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

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 11 After Grace had pointed out these charac- ters to me, the scenery wasn ' t quite as inter- esting. These two men kept turning around and looked strangely at us. Hope they have to get off before we do, said I to Grace. Oh, they ' ll probably go further into Mex- ico than we shall. Suppose we get off at the next little village we come to. Never fear; I seconded the motion readily. Would we never arrive there? Cold shivers kept run- ning up and down my spine and the two men continued to turn and gaze at us. At last we saw a group of houses, clustered together, in the distance. Here ' s where we say ' good-bye ' to those strangers, said I to Grace. We got ready to leave the car, when the conductor informed us that we would have to stay on till we came to the end of the line. Grace was getting rather frightened. Gee, they ' ll have to get off at the same place. Well, let ' s stay on the car and go back with it, I said. The two men got off the car and left, and we planned to stay on, to wait for it to re- turn. Then we noticed that the conductor was making a move to leave too. So I said, How long will we have to wait here before we can go back to the States ? Four hours, Ma ' m, he replied. Four hours to sit in a street car! That was ter- rible. Come, Grace, let ' s get out for a walk. Those men have gone ; they can ' t harm us. You don ' t know where they ' ve gone to, and besides, there might be a whole tribe of them, said Grace. Well, I ' m sure there ought to be some- body around here who would help us out if anything should happen. So we got out and started walking, looking at the stone huts with their unkempt yards. We kept wan- dering farther and farther away from the houses, up a cool looking road. It was very warm that day and finally Grace said, I ' m about parched. Do you suppose we could get a drink of water around here anywhere? We passed one house, as it didn ' t look very clean ; and we were about to try the next one, when we saw a little farther down the road, another, with a nice white-washed door, that looked really clean, so we ventured up to it. Grace said, You knock, so I gave a timid little knock. A large, dark Mexican woman came to the door. May we have a drink of water? I asked, trying to keep my voice from trembling. Come in, me get you a drink. No, we ' ll wait out here, we said. No come in, no drink. Grace said, I don ' t want to go in, but I do want a drink. Come, we ' re two of us and we ' ll stand near the door, said I bravely. When we came into the room, the woman went into the next room. We could hear men ' s voices talking loudly to her in Spanish. Oh, dear, oh, dear, whimpered Grace. I began looking around the room. It was bare of furniture except for one chair, and on that there was a dirty, bright colored shirt covered with what appeared to be fresh blood stain. Near by, on the floor, laid yards and yards of heavy rope. I looked through the door, where the lady had gone, and saw none other than one of the men who had been on the car with us. Let ' s go; never mind the drink of water, said I to Grace. My teeth were chattering, and my heart was beginning to sink. Yes, and let ' s make it speedy, said Grace- And turned to go out. But there in the door- way stood the other man who had been on the car. Grace let out one scream and I started for the opposite door, but that was blocked by the other man. My heart had sunk indeed, and so had I, for I found myself on the floor hugging my pillow, thinking it was Grace. And, then and there I swore, no more pickles and apple pie before bed time Alfreda D. Norman, ' 26.

