Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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Page Thirty The Pioneer as Freshmen, we wandered (some of us are still wandering), into this great in¬ stitution adjusted ourselves to all con¬ ditions, is still fresh. The memories of the great games, the classes, the inspiring talks given us, the splendid entertain¬ ments sponsored by Mr. Sussmann, the trips to the office (although we made few), the numerous school and social ac¬ tivities, and the wonderful corps of teachers, will stay with us forever, to have and to hold unto said Class of 1926, their heirs and assigns fcrever. Third, We give, devise, and becpieatii vnto the classes, the undergraduates, a few of the faculty and our own class, numerous general bequests, viz: 1. To the classes: A—To the Junior class, our successors, we leave Count Cut- cll ffe, so they may have at least one good looking boy in their class. E—To the Sophomore class, we lea e this little basketball with the fond hope that they will practice religiously, so on arriving at that exalted state when they will be called Seniors they will be able to uphold the basketball records of E. H. S. C—To the Freshmen class, for whom we might have set a good example and who have three long years ahead of them in which to improve themselves and make themselves a credit to E. H. S., we leave—well, we’ll leave them alone. 2. To the undergraduates, who are not such a bad lot once you know them, we leave them, hoping that they will not forget us. A—To our Junior girl, Madeline Lyons, we leave the destiny of next year’s bas¬ ketball team, feeling quite secure of its outcome. B—To our Junior boy, Lawrence Zwicker, we leave the football team, which he will lead to victory next year, and also this Avonderful device which en¬ ables one to hear the wearer speak only for a radius of about ten feet. Doubt¬ less this will be appreciated by those who take lunch the same period he does. Perhaps he got this way from riding in a certain type of Dodge car, Avhich at times Avas rather noisy itself. If so, the blame belongs elseAvhere. C—To Clarence Gay, we leave the right to be knoAvn henceforth as ‘ ‘ Spike.’ ’ D—To Morton Wade, we leave this golf club which was sent from England by Jesse SAveetser, over the radio. E—To Helen Turner, we lea T e this pair of dancing pumps; we trust they will stand the strain. F—To Ernest Conti, we leave the cake of Palmolive soap that Avas willed to “Doc” Doherty in 1923, so that he could keep his school girl complexion. 11 Doc ’ ’ didn’t need it, his shyness kept that pretty pink blush on his cheek. G—To Leonice Cook we leave an order for a public speaking system, so that she can make herself heard during the bas¬ ketball games. II—To George Siegars we leave the shoes of “Count” Cutcliffe, hoping he Avill fill them as capably as did “Count.” We also leave him (with all apologies to Harlan Hook), a few unpaid Pioneer bills so that he will have something to do next fall. I—Not to be outdone by the faculty, we leave one half dozen straight ‘ 1 A’s ” to Eleanor Crafts, to add to her collec¬ tion. J—To “Al” Merritt we leave the empty presidential chair and hope he will fill it as well as did our president, Charles Jones. 3. To some of the faculty Ave leave a feAV tokens, but to all the faculty we leave our deepest sympathy: we realize fully, just what they must put up with next year. Maybe that is the reason the number of periods was cut to seven. We knoAV (and they do too) that they’ll never have another class like ours, so we could do nothing better than to leave them. A—To Mr. Taylor, our favorite teach¬ er, we leave this little book on domestic science, written by Hermon T. Wheeler. We trust he will become familiar w T ith its contents. B—To Miss Pratt, our senior advisor, our most hearty thanks for the Avork she has done in guiding us through the year. She knows more than anyone else just AA ' hat kind of a class Ave Avere. C—To Miss Warren and Mr. Boehm we also leave our thanks for their work on the Senior Play. D—To Mr. Aldred we leave husky

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The Pioneer Page Twenty-nine dueling the teachers. After this I turned to Boston for prospects. In this city I saw the firm of Maxwell, Maxwell and Maxwell, elec¬ trical contractors. Unluckily Mr. Max¬ well was out but I was able to see the concern. The next person I perceived was Mr. Bussell Meikle, the lecturer and traveller. Mr. Meikle has kept a record of one set of his journeys which I believe would be very interesting, but as this is his per¬ sonal diary I doubt if we can see it. In Notabigga Park in Attabasco, Ver¬ mont, I first saw our man of leisure, Mr. Frank Norton. Mr. Norton w T as at that time bound for South America for the winter. With him was Mr. Lawrence Parte’ow who also was journeying south for the winter. Mr. Partelow has quite a few residences along the route. He blows bubbles for a living now. Perhaps yuu don’t know that Miss Elizabeth Berry is now making good as a big game hunter in the wilds of Bhod-: Island. She has just presented three skins of rare