Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1930 volume:

Class NO j Book NO j Middleborough,Mass.,S:L£. :.a V5JX Ij of the CLASS OF 1930 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS To LEONARD O. TILLSON In Grateful Acknowledgment of His Inspiring Help and Encouragement, JVe Lovingly Dedicate this Book. Tribute We, the Class of 1930, are proud to show our appreciation of our beloved submaster for his many years of faithful service. Through his unfailing kindness, thoughfulness and close association with the boys and girls, Mr. Tillson has given unsparingly of the rich gift of his personality. Table of Contents. The Faculty ...... 6 Year Book Staff ..... 7 The Class . . . . . . 8 to 23 Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1930 Alberto P. Chase 24 Walter Sampson Chapter of Pro Merito Society 26 Football Team ...... 27 Basketball Team ...... 28 Baseball Team . . . . . -29 Senior Play Cast ..... 30 Graduating Exercises . . . . -32 Salutatory and Essay: Women Poets of Massachusetts Geraldine Stafford 34 Class Prophecy: Frederick Eayrs, Norman Fowler, Stanley Ware 37 Essay and Valedictory: Three Hundred Years V. Norman Landstrom 45 Class Ode: To Our School Gertrude Snowden 47 Walter Sampson, Principal Emerilus Alfred R. Mack, Principal Alice D. Brawn, Anna C. Erickson, H. Beatrice Randall, Irene M. Wentvvorth, Lillian O ' Neil, Abby R. Field, Florence Culhane, Chrystal M. Chase, Esther L. Moore, Grace Allen, Bertha M. Cross, Doris P. Chase, Roland C. MacGown, Walter G. Hicks, Ernest E. Thomas, Leonard 0. Tillson, Herbert L. Wilber, Sylvia T. Comley, Wirt B. Phillips •4 6 Year Book Staff Virginia R. Sass, Editor-in-Chief Assistants: Gwendolyn J. Hill, Norman A. Fowler Alexander Heath, Jr. Business Manaier .Assistants: Stanley A. Ware, John C. McDonald Alberto P. Chase, Sports Charlotte M. Smith, S wrfs Florence M. Clark, Jrt Frederick E. Eayrs, . irt ■4 7 The Class FREDERIC ALLEX — Frederic has been a loyal supporter of the black and orange on the football field. He has also given the Glee Club liis support. Fred, you must remember that you are altogether too big to tease poor INIrs. ] Ioore. MARY ALLISON — ] Iary is one of our quiet gii-ls. Her ambition is to travel, and we are all glad that she is going to realize her ambition by going to Washington this summer as a representative of Mass. 4-H Club. Our best wishes go with her. ZOLA ANDERSON— Zo!a is our best dressed girl. She, also, is realizing her ambition, — graduating . We un- derstand she is very fond of hunting. At least, she is always interested in A. Chase. HELEN APRIL — Helen is our prettiest girl. On looking at her picture, can you doubt it ' She is always pleasant and we know she will make a successful nurse. PRISCILLA ARCHER— Priscilla is our quietest girl. She is a member of the Girls ' Glee Club. She plans to go to Normal School and we wish her luck as a teacher. -4 8 li-- CI ass of Thiri)i ETjLSWOIITH BECKMAN- Becky is one of the boys that was on the fiekl of battle for M. H. 8. wlieii tlie fray -was a football game. He was voted the best dressed boy in the class. How he escaped bein j ' voted the class sheik is a question. Maybe all the iris weren ' t voting. LAWRENCE BISSONNETTE— Lawrence is regarded as being quiet by some people — but perhaps that is because they do not know him as Ave do ! As a business manager of the ' ' Sachem ' ' he certainly has done very commendable work. He has also been a supporter on the football field and the basketball court. PREB] IAN BLACK — Freeman ' s one ambition is to be a song writer. What kind of songs, Freeman? Anyway, his work in the Glee Club show s that he ought to succeed in his noble desire. He has also helped the M. H. S. nine with his hard hitting. MILDRED BOWMAN— Mildred took the part of the haughty society lady in our class play. She was also on the play committee. She is a member of the Consule Planco and the Cosmos Clubs. She wants to go abroad. We hope she will realize her am- bition. CHARLES BRICKNELL— Although he is one of our quiet boys. we all know that Charles will succeed in whatever he plans to do. We expect, therefore, to see him Mayor of Plympton in the near future. ■4 9 ■ 9 If • Class of T  rr;y . % ELAINE BRICKNELL— Elaine is another one of our quiet ;irls (quietness must run in lier family) — but what an ambition I AVe were shocked to hear that she wants to extend Plympton to the other side of the road. With the help of her brother as ] Iayor, her task will not prove to be difficult. JAMES BROOKS, JR.— ,Jaraes is a quiet, hard-working lad. His blush is really quite charming. He has done much to help ]Mrs. Moore in the handling of the Commercial Department. ROGER BURGER — We haA-e made many speculations as to what Roger intends to do in the future, but not a word will he say. AVe recommend him as a companion to Ex-Pres. Coolidge for we are sure that neither would bore the other with too much talking. Roger gets along well with his teachers as he always has his lessons done. FREDERIC CAREY— Now. girls, don ' t lo.se your hearts to Fred, for it won ' t do any good. He is entirely oblivious to your charms, but keeps his eyes on the Styles. He belongs to the Pro Merito and Glee Club. He also has done fine work on the football squad. RUTH CARVER—Look at her picture. Isn ' t she sweet. ' And she ' s just as nice in real life too. Do you want .some descriptive adjectives . ' Here they are — attractive, agreeable, good-natured. Aw! what ' s the use, we couldn ' t name them all I •4 10 1 f . • • • .- 11 Cl ass MADELINE ( ASWELL— IMadeliiie is one of our readers. Many a concert she has lielped to make a success. She is a member of the Glee Club and the Pro Merito Society. We all remember with jjleasure her part in makin ' the Senior Plav a Jood one. VTOLA CASWELL— A ' ' iola was voted our most popular girl. We weren ' t surprised, because for four years she has played the piano for the Boj ' s ' and Girls ' Glee Clubs, the Orchestra, the Quartet and the Chorus. She has done typing for tlie Sachem and she is treasurer of the Student Body. She is secretary of our class and a member of the Pro Merito Society. Isn ' t that enough for anyone? VIRGINIA CASWELL— Virginia is very peppy. She is -A member of the Girls ' Glee Club, and a faithful member of the Orchestra. She has hopes of being an architect. We wish her the best of luck in her work. I IARGARET CHARRON— Look at those dimples! Don ' t they look mischievous? She belonged to the Girls Glee Club for one year. Her favorite sport is riding on the bus from Lakeville to Middleboro. What does that mean? ALBERTO CHASE— Al is the best all roiand fellow in the class. He has participated in baseball, football, and basketball, being captain of the last two for a year. He is a member of the Year Book Stalf. A Freshman once said he heard Al say Mazola. He wasn ' t verv far oft ' the track. ■4 11 CI a«S of Thtrl[)i FLORENCP] CLARK— Flossy is our artist. Although only four feet, ten, she has wonderful talent for a little girl. She worked hard on the cuts for our Year Book. We know she ' ll succeed, for gentlemen prefer blondes. POLLY DREVINSKY— Polly is one of the youngest members of the class. Sweet sixteen ! Her sunny smile makes her popular everywhere. She belongs to the Glee Club and the Pro Merito Society. She was the exchange editor of the Sachem for this year. We ' 11 risk a mint of money for a seat in the Opera when you are Prima Donna, Polly. FREDERICK EAYRS— Ted is the best looking fellow in the class. He is captain of the baseball nine this year, a member of the Year Book Statf, and presi- dent of the Pro Merito Society. When troubled with a cough, we recommend ' ' Smith ' s. . ANNIE FABBRI — Annie is one of our faithful girls, always will- ing to help out. She typed in the offiae and did typing for the Sachem this year. She was in the track meet last year and is a member of the Pro Merito Society. KATHRYN FAGAN— We really don ' t know what to make of Kathryn. We think she ' s bashful, but then you can ' t tell. Silence is golden. If that ' s the case, who can estimate her value ' ■4 12 l!