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

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1932 volume:

- ' £M Lo i i Cj QpV _ THE CRIMSON i and GRAY Commencement Number tFSGt VOL. XV JUNE 1932 No. 4 SOUTHBRIDGE SAVINGS BANK SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Resources Over $5,000,000. Interest From First Day of Every Month Save To Save, And Not To Spend The Amount Doesn ' t Count It ' s The Start - That ' s The Thing SNELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Manufacturers of: SHIP AUGERS AUGER BITS CARPENTERS ' AUGERS CAR BITS MACHINE BITS BORING MACHINES ETC. ESTABLISHED 1790 FISKDALE MASS. Factory: Fiskdale, Mass. New York Office: 113 Chambers St. COMMERCli COMPLIMENTS OF SOUTHBRIDGE FINISHING COMPANY PRINTERS of FAST COLOR PRINTS on FINE COTTON GOODS • BRAVO! A FELLOW may win the plaudits of a crowd • - by needlessly risking his life. But nobody cheers the property owner who risks the wiping out of his lifelong savings by fire. Only adequate insurance can give you full pro- tection. If you are under-insured you still are unprotected on a part of your investment When you think of protection, think of this organization. R. M. BURNHAM SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. Consult your insurance agent as you would your doctor or lawyer • CONGRA TULA TIONS TO MARY E. WELLS ' LARGEST GRADUATING GLASS You, who are members of the largest graduating class in the history of Mary E. Wells High School have made a fine scholastic record. In athletics, too, some of you have excelled. Congratulations on your four years of achievement. After your school days are over take good care of your eyes. The only eyes you ' ll ever have deserve the best you can give them. And - if you do insist on the best, you ' ll wear glasses made in Southbridge- your home and the home of fine optical products. !? I w w  w w t w W w w w t ! 18 I w w w w w I 1!! !:: I 8 w 5! 1 m ft ft 1 ft ft ft ::: ft I w w w w m w m m w M We dedicate this issue of the Crimson and Gray to our superintendent Mr. Arthur E. Pierce t 18 V) V) I w ' w w w w w ::; 8 8 I w w J ' 18 i (8 ! ® i ill w M I ! v w w w M i w w w ! I I 1 ?! ft 1 m WILLIAM ALEXANDER HOFSTRA Equus Old indefatigable Time ' s right-hand man. Stenographic Course. President of the Senior Class. Manager of Junior Varsity Baseball. Secretary of the Wells Rifle Club. Athletic Association. Seventeen. Traffic Squad ' 31 ' 32. Student Council. DOROTHY LOUISE KERSHAW Rwk-f ' Curly What ' s mine is yours and what ' s guars is mine. General Course. President Alpha Sigma Nu ' 31 ' 32. Vice President Senior Class. Secretary Athletic Association. Secretary Class ' 31. Chair- man Ring Committee. Dress Committee. Senior P. ay Committee. Decoration for Senior Dance. Decoration for Commencement Week. Finance Committee. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Glee Club. Business in 2400 A. D. Historian Senior Class. ELLEN AMELIA HEATON Nellie I have done my duty as a friend I do not deserve praise, but am merely free from blame. ' ' General Course. Secretary Senior Class. Vice President ' 31. Secretary and Treasurer of Glee Club, ' 32. Crimson and Gray Staff. Athletic Association ' 28- ' 32. Glee Club ' 28- ' 32. Pickles. Sonia. Alpha Sigma Nu. Graduation Dress Committee. Class Prophecy Committee. Evacuation of Boston. =bo, . JOHN LITTLEFIELD BUCKLEY Buck J3«=£aj .. C- vs n To say the truth, I teas tired of being always wise. Academic Course. Class Treasurer ' 32. Student Council. Traffic Squad. Athletic Association. Class Plays. Football squad ' 30 ' 31. Crimson and Gray Staff. HELEN DOROTHY ALDRICH Jane Devout yet cheerful, active yet resigned Stenographic Course. Member of G!ee Club. Bells of Beaujolais. ' Sonia. ' Jane in Seventeen. JULIETTE EMMA BE EAURE ,cu SL UREGARD Julie Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes. Stenographic Course. Typing Club. Alpha Sigma Nu. Athletic Association. 9 c IH v MERRILL BENOIT Ben % X Some come to take their ease And sleep one act or two. General Course. Athletic Association ' 28-79. Biology Play ' 30. Speech ' 31. Geometry Play ' 32. RAYMOND WILDRED BERTHIAUME Bert Wake not a sleeping wolf. Commercial Course. Basketball ' 3 1 - 32. Baseball ' 31-32. Typing Club. Riding Down The Sky. RALPH LESTER BILLINGS Pal — Bill Court not the critic ' s smile, nor dfead his frown. General Course. YVONNE RACHEL BOUSQUET Ray — Biscuit Smooth runs the irate); where the brook is deep. ' General Course. Member of Typing Club ' 30- ' 31. GEORGE ERNEST BOYER Nes Slow and steady icins the race. Commercial Course. Football. Traffic Officer. Athletic Association. ROSE DE LIMA BRODEUR ?v uU Shorty Who ix ' l can lead a woman? Academic Course. Athletic Association ' 28- ' 32. Alpha Sigma Nu ' 31- ' 32. S=SJ I f  I :;:  !!! I II! w W w w • w w w I w w m ft ft I I ft ■ ft ft • I • •  I I w w I I ! ! P 1 S 1 w w i 1 1 1 i IS JOHN HALL CHADWICK Chad He has the countenance of a cherubim, but he is a rogue in his heart. Business Course. Basketball squad ' 30- ' 31. CLARENCE CHARRON The man that blushes is not ciuite a brute: College Course. CHARLES EDWIN CLARK Chuck To be a boy eternal. Academic Course. Athletic Association ' 30- ' 31. Crimson and Gray Staff ' 29- ' 30- ' 31. Washington Bicentennial. Traffic Squad. PHILIP LOUIS COLOGNESI Phil Thax ' x nothing like a rattling ride For curing melancholy. ' ' General Course. Traffic Squad. Student ' s Council. Be an Optimist. Seventeen. JOHN COOPER Jack Gentle to others, to himself severe. ' ' General Course. Member of the Glee Club. Traffic Squad. Basket Ball ' 29. DOROTHY ELLEN COX Dot Youth call for Pleasun , Ph asun calls for Love. General Course. 1 i If EILEEN CATHERINE CULLEN Lena When you do dance, I wish you A wave ' the sea. that you might ever do Nothing but that. Bookkeeping-Stenographic Course. Glee Club 28- ' 3 1 . Alpha Sigma Nu ' 30-32. Secretary ' 31. Typing Club ' 29-32. Bells of Beaujolais. Riding Down the Sky. Junior Senior Class Play Committees. Athletic Association ' 28-32. Freshman Basketball Team. Crimson and Gray Staff 31-32. Senior Plav Seventeen. Business 2400 A. D. Health Play. LOUIS PAUL DANI Louie This bold bad man ! Academic Course. Member Glee Club. Riding Down the Sky. Be An Optimist. Seventeen. Sonia. Orchestra. Traffic Squad 32. Student Council 32. Bicentennial Celebration. JOHN STEVEN DESPRES Johnny Laugh, and the world laughs with you! Business Course. Junior Varsity. Glee Club. MARIE ETHEL DODD Mary For every why she had a wlierejore. Stenographic Course. Member Alpha Sigma Nu. Typing Club. ROSALIE REGINA DUDECK Beau Her lips are like two budded roses. General Course. ALBERT PAUL DUFAULT Al , Bert , Duke He is a flatterer. College Course. Athletic Association. Glee Club. Basketball ' 28- ' 29. Student Council. Traffic Squad. Washington Bicentennial Celebration. ::! I R A w w t w w w w f w  !!!    w w w t « w !!! !!! ! i • • • • ?! i | wsTO ____ TO _ 5 „ s sgsss ggssssssss gg s | I ' , ! w w w ? w 8 1 fti I m ' « m m I RUTH GRETCHEN FARLEY Boots Maiden with meek brown eyes. Business Course. Alpha Sigma Nil. Bells of Beaujolais. FRANCIS GILBERT FAVREAU Skunk A short life and a merry one. General Course. Member Football squad ' 30- ' 31. Senior Play Seventeen. Riding Down the Sky. Pickles. Athletic Association. Class Will. DELLA ELIZABETH FINLAY Del .■1 merry heart maketh a cheerful count : nance Business Course. GEORGE HERBERT FITTS Herb A soul as full of worth, as void of pride. Commercial Course. Rifle Club. BRUNO ALBERT FRANCAZZI Frank Bewart the fury of a patient man. Business Course. Traffic Squad. Student Council. Athletic Associa- tion. Football ' 29- ' 30- ' 31. Riding Down The Sky. LOUISE EXILDA GABREE fr eYV k It was roses, roses all the way. Academic Course. Athletic Association ' 28- ' 32. Glee Club ' 28- ' 32. Bells of Beaujolais. Riding Down the Sky. Pickles. Seventeen. Class History. Alpha Sigma Nu ' 29- ' 32. Vice President ' 31 - ' 32. h 1« ffi | 2 I 1 w w t r £ 1 8 )- I CHESTER MASON GATES Chet Words are for women; actions for men. Academic Course. Traffic Squad. Student Council. Rifle Club. Manager of Basketball Squad ' 31 - ' 32. LOUISE STEVENS HALL Wo.«oi e Lou X Good manners and soft words. General Course. Member of the Glee Club 28- ' 29. j JOHN WILLIAM HARMON Johnny Or talking in an undertone To some beloved and lovely lady. General Course. Football squad ' 29- ' 30. Vice president Athletic Association ' 31- ' 32. Member of Baseball team ' 29- ' 30. 8 I w I t $ w w w w H ! ;:; w w w w w w t  w I w w I !!! j LILLIAN MARGARET HICKL AND ?«l« ev | Hickie , Lil Be wiser than, other people if you can, But do not tell them so. Stenographic Course. Glee Club ' 28- ' 29. Crimson and Gray Staff ' 31. Ass ' t Editor-in-chief ' 32. Class Song. Class Will. NELLIE JOANNA HMIELOWSKI Yi or i i Nell Life is a series of surprises. General Course. Glee Club ' 28. Typing Club. AGNES JOSEPHINE HOUDE D xo w W. i Aggie ' ' Tis a credit to any good girl to be neat. ' General Course. ft i J i ! ::: i i i w ::: to ::i v ! Hi i P I I i i i C! AGNES ELIZABETH HOWARD frrow Aggie i?cr cheeks are like the blushing cloud. General Course. BERNICE ADAMS HUNT Bern As merry as a cricket. Academic Course. Vice-President Glee Club ' 32. Glee Club 4 years. A leading part in Operettas Riding Down the Sky, Pickles, Sonia, and the Junior Play Be An Optimist. Athletic Association ' 28- ' 32. Basketball ' 29- ' 32. Alpha Sigma Nu. DOROTHY VERNA HUNT Dot Women were made to give our eyes delight. ' General Course. LOTTIE ALICE JACQUES W s oWwo Al Silence is the gratitude of true ajjection. ' ' Business Course. Typing Club ' 30- ' 32. Alpha Sigma Nu ' 31- ' 32. Class Song. Orchestra ' 29- ' 32. Operettas: Riding Down the Sky, Bells of Beaujolais, Pickles, Sonia. Glee Club ' 31. Chairman of Typing Club. DOROTHY EVELYN JOHNSON Dolly Pe ' She ' walks in beauty like the night. Stenographic Course. Athletic Association. Alpha Sigma Nu. Ass ' t Treasurer of Typing Club. Typing Club ' 30- ' 32. Glee Club ' 28. Typing Club Play ' 30- ' 31. Dress Committee (graduation). EDWARD ALBERT KASZYNSKI Professor , Issy I never knew so young a body with so old a head. Scientific and Normal Course. Playwright of The Little Professor and Sherlock Holmes. Leads in Be An Optimist and Seventeen. The Touchdown. Crimson and Gray Staff Subscription Manager. 4 I HARRY CHARLES KOPROWSKI Harry 4 noble aim. faithfully kept, is as a noble deed. ' ' General Course. Football ' 28- ' 32. Captain ' 32. Baseball four years. Basketball ' 31. Riding Down the Sky. Traffic Squad, Captain. Il0« DOROTHEA GLADYS LaBELLE 08 f Dot 0, for a horse with icings! Commercial Course. Glee Club ' 28- ' 32. Danced for school entertain- ments. Member of Operetta Cast three years. Taught dancers for last operetta. Class Secretary ' 28. JEANNETTE DORIS LORETTA LaCROIX Sponty Words, words, words! Stenographic Course. Wrote and took part in a One Act flay during Freshman Year. Seventeen. Gymnasium ' 29- ' JO. Typing Club. Athletic Association. IRENE RITA LaFLAMME o eur Rene .4 good heart is best of all. Stenographic Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Crimson and Grav. HERMAN J. LAMOTHE. JR. Mich ' ' Vivez joyeux? ' Business Course. G!c_- Club. Riding Down die Sky. Traffic Squad. Athletic Association. ANITA ELIZABETH LARIVIERE W cc • Nita .4 daughter of the gods, divinely tail and mosl divinely fair. Academic Course. Athletic Association. Alpha Sigma Nu. Wedding of the Painted Doll. I W w I « w w w w w w w w w w w w w w VI w w i I 1 ft I I I w w W I w w w I w w   w w W w w w w w w w w ! ! 