Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1943 volume:

thc CONNING TOVE-f, 1943 l T 1 R0SIH [hot I Muy B? of Service PLYMOUT+t T£AOH€P$ COLL£GC TABLE OF CONTENTS year book staff DEDICATION PLYMOUTH CREED PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FACULTY CLASS ODE SENIORS UNDER CLASSMEN TRAINING SCHOOLS SOCIAL CALENDAR ACTIVITIES SPORTS CAMPUS SHOTS SENIORS' ACTIVITIES ADDRESS SECTION ADVERTISEMENTS YEAR BOOK STAFF EDITORS Teresa Collins Reta Ordway ASSOCIATE EDITOR Althea Ford ADVERTISING Earline Ford Marjorie Yea ton Martha Lcfcbvre ART COMMITTEE Marion Nelson Carol Crc'go Arlene Abcar Mary Hubbard EvaBellc Ackerman Beatrice Duquette PHOTOGRAPHY Stella Ingerson Edith Johnson Anna Lewis FACULTY ADVISER Mrs. Eva E. Furlong Our heartfelt gratitude goes to you, Mrs. Furlong, for your guidance and indispensable assistance in organizing our year book. Robert L. Boyd DEDICATION It is with sincere appreciation of your every effort to make our school associations pleasant that the Class of 1943 dedicates this yearbook to you, Mr. Boyd. PLYMOUTH CREED Perseverance in effort ideal. Loyalt to yaity s Yearning for service Anemones tliat Mess and turn Opportunity for self-expression Unity witli kumanity Trust in God Honor to country and self The President’s Message James Russell Lowell wrote, “Our ancestors sought a new country; what they found was a new condition of mind.” Eternal change is no less characteristic of mind than of material things. Revolutions and world wars arc both cause and effect of changes seemingly sudden but really resulting from forces of long development. When total war comes as the only means of peaceful adjustment, terrible things happen to those societies in the right as well as those in the wrong. However high the ideals of any civilization, war necessarily destroys some fineness, not to mention death, disease, debt, and despair. So your class goes into service with the supreme job of saving for our post-war society, all things possible for renewing and strengthening the ancient and eternal values, yet wisely sensing the modification of ways of life in adaptation to a new world order. It will be the greatest test of your wisdom and courage to choose those sterner things of ancient good, to keep, and those newer things of primrose hue, to discourage, that the ravages of war may quickly be succeeded by the better new day. A special danger of your young lives is too great susceptibility to preachments of the “reformers”, whose youth, inexperience, and fondness for radical philosophy give force if not wisdom to their words. It is interesting to observe how many of these “reformers” are themselves reformed when responsibility and maturity make them wiser. Watch for new truth always; judge passing sophistries with great care. Ernest L. Silver FACULTY SSKS Ernest Leroy Silver President Dartmouth College, B.L.; Pd.D.; Harvard Summer School. Guy Edwin Speare Supervisor of Campus Schools and Director of Training Dartmouth College, A.B.; Harvard University, Ed.M. Beatrice Ella Hodgdon Physical Education Plymouth Teachers College; Posse Normal School; Harvard University, Summer Term; Columbia University, B.S.; AM. Harry Preble Swctt History and Social Science Amherst College, A.B.; Harvard University, A.M.; Harvard University, Summer School; Columbia University, Summer School. Eva Earll Furlong English Cornell University, Ph.B.; A.M.; Columbia University, Summer School. Geneva May Smith Mathematics Farmington State Normal School, Maine; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; University of Maine, B.A.; University of Chicago, Summer Quarter; Graduate work, University of Maine. 8 Ruth Olive Bozarth Geography Illinois State Normal University, B.Ed.; Columbia Teachers College, A.M. Robert John Ernst Commerce Iowa State Teachers College, A.B.; State University of Iowa, A.M. Luther John Pollard Education Lawrence College, A.B.; University of Wisconsin, A.M.; Harvard University, Graduate School; Professor of Education and Philosophy, Lombard College; University of Maine. Gertrude E. McGunigle Music Mount Holyoke College, A.B.; Teachers College, Columbia University, A.M.; Summer at Institute of Music Pedagogy, Northampton, Massachusetts. Voice Study in Boston, Springfield, Indianapolis, and New York. Robert L Stevenson Art Massachusetts Normal Art School; Massachusetts School of Art, B.S.; Boston University School of Education, Ed.M.; Harvard University. Robert Lucius Boyd Natural Sciences Massachusetts State College, B.S.; University of New Hampshire, Ed.M. 9 Julia Thurza Cox, R.N. Health and Nursing Registered Nurse, Elliot Hospital; Simmons College; Summers, 1939 and 1940. Ann Marston Assistant Librarian Wellesley College, B.A., 1930; Simmons College of Library Science, B.S., 1941. Elizabeth Whiting Doolittle Librarian Bates College, A.B.; Simmons College, School of Library