Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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28 THE SHIPBUILDER ASSEMBLIES Assemblies this year have been very successful. -Xt Christmas and Thanks- giving plays were given just before the holiday. Each class contributed one number to the program, Basketball tournaments were given for the amusement of the stuldents. These games were held between dif- ferent classes, including boys and girls, Mr. David Sausser of Hanover real several very interesting short bits of rrose and poety which proved to be amusing to everybody. SOCl.XI. .-XL l'lYl'1'llfS Ulf t1R.XlJL'.X'l'lUX XYEEIQ tiraduation Xyeek is the week of the eighteenth. class Night and llanquet, Monday, june 18th. Graduation, Wednesday, -lime 20. Senior l'rom, lfriday, -lune 22. ll.XSlili'l' ll.XI.l. SLTCIQSS llasketball season was a great suc- cess. The splendid sportmanship of our boys brought home the South Shore League llanner. SUt'l.Xl.S Several socials were held in the as- sembly hall. 'l'he tirst one was si onsored by the senior class on September ill, 1055. .X collection was taken up and the money received was used to pay our piano player, Nlr. lfllis tiilbert. llancing and refreslnnents were en- joyed by all. 'lihe second social came November 2-l, l933. lt was given by the junior class. Almond Bruce played the pi- ano for dancing. Refreshments were served at ten. YALl2N'l'lNli'S lJ-XNCli The class of thirty-four is very or- iginal. Instead of the usual Christ- mas dance they changed their date to lfebruary 10, and made it into a Yal- entine's Dance. Silver and red hearts were hung from the ceiling. Red and white an- gels were tacked along the walls. Un the whole the party was a marvelous success. Fake and ice cream were sold as refreshments. ll.Xl.l,UXX'li'liN lJ.XXt'li 'l'he class ol' thirty-four gave a very charming llallowe'en llance on Octo- ber Z7. 1033. lQobbinardo's orchestra furnished the best music ever played in the hall. Cider and doughnuts were served it ret'reshments. .AX good time was had by all. li. l.l'l'L'lrll llil.l, MOOD IX MINOR Xthirling. sickening, pathos. lfternities. lllue, hazy. intangible. l'niverse. Swaying, falling, ephemeral, llntllCS. llumming. rimfiiiu' revoltin- . 5 5' 5 Noises. Swinging, unreal, impregnable. Spheres. l.angorous, lethargic, lassitudinons .Xgathyx ll.XNNlNt1 Rlfl'l'l.lliR

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THE SHIPBUILDER 27 . . . Nezwogmmy. . . SHE STOOPS TO CONQL'ERl' JUNIOR PROM , , U M. f' il '- l l ' 'Lis .EX dramatic cluh has heen formed H 15 cemmi UC Junior V18 in Norwell High School. Eleanor XYadsworth of the senior class is the president. On December 15 they gave a class- ical play, She Stoops to Conquer. The play was very difficult as it was written in old English dialect. The characters were successfully displayed hy Eleanor XYadsworth as Kate Hardcastleg Charlotte XYeare as Constance Neville: Dorothy Phelps as Mrs. Hardcastle: Banning Repplier as Young Marlow: Theodore Dinsmoor as Squire Hardcastlel Harold Paradis as George Hastings: Curtis Power as Tony Lumpkin: Xyilliam Hanson 'is lliggory. Music hetween acts was played hy the XYhitman High school hand. Despite the fact that the nio-ht was b extremely cold and slippery, we had a good crowd. ' M I XSTREL SHOXY .Xfter much dehating it was decided that a minstrel show would he given instead of the usual operetta. Everything was underway and on the road to success. However we had started a little late. The niinstrel show has heen post- poned until next fall, when there will he more time. .Xt the present we shall focus our attention on our graduation activities. held their annual Junior Prom. Roh- l:inardo's orchestra furnished the mus- ic. The decorations were unusually wonderful. A good time was had hy all. lt was hoth a financial and social success. T.XP DANCING LESSONS .XNID GYM Miss lletty Myers offered the town of Norwell her services as tap dancing teacher and gymnasium instructor. lt not only helped Miss Heathcote hut also gave the Junior and Senior girls a chance to have exercises twice a week. Xyhen the play She Stoops to Con- quer came, we had a wonderful tap dance numher done hy Frank Ueliahio, Yictor Peterson and .Xugustine Feng eck. Miss Myers also helped with hasket' hall coaching. Miss Myers is now teaching in Northhridge, Massachusetts. SlllPl3L'll,lJElQ TRIP Four memhers of the Shiphuildcr staff, Marion .Xppleford, Charlotte Xyeare, Malcolm Xyhiting and Richard Kiaudette, attended a meeting at Nor- wood, where pupils from other schools met to discuss their hooks. .Xfter the supper and discourse, dancing was en- joyed hy all.

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THE SHIPBUILDER 29 DAILY SCOOIV' Wie Pick Up The Dirt Dots and dashes and lots of flashes! Hello folks this is the Demon Reporter giving you the latest news on Norwell .High school. XYell the boys ought to be able to keep awake in school. You see they have a little Knapp tnapj now. l see Banning Repplier is writing mush notes to a certain sophomore and she writes back also. They nmst think they are playing post office. I've read their notes Over Somebody's Should- er. Boy! XYho is the girl at Scituate Donald Porter is courting? XVe'd all like to know. XYhat is the matter with the student body this year? Lovers' Lane has not been travelled to any extent this spring. That old Romance between Mac Whiting and Phyllis Turner is still on as strong as ever. XVe would like to know the secret on how' to keep in love, Mac. XYell Frank De Fabio and Betty Os- borne have come to a parting of the ways. I see Cupid is up to his tricks again. This time he shot his little arrow intn the hearts of a certain Freshman call' ed Carleton and well, that's for you to find out. She is in the eighth grade. Every noon they are seen talking to- gether and whispering sweet nothings in each others ear. This promises to be good, folks. You want to watch out for it. Now that Phyllis Turner has a car She and Mac ought to go pretty far XYith Mac beside her in the seat This romance will he hard to beat. Curt Power, of the Hanson and Power duet, in answer to Mr. Jack- man's question in Ancient History, as to what tune Nero played on his fiddle while Rome burned, said Smoke gets in your eyes. lYou see his mind was thinking of his heart exercisers' in Medfordj XVell Slim Somerville must want ex- ercise bad to go down to Ruth Knapp's house and walk with her to school. Harold Paradis, one of the Faradis boys, and his ducky wucky Myrtle are seen toegther often these days. W'hat's the matter with Charlotte XVeare and Harold? It must be Trouble in Par- adisefl Wfell there's no more dirt, so we can't throw any. So, so long till we meet again. XYright Alott The Demon Reporter A. PTRO ,1i. IT WOULD BE STR.XNGli IF- Olga Roman lost thirty pounds. Fitzgerald got to school on time. Mac Wihiting stopped walking to the center. Donald Porter ever became a Cap- tain of a real ship. Laura Farrar became talkative. Fdna couldn't go to a dance once a week. Curt became ambitious. Tony lost his tongue. Francis Rent lost her giggle. .Xll of the .Xncient History Class rc- cited. Miss Ollendoff- Arc you ac- quainted with Shakespeare? -Xpts- T ain't acquainted with no bccr l'm a temperate man. 1