Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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Tlae SASSAMQN , 1935, a riding instructor at Marcella Kelseys riding school. Stephen Kadlick trains the horses. Joe Cardellichio will also train horses-he'll be breaking in bronchos out west. After Alice Dahlgren's excellent per- formance in the Senior Play she is des- tined to become a great actress, probably playing opposite Clarke Gable soon. My crystal grows very dim-ah, as it clears I see George Hall's new factory which has recently been built by contrac- tors Fran Fitzgerald, Williaiii Buckley and Francis Webster. George manufactures soap and he has Robert Holden as his traveling salesman. The Natick Common creeps into the pic- ture. There has been a swimming pool installed where Adelaide Heath and Fran- cis Henry give exhibitions to tae stirring roll of Robert Smith's drum. As a special feature John Bond and Cora Feathers are enjoying a flag-pole sitting contest. I can see John is beginning to weaken. Marines are now passing into view! they are Lawrence O'Reagan, Paul Mor- rissey, and Galiano Marchioni. What is this now? Oh, a wreck. It seems that Helen Zicko, Elizabeth Young and Edith Yeagar tried to race a train and the road crossed the tracks. Helen was driving the auto and Leonard Foley was engineering the train, maybe that ac- counts for the tumble. Lawyer Mary La- tour is right on hand looking for another case. Lawrence Vars and James Searle hasten to the scene with their wrecking machine. Vars is shaking his head, evi- dently disapproving of women drivers. Journalism will also call members of the class. A newspaper oflice appears be- fore me. The Macewan brothers, Frank and James are the printers. Earle Rich- ard is editor and has Jean Bell, Dorothy Brown and Esther MacNeil as journalists. Marian Viles, the advertising manager, is busy setting up an advertisement which heralds Stuart Readio's appearance in town as a Shakespearian actor. Look at this! John Corkery tearing his PA G IC 'I'VV IC LV E hair out by the handfuls. Viola Marshall is trying to console him. It seems that he was doing a cross word puzzle made up by Alberta Noyes, Marjorie White and Eileen Webster and he can't get a nine letter word meaning noise. Harriet Primmer and Stuart Fraser will be very prominent as interior decorators. They have just finished designing some houses for Charles Duprey and Mary Gar- vey, who are in the Real Estate business. Ellin Bond, Phyllis Erskine and Jeane Ferguson have a kindergarten in Bob Gleason's block. Bob spends most of his time taking the toy trains away from the children so that he can play trains. Mary Groves and Lucy Grupposo have gone to Russia to enter politics while Mirdza Kalnceen and Katherine Kelly are taking lessons on how to be soap-box poli- ticians from Bietri Zicko! Myrtle Scholl is still busy helping other people over the hard places and trying fervently to convince American tourists to see Natick first. James Zicko will be just as lazy as he was in High School and spend his time smiling and golfing. And as these pictures of your beloved class fade away, I last of all see, you Bar- bara-Ma confirmed old maid. BARBARA ALLEN SA LUTATORY Parents, Teachers, Students and Friends: In behalf of my fellow classmates I ex- tend to you all a cordial welcome to the commencementexercises of the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-five. These exercises will bring to a triumphant close our twelve-year quest of knowledge and practical training in the Natick Schools, a giant stride forward toward a successful life, but they do not mark the end of our aspirations or attainments, merely the be- ginning. We are going on to bigger and better things backed by our own sincere ambitions and the solid foundations that

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e SASSAJWQN g 1935 Barbara Stocker, Gertrude Peterson and Dorothy Stulce are hostesses. Nearby Rose Marciano is getting final instructions from pilot Leonard Main, for her first solo flight. In the distance a. very rhythmic orches- tra is heard. As the music comes closer, who should it be but Rocco Guarino and his boys playing at Gunnar Hall's Theater. Harry Hume is master of ceremonies and June Nichols is the blues singer. The next feature on the program is Marjorie Denny and David Mellor with tlieir own interpretation of the Rumba. Next weeks attractions show that Albina Kitawicz and Arthur Orleans will dance the modern version of La Cucarachaf' My crystal clouds-but as the mist rises I see George Hamilton leisurely seated be- hind a huge mahoginy desk. Yes he is president of the Natick Trust Company. Betty Johnson, Lillian Higgins and Julia Sampson are his very eflicient secretaries. Dick Ormond is entering the bank with a large bag of money to deposit. Den- tists make quite a iiit of money, evidently. Kay Fair, his better half, has quite a time convincing Dick to save his money for a rainy day. My crystal now shows Joe Ortenzi, and George Malpus, building inspectors, con- demning Francis Gurney's tobacco shop. Fred McGlone has the job of Wooden Indian in front of the shop. A huge bus drives past the tobacco store. The driver is John Lucey. H-e makes three excursions around Natick daily while Delaney points out the historical scenes. Now I see Harold Randall and Emilio Valle busily designing a new Phaeton. They are going to have Kenneth Armenio and Sherman Baker mechanics, make it up and put it on the market. It will soon become more popular than the Ford. Natick College appears in the crystal. Beatrice Colp is the dean. Irene Brennxn, Statia Coleman and Bertha Barnicle are the faculty members. Fern VVilliams is a gym instructor and the only male profes- sor is the modest Edward