Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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S. 6 Class Pins, Rings and Graduation Gifts A ' The VValtharri jeyvelry CO, 5 227 NIOODY ST. 5 I VVQ lvlalce A Specialty Of Repairing E H 1 i Y V V 4 Oc , it, it n L ll L ic , . ,Y TL K ig V f ur , L ic. , JO TUFTS COLLEGE TUFTS COLLEGE Medical Dental Jchool .fchool FFERS a four years' graded course, FFERS a three years, graded course including all branches of Scientihc covering all branches of Dentistry, and Practical llledicine. The laboratories Laboratory and scientific courses are given are extensive and fully equipped. Clinical in connection with the Medical School. instruction is given in the various hospitals of Boston which aiiord facilities only to be found in a large city. For detailed information regarding admisson requirements to either school, or for a catalogue, apply to ' ' FRANK E. HASKINS, M. D., Secretary . Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools, 416 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. - Mention MIRROR when answering advertisements. WALTHAM SAVINGS BANK ' MAYNARD THEATRE Assets June 8, 1916 S5,620,52l.7l Home of the Wm. Fox, Metro - and Big 4 Photo-Plays De Luxe and Pipe 6,110.9 face, .9Dresz'a'eni Organ Walhan Ydarren, Wioe-.9Jre.s'1'a'en! Sea. .72 .93'ea!, Ureasurer RES. TEL. OFFICE TEL 77-VV 155 3 we New York Bottling Co. A' A. W. FISHER, Proprietor Funeral Director and Em balmer G. B. Moomrs Tomas Carriages furnished for all occaslons Jwanufacturer and B ttler of 158 Moody st. Waltham WOERD AVE. Tel. 1450 ' Mention MIRROR wh - V -' g fd v. t- m nt . ' Eli IHC im im ini llli U14 HIE ,Q THE JVIIRROH, Q ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AT WALTHAM POSI' OFFICE JUNE, 1916 PRICE 25 CENTS E E 13512361 WALTHAM HIGH SCHOOL, WALTHAM, MASS. Eli im ini im im im ,mi ' :EE EDITORIAL STAFF Editor, JOHN T. PERRY, '17 Assistant Editor, RAYMOND VVILEY, '16 Business Manager, LINCOLN TURNER, 'JG I Ass't Business Manager, RAYMOND MOTT, '17 LITERARY EDITORS PHILA MILLS, '16 HELEN HOEESES, '16 ATAZIE VANDER XVYK '16 NTILDRED MORSE, 'I7 DOROTHY LATHAM, '17 FRANCES XVILEY, '17 SPECIAL EDITORS Athletic Editor, NATHAN SANDERSON, '16 Exchange Editor, ELIZABETH SWIFT, '16 Ass't Exchange Editor, LEILA WARREN, '17 CLASS REPORTERS . CHARLES OLNEY, '16 ELAIER CLARKE, ,I7 ALEXANDER STUART,',IQ EDITH DANIELL, '16 CLARA OLNEY, '17 JAMES KELTEY, ,IQ THELMA BLAKELY, '16 ANTHONY DALY, ,I7 BERTHA CARNEY, '19 LINCOLN -MCCULLOUGH, '16 HAROLD XVILSON, 'IS XIIOLA GARFIELD, '19 ROLAND EKVVALL, '17 .ALICE GORAIAN, '18 EDNA LARSON, ,IQ YESTA WIN N, '18 THE MIRROR is published monthly by the Vv'altham High School. Yearly subscription, 500 By mail, 60c Single copy, 10c Single copies may be obtained at VV. N. Towne'S, 229 Moody St., and Mrs. E. S. 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GLADYS ORR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I E ARF: gathered here this evening, as has been the custom in former years, to observe the graduating exercises of the class of nineteen hundred and sixteeng then class extends to you a most cordial invitation to par- ticipate in the joy and happiness of the occa- sion. Wie hope it will be a pleasure to all, espe- cially to the graduating class who, after these years of perseverance and study, are to pass from the High School. Some will pursue their studies further, while others will enter into the activities of the world in general. But whatever our pur- suits in life may be, there are many ways by which we may retain and enlarge our education. The public libraries, the daily press, and a general ob- servation ot what is going on in the world around us will tend to increase and multiply our knowledge. The lessons we may gain from these different sources will depend a great deal on the way in which we apply the education which we have received in the public schools. Our motives may be en- tirely sellish and grasping, even though legitimate: or' we may be broad-minded and charitable, striving always to promote the principles of justice and righteousness, so that these uprisings, wars, and turmoils may speedily pass away, and happiness may reign with peace on earth. good will to men, i There is an old saying that the pen is mightier than the sword, but is it not the power that guides their wielding that makes either one effective? The sword under the direction of a Napoleon stamps its message of mightg the pen guided by the mind of a Shakes- peare leaves an inspira- tion which is ever new. Shakespeare ' d i e d many years ago, yet his writings are still classed among the greatest of literary productions. and exert a mighty intluence over the minds of men and women all over the civilized world. This is shown by the tact that this year we celebrated 2 the three-huntlredth an- niversary of Shakes- peare's death. In many cities of the United States there have been Shakespearean plays acted in honor of his anniversary. England has boasted that she would give up her lndian possessions. which were 'gained by the sword, rather than Shakespeare, emblem of the pen, who binds the .Xnglo-Saxon race more strongly together than any sword ever did. Carlyle has said that the ulndian Empire will go, at any rate, some day: but this Shakespeare does not go. he lasts for- ever with usg we cannot give up our Shakespeare. XYhat military or naval herohas ever been so universally celebrated as Shakespeare has been this year? Even Germany with her Hymn of Hate would not give up Shakespeare or his plays. Ger- many's people would starve rather than re- Katherine Ibrook Eaton SALUTATORY ceive bread from Englandg bitt they love the English Shakespeare. for in Germany more of his plays are acted than in any other country. At this time I consider it a duty and a privilege to make some mention of those who have performed so large a part in our education. Doubtlcss you all know to whom l refer: the teachers. 'llo them wc owe a debt of honor and gratitude for their patience, perseverance, and sacrifice. At times we may have thought them severe and exacting, but now we realize that it was for our good, and we appreciate their efforts in performing such a duty. Un- doubtedly, were it not for their efforts, now that our career in the public schools is at an end, wc could not carry with us such pleas- ant memories of the days there spent. - O O Diploma List, 1916 College Course Marguerite Allen Eaton Mary Josephine Gately Blanche Boyce Greenleaf Beriger F. Anderson XVarren XVorcester Bailey Martin Hamlin Burckes Charles Hubbard Burnham Ernest Dewey Clarkson Carl Ambrose Ellis Lewis Currier Franklin Ruth Gertrude Ashley Thelma Adele Blakely Ruth Eleanor Brodrick Gladys Frances Brown Doris Ryder Cathcart Marion Howard Chapin Esther Blenid Concannon 'Violet Annie Cox Edith Phoebe Daniell Helen Bernadine Donahoe Marjorie Lewis Eccles Lillian Elsie Erwin Edith Randolph Fourtiii Mertie Frances Frost Marion Gill Edith Frances Hammond Gladys Denton Hartley Delphine lnez Haskins Elsa Magnhild Elizabeth Hedman Helen Lavinia Horfses Amy S. Irish Ethel Mae -lanes Florence Mary E. Keefe Marie Emerton Kelly Velma Kittredge Elin Dagmar Larson Leltie Annie McGoldrit-k Gertrude Teresa Hines Nellie Bluebell .Jackson Josephine Agnes Keany Edna Marguerite Leger Ruth Whitney Masters Technical Course Felix .Joseph Geoffrion lYesley R. Gilbert Henry Theodore .Jackson Holgar J. Jenson Frank J. McCabe Raymond Charles McQuiston ciiffoi-fi Haughton Richardson General Course Berniece Laughton MacQueen Alice Esther Manning Ida Edith Mendelsohn Phila May Mills Marion L. Moore I .Jessie Isabell Munro Helen Rae Murphy Mildred Eva Neil Anna Theodora Olson Eupheinia Gladys Orr Florence Augusta Perry Miriam Louise Rand Alberta Emily Sanderson Louise Sewall Clara Frances Sherman Mabelle Rae Spencer Marian Ruth Spencer Margaret Mary Stankard Doris Emily Stanley Gladys Ruth Stevens Julia Elizabeth Swift Gertrude Linnel Taylor Natalie Susan Thompson Mazie C. vander XVyk XVin1iit'red XVarren Vinal Margaret E. XVlllllGIll0l'G Marie Edna Wilson Grace Oakes Winslow Helen Margaret Perry Katherine Robertson Rogers Alice Madeleine Stone Raymond Franklin lViley John Elliot Rutter Nathan Herbert Sanderson, Jr. Ralph Heniineuway Sanderson George Herbert Towne Q Lincoln Lull Turner Lloyd Rodney Wyman Henry Francis Colloton James Henry Colon Frank B. Cornwell W'illiam Wlarren Dearborn Percy VVillian1 Decker Bertram YVillis Eaton George Augustine Flagg Clarence Bates French George L. French Irving A. Garfield M. Phillips Graham Melville XVills Hayden Frank Charles Healey Leon W. Jones Everett Raymond Kefnnedy Carl Oscar Kristenson Lincoln Alexander MacCullough VValter Leslie McGillivray Charles Edward Olney Elliot Chester Paul George Alfred Pickett XVarren A. Rice Edward Roger Rietchel Vaino YV. A. Ronkanten Henry D. Stone Leonard Francis Tracy Robert Mayhew Ware Valedictor MARGARET PERRY LADIES AND GENTLRMEN: ONIGHT we pause a moment for a glance into the past and the future. and to ask ourselves what in life is really worth while. f'The worldly hope men set their hearts upon, Turns ashes-or it pros- persg and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face. Lighting a little hour or two-is gone. This is just as true now as when Omar wrote it eight hundred years ago. The individ- ual or nation that works for material prosperity alone is building on sand. Vife have