Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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THE Mraaor. 9 morning assembly-girls sitting on one side of the hall, boys opposite amusing themselves likewise. During the winter months of 1927, the high school skating rink was much in demand. When the boys' hockey team was not in action there, the girls' gym. classes were trans- ferred to the ice, and the rink was an especially popular meeting place during study periods. VVhen spring came, however, skates and hockey sticks immediately disappeared from the new coat lock- ers, while bats and gloves suddenly found their way to boys' lockers. Then, because it was spring and we wanted another social before be- coming juniors, the president called a second meeting, and we elected Jeannette Barrow chairman of the spring social committee. On the evening of May 13, l927, the sopho- mores returned to school to find the assembly hall transformed into a cabaret. Although it was Friday, the thirteenth, the cabaret was a social success. Only a few weeks of the school year then remained, the seniors had their class day, were graduated, and wesophomores were then free for the summer. The vacation seemed scarcely to have begun when we returned to school to greet our old friends as well as the sophomores, to whom we as- sumed an air of cool dignity. Once more we prepared to study hard, for our list of subjects had grown. Had we not been warned that the junior's life is one of study? During the first few days, the portable building afforded much amusement and aroused varied com- ment. How cautiously we splashed out there in the rain or, as winter ap- proached, slipped along the ice path to the annex door! U Our football players, determined to make a good showing although graduation had robbed them of all but one star performer, did well, and many were the men who received val- uable training for the coming season. In October we reorganized our class, electing as President, William Rhodesg Vice President, Frances Cookeg Secretary-Treasurer, Jean- nette Barrowg Auditor and Athletic Representative, Irad Hardy. A few days later we elected Emily Lancaster chairman of the social committee. This party was held on November 4, 1927. How different from the first sophomore social! To quote the newspaper-'CA good time was had by all. At this time rehearsals for the second operetta, Naughty Marietta, were begun, and our class again con- tributed to both cast and chorus. Several weeks later we chose our class colors and motto. Although the boys were slightly uncertain as to the exact shades, American Beauty combined with Sand were selected for class colors while Excelsior- Orzwani and Upward-be-came our motto. Of course report cards were issued quarterly throughout the year. We encountered quadratics and surds in algebra class, learned dates, and memorized reasons for the Revolu- tionary VVar with battles of the Civil VVar as lNIr. Fite gives them in his history book. Our business friends struggled for speed and accuracy in typewriting. Those who studied law concocted such puzzling court cases as to baffle the judge, but shorthand symbols completly amazed prepara- tory division students. Friday, April l3, 1928, was'the evening of the Superstitious Party of which Jeannette Barrows was chair- man. The hall had been strewn with black cats, opened umbrellas, broken mirrors, and unlucky signs suitable for the date when the juniors walked

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THE MIRROR LILLIAN SUNDIN Class Hifzforicm, 1929

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10 p THE MIRROR under a tall ladder to gain admis- sion to the dance floor. When the year was rapidly draw- ing to a close, the Junior Promenade, given in honor of the class of 1928, remained uppermost in our thoughts. Irad Hardy, the chairman, and his committee decorated Nuttings-on-the- Charles with banners of both classes and gay streamers. Girls in formal evening gowns and boys wearing white flannels and dark coats danced away the evening of May eighteenth. Then the eagerly awaited night was past. After the promenade we finished the year quietly, the seniors graduat- ed, and we were left the oldest class at high school virtually seniors. We returned again on September 7, l928, to the opening day of school. There we were constantly admonished as seniors to set a good example, and with this in mind, the first day passed uneventfully. We soon discovered that a second addition had been made to the school circle and went to inspect the new portable which had been connected to its predecessor and the main build- ing by a covered alley-way. Fortu- nately those who come after us will not be obliged to run out in all kinds of weather to the annex. But won- ders did not cease there! For sever- al days electricians worked on the wiring and a junior's innocent re- quest of the previous year for lights was answered! From the opening of the football season in September until Thanks- giving, Waltham's football fever rose. '!Pile onto them. It's only Waltham's light team, was the bat- tle cry of each new-comerg yet eight teams finished the game sadder and wiser football players. Adding much to the enthusiasm of the fans and the fighting spirit of the team was the Waltham School Band making its first appearance in 1928. Early in the fall the senior class met to choose its officers who are: President, John McGurng Vice Pres- ident, Jeannette Barrowg Secretary, Gertrude lVIacDonaldg Treasurer, Arthur MacNeillg auditor, Irad Hardy. Several weeks later the class elect- ed Avery Steele chairman of the Se- nior Dance Committee, the major social event of the winter, which was conducted at Nuttings-on-the Charles. There on December l4, l928 friends and members of the class gathered to enjoy its last pub- lic dance. The social calendar of the winter and late spring was very full. Jean- nette Barrow announced the first so- cial on February 8, l929. A play was presented, and the remaining hours of the evening were devoted to dancing. How grown up we felt to be allowed to put off the last dance to a quarter to eleven! The weeks passed quickly. Our next task was to select the Senior Play chairman. The class, remem- bering with what great success he had planned the Senior Dance, immedi- ately chose Avery Steele as chairman. Nliss Chapman was again engaged as coach. Within a very short time March fifteenth and .sixteenth were announced for the presentation of The Show-Of. Once more the class of l929 scored a success, for the cast rose above all accidents to win mer- ited praise. A week later Arthur MacNeill was elected chairman of the Senior Class Picture committee. After samples had been submitted from va- rious studios, VVarren Kay was chos- en class photographer by an over- whelming majority vote. While the senior play had taken our attention, both boys and girls