1 M T n J slpenl Ttn J rlrpnm? i LAWRENCE LOUIS LAVIGUEUR Sam For man is man, and master oj Jus fate. General Course. LEA SHIRLEY LAWTON CoUn S Wee-wee And where are you going with your love-locks flowing? Academic Course. Glee Club. Bells of Beaujolais. Riding Down the Skv. Pick!. Basketball Team. Athletic Association. MURIEL FORD LAWTONY u 4e( Noo-noo Do I sleep? Do I dream? Do I wander and doubt? Academic Course. High School Orchestra ' 28- ' 32. Glee Club. Operettas ' 28-32. Athletic Association. . JANE CECILE LEMOINE , , Jane Si 1M3W2 l i Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. Stenographic Course. Athletic Association. President of Typing Club ' 32. Vice-President of Typing Club ' 31. Alpha Sigma Nu ' 32. Senior Play Committee. Oh! Teacher ' 29. Crimson and Gray Staff. Annual Typewriting and Shorthand Contest ' 31. State Typewriting and Short- hand Contest ' 31. RAFEALA LENTI Raf Her voice was ever soft, low, An excellent thing in woman. Commercial Course. Athletic Association for four years. Type- writing Club for two years. ONORINE ANNE LUI Nora The best part of beauty is that which a picture cannot express. Business Course. Athletic Association ' 3 1 - ' 32. Typing Club ' 31- ' 32. Glee Club ' 31. W I 1 I t m W w w w   I , w to M w w w n }, Ww- ?! ft) 1 ! ft) ft) ft) 1 ft) ft) S ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) i ! c9 vWn ■c mfiu c ( ft),- c - ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) ft) I I! ft) ft) 1 i ft! L w w w w W w l 1932 ---— — — j n $ ) I i t w w 1 ' I • i • ADELE VIVIAN LUCYNLAK C IVL Smoky WTy Eyes too expressive to be blue, Too lovely to be grey. Academic Course. Athletic Association. Glee Club. Basketball. ' Bells of Beaujolais. Riding Down the Sky. 0( ' ° WALLACE MACLEAN Ted His merry spirit seems our comrade yet. College Course. Class Treasurer ' 29. Baseball ' 31. Basketball ' 31- ' 32. Prophecy Committee ' 32. Banquet Committee ' 32. Student Council ' 32. Athletic Association ' 29. Glee Club ' 29. ANITA ALICE MANDEVILLE Nita .4 good heart ' s worth gold. Business Course. Athletic Association. Typing Club. BEATRICE MARY MASON Moivu Bee A dancing sha])c, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. Stenographic Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Alpha Sigma Nu. Junior Play Be An Optimist. Wedding of the Painted Doll. Typing Club Play. Decoration Committee. ANNETTE CLAIRE MATHIEUWvtcr Her eyes as stars of twilight fair. General Course. Treasurer of Alpha Sigma Nu ' 31- ' 32. Assistant Treasurer of Typing Club ' 30. Athletic Association ' 28- ' 32. Glee Club. Matron Committee for Senior Dance. Junior Play Be An Optimist. DORIS RITA MATHIEU Doris 0 what an endless work have I in hand! Stenographic Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Alpha Sigma Nu. Bells of Beaujolais. M V I w ::; ! I I 1 w i i I 5 I ! i  I iii CLARA THEO MCMASTER Scoff And all for love, and nothing for reward. General Course. Glee Club ' 29-32. Riding Down the Sky and Sonia. Athletic Association. Alpha Sigma Nu. A school librarian. DOROTHY ESTELLA MORRELL Dot Awake, awake, the morn will never arise Till she can dress her beauty by your eyes. College Course. Member of Student Activity Association. Glee Club. RICHARD JOHN MULLER Dick For these fellows of infinite tongue, that can rhyme them- selves into ladies ' favours. College Course. Member of Tower Club. Q r L J-— DORIS OLNEY Dona Full of sweet indifference. Commercial Course. Athletic Association ' 29- ' 32. Refreshment Com- mittee. Typing Club ' 29- ' 30. LEONILE PAULINE PAQUETTE Q e re$4 Pauline Punctuality is the soul of business. Bookkeeping Course-Stenographic Course. Glee Club. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Glee Club Librarian. Crimson and Gray Staff. Junior Play Be An Optimist. Bells of Beaujolais. Sonia. Pickles. Wedding of the Painted Doll. Junior Committee. ANNETTE BLANCHE PELLETIER There ' s such a charm in melancholy 1 would not. if I could, be i ay. ' ' Stenographic Course. Typing Club ' 32. K F 7 « MW 7 i o i 9 w w w w 8 i i ?! 1 I i i I I w •J i i ! i 1 t ! r3S JEANNETTE PERRY Blessed are the pure in heart. Business Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. JOHN E. POETON He that spareth his words hath knowledge. ' College Course. Crimson and Gray Staff. ) LEOPOLD POIRIER Gunboat My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My lore as deep. Business Course. Basketball ' 29- ' 31- ' 32. Treasurer of Crimson and Gray. Riilintr Down the Skv. Traffic Squad 3 1 - ' 32. Student Council ' 32. ' 1 W w I t in w ) s w w w I « w w w w I Hi I ;:: (« MURIEL MADELINE PRICE ' sW vt-sfl Pet 9 Standing, with reluctant jeet, Where the brook and river meet. College Course. Glee Club. Seventeen. Took part in all the operettas. Alpha Sigma Nu. Cheer leader. Athletic Association. fy . ,%Jy P | ANTOINETTE BARBARA RISCHITELLI Tony ' ' Home-h eping hearts arc happiest: General Course. ANTOINETTE ROY Tony -4 smile in her eyes. General Course. Glee Club and Typing Club. Basketball. Librarian. Athletic Association. Oh! Teacher! Dot ' s Collegians. Riding Down the Sky. Bells of Beauiolais. Pickles. k  ft ill ::i 1 Si m m m m m m I m i • • • • • • • • W - ' jjm, a,. Hj J SARAH MARY SALVIUOLO I There is no joy but calm. Stenographic Course. Typing Club and Athletic Association. EVELYN LEONA SARTY N vfe Dutchy Ye are the salt of the earth Stenographic Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. WANDA SLOTA The blue -significant forget-me-not: Commercial Course. IRIS BERTHA ST. GEORGE Gdvle f Irish Her pleasure in her power to charm. Commercial Course. Athletic Association. FRANCES ELIZABETH STYPULKOWSKI Fran What cunning can express The favor of he) fact f Business Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Friday morning entertainment. VANGEL PETER THEMISTOCLES Van Life is real! life is earnest! Business Course. Varsity Basketball ' 30- ' 31, ' 31-32. ;:: w w w w m j •  i • • • • • • ' • • • ' 1 I HELEN CAROLINE THOMAS A violet dim. But sweeter than the lids of Juno ' s eyes Or Cytherea ' s breath. General Course. EARLE HARVEY THOMPSON Bud 1 say the world is lovely, and thai loveliness is enough. General Course. Traffic Squad. Riding Down the Sky. Pickles. Bells of Beaujolais. Treasurer of the Rifle Club. JOYCE EMMA THOMPSON Joe Life and love are all a dream. Normal Course. Athletic Association. Librarian. i 6V SOPHIE ANNA TOCZYLOWSKA Sue Full many a glorious morning have I seen. Business Course. Typing Club. Athletic Association. Friday morning entertainment. ANDREW FREDERICK TULLY Andy O man. handsome man! General Course. Tower Club. John Watson in Seventeen. Ring Committee. The Touchdown. FREDERICK STEPHEN WAITE Chink Argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest forever. College Course. Glee Club. Bells of Beaujolais. Riding Down the Sky. Vice President ' 30. Treasurer ' 31. Assistant-Treasurer ' 32. Ring Committee. Student Council. Football 3 1 - 32. Graduation Speaker. Friday morning entertainment. S ::; t w i i 1 I w w ! ft ft ft m ft ft m ft i I I w !!! !:: II w w w t 2 to ! I ft ♦ ft 1 i VINCENT THOMAS WALSH Vin Me judicc General Course. Football ' 31 - ' 32. Basketball ' 31. Tennis (Capt.) Glee Club Operettas. Room 4 Quartette. Willie Baxter in Seventeen. Class Prophecy. Senior Prom Committee. Tower Club. JOHN WEAVER His own opinion ivas his law. Academic Course. Two letters in Football. Member of Traffic Squad. Manager of Football. Athletic Editor Crimson and Gray Staff. JOHN WILSON Jack A kinder gentleman treads not the earth. General Course. Member of the Glee Club. All the Operettas. Wells Rifle Club. Athletic Association. VALENTINE HAINING WILSON Val He, the sweetest of all singers. ' ' General Course. Glee Club ' 28- ' 32. President of Glee Club ' 32. Leading parts in Bells of Beaujolais, Riding Down the Sky, Pickles, Soma, Be An Optimist. Traffic Officer. Crimson and Gray ' 31 - ' 32. MARY ELIZABETH WILKINSON Beth A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms. College Course. Glee Club. Operettas. Be An Optimist. Seven- teen. Alpha Sigma Nu. School Ring Committee. Athletic Association. GEORGE PAINE WOOD Tubby Sfn in meliora Academic Course. Traffic Squad. Bells of Beaujolais. Vice- President Rifle Club. Scenery Committees. Picture Committee. Athletic Association ticket collector. Student Council. 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Commencement Baccalaureate The Baccalaureate Service was held Sunday June 19, at 7 P. M. at the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Ira J. Roberts gave the sermon. Class Banquet The Banquet was held June 20, at the Cohasse Country Club. Dancing followed the banquet. Class Day The Class Day exercises were held in the auditorium on the afternoon of June 22. The following program took place: ■ Address of Welcome William Hofstra Class History Louise Kershaw Violin Solo Alice Jacques Class Will Lillian Hickland Solo-. Valentine Wilson Class Prophecy AVallace Maclean _, f Lillian Hickland, Words Class Song ... T I Alice Jacques, Music Planting of Ivy William Hofstra LABOR OMNIA VINCIT Class Song We ' re glad that you say you will miss us We hope you ' ll remember us long Dear Teachers and friends, as we ' re going We ' ll start on our way with a song Oh all things are conquered by labor And smiling oft makes labor light- All our lives we will smile as we ' re working We ' ll strive for the things that are right The blue ' s in our banner for staunchness The gold for the fame we will win We ' ll fight for success to the hilltop Each barrier attack with a grin So bring to our parting no sadness Now smile as you bid us adieu We ' re loyal to Wells High forever Farewell from our Class ' 32 Lillian Hickland JUNE 1932 21 Graduation Program .Invocation Rev. Manford Schuh Monuments Frederick Stephen Waite- George Washington: His Background and Ours Eileen Catherine Constance Cullen George Washington: The Gallant John Littlefield Buckley George Washington: The Country Gentle- man Joyce Emma Thompson George Washington: The Father of His Country Edward Albert Kaszynski Special Awards Presentation of Diplomas Chairman of the School Committee Benediction Rev. Manford Schuh Senior Reception The Senior Reception was given by the Juniors in the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 24. The hall was attractively decorated in blue and gold, the class colors. The Music Weavers played for dancing. The following Juniors were in charge: Decorations Lucille Monroe Furniture Jerome Caplovitch Refreshments Frances Redhead Tickets John Bingley A History of the Class of igj2 The gross insufficiency of employing a facetious procedure in writing this history be- comes forcefully apparent when one considers the Class of ' 32, its activities and its accom- plishments of the past four years. Here is in- telligence and knowdedge crowned with gen- uine ability, and, sadly enough, at the same time, here also is an artistic semblance of buffoonery coupled with a voluble glibness. Consequently, we temporize with the establish- ed order in compiling these particular records with some slight trepidation and with the hope that the reader will exercise a small degree of indulgence if he finds this account a trifle terse and, on the whole, general in scope. Without further ado or hesitancy we begin the saga of our class. We received our introduction into the mys- teries of high school one rather oppressively warm day in the September of the year 1928. Perhaps there came the realization that a new period of our development and proficiency was beginning, or possibly it was the awe induced by the strange and novel, for, with but a few of those inevitable exceptions, our demeanor as we took our seats in the audi- torium that first morning was singularly quiet and reserved, in great contrast to the hubbub of the upperclassmen. The semi-uproar of combined laughter, greetings, and desultory conversations came to an abrapt.end when Mr. Furber appeared and greeted us in his inimitable manner. He ended all thoughts of inequality and set us at ease immediately. Then came the assign- ment of classes and in its wake the hunt on our part for those elusive study rooms. We pass rather rapidly over this period of a- daptation in which we led a wandering exis- tence teeming with adventures — humiliating to us — but somehow amusing to others. It was during this period that many of our members were coerced into the hands of certain upper- classmen who believed it their duty to humble the Freshmen, and notably John Cooper, for one, found himself at one time snugly wedged in a small waste basket. At our first meeting, in which we organized as a class, John Buckley was chosen our first president and to our good fortune Miss Fitz- gerald agreed to act as our guide through that hazardous first year. 