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

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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

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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.

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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.