrist watches. Some of the soldiers whom war had hardened Avere grouped around an old Poilu who was telling them a story. Some of the men were writing letters to mothers, and to “girls they had left be- hind” whom they would never perhaps again see. At twelve minutes past men clasped their rifles firmer, bayonets fixed, and waited for the order to advance. « As he lay wounded out in No Man’s Land he saw, as if in a dream, a girl in w ' hite come out of the hazy nowhere. Stretchers bearers followed her, on her errand of mercy, as she went from soldier to soldier, administering aid to the wounded. His eyes roamed over the bat- tle-scarred field, and he saw her kneeling beside a dying soldier holding his rosary. She was a picture, kneeling there, one hand resting on the fevered brow of the Poilu, the other holding the beads that meant so much to him. His company had made an advance that Avas very notice- able when the futile attempts of past days were considered, and the casualty list was very heavy. Suddenly he looked again. That nurse looked strangely familiar. Was she — could she be — his sister? He raised himself to a sitting position despite the pain in his shoulder. He looked intently at her through pain-dimmed eyes. Then he fell back exhausted. “Marie,” he gasped in as loud a voice as he could command, “Marie.” Thinking he Avas in great pain, Marie Duplessis — for it Avas she — came OA er to him. “Marie,” he said again and Avith great difficulty, “Don’t you know me? I’m Gene.” Thinking perhaps she could still keep her identity concealed she said, as if speaking to a child, “Why of course you’re Gene.” Then he lost con- sciousness, and while he Avas in this stupor he was taken back to the base hospital in the rear of lines. When he came to, a nurse Avas bathing his forehead. “You’re not Marie,” he murmured, “I want her.” “Noav,” said the nurse firmly, “I don’t Avant you to talk any more. You’re just going to sleep for a short time Avhile Doc- tor Rambeau dresses that shoulder. Her work for the day being done, Ma- rie Duplessis sank into a chair in her room at the base hospital. She Avas thoroughly despondent. What should she do? ‘ ‘ What, ’ ’ she said to herself, ” “if he asks for me, and not by my assumed name ? He will no doubt tell them that I am not Aurele Latour, a poor French nurse. They will think I am a spy, ’ ’ she ended bitterly. There she sat far into the evening Avonder- ing Avhat she should best do. Should she see Gene and warn him not to speak of her, or should she merely try to avoid seeing him, and trust to luck and fate that he would think he saw her in a dream? If she made herself knoAAm to him, he would ask why she had gone away so silently — so mysteriously — gone AAdth- out even telling him or Rene Dupre. As she sat there an idea came to her. She got up, took her cape from the closet, and went out. When the sun rose over a 4 certain base hospital it became known that Aurele Latour had received a very important summons from Paris — where she had immediately gone on a city-bound ambulance, at midnight. « As Gene lay in bed he said to the nurse who was dressing the wound in his shoul- der, “Who is the nurse with the black eyes and hair that is so pretty.” “Oh!”, said the nurse, “that is Miss Latour who received a summons from Paris last eve- ning. She is not here now. Did you hear her singing to the soldiers?” “No,” said he, “she dressed my wound for me. She looked very much like someone I know, and I was wondering who she was.” He was disappointed for he was sure that he had seen his sister, but, he thought, she might have changed her name. “But what would she do that for?” he asked himself. No, he would not think of it. It was not his sister, but oh ! how she resembled her. As he lay pondering a thought came to him. IMarie Duplessis had been recognized on the battlefield by another soldier, for had not John Howard heard her voice and re- ceived the statement of Francois Pallette that it was she? Why had Miss Latour gone away? Had she really received a sximmons from Paris or had she asked the authorities to say so as a blind? If so, why did she not want her identity known ? Would he ever see his sister again? Mean- while where was Marie Duplessis ? Where had she gone at midnight on an ambu- lance? Who knew? Do you? (To be continued) LYNDALL M. MILLER, ’20. YVONNE It was just at the daffodil time of spring, and the yellow flowers were grow- ing in profusion never seen except in Italy. Up on the hill side in the midst of their riotous beauty stood the old Pa- lazzo, stained with the marks of time, dilapidated, as were so many of the old mansions where the families lived on little else than the memories of their an- cient splendor, but looking to-day like a house of romance. All the land seemed at rest and peace. On the low broken wall that surrounded the moss-grown courtyard Yvonne was seated. Her eyes were sad and thoughtful, for she was thinking of Francois, the man whom she was to marry and who was to rebuild the broken traditions of her