South Kingstown High School - Anchor Yearbook (Wakefield, RI)

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uonochontaug Grange was the scene of the soclal event of the year a straw rrde and costume party Herr Hltler a lxttle Dutch glrl a bathlng beauty of 1910 gypsles and all types of Yankee farmers and farmerettes together wlth members of the faculty forgot thelr d1gn1ty as they played games trxpped the lrght fantastxc and devoured sandw1ches and coffee Thls strange caravan returned to the hlgh school at the ungodly hour of mrdnlght A Report on Scholastxc ACIIVIIIQS The appllcatlon of geometry axroms always bothered us The shortest dlstance between two pornts IS a stralght lxne lVlrs Webster was certam of that When we used the wrong doors or walked across the grass 1n our eager ness to reach the classrooms the whole geometry book would not convlnce Mr Conlon of that slmple fact Jullus Caesar was not satlsfled wrth fightxng battles to fill up the Anclent 1-llstory book but he 1ns1sted on wr1t1ng a dlary Caesar s C1all1c Wars We agree w1th Brutus Caesar was too amb1t1ous French 1 students wrote wlth plumes et crayons mstead of pens and penclls The Bookkeeplng students learned to balance the1r budgets Now all they have to do IS balance the Natlonal Budget IN rr RNIISSION Scene 111 Rooms ll and 5 m South Kmgstown 1-Ilgh School Tlme September 1937 Characters Jumors And then the loyer Snghmg llke furnace vyxth a uoeful ballad Made to hxs mlstress eyebrow Shakespeare llVlany students had entered the th1rd actj Report of Umon Actrvmes Roger Kullman lresldent loretta De Smsta Seeretary Vlary McCue X lee 1 resldent Thomas fagan Treasurer Mrs Boldts reslgnatron from the faculty made lf necessary to choose another class advlsor lVl1ss Cummmgs was elected As a token of our apprecxatlon for 1Vlrs Boldts work 1n behalf of the class of 1939 Roger Kullman as presxdent presented .1 servlng set to her Students and members of the faculty attended the mformal Junnor Whlst and Dance held ln the Assembly 1-lall Ely Culbertson would probably have been shocked at the keen competntlon for the booby pr11e Natlonally famous orchestras performed for the occasxon vla the vlctrola The Junlor Prom was a very pleasant lnterruptlon 1n the scholastlc year Our couples were all dressed up VKlIl1 some plaee to go Report of Currxcular ACtlY1tlLS Chemlstry students refused to dlseuss water as such They were ex tremely mterested m 1-1 O however and excelled nn the manufacture of thxs rare beverage French 11 eleves learned to parlez vous more fluently The motto of the typlst became Accuraey 15 the best pol1cy TNITERXIISQION cene IV Rooms 12 and -1 rn South KIHQSIOYVH 1-hgh School Tnme September 1938 Characters Semors Report of Currlcular Act1y1t1es Tempus st1ll fuglts for Loretta D Slsta and Norma C1ard1ner who are authorltles on the Latin language Besldes choppxng down that famous cherry tree C1eorge Vyfashmgton wrote a Farewell Address for the benefit of the Senlor Englxsh class 1-1 also made Amerxcan hlstory for us There rs no doubt tn anyone s mmd that he IS first ln the hearts of the Semors 27 Q 1 .. V V 1 . . . H . V 1 . . ,, . . , . . . . H r . . , . . ,, . V 1. V - 11 - .1 I - 'V - 1. VV I - 1 1 A . , . . . Y. V y T 1 1 3 ' 1 1 ' - 1 ' . ., .,., rj 1 ' . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 1 . e . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 V 1 1 1 1. - V. V1 1 1 1 1 1 V 11 1 1 1- 1 1 - 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 - f 1 .. sy 1 . ,, . . ., v 1 -V V 1 . ee 1 1 1 - A 3 1 ve 1 1 1. , 3 . . X v H . V A- 3 ' X 3 W x 'm G 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Class Hlstory All the uorld s .1 stage And all the men and yy omen merely pltyers They hate therr exrts and thelr entranees And eaeh mmm hrs time plays many parts Hrs acts berng seyen ages At Hrsr the rnfant Mexslmg and pukrng rn the nurse s arms Then the yy hrntng schoolboy vuth hrs satchel And shmmg face creeprng llke snall Unxullmg to school Act ll rn Shakespeare s drama of l1fe As You Llke lt Scene l Rooms 2 and 3 rn South Klngstown Hlgh School Trme September 1935 Characters Freshmen Class of 1939 Prompters Former Freshmen Specral announcement by Erroll K Wrlcox producer Productron w1ll cease unt1l September 28 because of an eprdemrc of lnfantrle paralysrs Excerpts from the prompters warnrngs The Freshmen elect are on the threshold of a peculrar xnstrtutron con ta1n1ng pecullar rnmates The faculty IS a bowl of fru1t The