an ex- ample of this in the war that is now going on. It is true that Ger- many has developed the 4 greatest efficiency that l the world has ever seen or may ever see again: A the Kultur that has been her watchword for so many years. But the individual has been sacrificed to the State. Germany is one big, efficient machine in which the gov- ernment does the thinking. Our govern- ment is made by and for the individualg theirs thinks only of what is good for the State. what will bring greater efficiency: In the Fatherland efficiency is attained through a multitude of laws which tell the people what they may or must do and what they may not or must not do. And here we can learn a lesson: the laws are obeyed. All over Germany are little signs which read Verboden'l Cmeaning Forbidden J. There is a finality in the word. Any action barred by Verboden cannot be carried out. Then, too, a laudable example of the efficiency of the great machine is shown in the fact that in all Germany there is not one poorhouse, not one orphan asylum. Everyone is kept track of, catalogued, from the time of his birth, and if it is necessary, provided for. This is one of the many things their Kul- tur stands for. The dictionary defines our word culture as the enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral train- ing. Neither individ- ual nor nation can be truly successful without that moral training, together with etiiciency. England is an example of this culture. But while England has cul- ture and philanthropy, the greatest poverty in the world exists in London, for all the land is owned by a few rich. This makes a large, helpless, depend- ent class, in which is warning for us. Another example out of many that could be cited of her lack of efficiency is the fact that there are one million able-bodied men en- gaged in doing the clerical work of the army because of the red tape-all reports are written in long hand for they do not use our efficient shorthand. - XYe, as a nation, need more of the effi- ciency of the one great nation and of the culture of the other both in our schools and in our government. In education in the old days. culture was the main thing thought of. The children VALEDICTORY slaved over Latin, Creek, French, literature and mathematics, without any thought being given to practical preparation for life. Then an education was not so widely ap- preciated as now. For instance, in a small country town a few generations ago, a farmer's daughter obtained permission from her father to attend the fall term of the academy. At the beginning of the winter term she asked to be allowed to go the rest of the year. XYhy, yes, her father thought she could, if there was'anything she had not studied yet. Now ideals as well as ideas have changed. The cultural studies are making room for and giving way to the so-called practical studies. One can prepare oneself to earn a living right in our schools-one can study manual training or sewing, cook- ing'and other practical arts, thus acquiring efficiency as well as culture. How much of these have our four years in High School brought us? It depends largely upon our- selves. So far in life we have been mainly receiving. Now it is our turn to begin to take a share in the worlds work, to give out instead of taking in, For there is no hap- piness in having or in getting, but only in givingf' O O Class Officers Senior Class RAYMOND WILEY, President KATHERINE ROGERS, Vice-President PHILA MILLS, Seeretary-Treasurer LINCOLN TURNER, Auditor Junior Class LAWRENCE MULLOY, President KARLEEN LUDDEN, Vice-President MILDRED MORSE, Secretary-Treasurer RALPH BLANOHARD, Auditor Sophomore Class EUGENE POWERS, President ISABELLE DAUNCEY, Vice-President CLIFTON TAYLOR, Secretary VVINTHROP BARNES, Treasurer ALBERT BENT, Auditor I CAST SENIOR PLAY 'G'A'j . 52 ,Z -fi , ' , jfj Eli, ' ' 'fx - . -- , : ' L ' - f . ' ' ' ' - . Winn fu.-. 5,3 1 It L 1 4 '-gg.: . -. Y ,- .4 .5 12.21 i , .ffafi ' , ' J - f c K ' W' ,, ri V . 4,5 v-.,.. 1 , 'I 2.1 ,fm A ' , '- , vs, .M i . ,' 'U' 1 r -3 9 ll 0 . l nayfzj ' Prophecy of the Class of 1916 HE feeling that I must go back home to llfaltham after many years of ab- sence came to me as l was dressing one morning in a little seven by seven state- room on the huge t'Transcontinental Aero- plane Expressf' The evening before I' had been reading Nazie Yan- der XVyk's Herbs and Their Uses. I had bought the book of Gladys Orr at the news- stand in the Express station a t Adanae. Gladys had a reputation there not unlike Samuel Johnsons Pa. It was said of her that she was so well acquainted with the voiumes which she exposed for sale that the express ofhcials thought her an oracle on modern Best Sellers. W'hen I first saw the book on the shelf, I thought that the author's name looked familiar. I am sure now that the author of this book and the Mazie I knew in school are iden- tical, for if I remember correctly, Mazie once wrote a long article in the High School Mirror just to inform us that she could not get an inspiration. My purchase taught me that she is still without one, for the story was so uninteresting that I threw the book over the side of the aeroplane and did not even look to see where it had landed. I have a habit of going through my pockets if I haven't anything else to do, and as this was my predicament after throwing away my literary purchase, I went carefully and slowly through them, finding, much to my surprise, in my inside pocket a neat un- , K opened envelope. That morning when I asked for my mail at the desk in the Nettor Ielotel, Vilma liittredge handed it to me. Now I had never spoken to her before in my life, that I know of. but since we were both originally from Wial- tham and because there was no rush at the desk that morning I stayed and had a line talk with her. much to the plainly evident envv of the , f' many business men who loafed in the lobby. Naturally enough, I ask- ed if there were any lValtliam folk staying there. lust one, she said, but Gladys Stevens, Thelma lllakely, Grace Xliinslow and Alberta Sanderson, under the name of 'The lIard Shell Quartettef with Delphine Haskins, pianist, were here all last week. Thelma is the manager, arranges the program, star soloist, prints the handbills and tickets, makes the tour arrangements. holds the cash and O. Kfs the bills, I ven- tured. All right except one, said Yilma, she is not the manager. Delphine is. I had forgotten that Delphine was strongly inclined towards suffragism. Had herself appointed to that position ?' I asked. Yilma didn't know or at least the tele- phone bell rang and she had to answer it. The conversation at this end of the wire was of course disconnected. Hello-what room-number, please-you say that in walk- PROPHECY ing across the Hoor you cut your head on the chandelier F-do you want a doctor ?- yes-yes-all right Miss Sewall, l'll attend to it at once. - If she wants first aid. I can help her, I whispered to Yilma. Vilma shook her head. Yes-shall I send a maid P-all right-yes-yes-Good- bye. A.Xntl she's got the biggest room in the place, said Vilma, turning to me, what do you know about that XYhen the doctor came I left. lint to get hack to the letter. XYhen she gave me my mail the envelope had been among the rest. It was necessary that I read my business mail before I left Adanac. so I had stuffed my personal matter into this pocket, and just like me I had entirely forgotten it. The handwriting was a bit familiar. but I knew by the punctuation that it was from Marion Chapin. It was the first letter I had re- ceived from her since I left High School in IQIG. You can imagine I quickly opened and read it. Marion had made a good big sum making and selling candy and wanted my advice about investing it in the llaltham Chemical Company, now run, owned and financed by Hon. Charles Ilurnham of Rob- erts, who. like his predecessor, Mr. Martin. was strong on politics. chemicals and cock- roaches. The letter closed, as most letters do, and to it was added in postscript form. I'odgy French linally graduates next week. XYhy don't you come to ll'altham? This occasion is certainly worth it. At that moment a door somewhere closed with a bang and an oliicer in pnre white came up to me and asked me if it were I that had just thrown a package overboard. Sure, Xliesleyf' I said, putting the letter into the envelope and the envelope into my pocket. Sure I did. Wihat is the harm F Gilbert was some surprised to be ad- dressed by his front name, but he recognized me after one long look. Hello, Doc, he exclaimed, nearly shak- ing my hand and arm off as he did so. He always called me 'Doc.' It was my nick- name in the Jr ll. MET XYIFE .NTI CORRESPONDENCE AGENCY So it was you, was it? XVell, I hope there is no harm done, but whenever there is, tht-,courts hold the company responsible. just last year Lincoln McCullough met his corresptindence-agency wife on board here for the first time. She affected him so strongly that he threw a stool at her and, as in his guesses in English, he missed. A week later we got summoned to court. Ma- bflle Spencer was suing us for SIODOO. It seems that the stool unfortunately fell in the tub in which Mabel was washing some lace. And she claimed that she caught cold from the water that was splashed on her, and that the cold ruined her voice. She sang before .fudge I'ickett and her tones were lierce all right. But I think that it was a put up job. Associate judge Stone didn't see it that way, and Pickett is deaf in one ear anyway. so she got the money. Since then we have been niighty careful. XYhile we had been talking, we had been unconsciously walking and we found our- selves in front of his room. ' Come in, Charlie, he said. 