house. He was coming home to-day. Then, with the bitter-sweetness of re- membrance, her thoughts went back to another spring, when she was walking in the daffodil fields. On that morning .she had heard a man’s voice singing, pure, clear, and perfect. The singer, young, lean, muscular and handsome had passed her. Laughing eyes had met his. She had smiled and thrown him a daffodil. “I paid him for his song,” Yvonne had said to herself. Something within her had answered, “You lie! you threw him a love token.” They had met again and again. Yvonne in her day-dreams, smiled as she thought of how under the very eyes of their friends, her father, and her mother they had whispered their love. They had mur- mured their secret until it no longer be- came a secret, and they were watched. They had resolved to run away, and, far from the friends and enemies of their youth, find some place where they could live forgotten by the w ' orld — a perpetual honey moon among the roses. But then had come the war. Francois, with a burst of patriotic feeling — fierce, intense and ardent — liad started for the Front, and Yvonne, feeling that her heart was broken, had watched him go. In the long days that passed Yvonne found her dreary life brightened only by frequent news of him. So Yvonne dreamed her dreams until she heard the noise of horses’ hoofs on the roiid and the sound of wheels that stopped at the old gate. A man was crossing the courtyard. He appeared aged and feeble, leaning on a stick and Avalking with diffi- culty. She rose with a cry — he had left her young, strong, handsome and full of life. Now he was returning — a broken man, wlio had sacrificed his manhood for his country. Then, leaning on Yvonne’s arm, they Avent up to the old mansion, where her father Avas waiting for them. By permisison of a Senior. A RED CROSS DOG. The call for volunteers had sounded. !Men Avere wanted for the French army. Among the men that volunteered was a ])oor man whose only companion was a dog. He and the dog had to eat anything that they could get and sleep in anything that Avas handy and would afford shelter. Going into the recruiting station, the man offered his services and then told them that he had a dog which he wanted taken care of. The officer told him to bring the dog in. The man did so and gave him to the officer, who looked him over and then told his master that prob- ably he could help his country also as they needed dogs, and that this one Avas one of the most faithful kind. The man was greatly pleased to know that his only possession coidd help in the great strug- gle. He was loath to give up his com- panion of many years, for where his master went, the dog Avas sure to folloAv, but he was glad that the dog would not have to roam about the streets with no one to take care of him. The dog was then taken to a training station where the dogs were taught to go out after a battle on the field under fire and bring in a cap or anything that they could pull off the wounded man. When the nurses at the station thought that the dog had been trained long enough and could be depended on, they took him to a hospital Avithin a short distance of the firing line. By this time the dog’s master had been sent out onto the field of battle and had started in to take his part in the great struggle that Avas going on. Going through an entanglement one day the dog suddenly saAv a form lying in front of him. He went up to the still body and sniffed around it. The man was just conscious enough to feel the dog lap- ping his face. He opened his eyes and looked at the dog’s shaggy coat. The dog Avhined piteously Avhen he saAv the eyes close again, and then began pulling and tugging at his hat. He finally succeeded in getting it off and then started back to the hospital. When they got back to the wounded man they put him onto a stretcher and gently lifted him into the Avaiting ambu- lance. After much jouncing and bumping they finally arrived at the hospital where it was found that the Avounded man Avas beyond the poAver of human beings to re- store him to life. After the man was buried the dog went and lay down on the mound of earth. He would not take any nourishment nor 6 would he leave the place, but would only look pleadingly at anybody that came near. He kept grovung thinner and thinner until he, too, started on his long sleep and was buried by the side of his master. Both of them had given their lives to France. MAUD BURROWS, ’22. MY FRENCH ADVENTURE It was nine o’clock in the evening and 1 was translating French. “L ’aspect de la ville ” AVhat had happened. Were my eyes deceiving me? To my astonishment I found myself in the center of a small vil- lage. I saw a man walking a few feet ahead of me, and, after hurrying to over- take him, I said, “Pardon me, but could you tell me the name of this village?’’ A bewildered expression crossed his face and after hesitating he answered, “Pardon, mam’selle, je ne comprends pas 1 ’anglais ? ’ ’ French! 1 “ J’ai-er-er-er.’’ Didn’t I wish then that I had studied French with more earnestness. Here I was a stranger in a French village, and couldn’t remem- ber a word of French. “Parlez-vous francais?’’ he inquired hopefully. “Non-nous, monsieur,’’ I re- plied sadly. Then to my astonishment he began to make the most ridiculous gestures, and I burst out laughing. The man stopped and v alked away with an injured expression on his face. I hurried after him and pleaded in vain that I had meant no harm, but he would not listen to me. Then I looked hopelessly around. “Bon jour, mam’selle,’’ said a pretty girl pleas- antly. More French! ! Suddenly a French word flashed through my mind. Courir — run! and run I did, or rather I started to for “Wake Up! Wake up!’’ cried a voice. I opened my eyes and began, “Say, I’ve had the funniest dream.’’ “I should say you had, at the rate that you’ve been talking French. ‘ Je ne’, began my brother. ‘ ‘ Too much French for such a child, ’ ’ said father laughingly. Snatching up my beloved (?) Colomba I walked indignantly out of the room, re- solving that never again would I study French at night. ELEANOR SCULLEY, ’21. THE LIFE OF 1918. Father Time was leading old Miss 1918 from this world forever, and as they were .slowly departing they met her younger sister. Little Miss 1919. After exchanging greetings Miss 1919 asked her sister how she had fared in the world. The old lady shook her head wise- ly and responded with some sadness, “People are very changeable. When sister ’17 left they welcomed me with gladness. but now I am forgotten, for they think of no one but you. I have seen much happiness, misfortune and sorrow, also birth, life, and death. In devastated France, I saw many homes saddened and ruined. Many brave men died there for their country. In England and Italy things were the same, and in America circumstances were little better, for although they had not suffered as nibich during the war as the other coun- tries, there was a great loss of life during the epidemic. ilany will tell you that my life was more trying than any other year in the history of the world. We had a long, cold vrinter with much sickness and death. I take pleasure in remembering one thing, though, that is, that peace was brought about during my life. For this I ' eason I believe that I have left the earth better for my being there, and SHIELDING James Tower had closed his place of business in Boston and had gone w ' est for his health. He spent his time in the out- door air riding and going on trips for weeks at a time. A few days after his arrival in the west there was murdered in the town a busi- ness man by the name of Schneider. No one could get trail of the murderer. One evening Tower met a poor, half starved lad in tattered clothes. He took him home, fed him, and gave him a suit of clothes. The poor lad put on the suit and went away. Not knowing what to do with the old clothes he threw them in a trunk. Next day Tow’er was visited by the police. They came and searched his room for they said the person suspected of the murder was seen entei ' ing there the pre- vious night. On finding the discarded clothes they thought surely that Tower was hiding the criminal but when he told his story they believed him. Two weeks later while walking through the woods Tower met the lad again. He stopped him, told him the authorities v ere on his trail, and asked him to tell why he had killed Schneider. After much coaxing the boy told this story. One day w ' hile in Schneider’s shop for he was an orphan and worked for Schnei- also because I have taught people to suf- fer uncomplainingly. It is getting late now, and I think that I have delayed you quite enough, so good- by. I wish you a happy and prosperous life.” Then Miss 1918 saw Miss 1919 depart under the escort of old Father Time. She saw the doors of a happy and peaceful future open, and with a sigh she continued on her way. ANONYMOUS. A CULPRIT der, he told his employer that he did not feel well. Schneider refused to let him stop working, however, saying he was lazy. AVhen Schneider left the shop about tw o o’clock, the lad threw himself down be- hind some logs and went to sleep. When he awoke it was dark. He looked at his watch. It was nine o’clock. He tried to find some way out. He saw a light through the key hole of the office door, peeking in he saw Schneider and one of his friends with many papers before them. As luck would have it, he stumbled and fell ; they jumped to their feet and ran to the door. There was a struggle, in which he wrenched a revolver from Schneider’s friend. Seeing Schneider draw a revolver, he shot, Schneider fell, and the other man ran away. He went to the office where the papers were just as they had been left. Schneider and his friend had been plan- ning to smuggle ash wood to Germany for the manufacture of airships. Schneider was a German spy. The lad had to tell this, but the thought of killing the man, and the fear of being hanged, had made him run away. ‘ ‘ Come with me, ’ ’ said Tower. Have no fear for what you have done. Be proud.” ETHEL POOLE, ’19. 