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY The reception tendered us by the Junior Class was without question one worthy of remembrance. Inasmuch that our establish- ment as a class here became an actuality, to us it was a success. Without inclining too greatly here toward personal laudation the unique accomplishment of Edward Kaszynski in writing, producing, and playing the lead in his drama The Little Professor deserves our notice and praise. At an assembly in about midyear, we found Mr. Furber had left us to accede to other honors, and we were greeted in the warm and friendly tones of Mr. Greene. Since then our association and contact with him has been a pleasant and long memorable experience. The year of school finally gave way to the summer months and we threw off the confines of study for vacation days. When we met again as Sophomores, with another year of scholastic endeavor offering achievement before us, we found our numbers sadly depleted and many familiar faces absent. In some slight measure we felt a new sense of responsibility wholly alien to a Freshman. Our president this year was the popular Blanche Metivier and the administration of her office was capable and distinguished. Miss Dube, as class adviser, placed on high plane the financial status of the class by her finesse in monetary affairs. Although by this time many of our class- mates had become personages because of peculiarities or characteristics of a distin- guished nature, none could compare with John Poeton. His reluctance of fluency in recitation and his occasional pithy answers had become almost a byword. The first defeat on the gridiron administered Bartlett High in a half score years took place in this year and the athletes of our class played no small part in its accomplishment. Since then Wells has ruled supreme. The English class under the supervision of Miss Fitzgerald presented Barrie ' s provoking play Shall We Join the Ladies? - On entering our third year, we again in- trusted the president ' s office to the competent and able hands of John Buckley. In smoothing out the difficulties and the many complications that confronted us during the course of the year, Miss Finnegan executed her position of class adviser with insight and ability. The first weeks of school having passed, preparations went forward for the Freshman Reception which proved to be a gala affair. Most elaborate was our program and our method of serving refreshments unique. The ice cream was so solidly frozen that it had to be dashed against the walls to break it up, occasioning much delay and laborious exertion. At the Senior Prom, which as usual received enthusiastic cooperation of everyone in making it a success, the artistic and aesthetic nature of the class became evident when instead of the commonplace punchbowl, the punch was served from a well. During the entertainment of this affair it will be recalled that Louis Dani appeared with a Fly Chasing Flit. During this year, too, the class was wise enough and responsible enough to display worthily the school ring. In that position of honor and authority as president of the Senior Class we placed William Hofstra who acted at all times with intelligence and understanding and proved that he deserved the popularity that he received. For Mr. Greene ' s able assistance through- out the year we will always be deeply grateful. The origination of the student council by members of our class was an achievement in aiding our school to keep its position among other schools of high ranks and it is desired that under the management of other classes it will have equal success and will proceed to progress rapidly in its influence upon the life of the school. Among many activities of the year was the hike participated in by the girls of the JUNE 1932 23 A. S. N. Society. This hike had its termination when the manager of the State Theater of Webster, seeing the members looking dilapi- dated and worn out, opened the portals one and one-half hours ahead of time to allow the members of the society to recuperate. Although a majority of our class took pro- minent parts in the annual operettas, the re- markable voice of Valentine Wilson cannot be too fully appreciated. His excellent and outstanding work doubtless made such operet- tas as Riding Down The Sky and Pickles the successes they were. Vincent Walsh ' s letter of sympathy to Miss Finnegan during her illness stood out from many others, as a message of sublime solace. Among many honors received by our class during our school life is the honor of being the first Senior Class to be taught by Mr. Tabor. And so we close the history that is a tribute, with hope that the Mary E. Wells will continue to produce such distinguished classes, both in the study hall and on the athletic field, as the Class of ' 32. John Weaver Iconise Kershaw Louise Gabree Class Will We, the Class of ' 32 of the Wells High School, in order to form a more perfect school, to establish justice, to insure home room tran- quility, to provide for common defense against faculty members, to promote the power of Traffic Officers, and to secure the blessing of the school committee to ourselves and our posterity, do hereby, being of sound mind and body, ordain this as our last will and testa- ment. Rose Brodeur, Pauline Paquette, and Wanda Slot a leave their petite little ways to Betsy Bernheim, Gladys Hall, and Annette Boyer. The Human Toothpick (John Chadwick), The Midgets (John Cooper and Eddie Kas- zynski), and Mussolini (Freddie Waite) kindly lend their fame to Ned Chapin, to Ernest Lavallee, George Hickland, and to Paul Haynes. Agnes Howard leaves her delicate color when flustered to Marion Horr. Jeannette LaCroix gives her unique method of entertaining the English class to Beatrice Senecal. Irene LaFlamme is going to leave her typing ability to Dorothy Farland. New prizes will have to be invented for Dorothy then. Our glorious class bequeaths to Mr. Mc- Mahon a box of balloons so he can blow one up, stick a pin in it, and say — We won the game just like that! — such success is going to follow him. Louise (Curly) Kershaw ' s ultimatum is that her curls shall part from her never! Eileen Cullen leaves her ability to dance out of a tight corner to Raymond (Fat) Favreau. Greta Garbo ' s double, Dolly Johnson, leaves her manner to Frances Roberts. Evelyn Sarty says Armand Chicoine is wel- come to her ability to do English at noon in Room 4. Tony Roy donates her winning ways, Bernice Hunt her silver voice, and Lea Lawton her curls, in order to make Doris Gay the belle of her Senior class. Pet Price bequeaths her extraordinary power of keeping perfectly silent and looking pretty (Senior Play) to Roxy Pinsonneault. Doris Olney leaves her habit of borrowing the law assignment to Clarence Julian. (Does he need this?) Clara McMaster leaves her mannish swagger to Helen Kelly. Bee Mason sighs as she leaves her memories of high school to some other popular belle. The Pepsodent Kid — in private life Wallace Maclean — leaves many empty spaces in high school life for Red Volpini to fill. THE CRIMSON A ND GRAY Bill Hofstra leaves his rep as a jolly good fellow to Jerry McNitt. Helen Aldrich sheds her little girl gawkish- ness (Senior Play I on Bertha Juros. We present Mi . Tabor with a mask and pistol, which, with ins dark glance, is all that is needed to make him a dashing highwayman. John Buckley bequeaths his gallant manners to Masi Osimo. John Poeton leaves his love of grisly murders to next year ' s thriller writer. Val Wilson leaves to Annastatio Tsoules a bottle to hold at the side of his mouth to make his voice resoundingly sweet when singing. Francis Favreau wills some of his pep to the Junior Class to get them started. Merrill Benoit leaves his ability to beat the clock to Eleanor Williams. Marie Dodd says Jerome Caplovitch may have her curly hair — the only thing he needs to make him a movie hero. John Weaver leaves his brother an alarm clock so he may catch the bus mornings. Vinnie ' W alsh bequeaths his fame as a heart- breaker to Joe Proulx. Clarence Charron leaves his meekness to DiAngelis. Jack Wilson gives Ken Harmon his poker- face. Ruth Farley passes her waxen curls to Margot Kuehn. Variety is always an aid to style. Herman Lamothe leaves his love to Alice Miller. Ernest Boyer leaves his taxi service to Dick Taylor. Annette Pelletier will whisper to Miss Coderre (in private) what she eats for break- fast to make her grow. leave some of their quietness to Ruth Peterson and Jeannette Dutilly. (They need it ) . Van Themistocles leaves a notebook of World History secretly hidden in Room 6 and will give the hiding-place to any deserving Junior on request. Frances Stypulkowski leaves her enthusiasm to next year ' s cheer leaders. Delia Finlay gives her wistfulness so Lou Monroe ' s supply for poetry won ' t be- exhausted. Sophie Toczylowski leaves a note explaining to Frances Redhead the difference between peas and sweetpeas. Muriel Lawton and Agnes Houde leave their friendly smiles to Aurora Carpenter and Betty Tarquinia ; this addition ought to make Aurora and Betty irresistible. Rosalie Dudeck leaves her Joan Crawford expression to Lucille Gaumond. Yvonne Bousouet hands over her acquain- tance of AYebster boys to Lois Mason. Leopold Poirier leaves his devotion to one girl to Norman LeBlanc. Bruno Francazzi leaves his dignified quiet- ness to Joe McKay. Ray Berthiaume leaves his dormouse-ian qualities to Romeo Dumais — See English IV. Raf Lenti leaves her beautiful penmanship to Dolly Champagne. John Despres submits his paper route to the tender mercy of Bill McKinstry. Alice Jacques leaves her jazz steps to Lavoie. Jane Lemoine ' s ability to get her man is tied with a pink ribbon and left to Emma Hofstra. Nellie Heaton bequeaths her friendliness to Grace Oldfield. Sarah Salviuolo leaves, her studious nature to Janice Price. Anita Mandeville and Juliette Beauregard Doris Mathieu leaves Noella Lamarine the JUNE 1932 25 job of chauffeur for unattached girls at the games. Beth Wilkinson relays her giggle to Ruth Delage. Anita Lariviere leaves her poise to John Starr to be used when needed. Harry Koprowski leaves his rep as an all round athlete to Arthur Canning. Dorothea Labelle leaves her horse-sense to Gertrude Pezzetti. Dorothy Hunt leaves her big blue eyes to Dorothy Bixby. Nellie Hmielowski leaves her ability to tran- slate Spanish to Miss Finnegan to bestow on some needy Junior. John Harmon bestows his man of the world attitude to Dickie MacAllister. Louise Hall leaves her baby talk to Jane Walker. Chester Gates leaves his auto horns for Billy Johnson ' s bicycle. Louise Gabree leaves her raccoon to Hazel Cooper. George Fitts leaves his eagle eye to next year ' s rifle club members. Dorothy Cox leaves her dimples to Byron Williams. Phil Colognesi bestows his mournful expres- sion on Louis Bourdelais. Albert Dufault dedicates his dancing ability to Laurier Pinsonneault. Charlie Clark gives his disguise as 0. Howe Wise to Bernard Fox. Ralph Billings leaves a half a dozen bananas to Anthy Kraly. George Wood leaves his ability to keep busy to Armand Brault. (This may help to bring about a reform I . Tony Rischitelli leaves her soft crooning voice to Betty Sarty. Jeannctte Perry leaves her winning smile to Eleanor Paoletti. Dick Muller leaves his explanation of the Einstein Theory to Red Tremblay. Annette Mathieu leaves her ability to hang onto one man a long time to Emma Volpini. Andrew Tully leaves his hard luck in crash- ing the gate to Dan Koziol, for Dan ' s calm expression ought to help him carry off any situation. Joyce Thompson leaves her habit of pre- paring every lesson, every day, to her kid brother. Iris St. George leaves her bookkeeping set for Miss Aucoin to puzzle out. Helen Thomas leaves her attraction for the opposite sex to add to that already owned by Isabel Sangren, and Dorothy Morrell does like- wise for Ruth Simpson. Lawrence Lavigueur leaves his aspirations to June Toomey. Earl Thompson leaves his devotion to out of town girls to Bobby AVerner. - Louis Dani leaves his trick of playing a musical instrument and laughing at the same time to Chester Salvatori. Adele Lucyniak leaves her ability to whisper between bells to