'fThere is someone else in'here who will be glad to see yon. Olive, I thought, but I was mistaken. There were two small bunks in the rooms and on one of them his friend lay sleeping. lYesley woke him and he got up, reached for his cap, grinned at Gilbert and opened the door. Don't be hasty, Gilbert said to him. Here is a friend of ours from XVal- thamf' jackson recognized me at once, but he only shook hands and hurried off, for, as Xyesley explained, Jacksons watch began in one minute and it would not do for him't0 be late. Gilbert himself had to turn in, so I left him, giving him my card and asking him to write me, once a year or so. PROPHECY That night I dreamed of school days. Q such pleasant visions of past junior Ger- man, astronomy, sleigh rides, and leap year socials! Such nightmares of Latin, type- writing, tests, punctuation, spelling, and Mirror notes! And towards morning such crazy prophetic glimpses of a IXliss Sher- man, who made-herself so conspicuous that she was the talk of the town. Of an Edith Fourtin, who failed in German: of a Blil- dred Neil, who knew what ,she wanted to be, and about my friend, Lewie Franklin, who flirted with every girl he met. This last dream was so absurd that it woke me up. Day had arrived and so had New York. I dressed very quickly and so much was my airship that when I upside down, all my hurry to leave the picked up my coat. pencils, pens, diary and one letter fell out. In spite of my hurry it was worth reading again and it was right there that the feeling I first mentioned came over me. I must go back home and I told my face that. as I inspected it in the mirror after shaving. The twenty-third of -Iune found me hurrying home in my auto. I came all the way from New York over the road and I came in good time-such good time that it nearly cost me twenty dollars. As I came sailing down through Roberts a great big fat policeman who had been scolding his stout wife on the front porch of a certain house saw me and I saw him. Leaving his astonished spouse, he came running out into the road, yelling Stop I Hanging from a trolley pole above this man's head was a sign, Stop, Look, Listen. This cop had said, Stop! I gave him one look and I decided that it was best to listen. Now I hope I am not con- sidered tight, but I did hate to pay a twenty dollar line, or even a tive dollar bribe. I had to do neither, fortunately, for that blue- coat's wife, formerly Ilelen Donahue, rec- ognized me. VX7liy it is Charlie Olney, she shouted. beginning to jump np and down as is her manner when excited. And now, she was so glad to see me that the porch seemed to jump up and down with her. I suppose it is mean to make fun of a benefactor, for that is what she was. She wouldn't let that big brute with the brass buttons even look at my license. joe, she said to him. don't you dare touch that man. joe evidently knew the saying, He is a fool who thinks by force or skill, to turn the current of a woman's will Ii' Isle never said another word but disappeared into the house. Iolelen had so loudly proclaimed my name that Edna Wilson must have heard her. At any rate she came, announced by her bugle- like laugh, familiar to the physics IC. Right here I made a bad break. I asked Edna if she had voted at the last election: then I got it for hfteen minutes. They talked the theme of suffrage into me. Such arguments as those two got into among themselves. I never had a chance to say a word until they had run out of breath. Then I told them that I must be going. lint there was nothing doing until I had gone over to Edua's cute little biingalow and tried some fudge she had just made. I was invited to stay to supper, but I took warning from the fudge. I told her that I intended to cat at home and I left as soon as I could. ' CITY IIALI, NUT CIIANGIQIIJ KIUCII IValtham hadn't changed much in the years I had been away. The Library looked just as it had when I left school. Elizabeth Swift had written me a long letter two years before, apparently to tell me that Phil Graham had made a fortune in investments and had given the city the long wanted Iligh School Annex, but in reality to se- cure a contribution to the cause of the local XX'oman's Knot Suffrage. because she had been sort of excommnnicated from their ranks for trying to run everything?-it was a 'xYoman's Yoluntecr Militia, I think, that PROPHECY 0 she wished me to help. and I had hoped that Wlarren Rice, who I knew had made over a million on a scientihc farm in Lincoln, had given us a new City llall. ln this l was disappointed, for Rice, although married to a XYaltham girl, had presented his own town with a Library in memory ol a history test he had failed in once, or some such touching object. So as I turned down Moody street l saw the same old wart that I knew as a school boy. liven it we didn't have a new City llall, we had a good grade crossing. the work of Ralph and Nathan Sanderson, civil engineers. I later learned that an electric car had stalled on the old crossing and that twelve had been hurt. and that llenry Colloton, who l remembered as being fond of civics and government at school and who up to that time was a poli- tician such as Goldsmith describes as onc- VX'ho born for the universe narrows his smind. And to party gave up what was meant tor mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him his vote. had been elected Mayor the year before on the issue and had seen the job really put through. The old block between the railroad and the river was gone and in its place stood a modern hotel. l had told Edna that I in- tended dining at home. but the neat appear- ance of the hotel made me hesitate. He who hesitates is lost. -lust at that moment who should I see enter but Leonard Tracy. I drew up at the curb and followed him in. lle had just hnished signing up and when he straightened up l saw that he was as well dressed and as good looking as ever. Hello, Tracy. l said, as l tapped him on the shoulder. llow's the boy U hello, Charlie. he replied. with a start, l'm hue. NYhat are you doing so lar l'last?'l Merely taking a vacation and combining it with a High School Graduation, I an- swered. --Xre you going Not so you would notice it, he said, I havent got half enough time as it is. I've got to leave now at six-thirty. XVill you eat with me ? l'pon my mentioning graduation, the manager looked up quickly at me and passed me the register and, as soon as I had Iinished my writing, read the name. Tracy and l passed into the dining room. A small orchestra played in one corner and many waiters, Xliarren Dearborn among them, passed back and forth across the room. jones was the head waiter and he made a very dignihed one: tall, straight, painfully sober, and dressed in a shiny black dress suit. L'nfortunately, Leon's duty re- quired him to look straight aheadg so, al- thought he could see Tracy, I was below his line of vision and I doubt if he knows that I was there at all. He beckoned to Helen Murphy. who could see me all right, and she led us to a table by the window. --Xs soon as we had given our orders, we began to question each other. I learned that he was running a political paper, Demo- cratic. of course. That he had no matri- monial partner, but that XVinnie Vinal helped him in his business. She was neces- sary, he said, to correct the punctuation and to do all the spelling. s .lust as we got to the dessert, a liddle in the orchestra. which up until now had been so regular that I had forgotten it, gave oh. what a squeak, one that sent the biggest shiver the whole length of my spine. I looked to see who was the originator of this chill. There was a violin, a piano, cornet, and a 'eello. I don't know whether it was Ruth Masters on the big liddle, or Carl liristenson on his little one. Seeing Carl there. l looked to see if Elin played the piano. but instead Ruth Spencer did, and she did it well. The girl with the horn I had never seen before. Neither did I recog- PROPHECY nize the drummer, although it might have been XYilder Covilleg but he went West be- fO1'C I even left I-ligh School.. I tried to catch Carl's eye. but they were all too much embarrassed to look up. Good night! Look what's here, whis- pered Tracy. A most wonderful creation. XVORE UNUSUAL GARB In blew someone. A woman could prob- ably tell you what this person wore very definitely, but to me it was as if someone had taken a heavy band of black. and some kind of netting. I should say gold iiy screen- ing. with small beads pushed through some of the little squares. From the top of this mess a long loop-the-loop feather floated out behind, like joss stick smoke in the light breeze. As for the dress there may have been a waist to the thing, but I couldn't see where. It looked all skirt to me, with jeweled straps over the shoulders to hold it up. It was about tive feet in diameter at the bottom, but came above the tops of the crazy looking strap sandals that she wore. and I should think that it was made of crepe paper but it-well. anyway-as Tracy said before, a wonderful creation. Say, whispered Tracy again, is that Marion Gill, or is it an animated cartoon 7' I gave up right off. but when she laughed then I knew that, alas, alas. it was Marion. Six twenty-eight, said Leonard, lean- ing over and glancing at my wrist watch. I've got to leave right now. Sorry I can't stay and finish the meal with you. Come into the office some time while you are here. And he was gone. As the pie course hadn't come I stayed to wait for it. The manager brought it to me herself, and what's more sat down op- posite me. She politely asked me if I re- membered a Jessie Munroe. I certainly did and I told her so, and soon we were talking rbout parties we had been to, teachers we had had, and subjects of a more recent date. Jessie told nie that she was married and that her husband had built the hotel and the two were running it. and that for a small city they were doing wonderfully well. I interested to learn that Bertie Eaton was the chef. She laughed when I asked her if he ever blew reveille, mess, tatoo, and VVZLS taps. IsIarcllyg, she said, come to think of it, so many mothers didn't raise their boy to be a soldier that there wouldnt be three people in the whole hotel that would know whether it was a railroad train or the Sal- vation .