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

Text from Pages 1 - 188 of the 1933 volume:

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WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XVI OCTOBER, 1932 NUMBER 1 S ta ff Editor-in-chief Business Manager Treasurer Assistant Business Managers Subscription Manager ESTHER SKINNER Assistants FLORENCE LOCKHART ELEANOR WILLIAMS Prattle JENNIE CALO Local Editor ALICE CLARE BUCKLIN Reporters Senior NELLIE LESNIEWSKI Junior STANLEY FLOWER Sophomore ROGER THOMPSON LUCILLE MONROE RAYMOND LENTI RODOLPH LEDUC JOHN R. LEPAGE, JR. GEORGE LITCHFIELD JOHN MARTIN Alumni Editor RUTH BILLINGS Athletic Editor ALFRED DE ANGELIS Exchange Editor JOHN BINGLEY Art Editor FRANCES REDHEAD Head Typist PHILIPPINA DE ANGELIS Assistants GERTRUDE CHAMPAGNE CARRIE LABELLE RITA LIVERNOIS Faculty Adviser THECLA FITZGERALD AN IF FOR FRESHMEN (With Apologies to Kipling) If you can keep your tongue when all about you Are questioning and asking you to squeal; If you can stand the jokes of upper classmen, And grin, and not tell how you really feel; If you are always sure of all your lessons, And bluff well, and yet not appear too wise; If you can sleep all day through all your classes, Yet wake, and take the teachers by surprise; If you can talk unnoticed with your classmates, If you chew gum, and not attract attention, If you ' re so smart you have no teacher ' s dates, And still don ' t brag that you escaped detention; If you can get a date with upper classmen And don ' t acquire toney, big-shot airs; If you can get straight A on your report card And don ' t add to your worried teacher ' s cares; If you can warm the benches during football, And still have people wonder what you ' re for; You ' ll soon be noted, popular, and famous, And what is more — you ' ll be a Sophomore. toBITKIttf To 1936 September 1932! Another year has rolled by — Another year is opening to us! Our thoughts change from the joy and happiness of vaca- tion to the more sober ones of school! We look back and regretfully say to ourselves Why it seems like yesterday that school closed, — and here we are back again. We try to think of how beneficially our time was spent — but nothing can be found to bright- en our spirits. We try to figure out why we didn ' t read a few helpful books instead of lying down in a shady spot and dreaming of our future — but we can ' t find an excuse. While we upper classmen are thus engaged with burdensome thoughts, another group of students, the Freshmen, have different o- pinions of the fatal first day. They are stepping into a stage of life when their childish ideas and manners are laid aside, and they begin to act like young men and women. On the opening day, all the Freshmen, exchS ed, wait anxiously to acquaint themselves with high school life. Each one, bright and early, calls lor his friend so he will not suffer his embarrassment and self-consciousness alone. Each is so dressed that one cannot accuse the other of spending too much time in prepara- tion. The girls are sure to betray, by their ' In 88, their youth. The boys gather in one group, apart from the upper classmen, but gazing at them with envy, wishing they too were acquainted with high school. As this thought runs through their minds, thev are reminded of all the difficul- ties before them. They wonder how, if ever, they ' ll get settled down where they should be when their bell rings; they shudder at the sarcasm of the upper classmen and their su- perior glances. Their suspense ends when at the ringing of the bell they are told to go into the auditorium. At last they ' re started! Traffic officers help them — in fact no responsibility is left to them. Another relief! Soon high school life is a settled orderly routine to them. Later on during the year, each one amusedly looks back to the first day. Each smiles to himself and is somewhat ashamed of his timid- ity and premonitions. Each realizes now that in every upper classman ' s heart there was the word AVelcome. John Tohia President of ' 33 Attention Freshmen! Always doff your hat to all the Seniors, And to the Juniors bow so deep and low. Just a yes sir to the Sophs, we ' ll allow, For remember: last year they were just where you are now. Say Hello to all your teachers, Always be so humble and polite — No matter what you think, They ' re always right — (let acquainted with your teacher; Each one ' s there to help you do your best. They point the way, they show you how, Then it ' s up to you to do the rest. In the halls, please stay in line. THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Hay foot, strawfoot, there that ' s fine! Don ' t laugh too loud or cry or shout ' Cause the traffic cops will get you If you don ' t watch out. Always come to school on time Dally not along the way Or to room four you ' ll go To stay and stay and stay! Giving you advice may seem rude, I ' ll allow. Some day you may be President, But you ' re only a Freshie now. Gerald (Mickey) McNitt President of ' 34 Hie There! Freshmen The Sophomores offer a cordial welcome to the Freshmen, hoping that by now enough of them will be in the right rooms at the right time so they will get the Crimson and Gray and can read about it. We realize it will be hard for the Freshmen to make a new record in learning, athletics, or art, because so much wisdom and talent is already in the school. They could surpass other classes in only one way, we can see. They might have a larger percent of their boys daring to dance. Freshmen, keep your alann clocks wound and write your friendly ideas out for the Crimson and Gray. Best of luck! Aloysius Koprowski President of ' 35 For 1932 and 1933 We of the Crimson and Gray Staff wish to welcome our readers who are new, hoping you ' ll like it, and to welcome our readers who are old, knowing you ' ll like it. This, the first edition of the Crimson and ( }ray, dedicated t (he Freshmen, sees wrought in it several changes, and by means of this editorial we wish to draw your attention to them. The first one concerns the linoleum cuts, executed by Frances Redhead, Louis Dani, and John Bingley. These cuts are very inexpen- sive, requiring only linoleum and unlimited time and patience. They have given the depart- ment a chance to give vent to its originality and ingenuity; they will also enable it to afford more frequent changes in department headings and will add much to the magazine in general, for who does not want a magazine with illustrations? The second change deals with our joke de- partment. Its originality has always been more or less of a problem to us. This year we have changed it to Prattle which title has a more general scope. Then we have under Prattle our new column which sees all, knows all, and wishes it could tell all. This column, High School Low Down, has been ably written by our newly discovered Walter Win- ched. Remember the test of highest intelligence is the ability to laugh at oneself ! Modern Education Psychology plays an important part in pre- sent-day education. Memory-work has been replaced by appeal to reason, and discipline, by interesting subject matter. Laboratories, li- braries, and the like are provided in order to teach pupils the practical application of what they have learned. Some schools even employ a psychologist to study out new methods. The students are taught the principles of American government and given a knowledge of what is expected and required of them as citizens. If they do not care for the studies of high school, there is the tra de school where they can discover to what line they are most a- dapted. If, on the other hand, they wish to delve deeper into books and excavate either for pro- fit or pleasure a nobler knowledge, the college facilitates entrance by the giving of scholar- ships. OCTOBER 1932 Thus, when the youth of today face the world, they have a definite idea of what they want to do and how they are going to do it. This augments their poise and self-confidence, and aids them in gaining their ends more quickly. The opportunities for education have greatly multiplied in recent years, and it is a mark of progress that each year more people are taking advantage of them. Clare Bucklin ' 33 The New Football Rules When the curtain came down on the 1931 gridiron season last fall, an alarming list of fatalities had been recorded. Among those disinterested this brought forth a cry of con- demnation against football in general, and even from the most ardent followers of the game came a vague something ought to be done about it. So when the rules committee finally convened, it was their problem to lessen the game ' s tragic misfortunes and yet to detract nothing from the great spectacle that is the game of foot- ball. The first major change in the code governing play is the allowing of a player withdrawn in one period to resume playing in the next. The object of this rule is to give fatigued players an opportunity to rest with- out injuring the team ' s chance of success. This rule was objected to by some because they felt that the larger teams would wear down the smaller teams with a continuous parade of substitutes, but, so far, this has not been the case. Next in importance is the rule that de- clares that when any part of a ball carrier ' s body except his hands touches the ground, the ball is declared dead at that point. Object- ions were made because of the disadvantage which a ball carrier has on an icy field where he is likely to slip without being tackled. Then there is the abolition of the flying block and flying tackle, and the formation of the kick-off rule which obliges the receiving team to place five men within the forty-five and fifty yard lines. This has a tendency to do away with the different forms of the old fashioned flying- wedge formed by quick forming interference. As many unfortunate accidents occurred on the kick-off last year, this rule is most notable. The rules as a whole have received most favorable acceptances. It will be interesting to note their effects on the game as the season proceeds. Parker Weaver ' 33 Modern Additions to Chaucer ' s Pilgrims The Reporter I had stopped at the Grand Hotel on my visit to the big city. The lobby was alive with people bustling around, and I sat down by the clerk ' s desk to watch the passers- by. While I sat there a newspaper reporter wheezed up to the desk. His brown hat was cocked on his head at a peculiar angle, and his big cigar seemed to provide him enjoy- ment. He talked with somewhat hot-off-the- press airs and his line was quite convincing. His manners were not rude, and he could not be 9C(M ned in spite of his egotism. I soon learn- ed that he was the star reporter of the biggest daily periodical in the city. I could well un- MRMU derstand this, for his knowledge of every day facts could have been equaled only by an information bureau. He was not what any one would call wise, but he seemed to have a reasonable grade of intelligence, and his ex- clamations never lost their pep and breezy assurance. He carried a pad in his hand, and had a pencil poked behind his ear. No one had ever been known to put one over on him, and his paper deemed him priceless because of his see-all, know-all, tell-all ability. Lucille A. Monroe ' 33 The Farmer There was a farmer from the West. He was slow of speech and spoke only to answer when he was spoken to. He worked from five in the morning until five at night to produce crops that the city people might not lack food. He worked to support a large family and always paid his bills. He had been sent to Congress by his state, was a juryman, and had held many public offices. He was dressed in his wedding suit, a stove pipe hat, high shoes, and smoked a corncob pipe that had seen many years. His pointed beard and small mustache made his already thin face look thinner. Ruth I. Billings ' 33 The Politician There was also a politician from New York who had the gift of gab. He was a man of medium stature, quick in action, and high strung. He was mantled in a tight fitting OCTOBER 1932 black top coat with two rows of buttons. From his black tie glistened his diamond studded pin. He wore a silk topper which he firmly placed on his head with a snap of the fingers. As he chattered, he constantly adjusted his pig skin gloves. His untruthful mouth brought him his living, incidentally he was prosperous. People knew he was untruthful, still no one was able to prove his guilt. Times of depression were ' the years when his bank book increased. He was wise and sly. When election time came round he gave considerable amounts to the needy, saying that he gave of his own money, when really the poor city was the source. He rode in his Dusenberg under the management of his two chauffeurs. Raymond Lenti ' 33 A Blacksmith There was a bulky blacksmith who was accustomed to work all day before a red hot oven. He was a small man in height, but his large shoulders and short neck showed that he was ' very strong. Among other men he ap- peared to be a man of great importance, al- though he was very modest. But whenever there was an opportunity to use his mighty strength he was ready to do it. Among his chief interests was to tell the boys, and some- times girls, stories about the adventures he had in his boyhood days. Whenever there was anyone collecting money for the poor, he would always give the most. He was a good Christian. Lincoln Blakely ' 33 The Citizen The citizen, dressed in his tweeds and sport clothes, with his ever ready fountain-pen for addressing post cards, came, as he said, not because lie wanted to, but because his doctor advised a change. What was the matter with him? No man asked him that! Ah! But lie was a respectable, law-abiding citizen. He would not break a law, except perhaps an amendment, or a traffic law, — but then did he not make up for it by keeping most of the others? He had many a so-called achievement. One of his greatest was that almost a year ago his lodge brothers saw T fit to send him to a con- vention, a thing which now he could talk about for hours ; an other was that he could, off-hand, tell the places where the best food was to be found in his town. Many and various were his hobbies, chang- ing with the times. Once he had based all his conversation on astrology and at another time on crossword puzzles. Ah, but time had taken all these and now he was perhaps the greatest, an amateur psychologist. John Bingley ' 33 Sailor Boy He walks by with a happy go-lucky air, whistling a rollicking popular tune, without a worry in the world. His wide bottomed pants flap around his neatly polished shoes in a breezy w r ay so that he seems to flutter as he goes wdnstling by. His hat is slightly tilted to one side, outlining his ruddy features and his care-free countenance. Honesty and obedience are his qualities, but merriment and freedom from worry are the characteristics which he thinks make the world go round and round. But as one looks into his eyes one sees that his thoughts are those of one far away. John Koziol ' 33 The Racketeer There was, among this illustrious group, a Racketeer. He was young, tall, and clad in the smartest, style, with a diamond stick-pin on his shirt- front and adorned with jewelled cuff-links. The gun in his hip pocket must have been small indeed, for it distorted the lines of his tight- fitting coat by not the slightest bulge. Spats graced his ankles, and he carried a cane of the latest design. Also he was lithe and quick, virtues not to be despised by a man of his trade, for it often takes no little celerity to anticipate one ' s enemy in shooting. 10 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY He had a pleasant expression and was well- mannered since he was not known among his business associates, but taking a moment ' s pleasure incognito. Yet he could not entirely withdraw his mind even for this brief interval from the work to which he was devoting his life, and it contin- ually reverted to the accomplished murders of yesterday and to those planned for the morrow, going over every detail of the latter to see if all appeared to run smoothly. How conscien- tiously he performs his calling, worrying still, after more than a few years of practice, lest the work be clumsily done! Despite his secret anxieties, he smiled at all the attractive young ladies he saw about him, and even arranged for future meetings with some of them, and entered, superficially, into the gayety about him so successfully that one would not have guessed that he was not thoroughly sincere in it. Clare Bucklin ' 33 A Fishing Experience The scene was a quiet brook. The time was dusk. A lone fisherman, a boy, cast his flies gently over a quiet pool. The fly landed lightly on the water and Twitched in a most lifelike manner, but no swirl of water or tug of line came to the boy ' s ever-waiting rod. He slowly retrieved the line, waded out of the brook, and carefully ap- proached the pool above him. Studying it carefully he noted a deep hole at the head of the pool into which flowed a swift current of water. Making his decision, he waded carefully into the water at the foot of the pool. He was about to cast his fly to any fish which might lurk in these waters, when the pool ' s limpid surface was broken by a mightly splash as a large trout leaped to grab a fly. The wary trout missed and the fly winged its way onward to the foot of the pool. The boy, tingling with excitement, caught it a- it came near him and, while observing its counter-parts, noticed its win s to be a light grey while its body and hackles (only of arti- ficial flies) were of a bluish grey. Opening his fly book he selected an Iron Blue Dun. Tying it to his leader, he again started casting. This time the fly was aimed at the spot where the trout had leaped. The fly at last dropped to the surface a little above this place and riding high on the water floated jauntily downstream. Now it was over the deep hole in which the giant trout made his lair. Caught in a little whirlpool it ' swirled round and round. Then suddenly from the dark depths of the hole, there came a flash, a snap, and the boy ' s rod, made of split-bam- boo, curved into a graceful arc. The boy, flushed with excitement played the fish with the skill of a veteran fisherman. Three times the trout leaped, three times he shook his head savagely trying to throw that stinging barb. Each time his sides glistened with silver and gold in the waning twilight. But the fish ' s wild wishes soon came less frequently, its struggles grew weaker. Soon the glorious battle would be over. The trout now tired and conquered rolled on the surface of the pool. The boy slowly drew him closer and finally slipped the net under him. His shining sides, his gleaming eye thrilled the boy through and through. The dark green back, its flashing green sides speckled with vermilion, blue, and black, and its orange belly held the boy ' s gaze and admiration. He extracted the hook, held the beauti- ful brook trout for a moment, and then placed it gently back into its native waters. The fish rolled on the surface for a moment and then swam slowly away. Dwight Webster ' 36 My Trip to the Naval Base When I was traveling along a highway this summer I saw many yellow signs which had different things written on them. All of a sudden I saw a huge sign on which was written, Slow, 25 miles per hour. Naval Base ahead. The next moment I saw quite a few build- OCTOBER 1932 11 ings and a very high tower which is always lighted at night. At the gate there were two men, called guards, dressed in khaki suits. As I entered, I went to the place where auto- mobiles are parked. Then I took a walk up to the office where I got a slip in order to go on a submarine. This slip had printed on it, Sub- marine R-13. As I walked down the wharf where the sub- marine R-13 was, I saw what appeared to be just a straight floor with a mast on it. As I got near the submarine, the sailors said, Un- able to come on because we are painting, but then the sailors yelled over to R-ll and asked if I could go on and they said, Sure. So I went over to the R-ll and walked down the narrow gang-plank. I saw a hole in the floor similar to a manhole with a ladder down it and the sailor said to go down. The first room I went to was the exploding room which held machinery and the sailor showed me how to put in a torpedo weighing about 2.640 pounds. The doors between each room look like little round holes. In the next room were the bunks for the captain ' s bed, and private desk. The third room was the kitchen. The table was placed in the middle of the floor, on one side was an ice-box and sink, and on the other side were pegs. Near the door through which I entered was a very large compass. In other rooms I saw the motors used to emerge and to submerge with, compression tanks, and diving suits. I also had a chance to look through a telescope under water. The most important part of a submarine is that all of it is under water. When I came up I had a chance to go on a ship which they called, The Mother Ship of the Submarines. On this ship there were kit- chens, boiler rooms, and on the top were an- chors and life-boats. The most important room of this boat is the radio room. After I finished going through this boat, I walked around to see the different buildings. The tower which ' I have mentioned before is always in use for marines so that they may practice deep sea diving and bring air tubes down to a submarine that has sunk and pump oxygen into the ship. This is a very interesting trip for people that enjoy different sea methods. Beverly Lawton ' 35 Saturday at the Brown ' s House There are four members of the Brown family: the father, the mother, Willis aged ten, and Rose aged sixteen. As the scene opens it is seven o ' clock in the morning, and Mr. Brown is just leaving for work. Willis slides down the bannister, and ends in a heap at the end. He forgot to hold on in his hurry. Mother reminds him that he never gets up this early when he has to go to school. He has his breakfast and goes out- doors to play football with the rest of the boys. As he trips out the back door, (he forgot that there was a threshold) a cry comes from up- stairs and Mother rushes up to find Rose ' s clothes strewn around the room, and a few dainty pieces wrapped around the chandelier. It is now dinner time. Willis comes walking in, torn, dirty, but happy nevertheless. His mother gives out a screech that can be heard all the way around the block, and Willis decides to throw away the remains of his shirt, place his trousers on a chair so that the rips won ' t show, and washes up. He looks none the worse except for numerous scratches, and proves to the family that he is all right by proceeding to eat up everything in sight, in- cluding half a cake. The afternoon is spent leisurely enough by going to the moving pictures. At supper, he, as usual, spills half of the baked beans on his lap, and the rest around — and in— his mouth. After supper, Willis is nowhere to be seen. His mother begins to think there is a fly in the ointment, for Willis disappeared shortly after his mother had mentioned a bath. Mr. Brown decides that he knows where Willis is. A short while afterward, Mr. Brown appears again, dragging what appears to be a bundle of clothes with hay stuck in it, On closer scru- tiny, it turns out to be Willis, who, it appears, 12 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY tried to get out of taking a bath by hiding in the hay-loft. Willis proceeds to go into the bathroom to take his bath. After thirty or so minutes, Mr. Brown wonders why he hasn ' t heard any water running, when all of a sudden a whoop comes from the bathroom and Mr. Brown rushes in expecting to find Willis badly hurt, but, to his surprise, there appeared a much different scene. Willis is pretending that he is an Indian, and is jumping around with a towel for a breech-cloth, the scrubbing brush sup- posedly a tomahawk, and a pile of rugs for a tepee. The shouts stop the minute the door is opened, and there emits a sharp noise of flesh meeting flesh. Finally Mr. Brown emerges from the door with his right hand strangely red, while an industrious splashing comes from the bathroom. Three quarters of an hour elapses, and still no Willis. Mr. Brown again enters the bath- room; Willis comes out immediately, and goes quickly to his room. Mr. Brown comes back into the living room with a turtle in one hand and the remains of a cake of soap in the other. It appears that Willis wanted company in the bathtub and tried out his pet turtle ' s appetite with a cake of soap. Mrs. Brown goes to clean out the bathroom and after that is finished, father and mother sit down to have a good laugh, for, after all, he is only like any other redblooded American boy. Donald Karle ' 35 The Shadow The clock struck twelve: twelve slow, long, resounding gongs. The house was quiet and dark, almost sinister. The air even seemed stuffy. In front of the fire place old Mr. Snotton was sleeping in his brown leather easy chair. Crash! Something fell, but Mr. Snotton did not awake. The moonlight streamed across the room when a black, creeping shadow mar- red the gleam. Stealthy footsteps were heard, but still Mr. Snotton slept on. The shadow quickly approached the easy chair. He bent over Mr. Snotton, put a piece of white cotton on his face, and then crossed the room directly to a picture hanging on the wall. Slowly the shadow lifted the picture and found the safe. Success, at last! He put on his black gloves and soundlessly started work- ing on the safe. A queer buzzing sound broke the silence. Then, once more the room was quiet and sinister, and the air too tense. Five slow gongs were heard. Mr. Snotton stirred in his chair, put his hand to his face, pushed the cloth off, and dazedly looked at it. On the white cloth was the picture of the Black Shadow. To it clung the faint odor of the drug peculiar to The Shadow which made a person sleep for four hours. Then Mr. Snotton ' s gaze travelled to the picture. There was The Shadow, crumpled on the floor with a face distorted by pain, dead. He had been killed by the electric current run- ning through the safe which meant certain death to one ignorant of its presence. Rita Livernois ' 33 The Inconsistency of a Boy They ' ll find out. Just you wait! They ' ll be sorry. You bet. Just let ' em wait. They ' ll see! Such were the thoughts that passed through the mind of Billy Morris as he reclined on an old cot in the shed behind his home. I got $2.45. There ain ' t much I can ' t do with that! Oh, no! Dusk had fallen and lights had begun to glimmer in the houses up and down the street. Soon Mrs. Morris came to a window and called out, Billy! Billy, come in now. It ' s bedtime. Bill-ee! Silence. Billee! Still silence. I ' ll call your father, warned the voice. Billy did not stir. Let ' em call, he thought. Who cares? Another figure appeared at the window and, after a moment ' s low murmur, a masculine voice boomed out, Billy, you rascal, come in OCTOBER 1932 13 here immediately or I ' ll go out there for you. Billy! This time the boy arose. He knew the voice of authority. With his hands in his pockets and a gloomy look upon his face, he scuffed out of the shed and across the yard. Are you coming? demanded his father. Sure, I am. Well hurry up about it. Billy entered the doorway. Well? he in- quired. Time for you to go to bed and hurry up about it. No dawdling tonight. Awright. The youngster slowly made his way into the hall and up the stairs. He sat down upon a chair by the window and gave himself up to morose thoughts again. Half an hour later when his father entered the room, Billy was still sitting by the window, but the ugly thoughts had left his mind and he was gazing absently at the moon. Why aren ' t you in bed? It ' s after nine o ' clock. I ' ll just sit here until I see you asleep. Hurry, now. The weary, yet patient look upon the face of the man caused Billy to feel a sudden pang of pity. Maybe I won ' t do it after all, he thought, He hastened to undress and was soon in the Land of Nod. The next morning when Billy awoke, the delicious odor of griddle-cakes reached him. Oh, boy, he shouted and jumped out of bed, was dressed, and downstairs in a jiffy. Griddle-cakes were the thing. After he had finished breakfast, he went out to the shed to hunt for a screw driver. A bundle of odds and ends tied up in a red kerchief lying beside a stout stick caught his attention. Gosh! he said. Gee! I forgot that. He stared at the bundle as if he had never seen it before. Then, suddenly, he grabbed the kerchief, spilled its contents on the floor and chucked it behind a barrel. The stick he broke and deposited in the same place. I guess I won ' t run away from home after all, he concluded. Mom and Dad are pretty good sports. And then he grinned. He ran back to the kitchen. Hi, mom, he greeted, want me to help you with the dishes? Elizabeth Sutcliffe ' 35 [COifirLBdvcrKaine OaJL ' b c 5 P ,or Cla Will TVe eof ; r e ' s a Good Tel low written hy CKarlds George A h •3)Or) f r li ?) it III I fc 4 ) °} school- fP 7- 5 tf ' Ovppprt fhc tcari) III OCTOBER 1932 15 SOOK REVIEWS Bring ' Em Back Alive Frank Buck To begin with, I found Bring ' Em Back Alive one of the most interesting and thrilling books I have read in a long time, for it is packed full of actual stories of adventure, besides giving one absolute first- hand knowledge of the lives of wild animals, reptiles, and birds. The author, Frank Buck, is an American, born in Gainesville, Texas, son of pioneer parents. Later they moved to Dallas. There, living near a wooded area, he became interested in bird life and made a remarkable collection for a boy. His love for bird life carried him to South America where he searched for very rare birds and on returning home, had such good offers to sell his fine specimens that he decided to sell one half of his private collection, which resulted in his going into the business of collecting by wholesale. He has been all over the world, but hunts mostly in Asia and maintains his headquarters in Singapore where he has the biggest assort- ment of live animals ever kept in one place. He plans and establishes zoos, and delivers rare and unique specimens to Zoological Socie- ties and parks, circuses, and private collections all over the world. Air. Buck says almost any animal is dan- gerous when aroused, fear being uppermost in ite mind. However, with good treatment and much training and careful diet, many of the wildest animals become tame in a few years. Much thought is given to the diet, trying to find foods, most like those in the native haunts. Leaves, roots, tapioca, and goat ' s milk are used for the young, while the most bulky foods, anything from hay to live snakes, are fed to the older specimens. It is a great care and responsibility to catch, crate, truck over miles of wild country to sea- ports, and ship the animals safely across the Pacific Ocean to America, a distance of 16,000 miles in all. He has two native men, who at- tend him closely, but they are helped by forty or fifty other natives who load and push carts out of mud holes and perform other necessary duties. Many elephants and water buffaloes drag carts on which are piled huge loads of fodder for the animals and great cages of rhinoceroses and elephants, monkeys, large and small, tapirs, tigers, snakes, and birds of all kinds. He has brought to America over 100,000 birds, 5,000 monkeys, and hundreds of rhino- ceroses and elephants, each weighing from one to one and one-half tons. Mr. Buck has seen a snake fourteen feet long, (its food being other snakes seven or eight feet long) . He has captured many cro- codiles sixteen feet long, baby elephants about three feet high, completely covered with hair which wears off as it matures. Also he has had the thrill of being the only man to cap- ture alive a man-eating tiger and the largest monkey ever seen, also the smallest, the rare proboscis monkey which has never been seen in this country. He brought three to America, only to have two die on the way and one after landing at San Francisco; this is one of the great disappointments and losses of a Zoolo- gical collector. He has watched a baby ele- phant try for weeks to use its trunk and en- joyed its funny antics. He has tried to comfort a mother monkey, who died of a broken heart and longing for her baby — mother love is so strong in wild animals. He has Continued on Page 21 Football R. Favreau A. Slota X V r V _- m S W% A A R. Francazzi T. Apostola The football season has already be :gun and N. Lemoine K. Harmon prospects for a successful one are very hopeful, A. Tidd J. Martin particularly with our good material and our excellent Coach McMahon who gives us his W . Curboy M . DeAngelis whole-hearted interest. J. Planeta J. Tobia The schedule is a stiff one for the boys: J. McKay E. Farland A. Silvestri J. Gervasi October 1 St. Mary of Milford Home 8 Stafford Springs Stafford L. Santo 0. Brodeur 15 Ware Ware N. Leblanc H. Bellows 22 Holden Home M. Osimo N. Lango 29 Shrewsbury Home A. Palmerino A. Horr November 5 South High Worcester J. Starr G. Hallquest 11 Worcester Acad. Greys Home 24 Webster Webster There is a large squad of boys who report daily to Mr. McMahon who have not yet had a chance to display their ability in a game. Among the new-comers are a few Freshmen who have shown up brilliantly in scrimmages and a lot should be expected from these boys once they get on the gridiron. The members of the squad are: P. Weaver R. Werner R. Volpini L. Hebert A. DeAngelis R. Taylor Touch Football Touch Football has been resumed this fall and extended to include Sophomores, Fresh- men, Seventh and Eiglhth grade pupils. This affords an opportunity for many to participate in the fall sport who otherwise would be res- tricted to the role of spectators. Mr. Beals will coach the squad and he will be glad to see a large group of boys participate in this line of football. A. DeAngelis Faculty There have been numerous changes in the Faculty and in the distribution of home rooms. Miss Wells, the new Latin teacher, has Room 7A; Miss Rose, who teaches penmanship, com- mercial arithmetic, and typewriting, has Room 8; Mr. Brockway, instructing in algebra and geometry is in Room Sub-5; and Miss Meagher in Room 7 offers civics, commercial arithmetic, business training, and commercial geography to all who desire them. These four are all new members of the Faculty. Mr. McMahon now controls Room 10, from whence Miss Dube has departed to 17A. Miss Phinney and Mr. Beals have been transferred to Rooms 17 and 4 respectively, while Mr. Tabor, who now teaches general science in addition to mathematics, has changed places with Miss Drake, he being installed in Room 6 and she in Room 2. Miss Burrington ' s brief return in June was really only a farewell, for, attended by the besl wishes of everyone, as well as by our regret at losing so popular and charming a teacher and friend, she was married at noon, September 25, in the Little Church Around the Corner, to Mr. Herbert I. Oakes, who teaches mathematics in Clifton, New Jersey, where they are living. The Student Council On May 20, 1932, a meeting of the Student Councils of Massachusetts was held at Spring- field, Mass., this school being represented by Ernest Boyer, Bruno Francazzi, and John Bingley. As a result of this meeting a committee of ten members of the Mary E. Wells High School was chosen to draw up a tentative plan of organization. This committee decided to recommend the organization of a council of twenty members, ten of whom should be Seniors, six of whom should be Juniors, and four of whom should be Sophomores. The President of each class, the Captain of the Traffic Squad, the Editor-in- Chief of the Crimson and Gray, and the President of the Glee Club become members without election; the balance of the group is chosen jointly by the Council and the classes concerned. The following is the present membership: OFFICERS President Alfred DeAngelis Vice President Lucille Monroe Secretary and Treasurer Frances Redhead Adviser Miss Aucoin II THE CRIMSON AND GRAY SENIORS John Bingley Nellie Lesniewski Alfred DeAngelis Lucille Monroe Odilon Lavoie Frances Redhead Raymond Lent! Romeo Dumais Parker Weaver John Tobia JUNIORS Antonio Palmerino Gerald McNitt John Martin Eleanor Williams Arthur Renaud Jane Fitzpatrick SOPHOMORES Rene Francazzi Gertrude Pezzetti Normand Leblanc Aloysius Koprowski The Council hopes to become a real repre- sentative of the student body and to strengthen its influence with the latter. Being still in the process of development, it will receive warmly any suggestions for the improvement of school spirit. It is preparing to entertain the student body by a party and dance from three to five on Friday, November 18. Plans have been made to send representa- tives from the Student Council and the Traffic Squad to the State-wide Council meeting at Fall River next May. If the school so desires, it may be arranged to hold this meeting here in South bridge in 1934. The Council ' s initial endeavor to be of as- sistance to the school was seen in its contri- bution to Mr. McMahon ' s entertainment of October 7. First Assembly Held on October 7 The first Friday morning assembly was held October 7. Mr. McMahon ' s room provided the entertainment: a duet by Jana Bingley and Mary Dani played both as the audience en- tered and as it left; a violin solo charmingly played by Sally Morehouse with Mildred Hiemer as accompanist; a talk by Alfred De- Angelis concerning the Student Council; a piano solo by Elizabeth Sutcliffe; and finally a speech on school spirit by Coach McMahon himself. The program was read by Raymond Lenti, quite distingue in spectacles and coat- tails, and everyone enjoyed the half-hour ' s recreation. Class Activities J933 At its meeting in early September the Senior class elected the following officers: President John Tobia Vice-President Frances Redhead Secretary Philippina DeAngelis Treasurer R udolph LeDuc Adviser Mr. Greene SHE ' S A GOOD FELLOW. The play She ' s a Good Fellow was decided upon by Lucille Monroe, Frances Redhead, John Bingley, Jennie Calo, and Jerome Cap- lovitch, the committee to determine what the annual Senior presentation was to be this year. Tryouts in charge of Miss Fitzgerald were held in the auditorium and the following cast was chosen: Leo Lane George Farland Theodore Tyler Clarence Miller Mrs. Tyler Philippina DeAngelis Corinne Tyler Lucille Monroe Rose G ardner Ruth Carpenter Ivy Gardner Rita Livernois Violet Gardner Isabel Sangren Carl Gardner Rudolph LeDuc Wright Gilmore William Andrews Prudence Pepper Frances Redhead Bridget McGerr Noella Lamarine Mamie Clancy Madeline Allman We all have seen some of the above actors in other plays, and have found their acting to be excellent. With the new actors added to the experienced ones, we are sure that the Seniors will come out with flying colors and make the drama well worth seeing. Let ' s all be there to give them a hand on December 9, at the Town Hall! OCTOBER 1932 19 J 934 The Junior class has elected the following officers: President Gerald McNitt Vice-President Ruth Simpson Secretary George Litchfield, Jr. Treasurer Mary Dani Adviser Miss Kathryn Finnegan THE FRESHMAN RECEPTION The Junior class was host to the Freshmen at the annual reception, which was given in the auditorium Saturday, October 8. The evening ' s entertainment included giving prizes as follows: tallest boy, William Cur- boy; tallest girl, Dorothy Putnam; shortest boy, William Kelly; shortest girl, Jeanette Welsh; stoutest boy, Edward McNally; stout- est girl, Esther Eddy; thinnest boy, Charles Klockowski; thinnest girl, Lillian Phipps; baby boy, William Skowran; baby girl, Bertha Matys. A pantomime, The Bachelor ' s Dream, was presented. The cast included: Esther Skinner, Eleanor Williams, Jean Macallister, Florence Lockhart, Ruth Simpson, Olga Dumas, Julia Beaupre, Genevieve Greenwood, Mary Dani, Charlotte Dion, Jana Bingley, Claire Paquette, and George Litchfield. Dancing followed until 11 P. M. The matrons were : Mrs. C. H. Greene, Mrs. George Litchfield, Mrs. Alex Simpson, Mrs. Robert Beals, and Mrs. Eugene Dani. Esther Skinner was the hostess. Chairmen of com- mittees were: Jana Bingley, entertainment; Jane Fitzpatrick, refreshment; Doris Lataille, music ; and Gerhard Kuehn, decorations. Half the hall was decorated in the Junior ' s colors, and half, in honor of the Freshies, in green. J 935 At their first meeting the Sophomores elected the following officers: President Aloysius Koprowski . Vice-President Pauline Earls Secretary Eleanor McNitt Treasurer Normand Leblanc Adviser Miss Claudia Dube 1936 The Freshmen have elected the following as class officers: President Daniel Woodbury Vice-President Rita Gregoire Secretary Janet Kozyra Treasurer Frank Silvestri Adviser Mr. Beals Alpha Sigma Nu At its first meeting the Alpha Sigma Nu elected as new members the following, who were initiated by being made to wear a green paper ribbon around their necks and carry their books in a bag for one day : Lucille LaVergne Phyllis Kershaw Albina Savage Rita Lacasse Jeanne Desaulniers Carrie Labelle Dorothy Farland Emma Rose Richard Jean Fitzpatrick Doris Martin Eleanor Williams Juliette Beaupre Margot Kuehn Charlotte Dionne Lucille Monroe Mary Alley Kathryn Thimblin Marjorie Crandall Jana Bingley Mary Bernice Roblee lean Macallister At its meeting on September 28, Doris Martin, Juliette Beaupre, Charlotte Dionne, Mary Alley, Marjorie Carndall, and Mary Pernice Roblee were elected. Traffic Officers The following have been appointed members of the regular traffic squad : Odilon Lavoie, Captain L. Blakely J. Martin J. Caplovich C. Miller A. Chicoine A. Palmerino A. DeAngelis R. Pontbriand R. Dumais A. Renaud B. Fox E. St, Pierre W. Hong J. Starr R. LeDuc J. Tobia R. Lenti C. Tremblay W. Dorrell, R. Francazzi, W. Hunt, A. Koprowski, N. Leblanc, E. Savage, A. Silvestri, A. Tidd, and R. Werner have been stationed as traffic officers on the Grammar School side of the building at 11 :30 A. M. and 3 P. M. only. 