Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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6 THE PILGRIM composed of our members? Some of those games certainly were dusty! To the entire satisfaction and approval of all, none other than our own Sparky was elected captain of the next year's football team. It was at this time that an odd combination of facts was noted. A teacher. often had to shout in order to make Sully hear, but, he al- ways heard any whispered com- ment made by one of his class- mates. The Voodoo Minstrels and the Crimson Cocoanut displayed more ability in our class. Tommy as an endman, and Bruno as a Russian Count brought forth much applause from the audience. The Junior Promenade was sponsored by our class. For days there were comments about the school to the effect that it was the most successful and the best money-maker of any ever pre- sented in the history of the school. The hall was effectively trimmed in blue and white, the work of Dick Young and his staff, who showed all the characteristics of successful interior decorators. The boys and girls who were ushers at the Senior Commence- ment exercises looked so very dig- nified and stately that we could easily visualize them on their own graduation night-only one year away. 1931!! And so came the last year of our enrollment in our beloved school. To the Football Champs for a third successive year we tendered our Senior Dance, which was one of the best-attended affairs of the season. Some of our girls under- took to present a performance sim- ilar to that of the boys on the field, a football scrimmage-and Alice almost forgot she was supposed to be injured. Invited by A. R. Parker to visit his plant, two bus loads of Seniors traveled noisily to Bridgewater where the process of pasteurizing milk was demonstrated and ex- plained. The refreshments were most welcome to all. The ride home, especially in the second bus, will long be remembered. It Pays To Advertise , the school play, was presented in the spring, Mary CPoodlesJ Tracy, as the heroine, and Katharine Bur- gess, the French madamoiselle fwe don't believe she knew a word she was saying. We didn't.J were two of the outstanding players. Why did the bus going to Whit- man for the girls' basketball game return to P. H. S.? Oh, yes, it neglected to wait for Schnupps , Em, Jo, and some of the players. A most beautiful aiair, in the matter of decorations, was the Spanish Fiesta, for the first time held under the supervision of the Seniors. Moonlight dancing in a Spanish garden-visions of Spain! Every class has its Romeo and Juliet. Ours is no exception, we hope. Tie A Little String Around Your Finger was especially writ- ten for Jo Nunes. Very appro- priate, we must say. The deeds of certain members of the Class of 1931 deserve especial mention: Bobby Armstrong has been our Class President for four years, a record very seldom equalled. Antone 'fSparky Spath has the distinction of being one of the finest athletes ever graduated from P. H. S. ,He has helped to uphold the standard of good sportsman- ship among the players. Katharine Kay Davis filled her Secretaryship exceedingly well, and, as Editor-in-chief of The Pil- grim , has won a high place for herself in everyone's heart. Emma Em Wirzburger has been particularly efficient in guard- ing the Class Treasury. Bruno Zangheri, our future operatic star, did splendid work in The Mikado , the Crimson Cocoa- nut , and It Pays To Advertise. To the strains of My Class of '31 the lirst class to come and go under Wayne M. Shipman's super- vision, said farewell to its Alma Mater, and, diploma in hand, on June 18, 1931, prepared to take the world by storm. Well, well, one year is much like another, after all, though no class realizes that at the time, and

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THE PILGRIM 5 THE PAST History of Class of 1931 HEXTRA! Extra! All about the Class of '3I, yelled the small boy laboring tediously under his great pack of papers almost as large as himself. Read all about the graduating class of P. H. S. in full detail . Here, boy, one paper, called a passerby, as he heard the familiar words of P. H. S. Stanley Gil- bert, President of the Class of '27, handed the boy a nickle, retired to a park bench, and opened the paper. Well, well, if here isn't a reprint from The Pilgrim , of the Class History, composed by Emma Wirzburger and Argio Rebuttini! Why, it must be that my little Freshman friends are ready to go forth to conquer the world. Now let's see what has happened to them since I left school. NEW PRINCIPAL To GREET FRESHMEN !! When the Freshman class en- tered the Plymouth High School in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, they were greeted by a new principal. In this year Wayne M. Shipman assumed the duties of this oflice, and because of his kind and helpful attitude to all, he at once won the love of his many pupils. With his coming, many changes commenced to take place. The introduction of the Wool- worth Plan for the purpose of supporting student activities, was vastly aided by the Freshies who generously UD offered their dime each and every week. And may wonders never cease! It was in that year that Pete and King Fratus found their name engraved upon the first Honor Roll of the year. Their sensibilities were visibly shocked, and there was no recurrence of the event dur- ing the next three years. To this very day Elsie Danti re- grets the evil impulse which