Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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THE W. H. S. DEBATER PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR BY THE STUDENTS OF WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Volume 4 WAKEFIELD, MASS., APRIL, 1916 Number 2 Editor-in-Chief HARRIET STANTON WOODMAN Assistant Editors HELEN STEWART EUGENE SULLIVAN Business Manager HAROLD MONCRIEF Exchange Editor LOUISE SHELDON Social Editors DORIS VERNE DOROTHY H. BEALS Athletic Editors JOSEPH DUGGAN GEORGE GOODWIN Freshman Editor OLIVER HOWLAND Sophomore Editor CHARLOTTE BOODY Junior Editor BLANCHE KILLORIN Alumni Editor LOUISE C. WHITTEN Staff Artist MARJORIE SV EETSER Joke Editors WALTER B. WINSHIP FRANK W. AVERY Subscription Editors CURTIS TAGGART V ILLIAM MacLEOD

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Read o ' er this, — And then to breakfast With what appetite you have — Shak. Henry VI. Happy Easter to the readers of The Debater ! We wish to thank the Kosmos Club for so kindly inviting the Sophomore and Senior Classes to two of their interesting lectures. Miss Ingram received many encouraging remarks from out-of-town English teachers on the practicability of our English as showTi in the recent debate on Prohibi- tion. This year, 1916, is the tercentenary anni- versary of William Shakespeare ' s death. We have devoted one page of our paper to articles concerning him, and have headed our departments with quotations from his most famous works. We feel, however, that this is little to do in acknowledgement of the genius of so great a man; and to demonstrate our higher appreciation for this famous bard we are planning a Shakes- pearean celebration which, we hope, will in- terest and benefit our fellow-students and friends. The Senior Class wish to extend their thanks to Miss Elizabeth Ingram and Mr. Charles Bolton who so kindly arranged a visit to the Boston Athenasum. The few who did take advantage of this privilege found it intensely interesting and instruc- tive. Mr. John Craig of the Castle Square Thea- tre has arranged a series of the most popu- lar Shakespearean plays to be given there beginning April 25. The first performance will be Romeo and Juliet. The second, As You Like It, will be on April 28. The third, Hamlet, will be given on May 2, and the last, The Taming of the Shrew, May 5. We hope our students will avail them- selves of this educational privilege. The Senior drama is an event which arouses great enthusiasm among the pupils and faculties of the different high schools of Massachusetts. It also affords an oppor- tunity for defraying the graduation ex- penses of the Seniors. Why should we not have one in the Wakefiela High School? With very little trouble or expense, the stage of the town hall might be temporarily altered for that occasion. Also, it is quite evident that there is excellent talent in our high school to make up a cast for such an event. Finally, there is no doubt but what the town hall could be filled with little diffi- culty. How about it, Seniors-to-be?