Science, B.S.; Summer School, 1939. Mary P. Fogler Dietitian Simmons College, B.S., 1942. Ida Rosseili Commerce Boston University, Practical Arts and Letters, B.S. in P.A.L., 1940; Boston University Graduate School, 1942; Middlebury Summer Session, 1941; Boston University Summer Session, 1942. Philmore Burlon Wass History Washington State Normal School, Machias, Maine, 1937; University of Maine, B.S. in Ed., 1940; University of Iowa, M.A.; University of Iowa Summer Session, 1941. Carmen Taylor Critic and Headmaster Dalton High School Bates College, A.B.; Columbia University Summer School; Boston University, Ed.M. Marion Katherine Scavey Principal of the Training School Graduate Plymouth Normal School; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; Boston University, Ed.M.; Summer Instructor in Kindergarten and Nursery School, University of New Hampshire. Clara M. Thurber Headmaster and Critic Hampstead High School Graduate, North Adams Normal School. 1922; B.S. in Ed., New Britain Teachers College, 1934; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1940; extension work at Yale University. Marguerite E. Wagoncer Critic Plymouth Teachers College, B. of Ed.; University of New Hampshire, M.A. Gladys Pearl Twitchell Critic and Headmaster Orford High School Farmington Normal School; Colby College, A.B.; Summer Sessions, Columbia University; Columbia University, A.M. Anna Bean Brown Critic Simmons College, University of Maine, B.S.; Summer School, University of New Hampshire; Summer School, Plymouth Teachers College; University of New Hampshire, Ed.M. 11 Lulu M. Hoyc Critic Gorham Normal School; Castinc Normal School, Hyannis State College; Boston University, B.S. in Ed., Ed.M. Stella Hughes Durkee Critic State Normal School, Castleton, Vermont, B.E.; University of Vermont, Summers; Vermont public school teacher; Castleton Normal School, demonstration teacher. Norma Adams Dooley Critic State Teachers College, Worcester, Mass., B.S. in Ed.; M.A.; Clark University; Becker's Business College, Worcester, Mass., summer; Mass, public schools, teacher. Dorothy M. McGcoch Critic Westminster College, B.S.; New York State College for Teachers, A.M.; Cornell University, Summer 1939. Charlotte Euphemia Gould Plymouth Teachers College, 1940, B.Ed.; Boston University, 1942, M.Ed. Barbara Thompson Critic Lowell Teachers College, 1937, B.S. Ed.; Tufts College, 1942; Summer, University of New Hampshire, 1942. 12 Gertrude Ida Shaw Registrar and Secretary to President Hazel Downing Clerk Spring—1943 Spring is just as beautiful this year As it has ever been, Though men's hearts are occupied With ways and means to “win”. Those who watch will find great strength In the simple lovely things That symbolize eternal hope And the joyfulness of Spring. 13 Althea Ford CLASS ODE As mountains of blue majesty, Show their strength with grace; As sun portrays each gift Of Heav’n in its lowly place; Our hearts will e’er speak praise Of years we’ve spent with thee; Now our hearts and voices rise To show our pride in thee. Leaving friends we hold so dear, Whom we found so true, May blessings of our Maker Fill each heart anew. We proudly face our future To work, to serve with love; Kindling fires of freedom’s way With help from Him above. SflMDOfRS Ida Rosselli To the Graduates of the Commerce Curriculum “No individual lives unto himself alone.” With the fuller recognition of the indisputable fact that the success of democracy depends not only upon an educated people, but also upon a socially-minded people, educators arc attaching more and more importance to the needs of society in its development of a commercial education program. Commercial education has metamorphosed into one of semi-social, semi-occupational interests, the real purport of which is, through the discovery and nurture of each individual’s talents, interests, and capacities, the realization of sound social, cultural, and vocational aims and values. This goal is not tangible. Teachers of Commerce must formulate a philosophy of teaching that gives it unity. If Commercial education is to become more responsive to the needs of society, there must be recognition of the social implications of secondary education. As of all institutions of higher learning, that of Commercial Education, too, is committed, by its very existence, to the perpetuation of the Rights of Man. 16 Ida Rosselli HAROLD ELMER ANNIS MARTHA ANNETTE LEFEBVRE LULA EVELYN PRICE JULIA AGNES STULB MARJORIE ETTA YEATON Harry Preble Svett To the Graduates of the Secondary Curriculum I suggest a maxim—a maxim for you to apply to yourselves and also for you, as citizens of a free country, to apply in judging social and political leaders. This is the maxim: Think completely and act accordingly. Moreover, intuitive action is the process of all thinking. Remember what Professor Barrett says concerning aesthetic thinking. You