Albina Savage. Lillian Hickland leaves her wit to next year ' s Crimson and Gray Staff. Nora Lulli deems it wise to leave her modesty to Honey Price. Witnessed hereby this twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty two. Patrick Henry Samuel Adams Alexander Hamilton 26 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY The Prophecy of the Class of igj2 Since, in the course of the passing years, it has become necessary for the class of 1932 to dissolve the bonds of equality which have con- nected its members with their former fellow- students and to assume the position of super- iority and individuality which the experience and successes of its members have entitled it to, a decent respect to the opinion of the afore mentioned students requires that the class should declare the causes and reasons which impels it to assume such a position. We hold the following to be a precise and accurate ac- count of the aforementioned causes of and reasons for the superiority of the Class of 1932. Whds Who Charron, Lavigueur, J. Wilson and Clark are broadcasting every Saturday night over Station NERTS as the Bills Brothers Quartet. Louie Dani and Phil Colognesi are now Dani and Colognesi Inc. They have made their future secure by directing sceneiy effects for Paramount. Richard Muller is the velvet- voiced an- nouncer so loved by female America who an- nounces the popular Val Wilson and his orches- tra from the night club owned and operated by Johnson, Mason, and Cullen Inc. (Incidently, this club is the favorite haunt of Tully, famous Broadway columnist who out-winchelled Win- chel.) Albert Dufault is Physical director at the Boston Y . George Fitts is a landscape gardener follow- ing in the footsteps of his pater . Marie Dodd is an instructor in a school of poise. Louise Gabree has announced that she will be the U. S. Representative swimmer at the Olympics at Turkey. So far she has won 100 and 440 meter events. The depression makes it impossible for the U. S. to send more than one representative to the Olympics. John Harman is the leading contender for wrestling championship of the world. His latest victory was over The Texas Terror. Chester Gates has accepted a position as field supervisor of Allied Chicken Incorporated. William Hofstra divides his time between his plumbing business and directing the affairs of the local orders of Rotarians and Kiwanians. Bernice Hunt is a second Pavlowa managed by her sister Dot. Eddie Kaszynski has recently announced a new explanation of Einstein ' s Theory. Louise Kershaw is the first woman candidate on the Democratic ticket in the history of the good old U. S. Her campaign is being managed by Dorothy Cox and Louise Hall. Herman Lamothe is Treasurer of the Amos- Andy and Lamothe Taxi Co. Dot Labelle has blossomed forth as one of America ' s leading equestrians. Rafeala Lenti is a style sleuth for the Houde Howard Dress Co. The styles that she doesn ' t create in America, she discovers in Europe. Tony Roy, Jane Lemoine, Helen Thomas, and Ruth Farley are Parisienne mannequins tra- veling with Miss Lenti. Annette Mathieu conducts an Advice to the Lovelorn column in the Bridgeport Herald. John Weaver is editor of this nation- ally known paper. Doris Olney is married to Charles Clark, he who produces those rhythmic basso effects in the Bills Bros. Quartet. Merrill Benoit is second Vice President of Benoit, Benoit, and Benoit, AVholesale Grocers. Adela Lucyniak is coaching a prominent professional girls ' basketball team. JUNE 1932 27 Dot Morrell is North Braintree ' s leading debutante. Clara McMaster, in her capacity as reporter, is at present endeavoring to obtain graduation pictures from the Seniors of the FiskdaJe ' Finishing School. Gunboat Poirier is father of a family basketball team. (To those who are not ac- quainted with the sport, a team numbers five. Just think FIVE!!) Harry Koprowski has risen in the world ' since his high-school days and is now lieutenant in command of New York ' s Traffic Squad. Miss Wanda Slota recently grabbed her share of the front page by marrying the world ' s tallest man. Miss Anita Mandeville recently donated a bus for the use of out-of-town students attend- ing the schools. She guarantees that the bus will always be at school on time. The Lady Esther Co. recently announced that the famous radio character Lady Esther, she of paralyzed pores fame, is none other than our old classmate Jeannette La- Croix. Francis Favreau, president of the South- bridge Merchants and Manufacturers Associa- tion, recently announced that he has assembled the following galaxy of stars, all of the Class of ' 32, to appear in the charity entertainment to be given for the benefit of destitute members of the Maiy E. Wells faculty: Lillian Hickland, prominent author and lecturer, Alice Jacques, acclaimed and accomplished violinist, and Helen Aldrich, popular juvenile character actress. Miss Joyce Thompson is touring the country giving a series of lectures on her experiences and observations of typical American farm- life. Ever since her memorable visit to New York in 1932, Miss Nora Lulli has been employed on the staff of the New Yorker where her wide- eyed enthusiasm and small-town amazement, still evident in her writing, so amuses the jaded New Yorkers. Johnny Despres has won a trip around the world for submitting the most three-letter words derived from the word Listerine. With Johnny ' s pleasant smile and pleasing person- ality, he ' ll soon have friends the world over. Pauline Paquette is a prominent Boston modiste. Miss Pelletier and Miss Perry are wasting all their time trying to make their tea-room bring dividends. Miss Price is Dormitory Supervisor at one of our famous universities. Miss Price ' s tact and practical experience in handling college youths has led to her success in her present position. Van Themistocles has been chosen Chief Executive of the Boy Scouts of America — re- cently combined with the Camp-Fire Girls. Ralph Billings, who distinguished himself in high school by his loud clarion-like voice, has taken Joe Humphries ' place as the world ' s best fight announcer. Beyer and Francazzi conduct Boston ' s lead- ing haberdashery. They specialize in an ex- clusive line of spats. Anita Lariviere and Rose Brodeur are at present attempting to break the endurance record for continuous flying in their plane the Thompson. (Miss Lariviere evidently named the plane). John Buckley, the noted surgeon, is rapidly carving a name for himself at the Harrington Hospital. Chadwick and Cooper are playing big league baseball for the New York Yankees. Cooper is playing first base while Chadwick holds down the short stop berth. Sophie Toczylowska has left the farm and is succeeding admirably in the big city. 28 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Lea Lawton is Long Island ' s leading dentist and caters to the elite of that exclusive section. Muriel Lawton is teaching Latin at Smith College. Dr. F. S. Waite recently retired from his successful medical practice and now amuses himself by sending critical satires on anything and everything to the Southbridge News. Irene LaFlamme was recently chosen by the Royal Typewriter Co. to demonstrate correct methods of typing to the school children of the country. Earle Thompson has established a milk and cream dairy and distributes the aforesaid to the surrounding communities of Sandersdale, Dudley, Westville, Fort Sumpter, and Den- nison District. Miss Beauregard is Dairy-owner Thomp- son ' s prim and efficient private secretary. Miss Rosalie Dudeck is hostess at the night club owned by Johnson, Mason, and Cullen Inc. and rumor has it that Texas Guinan ' s popularity has dimmed since Miss Dudeck ar- rived in New York. George Wood, famous engineer, recently established a fund at the Mary E. Wells High School lor the purpose of supplying Mr. Tabor with white paper for Senior Math exams. Due to the sudden sensational popularity of that inimitable comedian, Ray Berthiaume, slapstick comedies are again the rage. Ber- thiaume ' s latest picture The Custards Last Flight has been acclaimed as the best picture of the year. Sarafina Salviuolo is posing for the after of a before and after advertisement for Pepsodent. Under the efficient command of Doris, the Mathieu Taxi Agency lias expanded into a cross country air-line sendee. Several record- breaking trips across the continent by Miss Frances Stypulkowski, one of the staff of female pilots employed by Miss Mathieu, have made the Mathieu Air-line Service, world renowned. Delia Finley has brought back memories to the sporting public of Eleanora Sears, famous Providence to Boston long-distance walker, by walking back and forth from her new million dollar mansion in Quinebaug. Nellie Hmielowski, because of her quietness is a silent partner in the Rischetelli, St. George, and Sarty School of Elocution. John Poet on has just been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his fine delineation of American life in the underworld. Beth Wilkinson, another writer, won fame through her volume, No Work For the Young Child. Here her famous Wilkinson Method of teaching the kindergarten child through stunts is propounded to the world. Yvonne Bousquet has been successful in pantomime. Her utter repose in school proved to be excellent preparation for this work. Therefore, we, the undersigned representa- tives of the Class of 1932, appealing to the justice always so evident in Wells High School students, do in the name of and by the author- ity of our fellow classmates, request that the obvious superiority of the Class of 1932 be recognized above all others. Ellen Heaton Wallace Maclean Vincent Walsh A G? ' eat Auctio?i ivill be Held July I, 1932 in Room Th? ee The following items are listed: Miss Fitzgerald — a complete collection of fad jewelry. Lillian Hickland — one perfectly good pair of black cotton stockings. Nellie Hmielowski — complete set of English test papers — all A and B marks. William Hofstra — one fountain pen — refiller broken and point slightly bent. JUNE 1932 29 Agnes Howard — one expensive book How to prevent Blushing. Berniee Hunt — one Cara Nome Compact — puff gone — mirror broken into four pieces. Dot Hunt — a right handed nail file. Alice Jacques — a notebook of excuses for being absent. Dolly Johnson — a black pocketbook, con- taining may letters: sources cannot be verified. Edward Kaszynski — one set of tricks guar- anteed to keep any one young. Louise Kershaw — full information about en- trance requirement for Nichols Academy. Harry Koprowski — a football reputation of renowned lustre. Dorothe La Belle — a bookkeeping practice set used in her junior year. Jeannette LaCroix — one rattle tied with Baby Blue Ribbon. Irene LaFlamme — one bus pass to Fiskdale —good for July 1928. Herman Lamothe — a silencer, in perfect condition. Anita Lariviere — an evening gown — out of style — quite short — will fit any freshman gM. Lea Lawton — a wig with extra long curls. Muriel Lawton — one very very helpful sister. Jane Lemoine — tattered music guaranteed to please a high school audience. Rafeala Lenti — one right foot Walkover shoe — size 2J4 A. Adele Lucyniak — one dozen hair ribbons. Nora Lulli — a bottle of curling fluid to rescue any Sophomore with straight hair at the high school parties. Wallace Maclean — a tube of toothpaste — the kind Amos and Andv use — half full. Anita Mandeville — one slightly chewed ink eraser — still bounces. Beatrice Mason — a pair of red toeless sandals — worn only once. Annette Mathieu — a box of stationery — she hasn ' t had use for writing materials this year. Doris Mathieu — a pair of roller skates trim- med with red, white, and blue tape — Bicenten- nial Year. Clara McMaster — one slave bracelet. Dorothy Morrell — a book, Life of a Great Singer . Richard Muller — a pair of knickers — rather thin at the knees. Doris Olney — two P. M. Slips guaranteed redeemable at half time. Pauline Paquette — two overdue Library books — not likely to be called back. Annette Pelletier — a magnifying glass to help the juniors study during their Senior Year. Jeannette Perry — one Reader ' s Guide — never been opened. John Poeton — one pair of baby pink