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HIR 

371.897 

DUX 

1941 


E  PARTRIDGE 


History  Room  .  T  ,  .  ,  .  .     .  _  . , 

Duxbury  TUNE  1941 

Shelves  ° 


Duxbury  Free  Library 

Duxbury ,  Massachusetts 


DUXBURY  FREE  LIBRARY 


3  1633  00288  9484 


WAY  0  5  200i 


THE  PARTRIDGE 


Contents 


Faculty 
Seniors 
Graduation 

Classes 

Activities 

Ad .  tis.mcnts 


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For  Reference 

Not  to  be  taken  from  this  room 

Staff 


Editor-in-Chief 

Mary  Ann  Peterson 


Alumni 

Mona  Scholpp 
Typist 

Earla  Chandler 

Advertising 

Lawrence  Marshall 
Robert  Peterson 
Melville  Sinnott 

Cii  culation 

Martha  Niekerson 
Betty  Green 
Arthur  Edwards 

Business  Manager 
Irvina  Jones 

Facul  <ty  Adviser 

A.  Kempton  Smith 


Assistant  Editors 

Phoebe  Shirley 
Harriet  McNeil 
Robert  Bunten 
Library  Editor 

Edith  Peterson 

Art 

Doris  Prince 
Frances  Burns 
Gladys  Black 

Sports 

Malcolm  Mosher 

News  Reporters 

Betty  Lee  Peterson 
Norma  MacKenney 
Barbara  Morton 
Dorothy  Eldridge 
Frederic  Harrington 


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Duxbury  Free  Library 


Fir  t  Row:  Mr.  Leor^e  Green,  Miss  Anne  Cussen,  Miss  Jane  Schcpfer,  Miss  Dorothy 

Cushman,  Mies  Ruth  Manter,  Miss  Nancy  Hcrton,  Mr.  A.  Kemnton  Smith. 
Second  Row:  Miss  Ellen  Downey,  Mr.  LeRoy  MacKenney,  Mr.  Ralph  Blakeman,  Miss 
Jane  White,  Mr.  Robert  Girardin,  Mr.  Kenneth  Macomber. 


FACULTY 

Mr.  George  E.  Green  :    Superintendent  and  Headmaster.  Solid  Geometry 

and  Trigonometry,  and  Advanced  Algebra. 
Mr.  Leroy  N.  MacKenney:    Submaster.  Mathematics,  Biology,  Physics, 

Chemistry,  Science,  Mechanical  Drawing. 
Mr.  A.  Kempton  Smith  :  English. 

Mr.  Kenneth  0.  Macomber:    Civics,  Science,  History,  Geography,  Shop, 
and  Printing. 

Miss  Ruth  Manter:    History,  Latin,  and  Orchestra. 
Miss  Anne  Cussen  :    Typing,  Bookkeeping,  Shorthand,  and  Filing. 
Miss  Jane  Schopfer:    Home  Economics  and  Business  Arithmetic. 
Mr.  Ralph  N.  Blakeman:    Physical  Education  end  Orientation. 
Miss  Nancy  Horton  :    French,  General  Language,  and  Problems  of  Amer- 
ican Democracy. 

Miss  Ellen  Downey:    Junior  High  Mathematics,  English,  History,  and 
Hygiene. 

Miss  Dorothy  Cushman:    Sixth  Grade. 

Miss  Jane  White:    Fifth  Grade. 

Mr.  Robert  Girardin  :    Opportunity  Class. 


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SENIOR  CLASS  OFFICERS 


President 


Vice-Pres  dent 


Secretary 


Treasurer 


Council  Members 


EDITH  PETERSON 


MARTHA  NICKERSON 


NORMA  MacKENNEY 


IRVINA  JONES 


DORIS  PRINCE 
ARTHUR  VERGE 


[4] 


"Kay"  EDWARD  KENDALL  BLANCHARD 

"Exceedingly  well-read" 

A  boy  who  never  worries, 
A  boy  who  hates  to  work, 
And  on  whose  cheery  visage, 
A  smile  will  always  lurk. 

Senior  Class  Play;  Student  Council  2;  Baseball  2,  4;  Basketball  2;  Dance 
Committees  1,  2,  3. 


"Brad"  ARTHUR  DRESCHER  BRADFORD 

"When  thrift's  in  the  field,  he's  in  town" 

Here's  a  lad  who's  really  bright, 
His  face,  his  wit,  his  hair, 
When  there  is  a  job  to  do, 
Our  Arthur  does  his  share. 

Dance  Committees  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Basketball  2;  Partridge  3; 
Operetta  3. 


"Fran"  FRANCES  MARGARET  BURNS 

"Wisdom  with  a  good  soul  is  a  great  inheritance" 

Her  hobbies  are  quite  numbered. 
In  studies  she  excels. 
Her  day  is  oh  so  sunny, 
m  art  she  does  quite  well. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Student 
Council  1;  Partridge  4;  Operetta  3;  Honor  Essay,  Orchestra  4. 


EARLA  RICHARDS  CHANELEU 

"A  witting  heart  is  a  rare  flower" 

She  has  a  way  that's  gentle, 
She  lends  a  friendly  hand, 
And  the  way  she  sinks  a  basket 
Is  something  simply  grand. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4 ; 
Partridge  2.  3.  4;  Operetta  3;  Class  Gifts  to  Teachers. 


"Ev"  EVELYN  MARJORIE  EDWARDS 

''Silence  more  musical  than  any  song" 

Petite,  serene,  and  smiling, 
A  friendly  little  lass, 
She  should  excel  in  business, 
A  credit  to  our  class. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4;  Student  Council  1;  Operetta  3;  Senior 
Class  Play  Committee. 


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WINTHROP  SUNDLING  HAGMAN  "Winnie" 

"Patience  and  application  will  carry  him  through" 

He's  full  of  wit  and  wordj\ 
He  drives  a  snappy  car, 
And  if  he  tends  to  business, 
Our  Winnie  should  go  far. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  :t,  4;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Operetta  :t; 
Class  History,  Baseball  4. 


FREDERIC  HARRINGTON,  JR.  "Fred" 

"Knowledge  is  more  than  equivalent  to  force" 

A  whizz  in  all  his  studies. 

Of  humor  unsurpassed. 

His  clothes  come  right  from  Esquire, 

His  future  is  quite  vast. 

Dp.nce  Committees  1.  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Class  OfTices,  President 
:i;  Studant  Council  4;  Honor  Essay;  Orchestra  1,  2,  3,  4. 


IRVINA  BRADFORD  JONES  "Regina" 

"An  industrious  and  ambitious  person" 

ITt  re's  a  lass  who's  versatile, 
Also  very  clever, 
Who  makes  each  undertaking 
A  worthwhile  endeavor. 

D;in"e  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Class  Offices,  Treasurer 
3.  4;  Partridge  1,  2,  :!,  4;  Class  Motto;  Basketball  4;  Manager  3;  Assistant 
Manager  2. 


NORMA  ALTHEA  MacKENNEY  "Mac" 

"Pretty  to  look  at,  pleasant  to  think  on" 

She  likes  to  act,  and  she  can, 
As  proved  in  our  class  play, 
And  in  the  class  activities 
She's  helped  in  every  way. 

Dan 'e  rominittees  1,  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Class  Offices,  Secretary 
2,  3,  4;  Student  Council  3,  4;  Partridge  1,  2,  3,  4;  Operetta  3;  Class  His- 
tory;  Orchestra  4;  Print  Fund  Treasurer  4. 


BARBARA  HELEN  MORTON  "Barb" 

"Human  face  divine" 

She  came  to  us  a  stranger, 
And  by  her  winning  ways, 
She  taught  us  all  to  love  her, 
And  brightens  all  our  days. 

Dance  Committees  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Partridge  3,  4; 
Operetta  3;  Class  Gift  to  School. 


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Mac"  MALCOLM  MOSHER 

"Better  a  bad  excuse  than  none  at  all" 

He  is  indeed  a  sportsman, 
Not  simply  good  at  sports. 
He  should  find  success  and  fame 
By  all  his  good  reports. 


Dance  Committees  1,  : 
Council  1  ;  Baseball  3,  4; 
Operetta  3;  Class  Olfices, 


,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Student 
Basketball  1,  2,  4;  Co-captain  4;  Partridge  3,  4; 
President  2. 


"Mart"  MARTHA  WILMA  NICKERSON 

"A  light  wit  possesses  a  deep  and  kind  soul" 

She  has  a  love  for  giggling. 
She  always  has  a  smile. 
She  has  a  knack  for  dancing. 
Her  day  is  sure  worth  while. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4.  Senior  Class  Play;  Class  Offices,  President 
1,  Wee-President  2,  3,  4;  Basketball,  Assistant  Manager  3,  Manager  4; 
i'art;idge  1,  2,  3,  4 ;  Class  Will;  Operetta  3. 


'ONeil"  NANCY  BREWSTER  O'NEIL 

"Don't  take  life  as  a  serious  companion" 

She's  fond  of  playing  hooky 
She's  fond  of  dancing  too. 
She  has  a  love  for  horses, 
And  anything  that's  new. 


Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4 
;  .  pe.etia  ..;  Class  Prophecy. 


Senior  Class  Play;  Class  Office,  Secretary 


"Pete"  EDITH  ULRIKA  PETERSON 

"Knowledge  and  Beauty  walk  hand  in  hand" 

She  holds  the  key  to  fortune, 
The  hand  that  wields  her  pen. 
Some  day  she'll  wake  uo  famous. 
We'll  say,  "We  knew  her  when." 

Dance  Committee  1,  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Class  Office, 
President  4;  Partridge  1,  2.  3,  4;  Operetta  3;  Class  Prophecv;  Basketball 
1,2,  3,  4;  Captain  4. 


"Ann"  MARY  ANN  PETERSON 

^      "A  pleasing  manner  and  a  kind  heart  bear  much  fruit" 

She's  tall  and  blonde  and  queenly, 
Her  life's  an  ordered  plan. 
The  hardest  task  she'll  tackle, 
And  what  she  will,  she  can. 

Dance  Committees  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Class  Office, 
Treasurer  1;  Student  Council  2,  3,  President  4:  Partridge  1,  2,  3,  Editor- 
in-chief  4;  Operetta  3;  Honor  Essay;  Order  of  Golden  Key  4;  Athletic 
Association  Treasurer  2,  3,  !. 


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DORIS  JANE  PRINCE 


Dolly" 


"A  good  companion  makes  good  company" 

She  really  knows  her  baseball. 
She's  coach  of  quite  a  team. 
She's  very  fond  of  drawing. 
Her  pastime  is  to  dream. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  :t,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Class  Offices,  Vice- 
President  1;  Partridge  1,  2,  :),  4;  Class  Gifts;  Basketball  2,  3,  4;  Student 
Council  4. 


RICHARD  COOPER  PRINCE  "Dick" 

"No  hinge  nor  loop  to  hang  a  doubt  on" 

A  boy  who's  always  fooling. 
He's  fun  just  through  and  through. 
He  does  not  care  to  study, 
But  work  he'll  always  do. 

Baseball  2,  ,'t,  4;  Senior  Class  Play;  Class  Motto;  Dance  Committees 
2,  o,  4. 


LAWRENCE  DELANO  RAYMOND  "Larry" 

"True  sincerity  sends  for  no  witness" 

He's  tall  and  dark  and  handsome, 
A  most  intriguing  lad, 
And  if  the  movies  claim  him, 
His  classmates  won't  be  sad. 

Basketball  2,  3;  Baseball  3;  Dance  Committee  1,  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class 
Play  Committee. 


CLINTON  SAMPSON  "Sam" 

"Peace  flourishes  when  reason  rules" 

An  easy  going  person, 
Whose  life  is  filled  with  ease. 
And  with  his  pleasing  manner 
There's  no  one  he  can't  please. 
Basketball.  Assistant  Manager  3,  Manager  4;  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3; 
Senior  Class  Play  Committee. 


THOMAS  WILLARD  TAYLOR 

"Blushing  is  the  colour  of  virtue" 

He's  slow,  but  sure  and  steady. 
He  has  a  willing  heart. 
His  hand  is  always  ready 
Some  new  task  to  start. 

Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


"Tommy" 


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"Dick 


ARTHUR  EVERETTE  VERGE 


"Mischiefs  come  by  the  pound" 

He  leads  in  sports,  a  Hercules 
Who  has  a  ready  wit. 
And  with  the  pretty  girls — well, 
He  isn't  shy  a  bit. 

Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4;  Senior  Class  Play  Committee;  Student 
Council  4;  Treasurer  of  Student  Council  4;  Baseball  1,  2,  3,  4 ;  Basketball 
1,  2,  3,  4,  Co-captain  4;  Order  of  the  Golden  Key  4. 


"Horace"  CLARENCE  WADSWORTH  WALKER 

"A  good  nature  is  a  great  treasure" 

His  love  is  that  for  baseball. 
A  player  he  would  be. 
A  caim  and  peaceful  nature, 
Of  gloom  he's  always  free. 

Dance  Committees  2,  3,  4 ;  Senior  Class  Play;  Baseball  1,  2,  3,  4;  Basket- 
ball, Assistant  Manager  2,  Manager  3;  operetta  3;  Class  Gifts;  Orchestra 
1,  2,  3. 


SENIOR  BIRTHDAYS 

January  31,  1924  .        .        Malcolm  MOSHER 

March  6,  1923       .  .       .       Evelyn  Edwards 

March  7, 1922       .  .       .       Arthur  Bradford 

March  13, 1924       .  .       .       Barbara  Morton 

March  23.  1923        .  .        .        Arthur  VERGE 

April  13,  1924          .  .          FREDERICK  HARRINGTON 

May  2,  1924  ....  Ann  Peterson 
May  2, 1924  .  .  .  Martha  Nickerson 
May  8.  1923  .  .  .  Winthrop  Hagman 
May  16  1924  .  .  .  Norma  MacKenney 
May  24,  1923  .        .        Kendall  Blanchard 

June  1, 1924  ....  Frances  Burns 
June  11.  1923  .  .  .  Edith  Peterson 
July  8,  1923  ....  Irvina  Jones 
July  19,  1923  .  .  .  Clarence  Walker 
July  20,  1923  .  .  .  Clinton  Sampson 
August  4,  1924  .  .  .  Earla  Chandler 
August  21, 1922  .  .  .  Thomas  Taylor 
October  6,  1923  .  .  .  Nancy  O'Neil 
October  9.  1922  .  .  Lawrence  Raymond 
October  28,  1923  .  .  .  Doris  Prince 
November  30,  1921        .        .        Richard  Princf 


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SENIOR  CENSUS 


Most  Popular  Girl 

Martha  Nickerson 

Most  Popular  Boy 

Arthur  Verge 

Best  Sport  ..... 

Ann  Peterson 

Naughtiest  .... 

Richard  Prince 

Wittiest  

Arthur  Verge 

Biggest  Bluffer  .... 

Arthur  Bradford 

Hardest  Worker  .... 

Ann  Peterson 

Best  Boy  Dancer  . 

Arthur  Bradford 

Best  Girl  Dancer        .        .        .  . 

Doris  Prince 

Most  Businesslike  Boy 

Arthur  Bradford 

Most  Businesslike  Girl 

Irvina  Jones 

Best  School  Spirit  .... 

Ann  Peterson 

Bpst  Looking  Boy 

Malcolm  Mosher 

Best  Looking  Girl 

Edith  Peterson 

Best  Boy  Athlete  .... 

Arthur  Verge 

Best  Girl  Athlete 

Edith  Peterson 

Most  Studious  .... 

Frances  Burns 

Biggest  Fusser  .... 

Irvina  Jones 

Most  Active  ..... 

Ann  Peterson 

Most  Artistic  .... 

Doris  Prince 

Most  Mischievous 

Clinton  Sampson 

Jazziest  ..... 

Nancy  O'Neil 

Nerviest  ..... 

Irvina  Jones 

Touchiest  ..... 

Irvina  Jones 

Class  Woman  Hater 

Thomas  Taylor 

Most  Loquacious 

Earla  Chandler 

Most  Versatile  .... 

Ann  Peterson 

Most  Sophisticated 

Nancy  O'Neil 

Best  Dressed  Girl 

Barbara  Morton 

Best  Dressed  Boy 

Malcolm  Mosher 

Most  Ambitious  .... 

Ann  Peterson 

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Most  Ingenious 

Shyest  . 

