Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1938 volume:

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' VELI , QDxfnrh M1313 Svrhnnl f 1535 Gilman n uivurrwa, Nu Evan THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1938 DEDICATE THIS YEARBOOK TO MR THOMAS MCGOVERN DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS -ff eu IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS HELP IAC Hlgh School MR FRANK SANNELLA Pr1nc1pal AB Bates Ed M Boston Un1vers1ty MR THOMAS MCGOVERN Ass1stant prmcxpal A B Holy Cross College Econom1cs CIVICS Commerc1al Ar1thmet1c Commerclal Geography Commercxal Law MISS HELEN GAHAGAN AB Boston College Lat1n Engllsh 8 MISS Mathematlcs Tvpewrmng MISS MISS HELEN V KENNEDY BS Worcester State Teachers College MS Boston College RUTH KINNIERY BS Boston UH1V9YS1ty Accountlng Typewrltlnv Shorthand MURIEL MANNING AB College of Our Lady of the Elms Engllsh I and II MR J FRANCIS OCONNOR AB Clark UHIJGFSIIY H1story Socxology VOCHIIOHHI Educatloa MR ROLLAND SHAPPY A B Clark Umverslty General Sc1ence Blology Chem1stry MISS ANN R WINTER A B Wellesley MA Unlverslty of Wyomlng D1plomee de la Sor bonne French Englxsh III and IV Junior Hugh School MR WALTER BROWNING A B Holy Cross College Amerxcan H1story 7 8 CIVICS 7 8 MISS AMELIA SNOW B S Worcester State Teachers College Arxthmetlc Hyg1ene MISS CI ARA TURNER Worcester State Teachers College Engl1sh 7 L1terature 7 Geography Penmanshxp Supervlsors MR WILLIAM FIA B S Fltchburg State Teachers College Manual Trammg MISS MARY HAND AB Boston UHIVCTSIIY School of MUSIC Mus1c MISS ROSF VIASSEI BS Frammgham State Teachers College Sewmg MISS MARGARET MCGINNIS BS Massachusetts School of Art Drawmg MR KENNETH LADNFR BS Fltchburg Teachers College Manual Tralnmg MISS MARY SULLIVAN B S Boston Umverslty Sargent School of Physlca cal Ed CHIIOH l Educat on Phy x , K i ' 4- . ,, u 1 Y Y Y 4 A J 0 P- ' ' . . 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LHE RAVELINS 1938 NORMA BALL Norma Eager mn stud1es and labours A qulet young lady who knows a great deal May she travel on the road to Success' Her com1ng was Classlcals loss and Oxford s gam MARJORIE BARLOW Margy A word to the vnse IS SUmClC1 Act1v1t1es Commerclal Club 3 4 Press Club 3 4 Soc1al Usage Club Secretary 2 Prom Comm1ttee 3 Glee Club 2 4 Semor Play 4 When she smlles two large dlmples olay acro s h r face MARY BARNES Barnsey Whxstlmg and smgmg to keep up courage Act1v1t1es Dramatlc Club 2 R3d10 Play 3 Prom Commltt 3 Press Club 3 4 Commerclal Club 3 4 V1ce Pres 4 A A Play 4 Sen1or Play 4 May she be a fr1 nd to the world as he has been to the class of 38' ELSIE BELLOWS Elsle Sweetness goodn ss 1r her person shmed ACt1V1t19S Athletlc Club 2 Basketball 2 3 4 Press Club 4 Sen1or Play 4 No dark clouds can cover her smlle Her courag wrll helm her to reach the goal Success rv- 9 ,V 3 u vs ' ' as . 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' v ' ' v 1 ' fe ' . an sv PHE RAVELIN S 1938 EVY CARLSON Evy Do good and never mind to whom Activities Class Treasuer 1 Glee Club 4 Poster Award 1 2 3 4 Dramatic Club 2 Radio Play 2 3 Prom Committee 3 Commercial Club 3 4 Press Club 3 4 A A Play 4 Senior Play 4 Evys pen on the mimeoscope drew pictures for Static Her voice to a downhearted friend gave renewed courage GORDON CHAFFEE J iddy Much industry and a good conscience make a man rich Activities Vice President 1 Stamp Club 2 Treasurer 2 Cross Country 4 Radio Play 2 Class President 3 4 A very popular member of the senior class is ambitious and always keeps busy very lil ely to succeed WARREN CHAFFEE Pickles Good at work better at play Willing to talk to the girls all day Captain 4 School Plays 3 4 Radio Plays 2 3 4 Stamp Club 2 Class President 2 Treasurer 3 Student Council 2 Student Coun c1l fPres1dent 45 Junior Prom Committe Senior Play Com mittee Press Club 3 Press Club CPres1dent 45 Noisy and full of fun unselfish popular and a leader is stud1ous once in a while when he is not riding around in his Packard with blonds for company VIRGINIA DAVIS Virginia Softness for she and sw et attractive grace Ac-t1x1t1es Leicester High School 1 Press Club 3 4 Dra matic Club 2 Commercial Cluo 3 fPres1dent 45 Orchestra Com mittee for Prom 3 Basketball 1 2 4 Glee Club 4 Dedication Committee for year book Beckers Conte t 3 A dignified senior with winning ways Virginia 1 an asset to the class Tea dances arent dances if she doesn t attend them With her abilities shell dance happily on to her goal I 9 1 1 3 Sl I7 Al ' 77 ' 2 U ' U 9 1 U - - - 9 U : - 9 U 9 ' S - 3 . . 3 I 7 ' ' 66 ' YY Ll ' 33 CS ' ' ' I7 1- ' ' ' 2 ' -U ' 1 U J 9 U 3 - - - ' Q . 4. - V, C6 , , ' ' ' 77 Activities: Baseball 1-2-3-Captain 4: Basketball l-2-3- :U - 1 - U- 1 : U 1 3 9 - . a I '--v l I lb ' ' ' 77 G6 Q ' 77 .U. . 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' . . . , - THE RAVELIN S 1938 RICHARD ELLI4' Schnapps Blessed be he who mvented sleep It covers a man all over llke a cloak ACt1Vlt19S Press Club 3 4 Stamp Club 2 Sclence Club 2 One of the qu1etest semor boys IS very ambltlous and does most of h1s sleeplng ln stuoy perlods does not care fo many sports but goes for sknng 1n a blg way very slow ln actlons and 1n soeech JOHN FAUBERT Legs Nelther wxse men nor fools can work w1thout tools ACt1V1t19S Basketball 14 Baseball 3 4 Cross Country 2 3 4 Pr ss Club 4 Rad1o Club 2 Tall dark and handsome lxkes to have a good t1me and can usually be depended upon to make a good tlme out of a dull oartv an enthus1ast1c booster falrly stud1ous not bashful amb1t1ous FLORINA GENDRON W1nn1e Frettmg cares make gray halrs ACt1Vlt1eS SOC181 Usage Club 2 Rad1o Play 2 3 Prom Com mltte 3 Press Club 3 4 Commerc1al Club 3 4 Orchestra 1 Glee Club 4 Tlcket and Calendar Comm1ttee Wmme s carefree actlons are envled by all who know her A oroblem must be great befor her worrles begxn MARTHA GIONET Pat Attractmg all lxke a magnet ACt1V1tleS NOfW1Ch Free Academy 1 2 Baseball 2 Hockey 1 2 Volley Ball 1 2 Playshop 2 Basketball 1 2 3 Capta1n 4 Commerclal Club 3 Treasurer 4 Press Club 4 Junlor Prorr' Commxtte 3 Class Glfts 4 A good sport good mxxer a smooth dancer these qualltxe w1n Martha many fr1ends Her ab1l1ty to play basketball was dxsplaycd as captam of glrls basketball team One of Stat1cs hard workers 9 Y ,J cc as as Y - ' as - ' v Q . . . . , .' 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D . s. , - - ' ' J- v v 1 J . - - - cl - -v THE RAVELIN S 1938 EDWARD GUERTIN Eddie Clear calm and unhurried ACtlV1t16S Press Club 3 4 Eddi 1S another quiet senior boy He is studious and rather brilliant when he wants to be Once his mmd IS made up it cannot be changed During his spare tlrne he IS always sgenlstudying aviation books He has great ambitions along t at me MARY HURD Polly Stlll water runs de p Activities Commercial Club 3 4 Press Club 3 4 Dramati Club 2 Calendar Committee 4 Very qulet willing and helnful good usher for sen1or play always has homework well done WILLIAM KILBORN Billy Youth and age will never agree Junior Prom Commlttee Here IS another humorous senior always saying some thing funny and Quick to see a Joke participant in sports ambitious has many friends likes girls for company not bashful KATHRYN LANE Katy There IS grace in small things Activities Play 3 Senior Play 4 Student Council 2 3 4 Dramatic Club 2 Radio Play 23 Prom Committee Press Club ' 4 Small but energetic Katy has the ab1l1ty to figure out perplexing problems Writes mterestmg themes marvelous sense of humor argumentative ability always pleasant and ready to lend a helping hand 7 ! .L - H .i - H H .DH .. . 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D , , - , . 3 .Z i U Activities: Baseball 3-45 Cross Country 45 Science Club 23 KK Y! lk ' ' ' H Q ' ' 1 :I ' 1 g ' - - 1 ' S Z Z U ' J H ' ' THE RAVELIN S 1938 LUCILLE LaPAN D1ck1e All succeeds w1th p ople who are of a sweet and cheerful d1spos1t1on Act1v1t1es Soclal Usage Club 2 Press Club 3 4 Commer c1al Club 3 4 Glee Club 2 Radxo Play 2 3 Jumor Prom Com m1ttee Calendar Committee Marshall Commlttee One of the l1ttle gxrls of our class A swell pal easy to get along wlth a pleasmg laugh and cheerful and frlendly m nner Takes part IH many school 3Ct1Vlt19S one of Statlcs energeuc workers JACK LEBO Shorty Be always on tlme too late IS a crxme ACt1V1t18S Football 2 3 Hockey 2 3 Class Dance Commlt tee 2 3 4 H1 Y Club 3 Torch Club 2 Student Councll 2 Has a good sense of humor qulck to see a Joke-never l1kes to dress well l1kes sports and partlclpates xn track DONALD MAHONEY Llghtfllllg Boys w1ll be boys ACt1Vltl6S Cross Country 1 2 3 4 Stamp Club 2 Press Club 2 3 Glee Club 2 Commercxal Club 3 One of the smallest semor boys very talkatlve and actlve and always saymg omethlng funny l1kes sports and 1S a great marathon runner has a good sense of humor JOSEPH IVYAINVILLE Joe Men of few words are the best men ACt1Vlt16S Radlo Play 2 Press Club 3 4 Prom Commxttee Class Color Commlttee 4 Glee Club 2 Sclence Club 3 Joe IS really the typlcal sen1or l1kes to use blg words and sclentlfic explanations to the dellght and surprlse of hlS colleagues one of the sleepy 100klhg students yet he IS qu1te aware of everythmg around h1m Ambmous busm ss llke 7 1 il ' ' 7! SK ' D . . . 7, . ' f ' . 9 I - 1 - H - 5 1 : - 5 - 5 S . ' ' 65 79 . . A Y Q a I I . . s n . sg 4 7, I ! nk 77 Ki ' . ' ' !7 , . . . .' : - 3 - z I . - ' ' I ' S 5 - seen in one place very long . . . not bashful . . . rather talkative H ' ' 97 55 ' 77 ' ' ' : ,- - - 3 3 - 4 9 - ll 93 gf H . . . I U. Q . B 5 . 5 Z I - ,, ,, . . . -. . , 1 . THE RAVELIN S 1938 EDWARD MORRIS Edoxe Let the path b open to talent Act v1t1es Press Club 4 Sclence Club 2 Prom Commlttee 3 Qulet and ambltlous very buslness llke dependable has oulte a b1t of fun ln h1m but lt has to be dragged out one of the tall strong and silent tyne We hear he wants to be a cowboy ELIZABETH PAIGE D1da One who never undertakes anythmg meffectually Act1v1t1es Commerc1al Club 3 4 Press Club 3 4 Dramatlc Club 2 Radxo Play 2 Tlcket Commlttee 3 4 Prom 3 Has a sense of humor enjoys a good Joke llkes sports has a good word 'or everyone A good commercxal student efficlent busmess manager sure to succeed 1n the buslness world EVERETT PERRY O Flanmgan Never trouble yourself wxth trouble T111 trouble troubles you Act1v1t1es Baseball 1 4 Track 2 Fall Play 4 Stamp Club 2 Sen1or Play 4 Treasurer 4 Prom Commlttee 3 The typlcal Amer1can youth full of fun qulte 1nan1 mate when Work IS mentloned trles to be studlous at tlmes oulte a flash wlth the glrls partlcmates ln sports and school plays RUSSELL PROCTOR Russ The Wlsest make mxstakes ACt1V1t19S Fall Play 3 4 Semor Play 4 Press Club 3 4 Student Councxl 1 2 4 Radlo Play 2 3 4 Junior Prom Com mlttee 3 Semor Play Comm1+tee Stamn Club 2 Russ IS a leadlng figure In school always argumg Wlth the teachers a very good and mterestmg speaker 11kes to advance hlS own oplnlons but vull admlt when he s wrong 7 7 as 1- vs u Q sv A . , , . v - ' as ' rs u - ' as ' ' 1 ' 1 v x ' 1 - an s - vs sz ' v 1 - u ' ' 1 w v v v v - cs fs 44 ' ' av - ' 1 v ' r - - , - - . - Q - s . 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Y. . , THE RAVELIN S 1938 BERNARD RAY Bunny Rest and success are fellows Act1v1t1es Press Club 4 Another tall strong and sllent senlor boy who IS slow ln actlons and words a great booster of Fords Seldom comes to school early WILBUR RICH B1 Never put off t1ll tomorrow what may be done today ACtlV1t1GS Stamp Club 2 Press Club 3 4 Commerclal Club 4 Fall Play 4 Rad1O Play 4 Ravelms Staff 3 Senlor Play 4 Ldltor of year book 4 One of the tall semor boys Wllbur IS very stud1ous and qu1et and always has somethmg to do slow 1n actlons and speech not nolsy 1D school made a fine ed1tor MALVINA RINZITIS Molly Blessed Wlth that charm the certalnty to please Act1v1t1es Senlor Play 4 Basketball 4 Press Club 4 Com merclal Club 4 Stamp Club 2 Junlor Prom Comnuttee Plcture Commlttee 4 Qu1et and shy ln class has a pleaslng personahty Popular w1th both boys and g1rls frxendly always w1ll mg to help 1n school aCtlV1t1eS lxkes to play basketball Wlnnlng ways w1ll lead her to success LYMAN ROSEBROOKS Lymy Be always merry as ever you can For no one delights 1n a sorrowful man Act1v1t1es Press Club 4 R3d10 Club 2 Sclence Club 2 Jun1or Prom Commxttee One of the more humorous senlor boys cuulck to see .1 Joke very capable studlous once 1n a whlle has many r ends nkc back ats v 7 an 11 u u 1 an -un sl - -v ' 9 ' v v 1 y 1 a , . 44 ya as ' ' 11 1 - a 9 1 ' . . , . 1 : y u n sn . 