Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1935 volume:

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In a sense that is true of no other form of enterprise, each bank belongs to... and is an essential part of ... the whole business life of its community. The Merchants National Bank Leominster, Mass. MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Doyle Works DUPONT VISCOLOID COMPANY INCORPORATED � @ Manufacturers of Viscoloid Sheeting, Rods and Tubes TOILET ARTICLES HAIR ORNAMENTS DOLLS NOVELTIES TOYS “TAU IMAGINE Commencement Number : Table of Contents Page WH © S32 WV. 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Colley, Editorial Advisor Thomas Watson, Business Advisor Editorial Board Business Board Joseph Killelea 735 Editor James Anderson 735 Business Manager Louise Lemire ’36 Assistant Editor Eva Trafton 36 Advertising Manager Sinclair Strayer ’85 Literary Editor Ruth Tranue 735 Subscription Manager Eloise Bullard ’35 News Editor CLASS HISTORY George Yule 735 Mary Gordon ’385 Philip Meany 735 QUOTATIONS Eloise Bullard ’35 Marie Duval ’35 | Henry Perry 35 William Donovan ’35 CLASS PROPHECY Manning Morrill ’385 Victoria David 35 Myron Falk ’35 ATHLETICS William Donovan ’35 JOKES Myron Falk ’35 Manning Morrill ’35 Irving Epstein ’35 CLASS ESSAYS Marie Duval ’35 Doris Butler ’35 Joseph Killelea 735 BUSINESS STAFF Victoria David ’35 Circulation Manager Doris Butler ’35 Secretary ADVERTISING STAFF Ruth Smith ’36 Assistant Advertising Manager Irma Padavano ’36 Ruth Transue 735 Rosario Serafini ’35 Katherine Rock ’37 Charlotte Marshall 736 SUBSCRIPTION STAFF Home Room Home Room Home Room 1 Doris Butler 7 Rachel Joy 13 Irene Ledger 2 Katherine Goodhue 8 June McKenney 14 Clair McDonald 3 Regina Letarte 9 Ruth Yule 16 Maxine Nye 4 Olive Simard 10 Geraldine Babbitt 20 Lucilla St. Cyr 5 Jane Barker 11 Jane Drury 6 Doris Gay 12 Anna Florio D Tien aes JheCnk Crowns then if = Algier, Ralph “Rich in saving common sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.” Classical Work Prom committee 4; Interclass Basketball. Altobelli, Angelina “Angie” “Not what we think but what we do Makes saints of us.”’ Commercial Becker College Glee Club 2, 38; Variety 2; Usher at Senior Reception 3; Fortnightly Club 4; Honor Roll 2,3, 4penior. clay. Anderson Esther é ‘Andy’ ’ “Tt is undeniable that the great quest of humanity is happiness.” Commercial Undecided Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Outdoor Club 4; Tennis Club 4; Reception Usher 3; Honor Roll 2, 3. Anderson, James 2) haat ‘ His words, like as many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command.” Classical Fitchburg State College French Club 4; Home Room President 2; Magnet 2, 3; Magnet Board 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3. Bailey, Arthur £6 Aerts? “Anyhow, we must Move in the line of least resistance when the stronger motive rules.” Normal University of Southern Cal. Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Mikado Committee; Interclass Track 2; Track 2; Football 3; Prom Committee 4. Benson, Marion “Benny” “Why despise thy crowning glory?”’ Normal Children’s Hospital, Boston Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3; Volley Ball 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Variety 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher at Thanksgiving Game 3). Bird, Claire “‘Birdie’’ “Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” Commercial Undecided - Basketball 2; Hockey 2; Usher at Thanksgiving Game 3. Boissoneau, John “The greatest pleasure of life is love.”’ Normal Undecided Basketball 3, 4; Spring Foot- ball 3; Interclass Basketball 2; Interclass Track 2; Home Room Officer 3; Mikado Committee 4; Tardy Clerk 4. —— (Class 0 Brown Malcolm “Mae’”’ ““No matter what his rank or position may be The lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children of men.’ Commercial Undecided Interclass Track 3, 4; Football 4; Interclass Basketball 4. Bullard, Eloise OC) Kaye “Simple elegance is what we want.” Classical Radcliffe Magnet Staff 2, 3, 4; Magnet Board 4; French Club 3, 4; Treasurer of French Club 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Quotation Com- mittee 4; Mikado Ticket Com- mittee; Mikado Usher; Usher at Graduation and Reception; Bet- ter Speech Contest 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Senior Play. Buss, Bernice “Bunny”’ “My own thoughts are my own companions.” Normal Work Interclass Basketball 3; Inter- class Volley Ball 8; Thanks- giving Game Usher 3; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Fortnightly Club 4; Class Num- erals 3; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4. Butler, Doris Dot” “Tf you have knowledge let others light their candles at it.’’ Commercial Undecided Glee Club 3; Health Council 3; Home Room Officer 4; Magnet Staff 3, 4; Prom Com- mittee 3; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Class Essay 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Honor Roll poo, tA. igiagee ee a Caffoni, Emma “Em’”’ ‘““All mankind loves a lover.’’ Commercial Work Basketball 2, 3; Volley Ball 2; Track 2. Caisse, Alton ““Casey”’ “If thou dost strive with him at any sport I’m sure he’ll best thee.”’ General Worcester Academy Football 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Lunch Room Committee 8, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 8, 4; Senior Class Pres- ident; Interclass Baseball 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4. Caisse, Walter “Walt” “How much folly there is in man.”’ General Undecided Football 3; Basketball 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. Cantalini, Mario -Oants “There lie two ways to every end, A better and a worse.’’ Scientific Undecided Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 4. fe ees Gil O Carchidi, George “Carch”’ ““ His conversation was brief, And his desire was to be sient.” Commercial Undecided Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Track 2. Casey, Robert “Bob’’ “Tt is better to fight for the good Than to rail at the ill.” Normal U.S. Naval Service Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football 2; Track 2; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Art Club 3; Health Council 2; Prom Committee 3, 4. Caswell, Barbara ““Bobbe”’ “Let motion equal emotion.” Normal North Shore Hospital, Salem Basketball 2, 8; Hockey 2; Prom Committee 3; Reception Usher 38; Thanksgiving Game Usher 8; Volley Ball 3; Honor Roll 2. Charron, Raymond ickaye “There lives more faith in honest doudt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.”’ General Undecided Football 2; Interclass Basket- ballw2, 8.04 Crack o1045 Prom Committee 3. 777 93 Sao Chesbrough, Clifford — - “Clipper” —� “Nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own.” Commercial Undecided Interclass Basketball 4. Ciccolini, Dominic “Chick” “Do what must be done and let the rest go.” Commercial Undecided Senior Class Secretary; Inter- class Basketball 4; Prom _Com- mittee 4. Peete 3. Clancy, John “John” ““He’s perfect—ask him.”’ Scientific Worcester Academy Football 2, 3, 4; TrackszZie3: Baseball 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 4. Clark, Ruth “Ruthie” “The gods approve the depth and not the tumult of the soul.” General Undecided Glee Club 2, 3; Basketball 2; Hockey 2; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Musical Highlights 2; Volley Ball 8. — ‘Chom (64 Coleman, Margaret ‘“Midge’”’ “Virtue is the health of the mind.” Normal .- Hague Hospital, Jersey City Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Basketball 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Honor’Roll 4. Cossa, Evelyn “By’”’ “Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.” Commercial Becker College Basketball 2, 3; Hockey 2, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball 2; Usher at Thanksgiving Game 3; Glee Club 2. Creed, Ruth Mae ““Creedie”’ “Be yourself!’ Normal Syracuse Library Course Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Health Council 3, 4; Magnet Staff 3; Art Club 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 3; Usher at Graduation 3; Prom Commit- tee 3, 4; Operetta 4; Home Room Officer 2; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3. Cressy, Frank “Cress”’ “God bless the man who first invented sleep.” Commercial U.S. Navy Service ergs (Orca Curtis, Elizabeth “Betty” “Let all things be done decently and in order.” Classical National Park Seminary Glee Club 4; Art Club 38, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Prom Committee 4; Magnet Subscrip- tion Staff 2. Cutter, Roberta “Bobby” “Rhythm of the Raindrops.” Normal Becker College Hockey 2; Basketball 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Pianist at Thursday Morning Sings 2, 3, 4; Usher at Senior Play 4. Dalton, Earl al ANE “Demure and quiet he seems to be But full of mischief really is he.”’ General Becker College Entered from North Adams High School 4; Basketball 4; Prom Committee 4; Honor Roll 4; Safety Talks Committee 4; ibracks4: David, Victoria “Vickie” “T would rather be able to ap- preciate things I can not have than have things I can not appreciate.” Classical Undecided Orchestra 2, 3; Speech Club 2, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Magnet Staff 4; Operetta Ticket Com- mittee 4; Treasurer of Speech Club 4; Honor Roll 4; Safety Talks Committee4; Class Proph- ecy 4; Senior Play. ee S (ole O Davis, Irene “Toots” “You see, it is not true that woman was made from man’s rib; she was really made from his funny bone.” Normal Undecided Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 3, 4; Track 2, 4; Volley Ball 2, 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Thanks- giving Game Usher 3; Cheer- leader 4; Honor Roll 2. Day, Constance ““Connie”’ “Originality is a pair of fresh eyes.” Classical Fitchburg State College French Club 38, 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Bridge Club 4; Prom Committee 3; Usher at Recep- tion 38; Thanksgiving Game Usher’ 3 “Honor: Holle 2583.04; Lyric of Class Song 4. DeBellefeuille, Wilfred “Mat? , “We are shaped and fashioned by whom we love.” Classical Clark University Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Home Room Chairman 2, 3; 4; Class President 3; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Operetta Committee 4; Usher at Reception 38; Inter- class Basketball 2, 3, 4. DeBettencourt, Hattie “Lover” “To live as gently as I can.” Commercial Von Hurr Institute Health Council 2; Glee Club 2,3,4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey Zoos tacky) eo 4a nani giving Game Usher 8; Usher at Reception 3; Hi-Lights 2; Honor Rolk.2;-8).4=- Art Clibe2 sProm Committee 3, 4; Assistant Stage Director 4. 193 Dee Derby, Virginia ‘6 ‘Derb’ , ‘“Human nature craves novelty.” General Wilfred Academy Art Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 4; “‘Variety’”’ 2; Home Nursing Club 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Sunlight Hop Committee 4; Mikado 4. Desilets, Robert Dizzee “A true Frenchman with a French smile.” Classical Assumption College Radio Club 3; Football 2; In- terclass Track 3; Track 3; Inter- class Basketball 3, 4; French Club 4; Baseball 4. Despotopolos, Alexander Despoige “What's the hardest thing in the world? . . . To think.” Scientific College Prom Committee 3. Dinardo, Frank “Frankie”’ “His air impressive, His reasoning sound.“‘ Scientific Undecided Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football Ticket Committee 4; Basketball Ticket Committee 4. —— Class (64 Dickson, Helen “Dinky” “A little bit of heaven A little bit of Helen’’ Classical Ohio State French Club 3, 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4. Donovan, William Bill’ “To speak, tho’ sure, with seeming diffidence.”’ Classical Fitchburg State College Magnet Staff 4; Motto Com- mittee 4; Quotations Committee 4; Senior Play; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Baseball Manager 38, 4; Usher at Reception and Graduation 3; French Club 3, 4; Mikado Usher 4; Honor Roll 2, 8, 4; Football Ticket Committee 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 3, 4; Basketball Committee 4; Mikado Ticket Sub-Committee. Dormin, Ellen “Dorm’’ “ Her auburn locks lend to her face A youthful and luxuriant grace.” Classical Fitchburg State College Basketball 2, 3; Home Nursing 2;Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Health Council 3; French Club 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Operetta 4; Eastern Conference H. 8. Chorus 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Motto Committee 4; Honor Roll 2, 8, 4; Hi-Lights 2; Usher at Reception 3; Magnet Staff 3; Senior Play 4. Drury, Gardner SM at 2 “Manhood, not scholarship, is the first aim of education.” Normal University of S. California Football 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Speech Club 2; Home Room Officer 3, 4. 11 eae OG 5a Duval, Marie “A life that moves to gracious ends.”’ Classical Radcliffe Glee Club 2, 3; Orchestra 2, 3; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Hi- Lights 2; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Basketball 2, 3; French Club 3, 4; French Club President 4; Class Essay 4; Magnet Staff 3, 4; Usher at Mikado 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Motto Committee 4; Fort- nightly Club 4; Q uotation Com- mittee 4; Mikado Ticket Com- mittee 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Usher at Senior Play 4. Edmands, Gwendolyn ““Gwen”’ “Be wisely worldly! be not wordlly wise.” Classical Undecided Basketball 3; Outdoor Club 4; Tennis 4. Falk, Myron “Mike” ““He would shake hands with the king on his throne and think it a kindness to his Majesty.” Scientific College Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Tennis 3, 4; Magnet Staff 4; Usher at Recep- tion and Graduation 3; Class Prophecy 4; Prom Committee 3. Fife, Cecile Gale “The vintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust and that real life is love, laughter, and work.”’ Normal Wellesley Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball 2, 4; Speech Club 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Class Treasurer 3, 4; Chairman Mikado Ticket Committee 4; Usher at Reception 38; French Club 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Hi- Lights 2; Thanksgiving Game Usher 38; Honor Roll 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Christmas Play 3, 4; Safety Talk Committee 4; Art Club 4. —— Class 0 Friske, Margaret “Peggy” “In listening mood she see med to stand.”’ General Burbank Hospital Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Basketball 2; Tennis Club 38. Gagnon, Eugene ““Gene”’ “Life is not so short but that there is time for courtesy.” General Work Interclass Basketball 4; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Honor RoliiZaan4: Gamblin, Mary “Gamby”’ “Ah, you flavour everything! you are the vanilla of society.’ Normal Undecided French Club 3; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Fortnightly Club 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher at Reception 38; Mikado Ticket Committee 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Safety Talk Committee 4. Goodhue, Kathryn “Kitty” ““A daughter of the gods, divinely tall and most divinely fair.” Classical College Fortnightly Club; French Club 8; H. R. Treasurer 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher at Reception 3; Honor Roll 3, 4; Magnet Staff 4; Interclass Bas- ketball 2, 3. 12 — +193 Seema Gordon, Mary “Miggs”’ “The reason firm, the temperate will. Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill.’ Classical Simmons College French Club 3; Interclass Basketball 3, 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Class History 4; Honor Roll Vaan heh Gotshall, Dorothy “Dee”’ ““Not only draws life, but lives it.”’ Commercial Art School From Newton High School; Art Club 4; Honor Roll 4. Greenlaw, Jean ‘ ‘Jeany”’ “T had rather have a fool to make me merry, Than experience to make me sad.” Commercial Office Work Hockey 2; Basketball 2. Gurney, Barbara ‘“Babs”’ “Whatever is done should be done well.” Normal Undecided Usher at Graduation and Reception 38; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Honor Roll 2, 3; Art Club 2; Hockey 3; Fort- nightly Club 4. ——(C lass Oo Gurry, Ellen “Ellie” “So many worlds, so much to do.” Classical Burbank Hospital Glee Club'2, 3; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Magnet Staff 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3; Fortnightly Club 4; Reception Usher 3; Refresh- ment Committee of Senior Prom 4, Hammare, Mary “Swede” “Be courteous to all, But intimate with few.” Commercial Undecided Basketball 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball 8; Hockey 2, 38. Hare, Jesse “Max’’ ““As quick as an hare.” Commercial Work Score Board 4; Health Council 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. Harrington, Lois eiiarry “We must take human nature as we find it.” Commercial Undecided Hockey 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3; Volley Ball 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Speech Club 3; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4. Bae ag Ob ne ae Hart, Ruth Ruthie Classical Wheelock School “Tt is worth a thousand pounds a year to have the habit of looking on the bright side of things.” French Club 3, 4; Magnet Staff 2, 3; Usher at Mikado 4; Home Room Officer 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher at Senior Play 4; Honor Roll 4; Basketball Dopey Haskell, Doris Ot: “Some Cupid kills with arrows! some with traps.” Commercial Wellesley Hospital Interclass Hockey 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3; Inter- class Volley Ball 2, 3; Home room Officer 3; Glee Club 2; Health Council 2. Heustis, Lester SoTeacu “‘How far that litile candle throws his beams!’ Scientific Post Graduate Tennis 3, 4; French Club 4; Seore Board 2; Football Ticket Committee 3, 4; Art Club 2; Prom Committee 38; Usher at Graduation 8; Checking Com- mittee at Reception 3; Home Room Officer 4; Interclass Bas- ketball 4. Hibbert, Marjorie ““Margie”’ “Merit rarely goes unrewarded.”’ General Hospital Home Nursing Club 2; Health Council 4. —— Class (of Hughes, Bernard “Barn” “T9 love and win is the best thing; to love and lose, the next best.”’ General Boston Conservatory of Music Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Variety 2; Interclass Track. Huston, Thelma “Thel’”’ “Oh! blessed with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make tomorrow cheerful as today.” Commercial Office Work Glee Club 2; Basketball 3; Hockey 3. Iacaboni, Michele “Mike” “Serene I fold my hands and wait.” Scientific University of California Interclass Basketball 2, 3; Prom Committee 3; Mikado Ticket Committee 4. Irvine, Norman “Norm” ‘Always quiet, always steady, and always ready.” Scientific Undecided Prom Committee 3, 4; Foot- ball Ticket Committee 3, 4; Basketball Ticket Committee Daa 14 (935 ae Jancaitis, Marcella ““Marcie”’ ““Reason’s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words . . . health, peace, and competence.”’ Commercial Undecided Home Hygiene Club 2; Health Council 3; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Washington Franklin Medal for Excellence in U. S. History 3; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Fortnightly Club. 4. Johnson, Marjorie “Johnny”’ “Live, love, and be merry.” Classical Psycopathie Hospital Home Room Officer 2, 3; French Club 3; Interclass Bas- ketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Hockey 3, Interclass;, Track s2yoeee; Cheerleader 4. Johnson, Ruth “Johnny”’ “For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.” General Worcester Memorial Hospital Basketball 4; Home Nursing Club 2; Prom ‘Committee 4; Usher at Reception and Gradua- tion 3; Fortnightly Club 4; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4. Joslin, Robert ““Bob’’ “Deliver me from emotional excess.” Scientific Exeter Prom Committee 3; Tennis 4; Spring Football 2, 3; Health Council 3; Interclass Basketball —— (Class 0 Kennedy, James “Gene” “None know him but to like him.”’ Commercial Undecided Killelea, Joseph Oe” “Time, place and action may with pains be wraught, But genius must be born and never can be taught.” Classical Clark University Football 2, 3, 4; Magnet Staff 2,3, 4; Magnet Board 3, 4; Motto Committee 4; Class Essay 4; Prom Committee 3, 4. Knox, Aubrey “Knoxie”’ “The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.” Normal Kirksville College, Missouri Football 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3. Kolb, Bernard “Barney” “Man is the merriest species of the creature; all above or below him are serious.” Scientific Undecided Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 3. Re One gr ar Lancey, Claire ““‘Tdee’”’ “Ts she not more than painting can express Or youthful po fancy when they ove? ”’ Commercial Wilfred Academy Hockey 2; Basketball 2; Mag- net Staff 3. Landry, Ruth Rutty « “Be to her virtues very kind! Be to her faults a little blind.”’ Commercial Becker College Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4 i Glee Club 2; Volley Ball 2, Lanza, Frances a tates “And mistress of herself, though china fall.” General Becker College Glee Club 2, 3; French Club 2; Variety 2; Basketball 2. Lavoie, Lillian “Lil” “Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue.” Commercial Undecided ——Class C Leahey, Galdys “‘Gladie”’ “My tongue with my lips I rein, For who talks much, must talk in vain. Commercial Bryant-Stratton Basketball 2, 4; Hockey 3; Volley Ball 2; Prom Committee 4; Thanksgiving Game Usher 4. Lemoine, Donald “Tyon’’ “Courtesy in every line of life is now the growing rule.” Classical Undecided French Club 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. Letarte, Regina “Gina”’ “Loviest of women! heaven is in thy soul! Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee, Bright’ning each other! thou art all divine!” Classical Fitchburg State College Art Club 2, 3; Secretary of Art Club 2; French Club 3, 4; Secre- tary of French Club 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 8, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Magnet Subscription Agent 2, 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Reception Usher 3; Mikado Ticket Com- mittee. Longo, John “Johnny” ‘What then remains but sell our power to use And keep good humor still whate’ er we lose.” Classical Clark University French Club 4; Honor Roll 2, 4; Interclass Basketball 3, 4; Senior Play. 16 193 Dae McCaffrey, Albert “Mae” “T am aman More sinned against than sinning.” Commercial Hathaway Baking Co. Football Ticket Committee 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 8. McCrann, Katherine “Kay” “The goal of this great world Lies beyond sight.” Commercial Bryant-Stratton Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Variety 2; Prom Committee 4; Volley Ball 4; Thanksgiving Game Usher 4. McDermott, Frances “Fran’’ “That excellent thing in woman, . . . asoft voice, with a clear, fluent utterance.” Commercial Becker College Glee Club 2, 8; Variety 2; Basketball 2; Interclass Sport Events 2. Martin, Rachel ‘ ‘Rae’ ? “Homeward serenely she walked with God’s benedictions upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.” Classical Worcester City Hospital Usher at Reception 3; French Club 3; Senior Play. — Gils: O Massoni, Ernest “Ernisch’”’ “Men will have and must have their pleasures.” General Post Graduate Home Room Officer 2; Inter- class Basketball 2; French Club 3, 4; Honor Roll 3, 4. Maston, Charlene “‘Charlie’’ ““ Her friends ... they are many! Her foes . . . are there any?” Commercial N. Y. C. Banking School Interclass Basketball 3, 4; Home Room Officer 3; Speech Club President 4; Prom Com- mittees 3, 4; Assembly Plays 3, 4; Speech Contest 2. Meaney, Philip “Phil’’ “Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.” Scientific Eaton Home Room Officer 2, 3; Prom Committee 3; Honor Roll 4. Mercier, Adrien “Drien”’ “An affable and courteous gentleman.” Scientific Tufts University French Club 2, 3; Home Room Officer 2; Interclass Sport Events ConA. Ly Tr The eer Miller, Roberta ‘““Bobbie’”’ “Happy am I! from care I’m free. Why aren’t they all contented like me?2”’ Commercial Undecided Health Council 3, 4; Health Council Officer 3, 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Basketball 2. Morrill, Manning “Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.” Scientific yee eee Tennis 3, 4; Spring Football 3; Radio Club 2; French Club 4; Magnet Staff 4; Usher at Recep- tion and Graduation 3; Prom Committee 8; Mayo Algebra Reward 3; Class History 3; Class Prophecy 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3; Interclass Track 2, 3; Basketball Ticket Com- mittee 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Senior Play. Morse, Florence tlw “Time offers a taming hand.” General Palmer School of Chiropody Home Nursing Club 2; Basket- ball 2. Mouret, Leon “Half man” “T would rather be sick than idle.” Normal Undecided Health Council 3, 4; Baseball 4; Treasurer of Health Council 4; Spring Football 3. ——— (lass (4 Myer, Erwin : y Padovano, Frances “Tweet” fe, ‘‘T like to work, but there are better . iki things.” Gentle oe a ] Worcester Trade of mind. ee . Commercial Undecided Baseball 2, 8, 4; Mikado Scenery Committee 4. Honor Roll 8. Nelson, Margaret “Peggy” . : : “Soft peace she brings wherever she - arent, Loretta Tele Pray tell, where have you been all 99 Commercial Undecided these years? Commercial Office Work Basketball 2, 3, 4; Tennis Club From Gardner High School 4. 4; Prom Committee 4; Outdoor Club 4; Outdoor Club Officer 4; Home Room Officer 2; Track 4; Honor Roll 4; Thanksgiving Game Usher 38. Olsson, Etha ““Eidie”’ ““A quiet lass! there are but few Who know the treasure hid in you. Commercial Bay Path Institute Basketball 4; Volley Ball 4. Pellegrini, Lucio “Tiou”’ “Few words are best.’ Commercial Herrick’s Institute Owens, Ruth “Rudy” “Music is the universal language Peloquin, Rita of mankind.”’ “Ritz” ““A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance.” Commercial Becker College Glee Club 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3; Hockey 2, 3; Volley Ball 2; Tennis 3; Honor Roll 3 Classical Boston Conservatory of Music Home Room Officer 2, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Reception Usher 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Variety 2; Magnet Subscription Agent 3; Mikado 4; Eastern Conference H. S. Chorus 4; Thursday Morn- ing Sings 8, 4. 18 —— (Class O Perham, Harold “When duty and joy clash, let the former go to smash.” Scientific Civil Service Radio Club 2, 3. Perry, Henry “Hank” “This is my work, my blessing, not my doom.”’ Classical Clark University Manager Basketball 38, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Quotations Committee 4; Foot- ball Ticket Committee 3, 4; Lunch Traffic Committee Chair- man 4; Mikado Ticket Com- mittee; Tennis 3, 4; Honor Roll Bowe. Person, Ellen 20] la “Beautiful as sweet, And intelligent as beautiful, and soft as intelligent, And gay as soft, and innocent as gay.” Normal Fitchburg State College Interclass basketball 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Hockey 3, 4; Coach for Sopho- more Basketball 4; Reception Usher 3; Interclass Sport Events 3, 4; Class Numerals 3, 4; Fort- nightly Club 4. Peterson, Maguerite ““Pete’’ “They’re only truly great, who’re truly good.” Commercial Post Graduate Hockey 4; Basketball 4. 19 are ty ks O10 ar roo Pollastri, Eugenia Gilaw “A few strong instincts and a few plain words.” General Mass. General Hospital Basketball 3, 4; Volley Ball 3, 4; Hockey 3, 4; Tennis 4; Track 3,4; Home Nursing Club 2; Class Numerals 3, 4; Interclass Sport Events 2, 4; Bowling Team 4. Portney, Betty “Babs’’ “The door step to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own short comings.” General Syracuse University Prom Committee 8; French Club 3, 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Honor Roll 3, 4; Interclass Bas- ketball 3; Senior Play. Pratt, Alfred A liae “Men of few words are the best of men.” Scientific Business School Kootball 23. 4:8 lrackeca4 Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 4; Prom Committee 4; Lunch Room Committee 8, 4. Quint, Doris Se OtGyE: “She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen.”’ Commercial Lasalle Junior College Glee Club 2, 3; Prom Com- mittee 4. ‘Tryst (ies 0 Racine, Bernard “Race” ““A run in time saves the nine.” Classical Holy Cross Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3: Roberts, Jeanette ““Robbie”’ “Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness.”’ General Leominster Hospital Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Volley Ball 2, 8, 4; Hockey 3, 4; Tennis 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Interclass Sports Events 3, 4; Class Numerals 3, 4; Sopho- more Basketball 4; French Club 3, 4; Prom Committee 4; Home Nursing Club 2; Honor Roll 4. Rogers, Norman “Aunk”’ “Practical knowledge is best.”’ Scientific Undecided Rowe, Rose ““Rosie’”’ ““A contented spirit is the sweetest of existence.”’ Commercial Stenographer Art Club 4; Shorthand and Typing Honors 4. 20) — 93) ———— Scully, Elinore cy ed “The longer people know you, the more they realize and appreciate your ability and charm.’ Normal Fitchburg State College Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3; French Club 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Bowling Team4. Seaver, Geraldine 3 ‘Gerry’ b] “O secret music! sacred tongues of God, I hear thee calling to me, and I come!”’ Classical Musie School Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mikado 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Orchestra 3; Recep- tion Usher 3; L. H. S. Hi-lights 2; Eastern Conference H. S. Chorus 4. Serafini, Rosario ylOns “A man of pleasing personality.” Normal Fitchburg State College Health Council 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2; Interclass Basketball 2, 8, 4; Honor Roll 2, 4; Boys Chorus 2, 8; Variety 2; Magnet Staff 4; Prom Committee 4; Interclass Track 3; Health Coun- cil Officer 3. Simard, Olive “Ollie”’ “One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span Because to laugh is proper to the man.’ Classical Worcester City Hospital Glee Club 2; French Club 38, 4; Health Council 2; Interclass Basketball 2; Hockey 2; Home Room Officer 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Orchestra 2; Magnet Subscription Staff 4; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Fortnightly Club 4. —— Class oO Smith, Marjorie ““Margie”’ “There’s in you all that we believe of heaven . Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.”’ Classical Worcester City Hospital Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Senior Class Vice- President; Junior Class Vice- President; Magnet Subscription Staff 3; Honor Roll 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4. Smith, Winona ‘‘Winnie’”’ “Though she says nothing, she says it with thinking.” Commercial New York School of Interior Decorating Basketball 2, 3; Music Ap- preciation Club 2; Volley Ball 2, 3; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Glee Club 2; Honor Roll 2. Stilphen, Kathleen ““Simmie”’ “Quality—not quantity.”’ Commercial -Becker College Speech Club 4; Health Council 4; Secretary of Health Council 4; Hockey 2; Basketball 2; Volley Ball 2. Stout, Franklin “Wit does not take the place of wisdom.”’ Classical Dean Academy Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football 3; Prom Committee 3; Radio Club 2. Raza) hy Oh pea Strayer, Sinclair 6 sade , “No really great man ever thought himself so.”’ Classical Harvard Football 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 4; Prom Committee 3; Magnet Staff 2, 4; Magnet Boardy¢s Honor Koll 223; 4; Geometry Prize 2. Surrette, Edward ““Eddie”’ “The endearing elegance of woman’s friendship.’ General West Point Football 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 3; Interclass Basketball 3,74. Surrette, Raymond ‘ Ray 4 “He that endureth is not overcome.”’ Commercial Becker College Sutherland, Ronald “Ronnie” “T was never less alone than when with myself.” Commercial Undecided Usher at Graduation 8; Honor Roll 3. —— Class (64 — 193 See Sweeney, Bernard ‘ ‘Bern’’ “What ever he did was done with Turner, Eve 80 much ease! “ Toots”’ In him Be ees natural to “With a smile on her lips.” Cen DO Undecided Commercial Undecided Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 8; 4: Track 2; 3,4: Tatro, Alice Tuttle, Ruth 66 Oe ‘Tutte Allie 2 eS : Knowledge comes, but wisdom Deeper than did ever pens lingers.” ’ b id F . a Ch ae aLOU re UDO Commercial Office Work Commercial Becker College Basketball 2; Volley Ball 2; Thanksgiving Game Usher 2; Outdoor Club 4. Reception Usher 3; Fort- nightly Club 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4, Vigeant, Armand Thompson, Everett “Counbe oun “Evy” Fs : , “On the stage he is natural.” Emp ove ae an Be Le ca js revent melancholy. Classical Undecided Pe ¥ Commercial Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Health Council 3. University of Minn. Transue, Ruth Shransul 2 ““Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.’ General Becker College Magnet Staff 8, 4; Magnet Board 4; Prom Committee 8, 4; Glee Club 8, 4; Speech Club 3, 4; Art Club 4; Basketball 2, 3; Hockey 4; Reception Usher 3; Mikado 4; Interclass Sport Events 2, 3; Bowling Team 4; Class Numerals 4; Thanksgiving Usher 8; Asst. Stage Mgr. Senior Play. Vigeant, Dorothy = Dota “So much is a. person worth as he esteems himself.” Normal Fitchburg State College Basketball 3, 4; Hockey 3; Volley Ball 4; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Numerals for Sports 4; Prom Committee 38, 4; Senior Play. 22 —— (Class (6, Vigneault, Rita “‘Sunshine’’ “The silence which is in the starry ecy. Commercial Office Work Orchestra 2; Honor Roll 2, 3, Vorse, Walter “Walt” “A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the best of men.”’ Classical Post Graduate Football 4; Orchestra 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Tardy Clerk 4; Interclass Basketball 4; Senior Play: Warren, Bertha “Bert’”’ “T woke one morning and found myself famous.” Commercial New England School of Art Art Club 3, 4; Prom Commit- tee 4; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Fortnightly Club 4; Class Poem 4; Honor Roll 8, 4. Welch, Beatrice ad BY - ad “The next best thing to being witty one’s self is to be able to quote another’s wit.”’ Commercial Von Hurr Institute Glee Club 2, 3; Speech Club 2, 3; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Speech Contest, Honorable Men- tion 3; Honor Roll 2, 3; Arts and Crafts Club Secretary 2; Usher at Reception 3; Usher at Senior Play; Magnet Board 3; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Basketball Za, ke ec | OD aan Wheeler, Janet area “When your heart’s on fire, Smoke gets in your eyes.” Commercial University of Syracuse Basketball 2; Speech Club 8, 4; Glee Club 2; Arts and Crafts Club 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Tennis 3; Mikado Usher; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3; Thursday Sings 8, 4; Senior Play. Whitney, Dorothy SD Ota “ How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman.‘ Normal Deaconess Hospital Magnet Staff 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Reception Usher 38; Fortnightly Club 4; Thursday Morning Sings 3, 4; Senior Play. Whitney, Gilbert iCal he: “True as the needle to the pole Or the dial to the sun.” Classical Bowdoin College Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Graduation Usher 3; Honor Roll 3; French Club 2; Home Room Officer. Wilson, Marjorie ‘““Marge’”’ “What a strange thing is woman.” Commercial Undecided Basketball 4. soe. ie Elbe (6, Wood, Bernice Bunny” “Whats the use of doing homework? You have to forget it to learn something else.” Commercial Undecided Basketball 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4. Worthen, Roland “Dick’”’ “Tomorrow comes, and we are where? Then let us live today!’ General Prep Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; Track 2. Yule, George “Bill’”’ “Genius is eternal patience.” Classical Tufts College Home Room Officer 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Graduation and Reception Usher 3; Speech Con- test 3; Prom Committee 3, 4. Boissoneau, John “The greatest pleasure of life is love.“ Normal Undecided Basketball 3, 4; Spring Foot- ball 3; Interclass Basketball 2; Interclass Track 2; Home Room Officer 3; Mikado Committee 4; Tardy Clerk 4. 24 7 935 Lavallee, Arthur “Stretch” “The highest and most lofty trees have most reason to dread thunder.” Commercial Undecided Football 3, 4; Track 2, 4; Base- ball 4; Interclass Basketball 4. Gates, Louise “‘Weezie”’ ““A merrier woman Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour’s talk withal.”’ Classical Yokohama University Basketball 4. Buskey, Walter ““Bus’’ “His pencil drew whate’er his soul designed And oft the happy draught surpassed the image in his mind.”’ General Boston Art School Track 2, 3, 4; French Club 2, 3; Art Club 3, 4; Cheer Leader 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Aviation Club 2; Art Staff, Magnet 4. Landry, Gladys ‘ ‘Me”’ “And if I laugh at any mortal thing Tis that I may not weep.” Commercial Boston College Speech Club 8, 4; Health Council 3, 4; Hockey 4; Basket- ballee: —— (Class O Remy, George “Duke” “Quickly his fingers wander o’er The yielding planks of the ivory floor.”’ Classical Tufts College Football 2; Interclass Basket- ball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 2, 3,. 4; Home Room Officer 2. Craigue, Leslie sles” “Rich with the spoils of nature.”’ Commercial Undecided Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. Powers, Gurdon “Gurdy” “T built my soul a lordly pleasure home.”’ Commercial Undecided Byrne, Paul “Paully” “Better not be at all Than not to be noble.’’ Commercial Becker College Basketball 3; Spring Football 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 4; Scenery Committee of Mikado 4; Inter- class Track 2, 3, 4. Finnerty, Paul SP olz “My living in Lancaster is so far out of the way, that it is actually twelve miles from a lemon.”’ Classical Prep. Football 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4. 25 Rare ay Ao Re ko) rae Parrott, Darius “Buster” “O it is excellent to have a giant’s strength!’ Normal Undecided ‘Hootballgec. 074. ae brackseos Baseball 4; Health Council 3, 4; Health Council Officer 4. White, Vernon 7 BST iG be “A shining star though not a constellation.”’ Commercial Undecided Dean, Edward elarcon ‘“Reason is the life of the law.” Scientific Tufts Engineering School Basketball 3, 4; Class Secre- tary 8; Prom Committee 3; Mayo Prize in Geometry 2; Senior Play. Harvie, Cora “Ambition is better than success.” Commercial Work Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Thanksgiving Game Usher 3. ee ve mumercun) Ao 5) 9) Morin, Dorothy Kibbler, Edward Marshall, Lee “Dot. ‘““Eddy”’ “Blea’”’ “Then she would talk .. . “An ounce of loyalty is worth a “A man whose personality draws Ye gods, . . . how she would pound of cleverness.” all to him.”’ talk!” Norma! Undecided Scientific Classical Nursing French Club 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 38, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Reception Usher 8; Fortnightly Interciass Basketball 4. Bentley’s Business School Basketball 2; Football 3; Football Ticket Committee. Club 4. Pillsbury, Glennice Zinna, Joseph @lene Ni@eaw “True beauty dwells in deep “And tnere, though last, not least.’ retreats.” Scientific U.S. Army General Post Graduate Baseball 3, 4. Who's W ho in clbes Class of “35° Girls Marjorie Smith Eloise Bullard Kathyrn Goodhue Betty Curtis Ruth Hancock Cecile Fife Barbara Caswell Marjorie Johnson Irene Davis Regina Letarte Doris Butler Victoria David Victoria David Angelina Altobelli Cecile Fife Lilian Lavoie Mary Gamblin Regina Letarte Irene Davis Frances Lanza Rachel Martin Bertha Warren Louise Gates Ruth Hancock Eloise Bullard Irene Davis Betty Portney Virginia Derby Betty Curtis Rachel Martin Characteristics Most Popular Most Likely to Succeed Best Looking Best Dresser Best Dancer Cutest Class Baby Best Athlete Best Mixer Best Disposition Wittiest Biggest Politician Most Obliging Most Studious Did Most for Class Class Pessimist Sheik and Sheba . Most Typical Leominsterite Noisiest Quietest Most Courteous Most Bashful Most Comical Biggest Flirt Most Dignified Most Collegiate Teachers’ Pet Most Optimistic Neatest Most winning smile 26 Boys Alton Caisse Joseph Killelea Earl Dalton Gardner Drury Bernard Hughes Earl Dalton John Clancy Alton Caisse Wilfred Debellefeuille Roland Worthen John Longo James Anderson Joseph Killelea Joseph Killelea Joseph Killelea Myron Falk John Clancy Franklin Stout Arthur Baily George Yule Earl Dalton Norman Irvine Bernard Kolb John Clancy George Yule Walter Busky Ernest Massoni Robert Casey Earl Dalton Edward Surrette ae al polo aaa F arewell to L. H. S. In a very, very short time the portals of the good old school will close behind us for the last time with an echoing farewell. Then in the early autumn when the crips yellow leaves begin to drift down from these same stately elms, shading us now for the last time as we sprawl about during lunch hour, these same portals will swing open once more, but not for us. No, nevermore. As far as others are concerned, comrades, our labors, our fun, our accomplishments, and downfalls in that grand old institution are material for history. Comrades, we have been! Next year our underclass men may still remember us and keep alive our names and deeds by recalling old times. A consoling thought. With the graduation, however, of the present sophomore class, our names will have been lost in the ages, while in six years even our old teachers will have forgotton us. But who knows? Perhaps somebody will have the curiosity years from now to search about the library shelves for records of the ancient. By chance he may happen upon a dusty leather- bound volume of ‘‘Magnet’’ magazines of the years 32-35. He may even trouble himself to brush away the cob-webs from the dry pages and partake of ancient history. Then again will our works live on! Once more shall we rise from the sepulcher of the past! There is no backing out of it. Graduation has always produced a certain sadness upon Seniors; it will now and always will. It is a sadness which cannot be explained by those not yet or never Seniors. The Seniors themselves cannot define this strange feeling which comes to them with the closing of their school days. We are not sad because our deeds will be forgotten; we would be foolish to bother with such trifles. Indeed, we have far nobler, far greater deeds ahead of us to perform. Still, we have come to the realization now that, at the parting of the waves, we no longer will be held together in one happy, carefree family. As soon as we receive our sheep- skins, our paths will begin to diverge. No two paths will be alike; but a few will run in the same direction; gradually they will become widely separated. But the warm friendships that have been formed in the L. H. S. will not perish. By no means. Instead they will live on and be cherished. We cannot realize their true value now, but the time will come when we will. On the other hand there’s a thrill in graduation, comrades, which sets our blood pounding through our veins,—the thrill of stepping out into the drakness of the future with our own light from the past! Away from that life where we had no worries; away from that life where the jolts were cushioned, where our every need was served on a gilded platter, and where we were pampered! Give us the life, then, that is hard and rough, where a man proves his worth with his brain and his hand, and where there are no shock-absorbers to ease our falls,—the life that calls for efficiency in labor, persistence in efforts, and strength to survive to the finish. Goodbye, then, Leominster High; we are leaving you. Farewell, then, dim corridors with frescoes and statues. Farewell to the regular routine of bells. Farewell to the classrooms, those cubicles of misery; goodbye to the classrooms, those seats of enchantment. Goodbye to our classmates, those mortals who borrowed our homework; goodbye to the mortals whose homework we borrowed. Goodbye to those fifteen cents-afternoon “hops” and “sun dances.” Goodbye to our puppy loves with all their pleasant worries. Farewell again. ‘Tis over. Nevermore the dust and the mud of the old gridiron, the locker-room quartets, and the Thanksgiving peptalks. And lest we forget, farewell to the “Magnet,”’ that enlightening publication! Goodbye to all of this; we are leaving you. Goodbye to everything else! Goodbye! We are going into a world where steel and stone are beauty, where the entrances are narrow and exits are wide open, where austerity displaces love, where a dollar is a dollar, and where competition is tougher. The challenge of life is before us! Do we accept? We most certainly do! So let’s be away, comrades, and engage in this new battle. We have the equipment: two hands, two feet, two eyes, a tongue, and a brain to use if we are wise. We can triumph if we want to. God has equipped us for life, but it’s up to us to decide what our plan is to be. Let us attack the 27 —— Class Co hard things of life,—not the easy ones. lies up a mountain side scarred with ledges and bowlders. out determination, nobody reaches it. So let us perform today’s duty with a relish. 