Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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5!fl.95'fllfWlQ!V z 1934 w CLASS ORATION NVe, the class of 1934. are met here to- day to hold our Class Day Exercises, and it is my pleasant duty as president to ex- tend to you all, on behalf of the Class, a most cordial and friendly welcome. The goal toward which wc have steadily been making our way these many years, and which at times has seemed so remote, is just before us now. Each one will have his particular field of activity to enter and each his particular goal to strive for. ln a few short weeks the ties that bind us here will be dissolved and the class will be scattered far and near. Here in Natick High School we have made life-long friends, and so, although we think of -our coming separation with re- gret, we rejoice that many a friendship formed here will gladden our lives for years to come. As we stand today at the parting of ways, we find rising from deep down in our hearts a grateful sense of obligation-- first to our parents, for it is to them that we owe largely this opportunity for gain- ing an education, then secondly, to our teachers. who have guided us on our way. They have done this we feel sure, not for pecuniary gain to themselves, but with a real desire to help us in the attainment of that goal which we have set. We are well aware of the fact that we have many hard- ships to contend with, many obstacles to climb and many hindrances to overcome, but like good soldiers in a good cause we must Carry On! FRANCIS CAREY CLAS HIS ORY. The steamship Education on which we, thc tourists of '34 set sail three years ago, has almost completed its cruise and is once- again returning to her home port. The passengers have bccn enchanted with PAHIC SIX the wonderful sights and events of their voyage. The ship anchored at the port of Natick, we were taken to a large building where we were told that it was worthwhile to spend some time. We ran about explor- ing the different rooms. The first week confusion reigned as we tried to find our way about. Wearily we sought our bunks each night. Soon, however, we became acquainted with every nook and corner. At first we went about envying the tour- ists who had booked passage bef-ore us, who seemed to us very haughty and proud. Some day near the end of our cruise we would be as high and mighty, was the thought that cheered us onward. We noticed that we were n-ot all in- terested in seeing the same sights. Some tarried in rooms where'Latin, French and German ideas were exhibited, going back day after day as they became more and more curious. In other rooms the clicking of typewriters and other machines held some fascinated. All of us see-med to spend a part of every day at the English exhibit, always finding something new. During the second year of our cruise we ventured on a, side trip. Some of the earlier tourists were wearing curious rings all alike, so we cruised along to a nearby p-ort where we found some which would distinguish us as a group. These rings al- ways seemed on the move, being found on different fingers as each month moved along. We de-cided about this time to elect ship officers as was the custom followed by our superiors in the second year of their cruise. Francis Carey was chosen Captain: Andrew Bismark, 1st Mate, Hazel Hurst, Keeper of the Log, and John Riotchford, Purser. Because of this election, we tourists of '34 considered ourselves now on a par with those earlier one's now called Seniors. Then came the event which had been keeping us all on edge for many weeks, the Ship Prom. For this one night we left behind us our steamship Education, lying at anchor in the harbor. The air about the large hall in which we were gathered was filled with sweet music and the sound of laughter. This night will go

