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

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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.

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY ( larg tn ($ab in tlje IjigljeHt, anh d« carttj pma, $aab will tawatft wen. ffiukt II : 1 1 A tutti li Italian! delgi Stati Uniti aguriamo Buon Natale, Buon Fene e Bon principio d ' anno. Nancy Righi Skladamy warn serdeczne zyczenia Wesolych swiat Bozego Narodzenia. Hedwiga Swiacki Gadt fort silning pa Julen. Phyllis Swenson Froehliche Weinachten Herzliche Glueckwuensche Zum Weinachtstage. Virginia Gagnon Amerikans wrojne gjithe Shqipetaret Pershumevjet Krisht Lindjet. Joseph Paskal lo Saturnalia. B. C. Gaudeas laeto corde hoc die sancto. A. D. Richard Waite President Latin Club KAAA XPISTOUTENA KAI EUTHXES TON NEON ETOS. Sofoclis E. Kollios NOEL AU CANADA Rita Guilmette ' 40 Le carillon de I ' eglise de campagne sonne joyeuse- ment. Ces sons melodieux s ' entremelent aux cloch- ettes et aux grellots, aux rires, aux chants des fideles, qui, revetus de leurs plus beaux habits d ' hiver, secouent la neige de leurs chaussures sur les marches de I ' eglise, tout en echangeant, a mi-voix, des paroles gaies et agreables. Tout a coup le carillon cesse, et le tintin sonne grand silence, interrompu par ce chant traditionnel, Minuit Chretien, e ' est I ' heure solen- nelle. Car e ' est Noel. Que cette messe de minuit est belle et radieuse! II semble a chacun que e ' est un avant-gout du ciel. Aussitot la messe finie, le carillon recommence, avec plus d ' elan que jamais, au milieu des babillages des parents et des amis qui se quittent pour se reunir plus tard soit a la maison paternelle, soit chez des voisins, pour reveillonner, une vieille coutume ineffacable dans le coeur d ' un Canadien. Et ce ne serait pas un vrai reveillon si au menu il manquait le ragout et les confitures, les betteraves et les tartes et les tour- tieres. Ce repas est ordinairement accompagne de chansons a repondre a tour de role, et a la demande du maitre de la maison, personne ne refuse. Aussi quel spectacle de voir les plus petits se reveiller et courir fureter dans leurs bas accroches au pied de leur lit ou pres de la cheminee, pour y recueillir ce que le petit Jesus leur a apporte. Car e ' est Noel. Le reveillon est presque toujours interrompu par les coureurs, les Guignoles. Un comite choisi par les dignitaires de la paroisse frappe a toutes les portes en chantant La Guignole. Ms sont toujours recus a bras ouverts, et tout le monde chante en coeur le re- frain de leur chansons, apres lequel ils font leurs au- mones pour les pauvres et les malheureux de la paroisse. Ceci se compose ordinairement de morceaux de viande, de lingeries ou de produits de la terre, et meme de I ' argent. Ces choses sont emballees dans la voiture de Les Guignoles et sont divisees aux pauvres et aux malheureux. Voila I ' obole des plus fortunes, car dans un jour aussi memorable il faut que tout le monde soit heureux meme les plus petits et les plus miserables. Car apres tout, C ' est Noel.