Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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lines from Shakespeare, and tell you the day’s baseball scores. His favorite pastime, however, seems to be getting people “on a spot.’ Krr—mp, Julius Keeney. Inez Keller. Miss Keller is that able teacher who instructs Winchester High School students in Arts and (’rafts. Of all courses this is probably the most well-liked in the school. In it such articles as hand-tooled leather purses, dainty buttons, beautiful plaques, and gayly painted boxes are fashioned by the students which they may either keep for themselves or use as gifts. The classes are very informal and it is largely because of Miss Keller ' s pleasing personality that they have become so popular. IIazel Kingsley. Known only to the more talented students in the school, our artists, Miss Kingsley is the very competent young woman who presides not only over our art room but over all the art classes in the Winchester schools as well. Although we don’t get a chance to see her actually painting, we understand she is especially proficient in the field of water color. Her patient and helpful guidance is most beneficial to her aspiring pupils. Ethel Knowlton. The cheeriest, the happiest, the gayest teacher in the school—that’s Miss Knowlton. Her young French aspirants not only overflow with knowledge but bubble over with laughter. Her classes are the pleasant¬ est, the most delightful we know of. And all because of that little lady with the flashing smile and laughing eyes. However, Miss Knowlton has her serious side, too, and shows her ability in the efficient manner in wh ich she manages the sale of tickets for the Class Play and the Vaudeville Show. W. II. S. couldn’t be without her. George Lauer. Mr. Lauer came to our school last fall with the very hard task ahead of him of taking the place of Mr. Mansfield, our very popular coach, who left to coach at Springfield College. Mr. Lauer has succeeded in this task in a way that would be expected by anyone who knows him. The football and basketball teams have gone to glory under his popular yet firm guidance. Carrying out with great success the school ' s athletic customs as well as starting many of his own, he has come to be a part of our school life, and a very popular member of our faculty. Amy Lawson. “Please may we go to 30, Miss Lawson?” “Oh dear, Miss Lawson, I can’t open my locker!” “May we have the locker-room key?” “Could you please tell me—?” So the steady tire of tales of woe, passionate pleadings, and questions that would thwart Professor Quiz is aimed at this pleasant young secretary. Yet through all the raging barrage her cheery smile never wavers. She is every “ready, willing, and able” to assist poor, struggling students. She is the Bureau of Information and a miracle-worker rolled into one. In truth, if there is any hand that keeps the great machinery of the Winchester High School running smoothly, it is Miss Lawson’s! Otis Leary. Seen in the high school much less frequently than we would like him to be, Mr. Leary spends most of his time at the Junior High where he has much better facilities for his work. Little did we realize, until we had seen their exhibition, the wonderful work that our students who take mechani¬ cal drawing and woodworking were callable of doing. Mr. Leary is surely to be admired and respected for this and we know that all his efforts have been appreciated. Mary Mackedon. “Taisez-vous, taisez-vous et asseyez-vous!” After the murmurs subside and the students resume their seats, one can perceive a jocund and rotund face beaming above the class. As she shuffles her little white cards, this pleasingly plump .Miss bubbles over in the French language. Just as she carries on her classes with efficiency and cleverness, so, under her direction, “L’Alliance Francaise” has become one of the popular organizations in the

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needed by an excellent teacher—patience, sincerity, perseverance and sympathy. What more can be said? Dana M. Cotton. Mr. Cotton is the man whose list of friendships includes the entire student body, whose classes are most interesting, whose leadership of the Traffic Squad is most efficient, whose fairness is unexcelled. His varied interests make for his remarkable and notorious ability to discuss any question. The Maine woods lose an excellent fisherman and hunter, when Mr. Cotton is teaching- in the WHS. A keen sense of humor and a ready smile—these are characteristic of the Mr. Cotton whom Ave all know and like so well. Vinal Good. “Tie’s Taylor, Gable, and Power all rolled into one,” raA T e the Freshmen girls. “Aw nuts!” say the boys, “lie’s just one swell fellow.” So Ave gather that lie’s slightly terrific. Where Mr. Good gets all his energy we don’t know. All Ave do knoAV is that he spends the early part of the day getting over the mystery of Algebra to bewildered Freshmen and then tears down to the held to devote his time to grooming the young ’uns in the methods of blocking and tackling. As to his night life—that remains a deep, but not too dark, secret—not after you’ve caught a glimpse of that smile! Samuel M. Graves. A magnetic personality plus a decided passion for politics Avith a keen sense of humor thrown in for good measure could equal no one but Mr. Graves. Everyone has his Aveakness and we hear, from a very reliable source, that our political plutocrat’s (don’t be worried—the latter is only for the sake of euphony) is his little daughter, Virginia. Can’t you just see the Avay he stoops to “be” conquered? Well—to come back to school. Through, a fascinating and picturesque use of slang, he can make a Mussolini out of Julius Caesar and Dietrich out of Cleopatra. Who would doubt his popularity ? Verne Hall. Small but brilliant, sweet but firm—these adjectives