Excerpts from “The
Echo”, Commencement –
Vol. XX, No. 4
The Echo – Published quarterly by
the students of
Editorial Staff:
Editor-in-Chief
– Art Canfield, ‘25
Assistant
Editor-in-Chief – Helen Henderson,
‘27
Literary
Editors – M. Herring, ’25; Ed. Case, ’25; M. Perrin, ’25; Z.
Haverstock, ‘25’; D. McLean, ’27
Athletic
Editors – Ann Finegan,
’25; Helen Dygert,
’25
Local
Editors – H. Jepson, ’25; W. Magee, ’27; D. Harvey, ’27; M. Chisholm,
‘27
Alumni
Editors – Rhoda Skinner, ’24; Helen Smith, ‘25
Exchange
Editors –
Art Editor
– Dean H. Elliott, ‘25
Business Staff:
Business
Manager – Lloyd Robinson, ‘26
Assistants
– Donald Homer, ’26; Gordon Turnbull, ’25; Carl Boyle, ’26
Faculty
Advisor – Miss Alice O’Connor,
English
Senior Category:
Art Canfield “Art” Amphictyon – Orchestra 1-2-3-4,
Assistant Business Manager Echo 2, Business Manager Echo 3, Editor-in-chief
Echo 4, Manager Basket Ball 4, Manager Track 4 (resigned), Secretary of Amphictyon 4 (resigned), Radio Club, Lyceum Club 4, French
Club 3-4, Tennis Association 3, Track 2-3, Boys’ Glee Club 2-3-4, G.H.S. Band
2, Business Manager Senior Play 4, President Class 4. “His only fault is that he has no fault”
Edward Case “Ed” Amphictyon
– Basket Ball
Robert Aldrich “Bob” Amphictyon
– President Class 1-3, Treasurer Class 2-4, Senior Play, Baseball 3, Radio
Club. “His time is forever, everywhere
his place.”
Richard Caswell “Rich” Amphictyon
– Secretary Class 3. “If he is not in love with some
woman, there is no believing in old signs.”
Chelson Sayer “Chels” – Athenian – President of
Athenians 3-4, Secretary Athenian 2, President of Sophomores and Juniors,
Senior Play, Football 1-2-3-4, Basketball 1-2-3-4, Track 1-2-3-4-5, Baseball 4,
Athletic council 1-2-3-4, Glee Club 2-3-4.
“No sun, no moon, no morn, no
Dean Elliott “Ham” Athenian – Echo Staff 2-4,
Chaplain Athenians 3, Glee Club 3-4, G.H.S. Band 2, Senior Play, Dramatic Club,
Dramatic Club Play 4, French Club 3-4, Tennis Association 3, Operetta 3-4, Cheer
Leader 3, Physical Training Exhibition 2, Secretary Radio Club, Dean Oratorical
4. “Ye Gods! Annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.”
Gordon Turnbull “Gord” Amphictyon – President Radio Club, 2nd Prize
Dean Oratorical Contest, Senior Play, Treasurer Dramatic Club 4.
“Nature’s sweet Restorer, Balmy Sleep.”
Bessie Stone “Bess” – Physical Training
Exhibition 2. “That laughed the world aside, and bit it
pass.”
Keith Lynde
Athenian – Manager Football
3. “But still his tongue ran on the
less, Of weight it bore with greater ease”
Orvis Baldwin “Orv” – Glee Club 3, Track
Emery Laidlaw
“John” Amphictyon – Football
Charles Jones “Charlie” – Property Manager Senior
Play. “Charlie no longer tills the soil,
But breaks up happy homes”
Donald King “Don” Athenian – Football
Madeline Mallott
“Mago” Minerva – French Club 3-4, Physical Training
Exhibition 2. “Happy am I, from care I’m free, Why aren’t
they all contented like me?”
Margaret Herring “Peggy” Delta – Vice President
Deltas 3, President Deltas 4, Glee Club
Zelda Haverstock “Silver” Delta – Echo Staff 2-3-4,
Secretary of Deltas 3, French Club 3-4, Physical Training Exhibition 2,
Basketball 2-3-4, Delta Play 3, Glee Club 3-4, Operetta 3, Dramatic Club Play
4, Senior Play, Class Poem 4, Concert 4. “When you do dance, I wish you a wave of the
sea, That you might ever do nothing but that.”
Helon Baker “Hono” Delta – Delta Treasurer 3, Delta Secretary 4, Glee
Club 1-2, Echo Staff 2-3, Second Prize Dean Oratorical Contest 4. “I am all the daughter of my father’s
house. And all the
brothers too.”
Ann Finegan
“Ann” Minerva –
Cheer Leader 1-2-3-4, Secretary of Athletic Council 3, Minerva Treasurer 3,
Minerva President 4, Echo Staff 2-3-4, Basket Ball Manager 4, Senior Category
4, Physical Training Exhibition 2, President Class 2, Secretary Class 4. “’Tis better to
have loved and lost, than never to have loved a tall man”
Paul Graves “Puck” Athenian – Track
Dorothy Hammond “Dotty” Minerva – Entered from
Audrey Hodge “Kiddo” – First half of the year at
Helen Jepson “Jeppy”
Minerva – Physical Training Exhibition 2, Minerva Chaplain 2, Dramatic Club
Play 4, First Prize Dean Oratorical Contest 4, Senior Play 4, Echo Staff 4,
French Club 3-4, Tennis Association 3. “She
ever went and smiled her way. A favorite with all.”
