Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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THE STONEH AM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC 21 Music or Dramatics For a Profession or Avocation If you possess a talent for Music or Dramatics, you should consider further study in your chosen field. As a profession it offers the advantages cf congenial work and as an avocation, the life-long benefits of participation in and appreciation of cultural activities. - Newtngland , Conservatory Wallace Goodrich Director of music BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Year Opens September 19, 1935 Our students receive a thorough train- ing combining expert instruction with experience in frequent public appear- ances. Advanced students are offered membership in the Conservatory Sym- phony orchestra or presentation a3 Soloists. Dramatic students participate in a full season of Dramatic programs given annually. Our students receive the full benefits of an excellent faculty and unusual facilities for study, practice and public presentations. Students received for study of Single Subjects Diplomas and Collegiate Degrees conferred. You should give yourself the advantages of the training provided by New England Conservatory of Music, acknowledged as a Leader since 1867, in preparation for positions as: Soloist, Ensemble Player, Orchestra Member. Teacher, Opera Singer, Composer, Actor, Dancer, Little Theatre Director, etc. Our training prepares you and our Prestige aids you. Visit or write to Frederick C. Converse, Dean. Fill out and return this coupon and receive Free tickets to public performances. □ Please put my name on your mailing list for Free tickets to Conservatory concerts and recitals. □ Please send Catalog of Courses. Name Street Town or City I am interested in studying I will graduate from High School in 193 Send this Coupon or a letter to Frederick S. Converse Dean of Faculty New England Conservatory of Music Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass.

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20 THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC bilities of their country’s affairs. Worthy use of leisure time depends just as much upon training and preparation as does efficient use of work hours. Activities in clubs, debating, music, library projects, and art do much to form the habit of using leisure time profitably. Ethical character is often neglected in the home and left for the school. Certain habits of conduct are developed naturally out of the experience within the school community. The boy and girl learns hon- esty, fair play, and respect for property rights by active co-operation within the school groups. In accepting these seven cardinal principles, edu- cators are striving to meet the needs of the individ- ual and make his life more productive. It is prob- able that this problem will never be completely solv- ed, but progress will ever be made in that direction. The amount of good already done by schools under this project is clearly shown by the tremendous in- crease in enrollment. From 1890-1920 there was an increase of 90% and during the last fifteen years the enrollment has continued to rise. However, this is not wholly due to the attractiveness of our new curriculum. Industry has to a large extent discard- ed child labor and parents have come to realize the immense benefit of education so that more pupils have been allowed to continue beyond grammar school. Although now only one-fourth of the adult population has had a secondary education. A gen- eration hence three-fourths of the same group will have gone to high school. The needs of the time have had and will continue to have a profound in- fluence on the curricula offered by our schools. The educators still strive to meet the needs of the indi- vidual and make his later life more productive. In tracing the history of the high school there have been many important phases of development. From the first Latin school, where a few boys were trained by a narrow curriculum for a single pur- pose, the ministry, to th e modern high school where both boys and girls are trained in diversified sub- jects for all possible walks of life, is surely an im- mense step. While this transition was taking place, the number of students in Boston alone rose from 20 pupils educated at a cost of 80 pounds a year to two million pupils costing seventeen million dollars a year. Education has spread from a school taught by one man in a private house to a vast system of schools, academies and colleges which to a great ex- tent are responsible for the important position our country holds in the affairs of the world today. It has been an amazing growth and has as yet only begun so let us hope that these high schools will continue to develop the high type of mentality and character which make the American people ad- mired the world over. William Garside. HISTORY OF CLASS OF 1935 The day of days has arrived at last! We have finally reached our port after years spent on a voy- age in search of a treasure — the treasure, education. We are pausing momentarily in our long-sought port and then we shall be off on an even longer voy- age — one that will require many more obstacles to be overcome and many more hardships to be endur- ed before we gain this quest, higher education and experience; a place in the world. I shall endeavor to tell of some of our adventures during the treasure hunt which has ended today in the harbor of graduation. We started on our long voyage in the year of our Lord 1931 with captain, Herbert Monson; first mate, John Sweet; keeper of the log, Dorothy Meehan; purser, Ruth Barton; and the head of our entertain- ment committee, Dorothy Kimball. The keepers of the staterooms were Mrs. Barnes, Miss Bergeron, Miss Benson, and Miss Eastman. Our first big event, the freshman social, was a financial and social success. In June 1932, we made our first stop of any length. We had a much needed rest which lasted two months. We returned in September of the same year refreshed and eager to take up our journey where we had left it. We were captained again by Herbert Monson; the first mate was Robert May; keeper