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

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NOVEMBER 1939 LOCALS CLASS OFFICERS 1939-1940 SENIORS President Lester Newlands Vice-President Barbara D ' Arcey Secretary Louise Bouvier Treasurer Armand Sansoucy Student Council George Beauregard Annette Lorange Faculty Adviser Miss Frances Troy JUNIORS President Aldo Piucci Vice-President Lorraine Julien Secretary Jack Eaves Treasurer Sally Cheney Student Council Barbara Nichols Faculty Adviser Mr. Hayward Snell SOPHOMORES President Francois Roy Vice-President Gertrude Bouvier Secretary Jean Buckley Treasurer Lionel Gagnon Student Council Fred Morse Virginia Tondonati Annie Young Faculty Adviser Mr. Milton Mickelson FRESHMEN President Guido Barbierri Vice-President Susie Tobia Secretary Sylvia Greene Treasurer Raymond DiGregorio Student Council George Young Faculty Adviser Miss Priscilla Drake SENIOR PLAY CAST The annual Senior Class Play of the Wells High School will be given November 24 in the school audi- torium. The three-act comedy, The Poor Nut, written by J. C. and Elliott Nugent will be coached by Miss Thecla Fitzgerald. Characters Olga Di Federico, Mrs. Small; Lucille Dubreuil, Margie Blake; Lester Newlands, John Miller; Kay Traynor, Julia Winter; Edward LeClair, Spike Hoyt; Milton Freeman, Hub Smith; William McCann, Mag- pie Welch; Henry Di Gregorio, Coach Jackson; How- ard Buckley, Wiley Pierce; Charles Roy, Prof. Deming; Douglas Brown. Doc. Spurney; Norman Donais, Fresh- man; Odile Girouard, Reggie; Josephine Chiocca, Betty; Adele Liro, Doris; Esther Lenti, Mary Reed; Louise Bouvier, Dorothy Lee. The play was chosen by the following committee assisted by the officers Lucille Dubreuil, Arliss Olson, Serjio Bartoli, Edward Le Clair. TRAFFIC SQUAD Captain, Robert Proulx; assistant captain, Armand Sansoucy. Squad: J. Bastien, N. Donais, R. Laliberte, K. Phil- lips, S. Bartoli, B. Jalbert, G. Bastien, G. Atwood, E. LeClair, B. Guertin, L. Letourneau, R. Larochelle, J. Gifford, D. Brown, F. Martin, E. McCarthy, H. Locke, G. Beauregard, R. Bertrand, E. Benoit, C. Savory, L. Gillan, N. Gagnon, H. Buckley, E. McNamara, E. Re- naud, G. Ethier, W. McCann, C. Pratt, L. Newlands, G. Decataldi, J. Chamberlain, H. DiGregorio, R. Car- penter, W. Laliberte, W. Hebert, C. Roy, C. Drew, R. Freeland, R. Varin, A. Girouard, W. DiGregorio, A. DiBonaventura, L. Benoit, R. Cournoyer, D. Robson, R. LeReau. CLUBS STUDENT COUNCIL — Miss Aucoin, faculty adviser President Whitman Goddu Vice-President Shirley Austin Secretary-Treasurer Mary LaLiberte Elected Member of Executive Board- -Edward LeClair GLEE CLUB — Miss Hebert, faculty adviser President George Beauregard Vice-President Hedwiga Swiacki Secretary GMb?rte G lipeau Asst. Secretary Luc lie Dubreuil Treasurer Henry DiGregorio Publicity Kathleen Traynor VESTED CHOIR The newly organized vested choir under the direc- tion of Miss Berthe Hebert, music superviser, is to wear robes of crimson and gray when making public appearances. At their debut at the Community Chest Drive at Notre Dame Auditorium the vested choir used O ' Hara ' s Youth On Parade as their theme song. They sang, also, Old English Country Dance and Bobolink — an American Travesty. The following girls are members of the choir: Yvonne Westwell, Odile Girouard, Kay Traynor, Shirley Matys, June Desrosier, Louise Bouvier, Hed- wiga Swiacki, Lucille Dubreuil, Lorraine Lariviere, Barbara Silk, Rita Guilmette, Madelyn LaForce, Jean Robertson, Lucille Delage, Louise Genereux, Sally Lenti, and Gilberte Galipeau, accompanist. SCHOOL BAND Plaudits of the season go to Mr. Hall and his band for the splendid work they have done in arousing school spirit and enthusiasm in our football games. They make a fine appearance in their snappy Crimson and Gray capes, led by Anita Farland, our talented majorette. The entire school joins the Crimson and Gray in wishing the band success. Members of the band include: Daniel Robson, Trombone; Richard Nichols, Trumpet; Roland Ron- deau, Trumpet; Lloyd Chapman, Trumpet; Alex Kov- aleskie, Trumpet; George Demers, Trumpet; Robert Bertrand, Saxophone; Jean Wilkinson, Saxophone; Gertrude Larochelle, Piccollo; Alturo Ceccarelli, Clar- inet; Steve LaRiviere, Cymbols; Robert W. Proulx, Bass Drum; Norman Mathiew, Drum; and Francois Roy, Drum.

