Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Hanover, MA)

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16 THE HANOVERIAN Alumni Contributions -- Continued Home Notes from Aug. 30, Abound the Paris. After having spent the first live days of this trans-Atlantic crossing being extremely seasick Cin spite of the fact that I consumed the whole box of Mothersill's Seasick Rem- edyj I find that the trip which I thought would never end has suddenly become most pleasant and I hate to think that by to- morrow night we shall be in Paris. Last night was the big night - Captain's Dinner and Gala Concert afterwards. The show was put on by various celebrities aboard, including Tom Mix and Tony, the Singing Lady of the N.B.C., Joama and Bela de Tuscan, beautiful fencers, and the Fratelli--- Kraddock brothers, excellent tumblers. Sept. 1, Dijon. Tuesday night we had to pack, which took us until two-thirty and then we got up at five-thirty Wednesday morning to see the English coast. We stayed in Plymouth Harbor nearly an hour, while the tender came in along side of the Paris to unload passengers, baggage, Tom Mix and Tony. The latter was quite a process, but Tony took it very calmly. We left Plymouth rath- er wishing we could stay in England because it looked so fascinating. The ride from Havre to Paris was awfully exciting and very beautiful with the fields all under cultiva- tion and the houses all either stucco or brick: never any houses made of wood. Septg 3, Dijon. Rue de la Chandronnerie, the street on which we live, is in the very oldest part of Dijong it dates way back to 1759 and the churches were here in 1513 and even before that. Of the family itself I can't say enough, the Chevignards are very aristocratic, and of course very musical and above all very charming-and they like Americans! The University is only live minutes' walk from here. Classes are co-ed, all nationalities. Sept. 6, Dijon. There is much talk of war here at pres- France --1938 - 1939 ent but the Swiss in my class told me today that it is only in the provinces that on parle de la guerref' At Paris, no! Encour- aging, at least! But the Englishman in my class is ready to pack his bags immediately for England to enlist. Sept. 22, Dijon. I have no idea what the American papers are saying on the international crisis but here in Dijon there is a lot of talk-Mlle. Bourgoin fthe Smith professor in charge of the groupj tells us to be ready to pack up at a moment's notice, but she remains very op- timistic and says not to worry. Sept. 29, Le Havre. We have reservations on the Champlain which leaves Oct. 12th. I have no idea what the American papers are saying but above all don't worry about us. Everything is being done to protect us. The trip from Dijon to Havre was long: we are waiting here to see the results of the situation- no one knows what is going to happen. Sept. 50, Le Havre. This morning the first words of Made- moiselle as she brought in our breakfast were C'est la paix! I have never been so happy in my life, and it is the first time that I ever actually cried for joy. At Dijon it was all horrible: placards everywhere calling the reserves immediately for mobilization, lights out throughout the city the night before we left, and lights out in every house each time an airplane flew over, Oct. 4, Back at Dijon. We are actually back in Dijon and are here to stay another month. We have been read- ing here of the hurricane in New England but I hadn't the slightest idea Hanover would be affected until your letter came. Oct. 28, Dijon. Today is the big day-exams finished and diplomas safely in our possession: im- pressive documents 17 X 13 .