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ALUMNI NOTES 1932 Frederick Waite is showing his old High School intelligence by getting such a high grade at Brown University that he doesn ' t have to take Freshman English. William Hofstra is studying hard at Business College, New York. Louise Kershaw is studying at a Dietitian Hospital at Boston. Ellen Heaton and Dorothy Morrell are using their sweet personalities by training for nurses at Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospi- tal at New London, Conn. Helen Thomas and Anita Lariviere are also preparing to be nurses at Memorial Hospital, Worcester. Antoinette Roy is learning to be a Lady of Mercy at Springfield Hospital, Springfield. John Buckley — Pious John is studying at Trinity College. Wallace Maclean — Teddy has left us to go out into the world and further his know- ledge at the University of Cincinnati. Ralph Billings and Charles Clark are trying to become Managers by working in Louie ' s Market. Jane Lemoine is waiting on impatient cus- tomers at Louie ' s Market. Ruth Farley is working hard at Quinebaug Mills. Bernice Hunt is another of our gang who is relearning the woes of a Freshman at Boston University. She entered Boston University, P. A. L. — must be preparing to be somebody ' s rtenog. Francis Favreau is working for his uncle at the laundry — that ' s a clean job. Bee Mason ' 32 and Lorraine Gabree ' 31 are working at the Hamilton Wool- en. Good girls! Dolly Johnson and Marie Dodd are acting as stenographers at the Y. It is publicly rum- ored that they are efficient plus ! Beth Wilkinson — Beth has decided to become a kindergarten teacher and has taken up studies at Miss Wheelock ' s in Boston. Her personality will put her across. Annette Mathieu, operated on for appendici- tis this summer, is recuperating before starting to train to be a nurse. George Wood has entered Worcester Tech. He ' ll be building bridges before long. Dorothy Hunt — Her romance culminated in- to marriage in September. The lucky fellow is Homer Marsh of Dudley. Louise Hall announced her engagement to Elmer Russ. When will it be Louise? Andy Tully is fast becoming famous as a reporter for the News . Andy is exercising his wit which was the joy of his high school teachers! Vin Walsh is employed at the Charlton Mills, working hard on his first million. Dick Muller entered New York University as a Freshman. We ' re sure they like you Dick! Chester Gates has entered Massachusetts State College. How do you like the idea of being a Freshman all over again Chet? OCTOBER 1932 21 SOME OLD FAVORITES BACK 1929 Andrew Tully Clara McMaster Valentine Wilson Rose Brodeur Edward Kaszvnski Muriel Price Louise Gabree Louis Dani Doris Olney Leopold Poirier 1931 Katherine McKinstry after one year at Wil- liam and Mary College has both won a scholar- ship at (because of superior scholastic ability) and has entered Vassar College. Congratula- tions Kay! John Steen (with aid from Maurice Cle- mence) is showing his superiority over Freddie Waite, as a Sophomore at Brown University. William Tillyer is still going strong at Rutgers College. Dorothy Lamphear is getting ready to teach as she was taught, by going to Worcester Normal. George Page is studying at Worcester Aca- demy. Eugene Scharschmidt — Backfield man on the Worcester Academy Grays — we ' ll see you Armistice Day.! Beatrice Girouard — her cheery smile will meet you at the registration desk at Harring- ton Memorial Hospital. George Favreau — last but not least. He ' s working for Louie. 1930 Ivan Narcisse Le Clair is showing students at Mass. State College what a Wells graduate can do. Mary Gable is staying at the top by being elected president of Junior Class at Wheaton. Gwendolyn Monroe still staying by her old High School chum, Mary Gable, at Wheaton. Christopher Thomas entered Northeastern University in Boston. Here ' s luck for you Keecho! Origene Paquette, Jr. has his name on the honor list at Boston University. Only 7% of the whole class were on it. Harold Morehouse — A sophisticated senior at Yale, where he has won scholarships and has been an honor student. BOOK REVIEW, Continued watched a solid army of ants one foot wide and one mile long make an attack on an enemy. Mr. Buck loves, next to his birds, the little mouse deer unknown to this part of the world. It is a miniature deer, of great beauty and a treat to the eye. It is called the Pelandok and stands one foot high. Its little legs are no larger than a pencil and his cloven hoof no larger than a ten cent piece. It has a beauti- ful soft coat of fawn color and the shy little creature sort of tiptoes about. Because of its daintiness, many native legends and fairy tales are woven about it. In thinking about the Pelandok, I realize how much of nature one never sees nor ever hears about. What a fine thing it is for us all to have men like Frank Buck, who love to go to the far ends of the earth and bring back alive not only the living specimens, but the living knowledge and appreciation of what is in this marvelous world. I wish I could give you more of what thrilled me and captured my interest. Mr. Buck tells his story with such a bright straight-forward, adventurous spirit that one feels almost breathless at the end — feels so much a part of the adventures that he is really glad he is alive to enjoy reading such books as Bring ' Em Back Alive. George A. Litchfield, Jr. ' 34 VKfATIlEJL N orbert Lango R I chard Bordeau Ed N a Proulx Ern E st Leblanc Jane X Kozyra Adri E n Benoit Elain E Logan Ferna N do Baglioni Rober T Reynolds Mic H ael Silvestri Ann I e Raimondo Ma R io De Angelis S T ella Vilandre Y vette Belanger S tanley Blackmere L I lliam Phipps Ale X ander Toczylowski OUR MAGAZINES ' ' Current History Andy Tully College Humor The Faculty Life Any Vacation Time 8:30 A. M. to 3:00 P. M. Outlook Any Traffic Officer Ballyhoo Pudge Farland Judge Mr. Greene True Story Report Cards American All of us Vogue Louise Woodruff Delineator Ruth Delage Nature Mr. Beals True Romance Grace and Ketch House B autiful Wells High School Country Gentlemen Earl Putnam Hostess Miss Corbin Hooey Studies Physical Culture Len Hebert Child Life The Freshmen The American Boy John LePage Observer Dan Koziol Do you see any family resemblance between: Pat and Oswald Gray and John ( ' 32) Marjorie and Doris Piza and Mario Pudge and Ted Pauline and Lawrence Francis ( ' 32) and Adelena Olga and Louise Ethel and Paula Marian and Edward Claire and Elaine Marion and Alfred Helen and William Stephanie ( ' 30) and Janet Carrie and Jay Joe ( ' 31 ) and Charles Rudy and Ernest George and Helen Alice and James Earle and Dorothy Ruth and Bertha Tony and Michael June and Frances Beatrice and Christine Parker and Emma Nellie ( ' 32) and John OCTOBER 1932 23 FRESHMEN ' S FAMOUS LINES Give me Laliberte or let me Dion! The spirit is willing but LaFleche is weak. At teachers ' jokes — Horrl Horn! Di Marco is low but what ' s a mark? The rolling Stone gathers no Morse. Instead of Richard I, II, III, IV in English History, we have Richard — Aurelien, Evelyn H., Evelyn, and Lorraine. We can start our own history! Stop Teeson me — you mean so much Toomey. (With apologies to Jack Benny) Wouldn ' t we be lonesome if — Robert were at both Beck and call. Edmond were near instead of Far-land. James were a roof instead of a Gable. Clarence were black instead of Green. Miss Kinney were Lark instead of Mavis. Odette were Paris instead of Reno. Armand were a doorstep instead of a Matte. Charles were the St. Nicholas instead of Mc Call. Lillian were wood instead of Stone. Emma were a writer instead of a Weaver. Helen were a shuttle instead of a Spindle. Leona Joslin As quiet as she Few are able to be. Theresa Ducheneau So quiet and unassuming is she And her smile is charming to see. Louise Dumas Many friends she has won For cute Louise is full of fun. Clarence Green Clarence has a winning smile For one of them we ' d walk a mile. William Southall Sometimes serious, sometimes shy Never mind, Southall, you ' ll get by. Rose Pendregast She acts the way a Senior should If all the Freshmen only could! Eleanor Evans She ' s tall, she ' s witty She ' s gay and she ' s pretty. Doris Dumas A quiet and retiring lass Who is faithful to her class. George Constantine It surely is no sin To wear an everlasting grin ! Frank DiGregorio If you don ' t study quite enough You ' ll get by if you can bluff. Norbert Lango Always neat and nicely groomed And for a football hero doomed. Evelyn Howlett Evelyn in no one ' s affairs did pry She is so quiet, and really too shy. Lena Paquette Gay is she, and very fair She ' s the girl with Jean Harlow ' s hair. Joseph Dumais He is quiet, just like his brother But we are glad to have another. Grace Arick Her eyes are large and dark and sad But yet her attitudes are glad. Ernest Leduc He knows his biology every day O. K. Ernest! You ' ll get by that way. Daniel Dumas A future Clark Gable Dan Dumas will make Come on Dan! Give the girls a break! William Skowran William Skowran is so sweet He sweeps the girls right off their feet. D wight Webster He has much happiness to lend For he is everybody ' s friend. 24 OTHER FAMOUS LINES Mr. Greene: — Steady, please Miss Fitzgerald:— after all— Miss Dube: — Remi est un enfant de dix ans! Miss Drake: — For tomorrow ' s homework in Muzzy ' s — Mr. Beals: — And the nucleus, located in the protoplasm, plays an important part in the function of a cell. Miss Finnegan: — I still maintain the fact that— Mr. Tabor: — Now, when I taught at the naval academy — ! Miss Phinney: — Please repeat — Mr. McMahon:— And so forth— Miss Aucoin: — Cover your books — Miss Coderre: — Yaas! Miss Rose: — I want everybody ' s attention here immediately! ! ! Miss Wells:— Class! Miss Troy: — You ' re not working hard enough! Miss Woodward: — Keep quiet — Mr. Brockway: — We ' ll go further now — Miss Howe: — 1-2-3-4-5 up — repeat — across the line— Miss Meagher: — My sister and I — Miss Corbin: — Level teaspoon full . . F. R. ' 33 Just Friends With the Teachers Time Alone Will Tell Whether we pass If it ain ' t love What is it? That ' s a plenty Of homework Say it isn ' t so That test week is near Tell Tales The girls LittleGirl Madeline Allman Time on my Hands John Tobia Delicious Pauline Bachand Wake up your feet Passing through the corridors Freddie the Freshman Dan Woodbury Life is just a bowl of cherries Piza DeAngelis You ' re the one Ruth Simpson We just couldn ' t say good-by .... The P. G ' s I may be wrong, but I think you ' re wonderful Albina Savage THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Honey Honey Price The Sweetest Kid this side of Heaven Normie Leblanc My Silent Love Any football player This is Heaven Any school dance WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE FAMOUS AT WELLS Red Tremblay ' 33 — Because of his flaming locks. Betsy Bernheim ' 35 — Because of her looks and ability to vamp the boys. Noella Lamarine ' 33 — Because of her jovial mannerisms. Gerald McNitt ' 34 — Because of his service- ableness. Marian Munday ' 35 — Because of her loqua- ciousness and garrulity. Pat Brodeur ' 33 — Because of his dancing abilities. Kay Thimblin ' 34 — Because of her charming smile. Bob Werner ' 35 — Because of his host of feminine admirers and his car. Olga Dumas ' 34 — Because she ' s a real friend. Red Volpini ' 33 — Because of his athletic ability. Babe Lavoie ' 33 — Because of his self-im- portant attitude. Sally Morehouse ' 35 — Because of her voca- bulary. Laola Sharp ' 33 — Because of her ability in English. F is for fear which all Freshmen know R is respect which they all ought to show E is for emptiness in each little head S is for Sophomores whom all Freshmen dread H is for hardships they all must go through M for their mammas ; may their dreams come true A for ambition which brought them to class N for the next year— let ' s hope that they pass OCTOBER 1932 25 High School Lowdown by T ' ke Key-Hole Reporter Corridor Rambles: More coats and hats be- ing worn these days . . . wonder how they ' ll get ' em all in the cloak-room next winter? . . . maybe two on a hook . . . Leonard (34) Blair, the first one in room 4 these more or less bright mornings . . . Gerhard (34) Kuehn first in room 5 . . . The Freshmen are getting smaller every year . . . must be the depression we hear about . . . Danny (36) Woodbury, Pres. of the Fresh- men, a little worried about making a speech Oct. 8 . . . Rudy (33) Leduc, Jerry (same) Caplovitch, Bernard (ditto) Fox, and Odilon (33) Lavoie holding a meeting in the corner of room 3 . . . William (34) Sutcliffe, chewing his Ti-con-der-oga . . . understand that Beavers chew wood . . . Marion (35) Munday, talking . . . Lionel (34) Coiteau, reading an article en- titled The Disadvantages of Being Educated very carefully . . . Johnny (34) Starr, try- ing to be a tough member of the traffic squad . . . And Carrie (33) Labelle, without her new haircut because the bovs didn ' t like it! Picture of a Freshman thinking to himself: Well, I ' m pretty big now . . . can go all over the library . . . guess I will tonight . . . and the next . . . people can see I ' m in high school then . . . Wonder if the reception is fun or? . . . there goes the bell . . . what period, I wonder? . . . wonder why we have to go single file? . . . why can ' t we talk? . . . let ' s see, if I take my left here I ' ll be right . . . wonder if that fellow look- ing at me is thinking about a ride . . . last year ' s class lived . . . guess I will. Dead-eye Dick We hear from a very reliable source that John (34) Martin reads cowboy stories and such. Revolution? We also hear from another reliable source that Linky (33) Blakely was initiated by two Freshmen. Secret Societies The Knights of the Triangular Table. Sounds big — is big — and will be big. The new Fraternity of the High School, running com- petition to the Alpha Sigma Nu, (that Greek Sorority with t he Irish colors) and the J. A. C. Raymond (Sporty) Lenti, Rudy (Philip Alarumclock Momaduke) Leduc, and Bernard (Roscoe Francis Ates) Fox are the chief and only members. They have not held a meeting yet because they are minus a triangular table. (If you have such a table, see one of the above mentioned). All of which brings to mind that charmingly exclusive club, the J. A. C. or Just Another Club. The J. A. C. is the only club which will not tell who the President is, what goes on at the meetings, etc. However, Yours Truly discovered the beeg secrets. Don ' t tell anybody, but the President is Kay (34) Thimblin and the meetings con- sist of dancing and gossiping, (stealing my laurels) . They also try to fool people over the ' phone. No, they ' re not taking on any new members just now. Correspondence Course Esther (34) Skinner says she doesn ' t read since she ' s gone to school. Do you know that — Dick (34) Taylor gets away with murder in French class? Joe (34) Proulx doesn ' t know the way to Webster? Mary (34) Dani will answer all questions about the J. A. C? (Neither do I). Horace Greeley ' s famous words Go West, Young Man, Go West , were written by Terre Haute, Editor? High-lights of the Freshman Party: Every- one in his best bib and tucker makes quite a sight . . . More Freshmen than anything . . . And still they were scared . . . Some of the Seniors came to the conclusion that the Fresh- men were cute, (especially the girls) . . .Won- der who that blonde was? . . . Then, strange as it seems, some of the boys didn ' t want a vaca- tion . . . The decorations couldn ' t take it . . . Wonder why the Stompers looked half asleep? . . . Not mentioning any names, but who was the very popular young lady who went home 26 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY alone? . . . What! No ice cream? . . . The male members of the Faculty were much in evidence . . . Oh, well, don ' t take it serious, it ' s too mysterious. Just Think Since Willie (33) Hong ' s laundry has moved from Main Street, about fifteen of our more or less popular young men are searching about frantically for an after-school meeting place in which to discuss how the school should be run and why. Nobody ' s Safe Our eminent sports writer, Andrew (32) Tully Jr., (ahem) was recently amused by a recreation usually afforded to people much younger than a P. G.l Freshmen Rah F avreau A. R ischetelli H E arnest C. S kowran W. H omicz B. M artel C. E ddv E. N ally E. R awson J. A damick N. n owlett E. HEADQUARTERS FOR SHERWIN- WILLIAM PAINTS and VARNISHES BIRD SON Roofing Paper and Shingles D M and SPAULD1NG Sporting Goods Gilbert and Barker Oil Burners Kitchen Ware Enamel and Aluminum Ware A. B. C. Range Oil Burners Wall Paper Kelvinator Electric Refrigerators Lime Cement Hardware Plumbing and Heating G. C. 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Dealers in Range, Fuel Oil Coal and Wood Office 331 Main St. Phone 161-J W. M. EDWARDS Yard Railroad Ave. Phone 252-W CROSSET SHOES Blacks, tans and two-tones: all pairs - $5.00 V ¥ A A A MALLORY HATS For Men and Young Men- in all the new blocks and shades - $5.00 R. ROBBINS 323 Main Street ERNEST LIPPE MEATS, GROCERIES AND FRESH FISH Watch for our Week End Specials 200 MECHANIC STREET TELEPHONE 802-M J. 0. Lemoine | FURNITURE Cash and Installment Plan 98-102 NORTH ST. Compliments of R VHF MANUFACTURING COMPANY CUTLERY THE NOMAR OPTICAL Company SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Makers of HIGH GRADE OPTICAL GOODS H. O. DESAULNIERS Wholesale and Retail Federal Tires and Tubes Auto Accessories Gulf Gasoline and Motor Oils and Greases 145 MECHANIC STREET PHONE 848 KENNEDY ELECTRIC CO. ««A«M Bi fe i Southbridge, Mass. Phone 1000 BLACK and WHITE ■nn FAXI tiiterstate X Talking Pictures High Grade Vaudeville STRAN D Always a Better Show owthforidg For You and Yours {ALBERT DAIRY Only Pasteurizing Plant in Southbridge PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM ALL LOCAL MILK Also Distributed in Our Local Schools TRY OUR CHOCOLATE MILK Call 752-R For Early Delivery G. GREGOIRE SON Wilbur-Coon Shoes for Women Nunn Bush and Freeman Shoes for Men Complete Line of Men ' s Furnishings 37 Years Experience in Shoe Repairing Phone 442-J 15 Hamilton Street ASK ABOUT OUR MONTHLY CASH PRIZES Cook with f GAS THE MODERN FUEL In a modern Insulated Glenwood, gaj reaches a new peak of convenience, comfort, cleanliness, speed and efficiency. Experience the real advantages of gas cooking with s modern Glenwood. I NSULATEP?) e Glenwood — GAS RANGES — Webster and Southbridge Gas and Electric Company DR. A. F. HANSON Optometrist 329 Main St. Southbridge Southbridge Fruit Co. O. Micheli, Prop. FRUITS, CANDY TOBACCO Corner Main and Hamilton Sts. Telephone Connection— 15-W FREE DELIVERY RELIABLE : LAUNDRY J Favreau Bros. Let our reliable way solve your washing problem . . . Phone 269- M 36 Central St. F. X. Laliberte Son INC. General Contractors BUILDING MOVERS BUILDERS ' SUPPLIES 59 Beecher Street Telephone 890-891 Southbridge, Mass. Caron McGrath ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE TEL. 1122-W 24 Blanchard Bldg. Southbridge, Mass. Compliments of THE BOSTON STORE J. O. Berthiaume, Prop. 36 Hamilton St. Southbridge, Mass. Compliments of F. A. BOUVIER SHOES —II (Wid Icnti ARCH PRESERVER WALKOVER FOOT DELIGHT Excellent Shoe Repairing We carry the largest and most complete line of Ladies ' Hosiery in Southbridge 11 Elm Street Geo. C. Butler and Son FLORISTS Plants, Cut Flowers, Floral Designs, Wedding Bouquets 93 Eastford Road Flowers-by-Wire Telephone 989 Furniture and Piano Moving Padded Vans Freighting, Rigging and Teaming Dump Trucks SOUTHBRIDGE TRUCKING CO. Established 1905 119 West Street Telephone 382-W SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. THE ELM BEAUTY PARLOR Service the modern way ESTELLE R. DESROSIER 9 Elm St. Phone 211 Permanent Waves a Specialty 1875 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 • Meet and Treat at Peloquin ' s Drug Store ALLAN H. FAXON FLORIST 33 Edwards St. Tel. 234 M Say it with M j Lowers I W - we grow |Jj them for you! t M PLIMEN WELD and BECK W N. LEGAULT CUSTOM TAILOR Cleaning and Repairing 305 MAIN STREET Edwards Bldg. Dupont Paints §fa Genesco Shingles Wall Paper William ' s Oilomatic Oil Burners The Priscilla Paint and Roofing Shoppe, Inc. GOODWIN BROS. Hart Schaffner and Marx and Smithson Clothing Stetson Hats Phil ' s Shoe Store 13 CENTRAL STREET Complete line of quality shoes and rubbers for the entire family. Compliments of DR. I. C. KEENAN Compliments of The Peoples Store 44 HAMILTON ST. 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 • SOUTHBRIDGE urn spill i§1pl SSI!!! wji ZjS$££ SV mS H ■f x £ vs. j wi C B BMygff fj ffi y j i« i 8 s islli j5mss M to SCHOOL A ' ut not alone. All over the country school is in session again. And all over the country parents are being advised to send their boys and girls back to school with good eyesight. American Optical Company is helping to spread this message. The stu- dent who cannot see his work properly is greatly handicapped in school. He is almost certain to be considered dull or unambitious, when the whole trouble is avoidable by correcting his vision. The frames and lenses that American Optical Company makes for boys and girls, young men and young women are one more way in which better vision goes from Southbridge to the eyes of the world. J517 AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS ■ H f I wf m mm .■•.-■•..•■ mm ■Bb ■ -« I f - • , I RSnH ' i ' W| B«MH ■ • i H Northeastern The School of Engineering Co-operating with engineering firms, offers curricula leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in the following branches of engineer- ing: CIVIL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Universitv The School of Business Administration Co-operating with business firms, offers courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in the following fields of business: ACCOUNTING BANKING AND FINANCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT The Co-operative Plan of training enables the student to combine technical theory with the equivalent of two years of practical experience, and makes it possible for him to earn his tuition and a part of his other school expenses. Students admitted in either September or December may complete the Scholastic year before the following September. For catalog or further information write to: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MILTON J. SCHLAGENHAUF, Director of Admissions, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS MADE IN 21 DIFFERENT MODELS For Hot Air Hot Water Steam Systems ©spou? FOR BETTER HEAT — CONSULT US For Kitchen Ranges Parlor Heaters Hot Air Circulators OVER 500 HOMES IN SOUTHBRIDGE NOW USING OUR BURNERS SUPERIOR OIL BURNER MFG. CO. REAR 16-22 MOON ST. SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. THE EDWARDS COMPANY Clothes for Young Men Middishade Blue Suits $25.00 Lamson and Hubbard Hats $4.00 Kuppenheimer in Extra Pant Suits from $25.00 to $37.50 High Grade Furnishings and Shoes Knox Hats $5.00 Regal Shoes $3.95 to $5.55 Table of Conti mts CHRISTMAS PUZZLE 4 EDITORIALS 5 Old-Fashioned Santa Claus Christmas Over There On Studying Our Advertisers — An Appreciation The New Basketball Floor Franklin D. Roosevelt LITERATURE 8 It Might be True! Absurd Shopping Christmas Fake Kay Finds Courage Various Greeting Customs Strenuous Days? Your Girl ? Advice ! BOOK REVIEWS 16 Beasts, Men and Gods Igloo Jungle Days The World ' s Danger Zone Swiss Family Manhatten The Emperor Jones Oasis and Simoon On the Bottom ATHLETICS 9 LOCALS 2 I ALUMNI NOTES 26 PRATTLE 2 7 THE CRIMSON and GRAY PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XVII DECEMBER, 1932 NUMBER 2 Staff Editor-in-chief Business Manager Treasurer Assistant Business Managers Subscription Manager ESTHER SKINNER Assistants FLORENCE LOCKHART ELEANOR WILLIAMS Prattle STANLEY FLOWER Local Editor ALICE CLARE BUCKLIN Reporters Senior NELLIE LESNIEWSKI Junior STANLEY FLOWER Sophomore ROGER THOMPSON Freshman FRANK LOCKI LUCILLE MONROE RAYMOND LENTI RODOLPH LEDUC JOHN R. LEPAGE, JR. GEORGE LITCHFIELD JOHN MARTIN Alumni Editor RUTH BILLINGS Athletic Editor ALFRED DE ANGELIS Exchange Editor JOHN BINGLEY Art Editor FRANCES REDHEAD Head Typist PHILIPPINA DE ANGELIS Assistants GERTRUDE CHAMPAGNE CARRIE LABELLE RITA LIVERNOIS JENNIE CALO Faculty Adviser THECLA FITZGERALD ■ 1 a. 3 1 ?■ u H ■ 1 8 aal i« ■ 3) «t 9 18 |w JO ai pa 38 51 1m 35- pb 37 Aq i? 3o 3 !«n b T3| ■ 3i •♦o 41 57 ACROSS 1. Mr. Tabor ' s Ford will go about 85 miles on five gallons of this. 4. What one of Mr. McMahon ' s hens lays each day. 7. Initials of the Biology teacher. 8. What the lights on Main St. are at night. 9. To mistake. 10. Initials of the Spanish teacher. 12. Nickname of a famous baseball player. 13. Another easy device (abb.) 15. What Jimmie Durante calls the Depression. 16. We learned in General Science that this comes from a cow. 18. Society of Trimming Trees (abbreviation). 19. What they call sailors. 21. Very (French). 22. A sharp sound made with the fingers. 23. A sea-eagle. 24. A South-African antelope. 25. What April weather generally is. 26. Eastern Central District (abbr.) 27. A narrow opening. 29. Beverages. 30. First name of the heroine of a book read by the Seniors. 33. Fir.-t name of a Freshman girl whose last name is Dumas 36. Not far away. 37. Clears. 39. Initials of the Geometry teacher. 40. Initials of one of Thelina Austin ' s best friends. 41. Behold! 42. Initials of the History teacher. 43. A feminine ending. 44. Abbreviation of the most serious students in school. DOWN 1. The way a Freshman might spell Glance. 2. It isn ' t in the dictionary. 3. In the classier districts it ' s called an Avenue. 4. Initials of a girl whose mother is a Doctor. 5. An impolite way of taking anything. 6. Meets politely. 7. Initials of a Senior Girl who takes European History. 11. A subject Miss Finnegan teaches (abbrevia- tion). 12. Where the pupils stay who cut capers during school hours. 14. President of the Student Council. 15. Virginia ' s and Winston ' s last name. 17. Heroine of Chonita. 18. Boils slowly. 20. Potatoes or cigarettes. 28. What grow in the forests. 29. Passion. 31. Seizes unexpectedly. 32. Initials of a Junior Girl who is a rather clever playwright. 33. A butcher who uses scissors (abbreviation). 34. Lubricates (Freshmen are not supposed to know the word). 35. Initials of an F nglish teacher. 38. Initials of a French teacher. ,• T EDITORIALS Old- Fashioned Santa Claus It seems as if the one old-fashioned person in the world to-day is Santa Claus, at least, he ' s the only one I ' ve been able to find. Do you ever hear of anyone else driving reindeer? Why, Santa hasn ' t even a delivery truck to help him on Christmas Eve — just eight old reindeer and a rickety sleigh. And who else do you see with long white hair and beard? Once in a while you do see a mustache or goatee on some benevolent old gentleman — but it ' s many years since I ' ve seen such a beard as Santa has. I ' ve a hunch he never even saw the inside of a barber shop. His gifts are usually old-fashioned. Year after year he brings dolls to little girls, and trains, sleds, and drums to little boys. And he doesn ' t send them by mail or parcel post — he always appears with them in person, by way of the chimney. He must be very clever, too, for although most of the world has gone modern and installed furnaces, he always man- ages to get down chimneys and up again with- out even singeing his beard. And his clothes are so hopelessly out-of- date! He ' s worn that same old red suit with the white fur for years and years and years. Mrs. Santa Claus tried to persuade him to get a natty new suit and a raccoon coat this year, hut Santa wouldn ' t be persuaded. Somehow he feels that he ' d spoil Christmas by becoming modern, and I feel the same way, too. Don ' t you? Ruth E. Simpson ' 34 Christmas Over There v Existing on a diet of cold meat and black, sugarless coffee day in and day out — little wonder the boys over there thought a dinner of smoking beans and hot coffee a real Christ- mas treat by comparison. The soldiers on duty in the front-line tren- ches on Christmas Eve opened the packages from home, consisting of much-needed woolen underclothes and socks, in a discreet silence, less the enemy creep up unawares — although the enemy was enjoying a Christmas of their own. A real present from Uncle Sam was given to- many of the boys in the form of leave, releasing the lucky soldier from death ' s ever-clutching hands for a time at least. Most of the soldiers thought this the best present. The irony of fate took its own presents that night, using bullets as its Santa Claus. Many of the soldiers were shot on the memorial of the birth of Christ, with the Peace on earth sadly belied by the booming cannon. Stanley Flower ' 34 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY On Studying Unquestionably the primary purpose of the high school is the training of the mind. Recog- nition in the field of scholarship is fully as important as recognition on the athletic field. We notice our athletes, a fine group of husky youths wearing the distinctive W ' s, and many of us perhaps envy them to a slight degree, although we arc proud of them. On the field of battle they have fought well to uphold the respected name of Wells. Their worthiness is indisputable. . But equally important and equally worthy are those students whose untiring efforts have brought them success in the classroom. Their training was not received on the athletic field. When in the heat of contest, no one cheered them to victory. When they rallied to success, they did not receive the thrill of resounding yells and applause. Perhaps the hand clasp of a friend, or the encouragement of a teacher was their only reward. These students, too, are upholding the honor of the school, although they have won their prestige in departments of intellectual rather than in physical training. Why study then if there is no reward? That is the attitude of several students. A student is highly compensated for doing his own lesson each day, for he gains for himself a knowledge he would not have had otherwise, and he has procured for himself a feeling of happiness that helps make life worthwhile. A football player receives pleasure in the training of his muscles, studying different plays and coming in close contact with husky fellows. But isn ' t there a joy in solving one ' s firsl original in geometry? And doesn ' t a student receive a growth of appreciation of characters through a study of English? In training his mind a student receives a very real pleasure although in a very different sense from an athlete. Lucille Monroe ' 33 Our Advertisers- An Appreciation There are far too many high school students who consider that the surrounding towns and cities are more alert, more modern, more ag- gressive than Southbridge. They will tell you to go to the city to purchase your needs. Why? Because the city stores ask so much less for articles and you can be sure these articles are of the latest design and pattern. Remarks like these from uninformed students always bring out my animosity. How absurd it is to say one saves money in the city. In the first place that city store pays a larger rent, in proportion, than the local store. Their payroll is much greater; their overhead is decidedly too great for them to consider a reasonable profit. In this period of declivity when com- petition is so much greater, it is well to re- member that the local merchant figures on the lowest possible retail prices. The moral to be learned is that no one will give you a dollar for seventy-five cents. Considering the second reason for going to the city, we find that style can also be bought in Southbridge on one condition — this condi- tion depends on the public. Are the local people willing to consider town merchants? If this is so it should be proved to Southbridge. Southbridge will then be in a position to satisfy your needs. Now if you arc convinced t litis far, you will undoubtedly ask from whom shall I buy? You will surely wish to purchase your needs from the alert, deserving, modern, and well wisher. The answer is simple and covers all points, Patronize your supporters. The Supporters are none other than the ones who purchase space in the Crimson and Gray. Did you know that your magazine cost much more than twenty-five cents to print and that the total cost for a single copy of the Commen- cement number is almost one dollar as it comes to you? Therefore the paying element can be none other than your merchant. Does this DECEMBER 1932 prove to you who is deserving of your trade ' 7 Does this prove to you who is alert to your needs? Does this prove to you who is modern? Does this prove to you who is your well wisher? The normal way to ask for your kindness and repayment to merchants who have helped you is to say. Patronize your advertisers. But now these three words have taken on an entirely new meaning. The new request is PATRONIZE YOUR SUPPORTERS Raymond Lenti ' 33 The New Basketball Floor Because the Town authorities felt it neces- sary to increase the rental