Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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JUNIOR HIGH ASSEMBLIES The Junior High this year has cer- tainly had some fine assemblies to start things off right in preparation for Se- nior High. The first one was a play by the his- tory class coached by Miss Pickering. Room 31 was the next to show their talents. Lewds Parks was in charge of this assembly. Alma Patch and Dorothy Corcoran w ' ere others on this program. The next week Room 35 presented a fine assembly which was in charge of Richard Hunt, Pauline Miller, Gertrude French, William Jones, and Priscilla Marsh also took part in this program. Room 32 presented a play under the direction of Miss Devlin. Only the 7th and 8th grades attended this. The next room to present an assembly was Room 36. This program, in charge of Nora Bagdikian, was. very well plan- ned. Helen Brown, Jean Quincy, Mu- riel Berry and Charles Frost also took part. Then came the assembly of assem- blies, the annual Memorial Day ser- vices. Because of the necessary amount of room, it was held in the Armory. This fine program was entirely arrang- ed by Miss Devlin and Mr. Whittemore. Many thanks should be theirs. As the pupils entered the door, they passfid under an arch of flags, each room being represented. As the Army veter- ans entered, the entire assembly gave them a wonderful ovation. The program was in charge of Rich- ard Hunt. The sixth grade introduced the Grand Army veterans by singing “Tenting Tonight.” Mr. Watson gave a word of welcome on behalf of the school and asked Comrade Davis of the G. A. R. to speak. Vice Commander Davis stressed the point of love for country and flag. The Spanish War Veterans were in- troduced by the singing of “Dolly Gray.” Mr. Watson introduced Commander Wil- son who related an outline of the Span- ish war. He told of th.e many difficul- ties which faced the boys of 98. He thanked the school for extending the invitation to have him speak. “Keep the Home Fires Burning” in- troduced the World War Veterans. Com- mander Saxby spoke of “What Does Me- morial Day Mean to You?” He explain- ed his view of this and no one in the assembly disagreed wdt hhim. Six girls representing the Junior High spoke on the theme, “Honor and Duty To Our Country.” Helen Lister, trum- petist, played a group of songs, ac- companied by Iris Kelnian. Robert Taylor gave a recitation. This wonderful assembly closed with the first and last verses of America the Beautiful, followed by Taps by Conant Barton. CLASS NOTES 1932 On behalf of the Junior High, the Class of ’32 wish to thank everyone who helped to make the Junior High op- eretta a big success. The class is very much indebted to Mrs. Barnes of Room 31, Miss Eastman, Room 36, and Mr. Hoyt, Room 35, who have been our home-room teachers in the past year. Many of ’32 are seen carrying small dictionaries in to Room 33. We wonder whj- I It’s a good thing to be the leading class in the Junior High but much bet- ter to be the lowest in the Senior High. Heard in English : G. F. (after finishing oral composi- tion) : Is there any additions or sub- tractions? Miss G.: Will someone tell me what this problem is? Bright Pupil: Oh, it’s a system. Many good Junior High assemblies have been given and of course the Class of ’32 was well represented with the fol- [ 31 ]

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC sweetheart of all my dreams, my black- birds would be bluebirds now. Gee, honey, now I can forget Ramona, Louise, Billie, and all the girls, although I know they will cry, “Lover, come back to me.” Say, kid, you’re the cream in my coffee and the inspiration of the song I love. Every time I think of you there’s a rain- bow round my shoulder. Whoopee, the sun is at my window throwing kisses at me. You made me what I am today, and together, beloved, we’ll be happy in my blue heaven. I’m sitting on top of the world and too busy to feed hungry women, because I love you. Y ou know j you v cre meant for me, and when I’m i all alone back in my own back yard I’ll | be thinking of you. So let me call you j sweetheart, girl of my dreams. As you 1 know, wedding-bells are breaking up that old gang of mine; and I want to j build a nest for Mary. With that prec- i ious little thing called love we’ll go to i Sleepy Valley where you can meet my j Mammy. That is where the shy little ; violets grow, and in years to come we’ll have a little Sonny Boy who will be mighty lak a rose. We’ll send him to a southern college where he can pick cot- ton, do the raccoon and the Varsity Drag and walk with his sweetheart down among the sugar cane. I could be king for a day. Precious, but it all depends on you. To know you is to love you, and you’re mean to me, but some of these days I’ll tell the world I want to be happy. My inspiration is 3 ' ou; I treasured you, but now I’m; broken-hearted. I’m still in love with you, but I’m jealous of somebody else; so I’m ready for the river. That’s just my way of forgetting you. I’ll get by, but what does it matter? Some sweet day we’ll build a log cabin of dreams at the water’s edge, where we’ll let the rest of the world roll by. The Boy Friend. H. H. ’29. 