Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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' x x T110 Q.-iQS7flfWQ!V S 1933 SALUTATORY Parents. Teachers. and Friends: It is 3 most gratifying privilege which bids me welcome you, in behalf of the Class of 1933, to our commencement exercises. Today is indeed a day of superb happi- ness for us. It signifies a victory won, a goal attained. one brick safely deposited in our wall of life. But amidst our rejoicing for having successfully com- pleted our school term, reality suddenly brings to mind the predicament of our younger brothers and sisters who will sc-on stand before you in our places. NVith the multiple efforts turned towards elimi- nating all supposedly unneii-ess,1ry courses and activities in public schools, will they be forced to return finally to the long- predominant theory of learning, be com- pelled to undergo the monotony of study- ing only the three R's? Let us hope that this evil condition may never again con- front us and irritate the more progressive minds of our country. For after all. we do not come to school merely for book learning. Books alone are required for tltat. lt is the social contacts which we encounter, learning tempered with well conducted activities, becoming familiar- ized with the Heccentricities of existence which give the experience to fortify us against the workings of the world, Instead of the abolition of entireties, as Benjamin Franklin said, Use moderation in all things, in this case by their modi- fic-ation. And so at this, our last gathering as an integral class, let me say that we, long the beneficiaries of opportunities made possible by you. trust that you will not deprive the commonwealth of future grad- uates of the same advantages, for, as lliogenes proclaimed. The foundation of every state is in the education of its youth. FRANCIS ANN HALPIN VALEDICTORY And now, dear friends, we have come to the parting of ways. During the past twelve years we have journeyed along the same road, and tonight, at the cross- roads, wc arf- about to resume our jour- neys sepsnratcly, each i11 the path that he l'.XGl'I 'l'XVl'Il,Yl'I has chosen to follow. Varied are our destinies, and diversified the tasks which lie ahead of us. What we need most to ac-complish these tasks is a strong deter- mination of purpose. The important thing is to know where we are going and then be on our way. A definite plan to follow and confidence in ourselves will go far toward attaining success. Vile should pause now, and seriously take account of ourselves. Let us delve deeply into the recesses of our hearts and minds and see what we have gleaned from our twelve years of schooling. Have they fitted us for the years that lie ahead? The true and first aim of education is character development, whether it be in the elementary school or in the institu- tions of higher learning. It is not the mere filling of the youthful mind with in- teresting fa-cts of history, of science, of language and mathematics. It equips the growing youth to meet life on its own terms and fight it out to a finish. Equal- ly important to the actual knowledge which we have acquired under the guid- ance and direction of our good teachers, is the benefit derived from tour inter- acting influence on one another in social and recreational activities. We have studied not only to learn the things we did not know, but to learn how to find out things for ourselves. Now is the time for initiative and self- expression. VVhether our schooling ends today or whether we are to advance to higher fields of education, eaich should find out his best line of work. and go about it earnestly and with no throught of failure. Let us not fritter away years which are of tremendous importance in our lives, for there is too much traffic on the Road to Success to permit loiter- choose for ourselves the ourselves the problems working intensively and always with the end in ing. VVe must way, solve for which we meet, whole-heartedly, view of becoming useful citizens of our great country. Therefore, with ia deep feeling of gra- titude and responsibility to our parents, our teachers, and our townspeople, let us go forth determined to do our best in whatever pathway our future lies. We, the Class of 1933, say farewell to Natick High, fond memories of which will long dwell within our hearts. Eleanor McCormick

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The ,ASISVMVIQN Z 1933 Agnes Riley decides just who will and who won't vote and what the vote will be in South N.atick. Joe: I was talking to Grace Marston the other day and she told me that she was superintendent of nurses at the Leo- nard Morse Hospital and she has Lillian Mercier and Betty Meehan on the nursing staff. Ann: Harry Swanson, the great artist, and his assistant, Ruth MacDonald, have become art designers for the Chesterfield Cigarette Co. of which John Weatherby is advertising manager. Joe: Elizabeth Ross owns a night club in New York where a floor show is put on three times daily by a company of dan- cers traveling under the name of'1'he Hollywood Revue. I later learned that these dancers were none other than our old classmates Helen McManus, Frances Morrissey, Estelle Golden, Helen Hesek, Doris Doyle and Grace Bernard. Ann: Adamo Agostinelli is working for the Italian Consul as an interpreter. He has Alice Bedford as his secretary. Joe: Lee Swanson, an expert swimmer, has appointed Virginia Bryan, Rose Mc- Glone, and Priscilla