93a Determination is the by-word. Our road to success Only a few may reach the peak. With- Let us not weaken and distract ourselves by looking for things we cannot see and could not understand if we saw them. Let us form a plan and stick to it though hell should bar our way. Our courage must come from our soul. And if we win, let it be by one way, with our honor and faith flying high; and if we should lose, let us stand by the sidelines and cheer as the victors pass by. And so goodbye to our principal, a loyal friend to all; goodbye to our faculty, whose help and efforts we have yet to appreciate. So long to you Juniors and Sophomores. Farewell to all. Adios to the scenes of our winnings and failures, our loves, our follies, our fancies, our fallacies. Goodbye, Leominster High, goodbye! JOSEPH KILLELEA. 19335 Important Events in My High School Life September 6, 1932 September October 12. November 24. December 25. January 16, 1938. January January 25. Feb.—April. May. June. September 6, 1933. SOPHOMORE YEAR — 1932-33 —Oh dear! What’s ahead? Mr. Appleton spoke to us today and gave us words of warning and encouragement. Guess I need both, mostly encourage- ment. —I can’t seem to find the elevator? What interesting assemblies we have! That is, that part that I can see. Something ought’a be done about these balcony seats. Say, where would that orchestra be if it wasn’t for our class? The following members of the class of “85” play in the orchestra: M. Duval, O. Simard, G. Seaver, E. Dormin, J. Clancy, V. David, R. Vigneault, B. Hughes, F. Robertson, M. Falk, and G. Whitney. —Three cheers for Columbus! —Leominster 25, Fitchburg 0. Sweeney, a Sophomore, gets his letter. in the stands and cheer. Hoorah! —Vacation! Christmas! A week of joy before the bad newel —Bad news—report cards. What a way to start a new year! —Girls’ basketball team defeated Junior High. I guess they forgot to keep the score. —Mlid-year exams. Enough said. —Those seniors are getting more respectful all the time. improving. —Fourth term honor rolls announced. Our class boast five on the first: D. Butler, M. Jancaites, J. Killelea, E. Person, and R. Tuttle. —All over, and what’s more I passed, but oh, how close! I sit Maybe we’re JUNIOR YEAR —With a much firmer step and not quite such a pale fa ce, I’m back again at L. H. 8. Feels great not to be addressed as a little Sophie. 28 ——Class Peas September. October. November 18. November 30. December. January, 1934. January. February. March. April. May. June. June. September 8. September. October. November. November. November 27. Been OD.) tga —Good old Leominster’s football team’s a credit to the alma mater. The reason . . . Caisse, Sweeney, Lavallee, Surette, Turner, DeBell, and Killelea. —The boys on the gridiron are still going strong. —It’s a jinx! For the first time in two years, the football team hasn’t been on top. Gardner tied us 7 to 7. —Let me bow my head in shame. Fitchburg’s gorillas came thru with a 20-12 victory. Woe is me! —As a prelude to that much needed Christmas vacation the Speech Club (Maston and Miller, especially) made the Junior Class feel proud. == on t forgets It’s 1934 now. —Keep your chin up, Juniors. So far you’ve managed to keep on the good side of all those two-hour exams and report cards. (I hope.) —There are politicians in our midst. But breathe a sigh. Look at the results of our class elections: President Wilfred Debellefeuille. Vice-President. Marjorie Smith. Secretary. Edward Dean. Treasurer. Cecile Fife. With such leaders and with the by-words of Miss Lockey and Ted Ku- charski, watch us sail sky-high. —Gaze at this record . . . 8 out of 11 games in basketball won. Finnerty, Sweeney, and Duval held up the honor of the class of “85” in this sport. —Colossal! Stupendous! A huge success!—What? Oh, the Junior Prom. It came thru on top not only socially but financially. Orchids to all the com- mittee s and the faculty! —Let’s give credit to all those Junior warblers and crooners who gave us so much to wonder at on Thursday mornings: Fielding, Drury, Dorothy Whitney, Gerry Seaver, and Janet Wheeler. —Graduation number of the Magnet out. Members of my class on the Magnet staff are Killelea, Dean, Doris Butler, Eloise Bullard, Ruth Hart, and Ellen Gurry. —QOn the class day our class was defeated by the Seniors but we put up a grand fight anyway. SENIOR YEAR —We entered school again, this time respected and looked up to by all our inferiors. —Sweeney, Caisse, Debell, Clancy, Finnerty, Vorse, Killelea, Strayer, Parrot, Pratt, Turner, and Knox are in there making this year’s football team another promising one. —Football team has lost only one game so far. This is to Arlington, 6 to 0. —Dropped a tough game to Chelsea 9 to 7. Hard Luck! —Joseph Killelea and Eloise Bullard won first and second prizes, respectively. The prizes were gold and silver medals given by Mayor Bell on Better Speech Day. —Fitchburg goes down in defeat to the tune of 14 to 0. This makes it twice in our years that Leominster has beaten Fitchburg. 29 —— Class December 20. January, 1935. January 15. January-February. March. April. April 25. May. June T. June 14. June 19. Some shuffled; some scurried; others strode; and still others ran. Avenue, Washington, D. C. in the year 1945. 772 935 =e —Christmas vacation. —Seniors elect the following officers: President. Alton Caisse. Vice-President. Marjorie Smith. Secretary. Dominic Ciccolini. Treasurer. Cecile Fife. —Senior Prom! Grand affair! One that we’ll remember for many a year. —Sweeney, Caisse, Finnerty, Kolb, Boissneau do yeoman work on the basketball team. —‘‘Finis coronat opus.” It’s our class motto, folks. How do you like it? —Decided on caps and gowns for graduation. Won’t we all look dignified? —The operetta, ‘“The Mikado,” is given by the High school musical clubs at the Rialto. Seniors: Seaver, Owens, Fielding perform in a creditable manner. Recognition for fine work must be given to the rest of the cast and to Miss Brown and Mr. Kimball. —Track teams contain many Seniors. A new system is being used in base- ball for the first time. Each class is represented by a team and then Coach Broderick selects an all star team to play a short regular season. Interest in baseball is increasing. —Our Senior Play comes through with a bang—A success in every way. Let’s give the credit to E. Bullard, E. Dean, M. Morrill, J. Longo, J. Wheeler, B. Portney, A. Altobelli, D. Whitney, W. Donovan, R. Martin, E. Dormin, W. Vorse, V. David, D. Vigeant, and G. Yule. —Last day at L.H S8:! —The day we’ve been looking forward to for many years has arrived. Grad- uation! The end, tout finis, etc.! Class Prophecy It was Pennsylvania Overhead, emblazoned in electric lights, were the names of Joe Killelea, the new dictator of our democratic U. 8. A. and his old side-kick, Bill Donovan, vice-dictator. Modest Joe, in the meantime, had secluded himself in his palatial office in the White House. He was not a recluse, however, for in his awe-inspiring presence stood three expectant figures. Joe rose to his feet and firmly leaning on his elaborate desk said, ‘It is my wish that the Class of 1935 shall hold a reunion. I want you three to locate our old classmates so that I may invite them to this social gathering. Incidentally I shall pay all expenses.” ‘Mike, you cover all the territory east of the Mississippi. When I say ‘cover,’ I mean an exhaustive sweeping of the entire East. Locate all my old classmates. The more you find, the happier I shall be.” “Manning, I suppose you want to see that girl in Paris again. However, tour throughout Europe and South America, as well as Paris. And ’Vic,’ you will take the territory west of the Mississippi; search every town, village, and city. Now, goodby to all of you and good luck.’’ I returned home, packed my clothes, and was about to depart when I remembered some- thing. I called Joe Zinna, the newspaper editor, to tell him the news of the proposed reunion and asked him to publish it. ae EX ieee “With my suitcases completely packed, I raced to the station to catch the next train to New ‘York. Heavily laden with bags, I sought a porter. ‘‘Boy, take my—for heaven’s sake—Malcolm Brown! Here, help me with these; I’ve got to catch a train.”’ As the train was pulling out, I scrambled aboard the observation car. ‘Always late, aren’t you?” a voice whispered in my ear. I turned and was confronted by none other than Hattie de Bettincourt. ‘‘Where have you been all my life?’ I trilled. (You see Hattie still had her personality). “Just a hard-working girl,’’ she responded. Two hours later—New York... lights... gaiety! I sought a _ prosperous-looking hotel, boasting no cockroaches, and strode up to the desk. Lo and behold! There was Robert Casey, the acme of hotel clerks! Luck seemed to follow my footsteps. From him I learned that Mr. and Mrs. Boissoneau were using the birdal suite. However, I was warned not to disturb them. The next day I drew up my plan of attack. After visiting Robert Joslin, the Wall Street Rothschild, I went to see Adrien Mercier and Dominic Ciccolini, the insurance men. I was quite shocked to find that Glenice Pillsbury had charge of a Matrimonial Correspondence Bureau. I had almost finished my work when I stopped at a tavern owned by George Carchidi. His apprentice, Walter Caisse, had gained immense popularity crooning to unsuspecting customers in the tavern. After a long discussion with Bernard Kolb, a regular visitor, I was about to depart when I heard Roberta Cutter “tickling the ivories’ with great gusto. Arriving back at my hotel, I found a telegram awaiting me. After a glance at it, I called my private pilots, Buster Parrot and Leon Mouret. With them I flew to Boston to attend the grad- uation from Portia Law School of Marcella Jancaitas. We were all very much elated to hear she really had graduated. After the commencement exercises I flew west via Albany. While in a cafe there I had hot coffee spilled down my neck by none other than Gwendolyn Edmunds, a waitress in Katherine Goodhue’s Tea Shoppe. As I was returning to the flying field, I heard Angelina Altobelli trying to bluff (always bluffing!) officer George Yule out of a parking ticket. Just before taking off, I turned my pockets inside out and found just enough money to buy a newspaper (Prosperity is still just around that corner.) from Raymond Surrette. In glaring headlines I read of another wild escapade of Arthur Bailey and Mike Iacaboni after they had cut short their vacation at Ossining- on-the-Hudson. As I read on, I found a notice of the annual Farmers’ Convention in Hot Dog, Kentucky, under the direction of Franklin Stout. After a few hours of air sickness, we were in Kentucky. En route to the Convention I found a huge meeting concerning a trip to Iceland in progress. The main candidates at this mass meet- ing were Jesse Hare, Ruth Tuttle, and Ruth Johnson. At the close of the meeting, my pilot and I decided to make the journey to Lock-East, Florida, to attend a beauty contest. Etha Olssen and Doris Quint were the main aspirants. In spite of protests on Doris’ part, the prize went to Etha. Everett Thompson and Ruth Hart were two of the judges. Doris was quite sulky until I promised to talk with the judges. As I left the scene of the beauty contest, I heard three gossipy voices behind me—namely, those of Ellen Gurry, Dorothy Whitney, and Constance Day. They were discussing the latest turn of events in the lives of John Clancy and Mary Gamblin. It seems from what I could hear —although I’m no eavesdropper—that John is still playing around with Ruth Hancock. And Mary, instead of weeping is toying with “le pauvre Eddie Surrette.” While seeking the locality of the convention, I stopped at a house for information. Upon ringing the bell, I was astounded to hear a chorus of tiny voices yodelling, ‘Ma mére, ma mére! Begorra if ’tis not Moike!’”” I was so dumfounded when the door opened and Marie Duval stood there that I turned and fled. Still without information as to the whereabouts of the Kentucky Convention, I found with- out any difficulty the general store. Stroking his tobacco stained beard, peaceably stood Alexander OL 193 5 ae —— Class Seats Despotopulus. After receiving from him the necessary directions, I proceeded directly to the convention. Within two hundred yards of the spot, I heard Lester Heustis’ shrill voice extolling the virtues and merits of Philip Legere, candidate for the office of County Hog-Caller. I recognized Frank Robertson’s horse tied outside, easily indentified by its protruding ribs. Suddenly a telegram was thrust in my hand. “Return to New York at once!’”’—So on my weary way I started. . New York again! World Series at their height! On the teams were Wilfred de Bellefeuille, (still inspired from the grandstands by Marjorie Smith), Alton Caisse, Bernard Sweeney, and Bernard Racine. Then something happened which made it impossible for me to attend the reunion. The plane crashed. I felt a blow. Down! Down! Down! The sweat stood out on my pallid brow. I stopped with a jolt. I had bumped into Marge Johnson. It seemed as if she were torturing me with white-hot irons. Claire Lancey and Virginia Derbey were heaping burning coals on my inanimate corpse and prodding me with a ffiery trident. No, I was not dead! I awoke in the white room of a hospital. Then I fainted again. So ended the tour of eastern United States. Back in Washington, Joe received this report from Cuba: ‘‘As was decided under the plan, I was to cover Europe and South America, gathering news of those who had strayed from their homelands. “T went directly to the Transatlantic Travel Company where I had no trouble interviewing the clerk, Norman Irvine. Outside I hailed a cab, but unfortunately for the driver, Edward Dean, the cab stalled, and he was unable to start it, so that I was forced to take another taxi, driven by his arch-rival, Frank DiNardo. As we drove through the park, I noticed Erwin Myer asleep on a freshly painted bench. Farther on I met Thelma Houston, reclining in a wheel chair and surrounded by a bevy of nurses. I felt heartily sorry for Thelma. The nurses were Claire Bird, Mary Hammare, and Ruth Transue. ‘‘As we drew up at the steamship dock, I saw Clifford Chesborough and Robert Desilets loading freight onto the ship. “After boarding the boat, I ran into classmates thick and fast (not necessarily the class- mates). My room steward was ‘Art’ Lavallee, who helped me get into the upper bunk. The stewardess was Roberta Miller, while Rosario Sarafini was the ship’s captain. I met several members of the creew—Mark O’Toole, Raymond Charron, and Gurdon Powers. They also served as ballast. “At life-boat drill, I was astounded to find, as members of my boat, six old classmates. There were Aubrey Knox and wonders of all wonders he was converted—a minister; Eloise Bullard, who had gained fame writing incomprehensible books; Rachel Martin, the latest rage of the poetical world; Alfred Pratt, the executive of a hair tonic company, even though he was already bald himself; Janet Wheeler and Irene Davis, headed for Paris and a run in the ‘follies’! “The first night out, the orchestra, led by ‘Duke’ Remy and with Bernard Hughes and Gilbert Whitney as two of its members, came out of mothballs to try to play some music. Among its most recent numbers were ‘Fare-thee-well, Annabelle’ and ‘Dinah.’ “The rest of the trip was uneventful except for the fact that Barbara Gurney fell overboard, and we had to stop to recover her. “On my arrival in Liverpool I was surprised to find Henry Perry, a customs’ inspector, chat- ting volubly in French with Jeanette Roberts, Eugene Gagnon, and Regina Letarte. “From there I journeyed to London where I found that Helen Dickson was managing the large hotel where I was to stay. When I asked her what I might do for amusements during my short stay in London, she suggested that I attend the latest stage review, just brought from America, called ‘Golddiggers of 744’. “At the theatre, to my amazement, I found Gardner Drury acting as head usher. He warned 32 presses (Dag es ——(C lass acer me not to be surprised at the number of members from our class in the cast. Thus I was some- what prepared for what followed. Ruth Owens, Geraldine Seaver, and Armand Vigeant had leading parts, and Ruth Creed, Gladys Landry, Ellen Dormin, Beatrice Welch, and Cecile Fife were all members of the chorus. “After the show I sent a number of telegrams to the various classmates in Europe. They were to meet me in Paris so that I should not have to go wandering all over the continent in order to locate them. “On my way to Paris, I met Ernest Massoni, the United States’ newest diplomatic sensation. (He got France to pay the war debt that it owed to England.) He, too, was headed for the French capital. It was with him that I found Lee Marshall and Betty Portney, acting as mannequins, showing clothes in a Parisian department store window. ‘At the prearranged meeting place we did not have to wait long for classmates to arrive. Dorothy Morin and Olive Simard, German teachers at the Sorbonne, were the first to arrive. They were followed closely by Steve Turner and Jimmy Anderson, who had been trying their luck at ski jumping in Switzerland. Jimmy was being pestered by the representatives of several toothpaste companies to write a few testimonials. The next to arrive was that stellar chemist, Paul Finnerty, who had been working in Belgium. ‘“‘After an exasperating wait of four hours, a car finally drew up in front of the meeting place. From it came John Longo, now a retired shoe merchant who had returned to the old country. He was followed by Phil Meany, now with the Whatisit Auto Company of Switzerland and Tad Strayer, a chemist with Dupont in Italy. We learned that due to faulty directions from the two back-seat drivers (Strayer drove) they had taken the wrong roads no less than twenty-seven times: “ 4 “In Paris I managed to catch one of the South Atlantic zeppelins which would take me to Madrid and then across the Atlantic to Buenos Aires. During the short stop at Madrid I met Frances Lanza and Frances McDermott, who were touring in Spain. “Unluckily, the zeppelin was forced down on the Canary Islands because of a broken rudder, and the captain, Ralph Algier, told me I would be marooned there for two weeks. When I cabled Joe for instructions, he sent a return cable (collect) saying, ‘Start two weeks vacation without pay yesterday.’ “At the end of two weeks we continued on to Buenos Aires where I found entertainment at Elinore Scully’s Art Exhibition. I learned from her that Rita Peloquin was the latest hit as a blues singer in Buenos Aires and that Kathleen Stilphen was gaining fame for her portrayal of the role of Juliet in ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ “From there I journeyed up the coast to Rio de Janeiro where I found Betty Curtis and Mary Gordon as the owners of the smartest fashion shop in town. I w as surprised to find, too, that Margaret Coleman, Louise Gates, and Jean Greenlaw were the matrons in charge of a large orphanage. “T then boarded an airplane which took me out over the Caribbean Sea to Havana, Cuba. At the airport a mechanic—none other than Bertha Warren—greeted me and told me she was start- ing at the bottom and trying to work her way up. During a sight-seeing tour of the city I managed to meet Bernice Woods, who was working as a gigolette in a cabaret. I now am taking the next plane back to Washington.” After reading this carefully, Joe turned to ‘‘Vic,” the only one to return in person. ‘What happened to you?” he said. “Let’s start at the beginning,” responded Vic. “At the Washington Station I took one of the new streamlined trains which carried me west of the Mississippi. Just outside St. Louis I met Ronald Sutherland, the travelling salesman, eloping with Rose Rowe. co GO) ——Class oa 7 |S 3S en “Shortly after this I stopped Leslie Craigue, who was selling books and magazines. A bright blue cover caught my eye. Closer scrutiny revealed it to be ‘The Secret of Our Success’ by Edward Kibler, Donald Lemoine, and Charlene Maston. (Being financially embarrassed I guess they resorted to writing to keep the wolf from the door). = “At Reno I stopped at the ‘Woman for Dictator League’ office. I found that Doris Butler was working as the stenographer and Lillian Lavoie as private secretary to Walter Buskey, head of the league. Among the outstanding boosters of the league were Winona Smith, Alice Tatro, and Dorothy Vigeant. “Outside the office Isaw Walter Vorse perched precariously on a scaffolding, painting a sign advertising Doris Haskell’s beauty soap for aspiring gigolos. Farther along we saw a notice of Gladys Leahey’s appointment to the bench. Her first decree was E mma Caffoni’s—final papers in a divorce proceeding. ‘““As I went north I arrived ata dude ranch where I was cordially greeted by Evelyn Cossa and Margaret Friske. After having met two of the guests, Marjorie Witson and Eugina Pollastri, I continued on to Hollywood. Here I found Louis Pellegrini as ‘bouncer’ at the large N. G. Studios. He allowed us to enter without the formality of a pass and got Marion Benson to guide me through the studio. On the first set we found Dorothy Gotshall directing with great difficulty the palpitating love scene of Clark ‘Blondie’ Dalton, Greta “Blondie”? Anderson and “‘Curley’”’ Caswell in the ‘Eternal Triangle.’ On the next set we found Paul Byrne, Eva Turner, and Ruth Clark playing in a slap stick comedy. “‘As I left the studio, I saw Margaret Nelson and Florence Morse, two missionaires leaving for China. I moved farther down the street and saw an immaculate white truck pass us with the sign on the side ‘McCaffry’s Bread Made with Kennedy’s Milk.’ It drew up at a filling station and I rushed forward to see who was driving the truck. In my hurry I bumped into Mario Cantal- ino, the filling station attendant, coming out to serve Vernon White, the truck driver. As I left the filling station, I met Frank Cressy coming out of an army enlistment office, still wanting a girl Inveveryeportes ale): “After this pleasant sojourn, I left by airplane for Chicago. Here I decided to look up Roland Worthen, managing Slow and Company. As I passed the front of a large building, I heard a babble of voices. I stopped and looked in. A women’s bridge party was in progress and it was easy to pick out the shrill voices of Frances Padavano, Rugh Sandry, Marguerit Person, Eva Turner, and Rita Vigneault. And now, wonder of all wonders, the next bit of news that I will impart to you probably will shock you. I found that the law-abiding citizen, Mr. Harold Perham, was being sued for bigamy by Loretta Parent and Ellen Person. Having very little money left, I decided to “thumb”? my way back to Washington, so off I started. I was very successful, for Cora Harvey and Katherine McCrann picked me up just outside of Chicago and took me half-way home. Next morning along came Bernice Buss. She drove me all the way to Washington, but made me buy the gas.” “You have all done very well,’’ congratulated Joe. ‘I knew our class would reach the top, and how they have!” V. DAVID M. FALK M. MORRILL o4 ——(C lass (OR Ee Magnet Board The Magnet Staff may be justly proud of the work it has accomplished in the year 1934-35. Three issues have been released from the press. The December issue, with its attractive black and white cover, was well received. The Easter issue, with its many new features, pleased the student body even more. We hope that this Commencement number will always be a pleasant reminder to the Class of ’85 of their days at Leominster High School. On December 14, 1934, six members of the Magnet Staff, accompanied by Miss Mary Johnson, traveled to Ayer to attend a meeting of the Central Massachusetts Interscholastic Press Associa- tion. On May 4, 1935, Miss Johnson and six members were guests at the spring meeting of the association at Athol High School. After the meeting, several of the guests visited the press office of the Athol Daily News. Although the Magnet has enjoyed great success, it would probably be even more worthy of recognition if more students realized how much a little contribution today will mean tomorrow. Editor-in Chief—Joseph Killelea Business Manager—James Anderson Assistant Editor—Louise Lemire Advertising Manager—Eva Trafton Literary Editor—Sinclair Strayer Subscription Manager—Ruth Transue News Notes Editor—Eloise Bullard 3D Gipsy. 0 S enior Class Oflicers President—Alton Caisse Vice-President—Marjorie Smith Secretary—Dominie Ciccolini Treasurer—Cecile Fife 56 cae Dae © The Gils Glee Clit The Girls’ Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Lucile M. Brown, has completed a busy and successful year. In addition to representing programs for our own school assemblies, the club has sung at the Thursday Musical Club and at the Unitarian Church in Fitchburg. They also sponsored an enjoyable dance here at our school. Ruth Owens, Geraldine Seaver, and Ellen Dormin of this club were members of the Eastern Music Supervisor’s Conference Chorus of 400 voices at Pittsburg, Pa., in February. Several members of the club sang in the New England Chorus at Lowell in May. The Main activity of the year was the presentation of the Mikado; the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Clubs united for this very successful production. The officers for this year are President—Ellen Dormin. Vice-President—Geraldine Seaver. Secretary—Betty Curtis. Treasurer—Eva Trafton. The members of the club for the year 1934-35 are as follows: Geraldine Babbitt Jane Farr Everill Ordway Ruth Owens Dorothy Bachand Minnie Biathrow Dorothy Brion Edith Cooper Ruth-Mae Creed Betty Curtis Barbara Dennis Virginia Derby Ellen Dormin Barbara Farnsworth Doris Gay Annette Hamilton Janet Harrington Winifred Hemenway Helen Kershaw Ruth Lafrennie Beatrice Le Fleur Louise Lemire Elva Murray Marjorie Nichols Maxine Nye Oo” Florence Perham Louise Pitts Eleanor Pierce Catherine Rock Geraldine Seaver Ruth Smith Eva Trafton Ruth Transue Rachel Vigneault Sa (ee oO —- = 73 One Whe Speech Club During the school year 1934-35, the Speech Club, under the direction of Miss Lillian Ricker, has been very active and has presented interesting and appropriate plays on important occasions. This club began its activities with the Christmas play. The success of this play was due to Miss Ricker, the author and director. Then came the Lincoln Day program; our sponsor wrote and directed another play which revealed that hero who is next to the heart of any true American. On February 22, the memory of Washington was revived again in Leominster High through the efforts of the Speech Club. Our Patriot’s Day observance will long be remembered. The club presented an assembly to commemorate Memorial Day with another play by Miss Ricker. On Friday, May 10, the Speech Club conducted a dance for the purpose of raising money for better assemblies for your education and entertainment. The list of the officers of the Speech Club for the present school year follows: President—Charlene Maston. Vice-President—Edward Bissonnette. Treasurer—Victoria David. Secretary—William Gaudette. 38 ——Class (64 pepe.) 5) sae Cercle Fran cals On October 22, the Cercle Francais of the Senior High School held its first meeting for the year 1934-35. There were forty members present. The officers elected for the year were as follows: President—Marie Duval. Vice-President—Lawrence Legere. Secretary—Regina Letarte. Treasurer—Eloise Bullard. The main project for the year was the purchase of a Linguaphone French Conversational Course of twenty records. Early in April, our club entertained the Alliance Francaise at the home of Mrs. Dickson. Among the distinguished speakers who helped to promote interest in the club this year were Mrs. Benoit, president of the Alliance Francaise, and Mrs. Georgette Laserte, a member of the school committee. Their interesting lectures were much appreciated. All the members of the Cercle Francais are looking forward eagerly to the picnic planned for the last meeting of the year. Mrs. Miriam Bucknell, who supervises our Cercle Francais, has given us invaluable aid and guidance in all the year’s activities. 39 er s.: (64 =; U 30a Health Council During the school year 1984-35, the Health Council has held interesting discussions at its regular meetings, has been shown some Health Education films, has sponsored an assembly program for First Aid Week, and has made various suggestions relative to health conditions. The most important of these suggestions were those for the prevention and control of tuber- culosis. The officers for this year are as follows: President—Roberta Miller. Vice-President—Darius Parrott. Secretary—Kathleen Stilphen. Treasurer—Leon Moret. 