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THE RAVELIN S 1938 STATIA SHIVICK Stash The Secret of Success is constancy of purpose ACt1V1t19S Basketball 1 2 3 4 Athletic Club 2 Junior Prom Commitee Commerc1al Club 3 4 Press Club 3 Secretary 4 Glee Club 2 Student Council Never shlrks her studles did honor to our class for four years of basketball efficient commercial student each day s filled to capacity amb1t1ous to be a Hood secretary CLARA 'NYDER Clarey Here s to th girl Jvhos bound to wln Act1v1t1es Press Club 3 4 Commercial Club 3 4 Class Sec retary 1 2 3 4 Athletic Club 2 Junlor Prom Decorating Com mittee Write up Committee Honor Roll 1 2 E1Tic1ent class secretary for four years none better has the cutest glggle lovely srrile too Always has her homework done NELLIE WHITE Bud Better to write of laughter than of tears Club 4 Commercial Club 4 Senior Play 4 Happy go lucky Nellie Likes to laugh has an in ec t10US gigffle boys like to tease her Ability as an accurate typlst won her an award at Becker s Ccntest 1937 Has many friends Who can help but 11k a Jolly good natuied p r on OLIVE V ILLIAMS O 16 Qulet reserve alway wllmv to s rve Activities Public Speaking 2 Junior Prom Committ e Is ouiet oulck has a good sen e of humor knows enough to say when gives cral top cs excellently bility at making and keeping friends Y 7 It 75 LL ' Y! I . . . I . - l - Q . 3 . 1 l - 1 9 2 - . . . O . kJ 65 3 D ' X V ' 7? . . . : I - 5 . . F 3 Q - . - ..- 5 . S - 2 ' ' - . . . . , . KL Y! ll ' ,Y Activities: Science Club 25 Junior Prom Committeeg Press S Z - ll - - A- ' 37 ' ' A - . . C, . . . l . . . D . ' I 7 . ' . ' 2 ' , - . ' e S . Y I .1 1- U KK ' , 7 . S ' O S '11 ' ' ' : ' ' Q ' ' e . . . . ' . . . . . has A-ewes SLNIUH C L Xbb Adviser. Mr. Sannella OFFICERS: President: Gordon Chaffee Vice-President: Lyman Rosebrooks Treasurer: Charles E. Perry Secretary: Clara Snyder Norma Ball Elsie Bellows Marjorie Barlow Mary Barnes Warren Chaffee Evy Carlson Gordon Cnaffee Virginia Davis Richard Ellis John Faubert Martha Gionet Florina Gendron Edward Guertin Mary Hurd William Kilborn Kathryn Lane Lucille LaPan Jack Lebo Edward Morris Donald Mahoney Toseph Mainville Pussell Proctor Charles E. Perry Elizabeth Paige Lvman Rosebrooks Malvina Rinzitis Wilbur Rich Bernard Ray Clara Snyder Statia Shivick Olive Williams Nellie White THE RAVELIN'S, 1938 e is ' Y 4W Y I I W 1 7 THE RAVELIN S, 1938 GIIAIJIH-Yl'ION PROGRAM 1 PROCESSIONAL MARCH 2. INVOCATION REV. DR. JOHN E. TUTTLE 3. WELCOME AND ESSAY: STATIA THERESA SHIVICK TIME-TELLING THROUGH THE AGES . SONG: SENIOR CLASS OH ITALIA ITALIA BELOVED Don1zett1 ESSAY KATHRYN MARGARET LANE THE AMERICAN YOUTH HOSTEL MOVEMENT PIANO SELECTION JOSEPH MICHAEL MAINVILLE WALTZ IN C SHARP MINOR Chop1n ESSAY EVY ELISE CARLSON THE SWEDISH TERCENTENARY IN AMERICA SONG SENIOR CLASS CIRIBIRIBIN Pestalozza ESSAY RUSSELL CRAWFORD PROCTOR JR THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION AWARDIN G OF PRIZES FRANK SANNELLA AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS CHAUNCEY C FERGUSON Supermtendent Emerltus SONG SENIOR CLASS MORNING INVITATION Veazle RECESSIONAL MARCH Hlf HI Sl HONORS FIRST RUSSELL CRAWFORD PROCTOR JR SECOND STATIA THERESA SHIVICK HONORS In the Order of Class St ndmg CLARA LUELLA SN YDER EDWARD CHARLES MORRIS ELIZABETH ALFREDA PAIGE RICHARD BAKER ELLIS LYMAN WILLIS ROSEBROOKS MARTHA MARY GIONET KATHRYN MARGARET LANE WILLIAM JOSEPH KILBORN EVY ELISE CARLSON GORDON JASPER CHAFFEE Grange Valedlctory Medal RUSSELL C PROCTOR JR Rensselaer Scxence and Mathematlcs Medal RUSSELL C PROCTOR JR Berkers College Commercxal Medal STATIA T SHIVICK Wa hmgton and Franklm Umted States Hlstory Mc dal LEONA G BARIL Fletcher Prlze to the glrl awwrded her athlet1c letter who has the hlghest scholastlc average for the year STATIA T SHIVICK Fletcher Prize to the boy awarded hlS athletlc letter v ho has the hlghest cholastlc ax ex ige fox the year WILLIAM J KILBORNI 4 5. : 6 : - 7. 2 8. : 9. : , 10. 11. . 12. : s 13. 4 i IELI' V 4 V L' AXVARIJS FOR 1937-38 THE RAVELIN S 1938 N IIINCI lHllOlCf lHl All By Statia Sh1v1ck The story of the watch that you wear on your wrist or the clock that stands on a prom 1nent shelf 1n your home today began count less centuries ago and IS almost as long as the history of the human race The first and probably the nearest approach to an accurate natural measure of t1me of wh1ch we have any knowledge today IS the t1me that lt takes for the ear h to rotate on 1tS axis Of course pr1m1 ive man dldn t understand th1s but measured t1me from the apparent movement of the sun across the sky Our earl 1est ancestors l1v1ng 1n caves notlced how the shadows changed 1n length and shane through out the day This was the first feeble germ of t1me measurement Early man saw the sun rise in the east atta1n 1tS hlghest point 1n the heav ens and set 1n the west As th1s process repeat ed ltself he used it as the un1t of time measure ment Soon he became more exacting in his deslre for measuring t1me and spl1t up the earl 1er un1t into equal parts To gage these he de v1sed a very simple artificial time keeper wh1ch was a perpendicular pole that cast the longest shadow at sunrise and sunset and the shortest shadow at noon when the sun was overhead Th1s although very inaccurate was an lmport ant step in time telling As men began to leave their 1solat1on and to transact buslness with each other they felt the need for havlng a more definite means of measurmg time By the perpend1cular St1Ck method lt was dlfficult to dlstlngulshed the d1f ferent hours Some earlv sc1ent1st perhaps no t1ced that the sky was l1ke a great ball and the uns movement upon it could be dupllcated upon the inside of a bowl Thus he began to di v1de the 1ns1de of the bowl into equal spaces by using lines s1m1lar to the long1tude lines we use on a modern map Soon he could dis t1ngu1sh correctly the dlfferent hours of each day This 1nvent1on called the Hemi cycle was no doubt long 1n developing for the device was dlfflcult to erect because the bowl in or der to be of any use to man had to be made o small that lt vt ould be qu1te a strain to read the rnarkmgs correctly Even though th1s t1me piece was for from being as defimte as the dial of our clo ks lt remained in u e for centuries and was the favorlte form of sun dial This t1me telling deV1C9 was satisfactory on a sun ny mo1n1ng but of no use on a cloudy ralny day or during the nlght As ma'1 s lnterests spread over a Wlder field the need for finer graduations 1n the d1v1s1on of time became more serious Our early ances tor who grew correspondlngly more exact IH his thlnklnff and working solved the problem by the mvention of a new time piece that had much more nearly the prec1s1on of '1 machine than had the slmple shadow castlng sun dial He called this a clepsydra which means thief of water The water glass was also a common name for It The clepsydra was used as early a the 5th century IH European countries It was composed of a vessel having a small hole in the bottom so that the l1qu1d could drop out drop by drop The amount that the water lowered was indicated upon a scale located on the Slde of the vessel and by th1s the reader could learn the t1me The clepsydra did not show the exact hour of the day but merely how many hours had elasped since lt had been fllled Later a float was added wlth a pointer to 1nd1cate more easllv the hour As the water lowered the float did lke wise making the polnter show the hour the scale Another lmprovement was the u e of a d1al run by gears It was lntroduced from Egypt and lasted 1n some cases to the close of the 15th century The clepsydras chief dis advantage was that the water would run faster from a full vessel than from a nearly empty one because of the greater pressure above hence It measured 1tS hours unequally more racldly at first and more slowly toward the las ThlS fault d1d not GX1St 1n the hour glass an oher even slmnler time p1ece that can b dated as far back as the clepsydra The hou1 glass was composed of two cone shaped vessels Jolned at the small ends one emptv and the other contalnlng sand wh1ch sifted through a tiny hole into the lower emo y corrpartment Sllver white sand produced the b st results for lt held no molsture and would not stick to gether or block the outlet Besides the dry and moved cvcnly at all times regardles of 16 , , V1 1 rww v 1 rw 1 1 r1 1 1 iw L 4 444 A I 4 ll ll'-ll' l ' ' - 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F ., , ., L . , THE RAVELIN S 1938 the pressure above Several other advantages of the hour glass made lt more popular w1th the people than the clepsydra It would not freeze It dld not need refillmg but needed only to be mverted It could be used mdefimte ly for there were not any parts about the hour glass to wear out It IS curlous to note that the hour and the half hour glasses the first portabl t1me tellmg devxces were st1ll used for keep1ng t1me on sh1ps 1n the Brrtsh navy even as late as 1839 Today s1m1lar sand glasses are st1ll used 1n households for trmlng the cook1ng of eggs Other devlces for measurmg t1me once used ch1efly 1n Europe and As1a were t1me candles These were colored alternately ln black and whlte sectxons to mark the passage of t1me by the amount of candle that had burned They were often used at auct1ons and the last b1d der at the last fllcker of the candle was the suc cessful one Now, let us move forward over an mterval of a thousand years smce man first measured t1me Although the sun d1al the clepsydra and sand glass are st1ll used we find ourselves at last ln the t1me and lands of clocks The French called them cloches and the Saxons called them Clugga both of whlch words meant a bell Everywhere ln Europe there was a constant chxmlng of bells through out the day Not even a blmd man could have remalned unconscxous of the passage of hours through out the day A clock as we know IS a mach1ne w1th a motlve power, a regulatlve de v1ce to make the mechamsm move steadlly and a devlce to mark the t1me and make rt known Toward the close of the 13th century clocks were set up 1n London and ln other 1m portant centers of the old world The earller clocks had nelther dlals nor hands but told t1me only by strlkmg At first they were too expensrve to be m very common use but once thelr usefulness became known they began to appear everywhere and were constantly bemg rmproved The first watches came mto exlstence 1n the year 1500 They were small thxck heavy and were worn at the belt or around the neck They appeared rn the shape of ammals, stars or eggs They had only the hour hand and no crystal, so that they kept more accurate t1me xf they were left on the table than when car rxed around Durmg Queen Ellzabeths t1me people se lected watches as modern women do thelr hats to match thelr vanous costumes and used them for dlsplay rather than servlce Even today watches are generally consldered more of a luxury than clocks The latter were mtroduced 1nto Amerlca 1n 1800 The first ones were made of wood The manufacture of clocks and watches both of which appear 1n ut1l1tar ran and ornamental styles, has been an lmport ant lndustry IH New England s1nce early tlmes People have learned that clocks are essential to modern lrfe hence thousands are used each years rn many new forms The latest ones run by electrxclty THI1 AMP RICAN XOUTH HOSTELS Kathryn Lane In tanglble form a youth hostel IS a f8Cll1 ty for travel It IS a bulldmg wlth separate sleepmg rooms for glrls and boys It ns equlpped with bunks, mattresses and blankets separ ate wash rooms and to1let fac1l1 1es a common k1tCh9H and a common dlnlng room a common recrea lon room and prlvate quarters for the resldent house parents In purpose a youth hostel IS to help all especlally young people to a greater knowledge understand1ng and love of the world by pI'OVld1I1g for them youth hos tels blcycle tra1ls and foot paths ln Amerlca, and by asslstmg them m the1r travels here and abroad Youth hostels got then' start m 1910 when R1Chard Schlrrman a school teacher ln West phalen Germany, concelved the 1dea of settlng up shelters or hostels where he and hls pupils mlght safely and wlth llttle cost, pass the mght after a day of hlklng At first he used the attxc of hls school and the 1dea met wxth so much success that the town government converted an old castle into large quarters Schlrrman worked perslstently 1 , 17 ' 1 y - 1 - D . - . . , .. 1 . . . . . . . 7 ' ' 1 1 , . 1 ' ' s . . . , . - 1 ' ' 1 1 - , . 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' 1 1 1 ' 7 v' - . . .,-. . . . 