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Duxbury  Free  Library 


Dux  bury .  Massachusetts 


THE) 


PARTRIDGE 


DUXBURY 

1940 


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THE  PARTRIDG 


Commencement  Issue 
June  1940 


Duxbury  High  School 
Duxbury,  Massachusetts 


THE  TEACHERS 

Fhont  Row,  left  to  right:  Miss  Sanders,  Miss  Hausman,  Mr.  MacKenney,  Mr.  Green,  Miss 

Downey,  Miss  Cushman. 
Back  Row:  Miss  Shopfer,  Miss  White,  Mr.  Giradin,  Mr.  Blakeman,  Mr.  Smith,  Mr.  Macomber, 
Miss  Fogg. 


The  Partridge  Staff  wishes  to  dedicate  this  Commencement  Issue  to 
the  teachers  in  appreciation  for  their  cooperation  and  kindness  during 
the  past  year. 


THE  PARTRIDGE 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

Page 

Senior  Pictures                     --------       -  4 

Senior  Census               ---------      -  9 

Senior  Statistics            -       --       --       --       --       -  10 

Senior  Birthdays                   --------       -  H 

Primitive  Religions        -                     Flora  Holmes    -  12 

The  Responsibility  of  American  Youth  in  Politics         -  13 

Jean  Horsfall 

Victory  over  Pain    -       -       -       -       Nina  Pierce      -  14 

The  Class  Motto      -                            Dorothy  Stetson       -  16 

~,       t t-  ■  ,  Dorismae  Dyer 

Class  History  J  .-17 

Clifford  Cornwell 

Class  Gifts  \ Hazel  Eldridge                _       _  ^ 

Dominic  LaGreca 

„     ,  Jean  Poole 

^rophecy        -       ...       -     J                                       -       -  21 

George  Stetson 

Class  Will       -                                   Anthony  LaGreca     -  23 

Class  Song      -                                   Dorismae  Dyer        -  24 

Jokes  -   25 

Junior  Picture                                                          -       -       _       _  26 

Sophomore  Picture         -  27 

Freshman  Picture  28 

Eighth  Grade  Picture  29 

Seventh  Grade  Picture     -  30 

Sixth  Grade  Picture  31 

Fifth  Grade  Picture  32 

Opportunity  Class  Picture      -  33 

Partridge  Picture    -  34 

Student  Council  Picture  35 

Orchestra  Picture    -  3g 

Senior  Class  Play  Picture                             ______  37 

Physical  Education  Pictures    -  33 

Boys'  Baseball  Picture                                 ______  39 

Girls'  Basketball  Picture        -  40 

Boys'  Basketball  Picture               ________  4^ 

Advertisements  _  _  _  42 
Autographs            -  __-.______ 


THE  PARTRIDGE  3 


GRADUATES 

ANNIE  LOUISE  BLACK 

A  meek  and  quiet  spirit 
She's  bashful  and  she's  quiet 
But  in  shorthand  she's  right  there. 
Sincere  and  always  willing, 
She's  done  much  more  than  her  share. 
Partridge  3,  4.  Play  Committee.  Operetta  4. 


LLOYD  WILSON  CHANDLER 

Very  gentle  and  of  good  conscience 
Each  Monday  night  you've  seen  him 
On  the  dance  floor  having  fun. 
He's  quite  a  chemist,  too,  you  know — 
Lloyd  is  a  busy  one. 
Partridge  1.   Danee  Committees  3,  4.    Operetta  4. 


MADALINE  GERTRUDE  CHURCHILL 

We  must  eat  to  live  and  live  to  eat 
She's  typist  for  the  Partridge, 
Gives  parties  for  her  beaux. 
Sire's  handy  with  a  needle, 
And  makes  most  of  her  clothes. 
Partridge  1,  2,  3,  4.  Operetta  4.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


'Annie* 


'Chan' 


'Lynn' 


MARJORIE  ELLEN  CHURCHILL  "Marge" 

She  was  our  queen,  our  rose,  and  when  she  danced — oh,  heavens,  her  dancing! 

