Orange High School - Key Yearbook (Orange, MA)

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THE ORANGE PEALS, JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO Many influences have come to bear upon us as we have journeyed onward to our goal. Perhaps those of most import- ance, or at least the first ones, have come to us in our homes. It is there that we first adopted the habits and character- istics which have made us either successes or failures. The home has been the start- ing point, the kernel, from which We have developed. Other important influences have come to us through the church and the community. The former has given and continues to give moral guidance. The latter protects us as citizens and gives us' the privileges provided for in the Consti- tution. However, as it is the school in which we are primarily interested at present, let us think of the many influences and oppor- tunities which this valued institution has offered us. It has been here that the foundations received in the home, church and community have been developed. The school has brought us into contact with teachers and students and thus helped us to overcome the general narrow-mind- edness of childhood. Here we have also made many lasting friendships. If the school educated its students in no other way than to let them gain what knowledge they could from personal contacts with teachers and fellow-students, it would be doing a great work. The schools of today are very different from those of two or three decades ago. A change in the attitude of teachers toward students is very evident. No longer is the student ruled over by a despot of whom he is afraid. The teacher of today is a real companion, encouraging individual initiative and the expression of opinion, rather than the mere learning of so many facts from a book. A change in general subject matter of the school curric- ulum has also come about. Less emphasis is now put upon the purely academic sub- jects, and more is placed upon those which are of a useful and practical nature. F0 URTEEN School authorities have come to realize that it is not the number of facts which a person has stored in his brain that count. It is a person's ability to put his knowledge to some practical use. We, of the Class of 1932, appreciate the opportunity that we have had to attend school under these, now recognized, super- ior methods of education. Without a doubt, our future successes can be attribu- ted, to a large degree, to the solid founda- tion which we have received here in Orange High school, and the truth of our motto Today Decides Tomorrow will be revealed. Els-ie C. Olson Today Decides Tomorrow If Today decides Tomorrow, And Tomorrow never comes, What then-must all our work be done Today? But should Tomorrow ever come, Would we find success at last- Does our work Today decide our fate Tomorrow? Today should be one of preparation For the success Tomorrow brings. Fill every moment with work well done, Thank God for the privilege of school and home- Be prepared to live success. So be content, not satisfied There's a difference twixt the two. Don't grumble at Today's hard luck, Do all you can right now To make your dreams come true. Tomorrow when it comes will be Today Another chance-a new beginning. Find an opportunity in each new day To make the next one better than the last. Future success depends on work Today, For Today decides Tomorrow. Al-ice Dorman Holt '32

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THE ORANGE PEALS, JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO To our Faculty, we bequeath: First, the task of discovering another class as brilliant as the Class of 1932, and Second, our heartfelt appreciation for the hours of patient work which they have given us in the last four years, and for the work they have given in preparation for this Graduation Week. To the Class of 1933, we bequeath the privilege of being the most important class in high school, the privilege of occu- pying the Senior Section in Assembly, together with innumerable other Senior privileges, and also the insufferable know- edge and prestige which becomes a Senior at Orange. To the Class of 1934, we bequeath the opportunity and privilege of chaperon- ing all Freshmen. Also, don't forget Freshmen are easily lost in the rush, the first week of school, and it is up to you, as their sister class to lead them to their rooms. To the Class of 1935, we bequeath the privilege of moving out of Room 21. No longer will you be under the tyranny and strong hand of-Miss Tubbs. Thus have we disposed of our earthly property, and do hereby constitute and appoint Miss Ellen Musgrove and Mr. Henry Littlefield, executors of this, our last will and testament, in Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this Sth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two. Signed, sealed, declared, and ordained by the Class of 1932 to be its last will and testament, in the presence of us, who have subscribed our names hereunto at their request, as witnesses in their presence and in the presence of each other. MR. EARLE Moom' Miss IDONIA Tunes MR. SAMUEL CROCKER Elsie Smead I vy Address Friends and classmates, it is my pleas- ure to ,have the opportunity to represent the Class of '32 on this occasion. We, the class of '32, plant this Ivy so that we may be remembered more clearly to the future generation of O. H. S. As this Ivy grows it may be compared to the growth of the Class of '32. At first only a few branches of this Ivy will know which course in life to take. But as years pass these branches, one by one, will take a definite course in life. Some will scale the walls to the Business World ,others will spread to the field of chemistry 5 while still others will strive to affix their grasp in the fields of mathematics, gymnastics, music and various other vocations. Like each branch, each member of the class of '32 will find his vocation and gradually move on toward success. But before we attain success, we must climb that long and discouraging ladder. Also this Ivy must climb the same route, up the walls of 0. H. S. Not one or two years will ac- complish this, but many years of hard and conscientious work. Classmates, although our four happy years are gone let us not break the friend- ships which we have made during our High School days. As we return one by one, as visitors, let us look upon this Ivy as the soul of '32 carrying on her activities in O. H. S. As the representative of the Class of '32 on this occasion, I now plant this Ivy to be the soul of the Class of '32, Ernest Peterson Farewell Address When the sun has set three more times, the close of the high school career of the Class of 1932 will be at hand. The goal toward which we have all been striving since our entrance into high school will then be reached. THIRTEEN

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THE ORANGE PEALS, JUNE, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO I OFFICERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS Grabuation Address of Welcome Parents, Faculty hflembers, and Friends: The class of nineteen hundred and thirty-two welcomes you to its Graduation Exercises. Tonight we have reached that goal for which we have been striving the past four years. However, we realize that it is only with the co-operation and encourage- ment of parents and teachers that our game has been won. We are soon to begin a new game, one which will entail greater responsibilities and will be much more difficult to play, but we begin with the assurance that the practice received in Orange High School has start-ed us well on the way to victory. As we enter upon our various careers we shall always look back upon our high school days with a great deal of pleasure, thanks to those who made them possible, and with t.he hope that future victories, like those of the past, may bring glory to our school. Again, the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-two extends a most cordial welcome. Ramona Ford Clay to Mold With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead, And there of the Last Harvest sow'd the seed: And the first Morning of Creation wrote What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read. In the poet's mind, even man was modeled from Clay by our First Great FIFTEEN