Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 13 HONOR ROLL Grade A Pupils Senior Dorothy Brown — 1, 2, 3, 4. Pauline Blanchard — 2. Stanley White — 2. Junior Marion Behan — 3. Everett Hayden — 3. Norman Smith — 3. Sophomore Ruth Churchill — 4. Freshman Barbara Brooks — 3, 4. Grade A and B Pupils Senior Wallace Hancock — 1, 2, 3, 4. Myron Holbrook — 1, 2, 3, 4. Pauline Blanchard — 1, 3, 4. Catherine Gilley — 2, 3, 4. Stanley White — 1, 3, 4. Christina Callahan — 1, 2. Henry Kemp — 2, 3. Penelope Hutchinson — 4. Junior Rita Hutchins — 1, 2, 3, 4. Marion Behan — 1, 2, 4. Everett Hayden — 1, 2, 4. Carl Rosenquist — 2, 3, 4. Norman Smith — 1, 2, 4. Dorothy Shipley — 1, 2, 3. Helen Morse — 2, 4. Marieta Regan — 2, 3. Sophomore Francis Moran — 1, 2, 3, 4. Ruth Churchill — 1, 2, 3. Arnold Orcutt — 1, 2, 4. Carol Coulter — 1, 4. Ruth Dickerman — 2, 3. Felix Kenstowiz — 3, 4. Adrienne MacMurray — 1, 3. Hugh Smith — 1. Alice Sullivan — 1. Myrtle Rollings — 4. Dorothy Sawyer — 1. Iza Michaels — 2. Clinton Leonard — 4. Freshman Dorothy Andrews — 1, 2, 3, 4. Ruth Bettencourt — 1, 2, 3, 4. Lucy Cartullo — 1, 2, 3, 4. Robert Harris — 1, 2, 3, 4. Kenneth Stanley — 1, 2, 3, 4. Leslie Thorud — 1, 2, 3, 4. Pearl Gilley— 2, 3, 4. Evelyn Koski — 2, 3, 4. Olive Grindle — 3, 4. Hope Leaqh — 3, 4. William Hutchinson — 1. Helen Kelly— 1. Margaret Huskinc — 4. Edith Killen — 4. Explanation: 1. 2, 3, 4 are for the four ranking periods from September to May. Stranger: “Tell me, have any big men ever been born in this city?” P. Tierney: “No, sir, only babies.” HONOR ROLL IN TYPEWRITING 1929-1930 Machine Pupils Award Used Dorothy Brown, Certificate, L. C. Smith Dorothy Brown, Certificate, Underwood Dorothy Brown, Bronze Pin, L. C. Smith Dorothy Brown, Silver Pin, L. C. Smith Christina Callahan, Certificate, L. C. Smith Dorothea Loeffler, Certificate, L. C. Smith Myron F. Holbrook, Certificate, L. C. Smith Dorothy Brown, Bronze Pin, Underwood Ardelle Wilde, Certificate, L. C. Smith Ora Randall, Certificate, L. C. Smith Dorothy Brown, Silver Pin, Underwood Evelyn Sullivan, Certificate, L. C. Smith Henry Kemp, Certificate, Underwood Christina Callahan, Certificate, Underwood Marjorie Still, Certificate, L. C. Smith Anna McCarthy, Certificate, Underwood Ora Randall, Certificate, Underwood Anna McCarthy, Certificate, L. C. Smith Dorothy Brown, Gold Pin, Underwood Pauline Blanchard, Certificate, Underwood Evelyn Sullivan, Certificate, Underwood SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL S is for Sumner, our old school so dear, That Seniors ne’er leave without dropping a tear. U is for under the grade we all get, I mean any one who isn’t teacher’s pet. M is for Miss and Miss Megley at that, She’s our English teacher and what she says is pat. N is for nice, that surely is us, We never act naughty nor kick up a fuss. E is for Earnest, we always are that, Especially with teachers when we have a spat. R is for rules “Don’t Talk in the Hall”, ’Cause if you’re caught, you feel kinda small. H is for high as our marks should be, Soon come report cards, then we’ll see. I is for idle which we never are, For afternoon sessions are not very far. G is for girls, at Sumner the best, E’en tho’ some think they are awful pests. H is for hill up which we must toil, Or else a low mark our report card’ll spoil. Dorothy Shipley. Thank You. To the pupils of the school ' , advertisers , and typists , whose co-operation has made this issue such an interesting and successful paper, we extend our sincere appreciation. We hope that all the readers will patronize those who are advertising in this, our graduation issue.

