Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls - Laurel Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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CLASS DDEM Youth flames high, hut lmurns too soong Age lusts u little longer. To live an fuller. richer life Ideals must be stronger. To find rieh wenlth and deep eonlent Life tries us ull with sorrowg But if we lu-ur our grief with ezmlm. Joy will attend the morrow. So, weary not if the way seems steep And exislenee 11 bitter light, The girl who wins out in the end Is the girl who does what is right. Hold honor first, make it supreme. And when the light is won, You may look buck and proudly sny: 'l'hnnk God, for n task well doneln Murgn ret Mercer i CLASS some Please God that we may be of xnerit to our school, And uhlake Honor Supreme our one abiding rule Though we now from you must port, Mcxnoriul you rule each heart, Never fniling through the years, Inspiring ever! Green mid :gold forever, long muy they wuve, Emblems of Standards so honest and brave, Loudly now we sing of thee, Upon this day ol' memoriesg When this day is history Wie shall remember! --Gertrude Kleinfeld. 39

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Lillian Siegel Bobby How doth the little husy hee improve each shining hourf' Harriet Slamin H arrgf' Amhitionfl'erfect Secretory. A light heart lives long. Sally Solov Suoky' Ill-re's to the girl who chatlles und jokes. And Inlks ai lot more than other folks. Helen M. Sosna Suzy Sony is the blond with the rosy cheeks, Who would like to tmvel for muny weeks. Lillian E. Smile Lil Silence is golden in Lilliun's country and so is Lillian. Helen Steplmnsky ' ' N mlleboilonz ' ' Ambition-'Lady of leisure or an nslron- omer. A I Slime difference-You'll still he stur-gazing. Annie Strashun S-uga'r Her ruclies-mul-cream complexion is flnshe red when she bounds in nt 8.4-0. Dorothy Ruth Thorner Do1li1 ' Dorothy has ai very pleasing voice- und pleasing things to say with it. Florence R. Vogogna l Iurry Always the quiet, modest worker-with ai willing heart. l-lelen Walper ll'qffl1's With that lllCklllllll0 it would never do to he ai cook for n coffee shop. Dor I 'E. West ' 'Dul It won't be just the girls who e sick when they hem' that Doryce is n rse. Harriette E. Wells AmlmitiongDress Designer. Silent - Smiling -- Studious. IN MEMORIAM Derilda Iceton Ruby Lee Two such girls should be preserved for the whole world's sake. To ns who knew them personully, their departure seems more tragic.

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CLASS HISTDIQY Of l937 Our Memorial High School career began in 1933 for a chosen few of us who can still remember our Freshman year at the lovely little Elm Hill Annex, while another group spent its first year Under the Clock of the former Roxbury High School Building, now known as the Boston Clerical School. We have never forgotten the fun we had in the Elm Hill Orchestra with Geraldine Irving at the piano, Emma Taylor with a violin, and Helen Miller behind a, trumpet. We shall never forget the fun at our Valentine's party. what a thrill it was to visit the Big Building at the time of the Fashion Show and Gym exhibition! Can we ever forget our last assembly when we bade good-bye to our classmates who were leaving us to attend the new Jeremiah E. Burke High School. The Sophomore year at the Main Building in 1934-35 found us still a divided class with several of our number at the Warren Annex. Under the spon- sorship of Miss Elizabeth Burns, we had a red-letter year! Our officers were: Pr:-sirlrnl Helen Miller Secretary Annie Strashun Vive I'rexideul Eleanor ltluntho Treuxurcr Dorothy Davison Because we did not like to have to walk down three long flights of stairs to see the bulletin board, we were the first class to establish our own on the third floor. We boasted of being the first Sopholnores to have class pins. We were first to be represented in the Enterprise by the Sophomore Taliler. Can we ever forget our squash teams' competitions, or our early morning Tennis Club? Our Sophomore Dramatic Club was a definite success. Our Junior year in 1935-36 found us a unified class of four hundred strong. Miss Williams was our sponsor and our otlicers were: Presidenl Helen Miller Seeralary Hilda Mandell Vive Prenidenl Muriel Stone Treasurer Helen Lcvey Our first big job as Juniors was to decorate the reception room with Christ- mas trimmings. .I uniors were candy sellers at the Scholarship Play, also. Another important event in which we took part that year was the Seniors' Graduation. The Juniors were ushers. The class also sponsored a class song contest which was won by one of the Junior home rooms. We Juniors, with hlartha Mctter in the lead, started a Current Events Club. We had a Baby Party at which prizes for the funniest, prettiest, and most original costumes were given. Hail to the Senior year! Grown-up sophistieates were we, and sitting on top of the school. Under the guidance .of Miss Thomas we had a gala year! What a grand set of ofiicers! Prvxirlent Jane St. Martin Srerelary Hilda Mnndell X Vice Prexirlenl Muriel Stone Treasurer Josephine Scanlon 40