Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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The Senior Year Book — 1937 supply of patience, tact, and diplomacy, to Marcelle LaMarche, sincerely hoping that her Board will cooperate and not make her work too burdensome. I, Russell Rae, bestow my pharmaceutical ambitions on Tony Morrone, trusting that we won’t run as competitors in later years. We, Frances Matthews, Alexander Cruickshank, and Charles Thompson, will our over-generous crops of dashing red hair to Bernice Hoxsie, Annie Sturgeon, and Charles Oppy, that they may be fired with unlimited gaiety and exuberance of spirit. I, Albert Boumenot, confer my proud, yet capable, high pressure salesmanship on Joseph Di Fanti. I. Margaret Greenman, will my theme song, “Oh. How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning,” to Betty Crandall, who tries her best to take stock in the old saying— “Early to bed and early to rise makes a girl healthy, wealthy, and wise.” I, Herbert Broadmeadow, bequeath my world-famous title “Ever-Popular” with all the results, both favorable and unfavorable, it has brought me, to Stanton l.angworthy of the Junior Class. I, Sara lacoi, will all my athletic ability to Margaret Brown, who, I feel, is worthy of it. We, Dick Walthers and John Maines, bequeath our worn and battered football helmets to Dave Lownds and Mario Grad-ilone, two promising Juniors. We, Barbara Campbell and Tommy Moffitt, bequeath our coy and surreptitious glances at one another to Bud Saunders and Frudy Dower of the Sophomore Class. I, Michael Tarasevich, confer upon Barney Holliday my well-appreciated ability of persuasive argument to reduce assignments, and my power of making life sublime by asking foolish questions to fill recitation time. Having proven my ability to draw tears from stones and sobs from even the faculty, I, Virginia Archie, bequeath my Bernhardt-like tragedienne art to Caroline Crandall. 1, Dory Panciera, will my compatibility and fairness to “Baby” LeRoy Peckham, Captain of ’38 football team. I, Antoinette Chiaradio, bequeath my baby tactics, in addition to the sweets and lolly-pops 1 have not yet consumed, to Peggy Thompson. Feeling quite important and a bit doleful about having to submit my chief mark of individuality, I, John Roan, confer my collegiate air on Johnny O'Brien, whose style seems to be stepping away with him. I, Helen Leon, bestow my many “irons in the fire” on Caroline Barber, with the warning that she use great care in handling them. This being the conclusion of our last will and testament, we do hereby name our highly respected principal, Mr. Mason, as sole administrator. In witness whereof, we, the Class of ’37, the testators, have to this, our final testament inscribed on a lengthy scroll, set our hand and seal this twenty-first day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven. Respectfully submitted, —jean McLaren. 417

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The Senior Year Book — 1937 (Hlafifl Hill As attorney, it becomes my sorrowful an l sombre task to compile this, the last will and testament of our dear Class of ’37. Although the duty is lugubrious and painful to me, I will, to the best of my ability, attempt to convey the message that this will contains. Therefore, we shall at once delve into the contents and dispense with the sobs and tears as soon as possible. Item 1: We, the Class of ’37, bequeath the following admonitions to the incoming Sophomore Class: 1. Endeavor to get to school on time —the detention room contains no easy chairs or chaise-longues in which to spend a pleasant half-hour. 2. Park your gum far enough under the desk so it can’t be detected. 