are familiar with historic insights: Archimedes and the crown; Newton and the apple; Descartes and analytic geometry; McKinley and the Philippine Islands. But we do the same way with smaller matters. We assemble the particulars that we need, or can get; then in some way comes the generalization. It is always an interesting process. Although we arc doing this all the time, we do not fully understand the mental activity. Professor Woodbridge, then of Columbia, said that nobody has ever settled the controversy over universals. He added: “The glory that would come from doing so could not be endured by mortal man.” It may be objected that human beings are imperfect and can never think completely. This is true of large philosophical, social, and political themes. But lesser problems can be outlined, and satisfactory conclusions can be reached. Professor Dewey’s “Steps” are relevant here. As for the larger themes that cannot be completely mastered, another maxim may be suggested, which will give courage in spite of human limitations: Never act upon a principle that is likely to cause harm to any person. This, in brief, is the democratic way of thought and action. Harry Preble Svett EDITH McADAMS JOHNSON F. BARBARA JONES RETA MAE ORDWAY FRANCES VIRGINIA WEEKS Guy E. Speare To the Graduates of the Elementary Curriculum The amazing world that is emerging from the tragedy of the present finds you alert and understanding. Excessive speed has made this world smaller, indeed a global neighborhood. Stern necessities are creating marvels so new that the future is unpredictable Your eager spirits are following the eternal quest for deeper meanings that will keep you abreast of change. Teaching in these times will not be easy. In their daily living the children will sense the profligate cost of our efforts in offense and defense. They will do their share while you cheer them in dark hours. You will lead them to new discoveries in the meaning of patriotism and loyalty. You will lure them to appreciation and inspiration as they gain culture and spiritual outlook. With them you will keep in touch with world affairs, and grow continually in your comprehension of our gift of freedom and our wonderful cultural heritage. The richest expression of elementary education is in the intimate life of the school. Here democracy is at its best. Children give themselves so completely to their interests that freedom with order inheres in their activities. Individuals and groups work together responsibly and grow in expression of opinion based upon tolerance. Kindly courtesy with respect for the rights of others flowers in this happy living where essential skills become integrated into rich, creative personalities. Thus you will teach in a world which, as never before, has need of your brave optimistic youth. 20 Guy E. Speare ARLENE TERESE ABEAR EVABELLE ACKERMAN PHILIP BANIOS ANNIE MARY BLAAUW TERESA MARY COLLINS CAROL EVA CREGO BEATRICE GLADYS DUQUETTE ALTHEA LUCILLE FORD EARLINE DEARTH FORD MILDRED EVELYN HARRIS IRENE FOSKETT FOWLER MARY ELIZABETH HENNESSEY MARY LOUISE HUBBARD STELLA ELIZABETH 1NGERSON ELISABETH SOUTHARD KINGSBURY ANNE ELIZABETH LEONARD ANNA LEWIS ELEANOR MARGARET McGIVNEY ALBERT DEXTER MERRILL JANE MOORE MORRIS MARION ANN NELSON MARGARET ELIZABETH POWERS MORGIA ANNA VALIA SHIRLEY PEARL VELANDER Back row: M. Hunton, R. Dolby, B. Currier, S. Sullivan, B. Carr. Third row: R. Giddings, L. Pike, J. Nixon, D. Jacques, C. Milton, J. Ryan. Second row: W. Bassett, B. Thurston, P. Dubcau, E. Tessimond, M. Richardson, L. Burke, J. Brock, B. Moffett. Front row: L. Gray, D. Bergeron, M. Garland, P. Little, L. Nutting, F. Stanford, J. Bolton, B. Flcuri, A. Richardson. JUNIORS 28 Back row: B. Jennings, Z. Head, C. Spaulding, H. Brown, L. Houle. Middle row: H. Kelly, B. Stuart, H. Boyle, S. Davis, L. Hawkins, L. Harriman. Front row: B. Ritchie, S. Albany, F. Corley, L. Lancaster, R. Matthews, M. Hazcn, R. Huntress. Back row: R. Perry, L. Whitcomb, E. Bralcy, V. Hallisey, L. Heath, E. Bigelow, J. Avery, M. Lucy, L. Pastman. Third row: P. Wade, R. Merrill, B. Rowland, P. Tillotson, M. Donovan, B. Sanborn, B. Patch, R. Crandall, D. Pierce, W. Ford, R. Gilman, S. Folis. Second row: N. Moulton, L. Yeaton, V. Deachman, R. Brown, I. Smith, K. Goodscll, E. Austin, E. Thomas, E. Drew, B. Pattce, R. Bachclder. Front row: M. Jocelyn, P. Gordon, C. Philbrook, D. Perkins, D. Donati, E. Railton, F. Eldridge, B. Wilmot, P. Warren, B. Brackett, G. Brown. TOAQNDIMG SCHOOLS) Orford High School On a September morning the cadet teachers are faced with rows of unfamiliar, scrutinizing faces evincing much curiosity concerning the new teachers and very little concerning the fields of knowledge so eagerly to be imparted to them. An indescribable feeling in the region of the stomach reminds the new teachers that all previous instruction in proper methods of pedagogy