8 COURAGEOUS JOE Joe Thompson was a seaman in the United States Navy. He had enlisted when he Avas a boy and since then he had served five terms of four years each. He was now located on board a destroyer that was to sail for Europe. They arrived at Liverpool and loaded with ammunition and supplies. They steamed out of Liver- pool harbor on the tenth of June with a large fleet of sister destroyers. A month had uoav passed and nothing of importance had happened until on the thirteenth of July as they were having mess, the order “general quarters” was sounded on the bugler. Everybody ran for his place and Joe made his way to the stern as he was a member of the depth charge crew. The bombs were put in place and as they passed over the spot where the “Sub” was last seen several were dropped. Somehow or other a bomb had become entangled with some ropes and the ignition had been started. In thirty seconds the bomb would explode and blow the stern of the ship off and kill most of the crew. Joe ran aft and jumped over the railing and with his knife cut the rope which held the bomb. After it had got under it exploded and a deluge of water was throAvn over the stern of the ship. That Avas the last seen of Joe but later they saw oil aiid AArreckage on the surface which indicated that the “Sub” was done for. Thus Joe gave his life for his country after tAventy-five years of service. THE FRESHMAN PARTY, One of the best parties that has been held this year Avas the Christmas party given by the Freshman, Thursday night, December 19. As one entered the assem- bly room his attention was greatly at- tracted by the beautiful decorations of eA ' -ergreen, pine boughs colored crepe- paper and the large, prettily decorated tree that Avas placed in a corner of the room. When all were seated, Mr. Archibald started the ball rolling by getting the boys out of the darkest corner in the room and mixing them up Avith the girls by a game called Boston. We next played Spin the Cover, had a telegram contest, and a few more interesting games. The jingle of sleigh bells was heard and Santa came into the room to distribute some presents; everyone in the room re- ceived tAvo or more presents from him. Then the eats Avere brought on. Eats, Oh boy! They were the best that were ever served in Hamilton High. We had sand- Aviches, doughnuts, cookies, cake, candy, and some cocoa to Avash it doAvn. After this, dancing was held in the hall, the music being furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Archibald and some of the students. About ten everyone was seen Avrapping up and leaving the building after having enjoyed one of the best parties of the year. RICHARD McGINLEY, ’20. A COUNTRY ROAD IN WINTER The earth is all white AAdth snoAv, Avhich the chick-a-dees twitter among their resembles a large white quilt. The icicles branches. A sled passes by and leaA es a hanging on the trees look like diamonds track converging in the distance like a glittering in the sun. The pine trees along railroad track. the road are laden doAvn Avith snoAV, Avhile RAYMOND WHIPPLE, ’22. 9 MR. MICAWBER Mr. Micawber was a smooth-faced man Avith long AAdiite hair which Avas whitened by trouble, though he ahvays AAmre a smile. He had on an old fashioned AA’aist coat, and short knee breeches, a battered old hat, and shoes that Avere several sizes too big for him. He Avore something which Avas supposed to be a coat. Altogether he presented a A ery pitiful figure as he stood on the street corner. NORA GORMAN, ’22. THE TRAIMP Along a lonely road trudges a hungry tramp. He wears a ragged pair of over- halls that Avere once blue, but are noAv more of a gray, and a black SAvalloAv-tail coat that has seen many a day. His face is quite thin and bearded. He has sharp black eyes. Upon his head he Avears a straAv hat, although it is nearly Thanks- giAung time. He mutters to himself as he goes along. He doesn’t care about his looks, but thinks of a good dinner he Avill beg. EINAR JOHNSON, ’22. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN I am standing under the roof of the station. People come and go to the ticket office. Men a little way up the tracks are fixing the rails. Express men are carry- ing loads by me; some are loading them on trucks. Freight trains come through the station, some long and some short. In a feAv minutes I see a train coming; I ask the ticket agent if it goes to Boston. He says it does, so I get on and leave busy NeAv York behind. SAM MALONE, ’22. THE JUDGE The judge is a stern looking man. He has broad slim features. His face is very thin and Avrinkled, his eyes are set away back, and he has a white mustache. He Av’ears a black suit, a high Avhite collar, a red striped necktie, and usually black shoes. He ahvays looks very neat and prim as he sits behind his desk. The ex- pression he has on his face Avill almost tell you that he tries to deal fairly Avith every- MINNIE GOULD, ’22. AFTER THE SNOW-STORM After the snoAv had stopped falling I put on my Avraps and went out-doors. I stood