sus- penders. Alice Jacques ' 32 30 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Aldrich. Helen Beauregard, Juliette Benoit. Merrill Berthiaume. Raymond Billings. Ralph Bousquet, Yvonne Boyer, George Brodeur. Rose Buckley. John Chadwick, John Charron, Clarence Clark, Charles Colognesi, Philip Cooper, John Cox, Dorothj ' Cullen, Eileen Dani, Louis Despres, John Dodd, Marie Dudeck, Rosalie Dufault, Albert Farley, Ruth Favreau, Francis Finlay. Delia Fitts, George Francazzi. Bruno Gabree, Louise Gates, Chester Hall, Louise Harmon, John Heaton, Ellen Hiekland, Lillian Hmielowski. Nellie Hofstra, William Houde, Agnes Howard, Agnes Hunt, Bernice Hunt, Dorothy Jacques, Alice Johnson. Dorothy Kaszynski, Edward Kershaw,„Louise Koprowski, Harry LaBelle, Dorothe LaCroix. Jeanette LaFlamme, Irene Nickname Jane Julie Ben Bert Bill Ray Nes Shorty Buck Chad Charlie Charlie Phil Jack Dot Lena Louey Steve Mary Bau Duke Boots Skunk Del Fitts Bruno Lousy Chet Lou Jawn Nellie Lil Nell Horse Aggie Aggie Bern Dot Al Dolf Eddie Curly Gobo Dot 8] onty Rene Hobby Acting Thinking Stamps Athletics C. M. T. C. Running Driving Bridge Golf Picking things off the top shelves His hair Dancing Dogs Baseball Typing Dancing Building scenery Baseball Drawing Horses Senior Leaders ? Riding Scouts Rifle Club Fighting Fan Electricity ? Horses Creating Impressions Bicentennial Plays Artist Dances Match boxes Hikes Hikes Giggling Riding Dancing Dancing Writing Helping and Managing Athletics Horses Talking Doing things well Ambition To be a success Secretary Doctor Radio Engineer Lieutenant Governess Doctor Teacher Medicine Be inconspicuous Engineer Civil Engineer Steam fitter Minister ? Secretary Who knows Millionaire Be original Nurse Doctor Caretaker Soldier of fortune Scout Captain Landscape Gardener Win Golden Glove Trophy Nurse Forest Ranger Aviatrix None Nurse Genius Stenographer Farmer Stenographer Nun Hairdresser ? Musician Adventuress Professor Dietitian Musician Selling Buicks Stenographer Secretary Hangout The stage Home Libra ly Land of Nod C. M. T. C. Quinebaug The car Movies Everywhere Globe Doesn ' t Webster tryn Y Eastford Rd. Anywhere Manual Training Beny ' s Mechanic St. Quinebaug Gymn. Webster Y Fiskdale The Range Disposition Surprising Soothing Studious Sleepy Uncertain Comforting Impressive Busy O. K. Pleasant Mysterious Forceful Sincere Modest Bubbling Matter-of-fact Happy Accommodating Whimsical Elusive Business like Pleasing Bad Mild Lackadaisical Boyer ' s car Sophisticated Sayles St. Cabin School Bridges Masonic House Fiskdale Pilsiidsla Car Together Room 3 Home Room 3 Room 3 The Lab Nichols Movies Home Movies Typing Room Steady Heroic Sweet Sensitive Genial Temperamental TJnobstrusive Serious Helpful Friendly Swell Just about Natural Gay Creative Generous Romantic Serious Tantalizing Thoughtful JUNE 1932 31 Nickname Hobby Ambition Hangout Disposition Lamothe, Herman Mige Driving Sales-Man Pirates Club Aloof Lariviere, Anita Nita Movies Nurse With Rose Piquant Lavigueur, Lawrence Sam Correcting Aviator Pirates Dazed Lawton. Lea Wee-Wee Swimming Niu-se Riding Fanciful Lawton, Muriel Noo-Noo Latin Dietitian Riding, too Ducky Lemoine, Jeanne Jane Piano Business woman With the Gang Prepared Lenti, Rafeala Raf Books skating Detective Library Sleuth like Lulli, Onorine Lulu Smiling Hairdresser Eastford Rd. Sunny Lncyniak. Adele Smoky Basketball Nurse School Friendly Maclean. Wallace Ted Tower Club U. of C. Y Lovable Mandeville, Anita Nita Horses Bookkeeper Lebanon Hill Poetic Mason, Beatrice Bee Diary None ? Dancing Practical Mathieu, Annette Net Poirier Nurse Movies Flighty Mathieu, Doris Dor Volu nteering Executive Worcester Useful McMaster, Clara Mac Reporting Reporter G. and E. Demure Morrell. Dorothy Dodo O! To go to Connecticut G. and E. Cheerful ■ Muller, Richard Dick Painting Airplane Designer His car Artistic Olney, Doris Dona Secret Passions Secret Down town Nonchalant Paquette, Pauline Paul Working To grow Bingley ' s Optimistic Pelletier, Annette An Keeping quiet Bookkeeper Home Tranquil Perry, Jeanette Jean Doing homework Nun Typing Room Holy Poeton, John Ash can Critic Man about town His car Silent Poirier, Leopold Gunboat Basketball CPA Movies Reliable Price, Muriel Pet Swimming Librarian Library Social Risehitelli, Anduni Toni Riding Dancer Bakery Sensible Roy, Antoinette Tony Clothes Nurse Room 4 Vivacious Salviuolo, Sarah Sally Her truck Store-Owner Store Nice Sarty, Evelyn Dutchy Bookkeeping Writer Westville Giggly Slota, Wanda Wanda Chemistry Teacher The Globe Amiable St. George, Iris Irish Office work Own a 5 10 Robbins Cool Stypulkowski, Francis Fran Baseball Madam President Globe Talkative Themistocles, Vangel Van Scouts Historian L ' s Distant Thomas, Helen Being Nice Nurse Library Charming Thompson, Earle Webster Engineer Webster 0. K. Thompson. Joyce Joe Honor Roll Teacher Her dreams Happy Tocyzlowska, Sophie Sophie Blushing To be an inventor With Frances Agreeable Tully, Andrew Andy Wise cracking President Y Amusing Waite, Fi ' ederick Chink Minuets Medicine Al ' s room Leader 1 Walsh, Vincent- Vinnie Basketball Coach Y Capricious Weaver, John John Football Coach The bus Unassuming Wilson, John Jack Smiling Window Decorator McLellan ' s Friendly Wilson, Valentine Val Singing Announcer First Tempera- Wilkinson, Elizabeth Beth Dancing Kindergarten National mental Teacher Dreams Nonchalant Wood, George Tubby Matches Engineer Room 4 Romantic JUNE 1932 33 Literature 11% Monuments To each person who lives comes the opportunity to create a monument. An artist, a laborer, a professional man, and an executive — each has the chance and the means of creat- ing a monument. Monuments are. not necessarily physical, nor, if physical, must they be graven statues of cold stone ; monuments may be vibrant and living. Monuments, through which men leave marks to keep their names remembered through the ages, may be classified in two groups, material and immaterial. After all, what is a monument but a perpetual footprint on the sands of time ? Material monuments are self-created and natural. When a man has had great suc- cess in a material way it is natural that he should leave a material monument — a college dormitory, a public building, or a scientific laboratory. Andrew Carnegie is probably the most famous example of such a case. A man with artistic ability can- leave a self-created monument by designing or painting ' or model- ing in clay. Leonardo da Vinci will live forever because of his painting; the unknown designer of the ' Taj Mahal will be revered by the con- tinuous stream of new generations through the ages. The designers of the Empire State Build- ing are realizing at present the pleasure of being the creators of a temporary monument. But such a monument is merely temporary, for who hears anything about the once famous Woolworth building now? A curious example of monuments and per- haps an ironical one can be illustrated by numerous cases. The name of Henry Ford has been preserved and will be preserved because of his help to mankind in producing a comparatively inexpensive - l „.h.-« •« luxury. Strangely enough the names of Desoto, La Salle, Cadillac, and other great Spanish and French trail-blazers are preserved through the same means. However, some explorers are remembered by the dis- coveries themselves. Champlain left his mon- ument when he discovered Lake Champlain; Jacques Carrier, when he discovered the Saint Lawrence. In the field of medicine, Doctor Harvey is remembered because he found that the arteries carried blood instead of air; Louis Pasteur, because he discovered the cause and treatment of rabies. Lister, the great English surgeon who first learned the meaning of and the value of sanitation is today constantly called to memory by an antiseptic. Walter Reed, who gave his life in finding the cause of Yellow Fever, is remembered by a great hospital which bears his name. In the field of science the cases are too numerous to mention all of them. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, ' leaves an immense monument whose value to mankind is a matter of conjecture. Edison — what man can say how immensely Edison ' s discoveries have benefitted the world? These are tangible monuments. There are other monuments highly intangi- ble perhaps, which only a few of us have the ability or the desire to appreciate or enjoy. I speak now of self-created mental monuments. Keats, Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Coleridge — to a person with a sense of beauty these men have brought more pleasure, more relaxation, 34 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY than anything physical could ever bring. Dumas, Hawthorne, Chaucer, Kipling, these men have all left monuments. In accordance with the same classification of mental monuments may be considered the musicians. Handel, Beethoven, Wagner — there are very few of us who cannot enjoy the ma- jestic swing of the immortal Halleluja Chorus or the wild singing of the violins in The Valkerie . Long after we are gone, people will still appreciate and cherish the beauty of these monuments, will thrill as we have thrilled. In short, the elements can never batter away these monuments which have lived through fire, storm, prosperity, war, complais- ance, revolution, materialism, all the changes of man and nature. Probably the greatest monument which has been in existence since the beginning of man- kind and will continue to live forever is that monument to our Cro-magnon or Neanderthal ancestor who first dared to use fire. These are the two classifications easy to distinguish. But there is a third classification, combining the qualities of both other classes and yet completely different from either. A most fitting example of this is a country, a state of people living under one name. It is a monument which expresses more than any other, the ability of a man or a group of men to lead, to create, and to hold the confidence of human minds. Rome is remembered for its military prowess, its immense wealth, the greatness of a few men but the coarseness of the great many more. All its arts and literature were copied from the conquered Greeks. And yet we remember with a slight feeling of regret that one of Rome ' s greatest monuments is her destruction of all the literature and the magnificent architectural beauty of Carthage. Rome ' s monument is a trail of subjugated states, of war, death, magnificent generalship, and then of cruelty and soft living. To go back farther, the pyramids are reminders of a country whose king enslaved thousands of his people, kept them laboring a lifetime to build himself a tomb that would be everlasting, and paid them for their labor in death and the lash. That civilization has long since died and the pyramids apparently will endure forever, but the question of their greatness depends on the individual. The modern countries are hardly monu- ments to any one man. Most of them owe their positions to the leadership of a succession of kings. Russia, if ever a success, will be the monument to Stalin and Lenin, although the horrible bloodshed of its founding will spoil the beauty of the country as a monument. There is however one country, not a mon- ument tainted with cruelty or bloodshed, not a monument to tyrany or a monarchy, but a monument to the far-sightedness and wisdom, ability and generosity, great leadership and firmness of purpose, of a citizen who rose, through love and respect of his fellow-country- men, to be their leader. The country is the United States and the man George Washington. Frederick Stephen Waite George Washington: His Background and Ours With all this talk about Washington ' s bicentennial it is a wonder his spirit has not risen from its grave to haunt us. Ts it his spirit hovering around us that makes us want to celebrate this event, or is it just patriotic feeling imbibed in our souls since our childhood? However, let us consider his background and ours for differences and for contrasts. If Washington came into New York City, our largest metropolis, he would be astonished at the growth and spread of its population. The small stores that once flanked its streets have been replaced by our gigantic skyscrapers