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

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Senior Class Report senior class held its first class meeting on September tenth and elected its class officers. With the aid of a new pn sident, F. Wesley Garran, the year’s activity s have begun. On the fifteenth of October a Harvest supper was held. A large number of townspeople attended the event and greatly enjoyed the home cooked food. We believe that it certainly lived up to the reputation of former school suppers. This was the first event in our year’s program, and, as a net profit, we received seventy dollars. These pro- ceeds will be used to swell our Washing- ton fund. Following this, the seniors leave their dignified positon to initiate the “Fresh- ies” who have been warned. At last the fatal evening has been decided upon November the sixth. How the freshmtn shudder! They will earn their admit- tance to senior high activities if they survive the treatment. Even though a few members of our class do occasionally neglect their home work and even “Talkits” for these new Miniature Golf Courses, the seniors are endeavoring to live up to their class motto. With the assistance of Mr. Spaulding and a new senior pitcher, the two fall baseball games have been won by Hamilton. Already we are considering our class play. The committee has selected a mystery plav, “The Restless Jewell” and, if we are able to obtain the consent of our coach, Mrs. Boyd, it will be the first of its kind ever attempted bv the Hamilton High School. Although there are only few members in our French class, we enjoy our lessons. We are now translating “Les Miser ables” and hope to S( e the “einema” of tht same name. The following was recently heard in our French class: John: “I don’t see why Hugo wrote so much about his grandchildren.” Miss Vogler: “Well, John, you’re not a grandfather.” John: “No, not j et, give me time.” We all believf that larger rooms in the new high school are needed; but there is one exception and that is the room used for Latin IV. That really is plenty large enough, for their are only two seniors and two juniors in the class. We are translating “Cicero’s Orations” this ear and find it both interesting and educational. We are very sorry to lose a prospective looking assistant-editor of this paper, Howard Boyd. He has deserted us for Billerica High School. If he doesn’t miss anything else here, we know he he will miss the second period. If you wonder why, ask Miss Anderson! Junior Class Report T our first Class Meeting this year the following officers were elected: President, Esther Lee; Vice-President, Gladys Back; Secretary, Howard Boyd; and Treasurer, Gladys Farrell. We were all sorry when a week later our secretary left for Billerica High School. Howard had been with our class since our sixth grade year. We hope he will enjoy his new school. At our next Class Meeting we elected Elizabeth Crowell to fill the vacancy left

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10 The HAMILTONIAN Just why ranks from the Junior High — which had already been counted once for a di])loma — should be given credit over again is a puzzle. Mr. Cottle, our pre- vious principal, saw the fallacy of this arrangement, and, in his desire to raise the standing of the Hamilton High School to meet college requirments, brought about the present change. Now, for a Senior High diploma, only ranks received during Senior High years are counted, and to be an honor pupil of the required sixty credits, fifty of them must be honor credits. College Credits i UR new principal is very anxious to raise the standing of the college preparatory standards, and has started quite a strenuous check-up system. Eor several years it has been the cus- tom at Hamilton High School to send Exehanges The Signboard, Bay Path Institute, Springfield, Your school paper is interesting. We liked your article on the Get -Acquainted Party and consider it a very good plan. The Cub, Manning High School, Your literary department is very in- teresting. It would improve your maga- zine to have a language department, don’t you think? Lasell Leaves , . Auburndale, Mass. In the Ahunni number, we enjoyed Elinor Packard’s Translation of Virgil. We always enjoy your magazine and hope to l)e fortunate enough to exchange with you again this year. out, in the middle of each term, defi- ciency cards to all pupils who are below a passing grade of seventy percent. Parents who receive these cards are thus warned of the low grades then ' children are doing. Whereas seventy is a passing grade for the majority of the pupils in the high school, it is not a passing grade for those pupils who plan on entering college. The necessary grade for certification re- quired of college preparatory students is eighty - five percent; hence, the parents of these pupils receive a deficiency card if their children fall below that standard. By this system there will no longer be an opportunity for parents of college preparatory students not to be aware that their children are not doing work of suflBciently high quality to enable the school to certify them for college. Spaghetti a Reducer? Orrin: “Hey, Esther, thought you were on a diet.” Esther: “So I am.” Orrin: “Spaghetti doesn’t keep your weight down.” Esther: “I know it, but the exercise I get eating it does.” — o — Miss Anderson; “Lawrence, why did the Romans abolish the cruel custom of feeding Christians to the lions?” Lamson: “Why, er — 1 suppose it was because the lions ate up all the prophets.”

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The HAMILTONIAN 12 bv Howard’s resignation. At this meet- ing, we voted to have a social which will be held October twenty-fonrth. We hope it will be as svccessfiil as the ones we held last cear. The most important event this year so far has been the arrivil of oar Class Rings. We are verv proud of them and think they ar3 the best yet. Soplimore Class Notes I |X September I ' c, we held our first class m.eeting ; at this time, wt elected the following officers: Donald Greeley, President; Sidney MacDonald, Vice- president; George Magnan, Secretary William Preston, Treasurer. Members of the sophomore class thor- oughly appreciate the fact that the copies of the Xew York Times is left in our home room. We notice that many sophomores spend spare moments “read- ing the news”! In the Hamiltonian Contest. The Sophomore “Scotch” are way ahead of the “Irish.” Come on, Irish, where’s your sporting blood? Going to be beat- n by the Scotch? We want one hundred percent subscription among the soph- mores. At present the sophmores are strug- gling over — “I thought it was he and “I took it to be him” Will we ever get it right? “Oh yes,” says Mrs. B — “just remember that the yerb to be takes the same case after it as before it!” That’s all right, but Billy Poole wants to know how he can tc ' ll what comes after it if he doesn’t know what comes before it! Fall Baseball I IIE baseball enthusiasts started to talk up baseball as soon as school began in September. Enthusiasm ran high, for at last Hamilton High had an athletic coach. At the first roll call, a good showing of boys turned out; prac- tice began at once and the coach soon had the right man in the right place. The men were picked as follows with Roger Smerage as Captain. Smerage, Catcher; Burns, Pitcher; Corcoran, First Base; Sanders, Second Base; Buzzell, Third Base; Cayerly, Short Stop; McCullock, Center Field; Moore, Left F ' ield; McGuire, Right Field; Perkins, Substitute. Two games were played with Topsfield. The first game was played at Hamilton, Topsfield soon found they were up against a different team than that of last year. The Topsfield men were bewildered. The game was won 15 - 1 . The next game was played at Topsfield with another run-away, 12 - 5 . We regret that the season for baseball is over, for we thoroughly enjoyed our practice. We’ll be right there, Mr. Spalding when the spring opens up! In the meantime, how about a basket-ball team? Those interested, report to Coach Spalding. 1930 Alumni Notes JI HELMA BAILEY is attending Salem Normal School. iSIarjorie Baker is working at the home of Mrs. Perkins. Mildred Charles is helping at home. Jean Culity is working at Mrs. Hop- kins. Vivian Dodge is attending Salem Nor- mal School. Beatrice Edmondson is attending Sa- lem Normal School. Polly Feener is attending Miss Pierce’s Secretarial School. Ethelene Gould is Working in Boston as a dentist’s assistant. Barbara Hobbs is attending Simmons College. Eloise McRae is working at Daniel Lowe’s.