Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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8 THE CHIMES EDITORIALS YOUTH MARCHES FORWARD Grace Reynolds, ' 37 The month of June is approaching and with it comes graduation. Four years have slipped by so quickly that they seem to have been but four short months. For four years we have played and worked in a circum- scribed society. This time has been essentially carefree. All our needs have been provided for by a watchful older generation. The state has pro- vided for our education, and we have had no major decisions to make, no great need to meet. Now, on the threshold of life, we find ourselves on our own. The time has arrived when we must free ourselves from the restraints of childhood. From now on, we may be influenced by our parents and teachers, but we will no longer be controlled by them. We must form opinions for ourselves. One of the characteristics of childhood is to hold certain beliefs just because our parents hold them, but one of the charac- teristics of manhood and womanhood is to form opinions for ourselves. The future of America is in our hands. We can make of this country what we will. We hear so many elderly people today expressing the most pessimistic views on the future. They tell us that America is going the red and bloody way of Russia and Spain, They say that war is inevitable. They can do nothing to offset the impending calamities they whine about, but WE CAN. In our ranks are future leaders of the nation, leaders who will control the destiny of the world. If we keep uppermost in us the innate principles of honesty and courage and right, we have nothing to fear for the future of America. But if we lose courage, and with courage, the will to make America what it ought to be, the future indeed will be black and stormy. So as another June rolls around, with a brave fanfare of trumpets and a waving of bright banners, youth marches forward toward a new and better world. HOBBIES Mary Cahir, ' 37 Making a survey of other people ' s hobbies is, I think, one of the most engaging pastimes of all. The field is an extensive one, and could be dis- cussed indefinitely. Hobbies are many and varied, differing widely, accord-

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VOL. XIII MAY 1937 NO. 1 Published by the Students of Scituate High School, Scituate, Massachusetts EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Grace Reynolds Assistant Editors Lucille Frost Business Manager Esther Spear Assistant Business Managers Elizabeth MacDonald Elizabeth Damon Exchange Editor Mary Cahir Athletic Editors Virginia Young Lawrence Gates John Driscoll Dramatic Editor Jessie Drake Literary Editors Madeleine Bailey Theodore Vinal Alumni Editor Mary Sexton Art Editors Doris Simmons William Sexton Joke Editor Robert Brand Class Editors 1937 Margaret Huntley— 1938 Helen Hanning— 1939 Phillips Weeks— 1940 Mary Soule The Editorial Board wishes to thank all those who in any way contributed to the success of this year ' s edition of the Chimes. We wish to thank especially those, who have contributed literary material, the teachers who have given us invaluable aid, and those who, by subscribing to advertisements, make the Chimes possible,. TABLE OF CONTENTS p Page Dedication 5 Editorial Staff Picture 6 Editorial Staff 7 Editorials 8 Literary 9 School Notes 19 Entertainments 24 Pictures of Seniors 25 Dramatics 30 Athletics 32 Alumni 39 Exchanges 41 Jokes 42

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THE CHIMES 9 ing to the types of people who pursue them. Children, for the most part, have hobbies such as keeping scrap books, reading and playing games; whereas older people have more varied interests — sports, books, stamp- collecting, animals, flowers, birds, or numberless other things. Upon inquiring about a certain girl ' s hobby the other day, I was much amazed. It was — increasing her vocabulary! Being quite astounded at this revelation, I pressed this extraordinary individual ( at least I regarded her as such) for further enlightenment. She replied that she spent hours at a time over the dictionary, finding all the synonyms and then the an- tonyms of a certain word. A profitable hobby, don ' t you think? Another person that I discovered with an unusual hobby was a soap collector. This enthusiast was a much-traveled person, and found pleasure in collecting one bar of soap from each hotel she visited. Each bar served as a reminder of her stay at that particular place; thus it had a story attached to it. A third hobby that I regard as unique is that of an amateur artist whom I have interviewed. Her hobby was a diary, but one without any writing! Instead, it was a small notebook filled with sketches. This girl made some little sketch each day of the thing that she regarded as the most important event of the day. For instance, when looking through the diary, I came to a picture of a clown with a few animals and a tent in the back- ground. Have you guessed how she spent that day? I think this is a very clever and original idea; don ' t you? A hobby, as well as being an interesting pastime, may be educational, and may develop one ' s character. Have you one? MR. CAVANAUGH Donald Pitkin, ' 39 There had been a heavy squall that afternoon. So after dinner we all went down to my boat to make sure that it was all right. I kept it down at the pier of the Boston Sand and Gravel Company, a concern which tears up the surrounding hills in bulk and sends them through a stone-crushing machine, later to come out in the form of sand. We found my boat to be all right, and while we were standing on the dock, entranced by the silent dusk, the stillness was broken by a deep voice saying, Hello! I turned around suddenly and beheld the heavy blocklike form of Mr. Cavanaugh, captain of Barge 30. Mother and Dad, I should like you to meet Mr. Cavanaugh, who has helped me a lot this summer with my boat. He offered my father and mother a big sun-burned hand, one w hich had seen a lot of work. He seemed very glad to see us, and as if he didn ' t want us to go, started right in talking.