Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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THE RAVELIN'S, 1936 31 To Joe Mainville: A chance to become the world's best chess player. To Virginia Davis: The pleasure of driving the next year's seniors on all their field trips. And to the Freshmen: A bunch of grand fel- lows when they get to know what it's all about, we leave them instructions to be given by Johnny Connor. To Yarno Nesta: Vincent Gill's book, How the Hero Commands an Audience, to be stud- ied in all spare minutes so the Freshmen will also have a Robert Taylor or a Clark Gable. To Edward LaMountain: A little less vigor- ous year, so he won't have to be absent so much. To Jean Campbell: Sarah Lawson's southern drawl, to be used to handle the boys, it's quite necessary now that women must stand up for their rights as the supreme beings. To Marion Flagg: A cafeteria so she won't have to walk so far for lunch. Roger Vancour: A mug of beer to be To drunk to the tune of Ach de Lieber Augustine. What we are really trying to bring into view is the haircut. To Joseph Houle: The appointment as Mr. S1:innella's private spokesman at school assem- b 'es. To Mildred Beardsley: Katherine Chap- man's ability to absorb her studies. To Frances Kemp: Rosemary Herbert's gift of gab and an audible giggle so she can paint the drab classes red. To Beatrice Beaudette: The opportunity of reviving the spirit of Joe and Bateese, so that our chief Hill Billies, Gill, Germain, and Piette will be well equipped when they apply for an audition before Major Bowes. Every year the graduating class forgets one very good friend, so this year we will break away from the usual, and To Bunny Siddall: A few more girls to bal- ance the front of his car the next time the Commercial Club goes to the Worcester Tele- gram and Evening Gazette, and thanks for ev- erything, Bunny. To the Commercial Club: New ideas on how to build up the treasury as large as we had it this year so that they may go on many field trips during school hours. To the Dramatic Club: A recording of a song by Eva Dumas to be used as the theme song to open and close the meetings. To the Girls' and Boys' Athletic Clubs we give several trips to great athletic events. To the Social Usage Club: Emily Post's lat- est book to add to its library. To the Science Club: Success in inventing new sound effects for the next Senior Play. To the Stamp Club: A market for their most valuable stamp so that they may have their picture in next year's Ravelin's. To the Public Speaking Club: Copies of the famous speeches and orations made by the sen- iors during this year's assemblies. To the Press Club: A press and all the fix- ings so next year's paper may be printed here at school. To our aged friend, the High School: All our class reports and scholastic records so that they may show the present and future students what can be done by a class so vigorous, so mature, yet so kiddish, so smart, yet not supercilious, so good, and yet so bad. Given this twenty-second day of June in the year of our Lord, 1936, drawn up at Montrose Dairy, witnessed by Elmer, Jack Benny, and the Man on the Street: and sealed by the hand of fate.