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10 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY started to tell her how sweet she was, and begged Betty to remove her mask. They finally returned to the hall, and the dance was in full swing. During all this time, Bob ' s slippers were pinching his feet so much that he could hardly keep the tears back, but Dick did not notice it. After the supper, the president of the Senior class announced that they would not remove their masks until 12 o ' clock. During the evening, Dick had been quite compli- mentary, but before the end he had become quite an expert at it, and Bob could hardly keep his face straight listening to all his lov- ing expressions. Just before the last dance, Bob pretended that he was faint; so they left the hall, and on their way home, Dick became very impa- tient because Betty - wouldn ' t take her mask off. When they got in front of Bob ' s house Bob stopped short and snatched the mask from his face, and gathering up his skirts, ran to the door, then he turned and bade Dick a laughing goodnight. Dick never forgot that party, and how badly he had been fooled, and from that time he never called Bob a dumb- bell. Stella Lavallee, ' 26. HOW WE WON THE GAME Overhead the skies are blue, Underfoot, ' tis wet with dew, Nature feels a thrill of gladness, As the spring comes on anew. ' Tis the season when our school Again goes forth to meet the fray. Once again our spirit wakens ; The spirit that shall win the day. To the field the crowd is thronging ; Not a moment ' s delay, Flags are flying, shouts are ringing, For the Crimson and the Gray. Silence, till the pitcher ' s ready! Up to bat are all our men. Swift and straight the ball flies over, Swifter it comes back again. Breathless, eager faces all are turned Towards the waiting fielder there ! Suddenly the cheers are deafening; The umpire ' s Safe! rings through the air. But boys ! the other team is game, They won ' t give up without a fight ! So do your best to hold them back, We ' re sure to come out right ! Two men on base and one to go ! All depends on this last hit! So do your best to bring them home, And you ' ll have done your bit. With determined chin and firm set jaw He meets the ball as in it comes ; It flies as ball ne ' er flew before And brings us in the winning runs. We ' ve won the game, but more than that, We know we ' ve won it fair and square ; We did our best, we came out right ; Our school has one more victory there ! Reva Rabinowitz, ' 26. MY TRIP TO MEXICO Grace and I were on a sight seeing trip through the South. We had arrived as far south as El Paso, Texas, and had been there for three days. It seemed as though we had seen every- thing of interest in the city ; and we had just seen a car with a sign Mexico on it, so we thought we would try the experience of go- ing over the border. We took the car, and were riding along through the country, admiring the scenery. Grace was cautiously studying our different fellow passengers. She finally said to me, I ' m mighty glad that there are two of us on this trip. I asked, Why? She pointed to a man who was sitting a few seats in front of us, and said, I wouldn ' t want to be held up by him. ' The man under discussion certainly was fierce looking. He wore a dirty, bright colored shirt, such as Mexicans wear in the movies, a soiled red bandana around his neck, and had a wide brimmed hat pulled down over his eyes. Across the aisle sat one as bad looking.

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LOCALS e f f r f r r r f + CLASS OFFICERS 1926 President Philip Renaud Vice-President Helen Clarke Secretary ...... Margaret Tait Treasurer Her m on Goodell 1927 President Margaret Craig Vice-President . . . Gertrude LeClair Secretary Keith Middleton Treasurer Phyllis Taylor 1928 President Robert MacMaster Vice-President Bertha Baril Secretary Audrey Wheeler Treasurer . . . . . . William Snell 1929 President Doris Angell Vice-President Ralph Cole Secretary-Treasurer . . . Helen Grant GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB DOG-ROAST At four o ' clock, October eighth, about thirty-five members of the Girls ' Glee Club boarded the Sturbridge car to go to Cedar Pond for a hot dog roast. The girls arrived there safely, and went to the shore in front of Goodell ' s cottage. There they proceeded to make a fire by the approved camp-fire methods, Miss Swett carefully placing the fuel. Pearl Putnam featured heavily in the hard work, proving herself to be very handy with an axe. After enough dogs and marshmallows to weaken a less hearty crowd had been dis- posed of, the girls gathered about Miss Swett and her ukulele to sing. A few games were enjoyed until the party broke up to catch the seven o ' clock car back to town. No ill effects of the trip have been ported. re- CRIMSON AND GRAY FOOD SALE The Crimson and Gray gave a food sale in the Edwards Company store in the after- noon of October eighth. The sum realized did not come up to expectations of the staff, although many good things were sold. GLEE CLUB The Glee Club is now meeting regularly Wednesday mornings and Friday after noons. Miss Swett has plans for an operetta and a concert for the coming year. The officers are: Robert Oldham, Presi- dent and Helen Clarke, Secretary and Treas- urer. GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB A new organization this year is the Girls ' Glee Club. The officers are: Anita Dani, President and Ruth Wriston, Secretary and Treasurer.