Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK 11 wo we-s Class istoi: W W On a bright September morning in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, one hundred and thirty-seven freshmen timidly entered the awe-inspiring and rather formidable institute of learning known as the Westerly High School. Each and everyone of us was tr-embling with excitement and it took three weeks under the guidance of Miss McIntyre to make us feel at home in our new surround- ings. Before long, however, we became well acquainted with each other and with the upper classmen and settled down to choosing officers. The following W-ere elected for the fresh- man year: . ' President ,,rrr rrr,,r r,,r ee,iV .,,rrr E d W 1 n Sawyer Vice President .. r,r, . r,,r Byron Hiscox Secretary rrrrrr Elizabeth Roan Treasurer rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre . .,..,.rr, ,Dallas Clarke Next, various school activities, athletics in particular, engaged our attention, and by the end of the year, We were proud to include among our ranks siYJ letter men. In fact, there was nothing to mar the smooth tranquility of our fresh- man year except the phantom of exams which appeared on special occasions to haunt and terrorize our childish hearts. The fall of 1925 found us superior and self-satisfied Soph- omores under a new principal, Mr. Mason. Our class leaders were confidently selected as follows: U President. ...........r....r..... , ........ l .... Byron Hiscox Vice President ..........,.. . .,.....,... Eleanor Daley Secretary. ............ ........ S heffield Greene Treasurer ......... . ........ Alexander Smith

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10 THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK VN new Class Night Exercises Address of Welcome Students, Teachers, and Citizens of Westerly, the Class of 1928 extends to you a most cordial welcome. Tonight we have met for our last informal gathering in this building. During our four brief and crowded years here, we have been bound together by common purposes, aims, and ideals. By tomorrow, however, this particular phase of our experi- ence will be a thing of the past. Some of us expect to attend college while others will enter immediately upon the more exacting business of life. We sincerely trust that the lessons taught in the classrooms and on the athletic field will not be forgotten in the years to come, but will be recalled to mind frequently and appreciated more than ever before. We wish to take this opportunity to thank our esteemed faculty for their kindly patience and consideration in guiding our stumbling footsteps and hope that the classes to come will appreciate them as much as we have. We desire also to tell the under classmen how highly we prize the help and co-operation they have given us during the past year. In fact, they have supported our class activities almost as well as th-e Class of 1928 itself. Last, but certainly not least, may we express to you, citizens of Westerly, our gratitude for your interest in all our undertakings, both scholastic and social. Without your help and co-operation, it would have been impossible for us to make our athletic events, our senior play, our cantata, and our numerous other entertainments, so successful. A few hours yet remain in which we may enjoy each 0ther's company in a spirit of fun and good comradeship and during the exercises tonight I invite you to listen to our chos- en representatives as they bring before you various pictures of our high school life. Let these hours, given over to jokes and revelry, be among the brightest and happiest in all your lives. -EDWIN SAWYER

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12 THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK we nv Our affluence this year enabled us to purchase class rings of a quality and splendor which we deemed the n'th degree of excellence. During the course of the sporting seasons we watched Meikle, Smith, McFarland, and Sawyer, creditably play their parts in football, track, basketball, and baseball. So numerous and gay were the parties and dances en- joyed while we were sophomores, that we didn't notice the rapid progress of the months but time waits for no man and before we realized it, we were jolly juniors. By our third year, our number had diminished but our enthusiasm was stronger than ever and, since we were fa- vored with a room on the second floor, we were inclined to be rather haughty and arrogant. The honored four to hold the executive power of the- group were: President rii, I ii,rrirrirrii.i iiie Eugene Malaghan Vice President. irrrrir. ee.e M adelyn Sutcliffe Secretary rrrrii a iiiiiiiiiiiiir iiirrirrrrr.rr G race Walton Treasurer I riri,iiii,iiiir Abraham Soloveitzik At this stage of our career, the Class Spirit of 1928 sud- denly came to life. Our athletes literally shone. It was now that Ed. Sawyer became varsity pitcher and led the baseball team so gallantly to the state championship. This same year also, Wilcox aroused himself from the lethargy which afflicted him during school hours to develop a brilliant record for speed on the track team. Of course, the great occasion of the year was our first truly social function-the JUNIOR PROM-and how we all worked for it! The hall was elegantly decorated with blue and white streamers and the floor was crowded with gay stu- dents, graduates, and friends. Then we must not forget the Glee Clubs' operetta All at Sea , prize speaking, and the Martha C. Babcock Essays. In the Gilbert and Sullivan production, five juniors: Charles Campbell, John Stenhouse, Myer Deutsch, Stanzerl Edwards, and Lenora Goldberg played leading roles. Jack Stenhouse as the gruff hardy old captain, and Lenora Goldberg, personify- ing the dainty, graceful fairy queen, certainly left an indelible impression upon our minds. No wonder Campbell's interpre- tation of the eloquent Scotch preacher won him the second prize in the speaking contest and we have heard that Hazel Morgan's prize essay on Our Philippine Probleml' was un- usually instructive and convincing In view of these varied activities, the year passed all too soon and vacation was again upon us. Then for two short months we rested and endeavored to prepare ourselves for the