=- CI ass of T) jrfxi HELEN FARGO— Helen is one of the best dressed girls by vote of the class. She is a member of the Girls ' Glee Club, and wants to become a private seeretar3 Gentlemen prefer blondes applies to Helen,, also. MAKY FERRAGUTO— IMary was one of the Amazons in our play in 1928. She is a member of the Glee Clnb. She wants to become a housekeeper, but she didn ' t nay for whom. We suspect she meant for herself? NORMAN FOWLER — Norman was in our Senior Play, on the Year Book and Sachem Staffs, a member of the Pro Merito Society and the manager of baseball this year. He is always full of mischief and we all enjoy his pranks. He wants to be an engineer in the Andes. AVe think that ' s just another one of his jokes. ALBERT GERRIOR— Albert has never let school work interfere with his sleep, as may be seen by his scurrying about period A to get those studies done. Cheer up, after June 18, you can challenge the ground hog. RUTH GOODALE— AVe all like Ruth. We just can ' t help it. Do you suppose it ' s IT? She intends to study physi- cal education. Good luck to you, Ruth. Her favorite subject is Shorthand. -4 13 Class of ThirX)i ELWIN HANSON— By vote of the class, Elwin is the (luietest member. Bat just remember, when he says any- thing, it usually is said at the right time. We all know he will succeed if he keeps up the good work. ALEXANDER HEATH, JR.— Alec is the class sheik. He sub- stituted in the Senior Play Apple Blossom Time for John McDonald at the last minute and put across the part of the hick town constable as if he had been practicing for a month. He was a member of the Glee Club, Orchestra, and Year Book Staff. EDWARD HEATH — Eddie and his grin are one and inseparable. He will always have fond recollections of Plymp- ton. He was a member of the Glee Club, Quartette, and Cosmos Club. We know you ' ll be a success at whatever you undertake, Eddie. GWENDOLYN HILL— Gwen is our class flirt ! She is the cause of many a heartache. Her ambition is to be grown up and be recognized as such by L. Maxim and J. McDonald. She, also, is sweet sixteen. She is a member of the Cosmos Club and the Glee Club. She was one of our members elected to the Cabot Club this year. MILTON JONES— Milt is a sailor of the high seas, and all the underclassmen are trying to imitate his swagger. He is well liked by all, with his ready grin and keen wit. Good luck to vou ] Iilt ! ■4 14 f- Class of Thirt)i ELIZABETH KELLEY— ' ' Kelly ' ' is our girl athlete. She played on the Girls ' Basket-Bail Team and last year she won several honors in the track meet Playing sub on the boys ' baseball team last year was quite a sensation, but Kelley didn ' t mind. Who would make a better gym teacher than Elizabeth Kelley ? DOROTHY KINSMAN— Dot has a great ambition— to grow lip. We wonder Avhich way ! But of course, she wants to grow tall. She is a member of the Glee Glub. When we were discussing the class flower, she didn ' t care what the flower was, as long as it was a Bud . NORMAN LANDSTROM— He is valedictorian of the class. He took the part of a rather ugly, awkward fellow from the back alleys in the Senior Play and did it very well. He is president of the Consule Planco Society, a member of the Glee Club, the Sachem Staff, and the Pro Merito Society. We ' re positive you will be a fine lawyer, Norman, and we ' ll be sure to take our divorce cases to you. DORIS LEWIS — Doris ' ambition is to be chewing gum all the time. Evidently she has been reprimanded for the crime. We hope that after June 18, she can chew to her heart ' s content. What kind do you want, Doris. — Oh Boy ? HAZEL LINCOLN— Hazel is one of our expert typists. She types in the office, besides extra work. She wants to own a roadster and to be a supervisor of musie. We can ' t imagine quiet ( ?) Hazel driving a road- ster, but you never can tell! 15 • Class of T jrf)4 HAZEL LONG— Hazel is a member of the Glee Club She wants to travel wideh ' . It is a worthy ambition we ' d all like to fu ' fill, and we wish you the besf of luc-k. Hazel. You have been a faithful student, and Memorial High School will miss you. HARVEY ilacNEILL— Harvey is another fel ' ow who oujiht for the black and orang:e on the football field. Harvey is rather quiet, but, according to Mrs. Brawn, he has marvelous possibilities. Anyway, Harvey is well liked. ROGER MATTHEWS— Rog can usuaUy keep out of mis ' .-hief. but at times he can ' t help getting in thick with Mrs. Brawn. He means well, though, and will no doubt outgrow it. He was a member of the foot- ball squad, basketball (piintet and Glee Club. HAZEL MAXLM— Haze ' is a member of the Girls ' (J ' ee Club, the Cosmos Club and the Pro Merito Club. She wants to see the Sahara Desert by moonlight. We nevev realized that she was so romantic. Perha|)s the vast expanse appeals to her because she believe. ' - it to be broadening. LEIGHTON MAXni— Leightons one ambition is to se ' Miss Hill grow uj). AVe a ' l hoi)e that it is realized to the fullest extent. He is one of the best dressed boys in the cla.ss. ■4 16 ■ Class of ThirX)i CHARLES MxVYHBW— Cliarles has foniiod a snappy or- chestra of liis owii and has furiiish ' . ' d lis witli music at many of the socials. He is an expert witli the violin and we expect much from him in fulfilling his ambition as a violinist. He is a member of the Orchestra and Football Team. JOHN McDonald — John is our best boy dancer. He was to take part of the constable in the Senior Play but was unable to do so because of an emergency operation that took place just before the time that the play was to be given. He was a member of the Football Team. IVAN McLEOD — Ivan is a hard working boy who is sure to get along in the world. He doesn ' t say much, but that fact doesn ' t seem to interfere with his popu- larity. Luck to you, Ivan, we expect a lot of you. MANUEL MADEIROS— Manuel is considered the sheik of tJi class by one girl at least. As he intends to follow the sea, he will, if possible, travel with the good ship Anne. We hope you don ' t run into any storms, Manuel. STANLEY MEN0W8KY— Stanley is the class wit. All of Miss Chase ' s English cla.ss of second period can verify this statement. Even the teachers can ' t resist liis challenging grin. Stanley is a member of the Pro Merito Society. ■4 17 CI ass of Thirt)i EVERETT IMl ' RPHY— He is a lueniber of the Orchestra, Tilee Club, and the Basel)all Team. His anibitioii is to be happy. AVe don ' t donl)t tliat he will b ' . t ' oi- his pleasant nature makes him many friends, and a i erson with friends is always happy. ELOISE NTELSEX— Eloise is our best jrirl dancer. She made a wonderful society jrirl in our class play, thou rh Ave all know she is not so conceited as the famed Loretta was. Her .sunny smile attracts lots of attention and she will be missed in C2. ARLEEX NOLAX — Arleen has been a faithful librarian and a member of the Cosmos Club. Her favorite indoor sport is gym on Thursdays. She says her greatest ambition is to be good, but Ave can ' t imagine her ever being bad. DORIS PERKIXS— Doris plans to teach school. We know slu will be an efficient teacher. She is a member of the Cosmos Club. She is our most bashful girl. AVf seem to be blessed Avith blondes and Doris is no exception. FORREST PERKIXS— He helped the black and orange out in athletics, especially as a member of the Basketball Team. Perky says that he likes to play check- ers. Perhajjs that is the reason wliy lie always Avaits for the teachers ' next move before moving himself. ■4 18 I- CI ass of Thirf)i DOROTHY PHILLIPS— Dorothy is another (luict -iri. KShe sel- dom si)eaks and we hardly ever know she is around. She follows the rule — Girls should be seen and not heard. She is a member of the Glee Ch b. Her ambition is to be somebody ' s housewife. EVELYN PIERCE — Evelyn doesn ' t have much to say — she says it with smiles. Speak little and you won ' t say too mueh, seems to be her motto She assists our orchestra with her violin. ELIZABETH PLISSEY— Another blonde. Elizabeth wants to get through school . We wonder why. We have an idea that she i.s matrimonially ii clined Her favorite pastime is riding from Lakeville to Aliddleboro on the school bus. DONALD QUINDLEY— Donald wants to be an aeroplane pilot. There is a lot of speculation as to whether or not he will own a two seater plane so that he can take that innocent Sophomore to ride or not. We don ' t believe Donald will be so worried looking ' when he leaves High School for there will be no Student Body dues to remember. HELEN ROBBINS — Helen is another girl whose ambition is to graduate from M. H. S. They all have some out- side interest greater than studies. She belonged to the Glee Club for one year. She, too, likes to ride on the school bus — especially on rainy days ■4 19 JOSEPH ROBERTS— Joe is the modest boy of our class. Although he doesn ' t say much, we know he does a lot of thinking ' . He doesn ' t know how rear he came to being voted the nK .st bashful boy in the class. Cheer u]), we like you just the same. VIRGINIA S ASS— Virginia is the Editor-in-Chief of our Year Book. She was also on the Sachem Staff, a mem- ber of the Cosmos Club, Glee Club, and Pro Merito Society. What would the Senio?- Play have done without Virginia as its heroine? She certainly made a big hit. She is also a .scholar and has one of the honor parts at graduation. JOSEPH SILVA— Joe has filled center garden on the baseball team for his last two years. We all hope that he will be able to play an Hawaiian guitar, for that is his one ambition. He failed to mention for whom he wanted to play it. CHARLOTTE SMITH— Charlotte was voted the best all round girl in the class. Although she is not snobbish, sh ' ? has Eayrs. She has been a member of the (xlee Club, Pro Merito Society, and Secretary of the Student Body. She was one of the girls chosen from our class to belong to the Cabot Club. GERTRUDE SNOWDEX— Gert is always in a hurry to do something or to go somewhere. Her pleasant dis- position has made her many friends. She is always with Virginia Sa.ss. (Jert ' s ambition is to live in the Wild and Woolly West. She is a member of Pro Merito Society. 4 20 P ( }e n«r- al CHi K School Mil 1 LUsS of l  rZ)4 GERALDINE STAFFORD— Gerry is our salutatoriau. She has also read several times at our eoueerts. She is a member of the Glee Club, Pro IMerito and Gousule Planeo Soeieties. Her ambition is to be a librarian and to wi-ite a book. We wonder if it will be a romance. We know it will be a suc- cess, as all Gerry ' s accomplishments are. PHILIP STAFFORD— Philip doesn ' t say much about what he ' b ' thinking of, but now and then he smiles a sub- conscious smile, so they must be humoroiis thoufihts. He is a good scholar, and w.dl make a siiccess at anything he undertakes. STEPHEN STRO.JNY- -Stephen is known as a willing helper. We wish his speed in the corridors would equal his speed on the highway. Whenever a car has been needed, he always has volunteered the service of himself and his car. W e thank you, Stephen. NATHALIE THIBAULT— T is a member of the Pro Merito Society, the Glee Club, and the Latin Club. She Avants to go west and wear a big hat. We wonder if she ' ll meet Gertrude in her travels. Teachers don ' t wear big hats, Nathalie. HELEN THOMAS— Another little girl with a big ambition. Our class seems to be full of Avould-be-travelers. Evi- dently Helen doesn ' t get enough traveling, jour- neying back and forth to school. It seems as though all the bus pupils like traveling in general. 4 21 1 Class of TK rf)i SNOWDON THOMAS— Siio vaoii is a class booster. He is liked by all, and is sure to be a success in life. The class wishes vou luck, Snowdon. ALBEPiT THOMPSON— It is hard to find anythin i ' to say about Albert, for he says so little himself to -ive us a hint of how his mind is working. Ye can say. however, that he is very well liked by both sexes. It may be the part in the middle of his blonde hair. RUTH TIUPP— Wherever Kuth is, Alice is there, too. They never seem to be apart and are always laughin : at some secret joke. Ruth wants to travel abroad. AVe arc- almost sure she will, too. ELIZABETH WALKER— Elizabeth is our genius at the piano. During her high school years, she has been study- ing nuisic in Boston, and has given several recitals of her own. We know she Avill be successful and she has our best wishes. STANLEY WARE — Stanley is the most popular boy in the Senior Class. He is a member of the football, baseball basketball teams. (Jlee Chxb, Year Book Staff, Sachem ' ' Staff, and Pro Merito Society. He was captain of each of the three sports for one year. He is president of the Cosmos Club, Stu- dent Body and Vice-President of the Senior Class. •4 22 lis- Class of ThirX)i REGINALD AVASHBURN— Ee iiiuild is the class ' most bashful boy. He Avas a ineinber of the baseball squad aud the star twirler last year. Reginald believes iu the dignity of the class and carries that responsi bility on his shoulders. DONALD WELCH— Don is the President of the Senior Class and great honor is due hini. He was the leading man in the Senior Play, and a member of the Sachem Staff. He made a very good hero and has commanded the awe and attention of under classmates since the play. Is it true that he is robbing the cradle? ROGER WESTON— Rog was a member of the baseball nine for two years. He never lets school work interfere with his good times. Mrs. Brawn can prove this very easily. Isn ' t it funny how the noisiest boys always choose the quietest girls? MELVILLE WILBUR— Mel or Tootlipicks has been an in- valuable asset in our athletics. He has played in both football and basketball. Ge easy on your Birthday cards and Christmas presents, class mates, for the responsibilities ef United States Mail rests on the shoulders of Mel. He can man- age it though. ALFRED WOOD — Alfred is our class treasurer. He was captain of the Football Team in his Senior year. He is a member of the Pro ] Ierito Society and the Editor- in-Chief of the Sachem. If you want to see a good all-round fellow, take a look at Alfred. ALICE AVRIGHT— Last in the Year Book, but by no means last in the relay race. She has been prominent in our athletics. We discover that she, too, wants to travel — probably to keep Ruth company. -4 23 1 1 Class of T jrf;!! Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1930 ALBERTO P. CHASE [E the Senior Cass of Memorial High School, do bequeath to the Fresh- man Class, our superior intelligence, unlimited knowledge, and years of experience, for the special benefit of the aforesaid class, which will without doubt, need said qualities, in order to successfully finish the four years of unending studies and activities which are in store for them. We, the Class of 1930, do leave to Mrs. Brawn, a position in some High School, which will be a better school than the won- derful Brockton High. In a special legacy from V. Norman Land- strom and Polly Drevinsky, we do bequeath to such unfortunate individuals as Andrew Pasztor, George Nolan, Peanut Allen, Stan- ley Sinosky, Wilfred Benoit and all others of the same stature, all the superfluous height and breadth of the said Landstrom and Dre- vinsky, so that some day these individuals may compare favorably with the present illustrious cla.ss. In a separate and special legacy from Milton Jones, we do give and bequeath his knowledge of seamanship to Red McCar- thy, so that he may become ecjual to Jones in using nautical terms. In a very special legacy from Stanley Ware, we do bequeath to all tho.se who may become afflicted with the disease of puppi- lovitis, the landing on the back stairway, to use in case of rain or cold weather. In a separate legacy from the Senior boys in Room 21 at fifth i;erio(l, we leave a s ' . ' t o ' l falsewhiskers and a course in a Correspond- ence School for Detectives to Mr. Hyman, to aid in his already magnificent work in finding fault. We, the wonderful Senior Class, do give, in a hopeful spirit, to all thoie who wish to become auctioneers or radio broadcasters, the unbeatable voice and untiring set of lungs of Hazel Maxim. In a particular legacy to Mr. Goodwin, IMel Wi ' bur leaves all his used and second-hand tooth-picks to be used in the furnace, so that in the winter months to come, the rooms on the North side of the building shaH not be used as refrigerators. In a separate legacy from Charlotte Smit ' i and Ted Eayrs, we do bequeath and transfer their beautiful romance of long-standing, to Russell Eaton and Margaret Pearce, in. the hopes that it may turn out as well. In a special legacy to Austin AVard, we do leave the perseverance and ambition of Charles i Iayhew, in order that, said Ward may in time rise to the position of a normal student. In a separate legacy to tiie i)upils of future Commercial Geography classes we do be- (jueath the charming manners and hehavioi ' of Roger Weston. AVe, the exalted Senior Class, do give and bequeath all remaining funds in our Treas- ury, for the repairing of the many cracks and holes in the plastering and also to employ 24 If Class of Thir )i, soiiio one to open the innninerable windows which refuse to be opened. In a si)eeial le acy to Freddy Ehlridge, we do give Roficr Matthews ' Number Tens, in order tluit the aforesaid Freddy ' s tiny feet may become biji ' enough to stand upon. In a separate legacy from Frederic Allen, we do give to Thomas AVest all the grace of said Allen, to use in his future toe dancing. In a special legacy from John MacDona ' d. we leave his endless store of wise-cracks to Staulej ' Benson, hoping that said Benson may become his worthy successor as the class amusement. The Senior Class, in a sjiecial legacy from Stanley Menowsky, will give to anyone in- (piiring for such, the aforementioned Menow- slvv ' s formula for becoming a Pro Merito — by causing tlie worst disturbance of anyone in the class. In a very special legacy from Alexander Heath, we do give and bequeath to Al ' Mitchell. tlie floor in Student Body meet- ings. In a very special legacy from Viola Cas- well, Ave do leave with the pianist in future music periods, all the excess talent of said Viola. It will surely be needed ! In a special legacy from Gerry Stafford, the Senior Class of 1930, does give her lady- like manners and retiring disposition to Lemira Smith, so that she may act as the or- dinary female should. In a very particular legacy to Howard Robbins, tlie class of 1930 bcfjueaths the out- standing masculinity of Jinnny Brooks, tc as.sure success in liolding down his footba ' I captaincj of next year. In a separate legacy, we leave with Robert Tobey, the secret of Elwin Hanson ' s charm- ing and captivating way with women. In a special legacy from the members of the Senior Play Cast, we do bequeath to the Juniors their unequalled talent, in order that they may have the success of thf present Senior Class. In a very special legacy to Merle Wash- burn, we do give the athletic ability to earn a real M for his sweater. In a separate legacy from the Heath broth- ers, we do leave to anyone who wants it, theii ' ability to wreck a car thoroughly without a smash-up. In the last special legacj ' , we do give and bequeath to Donald Kraus the phenomenal power of lud Medeiros to sleep in any class and appear to be Avide aAvake. We do hereby ai)point i Ir. Walter (1. Hicks sole executor of this will and testament. Signed in the i)resence of tlie.se honest hvt mentally unbalanced witnesses: Edward Casey, Kenneth Lakey and LaAvrence Boehme. SAVorn befoi-e Justice of the Peace, Honorable Francis V. (Jurley. ■4 25 Walter Sampson Chapter of Pro Merito Society I ' rinciixil-Eineritiis Walter Sampson, J ' riiicjpal Alfred R. Mack, President F. Eayrs, N. Landstrom, N. Thibault, C. Smith, H. Maxim, V. Caswell, A. Wood, S. Menowsky, G. Stafford, A. Fabbri, G. Snowden, M. Caswell, E. Nielson, V. Sass, S. Ware, N. Fowler, P, Stafford, P. Drevinsky, F. Carey. ■4 26 Football Team Coach MacGown, Capt. Wood, K. Lakey, F. Curley, G. Reddington A. Pasztor, N. Panesis, A. Hale, D, Welch, G. Morrissey, L. Bissonnette, H. Robbins, S. Ware, N. Nielsen, F. Allen, F. Shaw, D. Kraus, Z. Stulpin, H. MacNeill, A. Warren, S. Benson, J. McDonald, E. Beckman, R. Matthews, A. Chase ■4 27 f- Class of ThiTX)i Basketball Team A. Whitbeck, K. Lakey, R. Gammons, S. Ware, Coach MacGown, H. Robbins, F. Perkins, F. Eldridge, R. Weston, R. Tobey. Captain Chase, R. Matthews, S. Benson ■4 28 ■ Class of ThirX)i Baseball Team R. Gammons, F. Kincus, R. Weston, S. Ware, F. Eayrs, W. Lakey, H. Robbins, E. Murphy, T. Cole, Coach MacGown, S. Benson, R. Tobey, A. Fasztor, J. Texeira, E. Allen, L. Sullivan, Z. Stulpin, W. Washburn, L, Dunham, N. Fowler, R. Howes, L. Smith, B. Shaw, A. Mitchell, R. Washburn, F. Eldridge, D. Kraus, R. MacKenzie ■4 29 li-- Senior Play Cast Condi es Doris P. Chase Bertha M. Cross Irene M. Wentworth Actors Donald Welch, Virginia Sass, Geraldine Stafford, Stanley Ware, Norman Fowler, Eloise Nielsen, Mildred Bowman, Alexander Heath, Norman Landstrom, Polly Drevinsky, Madeline Caswell, Nathalie Thibault, John McDonald 30 Class of ThiA)i Graduating Exercises Wednesday E ' vening, June i8, i o MARCH OF THE GRADUATES M. H. S, Orchestra PRAYER Rev. L. F. McDonald SALUTATORY AND ESSAY: Women Poets of Massachusetts Geraldine Stafford MUSIC: Vocal Solo, a. The Danza b. Cargoes Polly V. Drevinsky Dohsoii READING: A Play A. Brown Madeline G. Caswell MUSIC: Hymn to America M. H. Gulesian Girls ' Glee Club ESSAY: Girl Scouting as an Aid to International Friendliness Nathalie I. Thibault MUSIC: Piano Solo, Polonaise in A Major Viola M. Caswell Chopin ESSAY: Development of Education in Massachusetts Virginia M. Sass MUSIC: A House by the Side of the Road A Cottage Small Boys ' Quartette ■4 32 1 kW 1 ■ Class of Tl)irX)i CLASS PROPHECY Frederick E. Eayrs Norman A. Fowler Stanley A. Ware ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY: Three Hundred Years V. Norman Landstrom SINGING OF CLASS ODE Words by Gertrude A. Snowdsn PRESENTATIONS Awards Cabot Club Essay Prizes Washington and Franklin Medal Legion Medal Scholarships Cabot Club Scholarship Anne White Washburn Scholarship Diplomas Allan R. Thatcher, Chairman of School Committee BENEDICTION CLASS FLOWER Forget - e - ' t CLASS MOTTO Finished - - yet beginning CLASS COLORS ' B ue and (]old ■4 33 ]!