Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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16 THE VOICE

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THE VOICE 15 JUNIOR CLASS Early in the fall the Junior Class pre- sented its first assembly, a mock court scene. The cases brought before the court were complaints about various habits of members of the class. The jury was much moi’e competent in the art of sleeping than that of judging, and the defendants were much more interested in their lunches than in their cases. At Thanksgiving time the history classes put on an original play, “The Courtship of Miles Standisli,” written by Louise Heuser. A little comedy was introduced although the play as a whole was very serious. The cos- tumes attracted much attention. We are sure that they resembled Puritans in a vague way. How’ever, we feel that our little play impressed our audience with the real Thanksgiving spirit. On April 9, the Junior Class presented its third assembly, which was mostly a mu- sical program. Since we are very fortunate in having a great deal of talent in our class, we were able to present a program of vocal solos, duets, a quartette and trio, violin and trumpet solos, and dramatic readings. On November first, the Junior Class in- augurated the social events of the school with a Hallowe’en party. White’s Trouba- dours” provided music for dancing. For those who did not care to dance, there were cards. Many side shows such as fortune-telling, “John Brown’s Remains,” and “Sharon After Dark” were added attractions. On April 17, 19.31, the Juniors of Sharon High School held one of the biggest events of the school year — the Junior Prom. The decoration committee certainly did a marvelous job at transforming the gym- nasium into a most gorgeous flower garden. Every kind of flower imaginable was there. A rock garden occupied one corner of the gymnasium, and around it was a white picket fence covered with morning glories. In the corner was a beautiful fountain made from chips of glass and colored lights. Upon close observation a frog could be seen on the edge of the pool and a big white bunny in one corner. One side of the gymnasium was con- verted into a pine grove, while the opposite side became a garden in which there were seats. This was enclosed by a white fence also covered with flowers. The gates, in the form of arches, were covered with roses. At one end of the gymnasium the four matrons, Mrs. J. J. Rafter, Mrs. M. W. Burlingame, Mrs. C. E. Norris, and Mrs. A. B. Jerauld, were seated on a porch. The orchestra was at the other end of the gymnasium in a grove of pine trees behind a fence of flowers. The leader, Eddie Burke, attracted much attention fi ' om the dancers as well as the non-dancers. To make a romantic atmosphere, the moon hung low and the stars twinkled in the heavens, although it was spriniding out side. Ice cream and cake were served during the intermission. Although there is an old saying “Don’t believe all you hear,” the Juniors feel that what they heard is true, that the prom was one of tne best that Sharon High School has ever had. As the end of the school year approaches, the Seniors are not the only ones with thoughtful expressions on their faces. The Juniors have discovered that they have their problems too. For the unbelievable but verified fact confronts us that we have turned the corner and bumped suddenly into our Senior year. Next year will be our last in Sharon High School. A year ago we were only at the half-way stage of “Sophomoredom.” A year before that we were mere Freshmen, a little frightened as we wondered what lay ahead. During our Junior year, we have probably had more responsibility than ever before. It is our modest hope that our un- dertakings were as thoroughly enjoyed and approved by our fellow students as we wanted them to be. The inevitable approach of our Senior year, however, has awakened us to a sudden realization of our deficiencies, for as Seniors, we shall be expected to lead the school ethically, as well as socially and scholastically. Next year will be our last chance to make the most of high school, and to convey the impression that we wish to leave. As Seniors, of course we aim to maintain and increase the standards for scholastic, arh- letic, and extra-curricular activities that we believe every class should add to the fame and improvement of our school. Realizing that the lower classes think of the Seniors as a prototype, without feeling unduly superior, we hope that we may, by our assumption of the dignity tradition has placed on Seniors, be able to give some en- couragement and help to those who follow us. To those who next year will be Freshmen, timidly taking their first steps toward their Senior year, we want to say that there is really nothing of which to be afraid. To the Sophomores, we prefer a welcome to the Senior section. To the Jun- iors, who take our places next year, we say that we hope that you will have as much fun as we have had. And for ourselves, we hope that we may fill the vacant places of the graduating class in such a way that we will leave behind us as much good will when we are graduating as they are leav- ing now.

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THE VOICE 17 SOPHOMORE CLASS The Sophomore Class has spent a very successful year. It has taken part in many high school activities. At the beginning of the year we elected the following officers: President, Mabel Savage; Vice-President, Norman Clark; Secretary, Pearl Gagnon; Treasurer, Marie Frawley. We were sorry to lose Mr. White as an adviser and we welcomed Mr. Held. He and Miss Chase have done much work for us and we appreciate their kindness. Our colors are blue and gold, which were chosen last year. Early in October candidates were called to fill positions on the staff of “The Voice”. Four members of our class were chosen to be editors: Marion Mansur, Athletic Edi- tor; Mabel Savage, Alumni Editor; Norman Clark, Class Reporter; Marie P’rawley, Ex- change Editor. We entertained the Senior High and Alumni at a CostunR Ball on November 21. White’s Troubadours furnished music for dancing. Much fun was also had playing ping-pong, miniature golf, bowling, cards, and pool. The Sophomores had three members of their class on the boys’ varsity basketball team. They are Italo Bendinelli, right guard; Burton Peck, forward; Charles Boyden, forward. There were five girls on the girls’ varsity team: Josephine Saund- ers, guard; Mabel Savage, center; Pearl Gagnon and Hortense Barth, forwards. We had many class members on the intramural team. The Athletics, a sophomore team, was the champion of the boys for the year 1931. When this year’s varsity bareball team was chosen, Mr. White picked four Sopho- more boys to represent Sharon in baseball namely: Burton Peck, first baseman; Charles Boyden, second baseman ; Italo Ben- dinelli, third baseman; William McNair, pitcher. Sharon High School’s official cheer lead- ers are sophomores — Molly Savage and Mar- tin Bradford. Molly was not able to lead much this year because she played on the varsity team. Fred Markt and Thomas Soucy have left our class and are going to school in Bos- ton. Bert Green is back with us from Cal- ifornia. The Sophomore Class gave two Assembly programs this year.The first one was in the fall and was of the humorous type like the ones some of the other classes gave. The stage was set as an old school. Members of the class represented different teachers of the school. Hortense Barth acted as teacher. Mr. Bragdon, Mr. Barber, and Mr. Armstrong were all present. Even the thunderbolt was there. Our second program was sponsored by the Biology class. We sang our Biology Class Song and then different pupils talked on biolobical subjects. The stage was deco- rated with flowers and animals. 3u icmortam (Dlitcu ® arx uitt5 1933