Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 13 HONOR ROLL FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY High Honor, A: S ' eniors: Marion Behan, Everett Hayden, and Norman Smith; Juniors: Myrtle Rollings; Freshmen: Ruth Hill, and Dorothy Hobart. Honor, A. and B: Seniors: Rita Hut- chins; Juniors: Frances Ahern, Ruth Churchill, Carol Coulter, Robert Crosby, Clinton Leonard, and Dorothy Sawj ' er; Sophomores: Dorothy Andrews, Ruth Bet- tencourt, Barbara Brooks, Lucy Cartullo, Pearl Gilley, William Hutchinson, Hope Leach, and Kenneth Stanley; Freshmen: Marion Davison, Grace Kelley, Florence Mitchell, Rita Moran, Lillian Soderblom, Robert Stanley, Anna Benvie, Gladys Egles, Helen Michaels, and Anna Morton. HONOR ROLL FOR MARCH AND APRIL High Honor, A: Seniors: Everett Hay- den and Norman Smith; Juniors: Myrtle Rollings; Freshmen: Marion Davison, Dorothy Hobart, Ruth Hill, and Helen Michaels. Honor, A and B: Seniors: Marion Be- han, Marieta Regan, Gertrude Smith, and Rita Hutchins; Juniors: Frances Ahern, Carol Coulter, Ruth Churchill, Christie Hayden, Ruth Higgins, Clinton Leonard, Francis Moran, and Robert Richardson ; S’ophomores: Ruth Bettencourt, Barbara Brooks, Pearl Gilley, William Hutchinson, Hope Leach, and Kenneth Stanley; Fresh- men: Grace Kelley, Florence Mitchell, Rita Moran, Lillian Soderblom, Robert Stanley, Phyllis Stevens, Rolf Casperson, Gladys Egles, Frederika Rollings, Virginia Poole, Marguerite Rayner, and Ruth Smith. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Norman Smith Everett Hayden Annie Johnston Dorothy Mills “HKHE COMES I ' ATKICIA” liack rciw, left to ritrht : Malrolm Andrew, Harry WiKKins, Hruce Crirulle, Norman Smith, Everett Hayden, Coaeh Miss Mejrley. Front row: ImoKenc (Jodfrey, Helen Morse, Florence Tibbetts, Rita Hutchins, Marieta UeKan, Lillian tleorKc.

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12 THE ECHO SCHOOL SPIRIT How many of you have played basket- ball? Not many, I’ll bet. Of course, there are the regular players of both the boys and the girls’ teams, but, the rest of you have scarcely laid hands on the ball. The other night, Sumner’s team was way behind; the score was something like 24-4. There were a large group of fellows and girls on the stage and many more in the balcony. All during the games only one cheer went up for our teams, except when one of our players got a basket. Trying to induce the fellows to cheer for the teams proved futile. The scores piled up fast; everybody be- came pessimistic. They took it for granted, that we were going to be beat, so they did not try to help us out any. They expected us to play and cheer ourselves, to keep up the enthusiasm of the game. That’s quite impossible. How fickle the crowd is! If you make a lucky shot, or get a break, the crowd is all for you. You’re the hero of the hour. But it is of the moment, only. If you fumble the ball or make a bad pass, you’re the worst player on the court; you ought to be kicked out! It is just the same with the cheering. “What’s there to cheer for?” “Wait until someone gets a basket!” and many similar excuses were made. It resulted in no cheer- ing, whatever. Say, if you knew how much encourage- ment a little cheering gives us who play, you would be yelling and cheering all night. Now, why not give the team a little en- couragement. Let them know that you’re all for them. Don’t “boo!” them if they make mistakes. You couldn’t do half so well yourself. Give us a cheer. Help us win the game. Emory Mann, ’32. CHEATING YOURSELF Now folks, get your minds in good work- ing order and think this matter over. Have you, or have you not cheated yourself dur- ing your school career? How many can say they haven’t? I’ll guarantee there are not many. Maybe one night you wanted to go to some entertainment, and you did not have time to do your home lessons. Instead of going a little late and getting your lessons done, you tell your mother you will get up early in the morning and do them. Of course you are too tired to get up when morning comes, so you say to yourself, “I’ll copy my work from Mary. She always gets good marks.” About eight o’clock you run to school in hopes that you can get your lesson done before class. Yes, and there is another thing to con- sider which comes to your mind as you run up the stairs. You had new work yester- day, and you are copying Mary’s paper, not knowing a thing about the work, and again you say to yourself, “I don’t care. I’ll learn it to-morrow, but I must get a good mark today.” So, of course, you copy the work and pass it in as yours. There is another way of cheating yourself. We’ll say it is Friday, and it is the last day you have to get your contract done in typing so you begin looking at your ringers. Of course, you get an A contract, but is it an A to you? Why of course it isn’t. ou can’t even learn to type looking at your fingers, and you know it, but still you continue to do it. Now, folks, think this over again and see how much you have been cheating your- self during the year, and today make a resolution that you will try to avoid this unnecessary action in the future. Alice Sullivan, ’32. SMART ENOUGH— IF You frequently hear it said of someone that “He’s smart enough, if he only wanted to be” It’s the people whose friends say that about them that I want to discuss. It is a question in my mind as to how far such a statement can be true. How smart is a person who isn’t smart enough to use his brains? I wonder. What are brains given to you for? To use, of course. Now, if a person doesn’t know enough to use the powers given to him, he can’t be so very smart, after all. Along about examination time, you are likely to hear a conversation like this : “What did S ' o-and-so get in his exam?” “Oh, he got P, but he could have done bet- ter if he’d had a mind to study”. I’ve heard that many a time, but I always take it with a grain of salt. That’s not my idea of smartness. You fellows who are “smart enough, if you only wanted to be”, it’s you I’m hitting. You who talk that way about them, it’s you, too. You know who you are as well as I do. You must have a hazy conception of smartness if you consider it smart to get a mark which is not the best possible. Plain laziness, that’s what it looks like to me. Another name for it is indifference. Are laziness and indifference characteristics of high mental capacity? Hardly. Give a little more credit to the student who honestly studies and gets the best mark he can, and a great deal less to the “smart” fellow who is too lazy to do his best. That’s only fair. No man can do better than his best, but any blockhead can do worse, and a lot of them do. They, however, are not the people who are going to get ahead. N. A. Smith, ’31. John Feeney: I got a hundred today. M. Andrew: What in? J. Feeney: Fifty in history and fifty in English. Miss Murphy (in orchestra) : What key are you playing in? Eaton: Skeleton key. Miss Murphy: Skeleton key? Eaton: Yes, it fits anything.

