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

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Heading i ASS O F 19 3 7 1 High S C H O O L C Marcus Morton e liayc amongst us many, but few. I bat curious personality labeled Mort. with his stinging humor (how fruitful a source has he found the faculty), prodigious brief-case, and rugged in¬ dividualism belongs indeed to the lat¬ ter. One fall he lent his support to the soccer team, his tennis technique raises acclamations for miles around, and he can find no rival in the field of ping pong. Mort s skill .n breaking chemical apparatus—even to the crock, has won him eternal fame. His belief that rhythm is the spice and true es¬ sence of life has led to the famous Morton compilations of song hits, and more recently to an attempt to master the piano. Brown University is soon to receive him. Helen Nelson Another of our honor students! Helen has managed to get good marks although she has never fullv recovered from the shock of removing a snake from Room A. Tell us your secret. Helen. Her favorite sports are horse¬ back riding and bickcling—don ' t you like to walk. Helen? She is also a member of the Hiding Club and one of the numerous Rainbow Girls. Helen is heading for Bates College where she plans to study for a scientific career. Here ' s to success! Robert Nichols Nick”, one of those fellows who goes to the Junior High School every morning, is known to us all as the be- whiskered villain of the Senior Plav. He plans to become an X-rav techni¬ cian. That’s a difficult job. Nick, but vou ought to be able to see through it easily, anyway. John O’Brien Remember the superb actor who played the part of the just on” Ser¬ geant of Scotland Yard, who beautiful lv muddled his first case. I knew vou’d sav that it would be impossible to for¬ get him. Incidentally, if you’ve never come across that eternal good-humor of his. you ' ve missed a lot t oo«l luck. Obie. We’re all betting on vou Lawrence O’Brien If you’re looking for “Ozz”, just find Skane and O Brien will be with him. Our flashv quarterback may be small, but size doesn’t mean everything. “Ozz finds pleasure in haunting Coach during Problems of Democracy, and he finds time to have fun even in his most ser¬ ious moments. Daniel O’Keefe Danny has shown his practical side, bv choosing an accounting course, to secure an office job, his playful side bv taking part in all possible sports, and his sensible side bv choosing only boys for h is companions. Dannv, since vou have been raised under the firm, but kind guidance of T wink s coaching anil teaching, vou should be a very great man. Don’t fail us. Olive Ordway Olive is the genial girl with the love¬ ly platinum hair. She is leaving R H S. in favor of Burdetts’ and want-, to be either a secretary or a model. It’s all a matter of preference. Olive. You’d be good at either. Her favorite sports, and likewise her hobbies, are horse¬ back riding and swimming Of her out side activities the Riding Club and Rainbow are the two foremost. IUriura Parker Here’s a girl who actually dares to admit she would like to be a blurs singer. The singing part is all right, but Parker always seem far from blue Have vou ever seen that ace serve the drives over the tennis net? I warn vou to beware of it Besides tennis she likes swimming and crossword puz zlcs During the vear she has effi¬ ciently represented the Pioneer Next vear “Parker hopes to studs at Mid dir bury. i