She  dances  with  marked  rhythm, 

She  dresses  with  great  care, 

And  in  her  daily  studies 

She's  really  more  than  fair. 
Partridge  1,  2,  3,  4.    Student  Council  1.    Operetta  4.    Play  Committee.  Dance  Com- 
mittees 1,  2,  3,  4. 


CLIFFORD  B.  CORNWELL  "Biff" 

He  hath  a  mint  of  phrases  in  his  brain 
You  always  see  him  dancing; 
He's  good  in  every  sport; 
He's  just  the  biggest  bluffer, 
Has  wit  in  each  retort. 
Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4.    Partridge  1,  2.    Baseball  1,  4.    Class  Offices — Vice  President 
2.  Treasurer  3,  4.  Student  Council  1,  2.  Graduation  Part,  History.   Dance  Committees 
1,  2,  3,  4.   Operetta  4. 


RITA  ELVIRA  DACOS 

Her  will  and  fate  do  contrary  run 
Complaining  is  her  hobby. 
She  has  a  pastime,  too — 
Jitterbugging's  her  delight; 
Slie's  jazz  right  through  and  through. 
Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


Rita' 


4       THE  PARTRIDGE 


GRADUATES 

"Darte"  OLIVE  MAE  DAVIS 

The  soul's  calm  sunshine 
She  plans  to  go  in  training 
To  become  a  full-fledged  nurse. 
We  hope  she'll  cure  a  wealthy  man 
And  gain  a  nice,  fat  purse. 
Partridge  2,  3,  4.  Senior  Play.  Operetta  4.  Dance  Committees  2,  3,  4. 


"Dippy"  DOBISMAE  DYER 

Hospitality  sitting  with  gladness 
She  doesn't  like  to  be  alone; 
She  always  likes  a  crowd; 
Her  pleasing  ways  just  win  us  all; 
Of  her  we're  really  proud. 

Basketball  2.  Orchestra  1,  2,  3.  Partridge  2,  3,  4.  Student  Council  2.  Class  Offices — 
President  1,  4;  Secretary'  2.  Graduation  Part,  History.  Play  Committee.  Dance  Com- 
mittees 1,  2,  3,  4. 


"Joanie"  JOAN  ECKERSLEY 

Fine  manners  need  the  support  of  fine  manners  in  others 
She  doesn't  care  for  dancing, 
Thinks  studies  are  a  bore. 
To  sketch,  or  knit  a  sweater 
Would  really  please  her  more. 
Operetta  4.   Dance  Committee  3. 


"Hazy  May"  HAZEL  MAY  ELDRIDGE 

A  merry  heart  maketh  a  cheerful  countenance 
An  all  'round  sport  is  Hazel, 
With  pep  and  vim  and  style. 
She's  called  the  best  guard  in  the  Leagu 
And  always  wears  a  smile. 

Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4.  Orchestra  1,  2,  3,  4.  Partridge  1,  2,  3,  4.  Student  Council  4. 
Senior  Class  Play.  Operetta  4.  Graduation  Part,  Class  Gifts.   Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3. 


"Phil"  PHYLLIS  DIANNE  ELDREDGE 

She  smiled,  and  the  shadows  departed 
She  wants  to  be  a  stewardess ; 
She  wants  to  model,  too. 
Her  air  is  one  of  cheerfulness; 
Her  suitors,  far  from  few. 
Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4.  Partridge  1,  2,  3,  4.  Play  Committee.  Dance  Committees  1,  2, 
3,  4.    Operetta  4. 


"Fordy"  EARL  WILLIAM  FORD 

He  is  good  man,  and  a  just 
He  sets  the  pace  for  all  the  sports 
In  good  old  D.  H.  S. 
His  motto  really  must  have  been 
The  lead  and  nothing  less. 
Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4.  Partridge  2,  3,  4.  Baseball  1,  2,  3,  4.  Class  Offices— Secretary  1. 
Graduation  Part,  Motto.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3.  Operetta  4. 