1 L 1 1 9 4. . . . . . - 1 1 - I 7 - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' THE RAVELIN S 1938 unt1l hostels were established throughout the surrounding towns and finally throughout Ger many Young hostelers of Germany students and youthful workers journeyed 1n bands afoot by b1cycle, and by boat confident that at the day s end they would find a hostel awaltlng them They drew up tl'e1r own rules and regulat1ons and at last they succeeded 1n gett1ng recogn1 t1on from nat1onal agenc1es From Germany the hostel 1d a spread ramdly unt1l all Europe had become acquamted wlth youth hostels At length the ldea of the hostel movement reached the Un1ted S ates Here It was taken up by Monroe Sm1th a graduate of Wesleyan, a former school master and coach at German town Fr1ends School 1n Ph1ladelph1a Wh1le study1ng for h1S Ph D at Teachers College of Colurnb1a Un1vers1ty Monroe Smlth and h1s Wlfe were comm1ss1oned by the Un1ted States to lead a hlgh school pro1ect 1n 1nternat1onal fr1endsh1p on a summer student tour of Europe The party was g1ven the pr1v1lege of usmd the youth hostels IH every country they v1s1ted The Smlths were very much 1mpressed by the European hostels so 1mpressed 1n fact that they returned to Europe for a years study of In 1933 Mr and Mrs Sm1th a tende dthe Second Internatxonal Conference of the Youth hostels and were offic1ally aopomted to 1n1t1ate the movement 1n the Un1ted States In October 1934 the th1rd 1nternat1onal Youth hostel Conference Wh1Ch was held 1n London recogn1zed the Amer1can Youth hos tels as the nmeteenth member of the Inter nat1onal Youth hostel Assoc1at1on The first Amer1can hostel was founded 1n Northfield Mass by the Monroe Smlths and shortly afterward hostels sprang up through out the rest of the New England States and throughout the natlon Today there are hostels 1n the followmg Massachusetts towns North field South Hadley S.1nderland Ashburnham, Adams, North Orange Lunenburg Bol on, Framingham, Spmrgfield and MIIIIS ' The New England hostel tra1l offers a great opportunlty for adventure Hostelers on the tra1l pass by the farms and v1llages of New England they sk1rt the shores of l1ttle lakes They may t lke a day off to chmb Mt Wash1ng ton where Alp1ne flowers grow and where trees only three feet tall are known to be four hun dred years old The top of Mt Wa hmgton IS a ver1table Arct1c reg1on where even 1n sum mer they can explore a baby glac1er In short they come to know the wonders and beautles of our own Amer1ca as one speed 1ng through 1n automob1le can never know them And best of all they come to know the people Perhaps they stop for the nlght ln a rambhng old wmte farmhouse and talk w1th the k1ndly farmer and h1s good wlfe wno are house parents to the hundreds of young hos telers who lodge there durmg the year The hostelers gather about the fireplace 1n the even mg slng songs tell stor1es play games and er Joy gettlng acouamted Wlth other young peo ple whom they have never met before and, wno may come from far away C1t16S or even from other COUHITICS They are ready to sleep sound ly before ten o clc ck perhaps on straw mattres ses t1red but oh so happy and wake Wlth the sun the next mornm-1 ready to conquer more m1les and mountams Betty Blodgett a worker 1n the A Y H a the Amer1can Youth Hostels are fa'n1larly called went from Boston to Northfield by bl cycle She says If you l1ve 1n Boston for ex ample and can t spend a week hostellng take a week end at any one of the Massa hu e s a f1Sh1Hg enthus1ast go to the M11llS Hostel and fish 1n the Charles Rlver from the vou h hostel back Dcrch w1th the town famed f1sher man the house father If vou love d1v1ng and wlmmlng go to Bolton and dvve out of bed each morn1ng lnto the lake If vou love the deep woods grand v1ew and dear old New England vlllaves take the hostel tral from Boston to Northfield and red1s over Massachu setts Thls year It IS estlmated that there w1ll be 15 000 hostelers travel1ng through the Un1ted States They w1ll travel by blcycle or hlke over tra1ls and byways to see our country 1n all 1tS beauty Youth hostels are not run for profit and therefore the fee to Jom IS nom1nal A hosteler may be any age from four to nlnetv four In order to Jom, he must have a phys1cal exam1na t1on own a blke and possess a pass If he plans to take a tr1p he not1'ies the hostel at wh1ch he plans to stop so that the house var ents can reserve room for h1m He then hlkes or blkeS over a planned tra1l When night comes he stops at the hostel he has chosen In states where the movement 1S well devel oped these hostels may be no more than fifteen 18 ' , , - cz ' N . , . 1 1 y ' 9 7 . 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' F ' ' - if ' ,Y ' 0 - . . s ' ' , THE RAVELIN S 1938 mlles apart He signs a reglstratlon book and pays the 25 cents fee for an overmght lodging and hands his pass to the house parents At 10 P M the hosteler has to be qulet and have his lights out or the house parents may collect a double fee In the morning the hosteler cooks h1s own breakfast t1d1eS his room at the hostel and leaves generally by 9 A M after the house parent has returned his pass A hosteler may stay ln one place from one to three nights nev er longer because of the necesslty of making room for new travelers Internatlonal hostellng makes It posslble for its American members to see Europe as well as Am r1ca and at the same rates The rules in European hostels are much the same as those in America Drinking and smoklng are both forbidden the greatest s1mpl1c1ty of l1v 1ng condl ions 1S the rule lHl bill DISH ILRLI NTLXARX IN ANII RICA By Evy Carlson Although the Scandmavlan countries are an unobstruslve group they have proved them selves quite eHic1ent ln developing both the economlc and social fields of the1r living Nab oth Hed1n tells us in his article in the maga zme Forum for October 1937 Sweden has today done more than any other nation for the promotion of soc1al welfare and a wlder d1s tr1but1on of wealth and yet she was one of the first coun ries to recover from the depresslon to balance the budget and to restore normal employment Thls year marks the tercent enary of the landlng of the ancestors of the Swedish and Finnish Amemcans It is appro pr ate then to review at this time the experx ences and contributions of these worthy people Therefore, I have chosen this topic for my es sa lit was 1n the year 1600 before any settle ments had yet been made 1n America and be fore other nauons were even planning to colo n1ze there that the Dutch were busy persuad 1ng Gustavus Adolfus King of Sweden wmch then covered the present terr1 org, of N rway Sweden and Finland to send some of his people to America wiere r1ches was to be found 1n abundance The Dutch traders had wanted a colony 1n Amer1ca as a powerful tradmg sta tion and had looked for an approprlate leader to guide them through the lnevltable hard ships wh1ch they must undergo Tney had turned to Gustavus Adolfus because of his fame as a genius and a leader m organlzatlon at home and abroad He was at that time busily engag d 1n a Wai with nelghbcrmg coun r1es and could not devote time to plan for any fur ther expan ion He did however, authorize the Dutch traders and Peter Mxnult to recruit 1 party of colonlst from the Swedlsh towns This was not easy to do for the Swedlsh people were not anxlous to leave the1r homeland des plte the allurxng storles of r1ches ln America It was not untll 1637 that a group could be or ganxzed whose members were ready to leave lhey sailed from Sweden 1n January 1638 1n two sturdy boats, one named Kalmar N yckel wmch means the Key of Kalmar, and the other F ogelgrip which IS translated to mean The Eagle, bravmg the stormy ocean and finally landing in March on the shores of wnat is now Delaware wnom they eventually bought the land lying on the West slde of the South' or Delaware River and extend1ng from its mouth as far up as that polnt on the Schuylkill River where the c1ty of Philadelphia now stands Here they erected a totem pole w1th the coat of arms of the K1ng of Sweden Shortly after the1r arrival another boat came bringing their governor, a huge four hundred pound man by the name of Johan Prmtz It was to h1m that the success of the colony was due He was a dom1neer1ng man wno supervised everything him elf and d1d xt successfully des plte the hatred and fear whlch he aroused 1n hls sub Jec s Mr Carl Wahl trom Cha rman of the Worces er Ccmml tee for tne Tercentenary Celebration, has done a great deal of researc 1 on the history of this early group and he tell the following enhghtenmg story to illustra e Governor Prlntz method of administering Jus ice Anders, The Finn, a member of the colony, protested at the hnrsh rules and the strict regulations to whlch the governor held the group Governor Prlntz, w1o could brook 7 , 19 ' . . 7 - 7 s 'I . n Q , YJ . ., . c , 7 , . u o - , Q . 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' 9 4 -Q . . . - 1 ' ' u A THE RAVELIN S 1938 no crltxcxsm of hls actlons promptly set up a court to hear the complamts In thxs tr1bunal he acted as Judge and Jury He sentenced An ders to be hanged and to lnsure proper per formance of the sentence, he served as Ander s executxoner hlmself Forts were erected both at the Wharf of Rocks and at T1n1cum Island where Governor Prmtz had h1s headquarters He commanded the people to fulf1ll the purpose for whlch they had been sent to Amerlca namely to trade w1th the Indxans For a txme the new colomsts busxed themselves m exchanglng knlves axes kettles and gewgaws for valuable furs but thexr hearts were not ln thxs buslness They found that they were better farmers than trad ers and so dug themselves ln They were far happler as they began to cultlvate corn and ralse anlmals They made one attempt at chrlst lamzmg the Indlans but gave lt up and devoted themselves to remaxnlng frxendly wxth them There IS no record of any trouble between the Swedlsh colomsts and the Red Men even though settlers of other natxons were often en dangered by the Herce war lust of the Indlans As IS customary wlth the Swedxsh people ev en today, these early people were contmually lmprovmg thelr communltles They lald roads bullt crude but eflicxent beglnmngs of mdustry held courts admmlstered laws establlshed schools and churches and pald thexr taxes There were twelve more expedltlons from Swe den and from Fxnland together The expand mg colony soon covered a good part of what IS now Delaware south western New Jersey Pennsylvama and a small part of Maryland It was at thls perlod of thelr colon1zat1on that they were taken over by the Dutch whom they served loyally Later, together wlth the Dutch ln New York they were absorbed mto the Amerlcan colorues and many of Amerlca s statesmen and leaders trace thelr ancestry back to those first Scand1nav1an colomsts It IS the tercentenary of the modest begmmnvs of thls loyal and steadfast band, commemorat 1ng the contrlbutlons to Amerlcan culture made by these two sturdy and s1ncere countrles that wlll be celebrated thls year Delaware has made a publlc park of the land1ng place calhng xt the Fort Chr1st1na State Park A monument to be placed there w1ll be a glft from the Swedlsh people havmg been pald for by popular sub cr1pt1on ln Sweden One of the ma1n Delaware hxghways leadlng to Pennsylvanla has been renamed Governor Prmtz Boulevard Amerl can Unlversxtles have mvlted leadmg Swedxsh scholars durlng the current academlc year to serve ln thelr lnstxtutlons as tercentenarv lec turers One of these great men wxll be Professor The Svedberg of the Unlversxty of Upsala w1n ner of the 1926 Nobel prlze ln Chemlstry who wnll take part ln the dedlcatlon of the new chemlstry buxldlng at the Unlverslty of Dela ware m October The prlncxpal ceremony of the celebrat1on w1ll be held IH W11mmgton Delaware on June 27 1938 Presldent Roose velt accompanled by other Umted States d1g nltarxes wall go to meet Crown Prlnce Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and other members of the Royal famxly on the very rocks on whlch three hundred years before the1r ancestors landed There will be other ceremomes throughout the country to commemorate the three hun dredth anmversary of the commg of these peo ple who have contrlbuted by the sweat of thexr honest brows thelr manual Sklll thelr mven tlveness and thelr speclal tralts of character to the growth of the Umted States THE ORIGIN OF 'IHIL CONISTITLTIOV By Russell Proctor As thls year marks the 150th annxversary of the adoptxon of the Const1tut1on It 1S only Ht t1ng that some eflort should be made to com memorate thls memorable event For thls rea son I have chosen as my toplc, The Orxgln of the Const1tut1on A constltutlon accordlng t0 Webster IS the fundamental law of the state 1ts purpose bemd to put mto wrltten form the baslc framework of the pohtlcal system of a natxon The Const1tut1on of Our Umted States has three component par s deflmng the mode of government of a unlted country ruled by the people It outhnes the ma1n organs of govern ment the method by whlch ofHc1als are chosen and the dutxes whlch they perform It appor 20 ' , 9 7 . . . , , . , - - . .. 