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

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Second quarter! Broadwood recovered a fumble at the very outset and, with steam- roller power, marched up the field into the shadow of the Eastborough goalposts. There the Eastborough line tightened and three successive times threw back the Broad- wood ballcarriers for losses 1 . . . Fourth down! Eighteen yards to go! A pass! Polly charged in, leaped desperately in a vain effort to block the pass which was caught by a Broadwood end standing across the goalline! Touchdown! A roar from throats already raw from shouting swept down the field like the North Wind! Broadwood lined up in kick- formation. Hike! Polly rushed in, evading the fullback and jumped high, with his arms extended, before the place-kicker to receive the ball squarely on the temple! A galaxy of stars flashed before Polly ' s vision as he fell into a dark bottomless pit. Liniment-laden air and water leaking from a sponge onto his face brought him back from dreamless sleep to a consciousness of a throbbing head. How is he, Doc? he heard Coach Casey in- quire anxiously. He is quite all right save for a headache. Bring him to my office tomorrow, said the doctor. Did we win, Coach? asked Polly weakly. Sure, Polly, your blocking that kick won the game for us, said the coach. Then with a twinkle in his eye, There ' s someone out- side who wants to see you. Then he ordered some of the players in the locker-room who were crowding around Polly, congratulating him, to help him change. After wearily putting on his clothes Polly slowly walked out of the building and . . . met her on the steps! Wilfred, you ' re not ingry at me are you? she inquired anxiously, then added quickly, are you hurt? Billy slowly shook his head from side to side. She was smiling as they walked away to- gether. Lionel Proulx ' 36 ART THOU? TN THIS day and age of which the elders speak so disparagingly, our attention is con- stantly brought to bear upon numerous sub- jects of a cultural nature, one of them being ART. Now, when this insignificant three- letter word is impressed upon your mind, you invariably think of the Venus de Milo, rich old portraits, or natural scenes of pastoral life. But today such reactions are definitely passe and decidedly inartistic! Art in the twen- tieth century is something radical, something indefinable, something bizarre! If you will closely examine the accompanying rare speci- men of art, you may glean an inkling as to just what you are to recognize as ART in order to be a well-educated citizen of the United States. The title of this inspiring work is Life, although if Life is anything like that, we ' re quite willing to give it up right now. The first object at the left certainly resembles an overgrown layercake but we shall suppose it is a ship on the rocks. The dainty creature in the gym-suit is probably searching for the young lady whose features are so generously sprinkled over the canvas. She is evidently all broken up over something— probably either the shipwreck or her lover ' s dangerous pose. The pine-clad mountains which rise so abruptly from the depths of the sea are a sym- bol of something, probably Faith, Hope, or Charity, while the moon and stars typify the (Continued on Page 10)

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DECEMBER 1934 Coach Casey, after viewing him in action, kept him on the team. The first game found him installed as a part of the heating sys- tem on the bench. Polly did his job well but not better than the Varsity, which, gain- ing power and confidence in every game, was emulating last year ' s undefeated team. In mid-November Polly became conspicuous for something other than football. He was more than mildly interested in a certain freshman, Pauline Winters. His teammates, hearing of it, subjected him to a good old- fashioned riding which left him blushing with rage and jealousy— jealousy especially, for some of the varsity had announced that she was very good-looking and that they were go- ing to make a break for her. When practice time arrived the next day, he dressed, and, going on the field glimpsed several glimpses of the Varsity backfield, plus two linemen, busily talking to a girl whose clear laugh and animated gestures Polly recognized even at that long distance. It was SHE! Polly ' s jealousy and strength increased tenfold. In scrimmage he crashed the inter- ference with great disregard for his person, hitting the running guard so hard that the latter asked Polly to show a little respect for his gray hairs. Polly also blocked two kicks and so hurried the Varsity passers that not one aerial thrust was successful. After practice this gained a few words of praise for him from Coach Casey. That night at a blackboard talk, the coach said, Men, we ' ve lost four players because of quarterly marks. We have only two games left. Tomorrow ' s with Broadwood is the im- portant one. A victory for us means that we practically clinch the state championship. We ' ve got to win! Gagnon! You ' re starting at left end in place of Trainor who is ineligi- ble. His voice droned on naming the other starting players. The miniature bowl in which the Eastbrook team played was a sea of waving banners the next afternoon. The sun shone down benev- olently from a cloudless, blue sky on ten thousand students and old grads. Meanwhile, after preliminary practice, Polly, sitting nervously on the bench, only half hearing the coach ' s instructions, caught sight of the foot- ball-mad crowd and turned away shuddering. Polly was frightened and sick before this, his first starting game. Hampton, an all-state teammate, grinned at him sardonically, Not scared, are you Polly? he asked. Then de- liberately bating him, Guess who I ' ve got a date with to-night? Shut up, snapped Billy so savagely that Hampton shied back. Only asbestos could have cooled Polly off as he awaited the kick- off on the field. He had forgotten his fear, the crowd, and everything except his anger. At the opening whistle Polly ran down the field like a streak and tackled the enemy ball- carrier so hard that he knocked him back three feet. Two shots at Polly ' s side of the line decided the offensive team to kick. Billy waited tensely on the scrimmage line, watch- ing the ball. When it was snapped back, he charged in ferociously and, leaping, crashed into the ball and then into the punter with such force that both sprawled on the ground. Polly bounded quickly to his feet, and, cover- ing the ball, was buried by a mob of players. It was Eastborough ' s ball on their opponents ' thirty-yard line! Hike! Hike! An off-tackle smash! Polly hit the opposing tackle with all his strength; the wingbacks did the same and the tackle was driven completely out of the play! A gain of ten yards! A short pass with Polly on the receiving end! Hampton was so hurried by the enemy ends that he threw wildly! Polly leaped up, caught it in one hand and spun, twisted, and slashed his way toward the goal line with an opponent hold- ing on! Touchdown! The try for the point with the crowd roaring! Kick-formation called with Hampton back! Plunk! Leather hit leather to send the ball twirling over the crossbar! 7 to o in favor of Eastborough . . . Neither side scored again in the first quarter as Polly showed clearly that he was the best player on the field.

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LOCALS A GREEK SHIP CLASS OFFICERS 1935 President Rene Francazzi Vice-President Sally Morehouse Treasurer Walter Remian Secretary Pauline Earls Faculty Adviser Miss Frances Troy 1936 President Edmund Farland Vice-President Louise Dumas Treasurer Edward Hobson Secretary Janet Kozyra Faculty Adviser Mr. Neil Robinson 1937 President Jack Burnham Vice-President Gertrude Chickering Treasurer Evelyn Fay Secretary George Downer Faculty Adviser Miss Claudia Dube 1938 President Ernest Howarth Vice-President Beverly Austin Secretary Charles Troy Treasurer Ruth Laughlin Faculty Adviser Miss Persis Howe CALENDAR October 2: Micha Tulin: Concert on the Theremin. October 11: Observance of Columbus Day and Pilaski Day. October 20: Lewis E. MacBryne, General Manager of Mass. Safety Council — Safety talk. November 9: Armistice Observance. Talk on Nursing as a Career by a re- presentative of Simmons College. Radio Talk on Conditions in Gran- chaco. November 28: Rally before Webster game. Also Thanksgiving program by Drama- atic Club. During Education Week, the American Le- gion awarded medals to pupils submitting win- ning essays on The History of the Constitu- tion of the United States. John McTighe won the award for high school,