^^^^^^ 


THE  PARTRIDGE  .5 


GRADUATES 

NANCY  THEREASA  HANIGAN  "Dink" 

/  am  a  great  friend  to  public  amusements 
She's  finicky  and  ding-toed, 
But  she  sure  is  lots  of  fun, 
And  we  can  always  come  to  "Dink" 
To  have  some  typing  done. 
Partridge  2,  3,  4.  Senior  Class  Play.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


FLORA  HELEN  HOLMES  "Flora" 

Silence  sweeter  is  than  speech 
A  studious  lass  is  Flora. 
And  how  she  loves  to  read! 
Although  she's  rather  shy  at  times, 
She's  kind  when  you're  in  need. 
Operetta  4.    Partridge  4.    Graduation  Part,  Honor  Essay.    Play  Committee.  Dance 
Committee  1. 


JEAN  HORSFALL  "Horsie" 

Work  first  and  then  rest 
She  has  an  honor  essay; 
She's  really  very  smart, 
In  all  the  class  activities 
She  takes  an  active  part. 
Partridge  2,  3,  4.    Student  Council  1,  3.    Class  Offices — Treasurer  2.  Operetta  4. 
Graduation  Part,  Honor  Essay.    Play  Committee.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


ARTHUR  E.  HOWARD  "Honey 

Made  poetry  a  mere  mechanic  art 
A  jitterbug  is  "Honey" 
And  a  clever  poet,  too. 
He's  fond  of  playing  football, 
But  work  he  loathes  to  do. 
Basketball  4.   Partridge  4.   Baseball  4.   Operetta  4. 


ANTHONY  FRANCIS  LA  GRECA  "Tony" 

Nothing  great  was  ever  achieved  without  enthusiasm 

He  does  his  share  of  studies; 

He  has  ambitions  high 

To  be  a  West  Point  scholar 

Or  else  he  wants  to  fly. 

Partridge  4.  Graduation  Part,  Class  Will.  Operetta  4.  Play  Committee.  Dance  Com- 
mittee 4. 


DOMINIC  E.  LA  GRECA  "Nick" 

A  wise  man  is  strong;  yea,  a  man  of  knowledge  increaseth  strength 
There's  nothing  like  an  argument 
To  fill  the  soul  with  vim; 
And  as  a  human  history  book 
The  honors  go  to  him. 
Basketball  4.  Partridge  4.  Baseball  3.  Graduation  Part,  Class  Gifts.  Play  Committee. 


GRADUATES 


"Buster"  FREDRICK  WILLIAM  LUNT 

Happy  am  I;  from  care  I'm  free 
One  sees  him  at  the  alleys 
A  setting  up  the  pins 
Remember,  Freddie,  as  you  work, 
The  best  man  always  wins. 
Senior  Class  Play.   Operetta  4.  Dance  Committee  3. 


'Will*  WILLARD  CLAYTON  MILLS 

Patience  is  a  necessary  ingredient  of  genius 
As  manager  of  the  Partridge 
"Will"  surely  did  not  shirk 
He's  bashful,  yes,  but  he'll  get  by, 
For  he  does  like  to  work. 
Partridge  3,  4.   Student  Council  4.   Senior  Class  Play.   Operetta  4.   Play  Committee. 
Dance  Committees  3,  4. 


Sis"  CECELIA  JANE  MOBBS 

Naught  so  sweet  as  melancholy 
"Cissy"  Mobbs  is  noted 
For  the  way  she  swings  a  bat. 
She's  nonchalant  and  carefree, 
And  with  Hazel  loves  to  chat. 
Basketball  1,  2.  Orchestra  1. 


"Peacock"  CLARENCE  EARL  PEACOCK 

Neither  rhyme  nor  reason 
You  just  can't  keep  him  quiet; 
His  tongue  keeps  on  the  go 
With  real,  perpetual  motion. 
It  never  could  go  slow! 
Play  Committee.  Dance  Committee  1,  2,  3.    Operetta  4. 