Felch as swimming instructors at the swimming club at Dug Pond. Ann: I hear that Mary Maffei and Kita llflacNeil have organized a women's tennis club. Dora IVells, Eva Mordis, Elizabeth Franciose and Cora Gilman are among the many members. They are expected to have a very promising tennis team. Joe: I saw Joe Horan the other day running towards Worcester Street. He told me he was practising for the mara- thon, but I didn't believe him. To tell tlie truth I think he was late and besides he was all dressed up, and I never saw a marathon runner all dressed up. Ann: Helen Connolly and Marie Dona- hue are making it much easier for the timid bachelors of the city. They have opened up a matrimonial bureau. Why only one week after Iva King applied for a. husband she was married to John Barr. Joe: I took a bus from East Natick the other day and a wilder ride I've never had. I would have reported the driver if it hadn't turned out to be Leonard Yea- ger. Ann: Augusto Horghesi told me that Bob Rohnstock is traveling with the New York Yankees. Is that true? Joe: Yes, Bob made good at high school and SI21l'l'Qd with the Coolidge A. C., so he was taken by the Yankees. Ann: Laura lVlain and Edna Means have started a travel bureau and have just booked Elizabeth Shea for a cruise a1'ound the world. Joe: Remember Frau Garvin? She has a beauty parlor in Framingham and em- ploys Loretta McGrath to give perma- nents. 1 l'Zll1 is doing very well there. but then, she always was fond of Fram- inghani. Ann: Speaking of Fran's beauty shop, did you know that Sydney White. the great scientist, is on her payroll? He prepares all her creams and powders. Joe: It seems as though the class of '33 has done quite well since they grad- uated from Natick High. Have you heard from any of the others? Ann: Yes, Rosaline McHale was here the other day and told me that Sarah Bernhardt has a large grocery store in North Natick, and that Mary Brady was life guard at South Natick and Argentine Temprendola was working in Virginia Nim's Stationery Store on South Main Street. Joe: I met Ernest Parks coming down the street with a gun and a pack on his back. Iasked what he was doing and he told me that he and John Soter had just returned from a hunting trip in Maine. Ann: Wouldn't it be wonderful Joe, it all the people in the city were as well taken care ot as our CIHSSIIIHIGS 1' Lei s get busy and see if we cau't make some contacts for SOIIIQ of these people who have applications with us. 1lllS unem- ployment problem is certainly keeping us on the hunt for positions. Anna Trudel .loseph Penell PAGE ELEVEN

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gg ' 1 4, ,QQ-.I - 1 N Lthr ff!! L Y lf Me vt ,sv- ,A cl' r L , 2 ,X 1: 1 illlif l E, o g THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Ever since man has made war on man the necessity of finding some means for establishing world peace has been recog- nized. The greatest effort that was made in the direction of world peace before the W'OI'ld War was the round table confer- ence. This was made up of members from all the leading countries who met to- gether for the purpose of settling their differences by discussion and arbitration. The Hague Court of International Ar- bitration was estabished in 1907 for the purpose of applying judicial procedure to international relationships. The World War ended for a time all efforts toward peace. At the end of the war the desire for a permanent state of world peace was strongly manifested by every nation that had given its life and blood to the want-on destruction which had been centered in Western Europe. lfresident Wilson expressed the desire of the whole world in his fourteen points presented as a basis for armistice 11ego- tiations. The final paragraph of his pro- position which stated: A general association of nations must be established under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guar- antees of political independence and terri- torial integrity to great and small states alike, led to the establishment of The League of Nations. The League. although it was established upon the plan offered by President. Wilson, did not win the favor of the Uni- ted States. This unusual state of affairs must have had some explanation, because it is not natural that a country built upon principles of freedom, equality, and jus- tice, should reject a plan for bringing about the peace of the world. It was not the majority of people in the United Sta- tes who opposed the League, but a com- paratively small group in the legislative department of the government at Wash- ington. When the covenant of the League was submitted to this body for approval, they refused to accept any part of it that was binding upon the rights of the United States, and then, after all the concessions that could possibly have been made were agreed upon by the other countries, the United States still refused to sign. The people of the United States were never given a chance to vote yes or no on the League and the ruling forces of gov- ernment kept most of the proceedings private. The attitude of the Fnited States to- ward the League was bound to have no small effect upon the other nations. France and England being left with no one to act as an arbitrator between them have gradually become cooler toward one another. The smaller nations have taken advantage of the unreasonable demands of the United States in an attempt to gain their own individual ambitions. The pre- PAGE THIRTEEN