4() ——C lass o Sg oe ares Senior Play “Minick,’’ by George Kaufman and Edna Ferber, was chosen as the Senior Class Play for this year. It was successfully presented before an appreciative and enthusiastic audience at the Rialto Theatre on June 7. Each member of the cast should be commended for the splendid per- formance. The play was under the general supervision of Miss Frances Lockey and Mr. Theodore Kucharski, Senior class advisors. It was directed by Mr. W. Neil Kimball. The student com- mittees in charge of tickets, publicity, ushering, and the management of stage properties and equipment deserve great credit for performing their duties so ably and well. The cast was as follows: ET So ae he hag eee RecN Ge away ho PT Ellen Dormin SET L CK eae re eee Rn RU yea ak iho Vo eee RY Feb te io eg Mar Ue Eloise Bullard og Ra ae Se a ae en ee er on Oe ee mera Dorothy Whitney ESE Soe Cat a a Ga I et cele oP) RR TD oes ge i WE oN oe Be PPA George Yule ty RICE: gue hate on AR a a acon ete Sa ae Edward Dean MI STI TATICK Satan e ee oP eh Fs es aud ee ky ba! tar aw at HER Me Manning Morrill PeertTamoOnd: |. = 4.0%. ote Pee eee te RET | Sir nen Re RE nhs Seg ele. fe Ra oe .John Longo RE EME LATITOT ICL Sate ee a ey Pe SN sits Conk Miner Hoe aoe mag Meare Barat ea Janet Wheeler ROME ee VR a are t AALS Buk Leen aae, LOE SRM, ESR hal nym t sec cs, Victoria David ILO CI cr Re rg 8 Pe cy hte oe Sa us) oie) uae Pkt William Donovan 7 ENR Se 05 ea a nar AERC AD aR ee ee ee On eee ae ee a Walter Vorse Re mrSTY EPIC tiers Mi ee i ets ie Os Sut eS ale Grated eG tI A Ser Rachel Martin RRUE OK ETI Ol (Ley tes any Pe eee ae! ale eS een cL a tt a bol ke ge Betty Portney a AD UNILCOLL er re wee ete a ey ee eg he, i oN Cage aioe Woah owl BOM Dorothy Vigeant PRR CLL RE, SORT ae Ne ore agg Sn yh De ee SA ty MEA Sr LS Angelina Altobelli SC ile CF tags Una —=— 4 0 3 see Football The football team came through a very successful season after winning eight out of ten games. Arlington and Chelsea were our two winning opponents. Lowell, Athol, Worcester Trade, New- port, Clinton, Gardner, Revere, and Fitchburg were our victimized opponents. The season was dotted with memorable events such as Chelsea’s last minute field goal, which won the game, and the spectacular Gardner touchdown from kick off. A hard fought practice game was lost to the seniors, who won with the only score of the game. The spring game with Everett ended with colors flying for Leominster. The 26-0 score was the result of our spectacular runs and effective blocking, and of our ability to take advantage of the costly errors of our opponents. A2 —— Class 0 Bee Ao) Dae ae Basketball The basketball team completed a farily successful season even though it lost some of its major games by rather close scores. Our basketeers sank 346 points, 27 points more than the opponents scored against us. Pictured above are the coach and this year’s letter men who are as follows: front row, left to right: Bernard Kolb, Alton Caisse, Paul Finnerty, Robert Casey, and Bernard Sweeney; back row, left to right: Coach Charles B. Broderick, Earl Dalton, Robert Frye, John Boissoneau, Carmen Piccuci, and Henry Perry, manager. 43 eee (Oe CG 7 193) eee Baseball After an interesting two weeks’ series of interclass baseball, the players who made the best showing were chosen by Coach Broderick to represent the high school in its eight game schedule. This year games were played with Gardner (2), Murdock (2), Fitchburg, Clinton, and Shirley Industrial. Pictured above is the squad. In the first row from left to right are the following: Wallace, Rodriquenz, Rudnicky, and Kolb. Second row: Pickford, Finnerty, De Bellefeuille, Caisse and Racine. Third row: Donovan, manager; Guffert, Di Amacis, Kurasowicz, Grinkis, La Pierre, Turner, and Charles Broderick, coach. Fourth row: Bergeron, Lanza, Pierce, and Killelea, assistant manager. 44 ——C lass O ast gt elo Mean leads A squad of thirty men reported to Coach Stanley Burnham for track practice which started in April. We started the season with five letter men. Our first meet which was held against Fitchburg at Crocker Field proved successful for the home team _ The final score was Fitchburg 37 2-8, Leominster 34 1-8 points.. In our next meet we came through with a victory, crushing Maynard at Doyle Field by a 47-25 score. The Track squad is pictured above. The members are as follows: in the first row, left to right; Laughlin, Bissonette, Lavallee, Pratt, Dalton, and Mason. The second row includes: Hunt, manager; Dolan, Legere, Sweeney, Mager, Reiner, Cormier, and Stanley Burnham, coach. 45 BC ino Oa Girls Basketball Upon reentering school after the Christmas vacation, ten basketball teams battled for the school championship. The captains of the ten groups were as follows: Sophomore Class: Arlene Grenache, Laurette Fife, Esther Fluett, Mary Killelea, Jane Harrington. Junior Class: Noella Pinard, Nellie Wood, Betty Garland, Senior Class: Cecil Fife, Marjorie Johnson. The winning team, a Senior group, is pictured above. The victorious basketeers are as follows: in the first row, right to left: Person, Roberts, Fife, Smith, and Nelson. Second row: Olson, Maston, Hammare, Gates, Anderson, and Miss Mullen, coach. 46 ——(C lass 0 Ssamegy bok) ares lkaterred lace Sports Captains The above picture includes the girls who have had the honor of being captains this past year in interclass sports. As the girls do not compete interscholastically, they make much more of interclass competition than the boys do. Several times a week throughout the school year the girls can be seen battling it out for a class or a school championship in basketball, track, volley ball, hockey, and even deck tennis. Miss Mullen should be praised for the great amount of spirit she has created among the girls during the past year. Pictured above in the first row are the following Sophomore Captains: Fluett, Harrington Fife, Drury, Fricke, and Grenache. In the second row are the following Junior Captains: Woods, Pinard, Garland, and Wass. The third row includes three Senior Captains: Johnson, Person, and Fife. The director is Miss Mary Mullen. AT ae oy ee 939m @rcnecers Our Leominster High School orchestra for 1934-35 has been a source of great pride and pleasure to the entire school. The orchestra has added much to our enjoyment at assemblies. By their skillful playing, they contributed to the success of the “Mikado.” Their playing made the intermissions at the Senior Play very pleasant and heightened the dignity and solemnity of the graduation exercises. Miss Lucile M. Brown’s expert direction has been of invaluable aid in the orchestra’s success. The members of the orchestra for the year 1934-35 are as follows: Violins. Charlotte Patten Trumpet: Bernard Marquis Annette Hamilton Frank Mancusso Raphaela Parent Richard Hemenway John Clancy Saxophone Myron Falk Joseph Conti Frank Robertson Alexander Lombardy Fred Hastings Cello: Betty Patten Drums: Edward Bissonnette Leslie Peake David Sargent Clarinet: Bernard Hughes Piano: Ellen Dormin Gilbert Whitney Doris Barrett Joseph Pellechia Irma Padovano Robert Laserte Boys’ Glea@me During the year 1934-35, the Boys’ Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Lucile Brown, presented many successful programs. They sang for the Rotary Club and the Vocational School as well as for our own school assemblies. The Boys’ Glee Club joined with the Girls’ Glee Club to present the “‘Mikado.”’ Several members of this club sang in the New England Chorus at Lowell in May. An afternoon dance at the school was sponsored by the club. The officers for the year 1934-35 are as follows: President—Byron Fielden. Vice-President—Brenton Fowler. Secretary and Treasurer—Leo Cabana. The members of the club for this year are: Byron Fielden Paul LaPierre Brenton D. Fowler John Benson Leo Cabana Ralph Morrow George Smith Michael Arpano Norman Girouard Thomas McGillen Cecil Francis Francis Allen Milton Lane Raymond Fontaine Geno Piano Arthur Fournier 48 abe ay Mono) ee The Art Club At the beginning of this school year, 1934-35, Miss Hilda Hopkinson, the drawing instructor, called the roll for the opening meeting of the Art Club’s twentieth year. The large attendance at this first meeting was very encouraging and foretold a very successful year. The organization was formerly known as the Arts and Crafts Club; membership was open only to girls. For the past two years it has been the Art Club; both the boys and girls of the school are now admitted to membership. Allowing boys in the club was a progressive step, as it stimulated the interest and skill of both boys and girls. The activities of the club cover a wide and varied field. The members work in many different media; oils, charcoal, watercolors, pencil, pen, and pastel crayon. Since it permits aspiring young artists to work in the medium that gives them the greatest pleasure, the Art Club aids them in developing technique and individual talents. Wesaraie (Cll About a dozen tennis players turned out to form the Tennis Club, a newly formed club now in its second season. The Athletic Council again made it possible for the club members to meet daily at the Monoosnock Country Club for practice. Since this Tennis Club is still in its infancy, the schedule is limited to only a few matches. This year the boys are unsupervised as Mr. Bucknell, who coached last year’s team, has not been able to devote his time to their instruction. Among those who have faithfully practiced each day, we find Henry Perry, Myron Falk, Manning Morrill, Philip Legere, George Mills, Lester Heustis, George Remy, Robert Joslin, and John Dickson. It.is hoped that this newly formed club will live for many years. It is not expected that victories will be numerous in the first few years of its life; but, if the team, coaches, and school co-operate, a strong team should exist within a few years. The school should really become tennis minded because this is a sport which one can learn and play with only one opponent. It is not necessary to chase after five or six people before a game can be played. Another asset to tennis is that it can be played long after graduation from high school or college. History at the Class of 1936 Cum the fawl of 1933, a grupe of chesty young ’uns maid there bow in the Leominster Hi Secule. When they got so’s they culd follow the trales around the bilding without getting lawst, they set rite down taw bizness and bureed themselves in books. Sum of the boys war athlettically minded and halped our feetbawl teem tew many a viktory that yeer. Those as didn’t go out for feetbawl set with brite faces in the bleechers and cheered like thunder. Faces warn’t so brite when report cards cum out, but the shawk passed on. When feetbawl seeson had ended, the sofmoar stars turned tew basketbawl. Although our seeson warn’t so gude as it mite hev bin, it wood hev bin wuss but fer the ’86 stars. The fly in the soop of the winter of ’33-’34 war those consarned tew pereeud exam, which war enuff tew drive a man tew drink. When the bar cum out of hibernashun and the bloobird set in the tree a-singin’ away, ’twar time for bassbawl and trak and the sofmoars war not without representatives in both them sports. 49 = 3 93) Few moar sets of report cards and the scule year war about over. Then the young bucks and does cood git back tew hayin and milkin until fawl. Awl gude things must cum tew an end and in the oughtum of 1934, the members of the class returned tew their studees, as juniors this time. Feetbawl war soon under way and amung the men hoo tanned the hides off’n them Fitchburg fellers that Thanksgiving day war the following juniors: Americo Spacciapoli, Mario DiAmicis, Frank Rodriquenz, Barry Pickford, George Greenough, Pierino Capone, Robert Flynn, Frank Munroe, Joseph Pellechia, and Leon Kurasowicz. Befoar feetbawl seeson war over, report cards showed there faces for the first time and many a feller or gal had tew burn the old midnite oil in order tew keep up in his studees. In November, the anyual speech contest war held in the assembly hawl. The junior repre- sentatives war Mary McAllister and Lawrence Legere. Feetbawl! war barely over when basketbawl roared in. The teem enjoyed a fairly sukcessfull seeson, to sum mezhare doo to the efforts of the junior candydates: Roy Frye, Peter Rudnicky, Americo Spacciapoli, Kenneth Paul, and Harry Hunt. Urly in Janyouairy, the class advisors, Miss Blanche Jobes and Mr. Everett Donnelly, cawled the class members intew the assembly hawl to tawk about the elekshun of class officers. The following war the choice of the magority of the class: President: —Lawrence Legere. Vice-President:—Mildred O’Hearn. Secretary:—Wayne Duval. Treasurer:—Mary McAllister. Soon afterwadds, komittees war appointed for the prom which was held on February fifteenth and which prooved to be a sochal and financhal sukcess. The feetbawl players from Everett, which air out Boston way, took a rite sound trouncin on April 27, and ten out of the eleven starting men fer Leominster war juniors. Mr. Burnham cawled for trak candydates urly in April and the following juniors reported: Paul Dolan, Robert Murphy, Brandon Loughlin, Joseph Pellechia, and Philip Legere. Miss Brown and Mr. Neil Kimball wurked like tarnashun to produce the Gilbert and Sullivan operetty, ““The Mikado,” which war performed on April 25. Amung the class of 86 members hoo gave freely of there time tew the produkshun war: Dorothy Brion, Doris Gay, Barbara Farns- worth, Barbara Dennis, Ruth Smith, Eva Trafton, Jane Farr, Edith Cooper, Winifred Hemenway Eleanor Pierce, Ruth Lafrennie, Annette Hamilton, David Sargent, Brenton Fowler, Lawrence Legere, Byron Fielden, and Milton Lane. Altho most of us had tew toil like time tew git our “‘C’s,”’ there war sum hoo attained first roll standing. These war: Roberta Follansbee, Louise Lemire, Ruth Yule, Wilfred Metivier, Helmi Laine, Mary Mager, and Lawrence Legere. The hi scule orchestry fer the last yeer has boasted the juniors hoose names follow: Edward Bissonette, Charlotte Patten, Annette Hamilton, Bernard Marquis, Irma Padavano, Joseph Pellechia, and David Sargent. Putting out the “The Magnet’? wood be a much harder task if the following juniors were not on various staffs: Louise Lemire, Eva Trafton, Robert Kemp, Lawrence Legere, Helmi Laine, Roberta Follansbee, Wilfred Metivier, Ruth Lafrennie, Cherrie Jackson, Ruth Yule, Irving Epstein, Harvey Kidder, Evert Storm, Ruth Smith, Irma Padovano, and Charlotte Marshall. The Class of 1936 is espeshyally proud tew hev inaugyourated the scule ring. Up until this yeer, those blamed class rings war the rage. They cost a lot moar and didn’t have half the signifi- kance of a scule ring. The Class of 1936 may be justly proud to have introduced the Leominster High School ring. ROBERTA FOLLANSBEE LOUISE LEMIRE LAWRENCE LEGERE D0 Sg) POD Pay S ophomore Class History On June 22, 1934 a proud class of 204 boys and girls was graduated from the Leominster Junior High School. Of course they were very eager to enter the Senior High School; but when September 7 rolled around, they received a cold welcome from their upper-classmen. But did they care? Nota bit! When the first football practice was announced, the sophomore class was well represented. Such players as La Pierre, Lanza, Bresnahan, Rodriquenz, Lamothe, Fournier, Pennery, Bedard, Cormier, Blodgett, Torcelletti, Salvatelli, Harvie, Mason and De Bettencourt reported, and many of these assisted in defeating Everett in the annual spring game. When the football togs were placed among the moth balls, the class of ’37 did not let down in their school spirit as was shown by the number of sophomore candidates on the basketball squad: Torcelletti, Lanza, Grinkis, Blodgett, Lamothe, Fournier, Phelps, Cabana, and Mason. Meanwhile the girls of the sophomore class were not sleeping, for interclass basketball games were being played. There were five sophomore teams. The winner of these played the winning team of the junior-senior group and lost by a very small margin. But shouldn’t the seniors, who have had two more years of practice, win? About this time Miss Brown began rehearsals for the Mikado, which was a great success, and the cast deserve a lot of credit for their excellent work. Sophomores taking leading roles were Edward Killelea, Norman Gerouard, Leo Cabana, and George Smith. From the chorus of girls we pick the following sophomores: Maxine Nye, Everell Ordway, Beatrice La Fleur, Catherine Rock, Janet Harrington, Marjorie Nichols, Geraldine Babbitt, Dorothy Bachand, and Elva Murray. Of the boys who tuned up their vocal chords the sophomores were Cecil Francis, Edward