Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Hanover, MA)

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6 THE HANOVERIAN 3.01111aio:oioz014nzoioioz1Q1oz:Q1n1oilQ11101411nzoxogoioesoioxiozo 2 1 Q Q Q Electrical Household Necessities The New YL. . I ,gi GAINIV Electric Washer You may trust your finest and most expensive linens to the NEW GAINADAY WASHER. There is not a moving part inside the smooth copper tub, yet the Washing is done quickly and thoroughly in a few minutes. Before you buy any Washer be sure to see and try the NEW GAIN ADAY ,-1..l..1-.-l Thor-30 Folding Electric Ironer CElectric or Gas Heated? The THOR 30 is the greatest household labor saver ever offered. When not in use fold to the size of a kitchen chair. ! ! ! I ! ! ! E E ! ! Free trial in the home, and convenient terms of payrnentif desired on either of these appliances. L.-i-1,...L1-- S. H. Farrington Telephone Hanover 34-4 South Hanover Massachusetts ! ! ! ! Q Q I a 0:or:o:o1o1o1o14110111101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1xioioioioioiuxr1004 o

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THE HANOVERIAN 5 7 hitnriala THE NEW SCHOOL-BUILDING At last we are to have a new school building, now that im- mediate necessity has overcome that which far-sightedness could not, but indeed! there would have been a very bitter struggle over the new school-building question this year, if it had not been for Mr. Sylvester's generous gift. Several years ago when the need of a new high-school be- came apparent, the suggestion was made that Norwell, Hanson, and Hanover should unite in constructing one building which was to be located in Center Hanover, transportation was to be furnished by busses for the pupils of the three towns. This plan however, did not meet with approval and was voted down. A year ago, a carefully worked-out plan was presented to the town for a new centralized school-building, to house all the grades. After a bitter struggle at the town meeting, this also was disapproved. But now, as the result of this year's meeting, we are to have a fine new School-building, thoroughly equipped and adequate in every respect. Katherine Townsend, '27. THE NEW RACE The customs, actions and language of the young people of to-day differ from those of their elders as much as if they be- longed to separate nations instead of diferent ages. But who could want it to be otherwise, for you certainly would not wish us back to the conditions in which our great-grand-parents lived, and thus prohibit the progress of a nation. It is true that there are some whose conduct is common, im- modest, and rude, but are there not people in any age to whom these adjectives might be applied, although perhaps they were interpreted with different shades of meaning. Our elders are shocked by our actions, because I think we are more open and do not try to conceal everything. Then they are also, urfaccus- tomed to these new things just as people were perfectly horrified when girls Iirst began to wear riding breeches. This is nothing new, for society is continually revolting from old conventions just as painting and poetry. One of the greatest faults is that you are inclined to mis- judge what you see, and believe stories on insufficient evidence and your attitude is hostile rather than sympathetic. No doubt there is plenty to criticize, but if you keep thinking thus, psy- chology teaches that your ideas will at length become permanent states of mind. Many people sit along the side-lines and criticize those who are playing to the galleries, but these very ones are among the guiltiest. You encourage the flapper and sheik to go on with their gay life and jazz, for there is nothing in which they delight more than being made notorious. If you only criticize and can offer no suggestions, why should we receive all the blame?

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THE HANOVERIAN 7 For us, life is like a stream in which we are all struggling. If at times we are lured astray by some inviting brooklet or tempting inlet of this stream, what difference does it make as long as we keep moving and at last reach the same goal? Ex- perience is our only true teacher. If we are unwilling to take the word of our elders, it is because we have been deceived so many times by believing what someone else has said to be true. Don't judge us too harshly for we are still young. Just give us time and your sympathy, and we shall endeavor to show you what our present day generation will and can produce in the near future. Katherine Morehardt, '26. ilu ililrmnriam Mrs. Harriet CSimmonsJ Russell was born in Hanover, November 30, 1863, and died February 19, 1926. She served on the school board from 1902, to the time of her death. She was always inter- ested in the welfare of the children of the town and earnestly supported all measures which ad- vanced the standard of education in Hanover. Large in her charity, scorning a wrong. Clothed in sincerity, in honor strong. Congressman Harry I. Thayer of Wakefield, a former Hanover boy, was born in Pembroke, September 16, 1869. His parents moved to Center Hanover when he was a small child and he was educated in the public schools in that town and graduated from Hanover High School in the Class of 1887. On completing has education, he was employed in Rockland for some time and remained there until he took a position with a firm in Boston. He became a member of Thayer Foss Company and was prominent in the leather business. Mr. Thayer was for ten years a director of the Wake- field National Bank, and was also connected with the Boylston National Bank of Boston. He was prominent in town affairs in Wakefield and during the war took an active part in all patriotic aiairs. Mr Thayer was a representative in Congress from the Eighth Congressional District at the time of his death. He died at his home in Wakefield on March 10, 1926.