Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK 17 YM IO! prim and dignified. In the next room I perceive her bosom friend, Eleanor Daley, giving out the algebra lesson. It seems that their specialties are Latin and Mathematics as in the days of Quality Street . But who is the polished gentleman in their midst demonstrating dancing steps so gracefully? Why, it must be Albert Spicer. Judging from the way he is gliding around, I am afraid Mr. Mason, wouldn't even let him in at one of the Proms for fear he would cause a stampede among the fairer sex. It is rumored that his life is made miserable by the number of scented notes showered upon him by admiring young ladies. Now it is the National Capitol at Washington which looms up before me and there at a big desk I see Fanny Hill. On the door of her office is the inscription First National Physical Culture Inspector. . Farther on, in the senate chamber, I perceive William Daly speaking with great fervor against a bill introduced by Colonel Charles Lindbergh providing for traffic lights to regu- late aeroplanes in large cities. The scene shifts and the confusion of a country fair dazes me for an instant. Here I behold John McFarland being ac- claimed the champion greased pig chaser of Eastern Connec- ticut and Southern Rhode Island. John is surely showing more speed than he ever did on his way to English class back in high school days. The stage of a theatre is taking the place of the fair grounds and I see Abraham Soloveitzik and Ralph Christy playing the roles of hero and heroine in Romeo and J uliet . Ralph still has that sweet school girl compllexion which was so noticeable in his performance of Pyramus and Thisbe, many years ago. My eyes certainly must deceive me since my whole vision is obscured by cats-cats-cats! On looking closer, however, I can discern Hazel Morgan standing in the midst of her friends for I understand by the sign on the house that Hazel is super- intending the Bide-A-Wee Home for stray and stolen felines. As I remember it, Hazel had a peculiar liking for pussies, even in her high school days. Lo! a cheering mob appears before my eyes. They are listening to the eloquent speeches of Florence DeRocco and Esther Ellis, both of whom are running for the governorship of Rhode Island. The subject of the heated debate of these contestants is whether or not there is any commercial Value in running an airship line to Mars. May the best woman win! A temperamental young man with uncombed hair and a large flowing necktie, I find is Eugene Malaghan who, appears on the platform of a 'large spacious auditorium reading ten- der lyrics to a huge audience of young ladies. The poem which

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THE SENIOR CLASS

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18 THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK VDD IW reads with the most feeling is that touching tribute To a Daisy by William Wordsworth. The theatre fades into oblivion and an athletic field takes its place. Yes, there is Alfred Dower, the worldis professional football player, making a ten-yard gain. Alfred's football talent was somewhat undeveloped in his high school days but there is no question but what he is making a name for himself now. For the moment everything is obscured but the atmos- phere clears and I see a Salon in Paris with Alieen Alto seated amid a group of the most cultured men of France where she is being listened to with attention and admired greatly by the whole company of poets, musicians, and.artists. The interior of a machine shop is now revealed to me and here is Byron Hiscox working as an automobile mechanic. By- ron certainly rec-eived good training for his-chosen profession repairing his Ford in high school days. Now appears a Beauty Parlor with David Meikle as the manager. As I watch his graceful motions, I do not wonder that the girls all herald, him as a second Rudolph Valentino. I perceive the laboratories of a scientist, who is, indeed, no other than my old classmate, Martha Giannoni! Her greatest discovery, and the one that has been received most enthusiastically by all the schools in the country, is that of a chewing gum sticky enough to prevent any pupil from talk- ing. I wonder how Martha ever thought of inventing that for she assuredly never whispered when she was in school. The center ring of Bingham's and Barrom's Circus, now comes before my sight. Can lit be possible that I see Myer Deutsch performing the antics of a dlown? It is certainly very hard to imagine our dignified classmate choosing that occupa- tion. The veil of prophecy is again lifted and I perceive the iig- ure of James Brocato chasing madly through the African jungles in search of a butterfly. The members of the class of 1928 could hardly have chosen more widely varied occupations! The next two persons to appear before me seem to have a peculiar relationship. Although I am able to clearly discern Lenora Goldberg as a criminal lawyer, it is Lila Carpenter, a jolly barmaid in a Canadian Tavern, who procures most of the cases for her. Another vision comes to me! A large trans-oceanic aero- plane with Gordon Streeter as the pilot! I wonder how many times, during his senior year, Gordon wished he possessed an airship with which to take a short trip to a certain small town in Massachusetts. But who is this professional jockey on his madly galloping steed? None other than John Hogan, who is at present train- ing Ichabod Crane's horse 'Gunpowderf for the Kentucky