-Xrmy at Hall's Corner. anyway. So what would be the use ? I was by a window that overlooked the Charles and from where I sat the river was unfamiliar. I told Jessie so and she asked me if it wasn't perhaps the absence of the old bath-house by the bridge? She was right, for that was just what was missing. The new bath-house is farther up, she saifl. and it is a modern affair open the year around. Hose Colon taught the boys and Ruth llroderick the girls with great suc- cess last winter. Over two hundred and fifty boys and a hundred and seventy-live girls have been taught to swim. Do you intend to remain long in Hial- tham? 'Upon my answering yes. she told me that if I wanted them I was welcome to a couple of passes to any theatre in town. She thought that I might care to attend the NYaltham Theatre because Florence Perry was the proprictrcss of it now. But wasn't she a Scenic fiend I asked. She was, was the answer. but is no more. Florence told -Iessie herself that she had been in great doubt as to which would be the better purchase, the Scenic or the Rex. and that after much deliberation, she had decided that the XValtham was the best be- cause the other two were not for sale. XYhen I saw on the billboards that the big feature of the show was an original comedy sketch by Anderson and McQuestion, I for- PROPI-IECY tunately found serious engagements which prevented my attending. I was getting into my car to come home when a paper boy yelled somewhere behind me. Turning around. I saw a newsy whom I felt I had seen somewhere before. Then it dawned upon me that I had never seen this kind before. but that I had seen the features. I wanted one of Tracy's papers but I didn't have a bit of change. so I made a safe bet with the boy. I bet him a nickel I could guess who his mother was. He took me up.. Ada Mendelsohnf' I said. He gave me the nickel and I bought a paper. The lYaltham Record was the name of it and it was like a million other small city papers, fairly large headlines. Miss Ruth Ashley. arrested for disturb- ing the peace. Miss Marie Kelley, loses breach of prom- ise suit. :Xnd many more just like it. Sensational news all of it. I didn't lt-other to read the facts. Inside was a good cartoon by Frank McCabe entitled. Some Class to Our Mod- est Shrinking Yioletf' It pictured a woman gnarked Miss Cox. who was dressed tit to kill. wearing a dance hall police officers badge and who was forcefully ejecting through the door of a dance studio labeled Marjorie's, a wild-eyed. dissipated in- dividual who looked exactly like Ilailey. The next page was just one advertisement. f'Brown. Stone S Greenleaf. Ladies' Fur- nishings. Modesty prevented my reading that ad. I folded up the paper. stuck it in my pocket, started my car and was soon home. Mother let me sleep until ten the next morning and after breakfast I cleaned up my car. filled the' tank with father's gasoline and repaired a punctured tii ' That after- noon I was taken through the huge plant that had been built on the filled-in swamp at I3ackard's Cove. Miss Gertrude Taylor was my guide and seemed to know the busi- ness very thoroughly. I was surprised at this, for I hadn't remembered her as very mechanical from observation taken at chem- istry. .-Xll through the shop I never saw another single IQIU person: I told Gertrude so. Good reason why, she said, There are none here except one. and visitors are not usually taken in to see him. Raymond llfiley is the president of this concern. All I said was Oh! Ilut I had courage enough to go up and shake hands with him. lle wasn't so awfully terrible, after all. I soon ceased to be a visitor at the factory. I was the guest, of the president for the rest of that day. XYe even went up street in my car and had soda at lYyman's Red Cross l'harmacy t Lloyd never went to Tech. there was more protit in soda and cigarsfl XX'hen I was a Senior in school I used to drive our car to school every morning. yet in spite of all this I entirely forgot the bad corner at Chestnut street and consequently that night I burst a front tire in the mud- guard of a pretty tine limousine. There were three in the car beside the chauffeur: one an extremely striking looking woman. the others were so crouched up that I could not see their features. None of them said a word. nor did they get out. I think they were too scared to speak and too stout to move about. -Xot so the chauffeur. Say, perhaps that dapper young sprite didn't fume and dance. I-Ie couldnt swear bes cause of his passengers, but I know he wanted to. I have seen Raymond Kennedy dance before, more gracefully. perhaps. but never so energetically as he did now. I-Ie was so angry that I never let on that I knew him. The ladies looked sa fe, at least. I felt they wouldn't hit me. I gave the haughty one my card. she looked at it. read it. and I know she knew me. but society had placed her upon a plane far above my mod- est stratum. Ethel -Ianes, whom I had known well since the lirst grade, would not lower herself to speak to me. 'One of the others who looked up long enough for me to lnotice her brilliant L'lllll'ZlClQCTlStICH PROP II ECY started to speak, but the freezing look Ethel directed at me gave Amy either a hint not to, or a chill so bad she could not. The third one, Miss Hammond, was crying. scared or something, and she couldn't have spoken if she had wanted to do so. The accident had drawn a crowd and the crowd, of course, a policeman. In fact very much of a policeman. speaking altitudi- nately. I knew that it was Henry -Iackson the minute I saw his necktie task the IB division what ,the original color wasl. It was so faded now that I couldn't tell. All over, I-Ienry, I said, as I stowed the tools under the seat and dusted myself off, Go-ing down town ? PA RT NER IN MARKET Henry was. So I took him alongf. From him I learned that Ethel, now Mrs., some name I don't remember, was a pretty big bug in the small social basket of XYaltham. I learned that Irving Garfield had become partner of the Janes Bros' market and prac- but that he had partnership with tically ran the business, fallen far short of any Ethel herself. Henry, policeman-like, whatI had known as wished to get at Flannerys store. Rutter and Towne, it was now, so Henry said. 'He explained to me that Rutter had failed as editor of a country paper. which Melville Hayden printed, probably due more to the fact that there were but three unmarried ladies in the town than to any lack of literary ability, but that he was a iinancial success as a tobacco merchant and a political success as a ward heeler. Towne. who had fallen heir to his father's news store, had gone into partnership with him and they were doing line, so Henry said, for if any one burned his mouth with Rut- ter's strong cigars he could cool it off with Prospect Hill spring, water. just as I started to come away, I thought of some letters I wanted to mail and I asked him to do me a favor by dropping them in x the post box. Henry said he was glad to do it. 1 Yon see, he said, Paul is postmaster now. McGillivray was, but the Democrats went out of power in IYashington and the Republican I'aul is the latest appointment. I was interested in this, but time was Hying. - NYell, so long Henry. I must be going, I said, and I left, but I didn't get very far. I stopped at -Ianes' to see Garfield. Miriam Rand was the only one in the office and she told me that Irving was away for that week. I guess I can't see him then, I said. Guess you can't. fsaid Miriam. .Xt one of the meat coulnters a short stout woman was arguing with the clerk. Yes, she said, that may be, but this meat is for a very sick patient, and I want just what I ask for. All right, Miss Frost, replied the clerk, have your say. Then he saw me. Hello, Olney, what are you doing around here ? 