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Reading High School Class op 1 ! i 9 3 7 Beatrice Meuse “Tootsie” is rather shy with most peo¬ ple, but when you Ret to know her she’s really loads of fun. Her hobby is sports, but her chief delight is dancing to Benny Goodman’s Swing Band! “Tootsie’s” ambition is to be an effi¬ cient stenographer, so she’s well on the road to success. Clarence Meuse “Mouse” is rather small and light, with the speed of a bullet. Many of the boys on the football team found it was just as easy to pick up a piece of wet soap in a tub of water as stop “Mouse” when he had the ball. He is heading for an accounting school after High School. Whenever he gets through reading one of his many books he is always to be found with that brown-eyed, bright-smiling-faced girl of his choice. Bertha Meuse “Bert” would like to be an office secretary; if her reputation as a will¬ ing and eager worker doesn’t merit her the job, we know she can smilingly talk herself into it. To “Bert , a high school with “no detention room, no homework, and no teachers” would be a true paradise. Why not let the jun¬ iors and sophomores worry about that, Bertha ? Christina Millar Christina is one of those girls who are quiet in school, but rather different outside. Just ask someone who really knows her. Among other things, “Chrissy” likes redheads and dancing. Where do you do your danc¬ ing, Greta; we hear you like to be alone. Olga Miller Olga will either attend the Charles School for Secretaries or Burdetts. In one case she wants to be a buyer for a large concern and travel to foreign countries. Who wouldn’t? She likes tennis, all aquatic sports, and is a bi¬ cycle enthusiast. Her hobby is collect¬ ing things like napkins, menus and tea¬ spoons from well-known hotels (with permission of course). She has no ex¬ cuse for unprepared homework as she always has it done and ready to pass in. Rare girl! William Mitchell If all your endeavors are perfected to the extent you have perfected your skill as a model airplane builder, there is no fear that you won’t realize your ambi¬ tion to be a success. There is some¬ thing in Bill’s dry, unconcerned wav that always makes him good company. It is surprising the girls haven’t found him out. Marjorie Morand Here s a girl with an eaglespread of ideas. Midgie ’ wants to become a librarian, but I doubt if she could be quiet long enough to “librarvate”. You’d never guess it, but a violent sense of humor is hers. Laughing appears to be her hobby, but she claims a love of traveling and knitting. That is a combination for an aspiring librarian, but knowing “Midge”, I’ll bet she can do it, if anyone can. Myrtle Morrow Myrtle or “Babe” is another class¬ mate who wants to be a beautician, and we’d say she has a pretty good start already. Her favorite sports are roll¬ er-skating, bike riding, skiing, and toboganning. She is an officer in Rain¬ bow and her hobby ?—Herby. Her idea of paradise coincides with many of ours, namely, “running our own af¬ fairs without other people’s interfer¬ ing.”

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Reading High School Class O F 19 3 7 Hazel Parry “Parrywinkle” is one of the quieter seniors, but she accomplishes more than all the rest put together. She’s going on to Salem Normal School to become a teacher; that is, after she’s returned to good old R. H. S. for a P. G. course. This girl has more than one ambition. She wants to teach English or French and would also like to be a concert pianist. She likes to embroider, and she thinks French is easy. Per¬ haps you see something in it that we’ve overlooked, Hazel! Ralph Parry “Ralphy”, one of the best paper boys in Reading, plans to enter the bar as a fullfledged attorney some one of these days. With his extreme liking for English and experience with the paper business, Ralph ought to be able to make good at Suffolk Law. We may look you up sometime, “Ralphy”, if we ever have a lawsuit on our hands. Henry Perkins “Perk”, Northeastern hope, is equal¬ ly at home on either the diamond or gridiron. No wonder, when you con¬ sider his massive frame. After his ac¬ complishments in school, both as ath¬ lete, traffic officer, Hi-Y and DeMolay member, “Perk” ought to make a top- peg civil engineer, surveyor, or drafts¬ man. Eva Perry Eva is another “swing fan”, but we understand “Music hath charms,” hasn’t it Eva? She likes to dance, too, when she isn’t skating or swimming. Her ambition is to become a telphone op¬ erator. In that way she can give any one the air, or does she want to? Dora Peters Dora seems to have been caught up by the tide of telephone operator as¬ pirants in our class. Is it the epidemic of the charm of “getting some one’s number” that rings the bell with you? Dora likes swimming, skating, and sew¬ ing, all of which is enough for any telephone operator to keep busy at. Henry Phillips Although Henry has been dubbed Romeo,” he has proven his worth on the gridiron as well as the baseball dia¬ mond. However, Henry aspires to big¬ ger and better things, and we hope he will not forget the class of “37” when he becomes a transport pilot. Richard Pierce To have six feet and two inches of humanity incorporated into a single in¬ dividual seems utterly unjust to the smaller world around. Radiating from this structure, however, is a continuous beam of levity. Basketball has ab¬ sorbed the few sober minutes that Dick has thus far assumed in life. Until re¬ cently he has maintained a rigid anti¬ female policy, and even now his doc¬ trine might well be followed bv un¬ suspecting vouth. As he has dominated a certain phase of our thought, so will he be prominent in his respective col¬ lege and scientific field to follow. Ethel Piercy Do any of you know the girl whose hobby is letter-writing? Seriously, though, “Ett” is a most active young- lady. Along with swimming, skating, riding and baseball Sophisticated sen¬ iors?), she is a loyal supporter of Mas¬ on’s bus line. She likes bookkeeping. They say there isn’t much homework. Could that be the reason, Ethel?