North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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PAUL TAYLOR “For now I am in a holiday humor.” Play 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Model Builders’ Club 1, 2; Camera Club 3; Boosters’ Club 4; Stu¬ dent Council 2. If you ever need an actor full of pep and fun, call on Paul. He is planning to make teaching his future career. Best of luck, Paul. MARJORIE A. TERRET “ Chiefly , the mould of a mans future is in his own hands.” Sub-Deb Club 1; Camera Club 2, 3; Reading Club 4; Gobbler 4 (Co-Editor); Journal 1 , 2, 3, 4 (Editor); Student Council 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Honor So¬ ciety 3, 4 (Vice-President); Valedictorian. Margie has worked very hard to attain her goal. We certainly wish her all the luck the future may hold. Her whole-hearted co-operation in all our school activities will long be remem¬ bered by all of us. DAWN M. THOMPKINS “Mischief sparkles in her eyes.” Sub-Deb Club 2; Camera Club 3; Boosters’ Club 4. With her sweet natural way, Dawn has been a real pal. Re¬ member the fun we had in Room 8 even if it did cost an hour? You certainly brighten many a dull room, Dawn. BARBARA A. WATTS “As merry as the day is long.” Basketball 1, 2; Student Coun¬ cil 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 (Co-Captain 3, 4); Play 3, 4; Boosters’ Club 4 (Treasurer); Junior Class Marshal; Honor Society 3, 4 (President); Journal 4; Commercial Design Club 3 ( ice-President); Dramatic Club 2; Sub-Deb Club 1; D.A.R. Award; Class Essayist. Barb is one friend worth having. Besides being bright, she has a grand sense of humor. She can bring cheer with one look. We wish Barb all the success pos¬ sible. BETTY WEINGART “A daughter of the Gods, divinely tall.” Sub-Deb Club 1; Dramatic Club 2; Sewing Club 3, 4. Betty is a tall blond with blue eyes. When you first get to know her, you will probably think her very quiet, but she really isn’t. She’s full of fun and pep, and always willing to do anyone a favor. MARGARET WILLETT “Full of Dignity and Grace” Sub-Deb Club 1; Dramatic Club 2; Discussion Club 3; Reading Club 4 (Vice-President); Jour¬ nal 3, 4; Gobbler 4; Macintosh Speaking Contest 3; Honor So¬ ciety 3, 4; Salutatorian. Peggy is one of the quieter mem¬ bers of our class. She is an ideal student with the ability to make a success of every thing she attempts. Her dependibility, friendliness, and gracious ways will prove to be great assets in making her future a success. JOHN J. ZUILL “The joy of youthful sport!” Model Builders’ Club 2; Glee Club 2; Commercial Design Club 3; Boosters’ Club 4; Foot¬ ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. Jack much prefers football or baseball to studies, but still he livens up a class. We shall never forget Jack or his help on the Johnson teams. i 14

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CATHERINE ROSE “To others let the glittering baubles fall. Content shall place us far above them all.” Sub-Deb Club 1; Commercial Club 3 (Secretary-Treasurer); Sewing Club 2, 3 (Vice-Presi¬ dent); Journal 3; Gobbler 4. Kay is a quiet, retiring girl, full of silent charm. She always has a friendly smile or word for you. She radiates efficiency and com¬ petence, plus a professional lik¬ ing for her business course. Any office in which she works would certainly be complete if it had her as one of its major assets. Here’s hoping you get as nice an employer as you de¬ serve, Kay. EDWARD G. SAUL “Better late than never.” Basketball 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Camera Club 3; Chefs’ Club 4; Baseball 4. Always ready for a laugh, Punky is everyone’s favorite. He has a knack for saying just the right thing at the right time! CLARENCE A. SCHEIPERS, JR. “ He ' s a man of action, not of words.” President 2; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Model Builders’ Club 1, 2 (Vice- President); Honor Society 4; Curriculum Committee 3, 4; Student Council 1, 2; Chefs’ Club 4; Class Prophet. Would it be third period if we didn’t find Mike having a sand¬ wich at his desk? Although Mike loves to have fun, he is a very ambitious fellow. His am¬ bition is to go to Annapolis and we hope his dreams will come true. ALBIN H. SEYFFERTH “Make hay while the sun shines.” Football 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2; Commercial Design Club 3; Chefs’ Club 4. You’re a quiet sort of fellow in school, Sniffer, but boy, what a man out of school! MARTHA J. SEYMOUR “She may look quiet, but look again.” Sub-Deb Club 1; Camera Club 3; Boosters’ Club 4; Honor So¬ ciety 3, 4; Gobbler 4; Curriculum 3, 4; Athletics Treasurer 4. This little miss can be seen bustling about almost any¬ where. Johnson is proud of you, Martha. You’ve worked hard and have come through with flying colors! CALVIN R. SNELL “Every artist was first an amateur.” Model Builders Club 1; Art Club 2; Boosters’ Club 4; Foot¬ ball 3, 4. Bob is one of those fellows who is always looking for fun and he usually finds it because of his jovial disposition. May you have success with your art, Bob. THOMAS F. SPEDDING “After I have named him, I need say no more.” Football 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Camera Club 2, 3; Chefs’ Club 4. Tall, blond and