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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YEAR BOOR OF THI Ll XSS OF l'J0 5 Page lwcnfj iwo CLASS PROPHECY TAR Ll XSSNIAII It hrs been so long snlee I haxe heard from xou that rt xxlll be elsx for xou to llllelgllle Hltll what sl1I'pl'1SL and LSllLLl'lllX null uh It pleasure I reeelx ed XOlll'1LLLllt letter I nn 1Jllllelllll'lX -'lad to hear that you lmxe sue eeeded so xx ell srnee ue lelt the de tr old lngh sehool house lelh lps xou h lxe not he'11dtl1'1t1t1s 1 lnlrh sehool no longer for 1 llne neu llllllflllljg, has been ate x ereeted It hrs ttleen tl1e toun some L11 xecns to gun coln we enough to nmlee so expensne 111 ltlllltlOl1 to rts propertx hut It goes ulthout say lllg th tt now a neu sehool h rs been bullt lt ls Wltll out 1 peer Of eotnse the old 0111 has been sold It rs to be made rnto tn llY1Yl1lllCllt house 1nd I 'llll told XVarren OllX Ll ls the nelnteet 11110 1s lt xx orle 011 the pltns for the xltexatrons He hrs become 1101111 1'1 lns pro lessron ol late, but I tlnnle lt xxlll tax lns pouers to the lltlll0st to lllhllse 1 lxslnonable 3lY1lllllLllt house out ol our old sehool It does not seem posslble that lt IS te11 ye lrs Slllee lk old os e ass u 1s llKlll t ed tt tlllles I ean hftrdlx IC.lll!L lt But xx hen I remember all that his ha Jpened srnce then ll NLLIIIS 'Wes ago that ue studled rn Room l or 1ee1ted lll Room XX I lanex 1011 haxe not lowotten the Ol 1t0llC'll lllghts So xou urll not be Sll1pllHLCl uhen I tell you that alter Alaska nas 'ldnntted to 1116 Unlon 116 uas elected Sen lt0l from th tt state He soon cune to be aelenouledved the most persnasrxe spealeer rn Con gress Xou lenou Lhubbx aluay dld argue that the1e xx ls some use nl trx mg to learn 10 shng hug hsl1 tnd ue boxs lIlllllX behex ed that even Demos thenes lll lns prnne could hardlx surpass hnn SIQIIL Anderson xx is lonlf slnee Illelflltfl, but for some xecns alter gr'1du'1t1on she held a l'6SlB0llSllJl6 IJOSIUOII 111 the oflice ol NIOTYINOH and Leune s great departnment store -Xugust Peterson ls also eonnected Xlltll tlns eoneer11 He ls leader of the noted or chestra ulneh l'llI'lllSllCS lllllHlC for thexr IllZlgllll:lC6!lt I'CSt'll1l'1l1t on the tenth floor texpless elex fttors dur nw rush hours Islnnra liens Dorothx I'e1ndel and Marjorxe Han les all beearne nnlses and as Dr hoxe Hhllfl A soon as thex leneu enough to be of 'xnx praetlcal use eaeh ln ll1lLil one ol her oun patlents I 110111111 the lollonnw 1111611 rn tlllb lnornlng s Boston Blou l1 rd 1 neuspaper edlted bx xVl11l:l6lCl Nlexlell It 1s reported th rt Fduln P Phelps Pro fessor ol Nl ltllL1ll'ltlCS 1nd ASITOIIOIIIX rn Harvtrd U11lXCfNllX has recentlx pelleeted a system of ulre less t6lLl'l rphx bx means Ol'XXlllLl1 he ls able to 10111 munleate Xlllll Nlars It ls rumored thxt lns first messwe 10 th 1t Cllslflllt planet nas lll the form ol a QIIGSUOII lSlslllg the Xltrtltns xl 11161 understood tl1e selenee ol Sohd beometrx -X negatne 'tnsuer nas reeen ed Ind me understand Professor Phelps has lslllCllN offered 10 put lns 11611 sx stem to the test lll 2111 effort to tL'1Lll so unenlwhtened '1 people that most xx onderlul studx It IS 1101 111101111 xx hat replx nas made to tl11s generous offer By tlns xou ulll see that Pfltl has suceeeded xerx xx ell ln lns cho sen prolessron I haue heard lt xslnspered that Marlon Lane, who always was more or less l'I'l6lldlX Hltll Professor Phelps ex en 111 the old daxs has hopes ol I'lSlllg stlll higher lil lns estnnatlon Harold Watkms, u ho you remenlbcr was major lll lns SLIIIOI' vear 'lt the hlgll school has become famous 'ls a br1dge lnnlder Hrs latest 17I0jSCt 1s '1 brxdge aeross Behrmg btllllt Tlns great strnetnre ls to eontfnn '1 smgle span, some tlnrtv odd nnles rn length ulnch ls to be constructed on the plan of the XX 'ltlxlll s Relnlorced Truss c, ltllLI'1llC Lane and Nettle Saxage haue become celebrated lllllSlC11ll1S Both have been marrled for some xears Harry Meloney uho used to play tlnrd base on the lnfrh sehool ball tL'llll 18 a famous prolesslonal ball plax er and at present I'LSlKl6S ln Llncago l leanor Holt and I4ll!lL Connell .re employed 1n the ofhee of Goodwin and Cameron brokers Her bert I,n1ds'1x u ho dld some lJllSlI1LSS u 1tl1 that firm reeentlx has been hrolee ever SIIICC He saxs th xt then professlon u 'ls certalnly u ell ehosen 1'l'llllx Harrington and Anna Draper hfne leept up the llltllll'lLN uhrch Oflglllltltl 'lt high school 1n the Lhennstry elass I recen ed a letter about a month ago from Lol John Barton who has been statloned lll Tokro slnce the w ar urth japan, 1n wlnch he told me that he had been adxanced to rank of Brlgadler General H desert es llllS promotlon rf ever a n1an drd, for wlthout tl1at Japan was whlpped by the Ilnlted States Even when lll school, I had all 1dea that johnny would lllStlIlgll1Sl1 hnnself some day Poster and Looper, who were such ennnent Greek students nr tllell' sophomore year are non partners lll the junk IJUSIIICSS lhey are runnmg tlns concern on a strletlx screntrlic lJaSl'w and Poster says, It 1s paxmg to beat the band I met fsederqnest, the 6l6CtI'lC19.ll, on the street tl1e other dax, lookmg as rf he d lost hrs last frrend I asked lnm uhv he was so glun1 I told h1n1 I should Judge Irorn hrs appearance that his mother 111 law had been serxously 1ll and that the doctor had JllbtglVEfl1 strong hope for her recovery He sald, 110 lt wasn t quxte as bad as that In fact he d just got lns wlfe s bxll from the mlllmers Lalkms and Trask, and lf had made hlm feel a bxt weak kneed I sald I dldn t blame lum, that that was one of the reasons among mam others that I l1ad nex er marrled A recent magarlne artrcle entltled Why Latlll Should He Superseded by Greek 111 Grammar Schools bx Reba I Iaton Professor of Anc1ent Languages n1 Wellesley College has exclted much comment and C1'1tlClSIIl among promlnent educators all over the country It has brought forth artlcles from the pens ot such noted professors and teachers as Lena Lhandler, Florence Kelly and Ernestlne Flanley Some uphold NIISS 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