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

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10 The HAMILTONIAN torium stage which had been so won- derfully equipped with curtains, as well as foot and flood lights. These accessories are a generous gift of Mrs. Mabel Norman Cerio, as an ap- preciation of the tribute paid to her brother, the late Maxwell Norman, by a student of the high school last Memorial Day. A week after the plays were pre- sented, a group of about twenty seniors, including Mr. and Mrs. Payne as chaperons, went to Wash- ington for a week’s trip. We went to and from New York by boat and the rest of the way by bus. We saw many interesting things and all had a very enjoyable time. In both junior and senior high there has always been a Student Council with the exception of the lat- ter part of this past year, when the privilege was taken away because of the school strike. Previously it had been the privilege of each class to send its president and two represen- tatives to this Council to discuss school affairs. When our class week comes, we shall enjoy being let out of school a lew days before under-classmen. Some have expressed their desire to spend a day at Canobie Lake, New Hampshire, and on the same evening go to some seaside resort for a shore dinner. On the evening of June 21, we shall receive our dinlomas and our high school days will be forever ended, but not forgotten. — George Sprague. CLASS PROPHECY TN the form of a diary faithfully kept by Marguerite Bilodeau from May 1 to May 30, 1945. Oh, my, what a day! This life of superintending the Riverside Hospi- tal isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Who would have thought, way back in Hamilton when I was a senior, class of ’38, that I would be super- vising other people ! May 2 : I did have a moment olf today to speak with my able dietician. Myrtle Allen. ’Member back in ’38 when Myrt was a senior and took such a fancy to a tall blond? Those were the good old days ! Imagine her giving him up to prepare meals for the weak and disabled ! To continue, Myrt told me she received a letter from home and was surprised to hear that Tom Mullins had fulfilled his life- long ambition to become a golf pro- fessor at the Miami course in Florida. How times do change! Back in ’38 he was plodding after lost balls at Myopia Club. I wonder how he likes the change? The letter continued on to say that Van Withee (the cut-up of our class) , had opened a radio broadcasting sta- tion of his own and was doing finely. The best program of the day comes when Withee carries on a one-man debate. The house wives turn him on the air to put their young ones to sleep while they do their bx ' eakfast dishes. How he finds the time to do this work is a mystery as I hear he is still cmite a play-boy. Betty Davison is killing two birds with one stone. Seeing that she stayed behind so often when “hubby” took up gun and knapsack and trampecl half across the continent alone (?), she is supervising the stu- dent nurses arriving at the United States Naval Base to take care of the wounded sailors. May 3: Guess who came in Ward D today? Yes, it was Bernard Greeley. It’s the first time I’ve seen him since he was going to Tufts Col- lege. He has, since then, been grad- uated with honors. He’s the new doctor on our staff and will have charge of Ward D where we put our violent patients. I’m sure that Dr. Greeley’s quiet, patient, and winning ways will do their xxart in quieting down this lively ward. I saw Myrt and showed her a letter I’ve just received, and was she sur-

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The HAMILTONIAN 9 CLASS HISTORY I N September 1933, we, the present seniors, became the meek seventh graders, as well as the second class to enter that grade after the opening of the new school. Time passed quickly and soon we found ourselves in the eighth grade. In the latter part of this year, we took a trip, under the supervision of Miss Anderson, our history teacher, through Concord, Lexington, and Sudbury, where we saw many inter- esting, as well as historical, places. As the next year rolled upon us, we became the gay freshmen. An out- standing feature of this year was the choosing of our class pins. They had a gold head of Alexander Hamilton, on a background of green and a guard bearing the class date of graduation from the junior high. We took an- other trip, under the supervision of Miss Anderson, visiting many places of historic interest in Boston. Dur- ing the year, we had a class party with Miss Anderson and Mr. Payne as chaperons. We played games and had refreshments and all went home happy as well as full of cake and ice cream! In June 1936, we received our diplomas and bade farewell to our junior high teachers; Miss Ander- son, Miss Hagglund, Mrs. Ramer, Miss Ready, Mr. Progin, Mr. Bowden, Miss Barker, and Miss Featherstone. When we became the sophomores in the senior high we realized that we were up against a different situa- tion and must really buckle down to work ; however, we managed to make a success of it. We chose our class officers as follows : President, George Sprague, Vice President, Isabelle Peale, Secretary, Myrtle Allen, Treas- urer, Bernard Greeley. During the year, we held a class social ; much fun and entertainment was enjoyed, ending with plenty of good eats. The day after school was out in June a large group of sopho- mores, with Mr. Payne and Mrs. C. F. Poole, as chaperons, sailed to Prov- incetown and back on the S.S. STEET- PIER. We had a very fine time and there were only a few cases of sea- sickness. In the evening, the group divided and found different sources of entertainment in Boston. In our junior year we chose our class officers as follows : President, Bernard Greeley, Vice President, Isa- belle Peale, Secretary, Myrtle Allen, Treasurer, Norman Dane. We next chose our class rings. They have a gold head of Hamilton set on a black background. Immediately we began discussing our Junior Prom which was to come off May 25, 1937. Due to the fact that the majority of the class knew very little about dancing, we held a social, under the super- vision of Mr. Malone, a few weeks before the Prom; and we were all greatly amused at watching our fel- low classmates attempt to learn to dance. Finally the big event oc- curred. The hall was decorated with silver stars on a blue background with blue and silver streamers hang- ing from the ceiling. The Prom was a grand success and all had a wonder- ful time. As this year was the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Horace Mann, Massachusetts’ first Commis- sioner of Education, a play was given at graduation in acknowledgment of the event, and the juniors were called upon to present it as a fare- well to the seniors. Again a group of seafaring juniors paid another visit to Provincetown with as much enthusiasm as before. At last we became the high and mighty seniors ! As usual, we chose our class officers, this time as follows: President, Norman Dane, Vice Presi- dent, Lsabelle Peale, Secretary, Flor- ence Dunn, Treasurer, Marguerite Bilodeau. This year we had our grad- uation pictures taken before Christ- mas and had a grand time exchang- ing them with our classmates. In the soring of our senior year, a series of class plays v as held on the audi-

