Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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ze : IQ33 malion and Galatea with Seniors making 1111 most of the cast. VVe can therefore claim our share of the praise for the best. dramatic performance ever put on by the High School. In the Commercial Department our Sen- iors received much praise from the town for the excellent work which the office- pratice room has turned out this year. With the drawing to .a ,close of the year a new problem appeared. Where was graduation to be held since we could not all be seated on the stage in the .assembly hall? Finally, through the kindness of Mrs. Harris. the theatre. the only place that could accommodate us, has been ac- quired. The exercises to be held there June 19 will transform us from the class of '33 of the Natick High School to the class of '33 of that ever-growing body of N. H. S. Alumni. ANTHONY THOMAS MARCIANO H435 . Three happy years we've spent with you, Cn fleeting wings they've passed. But memories both fond and true Within our hearts will last. Our joys, our hopes, our tears you've known The kindest lessons you have taught. In the happy years which now are gone Your patience -- your love is wrought. Dear Alma Mater, Little Mother, Symbolic of our red and blue, May all that we attain hereafter Be of tribute unto you: May our lives be fine, courageous And may we never cease to be In paths of right, all true crusaders Your class of nineteen thirty-three. lVIary Mctiann CLASS VVILL lNe, the Senior Class of Natick High School, being of sound and disposing minds and realizing the end of our High School careers near at hand, do declare this to be our last NVill and Testament, revoking all agreements heretofore made by us. To the Juniors we bequeath our honor- able reputations as the most studious, most aggressive. and most eloquent Sen- ior Class ever to graduate from this place of learning. To the Sophomores we appropriately leave a case of nerve tonic and the hope that they uphold the gallant reputation we have established. To Mr, XVhite we bequeath one thou- sand signed slips for granting wishes of future classes. To Miss Coulter we bequeath a, Na- tional Rurglar Alarm to catch the culprits who borrow the Magruders. To Mr. Donahue we bequeath a straight jacket to insure the presence of the foot- ball captain at the socials in the event that .lack is as bashful as Bob. As individuals: I, Gladys Henry, bequeath to Sophie uasuman my detention recorq given me by Mr. Nichols. I, Robert Hale, bequeath my athletic ability to James Keating. l, Anna Trudel, bequeath my ability to amuse N. H. S. to Helen Hladick. I, Roma XV1'l?'llt, bequeath the two back seats in Room 19 to Alice Dahlgren and Robert Peoples. I. Dorothy Hedderig, bequeath my abil- ity in athletics to Rita Shea.. I, William Johnson, the phantom presi- dent. bequeath the chair to Francis Carey. l, Robert Kane, bequeath my wrestling ability and rugged constitution to Paul Doherty. I. Fred Nickerson, bequeath to Mr. Gardner one rabbit and three miniature houses to help him explain the Ltaxv of Elimination to future geometry classes. PAGE SEVEN

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Tfzc - 1933 CLAS Hl ORY. Our graduation will mark another mile- stono for the class of '33. Next year we will each go on with our individual ca- reers, so let us make a survey of the last three years, the period which brought to a close our careers as students of the Natick Public Schools. Since we were the first class to have had a complete Junior High School course, we showed the results of that training by the ease with which we found our way around in September 1930. The upper classmen, as usual, were expecting to be amused by our confusion, but, much to our pleasure, they were sadly disappoint- ed. During our first year we contented our- selves with seeing how much noise we could make and yet accomplish something in the line of study. This notoriety made us in great demand. No cheering section was complete without our lusty voices. On the other hand. we showed our real ability by supplying three members to the Debating team which won the semi- final debate from the experienced Marl- boro team and a week later defeated in the finals our old rival, Framingham. Vl'ith the arrival of our .lunior year and the appearance of our new class rings, things started to move. Rather I should say, these rings moved. They must have had the wanderlust, for they didn't stay on any particular finger long. At this time we elected VVilliam John- son, Presidentg Ferdinand St'i'aller, Vice- Presirlentg Franklin King, Treasurerg and With this election tlzw- class of 'ilil began to function Helen Vonuolly, Secretary, as a separate part of thc school. The athletes. both boys and girls. made Wei- ccina- additions to their respective t621I'IiS. Our names appears-d with pleasing reg- Izttilfl SIX ularity on the honor rolls and the plans for our Prom were formulated. With the arrival of that rainy night and the strains of sweet music, everyone looked forward to a perfect