Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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Histor of the Class of 1905. gr Ls INCF. I have been chosen 'by my classmates to be Historian for the Class of 1905, I EX ,, will try to narrate as briefly as possible the 'history of our four years of school life. Siiflta ' These four years have been very eventful and pleasant to each one of us, and 5 Q we shall remember them in the years to come, as four of the happiest years of our '-l2- ' lives. In September, 1901, we tirst assembled as a Class, in the Old High School, As is natural, we felt our importance in being Freshmen and managed to show those around us what a vigorous class spirit we had. As usual we received a hearty welcome from the upper classes. It was here that we iirst met the Class of 1904, armed with boards and various other things with which to receive us. Very few of us escaped this reception except those who were small enough to get through the crowd, as George. As we entered the Assembly Boom of the Old High School building we were introduced to our teachers with whom we were to associate for the next four years. Here, for the first time we met our Sub-master, Mr. A. X. Burke. After a second look he did not seem so formidable as at lirst. I believe he actually winked his ears at one small girl in the front seat. ive took our seats: and the necessary directions about our reeitations were given by our Principal, Mr. XYillis Eaton, As Freshmen we stood somewhat in awe of Miss Frost, but after coming from one of her recitations having impressed U5 her with our unusual stores of knowledge, we pronounced her 'fall right 5 1 . Our iirst day at school was filled with surprising discoveries both to ourselves and to the teachers. XVe found we were not as brilliant as we had supposed, and the teachers did not seem at all impressed with us nor with our attempts to prove our abilities. At the end of that first day we had behaved more studiously, and studied more, than we ever have since. Nearly two weeks had passed when we began to think about electing our Class ofiieers, so on September 16th we held our iirst class meeting, Mr. Burke presiding as chairman. Miss Irene Bliss was appointed secretary pro tem and the business of the meeting proceeded. George Brennan was chosen presidentg Evelyn Spring, vice presidentg Irene Bliss, secretary, and Edith Smith, treasurer. Leonard Taylor was elected a member of the Athletic Committee. This lirst meeting was soon followed by others and on September 18th we decided to hold a sociable. Next we decided to choose our class colors and pins. iVe held a meeting and a con.mittee of three was chosen to collect samples of pins and plan the colors, to report at the next meeting. In a few days the committee reported and our pin was chosen. The colors which were brought in did not seem to be satisfactory, so a combination of red, black and gold was presented by Edna, who has always had a good eye for colors, and this was accepted. XVe have always had reason to be proud of these colors all through our school career. Un October 12th, we as Freshmen, held our first sociable in the Assembly Room of the Old High School. There were about one hundred and twenty members present, and what was quite unusual, not any of us were troubled with bashfulness. Here we met a second reception from some of the Class of 190-L and some of the members of former classes of the school, who tried, in various ways, to break up our social, none of which were successful. The whole affair was a dis- grace, and as a result our Principal, Mr. Eaton, decreed that there should be no more sociables held that year in the school. 2

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