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

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The HAMILTONIAN I 7 in the boiler room where one buys a bar of candy and, after giving Rudy the nickle, is asked to return the wrapper ! Goodbye to this good man who wields the sturdy floor mop, tak- ing anything in his path, whether rubbish, students or teachers! In bidding farewell to these fond recollections, we realize that if we meet nothing more disastrous in life, we shall be classed among the very fortunate. — Eleanor Collins, ’38. SONNET As one who long hath worked with tired pen To write a sonnet for a morning class, tfl I rest and sigh and dream and think, and then I view the empty page with grief alas ! I long for aid, yet know I dare not ask ; The sheet is bare, and still the pen is dry. Shall I be able for the hope ' ess task? I weep and wail and sadly wipe my eye. Oh, woe is me! Oh, death, where is thy sting! When I poor mortal think of my dire fate I wish that I might dance instead, and sing Or find a good excuse to come in late. A day will come when 1 shall toil no more On sonnets dry, that I still deem a liore. — M. Perkins, ’38. LA PREMIERE CLASSE FRANCAISE U NE des histoires interessantes que nous avens lu dans la premiere classe frangaise est I’his- toire entitulee, “Les Sabots Du Petit Albert.” Cette histoire raconte la vie d’un petit garcon qui demeurait dans un village en France. II etait orphelin et vivait avec une vieille tante. Elle etait tres mechante ; chaque fois qu’elle lui donnait un morceau de pain elle soupirait. Une fois, le maitre d’ecole condui- sait ses eleves a la messe de minuit. Ce soil- etait tres rigoureux. Tons les eleves etaient chaudement ha- billes. Mais le petit n’avait que ses habits de tons les jours et ces lourds sabots. Ses carnarades se moquaient de lui parcequ’il etait habille de cette maniere. Quand il fut dans I’eglise, il de- manda au petit Noel de lui donner des habits comme ces carnarades. Le petit Albert sortant de I’eglise s’arreta devant un enfant qui dormait et le pauvre petit n’avait pas de Souliers. Le petit Albert retira un de ses sabots, le posa devant I’enfant et retourna a la maison. La mechante femme le battit, puis I’envoya au lit. Mais le lendemain a sa surprise elle a vu des jouets et des bonbons, et devant ces tresors, les deux sabots. Quand le petit est descendu le cure eiitra avec une dame, et expliciua tout. La femme exprima le desir d’adop- ter le petit. La tante, tres contente, consentit, et le petit Albert alia vivre dans le chateau de sa bienfactrice. — Florette Riendeau, Grade XI.

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16 The HAMILTONIAN York, stopping at Valley Forge on the way. Thursday night we visited Radio City and saw Rudy Vallee broadcast and then went over to Roxy’s thea- tre. The next morning some of us went shopping and then took a sight- seeing trip about New York City, visiting Grant’s Tomb, Chinatown, and the Bowery, showing up at the boat for our return trip to Boston by 5:30 P.M. After dinner on the boat, all gath- ered and presented our chaperons, Mr. and Mrs. Payne, with a pair of sterling silver candlesticks in appre- ciation of their splendid companion- ship which we enjoyed very much throughout the entire trip. BF.TTY DAVISON. ' 38 FAREWELL TO HAMILTON HIGH OAREVVELL to Hamilton High, the scene of many pleasant mem- ories, as well as disastrous ones ! Farewell to ventilators which give forth a more abundant supply of cold air than warm ! Farewell to a library void of any reference books to assist pupils with home-work as- signments ! Farewell to carved desks carrying initials of many a past graduate; to inkwells too often minus ink; washrooms without soap or pa- per towels ; lockers with sharp cor- ners, shower rooms with no hooks, and drinking fountains that cannot be used ! Farewell to an English room in which are displayed divers posters as well as movie stills based on literary subjects. Goodbye to our efficient English teacher, and her morning theme song, “Stop playing with the inkwell, Withee,’’ or, “Stand up when you re- cite, Nielsen.’’ Goodbye to her as- signments for tomorrow, which she collects a week or so later. Goodbye to book reports assigned a month in advance but seldom read until the week-end before they are due ! Good- bye to written assignment , literally covered with red code so familiar to all ! Goodbye to these literary man- uscripts in which Mrs. Boyd finds punctuation errors as regular as the ticking of the clock! Goodbye to our good natured French and Latin teacher. Mr. Ma- lone, who loves to stalk up and down the aisles of a study hall and catch so.ne junior high student whisperin . Goodbye to his favorite expression, “Come on, girls, clear the corridor,’’ or “You’re not supposed to go to your lockers now.” Farewell to Miss Ward, our home- room teacher, who piloted us safely through class financial difficulties. Goodbye to her continual query of, “Where are your spelling words. Prince?” Goodbye to the amusing antics of the chemistry class comedian ! Good- bye to Mr. Payne’s favorite expres- sion, “This isn’t just between you and me, speak up so the whole class can hear you.” Goodbye to our Lab. periods, in which we have witnessed successful, as well as disastrous, ex- periments ; when even the instructor didn’t know what was going to hap- pen, but hoped for the best ! Farewell to assemblies which al- ways take the place of a study peri- od and to the magazine drives through which we sit with unexpr essed thougnts while Joe Kenny repeats the same jokes we have heard each year since our entrance to Hamilton High ! Our final adieu is to our good na- tured, though sometimes a bit dis- turbed janitor, who, by shutting the heat off in March, tries to save the taxpayers five cents on the coal bill ! Goodbye to his improvised candy shop