made her ask a real Indian Chief to give an Indian War Whoop for her, while he was engaged in lecturing on the customs of his tribe at one of our assemblies. The overwhelming success of the Chinese Dragons Ccomposed of groups under three leadersl in compelling their victims to sub- scribe to a magazine, the profits to be used for furthering school sports, displayed excellent sales ability in our class even at this early stage in our career. FOOTBALL CHAMPSU Although we had passed through our first year of probation, we were doomed again to be the lower classmen in our Sophomore year, for at this time the two-session plan went into effect. But we were somewhat consoled when Charlie the First placed the Plymouth High School in the limelight by producing a cham- pionship football team, the first in many years. It was during this year that Dot Covell came to school one morning with her new bob! Mr. Consodine thought he had a new boy in his class, but he soon dis- covered his error. Bruno Zangheri, through his un- usual musical and histrionic abil- ities displayed in The Mikado , brought unforgettable glory to his Alma Mater and to himself. The establishment of the Nation- al Honor Society in our school at this time was not of immediate concern to the Sophs , for mem- bers were not eligible until they were in their Junior Year. SUCCESSFUL JUNIORSH The Jolly-Juniors entered their third year of high school with the intention of doing greater things, and their aim was realized. The school paper fably sup- ported by these same Juniorsl was awarded the shield for the best school publication in the South- eastern League. Some of our class members numbered among those on the staff were Kay Davis and Gilda Cappannari, while several articles included in the issues were written by the thirty-onersf' Once again fthis time under Chief J we were recognized as the Football Champions of the dis- trict. Of course, much of the credit should be given to our class, for wasn't the cheering squad chiefly

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THE PILGRIM 7 with these words Stanley Gilbert folded his paper and went on his way. Emma Wirzburger Argio Rebuttini LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT BE IT REMEMBERED that We, the CLASS OF 1931, of Plym- outh High School, in the county of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, being of sound mind and memory, fdespite the peculiarities of ancestors who could allow a Seven Years' War to endure for one hundred years,J but knowing the uncertainty of this jazz-ridden life and knowing that w-e are destined to be overrun by this sudden visita- tion of Baby Austins which, locust- like, are devastating our Pilgrim sod, do make this our last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all wills or promises heretofore made to any person or persons with that rare characteristic of having believed us to have been serious: To MR. SHIPMAN: Loud applause for your gift of seven-period days, for two of which, may it be remem- bered, we willingly dug deep, and brought forth a shining copper. To MRS. RAYMOND: Our sincere appreciation of your efforts to penetrate our minds with the fact that the verb to be never-never- takes an object, and with the fact that we should really follow Hamlet's example in acquiring the habit of thought. To MR. SMILEY: A set of new and serviceable biology books, to save the worthy steno's the duty of preparing his information re- garding the actions of man and the reasons why fish have bones in such inconspicuous places. To MR. FASH: A group of P. G's who will not insist on submitting their knowledge of the S. O. S. upon the poor innocents of Room I. To MR. YOUNG: A pal. We al- ways wondered where Bud Fisher conceived his idea of latitude and longitude. To MISS DOWLING: A book on architecture, that you may culti- vate your interest in the aforesaid field. To MISS WILBUR: A few more Deacons' and Dicksons' to play the jester in her Fresh-Men classes, who unanimously declare Latin to be Very essential to their vocabu- lary. To MISS KELLY: A group of en- thusiastic office girls who will not expect kindness in return for close harmony, and also a folio of song hits in which Sweet Jenny Lee is not included. To MISS J UDD: A stop watch. It will be much more practical in dic- tating for speed, and wrist-watches will not have to be borrowed. To Miss LANG: Our hope that she has enjoyed her first year as teacher in the school which she at- tended as a high school pupil. To CHIEF BAGNALL: A fire ex- tinguisher, which may aid him in preventing woods fires, which, we understand, some lofty senior may start by wearing a pencil over his ear. Wood against wood causes friction, and so we are in danger of tires. To MISS RIES: A Baby Austin to convey you safely to and from school. It will be more enjoyable: time schedules and dimes can be ignored. To MRS. SWIFT: A caddy, or, perchance, an assistant to carry your wire rack from room to room. If not suitable, a traveling bag may be obtained by registering request with our class treasurer. To MISS HELEN C. JOHNSON: An encyclopedia to be used in answer- ing innumerable questions for- warded by Clarence Fortini. To MISS BAKER: Some talented musicians to participate in the juggling of the French vocabulary set to the tune of the Marseill- aise. Possibly it would be wise to donate a pitch pipe to aid the violinist and singers to find the right key. However, all's well that ends well.