Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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4 THE ECHO EDUCATION AND SUCCESS I wonder how many of us realize how much of our success in later life depends on our success in High School. It seems as though many of us feel that the four years spent in High School are just a means of putting in time until we reach an age of discretion and are able to work out our own ways and means of passing through this short life. Most of us have dreams of becoming eminently successful in some line of work. Many of us sit back and dream and wait for the time to come when we will make a debut as a great author, singer, orator, statesman, lawyer, doctor, or scientist. Think how few of the really “big” men and women of to- d ay that there are, who sat back in their chairs and waited until someone came and said, “My fine fellow, (or young lady), I feel that in you I have found the eighth wonder of the world. I am so sure of your abilities that I am willing to spend my whole fortune in backing you.” I think of this kind you will find scarce- ly any. The kind of men and women the world wants today are the kind who are ready to forge ahead and work out their own salvation. In high school we are given every possi- ble advantage. Capable teachers guide us in our work. We have a principal who is always ready to help or advise, and then, too, we may choose a course to our own liking. How hard it is for us to realize, (living as we do in this period), the hardships that people have undergone to gain educa- tion which is the foundation of success. The difficulties which confronted Abraham Lincoln are mere words to us. Occasion- ally we read of people who have suddenly risen from nothing to everything, perhaps from a laborer to a writer of lofty poetry. They have never been to high school and yet have gained success. You say to your- self, “How can a man who is uneducated and ignorant reach such a goal?” He is neither uneducated or ignorant; he is merely one of the struggling thousands who have not had the advantage that we have and has pursued study under condi- tions that would cause us to gasp in sur- prise. I am sure that this man has more ambition than many of us have who would give up the thought of education entirely, if we were confronted with such difficul- ties. Why can’t we take advantage of the splendid opportunities that are given us in high school ? Why can’t we realize that the education we obtain while we are here is the portal to success? When one reaches his or her senior year in high school, he or she is either sadly disappointed in the results of the three previous years, or else full of confidence and certainty of the future because of past results. One has realized by then, that patient waiting alone can not satisfy his dream. There must be something behind the ex- pectation. There must be work which will lead to realization. Some of us may have gained sufficient training in high school so that we need go no further. Others of us feel that we can not scale the heights without more prep- aration. In either case a good high school record {is desirable. Each year institu- tions of learning are raising their stand- ards because of the increasing number of applicants for admission. Employers re- quire employees who have been ambitious enough to cultivate an active mind. These are easily recognized with the aid of their previous records. Now is the time Freshies, Sophs, and Juniors to wake up. Raise your grade and your chances for success in later life. Dorothy Field, ’29. “WE OURSELVES” Upon us, ourselves, rests the future; so let us choose a career before it is too late. Whether our future lives rest in our own home land of America or in the far off sands of Egypt, we should be prepared. The national slogan of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America are those two words, “Be Prepared”. Have we ourselves ever stopped to analyze what those two simple words mean? The infinitive to be always suggests something in the future, something to come. That something may be vague, it may rise up on the horizon and destine the whole future in our lives. The only way to receive that vague something is to pre- pare for it. Whether we prepare our minds, our bodies, or some material things, it matters little, as long as we are prepared. Some time next month we will receive a diploma. This diploma will signify that we, ourselves, have successfully com- pleted out twelve years of education in the public schools of America. Let us, when our name is called and we take that piece of paper into our hands, be prepared. Being prepared, means picking a voca- tion of some kind that will help us to spend the rest of our lives successfully, helping ourselves. When that night of graduation comes, we will all set out in different paths of life. But no matter what the distance that separates us, our thought will always re- turn to Sumner High, the place where we spent four happy years together. Hazel Tibbetts, ’29. Miss Megley: “Give me the principal parts of think.” M. Regan: “Think, thank, thunk.”