ring-tailed whoopenblatt to the Governor! Cur cute Miss Alice Englund, the financial wizard, now holds an office open on Canal Street, Boston, where she is showing Ponzi the dust. Leave it to Alice. Another person who is a P. C. A. is Miss Constance Hendon. In fact, she has her alcove on the forty-third story of the Woolv orth Building; that’s how high sne is getting. Miss Doris Kenney, with no ambition, is at home doing cross-word puzzles, in a cnair filled about her with cobwebs. One of our classmates washed to become President of the United States. Well all I can say is that Miss Merrill is now Pres- of the er- United States- Tooth¬ pick Company! But, as time presses, I will merely record the names of some of the other classmates, together with their businesses. Miss Hazel Morrison—B. M. steam¬ ship line. Miss Evelyn Lev ' is—The ‘ 1 Beadem and Weep” Joke Book Pub. Co. Miss Frances Mclntire—A Shaunessy’s laundry. Miss Mabel Merritt—Merritt’s Anti¬ que Furniture Manufacturing Company Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick—Demon¬ strator in a famous New 7 York reducing parlor. This last bit is perhaps out of the true prophecy line, but I hereby prophesy that if you, as individuals, will live up to the words of this following, you will make your lives a success: If any little word of ours can make one life the brighter; If any little song of ours can make one heart the lighter; God help us speak that little word and take cur bit of singing, Ai cl drop it in some lonely vale, and set the echoes ringing. John B. Howard, Junior, ’26. ©I)? ffllass ffitU In the name of yeomen, this twenty- fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, we the Class of 1926, of the town of Beading, County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts (and according to some of the faculty, of the state of coma), being aware of the uncertainties of life, and not unmindful of the fact that our four years of school activity are past, but of sound mind and memory, do make and declare this to be our last will and testament, in manner following, to wit: First, We give, devise and bequeath unto the school and faculty, our sincere thanks, not only for our education and culture, but for the patience they have shown in drilling and hammering that education and that culture into our so- called minds: to have and to hold unto said school and faculty, their heirs and assigns forever. Second, We give, devise, and bequeath unto ourselves, despite all contrary talk of taking things with us after death, the memories of our four years, something which we can give to no one, something wilich belongs to us, and which we hereby give to ourselves. The memory of how

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The Pioneer Page Thirty-one Louis Riseman, so that he may have a nucleus around which to build his future football team. 4. To those in our class, we leave the following: A—To Margaret Adams, we leave this “ Mammy” song so that she ' may use her charming southern dialect. B—To Russell Barnes, our best look¬ ing boy, we leave an arrow collar. What more does he need? C—To Ernest Gaw in answer to his request, we leave this horse. Crawford Adams couldn’t supply him. D—To Katherine Sweetser, our pretti¬ est girl, we leave nothing. She has more than her share of good looks as it is. E—To our most original boy, John Howard, prophet, ornithologist, possessed with an analytical mind, etc., we leave this little ray of golden sunshine, with the idea that he may get over his per¬ petual grouch. F—To Sherwood who left for Michi¬ gan right after class elections we leave this dress-suit. G—To Charles Jones we leave this toy ship. If he navigates it as well as he has the Pioneer and the Senior Class we will not fear for its safety. II—To Helen Badger we leave this list of publishers and producers, so she will not have any trouble in staging her plays. I—To the Siamese twins, Mildred and Marion Scanlon, who are always together, we leave this little anchor, so that they will never drift apart. J—To Ella Weale, our class artist, we leave this paint brush. K—From the faculty we have obtained a ‘ ‘ D. ” This by the way is a special “D” gree, and from northern New Hampshire, and herewith we bequeath it to Frances Fowler with the hope that it will not keep her out of Wellesley. We also knew of an “E” to go with the 1 ‘ D.”—Michelini. In Witness whereof, We, the Class of 1926, to this our last will and testament, have hereunto set our hand and seal, this twenty-fourth day of June, nineteen hun¬ dred and twenty-six. Signed Donald Lyons. Signed, sealed, and declared by Donald W. Lyons, as and for the last will and testament of the Class of 1926, in the presence of us, who, at hi? request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have inscribed our names hereunto as witnesses thereof 1. Alfred Merritt 2. Richard Pomfret 3. William Carter ii itnrtal Charles Ellis shared the Salutatory honors with Miss Nelcena Copeland, but was unable to write an essay because of his health. Miss Muriel Mussells received faculty honors, but was also forbidden to work on an essay by her physician.