Most  Nonchalant 

Boy  Most  Likely  to  Succeeed 

Girl  Most  Likely  to  Succeed 

Class  Coquette 

Class  Shieks 

Girl  With  Best  Line 

Most  Sincere  Boy 

Most  Feminine 

Best  Girl  Conversationalist 

Best  Boy  Conversationalist 

Most  L  nguid  Girl 

Most  Languid  Boy 

Most  Poate  and  Courteous 

Most  Eligible  Be  clielor 

Most  Abscn'.-Mlnded  Boy 

.,+  ost  Abscnl-mhided  Girl 

M^sl  Tempctm.n'al  Boy 

Most  Tempermental  Girl 

Best  Actor 

Best  Actress 

Boy  with  Best  Physique 

Girl  with  Best  Physique 

Class  Baby 

Brightest  Girls 

Brightest  Boy 
Class  Vamp 

Best  Natured  Girls 

Best  Natured  Boy 

Best  Alibi  Artists 


Richard  Prince 
Evelyn  Edwards 
Clinton  Sampson 
Frederick  Harrington 
Frances  Burns 
Barbara  Morton 


Malcolm  Mosher 
Arthur  Verge 


Edith  Peterson 

Lawrence  Raymond 

Barbara  Morton 

Norma  MacKenney 

Winthrop  Hagman 

Nancy  O'Neil 

Clinton  Sampson 

Evelyn  Edwards 

Thomas  Taylor 

C.inton  Sampson 

Norma  MacKenney 

Thomas  Taylor 

Irvina  Jones 

Richard  Prince 

Norma  MacKenney 

Arthur  Verge 

Edith  Petersen 

Earla  Chandler 

I  Edith  Peters  n 
'  1  Francos  Bui 

Frederick  Harrington 

Barbara  Morton 

Ann  Petersen 
*    Martha  Nickers  r 

Clarence  Waiker 

Malcolm  Mos-.ov 
Arthur  i->ruiii.ci.'vi 


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PERSONAL  DATA 


EDWARD  KENDALL  BLANCHARD 
Ambition:  To  get  in  the  Navy  as  a  radio 

operator. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Loafing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Working. 
Favorite  Expression:  "What  have  I  done?" 


ARTHUR    DRESCHER  BRADFORD 

Amb.tion:  To  be  a  famous  flyer. 
Favorite    Occupation:    Doing    things  tor 
ethers. 

Most  i  isliked  Occupation:  Studying 
Favurite  Expression:  "Sure  thing. 


EARLA  RICHARDS  CHANDLER 

Ambition:  To  be  a  secretary. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Sports  and  dancing. 
Most  1  isliked  Occupation:  Staying  home. 
Fav  rite  Expression:  "Oh,  darn." 


FRANCES  MARGARET  BURNS 
Ambition:  To  keep  happy. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Enjoying  myself. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Gett.ng  up  in  the 
morning. 

Favorite  Expression:  "Oh-h,  M'land!" 


FVFLYN    MARJORIE  EDWARDS 
Ambition:  To  live  to  see  the  year  2000. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Going  places. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Taking  shorthand 
dictation. 

Favorite  Expression:  "You  know  what?" 


WINTHROP  SUNDLING  HAGMAN 

'•"ibit'on:  To  get  married. 
Favor "t"  Occuoation:  Going  out  with  gir's. 
Most   Disliked   Occupation:   Going  to  bed 
early. 

Favorite  Expression:  "Tack  sa  mycke." 


IRV1N  A  BRADFORD  JONES 
Ambition:  To  work  for  the  United  Fruit 
Company. 

Favorite  Occupation:  Teasing  Martha. 
Most  T  :sliked  Occupation:  Staying  home. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Oh,  fer  gosh  sakes!" 


FREDERIC  HARRINGTON,  JR. 

Ambition:  To  shoot  a  crow. 

Favorite  Occupation:  Reading  Newspapers. 

Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Anything  remote- 
ly pertaining  to  work. 

Favorite  Expression:  "What  do  we  have  in 
Physics?" 


NORMA   ALTHEA  MacKENNY 
Ambition:  To  be  successful. 
FavorUe  Occupation:  Having  fun. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Waiting  to  go  to 
Maine. 

Favorite  Expression:  "Do  you  mean  it?" 


BARBARA  HELEN  MORTON 
Ambition:  Prove  I  can  teach  Math. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most     Disliked     Occupation:  Translating 

French. 

Favorite  Expression:  "You're  a  rat!" 


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MARTHA  WILMA  NICKERSON 
Ambition:  To  be  able  to  run  all  tbe  office 

machines  made. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Teasing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Reading. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Oh  fudge!" 


-MALCOLM  MOSHER 
Ambition:  Learn  to  dance. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Golfing. 
Most  Lisliked  Occupation:  Studying 
Favorite  Expression:  "Tell  me  more." 


greatest 


EDITH  ULRIKA  PETERSON 
Ambition:    To   go    to   the    University  of 

Southern  California. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Getting  Sun-tanned. 
Most    Disliked    Occupat;on:    Listening  to 

some  one  retell  a  moTie. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Hey  ,  Dolly." 


NANCY  BREWSTER  O'NEIL 
Ambition:    To    become  world's 
actress. 

Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most  disliked  Occupation:  Going  to  Algebra 
class. 

Favorite   Expression:  "Rippy-tippy." 


DORIS  J.  PRINCE 
Ambition:  To  tour  the  United  States  and 
Mexico. 

Favorite   Occuption:   Thinking,  scribbling, 

and  roller  skating. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Secretarial  work. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Where's  Pete?" 


LAWRENCE  DELANO  RAYMOND 
Ambition:  To  be  a  husband. 
Favorite  Occupation:  To  get  out  with  girls. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Getting  up  in  the 

morning. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Certainly." 


THOMAS  WILLARD  TAYLOR 
Ambition:  Learn  to  dance. 
Favorite  Occupation:  To  keep  busy. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Doing  odd  jobs. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Oh,  Poodgy." 


MARY  ANN  PETERSON 
Ambition:  To  win. 

Favorite  Occupation:  Day-dreaming. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Cooking. 
Favorite  Expression:  "For  crying  out  loudi" 


RICHARD  COOPER  PRINCE 
Ambition:  To  photograph  a  mirage. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Mechanical  Drawing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Typing. 
Favorite  Expression:  "For  goodness  sake." 


CLINTON  R.  SAMPSON 
Ambition:  Get  Rich. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Eatiner. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Doing  Algebra. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Huh." 


ARTHUR  EVERETTE  VERGE 
Ambition:  Learn  to  dance. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Swimming. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Studying. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Why?" 


CLARENCE  WADSWORTH  WALKER 
Ambition:  Play  professional  baseball. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Baseball. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Reading. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Oh,  for  cornflakes. 


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CLASS  SONC 


l. 

'Tis  June,  the  month  of  roses,  of  golden,  sunny  hours, 
Of  liquid  birdnotes  calling,  the  month  of  sun  and  flowers; 
And  Nature's  myraid  voices  from  field  and  stream  repeat 
The  song  our  hearts  are  singing,  Commencement  Day  to  greet. 
Chorus: 

2. 

Right  joyfully  we  hail  thee,  O  long-expected  day! 
Yet  there's  a  thrill  of  sadness  that  will  not  pass  away 
For  autumns,  golden  weather  no  more  for  us  will  tell 
The  hour  of  glad  returning  to  scenes  we've  loved  so  well. 

3. 

No  more  the  good  old  friendships,  no  more  the  well-lcown  ways; 
For  us  new  paths  must  open,  new  duties  fill  our  days. 
But  time  can  never  alter  devotion  tried  and  true, 
And  Mem'ry  will  make  sweeter  the  joys  that  here  we  knew. 

4. 

So,  Classmates,  stand  together,  as  heartily  we  raise 
One  loyal  song  at  parting  in  Duxbury  High  School's  praise. 
May  Fortune  smile  upon  her,  may  men  her  name  enthrone, 
And  we  forever  cherish  her  honor  as  our  own. 
Chorus; 

Lift  then  your  voices  clear  and  strong! 
Hope  gi'ds  the  future's  way; 
I  ove  lights  the  past  we've  known  so  long, 
}  I  :i!  to  Commencement  Day! 


HONOR  ESSAY 

Propaganda  in  the  News  Today 


There  are  three  sources  of  knowledge — experience,  conversation,  and 
reading.  A  person's  experience  and  conversation  would  be  very  much 
limited  without  one's  reading  or  the  reading  of  others.  If  we  stopped  to 
make  a  general  summary  of  books  we  would  find  that  they  contain  the  ex- 
perience, the  conversation,  and  the  deeds  of  great  men  and  women  as  well 
as  the  knowledge  of  ages  concerning  other  worlds  and  human  beings  and  our 
connection  with  those  of  the  past.  Naturally  the  thoughts  and  deeds  of 
p:o"lo  rr'-H*  rvo r  fcv,  feeble,  ahsnrd  rnd  childish,  for  read- 
ing is  what  develops  the  mind. 

What  does  America  road?  The  mass  of  America  reads  v  g  oat  e  .,  i; 
it  does  not  read  books.  It  reads  magazines  and  newspapers.  Europe;  ns  can- 
not understand  the  part  that  the  daily  nows^apc,  s  p^y  in  ol.  ivt  3, 
know  that  they  play  an  important  part  for  the  modern  man  s  curiosity 
cone::  n  ng  ev. nts  outside  of  his  own  family  and  community  is  satisfi  d  by 
a  day-by-day  diet  of  news  which  comes  to  us  through  the  radio  and  the 
newspapers. 

How  many  of  us  here  tonight,  when  reading  our  daily  newspaper  have 
not  wondered  how  much  was  the  truth  and  how  much  should  be  tak.n  with 
the  proverbial  "grain  of  sa.t"? 

There  is  nothing  wrong  with  questioning  what  we  read  in  our  news- 
papers. As  Americans  we  have  that  privilege,  and  we  show  intelligence 
if  we  try  to  find  out  facts  that  will  explain  more  effectively  that  which  we 
are  curious  about. 

In  America  the  word  "propaganda"  has  a  Lad  cdor.  It  is  associated 
with  the  war  especially  and  other  evil  practices. 

Even  Americans,  however,  have  ccme  10  realize  that  they  too  are  sub- 
jected to  propaganda,  this  is  not  altogether  surprising,  for  America  is  a 
country  which  is  right  now  feeung  the  effect  cf  a  gigantic  attempt  to 
"guide"  pub.ic  opinion. 

Both  fools  and  wise  men  know  that  the  newspaper  is  the  most  import- 
ant vehicle  of  propaganda  in  modern  life.  Communists  have  their  own  press 
and  seek  to  secure  recognition  from  hostile  papers.  The  propaganda  soci- 
eties release  information  designed  to  appear  in  any  pa,-er  v/h.ch  wik  1  c 
cept  the  offering.  All  efforts  to  secure  free  publicity  are  directed  toward 
capturing  the  newspaper  reader  s  eyes.  The  pubdc  relations  counsel 
creates  "news"  so  that  his  product  may  become  better  known  by  the  news- 
paper public  at  large.  Pressure  groups  realize  that  items  about  their  ac- 
tivities in  the  daily  press  reinforce  their  efforts  to  influence  public  opinion. 
The  two  important  dictators  of  modern  times,  for  example,  captured  their 
governments  .n  s  t't"  01  t.  e  stung  opp  sit.  n  <  f  import:  nt  n.ws  japers. 
And  yet  Hitler  and  Mussolini  did  have  their  supporters  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Press. 


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American  editors  and  publishers  may  or  may  not  be  aware  of  the 
propaganda  they  are  printing.  They  imagine  that  they  are  simply  present- 
ing ''iacis,"  and  they  are  proud  of  their  own  thoroughness.  To  be  sure  it 
can  be  easi.y  admitted  in  this  connection  that  American  newspapers  are, 
on  the  whoie,  far  superior  to  and  much  more  honest  and  conscientious  than 
chose  in  any  European  country.  And  yet  our  papers  are  intentional  propa- 
gandists when  they  print  sensational  stories  and  items  which  accord  with 
public  taste  in  order  to  boost  their  circulation  and  at  the  same  time  in- 
crease the  revenue  obtained  from  advertisers. 

Many  of  the  alien-minded  people  who  still  cling  to  Old  World  alle- 
giances are  important  advertisers.  Instead  of  looking  upon  the  hospitalities 
c.nd  opportunities  of  America  as  the  means  of  a  new,  free  life,  these  people 
continue  here  their  partisan  ties  of  quarreling  and  conflict. 

Some  of  them  try  to  get  America  involved  in  their  foreign  quarrels. 
To  gather  support  for  this  minority  aim  they  are  conducting  a  tremendous 
puuiicity  campaign  to  create  American  hatred  of  nations  they  want  us  to 
light.  The  newspapers  ana  advertisers  do  not  see  any  wrong  in  this  pub- 
licity, and  since  they  depend  on  advertising  revenue,  the  editors  unknowing- 
ly run  hate  campaigns  against  those  nations  which  the  alien-minded  adver- 
tisers do  not  like.  By  doing  this  they  have  deceived  many  sincere  loyal 
Americans. 

Since  a  great  deal  of  war  news  is  propaganda,  it  is  often  questioned, 
when  war  threatens,  should  the  whole  press  bellow  for  war  on  the  basis  of 
sach  news.  Some  think  it  should  drift  with  popular  passion,  sound  the 
bugle,  and  beat  the  drum  when  mil  icns  of  readers  want  to  hear  them.  Nat- 
urally this  is  a. so  the  profitable  thing  to  do,  and  that  is  what  the  majority 
of  the  newspapers  finally  do. 

A  paper  which  during  the  World  War  refrained  from  printing  doubt- 
ful German  cruelty  stories  could  not  hope  to  do  so  well  as  one  which  ap- 
peared with  alluring  tales  of  German  corpse  factories.  Thus  in  the  compet- 
itive process,  a  steady  circle  of  competition  is  established.  Public  taste  calls 
for  the  corpse  factory  stories  from  the  clever  editor ;  these  stories,  inflaming 
the  temper  of  the  pub.ic,  render  that  public  less  able  to  hear  patiently  or  to 
give  any  consideration  to  the  facts  which  might  offset  these  exaggerated 
stories  in  their  minds.  The  editor  finds  himself  obliged  to  be  very  much 
one-sided.  It  is  not  a  matter  of  expressing  editorial  opinons,  but  of  select- 
ing the  news  which  the  reader  shall  know. 

So  you  see  the  Press  does  not  create  evils — an  example  of  which  is  race- 
hatred. What  it  does  is  to  emphasize  and  fix  more  firmly  the  type  of  charac- 
ter and  state  of  mind  out  of  which  these  evils  grow  and  become  so  danger- 
ous. If  a  public  has  been  captured  by  a  given  folley  or  passion — race-hatred, 
or  religious  enthusiasm — the  paper  which  hopes  to  win  or  keep  its  large 
circulation  must  shape  its  selection  and  presentation  of  news  so  as  to  ap- 
pear to  confirm  the  preconceived  opinion  or  judgement.  For  it  is  a  char- 
acteristic that  even  the  wisest  of  us  like  to  read  just  those  facts  which  con- 
firm an  existing  opinion.  It  is  uncomfortable,  disturbing,  unsettling,  to 
have  to  read  just  opinions  about  such  things  as,  for  instance,  the  wickedness 
of  all  Germans,  and  the  goodness  of  all  Allies.  It  may  be  true  that,  given 
time,  most  of  us  can  verify  an  existing  opinion  or  prejudice  in  the  light  of 
new  facts  or  facts  which  were  not  considered  much  before  now.  But  the 
process  of  reasoning  about  facts  is  slow  and  rather  difficult,  while  the  re- 
action to  some  excitement  is  quick  and  easy. 

The  press  has  always  been  a  fighting  organization  and  in  the  early  part 
of  the  century,  it  had  very  serious  difficulties  to  contend  with.  Until  com- 
paratively recent  times  there  was  no  telegraph,  and  therefore  no  abundance 


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of  news,  and  the  "sperm"  was  an  undevelopd  force.  Thus  opinion  was  of 
first  importance,  news  of  secondary.  Opinions  were  based  upon  environ- 
ment and  training  as  well  as  upon  personal  experiences  and  slower  forms  of 
communication  such  as  correspondence,  magazines,  and  books. 

But  today — because  we  must  make  decisions  in  the  light  of  what  we 
read  and  hear,  rather  than  in  the  light  of  personal  experiences  as  was  gen- 
erally the  case  before  the  turn  of  the  century,  it  is  important  that  we  get 
help  in  evaluating  what  we  hear  and  what  we  read  especially  in  the  field 
of  economics,  politics,  and  war. 

The  fact  that  propaganda  is  in  the  newspapers  should  not  rais?  tho 
question  of  the  failings  or  fo.ly  of  a  particular  owner.  It  is  not  a  matter  of 
personalities  or  particular  peoples  or  groups,  but  of  certain  human  forces 
acted  upon  in  an  advantageous  way.  Since  this  is  the  case,  only  we,  our- 
selves, can  learn  to  react  sensibly.  The  solution  of  reacting  in  s  ch  a  way 
is  to  take  time  to  collect  and  sort  pertinent  facts,  consider  them,  and  finally 
come  to  a  decision  of  our  own.  Then  we  would  have  our  own  solution  and 
others  would  cease  to  affect  us  if  we  were  strong  enough  to  disregard  them. 

Mary  Ann  Peterson 


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HONOR  ESSAY 


Youth  in  a  New  Age 


What  opportunities  lie  open  to  us  graduating  tonight?  Is  the  future 
to  be  si/nny  or  cloudy,  hopeful  or  discouraging?  What  can  I,  or  any  of  us, 
do  afc3r  we  graduate? 

We  are  youth.  The  spectacle  held  up  before  youth  is  marching  men  in 
uniforms  equipped  with  deadly  waapons — terribie  looking  children  in  gas 
Masks;  fearful  youth  being  rushed  into  bomb  proof  cellars;  youth,  afraid, 
hysterical,  timid;  ogres  and  monsters  only  seen  in  fairy  tales  but  now  be- 
coming real. 

But  this  is  a  dynamic  world.  It  is  as  never  before  a  challenging  world, 
not  a  world  of  defeatism. 

