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

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IB- WHY WE CAME TO H. H. S. E. P. and M. S To follow C. R. E. P. and E. H To study W. N. and T. H To take home the Freshman girls A. C. and W. B To play basketball P. S. and E. H To gossip H. W. and N. G To argue M. H. and B. F Heaven only knows E. S. and E. F To surprise us E. G. and T. R To natter the girls L. H To wear his red stockings FAVORITE SAYINGS Ruth Tuck— tee-hee. Merle Hurley — What the heck! Helen Pillsbury — George, wait for me. Ruth Chadwick — See ya second period, Walter. Henry Woodward — Ya dirty whelp! Natalie Gillespie — Lester did this — Lester did that. Bruno Ferrini — Do I need a shave? Charles Rubin — Don ' t you know? Miss W. — By the time you get to be Seniors, you etc. Erland Porter — I get up at four in the morning. WEATHER REPORTS Breezy L. H. Dry ..Mr. F. Threatening Miss C. Agreeable R. T. Foggy A. N. Changeable G. A. Settled A. F. Fair and warmer ... H. T. Windy A. B. Miracle Worker Girls, attention! bawled the gym teacher to her awkward squad. Girls, lift up your left leg and hold it straight in front of you. By mistake one of the girls held up her right leg which brought it out side by side with her neighbor ' s left leg. And who is the girl over there holding up both legs? shouted their much disturbed teacher. Policeman: Who owns this cow and calf? Schoolboy: I don ' t know who owns the cow, but I have an idea who owns the calf. Policeman: Well, who owns the calf? Schoolboy: The cow. Principal: I ' ve never seen the campus so littered with papers as it is this morning. Janitor: Those are the leaflets that were dis- tributed asking the students not to throw papers around. The teacher dictated: His choler rose to such a height that passion well nigh choked him. Shorthand student ' s transcript: His collar rose to such a height that fashion well nigh choked him. Le Maitre: Dites — moi le nom d ' un quadrupede? L ' EIeve: Une table, monsieur! Mater (ad magistrum) : Cur est Sextus sapientior meo Titurio? Magister: Propterea quod Sextus capite suo multo melius utitur quam Titurius suo. Mater (ad Titurium) : Quid, care fili mi, dicis, ut te defendas? Titurius: Nonne, mater mea, mihi dixisti me ludentem debere semper uti meis rebus? Sed caput Sexti non est meum. E. P. : Which is right — ' a hen is sitting ' or ' a hen is setting ' ? A. C. : I don ' t know, and I don ' t care. All I bother about is when she cackles — is she laying or is she lying? Miss Weeden: Who were the three commission- ers sent to negotiate with France at the time that Adams was elected? E. J.: X, Y, and Z. Mr. R. (talking to English IB class) : Can any- one explain why the calf says, ' Ma-a-a, ' and the lamb says, ' Ba-a-a ' ? R. C. (bright student) : The calf is calling his mama — and the lamb is calling his papa! The Frog What a wonderful bird the frog are! When he stands he sit almost. When he hop he fly almost. He ain ' t got no sense hardly. He ain ' t got no tail hardly either. When he sit, he sit on what he ain ' t got almost. — Selected. Faculty Adviser: Can ' t you shave the price a bit on this candy? B. P.: I ' m sorry — this is a lunch room not a barber shop. Are you going to sneeze, my pretty maid? I ' m going to sneeze, kind sir, said she. At who? At who? At who? asked he — Atchoo! Atchoo! Atchoo! said she. First student: My teacher is very irritable; the least thing sets her off. Second student: You ' re lucky at that! Mine ' s a self starter. Daffy: But, teacher, daddy says we are descended from monkeys. Teacher: We can ' t discuss your private family affairs in class.

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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

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4 WORTH BILL BOOSTER SAYS: You are going to buy a radio? No, two of them. What ' s the idea? Well, we are buying two because on the night.s when the static is bad on one we can use the other. From the hall where the salesmen ' s convention was being held came roar after roar of applause. What ' s all the noise about? asked a policeman of a man who had just stepped out. They ' ve been making speeches, replied the lat- ter, and somebody just introduced the man who sold Mussolini a book on how to acquire self-confidence. Bring me another sandwich, please. Will there be anything else? Yes, a paper-weight. That last sandwich blew away. Student: Does your math teacher grade close? Another Student: Does she! Why, she takes off five points if you get a decimal point upside down. The world gets out of the way for a man who knows where he is going, so they say. At a lecture the speaker stated fervently: He drove straight to his goal. He looked neither to the right nor to the left, but pressed forward, moved by a definite purpose. Neither friend nor foe could delay him nor turn him from his course. All who crossed his path did so at their own peril. What would you call such a man? A truck driver! shouted a voice from the audience. The prosecuting attorney had encountered a some- what difficult witness. Finally he asked the man if he was acquainted with any of the men on the jury. Yes, sir, announced the witness, more than half of them. Are you willing to swear that you know more than half of them? demanded the lawyer. Why, if it comes to that, I ' m willing to swear that I know more than all of them put together. Robert, said the teacher, to drive home the lesson on charity and kindness, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him from doi.ig so. what virtue would I be showing? Brotherly love, said Bobby promptly. Half the City Council Are Crooks. as the glaring headline. A retraction in full was demanded of the editor under penalty of arrest. Next afternoon the headline read. Half the City Council Aren ' t Crooks. OHIS WORLD IS FULL OP GRIEF, TROUBLE AWD BAD PEOPLE IT IS LIKEWISE PULL OF JOY, 9UMSHMJE AMD REGULAR. FELLOWS. THE ROVAL TRI9E OF BOOSTERS LOOKS OVJ THE SUWUY SIDE OF LIFE LIFE MAY HAVE tTS GLOOM, BUT VOU NEVER SEE. A BOOSTER. GOIKIG AROUUO BELLERIMG ABOUT rr A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING Things Ynu Read About The Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abra- ham Lincoln in 1863 freed over 3, slaves. The light of the sun travels 186.000 miles a sec- The outfit with which Columbus discovered Amer- ica is said to have cost $10,000. • The Liberty Bell was made in England in 1752. and inscribed with a verse from the Bible: Pro- claim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas, is the highest mountain in the world, reaching up about five and one-half miles into the sky. So far. no one ha- - ceeded in climbing to the summit. Sound waves below 20 vibrations per second are noise. From 20 to 40.000 vibrations they produce music. When they exceed 392.000 they become color red, and up to 785,000,000,000 they are violet. .- that they become the X-rays. Our national anthem. The Star Spangled Ban- ner. was written by Frances Scott Key dur: War of 1S12 when, after a night of anxiety, dawn ' s early light revealed his beloved fiag stil waving over the ramparts of Baltimore.