Templeton High School - Class Book Yearbook (Baldwinville, MA)

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TEIVIPLETON TEMPTER. I1d0D.. isL0 This senior Play, so t fOr the Cas

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24 TEMPLETON TEMPTER' Senior Class President Roger Brook Vice President Arthur Cal-11 Secretary Elizabeth Saunders Treasurer Iva Smith A class meeting was held early in October to elect a dance committee for the Hallowe'en dance, which was held in the Assembly Hall on Friday evening, October. 31. The music was furnished by Park's orchestra of Win- chendon, and the dance proved a great suc- cess. The next class meeting was held to elect a committee for selecting class pins and also a committee to select a number of plays. Our class has the honor of being the first to have its play chosen before the Thanks- giving recess. The play, So This Is London was selected with Miss Giles as director. The pins which were received early in No- vember are very different from those of other classes. They have the cut-out T as a back- ground with Templeton and H, S. written out on the shield, and a lightning guard of black enamel with numerals, 1931, in gold. A Christmas party, in charge of the Senior class, was held in the Assembly hall, Friday afternoon, December 19. The story Why the Chimes Rang was read and songs were sung by the student body after which there was dancing. The sleigh ride which was scheduled for January 24 was suddenly brought to an end by the unexpected vacation upon the outbreak of scarlet fever. Thanking Warren for our vacation we sent him a basket of fruit. E. J. '31 To Templeton High Here's to you Templeton High! As a timid group we entered school four years ago. We thought school was terrible, the lessons un- reasonable and we were all happy when Fri- day night came-but then Monday morning came and with heavy hearts We trudged back again to take up the hated burden again. Thus -almost four years passed and now we are getting ready to leave T. H. S. We are all happy and busy in preparing for the Senior play, Class Day and other activities of grad- uation, but underneath that happiness is a sadness at the thought of leaving our friends, studies and the happy-go-lucky school life. Until these last all too few weeks before grad- uation we have never realized how much it meant to us to enjoy the comradeship of our friends: to take part in school activities and even our once hated subjects become objects with which we hate to part. As the necessity of leaving school and going out into the world stares us in the face, we look back with heavy hearts at the memories of the glorious days at T. H. S. So take warning underclassmen and enjoy each and every minute. You may jeer and say Huh but wait 'til'it's time for you to graduate and see if I am so very wrong. Every cloud must have a silver lining and the lining to this cloud seems to be the memories which no one can take away and the Alumni banquets to be looked forward to. So-fare- well-T. H. S. and thank you for four wonder- ful years! Q D. C. '31 The Senior Play So This Is London By Arthur Goodrich Cast of Characters Hiram Draper, Jr. fcalled J uniorl Roger Brook Elinor Beauchamp Lahja Penttlnen Lady Amy Ducksworth Annie Beagarie Hiram Draper, Sr. Coleman Bicknell Mrs. Hiram Draper Dorothy Cochran A Fllmky at the Ritz Olavl Oja Sir Percy Beauchamp Arthur Carll Alfred Honeycutt Fremont Stuart Lady Beauchamp Dorothy' Piercy Thomas, a butler Warren McCrlllis Jennings, Lady Ducksworth's butler, Olavi Oja The customary Senior play, one of the at- tractions of the school year, So This'Is Lon- don was presented after much hard work to two very appreciative audiences. It was a tremendous success. The cast was Well cho- sen and after much hard work and training achieved an easy manner. The presentations were April 8, Grange hall, Templeton and April 10, Fraternity Hall, Baldwinsville. With the profits realized the class plans to go to Boston for a last good time together and the remainder will go to a gift fund for T. H. S. D. C. '31 Election Day The polls are closed and by their votes the pupils of our high school have attributed cer- tain characterlstics to various individuals. The Editor-in-Chief of this paper has em- ployed eminent legal counsel and is prepared to defend any suits for slander which may arise from the publication of the following facts: Johnny McLeod is taller than Woodbury by one vote or a couple of hairs, but for large pedal extremities Woodbury wins by several sizes. The most altitudinous girl is Mlrlnda Tucker, but Mirinda is more of a Cinderella than Dorothy Greenwood. Henry Denis is in a class by himself for height and McCrillis is the heavyweight. Ruth Lawrence is shorter than Dorothy Prescott, but for Weight Alice Adams has no competitors. Henry Denis is