Although  it  is  believed  that  youth  is  cowardly,  cynical,  and  selfish,  it 
is  not  so.  Youth  is  an  adventurer  going  into  a  changing  world  of  magic, 
of  triumph,  and  of  adventure.  Youth  is  thought  to  be  "soft".  How  can  it  be 
when  it  was  found  that  of  50,000  recent  graduates  from  thirty-one  colleges 
in  twenty  states  two-thirds  of  the  men  and  almost  half  of  the  women 
had  earned  part  of  their  way?  Is  youth  afraid  of  work?  A  placement 
director  of  one  of  the  state  colleges  says  that  young  people  of  today  beg 
for  work.  In  one  college  a  student  c. ass-president  worked  nights  in  a  garage, 
ureasing  and  washing  cars.  One  girl  could  not  find  work;  so  she  lived  on 
stale  bread  from  the  bakery.  She  said  that  she  could  eat  on  ten  cents  a  week. 
It  is  not  a  diet  for  a  young  girl,  nor  is  it  a  diet  for  "softies." 

But  what  can  we  do  after  we  graduate?  For  what  shall  we  train  our- 
selves? 

Plato,  the  great  Athenian  philosopher,  said,  "No  two  persons  are  born 
alike,  but  each  differs  from  the  other  in  individual  endowments,  one  being 
suited  for  one  thing  and  another  for  another,  and  all  things  in  superior 
quality  and  quantity  and  with  greatest  ease,  when  each  man  works  at  a 
single  occupation,  in  accordance  with  his  natural  gifts." 

So  it  was  about  400  B.  C,  and  it  is  still  true.  In  that  one  respect,  youth 
is  not  different.  Today  every  young  man  and  woman  is  different  and  has 
different  natural  abilities.  If  one  is  an  artist,  he  should  not  become  a 
plumber.  This  new  and  mobile  world !  There  are  many  opportunities  open 
to  us  today,  which  were  not  open  several  years  ago. 

In  the  early  1930's  building  construction  was  the  "weak  sister"  of  the 
big  industry  family.  Today,  the  upsurge  in  private  and  national  defense 
building  has  made  this  field — hiring  more  than  a  million  workers — one  of 
the  nation's  mightiest  industries!  To  a  young  man  who  wants  to  break  into 
construction,  the  present  building  boom  means  that  his  chances  of  getting 
job  training  are  probably  better  right  now  than  they  have  been  for  a  long 
time.  It  takes  dozens  of  different  types  of  workers  to  turn  planks  of  lumber, 
heaps  of  bricks,  and  tons  of  iron  and  cement  into  finished  buildings  of  every 
description.  This  work  today  requires  brick-layers,  carpenters,  cement 
finishers,  electricians,  painters,  plasterers  plumbers  and  gas  fitters,  sheet- 


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metal  workers,  stone  masons,  structural-iron  workers  hod  carriers,  and 
other  construction  workers,  including  a  growing  number  of  building  fore- 
men and  supervisors.  Can  it  be  said  that  this  field  is  limited? 

The  defense  program  is  surely  opening  a  vast  field  which  is  much 
broader  than  it  has  been  in  any  previous  war.  Ship-yard  employment  is 
being  increased  by  government  spending.  It  is  estimated  that  more  than 
150,000  men  will  be  working  in  private  shipyards  by  the  spring  of  1942. 
If  the  present  rate  of  growth  continues,  as  many  as  10,000  young  men  may 
have  opportunities  to  become  apprentices  in  some  of  the  skilled  shipbuild- 
ing crafts,  although  work  may  be  only  for  the  duration  of  war.  But  young 
men  will  have  had  experience. 

Every  sailor  learns  a  trade.  If  he  leaves  the  service,  he  may  be  a  ma- 
chinist, metal  smith,  patternmaker,  musician,  cook,  baker,  radio-expert, 
or  a  motion-picture  operator. 

New  opportunities  for  pharmacists  will  also  occur  in  our  armed  forces. 
Pharmacists  enter  such  governmental  work  as  the  Public  Health  Service, 
Bureau  of  Narcotics,  and  Veterans  Administration.  There  is  employment 
for  pharmaceutical  chemists  in  manufacturing  laboratories,  hospital  dis- 
pensaries, drug  research  work,  and  in  production  of  synthetics. 

Women  also  are  employed  in  the  defense  program.  The  expanding 
manufacture  of  textiles,  shoes,  and  clothing  wnl  need  women.  Women  who 
excel  in  work  requiring  the  use  of  light  instruments  such  as  gages,  microm- 
eters, vernier  calipers,  wih  be  hired  for  inspection  of  castings,  machinings, 
and  finished  parts  of  routine  powder  analysis,  and  of  testing  electrical 
equipment.  Women  are  experts  in  assemb.ing  delicate  instruments  and 
machines,  loading  shells,  and  filling  powder  bags.  They  have  been  used  in 
operating  all  types  of  machines  where  lifting  devices  and  other  machines 
can  do  the  heavy  work.  There  are  also  new  opportunities  for  women  in 
biology,  architecture,  public  health.  It  seems  fainy  certain  that  there  will 
be  opportunities  for  employment  of  girls  in  industry  in  the  next  year  greater 
than  at  any  time  since  the  last  World  War. 

It  is  believed  and  said  that  all  fields  of  work  are  overcrowded.  This 
changing  world  has  made  that  beaef  wrong.  The  need  everywhere  for 
trained  occupational  therapists  is  far  in  excess  of  the  number  of  girls  avail- 
able. The  therapist  deals  with  cardiac,  tubercmosis,  orthopedic,  and  mental 
cases. 

There  are  also  opportunities  for  youth  in  radio.  With  821  radio  sta- 
tions in  the  country,  all  hungry  for  ideas,  there  certainly  are  opportunities 
for  jobs.  There  are  many  branches  to  this  work — script  writing,  dramatic 
producing  or  action,  news  editing  and  broadcasting,  publicity,  sound  eff  ects, 

research  and  interpretation  music,  sales,  and  market  research. 

Another  expanding  field  is  photography.  Pictures  as  a  medium  of 
news  have  greatly  grown,  and  there  is  no  reason  to  think  that  the  public  in- 
terest will  decline. 

Opportunities  in  commercial  art  are  rapidly  expanding.  The  artist  has 
a  choice  of  two  fields  in  which  to  work :  the  fine  arts,  and  commercial  art. 
People  engaged  in  fine  arts  at  the  best  make  an  insecure  living,  but  usually 
do  not  find  work  at  all.  Commercial  art  is  not  overcrowded  .ike  the  fine 
arts.  Department  stores  engage  staffs  of  artists  to  make  attractive  adver- 
tising displays.  Newspapers  need  artists  both  for  their  advertising  and 
for  their  editorial  departments.  Magazines  need  talented  people  to  illus- 
trate articles  and  stories.  The  same  is  true  of  book  publishers. 

Since  the  fall  of  Paris,  a  talented  and  aspiring  young  designer  has  a 
chance  with  a  situation  full  of  golden  opportunities. 


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There  are  fields  which  some  people  do  not  even  consider.  For  instance, 
Bunny  Rabbit  may  be  just  a  character  in  bedtime  stories  to  some  people, 
but  to  10,000  rabbit  breeders  he  is  a  most  important  source  of  income.  Los 
Ange.es  alone  eats  more  than  a  million  rabbits  a  year.  There  may  be  op- 
portunities for  nearly  100,000  more  commercial  rabbit  raisers  if  rabbits  are 
popularized  as  meat.  The  war  has  interfered  with  the  supplies  of  Australian 
rabbit  skins. 

I  have  tried  to  list  a  specific  number  of  fields  which  are  open  to  us. 
Our  motto  is  "Life  is  what  you  make  of  it."  It  has  always  been  true,  and  still 
is.  If  we  want  to  become  something  in  this  world,  there  are  more  opportun- 
ities now  than  ever  before.  Only  the  sluggish  and  lazy  see  no  future,  because 
they  do  not  try.  But  the  alert  and  active  see  a  happy  future  of  wisdom, 
wealth,  and  wit.  We  must  not  see  only  war,  worry,  and  weakness.  We  must 
look  forward,  not  backward !  This  is  a  world  for  youth,  a  world  simply 
bursting  with  new  opportunity! 

Frances  Burns 


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HONOR  ESSAY 


The  Historical  Background  of  Present  Economic 
Conditions  in  South  America 


In  order  to  understand  the  recent  course  of  events  in  Latin  America, 
one  must  bear  in  mind  the  past  history  of  these  twenty  republics  south  of 
the  Rio  Grande  and  the  traits  of  their  peoples.  These  countries,  known 
collectively  as  Latin  America,  are  those  lands  which  were  under  the  domin- 
ation of  Spain  and  Portugal  during  the  16th,  17th,  and  18th  centuries. 

In  the  first  place,  Columbus  discovered  South  America.  He  explored 
along  the  coast  of  what  is  now  Venezuela  in  1498.  By  1515,  the  Spanish 
and  Portuguese  conquistadors  were  pouring  in.  The  Portuguese  settled  in 
what  is  now  Brazil,  and  the  Spaniards  occupied  the  rest  of  the  continent. 
By  1550,  fifty  years  after  Columbus'  discovery,  the  small  horda  of  100,000 
Spaniards  and  Portuguese  that  had  managed  to  get  over  here  had  accurately 
surveyed  most  of  the  8  000  000  square  miles  of  South  America ;  had  ex- 
plored the  mountain  ranges  from  Mexico  to  Cape  Horn;  had  charted  the 
main  river  systems,  and  had  founded  practicahy  all  of  the  principal  cities 
of  today.  To  make  a  comparison,  it  was  as  if  the  entire  North  American 
continent  had  been  explored,  prospected,  and  mapped ;  as  if  its  principal 
cities  like  San  Francisco,  Denver,  Chicago,  New  York,  and  every  other  city 
of  over  a  hundred  thousand  population  had  been  founded  within  fifty  years 
of  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims.  To  continue  the  analogy,  it  was  as  if  Chi- 
cago, Denver,  and  all  these  new  cities  were  each  dumped  into  a  separate 
pit,  the  walls  of  the  pit  being  the  gigantic  mountain  ranges  of  South 
America. 

The  reason  for  this  tremendous  expansion  was  that  Spain  had  finally 
driven  the  Moors  out  of  the  homeland  just  a  few  years  before,  and  a  new 
national  enthusiasm  had  swept  over  the  country.  The  country  needed  an 
outlet  for  its  new-found  energies,  and  this  new  continent  provided  just  such 
an  ideal  outlet. 

This  wave  of  colonization  swept  through  the  mountains  and  then  in 
a  few  years  the  tide  went  out,  leaving  the  people  stranded  in  little  puddles 
here  and  there.  For  the  people,  this  developed  a  localistic  attitude  which 
persists  to  this  day  and  prevents  them  from  cooperating  with  their  neigh- 
bors. 

When  the  Spaniards  chose  a  place  to  settle,  each  man  did  not  make  a 
rush  to  stake  claims  for  land  as  the  Virginia  colonists  did.  They  first  built 
a  stone  fortress  and  some  stone  and  adobe  houses  around  it.  The  streets 
were  made  narrow  so  that  they  could  be  easily  swept  by  gunfire.  The  town 
could  be  defended  from  house  to  house.  These  towns  were  replicas  of  the 
feudalistic  fortress-towns  in  Spain. 

These  new  Spanish  settlers  were  horribly  cruel  to  the  natives.  The 
sole  function  of  the  Indian  was  cheap  labor.  The  Spaniards  used  the 
slavery  system  over  here  in  its  worst  forms.  By  1542,  12,000,000  Indians 
had  been  exterminated. 


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The  mental  makeup  of  these  Spaniard  "was  all  the  same.  They  were  all 
passionate.  They  hated  organized  and  constant  labor,  such  as  working-  in  the 
fields ;  they  loved  the  ceremonial ;  they  were  fanatically  loyal  to  their 
church ;  they  were  not  steady,  but  were  given  to  sudden  bursts  of  energy 
and  violence.  Above  all,  they  were  intensely  individualistic. 

As  Spain  declined,  her  empire  over  here  broke  up.  It  could  not  keep  up 
with  changing  conditions.  The  French  Revolution  had  set  afire  in  the  hearts 
of  many  patriots  like  Simon  Bolivar  and  Jose  San  Martin  the  desire  for 
independence.  Accordingly,  they  organized  armies  and  commenced  hos- 
tilities against  the  Spanish  armies  in  1817.  After  skillful  fighting  and 
many  hardships,  they  finaLy  destroyed  the  last  Spanish  forces  in  1826. 

After  the  war,  new  leaders,  not  realizing  that  the  people  were  not 
ready  for  democracy  adopted  constitutions  similar  to  ours,  which  were  not 
suited  to  these  countries'  needs.  The  countries  really  needed  some  form  of 
progressive  d.ctatorship.  No  wonder  that  Venezuela  has  had  fifteen  con- 
stitutions in  the  last  century.  As  a  result,  Latin  America  was  ruled  by 
miiicary  dictators  of  the  worst  sort  who  managed  to  seize  power  because  of 
the  clumsy  constitutions.  These  dictators  were  changed  as  often  as  they 
could  be  killed  off.  For  example,  there  have  been  52  revolutions  in  Venezuela 
during  the  last  century.  One  dictator,  Francisco  Lopez  of  Paraguay  thought 
himself  to  be  a  second  Napoleon.  He  declared  war  on  the  Argentine  Repub- 
lic in  1864  with  the  intention  of  conquering  South  America.  Brazil  and 
Liraguay  promptly  joined  against  him  and  all  but  ruined  Paraguay.  In  the 
six  >ears  of  war  that  followed,  Paraguay  s  original  population  of  1,337,000 
decreased  to  221,000,  which  represents  a  decrease  of  eighty-three  percent. 

However,  freedom  for  the  Latin  Americans  had  its  better  aspects.  Other 
Europeans  became  interested,  and  explored  and  charted  a  considerable  por- 
tion of  the  countries'  natural  resources.  Immigrants  poured  in.  People  dis- 
covered new  occupations.  Cattle  and  sheep  raising  were  now  taken  up  ex- 
tensively in  the  Argentine,  'ihe  discovery  of  nitrates  in  northern  Chili 
changed  that  part  of  the  country  from  a  desert  to  a  thriving  district. 

During  the  prosperous  decade  of  the  1920's  American  business  men 
were  looking  for  places  to  invest  money.  They  started  to  invest  in  South 
America.  Hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  were  poured  down  the  South 
American  drainpipe.  In  fact,  the  money  was  crammed  down  the  South 
AniLr.can  throats.  The  19^9  crash  came  and  business  collapsed.  South 
American  business  men  could  no  longer  pay  interest.  They  resented  our 
trying  to  get  our  interest.  It  was  really  the  fault  of  Americans,  because  we 
lent  more  money  than  could  be  payed  off. 

Then  the  high  pressure  Nazi  salesmen  came  down  and  persuaded  the 
business  men  to  barter  their  goods.  This  would  soon  have  led  to  complete 
dependence  of  South  America  upon  Germany,  but  the  war  interrupted  that. 

One  of  the  most  important  impediments  to  progress  and  cooperation 
between  the  republics  is  the  intense  nationalism  and  jealousy  of  each 
country.  For  instance,  even  a  customs  union  between  the  five  Central 
American  republics  of  Guatemala,  Salvador,  Honduras,  Nicaragua,  and 
Costa  Rica  would  benefit  each  country.  But  if  any  of  the  presidents  sug- 
gested the  idea,  he  wouldn't  last  very  long.  Several  unions  were  attempted 
in  the  past,  but  they  were  eventually  broken  up.  In  the  1921  union,  Guate- 
mala walked  out,  raising  the  usual  cry :  Will  the  strongest  people  in  Central 
America  submit  to  be  ruled  by  the  bloody  Salvadorenos,  the  savage  Hon- 
durans,  and  the  wily  Nicaraguans? 

This  brings  up  the  subject  of  the  political  customs.  In  Latin  America, 
a  man  is  not  considered  so  much  by  his  accomplishments  as  by  the  number 
of  influential  friends  he  has.  One  of  the  first  things  a  Latin  American 
politician  learns  to  do  is  to  "sit  on  the  fence."  He  must,  besides  keeping  up 


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good  relations  with  the  ruling  party,  keep  in  touch  with  all  opposition 
parties  so  that  he  wins  no  matter  which  party  gets  conrol  of  the  government. 
When  a  politician  gets  into  office,  he  must  make  sure  that  his  relatives  get 
jobs  through  his  new  influence,  because  hostile  relatives  are  no  asset  in  Latin 
American  politics. 

Another  hindrance  to  better  relations  is  the  lack  of  communications. 
It  is  true  that  there  are  three  rivers  in  South  America  that  make  magnifi- 
cent highways.  But  no  one  lives  near  two  of  them,  the  Amazon  and  the 
Orinoco.  The  other  river,  the  Parana,  running  between  the  Argentine 
Republic  and  Uruguay,  is  used  principally  by  those  two  countries.  The 
only  other  means  of  transportation  are  the  ranroads  and  the  airlines.  Ex- 
cept for  one  or  two  lines,  the  Andes  mountains  quite  effectively  bar  east-to- 
west  travel  with  its  20,000  foot  peaks.  Probably,  in  a  few  years,  when 
larger  planes  are  developed,  the  airways  will  become  the  principa.  mode 
of  travel. 

