Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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mm£%-s tmg is wty} Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light, The night is dying in the night; Ring out, wild hells, and let him die, Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring in the thousand years of peace, Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand, Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ, Ring in the Christ, Ring in the Christ that is to be, Ring in the Christ that is to be. . Q - y

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The Crimson and Gray Published Quarterly by the Pupils of the Mary E. Wells High School, Southbridge,, Mass. Editor-in-Chief . Business Manager Assistant Editor Alumni Editor . Exchange Editor Art Editor Social Editor Sporting Editor . Circulation Manager Advertising Manager Assistant Advertising Manager Associate Editors Faculty Advisor JAMES R. NOLAN, ' 21 JAMES R. NOLAN, ' 21 DOROTHY DARTT, ' 21 CONSTANCE GRANT, ' 2 2 THECLA FITZGERALD, ' 22 MARJORIE HARRIS, ' 22 DOROTHY CLAFLIN, ' 21 JOSEPH CONGDON, ' 21 MAURICE McGILVARY, ' 21 ALLARD PAUL, ' 22 WILLIAM GREENE, ' 23 rMURIEL GRIMWADE, ' 21 WILLIAM LAVALLEE, ' 21 BEATRICE PAGE, ' 22 RUTH McMASTER, ' 22 LAWRENCE CLARKE, ' 2 3 IRENE HUGHES, ' 23 ELIZABETH POETON, ' 24 ISALLY WELLS, ' 2 4 CATHERINE E. O ' KEEFE Volume TV DECKMBEK. 1920. Number 1. Contents EDITORIALS 7 HONOR ROLL 8 SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS ... 8 LITERATURE : Oh, Little Red Book .... 9 A Flapper ' s Diary 10 Laughing Brings Luck . . . . 11 LITERATURE: . . 12 CLASS NOTES . . 13 SOCIAL NOTES . . . . . . 17 PICK-UPS . . IS EXCHANGES . . 19 ALUMNI NOTES . . . . . . 20 ATHLETICS . . 21

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EDITORIALS The whole world is a Christmas tree And stars its many candles be. Oh! sing a carol joyfully The year ' s great feast in keeping. The Crimson and Gray wishes its readers all the joy and happiness of the Christmas season. For the majority of us, our school year has been a success, and we can enjoy our holidays with a light heart. For those of us who have been less fortunate, or rather less industrious, the new year is a golden gate of opportunity. When school opens once more we shall have ushered in the year nineteeu-twenty- one, with all its duties, and its pleasures, its joys and its sorrows. A New Year is like a new book with every page a blank whereon we may write what we will. In the hook of our New Year let us strive to record only those things which we shall never be ashamed to see again. If we keep that idea in mind we will be care- ful what we do ; we will remember that every act of ours, no matter how insignificant, has some influence for good or evil on our neighbor. Let our New Year be a year of advance- ment and achievement, a year of progress, a year in which we reflect credit on our high school. The Crimson and Gray is now starting its third year as our school magazine. It has developed from an experiment to a magazine with an established reputation. It has reached a standard which ranks it high among high school publications. This rise is due in a large part to the hard work of last year ' s staff. We wish to thank our contrib- utors and, also, the students of the Com- mercial department who have assisted us in preparing the paper for printing. It is imperative that we keep our paper up to its former high standard this year. In order to do this we must have the co-opera- tion of every student in the school. Students, it is your paper, you must support it. Our literary department has always been an ex- ceptional one, but it cannot remain so unless we are given your assistance. Many persons in the town hold the opinion that the high school has not much school spirit. To substantiate those views, several persons have pointed out that athletics have faded during the war period and have not been revived since. It is apparent to those who are acquainted with school life, to those who can recall their school days, and to those who are now in the school, that school spirit and school athletics are close companions. The one is seldom found without the other. The spirit of contest, of rivalry, of offense and defense against a common enemy of the whole school, in the persons of opposing players, melts the individual differences within a school and welds all attention in one direction. So it was in the war throughout the whole coun- try. So it can be in Mary E. Wells High School if there is fighting spirit in those who attend it. The spirit which found its way into the members of the football team is creeping into the other students of the school. The start toward this solid feeling has been made. Our football team has just completed a victorious season, with only one defeat against it. With a squad of only sixteen men and practice once or twice a week, this record is a showing any team might be proud of. However, the woeful lack of school spirit is shown by the small number of men on the squad. The next step that the school may take toward establishing itself as a spirited in- stitution is to attend the basketball games this winter. If a number of students will attend the games in the Y. M. C. A. Gym during the winter, they will catch the earn- estness of the players in their effort to show the superiority of Southbridge. From that support of a school team will grow greater interest in school life and an increase in the school spirit of the Mary E, Wells High School.