=• Class of ThirX)i Salutatory and Essay: Women Poets of Massachusetts GERALDINE STAFFORD HE Cass of 1930 welcome liere this eveninf ' the members of the School Board, our Principal-emeritus. Mr. Sampson, and the Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Cushing; Mr. Mack, our Principal, Mr. Tillson, our Submaster. and the other teachers. We also welcome the parents and friends of our class. We wish to express our gratitude to everyone who hay helped make this graduation possible. Tn our program we are observing the ter- centenary of our state. It is largely of Massa- chusetts histor y and Massachusetts people that we speak. Our state can boast of many famous men and women — statesmen, authors, artists, and leaders in all professions. This evening I shall speak of a few women poets. Everyone is familiar with the name of Katherine Lee Bates, the author of America the Beautiful. She was a native of Pal- mouth, a teacher who was too busy to write as much as she wished. But during the AVorld War she composed stirring war poems ; and once, when on a visit to Colorado, she was inspired to write America the Beautiful. She also wrote of the Indians who lived in Massachusetts when our forefathers came here. The poem, Indian Bearers, ex- presses the relation between the white men and the Indians, and shows the bitterness of the latter when their lands were taken away. An Indian is speaking : Long ago, when the heads now hoar Slept in their mothers ' necks, our shore Was sold to the palefaces ; long ago AYere set the bounds where our fires might glow. They came from Plymouth, the white chiefs seven. Friends of the terrible God of Heaven. Came for the woods where we loved to rove. For our eight fresh i)onds and our shellfish cove. But we longed for the hunt as we plied the tillage ; Caged wolves were we in our Indian village. Ever the spring wind called to our blood, And our longings .surged like the tide in flood ; But level or upland, sunny or dim. The paleface deemed it was made for him. Our hearts are bitter and clamorous. Red Sun, Red God, 0 comfort us ! Of quite another type are the poems of Emily Dickinson. Since her death there has been much publicity concerning this unusual a uthor. She lived practically all her life in Amherst, and hardly ever left her own door- step. During her lifetime, only three or four poems were published ; but after her death, her relatives gave up enough of the little rhymes to fill several books. Emily Dickinson had a religion all her own ; when she wrote of God, it was in a direct, frank way which makes the reader feel its sincerity. Chart- less is a ])oem tyi)ical of her attitude. •4 34 I ne ■er saw a moor, 1 never saw the sea ; Yet now 1 know liow lieatlier looks, And what a wave must be. I never si)oke witli (!o(l, Nor visited in Heaven ; Yet certain am I of the spot As if tlie chart were given. Emily Dickinson loved solitude. During lier lifetime she ivds nobody, as far as tlie outside world was concerned. She realized the fact, but it didn ' t trouble her a bit, for she wrote : I ' m nobody ! Who are you ? Are you nobody, too ? Then there ' s a pair of us — don ' t tell! They ' d banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody ! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog ! There was a little girl in Northampton, a few years ago, whose remarkable poems have been printed in several volumes. She is the daughter of Grace Hazard Conkling, a writer her.self. Little Hilda Conkling began to make up poems at the age of four. She didn ' t write them, of course, but told them to her mother, who wrote them down without any corrections or changes. They are evidently the thouglit;; of a child ; yet they show unmistakeable tal- ent. These poems are nearly all written about some aspect of nature. They are, for the most ]iart, without rhyme, or regular meter. It is the thought that makes them beautiful — and the careful phrasing so unusual in a small child. Moon Song ' ' is one of the best known. There is a star that runs very fast, That goes pulling the moon Through the tops of the poplars. It is all in silver. The tall star. The moon rolls goldenly along Out of breath. Mr. Moon, does he make you hurry? Like the moon, all other objects of nature are personified by Hilda, especially flowers, as is well shown in the poem, Dand,elion. 0 little soldier with the golden helmet, What are you guarding on my lawn ? You with your green gun And your yellow beard. Why do you stand so stiff ? There is only the grass to fight ! Probably the most famous woman poet of Massachusetts is Amy Lowell, who lived in Brookline. She has modernized poetry as everything else has been modernized. She belonged to the ' ' impressionistic school ' ' ; that is, she wrote jjoems which give impres- sions by using the exact Avord and no other, and by conveying the thought in free verse, W ' ithout regular changes for rhyme or meter. ] Iany of her poems are real pictures, reflect- ing the color and beauty of the out-of-doors. Perhaps Amy Lowell ' s greatest lines were written when she was unhappy, and they often show a cynical outlook iipon life. How- ever, her moods cannot destroy the charm of her expression. Let me quote her poem, A Dimension. ' ' Tonifiht I stood amoii r roses, Watcliing ' tlie slow studding of the sky with stars. The eat fawned upon me to play with him. Poor little cat, you have only me. Unless we add that delightful feather on the end of a whip. I have flowers, and the high green loveliness of an evening sky, And I find them not worth your feather. Since the earth happens to be round as an orange. And I am not possessed of seven-league boots. There is one more author in our group — Josephine Preston Peabody. ] Iost of her poems are rather hard to comprehend, al- though they ai ' e Avorth while for their tliought and beauty. One or two of them, however, are popular for their very simplicity. In closing, T will give one of these, which might have been written especially for our gradua- tion niglit, hen we are all taking a new turn on the Road of Life. This poem is caMed The House and the Road. The little Road says. Go; The little House says, Stay ; And O, it ' s bonny here at home, P ut I must go away. The little Road, like me. Would seek and turn and know ; And forth I must, to learn the things The little Road would show! And go I must, my dears. And journey while I may, Though heart be sore for the little House Tliat had no word but Stay. Maybe, no other way Your chikl could ever know Why a little House would have you stay, When a little Road says. Go. ■4 36 l!= • Class Prophecy FREDERICK EAYRS NORMAN FOWLER STANLEY WARE Time: 1950. Scene: Plympton State Penitentiary. Warden Jalce Fowler paces tlie prison yard in an an iry mood. (Prison wliistle sounds.) (Voice from inside) Hey Jake liere ' s a couple of tongli ones for you. Watch ' em, they are slippery as grease. Fowler : Come on you birds, make it snappy. Step lively. (Threatens with gun.) Come on ! Did you hear what I said ? If you birds don ' t come with the count of three I ' ll let you have one. (Ware enters followed by Eayrs in prison garb). Fowler: (to Ted) Your name please? Give me your name. (Ted stares in an absent minded manner). Your name! What ' s your name? (Ted continues to stare). Ware: Tell him your name. Haven ' t you got a name? (Ted whispers in Stanley ' s ear.) No, not that. Your name! Your name! (Ted whispers again) Oh! Yeah. Sure that ' s it. Yeah. Fowler: Well, what is his name? W : Yeah. F : Yeah. W: Yeah. F: Yeah. Well, don ' t get wise or I ' ll slap you down. I Avant his name. What is it? AY : Yeah. E. Yeah. F: Yeah. W and E : Yeah. F: Oil! you mean y-e-a-h. (Spells) E-A-Y-R-E-S. F : Now, what ' s your luime, bozo Hurry up now so that I can jot it down in my little book. W: AVare. F: Right here in the book. AVhat ' s your name ? Your name ! W : Ware. F : I didn ' t say Where ; what ' s your name? Here, you nut, write it in tlie book. W : Oh ! Ware in the book. F : On the line, of course. W : Above or below the line ? F: (Handing him book) Here, write tliem both on the line right here. W: (AVare writes names and hands book back closed.) F : What ' s 3 ' our education ? AA ' and E: AVe went to Middleboro High School. F: (Writing) Education — none. Appar- ently you, two birds, didn ' t get nuich out of High School. E: Oh, High School was all riglit but it was just the princii)le of the thing that got us. W: And how! And! E: AAMl I ' ll be seeing you. (starts otf). F : Come back here. You behave yourself — you — or something is liable to ]ia])i)en. E: AA ' ell I ' ll do anything I can for you warden. F: AVell, don ' t ])ut yourself out. (Both start to work again while F. looks at book). F: (Crying out excitedly) Eayrs and ■4 37 • Class