Killelea, Gene Piano, Michael Arpano, Arthur Fournier, Paul La Pierre, John B-nson, Ralph Morrow, Thomas McGillen, and Francis Allen. The piano accompanist for the Mikado was Helen Kershaw. Before regular baseball practice was started this year, an interclass league was organized. The regular squad was picked from the outstanding players in the league. Sophomores who rallied against the Juniors and Seniors were Bergeron, Blodgett, Fagin, Grinkis, Lamothe, Lanza, La Pierre, McDermott, Phelps, and Tellier. Sophomores who did not participate in the interclass baseball games showed their athletic ability by working out on the track squad. Among these were Kibler, Anderson, Cormier, and Mason. A class of tennis playing for girls has been started as usual but with much more enthusiasm than in former years. Under the capable direction of Miss Mullan, the group, which consists mainly of sophomores, has been practising the different strokes and soon will go onto a tennis court for some real playing. As in sports, the sophomores filled the vacancies left by the graduated class of 734 in the orchestra. These musicians represented the incoming class in September: Barrett, Laserte, Contl, Parent, Peake, Marquis, Hastings, Hemenway, Mancuse, Lombardy, and Kershaw. With a large number of new members on the Magnet Staff the sophomores again show their strength. Members now beginning to join in publishing the magazine are Walker and Killelea, Alumni; Drury, Book Reviews; Barrett and Killelea, Athletics; Killelea and Bell, Exchanges; Tocci, Art; Church, News Notes; Rock, Advertising; Babbitt, Drury, Florio, Legere, MacDonald, Nye, and St. Cyr, Subscriptions. The two sophomores representing their class in the Speech Contest were Hannah Porter and Martin White. We think that this little summing up of the history of the sophomore class shows that they are taking every advantage of all the opportunities offered them. EDWARD KILLELEA JANE DRURY ARTHUR CHURCH fata Giles fs ames CLASS ESSAYS @entribitions a the Present Day to Education In these days of turbulent conditions and financial stress, many students who would other- wise continue their education at some institution of higher learning are compelled to remain at home and at the conclusion of their high school training write “‘finis’’ to their education, in so far as supervised study is concerned. However, for these students, have they but the perseverence and the ability to profit by it, there is a means of self education, not so simple in execution as a college training but at least as comprehensive in scope. I am referring now to the wide diversity of knowledge offered by the three most important agencies of our community life to-day—namely, the newspaper, the talking picture, and the radio. Of these the newspaper is, without doubt, the most commonly used because of its widespread and universal availability to all parts of the civilized world. However this does not necessarily mean that it contains the greatest educational value, for the newspaper as we know it today is essentially the instrument through which topics of current interest are brought before an eager reading public. In this field, that of current topics, the newspaper is the outstanding leader. Other sources of news may be prominent, but because of the speed with which successive issues of a newspaper are printed and circulated, no magazine or other periodical can hope to compete successfully with it. Generally speaking, all newspapers are divided into various sections, until all the material pertaining to the same subject has been appropriately grouped. The chief value for the self educator lies in the departments devoted to such subjects as worthwhile book reviews, recent play comments, lectures of practical and literary interest, and discussions of world problems. These topics, when properly considered, offer sufficient material for thought and intellectual development. Above all they are the types of subjects which provide stimuli for the mind and which broaden the scope of one’s viewpoint. Hence the newspaper as a means of self-education cannot be discounted as being of little or no real value. It is and will continue to be one of the greatest influences on the American reading public. Perhaps at first glance the value of the talking picture, our second great source for self- education, seems a trifle obscure. Probably many of you have never considered a picture as any- thing but a pleasant form of amusement, and until a year or so ago you would have been correct. Nevertheless during the last nine or ten months the talking picture has taken a great stride forward until now it is beginning to assume its proper position as a means of public education. The advantages of such a development are numerous, an important one being that people unconsciously store away for future reference bits of knowledge gleaned from talking pictures. Perhaps even more important than this, is the fact that to see an interesting ‘‘talkie‘‘ is to make a person eager to read the story upon which it is based. Thus ‘‘talkies‘“ are creating a demand for the best type of literature—a result which is so obviously beneficial that it cannot be overlooked. Within the past few months several films based on famous novels have played in our Leomin- ster theaters. Chief among them are The Little Minister, Sir James M. Barrie’s immortal classic; Great Expectations, and David Copperfield, two of Dickens’ masterpieces; and also Alexandre Dumas’ imperishable Count of Monte Cristo. These are merely the beginning of a wide-spread movement to improve the talkies and make of them a valuable educational source. Naturally, to see a drama unfolded before one’s eyes with all the tangling intricacies of plot carefully explained is much the simplest way to gain the background of astory. The “‘talkies”’ appeal simultaneously not only to the eyes but also to the ears, and so facilitate easy comprehen- sion. 52 rage 25°) anes ——(C lass Peat Seeing a movie is merely a means to a greater end, that of better understanding the great literary works of the recognized classical writers. Through the magical eye of the camera one can realize the conditions, the customs, and sometimes even sense the atmosphere surrounding the characters an author has so carefully drawn. After viewing the film picturization, it is un- necessary to linger long over the value and interest of the plot; they have already been made clear. Thus the finer shadings of the writer’s art can be more carefully studied with particular reference to style, the manner in which new characters are introduced, and new situations are developed into emotional crises. Obviously, then, the witnessing of a talking picture does much to aid the understanding of the story it portrays. The film industry itself has undertaken the tremendous task of improving the talkies and is now offering the public more beneficial, more educational programs. Whether or not this work will be rewarded remains with you, the future audiences, and only time will tell the final outcome. Radio, our last source for self-education, having been in general use itself only a decade, has not long been utilized for the distribution of information. Nevertheless, in recent years, the idea has gained many able and enthusiastic supporters who have promoted it to its present position. At any time we can by the mere turning of a switch listen to the results of their labors. And truly they have done something that deserves our sincerest commendation. It is not an easy task to thrust a new and untried experiment on a pleasure-seeking audience. Yet that is what these men have done in promoting education by radio. Many programs of great educational value have been broadcast, but probably up to now, music appreciation with all its attendent features has received the greatest attention. Today numberless concerts of classical music, rendered by the current musical masters, may be heard over a national hook-up, while for persons interested in opera, various selections by the stars of the Metropolitan Opera Company are broadcast at stated intervals. However, music is not the only subject that is aided by this new development, for through appropriate lectures almost any subject taught in the classroom may be duplicated on the radio. But from this essay do not infer that education by radio has been perfected or that it has yet reached an advanced stage in its development. As yet, radio is a new field which remains for the youth of today to cultivate for the greater enjoyment and benefit of all. In closing, may I quote these lines from a poem by Ethel Fuller, which to me illustrate the pleasures derived from a radio. “The while we sit beside our own hearth fire, We hear the news, and plays, and symphonies; Oh, we are seldom lonely any more .. . A radio brings the whole world to our door.”’ —MARIE DUVAL. eetcitnihion ant the Medieval Ages to Education Education of today is a system of teaching developed from rudiments contributed by each and every age in history. The medieval ages contributed their share, the most important factor being the beginning of institutions or universities. Early education at this time was largely religious in character. The first step in this direction was the establishment of the monasteries to teach the necessity of religion in life. The man who deserves the credit for organizing monastic school work in the Middle Ages was St. Benedict. —— Class hee —57 9.5) aaa A monastery usually consisted of a large group of buildings. The nucleus was, of course, the church. On one side of the church was the writing room and library, while on the other side were the covered courts where the monks could segregate themselves from the outer world. The school was divided into two parts, one for those not intending to become monks, and the other for those who were to renounce wordly pleasures. Smaller buildings, such as dwelling places for abbots, granaries, and infirmaries, made up the group. Latin was the only language taught in these schools. The alphabet and some reading, as well as some of the hymns of the church, comprised the routine of study. A higher course con- sisted of geometry, astronomy, and arithmetic,—subjects that are still important in the schools and colleges of today. Convents offered great advantages for women in the Middle Ages. Institutions in charge of nuns were similar to the monasteries for men except that the course of study was not so extensive as at the monasteries. The convent type of institution exists today to some extent, although not nearly so important as it was in the Middle Ages. Co-existent with the development of the monasteries were the episcopal schools. Although they were designed primarily to prepare young men for priesthood, they admitted other students within their portals. The Middle Ages also saw the beginning of the modern parochial schools, the first ones being under the supervision of the parish priest. Although many of the early principles and methods of teaching have been handed down to our schools of the present day, fortunately for us the severe discipline that marked this period was not adopted. In the Middle Ages it was believed that the devil was in the hearts of boys and could be driven out only by periodic floggings. Even as late as the fourteenth century a schoolmaster was sometimes introduced to his office by being presented with a rod and required to flog a boy publicly to prove that he was able to fulfill the demands of his office. We have seen that the church had almost entire control over education during this time. The university is perhaps the greatest contribution of all that was best in the Middle Ages and was not a product of the church. It ranks among the great dynamic agencies that have moulded the social life of the modern world. Perhaps the most outstanding feature in early universities was the nature of their organiza- tion. The term “university,” as we use it today, differs greatly from its original meaning. In the Middle Ages it meant a community or corporation. One of the contributions of the early university was the formation of what has today become our modern faculty; for the first time teachers specialized in the teaching of certain subjects. The teaching staff was governed by a dean. In medieval times, however, there were usually just four subjects: law, philosophy, medi- cine, and theology The first teachers were called doctors, but now the titles have lost their general meaning, and we refer to persons as having the degree of bachelor, master, and doctor. Harly universities were started by groups of young people who were interested in study and investigation. These organizations grew so popular that special privileges were granted them by the popes and emperors. Some of these privileges, however, lowered the morale of the institu- tion as the following fact reveals. Members of the university who had committed criminal misdemeanors were not subject to the jurisdiction of the city authorities but were given over to the authorities of the universities, elected by themselves. Naturally, the discipline was frequently lax, and the students became very reckless. This particular contribution to our methods of teaching is, of course, disadvantageous and has been modified so that the universities do not possess so much authority. The development of the university marks the transition from medieval history to modern history. Modern history begins with the revival of pagan learning, and the university made that effective. The democratic character of the new institution undoubtedly gave its students much D4 remake 5) Spear oa ——_(C. ele + ee unfortunate license, but it also gave them a broad range of freedom in intellectual activities. This latter factor was the secret of the power of the university at that time and is today the out- standing characteristic of our educational system. It is interesting to know that graduation is an invention of the medieval universities. They, too, must be blamed for the establishment of examinations and degrees. If it is true that there is good ground for complaint at the present time against the continued multiplicity of examina- tions and the unreasonableness of competitions, it is the Middle Ages that must be held respon- sible. The period cannot be fixed definitely when this system of degrees and graduation began, for such matters progressed very slowly. Degrees were given first as “licenses to teach,” but later the use of diplomas served this purpose. Originally the licenses were granted without an examination of any kind, but as masters and pupils increased in number, severity was introduced. Gradually a system of examinations was developed, and different conditions were imposed. Examinations at that time were very different from those of the present day. In the Middle Ages, in order to teach, one merely had to meet certain age requirements, possess an ability to teach, and show a record of having devoted a certain number of years to study. Crude system, though this was, it formed the basis of our examinations of today. We find then that the universities of the Middle Ages established some