Haverhill High School - Thinker Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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MJ' jmea 1936-1937 While we as Freshmen were beginning what was for us a new life, the world was re- sounding with the sound of guns. Mussolini was finishing his conquest of Ethiopia. Strife had torn Spain so that brother fought against brother. As we speculated as to how long Ethiopia could hold out against Italy, war, gridiron war, struck closer home. lnfused with a new nationalism, so to speak, we watched the Ha- verhill -Iuggernaut crush all opposition as it fought its way to State supremacy. Mitchell, Thomas, Goodreault-those were the names on our lips. Then with a vicarious worldly sophistication we saw a fad go out. Handies, footsies, and knock-knocks, all went the way of the passing show. We watched Benny Goodman achieve that lofty but dubious title of the King of Swingf, This was an election year. Landon had bloomed forth as presidential timber, and with him had bloomed a sunflower, albeit a sunflower that was not to bloom in the White House, for, by an overwhelming majority, the voters chose to return Roosevelt to office. Royalty came under the cynosure of the world. Three kings passed in rapid succession across our stage. We had seen a king die, we saw one- abdicate, and now we saw a third crowned. World events then ceased to occupy us. Weakened by an explosion several years back, the annex ceilings now collapsed. We were promptly put on a two-platoon system and for a few weeks, at least, we could sleep until twelve, but were required to go to school until five. A precedent had been shattered, as Freshmen we had invaded the sacrosanct of the up- perclasses. And, as Freshmen, we thought we were on an equal basis with them merely through our occupation of the Main Building. During our forced occupancy of the Main Building, one of our classmates almost achieved undying fame-and would have but for the misspelling of daguerrcotype. This was during our first spelling bee. June then was rapidly approaching. With it carne the first Freshman attempt at organ- ization, for we were electing our first set of ofiicers. A hectic campaign ensued, and for the first time we came to realize what a deciding factor tags were in an election. We cast our votes at the final election, naming Jesse Venturo as our helmsman the following year. Another concussion was shaking the world as we left school for the summer. japanese imperialism had invided China. Once again we wondered, Where is this era leading us? Are we to see the world plunged into fruitless warfare again? 1937-1938 Perhaps the fact that we had already become acclimated to the Main Building caused the novelty of having home-rooms there to wear off rather quickly. However, we could now assume a lofty pinnacle from which to look down upon the Freshmen. Such is life. We had elected officers it is true, but we had yet to meet them. We had this opportun- ity when they were introduced to us aft our first class meeting. We resolved, as had other classes before us, to make our class the best up to that time-if not the best for all time. And we were destined to translate part of this feeling into actuality. The national topics of the day occupied us. President Roosevelt's attempts at court re- organization had apparently suffered a lull, but the court question came up again with a ven- geans. Hugo Black and the masked riders, the Klu Klux Klan, came into prominence. And while a nation debated as to whether or not he should be allowed to take his seat, Black denied that he was then affiliated with the Klan. Finally he took ofiice, and the storm that had covered a nation soon blew over. 141