"Belladona"  NINA  MAY  PIERCE 

Nothing  is  impossible  to  a  willing  heart 
A  busy  bee  is  Nina, 
Always  rushing  here  and  there. 
She  wants  to  be  a  surgeon  soon, 
None  with  her  compare. 
Partridge  2,  4.    Student  Council  4.    Class  Oflices — Secretary  4.  Senior  Class  Play. 
Operetta  4.   Graduation  Part,  Honor  Essay.    Dance  Committee  4. 


"Puddle"  JEAN  ANNE  POOLE 

Music  is  well  said  to  be  the  speech  of  angels 

To  primp  before  the  mirror, 

To  fuss  with  each  blonde  curl, 

To  gorge  herself  with  cookies, 

The  pastimes  of  this  girl. 
Partridge  3,  4.  Orchestra  2,  3,  4.  Class  Oflices — Secretary  3.  Graduation  Part  Pro; 
esy.   Dance  Committees  2,  3,  4.  Operetta. 


GRADUATES 

FRANK  WILLARD  PUTNAM 

As  he  thinketh  in  his  heart,  so  is  he 
An  easy  going  gentleman, 
Who  a. ways  has  a  smile. 
The  rule  by  which  he  goes,  is  that 
To  rush  is  not  worth  while. 

Partridge  1,  2.  Senior  Class  Play.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4.  Operetta  4. 


CHARLES  ELMORE  RANDALL  "Charlie" 

Wit  without  money 
H;s  wit  is  so  amusing, 
His  clothes  are  kept  with  care. 
It  seems  his  only  wor*y 
is  not  to  inuiis  his  hair. 
Basketball  1,  2,  3.   Partridge  2.   Play  Committee.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


NATHANIEL  MORTON  RAYMOND,  Jr.  "Mort" 

There  is  no  wisdom  like  frankness 
He  enters  into  an  the  LpciLj; 
He's  fiank  we  al!  have  found; 
He  has  the  will  to  do  things; 
His  feet  are  on  the  ground. 
Basketball  3,  4.   Baseball  3,  4.   Play  Committee.    Dance  Committee  3. 


JOHN  HAYWARD  SHIRLEY  "Johnnie" 

Ah  things  come  round  to  him  who  will  but  wait 
John's  latest  iad  is  gardening, 
Tho  he's  good  at  skiing,  too. 
His  chief  delight  is  tinkering 
With  an  airp.ane,  old  or  new. 
Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4.  Partridge  2,  3.   Student  Council  4.  President.   Operetta  4.  Play 
Committee.   Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4.  Orchestra. 


MARIAN  SHIRLEY  "Curly" 

A  daughter  of  the  gods,  divinely  tall,  and  most  divinely  fair 
To  her  we  give  a  golden  crown 
As  queen  of  basketba  I. 
Sh<3  loves  to  flirt  with  all  the  boys 
She's  liked  by  one  and  a.l. 

Basketball  1,  2,  3,  4.  Partridge  2,  3,  4.  Class  Offices — Vice  President  1.  President  3. 
Senior  Class  Play.    Operetta  4.    Play  Committee.  Dance  Committees  1,  2,  3,  4. 


DOROTHY  ELIZABETH  STETSON  "Dottie" 

The  rose  is  fairest  when  it  is  budding  new 
Her  nimble  fingers  are  quite  skilled 
Sne  has  a  knack  for  art 
And  on  her  faithful  violin 
Her  fingers  quickly  dart. 
Dance  Committees  1,  2.  3,  4.   Partridge  2,  3,  4.   Orchestra  1,  2,  3,  4.   Concert  Master 
4.    Play  Committee.   Graduation  Part,  Motto.    Operetta  4. 


"Stet" 


GRADUATES 


Orchestra  2.  3 
Prophecy.  Play  Committee 


GEORGE  FOBES  STETSON 

He  hath  truth  in  his  heart 
An  iceman  after  school  is  out, 
He's  jolly  as  can  be. 