of Thirt)i AVaro ! Say, you two birds aren ' t Eayrs and Ware of old Middloboro High Scliool, are you? E W: Sure, that ' s us. We always were partners in crime. (Ware lifts watch from Eayi ' s ' pocket while he has his arm around him) . W: If I had the time, I could tell you l lenty of those f;ood old days. E : Well, it kinda looks as if you had the time, (taking watch away) but you don ' t have to bother taking mine. F : Say ! Don ' t you two fellows remember me ? E: I ' d like to remember you with a brick. (Grabs one) . F : Don ' t you remember Normy Fowler ? What 20 years have done to you two babies. W and E : Sure — Normy Fowler. Well. I ' ll be F : How ' d you fellows ever get into this place, anyhow . W: Oh! me and Ted were in the selling- game, but we didn ' t sell the same goods and people got wise and penned us up. F : AVhat do you mean by you didn ' t sell the sajne goods ? AY : AVell Ted went around selling stove polish that leaves a stain on your fingers, and two days later I would go around with the only soap that would take it off. E : I ' 11 admit that w e were putting some- thing over on the public but what makes us .sore is that the big shots Charles Brick- nell, Harvey MacNeill, and Ellsworth Beck- man got away with the cash, and we got thrown in the jug. So here we are, down but not out. F: That ' s tough, but .you fellows are no worse off than Maxim and McLeod. They Avere locked up because they were selling st03k for the BANANA OIL FIELD CORPORA- TION and got caught. AY : Banana Oil field.s — that .sounds like Alaxim. E : Say, they were all members of our cla.ss, weren ' t they. ' F : Tliey sure were. AY: I wonder what ' s become of the ohi gang. ' Do you ever hear from Rog AYeston now . ' F : I got a letter from Rog the other day and lie was telling me that lie is working for the National Bi.scuit Co. AY : Salesman ' ? F: No, no, he ' s down in South Africa getting new designs for animal crackers. AY and E: Is that so F: Sure is. AY : I wonder what ever became of Al Chase ? E : AA hy I was reading in the paper the other night that Al married Zola Atulerson. AY and F : Is that a fact ? E : Sure ! It seems that Al won a couple of tickets to Niagara Falls in a newspapei- contest, and thought that that would be a good way to make use of them. F : One guy T often wonder about is Fred Allen. Ever hear from him? AY : The last I knew Fred was in bank- ruptcy. F: How ' s that? AY: AYhy the Allen, Carey Alenosky Circus that he was managing fell flat. E : Allen managing a circus ' AY : Sure thing, but Fred had a tough bi ' eak. E: How did that happen? AY: It ' s ju.st like tliis — Allen was running ■4 38 ■ a trained flea circus — and he was stranded out in Bolivia wlien the leading lady ran otf with a Poodle. F: Speakin ' about tliat flea circus, wasn ' t it i lilt Jones that used to braf ' about his father printin ' the Lord ' s Prayer on tlie head of a pin W : Sure. 1 know he used to bra ' a lot F: He ' s foUowiufi ' in his father ' s foot- steps. He was tattooing ' fleas in Allen ' s flea circus. E : l y the way, I see that Hog Mathews has become one of the most famous men in the Avorld. F : How ' s that ? E : Why he and Francis Scott Key are the only two fellows in the Avorld that know all three verses of the Star Spangled Ban- ner. ' ' W : Somehow or other, everytime anyone mentions music, makes me think of Liz Walker. F : That girl sure could tickle the ivories. AY: Yeah, she ' s playing Jimmy Brooks new song hit My Sailor Sweetheart for Polly Drevinsky. E : Polly ! That ' s right I knew she would follow up her singing. W : No ! Singing ? I guess not. Why Polly is a toe dancer in Al Gerrior ' s Follies Hit the Deck with Helen Robbins, Helen Thomas, and Ixuth Tripp, the liigh kickers in the show. F: I bet that guy Stafford got aliead. E: It ' s lucky for him. He ' d never got anywhere with the one lie liad. W: Speaking about getting aliead, I see Alex Heath is getting right along at Roose- velt Fiehl in the Aerial department. E : An aviator, huh ! We all remembei how he used to play aviator flying around in his Ford with that aviator helmet and those Woolworth ' s glasses. Going strong in the aerial de])artment hull! An aviator. Is that so? W: Aviator nothing. He ' s puiii])ing uj) footballs for the Roosevelt H. S. footi)a ' l team. F: What ' s his brother, Ed, doing now? E : Ed Heath? Isn ' t he the guy that used to come to school when we had a period omitted ? F : Y es, it seems to me I used to see him there once in a Avhile. W: Maybe he didn ' t go to school when he didn ' t want to, but just the same he ' s got a job that I Avouldn ' t have for all the money in the world. F : Why, what ' s Ed doing ? W: He ' s working for the Plympton lion raisers association. F : What ? E : No kidding ? W : Sure he Avorks right out in the field Avith them, hundreds of them, thousands of them. F : You don ' t say. What is he doing ? Taming them ? B : By George ! Ed Heath, a lion tamer ! Is that right? W : Sure dandelions. F : Say did you felloAvs hear about the latest invention E : Xo, Avhat about it . ' F: You remember Forest Perkins, don ' t you . ' Well, he iuA ' ented a soft rubber mouth piece for a telephone for his Avife, Gwen Hill, so that she can bite it Avhen siie gets i-eal mad W: Aha! Another man made famous by his wife. • 39 E : Speakiiifj- of wives inakinji ' tlieir hus- bands famous, did you hear about what Li Kelly did? F: No, what ' s the dope? E: She ' s the cause of her liusband. Pro- fessor Black, discoveriu ' perpetual motion, W: No! E : Sure, Free took her down to Edi- son ' s laboratory and had her jaws examined and Edison swore that at last i)erpetual mo- tion had been discovered. F : AVliom do you think I met in Boston the other day? W : 1 ' m sure I don ' t laiow. E : Wliom ? F: I met our old friend Al Hanson, and he told me he was working in Mary Allison ' s and Virginia Caswell ' s beauty parlor. W : Beauty parlor, wnat ' s he doing tliere ? F: He ' s a barber and lie told me it Avas lucky for him tliat they gave liim a job. W : How ' s that ? I heard he went to a Barber College. F : He did, but he was playing football for the varsity and they kicked him out. E : What did Al do, break training ? F : No, he got kicked out for clipping. W : The other day I saw Ruth Carver, an old cla.ssmate of ours, and she poohed me. E: I wouldn ' t stand being poohed by anyone. F: I didn ' t think that Euth would do anything so vulgar as that. W: Naw, you guys got it all wrong. She shampooed me. She ' s working for I Iary and Virginia, too. E : Speaking of Hanson playing football, reminds me that Reggie Washburn is chas- ing the pigskin around quite a bit. F : So Reggie turned out to be a football star . ' E: Xaw, he ' s running a hog farm dow)i in Darby town. AY : Living alone, I suppo.se ? E: Alone! 1 should say not. F : You don ' t mean to say Keg is mar- ried ? E : He certainly is. AY and F : AYho ' s the lucky girl ? E : AMiy, our cla.ssmate Foofe Gooda ' e. AY : AYlio was that girl she used to clrim ai-ound with ? F : Ask Ted. He ought to know. E : The last I knew Charlotte was woi-king as a dental assistant to tiie dentist. Dr. Snow- den Thomas. AA : AYhat ]iap|)ened between you, Ted. I thought Charlotte and you were pretty chummj ' E : AYell, to make a long story short, boys, it was just like this, one evening I met her in lioston and plans were made for a theatre j:)arty. Naturally she didn ' t want to walk all over the city, so I chanced to ask her if she knew the difference between a taxi and a trolley car. She blushed and said that she rea ' ly didn ' t know. So I said Very well, we ' ll take a trolley. She was insulted and walked off. I don ' t know to this day what the trouble is. E : By the way, the last time I saw Char- lotte she told me that A iola Caswell and IMargaret Charon had taken up missionary work down in the wilds of East Carver. AA : I .see that our old friend, Helen Ai)ril, went in for settlement work after graduating from Simmons College. F : AYhei-e is she located ? AA ' : Down at Joe Silva ' s Soda Fountain — ■4 40 mixing ' Broiiio Seltzers. (Josli ! T vi ish that A ' ou two fellows could xo to the bif ' benefit dance tonif ht with me. Here ' s one of the tickets. (W;ire reads) BENEFIT DANCE by THE CAMEMBERT. LHMBURCxER. ROQUEFUT GIRLS ' CLUB Priscilla Archer, Pres. V. Norman Landstrom is suffering ' with a pair of lef s that just won ' t stop growii.ji ' . They leave the bottom of his trousers about a foot from his shoe tops. We want to get enough money so that we can throw a party for his shoes and then in- -ite his pants down Music by Don Quindley ' s incubators. Admission 39 cents. 