Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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7 ze ADDRESS OF WELCOME We. the Class of 1937, have met here today to hold our Class Day exercises. lt gives me great pleasure as president to extend to you who are our parents, teach- ers and friends a most cordial welcome. Today we come to the first milestone of our lives, and we wish to express our gratitude for the encouragement you have given us thus far toward the goal for which we have so faithfully strived. In the next few weeks this class will be disbanded. But lifelong friendships and our class should be forever memories of impressed on our memories. VVe cannot help but feel grateful to our have been instruimental in education possibleg and to 1:atrents who making this the faculty of the Natick High School and the teachers of the Junior High and elementary schools, who have guided us through the years. and who have set the high example of good citizenship and the high morals for which this government stands. XVe fully realize the obstacles that will confront us on our journey on the road to success. We will endeavor to do our ut- most to uphold the confidence that our teachers have in us. Once again let me extend to you a most cordial welcome to these our Class Day Exercises. I thank you. RAYMOND CHARLES HCEY CLASS HISTORY W'e are gathered here today to read the Diary of the Class of '37. To turn back the pages of time is a temptation that all of us yield to at some time or another. But after Sunday after- noon there must be no turning back for pus. VVe must enter our chosen paths of 'life as individuals with no teachers or classmates by our sides. So today, I open the pages of this little diary with fond memories and the hope that it will prove we are well prepared for that journey. PAGE SIX Sertember, 1 9 2 5- The nucleus of the Class of '37 is formed. It is not one large group as it. will be in higih school, but composed of eager tered town. As the years go on, the numbers in these classes have varied according to the migrations of the rarents. September, 1931- We swcoped confidently down upon the Junior High School today, all the groups finally merged into one. Needless to say, we are overwhelmed with our first feeling of importance. Our teachers are treating us as adults and wo are beginning to real- ize what the future years at high school hold in store for us. The ninth grade is soon reached and we decide on courses tlhat will affect our future education or life work. or reluctant little children scat- in the various small schools of the September, 1 9 3 4?- We entered not so confidently the High School today, and we are now gay, younlg Sorhomiores, but lose that feeling of fresh importance as we are made fu11 of by the jolly Juniors and stiubbed by the superior Seniors. It really takes the whole Sophomore year to become adjusted and get ac- quainted with the teachers and upper classmen. September, 1935- We are now jolly Juniors ourselves and feel at last as if we really belong. Ray Hoey has been our leader thus far. and he is doin'1'such a good jo-b of it that we IIEIVP decided to follow him through this Junior year. John LeClair, Helen Mangle and Ethel Fritz are chosen to help him out. This year the double session is started and we are wondering how it is going to affect our atfhletics, and also what dampers it will put on our social contacts. The National Honor Society elects five of our members, an unusual event. The rest. will be chosen during our senior year. tWe hopel. Our social life really begins during this year. The annual Football and Sassamon Dances break the ice. That leads up to

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,L WEEK IW Ni' - . si - 'sf - ' Q. Q I I ' x. . 'Q ft I v P1 l ,1 1 e X, f . gf ,K I . ' J J f 2' 1 CLASS OF 1937 CLASS DAY PROGRAMME Processional, Grand Processional March Roberts Hiah School Orchestra Address of Welcome Raymond Charles Hoey Selection, The Lost Chord Arthur Sullivan Senior Chorus History Ruth Shirley Jordan Class Poem Barbara Mae Fenton Class Song Words and Music by Anna Louise Flynn. Thelma Inez Blanchard, Class of 1937 Class VVill Robert Francis Bickford Instrumental Quartet, In Old Madrid H. Trotere Merna Densmore, Armen J. Kaprielian, Jr. Silvano Melchiori, Merrill Alvin Bent Prophecy Jean Elizabeth Barber John Joseph Le-Clair Awarding of National Honor Society Emblems Presentation of Coach's Cup to Best Student Athlete Roy W. Hill Principal, Natick High School Awarding of Anna F. Goodnow Scholarship Mrs. Daniel A. Lucey President of Natick VVOIIIHILS Club Alma Mater l,ucile Nichols '26 