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

Text from Pages 1 - 200 of the 1934 volume:

Jacob vards Library 236 Mail Southbridge, MA 01550 JACOB EDWARDS LIBRARY 3 8136 0002 0161 4 Jacob Edwards Library 236 Main St. Southbridge, MA 01550 CRIMSON m gray 1833 1933 Ful-Vue Toivards The Future Vol. XVII November 1933 No. I. Good Wishes of the SOUTHBRIDGE SAVINGS BANK Southbridge, Massachusetts SECURITY STRONG BANKING RELATIONS WHATEVER the character or volume of your account, we undertake to handle it satisfactorily, confident that you will grow with us. WHERE there is mutual understanding and friendship, there is a basis for perfect and complete banking relations. SOUTHBRIDGE NATIONAL BANK 95 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE Compliments of SOUTHBRIDGE FINISHING COMPANY PRINTERS of FAST COLOR PRINTS on FINE COTTON GOODS oc d Editor-in-Chief ... Business Manager Alumni Editor J John Martin Phyllis Kershaw Sr Assistants Local Editor John Lepage, Jr. Ruth Simpson Louis Bourdelais Art Editor Arthur Canning Mavis Kinney v Paul Haynes O Richard Macallister Exchange Editor Treasurer Genevieve Greenwood Edward St. Onge Athletic Editor Subscription Manager Gerald McNitt Q Esther Skinner Prattle Assistants Stanley Flower Mary Dani General Reporters Louise Dumas Pauline Earls [J Margaret McKinstry Bernard Hefner O Jane Walker Elizabeth Sutcliffe Florence Lockhart Dwight Webster Walter Remian Class Reporters Senior — Helen Kelly Junior — Roger Thompson Sophomore — Frank Locki Freshman — Marjorie Hong Head Typist Ogla Dumas Assistants Annette Desaulniers Jeanne Ethier Juliette Girard Rita Lacasse Doris Latallle Faculty Adviser Miss Thecla Fitzgerald o O V O o Published Quarterly by the Students of the Mary E. Wells High School, Southbridge , Massachusetts 9 Volume XVII Number CONTENTS EDITORIALS- 100 Years of Spectacles - - - Gerald McNitt ' 34 High School in 1854 - - - Elizabeth Sutcliffe ' 35 High Lights of the Century of Progress Miss Kathryn Finnegan My Impressions of the Century of Progress Marion E. Munday ' 35 Back and Forth to Chicago - - Paul Benoit ' 34 To The World ' s Fair on $4.26 - William Curboy ' 36 LITERATURE- F. I. D. - - - Frank Locki ' 36 Old Mose ------- Winston Dorrell ' 35 Ye Old Fashioned Love Tale - Alice Rawson ' 34 Shanghaied - - - - - - - Donald Karle ' 35 Impressions of a Freshman - Marjorie Hong ' 37 Kathleen Tully ' 37 LOCALS 1—1 ATHLETICS ALUMNI NOTES — ' PRATTLE 3 oc o o o — o n n n — O O V O V O o O V O oc3 EDITORIALS A CENTURY OF PROGRESS HP HE spectacles business in Southbridge was staried by William Beecher, a young jeweler, in 1833. The first spectacles he made were gold and silver rimmed. Mr. Beecher eventually designed machinery to make steel rimmed spectacles, turning out the first of this type made in America. In 1839 he built the first spectacles factory in Southbridge. About 1840 Mr. Beecher sold his spectacles business to Ammidown and Putney and Mr. Beecher remained to teach Mr. Ammidown ' s son the trade. Mr. Putney retired at the end of two years and the firm then became Ammi- down and Son. In 1848 the first gold alloy spectacles were made and were known as the best in the world. One year later Mr. Robert H. Cole joined the Company and the name was changed to Ammidown and Company. Fin- ally, in i860 Mr. W. Beecher and Messrs. R. M. and E. M. Cole purchased the spec- tacles business from Ammidown and Com- pany, changing the name to Beecher and Cole. Mr. Beecher retired after two years and the firm became Robert H. Cole and Company. In the spring of 1864, George W. Wells came to Southbridge to learn the spectacles business. In one year, though not working steadily, he became skilled in the manufac- ture of spectacle rims and lens setting. Leaving this firm, he went to work for E. Edmonds and Sons, another little spectacles shop in Southbridge. But Robert H. Cole and Com- pany asked him to return, offering him three dollars a day to build them new tools and dies which he had thought of. Mr. George W. Wells ' inventive ability caused the business to grow rapidly and in 1869 he was offered the opportunity to pur- chase controling interest in Ammidown and Company, then owners of E. Edmonds and Sons plant. This lead to the consolidation of these two plants as the American Optical Company. The business rapidly outgrew the old plant and construction of a new plant was neces- sary. In 1871 the site for the new plant was purchased, and the new plant was completed the next year. This building, just south of the main entrance of the present plant, was torn down in 1904. The rimless spectacles were first made in 1874, but they were little more than an ex- periment at that time. In 1891 gold-filled spectacles were made to sell for a price much lower than that for which gold alloys sold. At the beginning of the spectacles business all lenses were imported from Europe. In 1883 the American Optical Company began the manufacture of lenses. This branch ad- vanced rapidly and many different styles of lenses were developed. In 1909 a research division was established to aid scientific de- NOVEMBER 1933 velopment in lenses. Since then Tillyer and Bifocal lenses have been developed. In 1931 the Ful-vue bifocals were placed on the market. These are recognized to be superior to any other on the market today. The American Optical Company spectacles are sold through 30,000 dealers located in all parts of the world. It is a happy coincidence that The Century of Progress in Chicago ' s celebration coincides with the American Op- tical ' s years of growth to success. Gerald McNitt ' 34. HIGH SCHOOL IN 1854 TN THE year 1841 the first high school in - ■ Southbridge was opened. A Mr. Willard taught the school which was located in an upper room of the old Town Hall and it was supported by private contributions. At length, in 1854, the town took over the high school and appropriated two hundred dollars for its upkeep. For many years, a principal and assistant ruled in the two second-story rooms and it is this school which I shall try to describe to you. A small room, furnished with long benches for the students to sit on, a teacher ' s desk, the usual maps and blackboards, was used for recitation purposes. In the larger class- room, each pupil had his own desk facing the teacher ' s platform. At the rear of the room was another raised platform where the pupils stood up to recite. Each of the two rooms was heated very in- adequately by a wood stove. Often the stu- dents were so cold that they would have to ask permission to sit by the stove until they were warm. In the ceiling of the main classroom was a huge ventilator through which it gave mis- chievous boys great pleasure to drop books, apples, and wads of paper. Indeed on one occasion, a pair of human legs was seen to descend and wave wildly in the air until the owner was rescued. One of the most noted graduates of our high school was Ex-President Hyde of Bow- doin College. He is described as being a lively lad and onre was called upon to sit on the teacher ' s platform as punishment for some misdemeanor. I hope it is a pleasant seat, said the teacher. It would be more pleasant, sir, replied Hyde, if I had a cushion. Those students who have trouble reading Latin from a book may thank their lucky stars that they do not have to memorize it. One lady, a member of the class of ' 71, learned her passages so thoroughly that to- day, after sixty years, she can recite them perfectly. Elizabeth Sutci.iffe ' 35. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS T OR many months we had been reading - ■ newspaper items, looking at pictures, hearing conversations, and listening to radio broadcasts about the wonders of the World ' s Fair. None of these, however elaborate, could prepare us for the bombardment of color, light, and architecture which greeted us at the Fair Grounds. The immensity of the enterprise, the un- dertaking of this huge task of building and the carrying out of all the infinite details, the sturdy construction of the windowless build- ings are in themselves things which greatly impress the visitor. It seemed that the Exposition was con- ceived and created to meet all tastes however varied they might be. The theme of the Fair, as you know is Science— its growth and industry beckoning on one side, and, on the other fun and the carnival spirit inviting. Perhaps the building which impressed me most was the famous Hall of Science, housing the exhibits which illustrate things that men are now thinking about in the various branches of learning. In this building of Science every conceivable exhibit could be found under the headings of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Geol- 4 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ogy, and Dentistry. Interesting in the science of Medicine was the giant man composed of cellon and built on a human skeleton. He is transparent and, as though you were sud- denly given X-Ray eyes, you may see the in- side of the human body. Small microphones hidden in the ears allow this transparent man to talk. He properly begins the story of the science of medicine in this huge theater of Sciences. Astronomy is nicely taken care of in the Planetarium where a complete story of the heavens, stars and planets is beautifully and colorfully displayed. The huge Havoline thermometer standing in the center of the Grounds, two hun- dred feet high, was most impressive. The numerals were very large and readings could easily be taken from anywhere at the Fair. Notable on the Travel and Transport building was the so-called breathing dome, constructed on the principle of a suspension bridge, rising and sinking, depending on the atmospheric pressure on the roof. This building houses all sorts and means of travel and transportation. The outside exhibits were of an interesting nature consisting of the Royal Scot, one of London ' s fastest trains; a United States Railway Post Office car; cars representing various railroad companies; one of the largest freight trains in the world; and finally the palatial coaches of the Presidential train of the Republic of Mexico. Interesting in the automobile industry were the Chrysler and the General Motors Build- ings. In the latter a complete assembly plant had been built and crowds of people could watch raw materials enter through one door and finished cars come out at the opposite exit. In direct contrast to these buildings of ultra modern construction was the age-old Maya Temple of Nunnery built of brownish colored stone. With its carved figures and designs representing men and animals, one would hardly believe it to be an exact re- production of the beautiful temple in far- off Yucatan. The various Indian tribes with their homes of planks or wigwams and their carved totem poles afford much interest to the curi- ous. Beautiful in structure, its gold-leaf roof shining in the sun, was the Golden Temple of Jehol that takes you back to China in the early Eighteenth Century. Marvelous col- umns of red lacquer support the hundreds of small pieces of carved wood which are joined together without the use of a single nail to form the ceiling. The electrical and radio displays make one stop in amazement at the applications of elec- tricity in power, heat, and light. Exhibits take visitors behind the scenes and show the actual operations for various systems of com- munication. Television, the art of tomor- row, was very cleverly exhibited. One whole section is devoted to exhibits of homes. Each illustrates the use of some premade building material or method of con- struction such as steel, masonite, enamel, and lumber. Most interesting in this group is the House of Tomorrow made circular in form and of glass. All the plumbing pipes, gas, and electricity are built into a central shaft or mast. The outside walls are of glass and of course there are no windows. The walls are equipped with roller curtains to insure privacy. This ultra modern house has an airplane hangar, as well as garage on the ground floor. Those interested in poultry, livestock, flowers, and gardens had wonderful exhibits to view in the Agricultural and Horticul- tural Buildings. In the Dairy Building was located the color organ. The fingering ol the key board of the organ produces vari- ations of beautiful colors. As the music be- comes louder the colors became deeper shades, and then grow dimmer in hue as the music softens. Striking in appearance was the United States Government Building with its gilded dome and three pylons typifying the three branches of our government— legislative, ex- ecutive, and judicial. The parade of states in NOVEMBER 1933 this building was remarkable. California ' s exhibit was in the term of a giant red wood tree. Inside the door one had the feeling of being inside the trunk of a huge tree. The many foreign nations with their ex- hibits of all kinds presented color on all sides. Noteworthy of these were the typical Moors in costume selling their wares in a reproduc- tion of a Moroccan village. Most interesting was the Belgian village with exact reproduc- tions of buildings and houses as seen today. Cafes, shops, an old bridge, church, town hall, and block pavement make up this re- markable display. Flemish dancers in color- ful costume and wooden shoes perform in the main square. In this same group we have The Streets of Paris with its sidewalk cafes, quaint shops, noise, shows, and beauty. The streets are named as in Paris and the buildings very good imitations with some of the famous res- taurants. Fascinating phases of industry are brought out in the Sears Roebuck building, the A. and P. Carnival, the Time and Fortune display, the Firestone building and the various stages in the making and refining of the oil in- dustry. The Historical group consists of the story of old Fort Dearborn reproduced in every de- tail, the De Saible Cabin, and further along the Marquette Cabin erected in memory of Pere Marquette. Prominent in this group is the Lincoln display comprising Lincoln ' s boy- hood home and Rutledge Tavern. More of furniture and mementos of Lincoln ' s career can be found in the Illinois Host House on the Avenue of Flags. An interesting note here is that the flags are of two colors only. Looking down from one end of the avenue the flags are all rust in color while from the other end you get the color of gold. This color scheme was carried out from an artistic view point keeping in harmony with the pro- fusion of color roundabout, rather than dis- playing the vari-colored flags of all nations in this Avenue as was originally planned. Fun was not lacking in this place of won- ders. Of course one would not fail to get a view of the monstrous Fair from the Sky- Ride. This ride was in a rocket car along a cable stretched over the Lagoon between two giant towers about two hundred feet high. The Midway afforded no end of spectacles, side shows, and unusual attractions. Here were found the Oriental Village, the living freaks and wonders brought from all parts of the world. Here, too, was located the Mid- get Village and very important the Pantheon de la Guerre, depicting the battle fields of France and Belgium. Even the children had their World ' s Fair in the Enchanted Island, a place of magic and wonders. A real Hollywood where pictures could be seen in the making and where actual radio broad asting took place, was of exceptional interest. Ripley ' s Believe It or Not audi- torium was well patronized. A trip to the bottom of an African diamond mine assured us of the laborious task of mining pure stones. The hog lolling feat carried out by cham- pions of several western states was cleverly done and afforded no end of pleasure. Wheelchairs and jinrikishas furnished transportation on the grounds while, on the water, launches and Venetian gondolas went back and forth on the Lagoon. Even the eating places with their gaily cos- tumed waiters seemed in keeping with the whole idea of the progress of a century. Thus the world joins with Chicago in cele- brating a century of the growth of Science where every phase of progress and life is found exhibited. A scientist might say that the Century of Progress is the culmination of invention and science— the acme of progress. Miss Kathryn H. Finnegan. MY IMPRESSIONS OF THE THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS A FTER seeing the most wonderful sight ■ that you ever saw and perhaps will ever see, you ask yourself, and many ask you, What were you impressed by most? If a person liked art, he might be impressed THE CRIMSON AND GRAY by the harmony of colors. If he liked archi- tecture, he might enjoy the modernistic shapes of the buildings. If he liked medicine, science, the study of foreign countries ' history, he might say that an exhibit based on this interested him most. The Fair is really too wonderful to express briefly my impressions of it. I will try to tell you about the one building which made the strongest impression on me. From the Hall of Science turn your footsteps toward the island and enter the Adler Planetarium. This rainbow-granite building with its mushroom dome is world famous, for within it is an intricate mechanism called the Zeiss Projector, the only one in the United States, and one of the only two in the world. With this instrument is staged a spectacular drama of the heavens. Once every hour, visitors are admitted to a circular room to sit beneath its domed white ceiling. The light is flashed off, the ceiling becomes a blue sky, sparkling with millions of stars seeming so close and so real that you feel that you can reach up and touch them. A lecturer tells you about this firmament. His pointer is a beam of light. Behind him is a concealed switchboard, with which he controls the apparatus. You are permitted to look ahead into the future and know where the Pole Star or any other heavenly body will be situated at a particular minute of a par- ticular day, decades, or centuries ahead. You can look back into the past and see the heavens as they appeared when Christ walked on earth or when Galileo studied the stars with the first telescope. Should you arrive while a lecture is in progress, you can entertain yourself by strol- ling about the halls or exhibit rooms down stairs. The Planetarium, which is under the direc- tion of Prof. Philip Fox, formerly Professor of Astronomy at Northwestern University •has a wonderful collection of instruments which men of science in centuries of the past have used. Four hundred years ago the Strozzi family of Florence, Italy, began a col- lection of scientific instruments gathering and preserving those of worthy achievement About forty years ago this collection passed into the hands of Roone Heilbronner in Paris, and after the World War to W. M. Mensing in Amsterdam, and from him to the Chicago Museum. I have always liked Astronomy and that ' s the reason why this impressed me most. Marion E. Munday ' 35. BACK AND FORTH TO CHICAGO ' T ' HE love to travel, to visit strange cities, to meet their inhabitants, to enjoy their amusements has become the instinct of the American people. And that is what urged me to go to Chicago ' s World ' s Fair with the amount of money I had when I started the tenth of July. For four years I had been hearing of the work being done at Chicago representing the last hundred years of the world ' s existence. I started out with Chicago as my objective, but in my mind was the desire to find out what hoboing was all about and how hard it could be, and to meet differ- ent people of different dispositions. On the tenth of July, 1933, I started out from Southbridge with a wardrobe which con- sisted of a blue suit, four shirts, overalls, sweaters, and a pair of shoes. I have noticed that when some people go to Quinebaug to spend the week-end, they have about four or five trunks and come back and it takes them about two days to wash, rest, and tell about exciting moments. If such a person had gone to the Fair, you ' d hear a detailed story but I will just try to tell you in a few words about my experiences and the wonders at the Fair. After leaving Southbridge, I stopped both at Hartford and New York City visiting my brothers en route to Philadelphia where I visited Independence Hall. My next stop along the Lincoln Highway was at Gettys- burg. In Gettysburg I visited the famous hotel noted for existing through the Civil War. Bullets may be seen imbedded in its wooden frame. I also visited the field of NOVEMBER 1933 Gettysburg— bare save for tombstones in- scribed with names of generals to show where they fell. On my journey again I went to Bucyrus, then north to Toledo, Ohio, and then Route 20 to Chicago. These routes prove equally valuable to the driver and the hobo. I reached Chicago Saturday, the fifteenth, about four o ' clock. Ignorant of booked events, I was surprised to hear people cheer- ing, and to see them throwing hats and papers into the air. I had all the exultation that such a greet- ing could give any important person— and en- joyed the greeting as if it were for me alone— until I looked up in the air to see twenty- four beautiful seaplanes circling the city. It was Italy ' s most famous flyer, Italo Balbo, ar- riving after a non-stop flight across the At- lantic. Well, even if for only a short time, I shared his welcome to Chicago. That night I was fortunate enough to find a good room in the loop for $1.50 a week. My first day at the Fair was like a first day in the land of wonders. My 50c admission I paid willingly and I was one of the 122,000 people who attended the Fair that Sunday. The site was perfectly adapted for a play- ground for many people: its green park, its flower gardens, fountains and well-kept drives, and, above all, its unusual buildings appropriately placed with the ever-changing lake just beyond and the silhouette of Chi- cago ' s myriad towers against the sky as a background. That day I walked around wondering at the buildings which one may call the fruits of industry. Amazed as I was and desirous of lingering, I still realized that I had to move quickly if I wanted to see all in one day, so I did not enter any buildings. I was perfectly contented to crane my neck and look at the vivid colors, the different styles of architecture which were very new and extraordinary to a fellow who has always been accustomed to the streets of South- bridge. About two o ' clock I saw the crowd rushing toward the Illinois State Building which is set apart from the other forty-four in honor of having Chicago inside its territory. The cause of the excitement became clear to me when cannon ' s tone began to echo for miles around. A band furnished by the U. S. Army was escorting General Balbo along the Avenue of Flags. General Balbo stopped first at the Illinois Building where he congratu- lated the American people upon its progress, and then he went to the Italian Building where he spoke in Italian to the Italian peo- ple of the Fair. After his speech a chorus of nearly 2000 girls and 500 boys sang Italian songs. Entranced by the the beautiful welcome but unable to understand it, I sought some other free amusement. At the Baby Ruth Pool. Pierre Desjardins and Helen Maxwell, well-known swimming and diving experts, were putting on a beautiful diving demonstra- tion. Farther on I found myself near one of the towers of the Sky Ride where 1 noticed that the prices were 25c on Sunday and 40c on week-days, so, being very economical, I dug and gave 25c for a ticket. The Sky Ride I might explain, is an advertising scheme of the Pepsodent people. Everyone knows Kingfish, Madame Queen, and Amos and Andy. Everyone at the Fair must notice the high towers and the little compartments named for these characters which are drawn slowly across cables from the island (filled out for the Fair) and the main land. Then the price of the ride is another added attraction which makes the Sky Ride one of the best known features of the Fair. Since Kingfish is one of my favorites, I decided to enter the car by that name. It brought me near the entrance to the Fair again, so I left the grounds and went downtown. There I found an eating plae where I got a meal for which I would have paid 35c any- where. I ate until I thought I ' d bust. They gave me a check which read 10c. Thinking this was an error, I hurriedly paid my dime and went out as inconspicuously as THE CRIMSON AND GRAY possible. Outside, however, I noticed a sign which read 10c a meal. I jotted down that address and for six consecutive days I was at that place three times a day. I had found good places to eat and to sleep for $3.30. Following my theory of economy I in- tended to go through every free building. Among those which I liked immensely were the Hall of Science, General Motors, Travel and Transportation, and the States ' Build- ings. In these buildings everything a fel- low could imagine is there to be seen. He can examine things at his leisure and find out the how, when, where, and what-for, of nearly everything that we see in our daily lives. Other buildings that I also liked were Sears Roebuck; the Firestone, where you can see a tire being made every ten minutes; the Indian Village, where buildings of original material and type have been brought from the Far West to illustrate their life; Days of ' 49 Camp, where I paid to see illustrated a contrast between a wedding of then and now; Fort Dearborn, a really old fort where can- nons, chinks in the walls where guns could be set, log-cabins— all that usually seems local color of a Western thriller to us— was re- vealed as authentic; Streets of Paris; the larg- est thermometer, 150 feet high; the Electrical, Federal, and Agricultural Buildings; the Planetarium; and Sinclair ' s Prehistoric Group. Seeing just the outside of hese buidii took me all day Sunday, however. When I had started out for the Fair, with my back- ground of experience the Sturbridge Fair, I had been prepared to spend the day in Chi- cago and come home satisfied. But a whole week later, after fairly steady work, found me still interested and with my curiosity still unsatisfied. That first night I stayed to see the fire- works—to see $10,000 go up in smoke in some of the most beautiful displays imaginable. Wednesday of that week was very warm, so, for variety, I went swimming in Lake Michi- gan all day long and at night took in a show. Thursday I spent trying to visit places I had not seen before and I succeeded in finding many, I assure you. The most important sights were the A. P. Gypsies, the New and Old Railroads, Byrd ' s Ship, the Blue Ribbon Malt Cafe (with Buddy Rogers, Ben Bernie and Guy Lombardo. I paid 15c for a glass of beer which I sipped very slowly in order to enjoy the music as long as possible). I also decided to look around the city itself while I was out in that part of the world. I visited the Times Building, three Y. M. C. A. ' s (there are seventeen), the Wrigley Build- ing, and the Public Library. At the Stock Yards I got a sandwich and a cup of coffee, free of course. (That ' s a courtesy that they extend to every visitor and, if I may say so, 1 think it ' s a very good idea.) About three o ' clock I visited the Field Mus- eum of Natural History. The arrangement of various animals and, especially birds in their natural habits, shown on the first floor, are of unparalleled beauty. The Museum Library confined to its own subject, is twice as large as our local library. In the Shedd Aquarium one can study water life as no- where else in the world. When I got to my room Friday night I de- cided that I had seen enough of Chicago and the Fair and so I started back to Southbridge the next morning. That night I spent at Elk- hart, Indiana. Early the next morning I got one through trip to Cleveland, Ohio, where I arrived after an all-day and night ride. I reached Cleveland about three in the morn- ing and by three-thirty had made connections for Buffalo. I reached Lima about eight that night. At Lima I met some very hospitable people. A Mr. and Mrs. Hollowell and their son picked me up at Lima. They were well-to-do and kind-hearted. When I told them I was going points east to Boston from Chicago they talked matters over and finally brought me to their home in Canandaigua. They gave me a late supper, let me have their guest room, and woke me up at six in the morning. After a breakfast which consisted of three eggs, seven slices of toast, and two cups of coffee, I was on NOVEMBER 1933 my way once more. Their hospitality was given me because Mrs. Hollowell has had two sons on the rozd in the past, and she believed that some kind lady would do the same for them. From Canandaigua I rode through Syra- cuse, Utica, and on to Albany where I stopped for lunch. As I was walking along the bridge toward Renssalaer, a car stopped and the man driving asked if I was going his way. Since that was the first time anybody on the road had invited me to ride, I was rather suspicious. But it happened that this was another Samaritan in the form of a news- paper man who owned the Rensselear paper He brought me to his office where I made my- self comfortable with three chairs and two overcoats. Next morning he woke me up at eight o ' clock, bought me a good breakfast, and offered me a job as truck driver which I declined. Leaving Albany I went through Pittsfield, over the Ladder to Springfield. I arrived in Southbridge at three, Wednesday, after cover- ing 2600 miles, in sixteen days, through eight states, and spending less than the last figure in dollars. Paul Benoit ' 34. TO THE WORLD ' S FAIR ON $4.26 Everyone asks how I liked the World ' s Fair. The Fair was great. Half of my thoughts, however, go back to the kind people who gave me rides; some of these rides were long with much to see and nothing to worry about, while others were very short. They were a help but, meantime, I might have missed a good ride. Cherry ' s stories of the Fair started me, so on August 28 I started from our famous town at 8 o ' clock with two World War veterans who were very interesting and very good sports. We arrived at Albany at one o ' clock. I walked through the city and stood on a corner where I thought would be a good place for getting a ride. The lights had just changed. The gentleman in the third car, a Buick, gave me about a thirty-five mile ride. This gentleman ' s son had gone to the Pa- cific coast in the same gentleman-like style and he considered the experience valuable as an education. I got as far as Sangerfield, N. Y. that day, about three hundred miles— not bad! But I slept in a barn that night and awoke with the cold about five-thirty. The next couple of nights were more comfortable, for I dropped in on relatives, before I hit the Honeymoon Trail to Niagara Falls. There, two college fellows from Colorado, going back to college, picked me up. We dropped in to see Niagara Falls and went on down to Erie that night. I could have had a ride all the way to the Fair but I had to wait for mail. It was disappointing to think I missed a 600 mile ride. The next day, however, I got a 280 mile lift out of Erie from a man with a load of machinery going to Columbus, Ohio. It wasn ' t a very comfortable ride because he had about five tons of machinery on the truck. Everytime we came to a corner I thought we were going off the road we were going so fast, but we got to Bucyrus safely. It cost me 65 cents to eat and sleep in Bucyrus, about 320 miles from Chicago. The whole 320 miles I covered with one driver in a day during which we picked up a brother and sister who were hitch-hiking to the Fair. On Saturday, then, we arrived and enjoyed the day along with 300,000 other people. The boys who had picked me up palled with me while we were at the Fair. After spending almost five hours at the Travel and Transport Building I was glad to get to sleep. My bed was the rumble seat of the boys ' car. It was just like a spring mattress but I had to stick my feet out and every-one going by made sly remarks. Otherwise I had a com- fortable night. I stayed at the Fair till Labor Day, and left the boys about eleven o ' clock Monday night, after thanking them for the wonderful time I (Continued on Page 16) LITERATURE F. I. D. IT IS Monday morning in Lake City; the clock in the Fire Department 1 is striking six. Only a few of the twenty-five men who sleep there are dressing. Among them is Ser- geant Trenton. He quickly dresses and is the first to go downstairs. The sight which his eyes beheld was puzzling. He pinched himself to see if he were still asleep. No! he was awake. He ran quickly upstairs and sum- moned the rest of the men. Some had just awakened and the rest were roughly awak- ened by Sergeant Trenton. Chief Blake asked, What ' s the matter? What ' s the matter? Say, do you know that every single piece of apparatus in this build- ing is gone? answered Trenton. W-W-What do you mean? Just what I said, came the answer. Come and see for yourself, Trenton said, as he went down the stairs. In one minute, everyone was downstairs. Chief Blake ' s eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw the empty building. He and Sergeant Trenton searched the building and in a back room they found Officer Dugan who had been on duty that night. He had been knocked unconscious by a blow on the cranium. On his chest was pinned a note which read as follows: Fire when under con- trol is the servant of man but it will be loose soon. It was signed with three fatal letters, F. 1. D. Officer Dugan was quickly revived and all he knew about what had happened was that about three o ' clock in the morning he heard a footstep, and was about to turn around when he was hit on the head. By this time the police had arrived, and as Lake City had two fire stations, the other sta- tion was called and they answered, Seven bells and all ' s well. Tick-tick-tick— The news was telegraphed to every state. Every policeman in every state was on the lookout for wandering fire trucks. By eight o ' clock these cries could be heard all over the streets in many cities. Extra-Extree— Lake City Fire Dept. has ap- paratus stolen from under their own noses. Extree-Extra. Meanwhile Chief Blake, as red as a ripe to- mato, is answering questions shot at him by Gus Lance, Chief Detective of the Lake City Police Dept. Now let us see what the rest of the firemen are doing. Pat Dodd, who is considered the comedian of the Fire Dept., is all a-twitter. He is an amateur detective and is engaged to Rose Belton, whose hobby is asking ques- tions. At this moment he is offering solu- tions of the robbery to his friends. By this time part of the Station 2 appar- atus has been sent over to be used until the stolen property is found. All the firemen were asking for action: action by the police, action by the Chief, any sort of action. Lit- NOVEMBER 1933 11 tie did they know what was to happen by evening. Nine o ' clock and a telephone call at Fire Station 1 came with it. The call said that there was a fire in an empty tenement house on Benton Street. Fire Stations 1 and 2 were called there. No one was at Station 1 where two trucks had been left. The building was in flames; the blaze could be seen from the distance. The houses near- by were endangered by the flames. Firemen were running to and fro. After a three-hour battle, the fire was quelled. When the fire- men of Station 1 returned another surprise awaited them. The hoods of both trucks were open, both motors wrecked, and all the tires punctured. Every piece of hose was cut. A note on one of the trucks read, The worst is yet to come, and again it was signed F. I. D. (Continued in the next issue.) Frank Locki ' 36. OLD MOSE While home from a trip he may be seen on or near a wharf shelling clams. To see Mose at this point is as much entertainment to me as an interesting movie. Mose is dressed in a sou ' wester, a fisherman ' s hat, and high rub- ber boots. He sits on a box crossed legged, a basket of clams and a pile of shells on either side. Mose is a happy man, happier when there is a youngster near to whom he can spill some yarn, greatly exaggerated, filled with ex- citing stories about rescues at sea, daring ad- ventures of his captain, but, to my surprise, never about superstition. On asking Mose about a sailor ' s supersti- tion, he dropped his work, crossed his hands, muttered something, and for the first time looked up without smiling. To talk about a sailor ' s superstition, he told me, is a very wrong deed. Among the curses which come aboard ship, the woman is feared the most. A woman or a black cat aboard ship, t ells Mose, surely means the ship will sink before it reaches home. Mose, who was over fifty, told me that he had never been swimming and that most of the fishermen could not swim. I was greatly surprised to think that a man living near the water should not go swimming. Mose, after his basket of clams had been shelled, enjoyed himself playing checkers. Old Mose is a wizard at checkers and admires any youngster who can beat him, but scorns any older person who defeats him. Mose lives very simply and alone, and very seldom eats fish although he gets his living catching them. Winston Dorrell ' 35 YE OLDE FASHIONED LOVE TALE TT WAS rather late in the afternoon when ■ - Tommy Burke came striding along, swing- ing his books around his head. He was headed home, but by no means was he taking a short cut. In a few minutes, he was talk- ing to Dick Bolton, manager of the village general store. Bolton had started the store on his own finances and, through consider- able adjustments and improvements, the store was the most popular one of the village. Dick was a young man of twenty-two years, he was tall and broad-shouldered. He had light wavy hair, and was the idol of many feminine admirers, although he belonged only to the school-mistress, Gladys Keech. He and Gladys were engaged and were planning to be married as soon as school finished for the year. But right now Bolton was interested in what this bright-eyed little boy was telling him. Tommy said that there had been a visitor at the school that afternoon. T ' was a man, who said he earned from New York City an ' was lookin ' for the hotel an ' when Miss Keech tol ' him where it was he said he ' d wait an ' let her show him, so he sat down an ' then Miss Keech made us recite for ' im an ' she ask ' d me to spell a word an ' I had to stay after school an ' that ' s why I ' m late. After this speech, Tommy took a deep, long 12 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY breath and then started exploding again on some other subjects. These who talked together for half an hour. Just as Tommy left, Miss Keech rode up on her horse. When she told Dick about the stranger, George Coffman, he sensed a bit of suspicion in the air. He didn ' t quite like the idea of Coffman ' s having a room opposite Gladys ' at the hotel. When she said that she was going horse-back riding the next day with Coffman, Dick almost went up in a rage, but decided to keep cool. Probably nothing would come of their friendship as he thought Coffman would not stay in such a dull village very long. Dick ' s idea was wrong, and he grew wor- ried as Gladys spent more and more time with Coffman. Coffman came from the city and owned a car; Gladys Keech was more enticed than by Dick ' s buggy and simple entertain- ment, even though she was engaged to him. But she did not forget her engagement. She still loved Dick, but explained that a stranger in town had to be introduced and made ac- quainted with the place. She and Coffman met often, so often that the village gossipers began to buzz. This made Dick unhappy, but what could be done about it? Of course, he could insist on her keeping away from him, but then she would say that he just didn ' t want to see her happy and he was mean to Coffman. While this confusion was still astir, Tommy kept his bright eyes wide open. He hap- pened to be sitting under an apple tree one day, reading, when he heard a car come along the road. This didn ' t bother him until it stopped, then he sat up and took notice. He didn ' t recognize the man in the car, for the man had light hair, but somehow the car looked familiar. When the car came to a stop, the man took up something from the seat and started adjusting it on his head. Tommy realized now that it was a wig. When this was done the car went on toward the vil- lage. Tommy was all agog because he knew that this man was George Coffman. He ran all the way to the general store, and there told everything to Dick. When Dick heard Tommy ' s story, he and Tommy ran over to the Sheriff ' s office. A half hour later, when Coffman and Gladys Keech were slowly riding away from the village, and at the same time enjoying the scenery, they were overtaken by an old rickety car. At the sight of Coffman, the Sheriff ordered him to put up his hands and sur- render. Although this had all taken place suddenly and Miss Keech was thunder- struck, Coffman was cool and collected. With the Sheriff were Tommy and Dick, and when Gladys asked what it was all about, Tommy hastily replied, Well, Miss Keech, this here city-man is a jail-bird, I-er-a mean a convict. Ya ' see, I saw him put on that wig and, at first, I tho ' t I re ognized him an ' all at once it came to me that it is the picture that is on all the posts that says $1,000 reward for his capture, so I ran an ' tol ' Dick here, an ' we went an ' got the Sheriff an ' — here we are. The Sheriff drove Coffman back in his car, and Dick drove Tommy and Miss Keech back in the tumble-down car. All Miss Keech could mumble was, So George Coffman, the rich city man, here for his health, turned out to be Mike (Goldilocks) Brown, the convict. But Dick ' s face was glowing radiantly, for he realized now that their previous plans could be completed and once again he had the entire attention of his future bride. Alice Rawson ' 34. SHANGHAIED T RUCE TENNYSON was a rather tall young