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

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The HAMILTONIAN 27 GIRLS’ FIELD HOCKEY TEAM Reading left to right. Front row: Dorothy McCarthy, Rita Cullity, Mary Dan- forth, Mary Johnson. Second row: Eileen Flynn, Virginia Fredericks, Irene Chisholm, Doris Thimmer, Rita Elario, Emdy Wet son. Third row: Betty Fletcher, Mary Cullen, Martha Cunningham, Pauline Powers, Madlyn Back, Dora Marks, Bertha Ross, Mary Sargent, Manager. Fourth row: Miss Featherstone, coach; Dorothy Perkins, Evelyn Dodge, Elinor Carter, Margaret Millerick, Lorraine Mitchell. This fall was the first season of our Girls’ Hockey Team. The turn- out for the team was quite satisfying. The girls were very much enthused and anxious to play with the new equipment. There were only three games played, but the game showed definite signs of becoming one of the regular sports of the curriculum. This year, Coach Featherstone is making an ambition of hers a reality. The girls are organizing a baseball team. The success of this experimen ' - depends on the girls who are showing interest now. If they go to practice games and really try, they will soon be playing the girl baseball teams of the surrounding towns. Plans are in progress for the girls to have a Field Day in which they will participate in difl’erent athletic- events such as running, vaulting, throwing, and acrobatic stunts. Each individual will reap definite credits along with the other credits such as, being on the honor roll, and being on the winning teams of the inter-mural sports. The winners of each event will receive credit toward the sport seal.

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26 The HAMILTONIAN (lashing young doctor, and Dorothy Thompson, his nurse, added merri- ment to the latter part of the play. At the end of the play we find tha ' Augustus and Amanda have patched up their differences, and are honey- mooning in New York. The honey- moon idea seems to be contagious, for we are informed that the other two young couples have thoughts in the same direction. .JANE PERKINS, ’40 Sophomore Geometry Cl.vss LTHOUGH Mr. Payne doesn’i expect to develop any Einsteins from our present geometry class, he does intend to provide us with a thorough course in plane geometry. In S ' ptemker we found the subj ' ' ' ’’ a very difficult one, but as the year progressed, the students began grad- ually to understand it. After having obtained an idea of the fundamental concepts of geom- etry, the pupils were gradually led into the formal proof by simple out- step exercises. Oral exercises alwavs follow a group of related definitions to illustrate their use. If nothin!? else, geometry has g ' ven ns a splendid course in mental gym- nastics. — Jane Perkins, ’40. Latin Classes p OR over a year we had been anx- iously awaiting our first meeting with Caesar and his Gallic Wa-’T. After learning t hat Gaul was divided into three parts, we started out with Caesar in his interesting encounter with the Helvetians. P ' rom our translations, we have come to the conclusion that Caesar was undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of all time. This can readily be seen from the very beginning of the book in his encounter with the Helvetians. The Helvetians, after three years of preparation, were now on the move with all their possessions bound for the western part of Gaul. Caesar, in an effort to stop the Helvetian horde from entering his province, hastened from Rome to Geneva with one legion and some hastily gathered recruits. He stopped the Helvetians’ march by constructing fortifications between Lake Geneva and the Jural Mountains, thus forcing the Helve- tians to take the only other available route through a pass of the Jural Mountains about eighteen miles be- low Geneva. After returning to Cisal- pine, Gaul, for moi’e troops, Caesar, with five legions, made his way in s ven days into the territory of the Seouanians through which the Helve- tians had jusi- pa.ssed and were now crossing the Arar River. The Tigu- ri ni. a part of the Helvetian forces That had not yet passed, were cut to pieces by Caesar. Caesar built a bridge across the river and pursued the Helvetians, finally subduing them in a battle not far from Bibracte. — E. Wallace, ’40. ATHLETICS GIRLS’ ATHLETIC REPORT W HEN Coach Featherstone called the girls out for basketball, she was pleased to see so many respond. These girls certainly worked hard to make the first team. Fate was against them because they were defeated more times than they won. However, considerable praise is due to the team members for their magnificent co- operation and enthusiasm. The girls who received their first team letters this year were : E. Carter, M. Allen, D. Perkins, M. Sargent, M. Back, E. Dodge, B. Fletcher, M. Bilodeau, manager.

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28 The HAMILTONIAN BOVS ' BASEBALL TEAM Reading left to right. Front row; Ralph Harrigan, Henry Baker. Second row: George Harrigan, Mr. VValto , coach; Bernard Greeley, Thomas Mullins, Norman Dane, William Koloski. Mr. Malone, faculty manager; Neil Mullins. Third row: Harry MacGregor, manager; Robert MacDonald, Millard Palm, Lester Charles, Cliftord Moulton, Thomas MilDrick. BOYS’ ATHLETIC REPORT BASEBALL PRACTICE A LTHOUGH we had no baseball team last year because of appar- ent lack of interest by the students, the sport is being resumed this year ; and hopes are high for a winning season. The players were chosen for the nine positions on the basis of their showings in the inter-class games played earlier this season. Each of the upper four classes had its base- l.all team, and games were played with the other three teams. The juniors were victorious in the tourna- ment, winning all of the games and defeating the seniors for the final championship. E’O ' ht games have already been scheduled for the varsity, with two open days. We regret not being able to have the scores for all of the games. As ' the Hamiltonian goes to press before the season will be completed, it is impossible to give the scores. However, here is the schedule. Games Date Hamilton vs. Ipswich (Home) May 13 Hamilton vs. Hamilton vs. St. John’s St. John ' s May 17 ( Home ) May 20 Hamilton vs. Ipswich May 24 Open May 27 H.unilto.i v.s. Rockport May 31 Hamilton vs. Essex June I Hamilton vs. Rockport Home June 3 Hamilton vs. Essex ( Home ) June 6 Open June 7 Scores Ham. Opp. I 5