Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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EDITORIAL O N first entering the new Ipswich High School, we as bewildered young freshmen, had little knowledge of the true value of a high school educa- tion. We attended school daily more as a matter of course than because of ac- tual foresight into the future. Little did we realize that some day we should be very sincere in expressing our grati- tude toward the same teachers who handed out the long homework assign- ments. This thorough training has helped to develop our minds to act in accordance with our growing bodies. It has enabled us to think and act more quickly, to reason more thoughtfully, to converse more intelligently, and to accomplish our work more thoroughly. At present, the opportunities for use- fulness are greater as far as the high school graduate is concerned. For those persons wishing to further their education, the prospects are favorable. There is in this country a definite need for trained minds. As for those per- sons who are not planning to attend higher institutions of learning, there has not for several years been such a boom in employment as there is at the pres- ent time. The country needs skilled workers also. Now that we have passed this phase of our life which was almost wholly directed for us by our parents and teach- ers, we are finally out on our own. Pre- viously the teachers did our planning for us — they outlined exactly what we wiere supposed to do; however, at this period of our life we must begin to make our own decisions. Above all, we must not be deceived by the present boom in employment into believing that the road is all straight and easy ahead. Born out of war preparations and defense needs, the sudden demand for workers represents an unhealthy growth. It is for us rather to look beyond the dark uncertain days im- mediately aLead an|d to work for a world where all men are engaged in peaceful pursuits and where justice and human brotherhood are supreme. 16

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The Tiger VOL. XXII IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS JUNE, 1941 Published by the Senior Class of Ipswich High School TIGER STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Edward Machaj FACULTY ADVISOR Miss E. Margaret Allen BUSINESS MANAGER Emerson Wade ADVERTISING MANAGER George Senseney ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGERS Joseph Robishaw, Peter Stamatakos, Peter Mourikas ASSOCIATE EDITORS Barbara Chapman, Charlotte Lindgren, John Hazen. Ruth Perley, Anne Kennedy, Ethel Cross, Ruth Wood, Arline Perkins, Jacquelyn Player, Arline Dupray, Barbara Kirk- Irma Orsini, Constance Dupray. ALUMNI EDITOR Muriel Mallard ATHLETIC EDITOR William Peatfield EXCHANGE EDITOR Barbara McCormack TYPISTS Natalie Gurynska, Betty Jerome CONTENTS Dedication 13 Editorial ... 16 Literary 17 Graduation Essays 24 Class Day Parts 32 History 32 Prophecy 35 Gifts to Girls 38 Gifts to Boys 40 Will 44 Honor Awards 51 Graduation Program 49 Class Day Program 50 Class Pictures 52 Who ' s Who 74 Sports Review 76 Football 76 Basketball 77 Baseball 77 Social Review 79 Snow Carnival 79 Senior Play 79 Concerts 81 Alilmni 82 Class Celebrities 87 As the Poets See Us 88 Songs of 1941 91 Exchanges 94 Our Advertisers 2-96

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LITERARY FROM THE FALLING LEAVES OF A SKETCHBOOK A store-room of musty old books does not seem the proper birthplace of a mysterious romance. The closet where ancient school supplies were kept in the Man ' ning School, however, yielded, in 1935, a curious little 4J £ ” by 6 J 2 ” sketchbook with covers fray- ed and pages loose. A single word, “DRAWING,” had been penned in uncertain lettering upon the front cover. A perusal of the contents of the book is more pleasing. It holds a series of carefully executed pencil drawings, dating from 1877 to 1880, of Ipswich scenes, some unfamiliar scenes, and portraits of former citizens — portraits which have an air about them of being excellent resemblances of the people whom they represent. The modest creator of this delightful work left no name upon it. Somehow, the book found its way onto the bookshelves of Room 10, and was taken out and admired once or twice yearly. “What a shame it is” the admirer would say, “that a person with such a gift never rose to fame. (For the draw- ings show a definite technique and great talent.) The sketchbook moved with the rest of the high school regime to its new, shining quarters on Green Street in 1937. There, ashamed of the contrast of freshness with antiquity, it seemed to retreat to the depths of a bookshelf, until it was brought forth last May to be shown to some Latin students who were interested in art. It was in this capacity that I was fortunate to view the work; and was allowed to keep it for a weekend. I looked forward to the joy of inspecting it at my leisure, and I secretly expected to solve the mys- tery of its authorship. A hasty once-over showed me that there was indeed no name attached to the skilled work; but beneath a drawing of a man ' s back were three initials; G. W. F. G. W. F.! There was a clue that fairly bubbled over with pos- sibilities. If it had not been after hours, the town clerk ' s office would have been besieged immediately. An analysis of the subjects revealed the artist to be a man, for he drew a clock, the rear platform of a train, boats, factories, houses, church steeples, animals, woodland scenes with figures of men in them, and about ten men ' s portraits to two of a woman (undoubt- edly the artist’s mother.) What woman’s mind of that period would have run in those directions? 17