Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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28 THE ECHO Unusual Fashions for Young Moderns And when we say unusual, we mean unusual from the standpoint of quality and low price as well as style! For EDGAR’S Apparel Shops are just filled with the smartest of the new summer clothes that are as pleasing to the pocketbook as they are to the eye! We can’t possibly tell you all about them here, so come in and be tempted! It’s perfectly safe, because the prices are keyed to a school- girl’s budget! Apparel Shop - Second Floor JAMES EDGAR COMPANY A Brockton Institution Business Courses FOR YOUNG MEN- Business Administration and Accounting Courses as prepa- ration for sales, credit, financial and accounting positions. Col- lege grade instruction. Highly specialized technical training in two years. FOR YOUNG WOMEN- Executive Secretarial, Steno- graphic Secretarial, Steno- graphic, and Finishing Courses as preparation for attractive secretarial positions. Individ- ual advancement. FOR BOTH Young Men and Young Women — Business and Bookkeeping Courses as preparation for general business and office positions. Burdett Training — whether secured before or after college, is helpful throughout life. It is an essential part of the equipment of every young person in seeking employment or in building a career. Courses include basic subjects with several distinct opportunities for specialization. Instruc- tion intensely practical. Close attention paid to indi- vidual needs. Separate courses for men and women. For new illustrated catalogue, sent without obligation, address F. H. BURDETT, President Burdett students last year came from 70 universities and colleges, 356 high schools, 114 academies, and 165 other business, normal, and special schools. Graduates of Burdett College receive the assistance of a well-organized placement service. School facilities are unsurpassed. Students are trained by an able and experienced faculty. Previous business training is not required for entrance. Correspondence is invited. FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 6th BurdettCollege A Professional Business School of College Qrade 156 STUART STREET, BOSTON, MASS. -c x £ PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS

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THE ECHO 27 Since our last issue of the “Echo”, many of the Alumnae members have either become engaged or married. Ardelle Wilde, class of ’30; has become engaged to Irving Ryder; Dorothy Webber to Mr. Holgrew; Barbara Whitcomb to Alfred Therien, and Emily Lakewitz to Vernon Bell. Marjory Still, class of ’30, has since been married to Kenneth Alden of Brookville; and Dorothy Loeffler, class of ’30, to Donald Orcutt. Charles Martin, class of ’28, and John Kearns, class of ’27, are being graduated this June from Technology. It is also inter- esting to know that John Kearns is the fore- most two-mile runner at Tech. He ran a mile and one-half in seven minutes and fifty-one seconds to trim his winter-long rival, Bob Mann. Thorndike Flye has taken over the owner- ship of W. B. Borden’s Garage. He is now the only Pontiac agent in the town. We are very fortunate in securing for this department some material from a few mem- bers of the alumni who have gone further to school; namely, Wallace Hancock, U. S. Naval Academy; Everett Hayden, Worcester Poly Tech.; and Norman Smith, Brown Uni- versity. Helen Kelly, Editor. DORMITORY LIFE AT W. P. I. Dormitory life at any college is something to which every entering Freshman should look forward with pleasure. While living in a dormitory at college, he will learn, by com- ing in contact with other young men, how to judge more accurately the character of men he will meet in the future, and, also, he will learn a few things about his own character, for college men, as I find them, are very frank. The life in Sanford Riley Hall at Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute is a clean, healthy, and happy one. As the dormitory is new, it is run under very modern rules. There are no restrictions as to hours in or out of the build- ing or to the time that lights are to be turned on or off. Each man acts on his own initia- tive. Everybody is his own master and can do as he pleases. Giving a young man all this liberty and responsibility seems rather fool- ish, but it is really a great help in making a man of a boy. This way teaches one more about regulation of time for work and play than a thousand rules. The brotherhood and friendliness of the students of the dormitory are surprising. If a young man can prove himself a good, clear, and honest companion, he is taken into con- fidence by the others. No matter who he is, or where he comes from, as long as he proves his worth, he is welcomed by the others. But if a young man does show himself unfit for the general good of the place, he might as well leave right away. There are no limits to the steps taken by the residents to rid themselves of this unwelcomed guest, and more than embarrassment is generally the results of their labor. Since the dormitory is run by young men, it is known that students if they have enough entertainment and recreation, will behave as they should. There are, therefore, many social affairs, as the Dormitory Frolic, and frequent dances, held in the dormitory. At the Frolic are speakers who entertain the students with interesting stories of their own adventures. Most of the men who speak are in the engineering work although many of them are ex-soldiers, aviators, or explor- ers of note. In this way the students meet men from their future work and also are en- tertained. For recreation there is floor com- petition in baseball and tennis. These sports arouse much interest among the young men and make them work hard to get their par- ticular floor ahead. As the studying at the institute is no snap, the advantages of this exercise and recreation can easily be seen. It takes the student’s mind off his work, and gives him a chance to relax while, at the same time, he exercises his body. The dormitory is like a small city, in that it has its own government, newspaper, and radio station. It is governed by a committee of eight students, two from