at the corner of my house and looked doAATi the road. The trees AA-ere bent loAv AAUth the snoAv and the roofs of the houses Avere also covered. The sun Avas shining and the sky Avas bright blue. The sun made the snoAV sparkle like diamonds. This, if painted, Avould have made a very beautiful picture. LUCY SANDERS, ’22. THE COUNTRY IN SPRING I am standing in an open field in the early spring. All around me everything is bubbling over Avith the joy of living. Birds fly through the air tAvittering to each other, and perch on the branches of trees, still continuing their merry chatter. FloAvers are nodding brightly to the sun above, Avhich looks doAvn A dth beaming countenance on the happy Avorld. Trees are budding out Avith soft green balls ap- pearing here and there Avhich AAdll soon open and shoAV a bunch of leaves. In the distance far above the tree tops, a cloud of Avhite smoke rises into the air, and the AAarning Avhistle of an engine eA ' en seems to have a happy tone. Altogether, no one Avould realize that one part of the Avorld is in utter desolation and sorroAv. MAUD BURROWS, ’22. 10 SPORTING AND MILITARY NOTES Anti Flu Club Activities Since our last publication the members of the Anti-Flu Club have spent two very enjoyable Thursday afternoons in recrea- tive outdoor activities. On Thursday Jan. 9, a coasting party on one of Hamilton’s steepest hills was held. Forty-five students and four teachers walked in a body from the school house to the coasting grounds, and with the use of several large double- runners and flexible fliers spent a most enjoyable afternoon. We were fortunate to close the afternoons’ festivities with nothing more serious than a damaged sled or two, as the hill was “just glare ice.’’ We all concluded after two hours of coast- ing and a walk back that the “flu” germs would have had to “travel some’’ to keep up our pace on the hillside that afternoon. On Thursday, Jan. 16th, the members of the club tried their luck at skating. Cutler’s pond furnished amusement for about forty students and seven teachers. Those who did not take skates were en- tertained by being drawn over the pond on “jitney rides’’ (a la sled route), while between turns plenty of laughter and fun was supplied by those whose ankles were weak and w ' ho, beeause of said malady eould not navigate suceessfully for any length of time in an upright position. A practice hockey game also kept many of the more energetic boys busy. All told, we had a fine time and felt much better for having been out in the air a whole afternoon. CURRENT At the P. T. A. meeting Tuesday eve- ning there w’as a very interesting enter- tainment furnished by the children of the grades. Each grade furnished a number on the program. There were songs, reci- tations and dramatization by the pupils of the lower grades. A Highland Fling was danced by Louise McKain and there were patriotic numbers and folk dances by the upper grade pupils. The audience was larger than has ever been known at a P. T. A. meeting. The ability of the ehildren and the work of the teachers who had trained them, w’as greatly appreciated by all. There has been a new plan adopted in teaching the U. S. History which is going to make it much more interesting. Each one is to take a day in turn in teaching the class. Mason Cook, being the first one, did very well, and expressed his wish that he might do it every day. All the TOPICS rest are looking forward to their turn. Hamilton has begun to come to life since war ended. It has gone as far as to import into town, moving pictures, which show signs of being very popular. The blowdng of the whistle the other day at eight minutes past twelve caused a great deal of comment. People set their clocks back and some their so-called watches. Some of the children even came to school late next morning. If that was- n’t the trouble, they may be thangful they w ' ere allowed that excuse. I guess many appreciated it. Young men of Hamilton returned from the service of U. S. A. Rudolph Haraden Peter Frazer Charles Grant Harry McGregor Stoughton Davis Edward Cox 11 Louis Dodge Walter Green Gardner Low John McGinley Mr. Archibald has been to St. John’s Prep. School at Danvers to referee their basket bail games. The Student Body of the Hamilton High envies their athletic spirit and wish they could imbibe some of the spirit. Owing to the raising of the standard of the School, the evening social activities of the School have been indefinitely sus- pended until the scholastic standing of the School is as it should be. It is hoped that a little thought and attention on the part of the students -ndll rectify this condition of affairs in the immediate future, so that our suspended activities may again be re- sumed. ALUMNI Frederick Daley Avas home on a short furlough at New Years from the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Lester Durkee was home also on a four- teen day furlough fi’om Pensacola, Fla. A lettei just received from Lester Feener by his parents stating that he was not wounded but