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

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CLASS NOTES W.i-R- 1921 Muriel Grimwade ( translating) : Orso ran over the letter. From a Senior English test: He fought with his bear hands. The first part of his life was his boyhood. Mr. Goodreau (Chem. Ill) : Where do names of substances come from? Miss Kelley : Most of them come from foreign countries. Miller (translating) : She is in the kitchen making bullets (rolls). Bea : Nolan believes that ' luke warm love never gets a fellow anywhere. ' Bea knows. Muriel: Did you know that our telephone number had been changed? Alice Wixted: No, what is it? Muriel: MacSwiney 8-0 (ate nothing). Miss O ' Keefe: What is a foot (versifica- tion). MacGilvray (thoughtfully) : A foot is an apparatus for standing on. Miss O ' Keefe (dictating) : The Matter of Britain, etc. Nolan : Did vou sav matter of, or matter with? Miller ' s translation : The lady was large with white dark eyes, a red mouth, and teeth of white enamel. 1922 One dark morning in Room 3 : Miss O ' Keefe reading the Scripture: And the Lord said unto Moses — Turn on the lights, please. Translation : The man was killed outright ; a ball hit him in the temple. Teacher: What is the temple? Paul: Well, I thought it was a kind of house. Philosopher: A kiss is the language of love. Co-ed : Well, why don ' t you say something. Teacher: What is a cherub? Paul: A small baby. Teacher: Apostrophe is a figure of speech which addresses the absent, as tho present. LePain : O my brain, why do you fail me. Stockings? asked the salesman. Yes madame. What number do you wear ? Why, two of course, said the sweet young thing. Teacher : Give me a sentence with the word steak in it. LePain : The man was burned to the stake. Miss O ' Keefe: Masculiue, feminine, and neuter genders have been given. What is the other gender, Paul ? Paul: Er — mixed. English Class IV : Whom did Shakespeare marry? Demers : A woman. Evelyn Poeton : Eternally Pensive. What keeps B. Page in Room 4 the seventh period each day?

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12 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY GRANDMOTHER ' S HAT How do you like my new hat, granny? With her head held stiffly erect, Mildred walked back ana forth, glancing critically in the mirror as she passeu. Granuniother dropped her knitting and straightened her glasses. Turn arounu my uear, and let me see if I can una your lace turner that large brim, sue said. ALiiured turned about laughingly, You de- serve a Kiss lor that. But oon ' t look only at my lace. The hat is of chief importance just now. isn ' t it becoming? A little large isn ' t it my dear? inquired granny. it s not a bit larger than they ' re wearing this year, Moiher had a very childish affair wim ribbons on it picked out for me, but I think Tin ohi enough lor a plume. Besides Miss Marlow said that many of the girls were wearing them this year, Mildred turn- ed her hat to the left side on which grace- fully dropped a large white feather. it is very pretty, my dear, it reminds me of the hat 1 ouce wore. Miue was a leghorn with a puce feather aud gauze veil. But I never can think of that hat with pleasure, replied granny. Ah, granny, you must have looked won- derful in it. Do tell me where you wore it, aud why it is so unpleasant to think. Wait just a miuute ' till 1 put this oue away. She ran out of the room, taking the hat off as she went. In a few moments she was back sitting on the cushion at granny ' s feet. Then granny began. It was on my fifteenth birthday that an invitation came to visit my brother John in the city. He had been married a year before to a girl who was rather much of a doll, aud who 1 believed never had a sensible thought. I wanted to go very much, as I had never been to the city and my brother Joseph said this would be a good chance to teach Betty some sense. Mother said I might go if I ' d be satisfied with what clothes she could plan to have ready for me. I started off a week later wit ha dark gray frock with white kerchief, a muslin and a calico dress. At that time folks wore calico to church. Be- fore I left, mother handed me a leather case. I knew that case contained mother ' s ruby brooch which father had given her before he died. Mother asked me to be careful of it, to wear it only on special occasions while I was at the city. Betty was very nice to me the first few days, but soon she began to look askance at my simple wararobe. She was very much surprised that 1 uidu ' t have at least one silk frocii. The next morning an invitation came to a lawn party given by a prominent society lady. 1 was included in tne invita- tion. Betty was glad she had a new silk to wear, but she said that 1 never could go in any of the dresses I had. While we were talking about my dress 1 opened the lit lie leather case containing the Drooch. Betty spied it. It would go wonderfully ou my new silk, she exclaimed, if you will let me wear it, I ' ll let you take one of my silks and that leghorn hat with the puce feather. I knew mother wouldn ' t like it if I let Betty take the brooch but I thought there was uo harm in lending it just for the afternoon. At the party all the girls of my age were dressed in muslin dresses and I felt very much out of place iu my silk dress and large hat. I so wished that I had worn my mus- lin dress. When we got home from the party, Betty started to take the pin off. She had lost it. My brother went back to the party and looked all around but the pin could not be found. Betty cried, and cried and I was afraid to go home aud tell mother. But the uext day I did go home. The family met me at he turnpike because they were so excited about my visit. Mother didn ' t ask about the pin, but after supper when I was alone with her, I told her. Oh, my dear, she cried, and then she covered her face with her hands aud sobbed like a child. I could not bear to witness her grief. I rushed out into the orchard and threw my- self down under my favorite apple tree. There, I too wept bitterly. Tears filled grandmother ' s old eyes as she told of the sorrow which had come from her desire for beauty. Was the brooch never fouud ? asked Mil- dred. We never saw it again, replied grand- mother. Perhaps someone found it who pre- ferred to keep so valuable a pin. Granny, said Mildred after a moment of thoughtful silence, I ' ve decided to carry back that big hat, and take the one mother selected. I think she knows best. I think so too, said Grandmother. Dorothy Claflin, ' 21. Emerson once said that EVERY man is unique. And what he meant, I believe, was that every man was cast in an original mold. YOU have a chance!