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14 THE ECHO HERE COMES PATRICIA Is Friday, February 13th unlucky? Ask any member of the Senior Class, and you will receive a decided “no” for an answer. On this date the Senior Class presented the three act comedy “Here Comes Patricia,” which was a huge success. The leading roles were taken by Rita Hutchins, as Patricia Grayson; and Nor- man Smith, as Jimmy Clark. Rita, appear- ing first as Patricia Hammond, a pert, young thing, looked pretty snappy in her coveralls. In the second act she was a shy sweet thing very much in love with Jimmy Clark, and in the last act, the gracious daughter of the governor. Norman Smith, as Rita’s lover, certainly took his part well. We are of the opinion that there was some outside practice on some of those scenes. The part of Elsie Crowder, an up to date young lady, who believed in going after what she wanted, was taken by Florence Tibbetts. Elbert Hastings, an English cousin of Patricia, happened to be what Elsie was after, and his part was well taken by Bruce Grindle. Mrs. Carrol, the boarding house keeper in whose home the scenes were laid, was played by Lillian George. The haughty Mrs. Smith Porter, society matron, was very well depicted by Marieta Regan. Helen Morse played the part of Angelina Knoop, the country girl, who thought “Bud” Flannigan was “just grand.” The part of Minnie Knoop, Angelina’s inquisitive cousin, was taken by Imogene Godfrey, who gave Angelina a great deal of competition for the favor of Bud. Harry Wiggins kept the audience in an uproar, taking the part of Adam Wade, a hot tempered man, who was continually in an apopletic rage. Many laughs were created by Everett Hayden, as Tim Hopper, a lazy town char- acter, who enjoyed aggravating Mrs. Smith-Porter. The part of Bud Flannigan, Jimmy Clark’s chauffeur, was taken by Malcolm Andrews, who after many attempts pro- posed to Angelina. Between the acts candy was sold by the ushers, and Everett Hayden entertained with songs, accompanying himself on the guitar. Dancing followed with music furnished by Sear’s Orchestra. H. Morse. I’m a Sumner boy weary and worried. I’m flunking, I’m broke, and I’m blue. My girl friend just wired she’s married, And Neal says that I’ll never get through. My score on the mid-years’ was rotten. I’ve no hope for a Sumner Degree, But still, with all else forgotten, I’m the sap in the family tree. HONORS The valedictory and salutatory honors for graduation have been awarded to Everett Hayden and Norman Smith respectively. At the graduation exercises held in Hol- brook Town Hall on June 24, Everett Hay- den will speak on Aviation as Future Transportation and Norman Smith on New England. In former years it has been the custom to procure a public speaker to give an address. This year there is to be no speaker. Instead, two of the honor pupils will deliver essays. Rita Hutchins will speak on The Traffic of the Seas, and Marian Behan on Schools of Massachusetts. Helen Morse, ’31. Friday January 23, Mr. Hawkes of Sampson Murdock Co., gave a talk to the Commercial students on the use of a Business Directory. The Boston directory lists the streets of the city, the names of all men twenty-one years of age or over, and women in business, and tells whether the men are married or not. This helps the salesmen to find just the men they want to interview, and thus saves them time. Mr. Hawkes told how the service of the Sampson and Murdock Co. is free to all. Directories from all cities and towns in United States and Canada are kept by them. If at any time you want to get a per- son’s address you may do so through their office. Many thousands are given during the Christmas season. He told an interesting experience with the manager of the Copley Plaza Hotel. This man was asked to cash a 200 dollar check for a person who gave his home ad- dress as of Dallas, Texas. The directory service enabled the Copley management to know that the address given was a vacant lot. It was, taken as a whole, a very inter- esting talk. AUDUBON SOCIETY On January 9, an assembly was held in the high school hall. Norman Smith, pres- ident of the senior class, introduced the speaker of the day, Mr. Raymond L. Talbot of the Audubon Society, who gave a very interesting sterioptican lecture on “Birds and their Habits.” He made his lecture very interesting by imitating many of the bird calls, and by telling humorous stories of different birds. Miss Megley: Have you ever read “to a Mouse?” Crane: No, how do you get them to listen? Felix: Do you do repairing here? Owner: Yeah but not manufacturing.