Searles High School - Yearbook (Methuen, MA)

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me ec-' e - 2 ing the four months preceding' graduation he helped us solve many of our most tlifflciuult problems. He has gen- erously allowed us time out of school hours for class business. To many of us he has given unsparingly of his time in order that we might pursue the course ot' study most, suited to our individual needs. VVe have seen many changes ln the teaching force. Miss Emerseon. class advisor in our senior year, has left the class room for the joys of married life. Among oth- ers whom we have 'seen depart with regret are Mr Reed, Mr. Alley and Miss Taylor. Our- stay in high school has not been all pleasure. Twice fthe hand of the Grim Reaper has plucked com- rades from our midst. Lydia CUSillTTl'1lll passt-rl away during our Junior year, March 20, 1927. Just one year later, as We were busily loking forward to graduation, ,a f we learned. with thc greatest sorrow. of the death ot Jcst-ph Faggiano 4March 21, 19281. 'We havc maintained a high scholastic standard, keg-ping the highest average in the school for two con- secutive years. The Lincoln Mt-dal has been twice won hy members Of our Class and it was a mcmbcr Of th: Class of 1928 who was selected to be awarded the honor of being.: Mayor of Lawrence for an hour. XVQ- do not boast of these things. 'We let them stand as history, for all to judge. If wc have been worthy. the satisfaction comes from knowledge of the dt-ell, not from thc p.aising of it. And as wc leave this Sslitml, some LO continue our education, others to tnkc our places in industry, in business and in the home. lct us always ht-:nr in mind. the words of our Class M0ttaJ. Aegis for-tissima vixlus - Virtue is our strongest shield. A ' 1 '--'affair--f r Af - - -fm --'qi - --er-e -. --

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down the stairs at Senior Chapel. There are those among us who performed the feat of maneuvering the Whole three flights without touching once. The autumn of our junior year found us facing the ordeal of electing new class officers to comply with the ruling of the student council. This we ably siurmount- ed and was a result the following officers guided the class for the next eight months: as president, David Lynch: vvice-president, Ida Fossg secretary, Helen Laing- and treasurer, C. Elmer Northam. All was not serene, however, on the horizon. The Senior class., with whom we had avoided actual conflict thus far in cur scholastic career, made loud and upi roario-us protest against the stuclenlt council decision that the Senior Reception and Junior Play be separated. Senior! representative-s appeared before us in assembly and pleaded in a manner sufficient to cause a criminal lawyer to turn green with envy, but to no avail. The two functions were voted to be separate. VVe Hrst came into official contact with Mr. Thoimp- son as a class when he told us that the success of the Junior Class Party would to a great extent determine the future of class panties in the high school. On Dc-- cember 17, we made Searles High safe for clasig par- ties by putting over one of the best parties held in the school up to that date. Just Out of College, a clever comedy, was pree sented to a capacity house at the Central School hall in February. XVIIthout the least boasting on our part, we may safely say that itg presentation was considered one of the best performances ever given by a high school. Certainly there was never a smoother one. The Senior Reception was given two weeks before the close of school. This was the first public appear- ance of our class banner with its motto selected by us a few weeks before, Aegis fortissima virtue. This function was on a par with all of our other effonts- a success. For the last time we partlciipatecl in Senior Chapel as spectators. We stood in .silent meditation as the de- parting Seniors filed around the chapel to the strains of Auld Lang Sync. It was impressive, doubly im- preLs.ve to us who would be the next senior class to take leave of the school in this manner. Summer passed all too quickly, yet the coming of September brought a thrill of anticupation. Our three years of probation were over and now the Class of 1925 looked up to no onee-looked down on all. Our laurels rested lightly on our brows, however, and we noncha- lantly and gracefully accepted the homage that was due us. Our Senior year has been altogether too. kaleido- scopic to analyze carefully. YVe held our class party very :ucceeufully indeed. Our members who are cadet officers have aibly assisted Lieut. Patnaude to create the most efficient and largest cadet corps in the history of the school. XVe of the Senior class have met our problems suc- cessfully, as they have arisen. XVYIGH Mr. Thompson, coming from another high school where it had been the custom for the senior' class to present a play instead of the junior class, frankly stated his doubts of our abil- ity to put the thing across suicceusitully, wr' wasted no words in refutation, but Went out and diid it. During the four years of high school, we have had three principals. Mr. Goodwin initiated us into the manners and customs of high school life. Mr. Conant was instrumental in bringing the class into a more com- pact body and, as superintendent of schools, has taken keen interest in our affairs. It is Mr. Thompson, how- ever, that we have come to know most intimately. Dur-

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f 'AM 'R m4 dl N JOHN SPENCER ALMOND Xvonmn-Hater John surely seems to make it 11 point, to live up to his reputation as VVOmun-Hater. Not even our most experienced young vamp muh, yes, we have a, fc-wi L-an sin-ef-ell in evoking at faint interest on his part. NIILDRED ALBERTA APPLEYARD Mildred excels nwist especially in the commercial department. Just alt present, it's an even draw at guessing whether she'll turn nut to be ai typist ur a hairdresser. XVhich is it to be, Mildred? Rl 'l'H RLIZ.-'LBF'llH BIC.-k,'F'l'IE Ruth is one uf our must helpful and all the swine time, most popular girls in the class. Her many friends all agree that without her things wuuld be dn-Cidedly dull. K Y YY Hi,-,nv 1