Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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M K, V rwiv JK K i A ' W, - e 1, of-F'f Clarcnee Day Life With Mother was written by Clarence Day, who was born i'fi iiew Yo'rT?'i 1'T'Ie'74, In this book he presents an amusing, vivid, true-to-life picture of his mother. He makes her a reel character, and paints her for us as she appeared to him. He shows her h ,mQHi3family incidents in which he, his brothers, and his.fsther play an important part. We see her as an intelligent, lovely looking woman, used to luxury, and desirous of being her ownlboss.H Father didn't object to this latter part, but when she tried to be his'boss,Nfamily effairs didn't progress as smoothly as they might have. Day paints her faults clearly, but because of his loving under- standing snd humorous treatment, we see her as the average devoted mother who insists on being a definite and important factor in the lives of her family. , N. Marsh '59 MP5 NW?-I MFHHER Clarence Day N Life With Father is equally as interesting as Life With Phthhr. Hero we get just as sympathetic a picture of Father, and we sometimes wonder which of the two was more foolish and lovable. , The story begins when young Day, as a little boy used, to accompany his father to the bank where he worked. The boy was as proud to be with mae older men as father was to show off his little son. san-.er has many odd of with was that he oould never be sick enough 56 iiiisicibitbrs In spite of his stubbornness, however, he be-ssh fifiik, was confined to his bed, and mother saw to it that he had a doctor. As it wounded his vanity to seo his waistline slowly insressing, he used to spend much time riding horseback: the feet that the waistline was lex in responding to his