Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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fo Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Pinson, Miss Jenkins, Mrs. Turner Miss Hurley, Mr. Daggett, Mr. Farr, Mr. Allen, Mr. Sipple, Miss Harris 2 i E ! ! I i i i i Q ! .ga Duiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiri9112212111111 FACULTY Phillip Daggett, Principal, Social Subjects Lois C. Turner Marion J. Hurley Leonard J. Allen Henry Farr Choris A. Jenkins Norman C. Sipple Martha Harris Florence Pinson Grace F. Cole Rodman Booth Pansy Stetson iniuinloi 11111112 1 11313 Commerce Foreign Languages English Social Subjects Domestic Arts Science Mathematics Grade 6 Grade 5 Art Music

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Tl-IE Sl-IIPBUILDER VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1 SHIPBUILDER STAFF Editor-in-Chief ---- Alcester Weare Assistant Editor Christian Fenger Melvin Burnside Busmess Managers Priscilla Merritt Assistant Manager Advertising Managers English Editors Commercial Editors Language Editor Social Science Art - Athletics Science Lawrence Newcomb - lThomas Tolman l Sylvia Dyer Jean MacLean ' Alice Joseph S Muriel Liley I Elizabeth McPherson - Marion Osborne Daniel Currie James Tantillo S Helen Osborn ' I James Thompson Stanley Henderson EDITORIAL It gives the class of 1938 great pleasure to present this issue of the Norwell High School year book, The Shipbuilderj' to its friends and friends of the school. As this is the first year book to be published for three years, every effort has been made to make it interesting, impressive, and successful. To show our deep appreciation of our new school building, for the pleas- ant hours we have spent in it, and for its new facilities, that have offered us better education and student enjoyment, we sincerely dedicate this issue of The Shipbuilderf' to the Norwell High School of today and of many days to come. Surely the school and its graduates are evidence of the great progress education has made in the town of Norwell and we hope this book will be an example of the work the students of the school feel they are always capable of doing. We shall always be proud to say that we were graduated from Norwell High School. ALCESTER WEARE, Editor-in-chief

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page fou' - The Shipbuilder CLASS HISTORY As I think over our four years of high school life, it seems that our class history should be quite an in- teresting one. We have attended high school in three different build- ings, and ours is the distinction of having been the first class to attend the new high school a year and grad- uate from it. We entered at the old high school September 6, 1934, 31 strong. We were: Melvin Burnside, Norman Beach, John Campbell, Richard Ap- pleford, John DeFabio, Stanley Hen- derson, Ellsworth Farrar, Jean Hatch, Olive Hatch, Ralph Litchfield, Walter Haslett, Lawrence Mott, Harold Monk, Alcester Weare, Priscilla Mer- ritt, Sylvia Dyer, Helen Osborn, Ma- rion Osborne, Muriel Liley, Marion Paige, John Gauley, Walton Snow- dale, James Tantillo, James Thomp- son, Vera Ekstrom, Betty Ewart, Fred Rosebach, Robert Henderson, Betty Buckbee, Tommy Tolman, and Alexander Roman. We were all very much elated, for at last we were allowed to go upstairs with the Big Kids. But after a few weeks that wore off, and we be- came accustomed to being called Freshie. At our first class meeting wevelect- ed the following officers: President, Stanley Henderson, Vice-President, Melvin Burnside, Secretary, Alcester Weare. Our first attempt at being host to the school was a Hallowe'en social, which was one of the most successful events of the year. This year came to a close quite un- eventfully, for that was the first time that school picnics were outlawed. At the beginning of our Sophomore year, we found one-forth ol our class missing. Betty Buckbce had moved to Bridgewater in the middle of the year, Harold Monk moved to Rock- land, Richard Appleford and Walter Haslett left to attend Boston Trade School, and John Campbell, Ellsworth Farrar, Walton Snowdalo, and Alex- ander Roman left to go to work. Francis Morrison, from Boston, and Daniel Currie from Ilingham, joined our class. Also, that September, we were surprised to find Mr. Farr teaching in Mr. Jackman's place. In the middle of the year Miss Heathcote left us, Miss Jenkins ably filling her place. We get along just as well the sec- ond year as we had the first, already having gained the good will of the teachers because of our excellent behavior. But just before Christmas we were all practically swept off our feet by the news that our dear old N. H. S. had burned flat, Friday evening, De- cember 20. And all hopes of a longer vacation vanished when it was an- nounced that we would attend Hano- ver's high school building from 2:30 to 5:30. Those were the good old days - staying out as late as we dar- ed, and barely getting up in time to eat our lunch and run for the bus. At the beginning of the Junior year we found more changes in the faculty. Mr. Fellows had taken Miss Minard's place, and Mr. Turner was our new science teacher. Edward Strachan was the new member of our class, and we were very sorry to find that John DeFabio and Olive Hatch, who had been all through school with us, had dropped out. Francis Mor- rison moved back to Boston. Now that we were growing up, we were allowed to give our first danceg the Junior Prom. Both that and our Valentine social were greatly enjoyed by all who attended. The school year of 1936-37 saw the beginning of both tri-town and inter- class plays. Our class contributed several to the cast of the tri-town play, The Neighbors. Our effort for the interclass play contest was an opcretta, Love and Whist, coach- ed by llir. Turner. These required a great deal ol' effort and time, but a great deal of enjoyment was our re- ward. At the end of the year, several of the members of the class, with other members of the high school, took a trip to Provincetown on the boat ac- companied by Mr. Farr and Mr. Turner. Everyone had a wonderful time. We entered our Senior year bub- bling over with enthusiasm. As soon as we were organized, we found that