One  of  the  main  reasons  for  Latin  America's  distrusting  us  is  the  fear 
of  "Yankee  imperialism."  During  the  first  part  of  this  century,  several 
dictators,  actively  hostile  to  us,  gained  contro.  of  several  of  the  republics, 
urging  violence  against  American  property.  After  some  damage  the 
American  marines  were  sent  down  to  protect  American  property.  Immedi- 
ately the  cry  went  up  against  the  "Yankee  imperialists."  Many  of  Latin 
America's  most  prominent  figures  screeched  that  the  United  States  would 
soon  take  over  South  America.  Until  recently,  any  politician  couid  rous  • 
enthusiasm  by  urging  measures  against  the  "Yankee  imperia  isls." 

These  people  have  good  reason  to  protest  against  our  imperialism. 
The  Americans,  along  with  the  British  have  managed  to  wrigg.e  into  the 
economic  system  of  these  countries  so  that  they  own  over  one  quarter  of 
these  nations'  wealth.  Foreign  investments  in  Latin  America  total  up  to 
some  twelve  billion  dollars.  This  is  a  tremendous  figure  when  we  realize 
that  the  whole  national  income  of  all  these  countries  is  only  twenty  bil.ion 
dollars  a  year. 

The  prospects  for  democracy  in  Latin  America  in  the  near  future  are 
quite  gloomy.  Only  six  of  the  twenty  republics  have  anything  that  remotely 
approaches  our  type  of  government.  In  the  first  place,  democracy  is  im- 
possible in  Latin  America  until  the  people  have  been  taught  how  to  use 
democracy  properly.  The  republics  do  not  have  the  same  aversion  to  gov- 
ernments and  systems  like  those  of  Germany  and  Italy  as  we  do.  In  fact, 
they  rather  admire  their  brutal  efficiency.  This  helps  to  explain  Latin 
America's  hesitancy,  until  recently,  to  cooperate  with  us. 

Most  of  the  republics  have  tried  our  form  of  undiluted  democracy,  but 
all  have  failed.  Their  congresses  and  their  armies  were  all  well-fi..ed  with 
men  who  wanted  to  be  president  and  none  of  whom  had  any  qualms  of  con- 
scince  about  disposing  of  the  president  in  power.  As  a  result,  the  presi- 
dents would  be  either  killed  off,  or  retired  under  careful  supervision. 

There  are  so  many  Ecuadorean  ex-presidents  living  in  Guayaquil  and 
Quito  that  one  wit  suggested  that  they  form  a  national  association,  and  if 
they  were  a  little  younger,  they  could  easily  form  two  baseball  teams. 

But  Latin  America's  most  important  stumbling  block  is  her  economy. 
She  has  and  will  probably  always  have  an  agricultural  economy  and  will 
have  to  make  the  best  of  it.  The  reason  for  this  is  that  the  countries  are 
not  suited  for  heavy  industry.  They  have  little  coal  and  iron  and  few 
skilled  workmen. 

Latin  America's  agriculture  is  even  weaker  in  certain  respects  than 
her  industries.  Even  in  the  United  States,  not  very  large  sums  of  money  pass 
through  a  farmer's  hands  during  the  course  of  a  year,  though  he  has  several 


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-means  of  t"f  nsporting  his  produce  to  centers  of  population.  But  in  Latin 
America  there  are  no  roads.  Consequently,  many  farmers  do  not  send  their 
cro"E  out  and  therefore  they  see  very  little  cash  during  the  year.  With  no 
-cash  this  means  that  there  are  no  markets  for  business  to  be  established 
becars:  there  is  no  cash  to  support  these  industries. 

Even  if  there  is  a  railroad  within  fifty  miles,  the  chances  are  that  the 
farmer  dcesn't  know  that  it  even  exists.  And  who  is  going  to  cart  produce 
over  muddy  mires  of  mountain  roads  to  something  of  whose  existence  he 
is  ignorant? 

The  coffee  industry  has  its  troubles  too.  Each  yv?ar,  thousands  of  tons 
of  Brazilian  coffee  are  burn:d  up  because  there  is  so  much  grown.  And  it 
doern't  even  burn  very  well  either.  The  rest  of  the  crop  is  a  glut  on  the 
market  and  ruins  the  economies  of  the  other  coffee-growing  countries. 

South  America's  low-grade  cotton  cannot  compete  with  the  high-grade 
cotton  grown  in  the  United  States.  Nor  can  it  compete  with  the  low-grade 
African  coUon  because  that  is  grown  with  still  cheaper  black  labor.  These 
coffee  and  cotton  plantations  have  to  continue  to  grow  these  crops  because 
they  neither  know  how  nor  have  the  money  to  change  crops  and  methods. 

Consequently,  a  big  majority  of  Latin  Americans  do  not  earn  over  a 
hundred  dollars  a  year.  And  a  hundred  dollars  per  capita  isn't  going  to  buy 
many  refrigerators,  automobiles,  or  washing  machines. 

Thus  I  have  pointed  out  some  of  Latin  America's  problems  and  how 
they  were  brought  cn,  in  part,  by  her  history  and  the  geography  peculiar  to 
the  countries.  Here  is  wh?t  the  United  States  is  doing  to  solve  these  prob- 
lems :  She  is  lending  crop  experts  to  the  various  governments  who  are 
teaching  Latin  Americans  better  crop  planning  and  different  techniques; 
industrial  technicians,  who  are  helping  them  to  improve  their  industrial 
machine,  experts  on  government  organization,  on  sanitation,  on  labor  rela- 
tions, and  especially  experts  on  public  education.  Also  through  the  Export- 
Import  Bank,  she  is  lending  money  to  stabilize  their  currencies  which  are 
shaky  as  a  result  of  the  present  war. 

Perhaps  when  the  present  war  is  over  and  when  her  economic  system 
has  been  strengthened  and  modernized,  Latin  America  will  in  the  future  be 
able  to  stand  on  her  own  two  feet  and  form  a  united  bloc  of  nations  rather 
than  a  group  of  twenty  republics  all  struggling  in  competition  with  each 
.other,  as  they  now  are. 


Frederick  Harrington 


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CLASS  MOTTO 


"What  is  to  come  we  know  not.  But  we  know 
That  what  has  been  was  good — was  good  to  show, 
Better  to  hide,  and  best  of  all  to  bear." 
We,  the  class  of  1941,  rea.ize  that  we  have  to  pattein  our  own  lives 
as  we  think  best.  No  one  can  do  it  for  us.  We  must  have  the  ambition  and 
initiative,  to  think  and  act  for  ourselves. 

When  we  receive  our  diplomas  tonight,  we  are  masters  of  our  own 
fate.  We  shall  realize  that  we  have  to  think  for  ourselves. 

We  alone  are  to  make  our  lives  out  of  the  few  experinces  we  have  had 
during  our  high  school  career.  Perhaps  the  fo. lowing  poem  may  b.  s.  signify 
the  meaning  of  our  motto : 

You  say  the  world  is  g.oomy, 

The  skies  are  grim  rnd  gray, 
The  night  has  lost  its  quiet, 

You  fear  the  coming  days? 
The  world  is  what  you  make  it. 

The  sky  is  gray  or  blue 
Just  as  your  soul  may  paint  it ; 

It  isn't  the  world — it's  you  ! 
Clear  up  the  c.ouded  vision, 
C.ean  out  the  foggy  mind  ; 
The  Ciouds  are  a. ways  passing, 

And  each  is  silver  lined. 
The  world  is  what  you  make  it — 
And  when  you  say  it's  gloomy 
It  isn't  the  world — it's  you ! 
The  world  is  just  as  hard  and  cruel  as  we  choose  to  make  it.  We  must 
go  out  and  face  it  unairaid,  climbing  the  heignts  to  fame  s.owiy,  step  by 
step  until  we  acquire  the  place  in  luc  lor  wnich  we  so  faithfully  struggled. 

Sometimes  it  may  seem  that  we  are  confused  by  unconquerable  cir- 
cumstance, but  ii  we  have  undying  faith  in  ourselves  we  wn.  not  flinch 
beneath  the  "bludgeonings  of  chance"  but  keep  our  heads  high,  unbowed. 

We  have  to  make  our  own  place  in  tne  world.  Word  won  t  come  to  us; 
we  must  go  after  it  with  indomitable  courage  and  determination. 

There  will  be  some  people  who  wii.  try  to  discourage  us.  They  will  say 
the  world  of  today  gives  no  chance  for  young  people.  We  must  not  listen  to 
those  pessimists  who  believe  that  life  is  just  one  hardship  after  another.  We 
can  and  win  go  on  our  way  with  undaunted  spirit,  seeking  perpetually  our 
place  in  society.  Uur  minu  and  will  are  the  making  or  breaking  of  us. 
'  It  matters  not  how  strait  the  gate, 
How  charged  with  punishments  the  scroll, 
I  am  the  master  of  my  fate : 
I  am  the  captain  of  my  soul." 

Irvina  Jones. 


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CLASS  HISTORY 


PART  I 

September  8,  1937  was  a  great  day  ior  the  students  of  Duxbury  who 
were  merited  the  privilege  of  sai.ing  on  the  good  ship  Class  of  '41  of  D.  H. 
S..  which  roamed  on  the  High  School  Seas. 

The  students  who  had  received  notification  of  their  merit  the  preceding 
dune  wcie  ah  on  tne  wnari  at  o:^u.  ine  stuucnts  wno  were  not  interested 
in  talking  over  events  of  the  summer  noticed  that  a  few  members  were  not 
present.  Arthur  Martin  told  us  that  he  was  not  prepared  to  go  on  with  us ; 
so  ne  politely  excused  himself.  Ray  Delano  was  with  us,  but  he  informed  us 
chat  he  intended  to  get  oil'  at  some  pore  very  soon.  He  to*d  us  he  was  head- 
ing south. 

Two  members  were  introduced  to  us  as  Thomas  Taylor  and  Arthur 
Verge  who  had  been  members  of  the  ship  that  hau  sailed  one  >ear  uefore  us. 

Just  off  the  coast  of  Sixth  Week  Island,  a  small  boat  came  along  side 
us  with  a  few  people  who  intended  to  try  the  experience  of  the  voyage  on 
the  gooa  ship  JJ.  H.  S.  Capiain  ivennctn  Macomoer  introduced  tne  new 
passengers  as  Hannah  Swett  and  Robert  Herdman.  Both  of  them  came 
from  Maine.  "Bill"  RothweL  was  the  other  new  passenger.  He  came  to  us 
from  Boston. 

Later,  just  after  passing  Third  Term  Island,  some  of  the  passengers 
admitted  that  tney  were  sea-siCK  ana  asked  if  tney  might  be  put  asnore. 
Their  requests  were  granted  although  we  were  sorry  to  see  them  go.  The 
following  passengers  were  put  ashore:  Ray  Deiano,  "Stan"  McAuliffe,  and 
Mary  Ferry. 

The  passengers  were  so  thriLed  by  the  new  experience  that  they  did 
not  have  as  many  meetings  as  they  should  have  had.  I  recall  that  the  officers 
for  that  year  were : 

President  ....  Martha  Nickerson. 
Vice-president  ....  Doris  Prince 
Secretary  .....  Nancy  O'Neil 
Treasurer     .....        Ann  Peterson 

Although  the  log  book  with  the  records  of  the  few  meetings  was  lost, 
someone  rememberea  that  we  had  our  dance  on  March  8,  1938. 

The  first  year  was  spent  mostly  in  learning  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
D.  H.  S.  and  preparing  ourselves  for  the  years  that  were  to  come. 

In  June  of  1938  the  good  ship  "Class  of  '41"  put  into  Duxbury  Harbor. 
During  the  summer  months  while  the  passengers  were  on  a  vacation,  the 
ship  was  getting  "swabbed"  from  stem  to  stern. 

After  the  lazy  month  of  August  had  drifted  by,  last  call  was  given 
to  ah  those  that  wanted  to  sail  on  the  Sophomore  Ocean. 

Almost  all  of  the  passengers  were  on  time  to  catch  the  boat,  but  a  few 
missed  it.  Because  of  sickness,  Phoebe  Shirley  decided  that  she  was  unpre- 
pared to  take  a  chance  on  the  Sophomore  Ocean ;  so  she  once  more  sailed  on 
Freshman  Sea.  The  Freshman  Sea  fascinated  Mona  Scholpp  and  Norman 


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Short;  so  they  engaged  passage  on  the  ship  that  had  just  been  built  for  that 
voyage.  One  new  name  was  added  to  the  list  of  passengers.  Arthur  Brad- 
ford had  left  Kingston  to  join  us. 

The  ship,  our  home  for  the  next  nine  months,  set  sail  on  September  7, 
1938,  as  scheduled,  at  8:30.  The  first  day  on  board  was  spent  getting  ac- 
quainted with  our  new  surroundings  and  also  getting  equipment  that  we 
were  to  use  in  the  future. 

The  President  of  the  previous  year  called  a  meeting  to  vote  for  officers 
for  the  ensuing  year.  They  were : 

President        ....  Malcolm  Mosher 

Vice-president  .  .  .  Martha  Nickerson 
Secretary  ....  Norma  MacKenney 
Treasurer       .....       Joel  Newman 

From  the  dates  submitted  by  us  for  a  class  dance,  Mr.  Green,  the 
Admiral  of  the  fleet,  approved  of  the  date  November  18.  Committees  were 
immediately  chosen  to  take  charge.  A  sports  dance  was  decided  upon  with 
football  being  the  principal  motif.  The  dance  was  a  great  success. 

When  we  were  about  half  way  across  the  ocean,  an  airplane  flew  over 
head.  Carl  Sampson  signalled  the  plane  to  land.  Carl's  intention  was  to 
leave  us  and  go  out  into  the  world.  When  it  was  learned  that  a  plane  had 
landed  near  us,  many  others  expressed  their  desire  to  leave.  The  passen- 
gers who  left  were :  Hallet  Fraser,  Esther  Parks,  Synnove  Strom,  Carl 
Sampson,  "Bill"  Rothwell,  Carol  Crowe,  and  Hannah  Swett. 

A  special  meeting  was  caiied  on  December  20,  and  we  were  told  that 
if  the  dues  were  not  paid  by  the  23rd,  the  class  would  have  to  disband  as  an 
organization.  Some  of  the  dues  were  then  paid,  but  some  still  forgot. 

We  had  many  storms  on  the  Sophomore  Ocean,  but  we  came  through 
all  of  them  with  flying  colors.  The  strong  currents  of  life  tried  to  swerve 
us  from  our  course  many  times,  but  we  ah  fought  back  and  almost  aJ  of 
us  won  our  individual  battle.  We  were  now  ready  to  sail  on  the  Junior  Sea, 
but  first  we  were  in  need  of  a  vacation. 

WlNTHRO?  HAGMAN 

PART  II 

It  was  the  ninth  day  of  September,  1939,  a  peaceful  autumnal  day, 
radiant  with  the  sunshine  of  hope,  cheer  and  joyous  promise,  that  the  good 
ship  "Class  of  1941"  of  Duxbury  High  School  stood  at  anchor  at  the  wharf 
of  its  Junior  Year. 

As  soon  as  all  the  passengers  arrived,  the  anchor  was  drawn  up  and 
with  smiling  faces  eager  to  start  our  voyage  on  the  Junior  Sea,  we  waved 
good-bye  to  our  friends  and  parents  once  more. 

There  were  only  two  who  didn't  return  to  take  passage  on  the  boat 
with  us  Joel  Newman,  and  Nina  Pierce,  who  went  ahead  to  the  Senior  Port. 
John  Donahue  was  a  new  addition  in  September.  Barbara  Morten  joined 
us  in  October  and  Carl  Heise  left  in  April.  The  rest  of  us  voyagers  congratu- 
lated each  other  upon  the  mutual  pleasure  of  longer  companionship  together. 

When  we  became  accustomed  to  our  new  boat  and  had  made  the  ac- 
quaintance of  our  new  Captain,  Mr.  A.  Kempton  Smith,  we  chose  for  our 
ship's  officers : 

President  .  .  .  Frederick  Harringtc  n 
Vice-president  .  .  .  Martha  Nickerscn 
Secretary  ....  Norma  MacKenney 
Treasurer        .....        Irvina  Jones 

I  Ann  Peterson 

Student  Council  Members        .         Norma  MacKenney 

•   Kendal  Blanchard 


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We  made  plans  early  for  our  sports  dance  which  was  held  November 
3,  and  we  were  fully  rewarded,  for  it  was  a  complete  success.  The  decora- 
tions were  a  great  credit  to  us.  Everyone  remarked  about  the  college  ban- 
ners and  the  effigy  of  a  football  player  which  stood  staunchly  near  the  or- 
chestra on  the  stage. 

We  can  also  boast  of  many  athletes  during  our  school  career.  The  boys 
who  were  on  the  basketball  team  during  our  junior  year  were:  "Dick" 
Verge,  "Mac"  Mosher,  "Clint"  Sampson,  Assistant-Manager  and  "Horace" 
Walker,  Manager.  The  girls  who  were  on  the  team  were:  Doris  Prince, 
Edith  Peterson,  Earla  Chandler,  Helen  Mosher,  Martha  Nickerson,  Assist- 
ant-Manager, and  Irvina  Jones,  Manager. 

After  the  basketball  season  ended  many  of  us  were  busy  practicing  for 
the  operetta  "Star  Flower"  which  was  given  in  May  and  later  repeated  for 
the  Parent  .teachers'  Association. 