of the log, Dor- othy Kimball; purser, Ruth Barton; and chairman of the social committee, Joyce Clark. The chaper- ones of the staterooms were Miss Garland, Mrs. Mil- ton, and Miss Smith. Joyce Clark launched us on our big social and pi- loted us to a smashing financial and social success. The winter carnival was the last social event in which we as sophomores participated. The carnival spirit was much in evidence in spite of the fact that the winter sports had to be omitted because of lack of snow and ice. In June we made safe anehorage to regain our strength in prqparation for the long, stormy cruise ahead. We set sail in September. Again our captain was Herbert Monson. The first mate was Mary Ring- land; the keeper of the log, Dorothy Meehan; the purser, Leo Maghakian; and chairman of the social committee, James McDonough. The chaperons this year were Miss Spinney, Miss Johnson, Mr. Reed, and Miss Eastman. For the first time in our history we participated in varsity sports. The boys who made the varsity team in football were Robert King, George Lufkin, Leo Maghakian, Harry Russell, Michael Mustone, and John Enfugian. The girls who made berths on the varsity team

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22 THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC infield hockey were Dorothy Oppen, Dorothy Cleve- land, Mary Ringland, and Virginia Fiumara. The cross country team was supported by Frank- lin Shay and Ralph Gould. The junior social was another success added to our record of social achievements. We decided to purchase class rings in our junior year so that we could avoid the expense during our graduating year. Dorothy Oppen headed the com- mittee and Dorothy Meehan and John Buckley were her assistants. We decided on a gold ring with a gold emblem on a blue enamel background to rep- resent our class colors, blue and gold. The biggest event of our junior year, the junior prom, was piloted to success by an excellent com- mittee headed by James McDonough. This was a successful climax to the social part of the year. John Mahoney and his committee turned out an excellent junior “Roll Call.” We, as junior, helped to carry to success “The Mock Trial,” A. A. night at the theatre, and the A. A. circus. The junior marshals were Maryalice Conley and John Buckley and the head junior ushers at the graduation of the class of 1934 were Dorothy Mee- han and Roland Buckley. This concluded the third lap of our voyage and we anchored for the last time to prepare for the final and most strenuous lap of our long quest for the treasure, education. After our rest of two months we returned ready for the task set before us, the task of conquering the many obstacles that occur in a long trip of this type. A stormy passage lay before us; a quiet sea, behind us. Our captain was John Buckley; the first mate, Frank Simons; the keeper of the log, Dorothy Mee- han; and the purser, Roland Buckley. The keepers of the staterooms were Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Davis, Mr. Thibodeau, and Mrs. Coy. John Mahoney and his committee did an excellent job with the senior social. The seniors have taken the lead in varsity sports this year. Leo Maghakian, Frank Simons, John Enfugian, Robert King, George Lufkin, Eliot Atherton, James McDonough, Michael Mustone, and co-managers Robert Prive and Albert Dyson received football awards. Ralph Gould, Melvin Arnold, and Donald Wallace won honors in cross country. The letter winners in field hockey were Dorothy Oppen, Dorothy Cleveland, Dorothy Amo, Dorothy Hynes, Dorothy Meehan, Betty Blackburn, Evelyn Halgren, and manager, Maryalice Conley. Leo Maghakian, Harry Russell, and manager Byron Hampton were the only seniors to receive awards on the basketball team. The hockey team awarded letters to John Buckley, Michael Mustone, Robert King, Philip Riley, Ray- mond Finnegan, and manager, Malcolm Watts, George Van Etten, and George Larkin. The seniors decided to keep the same class pins that had been used in previous years. Herbert Monson headed the hop committee. The effort extended by the seniors served to make the hop a social success, even though it did not prove a financial success. To help the finances of the athletic association the seniors participated in the minstrel show. They helped to make the A. A. night at the theatre a huge success. Our second attempt at a circus was an even greater success than the one last year. A new idea in cheering was worked out and the seniors who helped put it across were Franklin Shay, Edward Palmer, Francis Seaver, Frances Larkin, Rita Green, and Dorothy Amo. John Bergman as editor-in-chief of the “Authen- tic”, with Maryalice Conley and Dorothy Amo as his assistants, did an excellent job of making the publi- cation a success. Our senior play, “Sally Lou,” was another event which added laurels to our list of achievements. A splendid cast, with the help of a good coach, gave an excellent performance. The class banquet was held at Andover Country Club. The toastmaster was Leslie French. The MacDonald Medals, the last and highest hon- ors to be received by any in our class, were awarded to Maryalice Conley and John Bergman. This finished the final lap of our voyage. We have passed through the many storms successfully and have triumphantly anchored in port. Now that we have the honors due those who have come safely to port, we shall be ready to find new seas to chart and shall make histories of our own. Dorothy Amo. CLASS PROPHECY My dear friends and fellow students, I stand be- fore you tonight in the capacity of Prophet of the Class of 1935. As you all know, the purpose of the prophecy is to foretell in as humorous and entertain- ing a manner as possible the activities of the va- rious members of the senior student body in the dis- tant future. Thus, confronted by this intricate problem, I was forced, after hours of pondering and concentration, to dire extremes to obtain my in- formation. Failing to do this with my own facul- ties, I determined to consult a higher power than I. So it was that I left the prognostication in the hands of an able advisor, the mysterious “Shadow” of the future, “Mr. X”. These are the startling revelations