Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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XI XR BOOlx Ol THL CI ASS Ol 1908 Pa I 0 f c 61113 d WWW' 1' 'Wa H chamvw V' .X T- U E11 dlff nga, part Val d crore-lf' Sanuglflglilav HONOR PARTS N 'Ihursday ex ening June Isbtll 1908 the fore most ey ent of the Senior class year takes place Graduation Our class the largest exer in the High school, is prepar1ng to m xlee that ex ent a mem oraole one A great many people think that gradua tion means a puffing In reality friends, it 18 a sfazfzzqe a starting of the second period of our hfe, the period of Manhood and XX omanhood. We are about to leave behind us forever our boyhood and girlhood days, and enter into the world -which has been patiently waiting for us Y Our X aledictorian Miss Mildred H. Lhaniberlain will deliver the farewell address to the class. Miss Lhamberlain has worked very earnestly during, her four years course and the Class of 1908 is proud to award its highest honor to so deserving, a person. The Llass Salutatorian is Miss I ena J. Lhandler. The salutatory is second only to the valedictory and is an honor of xxhieh one may xx ell be proud '1 he Honor Part has been an arded to Miss Gladys W1llllSOf Whitteii The ehoice of this honor could not haxe been better and we congratulate Miss XX l11tte11 on her good fortune Besides the three aboy e mentioned four others haye beell chosen to participate in the exercises. Two were chosen by the class and two by our principal Mr. L. H. Howe. Those chosen by the class were Miss Margaret O'Lonnell and Mr. XX arren XX . Oliver. Mr. Home chose Mr. Lyerett H. Looper and Mr. Marcus Beebe. lhe fact that the class honor parts are held by three young ladies this year is but one among the many instances which show the superiority of the weaker sex. 'I he class feels that this choice x 'as deserved in every case and we wish as a l'llIS,f to congratulate the chosen ones.

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Page nznefeezz XI' -XR BOOK OI' THE CLAS9 OF 1909 FOURTH We also bequeath to the scllool 111 gell er'll the Ill'lI'VClOllS color SCll6Ill6S Cl'lllN eyrhlblted 111 the 'wtOClxlllgS 'llld llecktles lJ6lOllg1Ilg to the 11l'lsc11ll1le LlLlllCllt of our cl'lss PII TH We 'llso beq1le'ltll 'lnd glye to the scllool 'l p'llr of slnoked eve gl'lsses 11011 111 110886581011 of 'l :tram member of Ollf cl'lss 'I llese glasses are for the pllrpose of P1'6XCllIl1lg' lJllllClllLSS to 11150116 11110 IS so fort1l1l'lte as to behold 'l YLIJLUUOII of the el'lf1llll1f effects !ll6Ilt1OI16Cl lll the fourth bequest SIYPH NVe do glye '1IlCllJLql1C ltl'1 l1I1t0 any person of the school 11110 ll'lS une fl lure du Coeur tl1e Illlllltf 0115 bzzsmess letters X1 hlcll 11'l1 e been LXCl12l1lgCCl Cl'lllX for the last fo lr IllOlltllS betyy een a lJl1'Cl lll our el'lss of the h'l11k fanllly 'lllll 'l prosperous young Iflllklllill of tlllS to111l SEXPINTH We glye 'lllll beqlle'lt11 l1IltO the clflss of 1910 ollr orlglll 11 