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NOVEMBER 1939 11 REVIEWS The first issue of the Crimson and Gray in the new school year brings a new department — Reviews. This department is open to anybody who wants to say any- thing about books, magazine or newspaper articles, or drama. If you want to put in a plug for your fa- vorite writer or actor, sharpen your wits and your pencil and plug away to your heart ' s content — we ' re ready, willing and able to listen to what you have to say. Just as the first issue of the Crimson and Gray brings a department new to the present student body, so the first month of the school year brought a situa- tion new to the school body — European War. Naturally, this war will arouse interest in books about war. It is fitting that the new department take part in this interest, so war books it is. The book that warned the world that war was com- ing, Adolf Hitler ' s own book, Mein Kampf, might na- turally be the first one to turn to. This book, a com- bination of autobiography and political philosophy, biased in its autobiography and occasionally dry in its politics, is, nevertheless, a book well worth your while. In it, Hitler develops his early life and background showing us the events and incidents which led to the formulating of his political philosophy. He shows us how he first entered into politics and how this led to the development of the National Socialist movement. He carries us through the early days of National So- cialism as an organized party and then on upward in its rise to power. Finally, he shows us the foreign policy by which he hoped to make Germany the world power, leaving no doubt in the minds of his readers as to the fate of Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Danzig, Memel and the Polish Corridor. In the light of the recent Russo-German alliance, much of the politics of the book can be thrown into complete discard, but Mein Kampf can still give us a clear picture of Hitler as he sees himself. REACHING FOR THE STARS by Nora Wain Reviewed by Shirley Matys ' 40 Because war has actually broken out in Europe and because war and its accompanying unrest is bound to influence our lives, our interest in conditions in Ger- many is acute. Reaching for the Stars seems to be a painless and pleasant source of uncensored opinion of living con- ditions in Germany before the war. Nora Wain, born and raised a Quaker in Pennsyl- vania, has lived and traveled in China, Czechoslova- kia, Austria, and Germany. Her book, Reaching for the Stars, delves deep into the real state of affairs in Germany. She tells of many incidents that are common all over Germany. Miss Wain compares the Germans to a field of rabbits who, when a weasel creeps upon one of them, move away in terror but do nothing to save the unfortunate victim. They are a sleep wandering people who need to be awakened. It seems impos- sible that a people possessing such a wealth of intel- lect, as do the Germans, will tolerate any dictator for too long. She noted, while traveling through Austria and Czechoslovakia, the great poverty and the slow decay of governments. Both these facts indicate the inevit- ability of these countries ' eventual succumbing to German power. Just because Reaching for the Stars is labeled non- fiction, don ' t let that frighten you. It ' s most enter- taining and even the print is big. The last two books looked at the present situation from the point of view of Germany. This next one looks at it from the point of view of Czechoslovakia. WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN by Maurice Hindus Reviewed by Howard Buckley ' 40 Mr. Hindus, who was visiting Czechoslovakia and preparing a biography of the people during the sum- mer and early fall of 1938, presents us with a history book in ultra-modern fashion. There could not have been a more timely publication for the enlightenment of a world still in doubt about the truth concerning the end of this little republic. Having just completed his biography in September, Mr. Hindus saw that something was going to happen. He stayed on another three weeks writing a chapter each day to give us a blow by blow description of the attack on the country and the morale of the people. The account includes details after the invaders had actually entered the city of Prague. It is a stirring book, more like some strange novel than a chapter from our modern history. If you gave a start when you read the headlines last September, read this book and learn how the Czechs felt. From thought books about war, we ' ll turn to action books about war, books about actual happenings in wartime. Here ' s one by the co-author of a famous group of books — James Norman Hall, co-author of the Mutiny trilogy and Hurricane. Mr. Hall tells us of his ex- periences in the Lafayette Escadrille, the famous American flying unit of the French Foreign Legion. He tells us of his training period, starting with the foolish Penguins — planes that couldn ' t get off the ground — and then on up through the more advanced stages. He tells of the excitement of the first patrol and the excitement of a balloon attack. He tells how his buddy was brought down by a German plane on the Allied side of the lines. He tells a hilarious in- cident of some camouflaged cows in a supposedly empty field. And he tells of how he was finally shot down behind the German lines and made a prisoner in Germany for the duration of the war. This book, entitled High Adventure, an exciting true story told by a master story-teller, is one that should appeal to nearly everyone. The American Black Chamber, the autobiography of Herbert O. Yardley as head of department Ml -8, the code division of the War Department, deals with a little known, mysterious, and glamourous branch of war time activities — secret service and codes. Mr. Yardley was a clerk in the code room of the State De- partment. He became interested in codes and found that any school boy with a little patience could solve the American diplomatic codes. Dipping deeper into the subject, he became an authority on codes and