of the Town Hall for baskethall this year, permission to use the school auditorium has been granted by the school committee for practice and for some of the home games. This looks like a step in the right direction. For many years the lack of a suitable gym- nasium has been clearly seen by both officials and players of our basketball teams. The fact that every other team in the league of which Wells is a member, except Oxford, possesses a gymnasium, has been a serious handicap to the development of our teams. Also Oxford ' s handicap is lessened considerably by the fact that she has no football team, and the grid season therefore can be devoted to basket- ball practice. Thus we see that the Wells basketball teams Lave, for some time, been competing against opponents on an unequal footing. Another point which must be considered is the health of the, participants. When the games are played in the Town Hall, our boys invari- ably dress ai i he Y. M. C. A. and run through the cold night to the Town Hall; after the game, covered with perspiration, they are forced once more to make this jump to the Y , while the visiting team either rides up in drafty cars to use the school showers, or dresses at the Town Hall without having the benefit of a shower. The new arrangements will overcome these conditions and the auditorium will be put to much greater use than at present. ' Class games can be played and every student m the school will have a chance to participate. The varsity squad can practice every day, arid the athletic association will not have to beair the expense of renting: a hall. Let us hope that the enthusiasm of the stu- dents at the games will encourage the success of this new project which so benefits the whole school. i .Andrew Tully Franklin D. Roosevelt President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt has many interest but few hobbies. He is a stamp collector of renown and his collection of books on the navies of the world is notable. The last few years have been such busy ones that Mr. Roosevelt has not been able- to devote much time to stamps. Occasionally, however, he has an hour open when he goes over his stamp books. The President-elect carries on a correspondence with stamp col- lectors he has never met. An Indianapolis youth has written to Mr. Roosevelt for several years. He first wrote him about a rare stamp in the Roosevelt collec- tion. When the Democratic standard bearer visited Indianapolis, the young stamp collector managed to shake his hand. Mr. Roosevelt rides and swims. Before he was s tricken with infantile paralysis he was a golfer. At Warm Spring, Georgia, he donated money to have a hospital lor those with in- fantile paralysis. Back in his college days at Harvard he used to be Editor of the Harvard Crimson. Mr. Continued on P ige j LITERATURE It Might be True! Billy, will you keep out of the way of planes? I ' ll tell you when Santa comes, called the airport manager to Billy who had just escaped being hit by an incoming plane. ' ' This year, Santa is going to find a lot of things he never came across before, Eh! Billy? Here he comes now! ' Come on boys, bring out Santa ' s new auto, lie has a long trip ahead of him tonight. Santa, you are fifteen minutes later than usual this y ar. How come? I had a bit of plane trouble on the way down. My plane was overhauled just before I started by an expert mechanic. Boy! never again will I trust my plane to any mechanic! I shall do my own overhauling. But how can you find time? Surely you musl lie busy up to the hist minute. You are wrong there, replied Santa, I completed my toy-making last month, thanks to modern machinery. Well, Santa, how do you like the stream- line car we have for you? Say, that ' s some boat! Darned if it hasn ' t got doughnut tires, too. That ' s a help! Those old balloon tires give a person lots of jolts. It certainly is up to the minute! twenty-four cylinder engine mounted in the rear, automatic gear-shift, radio-television, and, to ward off gangster attacks, bullet-proof glass, tires, and body, a machine gun, and black lights! Now I won ' t have to dim my lights. Well, I must be going. Be back soon. So long. Bill, who had looked at Santa, his toys, and the big new car with awe, now remembered his reason for coming to see Santa. Unnoticed, he slid into the machine and hid behind the front seat. He had just got nicely settled when Santa jumped in the car and off they went! Not until Santa had started his radio, did Bill dare make his presence known. Santa turned in surprise at seeing the stowaway, and asked: How did you get in here? DECEMBER 1932 I climbed in when you weren ' t looking. You won ' t put me off, will you? It ' s against the rules, but as you have a good record I ' ll let you stay. How do you find out if a boy is good? asked Bill. I used to have little elves posted by each person, but since television has come, I have sets which record and show the thoughts and doings of everyone, said Santa, The elves are now working in the shop. Want to come with me? Sure, said Bill, that ' s why I hid in your car. And away they went on Santa ' s Christ- mas trip. They tell me you used to go down the chimneys. Why don ' t you do that now? In the old days, said Santa, every house had a big fireplace with an open fire, around which the family sat to keep warm on long winter evenings. There are no longer any big fireplaces with big chimneys. Even then, it was rather dirty work. Santa pulled a bunch of keys from his pocket which he showed to Bill. This key, he said, will open any Yale lock, and these other two will open any other kind of lock. They had now arrived at a home and Santa, taking up his bag of toys, went into the house to decorate the tree. Bill followed after him, shivering. Are you cold, Billy? We ' ll fix that quickly, said Santa as he stepped to the wall and pressed a button. Almost immediately the room became comfortably warm and Billy, glowing, found Santa had turned on the electricity and started an electric furnace just as one would turn on a light. Santa then proceeded to arrange the presents on the artificial, fireproof tree, decorated with tinsel and many small electric lights. His job completed in this house, they went on to the next, but Santa couldn ' t get in be- cause it was guarded or protected with ultra- red light rays. Ho returned to his car and took out an odd looking suit. This, he explained to Billy, was a ray-proof suit which he would have to wear to be able to get into the house. After distributing toys in New York, he radioed his factory to find out which city was next on his list. His chief of elves told him it was Southbridge, Mass., that optical town on the Quinebaug. Santa mumbled to himself: Hump ! I should have been able to remember that town without having to call up! and away they whizzed at lightning speed. Well Billy here we are in Southbridge, the town where you ' re either up or downhill any- where you may go about town, said Santa. Santa zipped down Main Street hill and tried to make the turn into Elm Street, but the slippery block pavement caused his machine to skid into the dummy policeman. The dummy sailed through the air as though propelled by some powerful, unseen force, just missing Bugs Miller ' s head. This young chap, thoroughly frightened, let out an Indian war- whoop and rushed back to the innermost reces- ses of the Y. M. C. A. club rooms. Kind ' a looks like they expected this town to rival New York, some day, building all these three story tenements, said Santa as he came puffing back to the car for another load of toys. Saves time in delivering though, so I should- n ' t kick as long as I only have to make the trip once a year. Southbridgt was soon covered, and Santa and Billy sped -quickly away to the next town on their list. Santa ' s great body seemed carried on wings, so quick was he that night. Billy, young as he was, found it difficult to keep up with him on his trips from hous to house. North America was quickly covered, and then Santa traveled southward, covering South America to its farthest tip. There they boarded a rocket-plane bound for Australia which came into view soon after they had visited the South Sea Islands en route. Australia, Asia, Europe, and Africa were all visited in turn, and Christmas gifts distributed. 10 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY (!)nly Russia was left out, for Russia did not believe in Santa there so he eut her off his list. • ' From Cape Town. South America, they turned their plane toward New York, and home. New York ' - landing field came into view and the manager came out on the field to open the door of the plane. Hello, Santa! I wish you a Merry Christmas. Where in the world did you pick up that boy? We ' ve been looking every- where for him. . Bill, how did you get to go with Santa? Run along home now before the police pick you up. They are looking for you. ' Santa stepped from his plane and shook hands with his New York manager. Thanks a lot for your help. That auto was a jim-dandy and it helped a lot in getting around quickly. I must be off for home now, it will soon be morning. He stepped aboard and quickly gained altitude as he circled the field and headed for the North Pole and home, to await the coming of another Christmas. Gerald McNitt ' 34 George LeDuc ' 34 those white mice for Grandma. She is lone- some, and they will keep her mind off the depression. For Grandpa, I ' m going to get one of these pretty flowers to wear in his button hole. If he doesn ' t like it, I can wear it on my new party dress. Oh, a chiffon lace handkerchief! The very thing for Cousin Mary! She never goes to parties — but anyway, I think it ' s pretty. Uncle Ned, dear old Uncle Ned. What shall I get for him? I wonder what those brilliant green things over there are. Guess I ' ll investi- gate. Suspenders ! Just the thing for him ! And, oh look! Green ties! I ' ll get one for Dad and maybe someday I can borrow it to wear with my green skirt and white shirt. Now next on my list is Mother. Her present is home and in my drawer. Last of all comes Brother. Last year he got me something that he, even, couldn ' t use. I think I ' ll get him something that I can use as well as he. U-m-m, let me see. Oh, I know, a pair of white hockey socks! Can ' t you just imagine these people when they opened their presents Christmas! Eleanor McNitt ' 34 Absurd Shopping Mary Louise was tired of giving the same people the same thing year after year. She was tired of giving Aunt Susan stationery and Cousin Mary perfume. She was going to rebel! Yes, she was! And she was going to get them whatever she wanted to. That was all there was to that ! The next day as Mary Louise went shopping through the stores, these thoughts raced through her mind: Lei me see. Oh yes! Aunt Susan is first, and I know just what I ' m going in gei her. I saw the cutest little dog collar the other day in May ' s that I know she ' ll just adore. She hasn ' t a dog hut if she likes the col- lar she can get a dog to go with it. ..And while I ' m down in this section I might as well get Christmas Fake Hector did not believe in Santa Clans. He knew there wasn ' t any so he was grouchy when his father said Santa would bring him a whip because he was not a good boy. Christmas Eve Hector went to bed late as usual, and sat up in bed reading, ' Twas the night before Christmas , at the time when Santa Claus should come down the chimney. But Santa would not come down Hector ' s chimney because Hector had an extra large fire blazing in the fire place. Hector ' s eyes grew heavy, and he was about to doze off to sleep when suddenly he heard a tinkling of bells. He jumped out of bed and threw up the sash as it says in the Night DECEMBER 1932 11 before Christmas. He looked out in every direction, but found nothing, so back to bed he went, grumbling that the horses in the barn had awakened him. Just as he got in, he heard a stamping of feet and, again, a tinkling of bells. Again he rushed to the window, and, Lo and Behold! there going across the snow was a sleigh. In it sat a man with a beard, wearing a little red suit (Santa of course) driving what seemed to be reindeer. But what odd deer they were! One was all white, two were brown, and another all black. Hector quickly dressed and went out ; he looked all around but could not find Santa. So he turned to go home. There on the door he found a slip of paper saying, I could not give you any presents because your fire scorched me. Then the truth burst upon Hector. Quickly he ran into the barn and hid in a corner. Pre- sently he heard a tinkling of bells, and into the barn came Santa. Santa got out, and whisk, off came his mask. Behold, there stood Hector ' s father! He proceeded in his work of unharnessing the horses, (for they were horses not deer) ridicu- lous in card-board antlers. With a shout which startled his father, Hector jumped out and said, Wasn ' t I right 9 Daddy. You ' re right, son, he said. Hector Ditomasso ' 36 Kay Finds Courage Half way up the tortuous, treacherous moun- tain road Kay felt that she could no longer endure the agony of terror that had been stead- ily mounting in her since the car had left the safe streets of the village. For a moment she was possessed by. a frenzied impulse to leap from the lurching car and tell Anne that she could not ride another inch. But if she did that, Anne would guess what a coward she was and Kay would endure anything rather than let her guess that! Anne, fearless herself, had little use for cowardice, and above all else, Kay longed to keep the good opinion of her friend. So she remained quiet in the car. Kay, terrified, stared out at the appalling narrow load with its deep ruts and hazardous curves, and then, shuddering, shut her eyes. But even with her eyelids closed she could not erase the mental picture of that precipitous • hop from the edge of the road down to the stream bed in the canyon far below, nor ignore the terrifying lurch of the car as Anne swerved it out to avoid scraping the rocky face of the sheer cliff rising up from the other side of the road. It was almost a year since the accident that had left Kay with this irrational terror. Before that she had driven a car with fearless con- fidence, but in that accident, her courage had been more severely crushed than her bones. She had vowed under no circumstances would she drive a car again. She had met Anne while visiting her great- aunt. Friendship between them progressed ra- pidly, and, knowing that cowardice was one thing which Anne could not tolerate, Kay care- fully concealed her terror of driving and let Anne think she didn ' t know how. Because Kay could think of no good, reasonable excuse to offer for not accompanying Anne on her auto- mobile excursions, she was compelled to con- quer her aversion to riding or forfeit a friend- ship which was very dear to her. Then Anne had invited Kay to her summer cabin in the mountains. Kay had readily ac- cepted. Anne ' s parents were away, and so the new housekeeper, Mrs. Haggerty, accompanied Anne and Kay. Is it much farther? Kay inquired, trying to make her voice sound casual. No, we ' ll soon be there answered Anne. The grade from here on is pretty stiff, but it ' s the loveliest spot on the mountain. Anne drove on, keeping her eyes steadily on the dangerous road. At last she said, Here we are now! 12 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY They were all soon inside the cabin. When Anne had lighted a fire, the cold, unused at- mosphere was transposed into a charming spot which lent a cozy warmth to the surroundings. Anne introduced Kay to some of her favorite haunts, leading her over trails and through glades. Now that Kay ' s recent terror had Subsided, she could wax enthusiastic over nature. But her enjoyment was marred by a gnawing apprehension over the approaching ordeal of being compelled to ride down the road they had ascended. For several days it remained sunny, then, however, a fog settled down over the mountain tops. The girls, unmoved by this misty atmos- phere, continued their daily explorations. It was on one of their rainy-day expeditions that the two girls stopped to rest on a mountain crest. Suddenly Anne slipped her arm around Kay and said, Kay, you don ' t know how glad I am to have you here. It ' s such a joy to have someone around who enjoys doing things, who never hedges out of things. Kay swallowed hard as she tried to think of some answer to this undeserved praise. She felt horribly guilty and uncomfortable, and still she could not let Anne know that she was unworthy of her praise. Under the stress of her emotion, she suggested that they continue their walk. Suddenly, as Kay started to move on, the still air was stabbed by a shrill cry, Oh Kay, the ledge is crumbling! Oh-h-h! Anne ' s voice dwindled away. For a moment Kay stood immobile, frozen with fear and horror. Then she dashed down the ledge to the bottom of the gulch, and saw, huddled in a heap, Anne. Desperately she tried to raise Anne up, but without help she was a den I weight. Kay fairly flew back to the cabin kitchen and got Mrs. Haggerty. Together they were able to carry Anne to the cabin, but their attempts to bring her to consciousness were futile. Kay tried to telephone for a doctor, but one attempt was all she needed to find the line was out of order. ' We ' ll have to get a doctor right away, de- clared Mrs. Haggerty in a troubled tone. Un- doubtedly some of her bones are broken, and she may have some internal injuries. Do you drive, Kay? Drive? Through Kay ' s mind flashed a picture of that awful road. The mere thought of driving to town made her helpless with fright. In the sudden revelation that swept over her, an insistent inner voice kep t saying, No, no, no! But all this time her eyes were on Anne, in need of immediate attention. Anne had faith in her. Anne thought her courageous. Anne had depended on her pluck ! Kay took a deep breath and throttled the terror that threatened to submerge all her better instincts. Yes, I can drive, she forced herself to say. Mrs. Haggerty was apparently relieved, and the two of them bundled Anne into the car. Then Kay ' s real struggle began. As she released the brakes, the car gave a terrifying lunge forward and started sliding down the slippery hill. Kay forced herself to keep a steady hand on the wheel. Through the nightmare of effort, only the thought of Anne who had faith in her and who must be saved, kept her steady. After the precarious ride, Anne was soon safe in a hospital, and under skilled care she was put on the road to recovery in a short while. It was during one of Kay ' s numerous visits that Anne tried to express her gratitude. Everyone says that it was your courage and level-headedness in driving that saved my life, Kay, and I don ' t know how to express my feel- ings for your bravery. Kay gulped painfully. The time had come when she could no longer conceal her real cowardice and retain a shred of self-respect. It was the most difficult thing she had ever done, but she faced it squarely. Oh no Anne, I wasn ' t brave. I have been the worst kind of a coward. I have been simply seared of cars ever since my Dodge turned over with me in it. I discovered you hated cowar- dice, and I didn ' t want you to guess how wretchedly afraid I was. When I drove down the mountain I woul d have gone crazy with fear if it hadn ' t been for your faith in me. You had just said you could depend on my pluck, DECEMBER 1932 13 and I had to go through with it. You ' ll hate me, I know! With these words, Kay ' s voice broke. Oh Kay, you precious child! Anne ex- claimed. What better proof of courage have you than doing something you were most afraid to do for someone else? That ' s a real test for pluck, and I ' m proud to have you for a friend. And I ' ll be your chauffeur too, said Kay. That road completely cured me of my auto- mobile driving fright. That was one good turn it had among its fifty-seven varieties! Lucille Monroe ' 33 Various Greeting Customs When we read or hear the name of a foreign country, most of us to-day are fairly well informed as to its general characteristics; but individuality is lost if details are treated care- lessly. For instance, one cannot overlook how symbolically a nation is represented by its res- pective greeting customs. Imagine a person ' s extending his tongue as far out as he possibly can at somebody. You would surely be convinced that either an ill- bred person or a fool faced you. This opinion however would by no means be true in Tibet, for here, reception is allowed with wide outstretched tongue as a polite greeting. Yes, the further the inhabitant of Tibet shows his tongue, the more publicly he wants to symbolize that there is no malicious word ready on his tongue for the stranger. Almost all tourist- experience this queer custom. They gr 1 1 it with much amazement and laughter. It must be quite a grotesque sight to see a whole crowd greeting a hero! In the highlands and bandit-threatened East Tibet, upon meeting, people say to each other, You have hardships experienced. I have experienced no hardships, but surely you? The polite parting before oncoming danger is, Go slow! To the one staying behind, one says, Sit slow! In the mountainous Middle Afghanistan the horseback riders or troups of Mongols en- counter each other with, Good-day, I hope you will not tire. Did you eat enough? sounds the hello in certain parts of thick-inhabited and famine- tormented China. This is the greeting of a courageous soldier of the Caucuses whose life is war and to whom independence is very important, I hope you conquer. I wish you the same, joyfully replies the other. In the Southeast Asia one ' s greeting is en- tirely different. There the offering of ci; owing tobacco to friends and guests is the thing. From these few examples, which could be increased, one realizes that the different greet- ing customs, besides having a symbolic mean- ing, many times include the peculiarity of the peasant nature. The Frenchman is charming, the Englishman correct, and the Austrian kisses the hand of everyone no matter who it may bo. And in Germany? There the salute is like- wise political. The German has always been cordial. A good handshake showed sincerity. Headbowing and hat lifting spread a moderate social atmosphere. But all this has changed. Refined people shake hands only on Sundays, and even then only with their nearest friends and relations because it has been discovered that the handshake is unhygienic. Within the last six years has grown up the custom of a hearty Hail! Hail! Hail! good morning! Hail, good evening! The salute has become a political recognition. To the handshake, however, I think, belongs fellowship and soul. Margot Kuehn ' 33 14 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Strenuous Days? Twas the day before test week And all through the school Not a whisper was heard and none dared fool. Some pupils were nervous and others were blank, For fear that their test cards would play them a prank. The teachers were struggling to give them a lift, In hopes that the dumb ones above D would drift. The books that went home were pored o ' er and o ' er In the last minute rush to cram in some more. Free periods in the day, by the pupils were spent, To improve past records that were sorely bent. And so preparation, in all its mad whirl — Participated in by each boy and girl — ■ Gave hopes of good marks when the tests were unfurled, And so make life brighter in our studious world. Our tests being over, half in fear, half in dread, We waited impatiently for our marks to be read; A few got A ' s and more got D ' s; Some teachers were satisfied and others dis- pleased; Some received applause and others but jests But what matters that if we all tried our best? George Litchfield ' 34 Your Girl? He was kind-hearted — but inexperienced; he thought he ' d take his girl to the football game. As they entered the gate she exclaimed, Don ' t sit on that side. Why not? Because that girl ahead has a hat just like mine, was the answer. But we ' ve got to sit there, he answered, we ' re supposed to be rooting for Columbia. As they were getting settled a boy came by ' selling candy, feathers, books, and charms. Would you like a Columbia feather? he asked. Yes — No, wait! I ' d rather have an orange and black one — it will match my outfit. But that ' s a Princeton feather. That ' s all right, I don ' t mind. After the girl had been satisfied in that res- pect, her attention was caught by the leader of the band. Between many ahs! and ohs! he finally found out that she just adored his uniform. The crowd rose and cheered at this moment; after everyone was seated she was still standing and cheering. That ' s enough for this time, he said and silently hoped that none of his friends was in the immediate vicinity. After a few minutes of play the Columbia quarterback made a touchdown. Isn ' t he great? he asked. Who? The fellow who just carried the ball across the line for a touchdown. How silly, she said, he could have thrown the ball instead of wasting all that time and energy. He has to do that, he tried to explain, in order to win the game. But why doesn ' t he give the other fellows a chance to get some exercise? Well, we ' ll let it go at that, he said. Enough is enough. After a few minutes of enjoyable silence she asked, Who is that man with the white uni- form? That ' s the referee. Referee? I didn ' t think this was a boxing match. DECEMBER 1932 15 Boxing matches aren ' t the only places where they have referees, he tried to explain. After the first half, when the team started to go off the field and people were walking around greeting friends, he suddenly had a brilliant idea. Well, he said, ' -shall we go! Oh! is it all over? she asked. Yes. Well, I certainly don ' t ever want to see another football game, she said, it isn ' t even exciting. Not exciting? How come? Why, she responded brilliantly, the players just chase one another up and down the field trying to get the ball. There ' s no sense to it. And after leaving her he also agreed that there was no sense to it — but his idea was dif- ferent because he murmured. No sense at all to bringing a girl like that to a football game. Shucks! a perfectly good afternoon wasted. I wonder what the score was. EDITORIALS, Continued Roosevelt still likes to recall those days, and he frequently reminds newspaper men that he is of their craft because of that apprentice- ship. The President-elect has a nose for news , and occasionally suggests a topic for a news story. He always has been at his ease with reporters, and at many of his press con- ferences during his campaign he revealed de- tails of the maneuvers, first saying, This is off the record , that meant not to be pub- lished. He was particularly frank in giving out background or explanatory material. The lid is on means that he will not give out any news during a certain period, a week end at Hyde Park, an afternoon at New York City, or an evening with friends at Long Island. He hopes to write comprehensively on the philosophy of the government, a subject which has furnished the theme for two small books by him. Norman Brodeur ' 33 Eleanor Woodruff ' 33 Advice ! To take a joke from the Senior Class; To bear with patience a playful prank; To smile sweetly at an impertinent lass; To keep your report card at highest rank- That means Success. Tf) study diligently when others do fool; To be a true athlete forever and more; To gladly uphold this dear old school; To ever be ignorant of the words Room 4! - That means Happiness. Philippina De Angelis ' 33 s I bOOK Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski The book, Beasts, Men and Gods, by Ferdinand Ossendowski, is a well-executed work giving one a vivid view of the horror and bloodshed in our own world at the present time. It is a chronicle of the author ' s adventures while fleeing for his life from the Red Bolshe- viki in Russia. It records over a year of hard- ships — snow, cold, beasts, enemies — all combin- ing to form an almost impassable obstacle which could be conquered only by extreme courage and strategy. Many Mongolian customs and legends are given to the reader in a manner highly stimu- lating to the imagination. The Lamas or high Priests, and the secret of the Living Buddha or most Exalted One are described in vivid word pictures. The author had his fortune told by one of the Lamas. who warned him to beware of the ••.Man with a head like a saddle. Later a man with a peculiarly shaped head, strangely like a saddle, catised the author much trouble and even tried to poison him. Baron [Jngern, the man with 130 more days of life how could this be foretold? And on the date set he died. How is a Living Buddha discovered? Was the author hypnotized when he saw his family at the altar of the Buddha? As, with a sigh, one puts the book aside after reading it, the question constantly runs through one ' s mind, Can these things be? Stanley Flower ' 34 Igloo by Jane Walden Igloo is the famous mascot belonging to Admiral Byrd who accompanied him on his expeditions to the North Pole and the South Pole. This story does not cite heroic, incredible deeds of a dog. It relates the amusing experiences and re- actions of a dog who comes into contact with the unusual characteristics peculiar to the Arctic Regions such as penguins, seals, eskimo dogs, and icebergs. It also tells of instances of his intelligence and his airs of superiority which are rat 1km- pleasing. Igloo possesses courage and undaunted curiosity. All these make up a striking personality and character and at the same time a very delight- ful, humorous, colorful story of Igloo. The amusing, true to life drawings of him are a tint her attraction to this story. Adelc Sawicki ' 33 DECEMBER 1932 17 Jungle Days by Dr. Arley Munson When Arley was a little girl, she saw a book with the picture of an Indian woman throwing her babe to the alligators. She tearfully vowed to go out to India and save these poor little babies when she grew up. Consequently, after receiving her diploma from medical school in Philadelphia, she sailed for Bombay. There she established a hospital. Her life for five years is then told to you. Read about the many adventures she had. Many horrors and curious customs of India, which she witnessed, are given in detail. I mention one horror which I remember clearly. An Indian woman came to see Dr. Munson. She had a white turban on her head and some of the cloth was drawn over her face. When she lowered this cloth, the doctor was shocked at the sight of the poor woman. Her husband had cut her nose off to punish her for some evil deed that she had committed. On the other hand, she met fine characters who adopted the Christian religion and kept faith in God when many hardships prompted them to return to their own beliefs. Dr. Munson returned to America with a happy heart and a peaceful conscience, after giving aid to many of the needy in the Jungles. Rita Lacasse ' 34 The World ' s Danger Zone by George Sherwood Eddy The World ' s Danger Zone is not merely a story, but a true account of the Far Eastern situation. Mi-. Eddy, the author, was present during the present conflict, between Japan and China over Manchuria. He terms Manchuria as The Danger Zone of the World. He relates to the reader, China ' s viewpoint on affairs as well as Japan ' s. Eddy brings out the reasons why Manchuria holds danger and untold complications for the whole world in the future. The United States, Great Britain, and France hold possessions in the Shanghai section, to which the Manchurian troubles have been led. Japan and China are members of the League of Nation which is composed of many countries, who are opposed to warfare and who promote peace; China and Japan, therefore, are break- ing the Peace Pact. This might involve all the countries in the League against the countries breaking the Pact. . The author is a good writer, and, since he has spent most of his life in the Far East, his experiences and contacts have fitted him to write this up-to-date book on the latest troubles in the Orient. He is able to give speci- fic details about the action and plans of both Japan and China. He has attended meetings of all classes of countrymen and has conferred with high officials of the countries in the con- flict both of which have given him much in- formation. The book is ideal to instruct the reader who is interested in up-to-date affairs, which might possibly affect every country in the world. Edward St. Pierre ' 34 Swiss Family Manhatten by Christopher Morley Swiss Family Manhatten is an amusing satire on present day New York life. Just as the Swiss Family Robinson was shipwrecked on a desert island, so this family of a Swiss clerk is shipwrecked. Their island turns out to be the top of the unfinished Empire State Building. The adventures which befall the family arc just as strange and just as full of adventure, however, as those of Swiss Family Robinson. Laola Sharpe ' 33 The Emperor Jones by Eugene O ' Neill I liked The Emperor Jones because it is different from other plays, although dramas concerning the negroes are numerous. 18 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY In successive scenes it portrays a negro ' s anogance, his superstition, and his fear. Dressed in a scarlet gown, Jones steps from an emperor ' s throne into a wild jungle to escape his people. The play is located in a savage colony not yet inhabited by civilized white men. The play starts right in telling of the negroes ' going into the forest to rebel against the emperor, a former negro convict in the United States. He had killed a negro friend while gambling, had es- caped from prison, and had come to this colony where, through his cunning and shrewd brain, he had made all the native negroes believe he is a god. He had taken advantage of them, taxed the negroes, however, so that they are now in a state of rebellion. The negroes es- caped from his power into the jungle while the emperor is sleeping. The emperor, upon awakening and finding them gone, makes his escape. .Tones had pre- pared for such an emergency, had stored up all his stolen money in a foreign bank, and now was going to that country to enjoy life! The negroes follow him through the jungle. Through his own suspicions and conscience, Jones believes he sees ghosts in the forests and he loses his way. He becomes terror-stricken. Finally he is caught and killed by the negroes. I liked this play because of characteristic negro expressions in the descriptions. The des- criptions of Smither and Emperor Jones were perfect. Here is an illustration of the description of Smithers. Smithers is a tall, stoop-shouldered man about forty. His bald head perched on a long neck with an enormous Adam ' s apple, looks like an egg. The tropics have tanned his natural pasty face to a sickly yellow, and native rum has painted his nose red. Renato Volpini ' 33 Oasis and Simoon by Ferdinand Ossendowski Oasis and Simoon gives us a thrilling ac- count of the desert with its vasi emptiness and its terrible storms which cause the natives to flee in terror. Magic, witches, sorceresses, the sacrificing of human beings to calm the wrath of the evil gods, Egyptian dancers, the skillful hunting of the natives, the passionate love of a Sahira for a white man, the horror and blood- ' shed in those Eastern countries, and the won- ders of that part of the world are all part of the book of travel. This book was written by a Polish professor while he traveled in Algeria and Tunisia. It is told so vividly that it carries the reader, in imagination, to the countries of the Far East. The reading of a book for a book-report need not be a dull task when books like this one can be obtained. Irene Kania ' 34 On the Bottom by Commander Edward Ellsberg In On The Bottom , Commander Edward Ellsberg, the Commanding Officer of the rescue ship Falcon, gives a vivid account of the sal- vaging of the Submarine S-51, off the shores of Block Island. The Submarine S-51, obeying the laws per- taining to submarines, was going along its course in the early spring. The City of Rome , a liner paying no attention whatever to laws and going at full speed, hit the submarine with such force that it made a big hole in the engine room of the S-51 and caused it to sink before anyone of its crew could be rescued. At this point in the story Commander Ells- berg begins to give us a vivid and exciting picture of the salvaging of the S-51. He gives us in great detail a list of the dangers to w r hieh a diver is exposed while under water. If a diver stays under water for more than sixty minutes he develops a case of bend. As a means of preventing this Com- mander Ellsberg tells about the decompression rooms and the work done there. We are told of the important part that the United States Navy takes in the salvaging of the S-51. It was not until the following summer that the bodies of the men trapped in the S-51 were finally brought to their families. Ellen Chani ' 34 - r ATHLETICS Football Another football season has ended at the Mary E. Wells High, and with the passing of the season such men as Lionel Hebert, Alfred DeAngelis, Renato Volpini, and Parker Weaver, mainstays of the squad, are lost to the team by graduation. The season has not been a brilliant one, but we have a few bright in- cidents of which any team could be proud. On October 15, the squad traveled to Ware and won the day by a margin of 13-0. The 1932 team was the first team representing Mary E. Wells ever to defeat Ware on her home field. The Holden game makes us feel good to remember. Last year they trounced our team, but this year we proved ourselves superior. Then came Thanksgiving! The Wells team met a smooth, strong team in Bartlett. Bart- lett ' s playing was hard and clean, — and, before it, we went to defeat. It was hard to feel that our unbeaten reputation for four consecutive years had to be tarnished — but every team has its day ! The squad starting the Webster game was as follow- : J.Starr L E Capt. A. DeAngelis L T A. Sylvestri L G J. Martin C K. Harmon R G L. Hebert R T R. Werner R E N. LeBlanc Q B A. Palmerino R H B J. Gervasi L H B M. , OsimO ' F B In anticipation, next year ' s prospects look good. Edmund Burke, our old friend, tells us to rely upon experience, — and so we should expect success! At Left End we have John Starr, a veteran of two years, and how he snatches passes! At Left Tackle is a vacant spot left by DeAngelis, probably to be filled by Raymond Favreau, a capable substitute. At Left Guard is An- thony Silvestri, a veteran who is always in the thickest part of the scrimmage. At Center is John Martin, a regular, who has proved his worth as a valuable asset to his team. At Right Guard is Kenneth Harmon, a regular, brought up in the sticks — but the way he takes his man out would make one envy him. At Right Tackle Louis Santo has a job cut out for himself in filling Hebert ' s place. But Santo- has made quite a reputation for himself and will be quite capable of making Right Tackle a formidable position again. At Right End is Robert Werner, a veteran of two years at the end of this, his second sea- son. There is no need of my telling you what a man he is; you have all seen him in action. He is a great handicap for the opposition to attempt to overcome. Norman LeBlanc at the Signal-calling posi- 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY tion has proved his knowledge of football strategy — his running is something to be ap- preciated. Anthony Palmerino, Right Half Back, a veteran of three years, delights in opening up holes for the backfield. His block- ing has startled everyone who has attended a football game. Guilo Oervasi. Left Half Back, replaced Red Yolpini in the Webster Game. His running proves he will be a valuable man. Marcy Osimo the mighty-mite — Fullback of the regular squad, a veteran ! Words are not needed to tell you what we think of him — we couldn ' t find sufficient if we tried! The letter-men in Football for 1932 are as follows: John Stan- Parker Weaver Robert Werner Renato Volpini Norman Leblanc Antonio Palmerino Marcy Osimo Raymond Francazzi Gulio Gervasi Edmund Farland Mario DeAngelis At tins time let us not fail to mention that Red Volpini a varsity back, because of an injury in scrimmage, was unable to appear on the gridiron at the annual Wells-Bartlett game. And at this, his last football game as a Wells High player, Red ' s ever-dangerous ability in John Martin Joseph McKay Kenneth Harmon Thomas Apostolas Anthony Sylvestri Norman Lemoine Alfred DeAngelis Lionel Hebert Louis Santo Richard Tavlor passing and ball-carrying was missed by his team-mates. And so we know that next year must be a banner year! Here ' s luck! Results for the year ' s contests are: Oct. 1. St. Mary ' s of Milford 8. Stafford Springs 15. Ware 22. Holden 29. Shrewsbury 5. South 11. Worcester Academy Grays 24.Bartlett of Webster Nov. 6—0 7—0 0—13 12—13 6—18 25—0 18—0 25—0 Basketball Now our attention is turned to Basketball. With the use this year of the Auditorium for home games as well as for practice, an added interest is given to the games. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE December 27 Alumni Home January 10 Holden Away January 12 Ware Home January 17 Northbridge Home January 19 Oxford Away January 26 Northbridge Away February 4 Webster Away February 9 Oxford Home February 16 Webster Home February 23 W T are Away February 28 Holden Home l V ■ LDLALfi Honor Roll All A ' s and B ' s Jeannette Allard Mary E. Wells High School Phyllis Brissette First quarter 1932-33 Betty Carey SENIORS Hazel Cooper All A ' s Raneiro Francazzi Lucille Monroe Mildred Hiemer Flora Hong All A ' s and B ' s Margaret McKinstry Alice Bucklin Eleanor McNitt Jennie Calo Elizabeth Sutcliffe Philippina DeAngelis Roger Thompson Virginia Dorrell Sixteen pupils received only one mark below B Romeo Dumais John Koziol FRESHMEN Lucille LaVergne All A ' s and B ' s Rodolph LeDuc Doris Crandall Laola Sharpe Lawrence Freeman John Tobia Frank Locki Four pupils received only one mark below B Yvonne Lescarbeau James Rawson JUNIORS Eighteen pupils received only one mark below B All A ' s and B ' s Jane Fitzpatrick Juliette Girard Education Week Program, John Martin November Seventh to Tenth. Gerald McNitt The schools of Southbridge have been very Claire Paquette active in the observance of Education Week, Dorothy Wright and the Mary E. Wells High School has not Seventeen pupils received only one mark below been backward in doing its share to foster in- B terest in American education. Special topics were arranged this year for each day of Edu- SOPHOMORES cation Week. Mr. Tabor and Mr. Beals had All A ' s charge of the Science topic for Monday, which Sally Morehouse was Scientific Discoveries of Today and To- 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY morrow. Also on Monday, a joint meeting of the Faculty Advisers, Class Officers, Room Officers, and Traffic Squad was held in order to discuss student, participation in school con- trol. On Tuesday the topics, Educational Advances of the Last Fifty Years and The Work of the National Education Association , were prepared by the English and History classes, in charge of Misses Fitzgerald, Phin- ney, Woodward, and Drake. Wednesday was set apart for Parents ' Night, and from seven to nine o ' clock the regular Thursday afternoon session was held, in order to afford the students ' parents an opportunity to see the classes in recitation and to make the acquaintance of the teachers. The Student Council acted as a reception committee and as ushers to the three hundred and twelve guests who manifested their interest in the school by attending the evening session. Miss Meagher supervised the Civics topic How Our People Live, to have been given Thursday ; in addition an assembly for upper- classmen was planned. An Armistice Day Theme and Reports on the Special Topics of the week were to have been part of the pro- gram ; in addition to these, Miss Aucoin ' s room had prepared the following appropriate and well-developed Armistice Day entertainment: In Flanders Fields Marion Munday. A Talk by Mr. Johnson, Commander of the local American Legion Post. The Governor ' s Proclamation of Armistice Day. Progress in Education Eleanor McNitt. Announcer Walter Remiari. Since there was no school November tenth the assembly was not held. Other Assemblies The Seniors of Room 2 presented, on Nov- ember eighteenth, an amusing one-act play, written and directed by Jerome Caplovitch in collaboration with Bernard Fox. It was unique m thai the students had prepared it themselves with no outside help. The parts were well portrayed by all the players, whose names appear below: Mr. Lester William Andrews. Mrs. Lester Ruth Delage. The Police Commissioner Bernard Fox. Mary, the Maid Aurore Carpentier The Matron of the Woman ' s Penitentiary Lucille Gaumond. On December ninth Room 15 entertained the school with this interesting program: March School Orchestra. The Fatal Quest The Pupils of Room 15. Violin and piano duet Helen Litchfield and Alice Lebera. Piano solo Herbert Lasou. Selection School Orchestra. Selection School Orchestra. The cast of The Fatal Quest consists of King, Thomas Locki ; Queen, Yvonne Lescar- beau; Princess, Theresa M artel; Prince, Ernest Leduc; King ' s Courtier, Carmela Luponi. Room 7 presented a delightful and timely Christmas entertainment on December twenty- third : Piano duet Jeannette Allard and Pauline Bachand. Christmas Greetings , a comedy The pupils of Room 7. The Fir Tree , a reading Thelma Austen. Christmas Carols Betsy Bernheim, Mary Dani, Beulah Gladu and Helen Litchfield, sung in a church setting. The cast of the play included the Misses Eleanor Williams, Esther Skinner, Barbara Brockway, Laile Barr, Phyllis Brissette, and Mr. Louis V. Bourdelais. The Student Council The Student Council, which was established in September, has been working constantly to develop Student Government in the school. II lias made an effort to bring about better DECEMBER 1932 23 organized and more interesting school life. In the furtherance of this design, Alfred DeAnge- lis, Lucille Monroe, and Frances Redhead have been elected to make up a code of ethics for distribution among the home rooms; and sug- gestions for the future conduct of those who deface the school in any way have been formu- lated. Informal afternoon dances, a feature long desired by the high school, have been instituted by this organization. The first was held Nov- ember eighteenth, in the auditorium, with music furnished by Victrola-radio combina- tion machine. Miss Wells, Miss Dube, and Miss Aucoin chaperoned. Another was given December second. The Council is to be highly commended for its use of the proceeds, which were employed to cover the expenses of those injured in football this season. The party was, moreover, a decided success in so far as socia- bility is concerned, and we hope they will be a regular feature of our program. The following Home-room officers have been elected, first to represent their home rooms in submitting suggestions to the Student Council ; second, for collecting funds from time to time ; and, thirdly and principally, to create good class and school spirit. SENIORS Room 2: President Alfred DeAngelis Secretary and Treasurer Romeo Dumais Health Officer Rubia Beauregard Room 3: President Parker Weaver Secretary and Treasurer Nellie Lesniewski Health Officer Rita Livernois JUNIORS Room 4: President •. John Anderson Secretary and Treasurer Jana Bingley Health Officer Norman Brodeur Room 5: President John Martin Secretary and Treasurer George Litchfield Health Officer John LePage Room 6: President Arthur Renaud Secretary and Treasurer Ruth Simpson Health Officer Jennie Planeta SOPHOMORES Room 12: President Roger Thompson Secretary and Treasurer Anthony Silvestri Health Officer Emma Volpini Room 11: President John Merrill Secretary and Treasurer Sally Morehouse Health Officer Eleanor McNitt Room 10: President Anna Lapointe Secretary Lois Mason Treasurer Aloysius Koprowski Health Officer Norman Leblanc Room 8: President Paul Haynes Secretary and Treasurer Pauline Earls Health Officer Margaret Gray Room 7: President John Starr Secretary and Treasurer Esther Skinner Health Officer Paul Benoit Room 7 A : President Rene Francazzi Secretary and Treasurer Beulah Gladu Health Officer Armand Chicoine 24 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY FRESHMEN Room 15: President Armand Laverdiere Secretary and Treasurer Norbert Lango Health Officer Yvonne Lescarbeau Room 16: President Charles McCall Secretary and Lorraine Paul Treasurer Health Officer Leo Rcnaud Room 17: President William Southall Secretary and Treasurer Stella Vilandre Health Officer Edward Simonelli Room Sub-5: President Giulio Gervasi Secretary and Treasurer Mavis Kinney Health Officer Bernard Hefner Room Sub-4: President John Farland Secretary and Treasurer Louise Dumas Health Officer Daniel Dumas Rally Held November Twenty-Second On the Tuesday evening before the annual Thanksgiving game with Webster, a rally was held in the High School. Father Lambert of Notre Dame Church; Mr. Paul Favor, General Secretary of the local Y. M. C. A. ; Superintendent of Schools, Arthur E. Pierce; and Coach Harry J. McMahon a- roused school spirit in the gathering by speeches. The other guests in addition to the loot hall squad were Mr. Joseph Lanza and Mr. Etob it Beals, members of the faculty, and the cheer leaders, Lucille Monroe, Frances Red- head, and Rita Lacasse. Mr. Greene presided at the meeting, and Mi— Kathivn Finnegan, aided by Claire Paquette, .lean Desaulniers, Albina Savage, Emma Volpini, Olga Dumas, and Ruth Simp- son, directed the serving of a lunch. Chonita The school Glee Club is preparing an operet- • ta, with the aid of Miss Finnegan, who is directing the dramatic part, and Miss Mc- Grath who is in charge of the music, for presentation on February 17. It bears the in- teresting name of Chonita, and has an al- luring gypsy setting. The music gives promise of being excellent, since it is based on com- positions of Franz Liszt. With the combination of these advantages we are looking for a most excellent performance. The cast is as follows: Murdo, (leader of a band of gypsies, and father of Chonita] — Aloysius Koprowski. Chonita, (a beautiful Gypsy girl) — Frances Redhead. Dayo, (her old nurse, now a sort of duenna) — Mary Dani. Stefan, (a minstrel of the Gypsy tribe, and lover of Chonita) — Edward St. Pierre. Baron Stanescu, (head of an old Hungarian family) — Raymond Lenti. Baroness Stanescu, (his wife) — Betsy Bern- heim. Konrad, (their son) — Arthur Delage. Emil, (a servant) — Jerome Caplovitch. The cast is supported by a chorus of one hundred girls and boys, who represent the members of the Gypsy tribe. Orchestra Miss McGrath ' s diligent directing and the orchestra ' s constant practising was rewarded this November by five of her orchestra mem- bers being chosen to play at the Teachers ' ( Jounty Convention which was held in Worces- ter, November 4. These were chosen to play: Sally Morehouse - violinist Jennie Calo - violinist Mildred Heimer - pianist Louis Santo - trombonist Louis Dani - flutist DECEMBER 1932 25 We should feel honored by this, for half of the seventy-five who played at the convention were from the city of Worcester; and we were one of seven neighboring towns who survived the contest for elimination and thus were re- presented in the other half. She ' s a Good Fellow On Friday, December 9, the Senior Class presented as its annual play She ' s A Good Fellow coached by Miss Fitzgerald. George Farland in a red wig made a most attractive cook, and the troubles between him and his girl, Luci lle Monroe, furnished much laughter. Noella Lamarine ' s brogue, LeDuc ' s bluebird , Frances Redhead ' s giggle, Miller ' s moustache and Success Success , and Philippina ' s strug- gle with cooking will all be remembered long after the play has, as a whole, faded away. Particular comment should be made of the very efficient committee handling the scenery under the direction of John Bingley. The following is a list of committee chair- men: General Business Manager — Parker Weaver Stage Manager — John Bingley Printing and Publicity — Rudolph LeDuc Candy — Laola Sharpe Ushers — John Tobia Orchestra — Renato Volpini The cast consisted of: Leo Lane Corinne Tyler Mis. Tyler Mr. Tyler Wright Gilm ore Miss Pepper Mr. Gardner Rose Ivy Violet Mamie Clancy Bridget McGeer George Farland Lucille Monroe Philippina DeAngelis Clarence Miller William Andrews Frances Redhead Rodolph LeDuc Ruth Carpenter Rita Livernois Isabel Sangren Madeline Allman Noella Lamarine ed Freshman Editor of the Crimson and Gray. The following is his first article. The first of a series of programs which will be shown in the auditorium by the Freshmen Class was held Friday, October 28. Miss Phinney ' s room entertained with a spooky Halloween Punch and Judy show followed by a harmonica selection by Frank Silvestri and a reading by Grace Tobia. The Animated Ford was next presented with the following persons in the cast: The Radiator E. Simonelli The Horn F. Teeson The Left Front Tire H. Skowron The Right Front Tire D. Webster The Spare Tire M. Silvestri The Driver H. Southall The Girl Friend G. Woodruff The Tail Light W. Skowron The Mechanic F. Silvestri The tires were represented by umbrellas which were whirled around and the horn was a bugle blown by F. Teeson. The Right Front Tire was a mighty poor one because it went flat just as soon as D. Webster touched a ballon with a pin. H. Southall had the job of dragging out old man Spare Tire and setting it in place. Little W. Skowron became tired of being the tail light so he jumped out and started making cartwheels, but H. Southall gave him a smack on the face that almost shook Little Willie off his feet. The program ended with a few harmonica selections by Frank Silvestri and E. Simonelli and in a shrill voice little William gave a perfect ending That ' s all Folks. The program announcer was Dan Woodbury, the President of the Freshman Class, I 93 6 By a competition open to all members of ' he I ' reshmen Classes, Frank Locki was select- THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ALUMNI NOTES 1932 1928 Wallace Maclean has been appointed man- ager of the Freshman Band at the University of Cincinnati. George Wood is a member of the Glee Club at Worcester Tech. 1931 William Tillyer is at Rutger ' s. John Steen is at Brown University. Marjorie White is employed at the Ameri- can Optical Co. Joseph Swiacki, who used to entertain us while he was in high school, has been made organist and choir-leader at St. Hedwig ' s church. 1930 Maurice Clemence has received a Horace Mann scholarship for 1932-1933 at Brown University. 1929 Stanley Knight is working in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. at Worcester Tech. He is a member of the Aero Club and the student blanch of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Kenneth Farnsworth is working with the class oi 1935 in the Civil Engineering Dept, and is a member of the Theta Chi at Worcester Tech. Albert Soldani is at Northeastern University. Est clle Benoit is a reporter for the South- bridge News. Louise Tillyer is at New Jersey College for Women. William J. Orzeck is in the Dept. of Elec- trical Engineering at Troy, N. Y. in the Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute. Robert McMaster received his Bachelor of Science degree last June in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Worcester Tech. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and last semester he was exempt from final examina- tions in Graphics of Engineering and made third honors. William A. Snell graduated from Worcester Tech. last year after four years of work in Chemistry Dept. and received a John Bayton scholarship. Stephen S. Haynes, also at Worcester Tech., is now a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of the student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and last term he was exempt from the finals in Steam Engineering, Strength of Materials, Elements of Electrical Engineering, and Physics Laboratory. He was also among those who won second honors for that term. This year he holds a George F. Hoar scholarship. 1923 Osborne Tabor has taken a permanent job teaching Science and Mathematics at the Mary E. Wells High School. MARRIAGES Helen Grant married Allen Richmond, Secre- taty of the Merchants ' and Manufacturers ' Association. Bcrnice McGilvary married Dr. Gibson of this town. Ruth I. Billings ' 33 PRATTLL High School Lowdown By The Key-Hole Reporter. This ' n ' That: Winston (35) Dorrell gets blamed for everything that happens in room 7a . . . Billy (35) Wrighton brings white m ice to school now and then . . . Miss Phinney likes to play golf in her spare moments ... so does Mr. Tabor . . . there ' s quite a controversy bet- ween two young gentlemen (are their faces red) for the affections of Jana (34) Bingley ... we hear that the Knights of the Triangular Table is to be inherited — at least the table is ...and Ray (33) Lenti is Pres. of the Glee Club, Pres. of the Young Italians Assn., Busi- ness Manager of this worthy magazine, shoe salesman and repairman, member of the Stu- dent Council and Traffic Squad and — oh well, has anybody any odd jobs? Our out-of-town reporter tells us that in his old home town, Bill (33) Andrews was called Windy , and liked it. Corridor Rambles: Laile (35) Barr, Jane (35) Walker, Mavis (36) Kinney, Marian (35) Hobson, Lorraine (36) Paul, et at., standing out on the sidewalk until the five minute bell so they may have more time for chatter, (I bet their teeth chatter these days) . . .Lawrence (36) Freeman talking, and about himself, of all people . . . Edward (36) Simonelli, always running up and down stairs . . . well, we ' re glad to see that the Freshies can at least find their own rooms by now . . . Honey (35) Price, yell- ing for her Joe Proulx at the afternoon dance of Nov. 18... and just to satisfy Ray (33) Lenti, there were two fellows that were afraid to show up for a wrestling match with him. Canada Dry Gin Dorrell, for sale at all fountains, puns Russell (34) Joslin, with apolo- gies to George Hicks. • • Not mentioning any names, BUT — My apologies to the very popular young lady who went home alone . . . she didn ' t. There were a lot of our school-mates in the auditorium that Wednesday nite during Edu- cation Week Playing the piano. Oh Yeah, in the dark? ! ? What young man, at what party, got so angry at the guests that he went out and heaved rocks at the cottage? Miss Fitzgerald asked Jerome (33) Caplo- vitch what Diogenes said a man needed to be contented. A bathtub, cracked Jerome. Columnists as a rule are also critics, so as I ' m trying (think of all the people that will say, trying is right. ) to be one I must cri- ticise that stirring drama, Hot Fires. It THE CRIMSON AND GRAY would probably be better to criticise the au- dience for laughing at the climax — but when a fellow says, Meet my wife, and then shakes hands himself . . . However, not wishing to discourage up and coming young playwrights, all we can say is that the plot was 0. K. and the acting superb — except for a few minor slips. The Knights of the Triangular Table are going to produce a real motion picture, ' tis said. -X- Impressions of the Webster game : . . . Well anyway, it was good playing . . . what I could see of it . . . it ' s too bad Marcy (34) Osimo hasn ' t 10 brothers . . . and then there were the people who were willing to lay a little bet on Webster — after the first 3 touchdowns . . . vowser. It seems to me that Addison and Steele were about the first columnists— and CRITICS! It seems that AVillie (33) Hong thought he won three pairs of stockings at Lenti ' s but when lie went to get them he was given the well-known air — literally. Just so the idea that Lenti is dishonest won ' t conic to the Freshie ' s heads, it will all be ex- plained. The whole thing was more or less of a joke, planned and executed by Ray (33) Lenti. When Willie arrived home with his prize, imagine his surprise when he found an empty box! SHADES OF MILTON ( !ome and trip it as you go ( )n the light fantastic toe Piza DeAngelis ' ' And love to live in dimple sleek Eleanor Paoletti Oft listening how the hounds and horn ( Jheerly rouse the slumbering Morn Pudge Farland Johnson ' s learned sock The Senior Play ! ! ! Soft Lydian airs Glee Club Vain deluding Joys Hopes of A ' s And add to these retired Leisure Lou, Phil, and Franky Mute Silence Parker Weaver Hail Pensive Nun Issy FIRST PERIOD ENGLISH CLASS Miss Fitzgerald, asking Who? What? When? Purpose? Result? Leona Arsenault — just listening. Rubia Beauregard — answering. Florence Boyle — exchanging news of South- bridge and Quinebaug with her friend, Marie Brew. Jennie Calo — explaining a few facts about the daily lesson to her friends, Ruth Delage, Dorothy Krasnov, Jean Desaulnier. Ruth Carpenter — telling Aurore Carpentier to stop pulling her hair (but Aurore just smiles). Gertrude Champagne — trying to explain the lesson on Burke. Victoria Czyzewski — just waiting. William Czyzewski and Alfred DeAngelis hav- ing ther daily wrestling. Philippina DeAngelis — looking interested in her work. Lilian Durocher and Alice Talbot- — trying hard to please. Dorol hv Farland — looking up some definitions. Bernard Fox — jnst another dream. Lucille Gaumond — not worrying. Vera Krasowsky — very quiet. Carrie Labelle — playing with her pencil and being watched byNoclla Lamarine. Ernest Lavallec — gazing at the clock. Rudolph LeDuc — with a bright idea! DECEMBER 1932 29 Nellie Lesniewski — plays with her erasure while answering. Rita Livernois and Beatrice Martin — two great friends. Eleanor Paoletti — smiling with Frances Red- head. Roxy Pinsonneault says tell me Hein Roy Pontbriand — just listening. Lucy Romano — asked to speak louder. Annie Rossi — never disturb the peace. Albina Savage — busy with Burke ' s new words. Adele Sawicki — knows every thing about history. Isabel Sangren — blush es when called upon. Betty Tarquinia — last but not least. Aurore Carpentier ' 33 JUNIORS ' SLOGAN J is for Joy which all Juniors possess. U is for Unity with which we progress. N is your Need for us — which makes us proud I is for Innocence that we require. is for Obedience that we inspire. R is for Reputation before which you quail. S is for Satisfaction we never fail! Alice Rawson ' 34 And I felt Christmas cheer as I met friends of mine Who were shopping in twos and in threes. They flattened their noses against lighted panes Of the gaily decked shops and the stores, And some of the girls — when I tell you their names, You ' ll agree with me that they ' re no bores — Were buying some presents for teachers in school. Miss Price looked forlorn and forsaken. She wanted some rose colored glasses, to fool Mr. Brockway ; but Werner had taken The only pair left of that kind then for sale To give to Miss Farland, so she Could look at her Zerbe without turning pale And strive for an A or a B, Thus pleasing her teacher. I think you all know The present that she would like best Would be, from our Piza, an high A or so And A, B ' s, and C ' s from the rest. Miss La Vergne does her best to bring up the score Of Dot, Price, and Sarty. I vow That ' s a fine Christmas present, one could ask for no more. I hope you ' re all satisfied now! Helen Kelly ' 34 JUNIOR OBSERVATIONS Mr. Tabor ' s creation of slogans Corridors empty Student Council ' s successful dance Room 4 with a To Let sign at 3 o ' clock Miss Finnegan ' s blushes Ernest Ca rdarette ' s flashy green tie Study pupils studying McNitt ' s poetry A. R. ' 34 TEACHERS ' PRESENTS As I went through town about quarter past nine, The lights twinkled clear on the trees; CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WE ' D LIKE TO GIVE Hair Tonic — Charlie Manthorne Building Blocks-all A ' s — Sally Morehouse Dolls — To the class Babies of our Freshman Year. Issy and Madeline Book, Debating as a Fine Art — Junior Col- lege English Class Ribbons for pigtails — Ruth and Olga Boxing gloves — Bill Andrews Horse — Dick Taylor Safety Pins — Eleanor Williams Alarm Clock — Paul Benoit Fingernails — Eleanor Eccleston Police Badge— Mr. Tabor Box of Gum— Pat Brodeur Box of Salt — Frederick Remien 30 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Stickum — for shoes — Dot Krasnov Moustache — Bugs Curiosity — Roxy Bugle--Len Hebert A voice — Aurore Carpentier WE THINK THERE SHOULD BE NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS MADE ABOUT! Jean Macallister ' s giggle Patrick ' s car (too quiet to be heard) Betsy Bernheim ' s eyes Jerome Caplovich ' s Latin Red Volpini ' s argumentativeness John Starr ' s private resolutions (some of them) Jane Fitzpatrick ' s bracelet Edward St. Onge ' s nonchalance Louis Santo ' s soft voice Warning slips, by teachers Rudy LeDuc ' s dimple Lucille LaVergne ' s enchantment Mamie ' s and Bridget ' s style Osimo ' s blush Tony Palmerino ' s neighbor in every room Joe Proulx ' s seriousness Romeo Dumais ' mildness APT SIMILES F. R. — As alive as the sparks from the black- smith ' s anvil. The Seniors — As scintillating as champagne. A certain group of Seniors — As clinging as barnacles — Burke is the leading author- ity A. S. — As lost as the babes in the woods. (A fortune teller told her she was shrewd.) The M. E. W. Ink— Like the Maxwell House Coffee good to the last drop ? Miss F. — As restless as the flippant sea waves. L. L. — As graceful as a velvet feathered swan. A. D. — As full of importance as the little boy who has been patted on the head by a policeman. A certain desk in Room 2 — As grasping as, I imagine, porcupine quills would be. Report Cards — Like the proverbial Apples of Sodan, beautiful fruits, but full of ashes inside. J. C. — As unyielding (in arguing) as the rock of Gibraltar. E. P. — As moody as our New England weather. Room Four — The torture chamber of Mary E. Wells. J. C. ' 33 A BOY ' S TOAST Dedicated to Miss Corbin and her new household arts course girls. Here ' s to the girl who can dance like a dream, (Franky Redhead ' 33) And the girl who can pound the piano. ( Jana Bingley ' 34) A health to the girl who writes verse by the ream, (Lou Monroe ' 33) Or can tap with high C in soprano. (Betsy Bernheim ' 35) To the girl who can talk (Marion Munday ' 35) and the girl who cannot (Doris Gray ' 34) But here ' s to the cleverest girl of the lot, The girl who can cook a good dinner. (?) Betty Carey ' 35 A Christmas Gift every Mother will welcome The new NESCO ELECTRIC CASSEROLE What a cool way to cook is electric casserole cooking . . . This two -quart casserole holds enough for eight, and may be used for pot roasts, fricassees, stews, soups, beans, spa- ghetti, and many other dishes . . . Delicious flavor. priced at $4.95 WEBSTER and SOUTHBRIDGE GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY JALBERT DAIRY ; Only Pasteurizing Plant in Southbridge PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM ALL LOCAL MILK Also Distributed in Our Local Schools TRY OUR CHOCOLATE MILK Call 752-R For Early Delivery G. GREGOIRE SON Wilbur-Coon Shoes for Women Nunn Bush and Freeman Shoes for Men Complete Line of Men ' s Furnishings 37 Years Experience in Shoe Repairing Phone 442-J 15 Hamilton Street Compliments [n ier stale jit Better Entertainment GOODWIN BROS. 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Telephone Connection— 15-W FREE DELIVERY Table of Contents ART CONTEST 4 EDITORIALS 5 Spring April Fool ' s Day LITERATURE 6 Adventures of a Stunt-flyer A Woodland Rendezvous Hookey The Isle of St. Patrick Fooling Mom ATHLETICS 9 LOCALS I 2 ALUMNI NOTES 16 PRATTLE J 9 EXCHANGES 2 I THE CRIMSON and GRAY PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XVIII APRIL, 1933 NUMBER 3 Staff Editor-in-chief Business Manager Treasurer Assistant Business Managers Subscription Manager ESTHER SKINNER Assistants FLORENCE LOCKHART ELEANOR WILLIAMS Prattle STANLEY FLOWER Local Editor ALICE CLARE BUCKLIN Reporters Senior NELLIE LESNIEWSKI Junior STANLEY FLOWER Sophomore ROGER THOMPSON Freshman FRANK LOCKI LUCILLE MONROE RAYMOND LENTI RODOLPH LEDUC JOHN R. LEPAGE, JR. GEORGE LITCHFIELD JOHN MARTIN Alumni Editor RUTH BILLINGS Athletic Editor ALFRED DE ANGELIS Exchange Editor JOHN BINGLEY Art Editor FRANCES REDHEAD Head Typist PHILIPPINA DE ANGELIS Assistants GERTRUDE CHAMPAGNE CARRIE LABELLE RITA LIVERNOIS JENNIE CALO Faculty Adviser THECLA FITZGERALD The Art Contest This year the Staff of The Crimson and Gray decided to hold an Art competition for those students who were interested in the Art-Editorship of the magazine for next year. Seven students expressed their interest and from this number, four students submitted some of their work. The four who competed were: Frank Di Bonaventura, Arthur Can- ning, Mavis Kinney, and Edward Savage. A committee of five from the staff consid- ered the merits of each drawing, and finally selected Edward Savage, who has done the cover, and Mavis Kinney, whose drawing may be found in this issue, as Art Editor and as- sistant Art Editor for next year. All work submitted was well done, and the staff wishes to thank all those who partici- pated. ECHT0MAL5 Spring Spring! What memories, hopes, and joys it holds for most of us! It is an awakening to the more carefree and lighter side of life. Mother Earth flings aside the white blanket of snow, under which she has slept so soundly, rubs her eyes, yawns, and sets to work. She begins with a will, and soon one catches a glimpse of the first robin, industriously hop- ping about, searching for a worm or two. Tiny green buds shyly show their heads to a rejoic- ing world. The busy brook, worried about the time lost, frantically breaks through the thin remaining layer of ice, and, with a relieved sigh, slips hurriedly on its way. Some one passes with the first armful of pussy willows and violets. A man, overcoat discarded, saunters by, whistling a merry tune. In every corner there are groups of laughing children, playing marbles, or jumping rope. And the evenings! Just as the sun, a flaming ball of red-gold fury, sets in the West in a blaze of glory, the bent old gardener next- door, his face radiant at the first touch of warm earth in his gnarled work-worn hands, picks up his tools and lumbers stiffly home- ward. In the pink mellow glow of the April twilight may be heard the drowsy murmur of the 1 mil- frogs and the mournful call of the lonely whip- poorwill. Dusk in his purple cloak, settles peacefully over the hills, and yet, the beauty of spring is not gone. For far up in the heavens, resting among her soft pillows of clouds, the silvery iii - id looks dreamily down into valley. The sweet pungent odor of lilacs, fills the air, and a mischievous breeze, teases a sleepy, young tree. The year ' s at the spring. God ' s in his heaven — All ' s right with the world. Phyllis Kershaw ' 34 April Fool ' s Day The origin of the custom of April fooling cannot be traced with any degree of certainty. In the literature of the eighteenth century there are found many references to it, and yet beyond that it is scarcely possible to go. One suggestion is that the custom of playing tricks on the first day of April was derived from some ancient pagan custom, such as the Huli festival among the Hindus or t he Roman Feast of the Fools. One fact, however, we do know, and that is that the practice prevails in many countries, under various names, which would seem to indicate that it dates away back to the early history of the race. There is a tradition among the Jews that the custom of making fools on the first of April arose from the fact that Noah sent out the dove on the first of the month correspond- ing to our April, before the water had abated. To perpetuate the memory of the great de- liverance of Noah and his family, it was cus- tomary on this anniversary to punish persons who had forgotten the remarkable circum- stance connected with the date, by sending them on some bootless errand similar to that on which the patriarch sent the luckless bird from the windows of the ark. Roger Thompson ' 35 LtTEMTO Adventures of a Stunt-flyer Ray Manners was an aviator; but on top of that he was a stunt-flyer. His friends, with- out the slightest malicious intent, called him a flying fool — sometimes adding that he was crazy. But of all this, the employees of the Inter- national Airways, Inc. were blissfully ignorant — until Ray himself literally dropped in at the main field. The first anyone knew of Ray ' s coming was when a little biplane came zooming out of the heavens, did a loop-thc-loop, and then flew in upside down, tore through a double-entrance hangar, and finally came to rest beside the manager ' s office. Ray dragged his six feet of bone and muscle out of the cock-pit, lifted the goggles from his blue eyes, and entered the office. He was greeted by a verbal outburst. Of all the crazy-fool stunts to pull. It was tin- manager, a little, red-faced man. A sign on his desk proclaimed the fact that his name was O ' Brien — running that hedge-hopping plane through our hangar. Wfft! Ray ran his fingers along the edge of the desk. They were long, delicate, sensitive fin- ger-, but strong and useful. I ' m very sorry, but I had to obey that impulse, he said. Impulse! snorted O ' Brien. Wfft, But what I really want is a job as trans- port pilot, stated Ray thereby fooling many people who claimed he wouldn ' t take a steady job. O ' Brien looked at him queerly for a moment. Then he uttered a short laugh, you a trans- port! Wfft. He pointed out the window to where a big tri-motor cabin plane rested. Those things, he said, can ' t be used to pre- pare milk-shakes. He surveyed Ray as if he was some kind of a freak. I ' m sorry, but I couldn ' t trust you with an army-tank. Good day. Ray turned to go, but as he reached the door, O ' Brien called him back. On second thought, said O ' Brien reflec- tively, I think I have a little job for you — as pilot, of course. He rubbed his hands briskly together. What about it? Whistle the patter. 