We  barely  had  time  to  settle  ourselves  again  into  the  routine  life  on 
ship-board  when  we  were  told  that  we  would  have  to  make  plans  for  the 
Reception  to  be  given  to  the  Seniors  on  June  20.  Everyone  in  the  class  gave 
a  helping  hanu  in  aecorating  the  bail  room  with  the  senior  class  coiors, 
maroon  i.nd  white,  £.nd  flowers,  ihe  seniors  weie  both  pleased  and  sur- 
prised to  find  that  the  juniors  had  so  much  ability.  We  just  .et  them  marvel 
and  didn't  tell  them  that  we  made  some  delicious  punch  but  had  forgotten  to 
buy  any  paper  cups  with  which  to  serve  it. 

The  Reception  was  our  last  junior  activity  and  after  two  months'  rest 
we  gathered  together  at  the  Senior  Pier  for  one  more  year  of  companion- 
ship. There  were  twenty-three  names  written  in  the  ship's  log.  When  ex- 
amining it  closely  we  noticed  that  Irving  Whitney  and  Helen  Mosher  were 
among  the  missing,  "tiud "  took  passage  on  the  junior  boat  again,  and 
Helen  was  evidently  tired  of  boat  rides,  so  went  ashore.  The  name  of  a 
newcomer,  Warren  King,  was  erased  from  the  list  the  second  week  of  school 
before  we  haa  ^  cn:  nee  to  know  him.  and  Jack  Donahue  asked  to  be  let 
off  at  a  port  during  November.  Counting  all  the  additions  and  subtractions, 
we  now  number  twenty-two  who  are  docking  at  the  Commencement  Wharf. 

A  few  days  after  our  voyage  on  the  Senior  Sea  began,  our  ship's  Cap- 
tain, Mr.  Leroy  MacKenney,  advised  us  to  elect  our  Senior  Ship  officers. 
They  are: 


Ann  Peterson  was  the  President  of  the  Student  Council  this  year. 

Our  Senior  Dance,  held  on  October  11,  1940,  was  anxiously  awaited  by 
the  girls  who  were  wondering  whether  some  of  the  boys  had  learned  to 
dance  through  the  summer  months.  No  one  had.  At  least,  none  of  us  girls 
saw  them.  We  were  the  first  class  to  start  the  custom  of  decorating  the 
lunch  room  cafeteria  on  the  first  deck.  It  proved  to  be  a  worthwhile  under- 
taking, financially  and  socially. 

For  many  nights  through  October  and  November  eleven  members  of 
the  class  practiced  for  our  Senior  Play,  "Nothing  But  the  Truth",  under  the 
direction  of  Miss  Nancy  Horton.  We  shook  all  our  fears  away  the  night  of 
December  6,  and  before  we  knew  it  the  play  was  spoken  of  in  the  past 
tense.  Those  in  the  play  were : 


Secretary 
Treasurer 


President 
Vice-president 


Edith  Peterson 
Martha  Nickerson 
Norma  MacKenney 
Irvina  Jones 


Student  Council  Members 


Doris  Prince 
Norma  MacKenney 
Arthur  Verge 


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Richard  Prince,  Norma  MacKenney,  Frederick  Harrington,  Martha 
Nickerson,  Clarence  Walker,  Irvina  Jones,  Arthur  Bradford,  Doris  Prince, 
Kendall  Blanchard  Nancy  O'Neil,  Earla  Chandler. 

The  rest  of  the  class  members  gave  much  time  to  committees  to  make 
the  production  of  the  play  possible. 

On  November  19  the  baskebad  season  began.  "Dick"  Verge  t.nd  "Mac" 
Mosher,  were  co-captains  during  this  thrilling  championship  year  and 
Clinton  Sampson  was  manager.  The  boys  won  the  South  Shore  League 
Championship  on  February  25. 

The  girls  didn't  get  the  cup  but  deserved  it  as  much  as  the  team  w'.iich 
did.  This  year's  captain  was  Edith  Peterson  who  had  Doris  Princ  ,  Irvina 
Jones,  Earla  Chandler,  and  Martha  Nickerson,  Manager,  on  the  team  from 
the  senior  cn.ss 

The  end  of  the  school  voyage  is  here.  The  tides  of  our  averages  have 
continued  to  ebb  and  flow ;  examination  questions  have  tried  to  overwhelm 
us,  but  not  many  have  succeeded.  These  twenty-two  remaining  have  been 
able  to  procure  the  necessary  passport  at  the  entrance  of  each  succeed. nj; 
sea,  and  have  paid  the  price  for  the  passage  in  hard  work. 

We  look  ahead  to  a  greater  ocean.  We  shall  go  on  writing  new  logs  or 
greater  adventure,  for  while  the  Voyage  of  Duxbury  High  School  Life  is  at 
an  end  for  the  Class  of  1911,  the  voyage  of  real  life  is  just  at  its  Com- 
mencement. 

Norma  MacKenney 


1. 


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CLASS  PROPHECY 


Edith  P. — "You  know  Nancy,  it's  been  a  long  time  since  we've  graduated, 
and  I've  been  wondering  what  every  one  is  doing  now;  so  I  sent  for  the 
copy  of  Who's  Who  for  the  year  of  1960.  I  just  know  they'll  all  be  in 
there.  Here,  take  one,  and  et  s  look  them  over." 

Edith  P. — "Look,  here  under  the  B's  is  Arthur  Bradford.  He's  a  real  success, 
for  it  says  here,  'the  inventor  of  the  first  airplane  that  could  carry  a 
trailer  along  with  it !'  " 

Nancy  0. — "Here's  one  of  our  old  classmates,  Pete.  Martha  Nickerson,  a 
weli-known  band-leader.  It  sounds  good.  That  Rippy-tippy  Martzy 
Nickerson  and  her  band,  now  playing  at  the  ritzy  Muskrat  and  Beaver 
Club." 

Edith  P. — "And  look  here !  It  seems  that  Evelyn  Edwards  and  Irvina  Jones 
are  still  together.  Irvina  is  running  for  the  office  of  Constable  for  Mounce 
City,  and  poor  little  Evelyn  is  wearing  herself  out  working  for  her.  She 
has  taken  it  upon  herself  to  make  a  three  hour  soap  box  speech  on  every 
corner  in  Mounce  city. 

It  says  their  slogan  is  'For  Security  and  Protection,  vote  for  Honest, 
Upright.  Dependable  Jones.'  " 

Nancy  O. — "And  here's  Mac  Mosher  and  Dickie  Verge.  They've  found  fame 
togecher  as  comedians.  A  twosome  whose  names  are  plastered  all  over 
Broadway — the  second  Charlie  MacCarthy  and  Edgar  Bergen." 

Edith  P. — I  think  I'll  look  in  the  back  of  the  book  for  a  while.  Here's  Walker, 
Clarence  Walker.  You  know,  he  was  the  all  star  pitcher  on  our  baseball 
te^m.  Well,  he  aas  finahy  worked  himself  up  to  the  position  of  manager 
for  the  Boston  Bee's." 

Nancy  0. — "Morton,  Barbara  Morton,  the  baby  of  our  class.  It  says  she's  the 
principal  of  a  girls'  private  school.  It  seems  she  started  it  herself  and  the 
ambition  of  thousands  of  girls  all  over  the  continent  is  to  go  there." 

Edith  P. — "Oh  and  Ann  Peterson!  Listen  to  this!  She  has  written  a  book, 
'How  to  Win  Friends  and  Please  People'.  I  guess  if  anyone  were  to  write 
a  book  like  that,  she'd  be  the  best  qualified." 

Nancy  0. — "And  here's  Freddie  Harrington.  He  is  now  the  Postmaster- 
General  of  the  United  States.  He  must  have  lost  his  shyness  to  work  him- 
self up  to  that  position." 

Edith  P. — "A — B — Burns,  Frances  Burns.  You  remember  her.  She  was 
that  extra  bright  girl  in  our  class.  It  says  here  she  is  head  dean  of  Welles- 
ley  College  where  she  teaches  Psychology,  Anthropology,  Phrenology, 
and  Ethnology." 

Nancy  O. — "I  see  where  that  spirited  soul  of  Dick  Prince's  has  settled  down 
to  something  more  than  plucking  the  heartstrings  of  beautiful  young 
ladies.  He  is  now  in  the  Bombo  Bombo  Jungle  in  the  heart  of  Africa 
hunting  rare  specimens." 


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Edith  P. — "Here's  Kay  Blanchard.  Kay  Blanchard  is  hired  by  station 
WBZ.  He's  the  man  that  sits  in  the  studio  and  laughs  when  the  pro- 
gramme conductor  holds  up  that  little  sign  after  a  joke." 

Nancy  0. — "Here's  Larry  Raymond.  Since  he  inherited  all  that  money  he's 
been  taking  it  easy.  He's  now  cruising  the  northern  Pacific  and  will  later 
join  an  expedition  to  the  North  Pole." 

Edith  P. — "Prince,  Doris — Oh,  yes,  you  know  Dolly  was  a  roller-skating 
fan.  It  says  Doris  Prince  has  been  the  main  attraction  at  the  Boston 
Arena  for  the  past  ten  years.  She  holds  the  record  for  being  the  only 
girl  who  has  ever  jitterbugged  on  roller  skates  on  a  tight  rope  fifty  feet 
above  the  ground." 

Nancy  O. — "Here's  our  great,  big,  strong,  Winnie  Hagman.  He's  gone 
from  setting  pins  up  in  the  Duxbury  Bowling  Alley  to  owning  a  chain  of 
alleys  all  the  way  across  the  United  States." 

Edith  P. — "I  wonder  what  Earla's  doing.  Here  she  is.  Why  she's  working 
right  in  Duxbury  High  School.  The  Partridge  Staff  found  that  they 
couldn't  get  along  without  Earla  to  type  for  them ;  so  she  has  had  a  per- 
manent position  there,  ever  since  she  graduated." 

Nancy  O. — "And  who'd 've  thought  that  our  bashful  Tommie  Taylor  would 
rise  to  fame  in  Hollywood  as  the  super-super  heart-smashing  Romeo 
of  1960." 

Edith  P. — "Let's  see,  we  haven't  looked  Norma  up  yet.  J,  K,  L,  M, 
MacKenny.  Well,  look  at  this!  She's  still  going  to  the  University  of  Main. 
I  guess  she  found  that  shs  nseded  more  than  fcur  years  to  get  acquainted 
with  all  those  dashing  young  men." 

Nancy  0. — "And  did  you  know  that  Clint  Sampson  owns  five  mansions  in 
different  parts  of  the  country.  One  in  Maine,  one  in  Florida,  one  in  Cali- 
fornia, one  in  Kentucky  and  one  in  New  York,  Clint  likes  to  lounge 
around  you  know. 

"Well,  Pete,  our  classmates  didn't  do  so  badly  for  themselves,  did 

they?  We  certainly  hope  they  will  continue  to  be  just  as  successful  in  the 

future." 

Nancy  O'Neil 
Edith  Peterson 


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CLASS  WILL 


Four  happy  years  have  soon  flown  by 
And  our  minds  are  still  quite  clear. 

We  hereby  set  forth  our  testament 
For  those  we  hold  so  dear. 

I 

Norma  MacKenney,  our  Latin  Queen, 
Can  translate  at  a  glance.  / 

j  She  advises  Arthur  Edwards  Cr —  

To  do  some  work  in  advance. 
II 

Clinton  Sampson,  who  sleeps  in  class, 

Will  give  up  once  a  week, 
Those  naps,  to  Robert  Bunten 

And  give  others  a  chance  to  speak. 
Ill 

Horace  Walker  will  add  his  excuses 

Of  not  being  able  to  type 
To  Irving  Whitney's  list  of  old  ones 

That  have  long  since  been  over-ripe. 
IV 

Doris  Prince,  who  draws  so  well, 

Leaves  her  occupation 
Of  Art  Editor,  to  those  hopefuls 

Who  have  an  inspiration. 

V 

""Dickie"  Verge  leaves  to  Marshall  Freeman 
His  wit  and  a  new  set  of  jokes, 

For  his  supply  is  getting  low, 
And  work  no  more  on  us  folks. 
VI 

Edith  Peterson  leaves  her  humor 
That  makes  the  classroom  shine, 

To  Dorothy  Eldridge,  that  quiet  "gal," 
Who  should  be  good  at  this  line. 
VII 

Irvina  Jones  bequeaths  her  nerve 

For  those  who  wish  to  elaim 
A  high  position  in  this  world. 

For  we  must  work  for  all  our  fame. 
VIII  and  IX 
Larry  Raymond  and  Winthrop  Hagman 

Are  pals  we  all  admire. 
They  leave  their  examples  as  perfect  scholars 

For  next  years  students  to  acquire. 


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X 

"Mac"  Mosher  was  voted  one  of  the  shieks, 

And  wants  to  leave  his  fame 
To  his  little  brother,  Billy, 

Who  will  carry  on  the  Mosher  name. 
XI 

Ann  Peterson  bequeaths  the  twinkle 

That  is  shining  in  her  eyes, 
For  Eleanor  Raymond,  the  junior  belle, 

To  flash  at  the  passer-byes. 

XII 

Tommy  Taylor  leaves  his  reserve 

To  Sammy  Teravainen. 
T'would  be  easier  to  take  this  advice,  Sammy ; 

Then  you  won't  have  the  job  of  explainen'. 
XIII 

Evelyn  Edwards  leaves  Robert  Herdman 
Her  quietness  and  demure  manner. 

If  Bob  ever  started  next  year  anew, 
It  would  be  time  to  raise  a  banner! 
XIV 

Richard  Prince  could  leave  his  horse-Iaff 

For  Gladys  Black  to  take, 
But  on  second  thought,  he'd  better  keep  it, 

And  give  the  teaching  staff  a  break. 
XV 

Earla  Chandler  does  typing  work 

And  will  pass  on  to  Mona  Scholp 
Her  wil  ingness,  to  put  in  use  next  year, 

To  hcH  the  Partridge  Staff.  We  hope ! 
XVI 

Art  Bradford  our  ace  photographer, 

Was  our  candid  camera  man. 
He  leaves  behind  his  eagie  eye 

To  a  prospective  picture  fan. 
XVII 

Fred  Harrington  will  leave  a  foot  of  his  height 
To  Roy  SchoHp  who  wouid  like  to  r  nd  some. 

Then  he  would  be  the  dream  of  the  girls 
Which  is  tall,  dark,  and  handsome. 
XVIII 

Fr.  nces  Burns,  that  smart  little  girl, 

Bequeaths  to  those  who  stress, 
That  a  arger  brain  is  all  they  need 

To  climb  the  hill  of  success. 

XIX 

Kendall  Blrnchard  is  our  serious  boy, 

And  never  makes  much  noise. 
He  leaves  this  trrut  to  his  brother  Lloyd 

Who  is  one  of  those  active  boys. 
XX 

Nancv  O'Nei's  sweet  warbling  voice. 

With  a  l  the  ginger  ?nd  snap, 
Goes  to  Miriam  Arnold  to  add  to  hers 

Which  will  put  Duxbury  on  the  map. 


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Now  to  the  ones  who  have  pulled  us  through, 
Who  have  put  up  with  us  every  year, 

We  must  leave  them  something  to  remember  us  by 
So  the  shock  will  not  be  too  severe. 
I 

We  leave  an  out-board  motor 

Which  will  ease  up  on  the  miles 
To  Mr.  Green  to  hitch  to  his  chair, 

Instead  of  pushing  from  desk  to  files. 
II 

We're  going  to  give  Miss  Manter, 

Our  current  events  debater, 
_A  michrophone  and  an  audience, 

And  a  position  as  news  commentator. 
Ill 

To  Miss  Downey,  we  present  a  phonograph 

With  records  by  the  bunch 
That  say  over  and  over,  "Single  file,  girls !" 

As  the  pupils  file  to  lunch. 

IV 

We  leave  red  strings,  one  for  each  finger 

For  Mr.  Smith  to  put  in  use, 
To  remind  him  to  remember  what  he  forgot, 

Then  there  won't  be  any  excuse. 
V 

To  Miss  White,  we  leave  a  short  cut, 

From  Norwell  to  our  town, 
To  give  her  a  change  from  the  same  old  scenes, 

And  keep  the  roads  from  wearing  down. 
VI 

To  Mr.  Blak:man  we  leave  a  room  in  the  hospital, 

With  an  especially  pretty  nurse, 
Where  he  can  run  as  soon  as  he  feels 

His  sacrailiac  getting  worse. 
VII 

To  Miss  Hortcn  a  row  of  extra  seats 

Beside  her  in  the  Study  Hall 
For  the  boys  who  insist  on  whispering, 

And  who  can  not  behave  at  all. 
VIII 

To  Mr.  MacKenney,  a  shining  watch, 

One  that  will  never  stop, 
To  put  in  the  place  of  his  proverbial  one 

That  he  always  seems  to  "drop." 
IX 

To  Miss  McClosky  we  give  a  mirror, 

To  focus  in  music  class, 
Having  one  eye  on  the  boys'  side, 

And  one  on  the  girls'  through  the  glass. 
X 

To  Miss  Cussen  we  give  a  set  of  chimes 
To  ring  when  the  students  come  in. 

Then  maybe  she  can  get  their  attention 
When  she  wants  her  class  to  begin. 


