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

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12 The Hamiltonian the boat for Boston, we visited Grant’s Tomb on Riverside Drive, Tom Noonan’s Mission in Chinatown, and the Aquarium. The Statue of Liberty, the great bridges, and the New York skyline made our depar- ture very interesting. We arrived at Boston Friday morning and returned home in private cars, having com- pleted what is surely one of the pleasantest and most memorable trips of our lives. — Louise Moulton. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH A N innovation will be presented at the graduation exercises in the form of an extemporaneous speech to be given by Wallace Knowlton. He has been given three subjects to prepare for a fifteen minute talk. These subjects are: “Massachusetts Sports,’’ “Massachusetts Industry and Inventions,’’ and “Massachusetts Recreational and Cultural Facili- ties.’’ He will be notified on which of these topics he is to speak only a few minutes in advance. This talk, which will be something entirely new in this town, has created a good deal of interest and Knowlton certainly has the sympathy and best wishes of his classmates. ■I- STUDENT council Reading from left to right. Front row: Richard Peale, George Sprague, Betty Single, Walter Fowler, Jr., Ben. Rohertson, Isabel Dunn, Principal Roland W. Payne. Back row: Norman Dane, Edward Meyer, Gertrude Sprague, Edward Beliveau, Ruth Jackson, Richard Grant, Ellen Donlon, Walter McGrath.

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The Hamiltonian 11 Elaine Bennett and Minnie Wetson. Art Hansbury leaves his ability to receive A’s in History to Mary Gii- dart and Grace Marks who will un- doubtedly need those A’s. “Bob” Hamilton wills his whiffle to Ben Robertson and we hope that Minnie keeps it as well raked for Ben as the Warehara girls did for Bob on the Washington trip. Johnnv Mullins wills his flaming auburn locks to Red O’Donnell. We hope that Red will be able to get as nice a wave in his hair as Johnnv did. Dorothy Fletcher leaves her ability to say, “I dunno” to Ruth Day Howard Wetson wills his size eleven shoes to Isabelle Peale whose feet do nersist in growing. Louise Moulton bequeaths her ex- cess of brains to the entire junior class. Her brains should enable each and every member of the class to be on the honor roll next year. Harry Wetson bequeaths his newly published book on Hoiv Play the Outfield to Dick Grant. We do hereby request that our funeral services be carried on by the faculty of Hamilton High School, who have done so much towarcl bringing an ignominious death upon us, and we hope that our services will be carried on with deep rever- ence and sincere sympathy by all the classes after our decease. In witness thereof, we have here- unto set our hand and seal at our residence of the Hamilton High School, Hamilton, in the County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. this 1 8th dav of June in the vear of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Six. CLASS OF 1936. Witnesses: Wimpy, Olyve Oyl, Dick Grant’s Flivver. — William Moore. THE WASHINGTON TRIP TT 7E left Boston on one of the East- ern Steamship Line boats late in the afternoon of May 1 and ar- rived in New York the next morning where buses met us at the pier. We went through the Holland Tube and on to Philadelphia ; here we visited Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House, and Franklin’s grave. Wash- ington, D. C., was reached Saturday evening. Sunday afternoon we went to the top of the Washington Monu- ment and then visited Mount Vernon, the Lee Mansion, and the Masonic Washington Memorial. The next morning we went to the beautiful Franciscan Monastery, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, the Smithsonian Institute, the Capitol, and the White House. In the after- noon, we greatly enjoyed a visit to Annapolis where we saw the boys drilling and also the tomb of John Paul Jones. Upon returning to Washington, we saw the Congres- sional Library and the Lincoln Memo- rial. Tuesday morning, before leav- ing Washington, we visited the Museum of Natural History and the zoo. The afternoon was partly taken up by a trip through the Gettysburg Battlefield. The next day we made a tour of Valley Forge, stopping at the George Washington Memorial Chapel and Washington’s headquart- ers. The afternoon was spent in reaching New York where we en- joyed a show at Radio City Music Hall, a view of New York at night from the top of the R. C. A. Build- ing, and a tour of the N. B. C. studios. Thursday afternoon, before taking

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The Hamiltonian 1 • Id CLASS OFFICERS Walter I. Fowler, Jr., President William L. Moore, Vice President Lillian Emeney, Secretary Robert B. Hamilton, Treasurer CLASS MOTTO Scientia cst potentia ( Knowledge is Power) CLASS COLORS CLASS FLOWER Green and Silver Green Carnation CLASS GIFT IHollowing the c-ustom of previous -L classes in presenting a gift to the school, the present senior class is giving benches for the shower room and a steel locker for gymnasium equipment. The steel locker, which has compartments for the various gymnasium equipment such as bats, footballs, and basket-balls, will be a saver of time and will offer a more systematic way of keeping the equip- ment. GRADUATION EXERCISES OF rm-; HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL Juxii 18, lQ3q M.A.wvr.LL Norm. n Mi;mo;ii. l Ai dito.uum Progr.am Processional Invocation Rev. J. J. Cashman The Lord Is My Shepherd — Smart Girls Chorus Historical Personaf ' cs of Massachusetts Walter I Fowler, Jr. E.xtunporancous Speech Wallace H. Knowiton, Jr. Do You Fear The W ' ind (J Hara Solo -Richard N. Peale Class Will William L. Moore Class Prophecy Louise M. Moulton Song Of The Armorer Jsleinns School Chorus Presentation of Class Gift Walter I. Fowler, Jr., Class President Historic Shrines of Massachusetts Barbara E. Maxwell Presentation of Awards Presentation of Diplomas Frederic Winthrop, Jr. Chairman of School Committee Class Song- - Blis.s Class of 1936 Benediction Rev. J. J. Cashman Recessional SENIOR ACTIVITIES TN a class meeting which was called to decide how we were to make our money for graduation. Miss Ward suggested that since we had not been able to run a senior play, we should stage a min- strel show. The suggestion was greeted with enthusiasm by everyone. Miss Ward agreed to coach it, and rehearsals were soon under way. The class agreed that each member should bring ten cents to pay for the neces- sary music and that the show should be put on in the school, thus saving the expense of hiring a hall. Miss Ward coached the music, and Mrs. Boyd prepared the end-men. Miss Betty Bingle, a talented junior, gave us her services and trained five eighth graders (Hamilton’s Quintu- plets) in a song and dance, and Bar- bara Ham in a flat ballet; Miss Bingle herself did a peppy tap strut. On the night of the show the auditorium was filled to its doors. There was dancing after the show and everyone who attended, both young and old, de- clared that it was a huge success. What was most unusual was the fact that the stage setting was that of an ocean liner; life savers decorated the walls, the end men were lazy deck hands, and the programs were drawn to represent a boat. The profits from this were so large that we no longer needed to worry about our finances, so our attention was turned to class pictures. Sev-