0. K., said O ' Brien, here it is in an egg- shell: this fellow, we ' ll call him Mr. X, wants to get to Mexico, but for reasons of his own, wants to go all the way from here express. He insists, however, that there be only one pilot, but he will be paid well and no questions ask- ed. It ' s up to you. Ray contemplated rapidly. Eight to ten hours without relief, not too good. But he had been told the pay was bigi — and the money would come in handy. The job ' s mine, he said at last, APRIL 1933 Good! ejaculated O ' Brien. Be here at 8 tonight. Ray climbed into the pilot ' s seat of the big tri-motor that night with a little apprehension. The warming motor droned dully, missed fire, and then settled down to a hum. Mr. X had not arrived yet. O ' Brien hadn ' t shown up, but the mechanics seemed to have had their orders. The night was dark, not a star could be seen. It was a sort of a muggy night, with not a breath of air stirring. Ray fidgetted un- comfortably. A figure appeared out of the darkness, ap- proaching the plane. It climbed in quickly, and retreated to the shadows in the main part of the ship. Is this — er — the gentleman that I am to pilot tonight? asked Ray. Yeah. Shove off, replied the other. Ray opened the throttle and grasped the stick. The ship bumped unevenly for a bit, then took the air. Ray headed his course south, toward the boundary of the United States and Mexico. Seven hours later, ahead of schedule, the tri- motor drove through the darkness. Ray hummed to himself. This was easy money — so far. The man had remained quiet all this time, but now he got up and ap- proached Ray. How much longer? he asked. About half an hour, Ray answered. The man drew closer, so that Ray could get a glimpse of him. It was O ' Brien! Ray stared at him for a moment. What are you doing here? he asked suspiciously. O ' Brien smiled smirkingly. I ' ve taken the company ' s profits, he stated, as one would ask the time. Without answering, Ray kicked the rudder to the right. The ship turned around slowly. No you don ' t! rasped O ' Brien. A gun sud- denly appeared in his hand. Turn back a- gain, he commanded. Ray started to comply, but then the motor suddenly stopped dead. The big monoplane lost headway, nosed down, and went into a tail-spin. The author has, at this time, been reminded that it is very near April Fool ' s Day, and wishes to thank the reader for his or her kind attention and is desirous of informing you that that you may complete the story to suit your own taste. Happy April First! S. A. F. ' 34 A Woodland Rendezvous In a mighty, silent forest where cathedral arches cool Shed a strained stained luster, lies a little woodland pool. Long ago the fairies found it blithely smiling in its sleep, Wove a m agic spell around it, gave it sacred charge to keep. Fleecy clouds and sunlight glory, pale, free moon and twinkling star Deep reflected in the blue dome of this magic mirror are. All day long it paints the pictures swiftly fleeing o ' er its face, Quickly vanished, yet forever held within the heart ' s embrace. And at midnight when the moonlight glistens with its glorious sheen It gently whispers to the fairies everything that it has seen. And the west-wind steals on tiptoe, holds its breath near waters cool. So it hears those lovely secrets of the magic woodland pool. L. Monroe ' 33 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Hookey Down by a rippling stream of gold A meditative lad did stroll; School was far from his thoughts that day, For he was happy and free and gay. He lazily gazed at the clouds in the sky Who peek-a-booed as the sun went by, When from afar, a whistle shrill, Pierced the air that was so still. As he glanced up with dread and fear, The truant officer did appear, Why are you here, my lad, he asks, have you fulfilled your daily tasks? Come with me my little lad, The game of hookey is no fad For honest boys who wish to make Success of all they undertake. The Isle of St. Patrick All the colors of beauty God took in his hand And made from them Ireland, the wonder- ful land Where the grass and the trees are most beauti- ful greens, And the ribbons and shamrocks adorn the colleens. There are colors, and colors and colors galore, To brighten the Irish bog, hillock, and shore. In this Isle of St. Patrick the fays make their h omes With the leprechauns, brownies, the witches, and gnomes; ' Tis the land of the fabulous magic of Blarney And the fairy-like blue of the lakes of Killarney. They fly o ' er the towns and the rivers and mireland The shamrock and harp as the emblems of Ireland. Eleanor Woodruff ' 34 Fooling Mom Let ' s go on a hike tomorrow, Jim. We can start for Wake ' s Woods at ten o ' clock and get there by twelve. All right, Tom. Anything you say! Mom ' s doing her spring cleaning and sure as heck she ' ll want me to help her. But if I go away on a hike I won ' t have to beat any old rugs or clean the cellar. It ' s a bargain! We ' ll start at ten tomorrow. See you under the Big Oak. The next morning Jim was at the Big Oak at nine o ' clock. He w r anted to be sure of being out of the house before his mother started her spring cleaning. AVhen Tom got there, they both started with their knapsacks on their backs and hatchets at their sides. At six they decided to start for home. Tom walked ahead and Jim behind him. Boy, will mom be sore when she finds out that I skipped on her this morning , he said, laughing. But there was no laughing answer frrom Jim. Tom turned around and, to his amazement, Jim was no where in sight. Sud- denly Tom ' s eyes lighted on a white spot. Jim ' s handkerchief! In front of the handker- chief were two splotches of blood! Jim had been attacked! What was Tom to do? Awright, there! Stick ' em up or I ' ll fill you full of lead. Tom ' s hands went up quicker than lightning as he shivered from head to toe. Or else I ' ll do the same to you as I did to ycr friend. But that was only a trifle — I had to use his hatchet. It only made a gash on his head though! The man who was speaking was indiscern- ible in the darkness of the forest. His voice was thick and rasping but he talked slowly Continued on Page II ATflLETO Basketball Our attention in this issue is turned to basketball. After a mediocre season in football we are proud to say that our basketball team has been successful in placing second in our county league. We have won ten games out of the sixteen scheduled and, what is more important, we beat Bartlett, on February 4, for the first time in four years. This year we have been very fortunate in being permitted to use the auditorium for practice sessions as well as for games. The innovation has proved a helpful plan as has been shown by the season ' s records. The auditorium has been fitted with bleachers and nets so as to provide the most efficient equipment for the game. The bleachers are very valuable and all members of the school should cooperate in keeping them in good condition. On January 10 the squad went to meet Holden High and, after three quarters of even play, our boys got ahead and won the game 29-20 giving the spectators a fast clean game of basketball. This was the first time that the Holden team has been defeated by Wells on its floor. Another highlight of the season ! On January 12, Ware High sent to our gym a very smooth basketball team. Wells trailed along for th ee quarters, but in the fourth, they took a spurt and eked out with a deservable victory thus opening the auditorium with a triumph, 23-21. Another game long to be remembered was the 18-15 Wells ' victory over Putnam on our floor. It was Putnam ' s first defeat in ten straights and that is something to be proud of. Then came Bartlett on February 4. Our boys went down to Webster and showed Bartlett the quality of the Southbridge team. They showed Bartlett how to win a game 18-15. These are the most important highlights of the year. What prospects have we for next season? At Right Forward, Robert Werner a soph- more and regular on the squad, who was the highest scorer in the league this year having scored a total of 133 points in ten games. That alone proves his ability as a basketball player. At Left Forward we will have a choice of Palmerino, who played as regular until he was taken sick, and Osimo and Remian who shared that position for the remainder of the season. At Center we have Rene Francazzi, a new- comer to the game who is coming along fast. He ought to make a name for himself. At Right Guard there is a vacant place left by the graduation of Volpini, a mainstay for three years and captain of the team in his senior year. There is a wealth of material to fill his place and it would be difficult at this time to name his successor. At Left Guard, Jack Starr will be with us for another season and, he need play only the same game that he did this year, to take adequate care of the position. With such men I dare say that our next season will be a delightful one for everyone. The schedule Jan. 3 Wells Jan. 10 Wells Jan. 12 Wells Jan. 17 Wells Jan. 19 Wells Jan. 24 Wells Jan. 27 Wells Feb. 4 Wells Feb. 6 Wells Feb. 9 Wells Feb. 14 Wells of this year was: 11 — Putnam 17 (there) 29— Holden 20 (there) 23— Ware 21 (there) 11 — Northbridge 25 ,(h.ere) 29— Oxford 22 (there) 18 — Putnam 15 (here) 27— Northbridge 30 (there) 18— Webster 15 (there) 45 — Spencer 33 (there) 28— Oxford 31 (here) 49 — Spencer 15 (here) 10 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Feb. 16 Wells 17— Webster 20 (here) Feb. 21 Wells 29— Charlton 13 (there) Feb. 23 Wells 19— Ware 24 (there) Feb. 25 Wells 40— Holden 24 (here) Feb. 7 Wells 43— Charlton 16 (here) An added attraction to our basketball sche- dule this year was our second team. P ' eople who will be material for next year ' s varsity were discovered and, since they were trained in the same method of basketball that coach McMahon ' s varsity gets, their experience gained will be valuable. The members of the second team are: H. Bellows N. LeBlanc J. Martin P. Damian D. Pontbriand T. Farland M. Slota A. Canning All of these boys will be eligible to promo- tion to the varsity next year. Their schedule included games with the second teams from: Oxford Spencer Holden Putnam Bartlett St. Louis Ware and two games with a senior team. Both games afforded the students and teachers much laughter. There were many surprises, too. Although the faculty proved to be somewhat slower than the varsity, their playing, plus their energy, was surprisingly good. In the first game, the girls ' team beat the Faculty Ladies 24-6. Miss Bowdoin proved to be the sharpshooter for the ladies, while Miss Finnegan and Miss Misiazek did excep- tionally good work at guarding. All of the teachers, however, did fine work. In the game between the Faculty men and the boys ' team, the greatest enthusiasm was shown, combined with hilarious laughter and wild applause. Mr. Beals ' long and graceful shot necessitated a great deal of cheering, and Mr. Pierce ' s surprising energy throughout the whole game is praiseworthy. Mr. Tabor, jumping opposite Osimo, added much humor to the game, while Mr. Greene received the loudest applause. Mr. McMahon ' s nimble and quick playing was laudable. The final score of this game was 36-16 in favor of the boys ' team. The proceeds went to the Community Wel- fare Association, and we only hope that they receive as much benefit from it as we received enj oyment . The Charity Game Faying their admission fee with money, or canned food and other saleable articles, a large group of students and teachers witnessed the Faculty vs. Varsity basketball games. The gate receipts, amounting to $18.50 in money, 18 articles of canned food and several other articles, proved what a following both victors and vanquished had. And speaking of ardent fans, the organized faculty cheering section, under the leadership of their animated cheer-leader, Miss Troy, proved to be one of the highlights of the game. Every new replacement was applauded enthusiastically, both teams having a great deal of support. Girls Athletics During March and April, the various girls ' basketball teams listed below are engaging in enthusiastic contests. Every afternoon finds loyal supporters cheering on their favorites to victory in the Auditorium. Big Shots — Dumas Invincibles — Paoletti Favreau Thimblin Brockway Evans McKinstry Skinner Rawson Sawicki Senccle Lawton Gasporski Welsh J. Pontbriand L. Matys Pczzetti Kovalcski J. Macallister Proulx P. APRIL 1933 11 All Amer. — Labelle McNitt Filo Lacasse T. Livernois Dumas D. Kopacz Diagnault Vigeant Brodeur R. Shylas — Kania Price J. Gregoire Gatineau Munday Ravenelle Arick Casavant Joslin R. Sharp Shooters — Desaulniers Jancezek Dumas L. Bastek Tarquinia St. Martin Boudalais Luponi Welsh L. Lescarbeau Ginger Snappers — Lacasse Juros Walker Richard Carpenter Phipps Czyzewski Reno Bingley J. MacDonald Red Peppers — Price Powers Liro Allard Kelly Sharpe Woodruff Gatineau C. Dodd Braves — Allard Earls Walsh R. Barbarie Williams Robinson Albani Debonaventura Calo Hogan Figure this one out: MAIEREH NAOJGNIPMUJELTTIL EMHTIWSENOONNEHW EXOLASYAWLAMI Books we read when we are F reshmen: AFSHEGSNOLMAFO OEDSYES BWNTOROM VCHTMORENAIECENF SBKTOKCOHE OUR favorite department store, fademeidnvient LITERATURE, Continued and intelligibly. All Tom could see was a pair of murderously glinting eyes staring at him. But— Jim— Why— Who?— The unseen enemy took out Jim ' s hatchet and held it in front of Tom ' s eyes. I ' ll use it if you don ' t keep still! Start walking. With the hatchet dangling in the enemy ' s hand, Tom quickly started walking. At last they got to an old shack whose pale light gave the place a ghostly look. At the door Tom hesitated. The hatchet appeared above his head. Go in. Tom opened the door and April Fool came from a chorus of voices. The Gang! Ha Ha , came the hearty laughter from his captor. He turned around and there stood Jim with his hatchet. Gee, it was easy to foo l you. All I had to do was to drop a few spots of red ink and my handkerchief. But it sure was hard to dis- guise my voice. I was afraid you ' d recognize me. But how did the Gang get here? We planned that yesterday and I finally made your mother agree to let you come. She ' s going to delay the spring cleaning till tomorrow so you can help her clean the parlor rug and the cellar. Rita Livernois ' 33 Igurefay histay neoay utoay. azorsray ainpay ouyay; iversray reaay ampday; cidsaay tainsay ouyay; ndaay rugsday ausecay rampcay. unsgay ren ' taay awfullay; oosesnay ivegay; asgay mellssay wfulaay; ouyay ightmay saay ellway ivelay. (with apologies to Dorothy Parker) LOCALS The following pupils, listed alphabetically, have been chosen as speakers at the gradua- tion exercises of the class of 1933. Philippina DeAngelis Romeo Dumais Vera Krasowsky Lucille Monroe John Tobia The New Library Have you noticed the new library in Room 3? If not it will be worth your while to look into it. The Crimson and Gray has decided that in lieu of subscribing to two magazines, which has been done for some time, to use the fund laid aside for the purpose to purchase books which it believes to be of interest to members of the school. The first book which has been bought is a copy of Cyrano de Bergerac. Other equally good books will be purchased at various times throughout the year. The purpose of this library is to provide the members of the school with books which will be not only valuable, but also enjoyable. Rolvaag ' s Giants In The Earth, Stra- chey ' s Queen Victoria, Beasts, Men, and Gods by Ossendowski, and Told At The Explorers ' Club have been ordered. Honor Roll Mary E. Wells High School Second quarter 1932-:!:! SENIORS All A ' s Lucille Monroe All A ' s and B ' s Rubia Beauregard Ruth Billings Alice Bucklin Philippina DeAngelis Virginia Dorrell Romeo Dumais M argot Kuehn Lucille Lavergne Rudolph LeDuc Frances Redhead Leola Sharp John Tobia Adele Sawicki Eight pupils received one mark below B JUNIORS All A ' s Florence Lockhart All A ' s and B ' s Juliette Beaupre Mary Dani Jane Fitzpatrick Juliette Girard Mary Kontaxi A. Doris Lataille John Martin Gerald McNitt Claire Paquette Ruth Simpson Dorothy Wright Eight pupils received one mark below B SOPHOMORES All A ' s Elizabeth Sutcliffe All A ' s and B ' s Thelma Austin Paul Haynes Mildred Hiemer APRIL 1933 13 Flora Hong Alice Janeczeh Stephanie Liro Sarah Morehouse Margaret McKinstry Eleanor McNitt Walter Remian Roger Thompson Rita Walsh Alden Collings Hazel Cooper Mary Detarando Raneiro Francazzi Rhoda Robidoux Eight pupils received one mark below B FRESHMEN All A ' s Lawrence Freeman All A ' s and B ' s Grace Arick Edmond Bastek Esther Butterworth Joseph Federico Bernard Hefner Janet Kowyra Bertha Ladyka Yvonne Lescarbeau Frank Locki Bertha Matys Esther Catrander Lorraine Paul Adella Phillips James Rawson Janet St. Martin Dwight Webster Twelve pupils received one mark below B mark in Penmanship is below 80%. Class Activities —1933— The Picture Committee has at length decid- ed on a photographer for the Senior pictures. The gentleman to be thus honored is Schervee of Worcester, and since the class approved the choice, the photographs will be taken some- time in March. Raymond Lenti was chairman of the committee, with Adele Sawicki, Frances Redhead, and Romeo Dumais to assist him. The finance committee, members of which are Rudolph Leduc, chairman, Nellie Lesniew- ski, Alfred De Angelis, Parker Weaver, and Romeo Dumais, after looking over the class expenses decided to make the class dues sixty cents this year. It was Room Three ' s lot to provide the en- tertainment for the assembly on Friday, Feb- ruary twenty-fourth. Under the direction of Miss Fitzgerald and Adele Sawicki, It Will be All Right on the Night, a delightful one- act play, was produced, having the following cast: Coach Noella Lamarine Author Carrie Labelle Tom Raymond Lenti Ben Rudolph LeDuc Harry Wilfred Hong Dick John Bingley Frenchy Rita Livernois Props Nellie Lesniewski Piano Tuner Adele Sawicki The subject was the rehearsal of a play, showing all the absurd mistakes that can be made. It was a highly amusing performance, and, we have no doubt, very true to life. 1935 The Sophomores gave a depression party on the evening of Saturday, February eleventh. Everyone wore the oldest and most ragged clothes available, and each was allowed to invite a guest from the other classes. The Roseland Orchestra supplied the music, and a most enjoyable time was had by all. The matrons were Mrs. McNitt, Mrs. Earls, Mrs. McMahon, and Mrs. Leblanc. On the entertainment committee were An- thony Silvestri, Elizabeth Sutcliffe, and Sally Morehouse; on the music committee, Emma Volpini, Jeanette Allard, and Richard Mc- Allister; on the refreshment committee, Jane 14 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Walker, Lois Mason, and Houghton Bellows; on the invitation committee, Barbara Brock- way, Claire Hogan, and Arthur Canning. Eleanor McNitt and Aloysius Koprowski were in charge of the tables and cards for whist games. A play was given in which the follow- ing took part: Stefan Simonelli, Robert Wer- ner, Houghton Bellows, Norman Swain, An- thony Silvestri, Arthur Canning, Frank Sheldon, and Ned Chapin. The entertainment on February tenth was given by pupils of Miss Aucoin ' s and Miss Coderre ' s rooms. It was composed of four acts. The first concerned a young English officer and a little French maid who met during the War. The next act was a solo by Miss Eleanor McNitt. The third act consisted of jokes told by Robert Werner and Anthony Silvestri. There was also a handsome couple who had come from the circus to perform a dance. The last act was a tragedy about an extremely bashful boy, Aldorous Tidd. These acts made a most amusing performance and were much enjoyed. Miss Wells ' room presented an interesting one act pantomine, And the Lamp Went Out, on January thirteenth. Those taking pa it were: Evelyn De Vere Betty Carey Mrs. De Vere Beulah Gladu Ralph Grayson Winston Dorrell Herbert Vanderslice Leonce Duquette Reader Polly Chamberlain A solo by Jeanette Gregoire, then a quartette including Beulah Gladu, Arthur Delage, Jeanette Gregoire, and Rachel Dubriel, fol- lowed. After that, Leonce Duquette enter- tained ns with a violin solo, and Polly Cham- berlain gave some readings. 1936 It is Friday morning, January twenty - seventh, in the auditorium of the Mary E. Wells High School. Miss Dube ' s room is en- tertaining the Freshman Class. First there is a piano selection by Miss A. Philipps, next comes a surprise; it is a pan- tomime named A Country Romance. Now don ' t be startled. Listen! Curtains up! Lights off! Now I wonder win J. Rawson is standing in the middle of the stage? Well, ' why doesn ' t he say something? There ' s a girl coming, and she takes Rawson ' s arm and moves it up and down, up and down. I see now; he is a human pump. She takes a drink and walks away, but look! She dropped some water, and there comes Mother Chicken with her little chickies and Mother Duck with her little duckies. Pussy comes straggling along at the end of the line. Rover, the nice big doggie , sees Pussy, but I can ' t describe the human cat and dog so that they seem half as funny as they really were. Rover was finally quieted so that he lay down. (A few hours later.) The paper moon is shining above the umbrella trees, and the pretty country maid is sitting beneath them with her boy friend. Rover lies sleeping at their feet. He gets up, looks around, and, going behind the trees, starts to bark. The girl makes him lie down again. My! Look! Who is that villain sneaking around the tree? He has a gun in his hand! He aims at the boy, and shoots Bang! The boy rolls over onto the floor. Now here comes the girl ' s father in a Model A Ford. He sees what has taken place, so he pursues the villain who flees in his u wn auto. The chase is in vain. Lights on! Cur- tains down ! What do you think of it? The fol- lowing actors portrayed the parts: Mary Smith Edna Proulx John Smith Jr. Wilfred Renaud Will Jones Wladyslawa Ostrowski John Smith Jr. Courtland Martel Pete Evans Robert Reynolds Max Bwig Edward McMally Nancy Smith Lorraine Paul The parts of the animals were taken by other members of the Class. Chonita • • The gypsy operetta, Chonita, given by the High School Glee Club accompanied by the APRIL 1933 15 orchestra and with music based on Franz Liszt compositions, under the capable direction of Miss McGrath and Miss Finnegan, was held in the Southbridge Town Hall on the evening of February seventeenth. It was a most charm- ing performance of one of the best operettas ever produced by the school. The actors and actresses had learned their parts well, and were very suited to them. The following is a list of the principal participants: Murdo, a Gypsy leader, and father of Chonita Aloysius Koprowski Chonita, a beautiful Gypsy girl Frances Redhead Day a, her old nurse, now a sort of duenna Mary Dani Stefan, a minstrel of the tribe, and Chonitd ' s lover Edward St. Pierre Baron Stanescu, head of an old Hungarian family Raymond Lenti Baroness Stanescu, his wife Betsy Bernheim Konrad, their son Arthur Delage Emil, a servant Jerome Caplovich The scenery was provided by the combined efforts of Miss Bowden, Mr. Lanza, Jerome Caplovich, Bernard Fox, and Wilfred Hong, with John Bingley in charge of the stage pro- perties. The Student Council The third and fourth afternoon dances of the year were held Friday, February third, and Friday, February twenty -fourth, respectively, by the Student Council in the High School Auditorium, with Misses Drake, Aucoin, and Coderre as chaperons of the first and Miss Coderre and Mrs. Beals as chaperons of the second. We were pleased to see a considerable gathering at these dances, both for the sake of the cause, which, as has been previously men- tioned, is to pay for the injuries sustained by our football players this year, and because of the pleasant atmosphere of informal geniality these occasions create for the students. ANNUAL CONVENTION On Saturday, February eighteenth the Student Council of this High School attended the eighth annual Convention of the Associat- ed Body of Student Councils, which was held in the Technical Auditorium of the B. M. C. Durfee High School at Fall River, Massachu- setts. After the inspection of the Technical Build- ing and the registration of the representatives and delegates, the morning was spent in listen- ing to speeches by members of the Fall River School Committee, enlivened by a selection or two by the school orchestra and quartette. Among those delivering addresses was Dr. Frank Palmer Speare, the President of North- eastern University. There was a social hour in the Gym, a coun- cil picture, and luncheon in the high school cafeteria, before the afternoon began. The program for the afternoon consisted of community singing, an address, and the tran- saction of necessary business. We were happy to be represented this year by a Student Council of our own, and, we believe, that the establishment of this organ- ization in our school has been a step forward. The Student Council has incited the pur- chase of an attractive three-piece furniture set for use at school parties and dances. Each class has generously voted five dollars toward the cause. The Student Council pur- poses making up the deficit. The project is a worthy one, for the furniture will be both a useful and decorative addition to the school, and we thank those who are helping us. Jig-saw puzzles of the intelligensia: The man who had a big nose — YOARCN A well loved miser— LAMRSISRANAE The man whose clothes came back in style several times— YLREVOCEDREGORRIS The villan in the Merchant of Venice — KCLHOSY A teacher!— DCRBANCAEIO ALUOM Marriages and Engagements Mr. and Airs. Harry G. Bingley announce the engagement of their daughter Carol to Joseph G. Golan of Rochester, New York. Carol graduated from Wells in 1928 and from the State Teachers ' College. Mr. Golan is a graduate of Dartmouth. Catherine Clarke is engaged to Weldon Schumacher. Miss Clarke graduated from Wells in 1926 and Wheaton. Mr. Schumacher also graduated from Wells and Williston Aca- demy. He received a degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology last June and now at- tends Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Word has been received of Robert Gordon ' s marriage to Miss Esther Loomis of Columbus, Ohio. Vincent Walsh, member of Gibraltar A. A. Basketball Team showed his versatility by repeating his successful high school dramatic work in his part as detective in Spooks , the annual Girls ' Club Play. The cast read like a high school reunion with Louis Dani ' 32, Nellie Mi iaszek and Frank Buckley ' 31, and Vi Desautels ' 28 on the list. Ray Lenti ' 33, also was among the luminaries. Tony Rischitelli had an important role in a minstrel show staged by the Italian-Ameri- can Spoiling Club on January 13, 1933. Andrew Tully uses his gossip ability by being a reporter for the nationally known daily newspaper, The Southbridge News. Dorothy Morrell and Ellen Heaton at Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospitals successfully passed probation and received their caps in .January. Louis Dani was made member of the South- bridge Flying Club. Muriel Price, we are glad to report, after successfully recovering from an accident, has resumed her work in the public library. Clara MacMaster substituted for Muriel during her illness, in the Public Library. Valentine Wilson is working at the First National Store in Southbridge. -32- William Hofstra, President of last year ' s class, is an honor pupil at Rochester Business Institute, Rochester, N. Y. We knew you ' d carry-on Bill! —31— Dorothy Monroe was chosen to the office of Grand Nature for the Massachusetts Grand Assembly Order of Rainbow for Girls. Nestor Pontbriand was appointed to the Four Hundred basketball team. Lottie Peloquin is working at the Puritan Clothing Company. Pauline Thompson was seated worthy ad- visor of the Rainbow Girls on January 19, 1933. Charles Thimblin has accepted a position at the American Optical Company. —30— Harold Grant is at Colgate. Philip Clarke is at Amherst. Carolyn Fitzpatrick is training at Hahne- mann Hospital. George Dugas was appointed member of Four Hundred basketball team. APRIL 1933 17 —29— Christopher Thomas is at Northwestern University. Miss Favreau is working in the gold filling department at the American Optical Com- pany. George Johnson is at a Coast guard training school at Newport, Rhode Island. —28— Oliver Johnson is training for coast guard at Newport. Jacob K. Edwards ' 28 who prepared for Dartmouth at the Southbridge High School, was among the eight members of the varsity basketball team awarded the D by the Dart- mouth Athletic Council at a meeting March 14. —26— Eugene Red Desautels last season did some fine catching for Detroit. Now he has had the addition of a son to his family to aid him. Mr. and Mrs. Morton Lord of Manchester, New Hampshire are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son Saturday, February 6, 1933. Mr. Lord is a former resident of South- bridge and a graduate of Wells High School. Mrs. Lord is the former Miss Peggy Wehinger of Charlton. Lois Martin, an honor graduate of Mary E. Wells of 1928, who since her graduation from Simmons in 1932 has been employed as a court clerk in Washington, D. C, had the very great privilege of witnessing the inau- guration of President Roosevelt on March 4. She has written this interesting letter about that important event, and we are pleased to print it. 3104 Hawthorne St. Washington, D. C. March 5, 1933 Yesterday certainly was a big day! Cousin N — got us started plenty early — we were in our seats before 10 o ' clock and Roosevelt didn ' t even get to the White House for Hoover till eleven or a little after. We were about the second or third to arrive in our stand. Boy Scouts were the ushers. Our stand was almost at the comer of 15th and Penn. Ave. so we could see the parade as it approached, or could have if every one hadn ' t been wiggling about, and then we had a fine view of their backs as they went up 15th by the Treasury. We sat there for a long time — and was it cold? — listening to the loud speaker across the street. Finally the police came scooting a- long on motor-cycles, followed by the car in which were Roosevelt and Hoover. I got a very good look at Hoover. We didn ' t notice Garner nor Curtis, but we saw Mrs. Roose- velt ' s much-talked-about blue hat and Mrs. Hoover ' s brown hat, white hair and brown fur collar. Then we sat some more. The cavalry escort which followed was very pretty. We listened to the Inauguration services when they finally started. Eventually, we saw the police, then the cavalry, and then the Roosevelts ' car. He was waving his hand, in a very nice-look- ing white glove, rather timidly. I did see Garner ' s back this time. If you were listening in you know how the announcers talked about the applause, the enthusiasm, etc., etc.? Well, there wasn ' t any applause at all where we were, and Peggy who was down at the Capitol said there was very little there. I heard some on the radio once, but there was absolutely none throughout our stand or across the street. People did stand up, but they had to, to see him at all. I never saw any less enthu- siasm anywhere for anyone. I was all set to yell even if I am a Republican, but I ' d have done it alone. After this we waited. There was quite a mob by this time, but it was very orderly. There just wasn ' t any noise at all, except for ambulance and police-car sirens. These cars had a grand time. They tore up and down empty for the most part. Eveiy now and then a stretcher would be rushed to some one. Finally the parade got up to us. When the 12th Infantry got there, the whole thing 18 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY stopped. Roosevelt had not finished his lunch yet. They stood there in the cold — the wind just howls at that corner — and smoked and waited some more. Then they went on. The massed colors were perfectly beautiful, especially as they went up 15th Street, into the wind. The cars used in the Parade were gorgeous — probably many were furriished by local dealers — and there were lines of them abreast, all identical, apparently. I recognized nJew Fords, Chevrolets, Plymouths, Pierce-Arrows, and some must have been Lincolns, and there were two of the funniest looking, most mod- ernistic cars, with funny stream lines and having the rear wheels almost completely concealed by the chassis. There was one bad accident, the 1st bat- talion, 16th Field Artillery. It was right at the end of this, when the caissons were going by. There are four horses to each caisson, and something scared one of the horses hitched to one of the last caissons. When we first saw it, one of the soldiers had the horse ' s bridle and he and the horse were pulling in opposite directions. The horse broke loose — or maybe dragged the man with it — and reared, slipped on the pavement, and fell backwards, slightly to one side, landing on its back, almost on the front of the caisson and another horse. Did it kick! It was up, rearing, in another minute, slipped again, and fell again! also backwards. This same thing happened twice after this, and then it fell on its back squarely on one of the soldiers trying to control it. All I could see was the man ' s legs kicking out from under the horse. The man jumped out, staggering, as the horse rolled and was dread- fully kicked as he tried to get his balance and move from that place. The horse had broken loose by now and was caught and taken to one side. Just as soon as the trouble began there, a lieutenant stepped up, ordered the next caisson by and all the parade was going on, while this just moved out of place. This horse ' s mate was unhitched, the caisson went on with the parade, the injured man was car- ried off on a stretcher, and the two horses were led off somewhere. There was no break in the Parade. By this time I was all excited, and was also craning my neck to see Mr. King ' s regiment. The Marine Band came first, very colorful, then the regular marines, dressed in forest green, then Mr. King ' s reserves. They march- ed in a Pershing Square , all bunched up, and I nearly turned inside out trying to locate that man. I think I did, finally, but it was a dreadful nervous strain, picking him out of about 500 others. When the governors went by, there was the first real applause — for Ritchie. He had a regular ovation. I was quite excited when the Massachusetts State banner went by, though I had no idea which man in the car was Ely. The negro troops were about the best at marching. They had lots of snap, and the colored High School Cadets just strutted. The white Cadets from Richmond marched well. The Richmond Blues, Greys, and Howitzers were very elegant. You never saw so many Tammanyites as marched. All of New York must have been there. They went by for hours, it seemed. I saw Al Smith, and did that man get applause! He had more than Ritchie even, and he didn ' t take it all to himself either. Really, I admire that man. He couldn ' t get the Presidency, but he was the one that made the crowd cheer as he passed. The person who got the third most applause was — Tom Mix! ! ! He is very, very dark, and he had on a white cowboy suit, and rode a black horse which danced up the street side wise so he could wave his sombrero at the crowds. The people up in windows threw paper scraps and confetti for him, for Ritchie and for Al Smith. Tom Mix preceeded that merry-go-round thing the radio announcers talked about, in which were several more stars who looked just alike except for the color of their hair. I don ' t know who they were. One was a platinum blonde, but she did not look like any picture of Jean Harlow that I ever saw. Continued on Page 20 battle: High School Lowdown By the Key-Hole Reporter Corridor Rambles: It seems to be getting warmer and warmer in the classrooms these days — especially during a quiz . . . John (34) Anderson, studying before school — don ' t we all? . . . Katherine (35) Westwell, good deeding ...Beverly (35) Lawton, who reminds us somehow of her sisters . . . Donald (35) Karle, getting bigger every day . . . Celeste Gatineau, talking . . . Paul (35) Haynes and John (35) Barnard, our own energetic young men . . . Alice (35) Etherington taking a big pile of books ' ome — we ' ope you study ' em, Alice . . . Jack (35) Merrill, who makes the girls ' hearts flutter . . . and Esther (36) Butterworth, looking disgusted. LOST — Ned (35) Chapin; last seen hang- ing his coat in Miss Wells ' closet. Call Marcy, 7a, after 3:30. It seems strange that every time a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu writes in an autograph book, (especially another member ' s book) they always tuck up in one corner strange expressions, such as: Monroe ' s Cottage or Remember Lou ' s? Really, it ' s quite baffling and all forthcoming explanations will be grac- iously received.  How many have noticed that little sign on Mr. Greene ' s desk which says, When you think you are indispensable, you are not?  