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

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SENIOR CLASS Katherine Burpee “Kay” Course: College. Future: College. “Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in a woman.” Mabel Butters “Mab” Course: Secretarial. Future: Stenographer. “Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit ” Phyllis Callan “Fay” Course: Secretarial. Future: Private Secretary. “Is not she passing fair?? Agnes Carney “Agatha” Course: Secretarial. Future: Private Secretary. Activities: Junior Woman’s Club, 2. “Faithfulness is the sun of life.” Helen Carroll “Nellie” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Office Work. “Not much to talk—a great sweet silence.” Catherine Chisholm uqn . 1 WITl Future: Bookkeeper. Gertrude Chisholm “Chis Course: Commercial. Future: News Reporter. Activities: Chorus, 2. “All ivho joy would win Must share it—Happiness was born a twin.” Eleanor Clark “Ellie” Course: Practical Arts. Future: Clerk. “Officious, innocent, sincere, of every friendless name, the friend.” James Connelly Course: Comprehensive. Future: Sports Reporter. “Every one is the son of his own works.”

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SENIOR CLASS Dorothy Arthur “Dot” Course: Secretarial. Future: Private Stenographer. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3; Basketball, 2; Chorus, 2. “Iler air, her manners, all who saw admired; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retired.” John Austin “ Austie” Course: College. Activities: Senior Play; Hi-Y, 3, 4. “I live, I live to wear my clothes and get myself admired.” Doris Berglund “Dot” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Stenographer. Activities: Chorus, 3. “Serene and resolute and still and calm and self-possessed.” Elizabeth Boyers “Betty” Course: College. Future: Dentistry. Activities: Tennis, 3, 4; Junior Woman’s Club, 2, 3; Sec¬ retary, 4. “Fashioned so slenderly young and fair.” Eleanor Brennan “Ellie” Course: Secretarial. Future: Office Work. “Some credit in being jolly” Parrlene Brenton “Polly” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Office Work. Activities: Basketball, 2. “A friend is, as it were, a second self.” Marjorie Brown “Margie” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Office Work . Activities: Tennis, 2. “She is a person of artless grace, Gentle in speech and fair of face.” Edith Bryden “Buddy” Course: Combined Commercial. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3; Basketball, 2, 3, 4. “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.”

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SENIOR CLASS Rita Conti Course: Normal. Future: Teaching. Activities: Chorus, 2. “She was pretty to walk with. Witty to talk with, and Pleasant, too, to think on.” Charlotte Currier Course: Classical. Future: Swarthmore College. Activities: Pioneer, 2, 3, 4; Junior Woman’s Club, 3, 4. “You write with ease to show your breeding.” Robert Curtis “Red” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Bookkeeper. Activities: Football, 2; Basketball, 2, 3, 4. “A flaming meteor shone for hair.” “Reel” “Char” Roger Davis Course: Scientific. Activities: Class football, 2, 3; Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Orches¬ tra, 3, 4; Band, 3, 4; Chorus, 3, 4; Public Speaking, 4; Hi-Y, 3, 4, “His speech flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey .” Fred Day “Vic” Course: Commercial. Activities: Football, 2, 3, 4; Track, 2, 3; Baseball, 2; Chorus, 4. “Men of few words are the best men.” Shirley Day “Shirl” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Nursing. “Silence is more musical than speech.” Carleton Delaney “Count” Course: Accounting. Future: Accountant. Activities: Football, 2, 3. “A moral, sensible well bred man.” John Dobbins “Prof” Course: Normal. Future: Meat Inspector. Activities: Football, 4; Pioneer, 4. “Exhausting thought, and having wisdom With each studious year.”