Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY Page Nineteen This was the year of the first Al- umni Pageant in which many pupils took part and it proved to be a per- fectly wonderful resource in the way of excuse for absence or unprepared lessons. As soon as the weather grew warm enough for the windows to be open, we fortunate members who sat in Miss Hallis room, each contributed our two cents, and lo--the window was decorated by a p-ansy box of the largest and most luxuriant type, and each could have one pansy every other week. On June 2 came our second and last social of the year, a character party. Phil Kingsbury kept us in gales of laughter all the evening and finally took a prize for the most ridiculous costume. Mr. Burke took iiash-light pictures at ten o'clock and then we dispersed after a hearty cheer for 1918, deciding that socials were jolly affairs. Then came our grand dramatic ef- fort of the year, Pyramus and Thisbe, presented by the A division in Room 17. On this occasion Danny Rubens, well-known matinee-idol, took the audi- ence by storm by heroically dying in a corner and then rolling over to the middle of the stage. Near the end of June the girls of the entire school held a track meet at the athletic field, the iirst event of its kind recorded in the archives of Waltham High School. Although ev- ery girl went into every event, Edna Oliver usually managed to come out with the blue ribbon. We had de- barred the boys that afternoonvbut a few had reserved seats under the grand stand and used them unknown to the authorities in charge through- out the entire affair. This was the last event of the year except one, Leslie's adoption of a startling new hair-comb which Immediately re- ceived a unanimous vote of approval. On June 22, with tears streaming down our faces, we were forced to abandon our studies for nine long weeks. However, these weeks did not prove so monotonous as we had ex- pected and before we knew where the time had gone, we were back at school for our Junior year. This year We were so much above such triiies that we did not mind the crowd of little people with curls who again invaded our domain. Early in the year we held a meet- ing and chose our oflicers for the year. Eugene Powers was re-elected Presi- dent, Isabelle Dauncey, Vice-President, and Albert Bent, Auditor, and Edna Oliver, was elected Secretary and Treasurer. The girls instituted a new sport this year. Field hockey was played very strenuously during the fall at Bicycle Park under the guidance of Miss Mon- ahon. Under the titles of Army and Navy we played many Wild games, especially when Miss Hall joined with us. In foot-ball we again won the cham- pionship of the school. As far as lessons went, this was our hardest year. Some few of us started out bravely with a fixed re- solve to conquer the French language, but although we have been at it ever since, we have not yet accomplished that fact. Our only rays of pleasure were caused by Stedman's struggles with his vowels and the rare occasion when Miss Wilson began the lesson in German. When we were not sneezing over our French, it was algebra which troubled us, and between quadratic equations and fractional exponents, it is a wonder Miss Pratt did not finish us all. As for Latin, we had always been' led to believe that Spanish was the only real language to swear in, .., A A

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U e'.f's-e'e.f'Q.-e'sif.f'ss-2'gf'4:'f's-fS.'sie'i:f'i:e's-fE'.'s:f'sf:'.'sf5a'si-'f'sfL1. 1-11151 'via 'vii 'se-eve. 'via 'Vg 'via 'Q:f'V2. 'Vg 'egxvi-'. 'G',,f'sffg,', 'e:,,'v3, 'eye Q -ga Page Twenty CLASS HISTORY but when we read all the dreadful names which Cicero called Cataline, we changed our minds speedily. Our iirst social had been held Nov- ember l7 and on March 9 a, barn-party was given as the second one. The af- fair started with a leap-year grand march, which was a huge success as the girls were not so bashful as the boys sometimes are at socials. Mr. Fradd and Mr. Ward looked particu- larly sweet in their sunbonnets and were so infatuated with their own ap- pearances that they insisted on stand- ing right in the middle of the group to have their pictures taken. ' But soon we were plunged into the deepest gloom over the departure of Mr. Fradd for Brookline. The whole school assembled in the hall while the boys presented him with testimonials of regard. When he made a speech, we literally raised the roof several inches. Surely no story of 1917 would be complete without mention of the Uni- ted States' declaration of war on Ger- many, April 6. Never having lived during a previous war, we expected the army to rise in its might and set sail for France the following day, and when this did not happen and our lives went on about as usual, we seemed to forget all about the war. But one morning we were rudely awakened, for one of the High School boys was leaving that very day to do his duty in the United States Navy, and we are proud to say that that boy. Wyman Rogers, was a member of our class. . It was thought best to hold the Junior Prom. as usual, and May 25 was decided on as the date. By de- ciding not to wear evening dresses the girls made the affair less formal than usual, but surely more fitting for war-time. VVe all listened with interest and ..N..5..-,..,.-e-N-R-N-K-N--x 1-sw-xr-Ne-N--,vs fu rw 'r9.'r?.'f?.4'9.'r?.4s?.'f1X.'f?.'f1N.'fr'.'-'?.J3'.'r:'.'-3.'c'.'r?.'f9.'n'. amusement while the history of the class of 1917 was read by Miriam Bisbee and the future destinies of its members were decreed by Charles McGahan. After this there was dancing till midnight when the party broke up with the verdict: A huge success. During June some of the boys en- listed in the Boys' Working Reserve to do farm work for the summer and the girls, not to be outdone, took up canning under the direction of Miss Hunter. We also learned to knit and when we were not working for the Red Cross. we made ourselves sweaters of such brilliant and varied hues that when we returned to school in the fall, Mr. Ward made numerous scathing remarks. All to no purpose. we wore them iust the same. The girls started out by bringing their knitting to school and knitting right through study periods, 1-ecifafiops. and all. hut. of course, it soon became evident that this was incompatible with school work, so a curtailed program of knitting hours was adopted. We soon found out that the girls were not the only ones who had learned to knit. Mr. Burke proudly displayed a sweater he was making and when afghans came into vogue, the captain of the foot-ball team gallantly helped out by knit- ting a snuare. or rather an oblong. For the first time in many years the school foot-ball team lost more games than it won. due partly to the tact that many of our best men were playing a far greater game at some training camp or in France. At least it cannot be said tha.t Waltham took advantage of war time to es- tablish her reputation in athletics. At a class meeting early in Octo- ber we re-elected all the 'oflicers of the previous year. ......,....,..,...,..,..,..c..,....-. ..-t.. 'r?.'n'.'r:'.'r:'.'nk'r:'.'f:'.'f:'.'fi'f?.4?.'n'.'r9.4n?.:GR.'f:Yr:'.'r1'.