Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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VOL. 11 MAY 1935 No. 1 Published by the Students of the Scituate High School Scituate, Massachusetts EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-chief Rosalie Creelman f Alice Stewart Assistant Editors Virg-inia Stevens -r . -r. , Betty Bartington Literary Editors J Bette Banner { Business Manager Jeanne Bresnahan Assistant Business Manager Richard MacDonald , , , . f Herbert Merritt Athletic Editors J [Evelyn Stonefield Art Editor William Sexton Alumni Editor Virginia Vines Dramatic Editor Raymond Zucker , f Alice LaVo ine Exchange Editors J LKathryn Flaherty Joke Editors Class Editors r Virginia Young [ Gilman Wilder Priscilla Jones William Hendrickson James Steverman Joan Breen

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Editorial Staff Bottom Row: J. Bresnahan, J. Breen, R. Creelman, A. LaVoine, E. Stonefield, P. Jones. Middle Row: V. Young, V. Vines, A. Stewart, B. Banner, B. Bartington, V. Stevens. Top Row: R. Zucker, R. MacDonald, W. Sexton, W. Hendrickson, J. Steverman, G. Wilder. CHIMES Catherine Lonergan, ' 35 C is for courage, an asset we need, H is for honesty, the best trait indeed, I is for intelHgence we all try to seek, M is for misfortunes we never want to meet. E is for ecstacy this little book imparts, and S is for the sunshine it will bring into your hearts.

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8 THE CHIMES LITERAPy OF THEE WE SING Rosemary Fortier For centuries poets have sung the praise of their native lands. For centuries their names have been placed side by side with those of the soldiers and statesmen who have made history. There is something about a poem in honor of the fatherland that strikes a re- sponsive chord in the hearts of the people. Every country has a favorite son who has immortalized his land. Every section of the United States has been so honored and most of the states. The town of Scituate is particularly fortunate in having its beauty and charm recorded in the unforgettable poem, ' ' The Old Oaken Bucket, by Samuel Woodworth. While Washington was still the man of the hour and hoop skirts and powdered wigs were still in vogue, Samuel Woodworth first saw the light of day, on January 13, 1785. He was born in that part of Scituate known as the Harbor. The site is now used as a gasoline filling station, the old home having been long since destroyed. While he was still a young lad, the family moved to the Greenbush section. Here the family resided in the Northey homestead, a house erected by John Northey in 1676. Mr. Woodworth, Samu- el ' s father) had married the widow of Joseph Northey. Samuel re- ceived a limited education in his native town. He began writing poetry at the early age of fourteen. He was first apprenticed to a Boston printer; later he went to New Haven, Connecticut and then to New York. Samuel oodworth was not happy in New York. He never seem- ed to attain any great literary success although he published a great number of dramatic pieces, poetry and also a romance of the War