West Bridgewater High School - Climber Yearbook (West Bridgewater, MA)

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OUR BASKETBALL SEASON Hello, sport fans! . . . boys have a poor season with 6 wins and 8 losses . . . girls have fairly good season taking 9 games and losing 6 . . . summary- • Jan. 4— Boys lose to Alumni . . . 22-18 . . . girls have easy game and get off to a flying start . . . Jan. 11— Stetson is first victim at hands of Howard boys . . . score 30-23 . . . girls lose first game . . . 20-14 . . . Jan. 12 — Boys play good game against Brockton seconds but do not find basket . . . lose 27-9 . . . Jan. 15 — Howard girls defeat Middleboro by a close score of 13-12 . . . seconds lose a tough game . . . 11-7 . . . boys are defeated for second time this season . . . 19-16 . . . seconds take sound beat- ing .. . 25-6 . . . Jan. 18 — East Bridgewater has easy time taking our boys into camp . . . 31-16 . . . girls come through with surprising win . . . 31-22 . . . Jan. 22 — Both girls and boys defeat Holbrook . . . girls have tight squeeze . . . 19-16 . . . boys run wild ... the result? . . . 40-15 . . . Jan. 29 — Another bitter rival trips Howard girls and boys . . . Bridgewater . . . boys . . . 20-11 . . . girls . . . 15-9 . . . Feb. 5 — Brockton seconds take a second game from Howard boys, trouncing them 33-11 . . . girls play exceptionally well, defeating Rockne Sporting Club 27-21. Feb. 8 — Sweet revenge for boys over Middleboro . . . best game of season . . . score 24-22 . . . over- time period . . . seconds lose 28-13 . . . Middleboro girls clean up . . . first 26-9 . . . seconds 13-9 . . . Feb. 15 — Boys have hard time taking Sumner . . . 18-16 . . . girls take sound beating . . . 33-2 . . . what ho! Feb. 19 — As usual . . . Howard girls 28 . . . Seminary 13 . . . Feb. 26 — St. Paul ' s of Brockton gives Howard boys a hard game, forcing them to the limit . . . score 19-18 . . . Mar. 5 — East Bridgewater boys again smother Howard boys . . . 26-16 . . . very rough game . . - girls defeat rivals for second time . . 20-17 . . .0. C. . . looks good in her new position at center . . . Mar. 7 — Rockne girls gain revenge, winning 32- 20 . . . seconds also win . . . 9-6 . . . Mar. 12 — Howard girls spring surprise win over Bridgewater . . . 18-14 . . . E. P., P. L., and O. C. shine . . . boys take another trimming . . . 17-14 . . Mar. 15 — Stetson comes to West Bridgewater to end season with Howard High. . . what thrills! . . . boys slaughter rivals to tune of 42-17 . . . girls lose a good fight by 2 points . . . 18-16 . . . H. W. be- comes school hero . . . Mar. 20 — Howard and Seminary girls in the an- nual last game of their season . . . our girls still look good to us . . . And now for the teams . . . Boys: Center, Cheyunski; forwards, Noumi, Cap- tain Woodward, Golder, Hayes, B. Ferrini; backs, A. Nelson, Hurley, Bolster, Penpraese; manager, Keith . . . Howard loses Cheyunski, Noumi, Wood- ward, and Hurley in June . . . but Coach Frellick should be able to build around the two-star backs of this year . . . Bolster and Penpraese . . . Girls: Center, Captain E. Peterson, O. Cheyunski, A. Howe; forwards, R. Chadwick, C. Morse, M. Bur- rill, D. Falzarano, N. Hurley, E. Almquist; backs, P. Peterson, P. Lovering, J. Asack, B. Pope . . . girls are fortunate in that they lose only one player . . . Betty Pope . . . judging from this year ' s record, one can almost predict an undefeated team for next year! . . . with Mr. Windell as their capable and popular coach! Baseball? . . . boys are very enthusiastic over the thoughts of having a baseball team this year . . . will financial difficulties prevent our enjoying this sport? ... we are hoping for the best . . . but baseball pays poorly — what with expense for um- pires, equipment, transportation, and incidentals! M. A. P. Cheers W. N. to victory! PAGE 12

