Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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THE WAMPUM Founded in 1910. 1 5 cenls a copy EDITORIAL STAFF. Editor-in-Chief,ELWOOD JOHNSON, ' 16. Literary Editor. Business Manager. HAZEL CHAPMAN, ' 15. WALTER E. CROSSLEY, ' 16. Athletic Editor. Assistant Business Manager. BENJAMIN DONNELL, ' 15. WALTER A. CROWELL, ' 17. Alumni Editor. Grind Editor. ARTHUR GRAHAM, ' 16. WILLARD F. SNOW, ' 17. Cover Designer. ALVIN C. STRAIGHT, ' 17. CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIALS 4 LITERARY 5 SOCIAL EVENTS 14 ALUMNI NOTES 15 ATHLETICS 17 GRINDS 19

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THE WAMPUM SNOW AND CUMMINGS Season of 1915 WOOD SAWED; TREES SPRAYED THE BUNGALOW BAKERY Dealers in OLDHAM POND Fungicides and Insecticides Strictly Home Made Goods BRYANTVILLE P. 0. BRYANTVILLE, MASS. Tel. Connections. A. B. BOURNE, Proprietor The Brown Betty Tea House Compliment8 of Oldham Pond, Pembroke, Mass. DR. G. E. LENTINE Serving afternoon tea, sandwiches — salads, lunches, bean suppers, ice So. Hanson, Mass. cream — soft drinks. Telephone, Bryantville 19 Dancing privileges for patrons Circulating library — books 2 cents a day. Brown Betty Shop in connection. Tel. Pay Station, 8029-6 Bryantville. Telephone, Bryantville, 41-3 PLEASE HANSON PUBLIC MARKET PATRONIZE S. E. FORD, Mgr. OUR SOUTH HANSON ADVERTISERS STOP THAT GRINDING PAIN WITH Regal Rheumatic Pills Highly Recommended by Physicians and the public at large. Many grate- ful users in your own town. Ten Days ' Treatment, $1.50. WARREN CASE, Prop. Bryantville, Mass.

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THE WAMPUM Editorial Behold ! A new Wampum has arisen. (After being discontinued for three years a high school paper has been printed, and though slightly smaller than the old, we hope the readers will find as much of interest in the new as in the old. We realize that times are hard and business dull at this time, and we feel that we owe the greatest thanks to the business men of this town and of other towns, who have financially lent their aid to the paper. The scholars have spent much time in preparing themes, essays, grinds, and so forth. The editors and teachers have worked together and produced a paper of which the readers are the best judges as to whether it is a success or not. Owing to the illness of the Athletic Editor, much of the work in that de- partment has been done by Walter A. Crowell. We are glad to see so many in the Freshman Class. It is the largest that the school has had for over five years, and we hope they will continue their studies and graduate in full force. Not long ago a certain college eleven was defeated by a team it should have outplayed. The students were some- what disappointed with the result, but at the same time they realized that then was the time to cheer, a time when the team needed all possible encourage- ment. Accordingly, nearly the whole school turned out at midnight and marched half a mile through the rain to welcome home their defeated team. That was school spirit. School spirit depends on each one doing his best for the good of the school ; it depends upon the loyalty and support of each scholar. At Pembroke it depends upon you. Stand by your school ! Since the Wampum was not printed last year, perhaps some of the towns- people have forgotten about it. If so, buy one this year, read it, get interest- ed in the school and its work; then come and visit us more, and see for yourselves what we are doing. Pupils will do better, if they are encouraged by the people in the town. The school needs the people ' s support and good will, and it is your duty to become fa- miliar with what the school is doing. If you are not interested how, the Wampum will help you get interested. The Literary Society was doing good work at the first of the year, and the members enjoyed the programs con- sisting of debates, recitations, piano solos, and school songs. The Society has discontinued its meetings now, ow- ing to the many duties of the spring term. Pembroke High ' s most needed im- provement is a basement. When the building was planned, it was thought that a basement was not neecssary, but as each year passes, and the school grows larger, its lack becomes more and more apparent. The entry, in which the boys eat their lunches, is much too small, and insufficiently ventilated. If a basement were built, it would serve as a place to eat, and a part could be fitted up as a gymnasium. It is hoped that some time in the near future, the town or Alumni Association will appro- priate a sum to meet this deficiency.