lucky student may capture a peach but he IS destlned to have a lemon by vrrtue of Emerson s law of Compensat1on The subjects whrch a Freshman encounters are serlous affarrs One IS apt to pass away quretly ln the pursutt of Latrn because lt IS a dead language fFlunk1ng IS the term they use I bellevel Algebra IS absolutely wrcked CNoah Webster defines wrcked as smful unjust and profane Evldently rn Engllsh but rt rs wlse to handle a certaln Mr Wlllldm Shakespeare wrth krd gloves Our forefathers 1nhab1ted the Tlgrts Euphrates Valley but therr more enterprlsrng progeny sarled to Athens and Rome V18 the Nledrterranean Sea Any student may learn the detalls of thrs expedrtron and tts consequences on the world by readmg the Ancrent I-lrstory book generously provtded by the taxpayers of South Krngstown Puprls have been ostraclzed for know1ng less than the fact that there are mne planets whrch rotate on therr axes and revolve around the sun slmultaneously Aggre tells her boys that the chrcken and the egg regardless of whrch came first have to undergo many hardships before they reach the drnner table Durrng the course of the scene the troupe organrzed a Umon electmg e followxng officers Farle Belknap Presrdent Kathleen Vvhrte Secretary Barbara Whaley X 1ce Presldent Thomas Fagan Treasurer INITERMISSION Scene H Rooms l 7 and 8 ln South Klngstown I-lrgh School Trme September 1936 3 months later Characters Sophomores A Report of Lnxon ACIIVIIIQS Farle Belknap Presxdent Nlary McCue Secretary Barbara Whaley X lce Presrdent Thomas Fagan Treasurer Vlrs Constance Boldt Class Adylsor Blue and srlver as a color combrnatron assumed a new meanrng ln the e es of Thrrty mners The officlal rrng was chosen after much delrberatron 26 7 P ' 1 we were innocents abroad in an evil sea of x's and y'sj. One may skin by 3 D 1 - v s - , Y . 1 - , l 1 I . 3 . th ' : T . . Q . . 3 . ...,. Y V V I l V . , . . . . . . I V Y ' - ' .

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Wt hayc tnhtrlttd from tht grcattst mlnds of tht yyorld tht prttlous yolumts vyhmch tonsututc Stmor Nlath Report of Unron ACIIYIIILS Electron rtsults Rogcr Iyullmm Prcsrdcnt lorttta Dt Sxsta Stcrttary Mary M Cut X ut Prtsmdcnt Ihomas Iagm Trtasurer In ordcr to haye the graduatmon plcturts bcforc Chnstmas thc class dccldcd to go to Prowdtnce XVe obhgxnglyf looked at thc bxrdlt for thc photographcr Some enterprlstng students vyent to two matmee movres aftcr the tryfmg ordcal of poslng for the full space of ten mlnutes MISS Randall the accompanlst Mr Mallff thc drrcctor and Mmss Cummrngs our advrsor contrtbuttd no small part to tht succtss of tht Land Ofotton Mmstrtl stagtd by thc Stmors Dcccmbcr 8th ID Hazard Mtmorlal Hall Flnanclally xt surpasstd our vynldtst drcams As an cntcr tammtnt thc mmstrcl was ytry successful for the program vyas wtll rcctmycd by thc audlcncc Plans arc bclng madc for a class trip to tht Ntyy York World s Parr May lZ I4 In tht mcantxmc wt must start to brush tht South County haysceds from our halr rf we vyant to xmprcss our c1ty couslns The grand fimlt of Act II Scent I IS graduatnon 'Ihc Wllllllflg schoolboy wlll bt no mort ID hrs place wlll stand the mdtpcndcnt man and woman I RX latin ScI1ooI Song Vyntten by Dorothy fComanl Taft ear S y ll place our tx s F r her vyell play the game Our loyalty IS bound m tr Our falth lles nn her name t ytttory be htr motto I tn And strtngth her slogan songs rncs yyln htr ysmmts I or rtght must conqucr yy rong Umttd may htr classcs bt lone may htr colors fly Iortytr may our pralsts rung, lor old South lxtngsstoyyn H1y,h Ihus afttr hugh school days ut past all sud md dom t l t unt ht ntmory I An honor dtcply yy on Cttolets or old South lymgstoyyn High so dtar or old South lxmgstoyyn Hrgh e t r rough all t years to tomt or old South lylngstoyyn Hugh 28 Y 'I V1 A 1 I 3 X 3 x I S V 1 X'- v I v '- - ' I x b U I . Y. 'B ' . 3 , 3 V x V x y u I H- y v 3 Y I I 3 3 3 ' . 3 s s s I 1 s s X . . V . . E . 3 . x . . . , 1 . 1 . ' . I 3 3 ' i I ,, . N V ,. . . A .V A s y s L s n . , X Y rd 7 ' . I I X Y' X 1 3 i - . 3 3 I h Vi V X - i Y x I X. yi Y 3 -X 3 1 1' D . 1 -I 3 Y l i ' 'V Y I 3 ' 5 3 ' i . . I 7 . 3 . V . 3 L D I J 1 I . I 1 .A I I Y I 5 5' I I 1 I I 3 I I . . , . VIA ' . 55i'. ' ' '. 'ZZ In d , K. ve' ut O V ' r , I, ' ' yy, lot A. . hy . . ,' I.et fai 5 in all ' 1. H f ' m v I 4 , V X s A V: f mrs Iv 'x-rp 4 y : L. r- Y, V 1 V, . And is . ', XVVI 'o t ' 1' ' o S ly If Q , ' ' ' I3 Q 'A ' ' NV 'll 'hee th thf ' ' If f ' If .