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XI 

To  Mr.  Warner  we  give  a  camera 

To  snap  some  candid  pictures, 
So  he  can  see  how  different  it  is 

From  a  painting  with  all  the  fixtures. 
XII 

To  Mr.  Girardin.  a  typing  student, 

To  be  at  his  beck  and  call, 
To  tvne  all  the  contests  he  enters, 

So  he  can  win  them  all. 

XIII  and  XIV 
To  Mr.  Glover,  spikes  for  his  shoes 

So  there  will  be  no  more  snills. 
To  Mr.  Butler,  for  his  school  boy  shape 

A  bottle  of  reducing  nills. 

XV  and  XVI 
To  Miss  Cushman.  to  m^ke  it  easier  to  teach, 

A  few  child  prodigies. 
To  Miss  Schonfer.  to  mrl-o  us  fat  and  hearty. 

Bitrgpr  surn'us  commodities. 
XVII 

To  Eleanor  Hod<rdon  a  te'escone. 

To  see  that  all  th^  nlates  a^p  clean. 
To  Mr.  Macomber.  a  bottle  of  Kreml 

To  give  his  mustache  that  glossy  sheen. 

We  sign,  seal,  and  declare  this  will, 

Now  that  our  four  years  are  done, 
In  the  nre^rco  of  tV^se  three  witnesses 

From  the  class  of  '41. 

Martha  Nickerson 

Attorney-at-Law. 

Amapola 

The  march  of  time 

His  brother. 
Waste  of  time. 


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CLASS  CIFTS 


To  Arthur  Verge  that  nervous  lad 
Of  the  senior  class, 
We  give  this  block  of  chewing  gum 
So  his  finger  nails  might  last. 


We  hope  Norma  will  be  able 
With  this  mirror  from  the  class, 
To  powder  her  face  in  the  future 
As  religiously  as  in  the  past. 

Our  gift  for  Freddy  Harrington 
Is  this  cuning  little  dolly. 
He  should  keep  it  in  his  presence 
So  his  shyness  will  not  be  folly. 

This  file  is  big  enough,  Ann, 
To  hold  papers  as  high  as  a  hill. 
Keep  track  of  all  the  things  you  did 
And  send  the  teachers  a  bill, 

A  fire-cracker  ....  Oh !  Boy ! 
It's  for  Clinton,  I'm  pretty  sure. 
We  hope  you  have  enough  energy 
To  light  it  for  your  cure. 

Barbara  has  a  meek  little  voice 
You  can  hardly  hear  her  speak. 
So  when  she  comes  to  say  "I  do," 
ihis  megaphone  she  may  seek. 

Bradford  wants  to  fly  a  plane. 
So  this  is  just  the  thing 
To  inspire  his  future  as  a  pilot, 
And  someday  he'll  have  wings. 


This  jump  rope  is  for  Nancy 
10  use  both  spring  and  fall. 
We  hope  that  this  will  help  her 
Lose  the  name  of  "Butter-ball." 


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Here's  a  Webster  Dictionary 
Which  I  am  pleased  to  give  to  Larry. 
His  spelling  is  most  extraordinary, 
So  this  book  we  hope  he'll  carry. 


Here's  to  Edith  Peterson, 
The  prettiest  in  the  class, 
A  tube  of  Hinds  all  beauty  cream 
So  that  her  looks  may  last. 


To  our  classmate  Kendall  Blanchard 
Is  this  book  of  brand  new  jokes. 
I  hope  that  he  will  read  it  through 
'Cause  his  old  ones  make  us  choke! 


This  "Fountain  of  Youth  Solution" 
Is  for  Evelyn  Edwards,  of  course, 
Because  she  wants  to  live  to  see 
The  year  2,000  come  forth. 


Winnie  has  such  big  brown  eyes 
He  certainly  ought  to  show  them. 
These  glasses  will  act  their  frame, 
I  hope  that  they  will  suit  him ! 


Earla  likes  to  dance  a  lot 
And  hops  to  all  the  tunes. 
So  here's  a  dandy  musical  top 
To  practice  with  till  noon. 


Dickie  Prince  has  always  learned 
His  work  to  the  last  detail. 
We  give  him  this  releaving  aid — 
A  drink  of  ginger  ale. 


Frances  is  so  very  tall 

We  hope  she  grows  no  taller 

So  put  this  brick  upon  your  head 

And  perhaps  you  might  grow  smaller. 


Tommy  is  always  rocking 
In  a  chair  that's  not  a  rocker. 
But  here's  a  chair  for  Tommy 
That  really  is  a  corker ! 


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Some  Carter's  Little  Liver  Pills 
Will  do  Irvina  good, 
She  is  so  tempermental 
And  attains  a  fighting  mood. 


Malcolm's  such  an  artist 
At  making  alibis. 
This  book  will  surely  help  him 
To  eliminate  some  lies. 


Doris  is  always  saying  "I  forgot," 
In  answer  to  this  and  that. 
So  here's  a  little  memo  book 
To  help  her  get  things  down  pat. 


This  ribbon  is  for  Horace, 
The  colors  are  pink  and  blue. 
To  decorate  his  cow-lick ! 
It  will  be  becoming  to  you. 


Martha  has  so  many  freckles 
Upon  her  smiling  face, 
We  give  her  this  tube  of  cream 
To  help  those  freckles  erase. 


Doris  Prince  and  Clarence  Walker 


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^.  CHAMPIONS  °L 

SOUTH  SHORE  LEAGUE 
BOYS  BASKETBALL 

t  a  ■  1941^'      .#l  **. 


JUNIORS 

First  Row:  Gladys  Black,  Dorothy  Eldridge,  Eleanor  Raymond,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Harriet 

McNeil,  Letitia  Le  Cain,  Mona  Scholpp. 
Second  Row:  Marshall  Freeman,  Robert  Herdman,  George  Teravainen,  Robert  Bunten, 

Lawience  Marshall,  Melville  Holmes,  Irving  Whitney. 
Third  R„w:  Zu.mira  ^ernan^es,  Betty  Green,  oylv.a  O'Neil,  Eleanor  Field,  Helen  Taylor, 

John  Alden. 
Fourth  Row:  Lloyd  Blanchard. 


JUNIORS 

The  officers  of  the  Junior  Class  were  as  follows:  President,  Phoebe 
Shirley;  Vice  President  Harriet  McNeil;  Secretary,  Letitia  LeCain ;  Treas- 
urer, Eleanor  Raymond ;  Council  Members,  George  Teravainen  and  Phoebe 
Shirley;  Historian,  Dorothy  Eldridge. 

This  year  six  members,  Stuart  Lagergren,  Daniel  Winsor,  Rose  Bur- 
dick,  Laurel  Cahoon,  Marguerite  Chandler,  and  Norma  Gates  left.  The  two 
new  members  who  joined  the  class  were  Melville  Holmes  and  Eleanor  Field. 

The  Juniors  proved  themselves  worthy  citizens  by  unusual  participa- 
tion in  school  activities.  Those  who  participated  in  sports  were :  Baseball — 
Lloyd  Blanchard,  Robert  Bunten,  and  George  Teravainen.  The  scorer  and 
manager  was  Marshall  Freeman.  Boys'  Basketball — George  Teravainen, 
Robert  Bunten,  and  Melville  Holmes.  The  timer  and  assistant  manager  was 
Marshal;  Freeman.  Girls'  Basketball — Letitia  LeCain,  Betty  Green,  Gladys 
Black,  Sylvia  O'Neil,  and  Phoebe  Shirley.  The  assistant  manager  and  timer 
was  Dorothy  Eldridge. 

The  Juniors  were  well  represented  on  the  Partridge  Staff  by  Harriet 
McNeil,  Dorothy  Eldridge,  G.adys  Black,  Robert  Bunten,  Phoebe  Shirley, 
Mona  Scholpp,  Betty  Green,  and  Lawrence  Marshall. 

The  Junior  dance,  held  on  November  8,  1940,  was  successful. 

The  students  on  the  Honor  Roll  were  Phoebe  Shirley  4,  Eleanor  Field  3, 
Helen  Taylor  3,  Robert  Bunten  3,  Harriet  McNeil  1,  Mona  Scholpp  1,  and 
Dorothy  Eldridge  1. 


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SOPHOMORE   CLASS  /  I 
First  Row:  Marie  Reed,  Lucille  Short,  BeUy-bee  Peterson,  Dana  Davis,  Virginia  Hurd, 

Arthur  Edwards,  Miriam  Arnold,  Constance  Lovell. 
Second  Row:  June  Barclay,  Phillip  Mobbs,  John  Holmes,  Melville  Sinnott,  Charles  Olsen, 

Robert  Peterson,  Jane  Peterson. 
Third  Row:  John  Williams,  Robert  Short,  Willard  Putnam,  Milton  Ellis,  Winslow  Hag- 

mnn    Arthur  C  rnwell. 
Fourth  Row:  Gcrdon  Hubbard,  Richard  Ford. 


SOPHOMORES 

The  following  class  officers  served  throughout  the  year:  President, 
Dana  Davis;  Vice-President,  Eetty-Lee  Peterson;  Treasurer,  Arthur 
Edwarus;  Secretary,  Virginia  Hurd.  Milton  Eilis  and  Betty-Lee  Peterson 
were  Council  Members. 

The  Sophomores  were  represented  on  the  Partridge  by  Arthur 
Edwards,  Robert  Peterson,  and  Betty-Lee  Peterson. 

/  gj  si  -  iii  n.,  larciCi  :  tea  m  s  oris:  Boys  bi  skethal! ;  Robert  Peter- 
son. Dana  Davis,  Philip  Mobbs,  Milton  ELis,  Arthur  Edwards,  Richard 
Ford,  Melvil.e  Sinnott,  and  Arthur  Cornwell.  Girls'  basketball;  Constance 
Lovell,  Miriam  Arnold  and  Jane  Peterson.  Baseball ;  Robert  Peterson, 
Dana  Davis,  Philip  Mobbs,  Milton  ELis,  Melville  Sinnott,  Arthur  Edwards, 
Richard  Ford,  and  Arthur  Cornwell. 

Dana  Davis  and  John  Holmes  joined  the  Sophomore  class  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  year. 

Winslow  Hagman  left  the  class  near  the  end  of  the  year. 

The  sophomores  held  a  Nautical  Dance  on  March  28,  1941.  Joe  Pioppi 
furnished  the  music. 

Those  who  have  been  on  the  Honor  Roll  are:  Miriam  Arnold  2,  June 
Barciay  1,  Dana  Davis  4,  Virginia  Hurd  3,  Constance  Lovell  3,  Betty-Lee 
Peterson  1,  Robert  Peterson  2,  and  Willard  Putnam  1. 


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FRESHMAN  CLASS 
First  Row:  Vera  Randall,  Phyllis  Mosher,  Frank  Davis,  Mae  Barclay,  Roy  Scholpp,  Ann 
Harvey. 

Second  Row:  Frank  Phillips.  Cecelia  Bulu,  Eva  Taylor,  Justine  Delano,  Phyllis  Lovell, 

Vera  Peterson,  Lawrence  McAuliffe. 
Third  Row:  Stanley  Nightingale,  William  Eldridge,  Alice  Caron,  Virginia  Merry,  Gordon 

Cornwell. 

Fourth  Row:  Worcester  Westervelt,  William  Murphy,  Norman  Schaffer. 


FRESHMEN 

The  following  class  officers  served  throughout  the  year:  President, 
Mae  Barclay;  Vice-President,  Frank  Davis;  Secretary,  Phyllis  Mosher; 
'ireasur3r.  Roy  Scholpp.  The  Council  Members  were  Mae  Barclay  and 
Raymond  Randall. 

The  freshmen  who  went  out  for  the  basketball  teams  were:  Boys; 
Gordon  Cornwell,  William  E.dridge,  William  Murphy,  and  Stanley  Night- 
ingale. Girls;  Phyllis  Lovell,  Phy.lis  Mosher,  and  Eva  Taylor.  Although 
none  received  letters,  they  made  it  possible  for  the  first  teams  to  have  good 
practices. 

High  school  work  proved  a  little  too  difficu.t  for  the  newcomers  this 
year.  Only  two  attained  the  Honor  Roll.  They  were :  Mae  Barclay  4 ;  Ann 
Harvey  3. 

The  Freshman  Dance  was  held  on  May  9.  The  music  was  furnished  by 
Louis  Liovanetti  and  his  orchestra. 


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EIGHTH  GRADF 

First  Row:  Donald  Washburn,  Rcbsrt  White,  Sarah  Black,  Stella  Baker,  Dorothy  Black, 

William  Soule,  William  Mosher. 
Second  Row:  John  Randall,  Raymond  Caron,  George  Damon,  Dorothy  Randall,  Clara 

Morton,  Robert  Chandler,  Lawrence  Loveii. 
Third  Row:  Louis  Randall,  Jan.ce  Dyer,  Be.tv  O'Neil,  Marie  Short.  John  Friend. 
Founh  R./w:  James  Mobbs,  Richard  Fumani,  John  Mon.erio,  Richard  Olsen. 


EIGHTH  GRADE 

The  eighth  grade  officers  for  the  year  were :  President,  Betty  Muirhead ; 
Vice-President,  Janice  Dyer;  Secretary.  William  Mosher;  Treasurer,  Stella 
Baker.  The  Council  Members  were  Marie  Short  and  Lewis  Randall. 

The  girls  who  played  basketball  were :  Dorothy  Randall,  and  Stella 
Baker.  The  boys  who  played  both  basketball  and  baseball  were:  William 
Mosher,  Robert  White,  Lewis  Randall,  Robert  Chandler,  Richard  Wash- 
burn, John  Monterio,  and  Lawrence  Lovell. 

The  seventh  and  eighth  grades  presented  an  assembly  program, 
HIAWATHA.  They  held  a  class  party  on  February  14.  William  Mosher 
won  first  prize  and  Betty  O'Neil  and  Clara  Morton  won  second  prize  in  a 
public  speaking  contest  held  bfctv.  ccn  the  eighth  and  ninth  grades. 

Those  on  the  honor  roll  for  the  first  four  marking  periods  were :  Betty 
Muirhead  3,  Marie  Short  4,  Lewis  Randall  1. 


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SEVENTH  GRADE 

First  Row:  Elizabeth  Mosher,  Ann  Peterson,  Jean  Barclay,  Alfred  Marshall,  Irene 

Damon,  Amancio  Fernandes,  Donald  Washburn,  Frances  Walker. 
Second  Row:  Philip  Delano,  Henry  Hurd,  Robert  Randall,  Nancy  Baker,  Sarah  Bennett, 

Shirley  Hughes,  Willard  Barclay,  George  Taylor,  Richard  La  es 
Third  Row:  Marcia  Eckersley,  Lena  Parkman,  Virginia  Glass,  Lillian  Randall,  Elizabeth 

Schaffer,  Patricia  Murphy,  Theresa   Sheehan,  Josephine   Peterson,   Leona  Pierce, 

Virginia  Murphy. 
Fourth  Row:  Lawrence  Holmes,  William  Hagman,  Robert  Byrne. 
Absent :  Harriet  Scott. 


SEVENTH  GRADE 

The  class  of  1946  had  for  its  class  officers  the  following:  President, 
Irene  Damon;  Vice  President,  Alfred  Marshall;  Secretary,  Jean  Barclay; 
Treasurer,  Amancio  Fernandes;  Council  Members,  Ann  Peterson  and 
Donald  Washburn. 

In  September  the  class  had  an  enrollment  of  thirty-three.  After  three 
days  Theresa  Sheehan  entered.  During  the  month  of  February,  Mabel 
Uhlman  moved  to  Whitman.  William  Hagman  also  moved  away  to  King- 
ston with  his  family  on  the  first  day  of  April. 

Those  pupils  who  were  on  the  Honor  Roll  for  the  first  four  marking 
periods  were:  Irene  Damon  4,  Marcia  Eckersley  4,  Jean  Barclay  4,  Eliza- 
beth Schaffer  3,  Nancy  Baker  3,  Donald  Washburn  3,  Philip  Delano  2,  Ann 
Peterson  1,  Shirley  Hughes  1,  Amancio  Fernandes  1. 

Both  the  boys  and  the  girls  of  the  Seventh  Grade  participated  in  basket- 
ball, baseball,  and  a  musical  program  held  for  the  Parent  Teachers'  Associ- 
ation. They  also  sang  at  the  Unitarian  Church  on  Memorial  Day.  On  Febru- 
ary twentieth  the  Seventh  and  Eighth  Grades  presented  the  cantata, 
"Hiawatha"  as  an  assembly  program. 


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SIXTH  GRADE 

First  Row:  Marion  Peterson,  Evelin  Starkweather,  Stuart  Lovell,  Dorothy  Santheson, 
Esther  Monterio,  Doris  Parkman,  Helen  Parkman,  Carlton  Torrey,  Mildred  Torrey. 

Second  Row:  Norman  White,  Elsie  Ha'ller,  Constance  Hagman,  Nancy  Soule,  Retina 
Peterson,  Gertrude  Phillips,  Barbara  Eldridge,  Lydia  Lund,  Faith  Bolton,  Nathaniel 
Thayer. 

Third  Row:  Bernard  Mullaney,  Howard  Blanchard,  Robert  Merry,  Arthur  Grace,  Leroy 

Randall,  Marilyn  Bolton,  Barbara  King,  Frances  Bulu. 
Fourth  Row:  Beatrice  Alden,  Genevieve  Mendes,  George  Nathan,  Guild  Rosengren, 

Robert  Green,  Elizabeth  Glass. 