3. Beware of the teachers’ dispositions on dull, rainy days. Item 2: To the Junior Class we leave that magnificent anticipation of being a Senior, accompanied by its inspiring feeling of authority. We also leave to the Juniors all our hopes of being the first class to enter the freshly painted portals of the new Senior High School. Item 3: To our new Oral English teacher, Miss Tellier, we extend our best wishes for more productions that will be as great successes as those that were profitably presented this year. Item 4: Because of her unceasing interest in all our activities, we confer upon Miss Hanson our deep appreciation and sincerely hope that she will miss the Class of ’37 as much as we shall miss her. Item 5: To our highly esteemed faculty we leave a new slate on which they may begin planning and preparing the inevitable, laborious, assiduous, interminable, and merciless assignments, with the hope that they will reconcile themselves to being a little more lenient with next year’s classes. Item 6: Our individual aptitudes, both tangible and intangible, shall be bestowed in the following manner: I, Elmer Cornell, having wisely led my class through its most difficult year, now extend best wishes to Bud Clark, President of next year’s Senior Class, and, in addition, bequeath to him an extra large and heavy blackthorn stick to aid him in performing his just and merciful duties. We, Ruth Hunter and Teddy Littlefield, will our deep, sincere, and unaffected friendship to Mildred Link and Dorothy Bingley of the Sophomore Class, and hope it will be as lasting as ours. I, Donald Sheldon, reluctantly bequeath my curly hair, one major attraction which has caused many female heartbreaks, to Charles Dolan, whose locks are regrettably straight and stringy. I, Betty Stilson, bequeath my simple but identifying giggle to Roderick Hemphill. I, Ruth Blackler, willingly submit to leaving my treasured golden voice to Marjorie Stillman, that individual of the Junior Class who will most deeply appreciate its value when evoking tender, touching strains from her famous violin. I, Louis Capalbo, will to Eddie Coyle my lightness of foot and the many happy moments I have spent on the dance floor. With the hope that it will lead him to better ends and be more advantageous to him than it was to me, I, James Banker, confer my ever-romantic nature on Ray Madison of the Soph Class. We, the following: Josephine Mooney, Hope Clark, and Althea Crowther, bequeath our mouse-like silence to Eleanor Dower, Harriet King, and Barbara Driggs. I, Alden Nichols, in due respect, bequeath my worthy position as Editor-ip-Chief of the Senior, along with a goodly -■ { 16 js -

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The Senior Year Book — 1937 (Class tatistirs Most Beautiful Dorothy Stelljes Most Popular Barbara Campbell Most Intelligent Helen Leon Most Athletic Sarah Iacoi Most All Around Barbara Campbell Best Dressed Ruth Hunter Quietest Althea Crowther Class Optimist Edna Kissick Class Pessimist Ruth Blackler Class Pest Phyllis Sisson Class Baby Ruth Blackler Best Natured Virginia Arnold One Who Has Done Most for Class Helen Leon One Most Likely to Succeed Helen Leon Most Polite Helen Leon Teacher’s Pet Sarah Iacoi Class Actress Virginia Archie Class Flirt Edris Barnes Class Artist Helen Pasetti Class Poet—-— Helen Leon Class Musician Dorothy Heath Neatest Ruth Crandall Cutest Barbara Campbell Class Stenographer Fiorence Littlefield Most Humorous Betty Stilson Most Studious Helen Leon Most Romantic Betty Stilson Most Sophisticated Jean McLaren Best Dancer Althea Crowther Most High Hat Jean McLaren Most Collegiate Barbara Campbell Most Sociable Claire Keane Most Original Ruth Merithew Most Handsome Donald Sheldon Most Popular Elmer Cornell Most Intelligent Alden Nichols Most Athletic Dory Panciera Most All Around Elmer Cornell Best Dressed Hawley Mapother Quietest William Richmond Class Optimist Thomas Moffitt Class Pessimist Clayton Arsenault Class Pest Charles Trefes Best Natured Thomas Moffitt Class Baby Donald Sheldon One Who Has Done Most for Class Elmer Cornell Most Likely to Succeed Alden Nichols Most Polite Charles Eckhard Teacher’s Pet Louis Capalbo Class Actor Alden Nichols Class Flirt Herbert Broadmeadow Class Artist Frank Perra Class Poet Joseph Gavitt Class Musician John Maines Neatest Charles Eckhard Cutest Elmer Cornell Class Stenographer William Brown Most Humorous Michael Tarasevich Most Studious Alden Nichols Most Romantic Herbert Broadmeadow Most Sophisticated John Taylor Best Dancer Louis Capalbo Most High Hat John Taylor Most Collegiate John Roan Most Sociable Elmer Cornell Most Original Michael Tarasevich Favorite Sport Football ---jf 18 )?►-