'Oh, hello Eddie, I'm looking for Gar- field, I said. He is not here, said Reitchel. I know it, I said. I've just been talk- ing to your bookkeeper. You work here? Sure thing, said he, IYhat do you think I'm doing, loahng 7' Oh, no, I said, You're no loafer, only I expected to lind you a bookkeeper like Miriam, not a clerk. A bookkeeper like-what can I do for you, ma'am ? and my friend disappeared into- the cold storage chest while I hiked out of the door. lly this time I had to be getting over to the school if I wished to be on time. v No more stops now, old girl, I whis- pered to the horn button. as I fondly stroked the throttle back and forth produc- ing those lovely roars and snorts that are the boon to the owner of an eccentric auto- mobile. But I was wrong. At Central PROP HECV Square I picked up Marguerite Eaton and Doris Cathcart. As I slowed down and turned into Main street l nearly ran over their toes, not because their feet were long, but because I cut my corner short. I did a very ungentlemanly thing. I yelled out to them, ' Going over to the school 7' They were polite. They nodded. Get in, I said, opening the door. Neither of them was tickled to death to squeeze in there beside me, but it was a hot night and I guess the thought of a cool ride seemed good. You're living on the South Side? l asked Marguerite. Yes, she said, Right up near where I used to live when I went to the Orange street school. That was some crowd that played to- gether then, I suggested. i She gave me a look. Doris was getting interested. so I changed the subject by re- ferring to a pretty diamond ring Doris had on her linger. That started her to talking. XVe felt much safer. Now my car was no Ford, but neither was it made for three in the front seat. but honestly I enjoyed that short ride from Central Square about ten thousand times as much as the fairly long ride with Henry jackson, which is saying a lot. As we turned down Liberty street the old High School was all lighted up. NVhat's the idea ? I asked Doris. Night school, answered Marguerite. But what is it all lighted up for, Mar- guerite ? f Oh, because, says Doris, that's be- cause the city couldn't afford two high schools. They are making one do double duty. Freshman, Sophomore, daytimesg juniors and Seniors nights. They have two teachers for each study. For example. Elin Larsen teaches music to the Freshmen and Sophomores, and Elsa Iledman teaches the rest. Margaret Perry isn't a school teacher as much as she wanted to be, but she is night principal: the day official was a man whose name l was not familiar with. LIKED TO XYATCII CIEIICKENS AND CCJXV Often during my Freshman year, when I got sick and tired of Latin, which was most of the time, I loved to watch a certain cow and many chickens that roamed in the low field, that l could see from my seat by the window in Room 4. Ivo-w that was all gone and here stood the new Annex. A two-story buildingfbeautifully illuminated. Elizabeth had described the building very brieHy in her letter and I had read Miss lioffses' description of it in a Boston paper, but both were very indefinite, as I suppose all women's descriptions of buildings in the making are. I The grounds were not entirely cleaned up at that time. From one of the numerous piles of scrap boards, laths, plaster, etc., some kid had 'nshed out a sign and stood it up in a lime barrel and then evidently pelted it with mud balls. I could make out 'this much of it: All the interior decorations in this building were designed by Mrs. Flor- ence ii.-finucl covered the new namej, Expert Decorator. If my passengers hadn't been there I would have gone over and satisfied my curiosity as to who her husband was. But they were there, so we just went in. The two girls had seen the place before, so they went right upstairs to the big As- sembly Hall. I explored the two clown- stairs gymnasiums in company with Kazy Rogers, who also had not been through the building before. XVe talked not of cabbages and kings, but of IVI. G. L. and other things. She wasn't a minister's wife, after all, in fact, wasn't married, but she had hopes. She expected a certain Christmas present that coming December. As wewvalked about I had a feeling that someone was missing. Then it dawned on me. SQUAD FOOTBALL A .3 ,- 5 . 'fi' JI, a ax I L: l .W 5,-A ' .- iff- Y W ' A. 4 V . T.-'Q-'fain rf, 2 , ' 3, '5 1' . X . . '. V vw 1 ll, fi' - , 1, - V . ,Y fl. . ,Arr , .,g,-I. ' Q 144, mc lx., .5--+.,, , Q. 1 ' f, 'V 'Egg ' 1-15 , ' .- E. '-iff 5 ,rj f 2.0 - W ,S ,. Q' .A. 2:5654 . qw, ., . Y ,1.vV., . x N .W ii!- Hf ,FP . . 4, . 5. Ax. -v. ,N Vw Q ff. J 1... r'5mq' lr E 9f 'L':- , V: x , '.:':. f-'-. ', vnu , 1: , 1 P if . . . , qw, .u f Ju 1 l Q - , . N I -5. ,x N V. .r .. .. 'u I-4 A 1 n 1 4 . f . Q. ' ....' .1 9 Q ,, J.: ,af v 'x 1 W' .ir-.1 ,gr U ,N 4 41- ,,,, Q, Vw f I3 ' , . 1. -A ,LEM xv 1-1. V-' f x 4 , .-J'-rv , Q. . , Jfb 4- A , ,., 1 9 ,-1 . AJQ-3 . - 1 -'ni 'I '-. N, . ,A wg, .wg-If ,wwf ' ' Wa. f. , I1- n- - vw , rvisly' .gl A PROPHECY VYhere's Catherine Eaton? It-I was going to say ain't, but I remembered a balling out a schoolniate of mine got once for, saying that- It isn't natural to see you without her. . Oh, said Kazy, she moved VVest. Out in Minnesota, somewhere near Anna Olson, on a large wheat farm. lVe had ,a little tiff before she left, so she won't write to me. Consequently I clon't know a thing about her except -and then Kazy told me more about Miss Eaton than I know about my best friend. As we were walking up the stairs to the hall above the orchestra began to play the processional. The Seniors were coming up the stairs behind us. The seats were all full on both sides of us, so Miss Rogers and I led the Senior class down the center aisle. Uur only escape was through the small door on the side ofthe platform. TVe went in. It was very hot in the little room and besides the room was occupied. Corn- well, the soloist, Turner of the School Committee and Decker, who used to lead the devotional part of the exercses, were sitting there studying their notes, I guess. In fact I'm sure they were, for they re- ferred to them continuously during the ex- ercise, at least Decker did. Spurgeon thinks that some ministers would make good martyrs they are so dry they would burn well. I heard it said that Decker was so dry that he even absorbed the per- spiration of his audience. I didn't hear him myself. I was so hot that instead of staying upstairs, I went down into the boys' gym and took a shower bath. I didn't see Podgy graduate at all. I could have stayed under that shower all night, but when I heard the clapping I knew that the longest- part of the graduation was over. So when the grand finale began, I was just as cool and slick as could be, standing in the door, watching the vari- ous types that passed. I really pitied some of them, their wilted collars and bored ex- pressions. There were a great many that came in autos and one person in an aeroplane, a girl, or rather a woman. I was standing near Edith Daniell, who was talking to Mildred Neil. lYho's that with the funny looking rig getting into the aeroplane ? I asked her. Miss Edith gave the person a bored sidewise look and gave me what I call the Carmen shrug. Search nie, she said. So I stepped over to where IXIrs. fused to be KIcQueenl and Elsie Irwin were talking together. XYho's the bird woman F I asked them. It is Miss Leger, they whispered. She does that just to show off. Ever since school she's been doing reckless stunts. Not for the movies, either, but just to attract attention. I thanked them for their answers and went nearer the machine. It was a very modern type and I saw that it had a XVare automatic ecjuilibrator, I was wondering if the inventor of this device was Robert IVare. I think now that it was. I have heard him invent pronunciations of words in English and he was handy in physics. I am strongly of the opinion that it was the child of his brain. I slipped under a stay closely at the engine. to look more Look out, shrieked Alice Manning, who happened to be at the wheel of a speedy roadster near- by. TVith a terrible roar the blame thing started, knocking me tlat on my back in the school yard. Fortunately there were very few remaining who saw my discont- hture. I was just dirty, not hurt. Now my interest in the aeroplane was just an excuse to wait around there. The truth is, I wanted to take a certain some- one home. I won't say who, but I guess during my investigation and fall that someone got past me. However, I couldnt let a little thing like that bother me, so I went inside the building. The janitor, or PROPU ECN' hetter, engineer, llogan ,1e11s1111, 1vas just putting 11111 the lights. r1111CCl2Il'1i116SS sent tl1e 10111 l'Cl11Zl111ll1Q' s110etat111's ll111'1'j'l11Q' out past 1110. lQUl1li2ll1C11. w11l1 a 111112111 grin 1111 l1is 12100, a 1111111110 girl 1111 11is 211111, and a 11a1111 ri11g 1111 111s 1:1llg'Cl'l1ll1'1'1C11 past. 1 saw hlargaret XYl1itte11111re a11d 11er hus- band, 1111 11110 1 knew, a111l Klarion 11111110 gm 11y. Say, B1211'11111,H 1 CZ111C1lZl11t'1'l1C1'.nNYZl.l11 a r111e 11111111-7' They st111111e11, all tl1ree, and a1ter a 11rie1 01111s11ltati1111 they said, Yes 1 1121111111 expected all 111 1110111. hut 1 XVHS1111 phased. 111116 tw11 girls sat witl1 1110 1vl1il0 Mr. -1 was 1111r111l110e1l 1171 him hut l l1av0 1lll'Q'1111C11 tl1e 11211110 n11w, rode 1111 1110 running llflilllil. 1 11.111111 the Klr. and Mrs. 11111110 tirst, not heeause 1 wanted a longer ride XYl1l1 1N1.211'1Ol1, 11111 heeause 1 knew 1 s1111ul11' l1ave 11110. 1 got 11110 all right. 11111-g-211-Q1 111111 1110 a street in XYay- lan11 tl1at sl10 l1X'C11 1111. 