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

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SENIOR CLASS Russell Pease “Russ” Course: Normal. Future: Travel. Activities: Chorus, 2, 3; Senior Play; Hi-Y, 2, 3, 4. “Youth comes but once in a lifetime” Ruth Peterson “Pete” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Lawyer. “Thought is deeper than all speech; Feeling deeper than all thought.” Thomas Philbin “T. F.” Course: College. Future: College. Activities: Football, 2; Basketball, 2; Senior Play, 4; Base¬ ball, 3, 4. “Ye gods I ivould an actor be.” Malcolm Plummer “Deac” Course: Scientific. Future: Worcester Polytechnical School. Activities: Fli-Y Secretary, 4. “A man faithful and honorable.” Alice Pratt “Al” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Stenographer. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3; Basketball, 2. “Age cannot wither her, nor custom Stale her infinite variety.” Richard Preston “Dick” Course: College. Future: College. Activities: Football, 1, 2, 3; Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Chorus, 4; Baseball, 2, 3, 4. “Let the world slide, let the world go, A fig for care and a fig for woe.” Charles Ralston “Sharlie” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Private Stenographer. Activities: Tennis, 3; Chorus, 3, 4. “Each mind has its own method.” Thelma Ralston Course: College. Future: Junior College. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3, 4; Riding, 3; Junior Woman’s Club, 2, 3, 4. “As merry as the day is long.”

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SENIOR CLASS Charles Norton “ Chuck” Course: Scientific. Activities: Public Speaking, 2; Senior Play, 4. “Wisdom is better than rubies.” Herbert Olsen “Herb” Course: Comprehensive. “I never dared to write As funny as I can.” Muriel Olson “ Mimi ” Course: Commercial. Future: Secretary. “She s in earnest” Barbara Parker “Barb” Course: Normal. Future: Katharine Gibbs School. Activities: Junior Woman’s Club, 3, 4. “Let gentleness her strong enforcement be.” Dorothy Parker “Dot” Course: Normal. Future: Katharine Gibbs School. Activities: Tennis, 2; Orchestra, 2, 3, 4; Band, 4; Junior Woman’s Club Vice President, 3; President, 4. “Her manners were gentle, complying, bland.” Marian Parker Course: Combined Commercial. Future: Stenographer. Activities: Hockey, 4; Tennis, 4; Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Cho¬ rus, 2; Junior Woman’s Club, 2. “Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.” Mollie Parker “Mon” Course: College. Future: Scientific Research. Activities: Vice President, 2; Junior Woman’s Club; Salu- tatorian. “I will value science; none will prize it more.” Mabelle Parkin Course: Classical. Future: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Activities: Junior Woman’s Club, 3, 4. “1 am heartily pleasant.”

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SENIOR CLASS Sally Reck Course: Fine Arts. Future: Interior Decorator. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3; Public Speaking, 2; Senior Play, 4. “And her sunny locks hang on Her temple like golden fleece .” Marjorie Reed “Midge” Course: Normal Future: Lasell. Activities: Tennis, 3, 4; Basketball, 3; Riding, 4; Public Speaking, 2; Junior Woman’s Club, 3, 4. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm .” Edna Roach “ Tootsie” Course: General. Future: Nurse. “Her cheek was gloiving, fresh, and fair.” Mary Robbins “Gena” Course: Combined Commercial. Future: P. G. and Burdett College. Activities: Tennis, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 2, 3; Chorus, 2, 3, 4; Public Speaking, 2. “Silence sweeter than speech .” John Robinson “Stein” “Cut” Course: Classical. Future: College and Toxicologist. Activities: Tennis, 4; Hi-Y, 2, 3, 4; Faculty Honors, 4. “Talk to him of Jacob ' s ladder and he would ask the number of steps.” Dorothy Sargent “Dot” Course: College . Future: Junior College. Activities: Tennis, 3; Junior Woman’s Club, 3, 4. “But oh, she was happy and careless.” Ruth Scholz “Ruthie” Course: Practical Arts. Future: Novelist. Activities: Pioneer, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play. “I would sing to myself the whole of the day.” Chester Schultz “Chet” Course: Comprehensive. “Most men will back their opinions by a wager.”