Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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THE DEBATER. HAROLD EUGKNK CROCKER. Salutatorian, Class of ' 07. And even to those who go to college, graduation day means many of these things. They will seldom see again the jolly schoolfellows who for four years were their constant companions, and their college life can never be so care- free and happy as their high school life was. But still the life beyond the school lights up tremendous possibilities for us, and though we step forward into it with sadness at the thought of our separation, still we step forward brave and confident that our four years of high school asso- ciations have better fitted us to bear the burdens we must undertake. If we re- member that it is better faithful than famous we may enter fearlessly into the unknown future to be spread out be- fore us after June 27. The following students have signified their intentions of attending the schools named : Lucy Noyes, Boston School of Commerce. Emma Campbell, Symonds ' Rindergarten Training School. Henrietta Potter, Faelton School of Piano- forte. Horace Lee, University of Maine. Ralph Coombs, Tufts College. A. Purrington, Boston School Optometry. Mary Dignan, Salem Normal School. Mildred Parker, Boston School of Gymnas- tics. Anna Meloney, Boston School of Gymnas- tics. William Stewart, Bryant Stratton. Harry Sparks, Boston School of Commerce. Nellie Bailey, Conservatory of Music. Clyde Morrill, Institute of Technology. Bernice Pendergrace, Bryant Stratton. William H. Murphy, Institute of Technolo- gy- Max E. Eaton, Dartmouth College. Jessie Maxwell, Radcliff College. MISS BKRNICK I ' KNDKRGRACE. Honoi- I ' art, Class of 1907.

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THE DEBATER. VOL. V. NO. 6. JUNE, 1907. Price 10 Cents. GRADUATION, CLASS OF 1907. Graduation, the most important event in the school year, takes place on the evening of Thursday, June 27, and on this evening the school will do its best to show to its citizens of the town the results of their long years of study. As all graduation programs must es- sentially be similar the program of this needs no special re- mark. It is intend- ed to represent the best ability that the school affords. Miss Emma L. Capipbell, who is taking the classical course, is to be Val- edictorian and will deliver the usual farewell address at the close of the ex- ercises. The Salut- atory has been ■ ' MISS EMMA CAMPBELL awarded to Harold valedictorian, class ' 07. E. Crocker, who will deliver an original address on The Making of a Nation, and the honor part to Miss Bernice Pendergrace who will deliver Longfel- low ' s King Robert of Sicily. The four other speakers are Miss Mabel Isa- belie Dignan, Mr. Charles Jordan, Mr. Glide G. Morrill, and Mr. William H. Murphy. One of the numbers on the program, slightly different from any former number, is a debate between Morrill and Murphy on the question. Resolved, That Capital Punishment should be abolished in Massachusetts. Mr. Morrill will argue for the affirmative and Mr. Murphy will uphold the nega- tive. Both the gen- tlemen have been members of the De- bating Society dur- ing the greater part of their high school life, and a debate will be a means of showing the bene- fits derived from the society. The grad- uation music will be under the direction of our music master, Mr. Geo. F.Wilson, who will doubtless continue his unqual- ified success of pre- vious years. T o t h e seniors, their graduation day must always be one of the best remembered of their lives. To those who do not go to college it means the end of their school days, the end of the happy, care free life they have led for seventeen or eighteen years, the end of the joy and pride in their athletic teams, their debating societies, their happy social affairs, and the beginning of the hard, sober, game of life in which the law of preservation too often chokes the youthful happiness and buoyancy.

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THE DEBATER. CLASS SONG. MAX EVERETT EATON. Dear classmates, tbe time of parting Has come, as come it uill. To malse our hearts the sadder, Oar cup of grief to fill. As ve stand here nou tl)is even, liJitt) no tI)OQgf)t of strife or fear. We have the vorld before as, r ehind as, — memories dear, I ehind US ' — memories clear. Ah . ' Y s, those recollections Of stud , uorls and plaif, Will never be forgotten, As ve tread life ' s steep hard ua . Those thoughts of school-da pleasures, Those hours without a care. Will help us as ve struggle Will maHe our pathua s fair, Will mal e our pathways fuir. (i)e Ihanl our teachers Isindl , For guidance ever true, Por aiding our dull footsteps. As ve stumbled on anev. And ma our trust be alva s In Him uho Hnoveth all ii)i)0 loveth us his children. Who helps both great and small, Who helps both great and small. CLASS RECEPTION. On the night following graduation the preparations for the reception are the class of 1907 holds the usual recep- well advanced. The invitations have tion. The committee is as follows : been engraved, the arrangements for Ralph R. Coombs, President, seating completed (after some difficulty). Miss Helen Stark, the ushers selected from the school Max E. Eaton, alumni, the orchestra secured, the eater- Howard Spear, ing contract awarded, the chairs ob- Miss Mildred G. Parker, tained, and all the other minor details Adelbert Purrington, fully carried out. The members of the Miss Jessie Maxwell. class hope to make this last evening one During the last few weeks the com- of the most enjoyable of their school mittee has been working steadily, and life.