Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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NORTON HIGH SCH OOL cence of Alex Stewart which left him during our ti ip over the Senior Sea. If we had two members who did not wish to give their opinions we possessed one, Mary Healy, who was not afraid to voice her ideas and caused us to consider whether we had seen both sides of the various questions that arose in our midst. Then, too, we noticed thai we had one member who began work early and stopped late in the day. This was Karl Paddock who kept the custom during the other two voyages. In our eagerness for the knowledge of French we formed a French Club under the leadership of Miss Heyward and we remember the organization as interesting and successful. The Sophomore Sea was crossed all too quickly and we launched on the Junior Sea which was to be filled with more responsibilties, more activities, and more pleasure, some of them brought about by the French Club under the supervision of Miss Aronoff . Three effi- cient members, Florence Nygren, Alex Stewart, and Helen Andrews led us. We welcomed to our ship Adelaide Whitman who through earnest efforts had hastened her journey and decided to finish with us. At the end of our Junior voyage we stopped to help 1923 and at This time the ability to take responsibilities was made evident by Florence Nygren and Helen Andrews who made 1923 ' s motto and nearly all other members of the crew gave a helping hand at dec- orating the Town Hall and the Church. On this third journey, among our activities was a dance, the proceeds of which helped to build up our much needed class fund. Our days were not all filled with res- ponsibility and activity but often with pleasure and mirth for while leading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow we discovered that Xeil Burgess had another name, Ichabod, which has remained with him ever since. Many a time during our journey we would have been without lights or the old clock in the assembly room would have remained idle if it had not been for our school mechanic, Raymond Foster, who always preferred to do any odd jobs rather than to study. However, there was one member, Alfred Hewins, in the class who desired to study more rapidly and after completing the necessary requirements he left us and joined 1923. [n September, 192-1 we were sailing upon the hardest of the Seas - The Senior Sea. Two more instructors were added, Miss Jenks and Miss MaoDiarmid who guided us in the way of French and History. This year we chose William Fales, President, Florence Nygren, Vice Page twenty-seven

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NORTON H I G H SCH 0.0 L CLASS HISTORY CLASS History — what does it mean to me? II seems like an extended voyage begun on September 6, 1921, and ending- June 26, 1925, and for that reason I shall consider it in the light of a traveler who has preserved a careful account of himself and his associates on that remarkable journey. It was the sixth day of September, 1921, a calm, peaceful autumn day, radiant with the sunshine of hope, cheer, and joyous promise, that the good ship Norton High School stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year. It was the same old ship that had carried many passengers to a safe harbor in the ' ' Land of Great Wisdom. Early in the morning of that eventful day the passengers began to arrive and as I was the first to be enrolled on the list of passengers, to me was entrusted the task of writing the log of the voyage. I had hardly written my own signature upon the ship ' s register when a companion joined me who was no other than Hazel L ' Amoureux who had sailed with me among the Islands of Smaller Learnings, and who I was glad to learn was going to join us on this larger voyage. We were both congratulating ourselves upon longer companionship when we turned to greet a third comer who was placing his name on the list. We had heard of Paul Runge before and had known of his many pranks, so while we knew he was not very fond of study, we were sure his jolly nature would brighten for us many an otherwise gloomy hour. In a short time all the passengers arrived and being naturally very curious we asked many questions of our new captain, Mr. Randall, and his officers, Miss CafTrey, Miss Oil ace, and Miss Whitmore whom we ' all learned to admire and respect. During the first morning we were told that we had four seas to cross before our journey ' s end and that we had entered upon the first one — The Freshman Sea. For that year we chose the following to lead us: President, Alfred Hewins and Vice-President, William Fales. Owing to obedience and conscientious study the Freshman Sea was passed over easily and in an unbelievably short time we received our passports for the Sophomore Sea. However, some of our members decided to leave the crew and settle on the islands of the First Sea or go in another direction. It was during this part of our expedition that we noticed the silence of Howard Sweet, perhaps due to his interest in Mathematics which requires quietness, and also the reti- Page twenty-six

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NORTON HIGH SCHOOL President, Arthur Ross, Secretary and Treasurer, and Miss Clapp, Faculty Adviser. In order to keep in our memory some of the events of our last trip, and in order to Let others know of us we decided to issue a school paper and in due course of lime The Parrot appeared, Marion Fields was Editor-in-Chief and ably assisted by Gertrude Pike, Lois Whipple and Hazel While for it was they who did the printing. On February 27th came our class play, Deacon Dubbs. The cast deserved much praise and also our stage manager, Arthur Ross, tor it was he who made the attractive scenes. Much of the heavy work connected with giving the play was lightened by William Fales and 1 lis father ' s truck. Not long after the play we missed one of our passengers for a long period of time, Charles Flaherty who was ill but returned to complete the journey with us. During the Spring the boys took frequent excursions to various places where they played baseball and were very successful under the management of Alex Stewart. All of the three journeys had been rilled with busy moments hnl the climax was reached when we decided to publish a Year Book which took form under the efforts of Myrtice Fuller and her staff, who represented twenty-one members of the crew, twenty-one because Wil- frid Paille through earnest work had left 1926 and joined us. Al last we land tonight at the Commencement Wharf. We must nol forget the loyalty due our class colors — green and while — so bravely flying at the masthead and our class motto — Nobility, Honesty, Sincerity — inscribed on the side of the ship. It has been a wonderful voyage and we have secured many souvenirs from every port, striv- ing, however, to pick out only the best which would be of service to us on the yet greater voyage of Real Life upon which, we are this day to embark. The billows of examination questions have sometimes tried their worst to overwhelm us; but none have succeeded. We have been able to obtain the necessary passport at the entrance of each succeeding sea and have been able to pay the price in good hard work. Now avc look at the larger, more majestic ocean ahead and feel thai our experience has fitted us to withstand any storm, and weather any opposing force without fear of disaster. We shall go on writing new logs of greater adventure and discovery for while the Voyage of High School Life is at an end, the Voyage of Real Life is just now and here at its Commencement. Wilfrid J. Yelle. Page twenty-eight