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

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The HAMILTONIAN 23 Norman Dane moved to Madison, Maine? Betty Davison forgot a numerous number of uniforms? Florence Dunn couldn’t use baby- talk? Bernard Greeley became a Clyde McCoy? Evelyn Hansbury dyed her hair? Ruth Jackson had only one boy- friend? Thomas Mullins forgot his history dates ? Norman Nielsen ever gave a civil answer to anyone except Myrtle? Isabelle Peale guessed the right chemistry answer? Mary Perkins ever lost Whitney? Hardy Prince could not make ex- cuses ? Mary Sai’gent didn’t have Miss Featherstone ? George Sprague didn’t say “welt- er”? Virginia Wallace ever forgot Ruth’s boy-friends? Van Withee ever fell in love? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF: Miss Featherstone lost herself in- S’-ead of her keys? Mrs. Ramer forgot her brief case? Mr. Walton forgot to read Neal O’Hara’s column? Mr. Malone didn’t push scraps of paper under Miss Ward’s desk? Miss Ward forgot Prince? Mrs. Boyd completely lost her pa- tience with Nielsen? Miss Anderson didn’t help with the Junior Prom decorations? Miss Ready lost her seventh grad- ers? Mr. Wales lost his cane? Rudy’s candy supply gave out? COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ' HE Reverend William J. Mc- Garry. S.J., Ph. D., S.T.D., will deliver the commencement address to the senior class on the night of their graduation, June 23, 1938. The topic of his address will be, “The School as the Vestibule of Life.” The Class of 1938 are honored in having Father McGarry as their speaker: and, as he is a native of Hamilton, many old time friends will be pleased to welcome him on June 2:rd. SENIOR PLAY EXHIBITION S their part in the Senior High Play Contest which took place on April 22, 1938, the senior class presented Who Gets the Car Tonight? Those taking part were: George Sprague, head of the Jones family; Isabelle Peale as Mrs, Jones, the mother; Hardy Prince as Paul, the son; and Florence Dunn as Jane, the daughter. Jack, Jane’s boy-friend, was played by Norman Dane. The plot of the story involved the old family problem of who could take the car for the evening This being- such a common family predicament, it held everyone’s interest. The end of the play brought rather a surprise because tinally no one had the privi- lege of taking the car as it was neces- sary for it to remain in the garage for repairs! — Isabelle Peale, ’38.

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22 The HAMILTONIAN The plays went off well ; all were funny, some hilariously so. The spirit of co-operation was excellent ; and, from remarks overheard in cor- ridors, pupils and teachers enjoyed the frolic. And best of all — a neat little financial sum was gleaned from the.se amateur dramatics which made the adventure most satisfying! You will find detailed reports of the individual plays under their respec- tive classes. MANUAL TRAININCx NEWS PHIS year the shop has been going -1 ahead in rapid strides. The boys who take shop work are now enjoy- ing some new mechanical tools re- cently purchased by the town at the recommendation of the instructor, Mr. Fred Wales. The recent installa- tion of these tools has more than doubled the volume of the shop work and has increased the intere=;t and workmanship of the students. In previous years, because of the lack of tools, the boys were confined to mak- ing simnle nieces of furniture or mis- cellaneous articles. Some of the projects being con- structed by the high school students are maple-butterfly end tables, gun cabinets, corner china closets, ping pong tables, and wall cabinets for power tool accessories and storage. Members of the ninth grade are con- structing “36” class sailing sloops and are at present engaged in castin ■: lead keels in sand moulds. The eighth grade has a . class of smaller sloops nearly completed ; both grades are expecting to race their boats before long. The seventh grade has made sev- eral projects during the year, and are now engaged in making kitch ' n uti ' - itv shelves. The sixth grade, al- though very limited in shop time, are completing their book ends. Work seems to be progressing very well, and nearly every afternoon finds a large group of boys working on special jobs of their own or helping complete arrangements for the new power tools. The boys are enthusi- astic about these added tools and wish to thank the school officials for obtaining these useful devices. Upon being asked about next year’s plans, Mr. Wales stated, “I am work- ing on arrangements for widening the shop curriculum, including more shop time for the upper classmen, and possibly a special shop course that will meet five times a w ' eek, thus making manual training a five point subject with text book work as well as extensive shop participation. This course would be offered to those stu- dents who wish to specialize in Indus- trial Arts.” In this way, we hope there will be laid a foundation for a future Prac- tical Arts Course. — Ernfst B. D. y. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF: Myrtle Allen ever let her affec- tions stray from a certain tall blond? Madlyn Back grew a few inches? Margaret Beers forgot to giggle? Marguerite Bilodeau forgot how to use a typewriter? Elinor Collins answered a chem- istry question correctly?

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24 The HAMILTONIAN JUNIOR CLASS PROMENADE J HE Junior Promenade of the Class - of 1939 was held on Friday eve- ning, May 20, 1938, and proved to be a great success. Our class colors, blue and gold, were used in the deco- rations and were arranged in a nau- tical setting, something different from previous decorations. The junior class wishes to take this op- portunity to thank Miss Anderson for her assistance in helping with the decorating. The decorating committee, to whom credit should be extended, consisted of Dorothy Perkins, Evelvn Dodge, Betty Fletcher, Eleanor Thompson, George Harrigan, Ralph Harrigan. Henry Baker, Lester Charles, and Rita Cullity, chairman. At nine o’clock, the march began, with Ralph Harrigan, our president, and Eleanor Thomnson, our secre- tary, in the lead. At the end of the march, the class formed an “H” for Hamilton which was well received by the onlookex’s. Our refreshment committee in- cluded Thomas Millerick, Chairman ; Helen Peters, and Mary Moore ; our checking committee, Gordon McRae, Chairman; Harold Day, and Wendell Day; and our invitation committee, Ruth Cameron, Chairman ; Katherine Mann, Pauline Powers, Patricia Faulkner, and Phyllis Hawkins. All helped to make the evening a success. After the march dancing was en- joyed, conducted by the ever-popular Eugene’s Orchestra. The matrons of the evening were the mothers of the officers: Mrs. George Harrigan, Mrs. L e 1 a n d Thompson, Mrs. Reginald Cameron, and Mrs. Jesse Mann. — Rita Cullity, ’39. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY EXHIBITION O N April 22, 1938, a play exhibition was held in the High School Auditorium in which the members of the junior class presented His First Shave In this one act comedy, we find that Mr. Morton, played by Gordon McRae, is preparing to shave and, with the aid of his wife, the role played by Rita Cullity, has just as- sembled all his paraphernalia. How- ever, his dashing young son, Derek, played by Thomas Millerick, finds that he has a stubble on his face and decides that it is just about time that he learned how to shave. With both men under h r feet. Mrs. Morton concludes that there is no use trying to clean up the kitchen, so she leaves the two in a heated dis- cussion over razors, Derek declaring that the safety razors are the best, and Mr. Morton firmly upholding the old-fashioned straight razor. Derek, fascinat ed by this new cere- mony and annoyed with his kid sis- ter, played by Pauline Powers, who continually calls his beard “peach- fuzz,” forgets that he has a date that very evening with his girl friend, Janet, played by Eleanor Thompson. When she arrives, he is not ready, whereupon she leaves to go out with Derek’s rival. Derek, bitter because he has been jilted by Janet, picks up his father’s old-fashioned razor and raises it to his throat. Thinking that he is going to kill himself, Mrs. Morton screams, and Mr. Morton rushes to Derek’s side. As Mrs. Morton faints, Derek calmly states that he was just going to learn how to use his father’s straight-edged razor ! — Pauline Powers, ’39.