Impressions of the Depression Party: Well, give the 35 ' s credit for an original idea . . . Rene (35) Francazzi, with spats under his overalls — depression (?) ...Did you see those two tramps? ... Doris (36) Crandall and Eddie (35) Savage, about the cutest couple there . . . some of the boys did plenty of dodg- ing from the girls . . . during the cut-in dance, one was lucky to be able to dance two steps at a time ... on the whole, however, a good time was had by all. Not mentioning any names, BUT — What senior girl has no knowledge of how long she has been in existence? (Mr. Corbin brought out that information). What young gentlemen skipped Hamlet to go to the Capitol Theatre? It ' s very strange that all those girls were very willing to help at Montrose Dairy, when at home their mothers have a hard time getting them to boil water. At the Operetta: We never saw so many gypsies in our lives . . .your life wasn ' t worth two cents on that stage between the acts — what, with scenery falling left and right and people rushing around swinging hammers, it ' s a wonder the actors ever lived to go on with the show ... an orchid to Frances (33) Red- head, Mary (34) Dani, Betsy (35) Bernheim, Ed (34) St. Pierre, Arthur (35) Delage, et, al., for fine work ... it ' ll be a pity if the Glee Club can ' t continue the good work . . . another bouquet to the Glee Club to go beside the one for last year ' s Sonia. For the benefit of those who aren ' t in the Glee Club, we tell the following: At one time when visitor ' s night came around, Miss Fitz- gerald determined to show how good her stu- dents were. She drilled them in the books they were studying until they knew them by heart. Finally the big night arrived. Miss Fitzgerald picked up Julius Caesar, and began asking 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY questions. Xo one could answer the simplest. Miss Fitzgerald was dumbfounded — hadn ' t she trained them? Why, they almost knew who was going to be asked what question. Again she tried; no answers. Finally a little girl in the second row got up and said timidly, Miss Fitzgerald, we ' re the class in the ' Merchant of Venice, ' and you ' re asking us questions in ' Julius Caesar. ' - The Freshmen girls aren ' t letting the Junior and Senior girls put anything over on them. The latter have their Alpha Sigma Nu; the former, their Wawingts Club. (Don ' t blame us , we didn ' t invent the name.) They usually meet on Wednesday nights at 7:30. Their Faculty Adviser is Miss Woodward; President, Rita (36) Casavant; and Treasurer, Gertrude (36) Woodruff. As this is being written, the Wawingts (we hope that ' s not a typographical error) are having a membership drive. kay, Wawingts! And as a parting shot, remember that a lot of people know they ' re intelligent; but the greater majority only THINK they are. ALUMNI, Continued We couldn ' t see any of the airplanes or dirigibles as the stand we were on had a cover. We did see a n autogyro towing a streamer which said Retire with Lee Tires or some such thing. There was an Indian riding a horse. The Indian was dressed in beads and not much else. He looked wonderful, but must have been frozen. Last inauguration an Indian did the same and he died of pneumon ia. Really, I can ' t tell you about everything, there was so much. Some of the American Legion uniforms were very elegant — looked like the ones they had for the Convention in Boston. That Parade was more colorful than yesterday ' s. Yesterday ' s was supposed to last 2! 2 hours, but we left at 5 and it was still going on, and much more to come. What a crowd there was! You never saw such a traf- fic jam as there was later on. Lois Martin Fill in the vowels, D-d y- -v-r g-tf-l-d! Rearrange the letters of these words so that you may form a four word anagram, coon, eden, seen, and vend. EMMKEE Scotland Courier, Scotland, Pennsylvania. A very complete paper, but have you no poets? Blue and White Banner, Putnam, Con- necticut. You have a good Lit erary Department, especially that interesting article on the Olym- pics. The Emblem, Southington, Connecticut. What a good idea to have a number to keep the alumni interested. High Lights, Charlton, Massachusetts. Your editorials are good, especially the one on Neatness. Durfee Hilltop, Fall River, Massachusetts. 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WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XVI JUNE, 1933 NUMBER 4 This Issue Staff Graduates Literature Commencement Locals Alumni Notes Athletics Prattle 3 5 27 36 4 1 42 45 Staff for 1933-34 Editor-in-chief Business Manager Assistants Treasurer Subscription Manager ESTHER SKINNER Assistants MARY DANI ARTHUR RENAUD IANE WALKER PHYLLIS McKINSTRY PAUL HAYNES Exchange Editor GENEVIEVE GREENWOOD Alumni Editor PHYLLIS KERSHAW Athletic Editor GERALD McNITT Local Editor RUTH SIMPSON Prattle STANLEY FLOWER FLORENCE LOCKHART JOHN MARTIN JOHN LEPAGE, JR. GEORGE LITCHFIELD LOUIS BOURDELAIS RICHARD MACALLISTER EDWARD ST. ONGE Art Editor EDWARD SAVAGE MAVIS KINNEY Class Reporters Senior FRANCIS SHARPE Junior ROGER THOMPSON Sophomore FRANK LOCKI General Reporters ELIZABETH SUTCLIFFE DWIGHT WEBSTER WALTER REMIAN BERNARD HEFNER PAULINE EARLS Head Typist OLGA DUMAS Assistants RITA LACASSE JULIETTE GIRARD JEANNE ETHIER DORIS LATAILLE MARY KONTAXI ANNETTE DESAULNIERS Staff Adviser MISS THECLA FITZGERALD THE CRIMSON AND GRAY STAFF OF 1933 Present Staff Editor-in-chief Business Manager Treasurer Assistant Business Managers Subscription Manager ESTHER SKINNER Assistants FLORENCE LOCKHART ELEANOR WILLIAMS Prattle STANLEY FLOWER Local Editor ALICE CLARE BUCKLIN Reporters Senior NELLIE LESNIEWSKI Junior STANLEY FLOWER • Sophomore ROGER THOMPSON Freshman FRANK LOCKI LUCILLE MONROE RAYMOND LENTI RODOLPH LEDUC JOHN R. LEPAGE, JR. GEORGE LITCHFIELD JOHN MARTIN Alumni Editor RUTH BILLINGS Athletic Editor ALFRED DE ANGELIS Exchange Editor JOHN BINGLEY Art Editor FRANCES REDHEAD Head Typist PHILIPPINA DE ANGELIS Assistants GERTRUDE CHAMPAGNE CARRIE LABELLE RITA LIVERNOIS JENNIE CALO Faculty Adviser THECLA FITZGERALD To our coaches Kathryn H. Finnegan and Harry J. MacMahon 1 We dedicate this issue of the Crimson and Gray JOHN JOSEPH TOBIA This tms the noblest Roman of them all John is our class president and can he conduct a class meeting — 111 say!! He is characterized by a slight lisp, brown eyes, charming smile and wavy hair. Class President, 4: Student Council, 4; Traffic Squad, 4; Graduation Speaker; Baseball, 2, 3. FRANCES LOUISE REDHEAD Franky The All-American printing, tap-dancing Girl th ere any Typing, drawing, printing, tap-dancing, acting, singing,- activity or talent that magnetic, willing Franky lacks 5 Vice-Pres. Senior Class and Glee Club, 4; Sec. and Treas. Student Council, 4; Art Editor C. and G., 4: A. A.; Cheer Leader, 3, 4; Com. for Senior Play, Will, Photo, 4; Leads in Sonia and Chonita , Prudence Pepper in Senior Play. RODOLPH ROLAND LEDUC Rudy — Brutus Honesty is the best policy Rudy is a great little guy, likes good jokes, and offers many. He ' s a very shrewd person and quick tempered at times, quite indifferent to the op- posite sex. Artist and Cartoonist. C. and G. Staff, 4; Class Treas., 4; Senior and Junior Plays; Class Historian, 4; Traffic Officer, 4: Assembly Programme; Merchant of Venice, 1. PHILIPPINA DeANGELIS Phil A right handy kid Phil has won her way into the hearts of both her classmates and the faculty via her infectious chuckle, and her frank, friendly disposition. She is always ready with the helping hand — for any one in need of it. Graduation Speaker; Class Sec. 4; Sec. Typing Club, 3; C. and G. Staff, 3, 4; Chair. Sr. Dance; Motto Com., 4; Typing contest, 2; Oh, Kay , 3; ' bhe ' s a Good Fellow , 4; Wedding of Painted Doll , 1. MADELENE LOUISE ALLMAN Half-pint Better be small and shine than be great and cast a shadow Madelene is a good sport and is able to smile no matter how much she is teased. She often adds much amusement to our classes by her quaint remarks. Mamie in She ' s a Good Fellow ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Chonita , Pickles , Riding Down the Sky ,; Family Album ; Miss Iva Neway ' s School ; Merchant of Venice. LORENZO BEAUPRE Ketch Whose words all ears tool; captive Ketch has been a mainstay of our baseball teams for four years. His quick wit furnished amusement for our athletic teams. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3. RUBIA ANNA BEAUREGARD Ruby Though gentle, yet not dull Did you ever look at her wonderful big, brown eyes? One look at them and you ' ll discover her bright nature and lively actions. A. A., 4; Typing Club: Health Officer for Room 2, 4. RUTH ISABELLE BILLINGS Baby — Ruthie Pretty to walk with, witty to talk with, pleasant to think on, too? ' Although Ruthie rides in from West Dudley, she never misses any of the school activities. Her charming smile is a welcome in all her classes. Alumni Editor C. and G., 4; Asst. Ed., 3; Civic Note-book and Candy Com., 4; Merchant of Venice. JOHN BINGLEY An unite Judge of things that are old John loves to strike a ridiculous pose and mimic some poor soul. His anecdotes about my grandfather are famous. Posters — notifying the world about a coming entertainment, and operetta scenery — will miss his willing skill next year. C. and G. Staff 2, 3, 4: Student Council; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Jim in Oh Kav , 3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN BLAKELY Line And he was always human when he talked Golf is this boy ' s game. Both he and Piza are authorities on all the strokes. He ' s a loyal rooter for the M. E. Wells ' games just the same. Traffic Squad. FLORENCE LILLIAN BOYLE Flo Lire hair that is shining and free Many girls have envied Flo for her curly tresses. She has the gift of telling jokes and so keeping her friends in constant you sec Marie Quinabog Brew. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. ' hter. Wherever vou see Flo MARIE CLAIRE BREW Murry Voices ilmi Id sing; voices in laughter, tod ' Marie is one ol our commuting students, hailing from Quincbaug. Her pass- word must be Is everybody happy 3 , because where e ' er she goes, one hears the music ot laughter. Glee Club 3, 4; Merchant l Venice, 1. NORMAN BRODEUR Pat For I am brimful of friendliness When a friend is needed — rely on Pat and be sure of a shove toward your goal. A. A.: Senior Basketball Team. ALICE CLARE BUCKLIN Sweet and unimagined flowers Gentle and demure Alice has very remarkable ability in writing. Although reticent, she has many friends. A very interesting personality. Local editor of C. and G. 3, 4; Skits, 4. JENNIE CALO Nina You are gifted with much that is fine Jennie is one of our good students. A musician, too, she was one of the group to attend the Worcester County Music Festival. Her pose is a haughty one — but she doesn ' t fool anyone who knows her at all. Class Song; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Typing Club; A. A. JEROME CAPLOVICH Bubo Wittiest of the witty. Jerry ' s Eddie Cantor eyes, unlimited humor, strong vocal cords, and strongly argumentative nature make him a great little actor. Sonia , Boris Ivenuff; Chonita , Emil; Glee Club; Junior Play, Gramp ; Sr. Reception Com., 3; Scenery Com., 4; Co-author Hot Fire. RUTH CORA CARPENTER Rudy A friend that will never betray She is one of our quiet and demure girls who never bothers the teachers in school. She ought to be an example to the other Senior girls!! Rose Gardner in She ' s A Good Fellow , 4; A. A. 1; Typing Club, 2. AURORE CARPENTIER Diddy She is happy who thinks herself so The cause of noise or laughter in any class is usually Diddy, whose giggles are contagious. However we ' ll not hold that against her, for she is a good sport and everyone ' s friend. A. A.; Basketball, 3; Typing Club, 3; Assembly Programs, 2, 3. GERTRUDE SARAH CHAMPAGNE Dolly .4 heart as soft, a heart as kind A petite mademoiselle is Dolly and oh! how we love her, her perpetual smile and jolly disposition. The best of luck to Dolly. C. and G. Staff, 4; Pickles , Riding Down the Sky ; Typing Club; A. A. VICTORIA MARGARET CZYZEWSKI Vicky A good heart ' s worth gold Basketball, dancing, and typing amuse Vicky. Her gray eyes are constantly brimming with laughter — and her giggle is famous. Typing Club 2: A. A. 1. WILLIAM G. CZYZEWSKI Bill Silence is Golden Bill is the quiet, modest fellow of our class. Outwardly he seems bashful and shy, but to those who know him well he is a real sport and a gloom-chaser. He never participated in Athletics, but he is a loyal supporter of our teams. Rifle Club, 4. ALFRED DE ANGELIS Piza Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances Piz , our footba ' l captain and Student Council President, has the most willing heart of the class. Pres. St. Council, 4; Football, 2, 3, 4, Capt., 4; Basketball, 2, 3, Mgr. 4; Riding Down The Skv ; Merchant of Venice. RUTH RACHEL DELAGE With thoughtful face and sad majestic eyes Ruth has proved her ability in securing and forever keeping her friends by being elected to the presidency of the Alpha Sigma Nu — a girl ' s society where the rivalry is asphyxiating. Typing Club and A. A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Chairman on Dress Committee; Skits; Senior Dance; Candy Committee, 4; Assembly Programs. JEANNE DESAULNIERS Bobby Always the same Jeanne is an active member I our class, one ot our star basketball players, and excellent ice-skater. She is one ol Miss Finnegan ' s Cirls and has been Miss Aucoin ' s faithful helper in the supply room lor three years. Basketball, 2, 3; Typing Club, 2, 3, 4; Wedding of the Painted Doll. VIRGINIA CULLEN DORRELL Jin Her pleasure is her own power to charm Jin possesses two luminous b rown eyes — making her seem perpetually amazed. Don ' t be misled by this or by her seemingly demure manner. Don ' t miss her talk on Latin A. A. 1, 2, 3. 4. ROMEO HENRY DUMAIS Attracting all like a magnet So many nice things can be said about Romeo, perhaps it would simplify matters to say he is one of the finest boys in the class. He has made a scholastic record that is enviable and he is one of the best of friends. Through- out his career he has been a gentleman, scholar, leader and friend, and his success is evident. Class Pres. 3: Class Treas. 2: Student Council, 4; Traffic Squad, 4; Class Motto and Picture Committee, 4; Class Finance Committee, 4; Room Treas. 3, 4; A. A. LILLIAN EVA DUROCHER Lil Di ( ■■ in her eyes I read a mystery n is another one of our employed students. She ha for three years. May her experience and Lill McLellan ' success! A. A. 1, 2: Typing Club, 2. held a position in ood record bring her DOROTHY LOUISE FARLAND Dothy Charm — it ' s — it ' s sort of a bloom on a woman A pair of brown eyes that won ' t behave, a charming smile, and a lovely personality make Dothy one of the best liked Senior girls. She accepts everything with htr serene manner: fun, work, and fooling. Lots of success! County and School Typing Contests, 3; Typing Club, 3; A. A. GEORGE FARLAND Pudge A merrier man Within the limit of becoming mirth I never spent an hour ' s talk withal Pudge ' ' is our outstanding actor. His work in the Senior play was one reason for its success. His intelligent eyes always have a teasing twinkle. She ' s A Good Fellow ; Be An Optimist ; Senior Basketball; Baseball, 2; EVELYN FERNALD Evie A maul petite, with charms so sweet Although £velyi) is quiet and demure, she is ' nc of the best of friends. DORIS DELLCY FORD Dot An ardent pursuer oj the books oj knowledge Doris is another of our out-of-town students who is always faithful to student activities. Although quiet and modest, she is always ready to help. BERNARD FRANCIS FOX Bernie — Roscoe Ates He ' s a sure card Fox doesn ' t stutter, hut he loves to croon. A man of strategy, — his bluffing has turned many an English recitation from a serious moment of suspense (who ' s next) into a roaring, rocking roomful. Stage Manager Chonita , 4; Senior Play Scenerv, 4; Junior Play, 3; Operettas —Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Traffic Officer, 4; Typing Club; A. A.; Class Motto, 4; Skits, 4; Assemblies. CELESTE AURORE GATINEAU Gat She was dark haired, dark-eyed, oh, such dark eyes Celeste has proved that she is a good basket-ball player by her fine work on the Kid Pepper ' s Team, Wells ' Girl ' s Champion Team of 1933. Glee Club; Typing Club; Basketball. LUCILLE EDNA GAUMOND Is she not passing fair? A winsome Miss with an elusive smile and sparkling eyes, she has secured a niche in the heart of those who know her, and she has a cheery way that is contagious. Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A. A., 1; Typing Club, 2, 3; Assembly Programme, 4. LIONEL HEBERT Len In short, he was a perfect cavaliero Shieks aren ' t numerous, but this one can hold his own. Broad-shoulders, that ' s Len. He was a rock of Gibraltar on the football field. Football, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2; A. A., 2; Class Basketball, 2. WILFRED C. HONG Willie He ivas a t ntleman from sole to crown This is a keen-witted intelligent fellow with the ability to get along with all kinds of people. His hobby is solving problems, puzzles and mental knots. Operetta; Senior Play; Oh Kay . 3; Traffic Squad, I; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A. A., 2, 3; Assemblies. JOHN PETER KOZIOL Dan The best king oj good fellows Dan is the most versatile member of the class. He does not believe work should be a drudgery so he does his best to liven it up. Room 3 will be gloomy without his quips. He is the best first baseman ever to play for Wells. Baseball 3, 4, Capt. 4: Basketball 3. DOROTHY KRASNOV Dot Thus scorning all the cares that fate or fortune brings A clash of heels, yes it ' s Dot. Probably her destination is the Bookkeeping room. Mercy, but the child delights in practice sets, always way ahead. She intends to make her bread and butter after business school. Typing Club, 2; A. A.; Candy Com.; Jr. and Sr. Plays. VERA KRASOWSKY Vee Serene, she sits on other shores A very studious young lady, a good scholar and a good friend, Vera is quiet and calm mannered. We envy her all A ' s and B ' s. An honor student. Graduation Speaker; Glee Club, 2. MARGOT MARIANNE KUEHN Maggie And mistress of herself tho ' China falls Danger! here comes Maggie! Oh no, she won ' t hurt you, but her hair and blushes do combine in such a reddy way. Her predominating characteristic is her unflurried manner. She spends her spare time working at the library. Orchestra, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, 4; Chonita , 4; Class History, 4; Junior Prom Com.; Junior Play Com. CARRIE IRENE LABELLE Jimmy Those dancing feet She is always at hand and willing to help. Her hobby is dancing and you can find her at any school dance or at the movies. Class Sec, 2, 3: C. and G. Staff, 4: Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Pickles , 2; Oh, Kay , 3: Merchant of Venice , 1. NOELLA ALBINA LAMARINE Nal A story in every breeze Noella is peppy and happy-go-lucky. It is rumored that she is noted for her way with homework. Whenever a car is needed for a ball game or a picnic she is sure to be right on hand. Class Vicc-Prcs., 3; Vice-Pres. Typing Club, 3; A. A.; Typing Contest, 2; She ' s a Good Fellow , 4; Washington Bi-Centennial Play , 3; Assembly Programme. ERNEST LaVALLEE Speedy Fight to the end His premier sport is baseball and he possesses extraordinary pitching ability. He ' s a friend to all who choose to make his acquaintance. Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 4: A. A., 1, 2, 3: Traffic Officer, 3. 4; Glee Club, 1. LUCILLE WINONA MARIE LaVERGNE Billie The hand that hath made thee fair, hath made thee good Beauty and brains at last are combined in Lew. An out of door girl, to know her is to carry the image throughout your life — Good Luck! A. A. ODILON LAVOIE JR. Babe Slick and handsome Here ' s a boy for speed! He may be quiet in class, — but outside! How he uses those Eddie Cantor eyes! A. A. 1, 2, 3: Class Treas., 3; Glee Club, 1; Riding Down The Sky , 1; Football, 1, 2: Traffic Squad, 2, 3, 4; Rifle Club; V-V Baseball, 2. RAYMOND LENTI Ray — Sport Business, work, pleasure, you get plenty when teamed up with Raymond Lenti — For there ' s a handy man to have around. There ' s not a job he cannot do from janitor to boss. The all in one! Our own Jimmy Snozzle Durante. Bus. Mgr. C. and G.; Glee Club, 2, 3; Pres., 4; Chonita , Riding Down the Sky , Sonia : Student Council, 3, 4; Traffic Squad, 3, 4: Chr. Will, 4; Photo, 4; Junior Play Scenery: Oh Kay. NELLIE ANN LESNIEWSKI Peppers A maiden most charming, in fuel quite disarming Nellie is a frank, inquisitive, but very friendly miss. Her delights are playing pranks and making faces. She is one of three Senior girls on die Student Council — so there! Student Council, 4; Candy, 3, 4; A. A.; Sr. Fin. Com.; Sec. and Treas. Home Room, 4. RITA IRENE LIVERNOIS Champ Shi ' s liltli hut she ' s wise; she ' s a ei rl:er for her size Champeen gum chewer, mainstay ol Com. Dept., still the Girl Scouts occupy most of Rita ' s time — as well as a certain scouter. Candy, 4; Basketball, 4; She ' s a Good Fellow ; Typing Club; Health Officer, I; Assembl) Program. BEATRICE ALICE MARTIN Bee Affectionate and glad eyes Bee is a quiet sort of girl. She never bothers the teachers by her whispering but that ' s not saying she doesn ' t think a lot. Typing Club, 2. CLARENCE JOSEPH MILLER Bugs Oh Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? He came to us in his Junior Year but is one of the most popular seniors. (Ask the fair sex). Traffic Squad, 4: Senior Play; Bicentennial Programme, 3. LUCILLE AMELIA MONROE Lou — ' Luthy Tnie love never grows old We point with justified pride at our A student, Vice-President of the Student Council, Editor-in-chief of the staff, and Cheer Leader. Along with every- day activities isn ' t that a burden? Not for this party! She expects to attend Art school but-we-don ' t-know. How about it Lou? Class Prophet: Class Song-words; Student Council, 4; Vice-Pres., 4; Speaker; C. and G. Staff, 1, 2, 3, 4; Editor-in-Chief, 4; A. A., I, 2, 3, 4; Treas., 3, 4; Cheer Leader, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec. and Treas., 4; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Riding Down the Sky , Oh Kay , She ' s A Good Fellow , Merchant of Venice. ELEANOR THERESA PAOLETTI Elie Kindness goes a long way Eleanor has unusual athletic ability in basketball. Her dimples, likewise, single her out from the other girls. varsity, 2, 3: Inter-class basketball 4; Typing Club; A. A.; Basketball varsity, 2, 3 Wedding of the Painted Do RUTH ELIZABETH PAUL Such a way, she dances Although Ruth seems shy, appearance is deceiving — and amon ornate friends she is known to be peppy. Typing Club, 2: A. A. ROXANNE PINSONNEAULT Roxy Like (i spray j leaping fire Roxy, Pep, Vim, and Vigo Pinsonneault is one of those persons who can do more than one thing at a time and get away with it. She has gained fame- by her nonchalant style of clerking at the Woolworth Co. Glee Club, 1.2, L 4; Typing Club; Merchant of Venice ; Wednesday morn- ing entertainments. EARL PUTNAM A quiet man reaps much knowledge. The gentleman. A book of history is in the head of this quiet, studious man. Here ' s luck, Earl. Traffic Squad. EMMA ROSE RICHARD Richy A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance Emma Rose always has a happy smile for every one. We wonder where those letters come from which we see her reading so frequently. A. A. LUCY JANE ROMANO Lou Whose heart was filled with the loveliest things Lou ' s ambition is to become a successful secretary. We know she will succeed because she possesses all the qualities. She has displayed her ability by working in the office every spare period. Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Typing Club. ISABEL IRENE SANGREN Issy The very pink of perfection ' This sweet young miss blushes deliciously when slightly perplexed or teased. Not studious — her attentions are diverted elsewhere — not so? Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Riding Down the Sky , Chonita , Pickles ; Violet in She ' s a Good Fellow ; Typing Club; Wedding of the Painted Doll , Merchant of Venice ; A. A. ALBINA ROSE SAVAGE Al Beauty is its own excuse Albina, the perfectly coiffured girl, up-to-the-moment in style, is a much sought after young lady of Wells. Nevertheless she is one of Mr. Greene ' s able secretaries and always willing to work. We find a cheer friend in Albina. Class Vice-President 2; A. A. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2; Pickles ; Assembly Programme; Typing Club, 2, 3. ADELE SAWICKI Ritzy Talk, Talk, Talk! Her next most favorite is roller skating, we ' re told. This jovial, witty little girl is seldom seen without her pal. Her wide knowledge of books helps make her the master mind of the English class. Prophecy, Skit, Photo Committees, 4; A. A. LAOLA ADA SHARP Lay Literature is an Education Laola surprises her classmates many a time by steady statements of fact which have been acquired through study. This quiet girl has a marked ability in English. Girl ' s basketball has also attracted her. Edith Whitney in Oh Kay ; Basketball, 1, 2, 3; A. A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Skit Com.; Chairman Candy, 4. LESTER HERBERT SHELDON Doc Good nature is an Asset When one sees Lester ambling down the corridor in his calm and steady way, one would not believe that he is one of our best fun-makers. In English Class his hearty laugh and humorous remarks are enough to chase away anyone ' s troubles. Best of luck, Doc ! Assembly Programme. RUTH VIVIAN SMITH Smithy A good reputation is a fair estate A friend in need is Ruthie, always ready to help or to explain a home-lesson. However, she is always ready for a joke and does not let her studies worry her too much. ALICE TALBOT Lily The gift to jeel in little looks of praise — Peace for awhile Alice has a sweet and gentle smile which is as refreshing as a summer breeze. She is quiet and reserved. The teachers often wished that there were more like her. ELIZABETH MARY LOUISE TARQUINIA Betty A smile in her eyes Betty is the possessor of lustrous, wavy, brunette locks and twinkling blue eyes. Her capacity for Law case problems and typing is amazing. Glee Club, 4; Chonita ; A. A. Committees; Junior and Senior Candy; Freshman Party; Basketball, 2, 3, 4. CHARLES TREMBLAY Red Laugh when you may Red ' s fine work in the Thanksgiving Day game will never be forgotten. He also scintillated on the basketball floor. Football, 1 2, 3; Mgr., 4; Basketball, 1, 2, 3; Class Prcs., 2; Traffic Squad, 3, 4; Riding Down The Sky ; Glee Club, 1, 2. RENATO ROBERT VOLPINI Red His friendship is prized for its sincerity His prowess on the athletic field is great, but his ability to register in class is the thing. Baseball, 2, 3, 4: Football, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Captain 4: Basketball 2, 3, 4. PARKER WEAVER Then is the silence of deep peace of mind Parker is unofficially known to have the most stubborn will of any one in the class. His chipper smile would seem to belie it. We ' ll miss him on the football field ' Football, 2, 3, 4; Capt. Traffic Squad, 4: Room 3 Pres. 4; Student Council, 3, 4. CAST OF SHE ' S A GOOD FELLOW JUNE 1933 17 Literature Future Citizens We, the class of 1933, are greatly pleased to have this opportunity to give you cur most sincere greetings, We wel- come you to witness our last gathering as a group of undergraduates. Tonight brings to an end our high school life, one of happiness, fun, and light-heartcdness, and, above all, one of friendship and profitable experience. Tonight we are high school students; tomorrow our life as citizens begins. Are we prepared to take it up? Confidently we say yes. In order to qualify for citizenship, we must have some idea of the requisites of a good citizen. In the constitution of the United States, we find that a citizen is a person who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the community in which he resides, and in return gives his alle- giance to the state. We can say we shall be good citizens, for in our school we have, in a particular way, fulfilled these requirements and are, therefore, prepared for tomorrow. The public school makes it possible for the poor child to receive as good an education as the wealthy child; every student is given the same opportunity. He learns how to solve school problems so that later he is prepared to settle community problems: cleanliness at school makes him conscious of his town ' s ap- pearance ; ti affic rules of high school make him respect law; class organizations accustom him to obedience to elected officers. From the earliest grades we ' ve had developed in us the idea that cheating is unsocial. Later we con- demned corrupt procedure of class govern- ment. If the class accepts this, if its sense of moral and social responsibility has been de- veloped, won ' t it later frown upon dishonest government? In our school two courses, civics and govern- ment, required of every student, give him a most complete theoretical knowledge of our United States Government. To this theory, our practical experience, derived from our c very-day school life, is added and is really of greater importance. Many people have made, and still make the mistake of thinking that the sole purpose of a child in attending school should be study. This, undoubtedly, is not true. Let us ignore the social, athletic, and other extra-curricular activities, while we concen- trate our attention upon the organizations for government to be found in high school. )nce school was a dull and monotonous in- stitution with rules of iron imposed on the students by a dominant faculty. Today, this is changed. School life is interesting. • Not the buildings, the teachers, the subjects, make a school — but the students! And, since the students are important, today ' s tendency is to train them to be self-reliant — to take care of themselves.- We have in force a Student Government, that is, a group of governing students consist- ing of four sophomores, six juniors, and ten seniors, elected by their own classes, who are banded together to make regulations for the school. Their aims are to encourage sports- manship, to promote harmony, to give the student body, as a whole, more control in school affairs, and to influence cooperation between students and teachers. For a newly formed oiganization, the student council as a helping hand has had very favorable results. To create a more congenial social spirit, it lias sponsored afternoon dances and occasional evening dances so as to bring the students closer together. This gave them a good op- portunity to make numerous friendships. Funds from these dances were used, generally, for the benefit of injured athletes or to help 18 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY the athletic association defray some of its expenses. Thus sportsmanship and coopera- tion were demonstrated. Another important accomplishment is the purchase of furniture for the use of all the school ' s organizations, thus saving the usual rental fee. Undoubtedly, the student council will act a most important and responsible role in years to come for the interests and school life of the student body. Just as any government has a band of men to enforce its laws, so we have an equivalent in the Traffic Squad. This squad is composed of boys from the upper classes appointed by the graduating boys with the approval of the principal. It is an interesting sight to one unfamiliar with a modern school building to see a group of 500 pupils moved smoothly and quietly within two minutes time from one room to another, from the top floor to the basement, all in control of traffic officers stationed at strategic points. The only order necessary is a quiet comment. So far, this is the extent of student control of discipline, but in future years it aims to have practically sole power of individual punishment and to rule according to its own judgment and decision. Regardless of how many times a student may have scoffed at restriction of his school, down in his heart he is fond of it. His love of the building and a pride in its appearance teaches a respect for the property of others. Building a high standard of school character creates a guarantee of future respect for the rights of others. Now are we not prepared for tomorrow ' s work as citizens? Our school brings to the attention of the student the learning of all agi -. points out the struggles of men and women in securing equality and opportunity, .-hows the customs of other lands, broadens hi . vision by showing its resources and in- dustries, shows how laws are made, their values, and their applications right within the school. In short our school makes ready the Junior citizen of today for the responsibilities of the Senior citizen of tomorrow. And so we, the citizens-about-to-be, greet the citizens who-are. We hope we shall have benefited by the training you have furnished us so that future graduating classes may be as grateful to us as we are tonight to you, our parents, our friends, our fellow citizens. John Joseph Tobia ' 33 This Workaday World In the eighteenth century business and busi- ness dealings were considered a man ' s work. Girls were not allowed to go to school. It was believed that they were in- capable of learning, moreover, that learning was unnecessary, for a woman ' s place was in the home, and if she dared enter business or indulge in an occupation other than household duties, it was considered disgraceful. Even as late as the middle of the nineteenth century Hepzibah Pyncheon we are told in The House of Seven Gables, felt she had lost social caste because she was about to open a store. Professors, doctors, lawyers, and men of al- most every profession wrote book upon book trying to prove the incapability and inferiority of women. But as the years went by woman was given the opportunity of educating herself, and the old tradition of home being the woman ' s only place has been done away with. The twentieth century has proved that a woman has the ability to work and to work well. Opportunities for women in business opened during the World War. Because of their business school training they have been able to keep these jobs since. Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor in the President ' s Cabinet, has many difficult problems confronting her, and her capability in overcoming them furnishes an excellent example of what the woman of today can ac- complish. JUNE 1933 19 Business in America is progressing rapidly each year and in order to keep pace with her, trained and efficient business helpers arc need- ed. The person who enters business today must have something definite and valuable to offer to take advantage of the many opportunities of the business world. There existed a time when one could get along with the crowd; but that time is rapidly passing, never to return again. In order to have these needed trained business workers, commercial schools both for men and women have been established. Extra subjects have been added to our high school commercial course until we have one of the best commercial courses to be had any- where. In the Sophomore year a half year of stenography and bookkeeping is offered as an explorator y course to help the pupil discover his abilities and to determine what he is to follow up for his life work. The commercial department is installed with modern equipment such as the mimeo- graph, typewriter, comptometer, calculating, billing and adding machines, and dictaphone to give thorough training. Training without experience does not appeal to the practical- minded business man. Therefore, our school gives each student an opportunity to acquire experience. Each pupil is taught to cut a stencil on the typewriter, place it on the roller of the mimeo- graph, and then turn out hundreds of copies of a piece of work. Hundreds of copies of ex- aminations are turned out during the year for various departments, reports for the superin- ri in lent, recipes for Domestic Science, pro- grams for our school activities and for a small remuneration, correspondence such as circular letters, addressing of envelopes for private in- dividuals — all give pupils practice work. The Crimson and Gray work before it goes to the printer must all be accurately typed, therefore, other students receive practice. From 8:40 to . ' 5:00 o ' clock the clicking of the typewriters can ' be heard when approaching the typing room. On entering the room one perceives row upon row of typewriters. Dif- fi i nt types, for instance: Royal, Underwood, Remington, L. C. Smith, and the Noiseless, are used so that each student through this practice will be able to operate any kind that he may encounter in the business world. Each student is required to take care of his own equipment that is — dusting, oiling, and changing of ribbon of a typewriter. By doing this each machine is kept in an orderly manner, different sizes of knows something of the mechanism. Material is kept in an orderly manner, different sizes of paper are kept separately, ribbons in boxes are piled neatly in the cupboard, and a wire basket on the first shelf is used to hold all the partly used paper. Then each night two stu- dents stay after school to sort the paper so that it may be used again. This particular practice teaches us economy. To stimulate interest shorthand awards are given in stenography to the student making a mark of 95 or higher. A speed of 100 words per minute must be attained by June in the Senior year. When the uninitiated learns that one hundred words per minute means that the words have been dictated at that speed for a period ' of five minutes, that the method of checking is by the ability to reproduce the matter on a typewritten sheet, and that only a limited number of errors — such as spacing and typographical errors — are allowed and that one misspell ed word disqualifies a paper, immediately he realizes that the student must be accurate in order to pass this test. Accuracy, however, is gained by hours of work in daily classes. Nearly forty minutes of dictation is given every morning. Once a week the notes are taken into the typing room to be transcribed. This creates, as nearly as possible, conditions in an office where notes from dicta- tion must be transcribed immediately. To check their speed and to gain experience many students test themselves by taking dic- tation from various speakers over the radio. Some were successful in getting Speaker Rainey ' s speech at opening of Congress. Soon we ' ll all be taking down Lowell Thomas! Our proficiency in both shorthand and typ- ing has been shown by public competition with 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY other schools. Although we have not entered any contests since 1930, that year was a banner year. We received twelve out of the eighteen prizes that were awarded in the Worcester County Contest. That same year we also en- tered the State Contest. One of the Seniors won the State Championship in typing. We were also awarded a silver loving cup for ac- curacy and speed in shorthand. This cup is now in the stenographic room constantly re- minding the students that accuracy and speed must be attained to keep this cherished trophy. The dictaphone class meets once each week. Not only do we learn to type from the dicta- phone but each one also learns how to operate the dictaphone. Less usual than typing but necessary to a modern efficient pupil is the comptometer class which meets twice a week. Bookkeeping students are allowed to use it in their work. And, by the way, a two and one half year bookkeeping course including the three types of business organizations: the single proprie- torship, partnership, and corporation, is taught. Whole bookkeeping sets are worked out by the students. The Senior Commercial Law Class was taken to the Superior court in Worcester to be shown the court proceeding of a case involving two large companies. Practical experience is gained by some of our members by doing class accounts and Crimson and Gray bookkeeping, as well as by part time woik in offices of lawyers, real estate dealers, store ' s and large manufacturing plants. This affords a period of apprenticeship where know- ledge obtained at school can be applied, made more vital, shortcomings can be observed, and remedial measures taken. Many of these part- time jobs are a means to a permanent position alter graduation. We have, however, another avenue of ex- perience most valuable and practical of all. Each girl in the stenographic group is given the opportunity to work in Mr. Greene ' s, our principal ' s, office for two weeks as his steno- grapher. We take shorthand dictation, write letters, file matter, take messages by tele- phone, and — perhaps you will doubt this — learn to follow instructions, as well as the meaning of the word discretion. We have been taught that in addition to our knowledge of commercial subjects honesty, de- pendability, and punctuality are the funda- mental qualities to possess in order to become really successful business workers. These qualities, we are told, are essential not merely to business alone, but to everything worthwhile. Using this training and advice as the basic foundation on which to build our future, we should all some day reach the top of the ladder of success. Philippina De Angelis ' 33 Home Makers When high schools first came into being, Latin was the most important subject. As a matter of fact, preparation for college was the only excuse one gave for at- tending high school. Today in our own high school, proof of a change in the center of in- terest is to be seen when one realizes that out of 500 pupils, over 300 are registered in the Commercial and Practical Arts Courses. Isn ' t it at least as important that a girl know how to roast meat, make a dress, or keep the home expenses within a budget, as that she learns Latin, who the fourth president of the United States was, or the formula for hydrogen-sulphide? Where do girls have any opportunity to learn this practical knowledge? At home, — is the answer. Truly — but everybody doesn ' t have a mother patient enough to teach, with the time necessary to teach, or with the newest methods or theories to make housekeeping at- tractive to the modern girl. Almost everyone realizes that homemaking affects everybody and everything, for in a wisely kept and run home, the individuals are healthy and happy. Every girl ought to strive to acquire a success- JUNE 1933 21 ful home, because home standards make the nation ' s standards. Accepting this, the importance of Domestic Science looms larger in our minds. Let me take you on a tour of inspection of the domestic science rooms in the high school. They are located on the top floor. We first enter the sewing room where our attention is attracted by the cheerful atmosphere. Yellow curtains, shining long table surfaces, and flowers at the window, together with the color- ed prints of cloth and dress patterns on the wall would never suggest a school room. At one end stand five or six sewing machines, one of which is electric. A dress form adds an air of practicality. Shouldn ' t a girl in this environ- ment be able to work? I ' ll wager most of you didn ' t know we had a dining room in the high school! It is next to the sewing room, and furnished with a complete dining set. A table stands in the middle with chairs drawn up to it. On opposite sides are built-in cabinets neatly and orderly set w r ith attractive dishware. With a few flowers and plants about, this is a very attractive, tidy little room. The sewing room and dining room are pleasant, but the cooking room would steal any housewife ' s heart. In an open hollow square are arranged tables, at each of which two girls work. Each place is equipped with a gas plate and individual utensils such as measuring cups, spoons, mixing bowl, and the like; and every table has its own set of dish pans — for not only do we learn to cook — but v( learn to housekeep too. In addition to the individual equipment, however, there is most excellent general equip- ment. An electric refrigerator and modern gas- stove, both finished in white, stand at each end of the room. A soap-stone sink and set- tubs near which hang dish towels drying prove that we are neat and orderly. This kitchen really has a cheerful atmosphere. Most of you would like to see a cooking- class in action so let me take you to one for a minute. Girls in aprons and headbands, with clean hands, are working in pairs. Some are busily stirring material at the tables, one pair may be at the center table getting general material brought from the pantry by another pair. Nearby in the dining room other girls may be setting the table. Each pair makes the article of the day, marks it for identifica- tion, and puts it into the oven or the refrigera- tor for preparation. This work being complet- ed, the girls by turn dust, sweep, wash dishes, scrub towels until the kitchen is in order. Then they eat. The peak of accomplishment really is in the cooking and serving a meal to guests. The work is done cooperatively, and the menu is such that could be served in an ordinary home. During the meal we notice the neat table linen, and the waitresses ' aprons. These arti- cles were made in the sewing classes. Since the sixth grade, girls have had instruction both in hand and machine work. Patterns, dress- making magazines, and illustrations of latest styles in coats and dresses aid the students to develop good taste. In the Household Arts Course open to first and second year girls, practical projects are worked out. Perhaps the most serviceable was the economy dress. This was made of Hamil- ton Woolen goods. Style and color becoming to the wearer were selected. Several sets of collars and cuffs were made, and changes in hats, gloves, shoes, and belts, so that variety in costumes would result, were carefully studied. In connection with this training comes the Home Project work. The student makes something at home without supervision and gets credit for it. She may prepare breakfast for a week — or she may make some article of clothing which, finished, she brings back for a mark and credit. Doesn ' t this sound practical? But we ' ve been ignoring the practical training of which the boys of high school may take advantage. The Manual Art Shops in the basement of the school are equipped with impressive look- ing machinery. 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY In the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, general training is given in electrical work, mechanical drawing, wood, metal work, and painting and finishing. These are in the nature of an exploratory course. In high school the hi y selects one phase in which to specialize. Of a variety of projects, perhaps the build- ing of a wardrobe this year would illustrate the kind of work done. First the students select material which will fit in with his own household furnishing. Then he constructs, using the following machines: for the lay-out, a jointer, band saw and circular saw, and a router are used. Then comes assembling by gluing, nailing, or using screws. Finally comes the finishing with shellac, stains, or varnish. The wardrobe is ready to be taken home. Throughout high school samples of work completed by the boys may be seen; cup- boards, book-shelves, back-bo ards for basket- ball, supply closets are all products of this course. The courses in Manual Arts are considered, not as specialized vocational work, but rather as a common experience preparing the student to appreciate every-day-articles and giving the boy a skill always useful. Many boys, hi- therto indifferent students, find a pleasure in this work and later are able to pursue it as a vocation. Make the child ready to become a useful member of society — this is one of the funda- mental aims of the public school system today. Everyone isn ' t born to be a professional man, to go to college, to be a great statesman. Abraham Lincoln, it was, who said: God must have loved the common people because He made so many of us. It is this great army of common people , the millions who make the homes of our country, whose sons are our soldiers, whose daughters are our mot hers — that our public schools remember when they open for the student the practical arts courses in Domestic Science and in Manual Arts. Vera Krasowsky .V. The Practicality of Our High School The Mary E. Wells High School has been on the list of schools accredited by the College Entrance Examination Board for over forty years. It has excellent equip- ment; it is progressive in its student activities; and it is abreast of the times. But is this school practical? Does it train its students so that they are fitted to get and to hold jobs? First, we must find out what an employer demands of his employee. Does he hire a per- son because he received high marks in school, or does he hire him because of his ability and character? Does he hire John Jones in pre- ference to Tom Smith because John received A in Latin whereas Tom received only a C? Or does he hire the one of these two who had the better character? According to the Personality Chart Press in Kansas City and as a result of a college man at the University of Pittsburg studying the reasons why people lose their jobs, it was found that only 20% lose their jobs for lack of ability, or skill, or training, whereas 80% lose jobs on account of character traits. Therefore, we see that employers want their employees to have good characters as well as good train- ing. Some of the most important character traits which an employee should have are loyalty, cooperation, punctuality, and judg- ment. And so the question of our high school ' s practicality is answered affirmatively if we can show that its students are trained in loy- alty, cooperation, punctuality, and judgment. Loyalty is being constant or faithful in any work implying trust and confidence. Loyalty is necessary to inspire the enthusiam that makes devotion to a cause more than a duty. The loyalty of soldiers in battle, of telephone operators during a flood, of Chicago school teachers when they were not paid — this isn ' t duty, it ' s more. Do we gain experience so that we know what JUNE 1933 23 enthusiastic devotion is, devotion greater than duty that spurs us on? Gome to the football game between Wells and Bartlett on Thanks- giving Day. For weeks before the game the students ' slogan is Beat Webster. We all know that the students are loyal to their team and school. We must not underestimate the value of the enthusiasm shown at athletic games, for in this way the students learn to display their loyalty. The second quality is cooperation. Coopera- tion is the act of working together. The parts of a clock must all move together in order that the clock run. If one wheel of the movement stops, the clock will not run. Likewise the employees of a firm must all cooperate in order that the business of the firm may go on as it §hould. If one does not do his share of the work it will affect the whole firm. The students learn to cooperate by the class activities. In staging a play, the actors, the property man, the ticket committee, and the stage hands must all work together to make the play a success. Each actor has to learn his lines to furnish cues for the others; the pro- perty man must prepare the stage setting; the ticket committee must take charge of the sale of tickets and of advertising. In a baseball game all players learn to support their pitcher. A pitcher cannot win a game by himself. The team, not the individual wins. And so we have examples of cooperation! Punctuality is the next quality we are to consider. The actual loss to a business man of only a minute a day by one employee amounts to hours of labor when multiplied by the total number of days. More than that, however, the man who is on time is certain to be more pleasing to his employer, to be more ready for his work. Wordsworth says in describing King ' s College Chapel, Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more. To In- sure, thie is ideal. Few of us, if any, give all we can to the every-day job. But we can give every hit of time we ' re paid for. The low percentage of tardiness in High School, which is approximately three-fourths of one percent, shows that the students are learning to be punctual. Judgment, the last quality to be considered, is of great importance. If a person has good judgment, he has a very good chance for suc- cess. If he is able to weigh and balance, to come to a decision, and to carry his plan through, he will be valuable to his employer and certain of getting ahead. Now, let us see how the students learn to use their judgment. The members of the Stu- dent Council have to decide certain things for themselves. Since they represent the student body they must vote for motions which they think are for the good of the student body and vote against those which they think are bad. These are only a limited number of examples of the display of cooperation, loyalty, punc- tuality, and judgment. Daily, in ways little observed at the moment, only appreciated in retrospect, our characters are being molded and at the end here we stand ! We believe that our high school is practical ! It not only educates its students, but it also tries to develop their characters in order that they may go out into the world ready to grasp success. Romeo Henry Dumais ' 33 In Defense of Fun It is indeed true that book-learning plays an important part in preparing one to go out into the world. How many of you however have seriously thought that the fun which we have in school, the ways in which we spend our leisure time — are fully as important as book- knowledge to the lives of every young man and woman? Picture, for instance, this Town Hall the afternoon before a play. A crew of boys is hammering and painting on something which they hope to turn into a door. One boy is on 24 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY a ladder hanging pictures. At five-thirty the girl who lives across the street comes in laden with her mother ' s best curtains, scarfs, and pillows to use to make the stage look natural. Another group comes in to report that the tickets are selling famously or to bring in some candy. The whole place is a regular hub-bub! How different that night when the curtain rises! The heroine ' s mother faintly smiles as she sees her own living room transplanted to the stage; and the boys backstage heave sighs of relief as the doors open and shut with ease. What value has all this work? For the past two months the students who have stayed late at school have given the play as an excuse. Can any possible benefit be derived from rob- bing the household of its prize possessions, of everything from the living room curtains to Dad ' s pet fishing pole? There certainly are benefits, and parents should not be too prone to underestimate their value. The committees in charge assume many responsibilities. Teaching a student to accept responsibilities and to make his undertakings a success certainly is a helpful lesson. The characters in the play not only accept respon- sibility and learn a great lesson in cooperation, but they arc taught to cultivate their voices and to appear capably in public. All the fun and activities which we have in school may be divided into two classes, avo- cations and diversions. Fundamentally, an avocation is something one turns to because of its high quality of pleasure, and incidently it is an activity that may eventually bring money to the individual. The study of music can definitely be classed as an avocation. In the public schools, the initial interest in music is started in the ele- mentary grades and carried on extensively in High School. Orchestra work, means one or two afternoons a week for rehearsals. It means hard work in attempting to create harmony between violins, flutes, cornets, saxophones, piano and other instruments so that they may present soft, harmonious tunes for the un- sympathetic cars of some of their audience. But their hard work brings with it pleasant results. Consider the triumph of the smooth music of the orchestra here tonight. Not only in this orchestra, but also in the Glee Club docs one find musical opportunities. The latter is a most worthy organization. It has pur- chased for school use a radio and a piano. It op-ens tip to the unsung heroes a chance to sing for themselves! This musical practice may definitely lead to a career as many have found. One boy, who now manages his own orchestra, says that he never seriously began to think of music until he took advantages of the opportunities af- forded by the school. Perhaps facts like these will show why it is reasonable that students should be given musical advantages at public expense. Art is an avocation, and although in High School there is no art department, some stu- dents continue work in this line. How many of you, upon inspecting our school magazine realize that every art execution has been hand carved on linoleum blocks? The students have spent much spare time making posters for the operetta and school dances. The blackboard illustrations which they have done in colored chalks have aroused in less talented scholars an ability to criticise and appreciate simple art fundamentals. Although most of the student clubs and organizations are diversions, the work of the Crimson and Gray , the school magazine, may be classed as an avocation. It is here that stuelents are given their first chance to express their originality in art and literature. On the editorial staff, the experience of the editors is unequalled in any other school organization. The business staff is responsible for making bills, balancing the budget, collecting subscrip- tions, and making the magazine pay for itself. All of these things they do very successfully. It is in this line of work that the students first train themselves capably to accept responsibil- ity. That this is practical is proved by the fact that students with this business training know how to interview people, have gained poise, JUNE 1933 25 and not infrequently add considerable to their incomes in college by doing staff-work on the newspaper there. Diversions we turn to for brief periods of time for the fun which they yield. Music, as well as being an avocation, may also be classed as a diversion, because many students turn to music merely as a source of pleasure. Athletics probably are the greatest diver- sions in high school. Consider their benefit to one on the sidelines. They train him in loyalty; they inspire him with enthusiasm; and they develop school spirit as well as furnish him with those qualities which keep one young. Then consider them from the point of view of one in the game. Perhaps the great- est lesson for him is that of sportsmanship. He learns how to accept victory with modesty and defeat with a smile. He learns skill, and he is taught cooperation. This year the High School auditorium was transformed into a basket-ball court. Instead of having only a Varsity team, every boy and girl who desired to participate in this sport- was given the o pportunity. Intermural basket- ball teams were established and competitive games played during afterschool hours. Foot- ball and baseball teams furnish interest in their seasons. Dramatics are a diversion and furnish op- portunities for many pupils. They start out, generally, with some Friday morning assem- bly. First come an informal speech which has been carefully learned. Later on comes the operetta and class plays. Gradually, step by step, the boisterous, gawky school boy is transformed into the silent, handsome hero, and the demure, little school girl is made into a lovely heroine. Let ' s on with the dance! We realize today that everyone dances, and so what could be better than having our own? Let me take you for a moment to one of our Friday afternoon dances. As you enter the school, soft strains of victrola music float out into the corridors. Boys and girls are dancing around, and their faces show that they enjoy this inexpensive diversion. The teachers act as chaperons. The pupils who, heretofore, have not danced, are learning the new steps. This scene should not leave an impression that these diversions are producing only a pleasure-seeking generation. They are lending poise, social character, and cooperation to the students. From these facts it is clearly shown that we have fun in High School. Our old friends, Ad- dison and Steele, tell us in The De Coverley Papers that the only difference between work and play is one ' s attitude. Is this not true? What boy would use the energy in mowing the lawn that he uses on the football field, or what girl would dust as energetically as she decor- ates for a dance? And so, by the guile of the joy of sociability, all of us are wheedled into social responsibili- ties that will not leave us when we need them later on. Lucille Amelia Monroe ' 33 JUNE 1933 27 Commencement Class Motto Non coniectus sed initus BACCALAUREATE The Baccalaureate Service was held Sunday evening, June 18, in the Central Baptist Church. The Reverend Manford Schuh gave the sermon. CLASS BANQUET The Banquet was held June 19, at the Cohasse Country Club. Dancing followed. CLASS DAY PROGRAM On June 21 Class Day exercises were held in the auditorium. Orchestra Address of Welcome John Tobia Class History Rudolph Leduc Music Class Will Raymond Lenti Class Prophecy Adele Sawicki , „ ( Jennie Calo — music Class bong L ... ,_ JLucille Monroe — words Presentation of Gift from Class of ' 32 Orchestra Planting of Ivy John Tobia CLASS SONG Our school once again sends adventurers forth To brave the grim hardships of life To battle fierce evils, to share glad delights And win this strange glorious strife. Oh, school that inspired us searching for truth Enchanting each mind with thy lore We ' ll guard precious gems of advice thou bestowed As life ' s mystic lanes we explore. When glamorous meadows of Springtime unfold With promise of midsummer sown Enchanting bright vistas attract and allure Away from fond friends we have known. We falter, forsaking thy sheltering shade Loved guardian of youth ' s brightest hour While deep from each heart rises fragrance sublime Sweet rosemary, memory ' s flower. Words — Lucille Monroe Music — Jennie Calo 28 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY SENIOR RECEPTION The Seniors were guests at a reception given in their honor by the Juniors in the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 23. Decorations were the Senior colors, blue and silver. The following Juniors were in charge: Decorations Arthur Renaud Tickets Florence Lockhart Claire Paquette Refreshments Jean Macallister Grace Oldfield Matrons Mary Dani GRADUATION PROGRAM Invocation Selection Address Address Selections Address Address Rev. Elmer M. Druley Orchestra Future Citizens John Joseph Tobia This Workaday World Philippina DeAngelis Lullaby — Brahms Allah ' s Holiday— Frinl Girls ' Glee Club Home-makers Vera Krasowsky The Practicality of our High School Romeo Henry Dumais Selection Song of Farewell — Kountz Mixed Glee Club Address In Defense of Fun Lucille Amelia Monroe Special Awards Presentation of Diplomas Chairman of the School Committee Selection Orchestra Benediction Rev. E ACADEMIC liner M. Druley First Name Middle Name Last Name M i ' l ' lene John Alice Jerome Louise Everett ( ' lure Allman Bindley Bueklin Caplov ich Virginia Romeo Wilfred M argot Odilon Raymond Lucille Earl John Renato Marie Jennie Sarah Victoria Philippina Ruth Dorothy Dorothy Vera Carrie Noella Rita Eleanor Ruth Roxanne Prances Lucy Albina Ruth Aurora Jeanne Bernard Alice Elizabeth Rubia Ruth Abraham Lorenzo Florence Norman William Alfred Lillian George Evelyn Doris Celeste I ucille Joseph John Flrnest Lucille Rodolph Nellie Beatrice Clarence Emma Rose Isabel Adele Laola Lester Ruth Charles Parker Cullen Henry Suey Hem Chin Marianna Joseph Amelia Underwood Joseph Robert STENOGRAPHIC Dorrell Dumais Hong Kuehn Lavoie, Jr. Lenti Monroe Putnam Tobia Volpini Claire Gertrude Margaret Rachel Louise Honey Irene Albina Irene Theresa Elizabeth Margaret Louise Jane Rose BUSINESS Cora Exina Marie Francis Mary Louise GENERAL Anna Isabelle Lincoln Lillian Rudolph Gregory Eva Alfred Lucille Dellcy Aurore Edna Lionel Peter Joseph Marie Roland Ann Alice Joseph Irene Ada Herbert Vivian John Brew Calo Champagne Czyzewski DeAngelis Delage Farland Krasnov Krasowsky Labelle Lamarine Livemois Paoletti Paul Pinsonneault Redhead Romano Savage Carpenter Carpentier Desaulniers Fox Talbot Tarquinia Beauregard Billings Blakely Beaupre Boyle Brodeur Czyzewski DeAngelis Durocher Farland Fernald Ford Gatineau Gaumond Hebert Koziol Lavallee LaVergne Leduc Lesniewski Martin Mil lei- Richard Sangren Sawicki Sharp Sheldon Smith Tremblay Weaver ♦Graduated with an average of 80% or above for four years work. JUNE 1933 29 CLASS HISTORY We are about to unfold the tale of woe which is to be known as the History of the Class of 1933. Before we start on this subject we must, of course, tell you of the uncommon qualities of our class. No other class has passed through the school of hard knocks with such a high degree of success. No other class has had more clubs. No other class has had so few members who were willing to work and yet which has ended with such a surprising amoun t of work done. All in all, we are a happy, carefree, contented group. Now as the saying goes, Let ' s get down to brass tacks. One of our first steps upon en- tering this institution of higher learning was to elect class officers and a faculty adviser. Honorat Gauthier, Alice Werner, Lamed Whitney, Gertrude Wilkinson, and Miss Fitz- gerald received the distinction of representing us. The Freshman Reception was our first social event. Contrary to custom, a class beauty was not chosen at this affair as our good friends, the Juniors, could not agree as to which girl was the most beautiful. The reason for this indecision, without doubt, was the extraor- dinarily large number of pretty girls in our class. During the evening several upper class- men endeavored to annex Jerome Caplovich and Bernard Fox to their group but thanks to the efforts of Raymond Lenti and Rodolph Leduc they were denied this pleasure. Except for minor casualties, all went well with us until the night of the Freshman Party. The Class presented a play, The Merchant of Venice. The actors (male) decided that they had earned the privilege of indulging in the pleasure of eating the refreshments before they were to be served. Being a determined group, they did raid the lunch room and helped themselves to ice cream. However, there was plenty of ice cream left and no one suffered because of the expedition. W consider it a great honor to be the last class to be taught a subject by our Principal, Mr. Greene. Many were pleasant periods spent in Civics class (the lunch room had to be employed to seat our large class) . Perhaps the biggest event of the year was the defeat of Bartlett by Wells 6-0. We are proud to state that our classmate, Red Tremblay helped win this game. With the advent of our remarkable class came the first of our many clubs — with head- quarters in Room 10. This was the General Science Club, better known as the I Don ' t Know Club. Star members were Sichol, Sad- owski, and Hooker, although Lavoie took oc- casional honors. The yearly operetta had its share of Fresh- men. The Sailor Boys in Riding Down the Sky were mainly Freshmen. Reluctantly we discontinued school disci- pline in June in order to enjoy our summer vacation. Being rather lonesome, we were glad to con- tinue our careers in September. We were much pleased to note the bewilderment of the new Freshmen. They seemed to fit right into all of our old places. This year we chose as our leaders, Charles Tremblay, Albina Savage, Romeo Dumais, Carrie Labelle, and Miss Dube. Early in the term we almost duplicated our feat of 1929 in defeating Bartlett. Although we did not win, we did not lose, for the game was a draw. Pickles the operetta, was deemed the most successful one in years. Carrie Labelle ' s por- trayal of the dumb waitress added much to its success. The hardworking members of our class were greatly disgusted with the decorations at the Valentine Party — they fell down. The enter- tainment was a hit. A great help to the success of this entertainment was the fact that Red Tremblay lost his beard. Piza DeAngelis and Red Tremblay were greatly embarrassed when the lights went out while they were sing- ing La Luna. Piza also commenced his 30 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY (lancing; career at this party, (much to the discomfort of several young ladies whose feet he trampled on). Mr. Greene won the ad- mhation of the students by allowing the lights to be dimmed during the dancing. The most wonderful feature of the year was the winning of the Baseball Championship by our team which was composed mostly of Sophomores. Among the brilliant players were: Lavallee, Volpini, and Beaupre. Thus we concluded another year in the couisc of our education. September brought us back to school and to a year of much difficulty and hard work. Those chosen as best fit to lead us were: Romeo Dumais, Noella Lamarine, Odilon Lavoie, Carrie Labelle; Miss Finnegan was chosen as our class adviser and we proceeded with plans for the Freshman Reception at which event Jerome Caplovich commenced his career as a comedian by impersonating Henry Burbick. This was the light of the entertain- ment and so amused Mr. Greene that he could not refrain from laughing. Unfortunately some of the others in the audience could not see the humor in the situation. After the Freshman Reception Miss Fin- negan declined to continue as our class adviser. We were fortunate in securing the highly effi- cient services of Miss Drake who proved to be a marvelous director and coach for the an- nual Junior Play. At one rehearsal Raymond Lenti decided to rehearse in darkness and put out the lights in the auditorium. Miss Drake promptly -lamed her Sherlock Holmes ' ability by dis- covering him in the camera booth and com- pelling him to illuminate the hall. The re- hearsal then proceeded with the usual order- liness. Willie Hong saved the day when he stepped in and took St. Pierre ' s part a week bi lore the play after the hitter ' s accident. Owing to the hard work of the cast and its director, the play was a howling success. During this year, too, the Student Council, a highly beneficial organization, was estab- lished by a group of Juniors and Seniors. During the last part of June we were kept busy preparing the Town Hall for Graduation and the Prom. Lucille Monroe, Carrie Labelle, and others suffered cramped fingers while making the daisy chain for Baccalaureate Service. AMiile we were decorating the Town Hall we worked so vigorously that the Seniors found it rather difficult to rehearse their graduation speeches. Fox ' s hammer strokes were always louder than even Freddy Waite ' s efforts! Calamities descended when three members of the Decorating Committee decided that they had done enough work and went on strike. However, they relented later in the afternoon and saved the day. The last affair of the year, the Prom, went off nicely. Contrary to tradition, our Class made a very small profit on the Prom. After cleaning up the Town Hall, our year of Hard Work ended. September — we ' re Seniors now! What a thrill coming back to school and showing our superiority over the under classmen. Almost immediately we elected our officers. John Tobia was chosen to fill the position of President and we ' ve thrived under his good leadership. The other officers were: Frances Redhead, Vice-President; Philippina DeAn- gelis, Secretary; and Rodolph Leduc, Treas- urer. Mr. Greene according to tradition be- came Class Adviser. Preparations were made for the Senior Play with Miss Fitzgerald as dramatic coach. Most vividly do we remember and so thank Bugs Miller for always supplying us with walnuts to eat before rehearsals. Bugs ' Success, Success will always be remembered with a smile. We must also thank Fish Lavoie for supplying the trout on this night of the play. This year was the year of clubs. All sorts of organizations were started. The more pro- minent of these clubs are: Knights of the Triangular Table, The Friday Nite Club, The Yum Vums, and the L. F. A. (guess what these initials stand for.) JUNE 1933 31 The auditorium was opened this year as a basketball court. The first game between Wells and Ware, was won by us — and thus the audi- torium was opened most auspiciously. The Senior boys started a basketball team, and though they had a great deal of difficulty in securing opponents, they still claim that they can beat any team of High School Stu- dents. Delegates were sent to Fall River by the Student Council to attend the annual meeting. Piza DeAngelis, a delegate and the Presi- dent of the Student Council, ate stewed prunes for breakfast. He supplied a lot of fun for the boys and Mr. Beals. Very near the end of the year the Com- mercial Law Students filled certain Telegram and Gazette employees with wonder when they gave such names as: Susie Picklefeet (Frank- iei ; Patrick Murphy (Piza) ; Sally Jones (Ncella) ; and James Smith (Nes). They had much difficulty in convincing the people that these were their correct names. But they suc- ceeded — so we wonder who the joke is on. The end draws near and we find it necessary to come to a close. We end our sad tale with the hope that our most beloved Schoolmates will little note or long remember the sadness and pain of our much bewailed departure from this great institution. Carrie Labelle M argot Kuehn Rodolph Lechtc Historians CLASS WILL We, the dignified and exceptionally intelli- gent class of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Three of Alary E. Wells High School in the county of Worcester and the common- wealth of Massachusetts, being of extremely pensive mind, do hereby deem it necessary to make our last will and testament in order that after our forthcoming non-extemporaneous de- parture, our sole belongings and those articles which the members of the light-fingered as- sociation found it impossible to take posses- sion of, may not become the legal property of our rightful but, nevertheless, unscrupulous and unworthy heirs, the Junior Class. We wish at this time to apologize to the Junior Class for having proclaimed that their brain is the size of a mosquito ' s, for we have discovered they have none. But out of sheer pity we are to buy said Junior Class three tons of fish which authorities claim is good brain food. Evelyn Fernald and Doris Ford leave to the Sophomore Class their common sense and re- serve in order that they may survive their Junior year in a- more honorable manner that those of late. To the Freshman Class we leave our dignity in order that they may lose their under-dog feeling and enter next Fall in the right spirit to take care of the incoming freshmen. To Mr. Greene we leave a book entitled, How to Remember 1933, written by Forget- me-not. To Miss Fitzgerald we donate a pair of handcuffs in order that her hands may be tied behind her back to prevent her from losing her hair before her time. To Mr. Beals we, the Seniors, leave our gratitude for his flattery in his lesson in Bi- ology class on how to rest. For Mr. McMahon we have purchased, at great expense, two table lamps with globe glass shades and a gavel, in order that he will look like a judge when passing a verdict in disci- plinary matters. To Miss Drake, Virginia D orrell leaves her assortment of books and pamphlets to be used to torture future History Classes. To Miss Troy, the well dressed teacher, Ruth Delage leaves her assortment of clothes in order that Miss Troy may appear in a new outfit twice a day rather than once. Madeline Allman bequeaths her giddiness to the shy Jerry Germaine. Lorenzo Beaupre hopes that Ernest Chiocca meets with as much success as he has had in affairs of the heart. 