we think describe Miss Hall to a T. Although this is only her second year with us, already she has won her way into the hearts of both students and teachers. Probably the outstanding reasons for this are her glowing personality and Avillingness to aid in any enterprise. Wherever advice is needed, Miss Hall is ahvays ready to help you. She is a great reader, a bicycling enthusiast extra¬ ordinary, and an all-round good sport. Raymond V. Hayward. No one would ever dream that the trim figure that lightly sAvings through the halls, humming a tune under his breath, sup¬ ports the greater half of the burden of the school’s activities on his seemingly carefree shoulders. The casual observer labels him: “Just another English teacher.” Ilis pupils think of him in terms of a soft, strangely pleasing voice, and a rare New England humor. The bright-eyed “savants” of the school know him to be the little man behind the big Vau-Devil Show, the brain trust of the A. A., the ping-pong ace, the billards shark, the generalissimo of the neAv Handbook staff, and a thoroughly good scout—“the one, the only, the original ‘ ‘ Professor Hayward! ’ ’ Joan Iacona. Friendliness, capability and industry—all identify but one person, Miss Iacona, knoAvn to some of us as simply Joan. Not so long ago she charmed us at the Vaudeville Shows with her singing. Now, however, we meet her in a different setting-—the office. There, her diligence and sympathetic understanding have won for her the respect of the whole school. Robert M. Keeney. With astounding swiftness his fist comes down on the shoulder of some poor boy sitting near him. With a steady rhythmic beat- on the martyr’s shoulder, J . Keeney clearly and “forcibly” drives home his point. Fear not, those of you who read this paragraph, Mr. Keeney is not the monster so- far portrayed but really just a good-natured English teacher avIio loves his pipe. With equal alacrity he can give out immense assignments, quote

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school. Here’s a toast to Miss Mackedon—to whom our yearbook is dedicated —“a friend of the girls, a flirt with the boys.” Thomas L. Maynard. Do you want to act? If so, see Mr. Maynard. He is the one who did such a wonderful job coaching our Class Play this year. This petite director, only 6 ft, 6 in. tall, hails from Rumford, Me. He not only coaches budding Walter Ilampdens and future Katherine Cornells, but also gives the Track Squad many pointers on how to run away with a meet. Above all other sports, the latter is his favorite and he has had much experience in it, being at one time intercollegiate high jump champion. Second only to track conies skiing. This winter Mr. Maynard could be seen almost any time gliding over hill and dale on his trusty “hickories.” In the short time that he has been with us, “Tom has become very well-liked by the students for his good will and friendliness. Gladys E. Niven. Although not very well known personally to most of the student body, Miss Niven is known and admired much for the excellent, cafeteria service our school lias. In addition to managing the school lunch¬ room, she is instructor for the comparatively new but very successful course —Personality Adjustment, which many of the Senior girls are taking to great advantage. Although burdened with a great many duties and responsibilities, Miss Niven is very unassuming and never seems to lose her smile. Virginia R. Owen. We first became acquainted with her ’way back in the dim, dark days of last fall when, with nothing to do during study periods, we spent our leisure time under Miss Owen’s watchful gaze reading newspapers and magazines in the library. However, homework soon began to pile up and it was then we learned how valuable our acquaintance with Miss Owen could be. She proved herself a true friend in the genuine interest she showed, and the helpful aid she gave us in all of our problems. It was her happy disposi¬ tion coupled with an unfailing sense of humor that has made the library such a pleasant place in which to work this past year. Eva Palmer. Perhaps you’ve heard your father speaking of the time when he put a tack-but of how a certain Miss Palmer soon found out and he had to take his punishment. Well, in case you’ve been wondering, that is the same Miss Palmer, who is now teaching Math to a second generation in Winchester. (Simply as a warning—her eyes are just as sharp now as then!). Her knowledge of Math is practically boundless and her pupils look to her not only as a teacher but also as a friend. The best of luck to you, Miss Palmer, and may you continue at Winchester High School for many years to come! Florence A. Parker. As Senior Class Adviser, Miss Parker has one of the most difficult positions in the school. She is constantly being sought for to take care of such matters as ordering rings and pins, looking out for the collection of class dues, supervising graduation, and innumerable other mai¬ lers that must be attended to. Just as she manages the latter with the utmost excellence, so her classes are conducted, with great ease on the part of the teacher and interest on the part of the pupils. A ready wit and a real under¬ standing of young people mean to all—Miss Parker. Lenna Peabody. Miss Peabody is the tall, stately teacher who hides a pair of laughing eyes behind dark glasses and a lovely contralto voice beneath the even tones of scholarly explanations. Although biology is naturally inter¬ esting, she makes it even more so by her charming personality and individual method of teaching. What do you think of such words as algiosperm, spiro- gyra, monocotyledonous and zygospore? Well, to Miss Peabody those are just part of an everyday vocabulary. For even though she teaches biology in school, she lives biology out of scho ol, having a fine collection of all sorts of biological specimens.