Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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Page 111111111 thru XI1 XR BOOL. OI' 'IHE CI ASS OF 1908 X feyy days ago whlle Clfll. Ing through the pleasant l1ttle han1let of I y11nfield I 11ot1ced a fannhar figure Iltlelllg fur1ously 1n a potato Held bv the slde of the road I drew up and saw to my surprrse that lt was 11o11e other than my old frrend Lyerett Xl l11tney 111ore generally knoyy11 as HOOII After greetlng Il e yy 1th much effus1y eness H0011 went on to say that he owned tl1e farm of wh1ch th1s potato field yvas a mart that It was the best 111 tl1e country If llOt Ill the state that Ins crop of potatoes th1s year was conung along beautlfnlly a11d much more to tl1e sa111e effect also that I thel Gray had just bought a PIECE of l11s la11d and she and I1ya Nlorrxson were f,Olllg' 111 for tl1e snnple l1fe XVIIIIC all th1s astoundmg 1nfor1nat1on was slowly 00ZlI1g through my cramnm he qu1etly 1I1fOl'Ill6d n1e that he really could11 t llsten to me a11y lo11ger but must get back to Ins l1OBlIlg So lildfllllg 111111 good by I drove on tlllflklllg that my old fr1e11d XVIIIUICV had changed l1nt l1ttle SIIICC l11s scl1ool days There IS at prese11t Ill New I 11gland and especlally 111 Nlassachnsetts a strong XX oman s Suffrage rnoye n1e11t X ou remember C ladys Xl l11tte11 9 She IS 11oyy the Duchess of -Xy on a11d l1y1es 111 her castle Sl1e a11d l1er fr1e11d I ady TYCIIIIOIIIIC yy l1o 1s tl1e HSICII Ry der of the old scl1ool days are much lnterested 111 thts 1no1en1ent a11d are CO1lSlCl6I'6d eloqu nt speak rs I heard yesterday that I'lll8.lJBl1ll Partrldge the1r pr1 yate seeretary 15 already IH tlns country Ill'1lxlllg' arrangements for a serles of lectures 'Ihe fa111e of of New I ngland are ant1c1pat111g a rare treat 'Ihe Rey I rnest Daland IS at the head of anus slOll recently estabhshed 111 Patago111a He 1s rbly ass1sted 111 IIIS good yvork by Pdna Kendall Ianra Xl ebber a11d Iallfabeth Reed Nathahe Cutler IS sen1or partner Ill Cutler Pear 18.5 ALUMNI The n1arr1age of I Irank Xlhtte 98 and NI1ss Olga Crowell of I1l17abeth New Jersey took place at tl1e brlde s l1on1e 011 -Xprll 11th Mr ZIIICI INIrs Xl, l11te wlll reslde 111 W akefield IOFIIIG' I Jordan og holds a11 excellent IJOSIICIOII as tnstructor 1n Robert College Constantmople Seyeral graduates of the Xl aleefield H1gh School yy1ll be graduated from l11gher 1nst1tut1o11s of lear11 lll tlllS year among tl1en1 belng I 11ther M Howe Xl 1l1tl1I'Op X CJYIIIIIII alld Paul S X1atses of Dart 111outl1 arthur L Gardner of Massachusetts IIISII tute of 'lechnology Edward B Bra111ga11 of Tufts Dental College Albert C Thomas of Brow II II111 yers1ty Nltss Xhce J XX alton of Snnth College XI1ss Lhlabeth Gleason of Mt Holyoke College NI1ss I Clllll P C oyylng of Bradford academy a11d a number of others Xltss NI lI'lOll B ROIJIJIIIS O3 yyho taught 111 the Xl akefield pubhc schools for about three years re s1gned her pos1t1on tl1e early part of thls year to accept a more lucratlye one 111 the Rey ere pubhc schools Chester NI Cate o6 IS among tl1e l1o11or 111811 at Hary ard belllg recorded 111 the seco11d group of scl1olars so11 a11d Stear11s 1letect1ye agency '1h1s nrm han dles all lslllflg of eases and guarantees Satlbf3CllOIl 'I l1ey beca111e 111y oly ed 111 son1e llllflilllty with George