Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK 13 wi W' arduous duties, responsibilities, and dignities of senior year. First and foremost, our class officers were duly elected as follows: President orrl.eee oerr,. rrrr,,orr . .Edwin Sawyer Vice President. eeeeere. ere,erere,er J ohn McFarland Secretary.. ro,rro,re,.r,,rre.er,,.r,e Madelyn Sutcliffe Treasurer... rr.rrero..,reeo eere.o orre C h arles Campbell Again, as ever, we took a keen interest in athletics. Our class was well r-epresented in all sports of the school and every- one did his best. -. One of the earliest and most difficult problems to con- front us was the choosing of the Senior Play. Many and varied were the suggestions but it was finally decided to present Barrie's Quality Street , and to have different leads each night. The dramatic ability of our class now blazed bril- liantly forth. The Thursday night all-star cast was headed by Gordon Streeter as The dashing Mr. Brown and Madelyn Sutcliffe and Eleanor Daley as Pheobe and Susan Throssel, two quaint sisters of Quality Street, While the same roles were admirably played Saturday night by Charles Campbell, Lenora Goldberg, and Grace Walton. Relieved from the stress and strain of rehearsals, we next turned our attention to the prom which, postponed from time to time because of pecuniary embarrassments, was a signal success when finally given. This year there were formed in Westerly High School several clubs, each under the supervision of a member of the faculty, and each devoted to a particular field of study. Many of these clubs sponsored entertainments of various kinds, some of which were presented before the school while others were open to the gen-eral public, Perhaps the most pretentious of these was given by the Radio Club, through 'whose eforts Graham McNamee was brought to Westerly. Before closing this eventful history, I wish to mention one item which should certainly not be omitted from any school record, the most important item of all, that which deals with our scholarship as a class. Naturally we are inordinately proud of the fact that our class has the best scholastic record in the history of the school, the median rank being 81.72 and the average 80.34. Moreover, fourteen members of the class of '28 succeeded in making the Rhode Island State Honor So- ciety. Arranged in order of achievement, they stand as follows: Mary Kenyon, Valedictorian Madelyn Sutcliffe, Salutatorian Ralph Christy Fanny Hill Antoinette Coduri

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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

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14 THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK V90 IW William Daly Eleanor Daley Alfred Dower Byron Hiscox Aili Alto Beatrice Silverstein Elvira Giannoni John Hogan Ethel Winterbottom Having completed the history of this most illustrious, glorious, and eminent group, I will leave it in the library where all following classes may find it, trusting that they may be benefited and inspired by our inimitable example. And now to the more gay and frivolous part of this, our class night entertainment! Class Ode I At last we have reached the golden day, When the first light of knowledge has made its way. 'Tis but the beginning, not the endg Towards that, our hopes and desires we bend. For the radiant jewels of life remain hidden Until some worthy deed brings them forth unbidden. It has been said again and again, there is nobility in labor, And from that uplifting thought, let us never waver. II Beyond is the path, a narrow golden thread, That which we longingly desire to tread. For what is the golden path-but one of a high ideal? To youth that is what makes the truest appeal. Life is the master in command, Let us live to see our souls expand. We are but servants of a glowing life, And to obey means contentment, not strife. -Lenora Goldberg, '28.