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Things You {jj Should yW !! Know !! On December 21, the Howard High School Cacultj gave its annual Christmas party to the studenl in the beautifully decorated gymnasium. A verj pi tree, Simla Clans, gifts, Karnes, refreshmenl . a id dancing made (in)- afternoon a mosl enjoyable one. On January 6, the European history clasi ioui neyed to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to studj the Renaissance paintings. After absorbing all pos- sible knowledge along this line, they proceeded I do the rest of the museum, browsing among Japanese pottery, Egyptian mummies, and ship models until the closing gong sounded. Some girls do, and some girls don ' t. French girls don ' t. Members of the French class have signed up to correspond with French boys and girls studying English, and much good should come of it. American girls may correspond with French boys, but F ' rench girls do not correspond with Amer- ican boys, warns the announcement. Your tough luck, mesdamoiselles! Thirty pupils in the civics class visited Brockton District Court the latter part of January under the supervision of Miss Weeden? Perhaps that is why they have been speaking to the upper classmen in legal terms, and attempting to make legal decisions of their own lately. Concerning the second year bookkeeping class . . . interested workers . . . plan trip to the Home National Bank . . . cordial invitation eagerly ac- cepted . . . are conducted through the different de- partments . . . learn much of interest and value . . . money everywhere and all the students possess is scant bus-fare . . . they decide they ' d like to be- come bankers. The members of the ancient history class have been studying very diligently the social customs and intellectual life of the Athenians. They enter- tain hopes of displaying their knowledge to the rest of the school before the end of the year. If you want a letter done speedily, accurately. and neatly, call for a member of the Howard High typing classes. If you want an attractive poster or notebook cover, do the same. (Did you see Erland Porter ' s Chief Needahbeh poster?) Erland has attained the amazing speed of seventy words a minute, while Esther Peterson of Typing II. typing sixty words a minute, ranks a close second. Friday — and girls ' gym classes! A Freshman appearing with one high and one low sneaker — groans and sighs — arms and legs flying in all di- rections — Danish gymnastics and folk dancing — cheers and yells — one grand time — Miss Harden- brook is here! Deputy Commissioner of Education Frank Wright, speaker at the Founder ' s Day exercises, stated that in his va I had ii ' ir heard finei literarj abilitj ai tion and prizt • bj ti,« • The pr •ban the boys, and the i i work more than ' J r. higher than •• ■ immi. .i b - nal :. ng. I ' illation of i has increa ll of our old by . per cent. THE BELFm l ' . VI Hourly, folk- : Just unfurled rnv .; long winter ' re t, ■■■ ' i dei ided to Hit about ai on beneath me. . . . Digging Up t;, Senior class play. • ■ alk of the - .... learned, via the play, that one of our strong. silent, he-men succumbs to teasing . . . how about it A. C? . . . per usual, spr of many blossoming romances, prominent among them that of two important Junior- I know, if you can consider officers important .... by th« is G. T. ' s girl friend, anyway? . . . can anybody tell me what makes M. A. P. so popular with the upper class men? . . . first it ' s a Senior and now Junior . . . why not let the other girls in on the secret, stingy? ... I hear complaints that our have relapsed to their ancient habits ... a certain pupil broke the main spring in his watch try adjust it every period! . . . selection of X. H. ■.- next ' cellist assures us that the committee - how to choose wisely . . . but who will go boom- boom after M. H. departs from hence? . . . com- plaints very generally heard from kids who •-..■ walk to school now . . . well, maybe they ' ll appre- ciate former service after they ' ve suffered ft many frostbitten ears, blisters, and callouses as the unfortunates who have never been privileged to ride! .... as the day is drawing to a close and my eyes are growing very weary. I shall close them, if you ' ll pardon me. for their customary forty — THE BELFRY BAT. A MODERN HUNTER He killed the noble kittens: Of the skin he made some mittens — Made them with the fur side inside. Made them with the skin side outside: He. to get the warm side inside. Put the cold skin side outside: He. to get the cold side outside. Put the warm fur side inside: That ' s why he put the fur side inside — Why he put the skin side outside — And why he turned them inside outside. — G. B. - R. K. Wilbur i who often drives for his don ' t have much time for meals, so I usually have a bite at the wheel. Penpraese: Kinda tough bit:: ' ; -

