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Class flistorp HE entrance of the Class of 1916 into the Punchard School, like our departure therefrom, was accompanied by a wave of excitement that swept over the whole country. We came here just as people were beginning to cheer them- selves hoarse for Taft or Roosevelt or Wilson and we leave while shouts of exultation or groans of disapproval are still echoing from two great national conventions. The fact, however, that 191 ' ' 2 was a campaign year was of only minor importance to us. The change of administration in which we were most interested was the one that came with our promotion to a new school. The question that troubled us was, What will these powers that be do to us? We soon found out. AVe were first divided into two unequal parts and distributed over Room -2 with its dull and dreary interior and Room 5 with its noisy seats. Then began the struggle with .r,y,z, and amo, amas,amat. Some of our number appeared to be struggling with unknown quantities and with the same distracted verb. The chief events of our Freshman year were football, baseball, and the Goldsmith. We were represented in the Goldsmith Prize Speaking by Miss Blanche Higgins and William Foster. On the football team, three of our class represented us and on the baseball team we were represented by four men. Miss Gertrude Berry secured the first Latin prize for the Freshmen class and Sarah Woodhead obtained the second honors. At the beginning of our Sophomore year most of us found ourselves hermetically sealed in Room 4, where we attacked our weighty problems with renewed vigor and among our achievements was the mastering of Caesar. The Geometry was felled by our constant corrosion of its roots , and French and English were readily absorbed by our mental powers. 23
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|0unft)arD 1916 Miss Blanche Higgiiis and Eldred Larkin were chosen to represent us in the Goldsmith. Seven of our class made the football team and three made the baseball nine. Miss Delia Belisle was awarded the first prize in botany. In our third year most of us again went into cold storage in Room 4, while a few of us were allowed the privilege of being entombed with the Seniors in the dungeon darkness of Room 6. In the case of one of our members the cold of Room 4 struck in . The brain of Lawson appeared to congeal and he was constantly found wandering, in a dazed condition, through the corridors. At last. Miss Whiting took pity on him and from that time on through the year he followed her about like Mary ' s little lamb . In the Goldsmith, Miss Cora Abbott and Eldred Larkin represented the Class and the latter was awarded the boy ' s prize. In the Barnard Prize Speaking Contest, the essays of Miss Gertrude Berry and Eldred Larkin were chosen by the judges for the finals in the Town Hall. Eldred Larkin captured the first prize and Miss Gertrude Berry the second. The football team included five of our class and the baseball team had four of our members in its lineup. Our class tendered a reception in the form of a truck-ride to Canobie Lake, to the Seniors, and a jolly time was had by all. Last September those of us who had survived the rigors of a winter in Room 4, joined the advance guard in Room 6. Goggles now became more in evidence, adding to the learned aspect which we had acquired through three years of violent mental activity. A notable addition to our class was made in the person of one Dinnis O ' Hara , otherwise known as McXally. Six of our members made the football team and five made the baseball nine. Miss Anna Harnedy and John Xoyes represented us in the Goldsmith. Miss Gertrude Berry. Miss Ruth Abbott and John Noyes were chosen for the finals in the Barnard Prize Speaking Contest. Miss Abbott was awarded first prize and Miss Berry won the second prize. A 24
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