Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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RAVELIN'S CLASS WELCOME Given by Robert Helliwell. 0 THE MOTHEFS AND FATHERS who are here tonight We bid a hearty welcome. During this hour each mother is proud of her daughter and each father of his son. It is through you, our mothers and fathers, and your diligent efforts that we have been able to attend school regularly and punetually. We have reached this step on the ladder of knowledge through your assistance and encouragement. We wish to welcome the School Committee and Superintendent who have cooperated with us. Teachers, we welcome you. To you who have struggled along With us, imparting your wisdom and knowledge in all the 6SS6Hf3i3l lines of thought, we owe you many thanks. You have instilled in us the germ of practical knowl- edge and learning, and we appreciate it. In later years when we have succeed- ed y'ou may be heard to say, Why, I had her in one of my classes in high school. I'm proud of her. Nothing will give you greater joy, or us more happiness. Often we have considered you hard and unfair, but now we see things with a clearer vision. And today we are friends. That is enough. I extend a warm welcome to the many friends of the graduates. This occasion will recall to your mind past memories. You Will be living again your own class day. VVe are happy to know that so many of you are here and that you are interested in our educational progress. Today, as well as Commence- ment Day, closes another door in the House of Learning, but it opens still an- other-and that, a larger one. We shall be alumni now, and We are one of you. Please take us in. Lastly, Classmates. there is a welcome for you. In a few years more you will take our places. You will pass through the same halls that We have passed, study under the same teachers and from the same books, cram for the same kind of examinations. sit in the same seats. You are welcome to listen to Mr. Sannella's daily scoldings and advice. If we have made mistakes, correct them. If we have made good, follow us. Make us your example. If We have been the victims 'of the teachers' chastisements. you avoid them. VVe leave you to uphold the honor and the dignitv of our high school. Boost for it. Work .for it. Don 't disappoint us. Make the best in our high school better. Many of us will go away. Many of us will stay, but in either case, we want you to feel welcome to come to us with your problems or lessons. And now in closing. I want to thank all of you for coming here tonight. In behalf of the entire Class of 1933 I extend 'our most grateful and sincere welcome. Accept it, for we cannot say, much as we would like to, Come again. l19l

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RAVELIN 'S Harry Jolly Expression: And here I am Without a cam- era! Hobby: Managing a baseball team Ambition: To go to the VVorld's Fail' George Leelaire Expression: You don't know from noth- ing. Hobby: Loafing Ambition: To stay in bed in the morning Norman Lovett Expression: That may be all right, but- Hobby: Fishing Ambition: To become a noted electrician Viola Lyman Expression: AW Gee! Hobby: Singing Ambition: To be an interior decorator. Louis Malkovvski Expression: Says you! Hobby: Traveling Ambition: To be a pilot 77 Vililfred Marcoux Expression: VVho Won the ball game? Hobby: Track Ambition: To become an engineer Edith Munn Expression: Oh good night! Hobby: Collecting dancers' pictures Ambition: To be a famous dancer Sophia Nesta Expression: '4Oh, Mammy ! Hobby: Reading about screen stars Ambition: To have a position as office sten- ographer or secretary Claire Perry Expression: ' ' Gee VVhiz ! ' ' Hobby: Reading Ambition: To be a stenographer i 1 Raymond Porter Expression: No, is that right? Hobby: Dancing Ambition: To sleep over Joseph Prunier Expression: I can take it. Hobby: Traveling Ambition: To become a business man Edward Robidoux Expression: HIS I in love? I is! Hobbv: Going to Charlton Ambition: To become a successful radio man Gordon Shortsleeves Expression: Most of a certainty. Hobby: Entering into sports Ambition: To fulfill my desire. George Sibley Expression: H'vah Duchess! Hobby: Driving fast Ambition: To be a jazz orchestra leader Hazel Stoll Fxoression: Oh Gee! Hobby: Swimming Ambition: To be a piano teacher Gladys Stone Expression: Hi, Keed I Hobby: Going places Ambition: To be Somebody's Stenogf' Mary Vitkus Expression: For heavens sake. IIobby: Driving Ambition: To have a pilot's license Elsie Willey Expression: 'Don't be sill Hobby: Watching different styles While parked in the city Ambiiuion: To be a second Little Jack Lit- t e. 8 l

