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

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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

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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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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