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

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Louis Dodge Walter Green Gardner Low John McGinley Mr. Archibald has been to St. John’s Prep. School at Danvers to referee their basket ball 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 will rectify this condition of affairs in the immediate future, so that our suspended activities may again be re- sumed. ALUMNI Frederick Daley was 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 from Pensacola, Fla. A lettei just received from Lester Feener by his parents stating that he was not wouiided but slightly gassed some time ago and is perfectly well now 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 comsists 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 which 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 who stay to luncheon. They appreciate this very much as it makes their luncheon more palatable. THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The marks have shown that there has been some ' good work done in the Com- mercial Department, and they also show 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 was not learned very well. This was proved by the quizzes that were given the last week before the marks were sent in. The second year bookkeeping class have nearly completed a two months set, eom- 12

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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 IHamilton’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 who, because of said malady could not navigate successfully for any length of time in an upright position. A practice hockey game also kept many of the more energetic boys busy. All told, w ' e 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 was 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 wei-e 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 children and the work of the teachers who had trained them, was greatly appreciated by all. There has been a new plan adopted in teaching the U. S. History Avhieh 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 forwmrd 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, w hich show signs of being very popular. The blowing 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 wmtehes. Some of the children even came to school late next morning. If that was- n’t the trouble, they may be thangful they were 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

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ing to a five 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. 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-sweepei’s : 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 Footp rints 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 with them. 13