32 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Rubia Beauregard leaves her book, How to Enjoy Home and School, to Betty Carey. Ruth Billings leaves her initials (R. I. B.) to the football team to be used as a spare, with the understanding that if it is not used next fall it must be presented to the Biology class for applied study of the human body. John Bingley leaves his crowning glory to Roland Curly Patrick— also his deliberate manner of speech. Abraham Lincoln Blakely, the wood splitter, leaves his famous name to Anastasios Tsoules. Florence Boyle and Betty Tarquinia leave their curly hair to Frances Roberts and Billy Johnson. Norman Brodeur leaves his form compar- able only to Tarzan to Grover Hallquest. Alice Bucklin has left her vocabulary to the literary staff of the Crimson and Gray. Jennie Calo bequeaths her ability to act as a dignified model to George Hickland. Jerome Caplovich leaves his model T Ford to be used for experimental purposes and as a replica of the ages. This, combined with Louis Dani ' s Hudson, will form quite a museum. Marie Brew and Gertrude Champagne do- nate their heritage to the Friday Nite Club. Victoria Czyzewski deems it necessary to bequeath to Bobby Werner her Spit Curl. William Czyzewski leaves his reputation as an all around shiek to Billy Wrighton. Alfred DeAngelis transmits his meek vocal ornaments to Joe Proulx so that he may win first prize at a Hog Calling Contest. Philippina DeAngelis leaves her secretarial efficiency to Ruth Simpson so that the school tradition may not degenerate through the loss of said Senior Class. Jeanne Desaulniers leaves her form in basketball to Marion Munday. Lillian Durocher leaves her quiet aristocra- tic ways to Cornelius Kelly. I )oro1 hy Farland leaves her slender tapering fingers to Masi Osimo so that he may flicker over the typewriting keys with as much ease as Miss Farland. Romeo Dumais and Lucille Monroe, two non pareil reasons for the superiority of the Senior Class, donate their exceptional know- ledge to the intelligentia of the Junior Class. We are not insinuating that they need this, ' but we feel they can not refuse so priceless a gift, Ruth Carpenter leaves her walk home to those people — we won ' t mention any names — who never can stay on a diet. Ruth guarantees satisfaction from her gift. Bernard Fox leaves (maybe) his contract with his better half to be renewed at date of expiration by Dick Taylor. Celeste Gatineau finds it necessary to leave to Kay Thimblin her love for Chemistry. Lucille Gaumond is to leave her Joan Craw- ford appearance (a quality inherited in a former class day exercise) to Beulah Gladdu so that the school may still boast of its young movie stars. Len Heberf ' s broad shoulders are to be passed on to Ned Chapin who will then be as wide as he is tall. Wilfred Hong leaves his salesmanship (which has put Metalliac X on a paying basis in Southbridge) to Johnny Martin who will do the same for the Crimson and Gray. Dan Koziol leaves his sublime interpreta- tion of the English Language and American Slang to John Starr who no doubt is due to fill Dan ' s shoes in school life. Dorothy Krasnov says that Claire Paquette is welcome to her leather heels with which to prance up and down Room 3 when the teacher is on edge. Vera Krasowsky is to write a book entitled, How To Be Always Early to School , the first copy of which, it is willed, shall be sent to Pauline Earls. M argot Kuehn leaves her ability to vamp strangers from the cities to June Toomey our modern Cleopatra. Carrie Labelle leaves her enthusiasm for social life to Joseph Dumais. Noella Lamarino is to leave her line of JUNE 1933 33 jokes to her understudy, Jean Ethier, so that such exuberance will not be lost to the school. Ernest Lavallee leaves his right hand and arm to future nines. Now try to hold South- bridge back! Lucille LaVergne has decided to depart with her wistfulness on special request of Honey Price. Odilon Lavoie Jr., who, it seems, has been vaccinated with a phonograph needle, leaves to Gerald Lafleche his talkative mood. Raymond Lenti leaves to D wight Webster his complete stock of fishing equipment among which is a collapsible two foot rule, six inches long. Rodolph Leduc wishes to leave to Edward St. Onge his hard work as treasurer of the Crimson and Gray. Now at least this peri- odical is sure of another year as successful as this one has been. Nellie Lesniewski and Adele Sawicki, the inseparable team, leave their friendship to Helen Kelly and Grace Oldfield. Rita Livernois leaves her various pieces of slightly used chewing gum hidden in strategic points, such as under desks and on door frames, to Mar ' Dani. Beatrice Martin is to leave some of her home-loving qualities to Arthur Lango. Eleanor Paoletti makes it possible that Joseph McKay be given her angel face which ought to pull Joe out of many a tight corner. Ruth Paul leaves her sorrowful looking eyes to Louise Dumas whose eyes dance with mis- chief too regularly. Earl Putnam leaves his glasses to the Puth Puth Club in order that it may acquire that quality known as foresight. Emma Rose Richard leaves her skill in roll- ing down hills to Eva Stone (a rolling stone gathers no moss) . Lucy Romano deems it necessary to leave her position in the office to Beatrice Senecal so that Mr. Greene may not miss this class of ' 33. [sabel Sangren leaves her variety of dancing steps to Mary Alley who will now be able to dance on the ceiling and walls as well as on the floor. Roxy Pinsonneault and Aurore Carpentier are to leave their positions in the 5 10 to any deserving students who can raise a bond of $1,000. Albina Savage leaves her neatness and dis- arming smile to Jean Macallister who no doubt can fill Albina ' s position in high school circles. Lester Sheldon (The Sturbridge Idol) leaves his tantalizing smile to Curboy, the aristocrat. Laola Sharp w r ishes to pass on her ability to bewilder the literary class to Lionel Coiteau. Ruth Smith has decided to exchange heights with Miss Constantino as Miss Smith wishes to explore the lower atmospheres. Alice Talbot leaves her quiet and unassuming ways to Tony Silvestri in order that he may escape the mortifying glances of the Traffic Officers as he strolls through the corridors. Red Tremblay relays his job as grass-cutter for Miss Fitzgerald Whoa, don ' t rush boys, Cherry Benoit has an option on the job. Frances Redhead ' s final agreement is that you may deprive her of material things but that her memories of her high school days shall be immortal. John, Mussolini, Tobia presents his power as a dictator to next year ' s Senior Class Presi- dent. We hope he ' ll have John ' s personality- for only a few people can be so popular a dictator. Red Volpini wishes to leave his filibustering ability (Physics Class) to Windy Andrews in order that Bill will be able to stir a more powerful breeze throughout the school. Parker, Toreador, Weaver leaves his Mata- dor abilities to Houghton Bellows. And lastly Clarence Miller leaves his love to the remaining girls of the lower classes with George Farland pinch-hitting. In witness whereof, we the illustrious Class of Nineteen Thirty Three, through, our crafty and unduly authorized attorneys Shyster, Fly- wheel, and Shyster, do set our hands, clean or 34 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY otherwise, affix our signature on this 21st day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thou- sand Nine Hundred and Thirty Three and of the Eighteenth Amendment the Fifteenth. God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (from said Junior and Sophomore Classes). CLASS PROPHECY We, Parker Weaver, Adele Sawicki and Lucille Monroe, having been selected by the Class of 1933 to write the prophecy of said class were completely bewildered with the task before us. We hated stupid prophecies where one just guesses what, in all probability, will happen. We wanted something different. After a great deal of controversy Parker Weaver happened on a bright idea. I ' ve been experimenting, he said, and have, as I believe, perfected a medicine which will carry one into civilization twenty years hence. Why can ' t we try that? It ' s perfectly harmless, and our prophecy will be more than mere guess-work. Grand, exclaimed Adele. Lou can take it and tell us who ' s who twenty years from now. The next day W r eaver brought his wonder- medicine and we tried it. It brought us into the year 1953 and this is what we found. George Farland owns The Southbridge News. He is editor, chief reporter, runs the press, and is business manager. Vera Kras- owsky is his secretary. After business-hours, they both sell newspapers on Main Street. Bernard Fox manages a thriving taxi busi- ness. He himself drives the cab whose main route is from Windsor Court to Newell Ave- nue. Alfred DeAngelis, a matinee idol, is now I (laying in Hearts Aflame. His silver voice and graceful figure have endeared him to the hearts of many feminine admirers. Romeo Dumais is President of the chain of Atlantic and Pacific Stores. Undoubtedly he received his start during his after-school time in 1933. Margot Kuehn, from her experience in Room • ' ). has opened a food shoppe. Evelyn Fernald, Lillian Durocher, Lucille Gaumond, and Vic- toria Czyzewski are waitresses, and Virginia Dorrell has charge of the Potato Chips Coun- ter, which are Miss Kuehn ' s specialty. Miss Dorrell herself, however, is the best customer. Emma Rose Richard recently eloped with a European Count, her third husband. John Koziol recently crashed the headlines by being the first person to drive a motorcycle from here to the South Pole. Len Hebert and Red Tremblay are success- ful farmers in the Middle AVest. They claim they like the lonesome life without the com- panionship of the opposite sex. Ernest Lavallee is pitcher of the New York Yankees, and manages to stay in the lime- light. John Bingley and Alice Bucklin were recent- ly united in marriage. Bingley is Professor of Latin at Brimfield Academy. Odilon Lavoie is posing for advertisements of What the Well Dressed Man Will Wear. Rita Livernois is continuing her Girl Scout work and is Scoutmistress of Jackrabbit Troop No. 849. Celeste Gatineau, Marie Brew and Florence Boyle have opened a home for overworked students, and Noella Lamarine and Betty Tar- quinia are giving a series of weekly lectures on How to Get by Without Studying. John Tobia was recently elected Mayor of New York City over Dot Krasnov. Tobia has appointed as his secretary, the ever-ef- ficient Philippina DeAngelis. Red Volpini has succeeded Mussolini as Dictator of Italy. Red claims he got his start in Room 3, where his advice was in continuous demand. With Lavoie, other members of the Class of ' 33 have entered the model ' s world. Dolly Champagne poses for Amos and Andy ' s toothpaste, and Lucille LaVergne is found in many magazines smiling under the words Keep that School-Girl Complexion. JUNE 1933 35 Clarence Miller is a Sunday School teacher in the Jungle ' s of Africa. Earle Putnam owns a large dairy in Stur- bridge and supplies all the milk for the Do- mestic Science Department of the M. E. W. H. S. which is under the supervision of Doris Ford and Lucy Romano. Nellie Lesniewski has won fame for her imitation of noted people. She excels in aping Stan Laurel of the famous comedy team. Laola Sharp recently distinguished herself by winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ruth Billings and Ruth Smith are flopping pancakes in a cafeteria owned and personally operated by Rubia Beauregard. Raymond Lenti is a famous photographer and has recently been hired by Farland to snap famous people at odd moments for the News. Raymond is the only person known to have photographed Flat Feet, pet cat of Alfred DeAngelis, the movie hero. Ora Carpentier, manager of the Woolworth stores, has awarded the contract for complete redecoration of her stores to Beatrice Martin, noted interior decorator. Ruth Delage is New York ' s leading modiste, and was recently selected as the country ' s best dressed woman. Jerome Caplovich is selling peanuts at a stand on Main Street. He gave up the chance to be President of a big manufacturing con- cern claiming there was no chance for pro- motion. Lincoln Blakely, owner and manager of the Strand Theatre , has announced an all-star programme which will be given for the benefit of nervous teachers. Jennie Calo, noted vio- linist will play; Pat Brodeur, famous radio personality, will croon. His mellow voice has won him more feminine admirers than Bing Crosby. Franky Redhead, direct from Broad- way will appear with her Baby-Face Revue which includes Misses Allman, Labelle, Paul, Sangren, and Pinsonneault. Willy Hong and Rudy Leduc, famous jugglers will perform. Leduc, by the way, gained his experience when he was balancing the budget of the Class of ' 33. Lorenzo Beaupre is manager of a chain of hot-dog stands. Eleanor Paoletti has returned to M. E. W. H. S. to coach the girls ' basket-ball team. The school has grown tremendously in size and it has become necessary to have two instructors. Therefore, Miss Paoletti has as her assistant Jeanne Desaulniers. Albina Savage is a hairdresser. While she works she entertains her patronizers by model- ing the latest thing in curls, something for which she has always been famous. Bill Czyzewski recently gained a trip around the World for winning a Spelling Contest. Dot Farland has become the Class ' s gayest girl and opened up a lively nite-club. She herself is hostess. Sheldon is head-waiter, and Ruth Carpenter has donned her glasses and a frown and gives a good imitation of chaperone. Franky Redhead often appears there with her Baby-Face Revue and seems to be quite an attraction. Alice Talbot is Mr. Greene ' s Secretary, and her charming quietness plus efficiency has made her most popular. Lucille Monroe Parker Weaver Adele Sawicki 36 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY LOCALS STUDENT COUNCIL THE STUDENT COUNCIL DANCE On May twelfth the Student Council spon- sored a dance from 7:30 to 11:30 for the benefit of the Athletic Association. The evening was opened by a grand march. The Stompers orchestra furnished the dance music, and the Virginia Reel and Hot Coffee were among the dances. The decorations were red, white, blue and gold, with a number of balloons about. Mr. Tabor, Mr. Beals, Mr. Brockway, Mr. McMahon, and Mr. Greene received the guest b. 1934 A dance was given by the .Junior class in the town hall on Friday evening, April twenty - tn-t. Members of the school and Alumni were invited. The dance was semi-formal, which resulted in difficulties when stags attempted to obtain a dance. The matrons were: Mrs. Greene, Mrs. Beals, and Mrs. McMahon. The Committees in charge were: Ruth Simpson, Antonio Palmerino, and John Le- Page. THE FRESHMAN PARTY The Freshmen held a party on the evening of May fifth in the High School auditorium. The first number of the entertainment of- fered, was a tap dance executed by Elaine Hogan accompanied on the piano by Ruth MacDonald. This was followed by several amusing anecdotes narrated by Bud Hobson and Alfred Horr. Next came a harmonica duet by Frank Silvestri and Edward Simonelli, accompanied by Frank Dibonaventura on the guitar. JUNE 1933 37 Dancing succeeded these offerings, and re- freshments were served. The following appropriate and enjoyable program was given by Miss Howe ' s room for the Memorial Day Exercises on Monday, May twenty-ninth: Opening March School Orchestra Assembly Sergeant Girard America Audience Salute to the Flag Led by Scout Litchfield Governor ' s Proclamation Pauline Earls Patriotic Medley, piano duet Elizabeth Sutcliffe Mildred Hiemer Gettysburg Address Paul Haynes Call to the Colors Sergeant Girard Remarks from the Veterans Retreat Sergeant Girard Star Spangled Banner Audience Taps Sergeant Girard ASSEMBLIES On Friday, March twenty-fourth, Mr. Brockway ' s room entertained all the classes of the school with a minstrel show. The following persons took part in the show. Interlocutor James Gable p , M Alfred Horr Edward Hobson Remi Jalbert Cora Girard Rudolph Julian Jeannette Labarge Rita Gregoire Elaine Hogan As the curtains parted, Mr. Brockway ' s class, standing in the background, sang. Next came a vocal selection by R. Jalbert followed by a harmonica duet by R. Jalbert and R. Julian. A. Horr and E. Hobson, two southern negroes, gave a joke involving Piza De- Angelis which gave the audience something to laugh at. Next came a vocal trio by Misses. R. Gre- goire, C. Girard and J. Labarge followed by a tap dance by E. Hogan. J. Gable started to give a poem when sud- denly W. Kelly jumped up and dragged Gable off the stage. A boxing match was staged only to our disgust it took place behind the curtains. Kelly returned triumphantly slap- ping his hand. The class sang a song as the curtains closed the show. Now that the show is over we should give credit to Mr. Brockway who helped to bring the show to a success and who accompanied every vocal selection with the piano. On Friday, March thirty-first, the assembly program was in charge of Miss Finnegan ' s room (5). A five-in-one program was present- ed, consisting of five playlets. The printed programs were given out in jig-saw form — unscrambled, the bill was as follows: Scat! 1. Miss Diggery, an old maid Phyllis Kershaw 2. Colonel Edgewood, a caller Russell Joslin 3. A servant Helen Kelly Dot Entertains 1. Dot, the little sister Jean MacAllister 2. Mr. Thomas Cole, Big Sister ' s Beau Gerhard Kuehn The Buzzville News 1. Manager 2. Editor George Leduc Gerard Lafleche The Census Taker 1. Mrs. Mary Ann Susabell Elize Sprig gins Genevieve Greenwood 2. Mr. Elam Jones, the Census Taker George Litchfield A special assembly was called on Thursday, May 4, in charge of Room 6. Mr. Robert. S. Illingworth, Professor of English and Dramatics at Clark University in Worcester, addressed the school on what might have been entitled, Appreciating Poetry. However, he disguised his topic so well that 38 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY our natural prejudice against verse was over- come, and everyone enjoyed the program im- mensely. We are indebted to Mr. Tabor for one of the most entertaining and educational assemblies of the year. Just imagine that it is Friday May twelfth, 1933. Let ' s go on — Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here in the auditorium of the M. E. W. High School to witness the ninth wonder of the world (King Kong took the eighth won- der). The members of Sub 4 are giving the first radio-television broadcast ever to be seen by those who are present to see this show. The scientifically minded members of Sub 4 who have accomplished this profoundly astonishing piece of work are congratulating each other on their success. The broadcast is on — Lights flash on and the curtains part. What shall we see on the television screen? — click — We see Dan Dumas announcing a banjo selection to be given by F. DiBonaventura. We see him clearly on the screen and I wish to remind you that this is no movie but a radio-television broadcast. D. Dumas announces that Miss D. Crandall is going to give an essay titled The History of Broadcasting. Next the scene switches to a vocal duet by Misses T. Ducheneau and D. Dumas accompanied by Miss E. Evans. While they are playing I wish to tell you that Television has not been performed in such a clear way as these scientific professors have. I may remark it ' s a good thing they are not air minded or they might have tried to put wings (in this building and try to make it fly, but let ' s get back to the broadcast. The an- nouncer is saying that the next selection will he a violin duet by Misses V. 1 )aigneault and c . Duquette followed by a harmonica selec- tion by H. Ditomasso. Next conies J. Dumais (the one and only person who can make Homer turn over in his grave) and M. Di- Angelis. They crack a joke and then they re- treat behind the scenes. The BCene changes to a tap dance by V. Daigneaull accompanied by E. Evans at the piano. Click — The scene on the television screen changes to a case in Court. J. Dumais acting as the Judge and M. DiAngelis is the immigrant who is trying to get his immigration papers. DiAngelis takes the part of Mr. Cohen who No speeka Englees. Judge Dumais who will be Chief Judge of the Supreme Court in 1975 A. D. sits on his throne chuckling at the cost of Mr. Cohen ' s mistakes. Next Miss Drake sings accompanied by Miss Aucoin. As the scene fades away I would like you to go up and congratulate each and every one of the scientists in Sub 4 of whom I think Buck Rogers is a descendant. Sub 4 has not received its patent for the television because the Government has not received an application for it. So long till 2000 A. D. HONOR ROLL Mary E. Wells High School Third Quarter 1932-33 SENIORS All A ' s Romeo Dumais Lucille Monroe All A ' s and B ' s Rubia Beauregard Alice Bucklin Philippina DeAngelis Virginia Dorrell Margot Kuehn Lucille La Vergne Rudolph Leduc Clarence Miller Albina Savage Adele Sawicki John Tobia Four Seniors had only one mark below B. JUNIORS All A ' s Florence Lockhart Claire Paquette All A ' s and B ' s Juliette Beaupre JUNE 1933 39 Leonard Blair Olga Dumas Stanley Flower Juliette Girard Mary Kontaxi Doris Lataille John Martin Gerald McNitt Ruth Simpson Thirteen Juniors had only one mark below B. SOPHOMORES All A ' s Elizabeth Sutcliffe All A ' s and B ' s Thelma Austin Mary Detarando Raneiro Franeazzi Paul Haynes Mildred Hiemer Margaret McKinstry Eleanor McNitt Stephanie Liro Sarah Morehouse Marion Munday Rita Walsh Estelle Robidoux Fourteen Sophomores had only one mark below B. FRESHMEN All A ' s and B ' s Esther Ostrander Wladyslowa Ostrauski Adella Phillips Gertrude Pion James Rawson Janet St. Martin Lillian St. Martin Dorothy Webster Grace Arick Edmond Bastek •Robert Beck Adelena Favreau Lawrence Freeman James Gable Rita Gregoire Bernard Hefner Janet Kozyra Peter Krasowsky Bertha Ladyka Roland Lavallee Yvonne Lescarbeau Lester Maramo Fourteen Freshmen received only one mark below B. Mark in Penmanship below B. SHORTHAND The whole Senior Class has received sixty and eighty word certificates in shorthand; all have to pass one hundred word test for gra- duation. Six Seniors have received one hundred word Gregg certificates: Philippina DeAngelis, Dorothy Farland, Lucy Romano, Frances Redhead, Albina Savage, and Victoria Czy- zewski. Two Juniors: Lucille Boulanger and Ruth Simpson, have received the certificate at the end of their first year. Thirteen Juniors have received certificates for a five-minute test at sixty words a minute: A. H. Brodeur, Mary Hwalek, Vera Krasow- sky, Olga Dumas, Irene Kania, Alice Talbot, Florence Grudzein, Lucille Boulanger, Ruth Simpson, Janice Price, Florence Lockhart, Juliette Girard, and Annette Boyer. Three Juniors have received eighty word certificates: Lucille Boulanger, Ruth Simpson, and Juliette Girard. TYPEWRITING The Order of Accurate Typists; may be joined by students when they submit a re- quired number of accurate tests. There are now twenty-one members: Ruth Delage, Senecal, Lucy Romano, Betty Tarquinia, Jeanne Desaulniers, Isabel Sangren, Beatrice Eleanor Paoletti, Philippina DeAngelis, Aurore Carpentier, Frances Redhead, Jennie Calo, Annette Desaulniers, Edward St. Onge, Emma Albani, Mary Kontaxi, Doris Lataille, Ellen Vecchia, Dorothea Martin, Alice Miller, Jean Ethier, and Florence Lockhart. 40 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY I: ! II H B,, ' fSvf -- Q HR«kB£] ■■1 S TrwWIHP Sl T - « k ■ - i Lj to. - SL K ■ 3 ' to[ p« Tj| h. a ■K% ' , ®sH jB ' ' aMC Vi Bpf  =lp jr i -i lS J BSPP JV «cW ■ ctOw H 1 :- - Tv i i - ■ ' ?% i bk! f W ' ' - i TkLl w i ? 5 jf. - .u . ' . - ' • -d| H || , fJHMr ;: i hH y h | 1 :W f ' JflH m V ' 1 ' v ■ H « j| j.. H H i l! 4fc ' «aP pP MM TRAFFIC SQUAD BOY Alfred DeAngelis Renato Volpini Clarence Miller Clarence Miller George Farland Alfred DeAngelis George Farland Jerome Caplovich Allied DeAngelis Raymond Lenti Romeo Dumais Renato Volpini Bernard Fox Clarence Miller Len Hebeii Rudolph Leduc QUALITY Popular Athlete ' Flirt Dancer Best Looking Done most for School Best line Actor Bluffer Done most for Class Most likely to succeed Wittiest Class Babies Our Eldests Tallest Shortest GIRL Lucille Monroe Jeanne Desaulniers Roxanne Pinsonneault Frances Redhead Lucille LaVergne Lucille Monroe Jennie Calo Frances Redhead Noella Lamarine Lucille Monroe Philippina DeAngelis Adelc Sawicki Lucille LaVergne M argot Kuehn Jennie Calo Madelene Allman JUNE 1933 41 ALUMNI NOTES Our Graduates who are Graduating ' Billy Orzech is graduating from Rennse- laer Polytechnical Institute at Troy, New York. Peanut Page, accompanied by his friend Gene Scharschmidt, both of the class of 1931, is graduating from Worcester Academy this June. Dink Knight will receive a diploma from Nichols Academy in Dudley this month. Flora Tait is now prepared to teach anyone anything and everything, for she graduates from the Framingham Normal School this year. Harold Morehouse is completing four years of very superior work at Yale University. May he be successful! Oliver Johnson will take a position which awaits him in Boston as soon as he graduates from the New Haven Naval Academy in June. Clen Knight is completing his years at Worcester Tech. Lou Tillyer, who came back to see us last year, is finishing her class work at the New Jersey College for Women. She is to be married at the end of June. Pearl Putnam has finished her course at Simmons College, and graduates this year. Stephanie Kozyra graduates in June from the Fitchburg State Teacher ' s College. She is planning to return for another year ' s training to get her degree. Miss Bertha Love was graduated from Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing on May twenty-fifth, in Worcester. Other Alumni Sylvia Claflin presented an operetta in South bridge at Wells High School on May nineteenth. Its name was A Princess in Pep- town , and it was both written and directed by Mise Claflin. Norman Price, who has been studying at the University of Alabama, has at present the position of assistant town surveyor. John True is taking a course at Bridge- water State Normal School. Frank Goodell is at Fort St. Lewis in the state of Washington. Maurice Clemence has been elected presi- dent of the Beta Pheta Pi fraternity at Brown University. Bill Tillyer is the President of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Rutgers College. Doris Claflin is studying at Framingham Normal School. Arthur Proulx is working in the Store Dis- play Department of Jordan Marsh in Boston. Miss Carol Bingley will be married on June twenty-sixth to Mr. Joseph Golan. The couple will live in Rochester, New York. Robert Snell was recently married to Miss Ethel Wood of Amherst. EXCHANGES Blue and White Banner, Putnam, Connecti- cut. We liked all of your magazine but most of all the frontispiece and the poetry. Aegis, Beverly, Massachusetts. The material in both issues was good but we found the magazine deficient in cuts. The Home Journal, Kingstown, Indiana. Your magazine is the most complete we have received in all respects. Newspapers we exchange with: The Clarion, Holden, Massachusetts Tech News, Worcester, Massachusetts Scotland Courier, Scotland, Pennsylvania Magazines we have enjoyed reading: The School Press Review, Columbia University Quill and Scroll, Chicago, Illinois Monson Spirit, Monson, Massachusetts 42 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Athletics VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM The Baseball Squad was called out early in April and has been moulded by Coach McMahoD into a fast and snappy outfit. .May 2 Holden at Holden 5 Ware here 9 Ware at Ware 10 Charlton here 12 Oxford at Oxford 1 ) Putnam at Putnam 19 Spencer here 22 Holden here 2(i Oxford here 2!) Charlton at Charlton June 2 Spencer at Spencer 3 AYebster here 7 Putnam here 10 Webster at Webster On May 2 Holden was our first rival to be met. The game was played at Holden and after the second inning it was no longer a ball game but a free hitting contest for our boys. The pitching of Lavallee and the hitting of every member was supreme. Score Wells 15— Holden 1. May 5 Ware High travelled to the Hamilton Field to play our boys. This, game unlike the Holden game was nip and tuck but our boys JUNE 1933 43 could not be subdued and finally won the day. Score Wells 4 — Ware 3. May 9 Wells went to Ware to play a return game. At this game our boys were determined to show Ware High that they were their super- iors, as the score indicates. The batting of Ketch Beaupre was supreme. Score Wells 16— Ware 2. May 10 Charlton High team provided the upset. Charlton High having won seven straight games came up and subdued our boys. This was the first time that any Charlton High team in any sport gained a victory over our boys. May 12 Coach McMahon ' s boys travelled to Oxford to play the undefeated nine in league competition. The game was nip and tuck all the way and our boys were defeated for the first time m a league game. Score Oxford 3 — Wells 2. Xext came Putnam a newcomer to our baseball schedule and this proved to be a slugfeast and the Putnam boys finally eked out in the ninth inning. Remian and Farland hit the ball aplenty in this game. Score Put- nam 16 — Wells 15. Spencer visited our grounds and went home a disappointed bunch. Spencer was reported to have a good team but this reputation was washed out and proved our boys the superiors. The pitching of Lavallee and the hitting of Volpini, Werner, Koziol, and Koprowski were the key to victory. Holden traveled to Hamilton Field to play a return game with our warriors and determin- ed to even the previous slaughter but it was all in vain for Joe Proulx in his initial ap- pearance was too much for them and they had to take the short end of it. Wells 9 — Holden 5. Oxford, as yet undefeated, came to play a return game with our determined boys. The game was close and interesting but our boys could not overcome a two run lead and lost the day. The hitting of Koziol was outstanding. Score Oxford 5 — Wells 3. We travelled to Charlton and this game proved to be a pitcher duel between Palmerino ami Viziard. Palmerino got the best of the argument until an unlucky break decided the game in Charlton ' s favor. Score Charlton 4 —Wells 3. June 2 The Spencer ball ground was visited for a return game. Our boys got off to an early lead but this was quickly washed out and we were one run behind, going into the seventh. Laval- Ice came in as a relief pitcher and he won the game on a long triple, the feature of the game. Wells 5 Spencer 4 June 3 We meet our traditional rival Bartlett at Hamilton Field. Bartlett had first bat and scored two runs in errors, for our boys were a little erratic that inning. The next three in- nings went scoreless but the fourth inning- proved disastrous for Bartlett. With two out, our boys went on a batting rampage and when the inning was over, the score was 4 to 2 in our favor. From then on our boys were safe until the ninth. Then, with the bags loaded, no outs, all Bartlett could do was to bring in only one run. We won. Werner ' s batting was the feature of the day. Wells 4 Bartlett 3 June 7 Putnam came to our ground to play a return game with us. In this game every substitute was given a chance to play and they showed up well. It was a hard fought game with our boys winning again. Whitey Remian fea- tured for our team with his hitting. Wells 5 Putnam 3 June 10 Once again we meet Bartlett High at Mar- custry Field this time, and with the winners reversed. As a result of the score, Wells 2 Bartlett 4, Wells, Oxford, and Bartlett are tied for first place in the league. Since the paper goes to press before the first game is played off, between Bartlett and Wells, — we can only express confidence in our team and wish it success. ?5j i i EsS! PAN KETCH Kfcr? Sf«J y Cue Ssn ' ,cR s OUR PIZR pRftNKY MHEK VME Wfftt LAoLA LuTMy JUNE 1933 45 PRATTLE THINGS WE ' LL REMEMBER Mr Greene ' s grin Coach ' s dogs Mr. Beal ' s football Mr. Tabor ' s Ford Mr. Brockway ' s jazz Miss Drake ' s Trees Miss Finnegan ' s true school spirit Miss Troy ' s style Miss Aucoin ' s Student Council Dance Miss Dube ' s fur coat Mr. Lanza ' s work shop Miss Woodward ' s diamond Miss Phinney ' s colored chalk Miss Howe ' s car Miss Coderre ' s twinkle Miss Corbin ' s cookies Miss Roycroft ' s engagement Miss Wells ' basket-ball playing Miss Rose ' s smile Miss Meagher ' s penmanship Miss Fitzgerald ' s green ink Miss McGrath ' s operettas Major Goodell ' s signals OUR HALL OF FAME Piza ' s Studebaker — or is it a Franklin!!! Bugs Miller ' s moustache Margot Kuehn ' s burnished locks John Bingley ' a posters Koziol ' s batting-average sweater, and his elusive sax Lenti ' s air of business Albina ' s coiffure Lou Monroe ' s dimples Madeline Allman?fe sighs Nbella ' s brogue but Krasnov ' s penmanship Volpini ' s bad anklo Lavoie ' s empty Chevrolet Ruth Delage ' s blue organdy blouse Caplovich ' s mimicry Jennie Calo ' s violin Fox ' s ushering Leduc ' s goatee George Farland ' s red wig and cheese soufflees Franky ' s parties Rita ' s gum Red ' s curls Emma Rose ' s hearty laugh Alice ' s red paint Pat ' s crooning Izzy ' s dancing Dumais ' quietness Hong ' s Suey Hem Chin Dot La Vergne ' s smile Tobia ' s ability to be President and Honor Pupil. JUST REMARKS— DO YOU REMEMBER THEM? Diogenes says the only thing a man needs to be happy is a bath-tub. Atta boy, Abe We-11 personally— What cha doing? Who said that? Success, Success Sarah, Clem, and Pete That ' s it! ' s dot so?? That gets them Theodore Red!— German! HIGH SCHOOL LOWDOWN By The Key-hole Reporter Corridor Rambles: Lucille (34) Boulanger, borrowing a pen with which to do her penmanship ... Dwight (3(5) Webster, who 46 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY would rather go fishing than eat . . . Nellie (33) Lesnewski, animated ... Romeo (33) Dumais and Parker (same) Weaver, two boys with conservative natures . . . Margaret 1 34 1 Kelley, expert at making Miss Finnegan laugh . . . Little Madelene (33) Allman, studying peaceably . . . We understand that Marjorie (34) Crandall has to awaken her sister Doris (36) during a thunder storm be- cause the latter can ' t sleep during said storm ...Richard (35) Maeallister, another one of the heart-flutterers . . .Lois (35) Mason, quite excited over the prospect of becoming a junior . . . And so the next period comes. Picture of a Senior thinking (yes, actually) : Oh hum, school days almost over — got to find a job . . . Let ' s see, who shall I offer my ser- vices to first?... I could be a vice-president of some firm . . . Naw, that ' s too easy . . .But oh boy! No more home-work, no bluffing through classes ... Even then, doggone it, I did have a swell time the last four years. SCHOOL SPIRIT Coach McMahon delivering a speech to the High School: (Wanning up to his subject) — and in the end the cheer leaders graduate, the cheering squad graduates, giving place to new cheer leaders and squads; the greatest football players graduate — Voice from rear: (Sadly) Not always. The Freshman Party (covered by Jerome (33 i Caplovich in our unavoidable absence): Claire (35) Hogan is quite a tap dancer — we ' ve called George White long distance, but haven ' t received an answer yet . . . We hear that the team of Horr Hobson got an offer from the Marx Brothers . . . Eddie (35) Savage can take it — we didn ' t hear him yell, Oh, my operation! even once ... Although the crowd was small, remember that good things come in small packages, Ed. note: Jerome had a good time. Xot mentioning any nanus, BUT — What member of the faculty looks awfully cute in a tuxedo, according to some of the girls? What young gentleman is undergoing a process of reform by what club? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Miss Phinney: Give me a sentence using the word ' wine. ' Sophomore: Wine Heaven ' s name do you give us non-fiction book-reports? From the window of good old room 4 (no not during detention) : Beulah (35) Glad- du, rushing in the last moment . . . Charlie (35) Manthorne bicycles up to the boys ' entrance ...Honey (35) Price and Rita (34) Power, having a confab ... Piza (33) DeAngelis motors up, a clanging and banging noise com- ing from under the hood . . . John (34) LePage hurries by carrying a brief case . . . Most every- one that goes by looks up at some window and then waves . . . That group of boys across the street haranguing about something or other . . . And then the bell rings. WE COULD DO WITHOUT Students who write Latin quotations in autograph books. The Puth-puth Club. People who say, So what? Wise guys. Big shots. Tests. Seen at the Student Council Dance: The faculty, looking like a million dollars in tux- edos . . . Genevieve (34) Greenwood, smiling as usual . . . Everyone came stag with a few ex- ceptions, one of these exceptions being Gerald (34) McNitt...And what a stampede there was for those balloons . . . Then the orchestra played Good-night, Ladies. Well, folks, this is the last column for this year, but we know that we ' ll be seeing you next fall and so Ye Ed. wishes everyone a happy and prosperous vacation. PHOTOGRAPHS Established i8go FRAMES i eA M+ee STUDIO 29 PEARL STREET DIAL 5-4863 WORCESTER A Schervee portrait will give you a lovely lasting remembrance of your children Special prices on all portraits during the months of July and August and The Lawyers of Southbridge extend their compliments to the CLASS of 1933 LOUIS O. RIEUTORD ALBERT C. ST. ONGE, S H. S. 13 JOSEPH E. OSHAUGHNESSY, S. H. S. 08 RAYMOND H. FAVREAU, S. H. S. 19 WILLIAM W. BUCKLEY HENRY B. MONTAGUE ROBERT P. MONTAGUE, S. H. S. 25 HENRY J. TETRAULT, S. H. S. 00 The Dentists of Southbridge take this opportunity to extend sincere congratulations to the CLASS of 1933 DR. I. C. KEENAN DR. R. H. Le CLAIRE DR. A. O. DeGRENIER, M. E. W. H. S. 23 DR. W. C. LUNAN DR. J. R. LePAGE DR. H. L. DESMARAIS Foley ' s News Store MAGAZINES - NEWSPAPERS CIGARS - TOBACCO Telephone Connection A. L. Monahan 154 Marcy St. • Fruits • Tobacco • • Groceries • Ice Cream • • TEL. 850- W • C. G. 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