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RAVELIN'S SELF-ANALYSIS By Viola Lyman HAT is personality? It is the sum total of you-of your qualities, characteristics, disposition, and tendencies. The impression you make should be the best possible. Every day you hear it said that So and So has a very strong or pleasinr personality, or vice versa, that his personality is weak, and even to the extreme, that his personality is bad. Of course, there is no question in our minds as to what type of personality we want. But, if we haven't a strong or pleasing personality, hard work on our pirt will help us acquire it. If it is weak, we should make it strong and if it is bad, we should make it good. Now in de- veloping a personality, we should be sure not to imitate or affect another's, because this can- not be done successfully. For the same reason that there are no two people alike, there are no two personalties alike. Why do you think of evil and wrong-doing when Al Capone's name is mentioned? What do you think of as con- nected with President Roosevelt's name, but a man with high marnetic powers to draw people to him in admiration. What do you think of when you see the cartoon 'of Mr. Milquetoaste in the funny papers, but of a timid little man always in ferr of gaining the disapproval of someone. Why do you do this? For the sim- ple reason that each personality is original. From these three illustrations, you have seen an example of the evil, the weak, and the strong, likable personality. There is no need to distinguish which is which. When a person thinks of you, he has his own conception of your personality and when you think of someone, you generally connect some peculiar thing that person does with your thoughts of him. You may ask yourself, What good will it do me to have a pleasing personality? Then you might answer yourself by saying, I will have more friends because personality breaks down barriers. I will be able to overcome great ob- stacles as personality paves the way for its owner to follow. I will be happier because per- sonality makes life 's road easier and more pleasant to travel, and lastly, it will help me be successful and popular. You are the keeper entrusted with your per- lac sonality, so shape and fashion it to Your spe- cial liking. Don't let yourself be uninteresting to anyone. Have a good heart to heart talk with yourself and see if you are lacking any of the essentials 'of a charming personality. We shall see in the next few paragraphs the quali- ties best befitting a likable person. Have you ei er seen a popular grouch ? Isn't it much better to see a face lighted up with smiles than one a yard long with frowns? Then, smile, he cheerful. You know that just as sunshine dissipates the clouds, so do smiles break up gloom. Think of how gloomy l'fe would be if every one greeted each other with a hard-luck story. Did you ever wake up on a bright spring morning, feeling light-hearted and gay, and then have the first person you meet say, 'fl didn't sleep all night, I had indi- gestionf' After a few such greetings, your mind is so filled with illness, disasters and hard luck stories that there is little room left for cheerful thoughts. You dislike hearing other people's troubles, so whv not keep your own troubles to yourself. Constant talking about them is like looking at them through a magni- fying glass. The easiest Way to aggravate an illness is by referring to it time and time again. Vllhen you do smile, mean it. A smirk, other- wise known as a sarcastic grin, bears no more relation to a smile than a crystal to a diamond. Therefore, get in the habit of smiling until your smile looks real. Do you realize that it takes forty-two more facial muscles to frown than to smile. Why not take the line of least resistance? Then, don't Stop at just smiling, laugh often. Laughing and smiling are con- tagious. If you find, in summing up your per- sonal qualities, that you aren't laughing or smiling enough, for your own sake, beg, borrow, or steal a companion who is a hearty laugher. Soon, you will succumb and be initiated into the mysteries of Laughdom. There is a certain group of people who have the obsolete idea that to smile or laugh is to lose one 's sense of difrnity. Forget that silly idea, and cultivate a becoming smile and a well-modulated laugh. Look in the mirror once in a while and see how pleasant you can look, then keep that look in your mind until you can bestow it on some l