Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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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 )?►-

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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 fjmtnranj Urgma I, Warden Hugh Seddit, of the “Try-Again” Institute, am proud of these, my charges, who for three strenuous yeai'3 have successfully fought and overcome mental deficiencies so that they may now leave these walls and go out into the world with a better understanding. As head of this institution, I have been given the high honor of bestowing upon each of these young people a degree which represents his or her not unworthy attainment. It is altogether fitting and proper that I should present the first degree to the class president, Elmer Cornell, who has shown an undying interest in his class and guided it successfully. He has also taken an active part in various sports. I give him, therefore, the degree of 0. B. 0. Y., Our Best Of Youth. To Alden Nichols, whose remarkable intelligence has been shown by the number of A’s on his report and by his ability as editor of the “Senior,” I grant the degree of N. 0. S. E., No One So Efficient. On Girard Nardone, who always enjoys a good joke and who can be seen blushing with laughter long after everybody else has stopped, I bestow' the degree of W. I. L. L., Wiggles Intensely with Ludicrous Laughter. Helen Leon, one of our most all-around girls, was chosen by many as the girl who has done the most for her class. Surely, then, she deserves the degree of A. I. D., Always In Demand. When Winifred Tetlow is not studying, she may be found on the west side of the town. What or who is it that attracts her attention? Perhaps her degree of S. A. S. S., She Admires Ston-ington Scholars, will partly answer this question. Michael Tarasevich, who has a nature that is very hard to analyze, is a smart little chap when he wants to be. He makes his English themes interesting by using long, complicated w'ords that no one else w'ould ever think of. But “Mickey” has a good time in school, too; if he is not interested in his lesson, he is playing or fooling, just like a little kitten. Thus, to him I give the degree of S. 0. A. P., Studious and Original, Although Playful. For Dorothy Stelljes, who has won many friends by means of her grace and charm, I reserve the degree P. D. Q., Popularity Demands Queenliness. To Roger Mason, who alw'ays has something to say when he gets into a difficulty and who can plead his own case in such a predicament, I give the degree of S. R. L., Surely Resembles a Lawyer. One brilliant boy in this institute seems to have a weakness for beautiful beings, and often can be found near a group of girls, talking to his heart’s content. Thus to Russell Rae, I award the degree V. A. R. S., Values and Adores the Romantic Sex. Whenever I see David Crockett, I think of Miles Standish, for he stands up straight and walks w'ith quick, determined steps. I, therefore, give him the degree of S. U. N., Strides Uniformly and Naturally. We have to admit “Frank”ly that w'hen Frances Peckham and Frances Matthew's get together they can be heard from one end of the building to the other—sufficient proof of “Happy School Days.” Therefore the degree of J. 0. H. N., Just Our Happy Noisemakers, is awarded. To Raymond Crandall, our bookworm, who spends most of his spare time reading fairy tales, I grant the degree of T. 0. B., Thrives On Books. Since Bill Madison has been in this school, he has developed a liking for drawing. Sometimes the blackboard is full of pictures of Pop Eye and other comic heroes; so I must give him the degree S. K. I. D., Show's Kraftsman-ship In Drawing. Although Alex Cruickshank does not entirely enjoy a test in any subject, he is usually prepared for one, because, before the day of reckoning arrives, he writes down all the important statements and learns them by heart. He, — S{ 19