Alice Kane “Kane” Minerva – Basket Ball
1-2-3-4, Captain Basket Ball 3-4, Physical Training Exhibition 2.
“Put on your old gray bonnet, with the blue ribbons on it; And hitch old Dobbin to the Studebaker.”
Mayvis LaVack “May” – Physical Training Exhibition 2. “A gentle maiden she, Full
calm and mannerly.”
Susan Murray “Sue” Minerva – Vice President Minerva
4, French Club 3-4, Dramatic Club Play 4, Operetta 4, Physical Training
Exhibition 2, Assistant Manager Basket Ball 4, Tennis Association 3, Vice
President Dramatic Club 4. “She is
pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with, And
pleasant too to think on.”
Allison Ormiston
Minerva – Echo Staff
Douglass Overacker
“Dug” Athenian – “Oh
Lyla Taggart “Duck” Delta – Physical Training Exhibition 2.
“Speech is silver; silence is golden.”
Marion Young Minerva – Athletic Play 2, Glee Club
2, First Prize Dean Oratorical Contest 3, Secretary Dramatic Club 4, Dramatic Club
Play 4, Senior Play 4, Manager Girls’ Basket Ball 4, Physical Training
Exhibition 2. “The tongue tames no man, It is an unruly evil.”
Mildred Perrin “Mops” Minerva – Treasurer of Minervas 4, Echo Staff 3-4, Senior Play, Dramatic Club 4,
French Club 3. “I want what I want when
I want it.”
Helen Smith “Smitty”
Minerva – French Club 2-3, Dramatic Club 4, Dramatic Club Play 4, Operetta
1-2-3-4, Physical Training Exhibition 2, Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Orchestra 1-2,
Class Play 3-4, Dean Oratorical Contest 4, Echo Staff 3-4. “My business is song, song, song. I chirp, twill, twitter”.
Helen Dygert
“Dig” Minerva –
Basket Ball 1-2-3-4, Basket Ball Manger 3, Captain Basket Ball 4, Senior Play,
Operetta 2-4, Physical Training Exhibition 2, Echo Staff 3-4, President Tennis
Association 4. “I have no other reason
but a woman’s reason, I think him so, because I think him so.”
Lauretta Leonard “Wetta” Minverva
– Physical Training Exhibition 2. “Oh! Charlie my boy!”
James Gallagher “Jimmy” – “All things come to him
who will but wait.”
Ariel
Ivan Love – “The man that blushes is not quite
a brute.”
Harry Corbin “Bun” Amphictyon
– Basket Ball 3-4, Vice President Amphictyons 4,
Baseball 3, Senior Play. “Prepare for all things.”
Amy Covell
“Charlie” Delta –
Physical Training Exhibition 2, Basketball
Elizabeth Sayer
“Sister” Delta –
Echo Staff 1-2, Glee Club 2-3, Song Leader 3-4, Operetta 3-4, Dean Oratorical
Contest 4, Dramatic Club 4, French Club 3-4, Tennis Association 3, Delta Play 3,
Senior Play, Class Will 4, Concert 4. “Age
cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite
variety.”
Florence Cook “Cookie” Minerva – Echo Staff 3,
School Pianist 3-4, Senior Play, Basketball 2-3-4, Orchestra 3, Dramatic Club
4, Dean Oratorical Contest 4, D.A.R. Essay Prize 3, Tennis Association 3. “To beguile many, and be
beguiled by one.”
Carl Brown “Brownie” – Operetta, Member of H.S.
Band. “I was never less alone than when
by myself.”
Helen Dailey “Tiny” – Physical Training
Exhibition 2, Senior Category 4. “All
god things do not come from above, Some come done up
in small packages.”
Eunice Baldwin “Eunie”
Delta – Secretary Deltas 3, Vice President Deltas 4.
“This fair maid with all her pills, Will cure
all your various ills.”
Leah Lowry “Lee” – “Patience is the best remedy
for every trouble.”
Doris Puffer “Dorde” – “My
care is for the future.”
Ida Ruderman “Rudy” – “Play and the world plays
with you, Work and you work alone.”
Adelaide Harvey “Yadie”
Minerva – French Club 3, Operetta 2-3-4, Echo Staff 2-3-4, Glee Club 1-2-3-4,
Dramatic Club Play 4. “He’s so near and
yet so far.”
The
Monday Evening, June 1, The Senior Play, “The Charm
School”, was presented at the Gralyn theatre. The cast of characters was as follows:
Austin Bevans – Dean
Elliott
An
Automobile salesman with ideas
David
McKenzie – Robert Aldrich
A law
student considers impractical, though
George Boyd
– Chelson Sayer
An expert accountant, is willing to co-operate and so are
Jim
Simpkins – Edward Case
Tim
Simpkins – Harry Corbin
Who toil
not and have never seriously considered spinning.