man, with a pale face, and white, dainty hands. He was the only son of a rich banker. His father had always wanted him to go away from civilization for a long rest, but Bruce couldn ' t leave Broadway. He stayed up most of the night, and slept most of the day, consequently he was not in the best of health. As the story opens, Bruce is in his dressing room, putting on his hat and coat, preparing to leave for a night club. It is a bright, clear NOVEMBER 1933  3 night, so Bruce decides to walk as the night club is only a short way down the street. As he saunters along, admiring the starry heavens, a closed car, with the curtains down, pulls up alongside of him. Two men jump out, grab him, and throw him into the car. It all happens so suddenly that Bruce has no time to cry out. His arms are tied to his sides, and a gag tied about his mouth. As the car speeds along Bruce tries to see who his captors are, but the darkness prevents him from discerning their faces. Presently the car stops, and the two men lead Bruce out of the car. He finds that he is on a long wharf with scores of ships of all sizes around him. His captors give him no time to stand and gaze around, they hustle him over the side of a huge merchant ship. He is led over the deck, down a Might of stairs, and thrown into a corner. The men leave without a word, and Bruce can heai the door being bolted on the outside. A few moments later, the ship begins to move, slowly rocking from side to side, while Bruce sits up and takes stock of his surround- ings. He is in a small room with rows of bunks on each side. As there is nothing else to do, Bruce falls into a doze, waking up every now and then to hear the men on deck calling back and forth. During one of these waking spells, the door is unbolted and flung open, and a tall, broad man , with a weather-beaten face, strides down the steps. With one brawny arm he picks Bruce up, while he cuts the bonds with a knife held in his other hand. ' Toiler me! says the man, and Bruce after removing the gag, and stretching his cramped arms and legs, hastens to obey him. The stiffness vanishes as he steps out upon the deck. He is held spellbound by the beautiful panorama unfolding before him. It is daybreak on the ocean. As far as Bruce an see is the rolling, swelling ocean, and a pleasant thrill runs through him as he gazes around him. He is on an old fashioned merchant ship, whose huge sails are flapping in die wind. He is rudely interrupted from his trance by having a scrubbing brush thrust into his hand, and a voice saying, Take this brush and scrub the deck ' till it shines. Thus Bruce was introduced to life aboard a ship. This was the start of many pleasant and unpleasant experiences aboard the old merchant-man. The scene now shifts to a bright, clear morning, much like the morning Bruce sail- ed away. A merchant ship sails into the har- bor, and docks. A tall, stalwart, young man leaps lightly over the side and onto the dock. He is broad-shouldered and his handsome face is darkly tanned. Suddenly a figure rushes out to meet him. The second figure is Mr. Tennyson, and he is saying, Well son, you certainly have changed. The two men look like brothers except that one has gray hair, but they are both rugged men. Mr. Tennyson leads his son to a car and directs his chauffeur to drive home. As they ride along, Mr. Tennyson tells this story. As you know, son, I spent much of my earlier life aboard a ship. When I got mar- ried, I settled down, and had a job in a bank. Luck was with me, and I gradually worked my way up to where I am now. When I saw that you were ruining your life at night clubs, I decided to have you sail under an old friend of mine. I had some men kidnap you and take you on board the ship. I knew it would make a new man of you, and I hope you will forgive me. Forgive you! , exclaims Bruce, why I ' m going to sail again when I get a chance. Donald Karle ' 35. HIGH SCHOOL Thave always considered High School fascin- ■ ating, and was very much excited about entering in the Fall. Even when my friends in High School told me that they always had a lot of homework, and that some teachers were crabby, I liked it as much as ever. (Continued op, Page 23) LOCAL 5 ANNOUNCEMENT The Crimson and Gray takes great pleas- ure in announcing that it is sponsoring Mrs. Moonlight which will be presented by the Louise Galloway Players in the auditorium of the Mary E. Wells High School, November i8, at 8:30 P. M. Tickets will be seventy-five cents for reserved seats and fifty cents for the rest of the hall. The price of admission is very reasonable, but we believe it will en- courage a large attendance. This will be the initial appearance of the Louise Galloway Players in Southbridge and it is sincerely hoped that it will merely be the first of successful appearances. All come, for we feel sure that the play will be enjoyed by all. ' Miss Marjorie Hong ' 37 has been selected Freshman Reporter by a committee of which Florence Lockhart is chairman. This compe- tition, open annually to Freshmen, consist- ed of two reports: on the Freshman elections, and the Freshman Party, and an article entit- led A Freshman ' s Point of View. LOCALS The first day of school we were much be- wildered and confused, or at least surprised, to find new numbers on all the rooms. We don ' t get so much amusement from the Fresh- man as usual, because they spend most of their time downstairs. Seniors and Juniors lord over the first floor and Sophomores are on the second. We discovered three new faculty members, Miss Kidd, Miss Hefner, and Mr. Robinson, but otherwise everything is familiar. The classes started electing their officers by the second week of school. Senior Class Officers Pres. John Martin Sec. Claire Paquette Vice Pres. Mary Dani Treas. John LePage, Jr. Faculty Adviser Mr. Greene Junior Class Officers Pres. Raniero Francazzi Sec. Pauline Bachand Vice Pres. Jane Walker Treas. Chauncy Phipps Faculty Adviser Miss Finnegan Sophomore Class Officers Pres. Daniel Woodbury Sec. Janet Kozyra V. Pres. Doris Crandall Treas. Grey Buckley Faculty Adviser Miss Dube Freshman Class Officers Pres. George Downer Sec. Grace Cunniff Vice Pres. Dorothy Cole Treas. Richard Fox Faculty Adviser Mr. Beals FRESHMAN RECEPTION N October 7 the Juniors entertained the Freshmen with a Kids ' Party held in the auditorium from 7:30 to 11:00 P. M. Any pupil dressed in a kid ' s costume was admitted for 15 cents but those who maintained their dignity and grown-up clothes were charged 25 cents. The Stompers furnished music for dancing. Prizes were awarded to: Tallest Boy George Carpenter Tallest Girl Doris Goddu Shortest Boy Harold Ostrander Shortest Girl Antoinette Dussault NOVEMBER 1933  5 Thinnest Boy Thinnest Girl Baby Boy Baby Girl Fattest Boy Fattest Girl Lloyd Austin Ellen DiGregorio Allard Boyle Eleanor Prendergast Raymond Bonin Nancy Edwards TRAFFIC SQUAD STUDENT COUNCIL Five new members elected to the Student Council from the Senior Class are: Mary Dani, Claire Paquette, Girard Lafleche, Ruth Simpson, Florence Lockhart. The Junior Class elected three new mem- bers to the Student Council: Houghton Bel- lows, Lois Mason, Walter Remian. MACMILLAN ' S LECTURE ON LABRADOR T VONALD B. MacMillan, the famous ex- - - plorer, has visited Labrador and the Northland so many times that he is well qual- ified to lecture on this subject. He has some fine pictures each one of which recalls to his mind some interesting anecdote or bit of in- formation. He spoke very informally to his audience on October 25, almost as if he were speaking to his own family. He talked about a great number of things, —the Eskimos, earlier explorers and their hardships, bird and animal life, ice forma- tions with pictures showing strange and beau- tifully shaped icebergs, (glaciers cover all Greenland so that some day it will be com- pletely buried under ice), his huskies and his perilous trips over ice cracking under his feet and in cold 50 to 70 degrees below zero— so cold that his breath froze to his chinl It cannot truly be said that he left any part only half-explained or that he said anything which was incomprehensible to his audience (except the Eskimo talk). It cannot be denied that it was a wholly satisfactorj and informative talk. Indeed, my only ob- jection is that an hour was all too short a time to spend on so fascinating a subject. F. Elizabeth Sutcliffe This year Antonio Pal the Traffic Squad which I. Anderson W. Andrews T. Apostola L. Blair N. LeBlanc A. Brodeur A. Chicoine E. Chicocca S. Flower G. Favreau A. Guertin G. Hallquest F. Joslin G. Kuehn G. LaFleche G. Leduc J. LePage merino is captain of includes: L. Lusignan R. Macallister J. Martin A. Koprowski G. McNitt E. St. Onge M. Osimo F. Remian A. Renaud L. Santo J. Starr B. Williams J. Barnard R. Werner R. Bourdeau J. Farland R. Francazzi HOME ROOM OFFICERS SENIORS Room 124 P. John Anderson T. Genevieve Greenwood H. O. Armand Chicoine Room 126 P. Gerald McNitt T. Dorothea Martin H. O. Anita Hebert Room 102 P. Arthur Renaud T. Eleanor Woodruff H. O. Ernest St. Onge JUNIORS Room 224 P. Roger Thompson T. Jane Walker H. O. Abraham Schwartzburg Room 104 P. Arthur Canning T. Thelma Austin H. O. Louis Bourdelais Room 108 P. Arthur Delage V. P. Pauline Earls T. Jeanette Gregoire H. O. Raymond Favreau Room 110 P. Aloysius Koprowski T. Mildred Hiemer H. O. Norman Leblanc THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Room 1 1 2 P. Chauncey Phipps T. Lovrien Price H. O. Marjorie McGrath SOPHOMORES Room 204 P. Rudolphe Laverdiere T. Edward Hobson H. O. C. Klockowski Room 212 P. Frank Locki T. Edward Martin H. O. Edward McNally Room 215 P. James Rawson T. Rita St. Martin H. O. Alice Pontbriand Room 219 P. Robert Werner T. Gertrude Woodruff H. O. Daniel Woodbury Room 230 P. Adrien Benoit T. Nora Adamick H. O. Edgar Bibeau FRESHMAN Room 2 P. Jack Burnham T. Cleo Brodeur H. O. Armand Blanchard Room 4 P. Richard Decker T. Marguerite Desaulniers H. O. William Curboy Room 5 P. Marjorie Hong T. Doris Lariviere H. O. Harold Germaine ROOM 12 There was quite a spirited meeting over the election of room officers in Room 12. The of- fices were filled by boys which made the girls, especially Miss Patty ' Power, start an uproar. The President, Burton Swan, said that it was only fair for a girl to hold an office as a reporter to the Crimson and Gray. Those elected were: President, Burton Swan; Treasurer, Wal- lace Rockwood; Health Officer, George Wat- son; Reporter, Miss Tetreault. The room also has a one man band which is played by Louis Ugalde on a harmonica. Boy! Can he harmonize. Maybe Mr. Tabor taught him. J. Tetreault ' 37 TO THE WORLD ' S FAIR ON $4.26 (Continued from Page 9) had had and especially for the comfortable bed. All gentleman hitch-hikers, when we want to get somewhere in a hurry, take the train. In a small town along the way I met a fellow on his way to New York City. We chummed together, hopped a train, and arrived in Buf- falo about 1 1:30 A. M. There we got another train from Buffalo to Rochester N. Y. There I went around to show my relations I had succeeded in getting to the Fair, and collected a couple of dollars in bets they had rashly made that I wouldn ' t get there. The next morning rrly cousin got me a ride to Geneva. There a fellow who had been driv- ing all day drove up to a gasoline station and said he wished he could find someone to ac- company him on the road to Boston. I was lucky enough to be near by and said I ' d go with him. All that night, then, I got a four hundred mile ride to Sturbridge. The man, a middle-aged traveling salesman, bought me a lunch. I was rather tired out from keeping my companion awake. Consequently I was glad when two more rides found me at Globe Village where I had started from eleven days before. Now, next summer, I am going to Ireland, England, and France, in the gentleman-like way, and I hope that I ' ll be able to tell about that in next year ' s paper. Bill Curboy ' 36 A FRESHMAN ' S POINT OF VIEW T T IGH School! That is the word first - ■ ■ ■ thought about when a Freshman-to-be awakes on that eventful Wednesday. There is no longing to stay in bed even though it is a rather schooly feeling morning. Some may sigh at the thought of getting back to the old grind , but still High School will be interesting. Mother is up early as she knows no one will be late to-day and has (Continued on Page 22) ALUMNI WHO says there ' s a depression onl cho- ruses a happy group of 33 ' s. Among these scoffers are: Pat Brodeur— Hyde Cutlery Romeo Dumais— A 8c P, Main Street Lillian Durocher— McClellan ' s Dan Koziol— Lewis ' Gas Station, Globe Village Dot Krasnov— Krasnov ' s Dress Shop Raymond Lenti— Lenti ' s Shoe Store Rita Livernois— Attorney Favreau ' s Office Beatrice Martin— Harrington Knife Co. Eleanor Paoletti— Office of New England Telephone Co. Franky Redhead— Office of Walker Coal Co. Lucy Romano— Edwards Co. John Tobia— Stockroom, Woolworth ' s You ' ll find a regular ' 33 reunion at the A. O. Co. Lorenzo Beaupre, Rubia Beauregard, John Bingley (advertising department), A. Lincoln Blakely, Jennie Calo, William Czy-- zewski, Victoria Czyzewski (gold room), Bern- ard Fox, Len Hebert, Wilfred Hong, Carrie LaBelle (Nomar), Rudolf Leduc, Noella La- marine, Odilon Lavoie Jr., Nellie Lesniew- ski (gold room), Clarence Miller, Ruth Paul (gold room), Roxy Pinsonneault, Earl Put- nam (dye dept.), Isabel Sangren, Adele Saw- icki, Alice Talbot (Nomar), Betty Tarquinia, Red Trembley, Red Volpini, Aurore Carpen- tier (Nomar). At the Hamilton Woolen is still another group including: Gertrude Champagne, Dorothy Farland, Lucille LaVergne, Emma Rose Richard, George Farland. Several graduates of ' 33 are furthering their education. Good Luck to: Lucille Monroe at Mass. State College, Am- herst; . Ruth Billings and Doris Ford at Becker ' s Business College; Margot Kuehn at The Deaconess Hospital, Brookline; Celeste Gatineau at Massachusetts Memor- ial Hospital, Boston; Jerome Caplovitch and Marian Allman tak- ing a P. G. at Wells. Then we have our old and experienced students: Harry Abbott ' 31 Sophomore, U. of Maine. George Page ' 31 starting his study of med- icine at Tufts. Rose Brodeur ' 32 a wide-eyed freshman at Boston U. Richard Muller, ' 32 sophomore, New York U. Louis Dani ' 32 at Wentworth Institute to study architecture. George Wood ' 32 is carrying on the good name of Wells by winning a scholarship at Worcester Tech., where he is a sophomore. Kathleen Burns ' 30 senior at Radcliffe also has gained us recognition by becoming Presi- dent of the Debating Club, member of Stu- dent Council, and on the Deans ' List in re- cognition of her good scholarship in History, Government, and Economics. Maurice Clemence is on the Deans ' List at Brown University. Gwendolyn Monroe also of the good class of ' 30 is on the Deans ' List at Wheaton. Howard Bingley is at Springfield Inter- national College studying to be a minister. Mitchel Koprowski is at St. Mary ' s College, Orchard Lake Mich., studying for the priest- hood. MARRIAGES AND ENGAGEMENTS CUPID aimed his bow at several of our graduates this year. The newlyweds are: Louise Tillyer ' 29 and Ralph Blatchford, June 24. (Continued on Page 23) 4ATHLETIC5H, FOOTBALL Congratulations. To the team, its captain, and its coach who believe in fair play and follow the rules of good sportsmanship by playing with all their might, by co-operation with each other, by playing fair, and by being a man no mat- ter what the situation. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1933-1934 Sept. 30 Wells 6— Commerce High (here) Oct. 7 Wells 6— Stafford Springs (here) Oct. 12 Wells 14— Holden 7 (there) Oct. 21 Wells 20— Ware 6 (here) Oct. 28 Wells 0— Shrewsbury (there) Nov. 4 Wells —Putnam (here) Nov. 11 Wells —Clinton (there) Nov. 17 Wells - —Academy - (here) Nov. 30 Wells —Webster (here) THE WINNING OF A CHAMPIONSHIP Wells High has always had great athletic teams and has been respected by all local high schools. None however, were of the cal- iber of the 1933 Baseball Championship Team. Such a team is rarely to be found in local high school ranks. It consisted of Capt. Koziol, Volpini, Werner, Koprowski, Pal- merino, Osimo, Lavallee, Farland, Proulx, Chicoine, Remian, and Beaupre. It was a very smooth running machine and it opened its season by trouncing Holden. Then came double victories over Ware and Spencer and in a return game we again beat Holden. By this time the fans began to sit up and notice what a great team was in the making. We then beat Putnam, and in a series we took two out of three from Bartlett. Then we were not satisfied but immediately beat Oxford. These victories over Bartlett and Oxford High meant the winning of the Championship of the division and meeting Millbury High for the real Championship. Our boys, behind the splendid pitching of Lavallee, proceeded to take two out of three from Millbury, winning the Championship. This team that Wells had put on the field was the answer to a coach ' s prayer. Hefner Wells 4 — Oxford 1 As a result of a triple tie between Wells, Oxford, and Webster for first place, we play- ed Oxford in the first game of the play-off. Palmerino ' s pitching was too much however, and a fast triple play— Werner to Koziol— just finished off the Oxford boys. Wells 2 — Bartlett i In the finals we met the Bartlett team and it was pitching duel for 11 innings between Lavallee and Pietrowski. In the 11th, Ted Farland, with Werner on second, singled and scored Werner. This meant playing Millbury for the Championship. Millbury 21 — Wells 2 In the first game for the Championship our boys traveled to Millbury. Palmerino was on the mound for Wells and Bruninghans pitch- ed for Millbury. Palmerino later gave way to Proulx. We were defeated, but only because the boys were not in the mood for playing good ball. Wells 4 — Millbury 3 That defeat did not discourage our boys and they resolved to take Millbury this time. NOVEMBER 1933  9 Nes Lavallee faced Millbury and pitched a beautiful ball game. Our boys soon got at Bruninghaus with a barrage of hits and he was forced to retire. This victory tied up the series with one game apiece. Wells 6 — Millbury o The final game of the series was played at Fitton Field in Worcester. Coach McMahon started his ace Nes Lavallee, and Millbury started Bob Eaton. Nes allowed only 5 hits while Wells found Eaton for the grand total of 14. Red Volpini played a beautiful game. The last inning he had to have his ankles taped but continued, nevertheless. Wells scored in the 3rd, 7th, and 8th. Koziol starred at bat with three doubles, and he was follow- ed by Lavallee with three singles. It was a great ending for the High School career of Volpini, Koziol, Beaupre, and Lavallee. Pep It Up Wells ! Whose got pep Whose got grit Who ' ll be winners When they quit? We will We will Southbridge Southbridge Team, Team, Team 2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate Wells Wells Yeah Team Rah W 00000000000000000000 ells W 00000000000000000000 ells W 00000000000000000000 ells Team Rah Strawberry Shortcake Huckleberry Pie V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Are we in it? Well I guess Southbridge High School Yes Yes Yes I had a little rooster I set him on a fence And he crowed for Southbridge ' Cause he had a lot of sense Choo Choo Rah Rah Choo Choo Rah Rah Choo Choo Rah Rah Touchdown Touchdown Wells Team Rah Hip Zoo Rah Zoo Tiddy Boom Bah Zoo Iskiti Iskiti Cheka Boom Bah Southbridge High School Rah Rah Rah I— skidi I— ski Tidi Boom Bah Tidi Rub-a-dub Flub-a-dub Sis Boom Bah Wells High Rah Boom Chika Boom Boom Chika Boom Boom chika rika chicka rika chika boom Ssssssssssssssss Boom Bah Ssssssssssssssss Boom Bah Wells Team Rah Chika Lacka Chika Lacka Chow Chow Chow Boom-a-Lacka Boom-a-Lacka Bow Bow Bow Chika Lacka Chow Chow Boom-a-Lacka Bow Bow Wells High School Rah Rah Rah Rickety X Co X Co X Rickety X Co X Co X Rickety Roo Rickety Rah (Long Whistle) Team Rah Acka Lacka Ching Ching Acka Lacka Chow Make it nice and snappy Bow Bow Bow 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY SONGS (To the tune of You ' ve got to be a Football Hero ) You ' ve got to root for dear old Southbridge You ' ve got to cheer for your hard-fighting team. There should be only one good end to the day, It ' s winning the fray, For the Crimson and Gray. Come on, you Wells men, get down on the field, You ' ve got to give them all you ' ve got; Rah! Rah! Rah! These cheers are for you, Te am, Watch Bartlett ' s line, and you ' re bound to get through. THE CRIMSON AND GRAY The glow of dawn, the mists of morn, Bring hope of perfect weather; The sun appears, we have no fears, Our champions stand together; And so we keep our banners bright Above us ever swinging; To cheer our comrades in the fight This song today we ' re singing: Chorus: The Crimson and Gray waves above us today The hills of dear Southbridge re-echo our cheers; The blush of the dawn and the mist ' s pearly spray Have lent us their colors to bear through the years; For Southbridge we ' ve battled on many a field- Our motto is Onward — our line will not vield; Then proudly we ' re waving our banners today, And cheering to triumph the Crimson and Gray. The world may lay, in proud display. Alluring charms before us; But naught can wrest from Mem ' ry ' s breast The gems that schooldays bore us; And so, while Youth the fingers swift Each precious day is stringing, Our voices high we gladly lift And from our hearts we ' re singing: Chorus: Anthony I. Werner Words and Music (To the tune of Marching Through Georgia) Every Southbridge rooter up, we ' re going to sing a song, Sing it with a spirit that will cheer our team along, Sing it with a snap and vim that shows where we belong, Up with the banners of Southbridge! S-O-U-T-H-B-R-I-D-G-E Hurrah! Hurrah! That word spells Victory! To our Alma Mater we will ever loyal be. Up with the banners of Southbridge! (To the tune of Stein Song) Oh give a cheer for old Wells High. Loyal to her are we. Give a cheer for each warrior bold Who ' s fighting for the vie - to - ry. Rah! Rah! Rah! Sweeping onward down the field, Southbridge will win the day. Three times three for Alma Mater, The good old Crimson and the Gray. • To our ends! To our guards! To our tack- les and centers who charge the foe! To our backs! To their speed, as dodging and plunging they forward go! To our Team! To its grit! To its courage which surely will win the fray! To our town! To our school! To our ban- ner, the Crimson and Gray. Chorus: Repeat— PRATTLE HIGH SCHOOL LOWDOWN HOWDY folks! It seems that a great many of our schoolmates had quite some vacations. Outside of those who went to the World ' s Fair, we have Alice (35) Etherington taking in Europe; Ned (35) Chapin, likewise; Dick (35) Macallister, in Mr. Beals ' camp, along with others. Then we have those who stayed at home, like Armand (34) Chicoine, who played baseball, went to fairs and such- like. Of course, there were the Freshmen who spent the summer between two emotions: Triumph and Apprehension. Freshmen at a glance: There ' s George Car- penter, quiet and orderly The traffic Offi- cers wish there were a few more like him Marjorie Hong, quite a sophisticate Dan Vecchia, who makes quite a hit with the wo- men Little Guerino DiBonaventura, would like to be a cave man but his size is against him— besides, he plays the violin.. ....Fay Wil- liams, likes to draw cartoons and has an am- bition to draw those Mickey Mouse Movies ....Bobby Reed, small, but energetic. ...Richard -Fox, who by the time he becomes a Senior will be giving Clark Gable a few sleepless nights Janet Gibcault, who loves civics, and hopes to get by on her looks Patsy Hartwell, a girl of mystery, for we tried all sorts of ways to discover her hobbies, ambi- tions and the like, but no go Nancy Ed- wards, very excited because she is a Freshman Sammy Frederico, making faces in an at- tempt to become an actor Bill Blakely, not in the least frightened at the overbearing manner of the Juniors.. ..Well anyhow, good luck children, you only have four more years. Mr. Brockway, it seems, has to go and round up his Review Math class every day— especially the boys. He threatens that the Last Round-up will be any day now. • A kaleidoscopic view of the Freshman Re- ception: pig-tails and short dresses At- tempted childish laughter Bill (34) An- drews ' red socks Mr. Tabor ' s white linen knickers Green crepe paper People slip- ping and skidding on the too well waxed floor Miss Finnegan saying, You ' ve had one glass of punch already Miss Kidd ' s green outfit and doll Lollypops Honey (35) Price trying to explain the games above the ex- cited clatter of Freshmen Rubber soles were envied in that game of picking up chalk Mr. Beals, grinning and nodding his head... ...Probably the most successful party yet. Can you see any resemblance between: Florence Stephanie Victor Claude June Laile Armand Raymond Oscar Rita Howard Betty Marjorie Flora Mary Ann Vinny ' 31 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Lynd Bill ' 31 . Annberta Beverly Lardy James Wilson Roxy ' 33 Dorothy Doc ' 33 William Lincoln ' 33 Edna Frank ' 31 Grace May William Quinto Phil ' 32 Gerard Doris ' 31 Armand Louise ' 32 Richard Bernard ' 33 Ida Rene Peter Florence Joseph Aloysius OUR OWN POPULAR SONGS What a Perfect Combination! Nanny and Claire Dark Eyes Louise Dumas I Want to Talk About You.. ..Puth Puth Club Shanghai Lil Jeannette Lebarge Dreaming Miss Phinney You ' ve Got To Be a Football Hero to Get Along With the Beautiful Girls , Grover Hallquest Time To Go 3 P. M. Just Friends. Emma and Norman Down the Old Ox Road Dresser Street I Can ' t Remember.... When I ' m Taking a Test Little Joe Joe McKay Learn to Croon Glee Club My Secret Passion John Anderson Love Is the Thing Mary Alley and Jerry McNitt Ah, But Is It Love? Art Canning If I Only Had Somebody to Love Georgie Leduc I Would If I Could But I Can ' t.. ..Get All A ' s Adorable Coach Whatever It Is I ' m Against It Miss Howe Baby Boy „.... Billy Johnson Night Shall Be Filled With Music Freshman Reception Red Headed Baby Gerhard Kuehn Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? Cornelius As You Desire Me Prudence Proulx Baby Face Lois Mason WOULDN ' T WE MISS THEM IF: If Lloyd was a Hup instead of an Austin. If June was a Spk. E. instead of a Burr. If George was a Gangster instead of a Car- penter. If Dorothy was Oil instead of Cole. If William was a Comb instead of a Cox. If James was a Chevy instead of a Ford. If Yvonne was La Door instead of LaBelle. If Raymond was a Rug instead of a Matte. If Rita was a Bushel instead of a Peck. If Dorcas was a Beam instead of a Ray. If Robert was a Blade instead of a Reed. If Claire was St. Robin instead of St. Mar- tin. If Normand was a Duck instead of a Swan. If Marion was Sour instead of Sweet. A FRESHMAN ' S POINT OF VIEW (Continued from Page 16) breakfast ready by the time the excited but- doesn ' t-show-it pupil is up and dressed. Then we start for school, hailing some pals who are still in grammar school. Of course they are young, but of course one must not let them think we are letting them down now that we are in High School, no indeed! Finally we arrive at school, one of the many who don ' t know where to go or how to get there. After much straightening out, the first period bell rings. After some mistakes you get to the right room somehow. Yes Sir! High School is much more exciting than Grammar School and so different! Then finally the seemingly short day comes to an end. After much discussion about the various teachers and informing the younger members of the family about the grand first day, nine o ' clock comes. Though ordinarily early no reading is done. Nine thirteen— all quiet. Nine fifteen— fast asleep. So ends a perfect day. Kathleen M. Tully ' 37 NOVEMBER 1933 3 HIGH SCHOOL (Continued from Page 13) I am not disappointed in High School. I like it very much and, some of you may laugh, but it ' s true— I like all the homework too! I get quite a lot of it and enjoy doing it, ex- cept when a good movie is playing at the theatre. When I first heard of the Glee Club, I re- solved to try out for it. I did, but there were many others who sang better than I, so I did not get in. I haven ' t given up, however, and will try again next year. I like the idea of study periods. They come in handy and I always get a part of my study- ing and homework done during my study periods. Of all my subjects, I like Civics best. It is very interesting to learn about the towns, the beauty of homes and the like. Marjorie Hong ' 37 ALUMNI NOTES (Continued from Page 17) Ellen Callahan ' 28 and Leo Dumais, June 26. Carol Bingley ' 28 and Joseph Golan, June 26. Emo Benvenuti ' 29 and Miss Lea Arsen- ault, July 5. Catherine Clark and VVeldon Schumacker, Sept. 7. Louise Hall ' 32 and Elmer Russ. Dorothy Cox ' 32 and Ina Hansen. 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MASSACHUSETTS — oc U ►ocz oc oezz30 o oc J THE CRIMSON and GRAY Editor-in-Chief Florence Lockhart Business Manager John Martin Assistants John Lepage, Jr. Louis Bourdelals Arthur Canning Paul Haynes Richard Macallister Treasurer Ernest St. Ongk Subscription Manager Esther Skinner Assistants Mary Dani Louise Dumas Margaret McKinstry Jane Walker Arthur Renaud Alumni Editor Phyllis Kershaw Local Editor Ruth Simpson Art Editor Mavis Kinney Exchange Editor Genevieve Greenwood Athletic Editor Get? u.d McNitt Prattle Stanley Flower General Reporters Pauline Earls Bernard Hefner Elizabeth Sutcliffk Dwight Webster Walter Remiax Class Reporters Senior — Helen Kelly Junior — Roger Thompson Sophomore — Frank Locki Freshman — Mar.torie Hong Head Typist Oola Dumas Assistants Annette Desaul.vieks Jeanne Ethier Juliette Girard Rita Lacassi; Doris Lataille Faculty Adviser Miss Thecla Fitzgerald o o o v o Published Quarterly by the Students of the Mary E. Wells High School, Southbridge, Massachusetts O Volume XVII Number 2 CONTENTS EDITORIALS- W Mary Dani Wishing Frank Locki 34 ' 36 literature- Tony ' s Christmas Rene Francazzi ' 34 Poor Feller Mavis Kinney ' 36 The Night Flyer Lawrence Freeman ' 36 Peter and Paddy Find Christmas Joy, Betsy Bernheim ' 35 Riveter Lionel Proulx ' 36 The Fisherman Dwighi Webster ' 36 Taming An Outlaw Robert Jutras ' 36 F. I. D Frank Locki ' 36 ' Way Past Sonny ' s Bed Time . . . Beulah Gladu ' 35 My Inspiration A Senior A Smoothly Running Machine . . Edward Hobson ' 36 Crossing The Alps Mildred Heimer ' as Lc LOCALS DRAMATICS Z OC OC ALUMNI NOTES EXCHANGES o o — o or ATHLETICS PRATTLE O O O O v O O V O O o : oc = o £) an Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. 9 — Tennyson RESPECT TO OUR ATHLETES All through the ages men have worn sym- bols of their brave deeds— crests, and coats of arms. Likewise in this modern age, we have a way of honoring our heroes. Along the college paths today our Apollo saunters. His sweater, brightly colored, is adorned with his greatest treasure a school letter. Whether a green D on a white sweater, or an H C on a purple one, it is a sign demanding admiration and respect. Since there are so few thus clad, one can readily classify them as those who have fully earned their school insignia by proving themselves athletes through fair play and good sportsmanship. In Prep schools and high schools every- where, the wearing of the school letter is a coveted honor. We, at Mary E. Wells, have thoughtlessly deprived our athletes of their exclusive privilege — have dimmed the glory of the W, by making it everybody ' s ornament. The majority of us have gone around sporting the school W , hardly giving our players a thought. Even people who have never attended our school have bought let- ters at stores in town making others believe that they were athletes at our school. This condition we regret very much; and so Mr. Greene and Coach McMahon, sup- ported by the Student Council, hope that we may restore to our athletes their fitting reward for the work and loyalty in our games by making the W an exclusive and honored privilege. Mary Dani ' 34 The following pupils have been awarded a varsity W and are therefore entitled to wear it. Seniors Armand Chicoine John Martin Irene Kania Masi Osimo Rita Lacasse Ontonio Palmerino Arthur Lango Louis Santo John Starr Juniors Thomas Apostola Rene Francazzi Louvrien Price Walter Remian THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Aloysius Koprowski Normand Leblanc Chauncey Phipps Antonio Silvestri Aldorous Tidd Robert Werner Sophomores Mario DeAngelis Alfred Horr Edward Farland Norbert Lango Freshmen Archie Champagne Robert Michon WISHING xx tishing! Everybody wishes even though the wishes don ' t come true. When you walk home from school you hear the younger children saying, I wish I could lick Jack Dempsey, or I wish I was Lindbergh, I ' d go around the world a mil- lion times. Of course it sounds foolish but nobodv would be surprised if when walking by Wall Street in New York he heard a broker wishing he had a million dollars or that he could do something about the X Y Z Steel Stocks. When you ' re lying on the grass looking up at the blue sk . watching the snow-white clouds roll by, that ' s the time when you feel like wishing. First you ' re with King Menes. an Egyp- tian king, and a minute later von are travel- ing with Buck Rogers 500 years in the future. Now you ' re with Daniel Boone killing In- dians. Now you ' re with Columbus. Before you discover America, you find yourself with Bvrd in his Antarctic expedition. At last the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock but before you step off the rock you are journey- ing around the world with Post and Gatty, Now you would think it dangerous but there you are matching lances with Ivanhoe and soon you are a mascot for Robin Hood and his band of men. Next von are with Edison working on electric lights. Next von are friends with Clark Gable and Tom Mix. Soon it begins to rain and you start to run home and you are still the same person you were hefore you started wishing. Frank Locki ' 36 POOR FELLER It was half-past twelve in the middle of the night. When Santa came sliding down the pipe; With his pants all black and his whiskers gone, And minus a hat and belt, hoot mon! He dropped his pack with a bump and thud, Scattering snow, ice, and mud; A clattering of feet on the stairway near. Told old Santa he had something to Fear. How could he hide from two little kids. With four little wide open, peering lids? For with a huge stomach, Santa was blessed And never to squeeze into tight places was best. He snatched up his heavy pack from the floor. And made a bee line for the kitchen door; No place for hiding in this old kitchen. Without a lot of squeezing, wedging, and pushin . Santa made a dash for the cellar entrance, For a heavy pursuit he seemed to sense; A dick from the cellar door came to his ears Now Santa really had something to fear. Next day when the morn broke, bright and clear, Dad couldn ' t be found anywhere, oh dear! But low and behold came a roar from the cellar, And there was dad on the stairs, poor Feller. Mavis Kinney ' 36 TONYS CHRISTMAS The snow was falling heavily on the morn- ing of December 21, and as things began to come to life in the slums of New York, a man, was just rising from his bed shivering and shaking with the cold. He appeared to be a foreigner, an Italian, whose bent body and shaggy head indicated him to be a fruit vendor. Oh, hum, he sighed as he went to- wards his daughter ' s room. Whata life, whata life. I wisha I wasa back een sunny Italy. Maria, he called from the doorway, tima to get up. Papa he ' sa going to try sella some fruita, so little Maria can eat. Papa I ' ma col ' , said Maria in a shiv- ering voice, and I ' ma hungry too. Maria was the only daughter of Antonio, the fruit seller. She was six years old but appeared to be four because many times she had to go without dinner. Her father work- ed very hard but he only made a few cents a day. He walked from morning till night trying to sell his products. They lived in a patched and leaky tenement in the slums of New York and they barely paid their rent. Maria ' s mother had died when Maria was two years old. Nevera min ' , cried the unhappy man, I fin ' somatinga fo ' you. No ' m be ' fraid. That day Antonio was plodding the streets crying out his wares, Bananas, grapes, oranges, the besta kind. He made a few sales and proceeded up to West 18th Street just opposite the National Trust Bank. Fresha fruit, bananas, oranges, nica fresh, he cried. He did not notice what was going on in the Bank, for if he did he would have seen two gunmen with a satchel back- ing out towards the street door and holding revolvers on several persons who were group- ed together in the back of the bank and hold- ing their hands high above their heads. Just then Tony pushed his cart in front of the Bank door. Suddenly the robbers made a run for the street. They did make a run but right into Tony ' s fruit-stand. A few seconds later the street was filled with THE CRIMSON AND GRAY fruit; bananas, oranges, pears, apples, and bits of the broken cart. But in the midst of these were the two gunmen, sprawled on the ground. One had a wheel around his netk and the other had his feet protruding from the broken upturned cart. During this excitement could be heard Tony: My fruita, my nica fruita. I ' ma all finish, I no can get food fo ' my poor Maria. Madonna mia aiutame. Upon investigation the police found that the robbers were Red Callen and his friend Scarface Collini, and a large reward of $10,000 was offered for the capture of these bandits. Meanwhile Tony went home broken- hearted and with tears in his eyes. When he arrived at the door he usually was received by his daughter. But today: It ' sa funny. Why no Maria coma to the door to meet pa- pa? he sobbed. M ' ybe she ' sa seek. She ' sa no eat of two days now. Maria? Maria? He knocked on the door and entered. At first he could see nothing because his eyes flooded with tears, but what he saw later in the corner made his heart leap. Maria was on a bundle of rags. Her face was white and Tony could see immediately that she was sick. Maria, what ' sa the matter, non you feela cood? And so all through that night Tony sat beside the bed of Maria holding her hand and trying to encourage her. The next morn- ing he was summoned to appear at the police station. At first he would not go. He did not want to leave Maria alone. But the police- man promised him that he would take care of her while he (Tony) was at the station. At the police station the chief of police explained to Tony what had happened the day before, and when the chief gave Tony the $10,000 reward, Tony burst into tears. Grazia Madonna mia. Now Maria have a cood Christmas. She ' sa goin ' to feela bet- ter. He showered the chief with hugs and kisses in the Italian style. Two days later, December 24, we see a man and girl happily talking to each other. They are in a newly furnished house, outside the city of New York. The man is dressed in a new suit and he is smoking a pipe. The girl, dressed in a beautiful white dress, has a smile on her face as she relates her experi- ences with the toys which her father bought for her. A call from the kitchen came to them. Dinner is ready, sir. It is the cook and housekeeper, a motherly Irish woman. Tony and Maria go into the kitchen arm in arm. You can tell they are happy by their smiles. Maria are you happy? asked Tony of his child. Papa, I ' ma very happy, answered Maria and she kissed him on both his cheeks. There were tears in the eyes of Tony as he said grace before dinner. Grazia Madonna mia, for alia you done fo ' me and my Maria. We hava happy Christmas. Rene Francazzi ' 34 DECEMBER 1933 THE NIGHT FLYER While I think about what I shall write I hear a plane going through the night, The drone of the motor whose steady purr, To the listening pilot, it seems to bear A message of cheer so that he might Be able to bring his ship through the night. Faster it comes, louder the sound, Until it passes over the town. I look from my window and what greets my sight, But a splendid trio of bright colored light, Red, green, and white through the darkness they show, While from the cabin comes a silvery glow Which marks its course through rain and snow. Soon it fades in the murky night, And all that is seen is the plane ' s tail light. Soon this, too, begins to grow dim, And the motor decreases its roaring din And lights and sound vanish together, To go on its way in the stormy weather. It leaves me staring into the night Thinking of the plane on its lonely flight. Lawrence Freeman ' 36 LAKE CHE PETER AND PADDY FIND CHRISTMAS JOY rr-iHE wind and snow hissed and curled - ■ around the little boy and his dog who were walking slowly up the long, brightly lighted street in the cold, unfriendly city. This same city, yes, even this street had once been so warm and nice to them. It had been their home. Mother and father had lived here, and every Christmas, as far back as Peter could remember, the bright lights had made him very happy as they shone on the crisp, snow-capped evergreen trees. He and Paddy had always waited by the fireside for jolly old Saint Nick, and Paddy had always worn a scarlet bow tied at his throat which made him look like a fluffy Yuletide package. Peter had never failed to hang his stocking and then skip off to bed, closing his large brown eyes, and soon his curly little head would be filled with dreams of sugar plums and sleighs drawn by tiny reindeer. This Christmas Eve was,— oh, so different. Poor dear father and sweet mother had been taken to a world far from Peter and Paddy. Mrs. Hawkins, the lady who took care of Peter, had sent him on an errand to buy some soap. Imagine buying soap on Christmas Eve when there were ever so many lovely things to buy! Wee cakes with shiny pink and green frostings, steaming hot raisin rolls, sprinkled