Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC 23 S. J2. Lp atcfz (2omfian j EXTENDS GREETINGS TO S. H. S. - 1937 fi .OR many years The Patch Company has advertised in The S. H. S. Authentic, not alone for the value it may have in extending the sales of Patch Products. w E believe that experience in publishing such a school paper gives an opportunity for self-expression in literary effort and in business training that is of great value to the students. m ANY “Patchworkers ”, including a number of executives of the company, received their early training in Stoneham High School. o F course, any use of Patch Products by friends of the school helps to support a local industry which has given steady employment to many Stoneham people since 1888. Jl. Lpaic(z domjianij STONEHAM, MASS.

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22 THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC GRADUATION HONORS THE MacDONALD MEDALS For Scholarship, Character, and Good Influence in the school: ESTHER F. BERGMAN ROBERT M. NEWHALL Class Historian ELEANOR McLAUGHLIN Honor Group ( B average or higher for four years ) : MARGUERITE AMO MARJORIE BABSON BEN BAGDIKIAN DANA BATCHELDER ESTHER BERGMAN BARBARA CONLEY FRANCIS GALLELLA WILLIAM GLENDON ANNE GREENBERG LOUIE HAYDEN MARGARET LANDERS ISABEL LEARY ELEANOR McLAUGHLIN MIRIAM MEISTER FLORENCE MONSON DOROTHY MURPHY ROBERT NEWHALL AGNES RICHARDSON ALICE RICHARDSON HELEN SCULLY DOROTHY STARR Class Prophecy WILLIAM GILSON Prophecy of the Prophet FRANCIS GALLELLA Class Will GERALD LANDERS and DORIS WRIGHT The following awards and prizes will be announced at the graduation exercises: (Space is provided here so that names of winners may be written in) Washington-Franklin History Medal for Boys Stoneham Woman’s Club History Medal for Girls R. P. I. Mathematics and Science Medal Northeastern University Science and Mathematics Shield Northeastern University History and Social Studies Shield Stoneham Grange Art Prize Stoneham Grange Music Prize American Legion Citizenship Award Commercial Club Prize Parent-Teacher Association Scholarships GRADUATION COMMITTEE MARGUERITE AMO DANA BATCHELDER AMERICO ERAMO WILLIAM GLENDON THERESA HARRIS JOHN LANDRY ISABEL LEARY DORIS LUNT HELEN SCULLY DOROTHY STARR CLIFFORD THOMPSON

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24 THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS As President of the Class of 1937 of Stoneham High School, it is my special privilege on this occa- sion to welcome you, parents, teachers, and friends, to our graduation exercises. We greet you with a sentiment of gratitude in the realization of the countless sacrifices and untiring efforts on your part which made it possible for us to reach this stage of our lives. We fully realize that this graduation is but one primary step toward the achievement of those cher- ished ends to which every youth on Commencement Day aspires, namely, a wholesome and successful life. We do not look upon it as the climax in our preparation for life, as high school seniors are often inclined to do, but merely as the starting point in the lifetime struggle for ideals which each one of us now individually holds sacred. Equipped with this preliminary training, made possible by your combined efforts, it is our fervent hope and ambition to so conduct ourselves in the battle for a place in the world that we will reflect only the highest of credit upon our alma mater and upon our dear parents. Some of us will enter the business world immediately; others, with an eye to the professions, will deem it wise to attend college. On whatever course we embark, we will all be striv- ing for the same goal, working for the same pur- pose, to make you people proud of us. We may not become famous, we may not write golden pages in the history of our age; but if, after our life’s work has been done and we settle down to enjoy the fruits of diligent labor and clean living, we can justly say that we have fought the good fight and fought it well, we will be satisfied that you can look to us as a group which has done its best to carry on as worthy successors of our fathers and forefathers. And we make this statement with a certain justified confidence, despite the fact that the world, only re- cently emerged from a terrible depression, is even now sorely beset with international problems that make the prospect of a rosy future almost question- able. Year after year, from class to class, we know that you have fondly watched us develop. We want you to continue to do so, and we only wish that you will be able to see a gradual growth in power and self-responsibility on our part as we become better men and women, and better assets to the commun- ity. I think that I bespeak the mind of my fellow classmen when I say that your efforts and your sac- rifices have not been in vain. And so again we thank you and welcome you to our graduation. Clifford B. Thompson. CLASS HISTORY After pondering and pondering for hours to recall the many happy memories and various activities of this wonderful Class of “1937”, like “Alice in Won- derland”, I must have fallen asleep, for in my dreams a large, white rabbit ran close by me. There was nothing remarkable about this, nor did I give it much thought until the rabbit suddenly stopped in the middle of a large field and beckoned for me to follow. I started toward him, when, quick as a flash, he gave a great leap and hopped into a large hole in the corner of the field. Filled with curiosity at the strange actions of the rabbit, I ran hastily across the field and followed. Down, down I went after him without the least thought of danger or where I was going. Soon I found myself in a brilliantly lighted passage and in front of me was the rabbit standing patiently before a gate on which was the inscription “1933”. A mo- ment later he opened the gate and to my great sur- prise, as I entered, I saw our Class of “1937” gath- ered about Miss Collins, Miss Fitzgerald, Mr. Miller, and Mrs. Barnes, our ever watchful guardians dur- ing our freshman year. In the background on a raised platform, sat his Honor, William Gile, president; assisted by Cliff Thompson, vice president; Marguerite Amo, secre- tary, and Wilbur Marsh, treasurer. As I roamed about, soft music attracted my attention, and there under the shady trees, Charles Forth, chairman of our Social Committee, was conducting our first so- cial. “Come, we must not linger here any longer as I have more to show you,” said the rabbit. There- upon, he led me to a second gate which was marked “1934”. Quietly the rabbit opened this gate, and the scene of a clear September morning stretched out before me. Our class was facing the new and thrilling experience of being members of the Senior High School. Miss Smith, Miss Finn, Mrs. Milton, and Miss Gar- land were there to welcome us as sophomores. Again William Gile was our president with Law- rence Hurley, vice president; Marguerite Amo, sec- retary; Cliff Thompson, treasurer, and Russell An- drews, chairman of our social activities. What did I see coming? It looked like a parade. It was the great parade of the A. A. Circus which was held in the school gymnasium, to the success of which our class contributed most generously. My attention was then attracted by singing and the sound of tap dancing. Surely enough, there be- fore me I viewed the A. A. Minstrel Show held un- der the efficient direction of Mr. Reynolds. Again I saw our class in a social, conducted by Russell