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14 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY D. Pratt (translating) : Jean rubbed down London with a large straw. Miss O ' Keefe: With thirty pounds, Gold- smith set out for America. How much is a pound ? Paul (promptly) : About 16 ounces. B. Page : The unsteady lingers of one hand strayed to his lips. (Where was the rest of his hand?) Miss Crocker: What ' s the matter Thecla. Thecla: I can ' t find an authority for 130 minus 30 equals 60. D. Pratt (translating) : We could hear the icy payroll. Miss D. Smith: I have eleven girls up stairs. May I send them down here to study? Teacher: Yes. In a few minutes there appeared ten girls and Lizotte. Advice to the Ignorant. Don ' t study when you ' re tired. Don ' t study when you ' re blue Don ' t study when there ' s football Or something else to do; Don ' t study in the daytime, Don ' t study in the night, But study every other time with all your main and might. — Exchange. Characteristics of Quietest Silliest Neatest Most even tempered Wittiest Class Beauty Class Grind Laziest Slowest Athlete Best dancer Class Supe Best Singer Brightest Musician Bossiest Most dignified Cutest Class Imp Bluffer Most generous the Class of ' 22 Dorothy Pratt Florence Wixted Rita Richards Lawrence Curtis Constance Grant Allard Paul Pauline Currin Lawrence Curtis Mildred Apte Ernest Tetreault Dorothy Hall Thecla Fitzgerald Rita Richards Constance Grant Beatrice Page Ruth McMaster Alice DuPaul Louise Durgin Allard Paul Dorothy Hall Evelyn Poeton Most likely to Class Pest (ad Most Kiddish Most Popular Best Natured Class Flirt Class Vamp Living Diction succeed in life Ernest Tetreault option under protest) Irene Hughes Beatrice Suprenault Margaret Connolley Thecla Fitzgerald Constance Grant Beatrice Page ary Constance Grant 1923 ' We are all Tabor (in Biology class) called Monkeys. Babe Green : Don ' t say we , say me. When a certain Sophomore is stopped by the speed cops, she frantically turns the pages of Automobile Rules for the chapter on Etiquette towards Cops. Mr. Goodreau ' s definition for a Mud Puppy does not agree with Mr. Webster ' s. As Mr. Goodreau never makes a mistake, and as Mr. Webster is supposed to be a good authority on such matters, Ave wonder who is correct. Laurry Clarke ' s Plaint . Most all the fellows that I know Have got a girl, a pretty bow. While I sit looking glum and tired, As if no girl for me could be hired. I ' ve wooed a girl for about ' leven years And then gave up because of her sneers. But now I know another lass, I ' ve got a girl at last, at last. Miss O ' Keefe ' s right gender, Tabor. plural hand is number — Potter, masculine Tetrault, Will someone please tell Ruth MacMaster what Socrates means! Dot Hall : He received au anonvmous vote. Previously translated : So I asked my hus- band to marry me. C. Grant (continuing) : I am often oblig- ed to act this way ! Peggy Connolly: Is this number eight? Miss Marshall : No, your senses are wrong.