with snowy sugar, chocolate Santa Clauses with great peppermint buttons— all there— so near, and yet so distant. Peter and Paddy walked past the toy shops looking in at the toys in the handsomely dec- orated show cases. Once these lovely toys could have been hoped for, but now they were terribly out of reach. As Peter trudged along with Paddy beside him, he felt a queer icy wetness on his feet. He stopped and slowly bowing his pitiful, ragged head, his eyes rested on his shoes. Peeping from their soles, were two tiny pink toes. The frost and ice bit them mercilessly. Little wiggly shivers played up and down his back like streaks of cold lightning. Peter wanted to cry. He tried to cry, but all in vain. The fact was, he was too cold to cry. Paddy knew his little master was unhappy. With his wet little nose, he touched the shabby shoes on the ground beside him. Peter turned his large sunken eyes to him and smiled,— the first time he had smiled since his mother had sung a Christmas lullaby to him. Paddy ' s tail was between his shivering hind legs. The fuzzy little head was drooped as THE CRIMSON AND GRAY he lifted a pah of small loving eyes to his beloved master. I know, Pad, but we don ' t care, do we? smiled Peter. I wish you could talk, but I know what you ' d say. You ' re cold. Aren ' t you old fellow? Paddy seemed to nod, as he picked up his soft, velvet-like ears. We can get warm, Pad. There is a light in that house. We can sit on the doorstep. They ' ll never know. Paddy understood, and followed his com- panion to the house. He snuggled closely to his little master as he sat crouched upon the doorstep of the large house. Inside was a sweet voice singing the carol his mother had sung to him. Peter slowly rose, and peeped in the win- dow. A large window with many glistening panes in it, with a great green and red wreath, hanging from its lock. Beneath this wreath was a lighted candle, its flame shoot- ing into the air lighting the leaves of the wreath until they shone like wax. Peter lifted Paddy up to the window. They stared —silently, longingly into the huge room. Peter ' s round red nose, flattened against the pane, while Paddy ' s small black one sniffed beside him, sniffling for something, anything warm or sweet and nice. He hadn ' t smelled anything warm and nice for so long that his poor puppy brain couldn ' t remember when. There in the room was a tall, stately gentle- man who kept walking back and forth before a crackling red fire. Seated at the piano was a pretty, queen-like lady, singing a lovely carol. The two little vagabonds could stand it no longer. They went back and sat on the doorstep once more. There they huddled to- gether, wishing, just wishing. A long time passed, during which they knew very little of what was going on. A stout, jolly cook with a shiny, laughing face had opened the door. On seeing them there, half frozen and almost unconscious, she cried, Glory bless my Soul! This same jolly cook had rushed to the master of the house in an excited manner wailing, St. Nick and all the good fairies have brought you a son! He ' s on the doorstep, a poor little sight to be sure. But he ' s there, and he must be for you. The tall gentleman had lifted Peter with his strong arms and taken him to the couch which lay before the crackling red fire. The jolly cook had given Paddy some food and tucked him in a warm blanket, such a cozy, warm blanket under the stove. At last Peter opened his large brown eyes, and stared into the faces of two of the dearest people he had ever seen. The queen-like lady knelt beside him and put her soft, slen- der hand on his forehead, pushing back the little black wringlets. Poor child, she said, drink this. She handed him something warm and tasty, and Peter drank rapidly. When he had told them about his troubles, the tall man said, Well, son, we ' ll call this your home from now on. And then Peter felt a cold nose sniffing against his cheek, and as he looked down be- side him, Paddy sat up like a show dog, ex- hibiting a huge scarlet bow at his throat. Then it seemed to Peter as he fell asleep, thai all the angels in Heaven joined in a majestic chorus, singing the Christmas lullaby, which his mother had sung on so many Christmas Eves. Betsy Bf.rnheim ' 35 RIVETER Kat— at— at is the sound of my gun, As I labor to build up high, So that people will safely live, Where now in danger stand I. Lionel Proulx ' 36 DECEMBER 1933 THE FISHERMAN Hip-deep in the turbulent waters of a mighty river stands an ardent devotee of Isaak Walton, searching out from pool and riffle, the members of the finny tribes which inhabit the river. Swish, swish,— a tapered line lengthens out and a feathered barb drops lightly on the water. Following the course of his tiny fly, as it dances down and around in whirlpool and ripple, the angler ' s rod is ever ready to drive home that hidden barb at the sight of the golden flash of the brown, or the pinken roll of the brook or rainbow trout. Puffing contentedly on his brier pipe, the fisherman picks lightly from the water his un- touched fly and again wings it out on its de- ceiving mission. His bronzed face and kindlv features are dimmed by the overhanging brim of a grey felt hat, about which is encircled a garland of brightly colored flies. From the many bulging pockets of his fishing vest, half protrudes a fly-box, from whose transparent compartment windows peer the feathery tid- bits of the fly-makers ' ait. Hendricksons, Duns, Cahills, and Coachmen, all in their re- spective garbs, are waiting to do their part. But look! The angl er has one, not a large one to be sure, but one who fights doggedly as the fisherman works him quickly to the waiting meshes of his net to be released a bit wiser for the encounter. To-day the fisher- man is in search of a larger quarry. He is in search of a fish, like all others of his clan, so large that he will not have to put into use that quality which is so highly developed in fishermen,— the stret ' hing of the truth. Working upstream, ever upstream, he searches out with flv and line, the hidden nooks, the glassy runs, the deep brown pools, and the dark shadows of overhanging branches. Each one presents a picturesque study for the angler and artist alike. To the artist this pool must have just enough shadow in it to make it look deep; to the fisherman his fly must be accurately placed in that cool shadow this side of that half-submerged log. WEBSTER Rounding a bend in the stream, our friend comes upon a country lad, dangling in an in- viting pool, a huge gob of night-crawlers on a No. 2. But what cares he whether his rod is a subbed alder or a split-bamboo, his line a piece of store-string of a silken H. C. H., his bait a lowly garden hackle (worm) or a dignified Royal Coachman, for he ' s fishin ' . The older angler smiles as the young dis- ciple plys questions thick and fact. Ya got anythin ' yet? Whatcha usin ' fer bait? for he well remembers when his feet strayed away from that little square desk and the com- manding voice of the schoolmaster, to in- dulge in a bit of prohibited fishing. Our angler friend passes on after a friendly (hat with the vounger follower of Isaak Wal- ton who shows an eager desire to learn. He is now about to fish a long ledgepool. Water flows with considerable force between two jutting rocks, forming a swift eddy down the (enter of the pool, making a likely home for trout, large or small tho they be. The angler retrieves his line and gives his Cahill a fresh dressing of oil to insure a perfect float. With a curve cast, he sends the fly into the foaming current between the rocks (the curve cast when properly exe- cuted enables the angler ' s fly to float over un- even currents as tho ' free from the line); it scurries downstream but never gets far. Wham! Ye Gods and Little Fishes! The Cahill disappeared in a voluminous spout of water. For a split second all sound was dead to the fisherman. Then a rainbow striped demon was out of the water, dancing on his THE CRIMSON AND GRAY tail and shaking his head in true bulldog fashion. Back in the water it made a light- ning-like dash for the head of the pool. The reel screeches out a protest as the line is stripped from the spool. But whoa! Sir Trout has a haven in sight,— that sunken log over there. The angler is taxing his rod to the utmost and its stubbornness outweighs that of the fish and he sulks on the bottom. Out again he is skipping across the water in heart-rending leaps. The angler ' s lips are pressed in a thin, straight line. His teeth clamp down on the stem of his pipe in a grip that threatens to bite it in two. His hobnails dig deeper into the stream-bed for a better grip, but in his eyes shines the glint of battle, for, man against fish, he is fast to the fish of his dreams. Dwight Webster ' 36 TAMING AN OUTLAW Iying at the base of the great hills, the -J little town of Tancreed slumbered in the heat of the afternoon, when Flying Mike came upon it. There had been a time when a man who is now known as Flying Mike had been only Masi Osimo, the only son of Charles Osimo, and had lived with his father in Tancreed. Following the death of his father, he took to the hills and threw in with a band of men who were wanted badly by several sheriffs. Thereafter he was known as Flying Mike, the name given to him by one of his cronies on account of fieetness. The reputation of Fly- ing Mike spread over the town like wild-fire. He was an outlaw, and a bad one, yowsah. He grew lonesome up in the hills, however, and decided to pay a visit to his home town. He remembered when old Chauncey Phipps had punished him before the townsmen for stealing cheese and crackers from his store. He also recalled when Nanny Palmerino once threw him out on his ear, bcause, he at the age of fourteen had entered Palmerino ' s place and said his food was bad. These things and others, Flying Mike de- cided, called for revenge. He grew mean and determined as he rode down the one and only street the small town could boast of. He dismounted at the hitch rail in front of Palmerino ' s place which was Ye Flap-Jack Shoppe. Up to this time he had not taken off the neckcloth which cov- ered his face. He strode leisurely through the open door of Palmerino ' s place. He dropped his neckcloth and finally became ac- customed to the gloom of the interior. Nanny was at one end idly regarding the expert flipping of his cook and talking to someone. A few Tancreed townsmen were dozing in chairs propped up against the wall —one of them Bernard Hefner, the Stable- man, whom Flying Mike was mighty glad to see. Coming to the bar he faced Palmerino, drew out a six gun, and said, Bring em up. The dozing townmen sprang to their feet. Why! he!! hello Masi , Palmerino mana- ed to say. Close that trap of yourn , cried Masi. A swell bunch of Hombres you are. Used to kick me around when I was a boy. I ' ve been wishing for a long time to pay you a little visit, yowsah. Now I ' m running this here town, Flying Mike said. Palmerino you and Iggy Horr, better watch your step Or this here toy o ' mine might accidently go off. don ' t you know. Ordering a glass of milk and two dozen flap-jacks, he turns and faces the men, When I ' ve had my fill of fun with this here town. I ' m going to burn it. It ' ll make a swell fire. I ' ll start with your place Nanny. News of Flying Mike ' s arrival quickly spread over town; women and children kepi DECEMBER 1933 9 inside, and men were careful not to approach Palmerino ' s. And it happened that a boy ran to Ma Wer- ner to tell her the news. She was baking buns, and she did not seem the least startled. He ' s going to kill some of the men and burn the town, cried the boy. He is, huh? asked Ma. Aren ' t you afraid, Ma? asked the boy. Afraid of Masi Osimo? replied Ma. I should say not. But, Ma, cried the boy, the men arc afraid to move, on account he ' s liable to kill good old Palmerino if they do. Huh, said Ma, sit down and cool off. Ma in a way felt responsible for Tancreed. She was its most valued citizen. To Ma Wer- ner, Flying Mike was still Masi Osimo. His reputation as a bad man did not bother her in the least, for Ma had seen plenty of bad men in her time. She then told the boy to watch the buns and went down the street. As she entered the shoppe, she spied Masi. Come here! she ordered. Turning around Mike recognized Ma, and felt greatly embar- rased. You come here! Ma repeated. ' ' I ' ve dust- ed your pants hundreds of times, Masi Osimo. Get out of here and let me alone, Mike ordered. Ma got hold of him by the collar, put him across her lap, and gave him a good old fash- ioned spanki ng. His pride being greatly hurt, he got up, went through the doors of the shoppe, untied his horse, and mounted. Ma standing in the doorway called out, Whose afraid of the big, bad wolf? He seemed to hesitate then headed toward the south. Robert Jutras ' 36 F. I. D. (Continued from last issue) ' T ' wo days after the robbery, the police re- A ceived an unexpected telephone call from Warden C. Bails. They hurried over to the prison and there the Warden handed them a letter saying, Here, look it over. Chief of Police Stetson read as follows: To Warden C. Bails of Lake City, Black River Prison: Unless you release Bear-tooth Has- kins within 24 hours this city will be burned. F. I. D. Boy! He don ' t want much, ex- claimed the chief. Yeh, and he ' s the fellow sentenced to death next month, returned the warden. The mystery continued to get thicker and thicker. The day after the last note had been received, Pat Dodd, fireman of Station 1 and also amateur detective took his banjo at six o ' clock in the morning and strolled over to his sweetheart ' s house to serenade her under the window. (Think of it, six o ' clock in the morning!) The music was so sweet that a flower pot was thrown at him. Plunk! It hit him on the cranium and he swaved around in a daze. He staggered slow- ly in the direction of Black River— getting nearer step by step— Nearer— Nearer. Would he come out of the daze before he reached the edge? Nearer and nearer he came— Nearer! In another minute he would be at the bot- tom of the Black River. Just as he came within a yard of the edge a passing milkman recognized him and said, Cood-morning, Pat. Pat still in a daze answered, Naw, I don ' t wan ' na buy any apples, but, turning around to answer his questioner, swayed and then tottered backwards. One— two— three steps- Splash! His third step never touched the earth. Instead he hustled into the river. He io THE CRIMSON AND GRAY went clown to Davey Jones ' Locker with Blub! Blub! Blub! The cold water revived him. When he came up, however there was a puz led ex- pression on his face. He had hit something queer at the bottom of the river and his curi- osity was aroused. To satisfy himself lie dove back into the water. Well under the surface, he saw the ruin of a fire-truck. As quickly as he could, Pat ran to the police-station. Three hours later the river had been dragged in vain, for only pieces of one truck were recovered. By nine o ' clock the police and firemen were returning to their stations, the police doing double duty with the idea that all suspicious-looking per- sons were to be arrested. Let us wander into the country a few miles outside the city. A large building with a great number of garages next to it is situated in a wooded hollow. Inside two men are talking: The boss wants to know if you are ready, came from one in cautious tones. Tell the boss that everything is ready, for I ' ve got the gasoline and rags. Velly good, said a third, the bloss sent me to ask you about it, the men are down- stairs. You can tell him that everything is O. K. replied Jake, the second speaker. The Chinese disappeared into the next room just as ten o ' clock rang,— ten o ' clock, two hours before twelve, the hour which would determine Lake City ' s destiny. Fifteen minutes later, at 10:15. the police received a note: The zero hour is close. Will you free Haskins? Our threat will be car- ried out! signed F. I. D. After reading the letter Gus Lance re- marked, Well, those F. I. D. ' s made one slip that time. What do you mean? asked the chief. Every note till now carried the idea that one man was at the bottom of this scheme. This letter, however, you ' ll notice, says ' our ' and not ' my ' . You ' re right, said the chief just before a stamper of footsteps sounded and a door slapped open. Hey! chief, it was Pat Dodd. There ' s a new kind of gasoline coming into town called Pine Tree Gas. There ' s a truck out in back of the city hall. O, for Pete ' s Sakes! All that racket for a new kind of gas?— But, wait a minute,— come to think of it no one has applied for a permit. We ' d better look into this. I saw three of those trucks while I was patrolling part of the city, exclaimed the chief. Say! What color are those trucks? asked Gus. They ' re green and white, answered Pat. Come on chief! I saw one of those trucks too, I bet there ' s something at the bottom of this too, shouted Gus as he jumped out of the doorway. As they climbed into the police car, Pat asked Gus, What do those fire-bugs use to fire a building? Why gasoline, of course, you dumb fire- man, retorted Gus. Well, asked Pat, do you suppose those trucks have got something to do with F. 1. D? Jumping catfish! You got it, those trucks DECEMBER 1933 1 1 are bent on the purpose of burning this city under the command of F. I. D. Let ' s go, yelled Gus. Meantime, inside of one truck the man ai the wheel sits with his hat pulled low over his face. Running up to the truck a man gleets him with: Joe, 1 got this street ready, the houses have gasoline soaked rags in every corner. I ' m ready to put the match to them. No, answered the other, you know what the boss said, ' Don ' t light until the last gong of twelve o ' clock has sounded, ' and it ' s only 1 1:45, so wait. At the prison the officials are preparing to set free Bear-tooth Haskins. There is a stillness in the air, the streets are deserted, the news of the last note has reached the ears of everyone. The only per- son who can be seen on the street is a police- man, but he is half asleep and leaning on a lamp post, for all the police have been do- ing double duty. Listen !! ! Dong The zero hour has come. (Read the next issue and find out who or what F. I. D. is.) P. S. Keep guessing, a freshman guessed the puzzle of F. I. D. but he doesn ' t even know it himself. Frank Locki ' 36 WAY PAST SONNY ' S BED-TIME It was Christmas Eve and Sonny had not been in bed ten minutes before he began his jabbering— Mom,— please open the door just a tiny crack, so I can see Santa when he comes in with his sack. What do you think he ' ll bring me, Mom? Oh, maybe a suit, a book, or a gun. Gosh, I can hardly wait. Do you think he ' ll be very late? Sonny!!— Please stop your talking, and go to sleep. (A few minutes later.) Mom, is my stocking on there good and light? Yes dear, it ' s all right. Is my Sonny! Aw ' right, aw ' right Goodnight. (And still a little later.) Mother, dear. Yes? Are you sure he ' ll stop here? And so on far into the night. Beulah Gladu ' 35 MY INSPIRATION 1 try to put you from my mind. By ever) method known But I can think of only you And strive for you alone. You are my inspiration, You hold me in your sway. But where you are I cannot say, Nor just how far away. ' Tis you who have my spirit roused, For you I work and work. And I really think I ' d reach you If it weren ' t for Mister Burke. But regardless of the barrier Tween us, so firm and strong, For you I ' ll go on searching All the whole year long. And could you but know how dear You grow to me from day to day, You ' d surely come in time and stay, Dear Senior English A . One Senior 12 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY A SMOOTHLY RUNNING MACHINE Haeo— one— two— three, And Farland is off like a bold young Cree. Osimo and Werner take out the end While LeBlanc and Rene make the tackle bend. The line is taken completely out; And the crowd lets out a lusty shout As Farland makes a ten-yard gain And is brought down without a strain. LeBlanc takes the ball for a pass, And the opposing line piles up in a mass, The pass is complete, And it does look sweet As it nestles into John Starr ' s hands. Another roar comes from the stands. The team runs down to interfere, But John is brought down right here. It ' s first down now, and ten to go. Both teams are determined to make a show. Werner takes it on a spinner play, And, with perfect interference under way- Champagne and Santo took out their man, They certainly do deserve a hand— The ball goes up for twelve more yards, And the stands break out in familiar bands. Osimo takes it through our guard, Palmerino leaves a hole as wide as a yard; The rest of the team each does his part, And Osimo weaves his way quite unhurt. It ' s over, it ' s over, it ' s a touchdown And Osimo doesn ' t even hit the ground! Palmerino kicks the goal; Another victory for our school! Edward Hobson ' 36 CROSSING THE ALPS UTJear the beat of tramping feet. To ■ ■ the tune of that old-time favorite, the mighty Hannibal was urging his soldiers, his horses, his wagons, his cannon-balls, his pro- visions, his mascot, and his elephants over the tower! By the time they had transvenio ' ed the first three the boys were all singing Take Me Away to which their all-powerful leader caroled, Get Along, Little Doughboy, Get Along . The boys weren ' t in the mood, how- ever, but the promise of a chocolate eclair at the end of the journey soon revived their spirits. As Hannibal had heard some radio announcer say that Ovaltine was exception- ally good for tired out boys at the end of the day and would restore any lost energy, he saw to it that each and every little fighter received his daily ration of Ovaltine. To this the boys did not respond agreeably as Ovaltine did not suit their manly dignity. However! 11 To continue the story. One fine morning in July as this little band came upon a par- ticularly objectionable Alp, the question arose as to how it might be crossed. The only thing to do was to have someone scale it, use a yard of dynamite and a mere match to blow up the whole obstacle (as well as the someone himself) and thus make the travel a trifle easier. Who will do this mighty deed for his country? boomed Hannibal. After several moments of almost noisy silence, so great was it, Sextus, the Brave spoke up. I will, said he, I know my life is very dear to my family and my fellow-townsmen. They will miss me keenly when I ' m gone, but I will die for my beloved country and be ever after widely-known and commemorated for my noble and glorious deed. So saying, Sextus stepped modestly back, told his comrade to say farewell to his wife for him, gathered up his yard of dynamite and begot himself off swiftly amid shouts of Bravo, bravo. (Continued on Page 26) HONOR ROLL Mary E. Wells High School, First Quarter 1933-1934 SENIORS All A ' s and B ' s William Andrews Leonard Blair Ernest Chiocca Olga Dumas Jane Fitzpatrick Juliette Girard Anita Hebert William Sutcliffe Rita Lacasse Doris Lataille John LePage Florence Lockhart John Martin Claire Paquette Bernice Robblee Annie Rossi Genevieve Greenwood 28 Seniors received only one mark below B. JUNIORS All A ' s Stephanie Liro All A ' s and B ' s Thelma Austin Alphonse Gharron Hazel Cooper Leonce Duquette Marion Fitts Rene Francazzi Rita Gatineau Alice Janeczek Jennie Kozlowski Aloysius Koprowski Sally Morehouse Walter Remian Elizabeth Remian Elizabeth Sutcliffe Mildred Hiemer Rita Walsh Flora Hong 19 Juniors received only one mark below B. SOPHOMORES All A ' s Grace Arick All A ' s and B ' s Janet Kozyra Yvonne Lescarbeau Mary Misiaszek Odette Renaud Dwight Webster Edmound Bastek Lawrence Freeman Harry Gilman Clarence Green Rita Gregoire Walter Howard Wladyslawa Ostrowski 14 Sophomores received only one mark be- low B. HONOR ROLL FRESHMEN All A ' s Evelyn Fay All A ' s and B ' s Theresa Hetu Lloyd Austin June Barr Edna Buckley Betty Chamberlin Victoria Damian Lena DeAngelis Marguerite Desaulniers Germaine Ediier Ida Francazzi Patricia Hartwell 21 Freshmen received only one mark be- low B. Marjorie Hong Rita Lamoureaux Vincent Piucci William Simpson Llynd Tillyer Kathleen Tully Louis Uglade Fay Williams •4 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ARMISTICE PROGRAM A program in observance of Armistice Day was presented at an assembly on November 10. The program included: America the Beautiful Assembly Salute to the Flag Led by Scout George Downer Address Dr. Story Reading Phyllis Kershaw Star Spangled Banner Assembly The singing was led by Aloysius Koprowski accompanied by Jana Bingley. On October 10, 1933, a Senior Class Meet- ing was held and the following students were elected to choose the Senior Play: Genevieve Greenwood, Ruth Simpson, Mary Dani, Phyllis Kershaw. SENIOR PLAY Digging Up the Dirt was chosen as the Senior Play and die cast was as follows: Kenneth Andrews Antonio Palmerino William Loomis Gerald McNitt Professor George Leduc Jose Ernest Chiocca Sheriff Gerard Lafleche Alan William Andrews Aunt Miriam Jean Macallister Betty Phyllis Kershaw Nan Ruth Simpson Jane Alice Miller Phyllis .....Jean Ethier Other Committees which were chosen for the Senior Play are: Publicity, John Lepage Jr.; Tickets, Stan- ley Flower; Orchestra, Juliette Beaupre, Louis Santo; Properties, Rita Lacasse, Gene- vieve Greenwood; Scenery, Ernest Chiocca, Arthur Renaud, John Anderson; Ushers, John Martin; Candy, Helen Kelley. THE MIKADO On February 2 the Glee Club will present Gilbert and Sullivan ' s opera The Mikado. Principals include: The Mikado Aloysius Koprowski Katisha Mary Dani Nanhi Poo Arthur Canning Pitti Sing J ane Macallister Poo Bak Arthur Delage Peep Bo Janice Price Pish Tisli Dwight Webster Yum Yum Betsy Bernheim Ko Ko Edward Boulanger EDUCATION WEEK rp HE week of November 5 was observed A throughout the country as Education Week. In our night schools, pupils celebrat- ed it by writing themes on various subjects pertaining to education, and by Parents ' Night. Each night one of the best themes was printed in The Southbridge News. November 7 was Parents ' Night. Th e eve- ning session began at 7:15 P. M. This year only parents of the pupils were admitted as visitors to the classrooms. Some of the Seniors acted as ushers to the visitors. ANNOUNCEMENT Nothing But the Truth, a comedy in three acts, is to be presented January 12, place to be announced later, by the South- bridge Teachers Association, under the direc- tion of Mr. Lanza. This is their first venture in dramatics for the Teachers as a club, although many of the cast have appeared in local productions. Advanced publicity is hardly necessary, for the participation of the teachers themselves is a sufficient inducement to pupils to have the play well attended. We are anticipating a most enjoyable eve- ning. The cast is as follows: Robert Bennett Mr. Brockway E. M. Ralston Mr. Persson Dick Donnelly Mr. Tabor Clarence Van Dusen Mr. Lanza Bishop Doran Mr. Robinson Gwendolyn Ralston Miss Wells Mrs. E. M. Ralston Miss Fitzgerald Ethel Clark Miss Fitch Mabel Jackson Miss Misiaszek Sable Jackson Miss Morey Martha Miss Harrington DRAMATIC COMMITTEE A Dramatic Committee composed of nine members— five from the staff of the Crim- son and Gray and four from the Student Council— has been formed. The Committee elected Norman Leblanc, Chairman. Other members include: Mary Dani, Pauline Earls, Jane Fit patrick, Stanley Flower, Florence Lockhart, John Martin, Claire Paquette, and Ruth Simpson. Their first work was in con- nection with the Louise Galloway Play Mrs. Moonlight. The committee had charge of tickets and publicity. ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS a ssembly Programs are a student undertak- x .ing backed by the student council to pro mote enjoyment of the student and for the purpose of aiding in the accomplish ment of promoting better feeling, understanding, and fellowship among the student body. On October 30, 1933 the Student Council, at one of its regular meetings, voted unani- mously to maintain regular assembly pro- grams. On November 14, 1933, at another meeting of the Student Council, the following plan for sponsoring these assembly programs was adopted: 1. The members of the Student Council are to be divided into groups of two, each group, on the day assigned to them, being responsible for sponsoring one assembly program. (This as is seen relieves the teachers from some of the burden of responsibility in direct- ing, and managing the program.) 2. Volunteers were to be asked for. (To date 1 26 pupils have volunteered.) 3. The group in charge of the program is to make slections from the list of vol- unteers, choosing those persons whom they think are best suited for their pur- pose. (Up-to date one program, directed and managed by Mary Dani and Aloysius Koprowski, has been pre- sented, the Thanksgiving celebration.) Mrs. Moonlight Never in my school life, have I been so totally at loss to express my thoughts in writing of something I have witnessed, as I am in the case of the play by the Louise Galloway players, Mrs. Moonlight. I ' ve truly tried hard, harder than ever be- fore to write my opinion in an A manner but everything seems trashy, insignificant, and unworthy of a play that affected me in the manner that Mrs. Moonlight did. As a microphone records the slightest sound delivered through it, my mind recorded every emotion possible: humor, joy, sorrow, amaze- ment, and pity within a period of two hours. I might say that although I appreciated Mrs. Moonlight ' s sweetness, Willie Ragg ' s conceit and lack of responsibility, Percy ' s somberness and preciseness, and, always Minnie ' s faithfulness and sarcastic humor, to me Mr. Moonlight was outstanding. i6 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY always a certain type which appeals to one particularly, either through manner of speech, actions or through association with some other person in mind. Other than this I can ' t express just why I did like Mr. Moonlight more than the others but I shall always re- member him in connection with Mrs. Moon- light. Not very good expression I know, but I must admit I ' m a failure as far as writing my reactions of the most beautiful play I ever hope to see, Mrs. Moonlight. E. Skinner Mrs. Moonlight One can almost guess by the title that Mrs. Moonlight is a fantasy. Yet to imagine things yourself and then to see an imaginative play acted out by other people are two dif- ferent matters. It could be so easy to break the illusion of beauty and of mystery, that delicate, unreal quality that is the main idea of the plot. Only by inspired acting could such a play be saved from becoming trite. The entire cast of the Galloway Players succeeded in creating the right atmosphere. They seemed to live their parts. The incident when Peter comes in an- nouncing to his family that there is a strange woman outside, is filled with suspense, and when Mrs. Moonlight , herself, appears in the doorway, the expression on the other players ' faces, make one shiver, so well do they bring out the beautiful yet rather eerie quality, which is the whole point of the story. When actors can take you out of your real surroundings and make you live with them, that is the essence of perfect acting, and I be- lieve each person in Mrs. Moonlight suc- ceeded in doing just this. P. Kershaw Mrs. Moonlight Throughout my school years, I had never attended a play given by profes- sional actors and actresses until the Crimson and Gray brought to us the privilege of seeing the Louise Galloway Players in Mrs. Moonlight. Although I arrived in time for only the second and third acts, I thoroughly enjoyed Mrs. Moonlight. I was particularly impressed by the fine acting of Thomas Rutherford as Percy Mid- dling. As the curtain rose on the second act, we saw, sitting doubtfully on a stiff chair, Percy , the fidgety, nervous, but nevertheless determined suitor of Jane Moonlight. His pose never changed. His features during the ordeal that he was obliged to face held an I don ' t know how to say it expression. Even with the laughter of the audience coming to his ears, he was able to keep a straight face. It seemed to me impossible and I was surprised that he could remain serious until he had finished his little speech, that is, proposing to Jane. To add to his already humorous character, his lines were given in a hesitating manner, saying the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time, and raving on about nothing at all until interrupted by Jane and told what he was trying to say. In the third act, he was of the same char- acter although many years had elapsed. In short he lived the part. Louise Galloway as Minnie provided more amusement. Snappy remarks came from her whenever there was opportunity for them. She said exactly what she meant with no hesi- tation. But her character was not this alone— with her sarcasm was mixed tenderness and common sense. She was an ideal grandmother, although that was not her part in the play. I am sure if the Louise Galloway Players come again to Southbridge, everyone will be eager to see them, as they will know that they will put in a very enjoyable evening. Jana Bingley AN EVENING OF ONE ACT PLAYS On Thursday Evening, November 16, 1933, four one act plays were presented by the Clark University Players Society. They were as follows: The Marriage Proposal .... Anton Tchekoff The Game of Chess Kenneth Sawyer Goodman (Continued on Page 18) Alumni Notes Word comes from various colleges con- cerning some of our graduates who have won honors lately. Mary E. Wells offers congratulation to: Origene Paquette ' 29 for being one of the juniors at Boston University to gain a place on the honor list. To Stephen Haynes who gained third honors upon the completion of his course at Worcester Polytechnical Institute. And to Lou Monroe for being excused from Freshman English at Mass. State because of her good work. Others who are out for new conquests are: Ernest Renaud ' 30 who has chosen Beckers ' Business College. Herman Lamothe ' 32 likewise studying at Beckers. Chester Gates ' 32 sophomore at Massachu- setts State College. Wells contributes a group of competent nurses from her Alumni, also. Wanda Kwarciak ' 31 is a student nurse at the Hartford Hospital. Dorothy Morrill ' 32 is at the New London Hospital and Ellen Heaton ' 32 can be found there likewise. Alfreda Sichols ' 30 has accepted a position in the office of the A. O. Marjorie Edmondson ' 31 is working at the Nomar. At Sandersdale Finishing Co. can be found Marguerite Blair ' 31. Also of the class of ' 31 is Stanley Haynes employed at the Hamilton Woolen Co. Marie Dodd ' 32 is secretary to Mr. Robert Paige. Bea Mason ' 32 is in the office at Hyde ' s Cutlery. Joseph Swiacki ' 31 who is nice to customers at the A P on Main Street. Marriages. Lea Lawton November 4. ' 32 to Arthur Collins on Alumni who have dropped in to see us at various times are: John Steen and Freddy Waite from Brown. Ruth Billings from Becker ' s— to buy a red feather. Jake Edwards from Dartmouth. Chester Gates (with glasses) from Mass. State, also Lon Monroe, (prettier than ever). Rose Brodeur to tell us about B. U. Bugs Miller, Andy Tully, Red Volpini from time to time. We were agreeably surprised at the success which greeted our attempt at enlarging and varying our Exchange Department this year. We mustn ' t be selfish in neglecting to share the fruits of our success, so find yourself a deep comfy chair near a table or stand, equal to the weight of our magazine pile. . . Now then- Open the Tattler , Nashua High, Nashua, N. H. Read it through . . . There! What ' s that? You liked their stories? We did, too. And aren ' t their block cuts attractive? Next is the Odds and Ends , Northwestern High, Detroit, Michigan. Here is grand poetry galore. The art editor proves he knows his business. Wasn ' t that an original idea for a frontispiece? Here is the Optimist , South Side High, Newark, N. J.; which is just as cheerful as its name. Ah! Here is someting worthwhile— Kaleidescopic Views of War. An interesting article on the activities of the teachers during the World War, with splendid illustrations. Happy Birthday, South Side! In your twenty years of existence, you ' ve turned out a fine magazine. Now for the Libertas , Liberty High, Bethlehem, Pa. How pleasingly conservative is the cover to this book! Every department is perfectly conducted, which results in a well- balanced magazine. What ' s this? An orange cover on which are scattered orange blossoms. You ' re perfectly right. It ' s the Orange Leaf , Orange High, Orange, N. J. Let ' s see what it ' s like. Mm. . . There ' s a good column— School News. But why are the ads scattered throughout the book? Take a look at the Aegis , Beverly High, Beverly, Mass. An excellent Literary Depart- ment. But how about some poetry? And where are the illustrations which make a mag- azine so effective? AN EVENING OF ONE ACT PLAYS (Continued from Page 16) The Boor Anton Tchekoff The Valiant Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass The Marriage Proposal took place in the reception room of Tschubuknov ' s ho me having a Russian background. As usual several arguments took place frequently about lands, dogs, and other things of minor importance. Ivan Vassiliyitch Lamov caus- ed the audience to become quite hilarious several times when he stressed the fact he had palpitation of the heart. It was, how- ever, quite obvious that he made that point clear only when someone was getting the bet- ter of him in an argument. The Game of Chess and The Boor , two other Russian plays, although not as amusing as The Marriage Proposal were very interesting and were certainly enjoyed by all. The dialect was outstanding and re- markably done. The Valiant is an extremely dramatic play in which James Dyke about to be elec- trocuted is interviewed in the Warden ' s Of- fice by a girl who thinks she is his sister. The acting of Josephine Paris and James Dyke impressed the audience so that they be- came absorbed in them alone forgetting that it was a mere play. Although the parts of the Judge and Priest were not as outstand- ing as those of Josephine Paris and James Dyke, their acting was unusually well done. As James Dyke walks across the stage repeat- ing The Valiant never tastes of death but once, a feeling of deep emotion remains with the audience. In my opinion this was the best play of the evening. Helen Kelly ' 34 Received from the Rotary Club of South- bridge on Tuesday, November 28: THE MARY E. WELLS FOOTBALL TEAM. To those who have not been follow- ing the record it may be news that our high school football team has to date gone thru a long season without a defeat. The one re- maining game yet to play is with Webster on Thanksgiving day. This game will be played in Southbridge. In view of this admirable record, we voted at last Tuesday ' s meeting to pay a tribute to the boys for their hard earned success by inviting them to our meeting of Tuesday noon, December 5. We anticipate that detail arrangements for this meeting will be made on Tuesday. This football squad has worked hard throughout the entire season and are worthy of whatever support we may be able to give them. ROTARY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER J 933 Superintendent of Schools, A. E. Pierce, Coach McMahon and his assistant Mr. Lanza, and the football squad were guests of the Southbridge Rotary Club at their noon day meeting Tuesday, December 5. President Oswald Laliberte presided and gave the address of welcome and Wells songs were sung, led by Royal Webster. After the banquet remarks were made by Coach McMahon, Captain Palmerino. The principal address was given by Coach Phil O ' Connell of Worcester who complimented the team upon the success of the season just closed and indicated qualities necessary for a leading team. After the banquet Arthur Blanchard, Ro- tarian, gave the boys tickets for the after- noon ' s theatre performance. Another football season has ended at Wells High. It was a wonderful season for the boys, as they entered the Thanksgiving clash with their rivals, Bartlett High of Webster unde- feated which is a thing that Wells High foot- ball teams of recent years could not accom- plish. After seeing this team in action it is with regret that the closing of the season means that such reliable men as Captain Pal- merino, John Martin, John Starr, Louis San- to, and Masi Osimo, mainstays of the team, are to be lost by graduation. Wells 6 Commerce o In the opening game of the season we de- feated the J. V. Commerce High team of Wor- cester in a close game. The only touchdown was made by Werner. After Osimo and Le Blanc had carried the ball to the one foot line, Werner scored on a spinner through center. The entire Wells team starred on the defense, especially when Commerce had the ball in our own territory. Wells 6 Stafford Springs o In this game we were repulsed twice within Stafford ' s ten yard line, but finally pushed over a touchdown in the last period. After Le Blanc and Osimo had smashed the opponents 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY line to shreds, Farland went over from the six yard line. Le Blanc, Osimo, and Farland star- red offensively for Wells. Wells 14 Holden 7 This was expected to be a close game, but it was rather easy victory for the boys. Early in the first period we smashed through a heavier Holden line and Osimo scored. Again in the second period, we scored when Farland plunged over from the five yard line. Palm- erino place-kicked the extra points. Wells 20 Ware 6 Using wide end sweeps and off-tackle plays we defeated the Sydla-coached boys from Ware. Led by Captain Palmerino, Farland, and Osimo, we scored when Osimo ran 16 yards through center. The second touchdown was made by Farland, after he raced 32 yards around end. Palmerino place-kicked the point. In the third Farland again scored from the 12 yard line. Palmerino place-kicked the extra point. Wells o Shrewsrury o In the game with Shrewsbury we met the heaviest line of any team played yet. And our victory streak was stopped. The boys tried hard to score but could not. Farland starred offensively, and Palmerino starred defensive- Wells 7 Putnam o In Putnam we met a team with a hard fighting line, and very fast backs; but we were again victorious. Lango, reserve halfback, scored, and Palmerino kicked the extra point. Lango ' s running was the feature of this game. Wells o Clinton o Wells High rose to heights as it battled a heavily favored Clinton High team on even terms for three quarters, and out-rushed them in the other quarter. The feature of this game was the great goal-line stand by the Wells team, which was the best they staged all year. The Wells passing attack was good. Jack Starr, was the shining light on the defense, and Lango specialized in intercepting passes. Wells 6 — Bartlett 14 Qhortly after the Thanksgiving game started, Wells made a touchdown. It held Bartlett down during the first half; during the second half it weakened to Bartlett ' s line and let Piasta and Nichols score. Wells won the toss and Palmerino kicked to Piasta who ran from his 15 yard marker to the 43 yard line. Bartlett, failing to make first down in the first three downs, kicked over Wells ' goal line. This was played from the 20 yard line and Wells made its first down by Le Blanc ' s cutting inside his tackle for a 7 yard gain. Osimo carried the ball 4 yards more to the 32 yard line. Two center bucks by Osimo and Le Blanc gained but 2 yards while a third center buck gained 6 yards. Farland kicked to Bartlett ' s 32 yard line and Piasta carried it 3 yards. He was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness. Chauvin kicked to Le Blanc who carried the ball from Wells ' 30 to the 40 yard line. Failing to gain vardage, Far- land kicked to Bartlett ' s 35 yard line. Piasta fumbled and Starr recovered. Farland fumbled the ball in an attempt to run, mak- ing a loss of 7 yards. Farland kicked again. The ball went to Bartlett ' s 1 1 yard line to be fumbled again by Piasta and recovered again by Starr. Le Blanc carried the ball around left end for 6 yards. Farland carried the ball through right tackle for 3 yards. Osimo then rounded the left end for score. Place kick for extra point by Palmerino was blocked. Wells ' team slowly weakened through the rest of the half. The second half Bartlett changed attack and easily made two touchdowns. Bartlett had 19 first downs and Wells had 5. Most of the game was played on Wells ' territory. About 8000 people attended the game. a,F, c.p, ax, dK JMEMApPY ELEVENjgjgg 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Lineups were: Touchdowns: Nichols, Piasta, Osimo. Points after touchdown: Piasta (plunge); Rodman (pass). Substitutions: Bartlett— Plouffe for Miller, Daigle for Zielinski, Plaza for Daniels, Smith for Chauvin, Plasse for Nichols, Adamo- wicz for Manzi. Wells— Lango for Le Blanc, Michon for Champagne, Phipps for Tidd, Le Blanc for Lango, Tidd for Santo, Champagne for Michon, Apostola for Champagne. BARTLETT WELLS Rodman le Starr Miller It Santo Manzi Ig Champagne Fournier c Martin Stefaniak rg Palmerino Kindler rt Tidd Zielinski re Francazzi Daniels qb Werner Piasta Ihb Farland Chauvin rhb Le Blanc Nichols fb Osimo The regulars were as follows: at Left End was Jack Starr, a demon on the defense, and a very good pass receiver. At Left Tackle we find Chauncey Phipps and Al Tidd sharing the berth. Both men were hard workers and deserve a lot of credit for their work. At Left Guard was Archie Champagne, a freshman whose great all around play made him a valu- able man. At Center was the veteran John Martin, a most reliable player and a hard worker. At Right Guard was Captain Palmer- ino, a former halfback who starred all season at his new position. At Right Tackle was Louis Santo, a great defensive player, and how he could break up those plays! At Right End Chauncey Phipps and Rene Francazzi alternated, and both were better than average players. At Quarter was Bob Werner, a former end whose selection of plays was very good. He is also a fast and shifty runner. At Left Half was our triple-threat Ted Farland, a great runner, passer, and kicker. At Right Half was Norma nd LeBlanc, equally as im- portant as Farland as he is also a good passer and a dangerous man in the open field. At Full Back was the Man of Iron, Mike Osimo, and how he could hit that line. We were fortunate also in having Bob Michon ' 37, Houghton Bellows ' 35, Norbert Lango ' 36, Mario DiAngelis ' 36, Tom Apos- tola ' 35, and Alfred Horr ' 36 who when asked to act as replacements, did a great job. Last but not least is Con Kelly, our manager: he is one of the men responsible for our ex- cellent season as he is an able manager and a great friend of the boys. BASKETBALL! Rules to help us undersand Basketball: The game of Basketball is played by two teams of five men each. The purpose is t o score as many points as possible by tossing the ball into the basket and to prevent the other side from scoring. The game is started by one member of each team, called center, jumping for the ball thrown up by an official. The center can ' t grasp the ball until it has been touched by some other person on either team or hit the floor. The ball may be passed and dribbled to accomplish the purpose of the game. When ball is offside one of the following has happened: 1. Ball has rolled outside. The opposite side to the one touching ball has right to throw it back in. If they take more than five seconds the ball is given to other team. 2. Person carrying ball steps on or out- side boundary. The ball is given to other team to throw in. If referee is in doubt he shall put the ball into play (jump) three feet from boundary. 