And  though  at  times  things  may  go  wrong, 
He's  husky,  you  can  see 

4.    Partridge  2.    Class  Offices— Vice  President  4.  Graduation 


Senior  Class  Play.  Dance  Committee  2,  3,  4. 


Part, 
Operetta  4. 


"Turnips"  CARLTON  LEWIS  TURNER 

As  merry  as  the  day  is  long 
He  proved  himself  an  actor. 
In  sport  he  has  some  steam; 
He's  showed  he  knows  his  baseball 
As  Captain  of  the  team. 
Basketball  12   3,  4.   Orchestra  1,  2,  3.    Partridge  1,  2,  3,  4.  Baseball 
Student  Council  4.    Senior  Class  Play.  Operetta  4.    Dance  Committee  2. 


3,  4. 


'Liir 


Operetta  4. 


LILLIAN  MAY  WHITE 


Anything  for  a  quiet  life 
A  night-owl  is  our  Lillian; 

For  school  she  does  not  care. 

Now  all  the  girls  are  envious  of 
Her  beautiful  long  hair. 


SENIOR  CENSUS 


Most  Popular  Girl  Jean  Horsfall 

Best  Sport  Hazel  Eldridge 

Naughtiest  Charles  Randall 

Wittiest  Charles  Randall 

Biggest  Bluffer     ------    Clifford  Cornwell 

Shyest  Annie  Black 

Most  Nonchalant  Clifford  Cornwell 

Boy  Most  Likely  to  Succeed  -  Anthony  La  Greca 
Girl  Most  Likely  to  Succeed  -  -  -  Nina  Pierce 
Class  Coquette      -------    Jean  Horsfall 

Class  Sheik  -    -    Clifford  Cornwell 

Best  Looking  Boy     -----    Morton  Raymond 

Best  Looking  Girl  Phyllis  Eldridge 

Best  Boy  Athlete   Earl  Ford 

Best  Girl  Athlete  Marion  Shirley 

Most  Studious     -    --    --    --    -    Nina  Pierce 

Biggest  Fusser     -    --    --    --    -    Rita  Dacos 

Hardest  Worker      -------    Nina  Pierce 

Best  Boy  Dancer  ------    Clifford  Cornwell 

Best  Girl  Dancer     -----    Marjorie  Churchill 

Most  Businesslike  Boy     -----    Willard  Mills 

Most  Businesslike  Girl     -----    Nina  Pierce 

Best  School  Spirit  Nina  Pierce 


Best  Dressed  Girl     ------    Dorismae  Dyer 

Best  Dressed  Boy     -----    Clifford  Cornwell 

Most  Sophisticated     -    -    -    -    Marjorie  Churchill 

Most  Ingenious  John  Shirley 

Best  Natured  Dorismae  Dyer 

Class  Baby  George  Stetson 

Bey  with  Best  Physique  Earl  Ford 

Girl  with  Best  Physique    -    -    -    -    Hazel  Eldridge 

Girl  with  Best  Line      -----    jean  Horsfall 

Most  Sincere  Boy   -------    Willard  Mills 

Most  Feminine      ------    Phyllis  Eldridge 

Best  Boy  Conversationalist  -  -  Dominic  La  Greca 
Best  Girl  Conversationalist      -    -    -    Nina  Pierce 

Most  Languid  Girl  Cecilia  Mobbs 

Most  Languid  Boy  Clarence  Peacock 

Most  Polite  and  Courteous  -  -  -  Joan  Eckersley 
Most  Eligible  Bachelor  -  -  -  Anthony  LaGreca 
Most  Absent-minded  Boy  -  -  -  -  John  Shirley 
Most  Absent-minded  Girl  -----  Jean  Poole 
Most  Temperamental  Boy  -  -  Morton  Raymond 
Most  Temperamental  Girl     -    -    -    Nancy  Hanigan 

Best  Actor  Carleton  Turner 

Best  Actress      -------    Hazel  Eldridge 


THE  PARTRIDGE  9 


eniors 


ANNIE  LOUISE  BLACK 
Ambition:  To  be  a  bookkeeper. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Riding  a  bicycle. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Taking  physical  education. 
Favorite  Expression:  "I  don't  know." 

