Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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22 THE ECHO H. Helms: “What are the prices of the seats, mister? ' ’ Ticket Seller: “Front seats a quarter, back seats a dime, and programs a penny. H. Helms: “I’ll sit on a program, please.’’ He: “She is certainly polished.’’ She: “Yes, everything she says casts a reflection on somebody. When youth calls to youth — it means nickels for the telephone company. Antique dealer: “Here I nave a very rare old revolver. It dates from the time of the Romans.’’ Roy Smith: (Physics exam) “Did you pass your exam? Fred W.: “Well, it was like this- you see— I Roy: “Shake! Neither did I. Ian: “Boy, boy! Call me a taxi! Fred W.: “O. K. You’re a taxi.” This clock we won runs fine — it does an hour in forty-five minutes. George: “What caused the explosion at your house? Hinckle: “Powder on my coat slee es, Elmer C.: “How did you happen to break your leg? Roy Smith: “I threw v. cigarette d )wn the hatch and then stepped on it. “My brother and I are so much alilie our own mother can not tell us apart, said the prize story teller. “In school my brother would throw spit-balls, and the teacher w’ould whip me.. Of course, she didn’t know any better, but I did. One time my bj-other got into a fight, and the judge fined me $500. Of course, he didn’t know’ any lietter, but I did. However, I got even with m.y brother. I died last Monday, and they buried him. C. Hooker: “I dropped my watch in the Ohio, and it’s been running ever since.’’ A. Horte: “What! The same watch? C. Hooker: “No, the Ohio. P. Burns: “I see by the papers that the chain stores are selling more than ever before.’ R. Carter: “I don’t see why folks want to buy so many chains. Do you? Country boy: “That’s a Jersey cow over there. City boy: “Say; You’ve got good eye- sight to be able to see her license ])late at that distance. L. McKinon: “Why, sir, the Romans didn’t use revolvers. Dealer: “Yes, that explains why it’s so rare. J A man bought a Louis XIV bed, but finding it too small for him, sent it back and asked for a Louis XVI one. Mrs. Jervey: “All right, Charlie, let’s go to the next cage. C. Jervey (going to next cage saw a leopard) : “Mom, is that the dotted lion that everbody wants dad to sign on? Mr. Neal: “What is the difference be- tween man who bets and one who doesn’t? C. Stetson: “The second is no better than the first. P. Apt (to jeweler) : “Will you take back this engagement ring? Jeweler: “Doesn’t it suit? P. Apt: “Yes— but I don’t. Mr.. Hodge: “What made the Tower of Pisa lean? A. Clark: “There was a faminine in the land.” R. Barrett: “Pardon me, does this train strn pt Strawberry Street? F. Baker: “Yes, watch me and get off two stations before I do.

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THE ECHO 21 Day, Edith Ferguson Eldridge, Harold Martin Flanagan, Allan Albert Ford, Alfred Webster Franklin, Alice Edith (Jagnon, George Edmund Galvin, Helen Frances Hanney, Evelyn Barbara Harty, Mildred Margaret Higgins, James John Jervey, Charles Steven Johnson, Marian Edna Kenstowicz, Lucy Anne Kitts, Ruth Evelyn Koepell, Susie Evelyn Lenard, Louis Frederick Lyons, Frances Marie Long, Irvin MacQuarrie, Donald Richard Mahoney, James William Minkowski, Anne Marie Morse, Martha Mossesso, Viola Edith Mullins, Robert Francis O’Connor, Elinor Elizabeth Potts, Robert Arthur Scholfield, Dorothy Larella Scolomerio, Luigi Siminovich, Veronica Barbara Smith, Edward Lawrence Strand, Mildred Angeline Thebearge, Wilfred Thomas, Elinor Constance Vascovitch, Nellie Constance Ward, Dorothy Elinor Wass, Merle Stevens Wheeler, William Thayer Wiggins, Chester Thompson Williams, Charles Monroe Williamson, Esther -Luraine Wood, William Batchelder Woodman, Rena May Woodman, Roy Joseph Woods, Elinor Arlene THE LEAGUE The Southeastern Massachusetts League of School Publications is made up of twenty schools in Southeastern Massachu- setts. The officers of the league for the year 1934-1935 are Arthur Ullrnan, presi- dent; Gardner Mills, vice-president; Henry Burow, treasurer; Miss Martha Enos, re- cording secretary. The officers of the ex- ecutive board are Hov ard Leahy, chair- man; Prescott Brown, chairman emeritus; Miss Miriam May, secretary; and Miss Kathryn Megley, secretary emeritus. This league furnishes a great many enjoyable occasions to all boys and girls who belong. The delegates from the schools are brought together, become acquainted, and a ' n a great deal from social as w’ ell as literary contacts. The league meets four times a year at the various schools. Everyone lov ' ks for- wr ’d to these meetings wheii each can le rn from his fellow delegate how his school paper is published and what diffi- euri ' ' s he meets. Excellent speakers are heard at all these m.eetings, and both the dinner and dances are great attractions. The meetings this year were held at Wey- mouth, Rockland, Kingston, and Holbrook. The first meeting in October at Wey- mouth started the season oif with a bang. The Rockland meeting in January is one we’ll never forget. What a snow storm! The Sumner delegates arrived home that night w’hich is more than many students can say. But in spite of the storm this meeting was most enjoyable, and we all voted it a great exciting adventure. In direct contrast to the January meeting was the one in Kingston. It took place on a very w arm March day. Thi.3 one proved just as interesting as the uthers had. Now it was our turn to entertain the school delegates, and we resolved to make this meeting the best ever to end the season as well as it had been started. On May 15 the students arrived, and reg- istration was held from 3:15 to 3:45. Then the delegates were welcomed by our prin- cipal, Mr. Garland Neal, as well as by the superintendent, Mr. A. O. Christiansen. Albert Ullrnan, president of the league, took charge, and Mr. Howard Leahy, chairman, gave directions concerning the departmental meetings which follow ed. These departmental meetings from 