JUNE 1932 35 which tower high above us. These buildings have been erected as fast as mushrooms grow in shady woods, and have made the once sun- shiny streets of little old New York a place of shadows. The harbor is filled with great steamers which are coming from and going to foreign countries to bring to the United States the products that are foreign to our soil. These steamers are speedier and more comfort- able than the schooners that crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the old days. Airplanes that fly like birds with only a human hand to guide them make us think about the methods of travel in bygone days. Hard- ship — that ' s what travel represented then. People traveled on horseback, on foot, or in carriages drawn by two or more horses. These modes of travel were very exhausting and tire- some. Roads were only crude. paths or trails marked by the woodman ' s ax and infested by Indians. Today we have the airplane, auto- mobile, railroads, and steamers to cany us from one place to another in a very short time — a matter of hours — not of days. Roads are very carefully marked so that the routes are clearly defined. Bridges span the rivers so that we do not have to ford them as the eight- eenth century people did. Rumbling elevated railways are constructed above the streets of large cities so that traffic congestions will not occur. This did not have to be provided for in Washington ' s time because people seldom traveled except in a case of great necessity. To send letters to your friends and relatives you had to employ runners, friendly Indians or young white men. Today we have the tele- graph, radio, and the telephone, as well as the air mail and the postal service which reaches our homes each day. Gay times — that ' s what social gatherings meant in bygone days. The South was the center of great balls, the place where great feasts were held, and where no one was turned away from the ball whether or not he was in- vited. The ballrooms were elaborately decorat- ed. The women wore imported silks; the gal- lants wore silk breeches and waist coats. In the North spelling bees, husking bees, candy pulls, and other entertainments were enjoyed by the more simple people. At these times people came to relax after a hard day ' s work and to enjoy themselves. Compare the stately bow and glide of the minuet to the modern dances! The violin was used to make the music for the dances in sharp contrast to our jazz bands. In the eighteenth century the education was rather stinted. The three R ' s were supposed to be the only special lessons students had to leam. Only those who could really afford it, sent their children to school. As for the others, they stayed at home and did chores and were taught by their parents. As the young people grew older, they learned through experience as Washington did. In contrast, in the last few years the enrollment of our public schools has increased because of the Child Labor Laws and the business depression. But we today are safe- guarded by having to attend school until six- teen years of age because it is said that it will injure our health if we begin to work in fac- tories before that age. Besides the three R ' s, we have, many vocational training courses. We have athletic .contests in which we may con- tend. Clubs are found in our elementary schools and colleges to promote the friendly relations of the students. High schools and colleges have sprung up in great numbers since the first college ' — Harvard — was founded by the Puri- tans in 1636. We should be like Washington and study hard as he did. He was like our great educators today — he thought about edu- cation, he practiced education, and he believed in education. In spite of all these contrasts, are the people and the world today very different from the people and world of bygone days? It may seem so but the only real difference is that we are more modernized and civilized and do not have to be afraid of anything, especially the warfare made upon people by redskins. Eileen Catherine Cullen 36 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY George Washington: The Gallant In the eighteenth century it was the custom in Virginia to hold many balls, parties, dinners, and socials of all kinds very fre- quently. The reason for this social atmosphere lies in the fact that Virginia contained the aristocracy of the new colonies. This aris- tocracy was accentuated by the large planta- tions and the practice of slavery which tended to place the English in a higher class through a realization of the value of their freedom. The size of the plantations and the lack of towns and villages caused every plantation to be a stopping place for anyone travelling through the region and made the keynote of the colony, hospitality. The social accomplishments necessary to the young Virginian were dancing, riding, and a fair knowledge of languages and figures. Most were taught by a tutor and one of these young men preserved a record of the customs of the time. He says that the girls of between twelve and fifteen years of age were the most popular for they were the prospective wives for the gentlemen. The men were said to be old at thirty and the women at twenty in that period of hardship among the colonists. George Washington learned to ride while he was very young and when in his early teens, excelled in all the feats of horsemanship. Through this early training he was enabled to travel remarkable distances a day during all his life, even while travelling through rough mountain country. Nor was riding Washing- ton ' s only strong point. He excelled in running, jumping, and all other games he took part in, setting records which lasted quite a while. He danced very well, too, and enjoyed it through his whole life. While he was employed as a surveyor in the hills of western Virginia he made many trips to the capital and social center, Williamsburg. Although these trips were primarily business, he always attended the dinners and dances given by the people in and around the city and, if there was nothing going on, he met with a group of friends in the rooms of the Raleigh Tavern. Here he was able to dance to the music of a fiddle late into the night and even till dawn. It was at the dances he at- tended in Williamsburg that he met Mary Cary, Lucy Grimes, and other girls who caused his heart to beat more rapidly. To show that he was not too shy of women, the records have it that Mary Cary ' s father refused Washing- ton his daughter ' s hand because he did not think George was of the proper social rank. Later during the Revolution when he was pass- ing through Williamsburg as commander-in- chief of the army he recognized her standing in the crowd and waved his sword to her in salute. Overcome by the excitement of the recognition, she fainted. He felt quite con- cerned about Lucy Grimes, too, and mentioned her in his diary as the Lowland Beauty, but she put an end to his chances when she married Henry Lee and became the mother of the famed Light-Horse Harry Lee who aided Washington so much in the Revolution. Another well known affair of Washington ' s heart was that of Mary Philipse, a beautiful New York belle. This started when Washing- ton, then an officer in the Virginia state militia went north to Boston to the general head- quarters of the British army to complain of the treatment of colonial officers by English officers who did not equal them even in rank. On the trip north he stopped for a while in New York where he met Miss Philipse and im- mediately fell in love with her. When he had to continue to Boston he had shown his intentions so that he stopped again on his return trip. He proposed once when he was there but she refused him. However he acquitted himself in this defeat by saying because I did not wait until ye lady was in ye proper mood. Even with this refusal he did not lose all hope and kept in touch with her activities through a friend. Miss Philipse mar- JUNE 1932 37 ried a young British officer, Robert Morris, and Washington, being unable to press his suit, soon forgot. It has been said of him that he was always intrigued by a pretty face and was so romantic tht he just stopped short of being foolishly amorous. Notwithstanding many affairs im- plied by this, he never lost courage so when he met Mrs. Martha Custis he again plunged into a whirlwind courtship. This was the only time on record that Washington allowed anyone to interrupt him while he was pursuing his mili- tary duties, but before he left Mrs. Custis she had promised to become his wife. They proved to be a model couple and they stayed together as much as possible the rest of their lives. The Washingtons were continually holding dances and dinners at Mount Vernon and they refused to allow the hardships of the Revo- lution to interfere with their gaiety. They were always holding small parties to hold up the morale of the officers but all of these did not accomplish the desired result for after one of them General Greene wrote to a friend — General Washington danced for three hours with Mrs. Greene without once sitting down to rest. Many writers have said that Washington was a serious-minded man and have never said much concerning his wit or humor. Still others have laid the fact of his seriousness to bad fitting false teeth which fell out when he smiled broadly or laughed. However proofs of his keen wit are abounding and two examples taken from his later life are most enjoyable. The one took place at a banquet after the surrender of Yorktown. Cornwallis and his officers were pres ent when AA ' ashington made the toast which etiquette required. He stood up, raised his glass, and said The King of England, then added in an undertone to Corn- wallis at his side, May he stay there. This informality broke the barrier of feelings bet- ween the officers and made Cornwallis, Washington ' s friend for life. The other example rose from a gift of a jackass from the King of Spain to AVashington while he was president. AA ' ashington remarked to a friend that he would like to name it after the donor if he dared. He was very pleased with this remark and men- tioned it to sixteen people in his letters. He finally ended by calling the jackass. Royal Gift. John Littlefield Buckley George Washington: The Country Gentleman When we speak the name, George AA r ash- ington, the first thing that comes to our mind is George AA ' ashington the president and then second comes the soldier; but equally important was his life as a country gentleman. He wished to be a country gentleman of in- fluence and the only way to accomplish this was by hospitality. There were no inns or hotels in Virginia then for travelers, so travel- ers had to spend the night in houses along the way. Mount A ' ernon was always ready to receive people and was filled with guests most of the time. Some were strangers, others were invited friends or relatives. Mount Vernon was a very spacious place in which to entertain. Washington took great deal of pride in his home. AVith the help of skillfull landscape gardeners, he kept improv- ing the beauty of and adding more land to the estate. In the end he owned about 8,000 acres of land. The estate was divided into several farms with about thirty separate buildings, such as the milk house, storehouse, wash house, green- house, and servants ' quarters, all connected with the main house by arcades. Each build- ing had an overseer to manage it and every Saturday afternoon reports were made by all of them and registered in a book in order that 38 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Washington might know how every slave had used his time during the week and he might see whether there was any increase or loss of stock. Every morning after breakfast, Washington rode over the plantation to give orders as to the work to be done on that day. He saw to it that every one had enough work to keep him busy. He owned many slaves, but he was a believer in emancipating the slaves. His experience convinced him that slave labor was not effici- ent. It wasn ' t that slavery was morally wrong, but that it was economically and socially in- adequate. His true character is shown in his