slightly gassed some time ago and is perfectly well noAv except for a slight cold.. He is in Luxemburg, Germany. The sad news of the death of William Taylor overseas, came as a shock to his NOTES many friends. His death was due to pneu- monia. “Hap” and “Vie” Daley, who are now with the army of occupation, have sent home a large collection of rare souvenirs. The collection consists of five German helmets, one French helmet, a German water bottle, two German medical kits, and a large number of German buttons. In the collection there are also several shoulder straps, one of Avhich is a German officer’s. The collection has been on ex- hibition at Daley’s Market. DOMESTIC SCIENCE The Freshmen have spent this term on quick breads and cornmeal and graham muffins which they made to use up the substitutes. They are also studying the use of left over bread by making French toast and Welsh Rarebit. The P. T. A. association are very kindly defraying the expense of serving to sixty- five pupils every day. The pupils are both grade and high school Avho stay to luncheon. They appreciate this very much as it makes their hmeheon more p.alatable. THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The marks have shovni that there has been some good work done in the Com- mercial Department, and they also shoAv that in some cases there has not. The stenography class is guilty of the last charge. They have done quite an amount of work, but not as much as should be done, and what was supposed to be learned Avas not learned very well. This Avas proved by the quizzes that were given the last Aveek before the marks were sent in. The second year bookkeeping class have nearly completed a tAvo months set, eom- 12 “CURRENT TOPICS” The woi ' k in and around the school is going on very smoothly. The teachers and pupils ai-e all doing their paid towards helping the school develop a good spirit in work and other activities. The Senior Class was going to give a party in September but the epidemic pre- vented them from doing so. The annual Hallowe’en party of the Junioi: Class, was held Friday night, November first, and it proved a great success. All enjoyed them- selves playing games and feasting on the food given by the mothers. Ducking apples was Mooney Towle’s favorite game. He certainly was not afraid to get his head wet. Donald Davis was the champion doughnut eater by twice doing away Avith a doughnut in one bite. It is expected that the Sophomores will give a Thanksgiving Party and the Freshmen a Christmas one. The school hopes that these parties will continue through the whole year, as they are enjoyed by all. The great question before the school board now is how to regain in the most convenient way the time lost during the epidemic. It has been proposed that the school session start at 7.45 and continue until 1.45. If this were done we should gain an hour a day, and a day in a week. Others think it would be a good plan to omit the one week vacation every eight weeks. All agree that anything is more suitable than going to school in July. The question is not settled as yet but action Avill be taken on it in the immediate future. TOWN The death of the late Herman Durkee came as a shock to his many friends. Herman Durkee graduated fi-om Hamil- ton High School with the class of 1910. Charles Patterson recently accepted a position at Gould’s Market. The Juniors of H. H. S. recently re- ceived their class rings. A score of Senior and Junior girls helped faithfully dui ' ing “Tag Day’’ at Hamilton. FADS AND Hamilton High seems to be very pat- riotic in conserving leather, for nearly all the girls are wearing spats with their low .shoes. Bows seem to be the style, for not only all the girls are wearing them, but a couple of Junior boys have been wearing TOPICS Miss Moynihan of Arlington Street who has been very ill Avith pneumonia, is now recovering sloAvly. The P. T. A. Husking Bee held at the Myopia Hunt Club Stables Avas a great success both socially and financially. The great neAvs of “Peace’’ reached Hamilton and bells of all sorts rang. Avhistles bleAV and Hamilton Avas quite aAvake for some time. FASHIONS boAv-neckties to set the style among the boys. The prevalent “Dutch Cut’’ has broken out in our midst. Soft hats are coming in style. If you dont believe it, ask Doe Haraden. 15 W. F. TROWT Dealer in Groceries of Quality S. S. PIERCE CO’S SPECIALTIES SWANSDOWN AND KING ARTHUR FLOUR Choice Teas and Coffees Suffolk Brand Canned Goods Butter, Cheese and Eggs, Squire’s Pork Products Sunshine Biscuit, Fruit and Vegetables Cigars and Confectionery INSURANCE— Fire, Liability and Bond TELEPHONE HAMILTON lOO Main Street, Wenham S. C. GOULD Groceries Provisions CORNER OF Willow Street and Railroad Ave., South Hamilton, Mass. TEL. 38 and 188 A FULL LINE OF THANKSGIVING SUPPLIES ■RADING IN TOWN makes for Loyalty to the Town. There is a Patriotism in Trade that has not as yet been fully developed locally. Will the School Paper be of any help? 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