Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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Seventh: To our favorite Freshmen we leave the knowledge that they are no longer to be looked down upon since they have eliinbed the first step on the four rungs to graduation. Eighth: To all under classmen we bequeath the following alibis: ‘‘1 was absent yesterday;” ”1 left it at home;” ‘‘The page is out of my book,” and “I lost the assignment.” Sinth: To the Student Council we bequeath several giant robots to aid them in ‘‘keeping lines to the right,” ‘‘picking up all papers in the lunch room,” and ‘‘pushing in chairs.” Tenth: The outgoing staff of the ‘‘Herald” leaves its worries and cares to undergraduates and its wishes for the future success of the paper. Eleventh: To Miss Fay we give our loving appreciation of her friendly efforts in our behalf and our most sincere wishes for many happy years to come. Twelfth: To Mr. McDonald we present a gigantic badge of merit as a reward for his good-fellowship. Thirteenth: To Mr. Grady we present a hermitage by the sea where he may be quiet, when he desires a change from his rural summer cottage at Pelham. Fourteenth: To Mr. Mockler we give a jewel studded baton to be used in directing future senior classes, especially on occasions when affairs threaten to be inharmonious. Fifteenth: To Mr. Hrunelle in appreciation of his generous co- operation with our Yearbook Staff we give a filing cabinet for manu- scripts for “Annuals” of future classes. Sixteenth: To our dear Alma Mater we pledge our love and friendship forever and a day. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1933, do hereby set our hand and seal on this first, last and only will and testament, this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our I ord, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, in the presence of the following witnesses: SAMUEL A. BRUNELLE GEORGE E. FROST HELENA A. KELLY twenty-four

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Class Will HELEN’ A. DOWNING KT it be known by these presents that we, the class of 1933, J£G) of the Ilolyoke High School, City of Holyoke, County of Hampden, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, realizing the uncertainty of life and being of sound mind, memory and judgment, do hereby make, declare and publish this, our last will and testament, revoking and renouncing all former wills and testaments by us at any time heretofore made, and do earnestly desire that these, our last requests, be carried out as hereinafter directed: First: To the citizens of Holyoke and our parents we express our heartfelt gratitude for their many sacrifices on our behalf during our school life. Second: To Principal Howard Conant we bequeath our most sincere appreciation of his untiring aid toward our success. Third: To the members of the faculty we leave our gratitude for knowledge received from them and our sympathy for any grief that our departure may cause them. Fourth: To the jolly Junior girls we bequeath: 1. The traditional “53,” “No Man’s Land.” to be used to the girls’ best advantage. 2. The Senior “Q” Club to be enjoyed as thoroughly as we enjoyed it. 3. The coveted front seats of the assembly. Fifth: To the Junior boys we leave: 1. The management of Phi Alpha. 2. The seats opposite their sisters in the front of the audi- torium. Sixth: To the sturdy Sophomores we bequeath: 1. The pleasures of the Junior “Q Club and Phi Alpha. 2. The thrills of running a first “prom.” twenty-three

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Farewell Address THOMAS MAHER z' N THIS occasion we are (fathered together as a class for I the purpose of saying farewell to Holyoke High. This is not tlie end of our education; it is really only the begin- ning of it. For the first time in our school life we shall be left to our own responsibility. Shall we be prepared to meet it? Let us hope that each one will reach a height of success in his own way. We. as Holyoke High School Seniors, have completed the pre- scribed amount of study, but we hope we have gained the more im- portant factor, strength of character, which is so essential in present day life. Today, in this age of machine and specialty, we must know and choose our own calling. We must not attempt to go forth with a limited knowledge of each thing, but we must prepare definitely for our own work. Whether we continue our education in higher schools or begin in the business world, we must know our definite aim, for it will be practically impossible for us to compete with our fellow men and expect to gain ultimate success without preparation in our chosen work. We, graduating Seniors, are ready for the journey into our life work. We have for these three years in Holyoke High been pre- paring for this time. Whether we have taken a college or commercial course, we are ready for our respective tasks. Our education has been under the competent and helpful guidance of the teachers of our school. We have gone to classes day after day and have been encouraged in all our endeavors by them. Let us hope we have grasped the finer things of our education: the ability to appreciate art. music and good literature. I think if we have been able to appreciate these subjects, the years spent in moulding our education have not been in vain. twenty-five