Class of 1937 Recessional, War March of the Priests Mendelssohn High School Orchestra Alfred Bernard Grassey, 1938, Marshal GRADUATION PROGRAMME Processional, Grand Processional March Roberts High School Orchestra Invocation Rev. Thomas E. Sweeney Address of Xvelcome Raymond Charles Hoey Instrumental, In Old Madrid Trotere Merna Densmore, Armen J. Kaprielian, Jr. Silvano Melchiori, Merrill Alvin Bent Essay, Horace Mann Helen Mangle Saxophone Solo Merrill Alvin Bent Farewell Address George Woods XVillia1ns Selection, The Lost Chord Senior Chorus Address Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Presentation of Diplomas Harold H. Johnson Chairman of School Committee Recessional, War March of the Priests' Mendelssohn High School Orchestra Alfred Be1'nard Grass-ey, 1938. Marshal PAGE FIVE

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zccfgy IMQN-1937 the Junior Prom wthich is tplenty formall. Under the black and white decorations, Captain Murphy directs the grand march led by the class officers. Septem-ber, 1 9 3 6- At last we step into the shoes of the grand old Seniors and it looks like a busy year ahead. We are fully organized now with Ray Hoey still our leader, Bob Bick- ford, vice-presidentg Dot Moir, secretary, and Merna Densmore, treasurer. Coach Bridey opens the foot-ball season handicapped by the double session pro- gram. Captain Thompson is injured at the beginning of the season. Neverthe- less, in spite of a bad start, our old rival Framingham only defeats us 6-0, the season ending with the Football Dance, a great social and financial success. In the lull between football and hockey, we are filling Christmas boxes. Miss Fitz- patrick tells us they are the largest and best filled in years. After Christmas vacation we start out on our hockey and basketball season. What a hockey team we've got! We are members of the Eastern Massachusetts Hockey League, therefore meet teams from much larger towns than ours. Uur crown- ing triumph was giving Somerville, the champions, their first and only defeat. We have been so busy following our hockey team's progress in the first year of playing in the Arena, that our basketball tealn has crept up on us with a season of no defeats. Under the capable leadership of Coach Donahue and the moral support of t-heir little mascot, Pete Christie, they are entitled to enter the Tech Tourney, an unusual feat for a scfliool of this size. 'Ne have brought back the good old Na- tick Spirit with a vengeance, Mr. Hill being our chief rooter. ' Our Honor Society is completely organ- ized now, the rest of the members having b-een chosen at intervals during the year. The officers are: Geo1'ge Williams, presi- dentg Grace Ward, vice-president, Marilyn Quast, secretary. Miss Young has given us a very enjoyable' party at hex home and we are looking forward to initiation and pins. This enterprising class has instituted a modern Safety Council sponsored by the Social Studies 12 Class and the Student Council. With arm bands flashing they conduct the traffic in the corridors, and different offences are taken to Court tfwhich is really Room 19J. Mr. Maffeo. tfhe judge, with the help of his chief coin- missioners and witnesses, determines if the person is innocent or guilty. Deten- tion is the punishment. Our crowning achievement of the year is our Senior Play, Growing Pains . Ray Hoey didn't tell us that his real name is Robert Taylor. In fact, each play-er has remarkable dramatic ability, the parts fitted them so perfectly. The Class of '37 has finally rounded that famous corner and found Prosperity, thanks to the Se- nior Play cast and Miss Mowry. WVe still have the Senior Reception to look forward lto, the last social event where the Class of '37 will meet as one. We have now reached the last page of o11r Diary. In a few short days the ties that bind us here will be severed, and the Class will be scattered far and near. But we shall always be bound by the happy memories recorded in this little book and appreciate the wonderful preparation for life given us at Natick High School. RUTH SHIRLEY JORDAN MEMORIAM Words and Music by: Anna Flynn and Thellma Blanchard Sands of Time are drifting on Carefree days are nearly gone Ere we wake on another dawn We find life has just begun. Work and play we hold so dear Yet so far and yet so near How we love to always hear IVIQIHYTICS that always live. The flower of youth has lost its day Soon the blooln will fade away And when it's gone, we hope and pray The fruit will thrive. Now we say our fond goodbyes And smile to hide our misty eyes VVe will part ere the music dies But mem'ries will always live. PAGE SEVEN