7 ' . . . . 97 . 3 7 Y 9 ' - 1 1 y v 9 - ' ' v x - as ' rs - nz 77 - . . . . . . . 9 1 . 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H . . . - - rv . . 1 y 1 7 J Q - ' THE RAVELIN S 1938 t1ons the respect1ve powers of the natlonal government and of the governments of the sep arate commonwealths We Amerxcans are often lnclxned to vlew the Constltutlon of the Umted States as entlrely self created and developed 1n lsolatlon Such IS not exactly the case It IS essentlal to keep ln m1nd that 1n the early perlod the Amerlcan colomes were outposts of England and were constantly affected by her lnternal problems and by the reactlons of other of the European governments to her Th1s wlll account for a slxght European background xn our ldeas of government Yet It IS true also that our Const1tu tlon has evolved to a great degree, from the 1nd1v1dual experlence 1n government that each of 1ts colomes had We must remxnd our selves that var1ous Amerlcan colomes were settled by d1fferent types of people whose purposes ln commg to the new world varled cons1derably V1rg1n1a was founded by a trad 1ng company and was managed for a t1me l1ke a commercxal corporatlon Massachusetts was settled by a rellgxous group 1nterested ch1efly 1n perpetuat1ng 1ts own form of worshlp Rhode Island was founded by refugees from the re lxgxous persecutxon of Massachusetts New York was or1g1nally establlshed by the Dutch Penn sylvan1a was conferred upon Wxlham Penn ln payment of a debt owed to his father by the crown of England Georgxa was founded as a barrler agalnst the Spanlards ln Florlda and as a refuge where long 1mpr1soned Engl1sh debtors could make a new start 1n llfe The per1od of settlement covered over a century and a half durmg whxch t1me lmportant changes were tak1ng place ln the 1deas of the settlers 'I'he settlements extended for more than a thousand mlles along the Atlantlc seacoast The cl1mate and the manner of 11 vmg d1ffered great ly for each group Yet 1n spxte of these pomts of dxfference ln purpose and 1n envxronment, the gradually envolvmg governments of the varlous colomes showed marked s1m1lar1t1es Each of the thlrteen colomes had a governor a legislature of two houses fexcept ln Penn sylvanlaj a Judlclal system and a system of local goverrunent The ch1ef d1fference appear ed 1n the method of selectmg the colonxal gov ernor In e1ght of the colomes the governor was chosen by the Br1t1sh Crown He was usu ally an Enghshman sent to Amerlca to look af ter the xnterests of the mother country In three of the colomes the governor was chosen by the hexrs of the proprletors to whom the colony had or1g1nally been granted The remalmng two colomes, under thelr charters, possessed the nght to choose thexr own governors Wlth the outbreak of the Amerlcan Revolu t1on the colonxal form of government ln the Amerxcan colomes went to PIECES The royal governors were dnven out In many cases the Colomal Assembly was dlssolved by the gov ernor s orders before he departed Consequent ly, some 1mmed1ate arrangement had to be made to ma1nta1n internal peace and order Fmally at the suggestlon of the Contmental Congress, the var1ous states exceptlng Con nectlcut and Rhode Island, whxch retalned thelr charters, each drew up a wrltten plan outlm 1ng a framework of government for xtself These were the first effect1ve wr1tten constltutlons of modern t1mes The 1dea of a wrxtten const1tut1on had come from var1ous sources The charters 1ssued to the colomal commercxal companles had been use ful 1n help1ng to suggest th1s 1dea The great documents of Eng11sh hxstory The Magna Car ta The B111 of Rlghts and The Act of Settle ment, contr1buted to the 1dea of a fundamental wr1tten statement upon whlch the powers Of government and the restr1ct1ons upon 1ts au thorlty should be based The general belxef 1n the theory of socxal contract, accord1ng to wh1ch government was based on a voluntary cove nant among the governed was laso a v1tal fac tor 1n establxshmg th1S 1dea The fact that 1t had already been applxed m the Mayflower Compact and 1n the Fundamental Orders of Connectlcut, showed 1tS mfluence on colomal thought Durmg the txme of Cromwell a wrxt ten const1tut1on The Instrument of Govern ment, had been drawn up by the Independ ants 1n England Th1s document, Whlle never put 1nto practxce, no doubt swayed lead1ng th1nkers m Amerlca ln the d1rect1on of a wrxtten const1tut1on to stab1l1ze thexr umon From 1643 wlth the formation of the New England Confederat1on and w1th the Albany Convent1on of 1754 the 1dea of a umon was grow1ng apace When the war broke out m 1775 the Second Contmental Congress was forced to take charge of the campeugn ralse money to wage war, and enter 1nto relatlons w1th forexgn states as well as regulate domes txc affaxrs ThlS body finally provlded the rules for a form of umon ln the Artxcles of Confed eratxon adopted 1n 1781 Th1s plan was weak as 1ts provlsos show It 1 , 21 . . . . . - ' , 1 . . 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THE RAVELIN S 1938 made no provision for a national executive or Judiciary It gave each state an equal vote in a unicameral Congress It made the union only a loose league, and in spite of the fact that the Articles spoke of the union as perpetual the states held no such concept of the duration of their membership In 1787, at Philadelphia all hope of amend mg the existing system of laws was abandoned The men at this convention set to work to draw up a new set of fundamental laws This evolved into the Constitution of the United States On September 17 1787 this document was submitted to the thirteen states for ratifi cation At least nine s ates were required to approve of it before it could be accepted Seven of the state conventions, in ratifying the Constitution expressly stated their desire to have a Bill of Rights to protect the1r inter ests, and made concrete proposals, totaling ov er one hundred, of the specific laws they wish ed to have mcluded To satisfy this desire, Madison, in 1789 intro duced in Congress a number Of amendments to the original Constitution, s ating that they would rally many people to the support of the new government, The House finally passed seventeen of these amendments The Senate reduced the number to twelve In 1791, ten were eventually ratified as the first amend ments to the Constitution In this way a Bill of Rights became an mtegral part of the Federal Constitution These rights were later enlarged by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment which provide for the legal revision of the Constitution, when changing condi 1d'1S re quired such action ADVICE TO INDI RGRADLA1 ES By Gordon Chaffee We, the class of 1938, welcome you pai ents, teachers, friends, and fellow students to our Class Day Exercises You, our parents friends, and teachers, we are both proud and glad to have with us on this day, which begins the of our local school life These are days that you, as well as we, have worked and wished for, for many years May their realization equal the dreams of them which each one of us has car ried in his heart' Fellow students of O H S we welcome you and we who have passed four year in high school feel qualified to give you sound coun sel Let the voice of our experience tell you to do as we say not always as we did The best words of advice which you will flnd on any seniors lips are For goodness sake watch your school habits' Make it your practice to work hard first then play equally hard after your work IS done Take part 1n every activity of high school life that you can but once you have started a thing carry it through to completion You all know from reading the ads that scientis s have proved that stop and go driv mg 1S expensive because it wastes a great deal of gasoline and causes wear and tear that shortens the life of the car You might compar yourself to an automobile and the energy spent in school and school life to the gasoline If you start many things, and instead of carrying each through to completion you stop, change your aim and start off again on another venture, you are doing the same thing that a car does things you waste a great deal of energy and reach no goal, and more than the automobile does when xt is continually starting and stop ping but never getting very far In order to use your nergy and get the most out of high school do not use the stop and go method get into the habit of carrying what you begin through to its completion When we, who are seniors and about to grad late, were underclassmen we saw things Just about as you do Now, we see them differ cntlv We have reached the end here w car not retrace our path but you are still on the road We are pointing our mistakes out to you for this purpose only that you may avoid not only some of the unhappy situations which ue have experienced, but others that w , too in a mlraculous manner, seem to have escaped On the whole our days at O H S have been delightful and in behalf of our cla of 1938 Iwish to thank each of you for his part in ma 4 mg them such, and to wish you if possible, even greater en3oyment of your school days than we have had 22 ' , , 1 . . y ' , . 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' e THE RAVELIN S 1938 CLASS HISTORX By Mary E Barnes On September 10 1934 we the graduatmg class of 38 entered our first year of hlgh school wxth an enrollment of forty members and did we thmk we were blgl At the close of chool we could all be seen plodding home wlth books plled sky hlgh 1n an effort to xmpress others that we were studlous However, the book worm att1tude lasted only about three days, due to the fact that most of us began to feel that one or two books were heavy enough to carry at one t1me On September 20th, we gathered to hold our first class meeting and with the aid of Mr Rxch ardson, our class advlser, we elected the follow mg officers pres1dent, Stat1a Sh1V1Ck, v1ce president, Gordon Chaffee secretary, Clara Snyder and treasurer, Evy Carlson We chose Russell Proctor as our representatlve to the Student Councll Statia Sh1v1ck was chosen class reporter for Ravellns Many boys m our class proved themselves qu1te athletic 1n 1ntent, by gomg out for cross country These were Donald Mahoney, Arm and Strack Lyman Rosebrooks Richard Bel lows and Peter Pe1ore many meetmgs ln whlch we had dlscussxons about class dues, and where we should l1ke to go on our p1cn1c at the close of school Summer vaca ion was coming fast and we wanted to go to Whxte Cxty Park for a pxcnxc but It was qu1te xmposslble for us to find any one who would ar1ve us all there and back for less than a half a dollar aplece, so we all went home on the last day of school wlthout a pxc n1c but st1l1 happy because our report cards read passed which meant that we were no longer freshmen It wasn t long however bef re we were back at school again ready and wrllmg to go throu h another mterestmg year at Oxford High, wlth an enrollment of forty members This year we elected our officers as follvws president, Warren Chaffee vice pres1dent, StH'18 Sh1v1ck secretary Clara Snyd r and treasurer Gordon Chaffee M1ss Gahagan was our class advlser Our representatives to the Student Councll were Warren Chaffee and Kathryn Lane we could have two now for we were sophomores We trxed so hard to grow up thxs year but we were hand1capped because Gordon Chaffee and Russell Proctor refused to stop wearmg kmckers In our sophomore year we were well repre sented 1n basketball by Warren Chaffee M1chael Guskey, and Gordon Chaffee Warren was a member of the varsmty team Lost Vmcent Kasehs Fmder please return to Rlchard Ellls Yes, we dld lose Vmcent and seven other members, they were Helen Kallta Marlon Lougee Bessle Lowell Robert Powers, Marcel Devlllers, Vlrglnla Wrlght and Armand Strack Most of them moved to other towns leaving us reduced to a class of 32 members Well now we wonder what good deeds we dxd for O H S during th1s year? Oh yes we remember Russell Proctor s helping to boost the sale of tickets for the fall play Boy' you should have heard hzm give speeches He could have made you buy anything from a tooth brush to a vacuum cleaner On October 9 1935 the first 1ssue of Static ever mxmeographed 1n Oxford Hxgh was pub lished Several members of our class proved runmng around the school to get all the news possxble One of the real news artlcles read Flash' ' Sophomores take part in Radio Play The name of our first great expenence at broadcast1ng over W O R C on January 5 1936 was The Lawyer of Samarcand Our radlo actors were Florma Gendron, Lucille Lapan Evy Carlson, Elizabeth Palge, Mary Barnes, Kathryn Lane Russell Proctor Warren Cha' fee Donald Mahoney Joseph Ma1nv1lle and Elsie Bellows, and dld they show talent' We had lots of fun nn our sophomore year be cause now we felt that we knew all the teach ers and that all the upper classmen were so n1ce, but good thmgs are brief and school closed 1ts doors on June 27th to give us a sum mer vacation our second in hrgh school Thxs of course made us feel down hearted On September 8 1935 Just as we wer feel mg qu1te sat1sfied wlth loafmg, Bunny Sxddall, the school Jamtor found the key that actually op ned the doors at O H S m amng tha we had to go back to school for another vcar but as Juniors we had many good times to look for ' , 23 7 v , , y . 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I n 1 THE RAVELIN S 1938 ward to Would you belleve lt Gordon Chaffee and Russell Proctor were really wearmg long pants' Good for them' Now we were really grown up at last We held our first class meetmg as Jumors on October 1 1936 w1th our advlsers M1ss Wmter and M1ss Kennedy We elected the followmg officers presrdent Gordon Chaffee, v1ce presx dent, R1chard Elhs, secretary Clara Snyder, and Warren Chaffee, treasurer Our Student Counc1l members were Russell Proctor, Kath ryn Lane, and R1chard E111s On October 27, we welcomed a new teacher to our schlol, namely Mr OConnor who 15 st1ll one of our favorltes On November 5 the Athletxc Assoclatlon sponsored a play F1x1ng lt for Father w1th the followmg Juniors takmg part Kathryn Lane, Warren Chaffee, and Russell Proctor You see, we also had dramatlc ab111ty m our class We may modestly state that, w1th our members to asslst, the success of th1S play was overwhelmmg Our growmg up process was further hasten ed by the most sbocklng experlence of our ten and one half years of school llfe On December 7 1936 Helen Campbell, our artlst, and the best beloved one of us all, dled For most of us, It was our first encounter w1th the sadder slde of 11fe We can not phrase our trlbute to her 1n better words than by quotmg here, the poem wrxtten by a fnend that appeared m the December 1ssue of Ravehn s 1n 1936 A g1r1 w1th pen and brush 1n hand walked slowly down the wood And stopped to draw as thmgs she knew Came 1nto slght sometlmes a face a bxt of frosted dew Or sunshme llght would speak because she understood She dxd not always walk w1th thmg she loved Sometxmes forgettmg she was Arts own chlld She ran and played w1th youth or qulckly smlled And then rememberxng back to her world she moved The road for her was not long but much she saw Each day She spoke w1th many thmg we do not know And travelled well known places where we may not go Unt11 she turned a corner from our slght and went away Alberta Carey and Margaret Carlson left our class, and two new gxrls Martha Glonet and Norma Ball, entered our classroom to replace them In January basketball season came round and Warren Ch ffee agam was the only boy from our class who had a place on the varslty team Boy' could he slnk that ball 1nto the basket' Stat1a Shlvlck, Martha Glonet and El s1e Bellows enJoyed a very successful season while playlng on the glrls ba ketball team It wasnt long before baseball season came and two of our boys Wllllam K1lbOTn and War ren Chaffee, helped the O H S baseball team to w1n a beautxful cup 1n the Western Worccs ter County Hlgn School Baseball League We are grateful to them, but th1S wasnt the only pr1ze that our class members worked for or won On May 11 Nell1e Whxte and Ehzabeth Palge each won a pr1ze rn the County Hxgh School Typewrxtxng Contest held annually at Beckers BUSIDCSS College Sta 1a Shlvlck won the Fletcher Award g1ven to her because she had the hxghest scholastxc average among the gxrls earnmg athlet1c awards We comph ment you agam Stat1a you have not only re cexved th1s award once, but for four consecu trve years On March 17 1937 we held our Junror prom Dxd we have fun makmg plans for th1s event' We decorated the hall beautrfully w1th orchld and green The Boyntonlans furnlshed music for our prom We do hope that our spec 1al guests, the semors enjoyed the dance, be cause we certa1nly dxd Whlle havmg many good txmes at O H S we dldn t reahze that vacatlon would roll around so qu1ckly, but good thmgs are soon ended and we found ourselves 1n the mldst of another vacatxon On September 6 1937 we began our last year 1n hxgh school w1th an enrollment of 33 members Jack Lebo came to us from Sprmg field Techamcal Hlgh We held our usual clas meetmg for the purpose of electxng class ofli cers, those chosen were presldent Gordon Chaffee, vxce presrdent Lyman Rosebrooks, secretary Clara Snyder and treasurer, Everett Perry Members appomted to the Student Councxl were Stat1a Shlvxck Kathryn Lane Russell Proctor and Warren Chaffee Our class adviser was Mr Sannella and our home room teacher was M1ss Wmter for M1ss Mxrxam Man n1ng had been granted a year's leave of absence to study at John Hopkms Un1vers1ty Two new 24 ' , . . - 1 D 1 l 0 I . , 1 . . . 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THE RAVELINS 1938 25 teachers came th1s year Mlss Murlel Mann1ng to replace Mlss Mlrlam Mannmg and Mr Shap py to take the place of Mr R1chardson who re s1gned to accept a hlghly pald posltxon at B lle v1lle New Jersey Hlgh School Try outs for the fall play were held at O H S Wlth the followmg SGHIOTS Wlnfllflg out wlth parts Everett Perry Warren Chaffee Russell Proctor Evy Carlson S atla Sh1v1ck Mary Barnes and Wllbur Rlch The play entltled Bashful Bobby was presen ed on Novemb 1 10 and was a great success On March 1 1938 the Jumors 1nv1ted us to thelr prom and we d1d have a lovely t1me We thank you Junlors from the bottom of our hearts Gradually we began to reallze that our stay 1n Oxford Hlgh would soon be over and we began to make plans for graduatlon We held several class meetlngs and voted to have Mr Bushong for our photographer You should have seen us pose when we went to h1S studlo Capta1n Warren Chaffee was once more the only boy 1n our class to re elve a letter for basketball The glrls 1n our clas who recelved letters for basketball were Statla Sh1v ck El s1e Bellows Vlrglnla Davls and Captaln Mar 1n coach1ng the glrls as did Mr O Connor 1n coach1ng the boys team The boys representlnd us ln baseball were Captam Warren Chaffee and VV1ll1am Kxlborn W1th the tlreless effort exerted by thelr coach Mr McGovern the boys played many success ful games May 12 was the da e set for our play The Marlenburg Necklace a mystery plav d ep and d1re not w1thout 1ts llghter spots The cast lncluded MarJor1e Barlow Mary Barnes Don ald Mahoney Wllbur R1Ch Russell Proctor Everett Perry Evy Carlson Kathryn Lane Nell1e Whlte M lvlna RIHZI IS and Elsle B l lows Mxss Mur1el Mannmg was coach for th1s play and we owe her our gra 1tude for the flne work she performed Durmg our semor year the follawmg officers were elected ID the Commerclal Club presl dent V1rg1n1a Davls V1 epres1dent Mary Barne and secretary Martha G1onet M1s Klnmery was our advlser and trea urer The Commerclal Club enjoyed a very happy and prosperous year wlth 1tS many gay and del1ght ful tea dances The membershlp has almost doubled The Static Staff for 1938 was very efflclent The Press Club had two semor officers namely the presldent Warren Chaffee and the secre tary Statla Sh1v1ck The work accompllshed by the staff and the Press Club members was unquestlonably satxsfactory Wllbur Rlch was edltor of Statlc whlch grew up 1nto regular newspaper form On Decemb r 23 the first mlmeographed magaz1ne 1n the hlstory of O H S was publlshed It contalned seventy three pages Wxlbur recexved many complx ments on the excellence of th1s lssue Donald Mahoney Wllllam Kllborn Gordon Chaffee and Jack Lebo ran for cross country th1s year Donald Mahoney was co captaln W1th Robert Desmarls We can assure you that the boys d1d thelr best Towards the end of the school term our class held many mformal meetlngs to make further plans for graduatlon We dec1ded to have Success No Less for our class motto and to have a new book form of dlploma for our graduatlon The yearbook s aff was announced as fol Edltors Edward Morrls Wllllam Kllborn Clara Snyder Jack Lebo and Elxzabeth Pa1ge Photograph Edxtors Nell1e Whlte and Malvina R1nzxt1s School Calendar Florlna Gendron and Luc1lle Lapan Bus1ness Managers Joseph Mamvxlle and Norma Ball Advertlsmg Mana gers V1rg1n1a Davxs S atla Sh.lV1Ck and War ren Chaffee Sport Edltors John Faubert Bernard Ray Rlchard Ellls and Edward Guer tm The typ1StS were Mary Barnes Florlna Gendron Clara Snyder Luc1lle Lapan Evy Carlson and M rjorle Barlow On May 19 our class voted to have our Sen1or Hop on June 13 rather than on the day after graduat1on as has been the custom We thmk th1s change wlll help us keep awake on the day of the class p1cn1c We expect to graduate on Wednesday June 22 1938 and must turn to face the futule Our school llfe IS ended but happy memor1es wlll remaln Our tasks wlll be d1fficult but we shall reach our goal as set by our motto Success No Less 7 , .. . . . . 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I sg , . s . , U ' l 5' . y 9 Q - Y, THE RAVFLIN S 1938 CI ASS PROPHI CX By Joseph MHIDVIIIC From the t1me that the class selected me as prophet, up to tlce other day, Ive been 1n v quandry as to how I should proceed However my predlcament was reheved when I found an old mlrror whxle rummagmg throudx the att1C In the sp1r1t of fun I addres ed lt Knave of the M8g1C Mlrror I command you to appear' To mv astonlshment a face appeared and Sald Master, what IS your request'7 I lost no tlme 1n se1z1ng th1S opportun1ty to get materlal for the class prophecy easlly and accurately When I expressed my deslre the knave ca t a spel over me and I was glven a prevlew of what IS to happen to the members of the class of 38 before 1960 I saw myself stenolng out of a IHXI at a New York a1rport Under my arm I Caffled the manuscrlpt of an orlglnal mus1c comnosltlon of m1ne whxch was to be played for the first tlme at the Oxford Worlds Fa r of 1959 To escape any one who mlght try to steal my preclous parcel I hurrxed nervously to the YVZ11 lng room Whlle I was Slttlfld there a trlm avr hostess walked up to me and Sald Are you Ollve Wllllams I dlsmlssed my susolclons and answered Yes that IS I was but now tha' Im a concert p1HD1St I am Jose MHIHVQIIGY She laughed and sa1d that 1nce she had mar rxed she too had changed her name and was now Mrs Edward Guertm My curxoslty was mstantly aroused and m answer to my clues t1ons she told me that Ed Guertln had worked up from a pos1t1on as co D1lOt and bought the Amerlcan AITIIUGS She also told me that 1wo other of our class w re ln the employ of E P Guertln Clara Snyder who was h1s bus1 ness secretary and John Faubert her husband who was Guertln s most valuable pllot and field manager Just as I was asklng whether or not Id be abl to see them my plane was an nounced and we saxd hasty good bves When I was set led IH the plane I felt vague ly that there mlght be some one that I knew on board I looked anxlously around There w re two styllshly dressed women who seemed somew lat farmllar Afler concentratmg for a few mlnutes I declded that they must be V1r g1'1la Dav1s and Mar3or1e Barlow When I spoke to them they recognlzed me and at once we started swapplng 1nformat1on They told me that they were returnxng fro n a shop plng tour 1n New York I presumed that Max Jorle was accumulatlng a trousseau because she had on her engagement finger a r1ng whxch I had seen Jack Lebo wear I'he truth came out when I asked 1f they knew what had become of any of our other classmates V1r g1n1a Sald that Jack had developed a cham of stores and now that he was well set financlally he was marrylng MarJor1e Thereupon Mar Jorle greatly enllghtened me by aylng that Bernard Ray hac' become a prosperous Chev rolet salesman ard had taken as h1S blushxnf brxde Mary Hurd W dldnt have tlme to say any hlng more becau e the plane was actually landlng 1n Ox ford one half hour after leavlng New York V1rg1n1as husband was waxtmg W1 h h1s cal and they xnvlted me to dxnner at the1r Federal Hllls home However I had to decllne was to be guest of honor at a banquet evenlng ln the Aldorf Hystcrla Hotel 1n As I made my way to the hotel I was prlsed at the hustle and bustle of the c1ty as I that Ox sur The town had been recons ructed ln the most mod ern manner and the sldewalks were elevated A major part of each bulldlng was under ground but there was one tall bu ld1ng besxde the Cl y hall That wa the Ch ffee Buxldlng whlch wa one hundred and ten stor1es hlgh As I walked by lt a typlcal buslness man and a fascxnatxng blond woman come out dressed IH evenmg clothes When they greeted me I was convmced that I knew them They were Warren Chaffee and Malvlna R1nz1t1s I was astounded when Molly told me that she had been h1s secretary for two year b fore he had had enough courage to propo e Tms revelat1on mduced me to r1de with the'n ID the1r prlvate car although I had been walklng for my health from the eleva ed alrpcr They w re golng to the banquet so I had them come up to my ulte to walt whxle I changed mto evenmg dress When we stopped there w found that VV1l bur Rlch who owned the ho el and Florlna 23 , ' , v w 1 1 7 A 44 A x L A I 1 ' , at . y, . . 