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mk iJti, H. H. S.— 1883 Seven members of an entering clas.s of twenty- two were graduated in the spring of 1883 from what is now Howard High School, then Howard Collegiate Institute; and these seven have the distinction of comprising the first class of high school grade to be graduated in the town of West Bridgewater. The graduates were Ada W. Leach, Clara B. Leach, Fred Kingman, Lida W. Copeland, Mabel N. Copeland, Frank Alger, and Walter Barrell. Of these, but one, Ada W. Leach, widow of the late Irving E. Wheeler, still lives in West Bridgewa- ter. She wrote the class ode and class history. Her sister, Clara B. Leach, now Mrs. Alton W. Snell of Newbury street, Brockton, taught for some years in the North School, since discontinued, in Campello, and was afterwards a dressmaker. Fred Kingman, class salutatorian, graduated from Bridgewater Normal School, now State Teachers ' Col- lege at Bridgewater, and from Harvard University. He became superintendent of schools in Barnstable County, and later held similar positions in Walpole and Natick. He is now retired, and makes his home in Norwood. Lida W. Copeland, who wrote the valedictory, was for many years an accountant in City Hall, Brock- ton. She resides at the present time in Glendale. Calif. Mabel N. Copeland, now living on West Chest- nut Street, Campello, was employed for several years at Thompson Brothers Shoe Company in Brockton. Frank Alger for a number of years lived in Brock- ton. He was at one time in the meat business, but is now employed by the United Shoe Machinery Com- pany at Beverly, where he resides. He is married and has several children. Walter Barrell, the only member of the class not still living, attended Williston Academy at Easthamp- READ WHAT OT ERS SAY § CLASS OF 1883 Standing, left to right: C. Leach, A. Leach. F. Alger, L. Copeland, F. Kingman, M. Copeland, W, Howard. W. Barrell. Seated: R. Barker (teacher). ing into the ; n in general, and of our Ho ■ ard High School cular, I have had the pi sininz. from Mr, Howard B, Wilbur, a promii t ' • n and editor-in-chief of the ' ■ ' ■ by the students of the high school in valuable information concerning th original pub- lication. [1 at the suggestion of Mr. William A. Wilbar, now President of the University of Washington, D. C, that the Whi.-per, a four-page newspaper, was started. At first it was more of an experiment than anything else: but, as you can see, thi this experimental paper was assured from the very beginning. The Whisper had no special departm I was not limited to just school news — it was taken greatly from town happenings. Contrary U present policy, many of the articles published were written by the teachers or the staff member though a few contributions were made by the stu- dent body. There was very little advertising solicited, while at the present time our advertisers contribute large- ly to the support of the paper. The circulation was large — as is that of the Climber. There have been a great many changes in form, content, and management of school publication - the days of the Whisper. but the publications have always been up to the minute in news, no matter what the source. May our Climber continue to be as successful as its predecessor! Excellent magazines from the following have been received: The Unquity Echo. Milton. M The Red and Gray. Fitchburg, Mass. The Reflector. Weymouth. Mass. The Sachem. Middleboro, Mass. The Ferncliff Echo. Lee. Mass. The Madison Mirror. Rochester. New York. The Echo. Canton. Mass. These will be surveyed and commented upon in a later issue. ton. graduated from Harvard University, and post-graduate work there, studied in Europe. On his return to this country he became a teacher of Greek. He was for many years connected the Athenaeum Library in Boston as a refere: pert. and did psychopathic research for Harvard. He died in Brookline in 1927. leaving a widow. The class motto was Sunt sua praemia labori. or These are their rewards for labor. At the graduation ceremonies. Mrs. Wheeler re- calls, the class presented their teacher with a beau- tiful Bible as an expression of their appreciation of the cordial relations which had existed bet pupils and teacher throughout the c