Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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18 THE CHIMES Honorable Mention Doiolh) Bates Thomas Calkin Lester Chadbourne James Hill Christel Jonleit The following class officers were elected by the Freshmen this fall: President. Dana Condit; Vice-President, Everett Dorr; Secretary, Julia Brown; Treasurer, Gladys Ellms; Class Adviser, Mr. Sandberg. Three former members have left the class this year. Lulu Hezlitt went to Whitman; Ramona MacNaught, to Winthrop; and Leona Freeman, to West Roxbury. W e have welcomed a new member, Nancy Parker, from Weston, Massa- chusetts. Many girls and boys went out for sports this year. Ardemis Basmajian received a letter for hockey and Everett Dorr received one for basketball. The Freshmen and Sophomores held a joint social on Friday evening, March 24, 1939. There was a good orchestra and a large crowd attended. Several members of the class were chosen for the semi-finals of the speaking contest. They are as follows: Josephine Spear, Herbert Bearce, B rbara Murphy, Ceceline Stetson, and Irene Jacobson. EIGHTH GRADE CLASS NOTES Patrick Butler Charles Manning During the school year, beginning September 9, 1938, the eighth grade has been kept busy with various activities. In October Betty Jane Botham left and Jean Arnold, a new member, enlered our class. Later in the year one member, Robert Pyne, moved to Roxbury, making our present membership fifty-six. We have done many projects in the various subjects. In English tw o activities that were very interesting were A Winter Booklet based on our study of John Greenleaf Whittier ' s Snow Bound , and another book- let, which we have just completed in connection with our study of Poe ' s Gold Bug. Some graphs were made in mathematics. For two weeks, when we were studying stocks and bonds, we copied the quotations from the daily papers and at the end of that time, passed in a paper showing our losses and gains. We are now studying insurance of different kinds, life, fire, theft, automobile, as Avell as others. In history and civics, we have made a map of Scituate showing prin- cipal roads and points of interest. Besides this, we have made several maps, one of which was a series of small maps of the United States show-

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THE CHIMES 17 December 23, 1938 Honors Eudora Bartlett Constance Wade Robert Spear Amy Zollin Honorable Mention Elmer Burrows Cornelia Leith February 17, 1939 Honors Eudora Bartlett Constance Wade Robert Spear James Welch Amy Zollin Douglas Willett Honorable Mention Howard Burleigh James Welch Several members of the class have received letters for various sports this year, among them Lou Bardsley who was the outstanding basket- ball player of the season. At one time she was third highest scorer in the South Shore League. She has been elected next year ' s captain. Our class was pleased to receive some new members this year. They were Peggy Murphy, Paul Kelly, Lou Bardsley, Audrey Harrison, and Gladys Whitney. Eleanor Jenkins was transferred to Hanover High School but returned to Scituate. Peggy Murphy and Eudora Bartlett were chosen to speak in the finals of the Prize Speaking Contest. The Freshman-Sophomore Social was very successful as it was both profitable and enjoyable. We are greatly indebted to all those who helped make it a success. The members of the class who have been on the honor roll this year are as follows: FRESHMAN CLASS NOTES Gladys Ellms, ' 42 Honors Abbie Barnes Gladys Ellms Edward Gilchrist William Holland Dana Condit Richard Franzen Betty Hattin Elizabeth Kane Warren Sylvester Barbara Murphy George Williams

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THE CHIMES 19 ing the decrease of our woodlands. A chart we mad; showed how our government works. At the prejent time in geography, we are studying Europe. Every one 3 in a while we do a project on the country being studied. We have just finished one on whatever we chose, such as silk, rubber, cocoa and coffee. We have had a variety of games in gym, and we played one basket- ball game with the freshman boys which ended in a sad defeat for the eighth grade. The following students were chosen to enter the semi-finals of the speak- ing contest: Walter Allen, Claire Burns, Patrick Butler, Mary Ann Evans, Marion Hill, Mary Esther LaVange, Charles Manning, Alice Moffit, Dorothy Secor, Anne Steverman, and Frances Williams. The following were chosen for the finals on April 1 1 : Patrick Butler, Mary Ann Evans, Marion Hill, and Frances Williams. The honor roll for the year thus far is as follows: Patrick Butler, Marjorie Hatlin, Mary Lou Hersey, Jean MacNeil, Matthew Miles, Joan Rouleau, Frances Williams, Dorothy Secor, Martha Lavoine, Maria Mans- field and Gordon Page. The honorable mention list is as follows: Charles Manning, Virginia DuBois and Helen Stark. SEVENTH GRADE CLASS NOTES Shirley Huntley Arnold Fuller For the first and second marking periods, Paul Carter received high honors. Marguerite Bartlett received them for the second marking period. The following members thus far this year have been on the honor roll: Richard Bresnahan, Theodore Holland, Beverly Briggs, Rose Marie Downie, Fay Joseph, Lyman Preston, David Quinlan, Jean Cole, Amalia Gillespie, Lois Heard, Peter Morton, Catherine Peirce, Arnold Fuller, Roger Zollin and Robert Rouleau. The following members have been on the honorable mention list: Jean Cole, Amalia Gillespie, Shirley Huntley, Patricia Lovewell, Peter Morton, Catherine Peirce, Roger Zollin, Beverly Briggs, Arnold Fuller, Jane Evans, Frank Hall, Virginia Heffernan, Joan Nash, Muriel Bonney, and Richard Bresnahan. In history class, the seventh grade made some projects about the Pil- grims. They also made magazines. The nine leaders were Paul Carter, Marguerite Bartlett, Virginia Heffernan, Richard Bresnahan, Arnold Fuller, Catherine Peirce, Lyman Preston, Fay Joseph, and David Quinlan. In English class, the seventh grade organized a club known as the Bet- ter Speech Club. The purpose of this club is to improve our speech.