3. The person carrying the ball has taken steps (2 or more steps) or moved off his pivot foot. Free throws are given to team that has a foul committed against it. The ball is put in play as soon as it hits the backboard un- less there has been a double foul (a foul on (Continued on Page 26) WELLS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD, 1933 SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY BASEBALL CHAMPIONS, 1933 HIGH SCHOOL LOWDOWN SAMUEL Pepys returns in the form of a high school boy, and describers his average day: Up, and after eating a hurried breakfast, to school, seeing on the way, Janet St. Mar- tin, also hurried. Into school with a scant minute to spare, and then to traffic duty, where I watch with exceeding interest the varied expres- sions on people ' s faces, to wit: gloomy on Monday and cheerful on Friday, which set me to thinking folks like Saturday and the Sabbath. The first two periods at study, and so to English the third, where I sit fearing I did study too little and resolving to do better hence. Anon comes the fourth period. Review Math. At which I sit and sweat, yet me- thinks the teacher has it far the worse. End of the period and morning. So home to din- ner. In the afternoon, back again, but with more time than I didst have of the morning. See Dan Woodbury and Roger Thompson in a huddle, and probably planning mischief. While on traffic duty, Laura Abbot passes, reminding one of an aristocrat. So to Biology, and, methinks, one would have need to be of marvelous memory to remember that Crusta- cea is naught but a crab and Lepidoptera, moth. Betimes to sixth period, which is Civics, wherein I feel grown up, it being mostly Freshmen and Sophomores, which have little to distinguish one from the other, save that the Freshmen never guess the answer rightly. After school, home, or to a friend ' s house to watch him develop pictures, an interesting sight to see a picture come from nowhere, and very mysterious till explained, then very simple, as are most things when understood. After supper at study, looking at the telephone hopefully, until, mayhap, it do ring, whereupon answering a voice queries, reply (may the Saints have pity), Nothing. And so leave my studying and wonder why a C on report card. Later home and so to bed. It happened at one of our games. Two little boys were watching with avid interest. ' Ray Wells, ' ' yelled one. Come on, Ware, shrieked the other. Aw, said the first, turning to his com- panion disgustedly, you ' re so dumb you don ' t even know who you ' re takin ' for! What are you doing, tonight. To which I Corridor Rambles: On these more or less cold mornings, you ' ll always find Clar- ence Greene ' 37 smiling . . . Then there ' s Phylis Kershaw ' 34, who has a ready wit rnd can wise-crack with the best of them, but she doesn ' t display her talent to strangers. . . . Hazel Smith ' 35, a cheerful personality. . . . Lorraine Farland ' 37, a young lass H THE CRIMSON AND GRAY with auburn hair. . . . But we do wish the clocks could be depended upon they must have struck. Not mentioning any names, BUT We hear that a considerable number of youse guys and youse gals went to Webster last Thanksgiving Eve. What prominent girls ' sorority has two presidents this year, due mainly to the fact that women, contrary to popular belief, do not change their minds? At the Webster Game: Grace Diorio ' 37, cheering lustily . . . Byron Williams ' 34, all attention, and rapt, at that . . . Well, I still think we had a good team . . . But wait, next year is only twelve months away. And as a parting shot, remember that when a man is fifty, he ' s old; but when a woman is fifty, she ' s thirty. Ye Prattle Editor wishes every lady and gentleman a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. With Apologies to Robert Herrick Shades of — I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and flowers. (Louis Santo) A sweet disorder in the dress. (Alpha Sigma Nu Initiation) The glorious Lamp of Heaven (Frances Roberts) And Titan on the eastern hill (Stanley Flower) A deal of Youth (Louise Dumas) Many a kiss, both odd and even (Anybody) Our life is short (Seniors) T Tnder the Mary E. Wells Christmas tree we find many gifts for the students and teachers such as: A new slide trombone for Mr. Tabor. A box of matches for Mr. Greene to chew. A portable baby grand for Mr. Brockway, A box of lollypops for Miss Kidd. Our gift to Mr. McMahon is to help him find Kelly buried under the helmets. A march from Aida for Miss Drake. No more crying for Miss Munday she has received an easier chemistry book. A snozzle protector for Mike Osimo. A Mass. State approved diet for Sheldon and Chapin. A letter for Hallquest with an ending Love me and the World is Mine. An offer to play guard for the Brooklyn Dodgers for none other than Mr. Bonin. A stretcher for Kelly. An Ail-American jacket for Nanny Palm- erino. A map of Webster for Joe McKay and Lois Mason. A marriage license for Chauncey and Barbara. An advice to Blanchard, Never argue with Miss Finnegan! A corncob pipe for Mr. Beals. A smaller government book for Tucci and Peter Palmerino. A model T Ford for Miss Dube and Miss Fitzgerald. A mouse trap for Miss Corbin. A loud-speaker for Miss Coderre. And last but not least we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Ferron and Werner ' 35 DECEMBER 1933 25 STATISTICS ! ! 1 Daddy Long Legs Russell Joslin Born to Love Ruth Simpson Billy, the Kid William Sutcliffe Sonny Boy Louis Santo Mickey Mouse George Leduc Reaching for the Moon J onn Starr The Life of the Party Louise Dumas Little Caesar Gerard LaFleche Tom Sawyer John Anderson Big Business Girl Esther Skinner Merely Mary Ann .... Katherine Thimblin Laughter J ean Macallister Delicious Claire Paquette Paddy Olga Dumas Buffalo Bill John Martin A MODERN SAMUEL PEPY ' S DIARY AT HIGH SCHOOL. 7:00 A.M. After being suddenly aroused at the early hour of seven, I pro- ceeded my usual routine of pre- paring for school. 8:15 A. M. Arriving on time (8:14), I quick- ly went to my study room to in- dulge in some faithful work. My intentions were good, only to be interrupted by a so-called Burke, who couldn ' t make up his mind about conciliation. This situa- tion plus the inferior knowledge of the class aroused my mind so that I could not study. 9: 1 2 A. M. However, when the bell rang I again took up this task in an- other study room. This time it was more successful. 10:00 A.M. Then, the third period took me to English recitation. The brilli- ancy of our class (which was facing a quizz) in talking until the bell rang, is well worth prais- ing. 10:15 A.M. Therefore, spending this period listening to bright questions and answers, and dodging the would- be fatal quizz, I hurried down- stairs to meet my fate in the hands of the Review Math class. After trying to make x (the un- known quantity) equal to an even number in one of the alleg- ed problems, we argued about a girl who had twelve rose-bushes and placed them in five rows of four bushes each. 11:45 A.M. After this painful headache, the last bell finally rang and we were dismissed for our noon-time lunch. 1:00 P. M. Swallowing this whole, I hurried back to school to do some last minute studying before classes began. 1:20 P.M. I proceeded to the fifth period class, only to be met by the task of drawing the map of the Unit- ed States, free-hand. I have often wondered ever since, why the United States was such an odd- shape, and why there couldn ' t be an unclaimed piece of land in the middle of it. 2:06 P. M. After finishing this masterpiece, I was somewhat relieved by the fact that there was only one peri- od left. However, this turned out to be a debating contest. 3:00 P.M. At last, we were saved by the bell proceeded to go home (or else- where) and finish the day prepar- ing for the next. And then to bed. a. r. ' 33 26 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY CROSSING THE ALPS (Continued from Page 12) An interminable three hours followed. Sud- denly the noise of a yard of dynamite ex- ploding, split the air into a thousand pieces as well as the objectionable Alp. Sextus, of course, was no more. In spite of their grief over the loss of their brave pal, the boys tossed their gasmasks up in the air for joy. Of course this is only one incident out of many when the magnificent Hannibal ' s men risked their lives in stubborn defense of their country, — which only goes to prove — that one should never eat ice-cream, lemon-ade and clams before going to bed. Mildred Heimer ' a BASKETBALL! (Continued from Page 22) both sides). The ball is then thrown up in center. A jump ball is called: 1. When two players of opposite teams have their hands on the ball. 2. When the referee is in doubt as to who touched the ball last before it rolled out. Four fouls by one person disqualifies him. Time. Four 8-minute periods. There is one minute between first and second, third and fourth quarter. Ten min- utes are allowed for the half. Scoring: Basket 2 points Free throw 1 point Gerald McNitt XMAS PRESENTS WE ' D LIKE TO GIVE Map of U. S Jean Macallister Tonson ' s sock J onn Martin Latest Dictionary J onn LePage Megaphone Doris Gay Latest Literature Text Book .... 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American Boy sports stories and inter- views in 1934, Mr. Ellis continues, are de- signed to help the swimmer clip a second off his best record, the tennis player to improve his forehand drive, the football team to smash through for first downs, and the rooter to be a keener, more alert observer of the game. Two methods the magazine will use to im- prove the play of high school America. One is by interviews with famous coaches and play- ers, men with a fund of valuable hints and colorful anecdotes for high school students. For instance, a spring issue will bring an across-the-table chat with a World Series pitching hero, and fall issues will carry how- to-do-it tips from leading football stars. The second method of aiding high school players will be through fiction, written by spor ts experts who can add the excitement and grip of a good yarn to their keen techni- cel explanation of play. 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Wells High School, Southbridge, Massachusetts Volume XVII Number g CONTENTS editorials- spring On Reading The Newspapers The W The Civilian Conservation Corps LITERATURE- The Return of Alice The Croquet Game Speaking of Dreams Tackling A Job I Do Not Like Setting Burke to Music Good Saint Palrick My Career F. I. D. Easter Morn Valentines A Regret Paul L REVIEWS ALUMNI NOTES }OC : oc OC LOCALS EXCHANGES = ocz o =: Byron Williams ' 34 Stanley Flower ' 34 Rene Francazzi ' 55 Antonio Silvestri ' 55 Lionel Proulx ' 36 Edward Bastek ' 36 A Freshman - - John Martin ' 34 - Doris Gay ' 3 Eleanor Woodruff ' 3 Marjorie Crandall ' _? Frank Locki ' 36 Alice Janeczek ' 36 Alice Etherington ' 35 Charlotte Fitts ' 35 Edward Hobson ' 36 Joseph Dumais ' 36 Leon Bertrand ' 36 ATHLETICS PRATTLE v O o o o v O O v O O OC OC OC oc3 EflflORifllS SPRING Opring, with all its glamor, birds twittering in the budded trees, bright green grass fresh from a long sleep awakening to the call of spring, a gentle breeze, a clear blue sky, cars with tops down, planes drift through the air. Children romp, smiling faces, Winter ' s gone and we ' re going places .... Oh, how can I write about Spring to-day when it ' s way below zero and a blizzard ' s raging? Byron Williams ' 34 ON READING THE NEWSPAPER Do voi ' know who Charles Evans Hughes is? Or Joseph Stalin? Or what the Gold Standard is? If you don ' t, you belong in the class with those 5000 New England High school seniors who, in a recent current event test, declared that the Gold Standard was a flag used by the ' 49-ers. Forty-five percent of the 5000 hadn ' t the faintest idea as to who Charles Hughes was. And as for Stalin, Mc- Donald, and others, they were complete strangers. Little wonder our history and gov- ernment teachers gnash their teeth! As a direct result of the poor showing of these high school seniors, committees of prominent educators are even now consider ing drastic changes in school curriculum and study programs. This means, in short, that the study of current events may soon be re- quired in our public schools. This, in one way, is a very good thing; but in another it doesn ' t speak very well for us. It simply means that we have to be driv- en into taking an interest in our nation anil world. Reading the news today becomes doubly important because of the many vital things that are happening. These events may, for aught we know, effect the whole future of the world; and we, who are now in high school, must take charge of that world of the future It will help us, twenty years from now, to straighten our affairs, if we know what has caused them to become tangled. In some of our colleges today, newspapers are being substituted for text books in econ- omics classes. This is due to the rapidly shift- ing monetary policies of the various nations. The new money and its value will effect you as surely as your next report card—yet the Gold Standard is a flag! Then there is the subject of war. Do you know that one in every nine men is under arms in Europe? This bit of information was on the front page of a newspaper. War is rapidly— too rapidly— becoming the topic of the hour; every magazine a series of Uncen- country is either running a series of Uncen- sored War Photos, or a series of articles tell- ing why war is inevitable. We, the younger THE CRIMSON AND GRAY generation must bear the brunt of a war, so we are merely looking after our own interests if we read and determine causes and thus make it easier to remedy the trouble. In preparation, then, for our own future life, let ' s read something aside from the fun- nies in the family paper; then if any current event quizzes come to Southbridge, we can give our teachers a real old fashioned April Fool by knowing current events from Alaska to New Zealand. Stanley Flower, ' 34 THE W A ihletes who win the letters should be - • - the only ones to wear them. I have inter- viewed several alumni and one of them, a graduate of 1932 says, Athletes only should wear letters. They are the ones who earned them. The rest of the school should be strictly forbidden to wear them. A friend of mine, a student at a Springfield high school, says In our school only boys and girls who participate in sports are allowed to wear the school letter. If this is being done in other schools why cannot it be done here ' An editorial appeared in the last issue of the Crimson and Gray. But few people took no- notice of it, or if they did, they paid no at- tention to it. Youi people who continue to wear the letter, don ' t your consciences bother you? Do you not realize that you are depriving some- one else of the privilege of wearing an ex- clusive letter? After all, you did not earn the letter. You didn ' t go out on the football field and take a chance of getting hurt! You didn ' t play basketball and tire yourself out for dear old Wells! You didn ' t play baseball and sweat and take a chance of getting hit by a swift ball! No,— of course not. Now think this over and bear this in mind. Do I de- serve to wear the school letter? Rene Francazzi ' 35 I am in hearty accord with the sentiments herein expressed and feel that if this article fails to fulfill its purpose, that we should pub- lish the names of all pupils who are wearing letters not won by them. C. H. Greene THE PURPOSE AND THE AIMS OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS P ' he Civilian Conservation Corps is com- - ■ posed chiefly of men who need help and are given a chance to better themselves, both physically and mentally, by working in the forests of the U. S. The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps as well as the personnel is under the reponsibility of the War Depart ment. There is much controversy about the Civil- ian Conservation Corps; some think that it is only a burden on the taxpayer and the government, while others think that it is real- ly working for a cause from which future generations will profit. But the worth of the C. C. C. can only be realized by those associat- ed with it. What is the purpose of the Civilian Con- servation Corps? What are its aims? The C. C. C. is an outgrowth of the Presi- dent ' s emergency program in which young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, unmarried, who were unable to secure employment, are given a chance to work in the forests of the U. S.— at that age when boys cease being boys and become men —at that age when men begin to- think seriously about themselves— at that age when men begin to plan definitely for the future which they see, not around the corner, but right up the street. But what is their work and aims? These young men came to the camp from an army fort where they had spent about two weeks of conditioning to be better prepared to lead the new life. There are approximately 200 MARCH 1934 5 young men in a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp under the command of a military of- ficer. These men, when they first arrive at camp, concentrate all of their efforts in estab- lishing themselves. This takes the better part of a week. After they are established, the real work begins. The men are all selected for dif- ferent kinds of work for which they are best suited. Some are picked to stay in camp to erect barracks for the welfare of the person nel of the C. C. C. such as a mess hall, a re- creation hall, and a place for shower baths. The other men, under the supervision of ex perienced foresters and woodsmen who know how to work hard and to teach others to work hard, build roads, chop wood, and plant trees. They spend many days and nights fight- ing forest fires— sometimes for stretches of hours without sleep and without rest, and with only epiick snatches of food. But to realize fully the work they do and to see their purpose, one should spend a day ' ;; time with each different detail. There ' s the blister-rust crew. These young men go out in the forest looking for goose-berries and cur- rants called rabees by the boys. On this plant giows a fungus which attacks the while pine. The peculiar thing about this fungus is that it spreads only from the pines to the rabees and vice versa, it does not spread from pine to pine or from currant to currant. Cetting rid of goose-berries and currants will destroy the blight among the pines, lossc? among which, every year, are tremendous. The gypsy moth is another destructive pest of the forests, being exterminated by the gypsy moth crew of the C. C. C. In addition to this work, the boys build loads in the forest to enable them and the forest-fire fighters to get into the forest to fight fires. It is obvious that roads in the forest will great 1 help the forest-fire fighters in the future, and no doubt the timber loss every year will greatly be reduced. Also there is a detail in planting trees in barren areas and in areas which have been ravaged by fire. Planting trees now guarantees in these areas a forest in future years and in- sures an ample supply of timber for future generations, also. Last but not least, there is a dam building detail. These men build dams made of logs on government reservations, to provide an ample supply of water for game and for the bleeding of fish as a supply to stock streams and ponds. Fish, in this way, are being pre served in spite of the fishermen ' s joy in catch- ing them. Many other things these men do to preserve the forest. In preserving the forest, they preserve the game that seeks shelter in the forest. The forest also controls the flow of water, and hence floods will be less com- mon. So it can be seen that the C. C. C. boys are really working for a cause. But the life of a C. C. C. is not spent only in working, he also has recreational periods, chiefly in the form of sports, lectures, and moving pictures. The wages of a C. C. C. are $30 per month but some, more adept than others, receive $36 and $45 per month. They work eight hours a day, five days a week with Saturday and Sunday at their own disposal, and an extra one and one-third days a month in case of emergency. They can listen to the radio till 9:30 every evening when they have to be in bed. It is obvious that the regular hours, the healthy work, and the wholesome food will greatly improve their health. It is not surprising to see fellows, who, when they first arrived were greatly under-nourished, grow into strong, sturdy, young men bronzed by the wind and sun, with undoubtedly many years added to their lives. They have enjoyed the beauty of the setting sun behind a mountain, have waited for the stars to come out, and have gazed at the beauty of both. And from now until the present genera- tion of the C. C. C. has passed into eternity, you will find them marching on at the from of the ranks— in whatever jobs they are placed. Antonio Sii.VESTRi ' 35 LflEflfflUflE The time has come, the Walrus said. To talk of viany things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of cabbages — and kings — — Lewis Carroll THE RETURN OF ALICE A Tr. Tabor gazed around carefully before - A striding rapidly to the wall where he touched a concealed button thus opening a panel in the wall. As the panel opened, a gust of frigid air fanned his face. Anyone looking over his shoulder into the compartment would have seen a block of ice made up of smaller blocks. Mr. Tabor removed a thin piece of ice, thrust in his hand, and drew forth a wooden box. He shut the panel and. placing the box on the table, looked at it intently. It was worn-looking and plain. On its cover were directions that the box was to be opened at eight o ' clock on the night of the twelfth of February. Before opening the box, Mr. Tabor ' s thoughts traveled to a blustery night in his college days. As he had been studying, his door had suddenly opened. Before he reached the door, however, both the thud of something being placed on the floor and hurriedly re- treating footsteps came to his ears. In order to learn the identity of the intruder he hastily turned to the window from which he could see the entrance to the building. He bent forward, then staggered back, My eyes must be failing me. The thought had run wildly through his head, for he appeared to have seen a diminutive knight in armor on an equally diminutive horse, both milk-white in color! He sat down to collect his wits, then recalling that he had heard something thud against the floor, he walked to the door where he found this very box. With it was a verse with directions telling him to open it on this very night. With a start at the realization of his dream ing, Mr. Tabor unhinged the hasp of the box. There amid tiny ice blocks lav a small girl! Near her was a yellowed manuscript on which was written the word Directions . These directions were, in brief, that the girl was to be placed in a heated spot for a da v. with the promise that she would then come to life. The next daw Mr. Tabor noticed signs of life, and as he bent to examine her she put in her mouth a tiny piece of pastry from a pouch attached to her belt. Before his eyes she seem- ed to grow. In a lew seconds she reached Mr. Tabor ' s shoulders. At li is startled expression. the giil burst into tinkling silver) laughter. Who are you? he managed to stutter. MARCH k,;i Alice, you know, the Alice of ' Alice in Wonderland. ' Where am IV she queried. Mr. Tabor told her and in answer to his questions she began, I was captured by the Red Queen who gave me a powder to make me sleep seventy years. The White Knight told me not to fear, lor he would see to it that when I awoke I ' d be in good care. Soon afterward I fell asleep. Well, said Mr. Tabor, since you have been wished on me, I ' ll have to take care of you. You will learn that the world has chang- ed a great deal. I ' ll take you to a basketball game. A game? said Alice, I would like to see it. The next hour Mr. Tabor spent in telling her about some of the more important changes in the world. Then they left for the game- Alice suddenly felt rather shy, and, not knowing what to say, kept her ears open. As they entered the school building she heaid one of a group of boys say, Why don ' t you gel onto yourself? The group, with the ex- ception of one, roared with laughter. Why, thought Alice, I shall say that at the first opportunity. On the lower floor they were met by a teac her who proclaimed that she needed a dunce for a play which was to be held in two weeks.— that her original dunce had broken his leg.— would Mr. Tabor take the part? Why don ' t you get onto yourself? com- mented Alice after politely waiting for an opening in the conversation. The woman glared at Alice, unable to speak, then swept by, muttering something like impudent child. Mr. Tabor cautioned Alice to sa nothing toi a while,— and the) entered the audi- torium. Alice appeared to enjoy the game and in- telligently grasped the essentials quickly from the information Mr. Tabor had given her. Her excitement grew as one of the opponents failed in his attempt to shoot a foul, and the ball bounded away with Osimo in hot pur- suit. Poor boy, thought Alice. I ' ll get the ball for him. She swallowed a few morsels iA ' the pastry, then stretching forth a very long arm, she caught the ball and deposited it beside Osimo who, meantime, had landed on his neck. Foul! Foul! screeched the opponents as the crowd stared goggle-eyed in astonishment. (You could have hung a derby on Osimo ' s protruding orbs.) By this time Alice had stopped growing (she was about twenty feet tall). Mr. Tabor tried to reach her hand. The hall was in an uproar! Alice turned to Mike.— Just then the author fell out of bed. This just goes to illustrate what happens after listening to Miss Phinney ' s reading Alice In Wonderland , reading a maga ine of my own taste, and topping these off with a midnight snack. Lionel Proulx ' 36 IHE CROQUET GAME Ank day while Mr. Beals was on one of his nature hikes, he came upon a very strange sight. He saw what appeared to be a croquet game being played by a group of Seniors. For balls they used Freshmen, for mallets they used Sophomores, and for arches they used Juniors. Ever) time a Senior wanted to hit a ball, the Sophomore in his hands would look up at him with such a queer expression on his face that the Senior could not suppress a laugh, and when he finally got set he found that the Freshman who was to be used as a ball had unrolled himself and crawled away. Mr. Beals saw some funny things at that game; two were Mike Osimo using Dot Put- nam as a mallet, and Russell Joslin using Ed- ward McNally as a mallet. All the Seniors were playing at the same time and evervbodv was quarreling over the balls. When one of them finally did get ready to hit the ball through one of the THE CRIMSON AND GRAY arches, he found that the arch had stood up to stretch itself. Suddenly it began to rain and Mr. Beals was getting quite wet watching this strange game,— when he awoke with a start to find himself lying on the bank, half in the water of the second reservoir. That ' s what he got for reading Alice in Wonderland before going on a nature hike and falling asleep near water. Edward Bastek ' 36 SPEAKING OF DREAMS One cold, windy evening early this winter as I was seated comfortably at home, vainly striving to glean a bit of information from the rather wearisome pages of Benjamin Franklin ' s Autobiography, I looked up with a start and, behold, there in front of me stood the shade of the good man himself! Startled, I was about to inquire as to his intent when, in a pleasing though sepulchral tone, he said, You think we of the Colonial era are boring, do you not? This latest gen- eration thinks ill of all that is past and worth- while, but this evening I shall show you that the biographies and autobiographies of the men of my day prove an inspiration to young America. In life, I was an inventor and philo- sopher and was versatile at all crafts. In the hereafter I have the marvelous power of foretelling future events. If you will look steadily at that portrait of my friend and countryman, George Washington, I will bring before your eyes the futures of your class- mates and friends who are going to be in- spired by us ' ancients. ' Hardly daring to believe my eyes, I did as directed. The picture of Washington grew dim— suddenly he seemed to smile and then to disappear. The picture frame was then left a blank, and slowly there appeared (much as on a motion picture screen) the picture of our friend and class president, George Downer, who was represented as a master sportsman and the manufacturer of U-can ' t-sink bath- ing suits. Albert Proulx appeared as leading man in a future Broadway hit. Others in the cast included Bobby Reed, Florence LaPierre and Vivian Pcloquin, while Edna Buckley loudly rampaged up a nd down the keyboard of the piano while the audience clamored for more. June Barr and Betty Chamberlain, being of artistic turns of mind, were seen as drawing teachers and sure enough— there was Nancy Edwards, the horse financier, owner of a ranch in Arizona and proud possessor of over fifty blue-blooded horses. Others in the public eye were Lynd Till- ver, a college professor; Wallace Rockwood, a famous singer, giving a conceit for the home folks in the Town Hall; William Cox, a stage comedian; Edward Kovaleski, head chef at the Ritz; Dorothy Cole, a blood-thirsty female surgeon; and Vincent Pitted, dictator of some Latin country. Patty Power, a Senatoress, wildly flourishing, told the members of Con- gress what she thought of them while Mary Walsh, her secretary, nodded in assent. Wil- liam Simpson, a radio announcer, advertised a distinctly different new tooth paste, and Patricia Hartwell was seen as a dancing teacher. Among her pupils were Dorcas Ray, a society matron with a lorgnette and pos- sessed of high ideals, Louis Tashoty, a Fuller Brush salesman, and, last but not least, Robert Michon, a matinee idol and breaker of feminine hearts. Kenneth Harwood ran a milk route and Jack Burnham, the checker champion, led a troop of little sinners, familiarly known as Boy Scouts. Quinto Colognesi was a plumber who often repaired pipes in the office of Hutchinson. Sarty and Company, in whose employ were found Dorothy Briggs, Gertrude Chickering, and Richard Decker. Harold Ostrander was an erratic and sin- cere evangelist, while Phoebe Whittemore, the lion tamer, George Watson, the architect and Hazel Kingston, raiser of prize-winning Guernseys, shared equal laurels. Laurence Phipps became futurized as a General Gusto- MARCH 1934 dian of Radio City and I was able to recognize Crace Cuniff, an artist ' s model, and Grace DiOrio, a Hollywood make-up expert. What about my own fate? I inquired, when suddenly the visage of George Washing- ton reappeared, calm and unblinking as ever, and my future was still untold. Looking about, I found I was alone in the room! Feel- ing rather bewildered and on the whole a little sheepish, I opened the once dreaded book, thinking more kindly of the author and his clan than formerly. 1 ACRLING A JOB I DO NOT LIRE r T his Tackling a Job I do not Like, is ■ - no easy subject, because I do not like most kinds of work. Therefore, the field is so large that it is hard to decide which one I dislike most. However, I am afraid that shoveling snow is my real bugaboo. In the winter when the sky gets very cloudy and I am inside, I begin to feel a cold coming upon me, creeping insidiously into my sys- tem. As it begins to snow hard, just as it al- ways seems to in cloudy winter weather, I get really sick. A cold in such a case, is usual- ly a bad one. But I begin to develop a fever when the snow stops, leaving behind it its six-inch burden. I live on a corner. The plot of land where my home is situated runs for two or three miles each way from the vertex of the corner —more in winter, although the lawn is large in summer also. As I said, I live on a corner, and the wind sweeps right down the street on one side of the corner. It doesn ' t matter which side, be- cause the wind is always right there. Besides being there, it leaves most of the snow that has fallen on other peoples ' sidewalks on mine. It never fails to do this. Somehow, the snow around my way hates to leave me, nev- er crosses the street after it comes to me, and more always comes as long as there is any left to come. Well, before 1 described my location I had a lever. People in the house never appreciate the fact that my health might be improved if I remained inside for a day or so. It never occurs to them that the snow might melt off in the course of time, and if left on would prevent a bare spot from luring other drift- ing flakes to seek it as their resting place. I am told that it would be good for my fever and my cold to work them off, and there is no better place to work them off than out in the crisp, cold air. But I am solemnly warned not to stop an instant, because I might catch more cold and develop pneumonia. So I hie me out and shovel— and shovel— and shovel— and shovel. After a few hours of in tensive struggle, in- creased by listening to all the people who, after walking over the part not yet finished and so trampling it down, say, That ' s a good job for you, I am through. I wish that someone would be bright enough to think of some little phrase to use, other than, That ' s a good job for you, when he wants to speak to me while I ' m in such a state. Well, I ' m through now. I drag my failing steps to the door and fall through it into the nearest chair. If the chair is covered with newly laundered clothing, well and good. That is a little compensation. Now the family is solicitous. I ' m so tired. I must take a bath and go to bed. I do these gratefully. Later,— much later,— I ' m waked up. It ' s just been snowing, but it has stopped now, so you can go out and shovel. John Martin ' 34 SETTING BURRE TO MUSIC As I. half-asleep, sit down, dictionary in hand, to do the interesting task of home work on Burke and learn about his material and immaterial policies with re- gard to America, also the definition of peace, I hear the advertisement of Pepsodent Tooth io THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Paste, and then come the melodious voices of Amos ' n Andy and the noble Lord North— or is it the Kingftsh— whom Burke is so en thusiastically lecturing to. Then follow fifteen minutes of Brother Crawford, Lightnin ' , the Ocean not being able to be drained, the Kingftsh, Lord North, Amos ' n Andy, the manners in the South, Madame Queen, and Force. Meanwhile one of the teachers calls to talk over committee meetings, book reviews, history, registers, recipes, movies, report cards, children, and other things. I, strug- gling with Burke, wonder if I hadn ' t better decide to work in McLellan ' s instead of being a teacher. At eight o ' clock comes Bong! Bong! bring- ing Spencer Dean and Dan Cassidy of the Crime Clues with all their blood curdling yells, shooting, blood, etcetera; and after looking up the notes, I find that there are three ways of dealing with the spirit of Lib- erty in America or is it that peacefulness of listening to the radio? But as everyone must hear this thrilling episode, including myself, I leave Burke and listen in. Next, issues forth Pabst ' s best Ben Bernie advertising Burke— or is it cheese-week and cracking jokes about Walter Winchell. While the folks around are gnawing apples and c runching popcorn, I find that Liberty in- heres in some sensible object , but whatever that means is beyond me. Having read about two paragraphs and as many notes, with the interruption of un- lacing my brother ' s highcuts, I hear Ladv Esther advertising her famous four-in-one facial cream and lasting powder, while Burke unfalteringly goes on explaining and eliminating, removing the causes, prosecuting Lady Esther as criminal, and complying with her as necessary. But while Wayne King plays, I do accomplish a wee bit and get through defining an empire. Soo-Soo-oo comes the Fire Chief, Ed Wynn, with his horse laugh and Graham Mac- Namec, while Burke gradually falls shut, and so to bed knowing less than when I began. Doris Gay ' 34 GOOD ST. PATRICK St. Patrick ' s day is one of beauty, ' Tis then the world, as is its duty, Dons itself in that wondrous green Tha t far and near can be seen To honor good St. Patrick! People wander to and fro Showing off that big green bow, Or perhaps a carnation fair A bit of ribbon in their hair To honor good St. Patrick! The grand old man who is a saint! From near and far, now loud, now faint, Thrilling anew through all the land Comes this cry from every hand Honor to good St. Patrick! Eleanor Woodruff ' 34 MY CAREER T Taving suddenly decided, after seeing a - ■ - ■ movie of that name, that I would be an Air Hostess, I set about to educate myself so that I could discharge my duties with all grace and proficiency. The first lesson in the education of an air hostess, I knew, was to become accustomed to being in the air. I started by walking on fences and climbing trees. In my second course I scaled telephone poles. My technique became better. I sailed around and around on the miniature airplanes at amusement parks. MARCH 1934 1 1 As a P. G. course I finally got to walking on the parapet of a skyscraper. By this time, I felt well able to hold my own with Professor Piccard, and so went on with training along another line. This was to develop a strong, distinct voice so that I might calm passengers above the noise of 300 horses. Taking a page from Aristotle, or Demosthenes, or somebody, I went down by the sea, and, with pebbles in my mouth, shouted until I became hoarse. While recovering from this dilemma, I read a book of etiquette, and tried to develop a charming smile. Trying to explain to I now consider myself a full-fledged air hostess, and am only awaiting answers to my applications before I begin my career. MarJorik. Crandai.l ' 34 F. I. D. Part III One sultry afternoon in a workyard of a state prison, a convict sat resting in the shade. A guard slowly strolled up to him and asked, You ' re a new fellow here, aren ' t you? Yeah, answered the convict. What are vou in for? demanded the people why I had lost my voice gave me a lesson in patience. At this time I got so ac- customed to assuring people that my loss of vocal power was only temporary, that by the time I had recovered, I felt equal to inspiring confidence in passengers on a burning plane. The quick descents and ascents had been worrying me for some time. I finally solved this problem of my education by riding up and down in escalators and elevators. The escalators were all right, but as eleva tors must have operators, I got the habit of not riding more than two trips at a time. guard as he sat on a rock near the convict. Well, maybe you ' ve heard about me be- cause I was in on that F. I. D. job down in Lake City. No, I don ' t think I heard about that be- cause I ' m a new man here myself. I came up from Florida about a month ago, said the guard. Well, if you let me rest a while longer I ' ll tell you the whole thing. O. K., answered the guard. Go right ahead and tell me about it and when you ' ve finished you can start to work again. 