each class, who have complete control over the residents. A newspaper, called the Dormitory Scandal Sheet, is published bi-weekly. It contains all the gossip of the dormitory along with the criticisms of the meals and entertainments. It is supported by everybody and each edi- tion is looked forward to with the greatest of pleasure by all except a few to whom the editors have taken a great dislike. The radio station is only a small one, and since it would be impossible to get a license for such a sta- tion, the hook-up is more like a telephone. Almost every room has a loud speaker which is hooked to a powerful radio set in the “main studio”. Here the entertainers gather, bi-weekly, to send out their programs all over the dormitory. Some of the skits and sound effects are really ingenious. The sta- tion is a great source of entertainment. According to this piece, it sounds as though college is one sweet bed of roses, and dormitory life, a long holiday. This may be so to some extent, but when one goes to college, it is, presumably to learn; required preparation for one class is two hours; so it can he seen that, with two or three prepared subjects every day, there are about five or

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THE ECHO 29 six hours that must be used for studyin g. Outside of this, life is easy and highly en- joyable. Everett Hayden, W. P. I. S. H. S., ’31. AFTER ONE YEAR The change from the life of high school to that of college is a very great one. Practic- ally the entire Freshman year is a period of transition from the old life to the new, of adjustment to different conditions. The dif- ference lies chiefly in the greater freedom allowed to the college student. He is allowed to be absent from a certain number of his classes, and is not disciplined in any way for failure to prepare lessons. Many of his classes are lectures; if he is inattentive and fails to take notice, he suffers no conse- quences until the next test. As he is placed in large groups, a different one for each class period, he becomes acquainted with comparatively few of his fellow-students ex- cept by outside activities, and he meets only a few of his instructors personally. In the midst of his new surroundings, the college Freshman is likely to indulge oc- casionally in reminiscences of his high school days; when he does so, he is almost certain to recall scores of opportunities which he let slip, and to wonder why he did not make more out of his high school career. This ap- plies not only to the person who goes on to college, but to anyone who goes through high school. Therefore, all students should think of the future before it is too late. They should regard high school as a chance to make preparations for years to come rather than as a period to be lived through by just getting by. They should begin early to work for a definite goal, and that goal is to get as much as possible out of high school. In order to do so they should not only do their best in their regular courses, but also go in for some extra-curricular activities and take an active part in the affairs of their classes. Class offices and positions on the staff of the school paper are examples of activities from which may be derived a great deal of pleasure and benefit at the same time. If every student would follow, throughout the four years, a resolution to make the most of every opportunity presented by his high school life, he would be able to look back on his record in after years with more satisfaction than most of us can. N. A. Smith, ’31. Brown, ’35. THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY The smallest one of Uncle Sam’s schools for boys is the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut. The purpose of this academy is to train young men to become officers in the U. S. Coast Guard. Until last year the course has been three years, but commencing with the class of 1935. the course has been broadened to four years. More subjects have been added to the course, and a new academy is under con- struction to be completed in September, 1932. The course is divided into three terms: two academic terms, and a sea term. The academic terms are from September 21 to May 16. During this time the cadets remain at the academy and study theory and cul- tural subjects. Beginning about May 25, the sea-term comes along. The cadets go on two first class cruising cutters for a 10,000 mile cruise. On this cruise all the theory that has been learned in the winter is put into prac- tice. Cadets under the instruction of Coast Guard Officers do all the work of the ship from scrubbing decks to navigation and marine and electrical engineering. Many foreign ports are visited on these cruises. The cruise ends on August 31, and the cadets go on leave for three weeks. The academic year is not all study as it may seem to be. The academy has various athletic sports, such as varsity football, class football, fencing, tennis, and crew. There is also a yearbook and a handbook that the literary cadets may work on. Those who are musically inclined may join the Glee Club or the orchestra. At least once a month, and more often twice a month, there is a dance at the academy. The time of most outside activity is gradu- ation week in May. During that week there are crew races, baseball games, dances, dress parades, and finally graduation and the graduation hop. At this hop the new en- signs, who have just been graduated from the academy, wear their new uniforms, and the underclassmen all come wearing an ex- tra diagonal stripe to show one more step upward. It’s a great life after all. Wallace L. Hancock, Jr., Cadet 4th Class, U. S. C. G. S. H. S. ’30. THE BROKEN DREAM When I awoke the other day, The sky was still a heavy gray. The wind against my window blew, And I thought rain was falling too. It was not long when falling rain Had lulled me back to sleep again, And there I saw the summer sun With all the joy of laughing fun. There was the ocean cool and clear With sand and sun and fun quite near. The sun was warm and clear and bright, And yet it all seemed not just right. And oh! the lovely dream it broke When in a moment I awoke To find the howling wind and rain Dash hard against the window pane. G. Brooks, ’32.