SIXTH  GRADE 

The  following  class  officers  served  for  this  year:  President,  Faith  Bol- 
ton; Vice-President.  Guild  Rosengren;  Secretary,  Helen  Parkman;  Treas- 
urer, Lydia  Lund. 

The  membership  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  was  thirty-five.  Robert 
Gessner,  Frances  Ivanoff,  Arthur  Grace,  and  Constance  Hagman  left  dur- 
ing the  year. 

Programs  broadcast  by  the  "American  School  of  the  Air"  were  greatly 
enjoyed  throughout  the  year.  They  consisted  of  plays  and  stories  about 
geography,  history,  literature,  and  music. 

An  assembly  program  of  stories  and  selections  from  four  famous 
operas,  "Tannhauser,"  "Hansel  and  Gretel,"  "Faust,"  and  "Tales  of  Hoff- 
man" was  presented  in  April. 

A  frieze  "Medieval  Days"  was  drawn  and  colored. 

The  Honor  Roll  was  as  follows:  Guild  Rosengren  4,  Faith  Bolton  4, 
Bernard  Mullaney  2,  Lydia  Lund  3,  George  Nathan  3,  Nathaniel  Thayer  2. 


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FIFTH  GRADE 

First  Row:  Philip  Randall,  Patricia  Loring,  Robert  Wager,  Elaine  Randall,  Florence 

Taylor,  Robert  Santheson,  Richard  Schaffer,  Heien  Randall 
Second  Row:  Robert  Russell,  Russell  ShiVey,  Everett  Dunn,  Isabel  Friend,  Roberta 

White,  Charles  Collingwood,  Frank  Pratt. 
Third  Row:  Edwin  Baker,  John  Harve^.  Arlene  Torrey,  John  Shea,  Dorothy  Dobson. 
Back  Row:  Frank  Perry,  Walter  Churchill,  Avery  Lcvell,  Winston  Bolton. 


FIFTH  GRADE 

The  class  officers  of  the  fifth  grade  were :  President,  Robert  Wager  and 
John  Harvey;  Vice  President,  Helen  Randall;  Secretary,  Patricia  Loring; 
Treasurer.  Florence  Taylor;  Council  Members,  Robert  Santheson  and 
Richard  Schaffer. 

The  class  presented  an  assembly  program  in  March  called  "Story  Book 
Pals".  Each  member  in  the  class  represented  a  character  from  a  famous 
book.  Robert  Wager  had  charge  of  the  morning  exercises. 

One  afternoon  the  parents  were  invited  to  come  to  see  some  of  the 
children's  work.  An  illustrated  lecture  wr  s  given  by  ui3  children  who  used 
lantern  slides,  which  were  painted  by  them. 

The  Honor  Roll  pupils  for  the  first  five  marking  periods  were  as  fol- 
lows :  Patricia  Loring  5,  Frank  Pratt  1,  John  Harvey  3,  Richard  Schaffer  2. 


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OPPORTUNITY  CLASS 
First  Row:  Caesar  Monterio,  Frances  Hall,  James  Andrews,  Eden  Peterson,  Russell 

Mendes,  Stanley  Glover,  Claience  Parkman. 
Second  Row:  Edmond  Peterson,  Raymond  Monterio,  Manuel  Grace,  Alfred  Fontes,  George 

Santos,  Antcnio  Fernandes,  Lawrence  Baibosa. 
Third  Row:  Mr.  Robert  Girardin. 


OPPORTUNITY  CLASS 

This  year  the  Opportunity  Class  has  progressed  ecnsi'er&LIy,  rnd  i!;s 
members  have  done  a  number  of  good  deeds  around  the  school. 

Those  pupils  who  have  done  very  commendab  e  work  are  Alfred  FcnLes, 
Raymonu  Mcntcrio,  Clarence  Pr.rkmr.n,  and  James  Andrews. 

During  the  year  about  thirty-five  birdhouses  were  built  and  many  of 
them  have  been  put  up.  The  caning  of  chairs  was  taken  up. 

The  boys  have  done  all  their  own  janitor  work  and  have  kept  their  room 
in  perfect  order.  They  have  a. so  kept  the  school  grounds  looking  very  neat. 

The  class  has  done  very  good  work  in  resurfacing  the  Junior  High 
School  baseball  diamond,  a  job  which  will  be  continued  next  fall. 


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THE  GOLDEN  KEY 

F?r?t  "ow:  Phoebe  Shirley,  Ann  Peterson 
Serond  Rcw:  Arlhur  Verge,  Robert  Bunten 


ORDER  OF  THE  GOLDEN  KEY 

On  November  5,  1940,  the  four  charter  members  of  the  Order  of  the 
Golden  Key  were  chosen.  They  were  Robert  Bunten,  Ann  Peterson,  Phoebe 
Shirley,  and  Arthur  Verge. 

The  duties  of  the  Golden  Key  members  are  to  suggest  programmes, 
supervise  auditorium  activities,  and  in  general,  to  work  for  the  benefit  of 
the  school. 

Candidates  for  the  order  are  rated  according  to  their  character,  school 
spirit,  leadership  ability,  scholarship,  and  all-round  school  citizenship. 


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STUDENT  COUNCIL 
First  Row:  Raymond  Monterio,  Dorothy  Santheson,  Ann  Peterson,  George  Teravainen, 

Arthur  Verge,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Donald  Washburn,  Lewis  Randall. 
Second  Row:  Miss  Ellen  Downey,  Betty-Lee  Peterson,  Robert  Santheson,  Mae  Barclay, 

Lydia  Lund,  Marie  Short,  Richard  Schaffer,  Ann  Peterson,  Norma  MacKenney,  Doris 

Pr'n^e. 

Third  Row:  Frederick  Harrington,  Robert  Bunten,  Milton  Ellis,  Raymond  Randall. 
Fourth  Row:  Mr.  LeRoy  MacKenney,  Alfred  Fontes,  Mr.  Ralph  Blakeman. 


THE  STUDENT  COUNCIL 

The  officers  of  the  student  council  were  as  follows :  President,  Ann 

Peterson;  Vice-President,  George  Teravainen;  Secretary,  Phoebe  Shirley; 
Tre^  'rer  Arthur  Verge. 

The  Student  Council  gave  a  successful  Lobster  Supper  in  October  and 
a  Bean  Supper  at  the  Town  Meeting  in  March. 

Since  this  year  was  the  one-hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
student  government  in  Duxbury,  the  Council  voted  to  purchase  a  plaque 
commemorating  this  event.  The  plaque  of  the  small  Point  School,  where 
student  government  was  formed,  was  designed  by  Frances  Burns. 

The  Duxbury  Student  Council  is  one  of  eight  schools  in  the  South  Shore 
Student  Conference  Group.  These  conferences,  held  once  a  month,  are  de- 
voted to  a  discussion  on  problems  of  the  schools.  Possible  methods  of  solv- 
ing the  problems  are  given.  The  three  delegates  from  Duxbury  were  Doris 
Prince  Ann  Peterson,  and  Phoebe  Shirley. 

Ann  Peterson,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Robert  Bunten,  and  Arthur  Verge  were 
elected  to  be  the  charter  members  of  the  new  honor  society,  the  Order  of  the 
Golden  Key. 

The  student  council  is  also  the  Athletic  Association  and  awards  letters 
to  the  players.  Since  the  boys  won  the  championship,  a  banner  was  pre- 
sented to  them  signifying  the  award. 


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BOYS'  BASKETBALL 

First  Row:  Marshall  Freeman,  Assistant-Manager;  Clinton  Sampson,  Manager;  Melville 
Sinnott,  Assistant-Manager. 

Second  Row:  Stanley  Nightingale,  Gordon  Cornwell,  Dana  Davis,  William  Eldridge, 
Arthur  Cornwell,  William  Murphy,  Arthur  Edwards,  Richard  Ford,  Phillip  Mobbs, 
Robert  Peterson.  Melville  Holmes,  Malcolm  Mosher,  Milton  Ellis,  John  Holmes,  Arthur 
Verge,  George  Teravainen,  Robert  Bunten,  Coach  Ralph  Blakeman. 


BOYS'  BASKETBALL 

The  boys'  basketball  team  enjoyed  a  very  successful  season  winning  11 
of  its  12  league  gam?s.  j.hey  lost  enj  gt.me  to  Hanover  but  recovered  tho 
championship  from  them. 

The  players  and  fans  bcth  showed  much  enthusiasm,  with  two  buses 
going  to  most  of  the  games. 

Graduation  claims  Malcolm  Mosher  and  Arthur  Verge,  who  were  this 
years  Co-captains  and  regulars. 

The  final  scores  for  the  season  are  as  follows :  Duxburv  defeated  Stet- 
son 28—25,  Alumni  48—27,  Pembroke  ^5— 16  Marshfield  44—15,  Norwell 
56—23,  Kingston  45—28,  Marshfield  29—25,  Hanover  33—25,  Norwell 
39—21.  Scituate  30—28,  Kingston  55—24,  Pembroke  44—37,  Scituats 
39 — 37,  and  Avon  69 — 40.  Duxbury  was  defeated  by  Hanover  31 — 21, 
Avon  42—37,  Stetson  27—26,  Thayer  59—25,  and  Plymouth  60—40. 


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CTRLS'  BASKETBALL 
Miss  Ruth  Manter,  Martha  Nickerson,  Miriam  Aino.d,  Belt.   Green,  Deris  Prince, 
Letitia  LeCain,  Constance  Lovell,  Edith  Peterson,  Irvina  Jones,  Earla  Chandler,  Jane 
Peterson,  Phyllis  Lovell,  Eva  Taylor,  Gladys  Black,  Phyllis  Mosher,  Dorothy  Eldridge. 


GIRLS'  3 ASK ET ALL 

The  Duxbury  High  School  Girls'  Basketball  team  placed  second  in  the 
South  Shore  League,  first  place  honors  going  to  Kingston  and  Norwell. 

The  girls  had  for  their  first  team :  Edith  Peterson,  Doris  Prince,  Earla 
Chandler,  Betty  Green,  Letitia  LeCain,  Irvina  Jones,  and  Miriam  Arnold. 

The  most  exciting  games  were  those  with  Kingston  and  Norwell.  Ex- 
citement was  the  highest  when  Duxbury  played  the  deciding  game  with 
Scituate  and  lost  by  a  score  of  13 — 12.  The  score  was  the  same  as  last  year's 
exciting  game  with  Marshfield. 

Edith  Peterson,  Irvina  Jones,  Doris  Prince,  and  Earla  Chandler  will 
be  among  the  missing  next  year,  but  Betty  Green,  Letitia  LeCain,  and  Mir- 
iam Arnold  will  be  present  to  carry  on. 

The  final  scores  for  the  season  are  as  follows : 

D.  H.  S.  defeated:  Randolph  27—25,  Pembroke  24—20,  Hanover 
38—17,  Marshfield  21—16,  Kingston  24—23,  Marshfield  14—11,  Hanover 
21—11,  Scituate  22—12,  and  Pembroke  18—14. 

D.  H.  S.  was  defeated  by:  Avon  19—17,  Randolph  28—16,  Norwell 
26—21,  Kingston  14—13,  Norwell  17—16,  Scituate  13—12,  and  Avon 
19—13. 


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BOYS'  BASEBALL 

First  Rcw:  Richard  Prince,  Clarence  Walker,  Kendall  Blanchard,  John  Harvey,  Arthur 

Verge,  Milton  Ellis,  Winthrop  Hagman 
Second  Row  :  Arthur  Edwards,  L.oyd  Blanchard,  Malcolm  Mosher,  Arthur  Cornwell, 

Dana  Davis.  Robert  Peterson,  Marshall  Freeman. 
Third  Row:    John  Holmes,  Melville  Sinnott,  Robert  Bunten,  Lawrence  Raymond,  George 

Terava.nen,  Richard  Ford,  Coach  Ralph  Blakeman. 


BOYS'  BASEBALL 

This  season  there  was  a  large  turn-out  for  baseball.  The  positions  were 
assigned  as  follows :  Pitchers — Clarence  Walker,  George  Teravainen ; 
Catchers — Arthur  Verge,  Kendall  Blanchard;  1st  base,  Richard  Prince; 
2nd  base,  Arthur  Cornwell;  Short-stop,  Malcolm  Mosher;  3rd  base,  Lloyd 
Blanchard ;  Outfielders,  Robert  Bunten,  Robert  Peterson,  Melville  Sinnott, 
Richard  Ford,  Dana  Davis,  and  Arthur  Edwards;  Manager  and  Scorer, 
Marshall  Freeman. 

The  baseball  schedule  for  the  1941  season  was  as  follows: 

April  29      ......  Norwell  here 

May  5        .......        At  Kingston 

May  9        ......  Scituate  here 

May  16     ......  Pembroke  here 

May  23  At  Hanover 

May  27  Marshfield  here 

June  3        .......        At  Cohasset 

At  the  time  of  going  to  press,  the  team  had  won  its  first  two  League 
games. 


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PARTRIDGE  STAFF 
First  Row:  Mona  Scholpp,  Robert  Peterson,  Barbara  Morton,  Harriet  McNeil,  Ann 

Peterson,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Earla  Chandler,  Arthur  Edwards. 
Second  Row:  Mr.  Kenneth  Macomber,  Betty-Lee  Peterson,  Norma  MacKenney,  Martha 
Nickerson,  Irvina  Jones,  Frances  Burns,  Edith  Peterson,  Doris  Prince,  Melville 
Sinnott,  Mr  A.  Kempton  Smith. 
Third  Row:  Gladys  Black,  Dorothy  Eldridge,  Frederic  Harrington,  Robert  Buntem* 
Lawrence  Marshall,  Betty  Green. 


THE  PARTRIDGE 

The  Partridge  this  year  was  published  eight  times  with  a  supplemen- 
tary issue  of  a  magazine. 

It  was  financed  by  a  magazine  drive,  a  blotter  drive,  and  a  Memory 
Book. 

Delegates  went  to  the  conventions  of  the  Southeastern  Massachusetts 
League  of  School  Publications  held  in  Milton,  Abington,  and  Attleboro.  The 
fourth  convention  was  held  in  Duxbury.  From  Duxbury  the  officers  of  the 
League  are:  Robert  Bunten,  Vice-President;  Irvina  Jones,  Corresponding 
Secretary ;  and  Mr.  Kempton  Smith,  our  faculty  adviser,  Chairman  of  Ad- 
visory Board. 

The  staff  has  tried  a  new  arrangement  in  this  year's  Commencement 
Issue  of  the  Partridge  with  more  and  better  pictures. 


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ORCHESTRA 

Frederic  Harrington,  Melville  Sinnott,  Virginia  Merry,  Miss  Ruth  Manter,  Frances 
Burns,  Norma  MacKenney,  Dana  Davis,  Robert  Green,  Robert  Bunten,  John  Alden,  and 
Robert  Peterson. 


ORCHESTRA 

The  Orchestra  has  played  many  new  pieces  under  the  supervision  of 
Miss  Ruth  Manter. 

The  Orchestra  played  the  following  selections  at  the  Senior  Class  Play, 
"Nothing  But  The  Truth,"  which  was  presented  on  December  6,  1940. 

1.  Benjamin  Franklin  March        ....  Underwood 

2.  Echoes  From  Grand  Opera        ....  Herfurth 

3.  School  Cadets     .......  Raymond 

4.  Festival  March     ......  Mendelssohn 

The  annual  concert  given  by  the  Orchestra  was  held  May  15th  in  the 

High  School  Auditorium  at  a  P.  T.  A.  Meeting.  The  selections  which  were 
played  are  as  follows : 

1.  March  of  the  Lilliputians       .....  Poldini 

2.  Festival  March      ......  Mendelssohn 

3.  Spirit  of  Youth  Sordillo 

4.  Consecration        .......  Beta 

5.  Echoes  from  Grand  Opera         ....  Herfurth 

6.  No.  1  Prelude  Chopin 

7.  No.  3  Waltz  in  A        .        .        .        .        .        .  Brahms 

8.  No.  8  Prelude  Chopin 


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SENIOR  CLASS  PLAY 
Front  Row:  Martha  Nickerson,  Norma  MacKenney,  Richard  Prince,  Miss  Nancy  Horton, 
Coach,  Doris  Prince. 

Back  Row:  Nancy  O'Neil,  Arthur  Bradford,  Clarence  Walker,  Frederick  Harrington, 
Irvina  Jones,  Kendall  Blanchard,  Earla  Chandler. 


SENIOR  CLASS  PLAY 

The  comedy  "Nothing  But  The  Truth"  was  presented  on  Friday, 
December  6,  1940.  This  p.ay  told  of  the  troubles  a  young  man  can  get  into 
when  he  has  promised  to  tell  "nothing  but  the  truth."  These  ridiculous 
situations  were  enacted  effectively  by  the  following  cast :  Richard  Prince 
as  Bob,  Norma  MacKenney  as  Given,  Bob's  fiancee,  Martha  Nickerson  as 
Ethel,  a  silly  young  girl,  Doris  Prince  and  Nancy  O'Neil  as  Sabel  and  Mabel 
respectively,  two  modern  young  women,  Arthur  Bradford  and  Irvina  Jones 
as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralston,  Frederick  Harrington  as  a  fussy  bishop,  Kendall 
Blanchard  as  Dick,  and  Earla  Chandler  as  a  maid.  Miss  Nancy  Horton 
served  as  their  efficient  manager. 