4:00 to 5:00 were as follows: advisory board, Mr. Leahy,; editors-in-chief, Gardner Mills; business managers, Robert Colburn ; sports, Paul Wiggins; literary editors, Geraldine Behan; and exchange editors, Esther Seaverns. We then returned to the audi- torium for a business meeting from 5:00 to 5:45. Mr. Francis “Tip” O’Neil, police reporter of the Boston American, spoke to the students. His address certainly left a firm impression on those who heard him, and his invitation to the delegates to at- tend his broadcast each Saturday evening over WAAB was well received. Then came the big event. We all went up to the Congregational Church vestry to eat. And what a dinner! Oh, well, leave it to Sum- ner to furnish good eats. The dinner was over at 7 :00. After returning from dinner we were entertained by Ouida Holmes, Phyllis MaePherson. and Patricia Lyons. A one- act play, “His Just Desserts” concluded the entertainment. Dancing was then en- joyed from 8:00 to 10:00 with music bv a local orchestra. We all felt satisfied that this meeting was a great success. Thus, it is easily seen what a great beniit it is to belong to the Southeastern Massa- chusetts League. Our papers not only are helped, but the enjoyment the students receive makes the school paper work much more interesting. Geraldine Behan ’35.

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HONOR ROLL Sumner High is a Class A high school. This means that because the boys and girls who have carried a B or an A grade through their high school course and were thereby certified to enter colleges without an examinauon and because they have not failed in the colleges to which they were admitted, the state has given this school its A rating. The colleges on this certificate list are as follows: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Clark, Colby, Massachusetts State, Middle- bury. Tufts, Williams, New England, State Teachers, Boston University, Brown Uni- versity, and Wesleyan University. Also Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross, and Worcester Polytechnical Institute have all accepted on certificate when they were asked to do so. In fact, certificates were granted whenever application has been made. Sumner has sent its boys and girls to Harvard, Radclitf, Brown, Dartmouth, Boston University, Amherst, State College, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, and Bridgewater Teachers’ College. It is these students who keep the class A rating for Sumner. If they fail, Sum- ner fails; hence it is absolutely certain that B and A grades represent hard and steady work. Those who have stayed on the Honor Roll for the year 1934-1935 are as fol- lows: Freshmen, Robert Potts, Frances Lyons, and Esther Williamson; Sopho- mores, Richard Kunan; Juniors, Norma Caswell, Marion Churchill, Ada Clooney, Mabel Iveson, Roland Kearns, Ruth Mar- tin, Norma Pierson, Esther Seaverns, Miriam Severance, and Charlotte Stanley; McGaughey, and Gardner Mills. It is Sumner’s hope that the good work and Seniors, Geraldine Behan, Robert being done in college by its certified pupils will continue to go on, and that for years to come it will be graded as it now is. Class A. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT In order to receive an “A” rating from the Commercial Course of the school, a graduate must transcribe, with a mark of at least 90 , one of the Standard Gregg Shorthand Tests dictated at 100 words per minute for a period of five minutes, in other words, a letter containing 500 words. Not onlv the shorthand and tvning musst be correct, but also the English, punctua- tion, and spelling. For an “A” ratino- in tvpwritiner the graduate must ' be able to type at least 40 words per minute for fifteen minutes with no more than five errors. in bookkeeping the pupil must satisfac- torily complete a two years’ course which gives him a thorough understanding of the general principles necessary to enable him to adapt himself to the type of work en- countered in a business office. He must complete two sets of books which teach him to record routine transactions, handle business papers, make financial statements and reports for a single-proprietory busi- ness and a partnership. Any graduate of the Commercial De- partment who has entered office work has always done completely satisfactory work judging from the reports of employers, the manner in which the employee has been advanced, and the length of time some of the graduates have worked in the same office. At that time when one of the leading typewriting companies gave employment tests at the various schools using its ma- chines, some of the pupils of Surnner High School were chosen for positions because of the high rating received on the exam- ination. SCHOLARSHIPS Sumner High is very fortunate in being able to offer three one-hundred dollar scholarships to as many members of the graduating class. In 1925 a class who evidently had the future of someone in view gave at gradu- ation a scholarship of one-hundred dollars to be given to a worthy member of the in- coming Freshman class at his graduation. Since then each graduating class has done this same thing. In 1926 The Friendship Club, a social organization in the town, gave a scholar- ship of one-hundred dollars to a member of the graduating class. Each year since then a similar scholarship has been given. This money must be earned bty the Club so that various methods are used, but in June the scholarship has always been ready. The latest scholarship to be given is that of the Alumni Association. This asso- ciation reorganized in 1935, and almost their first venture was the raising of a one-hundred dollar scholarship for some member of the 1935 graduating class. To all three: the previous classes, the Friendshin Club, and the Alumni Associa- tion. much thanks and gratitude is given, for in many cases had it not been for this money, the start into college life could not have been made. These groups have carried many to their coveted goal.