11 was a new 0110 111 me, 11111 Marion volunteerecl 111 tell me 1110 way. 1 l1ave a suspicion that Marion liked 1110 ride 1111111e11s0ly. S110 took n1e over 21131111.11 15 1111l0s 01 road and used up t1vo hours 111 time 10 get to wl1at 1 knew as 1Vaylan1l Center. As we 1011, 1 saw that Marion looked 1111g1rrie1l. 1 guessed 1110 0a11se, but 1 C11C1l1UE say anything ahout it. Later Marion 'El1OllQ'l1'E 01 it. Charles Olney, she said, we ha1'en't g-111 a chaperone. 1'm going haek 10 Mar- gare1's 10 stay. 1 1112131 l1ave heen very rude, hut we 111611111 go l1aek. Gladys Hartley lives 110ar here. 1 suggested. 110 llllgllt get her. 11711113113 11111 sense. 13111 1 Cl1Ill1g'Cf1 1110 suhjeet. Are you thirsty? 1 am, and 1 drew up at a dark tea T1'-0111. All gone 10 11011, 1 guess, 1 said to h121l'lHl1, hut 1'll try a11d see 11 1 Can wake s111110111.11ly. 1 gave the brass knoeker an awful whaek. .X 111gl1t-0211111011 l1C21l1,Dl'O11'llClCfl 1171111 an upstairs w111111111'. XX'l1:1t is it F :1 meek 1111100 asked. There was s11111etl1111g stra11gely 1a1ni- liar 111 the 1a0e a1111ve. 111116 hair was 0111'- ere11. Can we get SUl11C1l111lQ' 111 1l1'1I11i l10re ? 1 asked, l1ZlX'l11Q'S1ClJ11Cll 1111111 the piazza to get a elear view 111 1110 speaker a11111v0. The head 1l1sa1111eare1l a111l a1ter a few 111i1111t0s' wait Nellie slaekson served 118 with 100 011111 Russian tea. R1Y,11 was 11e- llclflllg. 1 drank two glasses a11d Xlarion, Xxlllfl 112111 11111 taken a sh11wer hath as 1 had, ll1'2111lf three. Nellie 1l11111't reeognize us. 1 11i1111't wa11t her 111, 1 passed Mari- 1111 1111.21.51 11lYXV11C. This was true 111 a 1vay. F110 11311 been 1111 11110 1111111110 111 a 111ay 111100. 11111 that l1a1l 110011 years ago. 11111 111011 Nellie 111111111 know the differ- e110e. B1Z11'1Hll tinished l1er three glasses 110111re 1 linished my two and sl1e went 111111: 111 the ear. 1 111110111011 as soon as 1 11a1l 1111111 the hostess. The ride was now 11101-0 e11m1orta11le 111 t11at there was 61111L1Q'l1 1'UUl'11. The stars were 0111 and R121l'1t'1l1 111111111 111a11y 01 1110111 tl1at we knew. 1 l1a11 111 100k a110a1l and 1101 up, so 1 saw 111.1110 011 1110111 at all. 11111011 we got al1110s1 into 1Ves10n, we 0a1ne 111.11111 a sa1l sigl1t. Two atitomohiles smashed 11110 kindling lay hy the road, witl1 a p11l1e0ma11 g11ar1l1ng them. 1 ::111111101l a111l asked 111111 1110011111110 01 any 110111. No, 110 said, 111111156 that had been l1urt l1a1l already 11een taken 111 XN121111'lZllH.H 11110 1vas 11, anyway? 1112111011 asked him. 110 111111111 know exactly and 110 spun 1i111t a lung story. 111 hri01, Carl El- lis a111l Martin lflurekes a111l a fellow 1110 girls ealled li1l11111ly, 11111 111110111 the hoys ealled Cliff 31111 who 110 guessed owned the ear, 11a11 110011 traveling 1110 Primrose 11a1l1way. or 11et1er, 1110 X1'est0n road, 1111111 110111 100 11111011 speed a111l 100 11111011 girls, Miss Stankard, Miss Keaney and ! PROPHECY Miss IXIcGoldrick, to be definite, had un- consciously smashed into the rear of Natalie Thompson's car with the unfor- tunate result that Natalie could get noth- ing but inisurance, if there was any from what was left. No one was killed, but Ellis, who was the worst of the lot, had broken his arm and nose. XVelI, said Marion, if we can't be of any use here, let's not stay. The rest of the way she made me go very slowly and extremely carefully. I don't know whether she was afraid of my getting spree like from the Russian tea or not. At any rate, I went slow to please her. just as we got to the Stony Ilrook sta- tion we met Mary Gately and Illennid Concannon walking towards XVeston. Marion explained to me that Iilennid was the Helen Holmes of the Stony Brook station tIIlennid liked Iirook stations. I guessl and that she lived in Weston with Mary, who keeps a big boarding house. Marion didnt live upon .Xsh street as I thought. She had moved to the Hines Block, a line, tall apartment house, built by the departed husband of Gertrude Hines. but named for that short little person herself. It was so late by that time that I did not remain long. As soon as she went in I left. Xlihen I got home, I found the house locked up. I naturally had no key, being home only on a visit and I hated to wake the folks. I tried every window in the downstairs floor, and the front, back and cellar doors, but to no avail. From my bedroom window a drapery waved tantalizingly out at me. There was a light in Georgie I7lagg's house across the street so I went over there, not to stay all night, but to borrow a ladder. It was a double house and I did not know whether George lived at the door to the left or the right. I rang the bell on the left and waited five min- utes. Nobody came. I rang the right and waited two minutes. A woman opened the door. Georges wifef' I thought, but I wasn't sure. for she opened the door only a little way. It was Doris Stanley. I Good morning, Doris, I said. It was two minutes last one. Does George 5 Iflagg live in this house? Yes, she said, but Mr. Iflagg is not at home. - IYhen will your husband be back ? I asked. She stiffened right up. You have made a mistake, Sir, she said. and closed the door in my face. I lit a match and looked for the name plate. There was none. I read the one on the right. Mr. George Flagg. I rang his bell again, but no one answered. No use to try further I thought to myself. So I curled up on the auto seat. and I slept for ten minutes. Night Pa- trolman Healey had the beat that took in our street. XN'hen I came to, a black bearded rufhan was shaking me nearly out of the ear. Come on: none of your resistance, he was saying. You're a healthy looking specimen. I don't think. I made Frank out in spite of the bristles. ISIIIZIIICV, Doc F I asked. Doc became apologetic at once. Honest, Charlie. he said, I thought you were drunk. XYhat are you sleeping out like this for? Necessity, I replied. I can't get in and I don't want to wake the folks. Do you know where I can borrow a ladder? Man alivef, he said, don't stay out here all night. Go over to the station and they will give you a cot. I started my car and was about to leave when the auto truck of the Electric Light Co. stopped at the street light in front of the house. Clarkson was the driver of it and he lent me a ladder. .Xt exactly one seventeen I pulled up the cov- PROPHFCY ers and went to sleep and did not wake until Geolhfrion, our postman. rang the bell the next morning. XYheu l got down stairs there was a package for nie, about six by nine by one and a half and it bore a Canadian stamp. l opened it and found a battered Copy of Maxi' 's book and an explanatory letter froin Phila Mills. This book. she wrote, fell .11 the front walk a month ago and it nearly hit Lola Nelson, who is living with nie while she reeuper- W4 Rx n- Q, FV- ates from her last sickness A postcard alzlreegsed to you was inside, probably lor a hook mark. NYrite me whether or not it is yours and tell me something about XYalthain, and then the letter went on and told of the beautiful Saskatche- wan Spring, l,ola's returning health and envling with an invitation to all l9l6 peo- ple to eonie to visit her if they ever passed through or sailed over her country. K -50 07 4: 9, bl 1 1 Q x E 14 Q1 1 Y xl 5 -' 4 X dn N ' n 0 6 5 0 9 .BM HL' Z'7 Ea Class Histor f, 1916 HELEN HUFFSES IFTI-I AYENLIE was rayed in the fashions gloriously ar- of early sum- mer. and Broadway. blazing with light and color. announced the latest Follies But it was not the lure of the Great XVhite VX'ay that had brought me from my home to little old New York. Indeed. as I sat cown to rest in Central Park, l could not at iirst recall just why I had come. Then I remembered. The cause of my ap- pearance in the great Metropolis had been an anonymous invitation urging me. a former member of lX'altham High School, class of IQI6. to attend an an- niversary performance at the greatest motion picture theatre in New more, as a member of the glorious class of York. Further- IQI6,-I was entitled toa reserved seat in the balcony for the muniiicent sum of one jitney. XYas it any wonder that l hastened on my way with little thought of sightseeing in New York 7' Upon reaching my destination. I gazed in awe and admiration at the magnificent thea- tre and then-my eye fell upon the owner's name in blazing letters. and I no longer wondered as to the writer of that anony- mous invitation. I had long ago heard that Mr. XYard had given up the lot of the poor school-teacher for a more lucrative position in that field of his one-time delight, the moving pictures, but until now I had not real- ized to what fame he had risen. I was debating upon the subject when I heard a stentorian voice issuing orders from the lobby. and I hastened inside to greet my former English instruc- tor. Mr. Ward. He was directing the raising of posters announcing as the next days thrilling masterpiece. The Hor- rible Haiiucinations of Helen in twenty-three reels. and well-knowing how stupendous his task. I passed on. taking my place in the gallery just in time to rea-'l the title of a special four-reel production. The His- tory of the Class of Nineteen Sixteen. At 5 that moment the orches- ef tra struck up. The XYearing of the Green. but the music was drowned by such a rousing cheer that I looked about nie. half expecting to see the team coming trotting onto the stage: in- stead I heard a chorus of familiar voices. and turning. recognized scores of friends and classmates. There was scarcely time for greetings before our attentions were drawn to the screen and we saw ourselves as others had seen us. on a