The  play  committees  were  managed  by  the  following :  Frances  Burns, 
tickets;  Edith  1  eterr.cn,  publicity,  suvertis  n^,  und  canuy;  Arthur  Verge 
and  Malcolm  Mosher,  properties;  Lawrence  Raymond  and  Winthrop  Hag- 
man,  programs ;  Clinton  Sampson  and  Thomas  Taylor  served  as  ushers ; 
and  Ann  Peterson  as  business  manager. 


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THE  TAPPING  TEN 

Barbara  Morton,  Eleanor  Raymond,  Doris  Prince,  Norma  MacKenney,  Ann  Peterson, 
Sylvia  O'Neil,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Betty  Green,  Jane  Peterson,  Miriam  Arnold. 


THE  TAPPIMG  TEN 

"The  Tapping  Ten"  became  know  in  1937.  The  girls  who  made  up  the 
group  four  years  ago  ha\ e  been  graduated  rnd  are  replac3d  bv  the  girls 
pictured  here.  The  group  has  been  a  specialty  of  every  P.  T.  A.  Minstrel 
Show.  At  the  S.  M.  L.  S.  P.  Convention  held  at  Duxbury  on  May  21,  the 
1941  dancing  team  climaxed  a  very  successful  season. 

Mrs.  Richard  Crocker  has  coachea  them  so  wj  1  that  chey  have  become 
very  well  known. 


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Northeastern  University 


College  of  Engineering 

Offers  for  young  men  curricula  in  Civil, 
Mechanical  (with  Diesel,  Air-Conditioning, 
and  Aeronautical  options),  Electrical,  Chem- 
ical, Industrial  Engineering,  and  Engineer- 
ing Administration.  Classroom  study  is  sup- 
plemented by  experiment  and  research  in 
well-equipped  laboratories.  Degree:  Bachelor 
of  Sc.ence  in  the  professional  field  of  special- 
ization. 


College  of  Liberal  Arts 

Jffers  f.  r  young  men  a  broad  program  of 
o..ege  ~ub,ects  serving  as  a  foundation  for 
the  understanding  of  modern  culture,  social 
.ciations,  and  technical  achievement.  Stu- 
jeius  n.ay  concentrate  in  any  of  the  follow- 
.ng  rie.ds:  B.ology,  Chemistry,  Economics- 
Soc.oxogy,  j_ngiish  (including  an  option  in 
juurna.um),  and  Mathematics-Physics.  Va- 
ried opportunities  available  for  vocational 
special. zauon.  Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 
01  ^a^..«..or  ut  Arts. 

College  of  Business  Administration 

Offers  for  young  men  six  curricula:  Accounting,  Banking  and  Finance, 
Marketing  and  Advertising,  Journalism,  Public  Administration,  and  In- 
dustrial administration.  Each  curriculum  provides  a  sound  training  in 
tne  fundamentals  of  business  practice  and  culminates  in  special  courses 
i  evott..  to  the  various  professional  fields.   Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 
in  Business  Administration. 
Sth  ol  of  Law 
Offers  three-  ear  day  and  four-year  even- 
ng  und>.rgiaduate  programs  leading  to  the 
degree  cf  Bachelor  of  Laws.  A  minimum  of 
tv.  o  years  of  college  work,  or  its  full  equiv- 
a.en..  lequireo  lor  admission  to  undergradu- 
ate programs.  Case  method  of  instruction, 
he  bch^ol  also  offers  a  two-year  evening 
i  gi-ai.i  u.  tn  lO  graduates  of  approved  law 
hu.  is  and  leading  to  the  decree  of  Master 
ui  ^awi.  Undergraduate  and  graduate  pro- 
arran:s  admit  men  and  women. 


School  of  Business 

Offers  curricula  through  evening  classes  in 
Accounting,  Industrial  Management,  Dis- 
tributive Management,  and  Engineering  and 
Business,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Business  Administration  in  specified 
fie'ds.  Preparation  for  C.  P.  A.  Examina- 
tions. A  special  four-year  curriculum  in  Law 
and  Business  Management  leading  to  the 
Bachelor  of  Commercial  Science  degree  with 
appropriate  specifications  is  also  offered. 
Shelter  programs  may  be  arranged.  Co-edu- 


'  ational. 

Evening  Courses  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts 

Certain  courses  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  are  offered  during  evening 
hour.3  au^ru.ng  concentration  in  Economics,  English,  History  and  Govern- 
ment or  Sociai  Science.  A  special  program  preparing  for  admission  to 
1he  School  of  Law  is  also  available  The  program  is  equivalent  in  hours 
to  one-half  the  requirement  for  the  A.B.  or  S.B.  degree.  Associate  in 
ixits  title  conferred.  Co-educational. 

Co-operative  Plan 

The  Colleges  of  Liberal  Arts,  Engineering  and  Business  Administration  offer  day  programs 
for  men  only,  and  are  conducted  on  the  co-operative  plan.  After  the  freshman  year,  students 
may  alternate  their  periods  of  study  with  periods  of  work  in  the  employ  of  business  or  in- 
cus.rlal  concerns  at  ten-week  intervals.  Under  this  plan  they  gain  valuable  experience  and 
earn  a  large  part  of  their  college  expenses. 


FOR  CATALOG 


MAIL  THIS  COUPON  AT  ONCE 


NORTHEASTERN  UNIVERSITY 
Director  of  Admissions 
Boston,  Massachusetts 

Please  send  me  a  catalog  of  the 
|   |  College  of  Liberal  Arts 

|   |  College  of  Engineering 

|  |  College  of  Business  Administration 


|   |  School  of  Law 

□  Evening  School  of  Business 

□  Day  Pre-Legal  Program 

□  Evening— College  of  Liberal  Arts 


Name 


Address 

C-113 


Compliments  of 


Compliments  of 


FRIEND 


FRIEND 


ERNEST  BOTIERI,  Jeweler 

Agent  for 
HAMILTON,  WALTHAM  and 
ELGIN  WATCHES 
TELECHRON  CLOCKS 
290A  Court  St.   Tel.  1167-W   No.  Plymouth 


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BURDETT 
COLLEGE 


WL 


One-  and  two-year  courses.  Well- 
qualified  faculty.  Extra-curricula 

activities.  Day  and  Evening  classes. 
Previous  commercial  training  not  re- 
cuired.  Courses  meet  the  needs  of 
business  and  government.  Calls 
for  graduate  exceed  the  supply. 
Catalogue  contains  full  information. 


BUSINESS  TRAINING  SINCE  1879 

BURDETT  COLLEGE 

T.::phon«  HANcock  6300 


S  h      <.  T  U  «.  R  1  STRFFT 


ere  THE  TRAINING  MEETS  THE 
NEEDS  OF  THE  TIME 

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for  tke  jut i 


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ture  opportunity 


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i 
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I  RAY  A.  STEARNS,  Agent 

|  Insurance  of  Every  Description 

I       St.  George  Street  Telephone  3  Duxbury,  Mass. 

i 
i 

j 

i 
i 

'  Congratulations  to  the  Class  of  '41 

\      REMICK'S  Quincy,  Mass. 

I  Outfitters  of  South  Shore  Graduates  Since  1896 

IIi^iMON  i.EAY,  Sch-ol  Representative 

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H.  P.  HOOD  8C  SONS 


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H.  L.  Webster 

Watchmaker  and  Engraver 

Main  St.  Ext. 


Plymouth 


M 


ass. 


Sadows 

A  Store  Devoted 

Exclusively  to 

Misses'  and  Women's  Wear 

36  &  38  Court  St.  Plymouth 


SHERMAN'S 

Furniture  and  Appliances 

Plymouth  No.  Plymouth 


Compliments  of 

BANDER'S 

Plymouth's  most  Popular 
Shop  for  Misses  and  Women 


54  Main  Street 


Plymouth 


CECCARELLI 

CUSTOM  TAILORS 

CLEANSERS  —  TAILORS 

3  Hour  Cleansing  Service 

All  Work  Done  on  Premises 
We  Call  and  Deliver 
301  Court  St.        Tel.  941        No.  Plymouth 


Cushman  Bakery 

LYNN,  MASS.  PORTLAND,  ME. 

BIRTHDAY,  WEDDING 
and  ANNIVERSARY 
CAKES 

A  SPECIALTY 
PHILIP  G.  CHANDLER 
Telephone  487 


Johnson  Brothers 

FLOWERS 
Bouquets  and  Corsages 

Phone  Duxbury  377-W  Elm  St. 

Telegraph  Delivery.  Service 
DUXBURY 


B.  F.  Goodrich 

Dealer  in 

OIL  SERVICE 
Hay,  Grain,  Coal, 
Poultry  Supplies,  Lumber,  Roofing 
Cement,  etc. 


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Compliments  of 

Sibley's 
Shoe  Store 

1 1  Court  St.  Plymouth 


Compliments  of 

E.  S.  Wright 

FLORIST 


Tel.  543 


Kingston 


Compliments  of 

Josselyn's  Variety 
Store 

DUXBURY 


Compliments  of 

TOABE'S 
Duxbury  Hdwe.  Co. 

Hall's  Corner  So.  Duxbury 


Mayflower  Cleansers 

KOBLANTZ  Bros.,  Mgr. 

First  Class  Tailoring 
Altering  and  Remodeling 

Main  St.  Ext.  Ply.  1240 


Dexter's  Shoe  Store 

The  Store  of  Values, 
Styles,  and  Quality 

Tel.  183-W 

36  Court  St.  Plymouth 


R.  M.  Bradley  8C  Co.,  Inc. 

REAL  ESTATE 


Tel. 


JOSEPH  W.  LUND 
8  Newbury  St.,  Boston 
CONSTANCE  YOUNG 

!■.    e         St,'»°'"  "uxbury 

Duxbury 


11 


Compliments  of 

Reynolds  Poultry 
FARM 

Duxbury  Tel.  Mass 


Compliments  of 

BUTTNER'S 


j  PLYMOUTH 


MASSACHUSETTS 


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EATMORE  CRANBERRIES 

K.  G.  GARSIDE 


THE  ROGERS  PRINT 

PRINTERS,   PUBLISHERS   AND   PRODUCERS  OF 

PREFERRED  PRINTING 

20  Middle  St.  Phone  165-M  Plymouth,  Mass 


"Success  to  the  Class  of  1941" 

BROWNIES  DEPT.  STORE 

Standish  Street  South  Duxbury 


Good  Luck  to  the  Class  of  1941 

HERRICK  AUTO  SALES 

Home  of  Ford  for  28  Years 
Have  you  tried  the  slow  motion  spring  ride? 

For  real  Service  call  Duxbury  95 


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I*" 


Duxbury  Coal  8C  Lumber 


! 

I 

!  LUMBER 

I 

j 

j   


BOAT  YARD 


Tel.  Du: 


OIL  SERVICE 

81 


The  Shops  of  Distinction 

LEO'S 

Beauty  and  Barber  Shops 


Hall's  Corner 


South  Duxburv 


)  - 


Compliments  of 


First  National  Stores,  Inc. 


!  Telephone  683 


So.  Duxburv 


Compliments  of 

Walter  Prince 


OIL  BURNER  SERVICE 
Plumbing  and  Air  Conditioning 

Wirt  Bros.  Co. 


SO.  DUXBURY 


JAMES  H.  PETERSON 

Fish  Market 

Fresh  Fish,  Clams,  Woods 
Fireplace  and  Kindling  Wood 

C  rmr  ircmont  and  Tobey  Garden  Rd. 
Sc.  1  uxbury  Tel.  Dux.  380 


Compliments  of 

Alves'  Shoe  Store 

Shoes  for  the  Entire  Family 

Telephone  303  No.  Plymouth 


Bennet's 


ARTHUR  W.  BENNET,  Prop. 
Groceries,  Cold  Meats 

Gen.  Merchandise 
Radio  Sales  and  Service 
Tel.  Dux.  686  Island  Creek 


Compliments  of 

SWEETSER'S  GENERAL  STORE 

I.  G.  A.  PRODUCTS 
Free  Delivery  Tel.  15 


❖  » 


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Compliments  of 

Walter  Smith 


Mobb's  Barber  Shop 


Lo  ring's 

JEWELERS 


j  Plymouth 


M 


ass. 


Compliments  of 

Hall's  Corner  Market 


15  yrs.  Prop. 
L.  A.  Karcher  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 


George  Holzworth  ' 


WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKER 
Repairing  of  High  Grade  Watches 
Clocks  and  Marine  Chronometers 
77  Summer  Street  Kingston  \ 

i 


i 

j  Kings 


Jordan's  Pharmacy 

LEON  P.  TURA,  Ph.G.,  Prop. 


ton 


M 


ass. 


School  Pins  and  Rings 

Art  Jewelry  Co. 

WATCHES  JEWELRY 


f  15  Main  St. 

! 


Tel.  65 


Murray  Electrical  Co. 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTOR 
So.   Duxbury,  Mass. 


Tel.  420 


BROCKTON  BUSINESS  COLLEGE 

This  School  has  a  traditional  background 
of  50  years'  experience  in 
successful  training  for  business 

SEND  FOR  LATE  Si1  CATALOGUE 
Telephone  635 

George  E.  Bigelow,  Prin.  226  Main  St.,  Brockton,  Mass. 


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Cushing  Bros. 

DODGE  8C  PLYMOUTH 

SALES  —  SERVICE 

South  Duxbury 
.  cle,  hcno  ">-R 


Compliments  of 


;  Muirhead  8C  Holway,  Inc. 


CONSULTANTS 


HELP  KEEP  AMERICA  STRONG 
DRINK  MILK  FOR  HEALTH 

WHITE  BROS.  BAY  FARM 


Edwin  S.  White,  Pres. 


Allan  R.  White,  Treas. 


Compliments  of 


CAPITOL  ENGRAVING  COMPANY 


286  CONGRESS  STREET 


BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS 


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4 
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I 

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When  Better  Shoe  Repairing 

Is  Done 

THE  PLYMOUTH 
SHOE  HOSPITAL 

Will  do  It 
Main  St.  Plymouth 

Next  to  Walkover  Shoe  Store 


Compliments  of 


Y/insor  House 


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1 
1 
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BEST  WISHES 

TO 

the  Teachers  and  Pupils 

of  Duxbury  High  School 

Paul  C.  Peterson 


KAY 


HAIRDRESSER 

Specializing  in 
PERMANENT  WAVING 
OPEN  ALL  YEAR  "ROUND 
Tel.  Duxbury  494 


L.  G.  BALFOUR  COMPANY 

WORLD'S  LARGEST  MANUFACTURERS 
OF 

SCHOOL  AND  COLLEGE  INSIGNIA 
CLASS  RINGS  —  DIPLOMAS  —  INVITATIONS 

CAPS  AND  GOWNS 
ATTLEBORO  MASS. 

Represented  by 

GENE  MANCHESTER 
93  High  Street 

NORTH  ATTLEBORO,  MASS. 


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South  Shores  Finest 
CLEANERS 

TAILORS 

FURRIER 

Plymouth's  Modern  Store 
i'  or  Men  and  Boys 


Compliments  of 

Walkover  Shoe  Store 

Plymouth 


P.ymou.h 


Puritan  Clothing  Co.         agents  for  bass  moccasins 

i 


Mass. 


STUDENTS  —  for 
Graduation  and  Sportswear 
CLOTHING 

SPORTSWEAR 

SLACKS 

Morse  and  Sherman 

Plymouth  Mass 


BURBANK'S 
Great  Gift  Shop 

19  —  21  Court  Street 

PLYMOUTH 


Compliments  of 

Stevens,  the  Florist 


j 
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(Plymouth         Tel.  228-W 

j 

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Volta  Oil  Co. 

! 

j  297  Court  Street 

No.  Plymouth,  Mass. 

Distributor  of  Texaco 
and  Firestone  Products 

I  Tel.  840-W 


Mass. 


I 


Freeman's  Variety  Store 

Duxbury  Headquarters  for 
Victor,  Bluebird,  Columbia 

Okeh  Records 

Also 

Popular  Sheet  Music 

Tel.  Dux  684  So.  Duxburv 


John  E.  Jordan  Co. 

Your  Hardware  Store 
for  114  years 

PLUMBING  —  HEATING 
Sheet  Metal  Work 
Plymouth  Tel.  283  Mass. 


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T.  G.  Graham  &  Son  j 

Home  Bakery  and  Restaurant 


R  utc  3  A 


Opp.  A.  &  P. 
Marshfield ! 


Compliments  of 

Louis,  the  Barber 

LOUIS  BERGONZONI,  Prop. 
Kingston,  Mass. 


lx  e  lent  Food  Reasonably  Priced 

Snug  Harbor 

'ashing ton  Lt.,  Duxbury  Center 

Tel.  Duxbury  480-W 
On  the  Country  Road  to  Plymouth 


Compliments  of 

Kingston  Photo  Studio 

Tel.  King.  441  Kingston,  Mass. 


Earl  W.  Gooding 

Jeweler  and  Optometrist 

i  t-b'ished  1882 
Plymouth 


r 

!  Compliments  of 

Eddie's  Shoe  System 

|         Shoes  for  the  whole  family 

•  Plymouth  Mass. 


Thank  you, 

Test  Wishes  to  the 
Class  of  1941 
The  OfHcial  Photographers 
RAND  STUDIO 

ELECTRIC  LIGHT  BUILDING 
PLYMOUTH 


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