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

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LOCALS There have been several changes in the faculty this year. Miss Margaret Burring- ton is teaching mathematics in place of Miss Janet Height, vs ho has gone to Wakeiield. In the Commercial Department, Miss Con- stance Coderre and Miss Esther Knowlton have taken over the vs ork of Miss Libby and Miss Kennedy. Wednesday Morning October second, Mary Vasil accompanied at the piano by Miss McGrath sang two de- lightful selections. On October ninth, an athletic trio, com- posed of James McKay, Ferdinand Volpini and Nestor Pontbriand, accompanied by Maurice Clemence, sang two popular selec- tions. October sixteenth, a novel one-act play, written by Edward Kazynski, ' 32, enter- tained the assembly. Those in the cast were : Edward Kazynski, James McKay, Arthur Proulx, Peter Chula and Emo Benvenuti. We certainly hope that our newly discovered playwright will continue in this vein and we may anticipate another one in the future. October twenty-third, The Hallowe ' en Scamper, a short play written by Claire McGrath, ' 33, was given. The members of the cast were Ruth Carpenter, Claire Mc- Grath, Lucy Romano, Louise Manthorn and Frances Manthorn. October thirtieth, under the direction of Miss Alice Oliff an entertaining dramatiza- tion of the Wedding of the Painted Doll, was presented. The cast were suitably dress- ed, representing various picturesque dolls. The cast included the following: Ellen Hea- ton, Mabel Sangren, Marjorie White, Wan- da Kwarciak, Beatrice Girouard, Ruth Snell, Dorothy Lamphear, Doris Hubbell, Dorothy Plimpton, Beatrice Mason, Pauline Paquette and Celia Pezetti. Doris Dubruiel was the accompanist. The various classes held their respective meetings early this month and the following officers were chosen: SENIORS President Maurice Clemence Vice-President Mary Gable Secretary Blanche L ' Heureux Treasurer Harold Grant Class Adviser Mr. Greene JUNIORS President E. William Tillyer Vice-President Doris Dubrueil Secretary Wanda Kwarciak Treasurer John Steen Class Advisers Miss Putnam, Miss Aucoin SOPHOMORES President Blanche Metivier Vice-President Edward Kwarciak Secretary Celia Pezetti Treasurer Philip Colognesi Class Adviser Miss Dube FRESHMEN President Honore Gauthier Vice-President Alice Werner Secretary Gertrude Wilkinson Treasurer Larned Whitney Class Adviser Miss Fitzgerald GLEE CLUB OFFICERS President Gwendolyn Monroe, ' 30 Vice-President James McKay, ' 30 Secretary-Treasurer Mary Gable, ' 30 Librarians Carolyn Fitzpatrick, ' 30 E. William Tillyer, ' 31 THE FRESHMAN RECEPTION On October fifth, the Junior Class wel- comed the incoming Freshmen at the annual reception given in the auditorium. The party proved to be a complete success due to the generous assistance of the class advisers, Miss Putnam and Miss Aucoin. The celebrities were as follows. Baby Girl, Isabel Sangren; Baby Boy, John Hooker; Class Shiek, Romeo Cantara; Boy, Joseph Sichol; Tallest Girl, Ida Bozzo; Tallest Boy, Ernest Lavallee. This year, a class beauty was omitted due to the inability of the committee to select one from such a

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 15 Norlhcni industries had been crippled for the lime being. Again the question is asked, Did the Civil War better America? The spirit of John Brown still hovers over our nation and we feel that Liberty for all was Avorth these sacrifices. Mary E. Gable, ' 30 THE CONVENTION OF GOING TO COLLEGE By WILLIAM I. NICHOLS (Atlantic Monthly— October, 1929) Our modern idea is to have a well- rounded education. Any college supposedly accomplishes this. One is expected to major in one subject and take several minor studies to broaden his knowledge. It seems neces- sary also, that one ' s body be trained, and physical t raining requirements completed as well as the courses of Latin or Mathematics. The result of this training is the Greek ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body and the .student is A ell-rounded and ready for a com- fortable life. Some students, however, should not and cannot be rounded, but ought to be left with their own outstanding, irregular points of intei-e.st. Four classes seem to suffer most from the present mass methods — the schol- ars, the artisans, the adventurers and the artists. They arc often persuaded to attend college, and then find themselves in an unna- tural, unsympathetic environment. All college systems cannot fit individuals; even the best plan may be fatal to those not adapted to it. The interests and abilities of these four classes are not academic, and it ceems a wise plan to experiment a year be- fore actually deciding on a college. In this way one discovers his own interests and am- bitions and often useless college years may be avoided. Many have the idea that a college diploma is the only key to success and prosperity. College, if it is the proper one for an indivi- dual, is an opportunity for success, for many it is not. Some enter college to gain technical training for good positions ; others to make contacts which are believed helpful and nec- essary ; others to postpone for four years the proposition of work ; others to engage in ath letics and fraternities and other social ac- tivities; others because everyone is doing it and it is the proper thing; and still others who do it to please the family. The artisan, slow, apparently stupid in History or English, perhaps has secret am- bitions for machinery or forestry in which, if given the opportunity, he woul be success- ful. By attending college, his enthusiasm de- creases and the final result is a failure in col- lege and in his own interests. The activities and interests of the adven- turer call for courage and a brave heart, not an intellectual mind. He is naturally in- terested in a subject which arouses his im- agination and can see no connection between French verbs and flying a plane, or between the treaty of Utrecht and exploring the Vv ildernesses of Africa. College has no courses for creative art, and trains few artists, but often ruins them. One either has to give up his interests to comply with college rules or else he spends his time on artistic interests and finds him- self left out of social activities and fallen back in his studies. Boys are often sent to a college because a relative attended that school. Loyalty to col- lege may be a fine thing, but it seems unfair to send to college a boy who revels in ad- venture and travel, one who delights in sculp- ture and painting, or one who yearns to tin- ker with the mechanism of an aeroplane — merely because his father and grandfather were graduates of that college. Why do not more people consider their personal tastes and desires, instead of has- tily choosing or relying upon others ' deci- sions before spending four wasted years at a college which means nothing to their hopes and interests? This firticle expresses one ' s own case per- haps better than he himself could state it. It brings into consideration the advantages of other schools such as agricultural col- leges, conservatories of music, art schools, aviation schools arnd naval academies, com- pared to those of the regular standardized college. It represents many diflSculties which present themselves when one chooses a place of further education and those things which must necessarily be considered before defin- itely decided. Gwendolyn Monroe, ' 30.

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 17 display of feminine pulchritude. The chairman of the committees were as follows : General arrangements, E. W. Tillyer ; En- tertainment, Priscilla Morris; Invitations, Wanda Kwarcak ; Refreshments, Nellie Misi- aszek; Decorations, Catherine McKinstry; Checking, John Steen; Music, Wilson Knight. M. Clemence SENIORS All A ' s Mary Gable All A ' s and B ' s K. Burns E. Paquette R. Houde E. Pinsonneault K. Manthue L. Skinner G. Monroe M. Schwartzberg E. St. Onge JUNIORS All A ' s and B ' s R. Earls G. Schwartzberg W. Kwarciak J. Steen C. McKinstry W. Tillyer SOPHOMORES All A ' s and B ' s E. Kasyznski B. Metevier LaFlamme M. Harney S. Janeczek R. Clough FRESHMEN All A ' s and B ' s R. Beauregard R. Dumais J. Calo G. Chioacca V. Czyzewski A. DeAngelis P. DeAngelis N. Lesnieuski C. McGrath L. Monroe J. Tobia R. Volpini