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

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CONTENTS Editorials Co-operation Thanksgiving Day Don ' t Be a Bore The Courage To Be Somebody What Do You Know About Music? Literature .... A Brother Too Many Pluck A Hallowe ' en Party How We Won the Game My Trip to Mexico Locals 12 Alumni 13 Jokes 15 Exchanges 18 Athletics 19

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J ? (Krimsmt ani dirag PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. Volume IX. NOVEMBER, 1925. Number 1. iSoaro of lEfltiora Editor-in-Chief AGNES TAIT ' 26 Assistant Editor-in-Chief HERMON GOODELL ' 26 Business Manager . . . . . . HECTOR HEBERT ' 27 Assistant Business Manager .... ALBERT GAUCHER ' 28 Subscription Manager GERALD BENOIT ' 26 Assistant Subscription Manager . . . RALPH HALL ' 26 Alumni Editor BERYL MORSE ' 26 Assistant Alumni Editor NATHALIE MOREY ' 28 Athletic Editor KEITH MIDDLETON ' 27 Assistant Athletic Editor . . . . . CLAYTON McKINSTRY ' 28 Exchange Editor HELEN CLARKE ' 26 Assistant Exchange Editor MAURICE ROSENTHAL ' 27 Local Editor CATHERINE CLARKE ' 26 Assistant Local Editor MARTHA BLACKBURN ' 27 Art Editor ALFREDA NORMAN ' 26 Assistant Art Editor DOROTHY MANNING ' 28 Joke Editor RICHARD TILLYER ' 26 Assistant Joke Editor ROBERT McMASTER ' 28 Faculty Advisor MISS SARGENT

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EPITORIALS CO-OPERATION Co-operation, the dictionary says, is the act of working jointly together. The Mary E. Wells High School is the pride of over three hundred students. Do these students co-operate? Do they get as much out of school as they ought? Take for instance the student who comes to school every morning, goes through his classes, and leaves school at 3 P. M. School parties? Oh, he doesn ' t like parties. Basketball, football, baseball? Why does he want to spend his money and time watching these games? Then last, and let us mention now the main object of this editorial, The Crimson and Gray. Here again the high school student thinks, why do I have to spend a dollar in this way, when I can read the other fellow ' s for nothing ? So the student who lets his duty slip by in the other school activities, does the same when his school paper is about to be pub- lished. His paper! The paper of which he is part owner! The paper containing the ac tivities of his school! Is this student getting as much out of school as he ought? How much is he putting in? To have co-operation in a school, every stu dent — the Freshman, the Sophomore, the Junior, and the Senior — who takes pride in himself and his class, must put every ounce of energy possible into his school. A few students, of course, are co-operat- ing, but we want all to work together ; all to have one aim: More co-operation in the school. In a way we are all one big family. If there is no co-operation in a family, what happens ? You can answer that for yourself. Our high school is the highest institution of learning in this town. Do we want the town ' s people to be interested in our activi- ties? Of course we do, but we must ' first be interested in them ourselves, and show some amount of co-operation. Agnes Tait, ' 26. THANKSGIVING DAY What does Thanksgiving Day mean to you? Does it still mean a day on which you are going to have a feast of turkey, cran- berry sauce, mince pie, ice cream, etc. ; or have you another meaning for it? When we were young children, the only idea which came to our mind when we heard of Thanksgiving, was the pleasure and good time we were going to have. But now, what should we know about Thanksgiving? We should know that it is a legal holiday, cele- brated in all parts of the United States ; that it is a day set apart for a public acknowledge - ment of Divine goodness and mercies; and that it has been a holiday since the days of the Pilgrims. On Thanksgiving Day, we should not think only of putting work aside and enjoy- ing ourselves, but we should give, at least, a few minutes to thinking of our Pilgrim Fathers, their hardships in colonizing the New World, and their glorious success. By doing this, I am sure that we would enjoy our feast a great deal more, and the holiday would be spent more happily than if we had thought of only ourselves. Delina Dugas, ' 26. DON ' T BE A BORE All bores talk about themselves. Delight- ful conversationalists either talk about the person they are addressing, or allow that in- dividual to talk high, wide and frequently about himself. If you have a hobby, ride it alone. If you have symptoms, keep them to yourself. If you have ambitions, do not compel a long- suffering friend to listen to your architec- tural ideas for your air castles in Spain. There are lots and lots of people who at times are supremely happy just to sit and say nothing, and have you say nothing to them.