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The HAMILTONIAN prisecl to know that Evelyn Hans- oury now owns and operates an ex- clusive dress shop on Fifth Avenue! It d( esn’t seem possible. When we were together in school, Evelyn was always the first to receive work from the teachers to run off on our ancient mimeograph machine. It surprised me that she didn’t stay with the Babb Supply Company demonstrating how to use the new automatic ink ab- sorber. Margaret Beers did marry J. McG. you know, just as we all knew she would even way back when we were in school. She has settled down in Hartford, Connecticut, and is giving most of her time and talent to ' dood- ling.”! don’t think “Hubby” will mind so long as she leaves her talent out of his den. May 9: Was I excited yesterday! Spread over the front page was the thrilling story of how Florence Dunn rescued four people from the burning China Clipper. She certainly chose the right vocation when she became a flying hostess to exercise her mar- velous tact, charming personality, and pleasing disposition. She’ll probably get a medal along with more publicity for her bravery. Also on the inside page of that same newspaper I saw an item of great intei’est. George Sprague, who used to live on Bridge Street and run his father’s farm, has been given th ' contract to build the new bridge from f-idkoping to Uddevalla, Denmark. If I remember correctly, he got a scholarshin to Worcester Polvtech- nical Institute and proved so brilliant that he knew more than the “nrofs.” I gathered as much when he an- swered everybody’s nuestions in class. May 16: Last night I was rather blue, so Myrt and I went to a movie. Thp newsreel wasn’t very interesting until I saw Isabelle twe called her “Izzv” back in ’881 Peale and her flock of Continental Danseurs. She anr«eared for about five minutes on the “flicker” and was she a sensation ! Her life’s ambition was now on the verge of being completed. Her new routines for the American Ballet were being rehearse d by her troupe and would be shown to the public at the opening of the opera season. Mary Sargent appeared next on the newsreel. She certainly has been the talk of the town ever since she and that boy-friend of hers opened a Type-While-You-Wait Bureau. The boy-friend supplied the typewriter and she the human power to run the thing. They certainly cleaned up at Harvard for the mid-year exams. She’s in the teaching department now, showing the professors how to create dynamic speeches to wake up sleepy students. On the way home, Myrt and I stopped at the soda counter and were we surprised to see Madly n Back breeze in after us! She was out on a “scoop,” being the night roving re- porter. She hasn’t changed much; she still is the tall, dignified, master- mind that I knew Imck in ’38. May 20 : Well, Yale has a new faculty member ! Say, do I remember what a whizz Norman Nielson was in Chemistry ! No wonder the trustees chose him to head the Chemical Lab- oratory Department. Myrt just told me she was handing in her resigna- tion. She gave as the reason that she had now ' enough rain money, and it vasn’t necessary for her to wmrk anv more. I know better. (Two can live as cheaply as one, so ■what?) Hardy Prince and Norman Dane have incorporated their brains and money and are now opening a mail- order wholesale house, selling refrig- erators to the Eskimos and sun-tan oil to the Africans. I guess this ven- ture w ' ill be as successful as their Marriage Bureau for Old Maids. Prince got tired of the florist busi- ness and Dane was equally disgusted with his position as a touring guide through Endless Caverns. May 21 : Petite Mary Perkins now has a half-hour radio program of her own. She gives modern internreta- tions of the old favorites which she