Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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VOL. XIV MAY 1938 NO 1 Published by the Students of Scituate High School, Scituate. Massachusetts EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF John Driscoll Theodore Vinal Assistant Editors .Maurice Bartlett Helen Mannin; Business Manager Elizabeth MacDonald Assistant Business Managers Exchange Editors Joseph Driscoll Betty Kenney Mary Patterson Dorothy Whittaker Athletic Editors Arthur Mac Alpine Joan Breen Dramatic Editor Louise Chessia Joke Editors Literary Editors William Barnes Elizabeth White Barbara Burrows Jessie Drake Alumni Editor Art Editors Arthur Damon Dorothy Hardcastle Peggy Crowley Class Editors Marie Wilder 1938, Chester Gurney 1939, Suzanne Hill 1940, Constance Wade 1941 William Holland 1942 Patricia McLean 1943 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 PAGE Editorial Staff Picture 2 Editorial Staff 3 Editorials 4 Literary 6 School Notes 15 Pictures of Seniors 28 Dramatics 36 Athletics 38 Alumni 45 Exchanges 47 Jokes 43

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EDITORIAL STAFF Front Row, from left to right: Helen Manning, Suzanne Hill, Dorothy Whittaker, Theodore Vinal, John Driscoll, Margaret Crowley, Barbara Burrows, Dorothy Hardcastle. Middle Row: Jessie Drake, Elizabeth MacDonald, Betty Kenney, Mary Patterson, Elizabeth White, Constance Wade, Joan Breen, Louise Chessia, Marie Wilder. Rear Row: Joseph Driscoll, Maurice Bartlett, Chester Gurney, Arthur MacAlpine, William Barnes, Arthur Damon.

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4 THE CHIMES EDITORIALS WHAT SHALL I BE? Theodore Vinal, ' 38 In your last year of school, you are confronted with one of the most difficult problems of your life. Buffeted about by graduation, plays, school publications, and homework is the ever-present and serious question, What shall I be? This presents, indeed, a very hard decision, for on this choice rests the peace and security of the latter part of your life. Many people have sup- pressed ideas in the imaginative part of their brain of doing something adventurous or deeds with a romantic appeal, but most of these people fall inevitably into the rut of a prosaic existence and go on and on till the end of their days, doing the same tedious and almost hideous tasks. That will probably be your fate, as well as that of many others, but at times, it does no harm to stir up the fires of your imagination, and allow them to burn fervently a few hours while you conjure up images and im- pressions of what you ' d really like to do for your vocation. Perhaps you see yourself in a native craft paddling up the Amazon, with two chocolate-brown men wielding the paddles. Or you might see yourself armed with pick and shovel digging relics out of the blistering Gobi desert, or struggling up the side of a Tibetan mountain, with a gigan- tic ellow-skinned guide, to an old monastery. But the dream, in most cases, is not to be, and as the embers of the imagination smolder and flicker out, your thoughts turn to the more tan- gible things. For your vocation you must have some special aptitude, you must choose work that is not or will not become obsolescent. Then the wages, the hours, the chance for advancement, the working conditions, and the demand for workers in such vocations, come in for due consideration. There is more than that, however; people hate to commit themselves to something that will dominate their lives. They ' re afraid they ' ll make a mi-take, and regret it the remainder of their lives. Of course, there are manv who never decide, but just drift into a certain line of work, and are never able to pull themselves out of its rut. The choosing of a vocation certainly merits a great deal of consid- eration, and the thought, What shall I be, should be considered from every angle, and decided upon now.