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

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUME XXII DECEMBER, 1938 NUMBER 1 Treasurer Evelyn Ostrowski CRIMSON AND GRAY STAFF 1938-1939 Editor-in-Chief, Phyllis Whiteoak Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Louise Gregoire Business Manager Subscription Manager Secretary Victor L ' Ecuyer Barbara D ' Arcey Nellie Rewinski Editors Athletics — John Beverage Exchanges — Price Burgess Prattle — Eleanor Haynes ,. , f -Catherine Chace Locals { Dora Kendall Alumni — Nina Hobson Art- Germaine Bombardier Fleurette Demers Business Staff Frank Guardiani Alphonse Homicz Eugene Roy Henry DiGregorio Milton Freeman John Gifford Richard Aucoin Faculty Adviser- Subscription Staff Mary Tobia Arliss Olson Raymond Freelatnd Glenna Houlberg Robert Laliberte Typing Staff Ruth Brousseau Lena Costanzi Mary Weissner -Miss Thecla Fitzgerald COVER MEMORIES OF 1938 . EDITORIALS Phyllis Whiteoak ' 39 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS LITERATURE . Blanche Slota ' 39 Price Burgess ' 39 TABLE OF CONTENTS Germaine Bombardier Rita Guilmette ' 40 LOCALS ATHLETICS EXCHANGES ALUMNI Hurricane Accounts Patricia Smith ' 39 Louise Gregoire ' 39 Arvin Silverberg ' 39 Mary Dirlam ' 42 Albert Bouvier ' 39 Philip DeAngelis ' 41 PRATTLE John Gifford ' 40 Mary Campbell ' 40 Lucille Dubreuil ' 40 Charles Genereux ' 40 PAGE 2 3 4 5 10 13 14 15 16 Dora Kendall ' 39

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DECEMBER 1938 EDITORIALS GREETINGS Phyllis Whiteoak ' 39 Welcome Freshmen and Eighth-Graders! We hope you will have as much fun sharing high school ex- periences with each other as we upper classmen have had. Editorials seem more or less out of place in a scrapbook, but then — how many of you guessed that this issue is a scrapbook? Mementos of summer vacation, the hurricane, football, school fun, Thanks- giving, and now Christmas are all tucked away most carefully in our Crimson and Gray ' s first issue. It is hard for the staff to get enthused about Christmas, for Christmas, on this day of writing, is six weeks away. We are anticipating the thrills of the Wells-Bartlett game and still reminiscing about When Stars Shine. i It ' s fun, however, to look ahead to the excite- ment of Christmas. Shopping in the annual Christ- mas crowds, Santa Clauses ringing bells on street corners, new store clerks for the rush, crowded elevators, and wavy rows of colored bulbs strung along doorways are all a part of the joys of the yule- tide. Starry-eyed little girls dancing ecstatically up and down before pretty fresh-cheeked dolls in show- To MR. GREENE For Longer Vacations. cases clap their hands in happy expectation. A red skooter or a flexible flyer probably causes some little lad ' s heart many a flop for fear that he may not get one. Finally, out of a cluttered heap of red and green paper, bright ribbons, Christmas seals, and scissors, come gaily wrapped packages all ready to be put under the twinkling tree, Christmas eve. Well loved Christmas carols — Silent Night and Come All Ye Faithful — seem more beautiful each year. Fresh voices from the church choir or in your own family circle always create the true Christmas spirit. And then comes the New Year! Everyone heralds it with most noble resolutions to study harder, to read more good books, to save part of his weekly al- lowance, and to get at least eight hours sleep. 1938 is slipping away and soon 1939 — the year which brings graduation to many of us — -will be chimed from church steeples to all corners of the world. Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year! To Help on Corridor Patrol! MR. ROBERTSON MISS HOFSTRA MY OPINION OF THE BOY SCOUTS Arvin Silverberg ' 39 The Boy Scouts are subject to a great deal of criticism both complimentary and adverse. The ad- verse criticism comes from people who know little or nothing about the movement. The scouts and scout- ers themselves are for it one hundred per cent. I ' ve heard people say that the Boy Scout movement was merely a disguise for military training of American youth. That kind of a remark makes me angry. Every time some act of the Boy Scouts appears to be military, it is always removed from the program. Even march- ing in military formation is being eliminated by the National Office. Because a Boy Scout is one of the most patriotic people in the world does not mean that he will be a hindrance to the peace of the world. Whoever saw a scout in uniform kill an animal or even have a dangerous weapon on his person? He is a lover of nature and peace, an individual well worth the sup- port of every one. From a very practical standpoint the Boy Scout movement is an asset to the world. A Scout learns first aid, safety, woodcraft, conservation and prac- tical manual arts which would be sadly neglected otherwise. The Boy Scouts, in my opinion, build up the most morally, physically, and mentally straight group in the world.