3 cents tax. F: I saw John MacDonald the other day. He told me that lud I Iedeiros was physical instructor at Springfield athletic college. W : What ' s John doing now . ' F: Why didn ' t you hear? He ' s invented a cigarette lighter that will light with one match. E : Did you read in the i aper the other day that C harlie Mayhew buried seventeen wdves ? W: A regular old Blue Beard, huh? E : Naw ! he ' s an undertaker. W: Naw, I didn ' t read that, but I did read that Eloise Nielson, the noted aviatrix, was badly injured the other day. F : HoAv did that happen 2 W: She jumped from an aeroplane and didn ' t open the parachute because it Avasu ' t raining. F : Last year when I was on my vacation down to the sea shore. T bumi)ed into Everett lurphy. W: Everett ] Iurphy ! What is he doing? ■4 41 Ii= F: Why, he ' s a life saver. E: What fiavor? F : I was talking with ]ii)n and he told me that he had saved a wealthy heiress by the name of Arleen Nolan. W: Arleen! What did she say? F: Murphy said she didn ' t say a word. W: Then it wasn ' t Arleen. E: That ' s the first news I ' ve heai-d of Arleen, but I hear that Gerry Stafford ' s new historical novel went o ' er big. W and F: So Gerry ' s an author. ' AVell — what ' s the name of the book? E : Why haven ' t you heard about it? It ' s called WHERE WOULD OUR COUNTRY BE IF THE BRITISH RED COATS HAD HAD BLOOD SHOT EYES IN THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. W: Oh sure Don t shoot ' till vou see the whites of their eyea. ' ' W: You remember Nat Thibault, Millie Bowman, and Hazel Maxim ? E and F ' : Sure, what are they up to ? W: Whj ' Nat Thibault ' s going great guns on Broadway in the tragedy hit of the year CAESAR ' S SPEAKEASY written by ]M. Bowman and, boy, you ' d ought to hear Nat sing the theme song written by Haze ' Maxim. E and F: Theme song. ' What ' s the name of it? W : Why what else could it be but ' ' VENI, VIDI, WHOOPIE. F: 1 was reading in the paper that (Jinnie Sass is trying for a divorce. W: (Jinnie married. ' I ' ll bet I know the trouble. Her husband i)robably found out that she had been hokling back something ' on him. E : You mean that time that slie was kissed ill the Senior Class play ? W: Sure — the little sinner — I ' ll bet Gin never told him any thing about it. F: Oh, no, that ' s not the trouble. She married a conductor and he just told her where to get oti . W and E : You can sure bet that Gin wouldn ' t stand for that. W : Like all conductors, I suppose he took his last farewell. V : Ha ! Ha ! By the way who was the conductor ? F : Xone other than our old friend. Roger Burger. AV : Well, what do you know about that — Roger Burger and Ginnie Sass married and wanting to be divorced. E : Albert Thompson is the fellow who surprised me. W: How ' s that Ted? E: Why he ' s Dean of Roquefort College. AV : Head cheese up there, huh ? E : Righto ! But more than that he has be- come famous for his great economy plan. F : AYhat ' s Thompy ' s plan ? E : AA ' hy he has the football team play night games so the students can get their studying done Avithout wa.sting the dormi- tory electricity. W : Well I ' 11 be E : Say, have you fellows ever heard from AA ' ood or Welch . ' They gave everyone the impression that they would be big shots some day. AA ' : Big .shots ? AVell, I ' 11 say so. AVhy out in Chicago they ' re the two biggest hams in the ARAIOUR PACKING CO. F : Did 3 ou fellows hear that Lawrence •4 Bis.sonnette and Florence Clark had been married ? E : Is that so ? AA ' hat ' s Lawny doing to support a wife ? F: Oh he ' s a member of the CHAIN GANG. E: You don ' t mean that he ' s in jail do you ? F: No. no. He ' s working for the A. P. AA ' : I suppose a lot of the o ' d gang have been married off. Say Ted it ' s about time you and I took the fatal leap. E: You ' re right, Stan. Take Mary Ferra- guto for instance, she has gone and piilled the unexpected by marrying Steve Strojny. AY: Is that right? E : Sure they ' re running a ' ' Linquis t School. Say they can speak every language going except the Greek. AA : Can you beat that ? E: Huh, they ' re all Greek to them. F : Did you know that Madeline Caswell has distinguished herself as an artist ? AY E : An artist ? I knew that girl had talent. F : AVhy, she paints a picture in a day and a half and thinks nothing of it. AV : No. and neither does anyone else as far as that goes. E : I hear that Dot Lewis has become a famous poetess. F and AA ' : AA ' hat does she write ? E: AVhy she writes AVERSE AND AA ERSE AND AVERSE AA ' : I met Hazel Lincoln a short time ago and she told me that Dot Kinsman had been running a Baker Shop — but had to give it up. F and E: How ' s that? AV : AVhy she ran out of dough. F and E: My gosh, that ' s too bad! 1 1 Class of Thi rX)i F: Well, wliat ' s Hazol doiii ' witli licr- se ' f nowadays W : Why, she and Gert Snowden are run- nin • a roadside stand — sellin i ' waffles. E: Doing well, I suppose? W : T should say they were — why, tliey have a complete turnover of stoek every few minutes. F : I see that the HUMANE SOCIETY is making a big drive to accpiire cuspidors for dogs. This drive is being conducted by four society women, Alice Wright, Evelyn Pierce, Doris Perkins, and Annie Fabbri. W and E: CUSPIDORS??? DOGS??? I don ' t get the connection. What kind of dogs have they got over there, anyway? F : Why SPITZ of course. E : The last day I was on the road selling OUR FAMOUS STOVE POLISH, I met E ' izabeth Plissey. She told me that she and Kat Fagan were working on a new song hit, The GORILLA SONG. W: What do you mean the GORILLA SONG? E : Why G-U-R-L OF MY DREAMS. W: That ' s nothing — you ' d ought to heai- the one Dot Phillips is writing. E: Yeah? What is it? W : The ' ' Mouse Trap Song. ' ' E: What do you mean Mouse Trap Song ? W : MY SIN IS NECKING YOU. F : I hear that Hazel Long met with a tough break. W. How ' s that? F : Wliy she lost out on a lot of money. AV: What happened? F: Why her rich uncle died. W: Didn ' t he remember her in his will? F: I guess he must liave. He left lier out. E : Tlicy tell me tliat Joe Roberts is mak- ing a lecture tour of the country on the sub- ject A LITTLE EGYPTIAN STONE FLEA THAT IS EATING ITS WAY THROUGH WASHINGTON ' S MONU- MENT. W : Remember Helen Fargo ? Gee, she was some girl. Quite atldetic too. Why she could do a hundred yards in ten flat. (Ten minutes, not ten seconds). My go.sli ! I re- member how she wasn ' t allowed to accompany a young man at the piano witliout a chaperon. E: Yes, I remember. But who ' s the chaperon ? W : Elaine Bricknell used to have tlie job. but she had to give it up. F: How ' s that? W: Why Elaine ' s got a CHAP-OF-II BR- OWN now. E: Well, I guess tliat ' s about all of us. AV and F: Yep, I guess you ' re right. E and W: AA ' ell, back to the water and toothpicks. F : Say, Avhen you said toothpicks it hap- pened to come to me that there is another member of our class. You know who I mean. Lead Wilbur. AY: AVell I ' ll be , How did w ' e ever leave good old Lead out? E : A ' ou know, boys, I always liad an idea tlmt Lead would some day become a cap- tain of an ocean liner. Y : AVhat ever made you tliink that? That ' s the last thing I ' d ever picture Lead doing. Just how do you figure that out, any- way? E : AVell, lie Avas always a fii-st elass skipper when I knew him. •4 43 CI ass of ThirX)i W : Well, Lead always did say that ' ab- sence ' ' makes the marks grow ' ' rounder. ' ' (Noon whistle sounds) E : Time to eat again. Say I ' m getting pretty sick of the prison grub. W : You don ' t expect to get oyster on the half shell in here do you? E: And another thing the Demi Tasse was terrible this morning, but there is one thing I wish you would tell me, Normy. F: Shoot, Ted. What is it? E: Well I ' d like to know what the big idea is of feeding us yeast cakes every day? F : AVhy, my good old classmates, that ' s to keep 3 ou from breaking out, of course. W : Classmates BAH !