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

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TEMPLETON TEMPTER, 27 The butlers, Olavl Oja and Warren McCril- lis, though mentioned last are not least. They played the part without even a grin. It was not only an unusual play but one deep and difficult to be produced with ease by amateurs. The wonderful manner in which it was presented reflects largely on the hard and tireless work of a most perfect coach. Roger and Lahja, you were perfect lovers. Dot -Watch out for your foot next time. Bick -You chew gum to perfection. Annie-You were divine. Art 8z Dot -You deserve a gold medal. Fremont-Lend us your derby and easy manner. Warren Sa Olavi-You are engaged to wait on T. H. S. for life. I will close hoping this article has done justice to the perfect production of So This Is London. I congratulate you, Class of 1931! Almuna. What Would Happen lf: Genevieve was a coin instead of a Duquette. Marie was Quiet instead of a Wigler. Irene was a Martel instead of a Burpee. Elizabeth was a Poorman instead of a Rich- mond. Gerald was Dead instead of Bourn. Bartlett was a Skipper instead of a Stuart. Dorothy was a Redstone instead of a Green- wood. Florence was a Carter instead of a Wheeler Marion was a Mason instead of a Carpen- ter. ' Juliette was a Waitress instead of a Butler. Everyone had A in conduct. ' Ida Karols missed school. Rollen Woodbury came down from his stilts. Richard O'Brlen didn't have freckles and Donald Walton did. Lody Koldys Wasn't with Seniors and Mary Rota Was. Alice O'Brien was a blond and Stella Stone a redhead. Henry Denis as jumping center on our foot- ball team. Ellen Nykanen flunked an exam. Veikko Matilainen was seen courting a girl. Bernice was short, fat, and funny. Dibby didn't go up the Y Winchendon road every morning. The school called Mr. Stinson Dad instead of Pop. Betty Saunders got to school at 8 o'clock. Winifred Parker got to bed early. Ruth Pierce should become bashful. The Gautreaus would stop laughing. DID YOU KNOW Among the list of slangy expressions re- turning to Templeton High School is one, Oh My Cow. It reoriginated when two girls of the basketball team returned from Gardner with a farmer who has a small dairy ffarml business. The effects of this odorous ride were serious to those two individuals causing a slight illness. Rather white and wretched, the girls dressed for a game that evening, with no supper and minus some previous meal. But with the remaining members to cheer them on by shouting, Oh My Cow they Won a decided victory, which proves that nature's healthy odors have some effect on athletes. E. T. '32 I NEVER KNEW I never knew that Lincoln was famous, That the French call their women Ma- dame I ' And that' Great Napoleon crowned himself, At the famous Notre Dame. I never knew and never dreamed, Dolly Madison in her day was the fairest: ,And that Lindbergh married the only one, Because to millions she Was an heiress. I never knew and above all things Would you ever think they would execute kings! Well, they did in France sometime ago, I know it's true 'cause they've told us so. Louis XVI was the unfortunate one, And his wife Marie Antoinette. Now here and there I hear people say, I'm glad Massachusetts is 'Wet'. Disraeli at one time was Eng1and's prime minister, He wore a red bow on each shoe. He replied to many of Gladstone's speeches, Another I never knew . Here and there I gather slowly but surely The things that I never knew. And I know some day, Ifll be proud to Say. The things I don't know are few. . K. A. G. '31 MY POEM Iam not so very big, So I haven't much to say.- But I do wish you all, . A happy Graduation Day. By M. J. K. '34

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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.

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28 TEMPLETON ' THE SOUNDS OF NIGHT The dusk was softly falling The birds had ceased their calling The moon was swiftly climbing High up into the sky Then out came the owls for their evening meal Awakening the world with their shrleks and squeals As the moon climbed higher and higher. E. L. '34 THE LI'I'I'LE OLD FLIVVER Apologies to Eugene Field The little old ilivver is covered with dust Where in the shed it stands: The little old hom is hoarse with rust And it's forgotten by human hands. Time was when the little old Ford was new, And the horn was passing fair, And that was the time when last it blew, And still it's standing there! Now there you'll stay 'til you're sold, I said And you won't make any noise. So, skipping olT to the new car shed I took a ride with the boys. And to express our joy we sang a song As up the hills we flew Oh, the miles are many and the miles are long But still that car looks new. Ay, faithful to me that little Ford stands, Still in the same old place. Awaiting the touch of the mechanic's hands Or the smile of a junk man's face: And I wonder as waiting the long night through In the dust of this rickety chair, Oh, what will happen when the bills are due And I've not a cent to spare. L. K. P. '31 SMILE Just think when you are lonely That your smiles are not in vain, So smile my dear when the sun shines, And smile when e'er it rains. And every time you feel blue-smile, You'll flnd lt worth your while. How can you be gay On any sort of day If you forget to smile? So smile, just smile You'll fmd it worth your while. If you wear a face Wreathed in smiles every day You'll find your place, No matter what the way. A SUMMER TWILIGHT The gathering shadows were hurrying by, As the sun sank slowly in crlmsoned skies, The stars sparkled forth, ln a silvery light And the old moon glimmered all thru' the long night. The whippoorwill's song rang loud and clear, And the chorus of frogs in the swamp sounded queer, And I heard in the distance a mournful cry, That ended in a sad and trailing sigh. The nodding daisies felt the falling dew, And the breeze of the wind as it softly blew. And the streamlet that murmurs a dreamy ' tune, Made rippling waves in the light of the moon. S. P. '34 NIGHT IN BALDWIN SVILLE Here we have no ordinary nights: Darkness sklms forward drenched in power And wheeling mysteriously Hurls blackness like awhlrllng dervish Conjurs heathen prayers. Graveyards grow dejected tombstones That lean askew, Letting a cold moon shine slantingly upon them. Cottages chlselled out of the sky- Stark and strong With blurs of white chimney smoke Inert and ghostly- As though pins had fastened them to die, Stare solemnly at the stars as if- To guard their secrets From the prying eyes of night. D. P. C. '31 INDIAN SUMMER Golden sunset moulds the earth, Woodland blessed with shaded gownsg- Shades of sadness, wisdom, mirth Caught in webs of autumn mounds. Winds of autumn fling the leaves From the woodlands shaded SOWIISL- Sunset floods the earth and trees f Evening calls the straying hounds. I. I. A. '31 HISTORY I hate to study history, I oft complain to mother.. To me, it is a mystery But not so to my brother. My brother he would just enjoy A tale of brutal fighting, For he is all that is a boy With love for arms and knighting. I. I. A. '31