making the best of a system which he thought was faulty. Agriculture was his chief interest. He said, I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country, than by improving its agriculture — its breeds of animals and other branches of husbandman ' s cares. For sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished, that the manly em- ployment of agriculture and the humanizing benefit of commerce, would supersede the waste of war, and rage of conquest; that the swords might be turned into plough shares, the spears into pruning hooks, and as the Scrip- tures express it ' The Nations learn war ' no more. He said agriculture was always the most favorite amusement of his life. He was proud of the fact that he was the first farmer in America. He was a progressive farmer, too. The chief farm product raised in Virginia was tobacco. It didn ' t take Washington long to learn how to produce the best tobacco in Virginia. He shipped barrels of it to London where agents took it and sold it at the market. Then they bought certain articles with that money which Washington wanted, and sent them to America. To be a fanner and merchant, to manage your own negroes and overseers, to know and understand all the changes, whether in mer- chants or in markets 3,000 miles away, required an amount of information, an alertness, a sag- acity in farming, and a shrewdness in business. Washington was successful. Later Washington became dissatisfied with only one crop because his land wasn ' t the best for tobacco and it required much labor. He substituted wheat for tobacco and was the first planter in Virginia to change. The first year he sold it by the bushel, but the following year he milled it and sold flour. The greatest amount of it was shipped to the West Indies. He experimented with wheat to try to pre- vent it from rust and the Hessian fly. He made a plow of his own and bought a threshing machine. He raised other grains too, corn, oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat. George Washington was interested not only in farming but also in animals, especially horses and dogs, and in outdoor sports. He was spoken of as one of the best horse- men in Virginia. He spent many hours riding horseback through the woods and fields en- joying all the beauties of nature. He often attended horse races. Hunting was his favorite sport. The county in which he lived had many foxes; often he hunted them with his well- trained dogs. Even though George Washington was busy all the time working about his home, riding horseback, and hunting, he did not neglect his religious duties. He read verses of the Bible every day and attended church regularly on Sunday. When the weather was stormy he conducted a service, himself, for his family. His last days at Mount Vernon were the happiest and most peaceful of his life. When retired from public service, he was able to devote his time to the quiet country life that he liked so well. His love of earth and his simplicity of spirit thus shown makes us expect AVashington ' s nature to be sincere and his fondness for the government real and unselfish. Joyce Thompson ' 32 JUNE 1932 39 George Washington: The Father of His Country We know the practical, energetic, peace- ful, honest, and generous man, George Washington. This personality, even two hundred years later, fills the young boy of nine or eleven years with a wonderful feeling of glory. As he stands in an old washtub or on a rickety wheelbarrow in the backyard, he imagines himself George Washington cross- ing the Delaware or courageously defending a fort.. This personality and this man with such wonderful qualities ended his glorious career in the hard task of Father of his Country. We have been taught in school and we have read and heard of George Washington ' s part in the Revolutionary War. A mention of Valley Forge and the Delaware River brings up to our minds George Washington ' s pluck and skill in the Revolutionary War. Some divine power must have guided and helped Washington when he won from the British a free land where our nation has begun and prospered and grown. Unknowingly Washington provided a home for the nation, whose father he was to be. In March 1785 Washington invited a few men to a private discussion of national affairs. This led to the National Convention which formed the Constitution. AVashington was also present at the National Convention and helped to form much of the Constitution. First he tried to get power of enforcement for the national government so that the laws and taxes could be carried out. The lack of power to execute laws and taxes had been the cause of the failure of the Articles of Confederation. Wash- ington also approved and promoted the plan of the double-House-in-Congress where both small and large states have a fair representa- tion. Monroe said that any act or law if only it was signed by George Washington would be passed without question. This influence was used fully by George Washington in securing the approval of the states. When this was ac- complished George Washington had finished a second part- of his task. He had started the Union after making a place for it. AVashington now faced a hard task. He had to make the Constitution a practical working government; he had to make a piece of paper about two square feet into a large body of men and buildings to be called the United States, — and he did a good job of it. He had to raise armies, navies, revenues, establish post offices, and make a stable money system. He had to meet the question of danger from the Indians. He had to gain the respect of other nations. As father has a hard time when both brothers want the family car Saturday night, so George AVashington had a hard time when Hamilton and Jefferson both wanted the national govern- ment to, use to follow out their views. Jefferson, a leader of states ' rights, and Hamilton, a strong central government man, were in Wash- ington ' s Cabinet and balanced each other ' s in- fluence on AVashington. These influences placed AA T ashington in a midway position from both extremes and this balanced position was partly the cause of AA r ashington ' s success in his administration. At the end of eight years he had brought, the weak union of the states to a strong respected nation. AA ' hen AA ' ashington gave his Farewell Ad- dress he had completed his task as Father of the United States. As father gives advice to his son who is leaving, so did AVashington give his sound advice to the United States which the United States has followed successfully. He warned against excess party spirit which would cause men to sacrifice right and duty for jealousy. He also warned against entangl- ing themselves with foreign affairs and treaties which would draw the United States into quar- rels and war. He asked the people to keep the Union as the most cherished of their posses- Continued on Page 4.9 40 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY LOCALS The entertainments at our weekly as- semblies this quarter have been many and varied. _ April 15 — Room 11 presented a moving picture in accordance with the Bicentennial celebration of George Washington ' s birth. April 29 — Room 17 gave one of the most unique entertainments we have had this year. The little people in the entertainment were the Galoops from Galoopis, Africa. There were two parts to each little person, an invisible and a visible part. Those taking part, were: Napoleon Clarence Julian Donald Karle Alexander Arthur Johnson Lester Jordan Samantha Emma Hofstra Anthy Kraly Matilda Theresa Lacasse Claire Hogan Accompanist Mildred Heimer Announcer Paul Haynes Chorus Room 17 May 4 — The Glee Club and Orchestra, under the supervision of Miss McGrath, presented a special program in observance of Music Week. This was another delightful and worthwhile entertainment. The program was as follows : Selection, Father of His Country Orchestra Trombone solo, Resignation Louis Santo Vocal solo, That Wonderful Mother of Mine Mary Dani PianO duet, Dance of the Bubbles Mildred Heimer, Elizabeth Sutcliffe Selection, Sleeping Beauty Orchestra Flute solo, Decoybird Louis Dani : Reading Lucille Monroe Trumpet Solo Chester Salvatori Piccolo and trombone duet, The Elephant and Fly Louis Dani, Louis Santo Selection, Washington Post March Orchestra May 6 — A representative of the New Eng- land Wildflcwer Preservation Society gave an illustrated lecture on wildflowers. May 13 — Room 17A presented the following program : Reading Charlotte Dion Vocal solo Arthur Delage Clarinet solo Leone DiCrescenzo Vocal solo Walter Croke Song Beulah Gladu, Walter Croke, Charlotte Fitts, Arthur Delage Dance AVanda Cieslia, Charlotte Fitts, Pauline Earls, Rachel Dubriel, Rita Gatineau, Charlotte Dion June 10 — Rooms 15 and 3 combined in the following program: Medley of College Airs Alice Jacques, Louis Santo THE TOUCHDOWN ' ' Beezum Knott Hannah Knott Lady Old Grad Radio Announcer Two Coaches Cheer Leader Albert Sims Ruth Simpson Jane Lemoine William Sutcliffe Andrew Tully Harry Koprowski John Starr Edward Kaszynski JUNE 1932 41 College Students Nora Lulli Edna Suprenant Rita Tremblay Richard Taylor Louis Dani Alice Jacques Chester Salvatori Louis Santo May 19 — At 8 P. M. a program was given in the auditorium in honor of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Birth of George Washing - ton by the members of the High, Trade, and Continuation Schools. Each school in town has given one of these programs. National Emblem March Trade School Orchestra Address of AYelcome Essav Mr. Arthur E. Pierce Lillian Hickland Sketch The Evacuation of Boston High School pupils. Prologue by William Hofstra Glee Club Reading — Our Washington March — Father of our Country America Selections Butterworth Miss Leduc Orchestra Assembly The committee in charge of this program was: Mr. Tabor, Miss Coderre, Miss Howe, Mr. Lanza, Mr. Engstrom, Miss Drake, Miss Meagher, and Mr. Perrson. May 27 — The Memorial Day program was held in the auditorium in charge of Room 10. The program was: Salute to the Colors Sergeant Girard Memorial Day America Piano duet Stanley Flower Assembly Jeanne Ethier, Jana Bingley Solo, In Flanders Field Mary Dani Taps Gettysburg Address Retreat Star Spangled Banner Sergeant Girard Mary Alley Sergeant Girard Assembly America ' s Answer to Flander ' s Field, Claire Durocher Honor Roll for the third quarter for the school year 1931-1932 SENIORS All A ' s and B ' s Marie Dodd Albert Dufault Louise Gabree Edward Kaszynski Irene LaFlamme Anita Lariviere Evelyn Sarty Vangel Themistocles Ten Seniors received only one mark below B. JUNIORS All A ' s Romeo Dumais Lucille Monroe -All A ' s and B ' s Philippina De Angelis Vera Krasowsky Rudolph Leduc John Tobia Seven Juniors received only one mark below B. SOPHOMORES .4 A ' s Albert Sims All A ' s and B ' s Mary Alley Mary Dani Marion Fitts Jane Fitzpatrick Mary Kontaxi John LePage John Martin Gerald McNitt Claire Paquette 42 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Arthur Renaud Ruth Simpson Esther Skinner William Sutcliffe Eleanor Williams Nine Sophomores received only one mark below B. FRESHMEN All A ' s and B ' s Mary Detarando Pauline Earls Raniero PYancazzi Paul Haynes Mildred Heimer Alice Janeczek Stephanie Liro Emma Malloy Lois Mason Walter Remian Elizabeth Sutcliffe Donald Whalin 17 Freshmen received only one mark below B. SENIOR SHORTHAND RESULTS Although it was not possible this year to enter our students at the annual county and state shorthand contests, a high degree of proficiency has been maintained. The following students have received certifi- cates for proficiency in shorthand. Fourteen have received certificates for a five-minute test at 60 words a minute. They are: Juliette Beauregard, Eileen Cullen, Marie Dodd, Lillian Hickland, Dorothy Johnson, Jeanette Lacroix, Irene LaFlamme, Jane Lemoine, Beatrice Mason, L ris Mathieu, Pauline Paquette, Annette Pelletier, Sarafina Salviuolo, Evelyn Sarty. Thirteen have received certificates for 80 word tests taken for five minutes. They are: Juliette Beauregard, Eileen Cullen, Marie Dodd. Lillian Hickland, Dorothy Johnson, Jeanette Lacroix, Irene LaFlamme, Jane Lemoine, ' Beatrice Mason, Doris