12 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Well, the convict said, about two years ago a gangster by name of Bear-Tooth Has- kins was caught and convicted of murder. He was rich. Ennyhow he offered me twelve grand to get him out of jail, so I hit on a good plan and I had to put it on quick be- cause Haskins was going to the chair in a month. My plan was to make the whole city afraid of something so I thought of fire. Well, you picked a mighty good one, exclaimed the guard. Wait here a minute so I can see what those fellows are doing. Hey I you fellers! And the guard went ov- er to a group of convicts standing together. He soon returned and said, Go on. I hired about twenty fellers and I rent- ed about a dozen gasoline trucks. You see if I did the job right I would get twelve grand and I could pay all the expenses with that money. Then I rented the biggest closed truck I could get for a night. On an appoint- ed night my men and I got into a fire sta- tion and we pushed the fire trucks, one at a time, into the big van waiting outside. We made a trip for every truck. I had two fel- lows watch up and down the street to let us know when it was all right to push out a fire truck. Where did you put them? asked the guard. Oh! we wrecked them and put one in a river. We buried some of the smaller pieces and hid the rest in barns and garages. Then one of the men became my partner. He signed all the notes F. I. D. Besides myself he is the only one who knows what it means. Well, what does it mean? asked the guard. I ' ll tell you later on, answered the con- vict and he continued. My partner was to get six grand and share expenses. One thing I noticed about him was that whenever I mentioned F. I. D. he would rage at me and tell me not to say those three letters again. I don ' t know why he did that. We set a date to burn up part of the city if Bear-Tooth Haskins was not freed. The trucks were ready with ' Pine Tree Gas ' painted on them. The morning of the date set, about three o ' clock, our hired men went out and stuffed rags in corners of every house on the streets we had picked out. While they did that, one of our men went out t ' o fill the trucks with gasoline. Now here is what ruined my plot. The man who went out had a broken nose which spoiled his sense of smell and never having had occasion to realize the seri- ousness of this and not smart enough to have brought a flashlight, he fumbled his way through the dark to the pumps. Now out there in the woods we had two pumps, one for gas and the other for water. He couldn ' t smell and he didn ' t know one pump from the other so he picked the water pump. We didn ' t know that until we were captured. Then a little while before the appointed time, at noon, the men went to their as- signed streets and they quickly looked over the rags when they had a chance. They wait- ed until noon. They had cans which they had filled with gas, to soak the rags, and then set fire to them. They were to hurry back to the truck and ride back to the hiding place. But, asked the ffuarcl, what about the policemen on duty? Luck was with us. You see we had threat- ened the city a few days before that and the police had been put on double duty so they were all half asleep and leaning on any available post. Then the time came. The men, excited and nervous, did not notice at first that they were carrying water instead of gas, and when they did it was too late. The police had seen so many of our trucks that they were sus- picious. Before our men could realize what had happened we were captured. MARCH 1934 l S We were sentenced from ten to fourteen years for destroying municipal property and here ' s where I am. You must have had a lot of nerve to try that. What does F. I. D. mean? asked the guard. My partner told me never to tell anyone what F. I. 1). means, but I ' ll tell you. F. I. D. means— A flash of wood, iron, and the convict slumped to the ground, his skull fractured. Before the guards could do a thing the oth- er convicts had seized the murderer. They dashed him against the wall and in record time he was dead. That left only one who knew the secret of F. I. D. The murderer had been passing by when he heard the other convict just about to tell his secret. He had seized a sledge ham- mer used by the convicts in breaking rocks and had struck his partner. After everything had been calmed down the injured convict was brought to a hospital. After a few min- utes he died and with him died the meaning of F. I. D. THE END Frank Locki ' 36 EASTER MORN r I hik sun had just sent its bright gleam over - - the green hills when a little, gray-haired lady slowly opened sad eyes. A fragrance of Easter flowers greeted her, but she sighed and a long-ago habit made her thin worn hand reach under her pillow for a tattered picture. She wished again the same wish she contin- ually had in her heart, Oh Jack! Please come back to your mother. Her only beloved son Jack had gone away in 1918 and had never come back. She did not know whether he was still alive some- where in France, or whether he lay beneath one of those crosses, row on row. Jim, her husband, too, had left her, but she knew he had died the way a hero would, at his post and with her name on his lips. The tears rolled slowly down her wrinkled cheeks and again made a pool of that relic, but she heeded them not. Bells of a church resounded again as they had done in 1918, and again she put on her old black dress to respond to their toll. It was on an Easter morning they took my boy away, she thought, and they never brought him back— but life must go on even though one ' s heart is heavy. In the little brown church Easter lilies decorated the altars, children raised their young voices in the joyous Easter hymns; but the little silhouette in black knelt and pray- ed, unaware of anything about her. When the clergyman gave the people his glorious Easter tidings, it seemed as if a heavy load were lifted from the melancholy mother ' s breast. The renewed joy of the day crept almost unawares into the mother ' s heart. Strengthen- ed in spirit, she smiled as she arose. It was as if she too could forget the past in the promise of a future when she could rejoin her loved ones, a future not too far away. Serene, she smiled upon her neighbors as she left the church and turned toward home As she retraced her footsteps, it seemed strange that smoke rose from her chimney as if in greeting. Her heart beat faster and then it stopped as she quietly opened the door. Her voice choked, Oh Jack, Jack, is it you? Then a tall thin figure in brown rose from Jack ' s old chair and came slowly toward her. One sleeve hung empty at his side, otherwise he was the same boy. His voice broke as he took his mother in his one arm and, with his lips pressed tender- ly against her hair, he murmured softly, My dearest mother. The mother was content. It had been on an Easter morning that she had given her boy to Uncle Sam, and now it was on an Easter morning that he returned her boy to her. Alice Janeczek ' 35 flEViEV 5 THE MIKADO After being introduced into the light and fantastic, yet dignified and aristocratic atmosphere of a Japanese garden, with its hanging lanterns bestrewn with a mythical looking substance, by a chorus of dignified and aristocratic Gentlemen of Japan , the tale of the adventures of a wandering min- strel in search of his loved one was told to the rhythm of the heavenly music of Gil- bert and Sullivan ' s The MIKADO, a ma- jestic sounding name, yet you cannot think of the Mikado of Japan in royal dig- nity. For the Mikado of Japan is a joke set to music. You cannot try, for Ko-Ko and Katisha keep getting in the way, and you hear the pitty-pat of Yum-Yum ' s little feet and you hear the bounce of those elliptical billiard balls. As Ko-Ko, the amusingly cruel executioner of Japan who eliminated delinquents nonchalantly with his I ' ve got a I Jttle List , and who wooed Katisha so charmingly with his Tit Willow , Edward Belanger sur- prised us all. He had never appeared in any of the school performances before but he carried his part with none-the-less ease. Pish-Tush (not an exclamation) played by Dwight Webster, very graciously saluted Our Great Mikado , and his dignity was not lowered by his silly-sounding name. Mary Dani. as Katisha, managed to look proud and haughty as the Daughter-In- Law Elect of the Mikado, despite the fact that her nose was red as a cherry, and several teeth were missing. The surprise on the faces of the chorus was unassumed when she made her entrance with a most convincing scream, for during rehearsals she kept her art for screeching hidden. A Train of Little Ladies led by Pauline Bachand was very graceful. The love interest of the play was charm- ingly represented by Betsy Bernheim as Yum- Yum and Arthur Canning as Nanki-Poo when they vowed This Is What I ' ll Never Do . One could never have recognized Aloysius Koprowski as the royal, dignified Mikado of Japan who was so determined to make the punishment fit the crime , nor his um- brella bearer Knee-Ban, who was chatting with Katisha when he should have been shielding the Mikado— good for John Boiteau. Other characters of note in this most suc- cessful play were Jean Macallister and Jan- ice Price, the sisters of Yum- Yum; and of course the ever-sneering, aristocratic and over-bearing Pooh-Bah, played by Arthur Delage. Music was furnished by the High School MARCH 1934  5 Orchestra, accompanied by that famous couple Mildred Hiemer and Frances Roberts. Congratulations to Miss McGrath and to Miss Finnegan for an excellent production! Pauune Earls THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN Again the Louise Galloway Players have visited our auditorium. This time with three act play, The Late Christopher Bean. The play followed a close parallel to the pic tine of the same name. Consequently we have a good opportunity to compare the stage scene, for The Players are truly pro- fessionals of excellent rank. The cast presented a wide range of char- acters. The outstanding one from my point of view was the Doctor taken by William Ruhl. The part called for unusual dramatic ability, and Ruhl had it. He typified a sim- ple country doctor. A sudden desire for money threatened to overthrow his con- science. Louise Galloway impersonating Abbey, the maid, furnished a great deal of the hu- mor and all of the plot was woven about her. She figured exclusively in a surprising climax when she turned out to be no other than the wife of Christopher Bean. Two sisters were contrastingly different, one out-spoken and very much worried about her beaux, the other charming in a quiet way. We all sincerely hope they will entertain us again. Dwight Webster ' 36 SUN-UP On January 19, we were given a chance to witness the Clarke University players in the play, Sun-Up, by the famous author of backcountry life in the Carolina hills, Lulu Vollmer. The setting was the interior of a shack, one side of which was taken up entirely by a huge fireplace and a tumbled-down bunk. The fireplace was blackened and charred from years of use and blackened kettles lay about the hearth. In the center of the room were a rugged table, chair, and stool. At the left was a small window and a door with a burlap bag over it. The only means of light when darkness fell on the mountain was from the flickering embers of the fire which cast dancing patterns in the interior of the lowly habitation. The garments of the two women were so filthy and ragged that they repulsed the au- dience and the unkempt appearance of their hair and sallow skin was particularly ob- noxious. At the coming of the half-frozen and half- starved deserter during the World War whom the Widow Cagle took in and hid be- cause she hated the law, the audience caught keenly the terror and misery which shattered his soul and lowered his mind almost to the level of uncivilized man. The slovenly habit of more than one person eating out of the same plate brought sharply to the realization of the audience the poverty endured by these people. Lawlessness was shown when the widow al- most killed the stranger after she discovered that he was the son of her husband ' s mur- derer. She had been ready to protect him with her life before this. A touch of humor was brought in when the stranger hid himself under a pile of potatoes in the bedroom. Altogether the excellence of the acting and the corroborative details conveyed a splendid picture of the distress and lack of color in the life of these poor, ignorant, country people. That from this setting true nobility of char- acter (the Wfdow Cagle) could issue and by it a desire be stimulated in the young desert- er to stand any punishment as he returned to his lines before sun-up , raised the plav to idealism. Irene Kania ' 34 i-6 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ALICE IN WONDERLAND A lice in Wonderland was a story for a • ■ ■ little girl, and the movie represented a world of dreams where everything is possible. The animals familiar in daily life act very queer and had strange habits, yet everything they did seemed possible. This story differs from a great majority of other stories because it has no plot. It con- sists of a series of episodes held together by one interest. The costumes are made to give the effect of reality and some of them are beautiful. I liked the White Knight ' s best of all. The masks and other make-up added a great deal to the humor of the picture. The scenes of this picture were most amazing, and it was necessary to watch attentively all the time to catch every detail. Charlotte Henry who took the part of Alice was like a child in her actions and manners. Her wide eyed expressions, her un- affected grin were very amusing. I did not like the picture at all. Perhaps one who loved the book might have been satisfied, but as far as movies go, I found it unsatisfactory. Grace Oldfield ' 34 LITTLE WOMEN TpHE Movie producion of Little Wo- A men in my opinion was a tremendous success. Every scene produced an effect of some deep emotion. The scene in which Laurie chases Jo through the wooded patch is light and ro- mantic. The sun glittering through the trees makes ever-changing shadows appear. We wonder whether Jo will be caught or whether she will trip on her billowing dress. But we have forgotten that Jo is the tomboy and never could lose a race. She seems to flit through the woods and then at the critical moment she swings from the wall to the ground on a branch of a large sheltering tree. The scene is just filled to the brim with lightness. It makes you want to sing and run too. You forget where you are en- tirely. In other scenes you forget yourself and only realize your surroundings when you find yourself sobbing. The characters of Little Women were true to life: the picture, as statistics prove, was a success; so let us have more of our child- hood novels produced in the movies. Jane Fitzpatrick ' 34 Little Women, on the screen, was a disappointment to me. Beth ' s sickness, the hopelessness of her re- gaining her health, the absence of her par- ents, their awe at the thought of her death would have impressed me more had it oc- curred but once, but it lost its effect by hav- ing the girls go through it all a second time. In my opinion Amy took her part with least enthusiasm. I didn ' t enjoy her at all. She just didn ' t seem to live her role as the others did. I realize that we weren ' t sup- posed to like her as a personality, but it wasn ' t only that, her acting didn ' t seem worthy of her part. Jo deserves much glory; she was all one could ask. for to compete with the Jo in the book. When she laughed, we all laughed— and when she cried, the audience shared her heart-break. Her natural and unaffected air was in contrast to Meg ' s, especially when Meg, very precise and proper, bidding her suitor good bye, was burst in upon by Jo, rac- ing wildly down the road followed closely by Laurie. Poor Jo had such implicit faith in her sis- ters. When she asked Meg so earnestly to refuse her lover, she believed in all sincerity that Meg would do that for her as she had promised. Too many disillusions made me feel crit- ical rather than impressed. It may be my ig- norance—nevertheless it is my opinion. Jean Macallister ' 34 ALUMNI Dan Cupid has been busy lately between St. Valentine ' s Day in February and his overtime work among the Wells Alumni: The popular James McKay 30 turned ben- edict, marrying Miss Ann Harvenek of Web- ster. The culmination of a high school romance came in the wedding of Dorothy Monroe ' 31 and Maurice Martin ' 30, on December 6. To Blanche L ' Heureux ' 30 we wish hap- piness in her life with Walter Wheaton of Putnam. Engagements have been numerous too: Gwendolyn Monroe ' 30 and Maurice Clem- ence ' 30. Lieutenant Frank Goodell ' 23 and Miss Barbara Morse. Pauline Krasnov ' 29 and Oscar Zetter of New York. Osborne Tabor ' 23— of our faculty— and Isabel Skinner ' 27. Who said Cupid was slipping! Ruth Billings ' 33 is doing very well at Becker ' s Business College. Besides being edi- tor of Girl ' s Sports, she has also been elected Vice-President of the Dramatic Club. From Brighton High-School comes word that George Litchfield, ex- ' 34, has been made President of the Mathematics Club and Man ager of the track team. Eleanora Laabs ' 31 is at the American Optical Co., while Frances Redhead ' 33 has transferred her services to the office of the Southbridge Finishing Co. Anita Dani ' 27 has just coached a very suc- cessful operetta, Pepita, given by the local Italian Clubs. Stanley Knight ' 28 has been made Treasur- er of C. H. Knight Chevrolet Sales Co. Virginia Dorrell ' 33 has returned from a trip to Florida. Harold Morehouse ' 29— Yale ' 33 has been substituting in General Science for Mr. Tabor. LOCALS The student body extends its sympathy to Miss Drake in her recent sorrow. On January 30 the Student Council enter- tained with an afternoon dance from 3:15 to 530. The victrola was used for music. Miss Aucoin and Miss Wells were chaperons. About the end of January we welcomed Mr. Dalrymple. He came to take the place of Mr. Brockway, who left to accept a posi- tion in Hartford. The Student Council gave a Valentine Party for members of the school on Saturdav evening, February 10. The auditorium was decorated in red and white crepe paper and red paper hearts. Novelty dances were intro- duced and refreshments served. Mr. and Mrs. Greene, and Mr. and Mrs. George Dumas were chaperons. The Sophomore class is holding a contest to see which home-room will have the most up-to-date dues paid by April 1. Mr. Dal- rymple ' s home-room is in first place so far. The winning home-room will be tendered a party by the rest of the home-rooms.  TpHE ninth annual convention of the Associ- - • ated Body of Student Councils of Massa- chusetts was held at the High School of Commerce, Springfield, on February 17. THE CRIMSON AND GRAY The Mary E. Wells High School was rep- resented by Arthur Renaud, President; Gert- rude Pezzetti, Antonio Palmerino, and Jane Fitzpatrick, also by Miss Aucoin and Mr. Greene. After registration which began at 9:30 at the high school, a formal assembly was held in the auditorium at which we were welcom- ed to the city and schools by several speakers. Probably the foremost speaker of the day was Dr. R. E. Peck, Headmaster of Wilbra- ham Academy. In his address he spoke of the qualities of the president of a Student Coun- cil, laying stress on personal characteristics such as honesty, personal attractiveness, loy- alty, and leadership. The assembly was followed by a social hour where we met Albert Sims, a former student of Wells, and delegates from neigh- boring towns. At 2:30 the business meeting was held. The delegates voted to divide the State into four districts so that the Student Councils of each district may meet more often to settle immediate problems. The officers of the Central District of which we are members, are: Roger Meagher of Webster, President, Miss Martin of Shrewsbury, Vice-president, and Gertrude Pezzetti, Secretary. These of- ficers automatically become members of the State Board of Directors. We are proud of Miss Pezzetti and we feel sure that she will fill her responsibility throughout the time she holds office. After the elections a short discussion of Student Council problems was held. Several of the large schools were interested in clubs that would arouse an interest in social life. Afternoon dancing is popular in many schools and has done much toward social de- velopment. The State Convention of 1935 will be held at Holyoke, thus will the Associated Body of Student Councils hold its tenth anniversary in the city where the united meeting was first held. Valentine VALENTINES I When grandma was a little girl And grandpa was a boy, The valentines that he sent her Contained romance and joy. II The valentine she sent to him Took ' most an hour to bake With tender care and watchful eyes A loving heart-shaped cake. Alice Etherington ' 35 Charlotte Fitts ' 35 A REGRET Modern Valentines are sent by children. My sisters, I guess, have sent a million. Years ago they were used by a young lover Who always delivered them under cover. Where is the old sentimental holiday Which is now regarded as just a jolly day? Edward Hobson ' 36 EXCHANGES The Optimist ' South Side High School Newark, New Jersey Your magazine is always thoughtfully planned and the idea carried out in nice de- tail. Judging from your frontispiece, the uni- fying idea of your second issue seems to be Away With War! This is also suggested to us by Jerry De Kater ' s story To Make The World Safe and his poem Song of the Soldiers , both of which are highly worthy of praise. Along this same line you have Valley of the Shadows by Alfred Eisner, ranking not far behind in merit. And speaking of stories, we were quite touched by Autumnal Evening , and John whose hands were caked with dirt . . . Your poems, Autumnal Moon , Illu- sions , and Boat Whistles would be a valu- able asset to any magazine. Your humor is quite unequaled; we laugh- ed heartily over The Doctour of Dentile Surgerye and its clever illustrations. But where is your Exchange Department? The Radiator Somerville High School Somerville, Massachusetts From cover to ads The Radiator is a series of entertaining stories, jokes, editorials, news, and reports on athletics. The book itself is splendidly illustrated, and each department is so well conducted that the book as a whole is one of the most interesting of its kind. The smaller print used for your Class Notes and your column Paging the Post- Grads lends your magazine a certain dignity not to be found in all high school magazines. The Aegis Beverly High School Beverly, Massachusetts Your cuts, though few, are quite attractive The poem Tommy ' s Lesson has a special charm all its own. All sleepwalkers should read your poem Insomnia. In vain have we searched for reports on athletics. And where is your school news? A school magazine is more complete, we think when we can find in its pages familiar names with which we come in contact every day. Why not conduct a department for news about school? The Eastern Echo Eastern High School Baltimore, Maryland For a short while we also become vaga- bonds and follow the roads through which you lead us, experiencing the same thrill over the beautiful panoramas we behold on the way, especially over Starry Spheres. There are many laughs to be had— Here comes Francis Drake to tell his Tale of the Nancy Lee. One meets many Com- mon Vagabonds on the road. Ah! A car! Oh —it ' s only Dorcas , who has a severe case of inferiority complex when going up hills — there go our hopes of following our Soul to Cathay. 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY We have plenty of adventures— A floater , a Scholastic Vagabond , leads us to Devil Toe Island, where we witness the Capture of Mac Beth, and sec The Arielia. On the way we found these Loose Leaves from a Hitch-hiker ' s Diary. We stand spellbound at Autumn ' s En- chantment , listen to The Song of the Leaves , and hear The Nymph ' s Reply to the Shepherd. Although Time Goes Vagabonding , this is our Fourth Week Out , and we have teached The End of the Road , so we must needs return to the present and praise the way in which you Eastern girls have conduct- ed your vagabonding tour. The Tattler Nashua High School Nashua, New Hampshire Your cuts, as usual, make your magazine outstanding. In your Christmas issue, Blase , by Mel- ba Mumford, drew from us a wide smile. The book review Invincible Louisa was promising enough to send any reader to the nearest library in quest of the book it- self. We speak from experience. We admired the uniformity of your Music Number. The musical idea has been well carried out, especially in the department usually headed Alumni, but in this issue changed to Annie Doesn ' t Live Here Any more. The Cambridge Review Cambridge High and Latin School Cambridge, Massachusetts Your Spot-Lite section is quite amusing. The same applies to your Class Notes. Here is one we enjoyed especially: Mr. Jones sends his compliments and says would you please shoot your dog as it keeps him awake. Give my respects to Mr. Jones and tell him I will be his debtor if he will poison his daughter and burn her piano. We were quite interested in the excellent work done by your Exchange Department. Ravelin ' s Oxford High School Oxford, Massachusetts A cover as attractive as yours is always a special inducement to open the magazine as soon as we can to discover its contents. Nor were we disappointed. Your editorials arc certain to make students take more notice of your school ac- tivities. We read your poems and thoroughly en- joyed your Humor and Rumor column. AS OTHERS SEE US Somerville High School Radiator, Somer- ville, Massachusetts. Jest bin reedin ' the Crimson and Gray- found it very friendly and interestin ' — but say, when you have cartoons do they always show thru on t ' other side? Maybe it was wurth it tho— the cartoons were swal! Come agin, ' wun ' t yer? Nashua High School Tattler, Nashua, New Hampshire. We enjoyed your Literary section im mensely, the tale of ' Peter and Paddy ' being especially touching. Your diverting cuts drew numerous chuckles as we met them during our reading. Sutton High School Sutfoniati, Sutton, Massachusetts. Your cuts are very good and your Literary Department is very interesting. Detroit Northwestern High School Odds and Ends, Detroit, Michigan. The Crimson and Gray, Southbridge, has a number of authentic stories and absorb- ing articles about the Century of Progress. JliQj •fflLEUCS BASKETBALL  nother basketball season has closed, but not an ordinary season. This season has been outstanding for its success. Second place in the Southern Worcester County League is its final title for the year. Bob Werner, right forward, made up the framework of our attack by his high scores, having made 136 points in 10 games. The next in order is Kozlowski of Webster with 88 points. Werner is the highest individual scorer in the league. His fast and untiring attack has continually weakened the opposing defence. Remian, Osimo, Palmerino were also good forwards and worthy of praise. Francazzi, center, through his success in get- ting the tap helped the Wells team to a high score. Captain Starr, guard, led our defence. His quick judgment and fast action saved Wells from many defeats. Farland, guatd, helped put over the program of success by his aid in defence. The Wells team won eight games and lost three. Here ' s to the team and our coach! Wells 20 Alumni 18 The Alumni quintet, composed of Tower Club members and ' 32 Wells team, kept the varsity on defence most of the time. The game was fast and it appeared as though the Alumni would win but Wells team succeeded in catching up to the Alumni and, in the final seconds of play, scored the winning points. Wells Alumni Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Werner 2 3 7 Beau pre Remian 2 4 Maclean 5 10 Francazzi 2 1 5 Walsh 1 1 3 Starr l 2 Steen Farland Volpini 1 2 Palmerino 1 Poirier 1 1 3 Osimo Team total 8 4 20 Team total 8 2 18 Wells 18 Spencer 19 At the end of the final regular period, the score was 18 to 18. A three minute overtime was played to determine the winner. Les Studley, center for Spencer, made a free trv thus scoring the winning point. Spencer Well Is Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Ethier 3 3 9 Werner 5 10 Collette 2 3 7 Remian Studley 1 l Osimo Brown 1 2 Francazzi Kosulek Starr 2 1 5 Palmerino 1 1 Farland 1 2 Team total 6 7 19 Team total 8 2 iS Wells 28 Ware 25 In a fast and exciting game Wells High won its first league game of the season by de- feating the strong Ware High five 28-25 Wells led at the first quarter 10-8, was behind 20-17 at the half, but in the end a free shot by 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Farland and a floor goal by Werner won the game. Wells Ware Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Remian 306 Bowler 1 o 2 Werner 7 1 15 Jablonski 1 1 3 Francazzi 1 1 3 Quink 000 Starr 1 o 2 Nelligan 2 o 4 Palmerino o 1 1 Markot 5 111 Farland o 1 1 Sdyla 2 1 5 Team total 12 4 28 Team total 11 3 25 Wells 26 Oxford 23 As a result of this victory over Oxford High 26-23, Wells was now tied for second place with Spencer High in the Basketball league Webster was in first place. By virtue of 14 points against Oxford, Bob Werner was far in the lead of the scorers with a total of 39 points in three games. With the score tied at 23 all, Werner sank a free shot, and Francazzi a long floor goal. Captain Starr played a great defensive game holding his man to three points. Wells Oxford Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Remian o 1 1 Browning 1 1 3 Francazzi 204 Richardson 1 1 3 Werner 6 2 14 Harrington 328 Starr o 1 1 Pottle o 1 1 Palmerino 204 Strack 408 Farland 102 Osimo 000 Team total 11 4 26 Team total 9 5 23 Wells 24 Holden 12 Wells High remained in second place in the league by trouncing Holden High 24-12. Werner and Palmerino starred on the offense. Wells Holden Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Remian 1 o 2 Anderson 1 1 3 Werner 3 3 9 Olson 1 o 2 Farland 102 Thomas 000 Francazzi 113 Basset 3 1 7 Starr 000 Rowell o o o Palmerino 328 Team total 9 6 24 Team total 5 212 Wells 42 Oxford 23 Led by its scoring ace, Bob Werner, Wells High trounced Oxford High 42-23. Palmerino sank three floor goals, Werner sank two, and big Rene Francazzi one, to give Wells a 12-4 lead at the end of the first quarter. At the end of the half Wells led 22-12, with Werner scoring as he pleased. Palmerino and Stan- passed to Werner and Bob continued to score so that Wells led at the 3rd quarter 32-17. The final quarter found Southbridge coast- ing into a convincing victory. Wells Oxford Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Werner 9 1 19 Richardson 102 Palmerino 6 o 12 Browning o 1 1 Remian 1 o 2 Harrington 6 o 12 Francazzi 204 Strack 408 Farland 1 o 2 Pottle 000 Starr 1 1 3 Team total 20 2 42 Team total 11 1 23 Wells 43 Spencer 26 Held to a slender lead throughout the first three quarters Wells High spurted furiously in the final quarter to trounce Spencer High 43-26. This victory kept Wells in a tie with Bartlett High for first place. Wells Spencer Name fg ft tl Name fg ft tl Remian 7 o 14 Collette 2.2 6 Werner 4 3 11 McComas 1 2 4 Francazzi 1 1 3 Studley 000 Starr 4 3 1 ' Kuselek 6 012 Palmerino 204 Snay 102 Brown 1 o 2 Team total 18 7 43 Team total 11 4 26 Wells 20 Ware 19 Rallying in the last few minutes of play, MARCH 1934 Wells High succeeded in defeating Ware High in a fast game 20-19. Playing raggedly during the first three quarters, the Wellsmen gathered steam in the last quarter and won. Ware led at the first quarter 5-3 and again at the half 14-7. Werner and Starr sank free shots and this left Wells just one point be- hind. Then Palmerino sank a nice shot to give Wells a convincing and hard-fought victory. Wells 18 Websler 34 Wells Ware Name Werner Palmerino Francazzi Starr Farland Remian fg ft tl Name 4 1 1 o 2 1 O 2 1 I 506 000 Nelligan Budlong Jablonski Sydla Markot Quink fg ft tl 306 o o 204 1 1 3 1 7 o 1 1 Team total 9 2 20 Team total 8 3 19 Wells 29 Webster 28 A large crowd of 800 fans watched Wells defeat Bartlett High of Webster 29-28. Wells led 8-5 at the first quarter by virtue of baskets by Starr, Palmerino. and Werner. Webster led at the half 15-10, and at the third quarter 22-21. In the final quarter Werner sank two Hoot goals in rapid succession and Farland scored on a free try. Kozlowski sank one for Webster and Turbid) ' succeeded on a free try. Francazzi scored on a floor goal, and Wer- ner on a free shot. Kozlowski sank a floor goal and free try but Wells held the ball for the few remaining seconds and won. This victory meant first place for Southbridge, with 5 victories in the league and one loss. Wells Webster fg Name fg ft tl Name Werner 7 4 18 Zalla Palmerino 1 2 Turbidy Francaz i 1 o 2 Nichols Stair 2 2 Kozlowski Farland o 1 1 Piasta Remian o Team total 11 7 29 Team total 11 6 28 ft tl 2 1 5 2.1 5 1 5 5 3  3 000 During this game not find themselves. Nichols of Webster, fence many tirrfes for Wells Name fg ft tl Palmerino 000 Werner 3 2 8 Remian 022 Francazzi 204 Farland 1 o 2 Starr 1 o 2 Wells apparently could Koslowski, Starista, and broke through our de- scores. Bar tlett Name Zalla Turbidy Koslowski Nichols Starista Piasta Brisbois fg 3 o 6 o 5 o o tl 1 I 1 13 I 12 o Team total 7 4 18 Team total 14 6 34 Wells 17 Webster 18 Webster through its speed, had gained 12 points while Wells had made 6 points at the end of the first half. After that Wells picked up. During the third quarter Webster was held to 3 points while Wells made 8 points. Then in the last quarter Wells got the lead and held it in a whirlwind of play, until the last 30 seconds when Turbidy of Webster made a basket from the center of the floor. This put Webster in the lead by 1 point, the score be- ing 18 to 17. Wells Webster Name Remian Farland Werner Francazzi Starr Palmerino Total team fg ft Name Zalla Starista Nichols Kozlowski Turbidy fg ft 2 1 17 Team total 7 4 18 Interclass Basketball for boys and girls is to be another activity to encourage student in- terest in sports. Tt will also bring to light any varsity material. This gives every boy and girl who is interested in basketball a chance to play regardless of his or her ability. The teams will be picked more or less equal to each other in size and ability. PfWTTLE IF WE PRODUCED ALICE IN WONDERLAND Alice Miller Alice Rawson Alice Bachand Alice Etherington Alice A Alice Janeczek Alice Normandin Alice Libera Alice Landry Ali ce Lemoine Alice Rochon Cheshire Cat Masi Osimo Fish Dwight Webster (the old tale) Gryphon Marian Munday White Knight Mr. Tabor Humpty Dumpty Raymond Bonin King of Hearts J onn Anderson White Rabbit Ken Harwood Mock Turtle Bill Andrews Cook Jean Macallister White Queen Rosie Simpson Mouse .... Shades of the dear-departed Rats and Mice Mad Hatter Rene Francaz i Tweedledee Mr. McMahon and Tweedledum Mr. Lan a Dodo Bird (his specialty should have been Anc. Hist.) J onn Martin Red Queen: Off with your head Miss Fitzgerald Queen of Hearts Betsy Bernheim March Hare Rita Lacasse Dormouse Oscar Gatineau Duchess Lorraine Welsh Caterpillar Connie Kelly White King J onn Stan- Father William William Curboy Notice: How To Be a Successful Letter- Writer. Full directions may be had upon request. Bob Werner HIGH SCHOOL LOWDOWN A prii. Fool ' s day is with us again. And - among things we wouldn ' t like to hear is: That ' no assignment ' on your work sheet is only an April Fool joke. Take three more chapters than usual! On the other hand, if someone said to us: That zero is only a little joke; ' A ' is your real mark! not a kick would be forthcom- ing. Or, we might walk in Monday, April 2, to find the clocks ticking in harmony. Has any critic found the paragraph of tongue-twisting f ' s in this issue? Howdy, folks. This is the High School Hall- trotter speaking; unreeling the latest and most interesting events of the past two months. MARCH 1934 Town Hall, Dec. 15— Senior play comes off with much success. People flocked to it. It is still talked about as one of the hits of 1933. Main floor, high school, date unknown - Miss Mary (37) Gaumond wrote a note to Arthur (34) Renaud. The contents were, in brief: You ' re no horse, your ears are too long. Room 3, any date— It was discovered that all the Freshmen class officers have their home room here. It was generally acknowledged that Mr. Robinson trains ' em. Somewhere, some date— a certain club stop- ped activities long enough to throw out two Freshmen. The Freshmen declared ignorance as to why. The club just declared ignorance. Town Hall, Feb. 2— The High School Glee Club presented its annual theatrical pro- duction here. The casualties were much less than usual as no scenery had to be shifted, and chairs, wheelbarrows, and other props were absent. Two or three members of the cast however, almost dislocated their jaws as a res ult of chewing gum. We intended to give you a column of boners, with the next issue, but this is so good we ' re printing it ahead of time. The fol- lowing was said in government class: The Department of Agriculture sends out pamphlets to show people how to irritate the soil. Then there is our old pal, Professor (Dig- ging up the Dirt) Halleck, who still thinks Flaming Youth is the Boy who stood on the Burning Deck. Now that Valentine ' s day has passed, I sometimes fall to wondering if the right people received little missiles of adoration (Pope hasn ' t anything on me) from other right people. If Mavis (36) Kinney, for in stance, got one from a certain Alumnus; or if Laile (35) Barr did from the chief execu tive of the sophomore class; or Vivian (36) Daigneault received one from a Pine St. lad. Mary (34) Dani must have heard from Un- conscious on that date. And Dorcas (37) Ra) would have been the picture of disappoint ment if a Senior, who is an accomplished pianist, hadn ' t remembered her. A mysterious personage submits the follow ing poem (?) Mary had a little lamb, Her papa knocked it dead; Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two hunks of bread. And then cute Mary thought one day, While her brain was all aflutter: That Silver Threads Among the Gold, Meant gray hairs in the butter. Well, at least it ' s more than two lines. We don ' t like to mention names, BUT— What Freshman girl now likes what Sopho- more boy ever since he told her he was a woman-hater? What teacher gave what blonde a book en- titled, Love: Its Treatment and Cure? And as a parting shot: Some of our pupils wonder how much they can get out of work, but the majority wonder how much work they can get out of. PAUL 5 The lantern hung high At the top of the chinch, Paul Revere heaved a sigh And made the horse lurch. II He sped on his horse For the village ahead, And Revere, the horse, To the farmyards, he led. Ill To each one he met, Revere whistled and shouted That the British were coming, And they were to be routed. IV Every man grabbed a gun, The women were sad; To a child, it was fun, To the men, it looked bad. V Americans got ready For the oncoming foe. When the British appeared, Our men said, Let ' s go. VI Right out through each door Our boys rushed ahead. All the hundred or more Of the foes then fled. VII The arms were saved By the quick-thinking Paul; The people were happy, And they thanked him, all. Joseph Dumais ' 36 Leon Bertrand ' 36 MARCH 1934 New- Year ' s Day, Lincoln ' s and Washington ' s Birthdays, Valentine ' s, Saint Patrick ' s, Easter, April Fool ' s, Patriot ' s Day and So We Bring Our Tale to an End! OUR ADVERTISERS American Boy Magazine American Optical Co. Barnard ' s Service Station Boston Store F. A. Bouvier Shoe Store R. M. Burnham Caron McGrath Central Music Store Clemence Lumber Corp. Commercial Press Costa Cafe Deary Bros. J. J. Delehanty Co. H . O. Desaulniers Edwards Co. Elm Beauty Parlor Allan H. Faxon Goodwin Bros. Webster Grace Flower Shop G. Gregoire 8c Son Hamilton Woolen Co. Hartwell Pharmacy Wm. S. Hofstra Hyde Manufacturing Co. Jalbert Dairy Dr. I. C. Keenan Kennedy Electric Co. C. H. 