evening. I know that many of us were disappointed when a certain someone discovered too soon that the clocks had been set back. This discovery was the reason why our Prom ended so abruptly. but our pleasant mem- ories of it will last forever. The appearance of final tests in all of our classes awoke us to the fact that our second year was rapidly drawing to a close. With their successful completion we took over our new quarters as full- fledged Seniors. These rooms are the best home-rooms in the school. They are very popular because they can be easily reached from the outer doors if one .ar- rives just in time for the last bell. Sec- ondly, they are the nearest to the lunch- room. This gives their occupants the advantage when that long-awaited bell releases the hungry horde. They had al- ways seemed ideal to us since they looked so big and roomy. This we found to be untrue, as every seat was filled for the first time in the history of the school. We entered as an unusually large class, overflowing the Sophomore rooms, and are proud of the fact that we have iost so few members during our two years that we also severely taxed the capacity of the Senior rooms. During our Senior year all our athletes have made enviable records in their re- spective sports. As Seniors we had the privilege of finding out through mid-year examinations, held for the first time. what to expect if we continued our edu- cation in some higher school. These were a. great. success in our two college divis- ions, since they gave a more definite ob- jective to our work. We gained a praiseworthy record as ac- tors in our Senior Play. Sweet Sixteen, which forced at least two theatres on Broadway to giver their performances with the lights on because their sole patrons were afraid to sit all alone in the dark. The Art. Department presented Pyg-

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The cgfqcgcfjlfi J QM : 1933 I. Robert Rogers, bequeath my season ticket to dance with Norma Brighton to Dimitri. 1. John Killeen. bequeath my reputa- tion as the fugitive fisherman land assort- ment of pipes to llud Mctllone. XYe, Jesse Heath and Harry Green, be- queath our frail forms to John Armenio and Leonard Main. I. Betty Lucey, bequeath my love of the village on the river to Harriet Keniston. Finally, I, Robert Gibbons, bequeath to Francis Daly my big red tie. The above instrument was subscribed to the said Senior Class in our presence and acknowledged by them to each of usg and they at the same time declared the above instrument to be their last XVill and Testamentg and at their request we have signed our names as witnesses hereto and have written opposite our ntames our res- pective present places of residence. tSignedl Joseph E. Horan, Natick, Mass. June 9, 1933 witnessed by: Edith Nutt Emily L. Shannon CLASS SONG All with courage and sincerity is the theme of Natick High, A voice of gladness. a touch of sadness, as we proudly raise our voices t.o the sky Through the years, we hold no fears, our lives we've moulded here at High Our friendship mellows, to all our fellows Though we drift where ever fate may let us go. Yet we want to linger, although duty's finger points the way to let us know The whole wide world is waiting, no one's heart is hating flomrades marching to the battle of life. All with courage and sincerity is the theme of Natick High May we rr-int-nibcr, 'Til lift-'s December The lessons learned at Alma Mater--- Nzitick High Margaret Mahaney PAGE EIGHT miss PRUPHEE Scene: City of Natick, Unemployment Office. Place: Old Natick High School. Time: 1943. The beautiful new Robert Lyman Hale High School that overlooks Dug Pond was completed in 1942 by Walter Gavin, fam- ous architect of Philadelphia. This mil- lion dollar edifice was donated by three of Natick's wealthiest citizens, Arthur J. Wenzel. stock exchange operator, Robert Branagan, world famous band leader and trumpeter, and Donald Phoenix, interna- tional banker. The town of Natick grew so rapidly during the boom of 1934 and 1935 that it is now a city boasting of 80, 000 inhabitants. The only space avail- able for the new school was Memorial Park. The class of 1933, because of its gene- ral prosperity, and profiting by its exper- ience with the depression of 1929 and 1933, established a fund for an unem- ployment bureau, in case of a similar de- pression or period of hard times. The depression has come, and while other some of the ciass of 1933 are unaffected, many have lost positions and have hiad to apply to the bureau for aid. The present. Illgll school, which was condemned in 1941 by building inspector James S. Alex- ander. Jr., is being used to house the un- employment bureiau. Ann Trndel is 1n charge of the bureau and has an able as- sistant in Joe Penell. We find them seated in the office of the bureau. Ann is at the phone. Ann: Oh, yes! You say you are Presi- dent. John Everett's secretary, and you're Lillian 'l'ODllHIll'f You want two protes- sors--one to teach economics and the other DllYSlCS at lVI. I. T.? Yes, we have two good men, George B. Fay, formerly ot'