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30 THE RAVE LIN'S, 1936 To Roslyn Shapiro: A chance to show what that lovely disposition can do. To Curtis Tarbell: Opportunity to settle down to work and come out with banners flying like our modest Bob Cheney. If you can't settle down, the modesty will be all right, Curt. To Ellen Christensen and Ruth Farrar: The honor of each being the other's good friend like Lois Stone and Helen Daley. To Paul Stoll: An appointment as the Sen- ior Sunny Boy QSunny spelled s-u-n-n-yl to take the place of Johnny Connor. To Ernest LaRose: The job of fulfilling my desire to thumb rides for the next ten years. To Victor Bergeron: Jimmy Zarr's stamp collection. fDon't get stuck up, Vic, I mean with the stampsl. To Ruth Prouty: Esthyr Clementson's great pleasure in stealing a last minute chat in the dressing room at nine o'clock. To Alva Javery: Plenty of zip for next year's athletics so his name will again be the by-word of all up and coming athletes. To Elizabeth Piette: Rita Lyman's Joe Pen- ner hat. To Ruby LaPearl: The position as Oxford High's pep gatherer so she can get a little lung power for dramatics. To Richard Grady: A chance in one more year to play Fred Astaire with Marguerite Cameron as Ginger Rogers. To Rogernette Paige: Cathryn Christian's love of a good time and good things to eat. To Wayne Olney: Inspiration to organize I1 group of Black Shirts in Oxford High School: that ought to be easy, you have a schnozzy one. To Marion Noles: Antoinette Vitkus' loyal- ty to the girls' basketball team. To Rita LaMountain: The job of keeping the boys in their places in the school bus. I don't think you need any help, do you? To Marion Lyon: Barbara Smith's ability to bring in ads for good old Ravelin's. To John Kalita: Jackson's way with the girls: you have us guessing by your strong, si- lent way. To Ernest Johnson: Bob Allen's ability to drive with one arm. To Pauline Gendron: Position as maestro of the music hall and tea dances. Don't get bored, Pauline. To Joseph Dumas: Big ears so he can be the senior Clark Gable. To Ursula Donovan and Catherine Stone: The pleasure of praising Ireland now that Helen has to leave to toot the horn of the land of the Shamrock elsewhere. To Olive Coonan: Annie Lang's love of de- tail so that her oral themes may be longer. To Florence Clouthier: Our praise for the way she years her clothes. To Rita Butler: Full fledged membership in the Muskrat Gang. To Joseph Brodeur: Gordon Dimock's plan of letting the girls he takes out pay for their own icecream cones. To Edward Boutillette: Haig Aroian's mas- terfulness with the women, and his ability to take it when they refuse to take him seriously. To Rita Berard: The ability to overcome Marie's greatest flaw of being late at one o'clock nearly every day. To Albert Bell: Anything to make him talka- tive so that he may become the Huey Long of Oxford High School and entertain the Senior Class with a filibuster. To Florence Barlow: The realization of Gert LaP1ante's desire to get a license before the senior year is out. To John Walker: The job of convincing the seniors, in his twenty minute theme, of the val- ue of seeing America first. To the Sophomores as a whole, we suggest that they let themselves go and paint the school in bright colors next year. To Warren Chaffee: A chance to outgrow his romanticism for the senior girls of '36, in the two years he has left. To Statia Shivick: Ceceilia Degnan's sophis- ticationg you'1l find it useful, Statia. To Clara Snyder: Appointment as President of the Secretaries' League: With so much prac- tice, you ought to be a wow, Clara. To Evy Carlson and Helen Campbell: The job of painting the picture of the high school to be hung in the Main Room. To Robert Powers: A milk truck of his own, so it will be more convenient for pleasure ev- ery P. M. To Donald Mahoney: Paulena Chickering's ability to be a good listener. To Margaret Carlson: Kenny Chaifee's car in case he has not already given it to her.

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THE RAVELIN'S, 1936 CLASS POEM BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES By Cathryn Christian. Seniors stand in cap and gown Diplomas in our handsg We feel downhearted at leaving For new and distant lands. All stand in the receiving line Trying hard to smile g Friends offer congratulations That live for a long, long while. When graduation is over And our life in high school ends, We think of the love at home- Our parents and our friends. We thank our teachers and principal For all that they have done, Because of help they have given, Our victory tonight is won. To the members of the class We give a fond goodbye. May each one earn successg May we keep our standards high. Just a last word of farewell, Classmates, to each of youg We wish each other the best of luck, In everything we do. CLASS STATISTICS Most ambitious girl Dorothy Brown Most ambitious boy Eugene Schofield Girl most likely to succeed Dorothy Brown Boy most likely to succeed Matthew Sands Most studious girl Most studious boy Best looking girl Best looking boy Class Pessimist Class Optimist Class Wit: Noisiest person Quietest person Katherine Chapman Robert Cheney Barbara Smith Elwood Jackson Robert Cheney Olive Wood Matthew Sands Esther Clementson Paulena Chickering