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BOUVIER SHOES •8 SPORTS HELP PLANNED FOR HIGH SCHOOLS High school boys deserve, and during the next 12 months are going to get, the best ad- vice obtainable on their favorite sports, states Griffith Ogden Ellis, editor of the Am- erican Boy — Youth ' s Companion, in outlining the magazine ' s plans for the coming year. American Boy sports stories and inter- views in 1934, Mr. Ellis continues, are de- signed to help the swimmer clip a second off his best record, the tennis player to improve his forehand drive, the football team to smash through for first downs, and the rooter to be a keener, more alert observer of the game. Two methods the magazine will use to im- prove the play of high school America. One is by interviews with famous coaches and play- ers, men with a fund of valuable hints and colorful anecdotes for high school students. For instance, a spring issue will bring an across-the-table chat with a World Series pitching hero, and fall issues will carry how- to-do-it tips from leading fpotball stars. The second method of aiding high school players will be through fiction, written by sports experts who can add the excitement and grip of a good yarn to their keen techni- cel explanation of play. There will be stories on hockey, basketball, tennis, baseball, swim- ming, track, and football, in The American Boy of 1934. The subscription price is $2.00 for one year. Until January I, readers may take out a three-year subscription for $3.00, a saving of one-half the one-year rate for three years. On January I, this three-year rate will be with- drawn. Orders should be mailed direct to De- partment A, The American Boy — Youth ' s Com- panion, 7430 Second Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Service on the subscription will start on the issue specified. ALLAN H. 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Consult your insurance agent as you would your doctor or lawyer SNELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ESTABLISHED ,790 Manufacturers of: SHIP AUGERS AUGER BITS CARPENTERS ' AUGERS CAR BITS MACHINE BITS BORING MACHINES ETC. Fiskdale Mass. Factory: Fiskdale, Mass. New York Office: 1 13 Chambers St. s FASHIONS and GLASSES As the years come and go, new fashions be- come old fashions. But whereas styles in clothing move more or less in definite cycles — styles in glasses move definitely forward with each new design . . . So, for one hundred and one years Southbridge has been making better and better looking eyewear . . . Today ' s style leader is Ful-Vue — smarter, more inter- esting than any style that has come before — an ideal combination of the utilitarian and the ornamental . . . Ful-Vue marks the realiza- tions of the great possibilities of charm in glasses for both men and women. It definitely establishes Southbridge as the fountain head for style in eyewear. FUL-VUE WHO OH Mil AMERICAN OPTICAL, C O M P A tf Y VOL. XVII JUNE, 1934 NO. 4 ■— — — RESPECTED SENIORS ©The |uniors i Pb i are othei inemeni in ( lothes. Mi you look i We also IK IK and EDWARDS SOUTHBRIDGE FINISHING COMPANY PRIN I of ST COLOR PRIN ! on FINE CO I ' TO DS from HAMILTON WOOLEN CO., INC. INCORPORATED 1831 « THE CRIMSON and GRAY STAFF for 1934-35 Editor-in-chief . Business Manager . Treasurer S 1 1 bsc ription Man age r Business Staff Richard Macai. lister Paul Haynes Arthur Canning Dwight Webster Lawrence Freeman Exchange Eleanor McNitt Alumni Roger Thompson Athletics Bernard Hefner Local Stephanie Liro Prattle Pauline Earls Donald Karle Art Mavis Kinney James Monaco Senior Reporter Christine Lavoie Elizabeth Sutcliffe . 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Betsy Bernheim Evelyn Fay Louis Ugai.de June Barr Head Typist Mary Detfrando Assistants Rita Walsh Pauline Bachand Thelma Austin Alice Janeczek Catherine Pickarski THE CRIMSON and GRAY Editor-in-Chief Florence Lockhart Business Manager John Maktin Assistants John Lepage, Jr. Louis Bourdelais Arthur Ca nning Paul Haynes Richard Macallister Treasurer Ernest St. Onge Subscription Manager Esther Skinner Assistants Mary Dani Louise Dumas Margaret McKinstrt Arthur Renaud Alumni Editor Phyllis Kershaw Local Editor Ruth Simpson Art Editor Mavis Kinney Exchange Editor Genevieve Greenwood Athletic Editor Gerald McNitt Prattle Stanley Flower General Reporters Pauline Earls Bernard Hefner Elizabeth Sutcliffe Dwight Webster Walter Remian Clans Reporters Senior — Helen Kelly Junior- — Roger Thompson Sophomore — Frank Locki Freshman — Marjorie Hong Head Typist Ogla Dumas Assistants Annette Desaulniers Jeanne Ethier Juliette Girard Rita Lacasse Doris Lataille Faculty Adviser Miss Thecla Fitzgerald Published Quarterly by the Students of the Mary E. Wells High School, Southbridge, Massachusetts Volume XVII Number 4 CONTENTS Staff 2 Dedication 4 Graduates ' Pictures 5 And The World Moves On Claire Paquette 19 Southbridge! A Sports Center .... Arthur Renaud 20 All The World ' s A Stage Rulh Simpson 21 Travel Is So Broadening Mary Dani 22 In Omnia Parati Florence Lockhart 2 Picture 26 Commencement News 27 In Memoriam 28 Class History Class Wili 1934 ' s Desk Cover Class Prophecy Baby Pictures . Wells High Characteristics Locals Athletics 3° 3 ' 33 35 36 39 41 44 47 PRATTLE I Don ' t Know Class Officers . On Chewing Gum Esther Skinner 49 5 Genevieve Greenwood 52 ■ •: - £ f ft i 1 • or remembrance ' GLADYS HALL Ma y 5, 1916 August 24, 1932 CLASS of 1934 MARY BARBARA DANI Mar-eye-a Everything beautiful and lovable CLAIRE OLIVE PAQUETTE Claire Her Dark Eyes How Eloquent ! JOHN OTIS MARTIN Morpheus His tongue dropped manna, and he could make the worst appear the better reason. ♦Academic Course. Our in-coming and our out-going President! Two years we ' ve lived under your guidance. We ' ve criticised, poked fun at, and railed at your iron hand in the velvet glove. Now, at the end, we ' re glad to say we ' ve known you. We wish you, sincerely, the best of luck, — and know we ' ll miss the blush, the sparkle of the eyes, and the eye-brows uplifted over the twinkling specs. Good luck and be good! Traffic Squad 3, 4; Stu- dent Council 3, 4; Class President 1, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Home Room President 2. Academic Course. A popu- lar girl is she, possessed of personality, who added a great deal to our Glee Club and took leading parts in the operettas — an honor student and very capable class Vice-President. Class Sec. 3, Vice Pres. 4: Glee Club, 1, 2, Lib. 3, Pres. 4; Sonia , Chonita and The Mikado ; St. Counc. 4; C. G. 4; Dram. Com., 4; Grad. Speaker; Skits, 4; Wed. morning entertain- ments. JOHN ROCH LePAGE, JR. Johnnie Prof The gentleman is learned. And a most rare speaker. ♦Academic Course. Johnnie is our musical student. Many times has he entertained us with his piano selec- tions. We certainly were proud to listen in on his several broadcasts over Station WTAG. Johnnie has been publicity manager for many of our activities, and a successful one at that! There ' s luck! Class Treasurer, 4; Ass ' t Bus. Mgr. C. G., 3, 4; Photographer, C. G., 4; Senior Play Com., 4; Piano Selections at Assem- blies, 1, 2, and 4; Class Prophecy 4; Fresh. Soph. Dance Com., 1, 2; Fresh Rec. and Prom Com. 3; Health Officer, 3; Class Song — Music, 4; Traffic Officer 3, 4. ♦Academic Course. Room 104 is Claire ' s recitation room, study room, and discussion room. The A. Z. N. is one of her greatest hobbies. A girl of great ability, she easily com- bines honor marks with lead- ing class and student govern- ment activities. Class Secre- tary 2, 4; Student Council 4; Class History. -CLASS of 1934 EMMA CHRISTINE ALBANI Emy Still waters run deep Stenographic Course. Those big dark eyes bubbling over with mischief and sparkling light are always aware of each humorous event. Typing Club, 2; Basketball, 3, 4; A. A. MARY RUTH ALLEY Babe Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated ivis- dom ♦Academic Course. Not many of us have been able to know Mary very well, for she is one of the few young ladies of our class who devote most of their time to their one and only. However, everyone she meets is the receiver of one of her charming Pepsodent smiles. Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Sonia , Chonita , and the Mikado ; A. A. 2, 3, JOHN HILDING ANDERSON Handsome John Anderson, My Jo Bookkeeping Course. John is the answer to every maiden ' s prayer — but his indifference is upsetting to many. The business world appeals to him so — -best of luck. H. R. Pres. 3, 4; Traffic Officer 4; Senior Play 4. JULIETTE YVONNE PATRICIA BEAUPRE Julie A sunny nature wins lasting friendships everywhere Stenographic Course. Julie spends most of her after after-school hours down at the M M. We all know that the secret of her successful salesmanship at Woolworth ' s is her sunny smile. By the way, did you ever hear her talk about her Bing ? Glee Club, 2, 3; Senior Play Com. 4; C. and G. 4; Assemblies 3. LEONARD ARTHUR BLAIR Len Thought is deeper than all speech Academic Course. Len is another fellow to whom the saying still water runs deep applies. On any cold brisk day in winter you may easily find him skating at the Rez. Traffic Squad, 3, 4; H. R. Health Off. 4; Senior Play. TOTAL SUBJECT AVERAGE OF WORK FOR EACH YEAR 80% OR OVER. ™CLASS of 1934 LUCILLE BOULANGER Lou An easy-minded soul, and always was Stenographic Course. Quietness and demureness com- prised the qualities of Lou; added to this was her wonderful typing ability. Typing Club, 2, 3. THERESA ANNETTE BOYER Net Do well and right, and let the world sink Stenographic Course. Net was a jolly good friend and faithful in all enterprises. She is a loyal friend who will be missed. Typing, 2, 3. AIME HENRY BRODEUR Aime A man of letters, and manners too Stenographic Course. A gentleman of gentlemen, well-mannered and poised, studious and a pal to his classmates. Traffic squad, 4; Senior Play; Only boy Stenographer. ERNEST JOSEPH CHIOCCA Chokee Shank Ernie The force of his own merit makes his way Academic Course. Chokee proved himself an am- bitious member of our class and cleverly managed the Senior pictures. He was a thriller in the Senior Play. A. A. 1; Traffic Squad 3, 4; Digging Up the Dirt 4; Chairman of Picture Com. 4; Glee Club 1. MARJORIE ELIZABETH CRANDALL Margie Feminine vanity, that divine gift which makes woman charming Academic Course. There was never a truer friend than Margie, and never one with more beautiful tresses. Do we girls envy her! Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Sonia , Chonita , and The Mikado ; Dress Com. 4; A. A. 2, 3; and Senior Play. ANNETTE DELIA DESAULNIERS Susie Not slothful in business, fervent in spirits Stenographic Course. An excellent typist, who made success in her course of stenography. Typing Club 2, 3; C. G. Staff 4. CLASS of 1934 CHARLOTTE MARJORIE DION Charley ' ' Her cheerfulness is descended from her goodness and her wisdom. General Course. Charley ' s aim in life is to make everyone happy. Her smiling eyes and cheerful disposi- tion make her a girl in a million. Glee Club, 3, 4; A. A.; Entertainment for Freshmen reception; Skits. RUTH IDA DODD Joshua But her smile it was pensive and childlike General Course. Joshua ' s brusqueness hides a gen- erous nature worth gold. She has enthusiasm enough to beat a couple of teams when she plays basketball, too. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Com. 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; The Trial 2; Cheering Squad; Typing Club; Skits 4. ELEANOR LOUISE ECCLESTON Elec A friend more divine than all divinities. General Course. When a pal is needed Eleanor is al- ways on hand. Her half-serious, half-smiling attitude to- ward life makes her a wonderful person. AUDREY JANE FITZPATRICK Fitzie Beauty ' s a charm Academic Course. Our reliable friend and worker keeps in active condition at a summer camp. She often wears many pretty bows which attract the eyes of the male students and urge them into childish pranks! Stu- dent Council 3, Sec. Student Council 4; Friday morning Assemblies 3; Dram. Com. 4. STANLEY ALLEN FLOWER Stan Doc A man of letters, manners, morals, parts. General Course. Stan is responsible for the suc- cessful upholding of the Prattle Column of the C G. He is not one who is intimate with the general crowd, as his attention is attracted in one direction. Neverthe- less, Stan, we wish you success in your future Win- chell projects. Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Traffic Squad, 4; The Evacuation of Boston , Assemblies, 1, 2, 3, 4; Prattle Ed. C G, 3, 4; Prophecy and Skits Com. WANDA THERESA GALONDEK Sunshine I will tell it softly, yon ' crickets shall not hear it. Stenographic Course. Wanda ' s snapping eyes and her quick appreciative smile are always in evidence — and are more sincere and expressive than speeches from many people! -CLASS of 1934 JULIETTE GIRARD Julie Neat and trimly dresst Stenographic Course. Do you want extra typing done? Do you need someone to straighten out tangled notes, check spelling, and arrange material in order? Do you want someone to smile while she says, Yes, I ' ll do it. Ask Julie! C. G. 4; Typing Club, 3. _ „ ALFRED ARTHUR GUERTIN Red He is like the musician on the lake whose music is sweeter than he knows! Bookkeeping Course. A strong, silent man with red hair! That ' s a perfect combination. He plays the guitar, but no serenades from this man! Senior Play, 4; Traffic Officer, 4. ANITA LOUISE HEBERT An-eye-ta Great modesty often hides great merit. General Course. An-eye-ta is a mystery to most people, but to her intimate friends she is the life of the party. With her witty remarks and her pleasant dis- position, she is sought for by her friends. She and Dora make a lively pair when together. Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Sonia , Chonita , The Mikado ; C. G. 4. RUSSELL CLARK JOSLIN Shorty As sociable as a basket of kittens. General Course. We all have to look up to this lad, and in every group picture he towers head and shoul- ders above his classmates. A shrewd business man who would rather swap than use actual money, he combines his two hobbies, railroading and photography so that he has many fine pictures of famous locomotives. Traffic Squad, 4; Senior Play, 4; History, 4; C. G. 4; Skits, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. PHYLLIS MAY KERSHAW Phyl No beauty ' s like the beauty of the mind. Academic Course. Phyl is a popular belle, pos- sessed of a keen sense of humor, with her name always adorning our honor roll. She is our leading actress. Alumni Editor C. G. 4; Entertainment Com. Soph Party, 2; Senior Play Com. 4; Digging up the Dirt 4; Assemblies 3; Fresh. Reception 1; Class Will 4. GERARD EDMOND LAFLECHE Sheriff A companion that is cheerful — is worth gold. Academic Course. Sheriff is everybody ' s helper. Somehow or other, he always manages to be on hand when there is work to be done. His propensity to tease has made Room 126 ring many a time with plaintive cries. Traffic Squad, 4; Student Council, 4; Digging up the Dirt 4; Picture Com. 4; Assemblies 3, 4. CLASS of 1934 DORIS ANITA LATAILLE Dorry Both the inward thought, and the heart, is deep. Bookkeeping Course. Doris is one of our more con- servative pupils, and one of our best typists. If there were more like her, teachers might be saved a few years and a great many gray hairs. Her favorite sport, we all know, is Baseball. C. and G. Staff; 4. A. A. 2. GEORGE ALBERT LEDUC Duke A man that hath friends must show himself friendly. 1 General Course. Fun, debates, Spencer Tracy ' s grin, and you have Duke . Georgie is our best-natured boy. This, together with his good sportsmanship, has won him a great many friends. His wit and his dancing ability make him a valuable addition to any party. Class Bas- ketball, 3; Traffic Squad, 3, 4; Senior Play, 4; Prophecy, 4; Skits, 4. FLORENCE ELIZABETH LOCKHART Flo She is no reproach to her neighbors. Stenographic Course. Here is our A student. Teachers can always rely on Florence. Although she is a model pupil, Florence is far from being a grind . She always finds time for her friends, of whom she has many. How she does this, works as the C. and G. Editor, holds nearly a full-time job, and still maintains her high rank we don ' t know, but we do wish she would drop us a hint. Vice President, 2; Class Will, 4; C. and G. Editor, 4. Staff, 3; Student Council, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3; Junior Dance Com., 3; Sonia , Chonita . JEAN ELIZABETH MACALLISTER Jeanie Mac Full of girlish glee. Academic Course. Jean ' s versatility on the stage is well-known, for from Freshman year she has appeared in numerous productions. The hospitality of her home on Chapin Street is famous. She, herself, has very great social charm. A. A. 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mikado , Digging Up The Dirt , 4; Junior Prom Com. 5; Audi- torium entertainments; Class Basketball 3. DOROTHEA MARTIN Dot A companion that is cheerful is worth gold. Stenographic Course. Dot is another one whose friendship we value, for she is always cheerful and up to something. Her little pranks, rather than making us angry, delight us, for there is always a smile accom- panying them. We hear she doesn ' t like being called Dora . H. R. Treas., 4; Typing Club, 2; Senior C. and G., 4. GERALD EDWIN McNITT Jerry Mickey General Course. Jerry is the boy who showed the numerous organizations to which he belonged the effect of a level head and clear-sightedness. His cheery smile will be missed in the school. Class President, 3; Student Council, 3, 4; Senior Play, 4; Traffic Squad, 4; H. R. President, 4. -CLASS of 1934 MARCY LOUIS OSIMO Mike What strength this Man hath. General Course. No Football line can hold Marcy when he starts his mad rush through. His cheery dis- position is noteworthy among the members of the faculty and we trust that the bad old world will never make him lose this possession. Football, 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball, 3, 4; Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Traffic Squad, 3, 4. KAZMIRA ELIZABETH OSTROWSKI Kay 7 never found the companion that was so companiable as solitude. Stenographic and Bookkeeping Course. Kay has helped the old M. E. W. through her considerable musi- cal talents, and has always been a joy to her teachers — surprising for there ' s mischief in those eyes. Orchestra, 1. ANTONIO GREGORY PALMERINO Nanny Here ' s a Man General Course. As well as being captain of the foot- ball team in his senior year, Nanny shines in basket- ball and baseball, holds down an important position in a corner of Room 126, and is Traffic Squad Captain. Foot- ball, 1, 2, 3; Captain 4, Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play, 4; St. Coun. 3, Vice Pres. 4; Traffic Squad, 2, 3, Pres. 4. JENNIE VICTORIA PLANETA Tessie Beauteous even where beauties abound General Course. A cheerful, happy-go-lucky sort of pal is Jennie. She won the distinction of being our best- dressed girl and added to this is her unusual beauty. She is an excellent typist, saxaphonist, and, we hear, an actress of skill. Senior Play 4; Operetta, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3; Orchestra, 3, 4; Health Officer 4; Typing Contest Speed Prize, 2. MADGE POTTER Pete I am as constant as the northern star Academic Course. Pete was the friend of anyone who made her acquaintance. She was a lover of birds and entertained us often with her whistling imitations. A. A. 2. FREDERICK STANLEY REMIAN Fritzie • ' go, I go: look how I go! Swifter than arrow from Tartar ' s bow. General Course. Fritzie was one of our lucky mates blessed with a car, and his excursions caused much amusement to us, his friends. He has one perfect alibi for not knowing his English lesson — his Polish les- son. Traffic Squad 4; Sophomore Play, Class Basketball, 1. 4. CLASS of 1934 ZEPHYRIN ARTHUR RENAUD Art We spend our lives in learning pilotage and Grow good steersman where the vessels ranked. ♦Academic Course. Art was one of our most popu- lar and brilliant students. He managed our Student Council with great success, and we have all come under the charm of his winning personality. Student Council President 4: member 3; Class President 2; Traffic Squad 3, 4; C. G. staff 4; Class History 4; A. A. 1, 2; Senior Play 4; Photo Com. 4. LEONA CONCETTA RISCHITELLI Lonnie Silence, the wisdom of thought. General Course. Lonnie was a member of our more refined and shy group. She showed much skill while working in Mr. Greene ' s office. Basketball, 3, 4; Typing Club, 2; Accuracy Prize, Typing Contest 2. BERNICE MARY ROBBLEE Bernie Fair tresses man ' s imperial race ensnare. ♦Stenographic Course. The girls all envy Bernice her natural curly auburn hair. Her willingness and cheerful nature together with her ability to write satisfactory business letters complete this charming young Miss. Member of the Glee Club 1. FRANCES EVELYN ROBERTS Frannie Generally, music feedeth the disposition of spirit which it findeth. ♦Academic Course. Frank has been the mainstay of the orchestra for the last three years. Her good na- ture is one of her chief assets. She is a good sport. Glee Club, 3, 4; Orchestra, 2, 3, 4. DORIS ANITA ROBIDOUX Dot Her smile is like the rainbow. Bookkeeping Course. A popular girl and very help- ful in time of need. Doris is the picture of efficiency as she delivers notes from the office. ANNIE LOUISE ROSSI Ann A quiet mind is richer than a crown. Bookkeeping Course. Ann was as boisterous as the purr of a gentle kitten and always ardently enjoyed the knowledge of her many books. Typing club 2. CLASS of 1934 ERNEST EDWARD ST. ONGE Nes Bookkeeping; Course. This keen-eyed, shrewd mem- ber of our class became best known for his efficient handling of the finances of the Crimson and Gray. Al- though he has business affairs to manage outside of school, as well, he forms one of a group which enjoys every bit of fun there is. Here ' s to your first million! C G. Treas. 4; Traffic Squad 3, 4. LOUIS JOHN SANTO Louis Baby Face A Jovial Chap Was He ♦Academic Course. Our good natured, friendly Louis who bucked the opposing football lines for us for three years and served well in this capacity. He sings too!! Football 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Senior Play 4; Touchdown 4; Prom Com. 3; Senior Play Com. 4; Traf- fic Squad 4. ESTHER ELIZABETH SKINNER Scotty Academic Course. Indeed a dependable classmate! She displayed her superior skill as manager of the C G, held several important Class offices and upheld the honor of the Senior Class during the Hospital Campaign by writing a winning essay. Class Secretary 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3,; C G Mgr. 2, 3, 4; H. R. Secretary 3; Skit Com. 4; Chonita , Pickles ; Class Basketball 3. JOHN STARR Absence makes the heart grow fonder General Course. Johnny is our basketball guiding star. As Captain of the team, he encouraged others and his rugged support could always be felt. His wisecracks in English class have often been the cause of hearty laughs. Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, Cap- tain 4; Baseball 3; Traffic Squad 3, 4; H. R. President 3. JOHN WILLIAM SUTCLIFFE Einstein Prof First, religious and moral principles ; secondly, gentle- manly conduct; thirdly, intellectual ability. ♦Academic Course. This boy ' s hobby is chess, came- lot, or any game that requires thought. His nickname, Einstein , was well earned in Solid and Trig Class where his ability to solve stickers was acknowledged by all. KATHERINE GENEVIEVE THIMBLIN Kay Spread the slow smile through all the company General Course. A smooth dancer, a slick basket- ball player, a fast swimmer — Kay, in spite of her numer- ous club activities, always insists that she is exhausted from cleaning house. Ask her to sing The Shadow Waltz. Basketball 3, 4; A. A. 1, 2; Photo Com. 4; Dress Com. 4; Senior C. G. 4. CLASS of 1934 WILLIAM EARLE CLIFFORD ANDREWS Bill Andy Windy Every great man is unique General Course. Bill has a mischievous personality which is alluring to his feminine admirers. He also pos- sesses a method of irking his teachers easily. She ' s a Good Fellow ; Diggin ' up The Dirt 4; Traffic Squad, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 3. STEPHANIE ROSALIE BASTEK Steph ' Not by years, but by disposition, is wisdom acquired. Stenographic Course. Steph is one of our quiet girls with dark, expressive eyes. She showed her ability as a basketball player when the girls formed their inter- class teams these last two years. Basketball, 3; Senior C. and G. JANA LOUISE BINGLEY Bing We attract hearts by the qualities toe display, We retain them by the qualities we possess. Academic Course. You ' ve probably heard of the King of Jazz . Well, here ' s the Queen! The way Bing can tickle the ivories is nobody ' s business. She is also one of our class ' best dancers — ask any male. A. A. 1, 2, 3, Glee Club, 4, The Mikado ; H. R. Treas. 3; Fri- day Assemblies 3; Class Basketball 3, 4. DOROTHY MAE BIXBY Dot As merry as the day is long. General Course. Dot is known to everyone by her flashy red finger nails, the clickety-clack-clack of her spike heels, and her good little car. The way she can get by with writing her English business letters just before class is amazing. Typing Club, ' 31. DOROTHY MAE CLARK Dot Honest labour bears a lovely face. Bookkeeping- Course. Here ' s a good secretary for someone! Dot was very successful in her course and made many friends. THERESE OLGA DUMAS Petunia Wit to persuade and beauty to delight. Stenographic Course. A glamorous beautiful soul, a mind divine, dark rich locks, and personality that often aided in trapping friends (male and female) into her web of magic. C. and G. 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Dress Com. 4; Senior Play 4; Assemblies 2, 3; A. A. 4. - CLASS of 1934 JEANNE ETHIER Jean Age can?wt wither nor custom stale her infinite variety. Stenographic Course. Jeanne ' s big eyes and innocent expression helped make her very lovely in the Senior Play. Her pet school hobby is working in the Commer- cial Department. Senior Play 4; A Bachelor ' s Dream 3; Typing Club 2; C and G Staff 4; A. A. 2. DORIS LOUISE GAY Dor Silence is golden — it is good for the soul. Academic Course. Among our gentle members there is Doris, yet we couldn ' t get along Without her. And the teachers feel she is a blessing. HELEN LOUISE GRANT Red Stenographic Course. Don ' t be alarmed at the nick- name! Although Red ' s favorite pleasure is dancing, and although her enthusiasm for games has made her a regular attendant throughout her high school years. — she ' s never ill-tempered or excitable, and her conduct makes her a mode l for anv class. A. A. 2; Cheering Squad 1, 2, 3, 4. GENEVIEVE DORIS GREENWOOD Gennie Disguise our bondage as we will Tis woman, woman, who rules us still. ♦Stenographic Course. An untiring toiler, who was the invincible mainstay of the Exchange Dept. of the C G, she has put many faithful hours into her school work yet has taken an active part in all activities. Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Fresh Dance Com; The Trial 2; Basket- ball 2; The Census Taker 3; A Bachelor ' s Dream ; Exchange Editor C G, 4; Skits 4; Football Song words 4; Class Song words 4; Senior play Com. 4; H. R. Treas. 4; A. A. 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2, 3, 4. FLORENCE GRUDZEIN Wotch No receipt openeth the heart but a true friend. Stenographic Course. Did you know that Florence ' s ambition is to be a first class reporter — in fact that she already has a newspaper of her own? Her particular aversion to sunburnt noses comes from the fact that she is continually afflicted by them. Florence ' s smile is the kind that lingers in the memory of the person for whom it was meant. Senior C. and G. MARY HWALEK Pensie A maiden never bold; of spirit so still and quiet, thai her motion blushed at herself. Stenographic and Bookkeeping Course. We predict success for Mary in whatever she does. She has the per- sistence to stick to anything that she once starts. 1 CLASS of 1934 IRENE OTILJA KANIA Kiddy Kay Stenographic Course. Our delegate as an athlete of the fairer sex. She was superior in basketball playing and guarded her man as completely as the dragon guard- ed the tree of golden apples. Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3; Class Basketball 3, 4; Cheering squad 1, 2, 3, 4. HELEN DOROTHY KELLY Kelly Pride is the life of woman, and flattery is her daily bread. General Course. Helen is a very popular young lady with curly hair, shining eyes, and a winning smile. We envy her these talents. C. G. Staff; Class Pres. 1; Skit Com.; Basketball; Bachelor ' s Dream 3; Typing Club; A. A. WANDA KOZLOWSKI Winnie The ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. Stenographic Course. If ever a teacher is heard in a long discussion on some subject, very likely Wanda is at the bottom of it. She has the most astonishing capacity for questioning in class! On many occasions has she demonstrated her ability to memorize. Skits, 4. RITA AGNES LACASSE Ritzy The joy of the whole earth. Bookkeeping and Stenographic Course. Rita is our class athlete. Talk sports to her and she ' ll be all ears. Although she has a quiet, angelic face, she is of the most buoyant of dispositions, and is seldom seen without a smile. You will know her by her long brown curls, her slacks, her cheer leader sweater and tarn, or by her bas- ketball togs. Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheer Leader 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3 ; C. S. 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2. ARTHUR EDWARD LANGO Speed To live at ease, and not be bound to think. General Course. Secrets were his, quietness and re- finement belonged to him. and he was controlled even at the height of the excitement of a game. Basketball. 3; baseball 3, 4; LEO EUCLIDE LUSIGNAN Buster No better pal have we General Course. Any boy is popular when he owns a car, but Leo also possesses pleasant charm a nd is a friend among friends. Traffic Squad, 4. CLASS of 1934 ALICE JEANETTE MILLER Johnnie ' ' Through her expressive, eyes, her soul distinctly speaks. Stenographic Course. This girl was a great success in our Senior Play and was popular with both sexes. Her big bright eyes were enough to hypnotize anybody. Sen- ior Play 4,; Basketball, 2; Junior Dance Com. 3; Cheer- ing Squad, 1, 2, 3, 4; A. A. 2, 3; Freshman Reception Com. 1. GRACE MARION OLDFIELD Grassie She dances such a way — No Sun upon an Easter Day Is half so fine a sight. General Course. Dancing is Grace ' s favorite pastime and Dame Rumour infers that ball-room dancing is cast in the shade by frequent specialties. Probably her dancing will cure her patients when she becomes a nurse. A. A. 1, 2, 3; Jr. Prom Com. 3; H, R. Health Officer, 3; Typing Club, 2; Senior Play, 4; Auditorium Entertainment, 1. DORIS EMMERENTIENNE PLEAU Dot Fewest faults with greatest beauties joined. Stenographic and Bookkeeping Course. With her charming smile and big bright eyes, Dot should win excellent secretarial position and succeed. ANITA JULIETTE PONTBRIAND Nita When lopks were fond and words were few. Stenographic Course. The girl with a winning smile always succeeds in the course of life. — good luck Nita . A. A. 1, 2, 3. JANICE MAREA PRICE Pruly am a feather for each wind that blows. Stenographic Course. A lover of leisure is Janice. Her fine work as cheerleader and her acting in the Mikado have a lasting impression with us all. A. A. 1, 2; Bas- ketball, 1, 3; Chonita 3; Mikado 4; Cheerleader, 4. ALICE TERESA RAWSON Al It ' s good to be merry and wise Academic Course. One of the most jolly members of the class who, contrary to her abstracted look, can think up oceans of mischief. Her literary accomplishments are famous among us. Class Will; C. and G. 4; Skit Com. 4; Class Basketball, 3; Soph. Party Com. 2. CLASS of 1934 BEATRICE JERMINE SENECAL Teddy ' ' Quiet persons are welcomed everywhere 1 ' General Course. A great sport as proved by her famous party at Sturbridge in ' 33. The cards tell us that Teddy should succeed in a filing position. (Evidence — the appearance of the books in her desk and her systematic methods of approach.) Typing Club 1, 2. RUTH ELIZABETH SIMPSON Rosie The power of grace the magic of a name Stenographic Course. Rosie! Tall and swaying, an impish smile; blonde hair neatly coiffed, the latest in socks and rings; excellent cook and stylist, clever ac- tress; popular dancer, most voluminous reader; forever joking and a graduation speaker — for each petal a dif- ferent quality — our Rosie. Junior Vice Pres. 3; Student Council 4; C. and G. 4; Digging up the Dirt ; H. R. Treas., 3; Graduation Speaker; Dramatic Com. 4. BYRON WILLIAMS Dimps An undisturbed mind is the best sauce. General Course. Behind Byron ' s nonchalance is real friendliness. He has squelched many an old-joke teller by pretending not to get the point. A quiet member of our class, yet a decided asset. Football, 2; Traffic Squad, 4. ELEANOR FRANCES WOODRUFF Lee Beauty ivho bathes in worldly joys Stenographic Course. Lee acquired her peacock strut while on her many visits to the big city (N. Y.). She is a lover of leather-heeled shoes and very seldom d oes she hit the soft pedal. However she has the advan- tage as she more often rides in a tan Chrysler than walks! Luck Lee! C G, 4; Dress Com. 4; H. R. Treas. 4. DOROTHY MAY WRIGHT Dot Her eyes are songs of adventure and cheer Stenographic and Bookkeeping Course. Dot ' s wan- dering eyes and spontaneous smile make her a favorite. She may be small but Dot is just packed full of pep! JUNE 1934  9 And The World Moves On Cl.AIRE PAQUETTE Everything changes; nothing is permanent. America for a while enjoyed a period of prosperity. People seemed to think that life would always flourish. People spent money lavishly, extravagantly, and foolishly. No one thought of the day when money would be scarce. Nevertheless in 1929 came the sequel to this period, the depression which affected us all and brought about a change in the entire world. Hoover, then President of the United States, advocated again the old remedy of Rugged Individualism which had brought us out of early depressions. During this critical period Roosevelt was elected President of the United States. He immediate- ly obtained the power to pass any measure, however drastic, which would bring about re- covery in American industry. The closing of all banks throughout the country was his first step in the march toward recovery. Roosevelt blamed deflation or Rugged Individualism ' as one of the causes of this depression. His remedy was the New Deal. He believed the government should protect the average man and see that he got a square deal. Since that time many slogans have been in- troduced trying to urge the people to join our president, to cooperate with him, in order that he may carry on and succeed in his great enterprise. Of these the N. R. A. concerns most of us. Codes have been given to differ- ent industries in an attempt to make the wages and hours of labor uniform. There has been much criticism of these codes, especially by the smaller manufacturer and merchant, but measures have been passed revising the codes and endeavoring to give satisfaction to everyone. Up to now it has accomplished several of its many pur- poses. It has increased employment, shorten- ed the working week, adjusted wages. It has given certain good results to the average man. Ever since civilization began progress has resulted from education. Today in this indus- trial crisis it again is the responsibility of the schools to solve this great problem of adjust- ing youth to the present living conditions. At the same time another greater burden is put on the schools. Because of the econ- omic conditions, the invention of many labor saving devices, as well as the increased inter- est in education, the number of students in our high schools has increased so much that it is now a problem to find room for them all. At the beginning the pub- lic schools were faced with only one major problem. It was their duty to prepare the pupils for college. Later pre- paration for trade was added to the curriculum. Today there is a new group, equal in size to these together, making the new 50% This group comes to high school without the ambition that a particular motive would give it, but comes merely because conditions com- pell it to come. Its needs must be provided for, its demands met. This is necessary because later on this other 50% will represent 50% of our population. Under the N. R. A. people have more leisure time; accordingly the schools assume the burden not only of preparing this other 50% to become good citizens but also of teaching it to fill this leisure time with worthy occupation. (Continued on Page j8) 20 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Southbridge; A Sports Center Arthur Rf.naud Southbridge people love sports. Sports, to most people, mean strenuous exercise and exercise necessitates physical strength. I agree that baseball, football, basketball do entail a great deal of strength. But do cards, ping- pong, bowling require an unusual amount 5 Isn ' t their enjoyment rather a question of dexterity and skill? The sport of being a spectator is open to us all. Even though we may not be skilled enough to play for the Gibraltars, the Ham- iltons, the Crescent A. C, the Polish Tigers, the Ramblers, or one of the many other semi- professional groups, we can always go to cheer our favorite on to victory. But we all can find some sport in which to take active part. Every age from seven to seventy is represented among the Southbridge card enthusiasts. Whist parties and Auction and Contract Bridge parties are very pop- ular. Many families, especial- ly during this depression, have found Pitch, Pig, or Rummy exciting entertain- ment for an evening. Checkers, too, share this popularity. Last year the Southbridge representative won the Checker Championship from Webster. But on a night like this, our thoughts turn from these games. What would be pleasanter than for us to find ourselves on the shore of Cedar or Alum Pond enjoying cool breezes? Gaily colored bathing suits, a canoe or two, dance music maybe, and shouts of laughter brighten the scene. A shift of seasons would find us enjoying the same lake with skates on. Fortunately there are places in Southbridge near at hand where we can enjoy winter sports. Skiing, tobogganing, snow-shoeing or just hiking r k vf2 C?l TT. JV J t l £1 along pummeling each other with snow-balls means lots of fun. And don ' t ever think you ' re too old to enjoy these sports. Forget your dignity, wait for a dark night, get your courage up, put on your old clothes, and en- joy your town. This past winter has found both Ping-Pong and Bowling Leagues followed by enthusias- tic supporters. Both these sports were enjoy- ed by people of average strength and of all ages. Many of these same groups are now en- joying Tennis Matches. These are made very popular by the enterprising members of the Southbridge Tennis Club. The Hamilton Rod and Gun Club, inter- ests the hunters of our com- munity. Members learn the proper use of gun and rod. The club holds yearly dog trials where dogs used in hunting rabbits and coons, for instance, are tried out; it holds rifle practice and fly- casting contests, too, as well as competitive casting and trailing contests. There are a couple of other less conspicuous sports which I want to tell you about, however. Let us stroll down the old Charlton Road on a hot summer evening. What do we see but a group of men and women with atten- tion so concentrated that they ignore us What are they watching? A game of croquet. Croquet is so popular that every night and all clay Sunday and any holiday you ' ll find players intent upon their game. Go down and see for yourself! Similiar in appeal is Quoits. Quoits, iron, shaped round instead of open like a horse- shoe, is played just like a game of horse-shoe. Hour after hour, patiently, players develop (Continued on Page 51) JUNE i 93i si All The World ' s A Stage Ruth Simpson Movies add zest to life! Who hasn ' t rushed from work or school to see the most thrilling, stupendous, gigantic drama ever