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

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EXCHANGES With the publication of the first issue of our paper begins our desire to improve. We want to expand our Exchange and add new names to our list of Exchanges. How can we best accomplish our purpose? Your comments and suggestions can help. Can you add your school paper to our list of exchanges? If you can do this, and we know that you will have many suggestions, our paper is certain to improve in the fu- ture. We acknowledge and comment upon the following: Gove Arrow — Denver, Colorado. Well planned Commencement issue. Novel class prophecy. Lack of advertisements. Where do you conceal your Exchanges? Conspic- uous sport page. Pasadena Chronicle — Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California. Excellent sport page. Much space devoted to locals. Where are your Exchanges? We like your poetry. More stories would be an improve- ment. Scotland Courier — Scotland, Pennsylva- nia. Outstanding Alumni page. Evidence of school spirit. Space devoted to Dormi- toryettes. Why not expand your Literary department? Continual appearance of your paper in our school. The Massachusetts Collegian — Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst Massachusetts. Apparent importance of locals. Absence of Exchanges. Why not en- courage more literary effort? Your adver- tisements are good. . SOME PRAISE AND SOME ADVICE FOR US The 1930 Commencement Number is a great book. It is interesting. It has a good word for all the seniors. The essays were rather long for a school publication. Good arrangement. The jokes were funny and not just foolish. The Class Prophecy had a new idea for its theme. — The Westfield High School Herald, Westfield High School — Westfield, Massachusetts.

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 15 Dublin, said the judge. And I have stood in the ministry for 25 years at Navan, said the priest. That settles the question said the land- lord : — The aged priest has stood for 25 years so he has the best right to the bed. of my IT DEPENDED Host: — Won ' t you try a piece wife ' s angel cake? Guest: — Will it make an angel of me? Host: — That depends upon the kind of a life you have led. Chairman, (at concept) — Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Brown will now sing ' Only Once more. ' Sarcastic Critic : — Thank goodness for that. Chairman (coming forward again) — Ladies and gentlemen, instead of singing Only Once More ' , Miss Brown will sing ' Forever and Ever. ' A drill sergeant was drilling the recruit squad in the use of the rifle. Everything went smoothly until blank cartridges were distributed. The recruits were instructed to load their pieces and stand at ready, and then the sergeant gave the command : Fire at will! Private Perilous was puzzled. He low- ered his gun. Which one is will? he ask- ed. Teacher : — What are principle parts of pugno? Student, who always got his informa- tion from the boy in the back, heard the boy in the back say I dono, so the studeut in front said, I dono, I donare, I donavi, I donatus. a i Tillyer: (browsing in a book store) Last days of Pompeii ' , what did he die of? ' Bookseller: — Oh, some sort of erup- tion. — Editor, Geoi ' ge Darling. ®

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Alumni Notes 1927 Winifred Chamberlain has accepted a position as teacher of Music in one of the Junior H ' gh Schools in Syracuse, New York. 1928 Orel Bingley has a position as a teacher in the Charlton Schools. Stephen Haynes, Robert McMaster and William Snell, students at Worcester Poly- technic In tit-iite, have received scholarships. Oliver Johnson lias entered the Coast Guard Tra ' n ng School at New London, Con- necticut. 1929 Elizabeth Higgin has entered Middle- bury College, at Middlebury, Vermont. She has been elected a member of the Delta Del- ta Delta Sorority at the College. Verna Patterson has entered Worcester City Hospital to train for nursing. Henry Walker has entered Massachusetts Agricultural College. 1930 Irene Abrahamson is working at the Am- erican Optical Company. Arthur Champlain is working in Provi- dence. Rhode Island. Doris Claflin ha, entered Framingham Normal School. Maurice Clemence is attending Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Irene Ducios is working in The South- bridge National Bank. Mary Gable lr: attending Wheaton College at Norton, Massachusetts. She has been chosen a member of The Varsity Hockey Team. Harold Grant is attending Williston Acad- emy, Easthampton, Massachusetts. Bertha Love is training at the Hahnemann Hospital at Worcester, Massachusetts. Edward Paquette has secured a position at The Commercial Press Office. Ruth Plimpton is at home. Gertrude Leclair, a Senior at Massachu- setts Agricultural College, daughter of hec- tor Leclair, chairman of the School Commit- tee, has been elected to the Phi Kappa Phi, the highest lienor awarded at the college. With it goes a ,scholarsh : p prize of $1000. Th ' .s scholarship is awarded to the one at- taining the highest honors. Miss Leclair is a graduate of the Mary E. Wells High School class of ' 26 and was manager of the girls ' basketball team. Her many friends are pleased with the announcement. NUMBER IN SCHOOL This year we have about the largest at- tendance on record. Of course, the Fresh- man have the largest number. The pupils number as follows . Seniors 60 Juniors 87 Sophomores 93 Freshmen ... 176 Making a grand total of 416 pupils.