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SENIOR ff 1 40' QW H II '- .Q-I 05 Jana. 'V y 2 l , A ' ' xl Q e , f . A 4 Vx ' X V r ' ,I ,Qt f V, CLASS OF '34 CLASS DAY PROGRAM Processional Berthold Tours High School Orchestra Address of Welconie Francis Joseph Carey Alma Mater Lucite Nichols '26 Class of 1934 Recessional Pomp and Chivalry Roberts Leo Bernard Carey, Marshal High School Orchestra GRADUATION PROGRAM Selection V The Challgnge of Youth Processional BeI,th0ldT0u1,S Robelt Gibb enioi Choius High School Orchestra Hlstory I b , Invocation Rev. Alfred XV. Birks Reginald D. VV1ll1amson no N 1 t t Q u a ory Poem E I G t d E A+ 06 Jackson Everett Wignot va n er ru e rns Cl Son y 9 Violi Solo ass g E1 rd C Me if Words by Wentworth Qua tbl!-5 0 1 'V UPI E L Wa B H Music by Joseph Estella , 1 t .ssa The Growth ot the Panama Canal Class of 1934 is t by Maurice Featherman XX Vvm X. I',CK 'A Ay Radium Mary Flumces Gmeran '- KJ. John Francis Downing Saxophone Selection Ride Out on XVings of Songw V Ioseph Peter Parrineuo Senior Chorus William Berwald Prophecy Valedictory Hazel J Hurst Evalyn Gertrude Ernst Address Franklin K. Smith Andrew Paul Bismark Awarding of Pro Merito Pins Presentation of Coach's Cup to Best Student Athlete Clifford R. Hall Superintendent of Schools Awarding of Anna F. Goodnow Scholarship Mrs. Harold S. Bennett President of Natick Wo1nan's Club lfresentation of Diplomas Harold H. Johnson Chairman of School Committee Alma Mater Lucile Nichols '26 Class of 1934 Recessional Pomp and Chivalry Roberts Leo Bernard Carey, Marshal High School Orchestra tllelivery excused PAGE FLY ld MORSE INSTETUTE LIBRARY 14 EAST CENTRAL Stnrcgr NATICA MA 31 ji

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The SMYSSVZIJWQXV : 1934 down on the log in the cabin as one of the gayest and happiest events on our cruise. The next issue of the ship's paper, the Sassamon, featured this with the head- lines Ship Prom Huge Success. Athletic teams were organized which consumed much of our leisure time. Our teams played against those of other ships on similar cruises. As was the custom on all cruises to sum up what had been seen, so we gathered in our different groups to find out how much we knew. Each produced a travelogue, but some were very much surprised to find out how little they had discovered as compared with others and resolved to use their eyes to better advantage hereafter. Returning from our summer vacation cruise c-n which we had little work to do we found that the tourists of '33 had passed on to other ports and we were the senior tourists now. During the final year of our cruise our athletes, with their standard I Serve, received high recognition for their achieve- ment. In the annual Thanksgiving Day classic with our rival ship of education The Framingham, our football team rose to great heights to hold our rival to a 0-0 tie. All our athletic teams were very suc- cessful. There was a side trip which the football men wanted very badly. Because the finances of the ship were very low, it was decided this side trip could not be afforded. But the boys getting together with the cooperation of the whole crew of the ship staged a deck dance and basketball game which raised the desired amount. This trip was to a sweater factory where each boy was presented with a souvenir in the form of a sweater. Again we left our steamship Education anchored in the harbor while we enter- tained our friends on shore with a play, Strawberry Kate. We were decidedly successful in filling every seat in the house, if resounding applause and enormous box- oflice receipts are any test. Now. as the ship heads toward our home port we have mingled feelings of joy and regret. Joy that we have successfully completed our cruise and reg1'et that the pleasant 'companionship must end. At the home port we are to be given a great ova- tion in the theatre, through the kindness of Mrs. Harris. Then we must leave the steamship Education to which we have become almost inseparably attached hoping at some time that we, the tourists of '34. can be reunited in a 100 percent gathering on board our Steamship Education 14555 . Our high school days are nearly o'er The time has come to say Goodbye to all, because we've come To a parting of the way. Weve had our Prom and Senior l-'lay Our loved Mid-years are through. And now with many sad regrets We make our last adieu. We hope you'll miss our cheery crowd And wish each day still more That once again you'd hear and see The Class of Thirty-four. EVALYN ERNST CLASS SONG '34 Tune of The Old Covered Bridge As we stand here tonight All dressed up in blue and white Our friends we do not want to leave For our teachers we stand And tha.nk for their helping hand Before we shall leave Old Natick High Then sometime we'll remember The days that were spent Our dreams will be brighter And our hearts happier bent Then off we shall go Into this world full of woe With hope of success in our life PAGE SEVEN