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THE RAVELIN S 1938 Gendron had arranged for a prlvate cocktall party 1n my sulte Durmg the frst round of cocktalls I asked Warren why W1lbur per m1tted Florlna to order h1m about wxth such a possesslve a1r He shrugged h1s shoulders and a1d Oh that s nothlng she s h1S wlfe Dur 1ng the par y I also learned that Warren and Gordon each had a penthouse atop the Chaf fee bu1ld1ng Gordon had been elected mayor and consequently Statxa Sh1v1ck had become the first lady of Oxford We were so eagerly d1SCl1SS1I1g our classmates that we nearly forgot about the banquet but we natched up our hats and arrlved there breathless w1th not Q mmute to spare At the head table I recogn1zed Russell Proctor and Evy Carl on They had marrled and Proc tor had establlshed the Oxford Broadcastmff Studlos where thelr oldest son Jumor was creatlnff a sensat1on as a Juvenlle star Evy s stoutness served to sharpen her sense of humor and we had many a laugh together untll Proc tor looked as 1f he thought I was allenatlng h1s wlfes affectlons Nevertheless we parted as Next mornmg wule v1s1t1ng the Faxr I met Donald Mahoney and Nell1e Whlte They had thelr four chlldren w1th them and all SIX chewed gum and glggl d m unlson Donald wuo wa notlceably stouter explamed that he had made a good slzed fortune from h1s brewery H contnbuted to my knowledge of our classmates by revealmv that Kathryn Lane had become a novehst and marrled R1chard Ellls who had rocked the world by d1SC0VBI'1I1'7 a new el ment 1n h1s prlva e chem1stry lab bullt for h1m by the Oxford Inst tute of Sclen IHC Research They wer Just then on a honeymoon ln the Qouth Seas but would returi b fore the Falr ended Nelhe and Donald escorted me to the Agr1 cultural EXpOS1t1OH where Lyman Rosebrooks had a booth Lyman had developed a new breed of cattle and had recelved the Nobel prlze a tr1bute I wanted to congratulate h m tlen and there but he was away on a tr1p However hls Wlfe Elsle Bellows was there g1v1ng a very mterestmg lecture on the pasteurlzatlon f m1lk When she had finlshed her speech she talked to us and accounted for two of the m1ss mg members of the class She revealed that Edward Morrls and Martha Glonet had mar rled and gone to France after MOFFIS had sold h1s masterplece ln ads for S800 000 Donald and I left EISIQ and Nelne d1S ussmg the d1etS for chlldren and went to a cafe where there was a floor show A dance team Wllham and Mary were completmg a number Mary was a glamorous blond and Wlllxam a suave, dark halred gentleman w1th a short mustache They smlled 1n recogmtlon and came to our table but It was fully a mmute before exther Donald or I recalled them as Mary Barnes and W1ll1am Kllbcrn We 1nv1ted them to have drmks on us and over a glass of root beer Mary pointed out the startlmg fact that there was only one class bachelor besides m and that was Everett Perry I already knew that he had crashed the movles and replaced After further questlonmg and patch1ng 1n formatlon together we found also that there were three splnsters Ehzabeth Palge Lucllle LaPan and Norma Ball Norma had an exclu s1ve gown shop wulle Lucllle and Ellzabeth 1o1ntly ran a restaurant on Mam Street ln Ox ford As we were Slttlng at the table a gypsy came to read our tea leaves When she read mme she s 1d that Id marry a classmate Now we had just dlscussed the three ehglble ladles left so I anx1 usly asked wh1ch one would be my brlde Ju t a the gypsy was gomg to answer I recogn1zed my former teacher Mlss Wmter In my astonlshment I dropped my cup I heard a loud crash and found myself stlll 1n mv att1c I had broken the maglc mlrror so that I ll nev er know wh1ch g1rl Im to marry untll the mo ment comes , - , 21 . - Q Q y . 7 a A I , . 7 , - 0 Q ' 54 7. 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V . . . . , . , ' . . . . , . 3 - THE RAVELIN S 1938 II XSS XVIII By Donald Mahoney TO ALL THE PEOPLE UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME We the honorable well esteemed and grea ly respected Class of 1938 bemg st1ll of sound mlnd and healthy body wh1le real1z1n0 that mortal days be numbered and abhorrmg the thought of dy mg mtestate do hereby g1Ve, dev1se and be queath these ltems of our oft cove ed esta e as follows To Mr Shea We g1V9 our w sh for many years as successful as h1s first as our super1n tendent To Mr Sannella A chance to s e Oxford Hlghs Cross Country team defeat Hopedale To Mr McGovern An Bl ctrlc eye to hunt out persons who have been absent yet have not reported to get thexr make up cards To Mr Shappy The assurance that hxs suc cess 1n coachmg th1s year s cross country team wlll be surpassed many tlmes 1n the year to ome To Mr OConnor Three new basketball To Mr Browmng A debat1ng team for hls next years classes To M1ss Wlnter A sen1or class that can un derstand Engl1sh IV better than we dld To M1ss Kennedy Ahear y conffratulanon as supervisor of the annual Jumor prom, be cause of 1tS great success To M1ss Klnnlery The assurance that when we are voter the stockroom cupboard wlll never be bare To MISS Mannmg An escort to see that she doesn t leave any thmg on desks wh1le leavmd one room for another To Miss Gahadan An all tlme w1nn1n'f gxrls basketball team, playmg only af ernoon games To MISS Turner An approprlatlon made to buy a palr of stxlts so that she may see her whole class at once To MISS Snow A speclal trafflc llght sta tloned at the top of the boys stalrs so she can retlre from trafflc duty To M1ss Hand A new supply of musxc sheets To M1ss MCGIHHIS A speclal room to dls play her WIIIIIIDU po ters To the 1un or we further leave asslgn gxve and bequeath as follows To James Walker who lt has been ru mored wants a farmer s daughter for hxs w1fe we leave Luc1lle Lovett wno may quahfy To Joseph Gardner Jo eph Ma1nv1ll s ab1l 1ty to be talkatlve To Phlhp Germam That manager of mana gers a pos1t1on as manager for the St Loux Cardlnals To Joseph Mahoney We leave Warren Chaffees abxhty to get along wlth many g rls and not be too lnterested 1n any one gxrl To Vmcent Kasel s We leave the w1sh that he may grow up to be a second Sandow To Roger Vancour A chance to prove h1m self an all tune pltchlng star next year To Bud Ol1v1er A Job to be awaxtmg h1m when he gets out of school lf he can acqu1re Wllbur RlCh s sk1ll 1n dolnff the Blg Apple To Edward Gxll A chance to show hrs mu one ln the world who plays a harmonxca To Clarence Pxette Warren Bell Bruce Greene and Yarno Nesta We leave the hope that Leahy s store w1ll be moved to wnere Mr Ph1l1p Joshns house now stands so that they may save the physlcal effort generally expend ed by then' f1Ve mmu es to nme and f1ve mm utes to one sprmt to get to school before the tardy bell stops rmgmff To Harold Love1oy The supposedly bash ul Jumor P1cl-'l s Chaffee s Packard that he may get a quamted W1 h a few g1rl VVe have Watched h1m gazmg wlstfully at the or hestra from the corner where he stands durmv dan es To Robert Desmarls The responslblllty of leadlng and succe sfully carryxng on next year s cross country team To Edward LaMountam Bernard Rav s ab 1l1tv to toe 1n The d1stance to North Brook field w1ll seem shorter lf he learns to walk that way To Herbert McCarthy The enlor chewln-1 gum and too h powder to help keep h1s teeth clean for we hear that toba co doesnt agree wtth h1m 28 - ' ' Y Y Y A JA x A A 4 . 1 S 7 . 7 . 7 ' v HI 1 . 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THE RAVEL IN S 1938 To Francls Walker A d1mmer for h1s smlle so that the g1rls may notxce the cnarm of the other boys at O H S once ln a whlle To Leona Barxl Clara Snyders place at the candy counter To Frances Kemp The ab1l1tv to keep ahead of the boys by pract1c1ng Molly RIHZI t1s s rules and regulatlons To Jean Campbell Marjorle Barlow s good d1sDos1t1on To V1v1an Frlnk Martha G1onet s ab1l1ty to dance To Margaret Connor Evy Carlson s deslre to learn to drxve a car To Kathrvn Makl Florma Gendrons ab llltV to get along w1th Mlss Klnnlery To Gladys Coonan Another successful year of basketball To Rosemary Roberts Sta 1a Shlvlck s pla e as secretary to Mr Sannella To Lucllle Lovett V1rg1n1a Davlss place To Mary Irw1n A car all her own so that It w1ll be more convenlent to attend the ball games To Ida Chlckerlng Norma Ball s dlgnlty To Beverlv Eames Ellzabeth Pa1ge s b1 cycle so that she can get to school more qulckly To Ianet Cheenv Kathrvn Lane s deslre to speak so she may be heard To Jean Parkls Elsl Bellow s place on Statlc staff eV91y other Wednesday mght To Sxgne Anderson Lucllle LaPan s ab1l1ty to do Bookkeeplng so that It wxll check To Madelyn Abrahms Nellxe Whlte s place as Mxss Klnnxerys best typ1st To Eleanor Sherwood Ol1ve W1ll ams s ab l 1ty to QIVC long oral themes To Irene Gervals Evy Carlsons ab1l1ty to get along Wlth Mr O Connor To Elame Maynard The hope that she may fall lnto the footsteps of Mary Barnes ln en tertalfllng the study hall To Edwltch Gougeon Marv Hurd s ab1l1ty to keep qulet durmg Engllsh class To Ada LaPearl Mary Hurd s ablllty to be bolsterous To the sophomores Our envy of the two years of the1r school hves whxch he just ahead of them they ll be the best years To Tom Rodler A steady Job as rxght field er on the Oxford H1gh baseball team To Kenneth 'larbell The assurance that when we are voters well hold a speclal town meetlng to see vhether the town w1ll permlt hlS llghtnlng express to fly down the sldewalks at noon w1th only Kenny as both motor and controls To Antolnette Drucker A chance to wrlte for the movles To Shlrley Snyder A career lf she cant find love To Paul Prefontalne Bernard Rays truck to help h1m make A 8z P dellverles To some of our lovlng couples A shaded walk for strollmg and glorxous example to serve as the guldlng llght on thelr busy happy way through O H S Palnful necesslty compels us as we recog n1ze the fra1lt1es attendant upon human behav 1or and as we earnestly desxre to prevent among you our he1rs CXDSHSIVE lawsu1ts and confuslons to stxpulate the express condltlon that 1f at any t1me a legatee under thlS docu ment demur at the executlon of any 1tem here 1n set forth our whole and entire estate shall be by them forfelted and thereupon revert to Bunny and Francls Slddall not heretofore mentloned nor mcluded but who are to serve as executors of the whole In w1tness whereof we the above mentxoned Class of 1938 do IH all solemnlty of mtent and ser1ousness of purpose set our hands and seal th1s 20th day of June A D 1938 Wltnessed by CHARLIE MCCARTHY and SNOW WHITE S DOPEY l , 29 c.- . , . . , . A ' ' ll . 9 I . :. . . . 7 - s . - ' . ' . ' ' V -r - . . I' . . . v - A .l I . 9 , ' . 3 , ' 7 . ' - ' . , , Z - - 1 C . l . , . . ' . .l . . y ' . BS DI'ES1dG1'1t of the COIT11T19I'IClal To the freshmen: We leave Our g10Wing . . I . l 1 g - G . . l , . . . l 0 v ' ' . . , .- . s ' L I , . U a l v l 1 1 . . I ' ' ' ' 7 . I .D , l , I na - a 1 - I . . . . , . . . . . ' 3 Q u 1 ' ' . . . y . . I . . i , - - ' - u I Q v n ' . . L . 