North Quincy High School - Manet Yearbook (North Quincy, MA)

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2 MANET illlzmvt Ihitnrial Staff Editors-in-Chief Boys' Sports I ANNA GUMMINGS GEGRGE HOWE KENNETH DOIVD ANDREW DOOLEY Literary Ewlziczaizge HAZEL BORNE NOYES FARMER CATHERINE ZOTTOLI ARTHUR WINNETT ELIZABETH OGILVIE JOAPGS School Activfitafes GORDON TAROR RICHARD BROWN JAMES GILMARTIN HELEN VANDELEUR AW ELIZABETH BALOOM MARY O'MEARA Club . A Szcbscrzptiovzs JANET ADAIR JOSEPH OOSTELLO Q ALDRIO SMITH PAULINE EKDAHL Girls' Sports Alumm ANNA CASHMAN MARGARET DEERING DOROTHY FINN BERNIQE WALKER Manager GEORGE NVANZER Ass zistmtt Zllana gers MALCOLM MACDOUGALL ALICE CALNAN KARL PEBLER ATLANTIC NORFOLK DOVVNS Selden Becker George Christiansen F. Pearlinutter Peggy Burton Marie Jensen Albert Johnson David Osborne Marion Hurlburt MONTCLAIR Sidney Feinstein Bernard W1'ight Harold Mnlvaney Robert Bishop IVilliam Leavitt Virginia Bishop XVOLLASTON CENTER Elsie Smith Oarl IVillia1ns Robert Newcomb Martha Ross Arthur Frederieksen Edward Schofield Dorothy Rooney Hilda Goldberg John Buckley Raymond Halperin Gilbert Okerfelt Eleanor Kane XVOLLASTON BEACH WOLLASTON DEPOT Roy Oavacchi Robezt Gangh Ralph Manning Riclizivd Fairbanks

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4 MANET CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-HERMAN GLUCK By Joseph Costello, 12-1 The award is based on a consideration of each en- try as an example of its particular type of composi- tion. For this reason CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTF-HERMAN GLUCK, an example of the informal essay, is the judges selection as the most successful entry. It is to be commended because Q15 the illusion of reality is sustained tliroughoutg Q27 it depicts with light and humorous touch the awkwardness of adoles- cence, a difficult subject: Q31 its use of connotative words convey effective shades of meaningg Q-lp its deft touches of humor depend for the most part on situation rather than expressiong C51 it maintains the subjective point of view with skill and restraint, Q61 it heightens suspense with a concluding episode. I have always had the most burning desire to know just what in the world people talked about at a dance. At a very early date I came into this world designated as Herman Gluck. I have always thought that this had something to do with my troubles in dancing. I also con- fess that I am normally of a rather shirking or bashful disposition. All this is necessary for my confession. Now actuated by curiosity, I myself attended numberless dances, usually in the stag ca- pacity. In my Hrst dances back in grade school the world had completely overawed me, I had been hindered by an excess of timidity. Then, conversation was confined to rare mention of numbers attending, of attire, of decorations, yes, sadly, even of the weather. In those days I had escaped by the constant change of part- ners, to all of whom I addressed the same re- marks, acquiring thus a certain cleverness and facility of speaking. Yet, as formality increased in dancing, so conversation grew increasingly difficult. I ac- quired a characteristic reserve resulting from the lack of anything to say. Soon, however, I found that I could be critical of my own danc- ing abilities with great success. I found that my awkwardness and mistakes in the dance could become an entrancing subject to while away the hours. I ever found new whips with which to lash myself, and in so doing I gave my partner a chance to uphold and excuse 1119. Yet this charming tete a tete became boring to one of my fast growing conversational powers. About this time, say the middle stage of high school, my character took a turn. Every month or two I would rather boldly indulge in a cig- arette, or coffin-nail. I would let an occa- sional 'thell or damn escape my lips. Altogether I was rapidly becoming a worldly- wise personage. In keeping with this air of dare-d-eviltry was my carriage on the dance fl-oor. Though know- mg nothing of dancing I found much more en- joyment in simply assuming a knowledge of it, as so many others were doing successfully. I no longer excused the jab of the toe into the un- protected region of an adjacent ankle or the overlapping of a shoe on the tender toe of a partner. It was really a thrill to savagely clamp a toe and refrain haughtily from an apology. But, to continue, my speech became rather flippant, and I made many remarks of a daring unrestraint. Once I recall distinctly asking a young maiden where she had been all my life. Though doubtful of the meaning of this bold phrase, I had heard it used to advan- tage, and here it did not fail to produce a coy -,,. Q, xx. .1 as R . 3 xx A i l Q ': Q . M QA j j hff ? 2 f f I 1 flxiksh X IQQI, f ,, xg? X ,--.wif A fx X -:.SIi IL K Imp -.. f fi' joseph Costello blush. I would on other occasions chide my partner on the number of her admirers and lament the impossibility -of making a date with her. I have always regretted that my num- erous conquests extended no farther than the dance floor. Yet I only used these new found powers of conversation at dances and was re- luctant to let this passing chatter influence my outside actions. Still this was a delightful period of existence and one for which I carry the fondest memories. However, all this, too, changed. By mathe- matical processes of elimination, subtraction and whatnot it became necessary for one to yoke in his own special partner. Wliile his partner usually circulated among others most of the night, he could not escape strolling hither and thither to the dance hall in her company. Conversation cropped up as a major issue. And the issue was too much for me, I must confess. On walking to the demoiselle's house I would, of course, wait the customary half hour for thc completion of facial operations. In this phase