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THE HANOVERIAN 1 5 ALUMNI NOTES DID YOU KNOW THAT: Margaret Stewart '34 has a civil service ap- pointment in the State House. Carlton Josselyn '36 has won letters in football, basketball, and baseball, and has been captain of basketball at Wilbraham this year. Eleanor Josselyn '38 has recently been pledged to Lambda Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta at Jackson College. Charles Gleason '36 is fraternity treasurer of Kappa Sigma at Massachusetts State. Harry Shepherd '36 and Austin Briggs '35 were appointed to the Business Staff of the Bates College paper. Damon Stetson '32 recently wrote a short article which appeared in the Coronet Margaret Church '36 has been elected head of basketball for next year at Radcliffe. Betty Hall '36 has been active in tennis and dramatics at Radcliffe. Marjorie Billings '33 is now Mrs. Charles Rush and lives in Maine. Irene Massey '33 is now Mrs. Eugene Gilbert and lives in East Braintree. Helen Nelson '33 is now Mrs. Charles Bach- man and lives in New York. Ellen Gardner '33 is now Mrs. Silva and lives in Plymouth. Avis Hammond '33 is now Mrs. Ronald Munro and lives in Hanson. Bob Blaisdell '33 married Eleanor Sommers of Rockland and is living in Boston. Fred Carter '33 is married and lives in Con- necticut. Elmer Snowdale '33 married Dorothy Mosier of Rockland and lives in Rockland Dorothy Perkins '33 is working in New- berry's in Rockland. Jane Sproul '33 is training to be a nurse. Betty Tasker '33 is a graduate of Forsyth Dental and works in Boston. Bob Wells '33 is employed in a hotel in Ber- muda. John Savini '36 is a junior at North Caro- lina State College where he is studying to become a Geological Engineer. He is a regular guard on the Wolfpack. Alton Simmons '38 is attending Hebron Academy. ALUMNI CONTRIBUTIONS 1937 I'm assured our good class did all others excel In fun and in sports and in study as well But after our high school wherever I went I felt that my time was most wretchedly spent. Consider my case in the light it deserves And pity the state of my mind and my nerves. I've forgot how to laugh 'cause I haven't seen Brown And I've lost all my tacks for when people sit down. I've forgotten the angle to thrust in a back A compass when one has used up his last tack. I sit passing notes to myself all the day And wish I'd still Ott to reply to my lay. And I groan when I think of our solid and math And how Carlton - Church - Jansen would reach a path To be fifty-two feet in diameter wide And thirty or forty at least on each side. And I think with nostalgia of Hall and her role Of old Mrs. Blair and her God bless my soul! I could say a deal more but am loath to in- trude On your time and your patience so now I'll conclude. MARGARET CHURCH, '37

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THE HANOVERIAN 17 Nov. 2, Paris. The Sorbonne at last! The atmosphere here is much more conducive to study. Three of us are living with the Martins who are very nice. Nov. 14, Paris. Friday was a big day at Paris: Armistice Day. All the troops marched from L'Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, all the way down the Champs-Elysees. Nov. 18. Paris. The courses at the Sorbonne are ever more interesting as time goes on. I'm having the grandest time, reading the romantic poets, Lamartine, Vigny, Hugo, Musset. The de- voir on Montaigne was terrific, even French- men Hnd him difficult. We have three long devoirs each month. Our mid-years are both oral and three-hour writtens. Dec. 25 to Ian. 5, Paris. Christmas vacation! Sunday afternoon, right after lunch, Deane and I, Michel, .Iac- ques and Madeline, went to Versaille to skate on the Grand Canal. It really gave me a funny feeling to be skating there. There is rarely skating at Versailles for it never gets cold enough to freeze enough to hold hundreds of people. Christmas Eve we went with the family to Sainte-Clothilde to the Midnight Mass. The music was beautiful, the cathedral beautifully decorated, and there were millions of candles burning. I am en- tirely won over by their wonderful cathe- drals and the impressive beauty of their serv- ices. Dec. 28, Grenoble. Grenoble is in a basin and is surrounded by mountains. When Madame Fichet woke me this morning and opened the windows the light that came in was just blinding. The sun was just coming up and the moun- tains were covered by the whitest snow I've ever seen. 'AMagnif1que is the only word and I have said that word at least Hfty times during that last four' days if I've said it once. Wednesday. Got up early enough to catch the train which left Grenoble at 9 a.m. for Villard- d-Lans, a winter sport resort where they have the largest 'ipatinoiren in France. Thursday ut C01-de-Forte. We watched the skiers and then started down on foot. Never in my life have I seen such magnificence--so much snow, so much whiteness, so many mountains, the clouds going by us-just impossible to describe. The Alps are certainly beautiful. And the air! jun. 23, Paris. The beautiful stained glass windows in the Sainte-Chapelle are being taken out to be buried so they won't be destroyed in case of war. The general feeling is that there will be war early in the spring. We may not Hn- ish our year here after all - and I can tell you that I would be simply heart-broken, not only from the selfish point of view-but knowing that all these people we have met are being killed. War has never seemed so real to me since the horrible crisis in Septem- ber. Feb. 5, Paris. Wednesday after lunch I went to the Louvre for the first time. LaVictoire de Sampthrace is the very first thing that you see on entering and it simply took my breath away. April 18, Paris. Truly the vacation on the Cote D'Azur was wonderful. It is positively impossible to describe the whole vacation day by day because it would be endless so I'll just have to keep it until I see you, which probably won't be too far in the future since I'm pack- ing my trunk to-night along with the rest of the group. However. I hope that that will be a futile precaution, as does Mlle. Bourgoin. It isn't worth while to say whether or not I think there will be a war because no one knows and by the time you have this letter either there will be or there won't be, Compiled from Letters of ELEANOR HATCH, '34