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

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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

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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

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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