Major Edwards High School - Mesa Yearbook (West Boylston, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY A history is a record of frets and events arranged chronologically with their causes and effects; and certainly a his- tory c£ the facts concerning the Class of 1936. is worthy of recognit? on,— not that we have been so active, but because many changes have taken place during ui four years’ course. 1932 We entered high school in the fall of with an enrollment of thirty-three, but, fer various reasons, our number has diminished nearly one-half. However, in spite of the large decrease in number , we can proudly say, that v e are tne class to have graduated from the Boylst on High School, and, I may largest West 1918, after the burning , , - „ say, probably the ' last to’graduate this church building, in which graduation exercises have been held since the year of the Town Hall. ent er ing of most to cope We were a hele and hearty Freshman 0 lane in 1932, o C hool not r ith fear and trembling as in tne ca- e Fr!shmen°°but with all the courage ana bravado necessary, wUh the commands and demands of the three uooer classes. Soon after the beginning of the year, we held our first class meeting, --the most important item of business being tne electi on cf class officers. Ellen Lovell was chosen President, William Nutting Vice President , 8! fl Lois Hanson, Secretary and Treasurer. One of our problems in. algebra, this year, was readily solved bv one of our class in his usual brilliant manner. ine problem concerned the rates of s-eed of a. passenger train, and a freight train in reaching a given point, the freight train starting ,efo- the pa ssenger train. Our gifted student suggested to a clS ' Sma e that the passenger train run the distance .backwards, ' .-ms slowing down its speed, and at the sane time. then both trains might reach their destination The next year, as Sophomores, with our membership reduced ono-third, again we held a class mooting, to elect officers. William Nutting was chosen President, William Silvester, vico President, Lois Hanson, Secretary, and Ruth Scollen, Treasurer. These officers were retained throughout the remainder of our course At the very end of this year, after v, c had taken our test, the class in second-year Latin met for a final recitat on, in order to comolotc a certain chap tor. At each question askea by our instructor , one of our number remained, silent. Finally the instructor became suspicious and asked him where ho had been and. what he had boon doing all the morning. He calmly replied, Oh, just playing tennis.

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HISTORY 2 of Miss Lord. The Junior year is always look £ a for- ward to by oach class, as the outstanding year, both in obtaining funds to defray expenses, and in planning tho Junior Prom. Our candy sal os during tho year, proved both popular and successful. But tho most pro- fitable source of income was our Class Play, The Importance of Being Earnest. The play was also a great dramatic succo3? , for which we were much indebted to the faithful coaching Another important item of business this year was the selection of a class ring. A committee was chosen, many styles were submitted by various firms, many class meetings were held, and a decision was finally reached. During school hours, our laboratory work in Chemistry furnished us with our greatest diversion. One day, two of the boys were making acetylene torches, by mixing water and calcium carba.oe in a flask. Just as one of them had made a good mixture, the other coy held his lighted torch over the mouth of the flask, and something suddenly happened. After that, Mr Woodbury put the rest of the carbide under lock and key, out of the reach of reckless little boys. The Junior Prom, our most important social event, was held at the Wachusett Country Club, and was a great success , except in one little detail,— our treasury balance was somewhat reduced. We besan our Senior year, vdth more determination than ever, to devote our time to study, an5 make this last year a decided echo lastic success, but our efforts, though praiseworthy, have met with success only in varying degrees. One day a pupil in the class of French III, was not paying strict attention, and just ae he w- s in the midst of his conversation with the pupil seated behind him, the teacher asked him to define the word, Myopia —which, as you know, means near-sightedness. Hearing his name called, and, having only a vague remembrance of the question, to everyone amusement, he answered, ’ Your what? At another time, during a recitation in solid geometry, the instructor asked our president how go measure a lire o inf in Ge length. After an interval of thought, with a puzzled frown on his°face, he replied, With an infinity ruler, of course! Last winter, during a recitation in Senior English, the boys inaugurated a new diversion which proved to be a failure. The diversion was a pass game, with a shoe instead of a football. We met our Waterloo when the shoe landed on the newel post in the corridor at the close of the period, just os our principal happened - along. Needless to say, the shoe was returned to its owner in record ' time. In regard to our plans for the future, about a third of the class have nothing definite in view. Of the others, one wishes to become a nurse, one expects to take a secretarial course, one