Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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In Miss Hawkes and Miss Harringloii joined the tcaehing staff . . . The foot- hall team wasn ' t too vietorious, and those stripes were still to be seen. However, they looked as though they were walking the last mile . . . The boys ' basketball team set a record which had been unparalleled for many years, with 11 victories and 2 losses . . . The girls basketball team was again successful that season and tied with Pembroke for the championship. Each of the girls on the first team received a silver basketball. In skirts were finalK shortened to a reasonable length, and everyone was beginning to look slightly up-to-date . . . Cartoons of the students were introduced in the Chimes in the form of School Highlights . . . Miss Rowell was added to the facul- ty. . . (leorge L. Hossfield. World Champion typist, demonstrated speed and accur- ac in typing in an assembly . . . The football team finally got new uniforms, and how they needed them after eight years of hard wear . . . The football season was victorious, witii only one loss, that being to Cohasset with a score of 7-6 . . . The girl ' s field hockey team lost only two games. In 1939 people began to look normal . . . Hair-do ' s were once again down to a reasonable length . . . Miss Gile and Miss Kingsbury joined the faculty . . . The football team won the South Shore Championship, and was given a banquet at Hugo ' s. Later they were given another banquet sponsored by the Scituate Booster ' s Club. The members of the senior class were awarded sweaters and the rest of the squad received gold footballs. In 1940 the Chimes was enlarged to about twice the size it had formerly been . . . (Jroup pictures of all the classes and one of the faculty were an added improvement . . . Scituate finally defeated Cohasset in football, and bad a victorious season . . . The Senior Class Play was Little W omen. In 1941 people looked very up-to-date. . . The football team lost one game, to Dighton. a new rival . . . Miss Vines re-entered Scituate High as athletic coach . . . The girls ' hockev team walked off with the South Shore Championship for the first time . . . The senior class play was Tom Sawyer . . . Scituate found a few of its students enter- ing the Armed Services. In 1942 the football team again carried off the South Shore Championship for the fourth year in succession . . . The girls ' hockey team celebrated another victorious sea- son w ith a banquet at Hugo ' s . . . The girls ' basketball team won the championship for the first time since 1934 . . . Scituate High boasted a band of thirty-one members, and an orchestra of forty-three . . . The girls of both the hockey and basketball teams had new style uniforms, which are still being worn today. They are quite different from the knee-length bloomers and middy blouses of 1928 . . . Mr. Calkin, a reserve officer in the army, was called into service. In 1943 Scituate High found many of its former students in the service of our country . . . Familiar faces were being seen in the Chimes, and it is hard to believe that only a few years ago long skirts and short hair were the vogue . . . The class play was cancelled because of the ban on pleasure driving . . . Butter and meat were hard to get (did I say were? ) and people walked or rode bikes to what few football games there were . . . We tied for the championship . . . Again the girls ' hockey team came out on top with five straight victories. This sport was also rationed because of the ban on pleasure driving . . . The girls ' basketball team was acclaimed champions for the second year in su ession . . . The enrollnieiil is now 360 and there are 19 faculty members. 1944 and 45 are still fresh in our minds, so further details are needless. As for 1946 — read, if you will, the rest of this magazine. The Chimes marches on!

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8 ®IliiDiMe§ of the other styles were just as outlandish. Dresses had no shape what-so-ever, and waist lines began at the hips. ( I wonder how our clothes will look to the pupils of 1966?) The hair-do ' s were short, period. Most of what hair was left usually fell in front of one ' s face in those days. The boys dressed pretty much the same as they do now, except that a few of them still wore knickers. The uniforms of the girls on the basketball team were quite the thing. They consisted of large dark bloomers coming to the knees, with either blouses or sweaters, and of course stockings. Can ' t you just see our team running around the floor in rigs such as those? The enroll- ment for that year was 119. In 1928 French stories were printed in the Chimes . . . The pupils of the Art Class under the supervision of Mrs. Ward redecorated the teachers ' rest room ... A tennis club was formed . . . The Glee Clubs gave a minstrel show . . . The school year consisted of a total of 180 days, and the enrollment rose to 135 . . . the girls of the bas- ketball team got new uniforms. The knee-length bloomers were still being worn, and white blouses covered by dark jerkins decorated with large white S ' s completed the ensemble. The girls still wore stockings . . . The School Department was planning to build an addition to the High School. In 1929 the Senior Class held a candy sale in the library and added six dollars to the class treasury. . . The football team lost to St. Thomas ' school of Jamaica Plain with a score of 13-0, but defeated Randolph by a score of 6-0 . . . The Sophomores gave the Freshmen a Hallowe ' en Partv . . . Individual Senior Class pictures were intro- duced . . . One of the actresses plunged through the scenery during intermission at the presentation of the class play. In 1930 two wings were added to the High School building. One provided a shop for manual training, a well-equipped cafeteria, and an adequate gymnasium and auditorium. Before this addition they had used what is now our study hall for as- semblies. In the other wing were four class rooms for the Junior High grades, an art room, and a music room. . . The once-modest skirts of the girls were raised to the knees, and white stockings were considered the style. The hair-do ' s were even short- er .. . The Chimes was being printed only ) early then . . . The members of the football team had new uniforms, but I ' m afraid they looked more like jail-birds than football players since their jerseys were striped up the arms. The girls of the basketball team were still wearing the same uniforms, but the stockings were eliminated. In 1931 the girls ' skirts were lowered again . . . Knickers were definitelv out for the boys . . . Some of the girls started to let their hair grow . . . The football team was still wearing the striped jerseys . . . The girls of the basketball team had a new uniform It was a light blue bloomer sleeveless affair, with the bloomers pulled wa) up above the knees. My, weren ' t they getting immodest? In 1934 the girls ' skirts were even longer than they were in 1926. They were a shade above the ankles . . . Very few girls were let- ting their hair grow . . . Sweaters were entering the parade of fashion . . . Miss Vines graduated from Scituate High . . . Mr. Stewart entered Scituate High as athletic coach. . . . The football team was given a banquet at Hugo ' s and the squad presented Mr. Stew- art with a gold football. The football team won many victories in their striped jerseys. . . . The boys of the basketball team had new uniforms . . . The girls ' basketball team won the South Shore Championship. In 1935 Mr. Calkin came to Scituate High School as principal . . . The girls ' skirts were still around their ankles, and sweaters were being seen more and more. Saddle shoes were becoming popular and stockings were being replaced by socks with bright-colored tops . . . Hair was still short . . . The girls ' basketball team tied with Marshfield for the South Shore Inter-scholastic League Championship . . . The foot- ball team tied Marshfield in the Thanksgiving game. They were still wearing those striped jerseys. In I9. ' )6 ihe girls w(ir( hilling llicii hair giow . . . I ' cll;- were being worn with swealeis . . . The whil ' bloiiso ami shoil liluonKTs wliich ihc gill on ihc Itaskclball learn wore were very becoming . . . Marshfield defeated Sciliiali ' in IhdiIi;!!! Im the first time in seven years. Those stiipes were still in the running.