filmed? There still are prejudiced people who turn up their noses at the movies and continue to stay away from them, but what a lot of fun they ' re missing. Even the monarchs of the stage don ' t consider themselves too superior to appear on the screen. The Barry- mores— royal family of the theatre — all play- ed in Rasputin and the Empress. Since the very beginning drama has been an important factor in civilization. Greek tragedies, religious plays, miracle plays, Shakespeare, Sheridan, Rostand, Moliere. Gilbert and Sullivan, Cyrano. Macbeth, Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet— dozens of names, and they are all from the theatre. But, you say, that ' s the stage. Movies can never acquire the realistic charm of the play. The actor can not make his personality felt so warmly on the screen. That is true, but let ' s find out what we do have in the movies. A plot is essential to both plays and movies. Let ' s compare them. Many screen offerings are direct adaptations of suc- cessful plays. Men in White, the Pulitzer Prize Play for 1933 has already played here and been forgotten, no doubt. Many novels make good screen material. As the Earth Turns and Little Man, What Now? , two of this year ' s best sellers have been made into screen plays. Characters of the screen certainly compare favorably with those of the stage. Helen Hayes whose Mary of Scotland was a tremendous success on Broadway this winter has appear- ed in many pictures. For thirty-five cents we can see Hayes act and observe more closely her art, than we could in an average seat in a New York theatre. Diction, too, shows up in the movies. Each year a prize is awarded to the actor whose diction is the most perfect. In plot and in characters at least, the stage and screen are about equal, but it is in set- ting that the movies really excell. The winter scenes in Queen Christina, the fighting mobs in Viva Villa, the drowning of Raspu- tin in Rasputin and the Empress — none of these could be duplicated on the stage. Audiences seem to be really interested in some types of settings. Cedric Gibbons, the decorator, received hundreds of letters re- questing plans, color schemes, and designs for the barn that had been renovated into a dwelling in When Ladies Meet. From settings we go to costume details. I loved Gary Cooper ' s checkered suit and plug hat in One Sunday Afternoon. The head-dresses in Little Women brought bangs back to the foreheads of lovely ladies. Besides plot, characters and setting there is the technical side of the movies. When you saw the chorus girls on airplane wings in Flying Down to Rio, you probably gasped in fear for them. But did you think of wheie the camera man must have been to take the pictures? Pictures of football huddles are often taken from the ground— the camera pointing up into the faces of the players. Do you see the connecting links in filming of a story? In The World Changes the different periods of time were introduced by showing the wheels of the vehicle of the time. The picture opened with the turning wheels (Continued on Page 28) 22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Travel Is So Broadening Mary Dani Qome minds improve by travel — this say. ing of an ancient scholar we found one day in a book of proverbs. The whole crowd was immediately tantalized by the desire to find out if our own minds would improve by travel. Our first consideration when planning this so-called improvement was expense. We could undertake no sort of trip which would cost us money, therefore the only type of travel we could resort to was hiking. More- over, we did not feel that we should stay away from home more than one day at a stretch, since all of us were so badly needed there for house work; so our second conclus- ion was that we should limit our hik ing to around South- bridge. Finally, we asked, What kind of im- provement did this old timer mean? We thought that it must be intellectual, so we immediately set forth to try to find some places around South- bridge of historical value. Therefore, we all asked our parents for suggestions and in the end, received so many from each, that we didn ' t know which place to visit first. Deneson Rock was finally decided upon. We started out very soon after each of us had completed her task of washing the dinner dishes, and walked right on until we reached it. We sat around it for a while, listening to one of the girls recite its history. However, in a very short time, we felt that something was sorely lacking, and indeed there was, for what do you suppose we beginners had neglected? Yes! A lunch! Not even an apple to munch! Looking very dolefully at one another, this is what we learned: James Deneson, the first settler in Southbridge, came to this vicinitv on July 4, 1729 with his wife, whose exact name is not known, but who was called Ex- perience by many. Some accounts in histories claim that the Denesons lived in the cave-like formation of these rocks for nearly two years, alone in the wilderness. Experience surely must have earned her name living in a rude cave for any length of time. We also learned that Mr. Deneson was chopping on a hill one day when he happen- ed to hear some chopping in the distance. It occurred to him to try to signal this unexpect- ed neighbor, and this he did on the solid heart of oak on the hillside. Imagine do- ing that now. Most of us probably don ' t even know what an oak is. Nevertheless the neighbor evident- ly understood that sort of wireless, and in no time they met —but of all places- on the opposite banks of a river. Luckily they were both equipped with axes; so each felled a fir tree on his bank in such a manner that these trees crossed each other and form- ed a bridge. Traditions says that the men met in the tree tops across the river and shook hands. This bridge has ever after been called Deneson Bridge. We acquired this information with inter- est, and indeed would have been happy on the way back, had it not been for the empty feeling that became more noticeable with every mile. Learning by this first trip that a lunch was an essential thing to hikers, it was our first consideration when planning our next ex- JUNE 1934 cursion, to the grave-yard at Sturbridge. This tramp proved to be more interesting than the first since we appreciated the scen- ery about us. One of the girls knew that this tree was an oak, and that one a maple Another was able to tell us that that was a woodpecker pecking at an old pear tree. As we approached Sturbridge, we noted colonial houses with small-paned windows and large welcoming doorways, and stopped before The Elms, situated on the common, where a certain Colonel Ebenezer Crafts used to live. He is said to have come from England with Governor Winthrop ' s party, and first settled in Roxbury, being one of the promin- ent members of the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony. After a few more steps we finally reach- ed our destination, the grave-yard. Here we rushed to read the inscription on the stones, for we had heard that they were equally amusing and queer. One which im- pressed me greatly, and which 1 have heard often quoted was: Children and friends, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. Another was: Friends nor physicians could not save This mortal body from the grave. Under some pines here, we found the graves of some with whom we were alreadv acquainted, the Denesons. Their grave stones are large tablets of red sandstone A certain melancholy overtook us, and after looking at other graves inscribed in a similar manner, we were glad to find a convenient place to eat our lunches. Some minds do improve by travel! Imagine the embarrassment of one of the girls when she found that her sandwiches were liberally bedewed with the white dribbling out of the cracked shell of her raw egg. Her trying pan had consequently been lugged for no use. Well, as the old saying goes, Live and learn! We tramped back home, stopping here and there to keep out of the blazing sun and to take off our shoes, for our feet were burning and blistering as a result of our second broad- ening travel. We arrived home practically dead, needless to say. Our third hike, and the last which I shall relate to you, was one to Fisk Hill. We enjoy- ed this one immensely, having sense enough to take a first aid kit and not to bring raw eggs. Also, we were learning to look around us, and were becoming aware of many beau- tiful things. Two or three of us tried to whistle some of the bird songs we heard and actually succeeded in imitating the bird; while others stopped in the fields by the roadside, recognizing bluegrass and other flowers that we had learned of long ago. On our way up the hill, we identified South- bridge to the south by its factory chimneys and its many church steeples, particularly that of Notre Dame. To the east was Charl- ton, polka-dotted with white houses. On the left was a very clear view of Fiskdale and Sturbridge, while to the north were manv beautifully colored hills. However, still alert to improve our minds, we were mainly interested in the history of the first settlement on this spot. Henry and Daniel Fisk were the original settlers and con- tinued it in the possession of their families lor over a century. Henry had eleven child- ren, and, as a history says, Daniel had the cheering number of sixteen. A son of these two settlers, David Fisk, Esq., settled on the highest point of the elevation, and brought up his large family there. Three of his sous received college educations at Brown Uni- versity, one becoming a doctor in Sturbridge, another a lawyer in Detroit, and still another a lawyer in Boston. The latter was also a member of the Massachusetts legislature, and later opened a cotton factory in Fiskdale. All of these facts have been preserved in a diary kept by a fourth son who was interested in civil and religious affairs. The stateliness and importance of the Fisk family is also (Continued on Page 25) 2 4 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY In Omnia Parati Florence Lockhart To browse about a library was once an oc- cupation for men of letters and culture. To browse, it was necessary to have plenty of leisure time. We have the leisure time, but we cannot browse. We have to read and read rapidly, scarcely wasting an instant to keep barely abreast of the fast-moving world of ours. Daily, in newspapers and political maga- zines, a romance is being developed before our eyes. As the result of revolutions and overthrowal of existing governments, new personalities in European countries have come to light and have succeeded in com- pletely ruling their respective countries. In Russia, Stalin, leader of the Communist Party, is the dominating figure. The most optimistic definition of the aim of this Communist Party is to build a fuller, happier life for all, rather than to el- evate a few at the expense of the many. Under the leadership of Stalin, the Five Year Plan came into existence. Now a second Five Year Plan con- trolling small manufactures is being carried out. Labor was controlled; all trade unions were under one leader. The Communist Party took full control of every industrial trust, co-operative store, university, school, bank, and trade organization in Russia. Home life was completely broken, all prop- erty and even liberty was wrenched away from the Russians as individuals. To be sure the work accomplished was monumental, no other country has ever accomplished so much in such a short time. But today, Russia is a truly Communistic country; all property is in the hands of the State as common property. In Italy we have life under a Dictator. Who is not impressed by the appearance of Italy ' s Mussolini? On the screen or in the newspapers, stands the sturdy, militaristic fig- ure of Mussolini surveying a parade or receiv- ing the Fascist salute from his throng of young Italians. His leadership and authority has been unthreatened since 1920. At that time Mussolini, as the head of a group of black-shirted Fascists, patriots who were ex- uberant with youth and patriotism, success- fully took a stand against the Communist Party whose strength seemed to be growing. Mussolini became Italy ' s Dictator, and Italy has advanced amazingly under his leadership. And still a more recent personality is Hit- ler. In 1933 through election, Hitler, the leader of the Reichtag, became Chancellor of Germany. Of course it is a well-known fact that his re- gime is based upon rules and force. He has concentrated his powers on building up a strong German army. In six months, Germany ' s intensive training of a nation of re- cruits has placed her in a position to supplement her trained men from an almost depthless reser- voir of recruits without the loss of a single day. In contrast to dominating Hitler, there is Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria, the smallest and youngest dictator in Europe. Chancellor Dollfuss felt that Austria ' s independent unity was being threatened. He established a dicta- torship and within nine months was head of the government in Austria. In January 1934, his purpose brought him into conflict with the Nazis, followers of Hitler who want to ab- sorb Austria as part of Germany. He succeed- ed completely in crushing his enemies, but at the cost of calm and friendship between JUNE 1934 25 groups. This hatred is slowly smouldering and at any time may flare up and produce a new outbreak. Here we have Russia, victim of Commun- ism, and Germany, Austria, and Italy under Dictators, all thousands of miles away. Are we Americans interested except in an imper sonal way? Is there any problem for us? Professor Robert Bruce of Dartmouth said when confusion results after there has been a great rise in money and the value of goods there are two alternatives in government: first, either strict control by State or indivi- dual, actually dictatorship; second, Com- munism. Aren ' t we living through just such a period? In America some months ago, we were facing the abyss of failure. Then came Roose- velt and his plans for a New Deal. I am not optimistic enough to say that this is the only way out for America. But is seems to be a practical working-way out. We are seeking the most intelligent way. We are spared Com- munism; we are not sacrificing our freedom to a dictator. Enemies of N. R. A. have called its working out Communism; friends of N. R. A. say any other way out but the N. R. A. means Communism. Who is right? Do you know? Do you care? Professor Bruce made the following state- ment, Communism is an old man ' s philo- sophy. If you are a Communist there are fix- ed social and political classes. There is no in- dividual gain, no incentive to individual work. He told about Clarence Darrow ' s defence of two young murderers, on the plea that through their poor education, poor home conditions, and lack of opportunity, their guilt was the State ' s fault. They ought not to be punished; they were the victims of cir- cumstances. To this he contrasted the idea that has been deeply implanted in American hearts. Freedom of the will. A man is limited in his accomplishments only by himself. Stalin in Russia, Mussolini in Italy, Hitler in Ger- many, and Dollfuss in Austria, all have risen from lower classes to become leaders of their respective countries. These men have not been limited by the bounds of Communistic chains. In America, there has been no limit to the heights attained by some of our lead- ers. Lincoln rose from poverty to become one of our most beloved and capable presidents. Communism is never going to be acceptable to an American. These are the conditions today. What will they be tomorrow? Every step of this devel- opment is open to your inspection. One way to learn is by reading. Your library offers many interesting books; they are at your dis- posal. We, the graduating class of 1934, accept the challenge of this strange exciting world. We hope by our use of leisure time to live up to our motto, In omnia parati. TRAVEL IS SO BROADENING (Continued from Page 23) seen in the fact that there are two places nam- ed after it— Fisk Hill and Fiskdale. On this same spot which once sited the aristocratic home of the Fisks, we eight girls were now lolling around, warming ourselves in the afternoon sun, and talking lazily of how we had benefited by our three hikes. We then commented on the number of people who complain about there being nothing to do in Southbridge and we are now willing to wager that anyone who has much leisure time on his hands and who has next to nothing in his pocket, as far as money goes, will not only enjoy himself if he should take hikes similar to the ones I have mentioned, but will also gain knowledge in many fields of learning, for we have already taken the first few steps in botany, outdoor cooking, pedicure, and camp craft, besides acquiring a historical background of our own community. JUNE 1934 COMMENCEMENT MOTTO: IN OMNIA PARATI BACCALAUREATE The Baccalaureate Service was held at five o ' clock Sunday evening, June 17, in the Universalist Church. Reverend E. M. Druley gave the sermon. BANQUET The Banquet was held June 18, at the Cohasse Country Club, followed by dancing. CLASS SONG We hear Life call; Duty ' s voice is so shrill Telling us that we must go But how can we leave when we love you still? Dear Alma Mater, we ' ll miss you so! — 2— Not only knowledge do we take on Life ' s way, But memories of friendships true, And henceforth, forever, let come what may Our thoughts will cherish these years with you. -3- Dear Mary E. Wells, sanctuary of youth Our hearts on your hearth we place. In four happy years spent beneath your roof All that was truthful grew in your grace. -4- Though under your guidance we no longer stand Your teachings we ' ll follow through For far, far from you, world ' s bright fairyland, Now we are faring Oh, School, Adieu! Words By G. Greenwood THE CRIMSON AND GRAY GRADUATION PROGRAM Selection Orchestra Invocation Rev. E. N. Gilbertson Selection Challenge of Youth— Gibb Glee Club Address And The World Moves On Claire Olive Paquette Address Southbridge; A Sports Center Zephyrian Arthur Renaud Selection The Bells— Rachmaninoff Glee Club Address All The World ' s A Stage Ruth Elizabeth Simpson Address Travel Is So Broadening Mary Barbara Dani Selection A Song of Home— Dvorak Glee Club Address In Omnia Parati Florence Elizabeth Lockhart Special awards Presentation of Diplomas Chairman of the School Committee March Orchestra Benediction Rev. E. N. Gilbertson CLASS DAY PROGRAM Orchestra Address of Welcome John O. Martin Class History Claire Paquette Duet: Somewhere a Voice Is Calling Mary Dani, Jean Macallister ace. by Jana Bingley Class Will Phyllis Kershav) Saxaphone and chorus specialty Antonio Palmerino and the Coca Cola Boys Class Prophecy John R. LePage Jr. Class Song John R. LePage Jr.— music Genevieve Greenwood— words Orchestra Planting of Ivy John O. Martin SENIOR RECEPTION The Seniors were entertained by the Juniors at a reception in their honor in the Town Hall, Friday June 22. The hall was decorated in green and silver, the Senior colors. ALL THE WORLD ' S A STAGE (Continued from Page 21) of a covered wagon, then came a car- riage, a train, and an automobile. We are too ignorant to appreciate fully what the movies offer us. If an occasional flaw is called to our attention, we criticize unsparingly but we have no conception of the amount of detail involved in even the most trivial five-reeler. Learn to criticize the movies you see. Most of us think we aren ' t at all critical— but just imagine Mae West cast as Little Eva in Uncle Tom ' s Cabin. At least we know enough about the movies to realize the ab- surdity of that. Form your own ideas about the pictures you see and then read the criti- cisms in Robert Benchley ' s column in Life, those in Vogue, or in your daily newspaper. When you find you disagree with one of them you ' re getting somewhere, for it means you have an opinion of your own. 3n Jfflemortam RALPH T. DALRYMPLE Teacher of Mathematics January 29 ' J 934 March 20, !934 JUNE 1934 20 1934 NOMINATES— John Martin Leo Lusignan John Starr Russell Joslin Frederick Remian John Anderson Stanley Flower John Lepage Alfred Guertin John Martin Byron Williams Ernest Chiocca Stanley Flower Arthur Renaud Paul Benoit John Martin Paul Benoit Bill Andrews Stanley Flower John Starr Stanley Flower Marcy Osimo Stanley Flower Gerald McNitt John Starr George Leduc John Martin Bill Andrews John Lepage Marcy Osimo Gerald McNitt Louis Santo Antonio Palmerino Racketeer Duckiest Dresser Class Hercules And His Female Counterpart Sky Scrapers Midgets Apollo and Venus Suave Musical Conservative Radical Naive Ambitious Deceiving Coquetish Sophisticate Teachers ' Delight Sleepiest Noisiest Humorous Lady Leisure ' s Ardent Devotees Observing Adorable Best Mimic Expressive Sympathetic Dancer Popular Sheik and Siren Polite Curley Headed Smiliest Best Nature d Athlete Jana Bingley Jennie Planeta Ruth Dodd Ruth Simpson Dorothy Bixby Jane Fitzpatrick Helen Kelly Frances Roberts Doris Gay Grace Oldfield Emma Albani Florence Lockhart Alice Rawson Alice Miller Ruth Simpson Florence Lockhart Ruth Simpson Dorothea Martin Alice Rawson Janice Price Genevieve Greenwood Olga Dumas Alice Rawson Frances Roberts Jana Bingley Jane Fitzpatrick Grace Oldfield Mary Dani Eleanor Woodruff Jean Macallister Marjorie Crandall Mary Alley Eleanor Eccleston Mary Dani Rita Lacasse GRADUATION As we get to a rest in life ' s pathway At the end of our high school days We look with regret at the fun and play The books and lessons we must put away. The merry, laughing, chattering groups The games and dances and shady nooks The passing bells and fire drills, And last, our friendships, firm and true. As we leave the scenes of many joyous days To go into the world where one can ' t play We realize though we t hought them cruel Our happiest days were spent in school. Eleanor Woodruff ' 3.1 So THE CRIMSON AND GRAY CLASS HISTORY Our four years as students at Mary E. Wells High School are over and we herewith submit a history of the class of 1934. September 1930 found us in the audi- torium in bewildered state of mind. Mr. Greene soon assigned us to our classes and before many days we were accustomed to the routine of being high school Freshmen. At our first class meeting John Martin, Helen Kelly, Esther Skinner, Armand Cieri, and Miss Phinney were chosen as our leaders. Two outstanding features of our reception were the peanut attached to a green string given to each of us as a symbol of our green- ness, and the hard ice-cream (even after hold- ing it between our hands for about 15 min- utes we still found it difficult to eat). Toward the end of the year we entertained the upper classmen with a party at which a play entitled The Ghost Story showed the talent in our class. September brought us back as Sophomores with a year of hard work and study. Our class officers were,— Arthur Renaud, Florence Lockhart, Albert Sims, and Claire Paquette, with Miss Dube as advisor. On the afternoon preceding the Sophomore party a card party was given. Our Sophomore Party was a big hit! A play entitled The Trial written by Gen- evieve Greenwood was presented. The play might have been an even greater success had Dick Taylor not dropped his papers at a crucial moment. Fortunately the audience thought this confusion was part of the play. At the end of the year we lost the services of Miss Burrington but acquired Mr. Tabor and Mr. Beals. Gerald McNitt, Ruth Simpson, Mary Dani, George Litchfield and Miss Finnegan were our chosen Junior leaders. Contrary to custom we gave a dance in- stead of a play. Our example was followed by this year ' s Junior Class. We had difficulty in choosing our class ring because many of the girls demanded a new design. The boys and some girls remain- ed loyal to the old standard, but as we were not such good debaters as the girls, we final- ly lost. Our reception to the Freshmen will be re- membered by the clever skit entitled The Bachelor ' s Dream. During this year the Student Council was formed and the following were chosen to re- present the brilliant Junior Class: Jane Fitz- patrick, Eleanor Williams, Arthur Renaud, Antonio Palmerino, and Gerald McNitt. Our final activity as Juniors was the Prom which was a great success. Then came our great moment as students, we were Seniors! Immediately we had a class meeting and elected the following officers: President John Martin, Vice-President Mary Dani, Secretary Claire Paquette, Treasurer John LePage and Mr. Greene as class adviser. Our Senior Play Digging up the Dirt, will long live in our memory because of our Shakespearian scenery. We heartily welcome Mr. Peterson as our Math teacher and hope he will enjoy South- bridge very much. This year has had its sorrow. Mr. Brock- way, teacher of Senior Math, resigned to ac- cept a position as mathematics teacher in Hartford, Conn. He was followed by Mr. Dalrymple, a man of sterling worth, who came to us from Worcester Academy. During his few weeks here he secured our respect as a friend to all. It was with the deepest sorrow we learned of his sudden death. We must not forget our outstanding athletes throughout our four years. Football— Basketball— and Baseball would JUNE 1934 surely not have been so successful without the help of Osimo, Starr, Santo, Palmerino, Martin, and Lango. Mike Osimo officially opened a game be- tween the Faculty and Varsity by appearing on the floor in cap and gown and trying to steady himself on a pair of roller-skates. Two of our prominent Seniors moved away during the year namely: George Litchfield and Gerhard Kuehn. A few of our worthy Seniors are fast drivers and delight in making about thirty six miles in forty minutes! ! Our long sad story is over and we trust that the class of 1935 will profit by our good teachings. RuSSLll-vOSlin CLASS gV WILL VXTe, the class of 1934, having come to the end of our long, arduous, yet neverthe- less fruitful, journey through this beloved institution of superior learning, have decided to depart for the great beyond. Before depart- ing, however, we wish to imprint oui disting- uished characters on the minds of posterity and we, the class of 1934 deem it necessary, therefore, to bequeath certain of our estima- ble traits to a few prominent members of the lower classes and also to the faculty which we feel may in some way compensate for the heartless deed we are about to perform, name- ly: to forsake the Mary E. Wells High School at a time when it sorely needs our quiet and dignified presence. The Senior Class leaves its heartiest belat- ed congratulations to Mr. Tabor. To Miss Drake we leave forty easy-chairs to be installed in her home room so that pupils anticipating individual recitations will have the appearance, at least, of ease. To Miss Finnegan we lea ve a new in- vention whereby she will be able to do the work of four people, thus breaking her present record of three. To Mr. McMahon we leave a book en- titled TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. Irene Kania leaves her basketball ability to Miss Woodward. Miss Woodward should be next year ' s outstanding faculty player. To Miss Fitzgerald we leave an incinerator so she may burn the first copy of next, years ' Will. To the Freshman Class we leave our one extra inch of height donated by Joslin, Rosie. Charlotte, An-eye-ta, Ann, Len Blair, and Johns Stan and Martin that the Freshmen may be recognized as SOPHOMORES next year. To the Sophomore Class we leave a loud speaker, and the genius of our best publicity 32 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY man (votes were tied as to who deserves the honor) so that the Sophomore Class may at last come into its own. Alice Rawson leaves her subtle wit to the Junior Class. To Miss Hofstra we give the echoes from Dot Krasnov ' s heels, left in last year ' s will, so that she can be heard coming into the rooms. Leonard Blair bequeaths his well-groomed appearance to Antonio Sylvestri. For good measure we throw in a 20 quart can of Stick- Fast Slicum. Alice Miller leaves her big brown misbe- having eyes to Mildred Heimer. Now watch out, Mildred, and use them sparingly, for a little of their deadly charm goes a long way. Jana Bingley leaves her Jean Harlow— like qualities to Doris Goddu. Rita Lacasse hands over her pep, vim, and vigor to next year ' s cheering scpiad, sincerely hoping this will liven up that apparently languorous bunch. William Andrews bequeaths his name en- graved on a bronze plate to be placed in a conspicuous position in the high school so that all will know that one truly great man honored the Wells High School with his presence. Jennie Planeta leaves her saxaphone to the High School orchestra. This should FULLY equip the orchestra. Charlotte Dion bequeaths to Pauline Bachand her dignified stately demeanor. Arthur Lango ' s unobtrusive quietness goes to Houghton Bellows. Henceforth, Mr. Bel- low ' s name will be merely a name and not a synonym. Mary Dani leaves her popularity to Dixie Cole who will probably be killed in the rush. Byron Williams and Claire Paquette leave their dimples to Chauncey Phipps. Marjorie Crandall reluctantly leaves her crowning glory to Charlotte Fitts. John Anderson bequeaths his fascinating, alluring, enchanting, enticing, captivating charm to Rene Francazzi. We realize, of course, that Rene already has more than his share of these qualities, but with the addition of John ' s, we are seriously considering buying Rene a one-way ticket to Hollywood. Dorothy Wright bequeaths her Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality to Elizabeth Sut- cliffe. Aime Brodeur bequeaths his musical abili- ty to George Watson. With this asset, Watson should be able to play three instruments at one time. Esther Skinner bequeaths her freckles to James Rawson so that with his the combina- tion will make him look as though he had a good sun tan. Ernest Chiocca bequeaths his handle-bar moustache, dagger, and villainous appearance to next year ' s traffic officers to offset their childish appearance. Katharine Thimblin leaves her melodious voice to Betsy Bernheim. Russell Joslin, after having almost acquir- ed round shoulders in his conscientious effort to find the most deserving person, finally de- cided to slice off a generous portion of his height for Oscar Gatineau. Wanda Kozlowski bequeaths her punctu- ality to Pauline Earls. John Starr leaves his athletic ability to next year ' s football team. Doris Gay and Helen Grant leave their exclusive Garbo silence to Honey Price. Remian and Lusignan leave their cars to the disposal of the high school to help out Dan Cupid. Stephanie Bastek bequeaths her willingness to cooperate to the Commercial Department. Stanley Flower leaves his writing technique to the Seniors to be used when the time comes to tackle their thousand word essays. Juliette Beaupre bequeaths her bangs to Anna Lawton. Jane Fitzpatrick leaves her sophistication to Lawrence Freeman. Juliette Girard and Florence Grudzein be- queath their spelling ability to those who are so unfortunate as to be present when Miss Fitzgerald decides to have a nice pleasant little spelling match. JUNE 1934 33 34 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Eleanor Woodruff bequeaths the rubber- band on her bundle of love notes to Kenneth Harwood to be used in his Rob Roy antics. To Beulah Gladdu, Doris Lataille and Mary Alley each leaves her faithfulness to one boy which might bring Beulah to the con- clusion that constancy is the best policy. Dorothea Martin leaves her epicurean de- lights to the Domestic Science Department. Ruth Simpson and Jeanne Ethier bequeath their theatrical appearance to Grace Di Orio. John Martin told us confidentially that he really needed all his talents, but after our frantic pleading he bashfully ceded his gift of accomplished bluffing to those people whose throats go dry during unexpected lapses of memory. The Misses Robidoux, Albani, and Galon- dek leave their perfect example of children should be seen and not heard to all talka- tive undergraduates. Gerald McNitt leaves his talent of reading Macbeth in a Roy Atwell manner to any incoming Senior who wants the responsibility. Mary Hwalek unselfishly hands over a large portion of her demureness to Louise Dumas, who, she feels, will receive it in the gracious manner with which it is given. Georgie Leduc leaves his love and maybe his picture to a certain Freshman girl. Some- thing to remember me by, says Georgie. Our three senior red heads, Guertin, Miss Robblee, and Miss Senecal, plus Miss Bixby ' s flaming red finger nails are bequeathed to next year ' s belle of the Senior Class— WARN- ING ! ! ! Marcy Osimo ' s famous grin and blush are auctioned off to the highest bidder. (Hint to the winner— use them correctly and you may get away with as much as Marcy did.) Florence Lockhart leaves her stack of As to Grace Arick. Alter all, there has to be some one to uphold the High School ' s name. John Lepage leaves a Baby Grand Piano and his own Broadcasting Station to Rita Walsh. Grace Oldfield leaves a soap-box and her spontaneous dissensions to Jeanette Allard. Janice Price bequeaths her ability to stay out of school to am overworked Junior who is in need of recreation. Gerard LaFleche leaves his pet saying, (which incidentally is also Joe Penner ' s) Do you wanna buy a duck? , to cooking classes. Jean Macallister leaves her affability to Marion Hobson. Kazmira Elizabeth Ostrowski leaves the let- ters in her name to be shuffled up, rearrang- ed, and used as a motto for next year ' s class. John Sutcliffe leaves all his Einstein Theories to James Monaco. With this ability, Monaco ought to be able to compete with Piccardski, Rubinoffski and Baron Mun- chausen in about ten years. Frances Roberts leaves her technique to Moon Egan. Louis Santo bequeaths his famous baby- face to Richard Macallister. Eleanor Eccleston ' s gleaming smile and Helen Kelly ' s school girl complexion are bequeathed to the Class Beauty of 1938. Ernest St. Onge leaves his paper route to Grover Hallquest, so Hallquest can keep in trim for football. Ruth Docld leaves her peaceful and con- tented nature to future class meetings. Zephrin Arthur Renaud bequeaths the rest of the alphabet to Ned Chapin. Annette Buyer leaves her beaming smile reach to be switched on to brighten the gloomy atmosphere surrounding the sinners at detention all next year. The Misses Pleau, Pontbriand, Rossi, and Rischetelli leave their quiet ways to Rita Gregoire, Helen McCann, Camella Lupoid, and Dorothy Gillespie. Madge Potter bequeaths her combination of solitude and giggles to Esther Ostrander. Annette Desaulniers bequeaths her busi- ness-like appearance to Stefanie Liro. Thus Stefanie should be head secretary to the ad- ministrator of the N. R. A. next year. Antonio Palmerino bequeaths his entire knowledge of chemistry, baseball, French, JUNE 1934 35 football, coquetry, basketball, and marbles to Fai land. Olga Dumas leaves her dancing feet to Marion Munday. Anita Hebert leaves her collection of poems entitled Laconic Limericks to Miss Fiizgerald ' s library. Jenny Greenwood leaves a suitcase to next year ' s most industrious Senior. This may help to lighten the burden of the stack of books that person will be obliged to carry. Phyllis Kershaw leaves her club leadership to next year ' s President of the Alpha Sigma u. Lucille Roulanger leaves her stenographic QJIjuc ' ( Q LA uryxj ability to Mary Deterando. Dorothy Clarke bequeaths her dignified bearing to Bertha Mat s. To Mr. Greene we leave strength to get through next year without us— also our thanks for his kindness in helping us through the rough spots of the last four weeks. Witnessed herebv this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and thirty four A. D. and in the midst of papers, pencils and dictionaries, we deem it necessary to lav aside our worldly burdens and bid a fond farewell. In doing so. we declare this to be the last Will and Testament of a truly great Class. C s. PROPHECY We, Stanley Flower, George Leduc, and John LePage, Jr.. having made our fortunes 1) editorializing, stock gambling, and teach- ing Review Math, respectively, because of our leisure time, curiosity, and money, have done a certain amount of research work and compiled this information about the destin- ies of our classmates whom we left, way back in ' 34. The following is what our laborious in estimations have yielded: Sandersdale Girl Scouts are particularly CLASS, ' 34 privileged in having secured the unexcelled services of Frances Roberts. Arthur Renaud is a Broadway playboy at a nightclub in which Jane Fitzpatrick leads a chorus which includes Rita Lacasse, and An- nette Desaulniers. Ernest St. Onge works in this nightclub for Renaud and tries to sell Joe Penner ' s famous duck. Because of his good nature one would nevei suspect it. but Louis Santo has suc- ceeded Al Capone and is busv due kin ' the police. THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Beatrice Senecal is private sec ' y to Joint Handsome Anderson, the famous movie star. Esther Skinner is writing a column of Ad- vice to Dog-Owners. Janice Price is a blues singer on the same program with Anita Pontbriand ' s Palais D ' Or orchestra. John Starr is top-sergeant who is always yelling, Eall In. Kay Thimblin is conducting cooking schools in the larger cities. Byron Williams is a radio comedian where his wit comes through but his blushes don ' t. Annie Rossi is a well-to-do business woman in Kalamazoo. Eleanor Woodruff is a bathing suit design- er for the firm of Lusignan 8c Son who have taken the place of Jantzen. Jean Macallister, from her experience in her younger days, is writing a column on ad- vice to the lovelorn. John Martin (just as we knew he would be even though he strongly disclaimed any ambitions to be) is President of the U. S. Alice Miller is private secretary to Presi- dent Martin. Gerald McNitt, the famous Congressman from Michigan, was recently married to Mary Alley. Grace Oldfield recently celebrated her wooden wedding anniversary to a big league baseball player. A play similar, but superior, to Pop War- ner ' s double wingback formation has been thought up by Marcy Osimo, the small but great coach of Notre Dame. Jennie Planeta is saxophonist in Fred Waring ' s Orchestra. Helen Grant is running the longest chain of grocery stores in the U. S., the largest being in Southbridge. Madge Potter is nature instructor at a girls ' seminary in Wisconsin. Alice Rawson is writing a humor column for the Southbridge Press. Alfred Guertin is teaching Spanish at the Amalgamated Schools in Cairo, Illinois. Bernice Robblee is head of the kindergar- ten department at the Southbridge schools. The Keith ' s Circuit is featuring a bicycle act by Misses Galondek and Ostrowski. The three Wells Sisters, Lucille Boulanger, Annette Boyer, and Juliette Girard, are broadcasting over station BUGS of which An- tonio Palmerino is head announcer . Genevieve Greenwood is a piano dem- onstrator for the Edwards Co. and is consi- dered one of the best pianists in this section. Having obtained her degree for teaching English, Doris Gay is now teaching at dear ol ' Wells. Dot Wright ' s eyes are useful in ads for Doris Robidoux ' s famous eyelash pencil. Claire Paquette is a hair dresser at Jana Bingley ' s Beauty Salon in San Francisco. The opera being produced in New York by Misses Anita Hebert and Doris Pleau is fortunate in having produced the services of Mary Cecilia Agnes Barbara Dani, the fam- ous opera singer. Leonard Blair has graduated from Harvard and is teaching at Bartlett High School in Webster— but in spite of having help from Southbridge, Ruth Dodd ' s manual on basket- ball still keeps Wells ' teams superior. Russell Joslin is camera man at the stu- dios where Jean Ethier is starring in her latest picture. Dot Bixby is touring the country in her rejuvenated Ford teaching the farmers how to save since the time of the depression by using red nail polish instead of electric lights to illuminate their homes! Florence Grudzein, after years of experi- ence publishing her own newspaper, has writ- ten a play on newspaper life and has won the Pulitzer Prize for the best play of the year. Eleanor Eccleston has become an inter- pretive woodland dancer— since her earliest years she has had talent in this line. Florence Lockhart, after years of struggle and sacrifice has finally become owner of the Harrington Cutlery Co. We attended LaFleche ' s Three Ring Wond- er Circus a few days ago to find Arthur Lango JUNE 1934 39 performing on wild horses and Bill Andrews, through his skill in his lasso act in the Wild West Show proving he can still throw a line. Gerald LaFleche, although owner, is still acting as ticket collector at the side show — which presents Emma Albani as a snake charmer, Dot Martin, the famous hypnotist, and Phyllis Kershaw as barker for the 3 Dancing K ' s— Kania, Kelly, and Kozlowski. The trapeze performers are Olga Dumas, Stephanie Bastek, and Julie Beaupre. The rubber man from India is Aime Brodeur. Doris Lataille was seen on the boardwalk at Palm Beach with Speed, her Pekinese. Doctor Ernest Chiocca has set up a suc- ceslul physician ' s practice in Hot Springs, Nevada. For avoiding indigestion eat Charlotte Dion ' s individually cellophane-wrapped, roasted, salted peanuts. Dot Clarke and Leona Rischitelli are own- ers of doughnut shops located throughout New England. Mary Hwalek is now touring the eastern part of Europe in her Chevrolet which was given to her for being the most consistent winner of prizes offered to the best farmerette in New England. The Indianapolis Auto Classic was recently won by Fritzy Remian commonly called Speed. Professor John William Sutcliffe, I. C. U., P. D. Q., and O. L., is teaching meta-schyro- chendronomy at M. 1. 