certain September morning in the year nineteen-twelve. Such angelic innocence as was pictured in those 214 faces' .Xnd the Green Grass Grew All .Xround. proclaimed the orchestra. most z-ppropriately. Truly the grass had been green that morning. but of the mildest tint compared with the greenness of that fresh- man band. H H ISTORY NVe had left our homes, stiflly immaculate in-our gingham dresses or consciously proud of our tirst long trousers. Wie left with eager steps and scornfnl glances at such of those sophomore friends as had magnani- mously olfered to --see that we got there safely Y And then we had arrived. had tried to saunter unctincernedly about among our friends in the upper classes until, totally ignored by dignified seniors, humiliated by condescencling juniors and tortured beyond endurance hy those worse than senseless things. the sophs, we had crept back to home and mother. chastened but by no means subdued. No wonder we had had in our hearts a feeling of genuine sympathy for Miss XYhit- ing and Mr. Tonkiu. who joined our teach- ing force about this time. lYe recalled the many horrifying blunders of those first days of school. remembered how we girls had searched distractedly for our coats in the boys' dressing-room. and how we had been warned from the public press not to appear upstairs in bloomers. lfow manv times we had mistaken our study periods for recitations. or, worse still. had sauntered absently into a class-room filled with grinning sophomores! lint these embarrassing mistakes had become less fre- quent as time went on. And as the days had passed, so passed the pictures on the screen before us. Qnce again we saw the assembly hall as it had first appeared to our wondering eyes. Me saw. too. the line of lidgeting nnfortunates. who. having missed the rush seats, stood with flaming cheeks and down-cast eyes be- fore the scrutiny of the upper classmeu. Tlien came a change of scene and we started with delight as we saw ourselves within the peaceful confines-of Room 5. It was a Special llelp period and everyone was bendinff over his books. To be sure. all N were not text-books. but silence reigned. and that was saying a great deal for Room 5. Then all of a sudden. the silence broke, As an aeroplane Hew down: A nd no one knew from whence it came , Fave innocent Ringo Towne. At that moment the hgures seemed to diminish in size and we realized that Mr. Hodge had iixed his eagle eye upon the culprit,-hence the shrinkage. XYe next saw a view just outside the room, where Marion Gill and Mildred Neill were receiving special help from two manly sophomores. At sight of this fa- miliar scene. someone whispered, Special Help-them was the happy days Y And the words were echoed by a reminiscent sigh. l .lust then the recess bell sounded and as we saw the little group who remained at their desks, we could almost hear Elliot Rutter lnim softly, The hours I spent with thee, Mr. Hodge. ' 1 The next picture called to mind those happy periods spent with Miss Seabury in the mastering of Latin verbs. while a moment later the scene changed, and as we heard a familiar voice inquire- plus or minus F some of us shuddered, remember- ing our Waterloo. At this juncture was shown most appro- priately. a group of cheerful faces whose very optimism proclaimed them members ofthe famous Bone-head Division with slow but sure its motto. It was said that the loss. at promotion time. of a large ma- jority of this class was the cause of Miss Frosts resignation the following year. And when we think of the delight and amuse- ment afforded our teachers by the bone- headsf' we wonder that all did not resign. Fortunately. however, they did not, for what a calamity it would have been had we missed the study of physics and Mr. l1urke's jokes! The next Hash on the screen brought to mind the time that Charlie Qlney had bequeathed to our physics class a mag- nificent. though slightly worn. green silk petticoat. to be used for experiments. since our teacher agreed that education should come before the Salvation Army. HISTORY The succeeding picture, showing our Freshman basket-ball team, led, by Cap- tain f'Doc Healey, occasioned a class cheer. for we well remembered those who had brought. us from obscurity into fame by winning the championship of the school. And then we saw o-urselves on a warm morning in blune, scanning our final report cards with sighs of relief. lVhat if a cer- tain mark brought horrible visions of sum- mer study? Vacation had come and fresh- man days were over. End of Reel I-Part H will follow im- mediately, read the notice which was fol- lowed bythe sophomore ode: Breathes there a Soph with swelled-up head Wlho never to himself hath said, Good-bye to books, study is o'er. For now I am a Sophomore F The first picture was welcomed with ap- plause as we recognized our president, Ray- mond lVileyg vice-president, Katherine Rogers, and Phila Mills, secretary and treasurer. XVe remembered those first class-meetings, the choosing of our colors, blue and gold, and other momentous ques- tions, settled after great debate. The next picture showed the hall gay with crepe paper, and for a second we won- dered. Then we heard a burst of music. saw a row of shivering maidens who studied the decorations with great concern, trying not to notice the absence of the boys who were assembled in a corner of the cor- ridor just outside. Then we knew why ,twas we missed them Understood the vacant chair, VVhen the music played for dancing, Not a Soplrmore boy was there! Perhaps they were uncomfortable in their ! best clothes: maybe they were only bashful when it came to dancing. At any rate they appeared in full 'array at a character party held later on, and everybody enjoyed a good time. The next picture was full of 'fpunchf' Scene: the gym at one-thirty with floor, window-sills and apparatus swarming with girls who watched, with gasps of admira- tion and squeals of delight, a heart-thrilling boxing match. llow well we remembered it alll Remembered, too. the issuing later on of that terrible decree announcing no admittance to ladies and the succeeding period of deepest gloom. lYith the next fiash on the screen we left these social gatherings for that scene of un- surpassed gaiety. Room to. Here, under the sovereignty of lliss Gage, were assem- bled a group of meek and decorons maidens who, at first glance, semeed to be engaged in a writing lesson. As the figures became more distinct, however, we realized that this was no ordinary class. but a band of bud- ding geniuses with poetry its theme. Then it was that we recognized, in the center of the groupf a bashful lireslnnan youth, whose very ears radiated blnshes. and we knew that Bobby must be absorbing Blenid's latest effusion. Visions of Room IO recalled our first year of German and the many amusing mis- takes in translation. llve remembered the sehr krank Grossnnittei' whom we had accused of being very cranky and since one's health is said lu influence one's dis- position, perhaps we had not been far from wrong. Then, too, we had been quite sure that a boob sat on the stump until Xliss lfodinan had explained that it was only a boy, after all! And, again, perhaps we were not far from wrong. ln the next picture we saw the chemistry laboratory, looking so natural that we could almost smell hydrogen sulphide and hear Helen Donahue shriek with anticipation of an explosion every time a bottle was opened. Following this scene the curtain was blank for a second, then came a notice an- nouncing a short intermission. And as the lights fiashed on I heard a voice exclaim, 6 Isn't it great ? and I agreed that it cer- tainly was! HISTORY Do you know, continued my neighbor, l shall never forget the good time we had in Miss Hall's room. Once we had a grab- bag and as usual Mr. llurke wasf the lucky person. I-le certainly drew the prize and l havent a doubt but that he treasures it now! Many of those who enjoyed Latin joined the Concilium, but at mention of dues, the boys fled, and we girls were left to deliber- ate in peace. Toward the end of the year we enjoyed a trip to llardy's l'ond, where. with a rare exhibition of dramatic art, wc presented l'yramus and Thisbyf' Arid do you remember the day of the circus parade V 4 Did I remember the day when, feign to return at the close of recess, we had lin- gered to watch the parade? Did l remem- ber? NYhy li could actually hear the steam organ, but even more realistic was the mem- ory of Mr. Goodrich, who waited at the head of the stairs to welcome us upon our return l And so were reminiscences exchanged until, almost before we realized it, inter- mission was over and we were living again our year as wise and witty juniors. Surely times had changed since we were children. No longer did 'we smile com- placently when we just got by. For there had been a change in marks, and in place of our beloved passable, had come a which might mean fair or something nearer the new afternoon sessions. And so. with a dignity betitting our position, those of us who still remained in the ranks of 1916 had buckled down to hard work at the very beginning. And as if to prove this statement, the tirst picture showed a class of would-be stenographers whose highest aim was to write notes in shorthand as easily as they could then rattle them off on their type- writers. A moment later, we saw, apparently a group of Alpine mountain climbers, but at second