Oak Bluffs High School - Beacon Yearbook (Oak Bluffs, MA)

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34 THE BEACON St. Patrick's Tea This year the Annual St. Patricks Tea was held by the home of Mrs. the senior class 'lt J. H. Hughes. The success, and Mrs. tea was a great Hughes deserves a great deal of credit for her aid in making it so. Play As the Beacon goes to press the students who were selected for the play, which is put on each year for the benefit of the senior class trip to Yashington, are deligently working to learn their parts. The play will be presented on the 15th and 16th of May. The cast of the play, Dying to Live,'y is follows: Mrs. Naomi Estelle-Kathleen Alley. Melva Jones-Eloise Webb. Olivia Winlock-Barbara Bowman. Samson Winlock-George Hughes. Chick Breen-Leo Camara. Silvia Winlock-Helen Rose. Mrs. Mina Royston-Amy Noyes. Montrose Langdon--Clarence Herr- mann. Estelle Gay-Crystell Luce. Mrs. Dillon Dilworth - Marjorie Bowman. Savoldi Yutaka-Baron Denniston. Commercial The Palmer Method Final Certifi- cate has been awarded to the follow- ing students: Nelson DeBettencourt, Gilbert Pachico, Alton Noyes, Joseph- ine Machado, Leon Souweine, Alice Southard, and Ruth Madeiras. Herbert Combra was awarded the Junior cer- tificate. Since Amy Noyes Hlld Elisa- beth Webb have both won the Fin il Certificate, they have been awarded the Progress Pin. Members of the first-year typewrit- ing class are working for the typing awards which are offered each year by the School Board. In order to re- ceive these awards, the students must type for fifteen minutes at an average rate of at least thirt ywords a min- ute with no more than five errors. To date, the following students have merited the bronze medal: Kathleen Alley with a speed of thirty-four words a minute, Leo Camara and Ida Gonsalves each with a speed of thirty- three words a minute. Magazine Contest The annual magazine contest for the benefit of the Senior Class was con- ducted again this year. It extended from the 17th to the 22nd of Novem- ber. Leo Camara was appointed Com- mander ,George Hughes, Captain of the Gree11 side, and Barbara Bowman, Captain of the Gold side. The Green side wo11 the contest, which was fair- ly successful. Speaking Contest The fifth annual speaking contest was held March 2, 1934, at the school gymnasium. Five girls and five boys were chosen from the student body to compete. Each contestant was judged on interpretation, delivery, enuncia- ion and appearance. The judges were Dr. Alfred Fairbrother, John D. Law- lor, and James A. Boyle. The program was as follows: Hymn for the Nations ..... Beethoven Qfrom 9th Symphonyj High School Chorus On the Interurban ...... Edith Lowell Helen Rose VVar ...................... Selected Wilfred Lawrence On VVoman 's Rights ................ ................Marjorie B. Cooke Eloise NVebb The American Flag ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henry VVard Beecher William Silvia The Convalescent ....... Edith Lowell Mary Golden Cab On the Road to Mandalay ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rudyard Kipling