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12 THE ECHO TYPING ASSEMBLY On April 22, 1930, the Commercial Club was very fortunate in having the World’s Champion Typist, Mr. G. C. Kingsbury, give a demonstration on the Royal Type- writer. Mr. Kingsbury explained different things about typewriting which many of the high school students have profited by since his demonstration. He typed at vari- ous rates and speeds for certain lengths of time. Some of the rates and speeds at which he typed are: 252 words a minute, 134 words a minute, 128 words a minute, and 126 words a minute. He took a letter in shorthand at 100 words a minute and transcribed at the rate of 108 words a minute. Mr. Kingsbury has typed at the rate of 252 without a single error. VOCATIONAL ASSEMBLIES Northeastern University An assembly was held in the school as- sembly hall. The program was opened with a selection by the school orchestra, followed by the salute to the flag. Norman Smith, president of the Student’s Associa- tion, introduced the speaker of the day, Mr. Milton J. Schlagenhauf, director of ad- missions at Northeastern University, who gave a very interesting and helpful talk on “Choosing a Vocation.” The assembly was closed with another selection by the orchestra. ASSEMBLY Tufts College On May 15, an assembly was held at the high school hall. The students entered to a march played by the school orchestra and then gave a salute to the flag. Mr. Samuel Connor, Professor of Civil Engineering at Tufts College gave an interesting talk, his topic being, “The Advantages of a College Education.” Frances Moran having thanked Mr. Connor at the conclusion of his speech, the pupils were dismissed from the hall keeping time to another march by the or- chestra. EXCHANGE NOTES The UNQUITY ECHO (Milton) Your book is well done and shows work on the part of the staff. Your poems and editorials are pleasingly written. The one- act play was one of unusual plot. The REFLECTOR (Weymouth) Your literary departments are very good. The Crystal Ball livens up the whole magazine. Why not add some poems? I missed the editorial department. SPICE BOX (Avon) Your editorials and stories were very good. Alumni, exchange and joke depart- ments were well written up. Why not add some poems and an athletic department? The PILGRIM (Plymouth) Your book was well received. The Span- ish column was something new to me; I have never happened to see one in a maga- zine before. The principal’s column was certainly interesting. As a whole your book is excellent. The RECORD (Boston English High) The Record is new to the exchange de- partment of The Echo. The editorials and athletics were well done. Some more short stories and poems would help make the book much more attractive, I’m sure. RED AND BLACK (Whitman) The Red and Black contains many ex- cellent short stories, and the editorials win very favorable comment. Your poems are very good. Don’t you think that you could find room for an athletic department? The GREEN PARROT (Mansfield) The Green Parrot staff should get a lot of credit for the magazine. The jokes were very good and quite original. Don’t you think you should add some more stories and some editorials ? The ARGUENOT (Norwood) The Arguenot is a very interesting book. It certainly has some very good stories in it. The extracts from the “Ulster County Gazette” was something we probably would not know about if it had not been in the Arguenot. The club news was very in- teresting. Why not add a few more jokes? The QUILL (Kingston) Your magazine was well liked because of the wealth of poems and stories. “Mad Music” was a story full of suspense and thrills. I think your joke department could be enlarged. The SACHEM (Middleboro) The Sachem contains a very good short play, “The Little Guy”. The magazine also contains a very good School Notes depart- ment and the editorials are rather good. The RECORD (Utica Country Day School) This is the first book received from a private school. It was enjoyed very much. The short stories were very good. The poems show that the school has some very good poets. Don’t you think that you could insert an editorial or two? Harry J. Wiggins, Exchange Editor. Miss Knutson: “What country is noted for its nitrate beds? Is it Chile, Poole?” Poole: (waking up just in time to hear the last four words) “Yeah, kind of. Why don’t you shut the window?” Ht Hs W. Parker: (giving logical definitions in English) “A chair is an article of furniture used as a seat for people having four legs and a back.”

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14 THE ECHO THE BASEBALL TEAM Back Row: Myron Holbrook, William Stodder, Wade Hooker, Joseph Callahan, George Kemp. Second Row: John Johnston, Harold Walsh. Front Row: William Sullivan, Wallace Dana, Robert Martin, Robert Batchelder. BASEBALL Schedule Scituate — Wed. April 17 Middleboro — Mon. April 21 Thayer — Wed. April 23 Middleboro — Mon. April 28 Thayer — Fri. May 2 Avon — Mon. May 5 Canton — Wed. May 7 W. Bridgewater — Fri. May 9 Sharon — Tues. May 13 Canton — Fri. May 16 Sharon — Mon. May 19 Avon — Fri. May 23 Scituate — Tues. May 27 W. Bridgewater — Mon. June 2. Randolph — Tues. June 10 Randolph — Fri. June 13 Away Games. GAMES Two pre-season practice games were played with Braintree, one at Holbrook, and one at Braintree. S. H. S. dropped both these games to Braintree. The pitch- ing and fielding of both teams was rather ragged. S. H. S. — Scituate This game, scheduled to be played on our home grounds Wednesday, April 17, had to be postponed to Friday, 27, on ac- count of rain and general bad weather. Although Scituate is supposed to be South Shore League champions, and although they won the game, they were by no means way ahead of our boys as the final score showed Scituate only two points to the good. Though there was bad playing, the good play and hitting of S. H. S. evened up. The final score was Scituate 15 — S. H. S. 13. S. H. S.— Middleboro The first game of the season, due to the postponement of the Scituate game, was played with Middleboro on our home grounds. This first game of the season did not show our team up so well, but the re- sults of early season games have no bear- ing of late season games whatsoever. The Middleboro offensive as well as the defen- sive w T as better than that put up by S. H. S. Nevertheless, the team kept plugging along, managing to keep away from the shutout mark by several runs. The final score was Middleboro 15 — S. H. S. 6. S. H. S. — Thayer Academy This game, as well as the previous one, was played on our home grounds. This game with Thayer Seconds marked the first win by S. H. S. to be chalked up on our own little private scorecard. Still, our