glance we knew it was merely the botany class ascending Bear llill with Miss l'ratt, our leader, forging on ahead, while poor l lammyf' puffing like a steam engine, brought up the rear. lt was a dreadful hill, but we had felt repaid when we reached the top and watched Ethel and Marie make the laborious climb. ' Hut we had not been the only ones af- fected by tlie coming spring. A few of the boys had made a vacation visit to NVest- minstcr and after their return, String jones had been somewhat subdued. But whether this was caused by close sleeping quarters or a diet of doughnuts and water we never found out. Another glimpse of Room IO brought to mind our study periods tif such they could be calledl for how could we be expected to study when the Sophomore Tech division was ever ready to provide amusement, free of charge? A change of picture recalled the election of our class officers, Raymond NVilev, Mar- jorie Eccles and Phila Mills, and shortly after this, an event of universal interest, our lirst barn party. XVe saw again Raymond Mctjuiston, fresh from the hay fields, as he capttired the hearts of the country maidens in their charming sunbonnets. ' Then came a change of scene and we were assembled in the hall on a certain Fri- day morning waiting for that ordeal of our junior year-declamations. Our oratorical outbursts of the preceding year had been confined to our home rooms, but this year we had gathered, with palpitating hearts, about the bulletin board, wishing fervently for initials outside the scope of the English alphabet. Thanks to Mr. Burke, however, our dooms were sealed and one by one we were led to the slaughter. Hut, oh, the joy when the deed was done and we joined the griiming audience with sighs of relief! How well we remembered the commotion in the front row when Thelma Blakely, with dramatic realism, had proceeded to draw M TEA BALL BASE nr n o 1' E' . 1 'Ii Y -..A . -1 ' - ,a.u5 , 'P 1? - Q.- - - O - . , A 4 V 'Q 5 , , 1 ,Q A 9 new 3' -Q A251 ' aiu ' r wk . v -.-. - class, and then feeling rather lost in the I I H I STORY her dear little dagger! And the time of the earthquake! Or at least we had thought the shaking of the room was due to that until we had seen Nathan Sanderson's wob- bling knees! And with the solving of the mystery, we had decided that Nathan de- served a medal. ' Once again we saw Room 5, but in place of the simple Freshmen of long ago, the pride and joy of Mr. Hodge-his junior history class. Anil with this picture came visions of dates. wholly unlike any dates we had known, in that they began about the year 55 H. C. and continued through the 18th century. Yes. indeed, we remembered those dates ! lVith the passing of this scene came one of intense excitement. By the heated argu- ments and violent gestures we knew it to be a class meeting, but when-? And then we remembered the assembly that had met to decide upon the matter of dress for that great affair of our third year, the junior Prom. XVe witnessed a stirring controversy between McCullough, champion of the dress suit, and those of the opposite sex who favored the more democratic middy blouse. Heard sighs of relief from some of the boys and threats to come in a middy just the same from a number of girls as the vote for an informal affair was passed. And then. with the next picture came the great night when we had gathered to entertain the Seniors. XfVe recalled the scene at Nut- ting's-on-the-Charles, beautifully decorated by Philips Graham and his committee. XYe remembered how we had listened to the Prophecy and History of the graduating we had planned great hall, we had decided so the evening had gone, realized it. we were saying our Prom was over. As to the proceeds, well, to dance. And and before we goodnight and to build a new City Hall until we had heard the financial report. Then we had decided that a jitney ride for the committee would be more appropriate. XYith the passing of this picture. reel 4 was announced and we reviewel our Senior year. .Xt last, realizing our highest ambi- tions. we had occupied the front4seats in the .Xfsembly Hall as sedate Seniorsi repre- sented by l'resident Raymond XYiley, Yice- Rresident Katherine Rogers: l'hila Mills. Treasurer, and Lincoln Turner. Auditor. Our class organized, we had assumed a dignity of bearing calculated to astonish the lower classes, but. strange to say, our teach- ers had not been suitably impressed. The lirst few days had been very warm. quite too warm for studying. as some of the boys had told the Mayor. lint although His lslouor had agreed, the faculty had not. much to our regret. As our attentions were again drawn to the screen, we fancied ourselves in gay Paree. To be sure. we could not hear the voluble outbursts that echoed throughout the room. but the blissful expression upon those faces told us that we were viewing our French class in Room 14. XYe remembered the proverb: Xe reviellez un chat qui dorme and how disappointed we had been to find that it referred to ordinary felineg rather than sleeping sharks. Now and then our French class had been amused by mem- bers of the Tech division who very co-n- siderately fell out of their chairs or per- formed other acrobatic stunts for our bene- lit. Our tirst social of the year was brought to mind by the following picture, taken at our Halloween l'arty, held on October 28tll. And then the scene was changed. And such a change! XYe saw the .Xthletic Field and heard again the cry, XYin boys or die, as Captain Richardson led his team to battle for the fame of XYaltham High. To be sure, there had been one-time when the score-boards announced defeat, but if such a game were counted lost, then 'twas a glorious defeat! The one disappointment of this successful season had been Coach H I STORY Dames resignation. lYe recalled the sub- sequent protests which had turned to sighs of regret as we saw him depart for Lynn. Then, shouting, The king is dead. long live the king l we had welcomed Mr. Fradd, coach of the future champions. XYe remembered our Senior Dance, held on November 29th. with Karl Kristenson in charge. Many of us had invited friends and this iirst great social event of our Senior year was recalled with keen delight. As the next picture Hashed before us we were quite dazzled and for a second we could not account for the brilliancy. Then the mystery was solved as we recognized a group of stars of the first magnitude shin- ing in astronomy. ln this class we had dis- cussed everything from XYoman's Suffrage to the packing of roquefort cheese, which perhaps explains the intellectual display! But as the scene changed to the civil gov- ernment class. we were totally eclipsed by Ronkannen and as we hear him recite, the more the wonder grew that one small head could carry all he knew. A picture showing the girls' basket-ball team called to mind our indoor sports and the thrilling games between Emeralds and Uptimistics, Federals and Columbias. XVith the coming of the neyfyear we had welcomed the first number of the Mirror, which had appeared later than usual. but up to the literary standard of previous years. XYe had also welcomed the first copy of the Perconzo-Hinkookf' edited by Ma- belle Spencer. XYell had it been said of this publication, A short life, but a glorious one! The next event of interest to us as Seniors had been a Leap Year Party, in charge of the girls. Tofbe sure. there had been many a bashful, fluttering heart. and some of us had preferred to keep old maidsi hall rather than go through the ordeal. But from the way the boys enjoyed the evening, we felt sure that Elin Larson and her com- mittee had shown them what a real social was like! ln the next picture we saw our English class with its.air of charming indiffer- ence. A board notice in yellow chalk told us that it was bargain day, with special mark-downs for words wrong in spelling. liusincss was rushing, but Tracy was ahead of us all. Strange how Lennie did shine at bargain sales ! And so the days had passed. reminding us that our year as Seniors was drawing to a close. We had heard with satisfaction the awarding of class parts and the next picture to Hash before us showed Margaret Perry, Yaledictorian, and Gladys Urr, Salutatorian of our class. Meanwhile. Charles Olney and his com- mittee had selected as our Senior Play, a comedy in of rehearsal McCullough, tlie Senior Play had been presented as only the class of 1916 could present it. No won- der we cheered as a picture of the cast was flashed upon the screen, for even now. we remembered with pride Mrs, Gorringe's Necklace. ' Following this picture came an indistinct blur. The curtain danced before my eyes and I turned to my neighbor for an ex- planation. But my classmates had van- ished! The theatre. too, had disappeared, and I sat alone in Central Park, trying to realize that it had all-been only a dream and that this was May 26, 1916, the day of the junior Prom. Even as I remembered I hailed a passing taxi and a few moments later I was aboard the noon express bound for home and the jtnnor Prom. And so tonight we have gathered, as guests of the class of 1917, for the last social affair of our school life. A few short days before graduation, and then we shall separate to the varied callings and allotments of life. But as we part, let us not forget the friendships and the priv- ileges of these four years. 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