handsome de¬ scribes our Tommy. He cer¬ tainly has been a friend to all during his four years at J. H. S. Best of luck in whatever field you choose, Tom. JUNE C. STEAD “ Not too serious, not too gay, A very nice girl in every way.” Basketball 1; Journal 1 , 2, 3, 4; Sub-Deb Club 1; Dramatic Club 2; Camera Club 3; Boost¬ ers’ Club 4; Gobbler 4. June has been a friend to all who have known her. She has al¬ ways been willing to lend a helping hand. Continue your good work, June. GERALD S. STEWART “If we meet again, we ' ll smile indeed.” Football 2, 3, 4 (Manager); Baseball 2, 3, 4 (Manager); Prom Committee 3, 4. Jay’s personality is one that could be envied by many. His happy-go-lucky ways and ever¬ present grin make him one of the most popular boys of our class. We are sure Jay will be a suc¬ cess in whatever he does be¬ cause he possesses a special knack for winning friends. ROBERT B. STEWART “A fine character shines by its own light.” Vice-President 4; Art Club 1; Boosters’ Club 4 (President); Student Council 2, 3, 4 (Vice- President); Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Class Will. Bob possesses a fine quality of leadership and whenever there is a job to be done, you can al¬ ways depend on him. He is an all-round sport and a truly fine classmate. 13

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Valedictory BOOKS Books are as many and varied as men. Each one is an individual and de¬ serves our respect and love for its virtues, and our patience and tolerance for its faults. For books, all kinds of books, have much to offer us. Books are the vaults in which the wealth of the world is stored. They hold the accumulated thoughts of centuries, the stepping-stones to future achievement. Boger Bacon, that amazing man of the thirteenth century, left a wealth of information in his writing, including an explanation of convex and concave lenses and their possible application to reading and viewing distant objects which undoubtedly aided later stu¬ dents in devising glasses, telescopes and microscopes. William Harvey, the seventeenth century physician, left a remarkable treatise dealing with the circulation of blood in the human body which led to the discovery, thirty years later, of the system of capillaries uniting arteries and veins. It is in this way that the knowledge of the world is amassed. Books offer travel and adventure that we would never experience otherwise. Physical ability in any endeavor is no problem to the reader. A man who has never left the city may still feel the thrill of bronco-busting vicariously. Nor is money a necessary asset. The poorest man in the world may experience more through books than the multi-millionaire who spends hundreds of dollars in traveling; for a poor man with a lively imagination may catch more of the spirit of Paris through the descriptive genius of his author than the dull-witted spender who has no guide to show him beauty in a Paris street. No one need lack in friends or companionship if he is able to read, for lurking beneath the closed covers of books are a multitude of fascinating creatures whose only demand of the reader is that he give them a chance to show their worth. The reader may choose to spend a quiet hour with the dignified Jane Eyre, or he may join impish Jo March of “Little Women” on one of her impulsive escapades. He may follow with pity the sad boyhood experiences of Oliver Twist, or laugh heartily over the troubles of the adventurous Penrod. He may creep with The Deerslayer through the silence of the virgin forests of America, or flee hastily across the heather of Scotland with David Balfour. According to his mood he may choose his companions, assured that their adventures together will not lack in interest. Books are not bound by the years. In one turn of a page, the twentieth century reader can step back into the past, and stand, an amused spectator, watching the fine ladies and gentlemen of Louis the Fourteenth’s court step sedately through the intricate patterns of the minuet. Or, tiring of this amusement, he can leave them with¬ out formality, and instant ly install himself at a vantage point on the deck of an old schooner, where he can watch without any fear of bodily harm a desperate struggle for mastery of the ship. Books, the best kind of books, subtly point out to us a safe road to a happy and virtuous life. Who could read Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” without resolving, con¬ sciously or unconsciously, to avoid the horrible fate to which “unbounded ambition” led Macbeth? Or who could follow the cunning manoeuvers of Becky Sharp in “Vanity Fair,” and meditate on the hopeless ruin to which she finally came, without vowing to be fair and honest in all one’s dealings? And how far books can go toward reforming unfair practices of society when their message is clothed in the attractive garb of fiction! Dickens was a master in this way, with his ability to create situations which at first seemed hilariously funny, but after reflexion showed some very tragic lapse of public morals. In this clever way he exposed the dreadful conditions of child labor in England, the harsh treatment in Eng¬ lish schools, the miserable lives of children in orphanages, and many other equally bad conditions. 115