1930 It is strange or perhaps not so strange that during the last quarter the Juniors have been lacking in their class jokes. (We can refer you to the Sophomores, ; however, as it is rumored that there are a large number there.) It has been said that we Juniors, realizing our rapidly approaching responsibilities of becom- ing Seniors, are becoming more zealous in our task. This must be true for we certainly wish to become the best Se- niors that ever held sway in the high school. Reviewing our past year we have con- cluded, not egotistically however, that the Juniors have had a most profitable year. All our school activities have been suijcessful, while the school ath- letic activities have been greatly sup- ported by members of our class. Most of our few soealled “wisecracks” have been supplied by our teachers. The following are examples of this type. E. B.: “How do you spell egotisti- cally?” j Ir. Davis: “E-G-0- period.” Mr. Gordon : “What’s the action of sulphuric acid?” A. T.: “Makes little holes.” INIr. Gordon : “Like a woodpecker, you mean ?” 1931 It won’t be long now before we’ll take a great step and become Juniors and we hope that the class of ’30 can set as fine an example for us as we will for the coming Sophs. The Sophomores are proud of having two three-letter men in their class and we compliment “Al” Kent and “Molly” Adzigian for their work in football, basketball and baseball. We sincerely hope that our class friend. Miss Moore, will happily con- tinue on the sea of matrimony. We casually mention that certain j Sophomores don’t stand quite so un- favorably with certain Seniors as one ; might suspect. ' We send our best regards to the grad- ! uates, and wish them the best of suc- ! cess. j Pat had a limited knowledge of the : bird kingdom. One day, while he was I walking dowm the street, he noticed a I green bird in a cage, talking and sing- ing. Thinking to pet it he stroked its head. The bird turned quickly, scream- ing: “Hello! What do you want?” Pat shied off like a frightened horse, lifting his hat and bowing politely as he stuttered out: “Excuse me, s-sir, I thought you was a birrd!” “Cosette, your lips are like rubies.” “Well! So it’s Ruby you were kiss- ing last night.” [ 30 ]

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC lowing rooms presenting them : Eoom 31, Eoom 35, and Eoom 36. Best o’ luck to the graduating class. We’re hoping you will do as good in the business world as you did in the school world. We are leaving Junior High after three very eventful j ears. And we are hoping the Class of ’33 to whom we leave the charge of Junior High will tiy to do as much next year as we have i in the past. | The Junior High baseball team, on which all pla 3 ’’ers are members of ’32, | so far have had a good record. The.y ' defeated the Class of ’30 of the Senior : High, the S. H. S. All Stars, and lost I to the second varsity. { The dramatic club went to the Copley Theatre, May 31. The chaperones were Mr. Harrington and Miss Eeed. Everj ' - j one agreed that they had a dandy time! ! 1933 I The 8AA accompanied by Miss Pick- 1 ering and Mr. Nadeau, journej ed to the ' Wayside Inn, which is located at Sud- bury, Mass. The history of the Inn and the Little Eed Schoolhouse was told to us, we signed our names in the Trav- elers’ Book, and were given an apple by the lady in charge. The quaint old j rooms with their handpainted pieces of wall-paper fastened to the wall were shown. We wonder who “Mary’s” favorite teacher is? We wonder why “Skippy” isn’t going up to Charles Street anj more. Mr. Nadeau : When did I tell you to do your home work? Bright French Scholar: Je ne sais pas. We wonder where the boys get their money to buy such high priced tarns. The different classrooms are giving assemblies. Eoom 32 gave an interesting assembly and acted out a play. Eoom 25 will give one soon. We should like to know why “Blackie”, “Bob” and “Bud” came home late Friday night. 1934 Eoom 26 is giving a social that is hoped to be enjoyed by all of the children in that room. Eoom 26 and room 2S are having a contest to see who will have the Thrift Banner. Room 24 Austin Junkins found a wax bird and the room voted to bring money to have it stutfed and give it to Miss Kelly for a parting gift. Eoom 24 has had the Perfect Attend- ance Banner for 7 months out of 9. Room 27 Eoom 27 and room 26 have been hav- ing a contest to see which will have the Thrift Banner. Eoom 27 has it now. This room has charge of the next seventh grade assembly. Room 28 Election of officers: President, Earl Gould. Vice-President, Leon Oliver. Secretary, Donald Grunberg. Treasurer, Edmund Blood. President, Earl Gould. Vice-President, Chester Gay. Secretary, D. Blanchard. Treasurer, James Eich. NEW TRAFFIC SQUAD On Wednesday, May 29, the traffic squad held its last meeting of the year, electing for 1929-1930 the following: Senior High — Lawrence Buck, Cap- tain; Norman Dov nes, Lieutenant; Eag- er Blackburn, Fred Corcoran, Pauline Devlin, Clare Walker, Grace Brehaut, Arthur Theroux, Gordon Marston, Mary Patch, Eobert Wallace, Helen Canning, Warren MacCurdy, Albert Kent, Herant Adzigian. Junior High — Mary Maguire, Marion Gilson, Lewis Parks, Gertrude French, Dorothy Corcoran, Charles Frost, Ed- ward Cornwells, Linda Stone, Bernard Scully, Eobert Taylor, Euth Parks. “Do you know how to tell a professor from a student?” “Oh, all right, have your own way and tell it.” “Ask him what ‘it’ is, and if he says it’s a pronoun he’s a professor.” The Seniors want to know: Which is the dumber, a dumb Junior or a bright Soph-o-more? [ 32 ]