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

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Advice To The Juniors Margaret G, Denton The Seniors realize the tremendous task that you, as Juniors, have before you in rising to the lofty dignity of Senior-hood. 11 We have accordingly assembled the following bits of advice which v;e deem to be helpful and which I, in behalf of the Seniors, will now impart to you. First: be familiar, but never with your lessons. Second, and So On: Write legibly--when you know the an- swers . Do not erase your typographical errors; all commercial teachers are born with eagle eyes. Beware of Physics --When test day comes around, only voids and vacuums abound where laws short days ago were f ound . Don’t look for a dictionary by Americans, for Americans, and of the American language, which keeps pace with the Amer- icans. The wee lil bcastie was one of those plowed under by Robert Burns. As Seniors, keep always a watchful eye for a new recipe for divinity. Those friends you have and their assistance sought grap- ple to your soul with sticks of gum.. But do not dull your pencil helping each new-hatched, unfledged, and muddled com- rado . C-o to bed early- -when there’s no place to stay but home and nothing to do but study. Do not dress quietly, for they in Edwards of Senior rank and station arc of a curious and bizarre complex. Do not go under sixty per, particularly on motor- cyclcs--thc shock is terrific. To live up to Senior tradition, you’ll have to do bet- ter than three stairs at a time, taking. care of course, no teacher, principal, superintendent, or member of the School Committee is standing at the bottom of the stairs just so you’ll bump into him. Ever a borrower, not a lender be; for loan will make thee pen and paperless, but borrowing saves theo dimes for ice cream cones. This above all--in Senior footsteps stride, and it must follow as night the day, thou canst not then disgrace our dear old Edwards,

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Evidently she intends to start her riders off with a good hump for she is going to put her beginners on donkies. If you should hear a woman loudly voicing her opinions, in this vicinity, you will know that the sounds are produced by Margaret Budd, Syd is definitely going to be a well known criminal lawyer and will deal with nothing but petty thieves and divorce cases. Lester Atchuc will write a book of home- made puns. I guess he acquired his talent in English IV. Poor Mrs. Severance suffered immensely while Lcs was In the amateur stage. With that, the gypsy woman told me that she could foresee no more, but I was fully contented for even though I had not learned what my own future might be, learn- ing the futures of my classmates had well rewarded me for my time spent with the fortune teller.

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CLASS TOLL Be it here remembered that we, the class of ’ 58. of Major Edwards High ' School, metropolis of West Boylston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of one mind and twenty- five bodies and in our usual dazed frame of mind, do hcrc-by make this our last will and testament” After scraping together enough pennies to pay our just debts the class is now in a position be bequeath and bestow the following; To Mr. Craig we bequeath our sincere gratitude for his assistance and patient efforts. We also salute him hearti- ly for the admirable way in whs eh he has born up under the strain of the howling class meetings of the class of 38. To the citizens of our flourishing town, we bequeath our thanks for our beautiful school building. We arc proud indeed to be alumni of such a school. To our dearly beloved and sorely tried faculty, we be- queath our thanks for the fine way in which they have come smiling through in spite of us. We also bequeath them a long and happy vacation. Our individual bequests arc as follows; Virginia Vesh with much sadness wills her gorgeous giggle to Gladys Thomas with the ardent prayer that it may be of some good and rescue next year’s Seniors from the Mon- day Blues, To Edward Neale, Dick Mooney bequeaths his shy and modest manner in hopes that it will restrain Eddie from tearing the school off its foundation next year, Francis Aloys ius Kirby bestows his ability as a dare devil driver and a burner-upper of the roads to Bob Keissling, with the hope that Bob will take courage .and move along a little faster than 15 miles per hour. Rosie Wood bequeaths her most cherished posses- sion Edward Neale into the safe-keeping of Lucy Sallucc, with the understanding that said possession is to be guarded with Lucy’s life and that it will bo returned at the end of next year. Carolyn Nutting bequeaths her ambition to be a wild woman to Marcia Buck. With that to help her Marcia ought to blaze through her Senior year.