SOllltlOllS of geo11letr1c'll tl1Cl '1lf,2,'QlJI llL problcllls especl'llly those of Phelps and WllltllCN 11111611 11111 be folllld 11lva1u'lble to ey ery 'lI1ll7ltlOl1S 1Il'ltllLlll ltlCl'1ll B11 11111 We do glye 'lllll bequeath llIltO tlle 111611113613 of the school the cup 11011 by us fI'0ll1l1llL I+1erett Hlgll school 111 the pllbllc deb'lte Mclv tllls trophy serye 'ls 'l beacon gllldlllg others to glOI'lOl1S trllllllplls of oratory 'llld 'lI'gllll1SIlt'1lI10ll N 1'yTH NVe also bequeath to the llllClCI'gI 1Clll'ltLS 11110 11 ere fortun'lte CIlOllgl1 to slt near us, the lllelllory of the numerous lllllelleolls 'lnd soclals held 111 the left corller of Roonl I TP y l II We do gly e 'lllfl bequeath lll1lO the scllool Ollf French, Greek, C1erm'll1 'lllfl Lcltlll pomes V1 e 'lClllllttll'1.lZ 1ve ll'l1e I'1ClClC1l tllese useful llttle beasts rather ll'1l'Cl Clllflllg the l'lSt follr ye'lrs llllt lf they are gly ell '1 good rest durlllg the sllllllller y'lc'lt1o1l tllLY 11111 be 'ls SC1'Y1CC llJl6 'ls e1 er IU the f'lll the Wakefield Hlgll Scllool the 11ollderflll record of the Base Bill '1C.'1ll1 111le1l C'l1Jt'I11lCCl by 'l IQOQ fell01y It 11011111 be 'lbsolutely flltlle for us to hope that tllL1 llllgllt '1PpI'OYllll'ltC our record bllt yye do l1lOSt earn estly 61681112 that tlley do 'Ill lll tllelr po11 er to s'lye the scllool fronl too great a fill from the Pll1ll'1.Cl6S of fame reaelled by us T11 Pl 11TH We do glye 'lllfl beql1e'ltll to the Illelll bers of the school the poetry composed by ollr class Clllflllg ollr selllor 1e'lr The t'1l6l1t of the class 15 so eyztellslye thflt lf 'lll the poellls 11 ere C0lllpllCCl lll one book tllere 11ollld be fOl1llCl excellent 6Y1l11plLS of eple ly rle 'lllfl ClI 1.lll'ltlC poetry Sollle of the poems 'lre 11 rlttell lll rllyllle otllers lll bl'l1lk yerse, 'lllll It ls doubtful lf tllere ls lll eelstellce fl slllgle X0llllllL of poetry yyltll Sllell N'lI'l6Cl llletres 'Ille lll'lStLI'1JlLLLS of tlllS poetry 11111 be fOl.lIlil under the tltle of bold Slllllll TIIIRTEENTII XVe 'llso glye 'lnd bequeath lll1t0 the class of 1909 the menlory of our scllol'lrlv oreltlolls alld eloquent speeches delly ered before 'l IllOSt lll1'lP precl'ltlye audlence of llllClCI'U1'aClll2'il16S the fourth perlod ey ery FI'1!l'1X F01 RTEENTH Lastly, 11e do glye Zlllfl bequeath 111110 the menlbers of the scllool ollr lJ621lltlflll photo graphs We hope tllat 11 hen tlley gale upon tllese I'CPI'OClllCtlOIlb of ollr noble C0llI1tCIl'1.llC6S, Zlllfl behold ollr scllo1'lrlv bro11 s, 'llld the llgllt of 11lsd01ll 111 ollr eyes, tlley 11111 be spurred 011 to the 'lccorllpllsllnlellt of greater deeds, 'lltllollgll 11e 'lre fully a11'lre tll'lt tlley can lley er 'ltt'llll to SllCll gl0I'lOllS llCl0'lltb of 111s Cl0lll alld learlllllg 'ls the class of 1908 VVe llereby 11711011112 Mr R L Be 111 18 executor of tllls o1lrl'lst yylll llltl test llllellt Ill 11ltlless thereof 11e ll 11e Slifllkll our ll'llllLS '11111 'llTlXLil ollr se lls A Short l-llitory of