Spencer a yvl11le ago wl1o ru11s a matrxmonlal agency Oyylng to tl1e remarkable ab1l1ty of two of thetr detectu es Ruth Farmer a11d Ida johnson they were able to make Nlr Spencer take a back seat as It were Havel Cl1'lIlllJ6I'I8.1I1 has become a d8.1lClllg teacher as ey ery 0116 nnght expect from her dey ot1o11 to that art 111 l1er lugh scl1ool days Mlss Cl1a111berla1n YUIIS three select classes snpery 1s1ng one herself and leay mg the others to the excellent management of her two isslstants IXIZIYIOU a11d Helen Mansfield III COIIIICCIIOII yy1th th1s 1llSl1tlll1OI1 a school of elo C1ltlOIl has been estabhshed by Mar1o11 Boylston w ho IS ass1sted by Beatr1ce Sparks and 'VIargaret O Con IICII I a111 y ery glad that son1e YIIGIIIIJSTS of our class are llltCI'6StCCI Ill yocal evpre S1011 Iftl1ere1s any one llllllg to yyl11ch I tl11nk we A1ner1eans ougl1t to glVE 111ore atte11t1o11 ll IS to the rnttter of tl1e cultlyatton of tl1e yolce It makes 1ne sl11y er eve11 noyy after all these years to recall some of our attempts at I'C'1l'I1llf,, Shakespeare But I alll sp1nn1ng out 111y letter tnternnnably alll rennnded of tl1e story of tl1e YVOIIIHII yyho had IJUTIGKI fixe husbands Hllil w as about to take unto her self a ':1l'Ctll VI, hen her fI'lClltlS expostulated wlth l1er tbout l1er 111a11y m lU'lll1Ol1lIl yentures she laugh lllygll replled X es men may come and 111611 111ay go but I go 011 fortyer Ie-st I too ru11o11 forey er I yy1ll llflllg' IIIIS eplstle to a elose XXISIIIIIQ' for all the metnbers ofthe dear old elrss of 1905 te11 more years of he tlth wealth alld prosperlty X ery truly yo11rs F H Cooper ob NOTES Nllss He1e11 D Gf66ll0llg'lI 04 has reslgned her POSIIIOII 111 the Ly erett pubhc scl1ools Iuther NI Howe out I5 O11 the ed1tor1al board of Il1e Ilartrnouth tl11s year Idyyard Ot1s Proctor o5 was one of the three speakers who represented Xale lll tl1e debate w1th Hary ard Oll Nlay 1st He was X I.lCCl1ClOl'l8.ll of l11s cl rss 111 the high scl1ool 'llltl l1as taken a11 actlye 111 terest 111 debatnxg stnce he entered college beslde yy1n11111g a prue for extempore speal-.mg Ianren L Xlcllaster IQOO yy as a111ong the 111a11y unfortunate ones whose IIOIIICS were destroy ed 111 the great Chelsea conflagratton XI alter X Ihelps o6 IS among tl1e h1ghest ranked stude11ts of Dartrnouth alltl l1as the CIISUIIC tton of bemg a Rufus Choate scholar Tl11sl1o11or IS gly en Ollly to 111en1bers of the college wl1o atta111 a standmg of n111ety tyyo per cent or l11gher 1n thelr st11d1es a11d Phelps IS 0116 of tyyo IIICI1 1n a class of more tI1an tl1ree l1u11dred st11dents to TECCIXC lt Carl P Syyeetser O2 has TECCIIIIS bee11appo1nted manager of the Boston office of the Standard Flectr1c TIUIC Co111pa11y by yvl1o1n l1e l1as been employ ed stnce l11s graduatton fro111 Htgh school , , , V4 v 4 a 1 i ' 41 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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 Eaton s theory, ulnle others COIlSldC1' It entrrely sw rong borne years ago Marguerlte McCarney opened a small l1l3I11Cl1I'lUg estabhshment It IS novs one of the largest nr tlns VlCll11tj Katherlne Innnegan 19 her stenographer Also mentloned among Nllss 'NlcCarney s many assrstants are Martha Nelson 'llary Hines, and Carrle Nxckerson Y , I . .. 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