Kennedy, who teacles English. The High School Class in town govern- ment is probably responsible for the de- velopment of these sturdy politicians: Joe Burgess-Dog Citcher. Donald Howeelieeper of the Town Bathing Beach, and Francis .lohnston, Fence Viewer. These hard working men will continue to better the congested C011- ditions of the city of Natick. South Natick will gradually be reformed by Parson Keating, an earnest missionary. Geno Tassinari is Jimmie's pilot and when the signal is given that all is not well at Rose Brady's Variety Store, the two fly down to restore peace. As for the people of the class who will enter commerce, I visualize Donald Bell as an important financier. Winnie An- drews and Virginia Carr are his secre- taries. William Wallace and Harold Oldfield will soon buy out Bernstein's and establish themselves in the dry goods business with Leonardo Krupski, Marjorie Miles, Ger- trude Miller and Ida Neale as clerks, Al- berta Nickerson as buyer and Christina Palli as designer. They will be success- ful, but the peak of their success will be attained wlffen they hire Paul Doherty as floor walker. My crystal prophesies Walter Townsend and Myron Douglas as entering the min- istry. It also shows that eventually movie director, Robert Jordan, will come to Wal- ter with a contract and a chance to play opposite Mary Hanagan. I can see that Walter will be a minister no longer. Eileen McCarty and Ruth Sanger do all the script writing for Robert. Now for romance. Marjorie Pond elopes with her Roxbury boy friend-they will be married by Justice of the Peace Bart C'Donnell, and Exclyn Clough and John Armenio will stand up for them. Now I see Pandy Apostle as the Paul Whiteman of 1955 playing at Geneva Hal- pin's show boate Sailors Haven on the Charles. Mildred Grifiln, Iris Guthrie. Rita Connolly and Edith Gassett are the waitresses. Foresight now discloses Peg Brennan as PAGE ELEVEN Mosse msnrure creamy 14 EAST CENTRAL grpqggy NAT-ICK MA Q1 U30

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The SASSAJWQN: 1935 we have received here at Natick High School. As we are celebrating this year the three hundredth anniversary of the found- ing of secondary schools in the United States, it is only fitting that I should touch upon its development. The first attempt at higher education was the establishment of the Boston Latin Grammar School in 1635. As the people gradually realized the need for a further education than was afforded by the ele- mentary schools, they established gram- mar schools based on the Boston prin- ciples, with an entirely classical curricula. The next step came with the introduction of private academies such as the Benjamin Franklin, The Phillips Andover and Phil- lips Exeter. These schools, available only to those of wealth, offered an education which would prepare the students for civic, commercial or professional lives. In 1821 the Boston English High School was founded. Here one could receive practical education in Science and Busi- ness Studies formerly taught only in the Academies or colleges and this new type of education was to be provided at the expense of the city or town. By this time we find many free schools developing throughout Massachusetts, New York, and the Western States, showing a keen interest and remarkable achievement in secondary education. From that time to the present educa- tion has steadily developed until today the educational advantages offered the American youth are the best in the world. We, the class of 1935, fully realize and appreciate the benefits of the varied cur- ricula and excellent instruction that we have received at the Natick High School through the efforts of the tax payers ot Natick. We have enjoyed our social and athletic student-activities that were so well direct- ed by the faculty and have given us a sense of responsibility, self-reliance and realization of the obligations which each individual owes to society. We know not what the future years will bring, but we earnestly hope that when the time comes for us to take an active part in the government of these United States, we may cope with those grave, social, political and economic problems such as are harassing the nation today, with intelligence and foresight, with per- severence and integrity, with loyalty to our own people and the democratic prin- ciples embodied in our Constitution-true characteristics of worthy American citi- zens. KATHRYN FAIR VALEDICTORY And now at this last gathering of the class of nineteen hundred thirty-five, we are faced with the problem of going forth into a strange world and adapting our- selves to its ways. We hope that we have gained more than a knowledge of interesting facts about history, the sciences and languages. For the principal aim of education is to teach us how to make the most of our lives and how to enjoy them to the fullest extent. A practical education does not mean a direct emphasis on vocational training. Much more strongly it argues for intelli- gent participation in civic and political life. It is in this direction that we should try to extend our knowledge, for how great is the demand today for intelligent leadership. We must perceive the vital relation of individual courage and charac- ter to the common welfare, because ours is a government of public opinion, and public opinion is but the accumulation of individual thought. We must develop our- selves into clear-thinking citizens, who will be competent to consider the econo- mic and political problems of the times. For indeed, the problems of today are testing. Fortunately, we seem to be ascending from this chasm of misfortune. Our country, lied by a wave of optimism, is Slowly rising from this tumult of econo- mic and social chaos. PAGE THIRTEEN