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THE ECHO 3 DEDICATION This issue of the Echo is affectionately dedicated to the class of 1929. This class, being the first of any to graduate from the new Sumner H igh School, has for four years done its best to build up and support the standards and morals of the Sumner High School. It is with a feeling of re- gret that the undergraduates see this class leave for higher works and aims. YOUR “ECHO” “Why should we subscribe for an ‘Echo’ ?” you hear many pupils query. “We never have anything to say about it — just write something that never gets in, any- way.” That is, of course, a rather nat- ural attitude to take if you have never stopped to consider what you really do do to help the Echo. What is the Echo anyway? Why, what is it but an echo of your school life ? The pictures, jokes, stories, school notes, and, in fact, everything in the paper in an echo of what you have done. If you took the same attitude toward the other activities such as plays, dances, and other parties just because you didn’t get them up, I ' m pretty sure you’d have a very dull time in school. Come to think of it. you pupils who aren’t on the Echo Staff really enjoy the “Echo” more, because you haven’t read it through and through as we have. Of course, we enjoy seeing our work done, but it is different than never having seen it. But, to return to the point, those pupils say they never have anything to do with the “Echo”. How foolish! Why, of course they do. Perhaps they don’t have the work (and fun, too) of reading proofs, soliciting “ads”, and begging subscriptions practic- ally on bended knee, but, indirectly, every- one is connected with the “Echo”. All of the sports enter into it, certainly. All the clubs do, too. And class meetings, no one will deny that. It is the stude nt body as a whole that makes the Echo what it is, not one or two. Team work and co-operation is needed. No Napoleonism. Remember that, you “grumpers”, and change your tune! Dorothy Brown, ’30. CLASS OF ’29 The time draws near when the class of ’29 will have to leave its school and teachers and will follow the footsteps of the preceding classes. What will you do? Where will you go? These are only two of the many questions asked. It is not an easy situation to leave your teacners anu lower class mates ana go out into the cruel business world alone, and to build your own future. It might seem easy at first thought, but as we pause to think deeper into this matter, many aitficult questions and fears arise. Day by day we come nearer to the end, and day by day the fears and sorrows become clearer without deep thought. Classes and classes have passed into the same world and strive to conquer their ambitions. We, the class of ’29, are another one of these classes that will follow in their footsteps. When we entered our freshman year, our hopes ran “sky high”, and we looked eag- erly forward to the day when our ambi- tions would be fulfilled. But our hopes were wrong. As we look back, we see that we knew not of the pain and sorrow of leaving our friends and teachers. What a lot of difference a few years can make. Only three years later and we begin to realize how hard it is to leave our lower class mates and our teachers who have done all in their power to qualify us for the business world requirements. Margaret Mugrdichian, ’29. Brud (to auto salesman): “I’d like to see a good used car.” Salesman: “So would I.”

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THE ECHO 5 THE B’S” Start your hive now, Freshmen, so that when you are Seniors you may harvest the honey. The first bee to gain is BRAVERY. We all surely must be brave. When we enter high school, obstacles arise on all sides. We — are afraid. There is nothing disgrace- ful in being afraid; it is when we yield to fear that we are cowards. But “Conquer we must, in God is our trust” is our na- tional slogan; so represent your school and be brave. Put down those obstacles that are before you and go on. The second bee is BELIEVE! Can you freshmen or any of us accomplish our ends and reach our long dreamed of goals un- less we believe? Believe in God, in those about us. Trust one another. It is the surest way of making friends, and what is better after all in this world than friends. They are the ones who will help to pull us through. The third bee says, “BAND together; therein lies your strength.” Help each other accomplish tasks that are too Bur- densome for one. When one cannot ac- complish a task, two may succeed. So help one another, and by doing so, help yourself. Does our school want slackers? No. Then “Keep BUSY.” He is the fourth bee, one of the most important. He teaches us that idleness is only folly. When our brains are idle, we become dull and listless. The four years slip by, and what have we done? We expect to reap rewards but find that our four years have been wasted. The hive is empty, and we are kept back or thrust out into the world without our high school aim, our diploma, the in- signia of four years of diligent high school work. So work, Freshmen. Gain those four bees for your hive, so that you can gain your diploma, and that after vou have gained it and are out in the world, you can say, “We have been BRAVE and put down our fears; we have BELIEVED in God and those about us; we have BANDED together and helped each other; we have kept BUSY and worked, and now we are reap- ing the harvest of honey from our hive, “the benefits of a High School Diploma.” Hazel Tibbetts, ’29. The Seven Ages of Women 1. The infant. 2. The little girl. 3. The miss. 4. The young woman. 5. The young woman. 6. The young woman. 7. The young woman. SUMMA CUM LAUDE Reflector — Your school has talent in the literary lines. The humor of your newspaper is worthy of applause. Wampatuck — Your Exchange column is unusual and very interesting. The School Notes are well written. Arguenot — Your magazine is very complete in all ways. It shows good work on the “ads”. Abhis — Why not have a heading for your poetry? Your Exchange Column is inter- esting. The Quill — A good idea for the Exchange Depart- ment. The other sections are rather small — especially the Athletics. CUM LAUDE Red and Black — The Reviews, News Records and Letter Box are noticeable. Spice Box — Although small, the paper is very good. Eastoner — Your paper is well balanced. Semaphore — This is a well written paper. Climber — “The poem “My Little Lady” shows tal- ent. Why not have a few more Editorials? School Notes, and Athletics are good. Hermiad — “Buddies” is an appealing story. Periscope — “God’s Revenge” is worthy of its posi- tion in your magazine. Courier — “The Revenge” mak s good reading. Congratulations for the New High School. We feel that the Stetson Oracle and the Parrot have too many advertisements for the amount of news and other departments. Penelope Hutchinson, ’30. Mim West: “Say. Flossie Tibbetts isn’t getting much sleep lately.” Claire Roach: “Why, how’s that?” Mim West: “Well, Hazel’s learning to drive a car, and every five minutes she gets up and moves the bed so she won’t violate the parking laws.” To The Alumni: If you have not been keeping in touch with S. H. S. why not start now by sub- scribing to the “ECHO”? Many events are recorded in this paper which are wor- thy of your attention. As Alumni you should be the strongest supporters of the school, and interested in her progress. Your interest should not cease with gradu- ation for you have formed friendships here that should not be forgotten.