has momentarily receded from memory. But they are quickly brought from ideals to practicalities by such thoughts as “How can I really convince them that this subject is of vital importance?” and “Should I reduce marks because of errors in English?” At last we had reached the very threshold of our teaching careers. We had been taught as students that we were to expect compensation in service but not in praise. A fuller understanding of this comes only after days of disheartening results when one chance remark such as, “I really began to like Shakespeare this year because of the way we studied it in class”, or “I’m glad you showed us what to do with that decimal point. I was all mixed up before.” brings a glow of happiness that erases the many remarks of this sort: “I didn’t understand that”, and “I hate grammar.” Three years of studying at P.T.C. direct us toward our days of training and provide us with the ideals, but we must experience to know. In our training we were encouraged and advised by our critic, Miss Twitchell, whose own enthusiasm and love for teaching have been an inspiration to us and established for us a goal which we must reach, before we may say as sincerely as she does, “I truly enjoy teaching.” Reta Ordway Dalton “School begins at Dalton High School, Wednesday at 8:40.” This notice from Miss Taylor marked the beginning of our long awaited semester of practice teaching. Our main interests in Dalton were, of course, centered around the small high school and its co-operative student body. Little had we realized that the teaching profession could be so enjoyable and interesting, and so worth-while, as we have found it to be in Dalton. The personality of Miss Taylor, her wise guidance, and her ability to make one feel completely at case, all contribute to making Dalton an ideal training school. Special mention should be made of the fine community spirit, which naturally adds a great deal in making one feel as though he were a functioning part of the community in which he teaches. The social life at Dalton is most enjoyable. Card parties, Grange entertainments, weekly trips to surrounding towns, with all the additional unnecessary calories acquired, all helped in making our stay at Dalton a pleasant one. Being situated in the Connecticut Valley, there were ample opportunities for many interesting, yet strenuous, hikes. We shall never forget that Saturday in November when we climbed Dalton Mountain to “Lover’s Leap”, a distance of ten miles. From this high altitude, one could see the beautiful snow-capped White Mountains, and Cannon Mountain reflected in Echo Lake, as well as the surrounding towns of Bethlehem, Whitefield, Littleton, and Lancaster. How very fortunate we were to be able to have done our practice teaching in a place like Dalton. 32 Harold Annis Mary Hennessey Plymouth Training School If one were to ask a Senior to evaluate her completed experiences as a cadet teacher in the Plymouth Training School, she could but attempt an evaluation. She would realize that she could make a full appraisal only when she had put into practice the theories and ideals of student teaching. We can easily picture one of our own classmates starting out next September, confronted with the problems of organization and efficient teaching. What to do—a roomful of eager, waiting children and the seemingly insurmountable task of making programs and schedules to cover adequately the work outlined for the year. No feeling of fear or incapability will she need to experience. Across the screen of memory will flash the similar problems which she has discussed and met with her critic teachers in the training school.' Looking back, she will remember the painstaking thoroughness with which each problem was worked out with her instructor. The very necessary details covering the personality of the teacher, her discipline, and her teaching techniques are treated with special care. These, however, are not the only phases of teaching with which the student teacher becomes familiar. She begins to see the classroom not only as an integral unit but as a group of individuals, each with character to mold and mind to guide in the pathways of democratic living. Above all, she learns the importance of using her common sense in a scientific attitude toward the daily problems she is sure to encounter. The student teacher emerges from her training period, filled with well grounded hopes for success, and a deeply embedded knowledge of, and desire for, the work she has chosen. She is ready to take her place as a teacher in the professional world and as an educated citizen in a democracy. The Plymouth Training School has well prepared her for the enjoyable and vital work that lies before her. She steps forward as a responsible young teacher, ready and willing to carry the banner of progressive education into whatever community she may