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18 The HAMILTONIAN HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIAL DAY ASSEMBLY Friday, May 27, 1938 Welcome to Guests and Friends Principal R. W. Payne Song: Yankee Doodle Revolutionary Vt ' ar How Do We Pay for Wars? (a) Pre-War Costs Rita Cullity (b) War Cost Lester Charles (c) Post War Costs - Lester Charles Song: Star Spangled Banner War of 1812 (Student Body) Problems Concerning Neutrality Virginia Wallace Song: Battle Hymn of the Republic Civil War Origin and Meaning of Flag Day . George Sprague Song: When Johnny Comes Marching Mom Spanish ' American War Famous Quotations Gordon McRae Song: Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag World War (Student Body) Poem : Let Us Have Peace Hardy Prince Talks by Our Guests Recitation given by the members of the Public Speaking Class Double Quartet Isabella Peale, Virginia Wallace, Hardy Prin ' c, Edward Wallace, Ruth Jackson, Myrtle Allen, Donald Sanford, Robert Kirby. Pianist: Marguerite Bilodeau COMMERCIAL NOTES D uring our senior year, our com- mercial studies included Sales- manship and Commercial Law. In Salesmanship we learned the art of buying and selling from both the customers’ and retailers’ viewpoint. After having selected an article to make a project notebook on, each pupil gave a demonstration sale of his particular product. Seeing the methods of buying used by different types of customers was very instruc- tive. Commercial Law proved very in- teresting. It deals with the rights of the parties in making contracts. A mock trial was given in class to see how proficient we were in conducting a law suit. In connection with our study of laws governing sales, we held an auction sale in class, each pupil bringing some article which the auctioneer sold to the highest bidder. — Mary Perkins, ’38. T he Second Year shorthand pupils who are competing in the Order of Gregg Artists Membership are given tests which are arrano-ed by the Business Education World and (he Gregg Company. These tests are corrected in New’ York City by the officials of the comnanie«. The pupils who have made acceptable shorthand no es for 0. G. A. certificates are : Kathryn Mann. Ruth Cameron. Bertha Webb, Eleanor Thompson, William Koloski, and Walter Mc- Grath. Those who made perfect copies in their Junior Tesls are: Phyllis Hawkins, Joseph Phaneuf, and Bertha Webb. In the Compleie Theory Tests on shorthand outlines, a rank of over 90% must be ob- tained. The pupils who have attained this mark are as follows : Ruth Cam- eron, Harold Day, Phyllis Haw ' kins, Kathryn Mann, and Bertha Webb. The Business Education World publishes monthly projects, which the .second year bookkeeping students are working to w’in. These te.sts, too, are corrected in New York. Those who have earned certificates are : Henry Baker, Ruth Cameron, Harold Day, Phyllis Hawkins, and Bertha Webb. Those who have received ad- di ioual gold seals for their work are: Harold Day, Bertha Webb, and Phyl- lis Hawkins. A perfect Senior Test copy was made by Phyllis Hawkins of the junior class. The members of the second year typing classes have been working to achieve Junior Test Awards and Competent Typist Speed Certifi-a es. The work must contain not more than five errors and must be typed for a period of ten minutes. Among those who have won, and the number of times arc: Evelyn Hansbury 2, Ralph Harrigan 2. Phvllis Hawkins 3, Kathryn Mann 2, Helen Peters 1,