Mathieu, Pauline Paquette, Sarafina Salviuolo, Evelyn Sarty. Five have passed their 100 word test and three have succeeded in obtaining pins for 120 words taken for five minutes. They are: Marie Dodd, Dorothy Johnson, Jeanette La- croix, Beatrice Mason, Sarafina Salviuolo, and (120 word tests) Marie Dodd, Dorothy John- son, Beatrice Mason. The Gregg system is used in Wells High. These tests are regular standard tests put out by the Gregg Company and the material is made up from Congressional Record ma- terial and business letters. The Commercial Department is still holding the silver cup won a year ago in the shorthand class at the State Contest. RESULTS OF TYPEWRITING CONTEST The typewriting contest sponsored by the Typewriting Club was held Thursday, May 12. Three tests were given and the students typed from regular contest copy for fifteen minutes. In the first year typists the following students won prizes: Juliette Girard 24 words with errors 1st accuracy Leona Rischitelli 20 words with errors 2nd accuracy Jennie Planeta 28 words with 1 error speed winner The second year typists have as winners the following: Leona Arsenault 34 words with 1 error 1st accuracy Betty Tarquinia 36 words with 2 errors 2nd accuracy Dorothy Farland 50 words with 3 errors speed winner The third year typists winners were as follows: Annette Pelletier 53 words with 3 errors 1st accuracy Helen Aldrich 44 words with 3 errors 2nd accuracy Evelyn Sarty 57 words with 3 errors speed winner Fifty-six students competed in this contest. JUNE 1932 45 ATHLETICS HOLDEN 4 WELLS 10 The manner in which Wells opened her base- ball season served notice to all her opponents that it would require all their skill and stra- tegy to mete out a defeat. Behind the superb hurling of Lavallee on this afternoon, Wells gave a masterful ex- hibition of fielding and timely hitting to defeat the Holden boys in a clear-cut fashion. The game, played at home, was attended by many to see the brand of baseball the new members of the team would display, and without ex- ception they came through with flying colors. WARE 5 WELLS 6 In a loosely played and weak hitting contest our boys managed to eke out a well earned victory. The performance of Palmerino on the mound, however, was exceptional in many respects. Although he was liberal in his passes, he allowed but four hits to the opposition. The Ware team employed two pitchers in a futile attempt to squelch the few. hits that finally proved the winning runs for Wells. HOLDEN 2 WELLS 10 The second game with Holden was a much easier victory for our standard bearers than the first, for as Wells struck her batting stride, hits rattled off our bats with monotonous re- gularity and only a great amount of clever fielding prevented the score from assuming greater proportions. The game after the first few innings was featureless and rather lacking in interest. CHARLTON 6 WELLS 18 Although not a league game, this contest provided many thrilling moments for both the spectator and the player because of muddy condition of the outfield. Francazzi, occasional- ly a trifle wild, always managed to settle down before a damaging rally was manufactured and as a result Wells was the possessor of the large end of a top-heavy score when final put- out was made. WEBSTER 6 WELLS 1 The batting punch that had always been so forcefully present in other games was sadly missing in this contest and Wells was obliged to face defeat for the first time. While our hopes sank, Webster, behind the brilliant Carpenter, hit with reckless abandon the offer- ings of Lavallee. Errors in the outfield and the slowness of the infield all played a part in the defeat. ST. LOUIS 3 WELLS 16 As if to make up for their weaknesses of the previous engagement our boys began in the first innings of this non-league contest to hit the ball with a vengeance and runs began to dribble across the plate in a lively manner until victory was assured. . Francazzi pitched excellent ball in this game. WARE 8 WELLS 9 In one of the most spectacular games of the season Wells, after trailing for eight innings, fought her way to a well deserved victory over Ware High. The batting of both teams was heavy, five home runs and several doubles be- ing cracked out to the high enjoyment of the observers. For Wells the homers were con- tributed by Koprowski, Werner, and Palm- erino. The timely hitting and the tight fielding of the whole team were the deciding factors that allowed Wells to carry off the victory. John Weaver Beaupre CF Werner 2B Koziol IB Koprowski 3B Yolpini C Tobia SS LeBlanc Utility fielder Berthiaume RF Chicoine LF Lavallee Palmerino [ Pitchers Francazzi JUNE 1932 49 Exchanges ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Westfield High School Herald — Westfield, Massachusetts ' ' The Clarion — Holden, Massachusetts Scotland Courier — Scotland, Pennsylvania The Emblem — Southington, Connecticut The Swamp Fox — Marion, Virginia The Massachusetts Collegian — Amherst, Massachusetts The Milachi — Milaca, Minnesota The Hi-Record — Marysville, Kansas The Spotlight — Uxbridge, Massachusetts Wadena High News — Wadena, Minnesota Orange and Black — Waterloo, Iowa Concord, Tennessee Prescott, Arizona Sutton, Massachusetts St. Petersburg, Florida Denver, Colorado - Norwich, Connecticut The Anchor — The Badger — The Suttonian — Palmetto and Pine — Gove Arrow — The Red and White - The Red Cap — North Attleborough, Massachusetts Ink Spots — Sea Cliff, New York High Lights — Charlton, Massachusetts Ravelin ' s — Oxford, Massachusetts High School Bulletin — Lawrence, Massachusetts The Aegis — Beverly, Massachusetts Blue and White Banner — Putnam, Connecticut Enterprise — Keene, New Hampshire Record — Worcester, Massachusetts Spotlight — Grafton, Massachusetts Broctonia — Brocton, Massachusetts The High School Register — Burlington, Vermont Tech News — Worcester, Massachusetts Valkarie News — Somerville, New Jersey Advocate — New Brunswick, New Jersey AS WE SEE THEM Blue and White Banner — Your sport sec- tion is one of the most complete I have ever found and the exchange page is very attractive. Enterprise — Plenty of good stories. The school ad is a great idea. Record — The Freshmen made a fine show- ing with their edition. I don ' t find your ex- change column. Milachi — A well organized paper. Success to your Platform. Wadena High News — Your ads are well arranged. How about a few poems? Orange- and Black — The illustrations add a lot to your paper? Y ' EAST FOAM is good but I think the Failure List is out of place. FROM OUR EXCHANGES Your paper is a neat and well worth reading magazine. It has very good articles. Keep up the good work. High Lights We wish to thank our exchanges for their cooperation and we hope that they will be with us again in the Fall. LITERATURE, Continued sions. He classed the Union as the most important protection of our liberty. Abraham Lincoln supported George Washington ' s wish when he saved the Union in the Civil War. We may yet again profit by Washington ' s advice as Lincoln did in the Civil War. And so when Washington provided a home, began and supported the United States, he proved himself the greatest father, The Father of Our Nation. Edward Albert Kaszynski 50 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Ty diary of senior week (In memory of a certain fad) Baccalaureate Senior Banquet JUNE 1932 51 Class Day Graduation Prom The Lawyers of South bridge extend their compliments to the CLASS of 1932 WILLIAM W. BUCKLEY RAYMOND H. FAVREAU, S. H. S. 19 WILFRED R. GRAVEL HENRY B. MONTAGUE JOSEPH E. O ' SHAUGHNESSY, S. H. S. 08 LOUIS O. RIEUTORD ALBERT C. ST. ONGE, S. H. S. 13 HENRY J. TETRAULT, S. H. S. ' 00 The Dentists of Southbridge Take this opportunity to extend sincere congratulations to the CLASS of 1932 R. H. Le CLAIRE A. O. De GRENIER, M. E. W. H. S. ' 23 H. L. DESMARAIS GUY L. JOHNSON I. C. KEENAN DR. W. C. LUNAN The Doctors of Southbridge Gladly contribute this space in the CRIMSON and GRAY to congratulate The CLASS of 1932 DR. C. SIMPSON DR. J. G. E. PAGE DR. A. J. McCREA DR. W. E. 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GAUMOND ' S TAXI SERVICE For Funerals, Weddings, Parties Worcester Trips Orchestra Accommodations Day and Night Service Packard Limousine - Studebaker Sedan RES. PHONE 19 SOUTHBRIDGE Meet and Treat at Peloquin ' s Drug Store Geo. C. Butler and Son FLORISTS Plants, Cut F oivers, Floral Designs, IVedding Bouquets 93 Eastford Road Flowers-by-Wire Telephone 989 LENTI • MOTOR CAR Co. Auburns - - Grahams 266 Main St. £ Southbridge - Phonei87 THE ELM BEAUTY PARLOR Service the modern way ESTELLE R. DESROSIER 9 Elm St. Phone 211 Permanent Wa ves 11 Specialty Talking Pictures High Grade Vaudeville w ' Interstate 1 (THAN E ) Always a Better Show V For You and Yours Southhridfte i8 7 5 1932 J. J. Delehanty Co. COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS Beddings of all Kinds, Curtains, Stoves, Linoleums, Carpets, Pictures and Frames, Window Glass. AGENTS FOR CRAWFORD RANGES 858-862 MAIN STREET STORE TEL. 106-M RES. TEL. 912 SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. HARRINGTON CUTLERY CO. • SOUTHBRIDGE - MASS. ALLAN H. 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EDWARDS Yard Phone 252-W ••- ' Lewis Hardware Sherwin - Williams Paint - Varnishes Stall Dean Sporting Goods Oil Drums Lawn Mowers Sharpened 8 Mill St. Tel. 836 M WILLARD STORAGE BATTERY SERVICE STATION We Repair, Rebuild and Recharge Any Make of STORAGE BATTERIES Lewis Battery Ignition 411 Main St. Tel. 381-W Through Service We Grow SECURITY - - STRONG BANKING RELATIONS WHATEVER the character or volume of your account, we undertake to handle it satisfactorily, confident that you will grow with us. WHERE there is mutual understanding and friendship, there is a basis for perfect and complete banking relations. sot FTHBRIDGE NATIONAL BANK | 95 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE Compliments of Berkeley Textile Co. 19 Hamilton Street III SILKS-WOOLENS-COTTONS RICHARD MACALLISTER BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBERS 271 Main St. SOUTHBRIDGE MASS. SERLETO moto 4S y ca • Buick % Frigidaire Refrigerators Motor Cars 42 CENTRAL ST., SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. Metro Bros. 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DESAULNIERS Wholesale and Retail Federal Tires and Tubes Auto Accessories Gulf Gasoline and Motor Oils and Greases 145 MECHANIC STREET PHONE 848 PHONE 1000 BLACK and WHITE 1 A X 1 G. GREGOIRE SON Wilbur-Coon Shoes for Women Nunn Bush Shoes for Men Complete Line of Men ' s Furnishings 36 Years Experience in Shoe Repairing Phone 442-J 15 Hamilton Street ASK ABOUT OUR A MONTHLY CASH PRIZES ERNEST LIPPE MEATS, GROCERIES AND FRESH FISH Watch for our Week End Specials 200 MECHANIC STREET TELEPHONE 802-M The TOWER CLUB extends hearty Congratulations to its members in the CLASS OF 1932 IN APPRECIATION, the Class of 1932 dedicates this space to CRIMSON and GRAY — « gjj£Gy - - THE CLASS OF 1934 wishes BON VOYAGE to its friends in 3 2 CONGRA TULA TIONS ' 32! . . . and thanks to the Editors and Staff of CRIMSON and GRAY CLASS of 1933 Best of Luck- ' 32 and CRIMSON and CRAY - we ' ll be with you next year! CLASS OF 1935 THE CRIMSON and GRAY PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XV JUNE, 1932 NUMBER 4 This Issue Staff Graduates Commencement Literature Locals Athletics Exchanges Diary Staff Assistant Editor-in Chief Lillian Hickland Asst. Business Managers Valentine Wilson Romeo Dumais John Martin Treasurer Leopold Poirier Subscription Manager Edward Kaszynski Asst. Subscription Managers Jennie Calo Esther Skinner Geo ge Litchfield Editor-in-Chief John Buckley Staff Adviser Miss Thecla Fitzgerald Alumni Editor Eileen Cullen Assistant Alumni Editor Ruth Billings Athletic Editor John Weaver Assistant Athletic Editor John Bingley Exchange Editor John Poeton Assistant Exchange Editor Nellie Lesniewski 2 5 20 33 4° 45 49 5° Business Manager Frederick Waite Local Editor Nellie Heaton Assistant Local Editor Philippina DeAngelis Art Editor Lucille Monroe Joke Editor Charles Clark Assistant Joke Editor Eleanor Williams Typists Jane Lemoine Irene Laflamme Pauline Paquette