go. Eleanor McGivney Margaret Powers Hampstead High School Hampstead will always have a place in our lives, remembered with -happy thoughts and pleasant associations. We shall never forget our first day and the sensations of strangeness and newness which so quickly gave way to feelings x f contentment and eager anticipation of future service. The new experience as a teacher in a real high school was as satisfying as ever we had hoped. The Freshman Reception, the Hallowe’en party, organizing the school paper, the Operetta, and the Senior play highlighted the busy routine of school days and enthusiastically swept us along. School activities dominated our lives, and thus the time passed rapidly. Our home while in Hampstead was all that anyone could ask for; many were the happy times enjoyed under that roof. Success, failure, joy, and tribulation,—each had a place, and each added to our invaluable training as cadets. Frequent visits to near-by cities, parties, long walks, and pleasant companionship made it a never-to-be-forgotten experience. The families welcomed us in the typical democratic American fashion, and were extremely friendly and eager to assist us in any way possible.' All in all, that part of our lives spent in Hampstead is held by us as a thing to be cherished. We held our first classes there, dreamed our dreams, and formed our ideals, ideals to be followed in successful careers of the future. Martha Lefebvre Amy Seaver IMlflfc SOCIAL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 8-10 Freshman Days 10 Registration, Upper Classmen 14 Langdon Park, Supper 16 Faculty Tea for Freshmen 19 Mountain Day 25 Freshman Reception OCTOBER 11 Parents’ Day 17 Hall Dormitory Entertainment 31 Hallowe’en Party NOVEMBER 5 Pan Athenaeum Play 21 Faculty Entertainment 24 Thanksgiving Banquet DECEMBER 3 Pan Athenaeum Play 4 Debate 5 Game Night 13 Christmas Vesper Service 17 Christmas Banquet and Dance JANUARY 9 Game Night 23 Barn Dance 27 Forum FEBRUARY 6 Winter Carnival 18 Pan Athenaeum Play 20 Movies 24 Forum 27 Mary Lyon Hall Entertainment MARCH 4 Lecture—Edmund Stevens 5 Lecture—Sam Grathwell 13 Lecture—Charles Copp APRIL 3 Sugaring-Off Party 15 Student Council Tea MAY 1 May Breakfast 7 Pan Athenaeum Play 14 Pan Athenaeum Play 22 Social Club Activity 29 Night Frolic JUNE 6 Baccalaureate Service 8 Last Campfire 9 Faculty Tea for Seniors 11 Last Chapel 11 Class Day Exercises 12 Commencement 36 ACI11VDT0E5 Anna Lewis President of the Student Council Our Government We are living in a time when it is possible for us to see not only the blessings of a democratic form of government but also the responsibilities which must be carried by each individual citizen living in a successful democracy. Every day in the world around us, wc sec tragic examples of the failure of individuals to assume these responsibilities. A government cannot be strong, cannot survive, without the full support of its people. In a time of crisis, there is little doubt that each person is willing and eager to carry his share. Every one wants to feel that he is helping to preserve that which he suddenly realizes is very dear to him. We are learning the lesson that such crises can be avoided by the full cooperation of everyone all the time. Our student government offers us an opportunity to learn, through experience in a very small democracy, a few of the individual responsibilities which wc must accept in a much larger democracy. Through experience, also, we are realizing that our student government will persevere and grow stronger only through the efforts, the trust, and the loyalty of all its people. As Thomas Paine once said, “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” As young men and women we are going forth into a professional life, to take our place as citizens in a democracy. Let us transplant the seeds of civic responsibilities and the ideals of co-opcration and democracy which our student government has given us. 38 Anna Lewis Officers President -------A. Lewis Vice-President - - - - B. Ritchie Secretary ----- B. Currier Faculty Advisers - - - Miss Dooley Miss Bozarth Officers President ------ L. Price Vice-President - - - - B. Currier Secretary....................J. Brcck Librarian ------ B. Fleuri Director - - - - Miss McGunigle The Senior Glee Club has met weekly during the entire year. It has spent diligent hours preparing for the performances it has presented, two of the most successful being the Christmas Concert and the concert presented before the Plymouth Woman’s Club. The rehearsals of this organization are always enjoyed greatly by all members. GLEE CLUB Officers Praident - - - Secretary-T reasurer Librarian - -Director - - - B. Kingsbury - - - P. Little - - - L. Burke - - Mr. Boyd The college band members participate in activities of school and town. Opportunity to participate is given to those who have had no previous