Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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The SASSAMQN - 193 ADDRESS OF WELCOME Parents. teachers and friends-It is my pleasant duty as lfresident of the Class of nineteen hundred and thirty-five to wel- come you to these Class Day Exercises. You who have followed us in our joys and sorrows during the past three years, are today giving us your loyal support as we come to this, the first real milestone in our youthful lives. Our graduation, which has been a bright and cherished dream, now becomes a real- ity!-the goal to whicihboth our parents and we have const.intly been looking for- ward. Today we express our deepest gratitude to our parents who have given us the op- portunity of securing an education. We are also grateful to the faculty of Natick High School, our friends and guides, through whose untiring efforts, wisdom, courage and high ideals have been im- printed on our lives. In tlxe days to come may we ever prove worthy of those high ideals held in store for us by you-our friends, not only for our own benefit, but also for the fair name of Natick High School. Once again, therefore, to you, one and all, gathered here this afternoon, in behalf of my classmates, I extend a hearty wel- come to these, the Class Day Exercises, of the Class of nineteen hundred and thirty- five. LEO B. CAREY CLASS HISTORY It was with doubtful steps that we al- lowed ourselves to be led by the firm hand of an insistent parent one bright fall morn- ing some twelve years ago to the neighbor- ing st-hoolhouse. VVhat lay within the walls of these structureseschools-we knew to be something ghostly and the re- ports of our older friends had only verified our own suppositions. However, we had to go, our parents liad said we must, and was not their word law? Consequently here wr- were, all washed and carefully dressed, attending our first real day of school. l'AGl'I SIX When the first pupil had been assigned to his seat and was duly enrolled in the first grade class, so was he also enlisted in that larger class of students, this, the Class of 1935. Our class began to grozv as more of us were ushered into the care and trust of our respective teachers. Not in one room, in one building, nor one school were all assembled, but in various sciioois in dif- ferent sections of the town. It was on that day twelve years ago that the Class of 1935 was given birth. It was not until our arrival within the portals ofthe High School, and here safely housed on the second floor, with the avaricious Juniors above us, and the pomp- ous Seniors beneath us, that the Class of 1935 became an actuality. In the first few weeks we could be dis- cerned from the upper classmen by one trait to tread upon the heels of the person in front of us, as we were wont to hurry to classesg not realizing that our Junior and Senior brothers had sunk infto a leth- argy which did not call for haste in tra- versing the corridors and which evidently frowned upon speed of any description. Since our Sophomore years many things have undergone changes, but ther-e is one change which to those who remember, is not without a tinge of r-esentment. That is the change of Room 33 from a theater to a study hall. As a theater it was a center of amusement and it afforded fifty-five minutes of genuine and original entertainment so humorous that it was with much sorrow and regret that we left its beloved precincts at the end of the period. It may be said tliat the theater has produced some talented actors in other years, but of late as a study hall. the acting is way below par. Time never hung heavy on hands there, but now we must revert back to that age-old custom-- sleeping, or studying. It was during our Sophomore year that the precedent of giving mid-year and final examinations in college subjects was re- vived. This was a sad blow to most of us, but. we survived.