admirable regula- tions, a number of them being in use today. Not only did they contribute the bases for systems of graduation and diplomas, but they also formed faculties and examinations, and instituted a system of degrees. Although our system of education differs so much from that of medieval times that one would not recognize the relation between the two, we should remember that, after all, we must give credit to the Middle Ages for a number of contributions to our much modified and improved educational methods. —DORIS BUTLER. The Legacy of Rome and Greece In considering the relation of ancient Roman and Greek civilizations to the modern world there are two errors which we must avoid—reasonless adoration of the past and partial pride in the present. To over-estimate the value of early civilization and the amount actually inherited by the modern world would be as unjust as to ignore the accomplishments of the ancients and their role in worldly progress. Yet we can evaluate for ourselves the importance of ancient achievements and the intrinsic worth of the Roman legacy by asking a few simple questions. If Rome had never existed, what would have been the fate of Europe? If Rome had not become the mistress of the world when she did, how great would have been the destruction of the barbarians and uncivilized peoples? Had those barbaric hordes invaded the civilized world a few centuries before, we, perhaps, would not be here today. The course of history would have been vastly changed, and civilization, no doubt, would still be in its early stages. After all is said and done, I think we are all thankful that there was that powerful structure of Roman civilization to oppose that threatening possibility and to preserve the culture of the world. Rome made a deep and lasting impression on the ways and minds of men. Even today we derive benefits from her legacy to the world. First of all, we owe to Rome a debt for maintaining and handling down to us the glories and splendors of former civilizations, especially that of Greece. Rome stands for government and law. From her we deduce our laws, our government, our business administration, and many other legal systems. The Romans had hard, severe laws, but their laws were just. peo Ges 1935 The more we study what Romans have done for the science of engineering, the more we are impressed with the fact that only a small portion of our modern engineering methods can be called our own. They have been copied or developed from Roman models. Rome gave considerable help in the spread of Christianity throughout the world. And lastly we have the debt of language, the Latin language which was maintained by all educated men during the Middle Ages and which today is still the language of the Roman Catholic Church. The Latin language forms the basis of the Romance languages and our own English language. In recent years the progress of science has forced us to turn to Latin for new vocabu- laries. As Rome stands for government and law so does Greece stand for art and intellectual culture. Even though Rome by force of arms conquered Greece, Greece by the force of her intellectual superiority conquered Rome and eventually became her schoolmaster. So let us turn to Greece —that point of light in history! Many times has man endeavored to explain just why this tiny, little Greece is a giant among nations, but all his attempts have been futile. Greece cannot be explained; she can be worshipped or resented, but not explained. In the fifth century B. C Greece subdued Persian efforts to advance onto western soil and delivered Europe from Oriental invasion, perhaps even subjection. After the repulse of Persia, Athens, the glory and flower of Greece, burst into a flaming torch which illumined the world with flames not only of literature, but also of sculpture, architecture, painting, and ceramic and numis- matic art. The enlightening brilliancy of her flames permeated civilization for 2500 years. Today the world is enriched with her endowment of culture and learning. The theory and practice of education have come to mean so much in the whole structure of our universal social plan today that we cannot but help admiring and glorifying the Greeks, especially the Athenians, for their remarkable contributions. Through their efforts for many years, group domination was gradually forced into the background, and through their encourage- ment of personal character and individualism, the individual secured his position in society. Most of us are familiar with the two Greek city-states, Athens and Sparta. Education in Athens was of a type distinct from the Spartan system of education. While Athens aimed to train harmoniously the intellect, the sense of beauty, the moral nature, and the body, Sparta aimed to train soldiers. From one we receive the benefits of culture and the aesthetic aspects of life, and from the other, the principles of discipline, good citizenship, and military science, while from both we receive the highest form of patriotism. There is a great deal of significance, apart from poetical eloquence, in Edgar Allan Poe’s line, ““To the glory that was Greece.”’ Greece of the early ages was the birthplace of the highest attainments in architecture, sculpture, and literature. Have we moderns today ever constructed a building as perfect in proportion as the Greek Parthenon? No! Have we sculpture more ex- quisite than the beautiful frieze that adorned the walls of that magnificent temple, designed by Phidias, still the greatest in the ranks of great sculptors? Not yet! And who set the pace for the world in history, poetry, oratory, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and political thought? The Greeks! Where did the ideal of democracy originate? History locates the first seat of complete democracy in Attica, a section of Greece. Just why is it then that Grecian works of art have survived during the long passage of time and have been preserved by mankind all these years? Why is it their various works of art, their buildings, their statues, and especially their books, instead of dying out of fashion, live on and on and even today can stir our thoughts and arouse our emotions? A strange fact to explain. The great instinct for natural beauty on the part of all Greeks and the application of this beauty to all works of art seems to be the outstanding preservative. And this beauty is of a definite type. It is not a beauty which falls under extraneous ornamentation; it is not a beauty of a dazzling nature, but it is beauty in the very structure and real character of the object. In Greek literature 56 Tee ele coats —— (Class bia we find this beauty in the truthfulness, the plainness with which the Greeks say what they wish to say. This is the reason why their works have passed down through the ages, for only purity and sincerity can stand the test of time. Pericles said himself, ‘‘We are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes; and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.”’ This cultivation of manliness which Pericles speaks of is another of the great contributions of Greece. From the Greeks also we have learned the value of perfect health, and from them we have derived our pastimes, our games, our athletic contests, and the true spirit of sportsmanship. Our Olympic Games today are but a continuation of the Greek Olympiads. The most perfect people in the world were the Spartans and Athenians, as well as the early Romans. As the spirit of simplicity and naturalness immortalized their works of art, so did simplicity in living produce for them the most perfect physiques and strength ever known. Study shows us that they obeyed certain natural laws, exercises, and diets. This physical training was a prescribed course for all classes of Greek people, from youth to old age. And the result—a universal perfection of physical power and beauty never attained by any other race. In picking out the contributions of other people, such as the Oriental people, to our civiliza- tion, we have no difficulty in exactly pointing them out, but when we come to Greece, we have a different story. The Egyptians and Babylonians dressed up our civilization, gave it the outer features, but the Greeks gave it a soul. “There is nothing that moves in the world today that is not Greek in origin.”” Indeed we can agree with Shelley in saying, “‘We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our art have their roots in Greece.’”” Because Greek contribu- tions are in spirit rather than in body, they are hard to summarize. However, let us always remember this one supreme thing. ““The Greeks gave us the ideal of freedom, rezulated by self- control, freedom in thought, religion, and politics.” Today in comparing Greece and Rome, we can readily see that Greece was far more success- ful, more productive in the field of education. In conquering the concrete world, Romans had little time for contemplation and the cultivation of the intellect. They were soldiers, soldiers to the core, statesmen, and administrators. In summarizing all let me say, ““Modern life owes its highest ideals, directly or indirectly, to the inspiration of Greece; it owes its whole structure and existence to the creation of Rome.”’ —JOSEPH KILLELEA. 57 = 1 93 a CLASS POEM Life A faint glow of pink slowly blends in the blue; One little star is still peeping through. The fresh air is stirred by a restless breeze, And a robin’s sweet melody trills through the trees. Fair at its birth, the day is bright. Our happy hearts in tune grow light. A thrill of joy in us is born; All things hail the glorious morn. Life seems as lovely as morn in the spring; In each youthful heart how the joybells ring To the tune of courage and purpose true, And a hope for sunshine and skies that are blue. I wonder, will life be as fair as it looks In rosy dreams and in story books? Life has its pain, its grief, and its sorrow; We may behold a stormy tomorrow. Would life be the better for just song and sun? Would the zest and the thrill end much of the fun? How feeble and languid our natures would grow Were there no burden or struggle to know. In failure and sorrow, in grief and in trial, Our spirit is made. Learn then to smile. Stand ready to follow where life beckons on With faith that cries out, ““The fight shall be won!”’ —BERTHA M. WARREN 58 Pa) soma CLASS SONG The Art of Lite Like the pages of a book without the printing, Like the song without the symphony, Like the sinking of the sun without the tinting, So at our commencement, Life, are we. May the printing of the pages Glow with fire that’s ever new. May the plans and dreams of young hope Shine with radiance clear and true. May the harmony of living Pierce through to the listeriing ear May the softer tones of music Reach the hearts of those who hear. May the hand of life so paint our glowing sunset That the colors, blending, never lose The simplicity of loveliness and beauty; Yet reflect a mass of changing views. —CONSTANCE DAY. 59 SEA GUESS WHO, WHAT, and WHERE? ——C lass ene apap | 15) enue JOKES (Original Version of ‘‘The Isle of Capri’’) I T’was in the old L. H. S. that I met her In the dark of an old school room. Oh, I can still see the blackboards behind her Where we constantly met with our doom. II She was as sour as an old molded pickle, And somehow good marks were meant not for me; For though I faithfully studied my homework Still my mark was forever an “E.” ree Summer time was all over. School everyday you could see. I said, “Teacher, I’m a dumb-bell. Can’t you spare an ‘A’ or a ‘B’?”’ IV She spoke her harshest, “It’s best not to ask me.” And as I looked at her I could see She was looking her very severest. It was goodbye to an “A” ora “B”’ —W. MAGER—M. KING. Biology Teacher:—What has happened to the bird called moa? Pupil:—They’re extinct. There is no moa. ‘Parent:—What’s the ‘20” at the top of your physics paper? Struggling offspring:—That’s just the room temperature. In spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to poetry ... “Pray let me kiss your hand, “said he, With a passionate glance of love. “T can remove my veil,” said she, “Much easier than my glove.” Tsh! Tsh! We must do something to curb this rising gambling spirit. Bets are being placed regularly each Thursday as to the number of the Psalm to be read. Could it be a dream? Slouched in a barber’s room I waited quite serene. I showed no signs of outward gloom Till I saw a magazine. (2) I screeched an ejaculating yell. My face turned ashen hue. I succumbed, and tottering fell. The magazine was NEW! A slip of the tongue is no fault of the shoe (1) Solid Geometry:—This step contradicts the hypotenuse (hypothesis). (2) English:—Mountain folk speak a queer derelict (dialect). (3) Chemistry:—This is the table of automatic (atomic) weights. (4) History:—You’ve all seen the picture of Nap oleon crossing the Delaware. (5) Problems:—The president vetoed Galileo’s law of gravity. (6) Biology:—Every animal has his place on earth except the road-hog. P._S:—The tongue slips every time our worthy pedagogue turns his back. According to a certain pupil the acid formed from iodine should be idiotic acid. We are glad to report to our eager readers that Mr. Bucknell states that scientists are now coming to his way of thinking. Advice to beginners Never call your sweetie a ‘“‘queen’”’ because she will always take your “Jack.” Self-Control I always fly Into a rage When some dame cries, “Act your Age.” Teacher:—(pointing to blackboard) What does LX XX stand for? Snicker:—Love and kisses. Mr. Watson:—Greenough, you are out of order. Greenough:—Shall I go to the garage and get repaired? Miss Dole:—Monroe, what’s wrong with this sentence? The girls and me are going. Monroe:—It all depends where the girls are going. 62 3 93 aa Mrs. Joyce:—The clams in this chowder come from Boston. Fast Pupil:—So that’s why I had to wait so long. G:—Sir, I can’t read this correction at the end of my lesson. Mr. C:—It says you must write more plainly. Science Teacher:—Name a poisonous sub- stance. Pupil:—Aviation, Sir. Teacher:—Come, come, this is not time for nonsense. Pupil:—Well, sir, one drop will kill. Heard in Thursday Morning Sing John:—Y ou know that singing reminds me of home. Frank:—Is that so? John:—Yes, when I close my eyes I can hear our old front gate creaking in the wind. History pupil:—In 18... Santa Anna crossed over the Rio Grande into Texas with his army where he was met by Houston’s army. Mr. D.:—On what grounds was war de- clared? Pupil:—On the grounds of the United States. Mrs. B.:—John give me the present tense of the verb couper (to hit), putting in the re- flexive objects. John:—Je me coupe (I hit myself)... hesitates. Mrs. B :—What follows that, James? James:—Ouch! An aviation instructor was giving a lecture on parachutes. ‘“‘And in case it doesn’t work,” he said, ‘‘that is what we call jumping to a conclusion.” poet Uo Daye Burdett Business Training : Courses. for Young Men: Business Administration and Accounting, as i preparation for sales, credit, financial, office management and accounting positions. College grade instruction. 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