1 - . ' v THE RAVELIN S 1938 CI XSS hll S By Martha Glonet and Lyman Rosebrooks Norma Ball Norma Ball IS a quxet glrl and hasnt much to say So we glve a httle horn to her To help pass the txme away Marjorle Barlow To MarJor1e Barlow who has mastered the B1 Apple We g1V6 thls symbol To remlnd her to keep nlmble Mary Barnes To Mary Barnes who IS never contrary To keep her company we g1V6 thls canary Elsle Bellows To Elsle Bellows who IS a good sport We gxve th1s shxp That she may easxly reach her port Evy Carlson To Evy Carlson the artlst supreme We g1Ve thxs SUggBSt1V6 color scheme Gordon Chaffee To Gordon Chaifee our presldent We gxve thls httle house so he wlll always be a resldent Warren Chaffee To Warren Chaffee who lxkes to clown We gxve th1s httle mask so he may go to town Vlfglflla Dav1s To V1rg1nxa DHVIS wno xs a very good drlver We HIVS th1s road map so that she may drxve far and wlder R1Ch3Fd Ellls To Rlchard Ellls who xs a qulet lad We g1Ve th1s bulb to make hxm fla h when he s glad John Faubert To John Faubert our machlmst We g1VE thls monkey wrench so he may become a genxus F lorma Gendron To Florma Gendron who l1kes knlttmg We g1VB th1s yarn To keep her trom qulttlng Martha Glonet lo Martha G1onet we g1V9 thls telephone So she can keep talkmg to us even at home Edward Guer xn To Edward Guertm our avlator We g1V6 th1s l1ttle navlgator Mary Hurd '10 Mary Hurd who has such reserve We g1VG thls p1n whlch she so deserves W1ll1am Kllborn To W11ham Kllborn whose hobby IS flshlng We glV8 th1s one to watch sw rlmg and Kathryn Lane To Kathryn Lane who IS so petlte We g1V8 th1s rouge to pmk her cheeks Luc1lle LaPan To Lucllle LaPan who hkes candy We g1Ve th1S bar so she wxll have some always rlght handy Jack Lebo To Jack Lebo we gwe th1s one horse shay To take the place of hlS old Chevrolet Donald Mahoney To Donald Mahoney who llkes to chew gum We glve th1S rubbmg alcohol so h1s Jaws wont get numb Joseph Ma1nv1ll To Joseph Ma1DV1ll6 who w1th words IS so clever We glVe th1 glrl who ll allow h1'n the last word never Edward Morrls To Edward Morrxs wuo wants to be a buckaroo W Q bxve th1s httle toy lassoo 30 ' , 1 1 Y Y WVWY 1 A JA A L IL . . . 7 ' . . . 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THE RAVELIN S 1938 Ellzabeth Palge To El1zabeth Paxge the expert blcycle r1der We g1V6 th1s plane So that she may also master a glxder Everett Perry To Everett Perry who 1lk9S to dance We gxve th1s pxcture of Glnger Rogers to make. hlm plance Russell Proctor To Russell Proctor our professor Ne g1V9 th1s httle book lest h1s knowledge grow lesser Bernard Ray To Bernard Ray who IS so tall We glVe this cane so he won t fall W1lbur R1ch To W1lbur Rxch our ed1tor ID chlef We glV6 th1s typewr1ter whlch he should use IS our belxef LVI8lVll13 Rlnzltls To Malvma R1nz1t1s who IS so falr We g1V9 th1s perfume whlch IS also rare Lyman Rosebrooks To Lyman Rosebrooks who rldes the roads ID a HIVVQI' We gxve th1s rovx boat so he can now try the 11ve1 Statxa Sh1VlCk 10 Statla Sh1V1Ck who travels ln her Ford each day We g1V9 thlS anchor to keep It from runnmg away lara Snyder To Clara Snyder who seeker of knowledge We glve these penclls to help her work her way through college N ell1e Wh1te To Nellxe Wh1te who llkes to chew gum We g1ve th1s package So that she may keep chewlng some Ol1ve Wxlllams To Ohve W1ll1arns who loves to dance e glVe th1s partner so she Wlll always have the chance SIAIISIICS Norma Ball Hobby Readlng Ambltlon To be a good c1t1zen Express1on None MarJor1e Barlow Hobby Tenms and dancxn Ambltlon To be a good stenographer Expression Yeah I guess so Mary Barnes Hobbv Plavlnrf p1ano Ambmon To be a muslc teacher EXpTESS1OH N Elsle Bellow Hobby Outdoor sports Amb1t1OH To be a nurse Express1on Is that rlght Evv Carlson Hobby Readmg Ambltlon To travel Expres lon No kxddlng Gordon Chaffee Hobby Workmv around mach1nes 1n a m1ll Arnb1t1on To be an englneer Expres lon You got somethmg there Warren Chaffee Hobby Stamp collectlng Ambltlon To be a chemlst Expresslon Chu sald It kld Vlr 1n1a Davls Hobby Dancmg Amb1t1on To become a teacher Ecpresslon No klddxng Rlchard Ellls Hobby Golf Amb1t1on To own hxs own boat Expre s1on Oh yearo 1 , 31 4 ' ' .V . 7 7 v f . . . 7 , C . . . . ,U . . . . 3 . 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D - ' THE RAVFLIN S 1938 Jghn Faubert Edward Morr1s Hobbv Bulldlng model alrplanes and swun Hobby Drawmg mmg Amb1t1on To get a good Job Amb1t1on To become a successful mar IH Express1on Huh av1at1on Expresslon Oh Yeah' Florma Gendron Hobby Play1ng p1ano Amb1t1on To be a nurse EXpF6SS10D No k1dd1ng Martha G10H9t Hobby Readmg Amb1t1on To be a good saleslady Expresslon Whoseewhatsls Edward Gue tm Hobby Model alrplane bulldmff Amb1t1on To be a prlest Expresslon No o o Mary Hurd Hobby Travel1ng Amb1t1on To have a good pos1t1on EXQFQSSIOH O K vlllam Kllborn Hobby Stamp collectlng EXpYGSS10n Shucks Kathrvn Lane Hobby Readlng Amb1t1on To be a Journahst Expresslon For the lovva Pete Lu llle LaPan Hobbv Hlk1Dg Amb1t1on To be a prlvate secretary Expresslon Oh Gee' John Lebo Hobby AU'OHl0b1l9tlHk9T1DU Amb1t1on To be an archltect Exoresslon You Sald It Buddy Donald Mahoney Hobby Runnlng Amb1t1on To be an auctloneer EXQFBSSIOH No klddlflgq Joseph M31HV1ll6 Hobbv Gar.lcn1n Amb1t1on To be an psy chologlst Ekpxcsslon Hello folksles Ehzabeth Pa1ge Hobby Blcycle r1d1ng Amb1t1on To be a stenographer Expresslon Thats what you thlnk Everett Perry Hobby Stamps Amb1t1on To be a flyer EXPFGSSIOD Oh' Nuts' Russell Proctor Hobby Radlo Photography mechanlcs Amb1t1on To be a phys1c1st Expresslon You ought to know Bernard Ray Hobby Mllklflg cows Amb1t1on To be a dalry man Expresslon You sa1d It kld Wllbur R1ch Hobby Stamp collect1ng Amb1t1on To be a successful busmess man EXpF6SS10D No k1dd1ng Hobby Collectlng four leaf clovers Amb1t1on To be a secretary Exples 1on O K Lyman Rosebrooks Hobby Travehng Amb1t1on To be a successful farmel Expression Oh yeah? Statla Sh1v1ck Hobby Skatlng and blology work Amb1t1on To be a good secretary Expresslon Oh yeah? Clara Snyder Hobby Swlmmlng Amb1t1on To be a good stenographer EXPYSSSIOH Really? Nellle Whlte Hobby Bowhng Amb1t1on To be a haxrdresser EXPFGSSIOD Wo Wo Sasau Sa Ohve W1ll1ams Hobby None Amb1t1on To be '1 halrdresser EXPIG slon Thats not Ilgllt a 32 --J 9 . . - - A , sn 77 I ' . ' il 71 . . - ' , al , . -an V I ' ' . I it 77. - l , as - va D : . a yy . - F . . . : . . i . . . . . D U ,, . O- - . - u D ll 11 G ' . . - , . - . , at 71 l . . VI. ' ' - ' , .4 - ' as Ambition: To land a good job. Malvina Rinzitis - , cl rv , - . N- D , as 11 l , , S . . . t . ' ' 44 l 11 : I . ' ' , as 11 I 0. . , . . ' . az as ' . .D i ' - ' , 4. vs . . , . : . . . T l Q . ' D . H - - H H ' ' : .. 1 ' V ' - , as va ' I - H ' ' 7' ' -I s. I va - f ' rr I . ' ' D' . . . ' ' : ' A, , I c .. . - at - Q vv . ,. ' . -H ' .' el - t j -' Q ,, .J . . . 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V , , . a 1 - 1 f - A1 r - 11 we y 1. 1 I i x D 1 a Y THE RAVELIN S 1938 Madelyn Abrahms Slgne Anderson Leona Barll Warren Bell Jean Campbell Janette Cheney Ida Chlckermg Margaret Connor Gladys Coonan Robert Desmar1s Beverly Eames VIVIHU Frmk Joseph Gardner ll XIOR C I ASS AdV1SEr MISS Kennedy OFFICERS Presldent Edward LaMounta1n VICE Presldent Leona Barll Treasurer Francls Walker Secretary Roger Vancour Ph1l1p Germa Irene GBTVHIS Edward Glll Edw1tch Gougeon Bruce Greene Mary Irwln Vlncent Kasel1s Francxs Kemp Fdward LaMounta1n Ada LaPear1 Harold Love1oy I ucllle I ovett Joseph Mahoney Katherlne Makl Elame Maynard Herbert McCarthy Yarno Nesta Alfred Ol1ver Tean Parkls Clarence Plette Rosemary Robert Fleanor Sherwood Roger Vancour Ifsmee Walker Francls Walker THE RAVELTN S 1938 Mary Agabablan Alexander Antkowlak Agnes Auger Florence Brennan Francls CBISSIC Maud Chlckerlng Shlrley Clementson Ethel Coonan Barbara Cypher Clalre Dandurand Ollve Davls Madel1ne Denanr Kenneth Doollttle Antomette Drucker Rita Faubert SOPHUMUHI Cl XSS Advlser M1ss Mannxng OFFICERS Presldent Vlce Presldent Treasurer Secretary Rolland Farrar Kenneth Doolrttre Ceceha Guskey Thomas Rodler Agnes Auger Evelyn Goddard Barbara Gould Burton Glll Lawrence Guertln Lecella Guskey Dorothy Jollet Ruth Lavm Helen Leahy Frederlck Leduc Agnes Mathurm Beulah Merrlam Arlene Partrldge Toseph Perry Paul Prefontam Gordon Proctor Donald Prouty Jeanette Renaud Stella R1nz1t1s Thomas Rodler Stanlev Russell Kenneth Sanderson Warren Sanderson Stanley Skarbek Shlrley Snyder Esther Tarasklevr z Kenneth Tarbell MarJor1e Taft Hannah V1tkUS la i f 1 1 . ..........,......................., it-iii-1-Q Ili.. tim-u-twiQg ' A , ..,..................... .............-. ---- '-inlli l - ......-.... -.............. .....l X., ........... --.......... 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D ' . , Q THE RAVELIN S 1938 President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Est' er Agababian Alice Beaulac Louise Bills Eleanor Booth Gerald Brown Shirley Bullard Everett Cary John Carson David Chaffee Robert Chaffee Coreen Chickering Beatrice Christian John Clark Cecilia Cormier John Croft Mildred Cunningham Everett Davis Dorothv Davis Ethel Davis Howard Davis l HILSHNIAX LLASS Adviser Mr OConnor OFFICERS Donald Eames Nancy Rodier George Merrick Ruth Walker Viola Dumas Donald Eames Dorothy Gage Ruth Gale Eleanor Gardner Leon Gaulln Helen Germain Oliver Germain Hope Gibson Thaddie Gionet William Gubber John Halsdorf Elizabeth Harrison Donald Hey Walter Johnson Marjorie Kilborn Anna Kleinsmith Gladys Krevosky Helen Kulchisky Irene LaMountain Thomas Lane Stanley Leclaire William LoveJoy John Mahoney Lois Maynard George Merrick Charles O Connor Constance O Connor Rita Pariseau Robert Perry Leo Provencal Marcel Racine Patricia Rheault Nancy Rodier Curtis Smith Lawrence Suprenant Walter Szatkowski Ruth Walker Charles Woodman wax THE RAVELIN'S, 1938 Marjorle Barlow Evy Carlson Vlrgmra Dav1s Florma Gendron Madelyn Abrahms Warren Bell Janette Cheney Margaret Connor Beverly Eames Joseph Gardner LUNINII HC I-XI ill B Advlser Miss Klnnlery Presldent VICE Pres1dent Treasurer Secretary Vlrglnla Davls Mary Barnes M1ss K1nn1ery Martha Glonet SEN IORS Mary Hurd Lucllle Lapan Donald Mahoney Elrzabeth Palge JUNIORS Phlllp Germam Edward G1l1 Fdvutch Gougeon Frances Kemp I ucxlle Lox ett Katherlne Makl Malvlna RIDZIIIS Ctatla Sh1VlCk Clara Snyder Nelhe Whlte Joseph Mahonev Herbert McCarthy Yarno Nesta Jean Parkls Francls Walker J ames Walker l l Y 4i Y Y Y L A A A A J 1 J Mary Barnes Martha Gionet Wilbur Rich I THE RAVELIN S 1938 lV'arJor1e Barlow Mary Barnes Elsie Bellows Warren Chaffee Evy Carlson Vlfglnla Davls Richard Ellis John Faubert Florina Gendron Signe Anderson Madelyn Abrahms Jean Campbell Janette Cheney Margaret Connor Beverly Eames V1v1an Frlnk Ph1l1p Germain Leona Baril Shirley Snyder PRESS CLUB Adviser MISS Win? er OFFICERS Presldent Warren Chaffee Vice Presldent Janette Cheney Secretary Statxa Shivick SENIORS Martha Gionet William Kilborn Kathryn Lane Lucille LaPan John Lebo Mary Hurd Donald Mahoney Joseph Mainville Edward Morris J UNIORS Edwltch Gougeon Frances Kemp Edward LaMounta1n Ada LaPearl Lucille Lovett Joseph Mahoney Katherlne Maki Herbert McCarthy Mary Irwin SOPHOMORE REPORTERS Ruth Lavin FRESHMAN REPORTER Hope Gibson Elizabeth Paige Everett Perry Russell Proctor Wilbur Rlch Malvina R1nz1t1s Lyman Rosebrooks Statia Sh1V1Ck Clara Snyder Nellie Whlte Elam Maynard Jean Parkis Rosemary Robert Eleanor Sherwood Francls Walker J mes Walker Warren Bell Ida Ch1cker1ng Edward Gill Antoinette Drucker Special correspondent THE RAVELIN'S, 1938 M-0'3 7' hllll S l3ASlxI' IBM I, MISS Gahagan the coach and the members of the gxrls team deserve great credlt for the f1ne eason of play The result or thelr hard Work IS evldent 1n the showlng they made '-' T - : T - ' f X W 1 j Y 7 WY W They played with Auburn, North Brookfield, Charlton, Holden and Spen cer. Lettermen Other Members 'Vlartha Glonet Captam VIXIQI1 Frlnk Captain elect Flsle Bellows Vlrr 1n1a Davls Beverly Eames Cecllla Guskey Dorothv Jollette Statxa Sh1v1ck Loul e Bllls rthel Coonan f'lad5s Coonan Clalre Dandurano 'Vlalvlna Rlnzltls 'Vlarjorl Taft THE RAVELIN'S, 1938 BOX S' BASlxIu l B AI I Coach O Connor s tlreless efforts plus the team sp1r1t of the squad brought a gl een group through a commendable season to tle for second place 1n the Western Worcester County H1gh School League Only Captaln Chaffee wlll be lost through graduatlon thxs year Brookfield Charlton Holden Northbrxdge RL tland Shrewsbury Spencer and St Louls Lettermen Other Members Narren Chaffee Captaxn Everett Carey Ed xard LaMounta1n Captam elett Donald Eames Warren Bell Gordon Proctor Howard Dav1s Marcel Racme Ph1l1p Gerrnam Manager Herbert McCarthy Yarno Nesta Thomas Rod1er Kenneth Sanderson Flanc s Walker The team played the O. H. S. Alumni, Auburn, Bartlett, Brookfield, North THE RAVELIN S 1938 CROSS COL X IHX The Cross Country season was very successful under Coach Shappys gu1dance October October October October November 4 Holden at Oxford November 10 Gardner at Oxford November 16-Interscholastlcs 15 Mlllburv at Oxford 21 Hopedale at Oxford 25 Oxford at Holden 29 Oxford at Hopedale Boys to recelve letters Oxford won Oxford Oxford won Oxford Oxford won Oxford Oxford os ost lost second plane REGULAR LETTERS WINGED LETTERS Fx erett Cwrey Toseph Mahonev Kenneth Tarbell Xvllllilfil Kllborn Other Members Burton Gull Edward Gill Francls CHISSIS Donald Mahon y Co captaxn Robert Desmarls co captam and Captaln elect Stanley Skarbek Joseph Gardner v v ef ---4 - I I X - .. i' ,K .B -V .1 . L A ' ' y , ., ' y ' M, V 1 - , . V. , ,Aj ,,,,..,.,... . . '-- . 