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SENIOR 1 'lit' V 'gpg' , 7 7 . I ,,,l, I , l- 1 x I , .1 , .1 e b X , f . 1 A f f . .' ' X si '35 Alina Mater Lucille Nichols '26 -2- Class of 1935 CLASS DAY PROGRAM Recessionzil Elgar lwl.m,,V,SSi0lm1 Mendelgsolm Pon1p and Cirruinstance' Hpriests- Marche High School Grcliestrn High School C1'c11egf1-3 Tlioinus Francie 1Xlt-Cormick, Murslml Address of Welcome 1936 Leo Bernard Carey ,ig S l -t' Tl F':1 ' L Q ec Hfn le flemmn GRADUATION rRoGRAM Dethier Senior Chorus History Frocessionul Mendelssohn Robert Johnson Holden Pl'i9Stfi' M211'Cl1 Poem High School Orchestra. C1353 Song Invocation Rev. Thomas .l. Ford Marjorie Ruth Pond Salutatmy CIHSS Of 1935 Kathryn Therese Fair VVill P 1. w I Mary Louise Latour NlO1I1 Solo . I I N .Minka SMU by Augustus Nolck Virginia Bennett Elizabeth Harding Decker Valedictory Prophecy Marjorie Ruth Pond Barbara M1911 Selection O Turn Tlief'- from Gallia Awarding of National Honor Senior 01101-Us Gouugd Society Emblems , Address llenry E. Xhirren Presentation of Coach':s Cup to Best Student Atmme Presentation of Diplomas Clmord R Hall Harold H. Johnson Superintendent of Schoolq CllZlll'Ill2lIl of School Committee Aww-ding of Alma F- Goodnow Recessional UPOIIID and Cll'ClllllSlilllt 9 Scholayship High School Orcliestru ldlgur Mrs. Everett L. Ford Thomas Francis McCormick, Marslial, President of Natick vVOIllflIl'S Club 1936 PAGE FI VE

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The ASSAIJWQN 5 1935 By our Junior year most of us were ac- quainted with the nooks and corners of the building which afforded places of leis- ure and obscurity during dull and unin- teresting periods. It was in this, our Junior year, that we elected the oilicers who were to guide the activities of our class, and it was at this time that it became apparent who the leaders really were among us. Leo Carey was elected President: with Katltryn Fair, Vice-President, Barbara Allen, Se:-retaryg and lVlarjorie Denny, Treasurer. The first demand upon our newly ap-- pointed oflicers, as a class, was the prob- lem of class rings. These were obtained in record time and many favorable com- ments have been made upon teeir appear- ance. In other years our older brothers and sisters had enjoyed the policy of exctiang- ing their class rings. In fact, some of the exchanges had been so rapid that it was almost a guess as to who w.1s the owner of the ring so lately received. However, this year the policy has been changed and we finfl that an exchange of rings has been lasting, in so far that we are reluctant to make the return exchange. That our executive board was of ex- cellent calibre was proved by the capable manner in which they managed our Junior Prom. Varying from the policy of p1'e- vious classes we decided to hold our Prom in th-e Junior High School. This plan worked out admirably, surpassing tile ex- pectations of all of us and set our Prom up as one to be long remembered and one which will no doubt establish a precedent for succeeding classes. As an evening of great joy and diversion it las never been equalled and was extremely satisfictory to students and faculty alike. With our Senior year came the rejility of which many of us had dreamed-a foot- ball team that would defeat our archrival, Framingham. The memory of that strug- gle will long remain in the hearts of those who witnessed the game. As successful as our football team was the annual Foot- ball Dance which was even more eventful than ever, because of our win over Fra- mingham. Here Comes Patricia, a three-act com- edy, was presented as our Senior class play and it met with the hearty approval of all who witnessed its performance. The Senior Reception which lias in other grandest social years proved to be the event of the year, will be held this Friday evening. It will be a last chance for us to meet at a social function as a class, and will afford a grand time for all. Again, the Class of 1935 establishes .1 custom by adopting caps and gowns for class day and graduation. The graduation exercises at the Colonial Theater on Sunday afternoon will bring to a close the history of the Class of 1935 as a school unit, but graduation will not end the activities of its individual members. As alumni we shall remember with pleas- ure our many happy days together and in the years to come we shall find great hap- piness in our reminiscences. ROBERT HOLDEN CLASS SONG tTune4StardustJ All through these years we've gone along, And lere today we must say adieu. Cnr hearts are sad, from friendships we must part, Yet as we leave the Red and Blue. Though our dreams be great In each one some inspiration Our teachers we give thanks for each kind consolation That to us they've given. As duty calls we marcli together Side by side, and as we depart, Please keep true in your memories Our class whose deeds will bring you fame. As we leave you now, In our hearts we make this solemn vow To hol-il forever dear The memory of our schooldays here. MARJORIE R. POND '35 PAGE SEVEN