musical experiences. Officers Secretary ------ P. Little Librarian ----- L. Hawkins Our school entertainments are supplemented by the selections of the school orchestra. Members arc given the opportunity for musical growth and enjoyment. The musical achievements arc greatly appreciated by all. 42 Officers President......................C. Stulb Vice-President - - - - M. Hazcn Secretary-Treasurer - - B. Rowland Adviser......................Miss Gould Freshman Reception—picnic suppers in Lang-don Park—hilarious dormitory entertainments —weird Hallowe’en parties—colorful formal dances—impressive Christmas carols—festive May breakfast. Officers President.................M. Nelson Vice-President - - - - S. Sullivan Secretary-Treasurer - M. Richardson Adviser..................Mr. Stevenson The Art Club offers a challenge to those who are interested in creative expression. The members provide the art designs for The Prospect and aid in giving artistic touches to school social functions. Its members have the enjoyment of its social gatherings. 44 Officers President...................L. Houle Vice-President ----- B. Carr Recording Secretary - - D. Donati Corresponding Secretary - M. Garland Faculty Adviser - - - - Mr. Swett The members of the Forensic Club hold meetings twice a month for the purpose of developing ability in debating and in public speaking. Whenever possible, the Plymouth debaters debate with teams from other schools, and all members of the club are given the opportunity to share in most of its activities. 45 Board of Directors E. McGivney M. Hennessey M. Garland A. Seaver E. Johnson Faculty Director - - - Mrs. Furlong Pan Athenaeum members gain in dramatic expression both by acting in and by directing the plays presented by the club. The productions displayed to the student body show the exceptional talent of its members. Prospect Staff Officers Editor - - -Associate Editor M. Hennessey - M. Garland E. McGivncy J. Stulb R. Ordway R. Dolby L. Gray L. Houle E. Houston E. Braley P. Gordon Faculty Adviser - - - Mrs. Furlong Staff Members - - - Our four larger copies of The Prospect were produced, one in the fall, one at Christmas, one in March, and one in June. These issues contained literary work, news items, school gossip, and feature articles. The Prospect Staff greatly appreciated the co-operation of the students and hopes to have as great success next year as it has had in this. The French Club puts into practice the current opinion of the significance of the French language by offering to its members an opportunity to become skillful in the everyday use of the language. Our Club not only plays an important part as a social activity, but also adds to the cultural background and versatility of all its members through worthwhile meetings in which all members enjoy extensive conversations in the French language. President................M. Lefcbvre Vice-President - - - - B. Brackett Secretary-Treasurer - - C. Goodsell | BASKETBALL Competitive games are played by the alley and class teams. Such expressive captions as The Commandos”, “The Hermits”, and “The Fighting Frcshies” aptly describe each team. Players are efficiently coached in the techniques of good basketball playing. 49 As a representative outdoor sport, field hockey provides excellent opportunity to its members by developing active co-ordination and progressive team work. Soft ball is a similar sport offering the same opportunities to participants. In Thy Name We ask not for ourselves, dear Lord, Reward or personal gain; Nor do we ask that you release The world from every care and pain. But for our loved ones far away, Who o’er the battle fronts must roam, We ask that you return to them, Their priceless heritage of home. We see them in some distant land Of fighting, dying men. Hope gone, as if in living death, They march, not knowing where or when. We see them under desert suns, In gloomy, chilling rain, Their faces etched in weariness, Young eyes that mirror pain. Dear Lord, we ask it in Thy name, And in their names as well. Bring back our loved ones to their homes, And free the world from hell. 52 Sylva Davis, ’45 Guy E. Speare The New Poetry What is this new poetry of which I hear you speak? Has it strange intensity? Does it try to wreak Its violence of anguish upon your aching heart? Does its raw reality make your pulses start, Your blood go racing on its rampant way, Blessing you or cursing you with delight or agony On your humdrum day? Does it bring you holy anger at all cruelty and sham, At crassness and dulncss that dam The happy floods of loveliness—the right of every spirit, If the eyes are free to see, the cars to hear it? Does it show you how all common things— The growing plant, the flying bird—the very total—sings, How all below, and everything above, Sharpen to a keenness our common lot with love? Do you not feel the bcauty that