1 ' . GjeorogA LeJuc s TANL L y f LOWE WELLS HIGH (With apologies to Rupert Brooke) I have been so great a pupil, filled my days So proudly with the splendor of School ' s praise, The hours, the fun, and the punishment, Study illimitable, and still content, And all dear names students use, to cheat despair Caused by the perplexed, but useful books that bear Our minds to wisdom clown years of High School life. Now, ere the unthinking silence on that strife Steals down, I would cheat drowsy parting so far, My Class shall be remembered for a star That outshone football stars of all men ' s days. Shall I not crown them with immortal praise Whom I have loved, who have given me, dared with me, Sweet pleasures, and in silence helped me see The inerrable godhead of delight? Youth is a flame— we have beaconed Deten- tion ' s night. A city— History explains this to such as I. An emperor— we have taught all care to die. So, lor their sakes I loved, ere I go hence, And the high cause of youth ' s magnificence 40 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY And to keep loyalties young, I ' ll write those names, Crimson forever, letters, all Wells ' fame, And set them as a banner, that after, students may know, To dare the generations, turn and blow Out on the wind of Time, shining and streaming .... These I have loved: Brown bench and desk, book-streaming, Ringed with black marks; and snow-white broken chalk; Green ink upon a finger; the big talk Of traffic cops; and many-tasting gum; Glee Club; and a studious if subdued hum; And the grinding of heels in Room 124; And the room itself that drew us to its door. Offering us fun in view of the long day ' s work; Then, the cool kindliness of slips, that soon Smooth away trouble; the sinister boom Of erasers; book reports; blackboards that are Gleaming and clean; the sound of bells; the calm Succeeding the noise at Assembly ' s call; The benison of 3 o ' clock; books that fall; The loud slam of a desk; and other such— The comfortable sound of friendly whispers; Air ' s fragrance; and the funny reek that ling- ered About the skunk in this year ' s play. Dear names, And thousand other throng to me! Crimson flames! Dot Martin ' s cheerful laugh from morn to night; Mike on the ground; and Janice poised for flight; Windy in mischief, too; and home work ' s pain Soon turned to peace; valiant Florence ' s brain; Duke ' s grin; the dulling edge of bluff That fails and dwindles at Miss Fitzy ' s re- buff; And spelling bees, gay for an hour; the cold (Continued on Page 55) IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN Pages 36 and 37 1— Doris Gay 2— William Sutcliffe 3— Katherine Thimblin 4— Dorothea Martin 5— Eleanor Eccleston 6— Madge Potter 7— Gerald McNitt 8— Mary Dani 9— Florence Grudzein 10— William Andrews 11— Jana Bingley 1 2— Charlotte Dion -Alice Rawson -Dorothy Clark -Phyllis Kershaw -Juliette Beaupre -Antonio Palmerino -Jean Macallister -Helen Kelly -Rita Lacasse -Wanda Kozlowski -Alice Miller -Doris Lataille -Ruth Dodd -Doris Pleau -John Martin -Bernice Robblee -Frederick Remian -Emma Albani -Ernest St. Onge -Frances Roberts -Ruth Simpson -Louis Santo Olga Dumas -Juliette Girard Frederick Remian Anita Hebert Doris Lataille Kazmira Ostrowski Leo Lusignan Russell Joslin Leona Rischetelli Dorothy Bixby Anita Pontbriand Eleanor Woodruff Jennie Planeta Claire Paquette 13- 14- 16- 17- 18- 19- 20- 21- 22- 23- 24- 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- 30- 3 1 32- 33 34- 35 36- 37 38- 39- 40- 41- 42- 43- 44- 45- 46- 47 X = es 03 On CD cS 4-T d en O O , CO ' X CD p CD T3 Si s- CP rf r co -i- 1 00 d £ o •d CO o3 • r CP 02 3 CS O J OK .S.C c3 CO fe bo c3 •b ■a ' 5 I- 3 co ' o3 . .d 03 CO ► HH O bo d ' o O M CP ■s T3 o a -t-i cS CO .w be a d rt ,d pq P P z X o bfi £ a o §•§ o3 « CP o3 CP g -2 s- .5 cp 3°S W «co Ti MH « Q ffi C|_| Ph T3 CO d 5 be d 3 O S3 3 3 ' - • s Ss Ph ' Spc; bo d + o3 CO co d bo-d 1111 O 3 bC bo •5.5 o3 a 03 cp c« tfUcsQ KQ § S be cp M ' 5 p .5 ft u OP be d « E 3 co • O O £ bo d CD O d u K 2 CP Si w -as •- o3 03 a - - be cp cp J u M CP fe CO E s a 03 o PQO PQ as P o bo a d a CO CP +j d co cS co CP cp cp ft O a- ° d S CO c H o d M ■a d pq d cp - - p CD O o3 P o cp d -? ° 2-2 m CO S TS 5 m « d 03 CD CD pq H td a co J be p • t. 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Miss Corbin and Miss Atkins had charge of the refreshments. On May 29 the Student Council gave their annual May Dance. Novelty dances were en- joyed. Mr. and Mrs. Beals and Mr. and Mrs. Tabor were chaperones. The Junior Class gave its annual dance Friday, April 27, in the Town Hall from 8 to 12 with music by Art Tieri ' s Orchestra. The matrons were Mrs. A. E. Pierce and Mrs. C. H. Greene. The committee in charge included Rene Francazzi, Norman Le Blanc, Pauline Bachand, Stephanie Liro, and Winston Dor- On Tuesday, April 17, we were entertain- ed by Hans Helms. Mr. Helms came from Germany when he was quite young. When he was small his parents wanted him to study music but he refused. Later of his own ac- cord, he took up music. It took him many vears to develop his voice to imitate many in- struments. In doing this, he uses his teeth and tongue only. During the performance he imitated a vio- lin and saxaphone. He also played a Hawai- ian guitar. He gave a comedy act which was a courthouse scene. The judge was Houghton Bellows and Hans Helms, who took the part of a Chinaman, was the prisoner. H: : HARRINGTON HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN PRIZE WINNERS The schools of Southbridge cooperated with the Harrington Memorial Hospital Drive by spreading publicity. Every pupil in both Junior and Senior High Schools wrote an es- say on the benefits of the Harrington Hos- pital to the community. Prizes were awarded at the last banquet of the drive. Grade VII Junior High Evelyn Christo Florida Demers Ann McTighe Phyllis Swenson Leona LaCroix Grade VIII Hedwiga Swiaki Vivian Knowles Ruth Fallon Kula Mauromatakis Olivia Stotey Class 1937 Senior High Fred Flemming Evelyn Fay Class 1936 Mavis Kinney Wilfred Renaud Class 1935 Pauline Earls Betsy Bernheim Class 1934 Stanlev Flower Esther Skinner JUNE 1934 45 Cast of The Mikado Arthur Delagc as Poo Bah; Edward Belanger as Ko Ko; Mari Dani as Katisha; Jean Macal- listcr as Pitti Sing; Aloysius Koprowski as The Mikado; John Boiteau as Umbrella Bearer; Betsey Bernheim as Yum Yum; Arthur Canning as Nanki Poo, Janice Price as Peep Bo; Dwight Webster as Pish Tush. THE SOPHOMORE PARTY On Friday afternoon, April 7, members of the Sophomore class held a bridge party. Prizes were given and a short dance was held after the games. Only members of the Sopho- more class were admit ted, as this little party has always been exclusive. But they followed up with a very nice dance at night, to which all members of the school were invited Novelty dances were the feature of the even ing. Art Doc fieri and his orchestra furn ished the music. The committee in charge Of the afternoon bridge included Daniel Dumas and Misses Doris Crandall, and Nora Adamick. The com- mittees in charge of the evening dance were music— Rita Gregoire, Louise Dumas, and Mario DeAngelis; invitations— Janet Kozyra, Nora Adamick, and Frank Silvestri. The hall was decorated with many colored ballons. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Mary E. Wells High School Tuesday May 29, 1 1 A. M. Assembly Sergeant Girard Selection School Orchestra Call to the Colors Sergeant Girard Flag Salute John LePage America Audience Memorial Day Song Girls ' Chorus Gettysburg Address Arthur Renaud Remarks by the Veterans Star-Spangled Banner Audience Taps Sergeant Girard Recessional Orchestra 4 6 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ATHLETI CS mBSSt ssssaamm — ■ am ■ ■ ■ gg-p™— JUNE ,934 47 ATHLETICS npHE Wells High Baseball team, composed A of Ferron, Werner, Francazzi, Farland and Koprowski in the infield; Phipps, Le- Blanc, Remian and Plante in the outfield; Hefner and Osimo, catchers, and Palmerino, Woodbury and Champagne pitchers, opened its league season by trouncing an inferior Ware High team 20-4, with Palmerino pitch- ing. Next came Holden and a 29-2 victory for Woodbury. Palmerino won his second league game by beating Holden a second time 12-4. Then Oxford succeeded in beating Wood- ury 9-8, and Palmerino was beaten by Ware High 11-4. The Webster game followed and Palmerino, although he pitched wonderful ball, was beaten 4-3. He allowed but 5 scat- tered hits. This victory gave Webster undis- puted possession of first place in the league with 6 victories while Southbridge has a rec- ord of 3 wins and 3 defeats, to date. — 1 — Wells 20 Ware 4 Outstanding Innings. Second: Remian and Farland walked. Koprowski and Phipps struck out. Hefner got to first on an error with Remian scoring. Palmerino got to first on a wild throw from third. Farland scored. Plante hit to Jablonski who over- threw first. Hefner and Palmerino scored on the error and Plante went to third. Ferron got to first on a misplay by Serva. Plante brought in fifth run. Fifth: Remian tripled, Farland doubled, Ko- prowski gained first on fielding choice, and Phipps walked, Hefner walked. Palmerino gained first on error. Plante walked. Ferron got first on error. Werner singled and Rem- ian was hit by pitched ball. Net scoring for fifth— 7. Seventh: Werner, Remian, Farland, Bastek and Champagne scored. Wells 29 Holden 2 Outstanding Innings. Second: Farland singled, Koprowski walked, Phipps laid a sacrifice bunt, Osimo walked thus mak- ing bases full, Woodbury sent a liner into right field with Koprowski and Farland scor- ing and Osimo going to third. Osimo scored on Plante ' s single. Bassett grounded out but Adams was safe at first on an error. Hunt hit to Farland who with an easy double play in sight, muffed the grounder. Anderson doubled, thus bringing in 2 runs. Wells brought in four on six hits. Fourth: Wells tallied five on four hits. 48 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Seventh: Wells batted almost twice around bringing in 12 runs on 10 hits. Francazzi brought in a triple, Phipps got two doubles and Farland and Plante got one each. -3- WELLS 1 1 HOLDEN 4 Slamming the offerings of Don Richardson for 14 hits, the Wells High nine made it three straight wins as it trounced Holden High for the second time 1 1-4. Nanny Palmerino let down the Holden team with 6 hits and was never in real danger as he won his second consecutive league. Osimo, Werner and Remian starred on the offense as each pound- ed out 2 safe hits. -4- Wells 8 Oxford 9 Outstanding innings. Fourth: Morris doubled to left. Browning scored him with a single to center, continuing to third on throw-in, and went in when Fran- cazzi bobbled Strack ' s attempted sacrifice while Strack went to second. Pattle then singled to left. Strack scored and Pattle went to second on throw-in. Pattle got to third when Wells left that part of the field un- guarded. Richardson singled but was put out on trying to make second. Eighth: Leblanc singled on error by Strack, but was put out on Ferron ' s ground to shortstop. Ferron went to second on Werner ' s fly to short. Ferron came in on Remian ' s hit through Pattle. Remian scored on Farland ' s single. Francazzi fiied out. -5- Ware 12 Wells 4 Wells High lost its second league game of the season to Ware High in Ware 12-4. Pal- merino who started the game was reached for 8 hits in the 5 2-3 innings that he pitched, Champagne who relieved him pitched good ball as he let down the Ware nine with 2 scat- tered hits for the rest of the game. 7 errors by the Wells team aided in the defeat as they were able to get only 5 hits. Bob Werner, Remian, Farland, Phipps and Osimo reached first on safe hits. It was the second dr! .at for the Wells team. -6- Wells 3 Webster 4 The Bartlett High Sih.h.l l «.- eli.i!l u.i ; maintained its lead in the Western Division of the Worcester County Suburban league bv defeating Wells High in a thrilling game 4-3 at Webster. Both Stans Pietrowski and Nan- ny Palmerino pitched masterly ball allowing 7 and 5 hits respectively. Southbridge got its first run in the first inning when Leblanc beat out an infield hit, went to third on a sacrifice by Ferron. He scored on Werner ' s outfield fly. The next run was in the fourth when Remian singled and scored on Far- land ' s long triple. The third run came in the fifth inning when Hefner singled and scored on hits by Palmerino and Leblanc. Webster got one run in the 4th and two in the sixth., tying the score. The score was still even with 1 out in the ninth when Brisbois walked. Kozlowski was hit by one of Palmerino ' s fast balls. Majha walked and Brisbois scored when McManus fliecl out to Leblanc who made a wonderful running catch. Leblanc, Remian, Farland, Hefner and Palmerino hit safely for Wells. Farland, getting a double and triple, was the outstanding hitter of the game. AND THE WORLD MOVES ON (Continued from Page 19) How will we spend it? When? Where? What are we going to do in our leisure time next year? Few of us have enough money to travel or to enjoy expensive luxuries. But have we learned so little that we are going to build a wall of money around happiness? This problem of contentment has attracted our attention so greatly that this evening we are going to try to prove that pleasure, fun, and laughter are near at hand to all of us and much of it without any expense. W ' here? You ask? Why right here in this quiet modest town of Southbridge. JUNE 1934 49 T x then I was starting out to write my thous- and word essay on Journalism, I came to the conclusion that because I had had no experience or Colonial Policy to back me up, although I had done some research on the matter, I, unlike Burke, was not fitted to tackle my subject. In fact there were few sub- jec ts of which I, as a mere Senior, could dis- play a complete knowledge. Of course I could go on reading boring literature of the lives of famous journalists and newspaper em- ployees and copy brilliant passages with a flourish on paper— but that subject matter wouldn ' t be me and expression of oneself is the fundamental object of an essay. From this avenue of thought, I branched out into another line— although I am a proud and lofty Senior, what do I actually know? Very little— there are so many whys in my life that are never really answered to suit me that my ignorance depresses me. Yes— I know that there are five types of essays and sweet are the uses of adversity, that Remi est un enfant de dix ans, that All Gaul is divided into three parts and that poor abused x is always considered un- known. But what does that one unknown mean to me when there are so many un- knowns which completely over-balance my known quantities? What will I be next year at this time? Where will I be? How will 1 be? Will I be? No one can answer that for me — but why can ' t they? Why can ' t we, people in general. read the future as well as the past? What is there about it that makes vision into it im- possible? Why do most of us have likes and dislikes for other people if we are all created ecpiaP We were made to be happy, contented and carefree, and yet there are so few of us just that. People worry, grumble, fret, become jealous, catty, angry, impatient and hurt others continually— but why? No one is ever given due praise or en- couragment while he is living but when he dies even his bitterest enemy w ould be ashamed to say less than, He was too nice and beneficial to humanity to die so young. ' What am I going to do? I ' ll never live through it. Time and again I say this to myself before taking a test or after I ' ve made a mess of some situation. I worry and spend a sleepless night, but I have taken a good many tests and have wormed myself out of a good many difficulties before, so why do I continue to worry? We tell Mary that her hat is adorable and enhances her beauty tremendously, that she should wear blue more often as it brings out the beauty in her eyes. Usually the hat is fit for Daisy, that contented cow, to wear to keep the sun rays from her eyes. We hear that Tommy is engaged to Mary. We congratulate them both and exclaim GRRRRRRand - usually we think that love is certainly blind to have allowed a combination such as that. Why ? ? ? ? Why do we say such things when we don ' t believe one half of them. No one has ever been able to convince me prop- erly just why. All through the ages in war men have kill- ed and been wounded, and countries impair- ed. Experience should have taught people to steer their boats clear of the rocks of war ALPHA SiCc A u JUNE 1934 5 1 but in spite of everything wars continue. Each new generation has to learn from ex- perience just as the child, warned innumer- able times that a stove is hot and shouldn ' t be touched, must be burned before actually be- lieving the adult. People continue to make the same errors but— WHY? Why do we secretly envy others who be- come, through untiring efforts, successful when we are content to wallow in mud and because we are lazy, never try to exert our- selves. Yet we are jealous and would impede the person ' s success if it were possible. We laugh and ridicule natives and canni- bals for painting their bodies and putting rings in their noses and for sacrificing human lives. We do exactly the same thing ourselves No woman is dressed unless she has powder- ed her nose or is wearing some article of jewelry on her wrist or attached to her ears. Human lives are taken daily because of the carelessness of some individual. This is sacri- ficing human lives for no purpose. The can- nibal at least thinks he is appeasing the wrath of a god. We crumble at the slightest dictate from fashion and wear outlandish and far from be coming clothes, suffer tortures by reducing, from plucking eyebrows, getting permanents, cramping feet into stylish shoes and doing things that nature never intended us to do just because we all worship at the shrine of the omnipotent Dame Fashion. Why don ' t we allow ourselves to be just comfortable and be independent of all others? We attend theatres and are thrilled beyond words at a Hercules prancing around for our silly benefit. A man once talking to a woman said, Why do you weep over the sorrows of peo- ple in whom you have no interest when you go to the theatre? I don ' t know, replied the woman, Why do you cheer wildly when a man with whom you are not acquainted slides into second base? Most of us fear thunder. It makes such a loud noise! But no one was ever killed or even harmed by thunder so why does fear continue to run up and down our spine at the sound of each blast. On the other hand many of us try to worm our way across the busiest highway in a noon rush without the slightest fear. Automobiles have been known to kill one or two people who have wended their way through heavy traffic. And so when I leave this rung in my lad- der of life and experience— that of being a Senior— I have many, many whys to be answered and much to learn about this human span of man. I suppose, if I had that insufferable inspired feeling, which in spite of my critics I trust I have not, I might say that the world is all wrong and that I will have to tear away from school in a few months to improve this world for coming generations so that the same stupid customs and charac- teristics won ' t influence them and puzzle them as they have me. So I close with Whv do we have to write a thousand word essay? Wouldn ' t even five hundred have been suf- ficient? Why not? 1 am sure I DON ' T KNOW. Esther Skinner SOUTHBRIDGE; A SPORTS CENTER (Continued from Page 20) their eye and aim in order to get the quoit over the pin. The quoit club has about twenty different teams, each meeting others four times a season, making a total of eightv games. The championship game is important enough to be played at the Fair Grounds in Sturbridge in September. Together with many many others, these Summer and Winter Sports then, are to be found at home. You can see that if one will only look around, he need not complain of boredom. He doesn ' t have to get out of town for amusement. Southbridge can call itself, in addition to the Eye of the Commonwealth, the Sports Center of the Commonwealth. THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ON CHEWING _ £ N W Of all the forbidden pleasures in the life of a student, none can yield more ex- quisite delight than chewing gum. Sweet, indeed, to the gumomaniac are the moments whiled away in the activity of the jaws. Shylock might be about to get his pound of flesh; Silas Marner might have lost all his gold; Sydney Carton might be about to be guillotined; the mighty Rustum might be in the act of killing his unknown son, Sohrab-consequences to these tragic events must wail. Our gumomaniac is intent on the difficult task of adapting himself to the art of correct chewing. His work is too full of interest to be arrested by so minor a thing as a tragedy drawn from an author ' s imagina- tion. A new trick, an elaborate twist of the tongue acquired through some dexterous movement of the jaws, monopolizes his at- tention. Each movement, carefully made, brings him nearer to his goal. He is about to become the world ' s most expert gum chewer. By some kind of instinct, which is the gum chewer ' s secret, he manages to raise his book to a higher level to assure himself the soli- tude required by every genius when inspira- tion is at its highest. The whole pedigree of gum rises before his mind. What gum chewer has not felt, and reciprocated, the joy with which Thomas Ad- ams, in the year 1870, greeted the discovery that gum could be chewed without the un- pleasant taste found in ordinary soft rubbei? What gum chewer has not envied Mr. Ad- ams the proficiency he must have acquired in the long period of demonstrating the chewing factor in gum to influential manufacturers who would assist him in placing the product on the market? What gum chewer has not re- lived in his mind the triumph which the great discoverer must have felt when, on that most eventful day in the year 1890, he, with kind- ly consideration, gave two hundred and fiftv men the opportunity to earn their life ' s bread as employees of his newly-built gum factory, exactly six stories high? Hail to the medical genius who first as- serted that people who eat in haste can re- pent at leisure by chewing gum! Cynical cri- tics maintain that the practice of chewing gum, especially in public, spoils the pretty countenance and detracts from the dignity of those who practice the habit. This attitude of theirs shows plainly that they are of the class unskilled in the art itself. Now, were they to consult with our gumomaniac, their whole lives would be changed; their fundamental disposition would be altered; their whole viewpoint would become different. For instance, I am thinking of one studious, ambitious, but sour-faced individual, usually known as a grind. Either through too much tightening of the jaws in determination, or by dint of resisting the imp of laughter, his mouth has acquired a doleful, pulled-down look, giving him the appearance of one who has lost his best friend. Were this so-called grind to acquire the chewing habit, me seems that the exercise to his jaws might as- sist in the uplifting of the exterior of his buccal cavity, thus resulting in the general alteration of his facial expression. On the other hand, take one of the lazy, sluggish, unaspiring class whose lack of am- bition is the grief of his superiors. Now I know of no better remedy than chewing gum to take him out of his lethargy. The special concentration required in the chewing pro- fession will give his mind a chance to func- tion. The long hours of chewing prac- tice, necessitating patience, courage, thought- fulness, application (all goodly qualities), will acquaint him with the fact that he, with his capacity for endurance, must have been (Continued on Page 54) JUNE ,934 53 HIGH SCHOOL LOWDOWN As We promised last time, here ' re the bon- ers. They have all been picked up around school, none having been taken from books or newspapers. We are indebted to the teach- ers— especially Freshmen— for the material following. From the History and Science Depts: A moron is a native of Morocco. Suction is pushing air into yourself. Bourgeosie are the middle class and not mutual laborers. (An unintentional truth?) Patrick Henry— King of France. James Madison — King of England. Abel Tasman invented the real size of Australia. The whale has a pair of front legs and has developed a pair of broad flat paddles with- out distinct fingers and a big flat tail. He has no hind legs and his body is covered with a thick layer of fat called blubber. From Civics and English classes: It is the duty of Consuls to prevent deceas- ed persons from embarking on ships. Utilities are the pots ' n ' pans used around kitchens. Will Wimble was waiting for his brother to die so he could become a baritone. Alaska lynx set— Elastic links set. A pine and wite pearl necklace. Robert Browning was brought up in an atmosphere. Benefits from the use of credit, a person can go to a store and get things and make somebody else pay. Miscellaneous: Members of the senior class of the Mary E. Wells High School had their pictures taken today in the auditorium of the school in view of their approaching marriage. —Worcester Telegram Did you come in answer to my response? Larynx is the adam ' s apple which produces all kinds of sounds. The Sophomore Party, it seems, was graced with the presence of many of our famous people: Edward (35) Belanger, Joe Pennerish as usual . . . Mr. Tabor sporting that orange necktie, and his— we quote— oh-so-nice smile . . . Dorrie (36) Crandall leading the grand march with her usual dignity and poise . . . But enough. What Freshman boy gave as his main reason for not going to Trade School the fact that There are no girls there ?!? We predict that Mr. Beals, because of his energetic ticket selling, will be much in de- mand next year. Perhaps he could be made an honorary member of all ticket committees. Russell (34) Josliri, after taking about ' stcen million pictures of Seniors, wonders why his kodak won ' t work. Well, it ' s no mystery to us! yell the Freshman. The Puth-puth Club, we hear, is quite riled up. Some person wrote into the South- bridge News asking just what benefits, if any, could be gotten from such a club. Further, all Puth-puths were slightly cracked, etc. etc. Two nights later, one of the club members invited the letter writer to a meeting. He didn ' t accept but it ' s an idea, boys! Howdy, folk, howdy. This is your high school correspondent at nothing else but the Freshman Party. What an affair, folks! Gerard (34) Lafleche is at his old job . . . ex- perience counts in the ticket-taking game. Ah, there ' s Jean Macallister, Florence Lock- hart, and Alice Miller, all 34, trouping in. . . and stag! Well, all ' s going smooth so far . . . Oh, oil, hold it, folks, there goes the call for refreshments. They ' re rushing clown stairs lour abreast— heyl watch out for my new shoes and don ' t trip over the mike. That splashing noise you hear is me enjoying the punch . . . Back upstairs again . . . And there goes Johnny (34) Martin out to look at his car again and maybe give it a lump of sugar. 54 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Please stand by, folks, I ' d like to get a dance . . . Back again and was that a dance! One of those tap affairs wherein a person is dis- graced if allowed to dance two steps in suc- cession. There ' s the last piece, folks, so good —HEY! Freshy, look out for the mike! Crash! Mr. Beals— What is a borough? Barnard— A mule, (burro) Things and people we ' ll remember for many long years: The first time we got kicked out of a study room. The coach ' s ability to wander from his subject. Miss Drake ' s orderly room. Mr. Beals carrying on imaginary conversa- tions between a nerve and the brain of a fish and a worm. The operattas. Miss Fitzgerald. Mr. Greene ' s Steady. Digging Up The Dirt And now it ' s time to say Auf Wiedersehen. But all I can say is that I wish the best of everything to my classmates of ' 34. So I turn the wheel over to Pauline and Don . . . Good luck . . . ON CHEWING GUM (Continued from Page 52) put in this world for some purpose, thereby changing his whole attitude toward life. Who knows but that this might be the first rung of his ladder to success? Life is too short for the average individual to go plodding through it without some di- vertisement. And so, as one student to an- other, let me suggest, (with experience to back this suggestion) that as a project and en- deavor in our daily curriculum, chewing gum must be heeded; and great care must be taken to avoid mishaps in the course of chewing. However, if these cannot be prevented, they may, at least, be rectified. After all, what bet- ter satisfaction can one gain than the knowl- edge that no matter how great might be the pain of punishment, the aftermath is the moment of highest relief? And with this parting advice, methinks I shall leave you to reconnoisance, and hie me to mine own place of retribution, or, in stu- dents ' jargon, Detention; there to be made to muse over my sins, this particular one be- ing chewing gum. Geneviege Greenwood ALPHABET ZOOP INGREDIENTS: THINGS WE ' LL MISS AFTER GRADUATION A lpha Sigma Nu B urke C hemistry D etention E nglish F lunks G lee Club H ome Work I ncompletes and I don ' t know ' s J une and J anice ' s Perfect Attendance ' ' K ay ' s green ink L ittle white lies M atrimonial plans N o talking! O perettas P uth-Puth Club Q uizzes R ules S pelling Bees T raffic Officers U nder classmen V acations W ebster and W ells ' Teams X ceptional ability of Seniors and decoll- ations of Test Papers Y ou all— Y es, Teacher Z erbe JUNE 1934 55 WELLS HIGH (Continued from Page 40) Graveness of quizzes; Jana ' s braided gold; Sleep— and Cherry ; Jean ' s shorthand as a clue In notes; and Jenny ' s blouses, always new; And Rita ' s locks; and shining lights in class;— All these have been my loves, and though 1 pass The memory passes not, in Graduation hour. Not all the dances, clubs, romances, have power To take them from me through the years ahead. They ' ll last forever, soft in my heart they ' ll tread; Forge tight the dear bond we made, so keep Love ' s trust And faith and loyalty to Wells from the dust. —Oh, never a doubt but, somewhere I shall go And give what ' s left of love again, and know New friends, now strangers .... But the best I ' ve known Stays here, nor changes , breaks, grows old; but blown About the winds of the school, is left, in turn For younger students to love. All remains. O dear my loves, O faithful, once again This one last gift I give: that after students Shall know, and later lovers, far removed, Praise you, All these were lovely, always know, I loved. Genevieve Greenwood OUR ADVERTISERS American Boy Magazine Allan H. Faxon A. L. Monahan American Optical Co. Foley ' s News Northeastern University H. U. Bail Sons Inc. Globe Remnant Store Peloquin ' s Drug Stoie Barnard ' s Service Station Goodwin Bros. Phil ' s Shoe Store Benoit ' s Market Grace Flower Shop A. Pinel Boston Store G. Gregoire Son Reliable Laundry F. A. Bouvier Hamilton Woolen Co. R. Robbins R. M. Burnham Hartwell Pharmacy Geo. C. Shepard Butler ' s Flower Shop Win. S. Holstra C. G. Small Caron McGrath Jalbert Dairy Southbridge Coal Co. Central Music Store Kennedy Electric Co. Southbridge Finishing Co. Clemence Lumber Corp. Krasnov Dress Shoppe Southbridge Fruit Co. Commercial Press C. H. Knight Inc. Southbridge Tennis Club Day vi lie Grain Feed Co. Deary Bros. }. }. Delehanty R: Co. Dentists of Southbridge H. O. Desaulniers Edwards Co. Elm Beauty Parlor Webster F. X. Laliberte 8c Son Lawyers of Southbridge J. O. Lemoine David Lenti Locki Tailoring Co. C. M. Meunier McKinstrv Ice Co. Southbridge Gas and El Southbridge Trucking Co. Strand Theatre Town Taxi Waite Hardware Co. E. G. Walker Co. Weld Beck G. C. Winter Y. M. C. A. sctric Company The Dentists of Southbridge take this opportunity to extend sincere congratulations to the CLASS of 1934 DR. I. C. KEENAN DR. R. H. LeCLAIRE DR. A. O. DeGREXIER, M. E. W. H. S. ' 23 DR. W. C. LUNAN DR. J. R. LePAGE DR. H. L. DESMARALS DR. G. L. JOHNSON DR. H. L. PELOQUIN The Lawyers of Southbridge extend their compliments to the CLASS of 1934 LOUIS O. RIEUTOKI) ALBERT O. ST. ONGE, S. H. S M 1913 JOSEPH E. O ' SHAUGHNESSY, S. H. S., 1908 RAYMOND H. FAVREAU, S. H. S., 1919 WILLIAM W. BUCKLEY HENRY B. MONTAGUE ROBERT P. MONTAGUE, S. H. S., 1925 HENRY J. TETREAULT, S. H. S., 1900 BARNARD ' S SERVICE STATION Expert Repairing on All Cars EXIDE BATTERIES — GREASING LEE TIRES AND TUBES SINCLAIR GASOLINE AND OIL 886 Main St. .:. Tel. 684 Southbridge. Mass. ALLAN H. FAXON FLORIST 33 Edwards St. Tel. 234-w Say it With Flowers —We Grow Them for You Compliments of Grace Flower Shop FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS 399 Main Street. Tel. 980 PHIL S SHOE STORE Quality Shoes It Low Prices % 1 3 CENTRAL ST. Give the kids a swimming hole of their own . . . at home; there ' ll be plenty of hot water and JOY for each and every one . . .JOY for you, too, in the continuous, ever-ready ser- vice of the RUUD-AUTOHOT Automatic Water Heater. Webster Southbridge Gas Electric Company ' A PART OF THE NEW ENGLAND POWER ASSOCIATION Southbridge Fruit Co. O- Micheli, Prop- FRUITS, CANDY TOBACCO Corner Main and Hamilton Sts. Telephone Connection — 15-W FREE DELIVERY LOCKI TAILORING CO. % Storage For Fur Coats Dry Cleaning and Pressing Custom Tailors Room 25 Blanchard Bldg. Compliments of F. A. BOUVIER SHOES CARON McGRATH All Forms of INSURANCE Tel. 1122-W 24 Blanchard Bldg. Southbridge, Mass. The ELM BEAUTY PARLOR Service the modern way ESTELLE R. DESROSIER 9 Elm St. Phone 211 Permanent Waves a Specialty Meet and Treat □ □ •8 at PELOQUIN ' S DRUG STORE Y Southbridge M C A Exercise and Re-create at the Y Let Doctor Gym Keep You Well Dormitories — Reading and Game Rooms Pine Fellowship — Convenient Rates KENNEDY ELECTRIC COMPANY Southbridge, Mass. blue coal for BETTER HEAT SINCLAIR Range and Heating Oil I E. G. WALKER COAL CO. For Prescriptions THE HARTWELL PHARMACY Leopold H. Lemmelin Registered Pharmacist. Cor. Main and Central Sts. Compliments of GOODWIN BROS. RELIABLE LAUNDRY FAVREAU BROTHERS Let our reliable way solve your washing problem Phone 269-M 36 Central St. J 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 William S. Hofstra Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Sheet Metal Work. 173 SAYLES ST. TEL. CONN. WAITE ' S Hardware and Crockery Electrical Supplies Pai?its and Varnishes THE BOSTON STORE J. O. Berthiaume, Prop. 36 Hamilton St. South bridge, Mass. Clemence Lumber Dealers in Corporation LUMBER - DOORS SASH - - MOULDINGS ROOFING 284 Elm Street, Cor. Everett BUILDERS ' MATERIALS Phone No. 5 ETC. Southbridge , Mass. CENTRAL MUSIC STORE Everything in Music McKINSTRY ICE CO Distributors of Modern Ice Refrigerators Ice - Coal - Wood Range and Fuel On. Price — Quality — Service 6 Dupaue St. Phone 519-R J J. DELEHANTY CO. Complete Home Furnishers Come and See Vs Sole Agent for Bengal and Crawford Ranges 858-864 Main St. Southbridge, Mass. □ Krasnov ' s Dress Shoppe □ COMPLIMENTS -of- WELD and BECK A. L. M ON AH AN Quality Groceries 154 MARCY ST. TEL. 850-W SPORTS HELP PLANNED FOR HIGH SCHOOLS High school boys deserve, and during the next 12 months are going to get, the best ad- vice obtainable on their favorite sports, states Griffith Ogden Ellis, editor of the Am- erican Boy — Youth ' s Companion, in outlining the magazine ' s plans for the coming year. American Boy sports stories and inter- views in 1934, Mr. Ellis continues, are de- signed to help the swimmer clip a second off his best record, the tennis player to improve his forehand drive, the football team to smash through for first downs, and the rooter to be a keener, more alert observer of the game. Two methods the magazine will use to im- prove the play of high school America. One is by interviews with famous coaches and play- ers, men with a fund of valuable hints and colorful anecdotes for high school students. For instance, a spring issue will bring an across-the-table chat with a World Series pitching hero, and fall issues will carry how- to-do-it tips from leading football stars. The second method of aiding high school players will be through fiction, written by sports experts who can add the excitement and grip of a good yarn to their keen techni- cel explanation of play. There will be stories on hockey, basketball, tennis, baseball, swim- ming, track, and football, in The American Boy of 1934. The subscription price is $2.00 for ome year. Until January I, readers may take out a three-year subscription for $3.00, a saving of one-half the one-year rate for three years. On January I, this three-year rate will be with- drawn. Orders should be mailed direct to De- partment A, The American Boy — Youth ' s Com- panion, 7430 Second Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Service on the subscription will start on the issue specified. Nerlh cisfcm School of Engineering Co-operating with engineering firms, offers curricula leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in the following branches of engineering: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING School of Business Administration Co-operating with business firms, offers courses leading to the degree of Bachlor 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 catalogue or further information write to NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Milton J. Schlagenhauf, Director of Admissions BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS CROSS ET SHOES in Blacks, Tans and All White ALL ONE PRICE $5 R . R O B B I N S 323 MAIN ST. The Dayville Grain Feed Co. Southbridge, Mass. HAY, FEED, SALT, CEMENT, ROOFING DAIRY and POULTRY FEED MIXED TO ORDER FOR BETTER ENTERTAINMENT A. PINEL Custom Tailor □ Ladies ' and Men ' s Clothing Cleaned, Dyed, Repaired and Pressed All Work Guaranteed First Class Gregoire ' s New Block 17 Hamilton Street Upstairs D H. u. BAIL SONS INC. BUILDERS 9 Frankli n Phone 1133 □ . O. Lemoine FURNITURE Cash and Installment Plan 98-102 NORTH ST. Southbridge Coal Co. Dealers in RANGE FUEL OIL COAL AND WOOD W. M. Edwards Office 315 Main St. Phone 161} Yard Railroad Av. Phone 252-W FOLEY ' S NEWS STORE Magazines — Newspapers Cigars — Tobacco Candy Telephone 222-W Compliments of Benoit ' s Market Cecil M. Meunier For Service and Quality 5 Central Street SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. C. G. SMALL Jewelry and Stationery REPAIRING A SPECIALTY G. GREGOIRE SON Wilbur-Coon Shoks fob Women Nunn Bush and Freeman Shoes for Men Complete Line of Men ' s Furnishings 40 Years Experience in Shoe Repairing Phone 442-J 15 Hamilton Street EFFICIENT ECONOMICAL FAST SAFE Is The Town Taxi Service Phone 16 GEO. C. SHEPARD CO. C. E. Hanson, Reg. Pharm. Southbridge, Mass. Compli?nents of DAVID LENTI We are showing a complete line of exclusive Footwear at prices from $3.95 to $8.50. In our Hosiery department you will find the largest and most complete line of silk stockings in town. — Opposite The Strand — Compliments of Grade A Milk Milk Shakes Ice Cream Buttermilk % gp Furniture and Piano Moving Padded Vans Freighting, Rigging and Teaming Dump Trucks SOUTHBRIDGE TRUCKING CO. Established 1905 119 West Street Telephone 382 Southbridge, Mass c O MMERCIAL p R ESS, INC. GREETING CARDS PARTY GOODS OFFICE SUPPLIES Y. M C. A. Bi.dg. Tel. 67 F. X. Laliberte Son INC. General Contractors Building Movers Builders ' Supplies 59 Beecher Street Telephone 890-891 Southbridge, Mass. H. O. Desaulniers Wholesale and Retail Fisk Tires and Tubes Auto Accessories Gulf Gasoline and Motor Oils and Greases 145 Mechanic Street Phone 848 GEO. C. BUTLER and SON FLORISTS Plants. Cut Flowers. Floral Designs, Wedding Boquets 93 Eastford Road Flow ers-by-W ire Telephone 989 PLAY TENNIS Student Rates 20c per hour. $7.50 per season. $6.00 per season (group of 4 or more). Special Season Rate Week Days to 5:30, (and no Sunday playing) $5.00. 10 hours instruction $2.50. Regular Rates 25c per hour. $12.00 per season. $10.00 per season (group of 4 or more). Beginners— 10 hours instruction and a brand new racquet plus full season privilege $12.00. Beginners— as above without racquet .oo. Tennis Balls and Racquets— Restringing— Refreshments. Reserve your court in advance. SOUTHBRIDGE TENNIS CLUB HENRY ST. PHONE 656 C. H. KNIGHT, INC. tor Economical Transportation And OLDSMOBILE Sales and Service A safe place to buy a used car 83 Hamilton St. Telephone 10 COMPLIMENTS OF GLOBE REMNANT 562 Hamilton St. Geo. W. Laughnane, Prop. STORE BRAVO! A W may win the plaudits of a crowd J . by needlessly risking his life. But nobody he 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 un- piotected on a part of your investment. When you think ot i hink of this i R. M. BURNHAM ) UIH BRIDGE, MASS. iHult your insurance agent as you would your doctor or lawyer 1 Sherwin-Williams PAINTS and VARNISHES Spal rting ball bin Build i 1. 1 !• llllM ' ll ' i  fing P] I G. C. WINTER CO. 1 ' ion CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ' 34 The diploma which you receive on Commencement Day represents four important years of your life. It is hope that you and your classmates have received your f uii share of all that your High School offers — in pleasant associations as well as in knowledge . . . Mary E. Wells High School has a splendid record for equipping its students to make their lives happy and successful. May your experience further enhance this record . . . The best wishes of Southbridge and American Optical Com- pany go with you on your Commencement Day — and for the many days to come. AMERICAN OPTICAL Company Jacob Edwards Library 236 Main St. Southbridge, MA 01550 JACOB EDWARDS LIBRARY 3 8136 0002 0161 4 Jacob Edwards Library 236 Main St. Southbridge. MA 01550