Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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30 THE PILGRIM , f-.Rx -'4-v fxr' -:rEvf ?27 ' W- 5 - 5 fm . F Q will 'J 9 I A I - . ll - :' - 'r':-I-, pf fl3:.: 3 fl .7 all f 'fef' .s... it BASEBALL The P. H. S. baseball team, un- der the direction of Coach I. E. Brown, has completed one-half of the season's schedule with four games to its credit, and five to that of its opponents. In several of these games exceptional playing was shown to the public, particu- larly in the case of the Abington game. In the first inning, one of Ab- ington's men knocked the ball for a homer. Through wonderful teamwork the score remained 1-0 until the ninth inning. Here Plymouth was able to score a run, thus necessitating another inning. Abington secured no runs. When Plymouth came to bat, Davis made a hit and was brought home by Anderson who knockd a Texas Leaguer to left field. The game was Plymouth's, with a 2-1 score. The town fans expressed their opinions on the game and declared it to be the best game ever played in Plymouth by high school teams. The second team has produced promising material for next year, and has shown up favorably in several games. ' TRACK The track team has progressed with increasing interest during the sunny spring afternoons, and re- markable results have been ob- tained in the 100-yard dash, 220- yard dash, the shot put, the run- ning high jumps, and the broad and running broad jumps. On May 23d several members of the track team attended the Harvard-Princeton Meet in the Harvard Stadium. Among those who enjoyed the exhibition were, Cavallini, Lahey, Garvin and Mc- Donald. p Several members of the track team and others picked from the school at large, were able to give a fine exhibition at the Field Day held on May 27, at the High School field. SWIMMING The Gymnasium Class, compos- ed of pupils of both the Junior and Senior High, will receive in- structions in swimming as soon as conditions permit. 1.-ll, FO'OTBALL At this time it is well to sug- gest that candidates for next year's foot-ball team should at- tend, ifpossible, one of the Citi- zen's Military Training Camps, in preparation for a strenuous sea- son with some of the best teams in Southern New England. A word to the wise is suf-- i'icient. ADDISON B. CRAIG '25

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THE PILGRIM 29 POETRY THE CHURCH OF DRURY In the town of Drury Upon a wooded hill, Beckoning the weary To peace, soft and still, Amidst the grasses greener On this country road, Inspiring the toiler Beneath his heavy load, With spire shining brightly In the sun's mellow ray, Stands the Church of Drury On this August day. LAWRENCE MAYLER '26 TREASON Spring lay basking in the sun, Thinking not of anyone, Peaceful, trusting, sleeping. Winter lurked behind the hedge, Peering thru the leafing sedge, Guileful, slyly creeping. In the east the sun shone bright, Gilding o'er the gloom of night, Laughing as the birds flew by. In the west the dark clouds hung, Sombre drapes with violence flung, Against the window of the sky. Winter launched his arrow fleet, Burdened with the snow and sleet, Speeding toward Spring's heart. Spring heeded not the piercing stings, Just wondered at the course of things- ' Straightway forgot the dart. A. E. BERG '26 SPRING . How welcome is the voice of Spring! With life proclaimed anew, With song and joy on every side, And faith and hope renewed. Once more the fields are gay with flowers, Awake from slumber deep, And from their nook among the hills, The modest violets peep. The babbling brook flows swiftly past, V The glorious sun is high, The lacy trees sway gracefully, And song-birds chirp nearby. With everything alive once more Our sadness drifts away, Again we answer Springtiine's call And laugh the live-long day. How beautiful the springtime is With all its magic charms, We welcome thee again, O Spring! We wait with open arms. HELEN NICKERSON '28 EARTH'S TREASURE This is a legend archaic, A tale that has often been told- Of a father who willed to his chil- dren A clue to his hidden gold. 'Tis in the garden hidden, Just dig for it, he said, In this search you must look most carefully - Then a smile-and he was dead. They dug the whole land over But no pot of gold did they find, But the vineyard repaid their ef- forts With grapes of a better kind. Thus did a father bestow on His sons, a truth to be learned - That no gold could be found more worthy Then gold they honestly earned. A. S. RESNICK '25

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THE PILGRIM 31 ALUMNI NOTES THEN AND NOW Then refers to the old high school building which stood on Pleasant Street on the spot now occupied by the home of Capt. D. H. Craig, and which, like an old gown, was made over from the Green Church acquired by the town in 1849 for a high school. The high school was on the upper iioor and on the other were four lower grade schools. The front of the building reached from Franklin Street nearly across the whole of the lot, saving a narrow passage way on the northern side. A flight of about a dozen steps extended across the entire front, with three doorways at the top, the end ones being for the upper floor and the centre for the lower. There were three angles to be turned in the stairs before one reached the coat rooms which were in the front corners of the build- ing, -,fine exits in case of a fire! Tests showed that the main room could be vacated in one minute and, as the boys usually jumped the stairs, they emerged into the open some time before the girls. Be- tween the coat rooms was a class room, and entrance to the main room was rearward through the coat rooms. This front class room was warmed in cold seasons partly by a wood burning box stove, which cooked those seated nearest to it and created yearnings on the part of the pupils in the far cor- ners. The rope to the school bell, aloft in the belfry, hung in this room and was given a sly pull during sessions, if the signs were right. The seats were long, wooden settees, some of which were more or less ricketty. On either side were blackboards and the instruct- or was seated at a desk on a low platform at the rear of the room. Doorways were later cut direct from the main room and aided in checking disorderly conduct when classes were changing and passing through the coat rooms. The main room was also the classroom for the principal, whose desk was on a wide platform at the eastern end of the apartment and nearest the entrance for the boys. The school piano was on the opposite end of the platform and in the centre space was the spot where each Thursday certain of the grammar and rhetoric classes, picked by some unknown fto the pupilsj process, were condemned to read compositions before the whole assemblage. A broad aisle extended down the centre and separated the girls, who were on the north, from the boys on the south. There were at least eight rows of double desks reach- ing from front to back. Two rows of windows lighted the room quite well, except in winter, and then seats were often changed for ones nearer the illumination although this exposed the pupils to more or less chilly draughts from the loosely-fitting sashes. Heat was furnished by two tall cylindrical coal burners at the front of the room, two long lines of smokepipe extending from them down the sides and across the rear end of the room, Where they met in a cen- tral chimney. There were times when one did not suffer from heat unless, for perfectly good reasons on the part of the principal, one was occupying a desk nearest the platform and stove as well as the desk of the principal. I may say that, as a rule, I was not chilly in winter weather for the above reason. Sanitation was given little at- tention. The toilet facilities were scarcely as good as can be found in any military camp and were given less care. All of the water for the schools in the building was furnished by one faucet on the lower fioor in the passageway where the winter's wood was stacked. Bubblers were unknown