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

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!6 The Hamiltonian many miles away from school, we may dig the paper out of our trunk of precious belongings and once more enjoy the happy moments reading all about our class mates. The typewriting room has been in great demand this year with the salesmanship pupils typing their projects in the form of a merchan- dise manual. As a whole, the man- uals showed much hard work and long hours of study. Our task was not over then, as we had to write and present a demonstration ])lay, selling our merchandise to some cus- tomer. We not only accomplished much work in our salesmanship clas-;, but I think we could even have made Pauly Smerage smile if he could have seen Arthur Hansbury selling Ellen Donlon a radio which was put out in about 1492 and which he insisted could get Europe! The second year typing class h ' w formed two teams which com]ie ' against each other on Tuesday, the day set aside for speed tests. Mis Ruth Lougee was chosen captain fo one team, and Miss Victoria DeLuca was chosen for the other team. Mis DeLuca’s team was called the Flying Keys, and Miss Lougee’s team the Flying Fingers. At present the Fly- ing Keys are ahead, having won three points out of five, with an average of 41 words per minute agaiu ' t t Fingeis’ record of 40 words per min- ute. Now that our closing days are her we are sorry that our class friend ship has ended, but our minds w“ ' often return to those good old daw silent in Hamilton fligh School. ORIGINAL LIMERICKS In English there’s one who excels Who is also right there with the belles His last name is Fowler And though he’s no flower A pansy becomes him quite well. - R. P. There is a young student called Axel And another whose last name is Maxwell They each have red hair But neither one cares For they both in good nature excel. — R. P. There is a young lady named Ham Who continually gets in a jam But with Mr. Malone She feels quite at home For both succeed well with a slam. - R. P. MID YEARS’’ There’s a time in the midst of each year When a pupil sheds many a tear O’er a puzzling old test Only passed by the best .And the time is the present. Oh dear! D. F. While pondering this stuff I get sick, And my brain, it refuses to kick In a hunt for the swing Of that crazy old thing That goes by the name of a Limerick. —A. E. There is a young girl in our school Who goes by just one little rule When asked, “Is it so?’’ She replies, “I don’t know.’’ For that is her handiest tool. B. M. There was a young carrot-topped maiden Who thought that with brains she was laden. A face she would make That would sure take the cake When teacher did quiz this young maiden. W. M. There was a bright fellow from Park Street On whom all the lassies were sweet. He thought he could croon. But, my, what a loon Was this fair little crooner from Park Street. — W. M.

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The Hamiltonian 15 fully decorated in class colors. A1 Dwyer’s orchestra furnished the mu- sic. Early in the evening, the ma- trons, Mrs. Robert Robertson, Mrs. Joseph Hursty, Mrs. Harry Wetson. and Mrs. Percy Bennett were ushered in and were soon followed by the SOPHOMORE ' sophomore class entered the senior high school this year feel- ing quite grown-up. Excepting for a few minor mishaps with the teachers we have gone along very well. In the lieginning of the year we elected the following class officers: President, George Sprague; Vice President, Isa- belle Peale ; Secretary, Myrtle Allen ; Treasurer, Bernard Greely. Soon after this, student council representatives were elected. Mr. Payne selected a group of names from pupils in the class and the class voted for one boy and one girl. Eor the first half of the year Walter Mc- Grath and Ruth Jackson were elected. The president automatically becomes a member for the entire year. In January a second group was chosen consisting of Norman Nielsen and Ruth Jackson. Norman Nielsen i-e- junior class, which performed an in- tricate march ending in the formation of the letter “H.” With the decoration of the hall for senior graduation and reception, the class activities ended for the year. ACTIVITIES signed his position and Norman Dane was chosen his successor. In the fall a few pupils went to Danvers to see the play Julius Caesar enacted. It happened at this time that we were reading this play in English and seeing the play proved very helpful to us in our work. On April eighth we had a class social, having as our chaperons Mrs Boyd and Mr. Walton. We played games, served refreshments and all had a very good time. Our last activity of the year will be held June twentieth when the class will go to Provincetown. Everyone is looking forward to this trip. Thus we come to the end of our sophomore year, happily looking for- ward to our remaining years in high school. COMMERCIAL NEWS XTRAl! Extra!! Read all about the Hamilton High School Barker. That was the cry from all news boys of Hamilton la.st month. The senior commercial students in typewriting published this paper under the name Hamilton High School Barker. The staff consisted of Robert Hamilton, Editor ; Ellen Donlon, Assistant Edi- tor; Dorothy Vennard, Business Man- ager; Marjorie Peters, Assistant Manager; Ernest Goulding and How- ard Wetson, Proof-Readers; Milton Sanford, Circulation; and the typists included Barbara Bishop, Dorothy Bishop, Dorothy Alexander, and Harry Wetson. We collected about five dollars from the sale of the paper ; with that money we purchased a stapling ma- chine, which we presented to the commercial department. Much credit is due Miss Edmondson for helping us put out our paper. When we are

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The Hamiltonian 17 VARSITY ATHLETES Reading from left to right. Front row: Walter Fowler, Richard Grant, William Moore, John Back, Edward Beliveau, Harold Johnson, Robert Hamilton, John Mullins, Albert Lougee. Middle row: Neil Moynihan, Gordon Thompson, Craig O’Donnel, Louis Pappas, Coach Bryce Walton, Wallace Knowlton, Ralph Flam- gan, Walter McGrath, Henry Baker. Back row: Richard Pcale, Ben. Robertson, Ralph Hursty, Joseph McDonald, Howard Wetson, Arthur Hansbury, Ray Haskell, Bernard Greeley. Not in picture: Harry Wetson, Norman Nielsen, George Garrigan. DECATHLON CONTEST IS contest has been carried on for the past six months in the boys’ physical education classes un- der the supervision of Mr. Walton. The purpose of this contest was threefold : first, to test the various students’ muscles to determine their health needs ; second, to find the com- parative strength of the boys; and third, to supply a means of compe- tition. The boys were divided into three groups, depending on age only. The first group, called Juniors, was made up of boys fourteen years old or younger. The second group, the In- termediates, was boys over fourteen and under seventeen. The third group, the Seniors, was composed of boys over seventeen. All the groups were tested on the same scale of ranking. Each event in each group was won by the bov who achieved the greatest perform- ance. For example, the standing broad .I ' ump in the Intermediate group was won by Ray Haskell with a jump of 8 feet 1 inch. At the same time, each boy received a certain number of points out of a jiossible