1 w w w v vr w v A K K A A w ' ., . V f ' . - . , C ' -' ' . THE RAVELIN'S,1938 BASLI ALI Y 41 3 J Losses through graduation last year were heavy in the baseball squad Coach McGovern has done a fine job of building up a promlsmg team from unseasoned recruits. Members of the team are Warren Chaffee Captaln Francls CHISSIC Everett Carey Robert Desmarls Howard Davls Thaddle G1onet Edward L8MOUDta1D Herbert McCarthy Everett Perry Leo Provencal Thomas Rodler Roger Vancour Francis Walker T ERAVELINS 1938 St HUOI CAI l XUAR By Florina Gendron and Lucille LaPan Sept 7 School opens its doors Sept 29 Press Club meets to elect officers Vote lssue Static biweekly Sept 30 Seniors elect oflicers Play try outs for Bash ful Bobby Not a bashful one present Oct 4 Assembly Samuel Agabablan an alumnus of O H S at U S Naval Academy speaks on Annapolls Oct 10 Cross Country starts Oh' What runners Oct 12 N0 school Columbus Day Oct 13 swamps them Good work for the first run F1rst of a series of fifteen movies on historical subjects Oct 20 No school because of ram but the first issue of Static IS made regardless Oct 21 First issue or Static Better than ever No wonder look who s putting it out Oct 26 Basketball season opens Mr OConnor the new coach Oct 31 First Honor Roll what brllllant students we have Nov 4 Second issue of Static Nov 5 No school Teachers should come oftener Conventlon These Nov 9 Oxford clo es Cross Country sea on Nov 10 Boys practice basketball in the new gym at O H S founded by Mr OConnor fManual Training Room J Nov 11 No school Armistice Day Nov 12 Assembly Demonstration of the new loud speaking system O H S gives much credit to Russell Proctor for the mstallation Nov 16 Assembly Mr Talbot speaks on Birds Nov 18 Bashful Bobby makes great success Nov 25 29 Thanksgiving Holidays' What breaks we ve been getting' Mr Joe Kenny sponsors magazine Drive We learn how to sell magazmes at an xnterestin assembly Nov 30 Commercial Club holds meetlng to elect ofii cers Nov 30 Miss George t lks on Art Are we glad a period IS omitted Dec 13 MISS Bradley talks on Cookm N boys allowed Dec 17 Commerclal Club holds its annual 1n1t1at1on tea dance Is every bodv happy 2 Dec 23 Big Christmas issue of Statlc Flrst col ored mlmeographed paper at O H S Are we good Dec 23 First talking pictures appear at O H S Thanks Mr Jackson H ' , 43 , . . 1 . K 1 A JA l DA A ' ' ' if 7, 3 . to . ,, .,, .- ' - KL - 97 . ti - .aa i N ' n .. A- 3 .. ., ' - ' . . . - , O. H. S. meets Holden fCross Countryj NOV. 29 ' . - Q3 l ' ' . . - L5 ' HY I ' . . 1- H . L V . 'H N , . . ' C, a . , , . . . I - . ' is . 4. . an D. o , , - as - vs I ' . . . 5, . y-y . - v - y s . 3 . , . . THE RAVELIN S 1938 Dec 24 Beglnnmg of Chrlstmas vacatxon Everybody bemg good for Santa Jan 3 Back to school for more hard work D1d I say hard work'7'7'7'7 Jan4 Glrls basketball season s arts off Wllh a bang Vlctory over Charlton' Jan 11 H1StOT1CHl Mov1e fperlod omlttedj Jan 14 Holden at Oxford Bell comes out w1tl1 twenty four polnts Good work Two Dozen Be ' Jan 17 Perry P1cture Co takes plctures of O H S Students Several get movle offers'7'7 '7'7 Jan 20 Announce honor roll fTry try agaln J Edward Guertm sen1or IS first pup1l from O H S to enter the Blggest News Contest of Worcester Telegram and Evenmg Gazette Jan 21 We hold assembly for the purpose of st1r rlng up lnterest for the Spencer game O H S sure turns out A great game even though we lost Feb 1 Oxford at Charlton Oxford on top Only one polnt boys' Feb 3 Stat1c announces that O H S w1ll be heard on W O R C sponsored bv Wh1t1HgS Mllk We re gettlng up 1n the world Wlth a sponsor n everythmg' Feb 7 Annual town meetxnff at Oxford town hall Seniors attend Too bad for the underclassmen Feb 8 Assembly Another hlstorlcal movle play Feb 11 Oxford at Holden Oxford loses but It plays a close game The boys play well cons1der1nd that the capta1n 1s 1ll Feb 17 Junlors change prom date to March 1 1n order to have Dol Bnssette s orchestra Jumors are lett1ng GDIOTS ln free aga1n th1s year Thanks Junlors Feb 17 Commerc1al Club Tea Dance Oh Boy What a dance Qlce cream and COOk19Sl, Feb 21 23 24 25 M1d year exams Thank George W3Sh1HgtOH for the day off between exams Mar 1 Junlor Prom What a dance' What an or chestra' Allurmgl Mar 9 Basketball tournament starts for th1rd d1s tr1ct Class B teams Mar Short lecture by Mrs Posture Upham and movles on Mar 21 Senlors hold meetlng Choose photographer and Class Day speakers Mar Publlsh Stat1c v1ser MISS Wmter over publ1sh1'1g of wlthout the a1d of our ad Next ISSUE the Junlors take StHt1C Get busy Jumors' Mar 25 O H S closes 1tS doors for a week The pu plls and teachers need a rest Mar 29 The Perfect Trlbute presented over WORC Mar 31 The second annual wr1t1ng contest sponsored by the Oxford Grange closes Apr 4 Senlor Play Try Outs Some Garbos and Taylors IH the class Apr 6 Choose Sen1or Play cast Select The Mar lenburg Necklace a mystery play Apr 11 Baseball season starts wxth Captaln W Chaf fee and thlrty men report1ng for pract1ce Mr McGovern IS coach 44 ' , . f 1 - . 5 . . . . . . l , 0 1 9 . 7 4 - Z I 1 l . 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THE RAVELINS 1938 Apr 14 Mas 1,9 First issue of Junior s Statl Keep up the Several senior girls all membexs of the play good work' Apr 14 Easter vacation begins First baseball game played with Northbridge Lost by five runs Miss lVI111'1m Manning returns for an aftei 'moon visit with us Glad you came Apr 21 22 Two of its former teachers Miss Evelyn Welcome back' Apr 27 Assembly Mrs Samuel Sleeper speaks and invites senior girls to visit Salter s Secretarial School in Worcester May 4 Assembly Mr Merrill Hale speaks on Avi ation May 9 Assembly Professor Rudman of Becker Col lege speaks on Every Life Leads Somewhere May 10 Assembly Pxeview of the Senior Play N White D Mahoney and M Barlow present the scene May 12 The big night arrives' Seniors present The Marlenburg Necklace It proves to be a great success east decide that Flidas the thlr eenth is an unlucky day to go to school on and so they play hookey Two hours detention for each of them Max 18 Bushong takes pictures for the year book Max 20 poned Mav '50 No school Memori l Day June 13 Senior Hop Its the last dance together June 14 Grange enter ains Seniors ners of Short Stu y Contest Announees win June 20 Class D15 It s the beglnninff of the last week Seniors June 22 Graduation Now we seniors are out of sehool and the Juniors are ready to take our places Can they do it June 24 Seniois take trip to Provincetown my ' , 45 , fl , , V. , , , lnlvq ' .IC h - .A v ' .' ' . , .1 l ' . I l . V rl x A p' Griffiths and Mr. Richardson visit O. H. S. C0mmCl'Ci3l Club picnic at Purgatory post- ,. U ' ',.. q - - - 4 . 4 g ' 1 if G ' . , , ' H '- ' 77 . , 1 ' 5 ' sxk. V' - ' I' . x A .- LA - X Q Q: 'ff c '. lf I l O . ' , 1' .-! .1 1 'E . E . . 1 1 ' . c I - .I . '. 1 . S 1 .4 Y! 'P THE RAVELIN S 1938 Xl'Ali Bfllllx Sl All Editor in Chief Buainess Manager Advertising Managers Calendar Photographs Girls Athletics Boys Athletics Typlata Wilbur Rich Joseph Mainville Virginia Davis Wan en Chaffee btati 1 Shivick John Faubelt F101 ina Gendron Lucille LaPan Claxa Snvdei Elizahtth Paige Jatk Ltbo lwdlXlIld Rinzitis Martha Gionet John Faubert Wal ren Chaffee Malxina RlI171t1S Mau Barnes Lu Carlson Elizabeth Paige Statia Shivick Lucille LaPan Virginia Dans Florina Gendion Clala Snyder Nellie White llq ilj0llC Ballon 7 . V ' Y wr 1 1 w A K A 1 4 , .L . .h l 3 Writeup Committee .......... ........................... E dward Morris . I X ' . I ' .-,.,....,..................,..,.-.-,....,........4 ' y' ' I I I ' 7 ' . , . l J W ............................................... .... .......... ' 7 ' I ,' ' ' 1 . , , . . Q 1. w' 1 0'0, 0'Q0 'Q40 '4-'Q-o,.., -ea-0'0,..Q'4,,,0, Q4 0 'Q COMPLIMENTS COMIJLIMENTS Raymond Bateman ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Webster Ice, Coal and Ilousewnrlng a Specialty Oll C0 Tel 196 Y T01 190 VV DUDLEY MASS WEBSTER MASS COMPLIMENTS OF KESSEII 8: MORSE C0 Bullders and Masons Supplies TILE AND FIREPLACE WORK 242 Canterbuxy Street WORCESTER MASS COMPLIMENTS DALBEC S BARBER SHOP EXPERT HAIRCUTTING Pleasant Street WEBSTER MASS Mom Street OXFORD MASS COMPLIMENTS AL MacDONALD S New England Store Te 78 OXFORD MASS COMPLIMENTS ARSENE S GARAGE AUTO REPAIRING Brake and Light Station Tel 599 WEBSTFR MASS COMPLIMEN S PHILIP W J OSLIN Auto-Fire-Life Insurance OXFORD VIASS Tel 138 OF OF . .. . , A 4 .J ' 0 . , , . OF OF 9 9 . x . m 4 ' i C-, , , . W L OF OF 9 I I .... I . 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Y X Y 1 W Y 4 1 A A J A A A L ' Y Y 1 Y Y 1 4 , n x . :Ji::,,-:::::-:::,,::::,,',,::-,,::,,-4-,..',.,-,..,, ,Aa-',0QQ4A0Qof4-0.p..,',,,Q,4 ','v'00, 4 0' '000044'44f'a'0 COMPLIMENTS OF RICH S MACHINE SHOP MACHINE WORK OF ALL KINDS Acetylene Weldmg Lawnmowers Sharpened Tel 141 12 Wellmgton Road OXFORD MASS COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS FIRST NATIONAL THE CORNER STORE Hosiery Shoes Rubbers Underwear And Wgdrmg Apparel fox the CARL CHENEY wmnager Whole Fdmlly Mam Street OXFORD MASS OXP ORD MASS COMPI IMENTS COMPLIMENTS IAMES L HAMILTON 1 THE OXFORD 5 and 10 GENERAL TRUCKING CENT STORE T 7 3 COMPLIMENTS OF THE OXFORD DINER OXFORD MASS 9 OF OF Y! 3 9 i . OF OF N 7 1 el. - 3 1 OXFORD MASS. ' OXFORD MASS. 0 ,Wm K X11 JI CHESTER BUSHUNG 511 mum Sllilll Photographer to Class of 1938 T13 4180 of'00,-.0,p.0QQ..0..0oo4oo'ooo0QQQ00Q4-0c 0 Q , Q Q QQ Q0 ,004 4 fQQQ 'f ' all xi., mg 'D K I I 'H 1 1 s XVURCIQSTEH M ASS. I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I I I I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I I I I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I I I I I I fx, 444 , ,'4,,44,4444,0',44,',,,,, ,,,44',',,,,',4 44,S'+' .'4.,,,0404'ao04:0ooo-ao::'ooooo:o::ooo'ooo COMPLIMENTS OF LOVES MEMORIALS INC I RANITE WORKS WEBSTER MASS COMPLIMENTS OF LANGER S HARDWARE STORE Palnts and All Klnds of Hardware Corner of Mam St and Sutton Avenue Tel 98 2 OXFORD MASS COMPLIMENTS OF Whlte Eagle Orange KISI Bottllng C0 32 Oxford Avenue Webster Mass VVALTER PAPROCKI Owner Phone 685 COMPLIMENT S OF TWIN CITY CLEANERS AND DYERS All Garments Cleaned and Pressed Rugs and Furniture Also Cleaned by Ven La est Modern Methods Tel Webster 134 Plant 100 Wes' lVIa1n St WE CALL AND DELIVER FREE 9 o 1 o o n x v - ' 0 I 0 u I I 9 ' ' 1 I A S ' Y 4 . L . . . . . . I . -'-,,,- ,Q- ,'-,,'p,.0,',Qf..,,'.,,s,,N'4'4, ,-.',,0.' 00000 000-0000000000 000000-00000 0 COMPLIMENTS OF MONTROSE DAIRY AUBURN MASS. COMPLIMENTS OF TRULL COAL AND LUMBER CO Lumber Roofing Shlngles Builders I'll1lSh Ifloormg WEBSTER MASS Tel 125 COMPLIMENTS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY TEL 900 7 MAIN STREET WEBSTER MASS 13 ELM STREET SOUTHBRIDGE MASS 0000000000 000000000 0:00000 Q3 00000000000 00 000 000000000000000-000000000000 0 000000000 4, ,,,0,0,,,,,,,,,,,,,--,,,,,,,,- - O Q u , 1. u 1 o x , . 1 , . 00000000 000000 0:0 000000000 0000.-0000000000:-000 OXFORD LOOMS INC Makers of OXFORD FABRICS 1002, ALL WOOL NOVELTIES Men s and Ladles Wear Sllltlflgi and Loatmgs OXFORD MASS COMPLIMENTS MORWAY Sz STONE FUEL CO TL 57 OXFORD MASS COMPLIMENTS S H E A S Toggery Shop Websters Biggest Clothing Store IONIPI INII X IS DAVID N TAFT MANUFACTURING COMPANY OXI ORD M XSS 40Q QQQ4 'Q4-4,0404-0,04 4440-Q4oQQ '0 '0'Q'0oo ,-,-,-,--,,----,,---,------,,-,-,,-,-,-,,,-,,-,----,,- 3 o .1 . , .. 1 . ' 1 9 1 . l I ,ll . . . L . . . 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