Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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CHARLES W. GOODRICH, Heazdmfzfter DEDICATION WE, THE CLASS OF 1940 OF WALTHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DEDICATE THIS COMMENCEMENT ISSUE OF THE MIRROR -TO OUR HEADMASTER, MR. CHARLES W. GOOD- RICH, WHOM WE HAVE COME TO HONOR AND ESTEEM. HIS FRIENDLY MANNER AND SINCERE INTEREST HAVE GIVEN US ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH OUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, AND I-IIS MEMORY WILL BE WITH US LONG AFTER WE HAVE LEFT XWALTHAM HIGH. TO HIM, THEREFORE, BOTH AS OUR HEADMASTER AND AS A WORTHY AND SIN- CERE GUIDE, WE EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION.

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..-.-..- -1----------1--HCLASS OF 1940---1 ---. 1--.--.--.--. Clary History History might be defined as a backward look at past experiences. If it were possible to turn back the pages of time instead of only looking back- ward, any member of the class of 1940 could find innumerable experiences which he would gladly relive, packed in the three short years of his high- school life. Let us turn back the years to the day in Sep- tember, 1937, when 455 members of our class entered Waltham High School for the first day of a three-year stay. Standing upon the threshold of a new era in our lives, we looked ahead with vague misgivings as to whether our so-called superiors would haze us, and whether the teachers were as relentless and the work as hard as our predecessors had ominously warned us. A few weeks were spent reviewing forgotten work, memorizing the complex arrangement of rooms, and determining which 'recesses should be taken. When we were completely organized, we chose a nominating committee and elected our officers. In a close contest, Richard Johnstone won the Presidency, Bertillie Lochman was chosen Vice-President, Elizabeth Quigley, Secretary-Treas- urer, and Sumner Hammond, Auditor. Thus sup- plied with officers we became a unit to be known to all persons thereafter as the Class of 1940. The first football team to which we officially lent our support left much to be desired. It left a 26-6 loss at the hands of Newton to be avenged, and also convinced us that while Caesar had his Ides of March, Waltham High always has its last Thursday in November. In early December we witnessed our first Dra- matic Club Play - Growing Pains , heartily enjoying the short interval while Robert Clemence was minus his trousers. With Christmas vacation over we concentrated our attention on basketball and hockey. In both these sports the boys from Waltham High made CLASS DAY SPEAKERS Leff lo right, Edwin Briggs, Claris Hi.v101'y.' Wilma Greenlaw, Clan IWjll,' David Fitzgerald, Clary Prophecy a good name for themselves, the hockey team captured the Brown Trophy and the basketball team ended in the first division. By this time having learned that All Gaul is divided into three parts, our Latin divisions cheerfully told us that our motto, Labor omnia vincit , means Work conquers all . After two quarters at Senior High School we had discovered