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W... .-.vs---U.-, THE BEACON 33 NEWS .1 ..,..... 11.1 SCHO0Le 'ALUl1N.l 0 Leo Camara, Editor CLASS OFFIUERS Senior 1'residentmlleorge Hughes Vice President-Eloise NVQ-bb Secretary and Treasurer - Amy Noyes Junior I'resident-Clarence Herrmann Vice President-Guy Clements Secretary and Treasurer-Marguer- ite Clements Sophomore President-Genevieve Rogers Vice 1'resident-NVilliam Silvia Secretary a11d Treasurer-Marjorie Bowman Freshman I'resident-Elisabeth NVebb Vice President-Gilbert Pachieo Secretary and Treasurer - Ruth Madeiras Social The Seniors began their money mak- ing campaign for their trip to Wasti- ington with a food sale September 23, 1933. The sale surpassed the Seniors' highest expectations tllld was a com- plete success financially. The Juniors began their social sea- son with a trankfurt roast October 11, 1933, with the everlastingly famo is roasting ground of South Beach agai'-1 as a setting. The outing netted some money for the Juniors who were busy selling trankfurts, rolls, and tonic. A Se11io1' bean supper, the first to be held this year, was successfully staged November 4. An Athletic Association was organ.- ized January 11 at the high school. The following officers were electel: Amy Noyes, President g George Hughes, Vice President, and l'rincip l Bert L. Merrill, Secretary and Treas- urer. The Seniors' second food sale was held January 13. The proceeds en- larged the XVashington fund by sev- eral dollars. A second bean supper was given by the Senior class February 3 at the Methodist Chapel, and, although thc proceeds derived were not so great as those from the first supper, they did help out the Senior treasury. A committee composed of two Sen- ior and one Junior arranged an enter- tainment for the East Greenwich Academy basketball teams who played the Oak Bluffs teams Saturday, Febru- ary 18. The Senior Class put on their third food sale Saturday, February 24, and again got a step nearer to their goal- XVashington. Presentation of Trophies The presentation of the Lions Clubs trophies to our champion basketball at the Oak Bluffs Gymnasium April 20, 1934. Many were teams took place present including the basketball teams towns. Dr. Buckley, Lions Club, present- of the other two President of the ed he trophies to the two Oaptains.

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THE BEACON 35 Qhj Invictus ............ Bruno Huhn Willard Durgin Monsieur et Madame ...., Paul Blouet Clarence Herrmann A Real Lady ...... Marjorie B. Cooke Ethel Stevenson Mistaken Identity ....... Mark Twain George Hughes Aunt Jane ........ Marjorie B. Cooke Barbara Bowman His Last Speech ......... Robespierrc Baro11 Denniston Minuet in D Cfrom Don Juanj Mozart High School Chorus The girls' prizes were distributed as follows: first, Helen Rose, second, Mary Golden, third, Eloise VVebb. The boys placed as follows: first, Baron Denniston, second, George Hughes, third, Wilfred Lawrence. The following were given honorable mention prizes: Barbara Bowman, Clarence Herrmann, William Silvia, and Ethel Stevenson. Mrs. Johnson was i11 charge of the high school chorus, which performed Very ably. A 11ew form of prize-awarding was inaugurated this year. Instead of the usual money prize, gold medals were awarded to the first, second, and third place winners. The honorable mention prizes, bronze medals, were awarded to the remaining contestants. STUDENT ACTIVITY PROGRAMS November 10 saw the re-establish- ment of an old custom in the school. Every Friday the students carry on an activity period. The various classes take turns providing a program for the entertainment of the rest of the student body and of any parents who wish to come. The Seniors inaugurat- ed the revived custom on November 10 by presenting an Armistic Day Pro- gram. Dr. Cox was their guest speak- er. He spoke most interestingly on Social Reconstruction of Our Edu- cational System . Taking their turn following the Seniors, the Juniors on November 17 put on an anniversary program. The Sophomores had charge of tl1e students' activity program for Novem- ber They presented two plays, The Courtship of Miles Standish and ' A Thankful Thanksgiving , a play written by one of the members of the Sophomore class. On December 9 the eighth grade en- tertained the student body with a nov- elty program, consisting of a stunt, songs, and dancing. A slightly futuristic play entitled Ten Years After , written by three members of the Senior class, was pre- sented by that class at the Gymnasium on December 15 in the students' ac- tivity period. The Freshmen had charge of tl1e ae- tivity program for December 22, the last day before the Christmas vaca- tion, and very appropriately presented a play called The Christmas Gimme . The assembly period on Friday, January 12, was under the direction of the Junior class. Dr. Buckley was the guest speaker. As President of the Martha's Vineyard Lions Club, Dr. Buckley spoke on The Value of a Lions Club in a Community. On January 19 the teachers and students were given a chance to look in on a rural school in session through the presentation of a skit, School Day, by the Sophomores. The eighth grade, being in charge of the student activity program for January 26, had a guest speaker-the Reverend Mr. Harry Butman of Ed- gartown, who spoke on The Will to Win , a very appropriate subject showing the relation of sports to life 's ideals.