the W l-l S from 1845 to 1908 N 18.15 11llell ollr lOXVll 11218 lxI1OXXIl 'ls South Read lllg the t011 n fathers took one step 11h1cll tlley have ney er regretted Illat step was the fOl.llldlllg ofa Hlgh School Thus lt IS that lll 1847 1 scllool C'1llCCl the E11 llbll Hlffll School 11 'ls establlshed lll the old bouth R6adlllg llllllfllllg' 11011 141101111 'ls the C1 A R Hall, XY l11Cl1 formerly stood X1 here the Llll c0111 School 11011 stands Hele the students fifty elgllt 111 l1llIIllJCI' forllllllg the first classes lll the Hlgll Qellool 11ere taught I'6'lCllllg gramnlflr 'II'lll1IllLllC, geometry lllstory pllllosophy alld algebra by 'l Mr BlZlClsl11glOl1 I 1863 the first class of t11el1e 111611113613 graduated 'lllfl YYCTC gly B11 Cl1pl0lI13.S by Lyrus Wakelield Esq I or sey eral years fOllO11lllg It 11as ll'lrd to keep a prlllelpal for more than one y ear bec luse of the 5111111 salary pald llllll But 111 splte of ll1lS l'1.Qt the sellool grew alld lt sooll lJGC'1l1lC necessary to proylde IICXV quarters for the scholars S0 111 1811 111161011112-lp proprlated 3p,2 100 to llllllll a 1le11 H1 11 Sellool llllllll 111g The 11ork 11as I'llSllLKl alld 'l ye'lr frolll the tlllll the ground 1119 first broken the l1l'11ll p'lrt of the present lillllflll g 11 'ls erected 'lllfl 011 October IO X512 11 'ls ded1e'lted111tll lddresses by the prlllelpell I lle Hlgh Sehool X115 held lll 11111115 IIOXV Room I 11l11le tlle first 'lllll tlllftl floors 11ere gn Lll 01 er to ll1L granllnar grades 11l1lel1 XYLTL croyyded for qlllrters 'lt tllelt tlllle Stlll as the ye'lrs passed the scllool greyy 'lllil e1 L11 'lfter t'lk1llg the gr'l1llmar grades from the bullfllllg lt 11'ls fOllIlCl 11ecess'lry 111 1900 to make all add1l101l alld slye lllore roollls 11 ere 'lllded maklllg the bllllfllllg 'ls lt 1511011 Ille groyytll of the scllool has COllllllllCCl 1l11t1l ln 9l.C'1ll ofonly fifty elgllt pllplls 'lnd one te'lc1ler tllere are 'lt the PTCSCIII tl1ll6 s11ct1 one ll1Ll1llJ6I s 111 the gI 1Clll'lllllg elflss 111l11e the sellool llfls 1.101211 ellroll 1116111 of three lllllldfetl 'lnd slxty students 111tll four teen lllstrllctors l p to lS6l'1Il1CI'L had lltell only one eollrse of study of tllree ye'lrs ill1I ltl0ll Xt tllls tlllle the 5LllO0l QOl11llllll.6C 10ted that 1 follr ye'lr LllSSlC'l.l Lollege collrse be added 11ll1ell 'lll011ed the stu Cl6IltS to prep'lre for colleges -llld 'l.g'llll lll 1900 the LOIIIIIIIUCC 'lCl1llg 011 the I'CCOll1ll1CllCl'1llOll of our presellt orl1lclp'll Lll'lrles H Hoyye establlslled a four year COIl1IllQ1'Cl21l Lourse Tllls course treatlllef as It does lJllSll1LS5 11 ays 'ls tlley are llalldled 111 large bllSlllQQS offices pro1ed 'l1'llllab'e '1ClCl1tlO1l to the Hlgll School -X perlod Of slxty tllree X6'l1S 11 IS pflssed slllce lts foulldlnff alld ollr scllool Sl1l1tlS tod'l1 arllollg the flrst ofthe state Its lllgll St'l1lll'1lCl ls sll0111l by the flct lll ll tllose colleges X1ll1Cll do not 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