Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 31 Lin: When is a baseball first mentioned in the Bible ? Brud (who is very well acquainted with the Bible) : When Rebecca took a pitcher to the well. Bob White: Say, do you want to sell those spikes ? Brud: Sure. Bob: What is the matter with, them? Brud: Nothing. Bob: What do you want to sell them for? Brud: Nothing. Bob: Cheap enough! I’ll take them. Miss Damon (to Ferguson) : “Ferguson, you’re to be seen and not heard; you’re not in here at all — ” Ferguson: “Where am I, then?” Mr. Neal: McKinlay, what is a pork bar- rel in reference to politics? McKinlay: A barrel to keep pigs in. Marion to Dot who is busy lacing her shoes: “What corker eyes, Dot!” Dot (much astonished): “What eyes? What’s the matter with them?” Marion: “Don’t be dumb, Dot, the eyes in your shoes.” Bob W. (in afternoon session making too much noise.) Miss C.: You seniors think you are smart. Bob W.: Well, we have been here four years, and you have only been here two. Miss Megley — “Give me a sentence using ‘kith and kin.’ ” Sentimental Senior — “I’ll ‘kith’ her as often as I ‘kin’.” Hazel Tibbetts: “I wish I had lived a mil- lion years ago.” Soph: “Why?” Hazel T.: “I wouldn’t have had so much history to learn.” Lindsay and Marion (busily talking at the back of Study Hall.) Mr. M.: Well, Romeo and Juliet, you may carry on this, tender scene at the front of the room instead of at the back. Freshman: “See that girl smiling at me?” Senior: “That’s nothing. I laughed out loud the first time I saw you.” Wally, (A Soph, coming through the door) and Bob, (A Senior, going out.) Bob W.: “I don’t move aside for any fool.” Wally (Stepping aside and letting the Senior pass): “Oh, that’s all right, I always do.” Miss D.: “Drummond are you chewing gum?” H. D.: “Yes ma’m.” Miss D.: “Then come down and put it in the basket.” H. D.: “Won’t it be all right if I swallow it?” Mr. Neal (in geography class): “Which leather makes the best shoes?” Henry D.: “I don’t know, but banana- skins make the best slippers.” Mr. M. (In Chemistry, trying an experi- ment.) This may blow up . . . come close to the desk, so you can follow me.

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30 THE ECHO GIRLS’ TRACK TEAM At the first sign of warm weather, the Girls’ Track Team turned out in full strength on the field. Thanks to the indoor gym training, the team was in fine condi- tion and “a rarin’ to go.” The usual events were tried out with great results. Verna Thomas. Edith Johnson, Annie Johnston, Evelyn Hill, Martha Kierstead, and Marion Hill led in the shot-put throw, all averaging over twenty feet. Marietta Regan and Marion Hill led in the baseball throw, both throwing over one hundred feet. Those who high-jumped over three feet, eight inches were Hazel Tibbetts, Miriam West, Marietta Regan, Adelaide Hadfield, Annie Johnston, Marjorie Meara, and Marion Wilbur. Dorothy Brown, Marietta Regan, and Hazel Tibbetts ran the fifty yard dash in less than eight seconds. The seventy- five yard dash was run in ten seconds by Annie Johnston, and in eleven and three- quarters by Hazel Tibbetts. The Girls’ Track Team has shown un- usual interest in playing baseball, and we have staged several impromptu games. These games have proved very interesting and entertaining for both the player and the onlookers. On May 12, a Field Day was held on the Holbrook Playgrounds. All sorts of ath- letic manoeuvers were gone through with, and every one seems to have had an enjoy- able day. The Girls’ Team has shown interest in Tennis and the following signed up. V. Thomas, M. Hill, M. Kierstead, A. John- ston, E. Hill, H. Tibbetts, M. West, A. Had- field, A. Reagan, D. Brown, M. Meara, M. Wilbur, and R. Dyer. We have been wait- ing anxiously to begin, but as the courts are not quite ready, we have been forced to “bide a wee”. The team is looking forward to next year when they hope to challenge other school tennis teams. This year we have come up in the world; we have printed schedules. INDOOR GYM A very popular and interesting feature has been added this year to the Girls’ Ath- letic Curriculum; namely, Indoor Gym. This could be appropriately called Indoor Sports, not by Fad but by the Athletic Team. By the fine co-operation of Mr. Neal with us athletes, the English Room was changed into a practica l “gym”. Some of the features were drills, matwork, ring work, and stunts. A point was given for each accomplished feat, and thirty-eight points was the aim of every girl. Dorothy Brown received the highest average gaining thir- ty-four points out of a possible thirty- eight. Those ranging close to her were Penelope Hutchinson with twenty-nine, Miriam West with twenty-four, and Hazel Tibbetts with sixteen. Next year in the new High School the Sumner High girls ought to make a good showing in athletics. If they have done so well this year with so few advantages, what will they be able to do with proper equipment ?

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32 THE ECHO Mr. M. (In Biology): Are the skins of cats of any use ? G. A.: Yes, sir. Mr. M.: Well what can they be used for? Geo.: For keeping the cats war m. S. White — I got “Cuba” last night on my single tube set. W. Hancock — That’s nothing, I got Greece on my vest. R. White — How patient those lighthouse keepers must be. Mr. N. — How’s that? R. — The wind was so strong last night I noticed they had to keep relighting it every few minutes. Harvey — What is a ten letter word meaning holdup? Victim — I’ll bite, what is it? H. — Suspenders. C. Martin (attempting to start car) — This darned self starter won’t work. There is a short circuit somewhere. L. Hiltz — Well, why don’t you lengthen it? Mr. Neal was asking the definitions of words in the History lesson: Hazel T. did not know the place. Mr. N.: “Where is the universe?” Hazel T.: “I don’t know where it is.” Hazel: “What’s Helen doing?” Reta: “Making a shrimp salad.” Hazel: “I didn’t know we had any shrimps in the house.” Reta: “We haven’t, but there is one com- ing to call on her this evening.” Bob Joyce: “What’s an operetta?” Bob Jardine: “Don’t be dumb — it’s a girl who works for the telephone company.” Freshy: “Say Jim, do you know that the leather upholstery in the seats of the new Ford touring cars is smooth and shiny?” Soph: “Yes, I know it. Why?” Freshy: “Why, I was just thinking that these aren’t the only seats which are smooth and shiny.” Soph: “How come?” Freshy: “Well, take for example, the seat in John’s blue pants.” Senior — “So you are studying Caesar? How do you like his Irish sweetheart?” Soph — “His Irish sweetheart? I didn’t know he had one.” Senior — “Oh, yes! He states very plain- ly that when he came to the Rhine, he pro- posed to Bridgit. (bridge it.)” THE SMART SHOP for THE SMART MISS — where value, quality and service prevail. — where reliability in ready-to-wear and the newest accessories is assured. WM. R. COOK CO. Main Street opposite Belmont Brockton, Mass. H. Mugrdichian MILK DEALER 424 North Franklin St. Tel. Ran. 059 1-W Art: “You are perfectly normal?” Chet: “Yes.” Art: “You light your cigarette with your right hand?’ Chet: “Yes.” Art: “That’s not normal. Most people use a match.”