Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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GRADUATION NUMBER l restbent’s .hitvcgs Thomas E. Pardue, Jr. Parents, Teacdiers, Friends and Class- mates : In behalf of the Class of 1928 I take great pleasure in welcoming you to these, our graduation exercises. For twelve years, we, as a class, have been together in both work and pleas- ure but today we are meeting for the final time. In the last four years our number has greatly decreased and those who have succeeded find truth in the proverb of old, “Success is wrought by deeds not words.” The realization of this truth is now forced upon us in ‘a singular light. We now realize that our deeds alone are not responsible for carrying us through the three years of our high school ca- reer but a large measure of our success is due to the deeds of others. Ever faithful parents, we are not too over-joyed in this day of triumph to realize that all our achievements in life, now and forevermore, we owe to you. Whether you are with us here or in that greater land beyond, your unceasing love alone makes life worth living. In you, our teachers, we have always found the guidance of a friend. Untiring, ever patient, helping both the ambitious and the indifferent, you have brought us a united body to this graduation day. Parents and teachers, we will hold you ever in our hearts as the nearest and dearest, realizing that your deeds have laid the foundation upon which this and our future success depends. Commencement is not a day of sad- ness. It is rather a day of triumph and joy. It is a time, without which dreams could never come true, and visions could never be realized. It is the great step in life which must be taken, an up- 1 ward and not a downward one. It brings to us more abundant life, where faith becomes sight. A day or sadness? No. A day of victory by which the gates to happiness have been opened wide. Classmates, this event does not rep- resent a treaty of peace by which our battle is ended. It is but an armistice in which our arms have been laid down only to Ije taken up again at the trum- pet sound. When it sounds we will find new obstacles. The foe will be in- creased, our allies will have decreased, and all will be a new battle. There will be no teacher’s guiding hand and perchance no parent’s. When the trum- pet sounds we will find a new world wliere success depends upon our deeds and ours alone. Yet this thought does not over shadow our joyful day because behind this cur- tain of toil we are inspired by a never I ending beacon of light which we call i happiness. Pure it is, never affected I by the outside turmoil, “Firm as the [ hills, unyielding as stone-.” All the j hardships and depressions of the world j can not overcome its ra} s. They pene- i trate the darkest night and outshine the brightest day. Through years of toil they will guide us and keep ever in the future a blossom of hope. My classmates, our days of fellowship have come to an end. Each one of us will find different paths to travel and never again on this earth will we meet in a united body. We are meeting for the final time and yet it is a joyful day for in our years together we find we have made virtuous friendships, which can never be severed by space Though we will be apart, we or time. [ 3 ]

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CONTENTS Presideut’s Address 3 Our National Forest Problem 4 History of the Class of 192S 5 Class Prophecy 7 Prophecy of the Prophet 10 Last Vvill and Testament of the Class of 1928 11 Statistics of the Class of 1928 11 Senior Directory 12 Editorials 15 Retrospect 15 HacDonald Medals 15 Our Cover 16 Yobis Magnas Gratias Aginius 16 Basketball Coach Engaged 16 To Whom It May Concern 16 Honor List 17 Thirty Years Ago 17 Letter Presentation 17 High School Memorial Exercises 17 Exchange Comments 18 Sports 19 Exchange 24 Alumni 25 Class Notes .26

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC will find that sometime in the future we will be able to ponder on the past, and recollections of happy school days Avill bring peace to a discontented mo- ment. Working together we have found a key to life, that words are of no avail unless deeds be their master. Deeds not words. With this thought in mind, seventy-one young people en- ter upon the work of the world. ©ur Rational problem Thomas J. Connell The present national forest problem is one of the greatest of all times and should be regarded as such by every- one. Our forests are quickly becoming things of the past and unless some steps are taken to prevent this situation from occurring, we will soon be without the services of one of our greatest friends. The chief supply of lumber that we re- ceive from these forests is used in so many different ways that the simple enumeration would become monotonous. Along with this supply of lumber we also receive such important by-products as turpentine, alcohol, tars, gums, oils, maple syrup, sugars, and silk. There are not many people who real- ize the real value of the forests. First of all they act as climate regulators. The air near the forest is always the purest because the trees take in the carbon dioxide that is in the air and give off ox 3 ’’gen. The air is also very cool because the trees give off water in the form of cool moisture. The strong winds cannot penetrate through the trees and thus the forest districts are found to be very calm. The forests are also very useful as soil binders. The roots of the trees hold the ground firmly in place and pre- vent the landslides that result when the trees are cut down and the roots decay. To reforest such areas requires hard work, because the soil keeps sliding be- fore the new trees can become firmly rooted in the ground. Trees should al- ways be left on hilly places since no mountainous country was ever prosper- ous after the trees were cut down. Forests also control our water sup- plies. When rain falls in forest dis- tricts, it is absorbed in the roots or in the loose and spongy soil which is made thus by the decayed leaves. This pre- vents the water from running into the streams too quickly and thus avoids floods. Wherever there are forests, we always find young streams which are used for drinking water and for fishing; where there are no forests we find floods that destroy crops and lands. The rivers and streams receive the erod- ed land caused by these floods and thus become shallow and valueless for navi- gation. The terrible situation that ex- isted in Vermont a few months ago re- sulting in the loss of many human lives and the destruction of homes and prop- erty was due to the lack, of forests. The immensity of the present forest , problem can be shown by quoting a few ‘ statistics. At the time of the Indians there were 822,000,000 acres of forest land of which much has been cut for farms and pastures, for cities and sub- urbs as the populat ion has grown. At the present time there are 138,000,000 acres of untouched forests, 25,000,000 acres called second growth timber of commercial value, and 81,000,000 acres of ideal land fit only for growdng trees. This decrease in the forest area plainly shows that as the population is increas- ing, the forests are decreasing. The next problem that arises is to . find out where our forests have gone, i In the first place we use four times as much wood each year as we grow, and I at this rate it wall not be very long be- j fore our lumber supply will be entirely I exhausted. In this country we use 23,- I 000,000,000 cubic feet of wood each year, an amount which is equivalent to 250,- 000,000 trees of average height. Each year forest fires, decay, and insects de- stroy about 2,000,000,000 feet of wood, the railroads use 130,000,000 new ties, 5,000,000 trees are cut and made into telephone poles, mining and excavation use 260,000,000 feet, the box and barrel j industry uses 250,000,000 feet, while the I paper industries use 3,000,000 tons of ' pulp wood. Of all the wood that is cut each year in this country, one-third is used and the other two-thirds is wasted. With a little care two-thirds could be used thus doubling the commercial val- ue with the same cut. First, the tree is not cut close enougli to the ground; branches and tops which could be used [ 4 ]