Homer Johns
– Gordon Turnbull
Is the guardian
of
Elsie Benedotti – Zelda Haverstock
The
president of the Senior Class at a school presided over by
Miss Hayes –
Helen Smith
Who is
loved and feared by all who know here, including the secretary
Miss Curtis
– Helen Jepson
Who is
always trying to think well of the Senior Class consisting of
Sally Boyd –
Marion Young
Who is
Murial Daughty –
Ethel Spelvin –
Alix
Mercier – Elizabeth Sayer
Lillian
Stafford – Mildred Perrin
Madge Kent –
Helen Dygert
The girls
were very charming as they were but the new owner of the school endeavored to
make them more so with striking results.
We wondered if Sally Boyd could ever definitely decide which of the
twins she liked best. We know we couldn’t.
The play,
from the standpoint of the audience, was a “howling” success.
Track Category
Name –
Nickname – Ambition
Lloyd Robinson, Captain – “Robby” – To go over to
Allen Jenkins – “Al” – “Dig”
Darcy Goodnough
– “Bucky Goodnow” – To run the 220
Chelson Sayer – “Chels” – To be liked by Elsie
Bryan Carr – “Bud” – To be a lady’s man
John Bell – “Johnnie” – To ask “Steve”
Archie Murray – “Arch” – To be able to tell the
twins apart
Harvey Sheldon – “L.D.” – To be able to keep up
with his father’s horses
Mark Hayden – “Tuffy” –
To be high up in the air
Kenneth Smith – “Twinie”
– To own a car
Michael Wall – “Mike” – To beat Keener
Douglas Fredenburg
– “Doug” – To be
big, good-looking and intelligent
Donald Homer – “Don” – TO be an actor
Hubert Melrose, Manager – “Mel” – To train the
younger crowd
Societies
Amphictyon Banquet
The Amphictyon Literary society held its annual banquest and election of officers Monday night, June 8 at
the McGuire restaurant in
During the
election of officers, Mr. Robinson
was re-elected as president for the coming school year. Others named were as
follows: Donald Homer, vice
president; Bryan Carr,
secretary; Darcy Goodnough, treasurer; Lawrence Babcock, chaplain; Nelson Winters, third member of the
executive committee.
After the completion
of the banquet a number of impromptu speeches were made by the newly elected
officers. Professor Roy D. Gibbs of the High School faculty and Ivan Van Namee also spoke briefly.
Minerva
Literary Society
The last
Minerva meeting was held the latter part of March at which the election of
officers occurred as follows:
President –
Dorothy McLean, ’27; Vice President –
Marion Chisholm, ’27; Treasurer – Margaret McGuire, ’27; Secretary – Harriet Brown, ’27; Chaplain – Martha Brown, ’28.
After which
an interesting program followed.
Chaplain’s
exercises – Harriet Brown
Roll Call –
What I expect to do next year
How I have
enjoyed Minerva – Susan Murray
Farewell
Speech – President Ann Finnegan
Solo
(Vocal) – Dorothy McLean
Critic’s
Report – Miss Carpenter
Very
important business meeting followed. It
was decided to have the Delta-Minerva picnic at
Delta
Literary Society
The last
Delta meeting was held Tuesday evening, June 2, at which election of new
officers occurred.
President –
Ruth Fife, ’26. re-elected; Vice
President – Francis Moore, ’26;
Secretary – Marion Randall, ’27;
Treasurer – Eleanor Anderson, ’27;
Chaplain – Helen Skinner, ’28; Reporter
– Marion Gates, ’29.
After which
a very interesting program followed:
Chaplain’s Exercise
– Amy Covell
Roll Call –
My Favorite Delta and Her Characteristics
Senior Poem
– Evelyn Holt
Senior Will
– Helen Henderson
Senior
Prophecy – Naomi Moore
Piano Solo –
Margaret Herring
Senior
Category – Alice O’Hara
Advice to Juniors – Helen Baker
Critic’s
Report – Miss Fife
Business Meeting.
Afterward
eats, which were a surprise to the majority, were served and greatly
enjoyed. The following evening of June
3, the Athenians and Deltas had a joint meeting with both societies taking part
in the program, after which eats and dancing were enjoyed.
Delta-Athenian
Joint Meeting,
Chaplain’s Exercise
– George Bush
Roll Call –
“ A Modern Superstition”
“Do You Believe
in Superstition” – Elizabeth Sayer
Comb Chorus
– Deltas
Play – Belle Latham, Evelyn Hold, Eleanor
Anderson, Kenneth Smith, Paul Smith, James Ormiston
Piano Solo –
Claude Hyde
“Knocks” – Zelda Haverstock
Debate – “Resolved,
That Girls are a Greater Nuisance in Study Halls than Boys.” Affirmative,
Athenians; Negative, Deltas.
Songs – Chelson Sayer, Paul
Graves, Dean Elliott, Donald Blackburn