Searles High School - Yearbook (Methuen, MA)

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Hope and Appreciation It is the hope of every class and especially of every edi torial board that its Year Rook will prove equal to and better if possible, than those which have preceded it. It is with such hope tllat the Class of Nineteen Hunflrcd Twenty-Eighi presents this Year Book. We wish to thank Principal Thompson and Mr. Buchanan for their well founded suggestions and help. We also appreciate greatly the co-operation of the mer- chants of Greater Lawrence who have advertised in this book.

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r fl 'N CHARLES ELMER N ORTHAM f'Mikc Vice-Pros. Class 4. Treas. Class 3. Most Handsome Boy. XVhat would we do without Mike and rzmdinnt smiie to keep up our rep as good-looking class? KATHLEEN VV. ENIERSON Faculty Advisor, 1928. Teacher of English and History Field Hockey Coach. X 7 1

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f N History 0 the Class of 19 8 By GEORGE CHURCHILL WHITNEY The record of the Class of 1928 is in many ways unique. YVe find that we lack outstanding 'stars on the athletic field, in the class room, and in our class aclt'1v1-- ties. We notice a significant thing, however, that our class is larger, better, and greater than any which has preceded it, and has, we hope, set a new scholastic record for succeeding classes to attain. Far be i-t from my purpose to indulge in mock heroics and in glittering generalities. The purpose of an hlistorian is to wrilte history-true and unbiased facts, YV6 may be indeed great but let our own virtues pro- claim us sog let the light of our Olwn achievements shine as a perpetual memorial to our undying fame. But to my subject. 'We and inscribed in the school records the fact that in September of nineteen hundred and twenty-four there were assembled some three hun- dred odd graduates of' the three junior high schools ot the town at the Searles High School to be regularly enrolled as students in the Freshman class. Ow-ing to the new system of junior high schools, an opportunity had 'been given to pupils in the eighth grade to enter the ninth. thus bringing up the total graduation number to a new high mark, and incident ally lowering the graduation age by a year. Thus we are one of the youngest classes ever graduated. The Class of 1928 first met officially in the assem- bly hall to be assigned to our home rooms. But we had met before-at the gate. And we had also met another class, who, with the lust of battle in their eyes and the spirit of revenge in their souls, were determined to implant 'in the Freshman heart the fear of Gold and ot' the Sophomore class. Of the bloody days that folllowetl I dare not speak. It was too gruesome for words. Sclme of us have memories of flustered Freshmen running around striving to hold on to sholes and stockings, and meanwhile endeavoiring to reach the tifth period class before it was too late. A week of confusion followed our matriculation, a week in which bewildered Freshmen lscampered from :room to room and period to period. The strong hand of Martin F. Goodwin 'brought order out of chaos, how- ever, and soon things were running as smoothly as the proverbial clockwork. On October 28th we held our iirst class meeting. The newly elected pres-ldent, Arthur Jackson. presided. Committees were elected to look after class rings and class cololrs. The colors chosen by this colmmittee WOW' blue and gold, the blue and gold ot' the Class of 1925. which throughout our four years have seemed so beautiful. The lirst big' event of the SCli001 year was the Freihnian Reception. I quote from the class records: On 'I+'r'iday evening, October 3, 1924, we, then Freshmen, experienced perhaps the biggesil thrill of our lives when thi- Class of '25 of the Methuen High School tends-red a Reception irece-prion is capitalizcdi to the Class of 'ZR in Nevins Memorial Hall. The plans owl' the Sophomorfs and Juniors earlier in the clay to kidnap the pri-slflciils of the two clas-ses had been frusltrnted. K J