beneath the seeming ugliness Shines a breathless moment in strange holiness? Can you not forgive the poet, if it be he is obscure? He has so much to stir him, such pain he must endure. Shall we not understand if for now and then an hour He flees from crowding jostling to his ivory tower? These lines were written for my Summer School class in Current Literature, August 13, 1942. They are my confession of my happy discovery of the strange incredible significance and beauty of the work of the ‘‘new poets” of our day. 54 Guy E. Speare Remember When A certain five Freshmen washed their walls? Betty Leonard used to read Shakespeare? That dividing chalk-line was drawn in a certain Freshman room? Polly bid “five” without looking at her hand? Freshman Alley held raw onion parties? Leonard sat on the bird’s eggs? The Freshman Class had three free afternoons a week—free from classes but not from toil? Fluff put the chair out the window and couldn’t get it back? Nelson had that first nightmare? My Devotion” was the theme song in Hall Dorm? Kitty-bid whist held the spotlight” on Angel Alley? The commercials went to Ashland via Boston in accounting class? Nelson appreciated the finer things of life”? The sleeves came out of Eleanor’s pajamas (made in D.A. class)? The snow-sculptured lamb was smashed to smithereens? One of us sailed into the “lib”, modeling a pair of pink garters around her ankles? There were ghosts in Mary Lyon? Martha said, Get me a handkerchief,” and Irene asked, Who, me?” Miss Witham was our commercial teacher? Eiiidh’s father sold the cow? We made those hermit suits”? The exit from Blaauw’s party was made in single file? Crego didn’t sing her rote song—and after that beautiful build-up! Mr. Merrill was in charge of room conditions”? Irene said (about Pembroke), They have a park, but you can’t do anything there, because all there is, is a statue and a cannon”? Herbie stood on the water-shed”? Miss Cox had a bantam rooster? We carried a gallon rice custard pudding out to camp? The commercials couldn’t sec the forest for the trees? Rachel’s pet salamander disappeared? Nelson tried to find a measurements book after eight weeks of the subject? Johnny slept out? Carol gave her own version of Faust”? Miss Farrell was quite interested. Eleanor used to get those Sunday night telephone calls from Bangor? Barbie George told us she was married? Certain Seniors’ clocks were always slow? What calisthenics did to us? We got up at 5:00 A.M. to go to the Plymouth Fair? Ruth and Bill sat in the lobby every Saturday night? Miss Bozarth caught Tcda with her shoes off? Dottic Stokes arrived with her Hey, there”? Gone with the Wind”, a Crcgo-Johnson production, was showing at the Penthouse” (attic stairs off Tuff’s Alley to you)? We went down to the Maple Diner for breakfast after carol singing? Annie Blaauw went after the prize for her table at the Christmas Banquet? We all signed up with Rowell Agency for the Spring Frolic? Everyone stayed downstreet until 9:30, the first night of the new ruling? Certain Seniors had their papers all done a week ahead of time? The smell of burning wood —dripping bathing suits—“A Little Rendezvous in Honolulu” —sunburns—amateur photography—corny jokes—pickles and potato chips. laps? Plymouth Our Freshman year passed rapidly; New friends were quickly made; Foundations for our later life Were slowly, surely laid. The next year saw us Sophomores, “Wise Fools” is one translation. We built the outside of our house, The teaching occupation. To furnish the house was our task the next year, And as Juniors we hoped to succeed; So methods wc studied, psychology too, To prepare for our future need. As Seniors our house turned into home, With satisfaction and pleasure good store. What we do with our lives is our problem now, For our Plymouth days are o’er. So let us make life in our new house complete: It depends upon all that wc do; It’s where new friends are made and old ones are kept, In harmony perfect and true. Mary L. Hubbard 69 SENIOR ACTIVITIES •ARLENE ABEAR—“Lee” Yearbook Staff 4; Orchestra 1,2,3. EVABELLE ACKERMAN—“Ackic” Yearbook Staff 4. RACHEL ALDRICH Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 3,4. HAROLD ANNIS—“Bud” Clerk of Court 1; Social Club 1,2; Basketball 1,2,3; Glee Club 1,2,3; Band 1,2,3,4. PHILIP BANIOS—“Phil” House Chairman 3,4; Men’s Glee Club 1,2,3; Basketball 1,2,3; Forensic 1,2. ANNIE BLAAUW—“Blop” Representative 1; Social Club 1; Volley Ball 4; Art Club 2,3,4; French Club 4. TERESA COLLINS—“Teda” Editor of “Conning Tower” 4; Class President 3; Deputy Sheriff 2; Representative 1,2; Social Club 3; Basketball 1; Volleyball 1,2; Badminton 3; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 4; President of Publicity Staff 3; Student Council 3. .CAROL CREGO—“Kay” Yearbook Staff 4; Representative 1,2; Councilor 2; Basketball 1,2,3; Varsity Team 2,3; Volley Ball 1,2,4; Field