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10 CLASS OF 1946 Ann E. Graham ON September 9, 1942, we, the class of 1946, started our career as freshmen at Scituate High School. And now that our senior year is almost completed, we look back over our high school record with a feeling of glowing pride. Many new members have joined our class since 1942. among whom are Charlotte Allen from Reading, Mass.; Alden James from Delmar, N. Y. ; Doris Kulisich from Westford, Mass.; Shirley Reid from Lynn, Mass.; and Elizabeth Ann Shaw from Quincy, Mass. Several boys formerly of our class went into the service of our country before graduation. They were William Crosby, Richard Dwyer. Robert and Joseph Fitzpatrick. Robert Manning, and John Stanton. At our first class meeting in September Charles Fleming was once again elected to lead the class through its yearly trials and tribulations. Rich- ard Flaherty bowed to the honors of vice-presi- dent: Joan Powers was chosen secretary; and John Litchfield, treasurer. Mr. Wilcox was el- ected as class adviser. Dashing down the field hugging the pigskin this fall, the seniors were known to have crashed through with many touchdowns. This list of our football heroes was as follows: Sarge Bartlett. Dick Flaherty. Pete Fleming. Donald McPherson. Ralph Roberts. Ward Swift. Charles Vickery. William Vining, and Danny Yuhr. This year the boys ' basketball team came out in second place in the South Shore league. With Robert Holcomb, the star center, ably assisted by Sarge Bartlett. Charles Fleming. Ralph Ro- berts. Ward Swift and Charles Vickery, how could they help it? Once again the Scituate High girls ran off with the laurels of the South Shore league, win- ning almost all their games in field hockey and basketball. In both sports the showing of sen- iors was excellent. Those receiving letters in one or both of these two sports were Peggy Cole, Ann Ciirrati. Margaret Damon. Car(jle Dunphy. Aim Ilelfernan. Thelnui Jenkins. Ann MacKetizie. Joan Powers, Madeline Riaiii, Barbara Tindall, Betty Welch, and Ruth Whittaker. According to our lengthy list of dramatics. Helen Hayes and Lionel Barrymore should bid adieu to the footlights to make way for future stars from the class of ' 46. In the all-school play produced last fall, the seniors that helped put the show over were Sarge Bartlett. Eleanor Bates, Ellen Callahan. Louis Cerilli. Peggv Cole. Ann Graham, Donald Hattin. Robert Holcomb, Donald McPherson. Paul Miles, Joan Powers, Ward Swift. Barbara Tindall, and as assistant- director, Betty Welch. For our farewell to the stage at S. H. S. the seniors chose Strictly For- mal, a riot of hilarious comedy, produced un- der the management of Miss Gile. Those appear- ing in the play were Sarge Bartlett. Eleanor Bates, Ellen Callahan, Peggy Cole. Pete Flem- ing. Ann Graham. Donald Hattin, Ann Heffer- nan. Jean Hersey. Bob Holcomb. Marie McCar- thy, Donald McPherson, Paul Miles, Joan Pow- ers, Barbara Tindall, and Betty Welch. Beating it out for the last four years in our school band, we ' ve had that maestro of the french horn. Donald McPherson, and that hep-to-the-jive baritone player. Cobby Swift. This year the boys ' cheerleading squad com- bined their deep bass with the girls ' voices and really rooted our teams to victory. Yelling for S. H. S. we had Eleanor Bates, Don Hattin, Bet- ty Ann Shaw, and Danny uhr from the senior class. The most successful social function of the ear was, of course, the senior dance held on No- vember 9 with everyone swinging and swaying to the downbeat of Bob Ferris ' orchestra. In concluding our high school annals, we mention the fact that we could well be called the war-class. The heavy shadow of war made its darkened appearance in many phases during our high school years, but. we, like all the school children of America, have stood by. serving as best as we knew how on the homefront. waiting and praying for our fathers. ' brothers. and sweethearts ' safe return. And now that we are read to go out and face the ups and downs of life, let us hope that we ma) have the same stead- fast spirit to meet the problems of future )ears.