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26 TEMPLETON 'rmvnrriza the champion light-weight, though he has more flesh on his bones than Camden. Hazel Piercy doesn't need to diet to reduce so it is not overweight that causes her to appear the laziest. The votes for handsomest boy were widely distributed, but the final counting gave Carll two more than Bicknell with Oliver and Jos- lin crowding hard for additional places. Among the many pretty girls the race was close with Eloise Saveall finishing first, Annie Beagarie second, and Gertrude Rahlkka third. The most studious boy is said to be Bick- nell with Camden and Tom Kasper at the bottom of the list. Berthe Garant is more studious than Nellie Maloy according to the ballot. Peter Kasper makes more noise than John McLeod and Mary Contiis not as noisy as Dorothy Knower. John Yurkus is the quietest boy imaginable, even quieter than Matilainen, and Mildred Thayer is the antith- esis of Dorothy Knower. Cole Bicknell is the most popular boy and Betty Saunders the most popular, girl with Lody Koldys and Iva Smith tied for second place, with nearly as many votes. Roger Brook is the Beau Brummel of the school and Eloise Saveall has the most glad rags , being seconded by Lody Koldys. LaFarr most needs a hair-cut while Henry Peabody waits. Doro- thy Knower is most bereft of tresses. Peter Kasper is adjudged the greatest pest to teachers and at the same time has been called the teachers' pet. Mildred Fales is teachers' pest and is tied with Dorothy Coch- ran as pet. Coleman Bicknell is not only the best boy athlete but most brilliant, being seconded in the former by Oja and in the lat- ter by Matilainen. Iva Smith has more votes as athlete than Betty Saunders and Berthe Garant is most brilliant, and while she is in love, she is not smitten as forcibly at Katy Greene. Moonbeams shine more directly on Pease than on Dobson. Bicknell is the Sun- ny Jim with McLeod practically a twin. Iva Smith sees the bright side of things and Mary Conti can also keep her disposition sweet. For snappy comebacks Dorothy Cochran has the edgeon Betty Saunders and Clifford Webber is never at a loss for an appropriate answer. Cyganiewicz and Pee-wee Gleason are both accused of being bluffs and for the girls Mary Conti can put up a good front. Several of the boys were short-changed on disposition and Shepardson-leads the list with Carll and Peabody tied for second place. Ruth Lawrence is voted the crabbiest girl and she is also awarded the largest lunch box with Mary Conti a hearty second. Katy Greene is most collegiate and her penmanshlp is second only to that of Alice Silverberg who should teach Ruth Lawrence to write. Eloise Saveall is likewise collegiate and excels as a dancer. Bicknell is most collegiate, Brook neatest ap- pearing and Valiton's terpsichorean splendor is eclipsed only by that of Dobson. Charles Oliver and Tony Yurkus are excel- lent penmen. Brook was adjudged the poor- est writer, but those who voted for him had never seen O'Brien's hieroglyphics. O'Brien undeniably talks most, which is plenty, and should take a lesson from Johnny Yurkus or Matila-inen who have little or nothing to say. Mary Conti and Dorothy Cochran are both loquacious, but Mildred Thayer never speaks without being spoken to and Gertrude Rahik- ka and Helga Kangas are noted for their taciturnity. Lody Koldys and Olave Oja are most graceful while the clumsiest boy is Johnny McLeod whose understudy is Assistant Professor Ford of the Science Department. X. Y. Z. Communication The Senior Play, So This Is London The Senior play, 'So This Is London pre- sented by the Class of 1931 was acted in such an easy and efficient manner that I feel they should be congratulated very highly and a space taken up in the school paper showing appreciation. I, as a graduate, have always felt, as most naturally we all do, that my class play was the best, until I saw So This Is London. My play, although being a non-royalty play, went over big and I thought we had made money until I learned 1931 could give a royalty play and make the money they did. I say- Hats Off to them. They certainly did not make a mistake when they selected their play. The American family, The Drapers played by Cole Bicknell, Dorothy Cochran and Roger Brook was acted out to perfection. Their man- ner of dress and slang would be hard to du- plicate. They showed us that Americans cer- tainly have got IT all over the English. The English Beauchamps skillfully acted by Arthur Carll, Dorothy Piercy and Lahja Penttinen should be more than merely men- tioned. The characters were hard to portray and the easy manner in which it was done speaks for itself. Annie Beagarie as Lady Ducksworth was a typical combination of English refinement and American slang: and as a successful matchmaker brought the two families to- gether in an amusing manner. The typical English business man, Alfred Honeycutt, with derby and misplaced eye- brow was none other than Fremont Stuart who certainly did justice to the part he played.