Hockey 2,3,4; Junior Glee Club 1; Band 1,2,3,4; Pan Athenaeum 3,4. BEATRICE DUQUETTE—“Bea” Yearbook Staff 4; Softball 1,2; Ice Hockey 2; Junior Glee Club 1. ALTHEA FORD—“Sally” Class President 2,4; Class Marshall 3; Social Club 2,3; Prospect 2,3; Basketball 2; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 4; French Club 1; Publicity Staff. EARLINE FORD—“Curley” Yearbook Staff 4; Student Council 4. EVELYN HARRIS—“Harry” Representative 1,2; Deputy Sheriff 1; Volley Ball 1,2; Junior Glee Club 1. MARY HENNESSEY Prospect Staff 3,4; Editor-in-chief 4; Forensic 1,2,3,4; Pan Athenaeum 3,4; Board of Directors 4. MARY HUBBARD—“Hub” Yearbook Staff 4; Sheriff 1; Senior Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Art Club 4. STELLA INGERSON Representative 1; Sheriff 2; Student Council 4; Yearbook Staff, Photography Committee Chairman 4. EDITH JOHNSON—“Johnny” Basketball 1,2,3; Varsity Team 1,2,3; Volleyball 1,2,3,4; Spccdball 1,2; Field Hockey 1,2,3,4; Forensic 1,3,4; Pan Athenaeum 3,4; Board of Directors 4. 70 SENIOR ACTIVITIES BARBARA JONES—“Barb” Basketball 1,2; Volleyball 2,3; Field Hockey 2,3. ELISABETH KINGSBURY—“Betty” Band 2,3,4, President 4; Orchestra 2,3,4; Senior Glee Club 2,3,4; Trumpet Trio 2,3; Special Glee Club 2,3. MARTHA LEFEBVRE—“Mart” Junior Glee Club 1; Volleyball 2; French Club 1,2,3,4; Vice-President 1, Secretary-treasurer 2, President 4. ELIZABETH LEONARD—“Betty” Social Club 4; Volleyball 1,2; Field Hockey 2,3; Art Club 3,4; Pan Athenaeum 4; French Club 4. ANNA LEWIS—“Anne” Yearbook Staff 4; Sheriff 1; Representative 1,2; President Student Council 4; House Chairman 4; Social Club 1,2,3,4; Vice-President Social Club 2; Senior Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Special Glee Club 3; Volleyball 1,2; Class Marshall 3; Pan Athenaeum 3. ELEANOR McGIVNEY—“El” Deputy Sheriff 2; Associate Justice 2; Representative 1; Social Club 2,3,4, President 3; Prospect Staff 1,2,3,4; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 2,3,4; Volleyball 2; Pan Athenaeum 2,3,4; Board of Directors 3,4; Publicity Staff 3. JANE MORRIS—“Janie” Senior Glee Club 1,2,3; Orchestra Pianist 1,2,3; Trumpet Trio Accompanist 2,3. MARION NELSON—“Nelse” Deputy Sheriff 2; Yearbook Art Committee Chairman 4; Social Club 3,4; Junior Glee Club 1; Art Club 1,2,3,4, President 4. RETA ORDWAY—“Rcta Mae” Editor of “Conning Tower” 4; Prospect Staff 3,4, Literary Editor 3; Softball 1,2; Volley-balL 2; Field Hockey 2,3; Junior Glee Club 1; Band 3. MARGARET POWERS—“Maggie” Basketball 2,3; Field Hockey 2,3. LULA PRICE— Lu” Basketball 1,2,3; Volleyball 1,2,3; Field Hockey 3; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 2,3. JULIA STULB—“Julie” Representative 2; Vice-President 1; Secretary-treasurer 2,3,4; Junior Glee Club 1,2; Basketball 1,2,3; Social Club 2,4; Prospect Staff 4. MORGIA VALIA—“Marge” Deputy Sheriff 1; Volleyball 1,2; Junior Glee Club 1. SHIRLEY VELANDER—“S.P.” Representative 1,2; Art Club 3,4; French Club 4. FRANCES WEEKS—“Fran” Basketball 1,2,3,4; Volleyball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1,2,3; Badminton 3; Field Hockey 2,3; Athletic Association 2. MARJORIE YEATON—“Marge” Yearbook Staff 4; Student Council 4. 71 SENIOR ADDRESSES Abcar, Arlene Ashland, N. H. Ackerman, EvaBclIc Plymouth St. Meredith, N. H. Aldrich, Rachel 79 Terrace Road Franklin, N. H. Annis, Harold Colcbrook, N. H. Banios, Philip 9 Patten Court Nashua, N. H. Blaauw, Annie Grafton, N. H. Collins, Teresa 121 2 Washington St. Concord, N. H. Crcgo, Carol Box 51 Wassaic, N. Y. Duquette, Beatrice 22 Grove St. East Rochester, N. H. Ford, Althea Danbury, N. H. Ford, Earline Russell St. Plymouth, N. H. Fowler, Irene R.F.D. 4 Concord, N. H. Harris, Evelyn Warner, N. H. Hennessey, Mary Prospect St. Whitefield, N. H. Hubbard, Mary 57 Pine St. Franklin, N. H. Ingerson, Stella Jefferson, N. H. Johnson, Edith Hillsboro, N. H. Jones, Barbara High St. Meredith, N. H. Kingsbury, Elisabeth 108 Brentwood St. Portland, Maine Lcfcbvrc, Martha 9 Central St. Somersworth, N. H. Leonard, Elizabeth 96 Broadway Dover, N. H. Lewis, Anna 298 Main St. Littleton, N. H. McGivney, Eleanor Box 623 Berlin, N. H. Merrill, Albert West Thornton, N. H. Morris, Jane Haverhill, N. H. Nelson, Marion 461 Lowell St. Manchester, N. H. Ordway, Rcta New Hampton, N. H. Powers, Margaret 28 Hubbard St. Malden, Mass. Price, Lula R.F.D. 2 Concord, N. H. Stulb, Julia 36 Columbia St. Portsmouth, N. H. Valia, Morgia Box 5 Grafton, N. H. Vclander, Shirley 89 Pleasant St. Littleton, N. H. Weeks, Frances So. Main St. Pittsfield, N. H. Yeaton, Marjorie Plymouth, N. H. 72 AUTOGRAPHS AUTOGRAPHS WHITE MOUNTAIN Compliments of MEG. CO. ADAMS’ MARKET Plymouth New Hampshire A COMPLETE FOOD STORE DELIVERY SERVICE Best Wishes Managers and Clerks A. P. SELF SERVICE STORES PHONE 81 Plymouth, N. H. 57 Main St. Plymouth, N. H. 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