Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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GRADUATION NUMBER To again choose Millard Taylor. Helen Patch was Vice President. Secretary, Wendell Packard, While Malcolm Munger was elected To take care of all the money. It was in their Freshman year, That they had that famous teacher. Maxwell Michael Monroe Green, who Certainly did like his classes. Above all, that tenth grade English. Mr. Morrill used to teach them General Science in room eighteen; And they’ll always hold in memory The good times they witnessed there, For I was told this class was called, “Mr. Morrill’s Sewing Circle.” ’Twas while Miss Hale still taught them English, That in Assembly Hall they gathered, To present an act of Shakespeare, That shall never be forgotten, Tho’ it wasn’t quite so finished As the play they saw in Boston, Where they all did go in busses. When they saw the Merchant of Venice. When they came the next September, They did find a brand new building. Built beside the High School Building, With a fine new room for cooking. And a very big gymnasium. They were glad to see once more. All the teachers who had taught them. When they still were in the Dean School. The class did once more get divided. Many to room nine did go, While all the rest remained downstairs. With Miss Fowler for a teacher. Elections were the same that year. Except for the Vice President And for this place the class elected Grace Folant, their former Treasurer. That Sophomore year had no excite- ment. Except that some became athletic. And did earn their High School letters. ’Tis true that some had planned a picnic But somewhow it was forgotten. The next year they did sit together. With Mr. Alden for a teacher. And they felt a little bigger. Than they had the years before. Having now Imt two years more. But they were not the only Juniors, For it had been made necessary. To eliminate one year. Which made the class of ’28 Change to ll-’27. So in order to distinguish This class from the other Juniors, ! They did call themselves “Originals,’ And have always lived up to it. j Millard Taylor for the fourth time Was elected President, I And Grace Folant was under him, I Wendell Packard kept the records, I While Helen Fudge was chosen Treas- i urer. i I 1 j That year kept them very busy. For ’twas up to them to publish Their school paper, “The Authentic.” Betty Chase was the chief editor. And did lead her board of helpers To put out a fine edition. Which has almost since been equalled By the other class of Seniors. In December they did sorrow For the loss of that kind teacher, Miss Evelyn Cross, who since the first grade Had very ably taught them drawing. Soon there came the operetta. Which was led by Mr. Dalglish, Who was the new music teacher. I was told it went off finely. And perhaps ’twas on account of All the Juniors that were in it. The Junior Prom in February, Gave the Seniors some amusement; They did capture Millard Taylor, And did keep him just too long To make the evening pleasant for them. The purpose of this misbehavior Was to try to stop the Grand March, But I heard it was a failure, Tho’ they had some fun in trying. At the Senior Play the Juniors Gave the Seniors cause to worry; When ’twas time to raise the curtain, Raymond Dike, the leading man. Not eoywhere could be located. What a sorry bunch of Seniors Anxiously did pace the floor! And Joseph White, quite in a fury. Said to all the Juniors present, “No Authentics shall be sold. Until you bring our leading man back.” This did quite amuse the Juniors, For thej could have easily sold them The next Monday at the High School. Ray was brought back safe and sound. And I was told did quite enjoy His little journey with the Juniors. At graduation, for some reason. They were given by the Seniors, “Original,” a little pig. And they have ever kept it safely In the closet of room thirteen. [ 5 ]

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC praised, but usually treated as real hu- man beings, but ones who are unable to keep their minds on the proper sub- jects. “Poor things,” we say. Yet what contributions their dreams have given the world. How Fulton was ridiculed for thinking he could make a boat go by steam! Yet notice the Majestic, the Laconia, or similar boats crossing the Atlantic Ocean — an exi)anse of 3,000 miles in eight fair days. Marconi was thought foolish because he dreamed of talking through great spaces without wires. Yet as we sit in our homes, now- adays, we can turn a dial and hear a tine program from Boston, New York, Wa shington or almost any place we may desire. The Wright brothers dreamed of flying through the air in immense ships. Impossible! Yet they dreamed oil, and now our letters may be carried by air mail from New York to San Francisco, 2,699 miles in thirty-three hours. “In the heart of a man is a thought un- furled. Reached its full span, it will shake the world ; And to one high thought is a whole race wrought. “Not with vain noise the great work grows. Nor with foolish voice, but in repose ; Not is the rush, but in the hush.” Class istory In room seven was Miss Garland, And her pupils loved her greatly. Though she often gave them scoldings. In room four was kind Miss Bessey, Wlio so patiently did teach them. Everything about their Latin, Which they never have forgotten. Soon they held their first elections. President was Millard Taylor, Millard Taylor, the great-hearted. Under him was Beatrice Arrand, Who, Twas told, has since departed To another town near by them. Betty Chase was secretary. And she kept the records finely. Of each meeting that assembled. Grace Folant was made the keeper j Of the money, tho’ but little. It was with great fear and trembling. That they went to all their classes, Especially that of Social Science, j For ’twas held where all the Seniors Sat, and seemed to ridicule them. Many came to their first social, For they were anxious to discover, I How Sub-Freshies could endeavor ' Such a thing as their first social. Nevertheless they made some money, W hich was put into the treasury, And was just a mere beginning, To the sum they since have gathered. i Many hearts were filled with sorrow, I When the much beloved teacher, ; Good Miss Hutchinson, departed j To that land that knows no sorrow. Helen E. Patch Would you ask me for the story. For the story of these Seniors, Seniors very wise and learned. Learned as a Senior can be? Listen then while I repeat it. As I heard it told one morning. Told by Know-It-All, the owlet. From an oak tree by my window. I was told that in September, In the year of two-and-twenty. With Vivian Hatch as its leader. Came the class of twenty-seven. To the Stoneham High School Building. Right outside rooms four and seven. They did find long sheets of paper With the name of every pupil, And the room that he should sit in. How their hearts went pitter-patter. When they walked into their home rooms. And did find their seats so meekly — Now they were just plain sub-freshmen. With June there came the graduation. Of that class of haughty Seniors, Which shall ever be remembered. As the class that had so many. Who could not wait for their commence- ment. To leave High School and get married. So it was the first year ended, But Twas just enough to make them Glad that they had four years more. Back they came the next September, After the long summer session. Some of them sat with Miss Davis, In room eight of kind Miss Davis, Who their Algebra did teach them. In room two sat all the others. With Miss Hodgden for their teacher. But after her first year was ended. She did leave them to get married. They did hold their next elections In room three of kind Miss Ryan. I was told that for their leader. They unanimously voted [ 4 ]

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC Mr. Emerson, their fine principal, Left them after thirty years I Of faithful service to the High School, | And the town is greatly debted For the sacrifice he rendered. On the last day of the year. In room thirteen the class did gather, For they’d heard that Mr. Alden Was about to take a wife; And so midst showers of confetti. They did give him a large time-piece, Wishing happiness forever. The summer ended verj ' quickly. And they did once more come together; I This time being lordly Seniors, They did sit in that same room That all the Seniors always sit In — Eoom thirteen of Mr. Thibodeau, Who their Algebra and History Did so patiently instruct them. And it must have been a hard task For they never could remember i That something to the zero power j Always had to equal one. | They did very gladly welcome | Their new principal, ] Ir. Watson, Who did seem so very youthful. At the rooms of the Selectmen. I did hear that Nick, the Towm Clerk, Was kept busy Avith the couples Who came up there to get married. May eighteen was their big evening. For they went to Hotel Kenmore, With the other class of Seniors, To their much looked forward to Ban- quet. In the Crystal Eoom they held it. And the orchestra Avas splendid. Nick Apalakis Avas toast-master And did cause no little laughter When he introduced the speakers With a little song he chanted. But I never have discovered Why there Avere so many absent Of the Seniors the next morning. Thus the story of these Seniors Ended, told me by the owdet. Told by Know-It-All, the OAvlet, From an oak tree by my windoAV. But their race is not yet finished — That was just a mere beginning. And I hope they’ll be successful, In the life they have before them. That at first he Avas mistaken Several times for just a pupil. all of Mr. Skerrye, a new teacher. Taught them Latin in room thirteen. And they ahvnys will remember All the good times that they had there And the stories that he told them Of his teachers in at Cambridge. I did hear that he was married On the eve of ’27. The last elections were as follows: For President they chose Mil Taylor, Who for five long years has led them Through their trials and their troubles. Vice President is Vivian Christie. For the fourth time Wendell Packard Was elected Secretary. Treasurer is Donald Whiston. The Senior Play in January, Which was “Making Dad Beha ' e.” Did very well amuse the people. Who in the Armory AA ' ere gathered. I Avas told that IMalcolm Alunger Made a second William Shakespeare, And Walter Oppen as the butler ShoAved that he was quite an actor. Tl e boys of both the Senior classes Were elected to the places Of the men who run the toAvn ; And KnoAv-It-All said that great busi- ness Was transacted in the evening. We’A ' e earned a lot of money And we are original, too, In fact Ave’ve always been that Avay Since 1922. ' Here are the class statistics ; There in this little book, I I wonder what the class Avould say I If they could get a look. j Ladies and Gentlemen, and others if I any: I In giA ' ing out statistics, I must con- ! fess to have neglected those Avho had i the mumps betAveen 5 and 10 years of j age, to have neglected those Avho had I hydrophobia, and osteomyelitas, also j those Avho have suffered from halitosis, i polyneuritis, and the measles. I haA e, [ hoAvever, the heights and AA eights and I ages of the class. In the case of some ! I haA’e added or subtracted a few j pounds as the situation demanded. I Note : These Statistics have been cen- { sored and passed by the National Board I of EevieAv. i Our class motto is, “Not at the top, j but climbing.” I Our class colors are Blue and Gold. I We are knoAvn as Originals 13-’27. [ 6 ]