Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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Of all sad words from tonj ue or pen. The saddest are these “Tve flunked again.” Teacher: ‘‘How was ‘iron discovered?” Pupil: ‘‘I heard they smelt it.” Miss M — dy to bookkeeping class: ‘‘Are you buying goods of this man, oris he selling goods to you?” Singing with the school orchestra makes music periods more popular. It certainly is no wonder that M itchell can- not talk, He uses up his energy for his bold swinging walk. French Translations: ‘‘I would not give a fig of a skin for the mayor” ‘‘Colombahad eyes like enamel.” ‘‘She had a little horse with a strong tail.” The domestic science class conducted after school by Miss Moody has become highly efficient after much training in the art of clean- ing floors and washing boards. We think cer- tain members should receive points of credit for their daily work in this subject. When B — 1-y is painted up, he’s as black as coal ‘‘Cole” can make him. POPULAR SAYINGS ‘‘Fine feathers make fine birds.” W — te ‘‘As merry as a cricket.” E. H-ye ‘‘‘As quiet as a mouse.” S. McK-y ‘‘By and by is easily said.” D — c-1 ‘‘Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest.” K — p-n ‘‘Beware of no man more than thyself.” M-l-s ‘‘Two heads are better than one.” G — r-s and T— b— s ‘‘The more haste, the less speed.” B — 1-y ‘‘All her fingers are thumbs.” J. T — n d ‘‘A rolling stone gathers no moss.” Cr — k-r Aceording to reports, V-n — t’s favorite jewel is a ruby, and his favorite season is winter because it brings snow. ‘‘In book or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.” Issac Watts. The weather is getting hot. And we are getting lazy. And Mr. Currier is getting shocked Because our minds are hazy. Familiar nicknames I have known: Alex, Dickie. Red, Cheat, Hanks, Gid and Mart. Marshall Mitchell rode on the wall, Marshall Mitchell had a great fall. All the Holbrook boys and men Couldn’t make Marshall do it again. Miss T — y-r’s sudden preference for a seat in the rear of the room sets us ‘‘a wondering.” It’s too bad that Reddy and Smith can’t take a trip to the equatorial regions and settle their disputes concerning the Ancient Mariner’s experiences there. Their discoveries might not be of scientific value but one of them would be happier for it, and the other more sorrowful. Query:- Is it vanity or a desire to look schol- arly that has promoted the purchase of brown tinted tortoise rimmed glasses in Sumner High? The teachers think that it is an effort to afford business for eye specialists. There’s not much lacking to make an English- man of Muzzey when he wears his monocle and commences arguing. Not all nicknames are desirable. Ask Miss Griffiths,

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THE ECHO 13 that time that it was wrong for man to destroy or alter what God had made so the plan was given up for a time. In 1814 the land was surveyed but nothing ever came of it and the undertaking was given up as long as Spain held sway over the Isthmus. When the United States finally took up the project, which had already been started by the French, she made up her mind that although there were mountains which obstructed the passes, there were minds and also hands capable of overcoming these hindrances in order to make a waterway which would have great economic value. Since then millions of dollars have been spent and thou- sands of lives lost in its construction. Many times, as soon as a cut has been cleared, tons and tons of earth have slid down the steep embank- ments and filled the cut. But in spite of these rrishaps work has gone doggedly on until now the two oceans mingle their waters in this mighty construction. There is still another branch of work which requires constant labor, this is music. There is probably not one among you to-night who does not enjoy hearing a good piano player or mu- sician of any kind. Music exerts a powerful influence over the mind of almost any person. But, in order to be effective, it must have a power behind it, a skilled touch to bring out the beauty. We are often heard to exclaim when listening to some skilled musician, “ Oh, if I could only play like that!” It is seldom that we stop to consider the hours of hard work spent by that envied one. True his talent may be partly inherited, but it is developed and per- fected only through careful, constant practice. Paderewski once said that if he stopped practis- ing for one day he noticed a deterioration in his playing; if he stopped for two days the critics noticed it, and if he stopped for a week, his whole audience noticed it. There are countless other examples showing the importance and the results of hard labor. But let us, bearing in mind o ir motto and these few examples which go to prove it, do whatever we may find to do with all oim might. Let us always endeavor to conquer the difficulties and do our best at all times. Valedictory Classmates, the time has now come when our high school life ends and we begin to regret that the days have fled so rapidly. Tonight we have come to a branching of the roads. Our life work from this time on is to be varied and each of us takes a somewhat different path. Let us hope, however, that the days spent in Sumner High, through the friendships we have formed there, will always be an inspiration to us to press forward and an incentive for conquering diffi- culties. Friends, schoolmates, teachers, one and all, we thank you for your hearty support, your kindly sympathies and your interest in our welfare and success. What you have done for us has been deeply appreciated. We thank you, our teachers, for the patient endeavor on your parts to show us what we ought to be in life and for aiding us to become successful men and women. We hope to prove to you in the future that your labors have not been in vain. And now we ask one more kindness of all of you gathered here, that, whatever may have been our failures and shortcomings, we may not be forgotten. May the class of 1915 find a place in your memories forever, although as a class, tonight we bid you farewell. Iva Higgins.

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(Cammftirfitifnt Program 1315 ENTRANCE OF SCHOOL INVOCATION EEV. STANLEY SMITH SONG Anchored SCHOOL SALUTATORY ESSAY America and International [Peace LUCY GREEN CHAPMAN VOCAL DUET, with Violin Obligato The Serenade MERIEL GLADYS BLANCHARD. MAE FORD HODGE ESSAY Commercial Education ELIZABETH ANNA McLAUGHLIN SONG Be Glad Lass and Lad GIRLS ' CHORUS ESSAY The Relation of War to Civilization EVA SKILLING SOLO By Golden Hours MERIEL GLADYS BI NCHARD CLASS PROPHECY HELEN AGNES WEST SONG i a When the Sun in Splendor Rising I b To Thee, O Country SCHOOL VALEDICTORY ESSAY “Labor Omnia Vinclt” IVA LEWISE HIGGINS CLASS GIFTS EARLE LESLIE LEONARD PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS