THE TATTLER

Wi l l i am sbu rg H igh Scho o l

E ditor-ia -Ch ief, E dw in Ru ss ell’

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A s s is ta n t E d itors , Marjorie Dam on’

34 , Raymond Bradford’

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Bus iness Ma nager, Norman Graves ’

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A ssista nt Managers , E dward Murphy’

34 , G ilb ert Loud ’

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A ssocia te E d itorsCheste r K in g ’

34 Louise Mosher ’

34 Marie AllaireAllen Bisbee ’

35 Albert Mosher ’

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1 9 34: Class Mo t to

HONOR LIES AT LABOR’

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CONTENTS

E d itoria l

Senior ClassClass R011

Address of WelcomeClass HistoryC la ss ProphecyProphecy on ProphetClass WillGrindsAlumni NotesClass of 1 935Class of 1 936Class of 1 937LiteraryWe Should Like to SeeSong HitsDebating SocietyOratorical ContestBasketballBaseba llGirls ’ Bas ketball

Edi torial sATHLETICS

Give to the world the best tha t you ha ve ,A nd the best will come ba ck to you .

”

There are many opportunities now opento young people so that their lives may bebusier

,broader

,and happier . One of the

greatest of these is athletics . For doesn’t itgive us amusement and experience , keep usphysically fit , and teach us sportsmanship?If you were to ask the young athlete oftoday why he plays football , he wouldanswer : Because I enjoy it . I just couldn’tsit on the side lines and watch the otherfellows play . I have to get out and get intoit .” That is because he loves the work andfun of the game .Our days would be dull and discouragingif we didn’t have variety and competition .Part of the fun of the game is competingwith other schools to d iscover our good andbad points and get new ideas . This experience will help us to judge for ourselveslater on in life . Understanding the rules andprinciples of the game helps a person toenjoy it more .Health is the first step to happiness . Onemust have plenty of exercise to keep up hisgood health . Why not play baseball , tennis ,football

,and basketball to take care of your

empty hours,sleepless nights , and pepless

habits?Let’s be good sports if we are going toplay and remember the old rule : “

Be agood loser as well as a good winner . Greetyour opponent with a smile and friendlyhandshake

,be courteous to your guests !

and they can’t help but return it with thesame will . The game isn’t a matter of lifeand death . You can’t always be the bestplayer . Cheating and unfair play will neverwin the game . Cooperation and fairnesswill . You are not a good sportsman unlessyou can appreciate all that is done to helpyou play the game ! the work and care ofyour coach and manager , and the supportof your school and friends . A good sportsman never criticises another man until hehas put himself in his place . The sportsmansh ip that we learn in athletics , while weare young

,will be a benefit to us all through

our lives .Athletics create good clean amusement ,experience

,physical strength, and sports

manship . Did you s ay you were coming

out for athletics next year? G ood ! We ’llsee you at the first practice Monday afternoon !

—Ma rjorie Damon ’

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AMBITION

What is as great as the longing to dosome fine thing for country or home , oraccomplish great deeds in the face ofdanger, to be nationally famous? I t is

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AFTER HIGH SCHOOL—WHAT?This is a vital question which arises in themind of every high school graduate as hesteps out into the world wi th his diplomain his hand . What is he going to do? Whatis best for him to do? Will he take advantageof h is splendid chance to make a gloriouscareer , or will he just drift with the crowd?Will he take advantage of the high idealsand examples of good citizenship given tohim by his teachers , or will a ll their eff ortshave been in vain?He knows that it is his duty to make thebest of his opportunity . He does not needto become famous to be a success . If helives up to his own conceptions of life , anddoes what he thinks is right to the best ofhis abil ity , he is bound to come out on top .Three outstanding qualities point the wayto success ! courage , loyalty , and initiative .Courage to keep going after others havegiven up and the difficulties seem overwhelming. Loyalty to friends , to school orcollege , to fellow-workers and loyalty tohigh school ideals . Initiative to go aheadand do the work that must be done withouthaving to be told to do so , and initiative togo ahead and take new steps when Othersfalter . This type of man is the kind theworld is looking for, and the man whopossesses these three qualities is sure to rise .With these th ree qualities , with dutypointing the way and with success as a goal

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it depends upon each individual whether ornot he is going to win . If he follows theinspiring words of Abraham Lincoln whenhe said , I am not bound to win , but I ambound to be true . I am not bound tosucceed , but I am bound to live up to whatlight I have , he will attain , at the end ,that which everyone desires— success .

—E dwin Rus sell ‘

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THE TATTLER

The Sen io r Cla s s

President, Chester KingVice-Pres ident, Nancy SheehanSecreta ry, Marjorie DamonTrea surer, Mildred Sylvester

MARIE ALLAIREBa sketba ll 1 , 2 , 4 . Cla ss Play 1 , 3 . A ssocia te E ditor of

Ta ttler 4 . Winner of Pa ris Pa ct Theme 4 . Cla ss Grinds .Pro Merito .Marie , the petite member of our class is a great student

of nature and a bard of no mean ability .

ANNA BAJCla ss Play 1 , 3 .

Anna ’s kind hear tedness extended to many of her friendsand has made us all think of her as a good scout .

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CAROLYN BARRSecreta ry a nd Trea surer of Cla ss 1 , Pres ident 2 . Winnerof Pa ris Pa ct Declama tion 4 . Cla ss Prophecy . Pro Merito .Carolyn likes blondes . Is it because they are so White”?

MARJORIE DAMON MargeBa sketba ll 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Cla ss Play 1 , 3 . Secreta ry 2 , 4 .

Vice-Pres ident 3 . A ss ista nt E ditor of Ta ttler 3 ,4 . Pro

Merito .Marjorie ’s intriguing smile has caused many heartaches, especially at prom time . She plans to go to M .S .C .

—so co-eds beware !

DOROTHY FIE LDBa sketba ll 1 . Cla ss Play 1 , 3 .

Dorothy is the nurse of our class . Now Dot,we just

wonder who the doctor will be .

RICHARD FIE LD DeaconCla ss Play 1 , 3 .

Dick wants to be a teacher but we are sure he wouldmake a fine grocer .

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NORMAN GRAVE S NormyClas s Play 1 , 3 . Bas eba ll 3 , 4 . Interscholas tic Debating 3 .

Treas urer 1 . Prize Spea king Contest 1 . A ssista nt Ma nagerof Ta ttler 3 . Bus iness Manager of Ta ttler 4 .

Speech is silver , they say . Then why doesn’t Normancash in on some of his remarks?

GERTRUDE K INGCla ss Plays 1 , 3 . Clas s H istory . Pro Merito .

None are so good that they can ’t be better, such isGertrude’s motto and she has tried fai thfully to carry itout ever since her freshman year .

CHE STER KING ChetDeba ting 2 , 3 , 4 . Clas s P res ident 3 , 4 . Pres ident of

Deba ting Soc iety 4 . A ssis ta nt E d itor of Ta ttler 3 . A ssoc ia teE ditor of Tattler 4 . Ba seba ll 3 , Cap ta in of Bas ketball 4 .

Na tiona l Forens ic League. A ddress of Welcome.Chet’s popularity , executive ability and loyal eff ortshave brought the class successfully through its last twoyears .

GILBERT LOUD GibBas ketba ll 2 , 4 . Ba seba ll 2 , 3 , 4 . Cla ss Play 3 . A ssista nt

Bus iness Ma nager of Ta ttler 4 .

Gib is that bashful boy from the country . From thecountry is all right

,but there is some doubt about the

bashful part .

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VIOLA MASONCla ss Play 1

, 3 . Pr ize Sp ea king Contest 3 . Winner ofSem i-Fina ls in Western Ma ssa chusetts Ora torica l Contest 4 .

Have you seen a red jacket tearing down the hall , withthe occupant futilely pinning up unruly locks and tryingto arrive at class on time? Then you have had a glimpseofViola .

E DITH MERRITTBa sketba ll 3 , 4 . Cla ss Play 1 , 3 .

E dith is a good gir l with manner and Opinions all herown . She worked faithfully on the basketball team fortwo years .

GE ORGE MOLLISON MollieGeorge , our country gentleman , has use d his abili ty tobuild a cute little bungalow . We ’ve heard rum ors of acertain girl making pretty curtains . So?

LOUISE MOSHERCla ss Play 1 , 3 . A ssocia te E ditor of Ta ttler 4 . SchoolP ia n ist 2 , 3 , 4 .

Loui s e has stood by us for three years as pianis t . Let ’shope the next one will be as faithful.

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EDWARD MURPHYPres ident 1 . Vice-Pre sid ent 2 Bas eball 1 , 3 , 4 . Bas ket

ball 3 . A ss is ta nt Bus ine ss Ma nager of Ta ttla 4 . Prophecy

Ed worked quietly and di dn ' t bo ther anyone most ofth e time but. the m t of the time it was d iifm nt .

RITA RILEYClas s Pla y 1 , 3 . Bas ketba ll 1 . E xecutive Comm ittee of

Debating Society. Cla s s Ora tion Pm Ala -ito .

There must have been a Lat in fa iry at Rita ’s birth,beca us e of the wa y she can do tricks with Cicero

NANCY SHE E HANBas ketball 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Cla s s Pla y 1 , 3 . Alana ger of G irls ’

Bas ketball 2 Vim -Pm ident A . A 3 . Scand a l-y 3 . Vice

Comm ittee of Debati ng Socid y 4 .

Bea uty and charm,a bundle of pers onali ty with a das h

of W it— that ’s Nancy . Since she ’ s ha d her car there ’squi te a bit of trade at Grave’s garage .

HE NRY SOLTYSCla s s Play 1

, 3 .

Tony studies hard , pla ys hard , and does well an v thinghe attempts . He is really not shy , but jus t m ew ed by

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THOMAS STONE ComaIf silence is golden , Tom must be rich— although therewere tim es when he did answer a question .

MILDRED SYLVE STERBa sketba ll 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Cla ss Play 3 . Trea surer 2 , 3 , 4 .

Winner of Pa ris Pa ct E xam ina tion . Cla ss Ora tion . Pro

Merito .Millie embodies what one thinks of as an all-round girl .Athletic? Yes! Popular? Yes ! A good student? Justlook at her marks .

VIRGINIA WARNERCla ss Play 1 , 3.

Beneath her quiet way Virginia is full of life and fun ,and is ready to take part in anything within the realm ofreason.

E LI ! ABETH WE BBCla ss Play 1 , 3 .

Betty is frank and earnest , but mostly Frank” ! Howshe does love her old home town . What’s the attraction?Ask her,— she’ll tell .

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Cla s s Rol l

CLASSICAL COURSERita Riley

GENERAL COURSEChester KingG ertrude K in gGilbert LoudE dward Murphy !G eorge MollisonLouise MosherViola Mason

! Pro Merito and Honor Pro Merito and H igh Honor

Clas s N igh tAddress of WelcomeClass H istoryClas s ProphecyProphecy on the ProphetClass WillClass Grinds

G radua t i on N igh tOration Students Are PreparingO ration Our Need—An International Team

Rita RileyM ildred Sylvester

Addre s s o f W e l comeParents

,Teachers and Friends

I t is with a feeling of sincere gratitudeand happiness that we welcome you to ourclass night exercises . For four short yearsthe class of ’

34 has worked and played together . Soon we shall part to follow ourchosen paths and we wish to leave withyou—pleasant memories of this— our comm encem ent .

PARENTS—Your interest and helpfulness have been a never ending source ofins piration which , in times when everythings eemed black , have strengthened us beyonda ll measures of imagination . For this youmay b e sure that we shall always be mostgrateful .

TEACHERS—Your patience and nu

ders tanding have filled these last four yearswith knowledge and desire for achievementwhich will be the foundation for success forthe rest of our lives .FRIENDS—Your loyalty and cooperationhave made possible the many good timesthat we have had in these last four yearsand have shown us that having the kind offriends that you have been to us has madethis world a pleasant place in which to liveAnd now

,it is my priv ilege , in behalf of

the class of ’

34 ,to welcome you all to our

commencement .—Chester K ing

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Cla s s H i s toryI t was in 1 9 30 that the air liner 1 -9 -3-4started its flight with thirty-th ree passengerson board . Our pilots were four— MissDunphy , Mrs . Warner , Miss Burke andMr . Bergan , with Miss Johnson as bandleader . We chose as class ofli cers : E dwardMurphy , president ! Joseph Kos tec,

vicepresident ! Carolyn Barr , secretary , andNorman Graves , treasurer . During the firstfew weeks the weather was fair with only afew clouds looming on the horizon . Theywere clouds of terrible storms broadcastedto us from the ships ahead , carrying theupperclassmen . These passengers proph esied a gale called Freshmen Reception . Asthe event drew near , we passengers in therear plane grew a little panicky , but triednot to let those in the ships ahead detectour fears . However , our ship came th roughthe hurricane without a passenger lost .In the fall the death of our beloved Mrs .James cast a shadow over us a ll, althoughwe knew that her influence and love livedon .Later there was much excitement whenthe seniors gave their play , “The Bells ofBagdad” and many of us took part in thechorus . Little else happened during thewinter except the basketball games whichdemanded some of our attention . As springadvanced the juniors and seniors seemedquite excited about their Prom , but , asthat aff ected very few of us freshmen , wesailed calmly along. Then graduation came ,and seeing one ship land with much ceremony

,we almost wished that we had

finished our journey , too .When the planes started in the fall of

1 9 31 ,we had lost ten of our passengers and

a new ship brought up the rear . We alsolost our pilots , Miss Burke and Mr . Bergan ,while we gained Miss Fisher and Mr .Foster

,who steered our courses in E nglish

and Science . Mr . Stene was taken on toguide us especially in French . Miss Johnsonagain endeavored to keep up our spir itswith her music . The officers chosen forthis year were : president , Carolyn Barr !v ice-president

,E dward Murphy ! secretary ,

Wilfred Allaire ! and treasurer , MarjorieDamon . We were proud to have one ofour passengers , Louise Mosher , act aspianist in assembly, a position which she

has faithfully filled ever since . In the fallthe seniors gave a series of Red Path enterta inm en ts which we supported as best wecould . This year we were honored by having Chester King as a member of an interscholastic debating team , the first time asophomore had ever had that honor . Inthis debate our team proved that unemployment insurance should not be adopted . Asin the year before the prom afiected uslittle . We did take an active part in athletics , Nancy , Mildred , Marie and Marjoriebeing on the girls basketball team .

As our liner sailed on into our third yearwe felt as if we were becoming experiencedflyers and could look on the fright of thosein the rear plane with disdain . When wefirst left the field we had twenty-fourpassengers but later in the year Carolyncame back from New Jersey to finish thefl ight with us . Our pilots were againchanged . Miss Walsh took Miss Fisher’splace and Mr . Cooney replaced Mr . SteneMr . Tetro finishing the year when Mr .Cooney resigned and Mr . Vieh taking MissJohnson’s place . Our class officers for thisyear were : Chester K ing , president ! Marjorie Damon , vice-president ! NancySheehan

,secretary ! and Mildred Sylvester,

treasurer .This year was much more exciting . Thefall was full of good times and parties ,among these were : the senior dog-roast inG oshen , the creepy and spooky Ha lowe

’

en

party,and the task of initiating those in

the rear plane into the mysteries of flyingwith Burgy H igh . After these came thetask of deciding whether to attempt theRed Path entertainments again or not .Lat 'er

,studies were pushed to the background

for a short time while we joined the seniorsin producing “The Spanish Moon” and“The Minstrel Chuckles .” - In DecemberChester K ing again helped our debatingteam to win

,this time against G reenfield

H igh , and in February our class contributedto the honor of the school when NormanG raves helped win another critical debateagainst Northampton H igh . As spring adv anced there was much excitement andtalk about the seniors’ Washington trip .We listened with a feeling of joy that wehad another yea r in which to get ready for

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ours , although one of our passengers wasn’ttaking any chances and accompanied theseni or group . The next thing to draw ourattention was the Prom . This time wewere the directors of this grand affair . Weshowed our business ability by giving everyone a good tim e and mak ing twenty dollarson it besides . This was something noprevious class had ever done . Then graduation came . This made us suddenly reali zethat we had only one more year in W .H .SSeptember again— and this year we were

in the head ship . This was our last yearw ith numerous meetings and many seniorproblems to solve . We began our laststretch of the flight with twenty-twopassengers on board . This year the boardof directors of our a ir liner, as a measure ofeconomy

,decided to reduce the number of

our pilots to four , so Mr . Tetro left to pilota plane in Vermont . The officers we electedto carry us through this important yearwere : Chester King, president ! NancySheehan

,vice-president ! Mildred Sylvester ,

treasurer ! and Marjorie Damon , secretary .Our studies k ept us quite busy but wefound ample time for other things as well ,including the Red Path enterta inmn ts whichwere a losing experiment this t ime . Due tothe times

,we felt that it would be unwise

to raise enough money for a trip— but inDecember we had a Chr istmas party towhich the passengers of the other planeswere invited .This year we were especially honored byhaving Viola Mason , a passenger on ourship

,win the Oratorical contest in Greenfield

agains t contestants from four much largerschools

,and then tie for third place in the

C la s s Proph ecyI t was the year 1 959 and the Town ofWilliamsburg was having the pleasure ofentertaining the noted Seniors of 1 9 34 fortheir 25th reunion .The class was gathered around the banquettable in Assembly Hall a t Helen JamesSchool , joyfully reminiscing . Amid cries oflaughter we heard the loud , forceful voiceof our former president , CHESTER KING ,

calling on us to tell our experiences to thewhole class and not to just a chosen few.

Silence reigned until someone shouted ,O . K . Chest , you start us off.”Well ,” began Chester , “I went to Harvard

,majoring in journalism and public

speak ing . The father of one of my fraternitybrothers— a man who was v ice-president ofthe National Broadcasting Company- cameto me one day and said that he had beengreatly impressed by a speech that I hadmade in chapel. After talking for awhileh e asked me if I would substitute for Lowell

finals at the Municipal Auditorium inSpringfield . It was a great treat for us tosee these auditoriums and especially to seeand hear a contestant from our small highschool do so well. This year Chester K ingagain debated and , by winning his thirdinterscholastic debate , become eligible formembership in the National H igh School !

Honor Society for debaters and oratorsthe National Forensic League . We couldn ’tlet our last year go by without a gatheringof some kind , so , after many meetings

,we decided to have a banquet and to thisend we had two food sales— one in Haydenv ille and one in Williamsburg .If we couldn’t go t o Washington we couldput Burgy High on the map” by winningsecond honors among the high schools of thestate for our work on the Paris Pact projects .As members of the National Student Forumour entire class participated in an extensivestudy of the text book , followed by a verycomprehensive examination in connectionwith our American History course ! intheme writing and foreign correspondencein connection with our E nglish course ! incitizen interv iews and declamations for aPeace Day program . With spring came theProm which was given in our honor thisyear— and then thoughts of graduation .Now the class of 1 9 34 ,

twenty-twopassengers in all , is about to land after asafe fl ight of four years . When , for threeyears , we watched the other classes beinggraduated , we could hardly wait for ourturn . But , now that our turn has come , weare getting ready to start on another oflife’s voyages with our motto “Honor Liesat Labor’s Gate” ringing in our ears .

—Gertrude K ing

WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL

Thomas . E vidently I made good,for when

Thomas retired I was hired in h is place asradio news reporter .”The man who urged Chester to start usoff” rose next . This tall, stately gent lemanwas MR . NORMAN GRAVE S . He saidthat he had followed the example of thatVermont ga rage owner and was now worthfour million dollars . “We ha ve always feltthat we should like to make a gift to BurgyHigh and so , if the class is wi ll ing , weshould like to give our Alma Mater agymnasium as 1 9 34 ’s twenty-fif th reuniongift . Of course it would include a swimmingpool so that parents won’t have to call theirsons back to finish the afternoon session ! ”Here he stopped and looking at the ladywho sat beside him , he proudly said , Mywife has been the cause of my success . Youall know what a quantity of ideas shealways had to render . She is just the sameold gir l , full of pranks and fun . Get up

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won ’t you NANCY , and tell our classmateswhat you’ve been doing sinceAt this Nancy rose and told her manyfriends that she had been through SargentPhysical E ducation College and later hadbecome an instructor in Williamsburg .Then she continued this work at Mt .Holyoke College . Suddenly she asked

,

“Do you remember , folks , the t ime that Iwas hit by a car in front of Damon’s inSkinnerville? I t seemed a serious accidentat that time but Norman might never have‘woke up ’ if he hadn’t happened along justthen!The next speaker was a gentleman withsnow white hair . He rose very slowly andSpeaking in his usual monotone , told us thathe had attended Northampton CommercialCollege , later accepting a position in NewYork where he became a partner to J . P .

Morgan . His busin ess interests took him toChicago . One day while motoring throughthe city

,a large sign, Allaire Home for

Cats,

” attracted his attention . Think ingp ossibly it might be his old classmate andthe reunion being so hear at hand he stopped .Upon inqui ring he found that it was noneother than little MARIE ALLAIRE whowas enjoyin g cats to her heart’s content .The white haired gentleman was—staidTHOMAS STONE . Can you imagine himcalling on Marie Allaire!Our class orator was the next one to tell

us of her interesting career. Af ter gradu

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ating from a well—known western collegeshe became interested in polit ics . Becauseof her oratorical powers and her knowledgeof the Cons titution she was elected Congresswoman . Whi le in Washington she married awell-known doctor there , and now she isspending most of her time orating to asmall son— Junior . We all felt very proudof our class orator— VIOLA MASON .

The fine look ing , curly haired lad whohad starred in athletics while in Burgy wasnow a tall, broad-shouldered distinguishedlooking gentleman . He told us that whileat Yale he had continued his activities insports and after graduation he had pitchedfor the Yankees . Needless to say this starwas E DWARD MURPHYThe next one to tell of his experiences wasa tall bespectacled gentleman known to hisclassmates as DICK FIE LD . He told hisfriends that when he left high school he hadattended a theological seminary at Princeton— later going to foreign fields as amissionary . As the board had passed a newruling that a ll foreign mis sionar ies must bemarried , he returned to see the love of hisyouth and regretted extremely that thefarmer and mail carrier GE ORGEMOLLISON -was still courting LOUISEMOSHER who had graduated from theNew E ngland Cons ervatory of Music butwas now at home playing the organ in theHaydenville Church .A very stunning lady next stood before

us and said that she had wanted to teachE nglish but , as time went on , she hadbecome interested in creating styles . Nowour bachelor maid , GERTRUDE K ING ,

ha s large busin ess interests in a modiste ’sshop in New York and als o a petit sh0p ofher own in Paris .The next classmate confided that she was

D orothy D ix who advice to the lovelorn inthe large daily newspapers is so eagerlyread . We were a ll surpris ed to learn thatDorothy D ix was the pen name of BETTYWEBB .

I t was noticed that not one of our classhad ventured into the movies and so whena tall red haired freckled-faced gentlemanwas called upon by Chester and introducedas a second Clark Gable , he was receivedwith great enthusiasm . He made us believeit had been easy for him to become a star .He had been given a minor part in a largeproduction and was immediately discovered

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to ha v e such ability that he ha d beenstarred ev er since . Yes , it was G ILBERTLOUD . He also brought the regrets andgood wi s hes of two more of our classmate s ,HENRY SOLTYS and DOROTHY FIE LD .

Tony Soltys was busy on locat ion makinga picture . After lea v in g hi gh school he hadbee n very succes s ful bro adca sting as a“Nut Cracker .“ Bu t later he had beencalled to Hollywood to repla ce Schn ozzle .Doro thy Field ' s days were filled tea chin gthe Car ioca dance of which she was theorigina tor . She w as also conduct ing a studi owhere ta p , ba llet , an d acrobatic dancingare taught .The t rim , attract ive young lady whospoke next needed no introduct ion . Shetold us that while at Smi th College she hadbecome inte res ted in advancing as far asposs ible in Scout ing . Afte r gradua ti on shetook up the work in V'Vas hington and is nowNat ional Commi ssioner of the G irl Scoutsof America . Who was it? O f course youhave gues s ed— it was MILDRED SYLVESTER .

On e from far -ofi' France was the next totell her story . A dark haired lady , verymodes t in mann er , wi th the sam e soft voiceas of old , told us now a frer gradua tin g fromSmith College , she became one of the Frenchfaculty and la ter exchanged with a professorfrom Fran ce . At present she was vis itingher family in Haydenville . This li ttleprofesso r w as RITA RILE Y .

She also to ld us of the success of ourfriend and cla ssmate , MARJORIE DAMON .

She had advanced far in the field of debating .G raduating from VV

elles ley where she majored in public speaking , she became in te raste d in Inte rnationa l Peace . She appearedbe fore ma ny la rge gatherings plead ing this

ca use . Since then the Hous e of Commonsin E ngland , the Lea gue Ass embly at G enevaand our own Se nate ha ve been moved tovote for pea ce beca us e of her eloquentplea din g .I f you tun e in on your radi o Tues day an dFrida y a fternoons at three o ’clock you willrecognize the voice of our next clas sma tewho was to speak , ED ITHShe had become the well known domest icscience expert aft er graduating from Simmons College where sh e had learned to

prepare many new di shes . The Gold MedalFlour Compan y had employed her to d iscover new ways o f using the ir fam ousK itchen-Teste d Flour .We ha d all rea d in the da ily papers of thesuccessful s olo fli ght aroun d the world of acertain young lady . This young la dy w asnone other than our own flaxen-hai redVIRGINIA WARNER . We were thr illedas she to ld us of receivi ng her pilot ’s lice ns ean d rea lizing her life’s ambiti on and finallyof the fli ght itself.Sitting by the side of our Lady Lin dberg ,

listen ing clos ely but qui etly as always, wasa little cur ly-hai red la dy who , with the samequi et voice that she us ed to have, told usthat she conducted a large swimming schoolin Miami , Florida in the winter , and in thesummer contin ued her work as swimminginst ructor at Old Orchard Bea ch. Whi leVirginia soars , it is her pal, ANNA BAJ,

who swims .

As the las t speak er finished , Ches ter rosea nd called for a toa s t to our Alma Mate r,Burgy High ! then to Norman and Nancy ,the donors of the new 1 934 gym ! and finallyto the success and happy reuni on in 1 964of every member of the clas s of ’34 .

Proph ecy on th e ProphetIt was in the year of 1 9 45 tha t I obta inedperm iss ion to set sa il for my na tive la nd .My posit ion in London had kept me so busytha t there ha d been no cha nce to go homefor the las t seven years . Grea t was my joyone day when I w as told tha t I could ha vea two month ' s lea ve of ab sence . Of coursetha t meant tha t I should go back to

America .I secured pas sa ge the next day and left as

s oon as I could set my aff ai rs in order . I

was overjoyed when I sighted the grea tSta tue of Liberty in New ‘ York harbor.Upon landi ng , I to ok a ta xi to the WaldorfAstoria Hote l .After lun ching there , I went out to seethe sights . Passin g a news stan d , I sawseveral ma gaz ines advertised . I scarcelyglanced at them un til I hea rd a woman sayto her friend , “Tha t Carolyn Bar r hascertainly put some pep into the Woma n ’sHome Compa n ion .

” When I hea rd Carolyn ’s

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name Spoken , it set me thinking . Couldthis be the Carolyn of my high school days?I decided to find out so I bought a copyand looked up the address of the editor .The next day I called at the office of theWoma n

’

s Home Comp a n ion . After waitingfor a short time I was admitted to theeditor’s office . As I opened the door , a tallwoman

,sitting at the desk and pondering

over material for her magazine , looked up .There sat Carolyn Barr of the class of 1 9 34 !“Why E dward Murphy , where have youbeen a ll these years ! ” she exclaimed as shecame forward cordially to greet me . I toldher about my position and she invited meto her home on Park Avenue . There I mether family and we talked over old times

and the other members of the class of ’

34 .

Carolyn told me that after graduatingfrom Burgy H igh she went to Smith Collegewhere she majored in E nglish because ofher interest in journalism . After finishingher course there , she got a position on theeditorial staff of the Woma n

’s Home Com

p a n ion . Five years later , when the editorretired , she took her place . This was certa in ly a great boost for Burgy H igh tohave one of its graduates so influential inthe literary world .

After spending a joyful evening withCarolyn I

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took a train for Massachusettsfeeling very happy that I had met my oldschool mate again .

—E dwa rd Murp hy

Cla s s W i l l

Friends , underclassmen , members of thefaculty , lend me your ears . I have come togive the last will and testament of thedignified seniors .We , the class of ’

34 , bein g of sound mindand body for the first time in our lives andabout to leave the Helen E . James School ,of the town of Williamsburg, in the state ofMassachus etts , do bequeath the following :To all the underclassmen we leave a ll thepeanuts , lolly pops , and gum that can befound in Williamsburg next year . May youhave much luck with them !The seniors wish to dedicate the swingingbridge to the class of ’

36 , h0ping they willuse it as carefully as we did .G ilbert Loud leaves his attractive redcurls to Otis Webb . They may come inhandy at Prom time

, Otis .Gertrude K ing bequeaths half of hermodest ways to Olive Richardson . She willneed the other half to capture the youngminister she has her heart set on .E dwa rd Murphy leaves his favorite expression : I ain’t got none to anyone whodares to use it in E nglish class . He doesn ’tthink he ’ll need it in college .Ma rie Allaire leaves her frank ways andcute remarks to Howard Willson .Chester King is sorry to say he hasn’tanything to give as he will need his everydaycutups and his evening walks after choirrehearsal as pastimes next year .

E dith Merritt bequeaths her winningway with the men teachers to HelenModdell .

To a ll the teachers who have helped topull us through these last four years weleave our deepest gratitude and good will.Viola Mason , Betty Webb , and Carolyn

Barr leave their CCC boy friends to theother Goshen gir ls provided they don’t keepthem out too late .Thomas Stone bequeaths h is dreamy spellsto James Molloy , hoping it will keep himquiet during study periods .To E leanor Wheeler , Nancy Sheehanwills her Ch rysler so that the side roadswill get plenty of use as they did this year .To the seniors of next year we bequeaththe privilege of hearing Mrs . Warner saythat Muzzey was an E nglishman .Rita ’s only gift is that some worthy girlmay take her place in managing certainjunior , senior , and post graduate boys anddo it as well as she did .The comb that G eorge Mollison neverused , he is leaving to Raymond Bradford .His is quite worn out .Louise -Mosher wants to bestow her wittyremarks on E thel Spitzer and her place atthe piano to E lmer Litchfield .

The seni or boys leave their “afternoon la bpriv ileges to Hans N ietch e ,

Albert Mosher,and Alan Bisbee

,provided that Catherine

Vining , E velyn Rus tem eyer , and IsabelRoth are appointed to run the multigraph,which is situated in the lab

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Henry Soltys leaves Vard ic Golash theright to drive his delivery truck aroun dafte r s choo l , so that I sa bel and Mary won’ tmi! those daily rides .Richard Field wi lls the pos it ion as janitorof the Haydenville Congregational Churchto any good young fellow . We hea r thatthe night work is espe cially pleasant sincethe organis t comes to practise evenings now .

To hi s brother Richard , Norman G raveslea ves his good fortun e of drivin g his

father’s big ca rs and picking up the out-o ftown girls .

Th e class as a whole sin cerely hopes tha tthe periods betw een classes will be muchlonger next year , so tha t Miss Wals h andMr . Fos ter w ill ha ve plenty of time for their

We are the class of ’34We hope we have not been a boreTo all our teachers , school fri ends , too ,And those of you who helped us through .I ha ve been asked to gi ve the grinds ,A rhyming scheme of many lin es ,And ’though I ’m not a poet true ,I

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ll try my b est to interest you .Th e members of our class are few .

Perhaps I should say twenty-two .I don ' t know jus t where to begin .

I have it ! On w ith Cheste r King !Ches ter is our president ,O f Haydenville a resident ,Ou ts tanding as a real athlete ,And losing well when it’s defea t .Next in line comes Nan cy Sheeha n .In Norman’s eyes she’s just the “! ueen .Vice-pres ident she is th is yearPerhaps ’tw i ll help in her career .Now we ’ll view our secreta ry ,Young

,and fa ir , and not contrary .

Ma rjorie Damon is her name .Here ' s hoping it will bring her fame !Our treas urer we mus t not miss ,Believe you me when I say this ,For Mildred sure w ill rea ch a height .Through strif e and struggle she wi ll fight .And now we come to Norma n G raves .Perha ps he ' ll some day join the Braves .He seems to be ca refree and gay ,But will h e remain tha t way?

And last of all we leave loads of amusements for the coming yea r , so tha t thisyear ’s juniors won’t ha ve too much t imein which to mourn over the loss of theirdearest friends , the seniors .In testimony thereof, we hereun to setour ha n ds and seal to th is docum ent on thisnin eteenth day of Jun e in the year of ourLo rd , one thousa nd n in e hundred andthi rty-four .

(Signed ) Marjor ie Damon

Witnes ses : E dd ie Ca nto rJoe Penne rWill Rogers

G ri ndsVirginia Warner it does seem ,

Has lea rned tha t wise and artful schemeOf keepin g beaut iful and gay

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By making most her work just play .G ertrude K ing has studied hard .Always she ha s been on guardTo answer a ll the questi ons , soShe has become pro merito .

Though Gilbert Loud is wont to grin ,He seems to ta ke it on the chin .

When he atta ins the height of fame,

Then wi ll we see in lights his nam e .Now comes shy little Ann a Baj.

She sure can w ink a w icked eye,

Bu t though she bashful seems to be ,

Can it be for eterni ty?We will miss our little Lou ise ,Wh ose love for music wi ll n ’er cease .She ’s always been so full of funWe hope it’s on ly just begun .“What good does all this studying do?This seems to be G eorge Mollis on

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s cueTo shake his hea d in grave des pair ,And wonder how he’ ll earn his fa re .Now Rita Riley from the massOf youn g b oys in the junior class ,Has chosen one with skill an d care .We think they make a real cute pai r .Viola Mason we all know ,

Has done her best the class to showTha t she can speak before a crowd ,And not talk low

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Cla s s o f 1 9 35Ra y Bradford , we to ld , likes his s ea tin E nglish clas s very much. Who si ts nearyou , Ray?Allen Bis bee seems to be the bas hful

boy” of our clas s .Mary Coogan seems to ha v e a ha rd t ime

keeping all of the bo ys ’ names straight tha tfall for her. We ho pe you’ll be able to k eepRa y ’ s .B ill Corbe tt ha s com e back to schoolagain. Th is time he hopes to s tay.

Helen Demers ki always knows the t ime ,the place , and th e person . We wi sh youluck , Helen.Augus ta Eme rson ha s promis ed to let us

know when ! Lo ve” comes her way .Do ris Ha yden us es her Judd (g eme nt ) toadvanta ge .Gertrude Heath like s to go to choir re

hea rsal beca use of the adm iri ng eyes tha tfollow her.

Arabelle Kno x still likes to ! Skip .Ruth Lloyd ha s taken a sudden interest

in gardens . Is it beca us e of Sweet Peas ( e )?

Elme r Litchfield Jam e s Molloya vaca tion every few days and come tos chool.Bes s ie Muras ki still keeps us guessing

b ecaus e she is s o quie t .

Do t Metz te lls us tha t she ’d love to meetthat Hen (ry) tha t ’s been chas ing her la te ly .We wonder if Albert Mosher’s gas tank

w as very full the morni ng af ter the Prom?Ask Phyllis .

We wonder if Han s Nie tsch e says Excus eme Mam

” many nights a week . Perhapsthat accounts for h is being la te s o man ymornings .Lena N iewiadomsk i always lis tens to the

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S inging Lady” so she ’ ll hear the name ofKellogg ’s cereal announced .Maud Osm ore a lways se ems to ha ve aPayne” some place .I t must take a sto ut heart to go past thecemetery after dark , Robert .Catherine Paul looks the happiest whenshe her best clothes .

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Betty Atherton is usually found at noontime eating “rice .” What brand is it ,

Ask Bernice Bickford if she still wants tobe a ! ueen” or would she rather work inthe fields .If E sther Clark wou ld use rouge shewouldn’t need to eat those green vegetableswhich Howard so often advises .Ali ce Dresser seems to be rather Shakeylately . We wonder if one of her CCC friendsmakes her that way .We ’d think Walter was a perfect littleangel if it wasn’t for h is winks .How gloomy and dry school would bewithout the wit and spice with whichVardic Golash peppers our classes .It has been sa id that Henry Howe’s ideas

are a bit “Rusty in French class . Howabout it , Henry?We wonder why Fonnie Lloyd reads Mr .Custer’s “Boots and Saddles” most of thetime .

Pauline Packa rd has only to turn on thatblush and like a charm it dazzles the ranksof men folks .Francis Packard wi ll find a bit of competition if he goes after Mary Coogan . Betterstick to Lottie , Francis .

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We have come to the conclusion thatRuby Parker certainly agrees with thesaying , Silence is Golden .”

We wonder if O live Richardson will livein a’ “Roy (al)” palace some day .

Marge Sabo plans to travel in the Westwith the money she gets for solving CharlieChan mysteries .Ruth Sylvester seems to enjoy sleighrides . And How (e) !Howard Willson likes to ride a bicyclebecause he can so well.Clif ton Witt’s theme song seems to beLazybones.”

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Lo ttie Algus tos ki is about to invest in aPackard . We all h0pe her in vestment isa good one .We are told that An netta and Ruth

Ba rrus seem to be ha ving a grea t manya rgum ents about Walter Messenger .We all think Gertrude Bates has lost herbas hfuln ess since she came to high school.Is this so , Doug?Barbara Burt hasn’t been the same sincePaul Clark star ted ma king eyes at LillianBlanchard .Ste lla Dem ers ki and Foster Newell seemto be interested in the same things—namely—curls and dances . Isn’t this so , Foster?We wonder what the attraction is downin Haydenville after school, Phyll is . Is iton Main or South Main Street?We hear tha t Chris tine Field likes to takelong walks in the moonlight . Is this so ,Maynard?E very Fountain (e) that Ida Parenteaucomes across , she has to stop and watch .

Nell ie G olash is one of the quiet membersof our class .

We would like to know why MaryMich a los ki takes so many walks to Burgy .We wonder if Adeline Merritt will everstop asking questions . Never mind

,Ade

line,

! Live and Learn .”We hea r that Muriel Merritt wis hesLawrence Corbe tt would get-“a bicycle bui ltfor two.

Helen Moddell is always ask ing questionsof Mr . Foste r .We would like to see Fern Mosher studying instead of talking with the boys .We wonder why E dward Molloy takessuch pride in his curls . Does Fern like them?

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o f 1 9 37Dorothy Harris on must be very nervousduring a bas ketball game

,because she ’s

always walking around .We sincerely hope that next yea r Billy

Howe will be able to keep awake on theway home from ba sketball games .We do not know much about Helen

Kolosewicz as she is a new-comer to our

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L 1teraryCONFESSIONS OF A BOY SPRINGThough I ’m a real fella The violets are peepingAn’ am tough like the res’ , From lovely purple beds .There ’s one truthful thing The birds are softly singingThat I ’ve got to confess . Lift up your sleepy heads .You’ve gotta have a ma , The ch ildren are playing alleysWith a sweet sm ilin ’ face The brooks are running free .There’s no one in the world The bluebird ’s cheerful singingWho can qui te take her place . I hea r from budding trees .For who brightens things up With these signs of sunny weatherWhen a fella feels blue? How can I help but smileWho untangles the millions I ’ll say good bye to w interMakin’ on ly a few? Again , life seems worth wh ile .Who brings ya back to level Lena N iewiadomski

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When you’ve gone too far !Who unders tan ’

s ev erythin’

If it ain’t yer ma?My mom ’s the best palThat I ’ve got on th ’ earth ,With lovin’ soft fingersAn’ eyes full a ’ mirth .Though I ain’t a big sissyThat ’s tuned to a la ,I feel sorry fer th ’ fellaThat ain’t got a ma .

Ma rjor ie Damon

GOD ’S G IFTGod gave me a motherTo gu ide me through li fe ,To help me face problems ,To vanqu ish a ll strife ,To love and to cherish ,To honor , obey ,To praise an d to worsh ipWith each word I say ,To love with a true loveNot mingled with hate ,Tha t I may be worthy ,That I may be great ,That I may be brave ,That I may be strong ,That I may admitWhen I know I am wrong.

He gave me a motherTo show me the road ,To pave the rough wayTo His h ea v ’

n ly abode .Ma rie A lla ire Mildred Sylvester ’

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The students seated at their desks,

With text books a ll about !Are studying for to-morrow ’s test

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I know without a doubt .But soon the teacher is called outs ide ,They all commence to talk !Amidst the shouts of joy ins ide ,They throw small bits of chalk .Suddenly footsteps they can hear .

The pupils know what is best .So with a little bit of fear

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OUR GREATE ST NEEDWhat would we do without our friendsTo whom our troubles are told?Friends— whose happin ess we holdAbove our own !Whose pride in us never ends !Friends in whom we can confideWhat to others we would hideAnd bear alone !I‘H' iends on whom we can depend ,Who stand by to the la stAnd help us when our hope is passedWith not a moan?Oh now you see why our dear friendsIn whom our fondest hopes are laidWho face the music un a fria dWe so enthrone .

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SPRINGWh at is it the robins are singingIn lilt in g tones of joy?What is it the bluebirds are bringin gFor every gir l and boy?The crocuses are showin g their headsAbove the greening grass .

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le ts are peeping from snowy bedsFor joy of every lass .The ice h a s gone from the bubbling brook ,And snow is melting fa st ,

Flowers are growing in every nookFor wi nte r now is past .

Oh ,what is it , can ’t you guess?

I’

m sure that you must know .

It’

s spring! No more , no less ,Aren ’t you glad it ’s so?

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ALL IS SAFE ‘VITII FATHER AT THE‘VHE E L

A ship once encountered a terrible stormWhile she was southward bound !Nearly a ll on board feared they ’d perish soon ,Alarmed lest the shi p go down .One lad alone w as happy and calm ,

No terror did he feel !!

All is safe ,” he confident ly cried ,My father is at the wheel.”Old shi p ! ion in its onward course ,Pa ssed through ma ny a stormy seaAn d

’twill safely land in the Haven of RestTho ’ we know not when it wi ll be .When all seems dark , and everything wrong ,And the whole world s eems to reel ,Don’t b e ala rmed and give up the shipOur Father is at the whee l .

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A LESSON IN ETI ! UETTEThe lesson was taught on the green-growinggrass ,

Where Trixie,our pet , was holding her clas s

Of t iny , young kit tens , a ll furry and fat ,Who were trying to do as the old mother ca t .! Try ,” said the mother cat , washing her paw ,

And the k it tens , knowing her word was law ,

Lifted their paws and with kitten-like graceStarted to wash ea ch ha ppy young face .But a ll of a sudden with vigorous leap,

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The four little kittens all jumped in a heap,

’Cause one of the pupils , while washing hi sface ,

Had bet that the others could not win therace .

And after a moment of scramble and strife,

The naughty l’il kitten was granted h is life,Providing he’d follow his mother’s advice,

And never be naughty , and chase only mice .JVIa r ie A lla ire

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T HERE ’S A BIANI t was a cold , damp day of late fall,typical of Cali fornia ’s clim ate , when oldMatt Sim pson slung his pick over hisshou lder and went out to his old mine totry to find a few par ticles of gold . He andhis wife , Mary , were in an early sta ge ofsta rvation . Their no-account son

,Jake

, was

somewhere in th e v illage probably drunk insome back a lley, a f ter having spent the fewdollars which he ha d wrested from his dad .Some few minutes after Matt ha d gonedown into the mine a terrible explosionreverberated from its depths . Mary wenthurrying out in frantic haste . She flew tothe shaft only to find it closed . Poor Matt .somewhere beneath tons of debris he lay,

crushed or probably dead . Ma ry began towring her hands and cry in despair. !

Oh ,

she moan ed , “if Jake were only here . N0Jake came and Mary began to dig. Suddenly the dirt caved in and in spite of herbrave efforts she was doomed .About th ree days la ter a drink -soaked

figure of a m an staggered up the path to thehouse . He called gru ffly to his mother . Noanswer . He called again to his dad . Sti llno answer . Then his befogged brain beganto function . He went over to the min e andthere he foun d death’s gruesome story . Heth rew himself down by the sha ft and greatsobs racked his frame .All through the long , cold night he laythere

,not caring whether the-dawn came or

not . The mornin g was still youn g when heheard a cry . I t sta rtled him . Was it animalor human . At first it came loud and thenseemed to fade softly away . After a shortwhile he rose and began to search . Just asth e sun burst into the full height of its gloryhe spotted a dark object upon the horizon .Hastening forward as fast as his weakenedcondition’ would permit

,he cam e upon a

small boy about three years of age . After

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scanning the country about him for furthersigns of life and finding none

,he picked the

boy up in his arms and staggered up to thehouse . Finding a little canned milk ’ he triedclumsily to feed him .

After two days effort in caring for him,he

began to work about the mine with Sonny(as he called the boy) always by his side .Jake ’s eagerness for the yellow dust was asgreat as his dad ’s before him and in makinga wooden shovel and pick for Sonny heseemed to have forgotten the craving fordrink .One morning as Sonny was digging withhis wooden shovel he found a stone . “Daddyhe called , “see the pretty stone .” Jake , whoalways left his work to look at Sonny ’sfinds

,opened his eyes in amazement .

G old !” he cried . “G old ! Let ’s go drink

you and I .” Sonn y took him by the handand led him to the well .

“Drink of waterDaddy ,” he said . Jake stood there for amoment with his head bowed in shame andthen took the cup handed him by Sonnyand drank thirstily .Twenty years later found Sonny (or Sonas he was now called) in one of California ’slargest universities playing the greatestfootball game of the year . As h is fellowteammates carried him off on their shouldersa call came to him amid the cheers of thethrong saying Drink , Son , drink?” At theedge of the grid , Len met his father with asmile on his face and a glass of water in hishand saying,

“Drink of water , Son?” Their

eyes met in mutual understanding and Lendrained the glass .

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BECAUSE SHE HAD A CHANCERuth and Frank , the seventeen year old

Barger twins , were in the living room oneeven in g busily making out the guest list fora party they were giving the following week .Aunt E dith , sitt in g at the other end of theroom heard Ruth say , “Of cour se we won ’tinvite that funny thing! ”“Who ’s as terrible as all that?” theiraunt asked .“Oh ,just one of the girls in our class .

You should see her , Aunt E d . She wearsthe funniest clothes and does some of thequeeres t things . She used to live out westand is a regular old hick .”

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She’s not too bad , Frank put in . And

she sure is clever“Some of the girls are crazy about her

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Ruth continued , ignoring Frank ’s addition .“I guess they ’ll think difi’

eren t by when itcomes to having a party . I

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ll bet she can’teven dance and she probably wears thatcow-girl uniform .

“I knew a gir l like that once , AuntE dith said , thoughtfully . “

But she provedthat clothes and money and gracefu ln essaren’t everything in life , once she had thechance .”“What happened?” Ruth asked and

Frank said , “Tell us about itWell,” Aunt E dith began , When I wasa gir l about your age , there was a new girlin our town . At first no one liked her b ecause she dressed in old clothes and was sodiff erent , a lot like the girl you know . One

summer a group of young people had a weekend party at Hins dale Lake and she wasinvited by the chaperone . She didn’t havea very good time because no one paid anyattention to her . E verything was so newand diff erent to her although she could rowand swim well . You see , she had lived allher life way up north with her father

,who

was a fisherman , and she had never been toa public school or played with other children .Her mother had died when she was a babyand her father brought her up , taking herwith him during the day and studying withher

,nights . When she was old enough to go

to high school , her father sent her to ourtown .One afternoon the whole party wasswimming out near the raft , except Peggy(that was her name) who was still sittingon the wharf, when she heard a cry for help .Peggy dived into t h e water and whileswimming toward the raft she could hear :“Try to get her Jim ! She mus t have struckthe rock ! ” and “! uick , Oh please hurry ,help ! ” and “I can’t even see her now !”By the time Peggy had reached the raft ,she had come to the conclusion that someone was drowning . Ten minutes la ter ‘

the

breathless Peggy was bendin g over thedying gir l . With quick commands

,she

ordered someone to go for the doctor,and

blankets and bandages for her head , whichwas badly cut . Then Peggy laid the umconscious girl fla t on the raft and kneelingbegan to give her artificial respiration

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coun ting one-two-three , while the frightened

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crowd stood back and regarded the stran gegirl with a new light .Two hours passed and out on the raftyou could see a girl still working patientlyon a form which was white and still and notyet breathin g . The doctor , having given upall hope , stood silently by , watching thefaithful worker . Suddenly th e doctor kneltdown beside her and the remaining groupgathered around him . The patient hadst irred and gasped for breath . Peggy keptup her regular and steady pressing and soonthe girl caught another breath . The crisishad passed , and the unfailing courage ofthe girl , whom everyone thought queer, hadwon the fight .“G ee ,was she a ll right after that?”

Frank asked .Yes ,” Aunt E dith replied , and afterthat no one ever said an unk ind thing aboutPeggy . She became the most populr girlin our town .The Barger twins were silent for a minuteand then Ruth said , “Frank , I ’ve put thenew girl down on our li st .”Later Frank demanded , Aunt E dith ,weren’t you almost drowned once when youwere youn g?” and when his aunt nodded :“Wasn ’t it at Hinsdale Lake?” Aunt E dithonly smi led .

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FA ! R PLAYOh , Mary , what did you get in that finalexam you took last week? That was theonly one you had to take wasn’t it? Gee ,how do you get such good marks?”“I flun ked it , Dot , replied Mary , as thetwo gir ls wa lked along after coming from aclub meeting . Several girls had remarked toDot Cummings that they thought MaryStevens hadn’t been happy this past week .

“Are you going to the whist party tonight?” asked Mary , changing the subject .

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Oh , say , I really ha d forgotten it . Idoubt if I’

ll be able to go as I have quite abit of studying to do . Are you going? I

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bet you are— why , studying wouldn’t stopyou from going anywhere , would it?” re

plied Dot laughing . “Mary , you’re a luckygirl . You are popular , attractive and don’tever ha ve to study nights . Still you are onthe high honor roll and you are one who

Don’ t plea se , Dot . I can’t bear this anylonger! I ’ll tell you something . I ’m afraid

MOTHERNowhere in this world of ours is there adearer name than Mother . In all the landthis name stands out in the hear ts of a llpeople .G reat men may come and go but Mothersalways are here to advis e and correct us .Many a man or woman h as gone out intothe world to try to seek h is or her fortune .

of next week— graduation , I mean .“What is the trouble? You have nothingto worry about— not with your marks .“That’s it . I have had high marks allfour years in high school and only last weekI was caught . Miss Hale caught me cheating in my final exam . I ’ve done it for fouryears and got by with it . That’s why Iflunked that test and you know that meansI ’m not on high honor roll for graduation .”“Mary , didn’t I tell you when we werefreshmen that you’d get caught just thewrong time? Remember that?”“Yes , I ’ve thought of that conversationseveral times this week ,” said Mary Stevens ,tears rolling down her cheeks .“Now , your time has come . This , ofcourse , was the worst time you would havewanted to be caught . But would it be fairin years to come to have that feelin g hanging over you? Don’t you really think theteachers have realized that you have beencheating? Yes , they have , and I knew thiswas coming . Mary , dear , would you havewanted to receive a diploma which had ahigh honor seal on it when you yourself knewit didn’t belong to you?”By this time they had reached Dot ’shome . She left Mary tellin g her to go homeand thin k it over .Next day Mary met Dot after school. Onthe way home Mary said to Dot , smiling ,“Dot

,what do you think I did? I went to

Miss Hale and told her what I had beendoing a ll four years of high school . I toldher I didn’t realize my terrible mis take untilI received my mark last week . I asked hernot to give me even an honor award on mydiploma . She talked to me and now I feellike a diff erent person .”“Mary

,don’t you really think ‘fair play

is the best“I sure do ,” said Mary as the two girlswent joyfully , smilingly on their way.

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for supper . No , the evening, when you cansit quietly wi thout interruption , is the bestt ime “to sit alone wi th your thoughts .

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THE hfl SSING LINK TO HAPPINESSThe shades were drawn in Room 5 at the

R iv erboro Hospital . Rose K irby , a nurse ,sat beside the bed where lay Mrs . JamesHurley

,an invalid of a few hours . She had

been in an accident an d had received aslight concu ssion of the brain . She had notyet recovered from the operation which shehad successfully un dergone . But now sheOpened her eyes and stared with wondera round the small white room .

“Oh , where am I?” she as ked in alarm .

Sh! Please don’t try to think now,

said Rose . “You are resting comfortably .“But where am I?” pleaded the patient .Where is Betty—and Bob , where is he?”“You are in the R iv erb oro Hospita l , re

pli ed Rose , “but please try to rest qui etly .”“What happened?” asked Mrs . Hur ley ofthe pretty young nurse .Wait un til you are feeling better

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begged Rose . Your children are saf e .”Oh , my babies , murmured the woman ,falling back on the pillows . I want mybabies .Relieved , she closed her eyes , and Roseleft the room . On meeting Dr. Jacobs inthe hall , she questioned him .

She ’s one of the many who were injuredin the bus wreck at Waverly ,” sa id themiddle-aged doctor . Bob is staying withme for the present but Betty is dead

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Oh , how dreadful! ” gasped the nur se .Don’t tell her anything , and Dr .Jacobs walked away .

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Bob Hurley , a fine young man , had b ecome very friendly with Ruth Carter . One

day,while strolling in the garden at Bob ’s

home , the conversa tion drifted and theywere soon ta lking of their pasts . It was heretha t they discovered that they h a d bothbeen in the wreck at Waverly almosttwenty years ago .After ta lking for some time , Bob broughtRuth in the house to see his mother .

! Hello,Ruth

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to see you . You remind me so of Betty .That’s a pretty locket you’re wearing . MayI see it?”“Surely , replied Ruth . Here it is .Mrs . Hurley became very white and tookthe locket in her tremblin g hands .“Why, she gasped , “thi s is Betty ’slocket ! ”At this she broke down and began to cryviolently .“Betty —my baby—you are my Bettyaf ter all these years .The link was foun d .

TH E INSIDE OF IT

Harry Ste vens was an old man who livedon our street . He was the sort of man thateveryone cons idered odd . He seldom mixedwith other people , and rarely talked , exceptwhen he gave his order at the grocery storedown town . Of cour se he was always “thegoat” on Hallowe ’en night . Harry Stevensw ith his crutch and bent back was a pitifulfigure, but his eyes were fiery blue-gray

,and

when they flashed , you knew that he couldtake care of himself.One day when I was . on the way homefrom baseball practice , whistlin g and swinging my bat , I saw Mr . Stevens ’ dog lyingon the ground near the hedges

,whimpering .

I shuddered , thin king of what had probablyhappened to the poor creature at that man’shands . I p icked up the dog , screwed up mycourage , and went in to where the old manwas slouched in h is chai r, smoking a pipe .When he saw me , he drew h is eyebrowstogether in a frown and thunderingly dema nded what I wanted . When he saw hisdog , he reached out h is arms to take him .

I could see tha t he cared very much for h isdog . I asked if there was anything I coulddo , and he sent me for a cloth and a pan ofwarm water , with which he bathed the dog ’sbloody leg and foot ca refully,

“ even tenderly .The Wound looked like a cut from a trap .I inquired about it , and he answered huskilythat it was a trap he had set

,for the thi eving

anima l that had been stea ling his grain .

When he had finished bathing the dog ’s leg,

he went after some hay which he put in thebottom of a box that was to be the dog ’stemporary bed . After spreading a softflannel over the hay , he carefully put thedog in it .

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Meanwhile my mind was going over theremarks that had in the past been madeagainst thi s man . Who said that he had noheart , that he was never lonely , and didn’tcare whether or not he was ever spoken to?Why his own neighbors didn ’t know thisman— not his rea l self. I was brought backto the present by his asking me what myname was .“James Randall, I replied .call me Jim .

”

Well , Jim , he said , sit down overthere . I have something to ask you . Jim

,Laddy was caught in a trap . Someone musthave let him out .”He paused , and I understood what wascoming next . I was hoping against hopethat he wouldn’t ask me why that someonehadn’t brought the dog to the house

,when

,

like a thunderbolt , it came . I decided thatit would be best to make a clean breast ofthe whole story , so I blur ted out , “Perhapsthat someone was afraid to come in .Mr . Stevens was astounded , “What washe afraid of?” he asked .“Well, sir , I replied , everyone is . Perhaps I shouldn’t say this , but you asked .”Go on ! ”E veryone is afraid because they think youhave some dark past and don ’t talk muchbecause you might give yourself away . I ’vebeen brought up to believe it , too , but , Iwent on , rising , I don’t anymore .”“Thank you , he said , taking my handin his old , wrinkled one . “Jim , my boy ,since you have expressed your faith in me ,I will explain myself, if I can . When I wasa boy , I had a private tutor , and abouteverything I wanted , except friends . Whenmy par ents died , I was left with almostnothing , and I had to go on my own . Ifound then the truth of ‘an old dog doesn’tlea rn new tricks .’ It seems in stinctive forchi ldren to make friends , but I had neverhad this experience , and , at twenty-s ix , Ididn’t know how to begin , so I ha ve alwaysbeen shy and afrai d of others . It soundsfoolish

,but it is somethin g I can’t help .”

I determined right then that I wou ld introduce the fellows to him , and there wouldbe some evenings , at least , that he wouldn’tbe lonely . On the way home , I thought overall that had gone on in the last hour, andreflected how little you can tell from outward appearances , for “Looks are deceitful.

Mildred Sylvester ’

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The fellows

He’

s coming to , Doctor, a girl in whi tesaid .Don saw a white room with a lovely nursebeside him . The doctor was standing b ehind her . Suddenly he recognized the room .

I t was his bedroom . He looked back at thenurse

,it was his wife , Mary .

“What happened?” he asked .That’s what we ’d like to know .

The last thing I remember is that wegot the signal to go over and then I wasstruck or struck someth in g.

”

The doctor said , as he turned to go ,Better tie h im in . A few more dreams lik ethat and he’ll be playing a harp .Don had knocked his head on the bedpostand had awakened his wife as he fell to thefloor . His wife had moaned in her sleepsending him “over the top .”

E dith Merritt ’

34

AMONG THE NHSSING

Mr . Rand was missing ! His wife discovered it when she awoke to find h isp illow untouched .She called the poli ce imm ediately. Sheexplained to them that she had gone to bedat her usual time as he was very often late .The big

,burly chief tried in vain to com fort

her . She would sit for hours moanin g,

He’s kidnapped . I know it ! I know it !Why was I so cross to h im? Why etc.The chi ef sent Donovan to look for him .

The next day Donovan failed to report .N o weeks passed and seven of the chi ef’sbest men were mi ssing. He was nea rlyfrantic because beside Mrs . Ran d he had

OVER THE TOP

The signal came . The men started creeping forward to the trench . Many were onhands and knees , but most of them were ontheir stomachs , wriggling like snakes .Finally a ll were in the trench . In fiveminutes the next signal would send themover the top to— what? victory? defeat?life? death? freedom? prison? In a fewseconds they would know .

Then the signal , a low whistle much likea moan , was heard .Don went over with the rest . A sharppain went through his head . He reeled andfell . Blessed unconsciousness overcame h im .

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the wives and sweethea rts of the seven othermen moaning aroun d the office .“E ight men—e ight men mi ssin g , hemut tered to him s e lf. Then a light dawned .

“Mi$ing? Bos h ! ” To hi s secretary hesai d , “I’

ll be back some day ! ” an d slammedthe doo r .Tw o days late r he made a t rium phan tretu rn to the town , boastin g how he alonehad freed thes e eight men . (He would certa inly be re-elected now . )But ea ch man said to himself, as he kissed

h is loved one , “Freed— nothin g ! He justwon the rubber .

E d ith Merritt ’34

‘VHEN DUTY CALLSPhil Parks sat in the cockpit of hi sbomber , nervous ly fin gering the controls , ashe awaited the signal that would send h imand hi s buddies on a hazardous midnightraid , deep into enemy te rritory . Th e

obj ec tive was a huge mun i tion plant loca tedabout a hundred miles from the front .Several sections of strategic importan ce tothe alli es , but now controlled by the enemy ,were provided with shells from this pla nt .Once the plant was ruined , it would bemany hours before these sections could befurni shed from another plant . A suddendrive at this time would rout the enemy .Ph il glanced at his wrist watch . Atalmost any second Captain Bickn ell wouldgive the signal . He wai ted in silence . E venthe scrubby trees that bordered the fieldstood in gruesome stillness , mysteriouslynodd ing and waving to one another

,as if

pred icting the outcome of the raid .

At las t the ca p tain gave the signal , gaveh is ship the gun , and roared o ff into thenight . Phil , second in formation , waited asecond and then took ofi

’ af te r him . He

c ircled his plane up into position directlybehind the cap tain . They circled the fielduntil a ll pla nes were in formation , and thenset their course toward des truction or glory .An hour and a half la te r the squadronc ircled the munition pla nt and began todes cend . Lights twinkled below and showedthe target clea rly to the men in the bombers .I t would be a s imple thin g to swoop downand completely demolish the pla ce .But suddenly a powerful b eacon lightedthe s ky. The big bombers were eas ilyd iscernible to the guards below and at once

the ant i-aircraf t guns burst into action .

Phil wondered what Capta in B icknell woulddo now . I t would be alm ost certain deathto fly into the ran ge of the ant i-aircra ft , buthe saw that this was exactly wha t thecaptain was planning to do . Bicknellturned , waved to hi s men and then dove atthe buildin g . Out of the corner of his eye,Phil saw one of the planes lurch violentlyand s lip ofl’ on its wing into a spin . I t madehis blood run cold , but he followed thecapta in .

D irect ly over the bu ilding, Phil releasedtwo bombs in qui ck succession . He didn ' thave t ime to see what damage they haddone, but zoomed up to wait for the rest ofthe squadron . After circlin g for five minute swi thout a sign of any of hi s comrades , heagain descended . He saw a mass of ruinswhere the bui ld ing had stood

,but no signs

of the squadron . Phil decided that thosewho were able had started for home W ithout him , and he imm edia te ly depa rted inthat direct ion .

The first gray streaks of dawn foun d Philstill in the a ir over unfam iliar territo ry . Heha dn’t caught up wi th any of his buddiesand he was somewhat worried . Just thenhe wasn ’t thinkin g of this . N o planes ha dtaken ofl’ about a mile ah ead of him . Th eyqui ckly gained alt itude an d came towardh im to give battle . Phil ha d to figh t an d theodds were against him .

The planes came on swi ftly an d meanwhilehe plann ed hi s at tack . He would fly towardthe ships until within a few hundred feet

,

then zoom qui ck and dive on one of them .

The other would get h im , but he ought toget one of them .

Now ! Phil set his nerves and yank edviciously on the st ick . His bomber wentup— and then he dived . Directly on theforemost ship Phil played his gun . He rakedthe cockpit with two bursts and had thesatis faction of s eeing the pla ne fall into aspin . Now where was the other plane?Rat-a -tat-a -tat-a -ta t . Th e burst cam efrom behin d and over h im . A fierce joy ofbattle came over him and he pulled his shipup sharply . At the same instant his gasgave out . The mo to r popped a couple oftimes and then di ed . One of the bulletsfrom the las t burst of fire from his enemyhad entered h is back . Bea ds of sweat stoodout on his forehead from the pain of thewound . E verything was reeling before his

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eyes . I t was getting dark and he was sotired . Then , dimly , just below him ,

hesaw his enemy . He slumped forward in hisseat . The action shoved the joystick aheadputting the plane into a steep dive . Thetwo pla nes crashed in mid-a ir and fell tothe ground together .The next morning his name appeared onthe bulletin . “Phillip Parks . Age 23 . Lostwhile on perilous duty .

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FAITHFaith is the heavenly light that gildsour labors . Were we deprived of that 'source of consolation , life would indeed bedreary .”This noble teaching , whether exemplifyingman’s faith in himself, in his fellowmen , orin his God is as true today as it was fiftyyears ago when it was first written .A man who has faith enough in himselfto finish what he starts out to do , heedlessof all scorn and ridicule, will never fail .Certainly a ll great scientists must have hadabundant faith in themselves . Without thisfaith ether, insulin , toxin-antitoxin andmany Other wonderful discoveries wouldnever have been made . Inventors too haveshown this trait . Surely if Thomas AlvaE dison had listened to the scorn and ridiculeof the supposedly brilliant men of his timeand had not had faith in himself, he wouldnever have given to the world his marvelousinventions .Without faith in our fellow men andtheirs in us , “life would indeed be dreary .A child’s faith in its parents is one of thesweetest and most picturesque examples ofthis . For , to them when some dangerthreatens , their child always turns . Anddreary indeed are those parents ’ lives ifthat child ’s faith in them is lost . In thepractical world , what could a diver accomplis h if he did not have faith in the menabove the water who had his life in theirhands? Again , Benedict Arnold ’s heroicdeed in the storming of ! uebec and in thebattle of Saratoga show distinctly the eff ectof the soldiers’ faith in him ! whereas , whenthat faith was turned to hatred by histreason

,Arnold ’s “life indeed was dreary .”

The lives of all great men have beenstrengthened by their faith in G od . To me

,

Washington, kneelin g in the snow at Valley

Mr . Fostergood posture?”Gert K ing Big Feet .

What is the foundation of

Forge , conversing with his Maker and askingD ivine aid for his sick and wounded men ,is a most beautiful example of a great man ’sfaith in God . A striking illustration of agreat woman’s faith in God is found in thedeeds of Joan of Arc . Following what shebelieved to be G od ’s summons , she led thearmies of France to victory .Man ’s faith is also exemplified by thefarmer who plants the seed in the spring anddil igently cares for the plants dur ing thelong summer having faith that God willprovide a rich and abundant harvest .Those who would be truly great mustremember that these traits of faith in himself, ln his fellow men and in his God areall embodied in every great man . Take forexample that idol of American youth , CharlesLindbergh . H is faith in his own abi lity , hisfaith in his mechanic ’s skill and his faith inhis God brought him safely through un

charted paths to his goal .Ch a rles Wa rner

’

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EDITORIAL(Con t inued from Page 3)

named ambition by some .Imagine now , a little lad of six . He seessome daring act done by a famous man andimmediately set his heart on doing thesame when he grows up . He gets older .H is first ambition wavers and new ideasenter his mind as he continually sees newthings . At the age of sixteen he , verylikely , has a definite idea of what he intendsto do in the years to come— maybe to be anaviator or engineer , perhaps a president ofsome great firm . Whatever it is , he putshis whole body and soul into the path thathe has chosen to follow .

Sometimes our life work seems so faraway , when everything is dark and obstaclesloom before us like so many mountains

,seemingly impassable . But if we look at thebright side of things and stick to the pathway , no matter how rough , some day wemust come out into sunshine on the otherside of the mountains . That is ambition .

— Raym0nd Bradford ’

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30 THE TATTLER

W e Shou ldCharlie Warn er without a note for Rita .Miss Walsh not angry with the seniors .The Chesterfield girls stop putting waves intheir hair in school .

Vard ic G olash stop fl irting .The freshm en noisy during last period inthe afternoon .

Mr . Foster get his papers corrected .Tom Stone say something .Norman Graves stop arguing with Rita RileyPupils without gum .

Soltys without a grin .Malloy wake .D ick Burke get caught in the girls’ lunchroom again .

Cha rles Warner , Rio RitaHans N iets ch e , Waiting at the Gate forKaty”

E dwin Russell , MargyChester K ing , Somebody Stole My GalTony Soltys , Love Thy Neighbor”Norman Graves , “Show Me the Way to GoHomeViola Mason , Jimmy Had A N ickelG il be rt Loud , “Ida , Sweet As Apple Cider

M iss Wa ls h Marie , I thought I toldyou to keep the seat I gave you yesterday?”(Bob Beach sitting in the seat) .

Marie Well , I wasn’t going to sit onhim .

The French teacher giving an assignmentto French class which is standing for d ismissal says : “Be able ,— to sit down .”

Miss Wa lsh (to A nn ie who couldn ’t p ronounce a word in the E nglish book)—“Whereare you?”A nn ie Below Heaven .

Mr . Fosler How d o they produceoranges without seeds?”Dick Field (not th inking) By crossingthem with some other wild animal .

Hi tsBetty Webb , I Love You So MuchRichard Field , Louise”Marie Allaire

,Love Me Tonight

Clifton Witt , LazybonesMiss Walsh , Sonny Boy”Richard Graves , “Sweet AdelineRita Riley , “Charlie , My Boy”E dward Murphy , “Somebody Loves(meaning Nancy)Mr . Foster, “School DaysRaymond Bradford , “Mary

Marie to Mr . Foster Wh at k ind of abird has whiskers?”Dot Metz A cat-bird .Miss Wa lsh Carolyn , who sits in frontof you?”Ca rolyn Hans N ie ts ch e .

Miss Wa lsh— “Hans , get back to yourseat . And now who sits in front of you?”Ha ns I do , once in a while .”

Mrs . Wa rner What did the framers ofthe Constitution mean by ins ure domestictranquility?”Tom Stone Stop divorce .M iss Walsh , having mislaid some freshmen papers , told the class that she musthave mixed the fres hm ore papers with -thesophomores .

L ike to SeeNancy Sheehan put her gum in the basket .Catherine Paul smile .Isabel have her hair cut .Virginia Warner walking .Hans Nietsch e on time .E dwin without his smile for a certain girl.Maud Osmore keep qui et in M . M . history .E dith Merritt lost at M .S .C .

Dot Field with someone besides her cousin .E velyn Ru s temeyer singing the “AnvilChorus .”The G oshen girls without their CCC’

s .

E d Murphy play post office .Adeline Merritt without a question for“Turk .

WILLIAMSBURG H IGH SCHOOL

Sta nding— A . Mosher , C . Warner , A . BisbeeSea ted— N . G raves , Mrs . Warner , Coach , C . King

D eb a t i ng Soc iety

President, Chester King ’

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Vice-Pres ident, Raymond Bradford ’

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Secreta ry-Trea surer , Allen Bisbee ’

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Our first preliminary debate for thisseason was held June 2 ,

1 933 , on the questionof Cancellation of War Debts . The judgesdecided upon Albert Mosher as the bestdebater

,and E velyn Ru s tem eyer as second

best .Our second debate , held on the firstFriday in October , was on the question ofinstallment buying . Charles Warner wonfirst place and E dwin Russell second .On October 30,

we held our last preliminary' debate at the Helen James Hall , on thequestion of Radio Control by the Government . Allen Bisbee was the winner of firstplace and G ertrude K ing second place .Our interscholastic debating has beenvery successful this year as in the past .

3 1

Our first debate was with the Smith’sSchool of Northampton, at the Helen JamesHall . The question for debate was

,

“Re

solved , that installment buying is a dett iment to the American people .” Our team

,

composed of Albert Mosher , Chester K ing ,and Charles Warner , upheld the negativeand the judge’s decision was unanimous infavor of Williamsburg . This assured ChesterK ing , our debating society president , of hisNational Forensic Key, and membership inthe National High School Honor Societyfor debaters .Our second interscholastic debate washeld on March 23 , again at the Helen JamesHall . This debate , on the question ofFederal Control of Banking , was withHopkins Academy of Hadley . Our debaters , Allen B isbee , Albert Mosher, ,

andCharles Warner upheld the negative . Thejudges again gave our team a unanimousdecis ion.

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O ra to ri ca l Con te s tThis year Williamsburg H igh School hada contestant in the Oratorical sponsored bythe Western Massachus etts newspapers .Viola Mason , of the senior class , broughthonor to the school and credit to herself byher excellent work in this contest . Her firstvictory was won at Greenfield where shemet representatives from Greenfield , TurnersFalls , Shelburne Falls , and Orange HighSchools . Her splendid presentation of hermain oration and her extempore speech wonher first place there . Later, in Springfield ,in a contest held in the Municipal Auditorium with more friends and studentspresent from Williamsburg than the entireenrollment of the school , she gave an evenmore brilliant presentation and did excellentwork with her extempore speech . HereCathedral High of Springfield , Pittsfield

High,Loomis School of Windsor, Conn . ,

South Hadley Falls High , and Lenox Highhad als o sent representatives to the contest .In spite of the fact that she was the on lyyoung lady contestant , she tied for thi rdplace on the first ballot in this final contestbut lost to the Pittsfield contestant uponreballoting. Her oration , which will belong remembered , was on “Madison , theMaster Builder of the Constitution .”

MADISON MASTER BUILDEROF THE CONSTITUTION

As contest has followed contest throughthe last ten years , thousands of Americancitizens have been inspired with a greaterlove for their Constitution . They haveheard

,many times , of the part whi ch such

great men as Washington , ‘ Lincoln andMarshall have played in framing , preservingand interpreting this immortal document .Yet

,seldom ha ve they heard of the part

pla yed by that man— without whose efl’

orts

there might never have been such a document to frame , preserve or interpret . Thisman

,called by Professor Farrand of Yale ,

the Master Builder of the Constitution , wasJames Mad ison of Virginia .It was as a member of the Virginia legis

la ture in 1 786 that this man who had spenthis youth in the study of history and politi

cal science , took his first decisive step toward building a stronger federal government . Madison believed that uniform traderegulations , imposed by Congress on a ll

states alike , was the only cure for theexisting evils . And so , when Marylandproposed that delegates from Virginia ,Pennsylvania and Delawa re should meetwith hers to draw up mutual trade agreements , Madison defeated the proposal byan amendment to include delegates fromall the states . By this act he made possiblethe Annapolis Convention .No one realized better than he what theprobable outcome wou ld be . But desperatetimes required desperate measures . Whenthe delegates met at Annapolis , on ly five ofthe thirteen states were represented . Theonly business done was the unanimousadoption of a proposal that the thirteenstates should appoint commissioners tomeet at Philadelphia on the second Mondayin May

, 1 787 , to “make the Constitutionof the Federal Government strong enoughto meet the pressing needs of the Union .Then Madison, as a member of the

Virginia legislature , prevailed upon thatbody to appoint delegates to the convention.He als o persuaded Washington to be one ofthose delegates . This was no easy task asWashington h ad retired from public life .Yet the knowledge that their beloved leaderwould be a member of the Conventionfilled the people with such confidence thath is appointment proved to be the turningpoint .Soon after this , all the remaining states,except Rhode Island , had chosen delegates .Thus Madison laid the foundation for thegreat service which he was to render as“Master Builder of the Cons titution .”Although the Constitution— lik e anystructure built by persons of widely difi’

er

ing views does not follow the plan of theMaster Builder in a ll of its details , the factremains that the most important featuresdo f ollow his p lan very closely . Outstanding among these features are : the divisionof the powers among the legislative , execu

tive and judicial branches of government !representation by the people directly instead o f by the states ! and a dual form ofgovernment .

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Sta nding—C. Witt , Manager Foster, Coach Gordon , H . HoweSea ted—M. Witt , V. Golash , A . Mosher, F . Packard , W . Howe , W . Gola sh , G . Loud

Ba sketb a l l

The basketball teams were very fortunatethis year in having a former DartmouthCollege player, Mr . Gordon , for coach .The boy ’s team played well cons idering thestronger and larger teams they playedagainst . Although winnin g only one gameothers were lost by very narrow margins .The most exciting game of the season ,which was played in A shfield , was won byWill iamsburg, 1 7-1 5 after three overtimeperiods . A very close game was played

Baseb al l

Because of Mr . Gordon moving to North team got off to a rather poor start losingampton this spring , Mr . Foster took over both games to date . The two games havethe coaching of the baseball team . The been played with Charlemont .

with Powers Academy , in Williamsburg ,which the Powers team won, 20-1 9 . The

following games were played during theseason . Huntington Smith’s SchoolAlumni Belchertown PowersCharlemont A shfield

A boy ’s second team was formed thisyear which played four games and lostthem a ll by close scores . The followinggames were played : BelchertownSmith’s School Huntin gton

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Sta nding—D . Harrison , P. Damon , Manager Foster , Coach Gordon , R . Sylvester,M . Osmore

Sea ted—M . Damon , M . Allaire, E . Rus tem eyer, N . Sheehan , B .Bickford , E .Th ayer, M .Sylvester

G i rl s ’ Basketb al l

The girls ’ basketball team had a fair ly the season was played with Powers Academysuccessful season , winning just half the whi ch Williamsburg won 30-27 . The gamesgames they played . The closest game of played and scores are as follows

HatfieldPowers AcademyCharlemontSandersonSmi th’s SchoolHatfieldSandersonBelchertown GrangeCharlemontPowers

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Telephone 3871 Haydenville

Compliments of

The Cla ry FarmSILAS SNOWTry Our Maple SyrupTelephone 3563WILLIAMSBURG

BEEBE ’S LUNCH

A G ood Place to E a t Home Cooking '

D ine a nd Da nce A ccommoda tion sBerkshire Trail A . L . Beebe

,Prop

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HAYDENVILLB

W. L . CH ILSONTrunks , Bags and Leather Goods

Dog FurnishingsLocksm ith

All kinds of keys ma de28 Center Street Northampton

Baseball Tennis Fishing

Supplies at

Fo st e r Fa rra r Co

1 62 Main Street Northampton

Compliments of

C . O Carl son

GOSHEN

The B 8E J C iga r Co .

Ma nufacturers of Ciga rsE J and FENBROSWholesalers of

Cigars,Cigarettes and TobaccoTelephone 8 1 5-M

23 Main Street Northampton

DAMON LODGE

A qu iet home where guests a re

exp ected to be happy a nd sa tisfied .

We ca ter to p erma nent, week-endor tra ns ient guests .

43 South Street Williamsburg

LET DANIE L OUTFIT Y OUFOR GRADUATIONYour outfit will be correctbut not expensive

HARRY DAN IELA S SOC IATESNorthampton

Compliments of

FIRST NAT IONALSTO RES

Williamsburg

GRADUATION CLOTHESare lower

For Men a nd Young Men

a t popula r p rice .

Gradua tion s u its our specia lty

C l i n to n Men’

s Shop29 Main Street Northampton

Compliments of

KARL S. PUTNAMF. S STUART

A rch itects

78 Main Street Northampton

Athletic Supplies for every SportT. A . PURSEGLOVE

1 5 State Street Northampton

Compliments ofLA VALLE Y ’S BARBER SHOPNext to First National Store

Williamsburg

K INGSBURY PRESS

T . Wilson E . Londergan

Printers of The Ta ttlera nd other school a nd college publica tions

North Street Northampton

Telephone 554