— LET ' S GET OUT OF HERE TED AND IN A HURRY. (W and E pick Fowler up by the collar and rush out.) 44 1 - d CI ass of ThirX)i Essay and Valedictory: Three Hundred Years V. NORMAN LANDSTROM N tlie year 1630, Jolin Winthrop lotl a band of colonists to the shores of Massachusetts. They had left their native country, England, and all its cherished associations, to try their fortune in a new land where they misi ' ht be able to govern themselves and to worship their God as they desired. By them was founded the town of Boston, today the center of all New England. These colonists, called Puritans because of their desire to purify the Church from its pomp and ceremony, had ideas far in advance of their times. Their ideals of democratic government, of education free to all, and of .sincere Avorship are not even today fxilly realized. But they soon started toward the realization of these ideals, by the development cf a representative assembly, by the founding of Boston Latin School and Harvard Col- lege, by enacting laws making public schools compulsory in all towns of more than fifty families ; and by the setting up of the first printing press and newspaper. There are, however, shameful chapters in the history of religion in Massachusetts. The Puritans, stern, hard men, seemed to feel that there was room enough elsewhere for other sects, and that the benefits of the Common- wealth, or at least all important positions in the government, should be reserved for those of their own belief. This attitude led to much trouble with Quakers and other denomina- tions. In 1()92 more trouble aros ' e in Salem— witchcraft. Following Biblical law — Tiiou shall not suffer a Avitcli to live — before the terror died away, the Puritans liad lianged nineteen persons on mere suspicion wit hoi it proof of guilt. Meanwhile, Massachusett:; was growini; ' rapidly. As the colony and its trade grew, the English government became more a?id more despotic. Charles II took away the charter in 1684, Massachusetts becoming a royal province. After the English revolution of 1689, William of Orange gave the colony a new charter, uniting it with Plymouth un- der a royal governer, and insuring religious toleration for those of every belief. Massa- ch.usetts remained under this charter until the Revolution of 1775. After the French and Indian Wars, Parlia- ment became unreasonable, refusing to alloM ' the colonists the rights which they claimed as Englishmen. The people of Boston protested against the unfair laws ; the Boston IMassacre and the Boston Tea Party added fuel to the flames. Finally at Lexington in 1775 was fired the shot heard round the world, the beginning of actual war. Massachusetts struck the keynote for the other colonies, by her action bringing them over to enthusiastic sup- port of the Revolution, and giving of lier best to make it successful. In the Union, our State has played a glori- ous part. She has given to the nation such men as John Adams, second Presidoit of the United States; John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the Unitcnl States, the man be- hind the Monroe Doctrine; Daniel Webster. • 45 h- Avorkl famous orator and statesman ; Charles Sumner, a prominent figure during the Civi War and Reconstruction period : Henry Cabot Lodge, the late Senator, famous for his Ivuowledge of international law; Calvin Coolidge, twenty-ninth President of the United States ; and a host of others. The frigate Constitution, most famous of all American ships, whose history includes so many thrilling battles, was built in Massa- chusetts. Our State was the first to abolish negro slavery; and in the Civil AVar, ] Iassa- chusetts men shed the first blood and fought on every battlefield to free all the slaves. In the World War, the 26th or Yankee Division, composed of men from Massachusetts and from the rest of New England, became famous for its deeds of heroism. Xot only has [Massachu.setts produced great statesmen, but she has many sons famous in arts and literature : Longfellow, Emerson, Lowell, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Oliver AVendell Holmes are only a few of these. Our State has produced leading educators, too, as Hor- ace Atann and President Emei ' itus Eliot of Harvard L niversity. Three hundred years after its founding, Massachusetts is today one of the leading states of the nation. She is famous for her manufactures, her educational system, her judicial procedure. Her natural resources are many; she is especially well provided with waterpower, one of the prime requisites in this day of electricity. Her countryside offers many beautiful scenes to the passing traveler. Her capital, Boston, is one of the centers of culture in the whole United States. Her population is today more than three million inhabitants. Alassachusetts has had a glori- ous past ; she is now a leader of the nation. And who shall limit the heights to Avhich Massachusetts in the future mav rise ? Classmates : The time has come when we mu.st bid farewell to Memorial High School. Four happy years Ave have been together. While there is deep satisfaction in having attained our goal, we cannot help feeling a tinge of sadness when we remember that to- night marks the end of our high school days. There are no adequate words in which to express our gratitude to our faithful and efficient teachers. We sincerely appreciate their efforts, and bid them, as our teachers, a regretful and affectionate farewell. Class- mates, we must go our separate Avays ; but let us ahvays cherish the ideals we have formed here, and remember : It ' s not that we think or wish or hope, As through the darkness here we grope ; But it ' s what we do and Avhat we are In heart and thought and character. • I 46 ■ To Our School Tune: The Old Refrain Our high school days are done in M. H. S. Our future work begun, dear iVI. H. S. Farewell to happy days we ' ve spent with you, Farewell to all our friends and teachers true. You ' ve helped us on our way through all these years. You ' ve shared with us in all our joys and fears. You ' ve been our life and all we cared to know, And now apart from you it ' s time to go. Our thoughts will oft return to happy days We ' ll sing our songs to you and shout thy praise, Our teachers and our schoolmates now we ' ll say You know where we should always like to stay. Tho many years shall pass, our school so true, Thy memory will last, for we love you. A memory so fair that all may share, A reverie of days spent in thy care. We ' ll keep thee in our hearts forever more. We ' ll sing thy praises to you o ' er and o ' er. We ' ll tell of all the joys with which you bless. That others too may share your happiness. Our high school days are done, fair M. H. S. Another task begun, our M. H. S. And now to thee our school, we say adieu; We know that other friends will stay with you. Gertrude Snowden. DOHK S FKINTSHOP. HRIUUKW ATKR . MASS.