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

Page 10 text:

8 The Hamiltonian inj; it was an initiation party, we were sports and took all that was handed to us though not without a murmur. In March the entire high school was transferred to the new high school build- ing, and in the new school Aliss Hagglund became our home room teacher. Only one thing disappointed us, the fact that we could not give vent to our revenge on the freshmen class below as the initiation was not considered vise in our new school build- ing. Later in the year, we presented a class play entitled “Burglars,” which was one of the numbers of a play contest con- ducted by Air. Spalding. We held our first social in the Town Hall with Aliss H agglund and Air. Alalone as chaperons. .At the end of the year, we were proud to be the first Junior High students to be grad- uated from the new high school. In our sophomore year we entered Airs. Boyd’s home room, with fear in our hearts because of the rumors of her strict discipline and lengthy English assignments. At our first class meeting, we chose the following officers: President, Robert Smith; Vice- President, Gordon AIcCullock; Secretary, Katherine Cracknell ; Treasurer, .Alice Stone. This year our class was somewhat thinned out but we had two newcomers, Grace Powers, who came from Wenham, and Esther Roll, from Winchester. Two of our sophomores, Grace Powers and Helen AIcCarthy had the distinction of being chosen for the Senior Play. AVe also welcomed into the faculty Air. Progin as the manual training teacher and athletic coach and Aliss Barker as the domestic science teacher and girls’ athletic coach. Both the girls’ and boys’ athletic teams were more successful this year so, as a grand finale, we had a social in the Audi- torium with the athletic coaches as chap- erons. This year the college and commercial divisions were separated in their English classes. This was a great advantage to both divisions as each could now advance more rapidly without hindering the other. After much discussion, we finally chose our class rings which were made of yellow gold with the head of Hamilton riveted upon a green agate background. Thus, we came to the end of the sophomore year, looking happily ahead to the activities of the junior year. September found the class of 1935 in the junior year under the supervision of Air. Alalone, our jovial Erench and Latin teacher. W’e were sorry to have Air. Spalding leave but his place was ably filled b ' Air. Payne. Air. Branch was also added to our faculty this year. At our first class meeting, we selected for officers: President, Robert Smith; Vice-President, George Dunn ; Secretary, Katherine Crack- nell ; Treasurer, Hhelma Alann. Alem- bers of the class were also selected to rep- resent us in the Student Council and Rob- ert Smith was elected the Vice-President of the Council. Now came the big event in every junior’s life, — the Junior Promenade! It was held on .May eighteenth, and proved to be one of the most beautiful “Proms” ever pre- sented by any class in Hamilton High School. Our matrons were Airs. Arm- strong, Airs. A I ann, Airs. Dunn, and .Airs. AIcRae. At the latter part of the year. Air. Payne called the mothers of the juniors together for a meeting to decide whether or not we would take the Wash- ington trip when we were seniors. The result of this meeting was that all those who wanted to go could earn their own money individually. At the close of the year we had another social for the boys’ and girls’ athletic teams with Aliss Barker and Air. Branch as chaperons. After dec- orating the .Auditorium for the senior class graduation and reception, our activities closed for the year. in September, 1934, we entered the senior room with Aliss AlacRae as our class advisor. There were many changes in the faculty this year. A I iss Barker had resigned and Aliss Featherstone took her place. Air. Progin’s position had been filled by Air. Bowdoin. In Air. Branch’s position we found our present coach Air. Walton and later Aliss Hagglund joined the matrimonial ranks and her place was taken by Aliss Ready. AVe were sorry to miss among our class- mates Robert Smith and Alice Stone, both of whom had held class offices. AVe sin- cerely hope they will return to Hamilton High and thus swell the ranks of next year’s graduates. When it came time for the election of our class officers, we elected the following: President, Alfred AIcRae; A ice-Presi-

Page 9 text:

The Hamiltonian 7 showing him through his realm. They came to a magnificent house, wath beau- tiful gardens and lawns and an abundance of flowers. In fact, everything about the place spelled happiness and contentment. “Who lives here. Saint Peter?’’ asked the visitor, and was surprised to hear the name of a woman who had done menial work in the man’s house down on earth. At the far end of the street, off by itself, stood a shabby, dilapidated, ill-kept house ■ — hardly more than a hut — in striking con- trast to the lovely place they had just visited. “And who lives here?” was the ne.xt question. “You will live here,” said Saint Peter. “Me! Why should my servant have such an elaborate house while 1 live in this undesirable place?” “Well,” answered the good Saint, “We did our best with the material sent ahead.” Which one do you think had attained success ? To me, that man is truly a success who puts service above self, serving others with no thought of material gain for himself, and being tolerant with those not in ac- cord with his ideas and practices. May I illustrate this with a portion of a poem by Sam Walter Foss? Let me live in the house by the side of tlie road Vhere the race of men go by. The men who are good, the men who arc bad. As good and as bad as I ; I would not sit in the scorner’s seat. Nor hurl the cynics ban, Let me live in the house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. George Arliss, famous star of the stage and screen, remarked, “A desire to work hard for the sake of doing a good joh leads to happiness. An ambition for power and money leads to discontent.” People who have tlie use of large amounts of money often consider themselves successful. But are they? Does money bring happiness? Not always. For instance, take Scrooge in Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” He had a sufficient amount of hoarded money but was he happy ? No, because he had a guilty conscience and only after he was shown the way to true happiness did he realize that it was secured through the spending of his money for the benefit of others. Happiness in j ' our life work is synony- mous with success. To reach the top of the ladder means hard work and it may take years to accomplish, but once you are there you possess something which no man can ever take away from you — success. As the old saying goes — “Pluck, Perseverance, and Honesty spell Success.” Our constantly changing conditions in life demand that he who would win must meet each change with all his powers alert ; with a push he opens the door of opportunity and every new condition is a challenge which arouses all of his energies. Success, then, engages all of one’s efforts and should give to one true contentment, happiness, health, as well as a fair share of wealth. Class History TN September, 1931, a group of awkward, unsophisticated freshmen climbed, with faltering steps, the stairs of Hamilton High Scliool to the ninth grade. We looked ahead with pleasant anticipation of the good times we were to have and, although our four years of education did include good times, it also included much hard work. We entered the ninth grade in what was then called the South School with Mrs. Ramer as our home room teacher and IMr. Spalding as our principal. One of our first activities was to hold a class election. The officers elected were: President, Robert Smith; Vice-President, Richard Peale ; Secretary, Margaret Sargeant ; ' Freasurer, Alice Stone. d ' he Student Council System was inaugurated into our school and three members were chosen to represent our class. On October ninth, the seniors held a party for the freshmen — and what a party it was! Blindfolded, we were led through the earthly Hades and received sufficient humiliation to make us realize that we were not quite so important as we had thought we were. But, know-

Page 11 text:

The Hamiltonian 9 dent, Dorothy Kirby; Secretary, Marjtaret Sar eant ; Treasurer, Katherine Cracknell. A great deal of time was devoted to the Senior Play which was presented on Janu- ary twenty-ninth and February first. The play was entitled “Topsy Turvy.” All the actors played their parts especially well. In M arch, the Junior and Senior college division English classes visited the House of the Seven Gables in Salem. We all en- joyed ourselves immensely, especially those members of the class having an e.xtra amount of avoirdupois who met with a little difficulty in climbing the very narrow staircase that winds around the chimney! On April nineteenth, we set off for Washington with Mr. Walton and Mrs. Sargeant as chaperons and we certainly had a wonderful time. I ' he trip proved to be all and more than we e.xpected. We have come to the end of our Higli School career and are enriched by these four years of study, and in gaining our knowledge we are brought to the realiza- tion that there is still much more to learn. Although we have had many trials, we have weathered the gale and the prize we sought is Avon. — Gr.XCE CULLITV, ’35. Prophecy O NE afternoon, after 1 had finished my housework and was a little more tired than usual, I decided to lie down and rest. It being a bot, sultry day, 1 could not get to sleep and, as I lay awake, my mind seemed to wander back to the days gone by when I was a senior in Hamilton High and during this resume, I dozed off into a restless slumber. My mind being set on this recapitu- lation, I could not seem to sleep content- edly and a scene soon appeared before me. It was that of a large building with swanky cars and their chauffeurs lined up along the curbstone. Bright lights in a colorful arrangement displayed the words, “The Adams House.” Inside this beauti- ful structure of modern architecture, 1 espied a fine-looking young man walking around and stopping at various tables, de- livering his welcomes. What was it that seemed to be so familiar to me? Of course! How stupid of me, it was none other than my old classmate, John Adams. He had evidently risen high in the busi- ness world to possess such a thri ing night club. As I watched the scene more at- tentively, I heard the orchestra as it com- menced to play, saw the curtains rise, and out from behind them came Virginia Hack and Violet Rice. I coiddn’t imagine just what their talent was until they started to sing in harmonious melody. I then re- membered that they had always sung on their way home at noontimes, back in high school days, and now they were starring together! As their number ended, there appeared a flashing brunette dressed as an adagio dancer. I immediately recognized the familiar countenance of Esther Koll and remembered how she had appeared at all the dances held in Hamilton. Keeping her feet going to the time of music had been ber one ambition and she had achieved it with the greatest of success. But a few steps from here, in a building in the center of Hamilton, I heard a group of women talking. I heard the rap of a gavel on the desk and a stately woman, evidently the president of the cluh, rose to speak. Bless my soul, if it wasn’t Thelma Mann, but how changed! Now she was tall and slender but her hair was still pure golden. Still farther down the road, I caught sight of Alfred McRae. Although he had not reached his ambition In height, he evi- dently had fulfilled another ambition, for walking by his side, and hanging on to his arm was a slip of a girl, who had lived on Valnut Road and been the cause of many a visit from “Pattie.” My mind traveled to a large laboratory where a short young fellow was bending over a li(]uid that I tried to discern. It was a good thing for me that I saw the trade mark and name on the containers for I certainly never would have recognized the person. The label read, “Professor Ralph Tuck’s Eyelash Curler.” I knew that it would be a sensation of tbe time. He walked over to the window and, beck-