LLOYD  WILSON  CHANDLER 
Ambition:  To  earn  a  good  living. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Working. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Doing  homework. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Hey!" 

MADALINE  GERTRUDE  CHURCHILL 
Ambition:  To  be  a  child's  nurse. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Staying  in. 
Favorite  Expression:  "He's  awful  nice." 

MARJORIE  ELLEN  CHURCHILL 
Ambition:  To  be  a  beautician  and  satisfy  all  custom- 
ers. 

Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 

Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Getting  up  in  the  morning. 
Favorite  Expression:  "I  won't!" 

CLIFFORD  B.  CORNWELL 
Ambition:  To  be  a  success. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Doing  shorthand. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Quit  messing  around." 

RITA  ELVIRA  DACOS 
Ambition:  To  be  a  beautician. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Staying  at  home. 
Favorite  Expression:  "I  won't  like  you  any  more." 

OLIVE  MAE  DAVIS 
Ambition:  To  be  a  nurse. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Sewing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Studying. 
Favorite  Expression:  "That's  nice." 

DORISMAE  DYER 
Ambition:  To  be  a  wealthy  old  maid  -  (no  men). 
Favorite  Occupation:  Horseback  riding. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Mowing  the  lawn. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Hey  Puddles — Cut  it  out!" 

FLORENCE  JOAN  ECKERSLEY 
Ambition:  To  be  a  dietician. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Playing  the  piano. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Oh  Fiddlesticks!" 

HAZEL  MAY  ELDRIDGE 
Ambition:  To  be  a  physical  education  teacher. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Trying  to  hum. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Teaching  the  opportunity 

class  the  Irish  Tilt. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Frougi  or  Frouje  or  Frouji." 


PHYLLIS  DIANNE  ELDRIDGE 
Ambition:  To  model. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Rollerskating. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Staying  at  home. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Cut  it  out!" 

EARL  WILLIAM  FORD 
Ambition:  To  see  the  world. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Fishing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Home  work. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Not  this  kid." 

NANCY  THEREASA  HANIGAN 
Ambition:  To  be  a  beautician. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Staying  at  home. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Aw  Shucks!" 

FLORA  HELEN  HOLMES 
Ambition:  To  be  a  teacher. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Reading. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Writing  letters. 
Favorite  Expression:   

DOROTHY  JEAN  HORSFALL 
Ambition:  To  win. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Swimming. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Making  excuses. 
Favorite  Expression:  "If  you're  real  good." 

ANTHONY  FRANCIS  LaGRECA 
Ambition:  To  attend  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Studying. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Doing  trigonometry. 
Favorite  Expression:  "So  what?" 

DOMINIC  E.  LaGRECA 
Ambition:  To  study  law  or  teach. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Reading  history. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Being  bossed  around. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Yeah?" 

ARTHUR  E.  HOWARD 
Ambition:  To  be  President  of  the  United  States. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Working. 
Favorite  Expression:  "It's  a  honey." 

FREDRICK  WILLIAM  LUNT 
Ambition:  To  earn  my  own  living. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Sleeping. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Setting  up  pins. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Do  tell!" 

WILLARD  CLAYTON  MILLS 
Ambition:  To  be  something. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Messing  around. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Mowing  lawns. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Hain't  the  way  I  heard  it." 


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eniors 


CECELIA  JANE  MOBBS 
Ambition:  To  be  a  telephone  operator. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Playing  baseball. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Hey  you!" 

CLARENCE  EARL  PEACOCK 
Ambition:  To  go  into  aviation. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Building  model  airplanes. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Sawing  wood  with  my 

father. 

Favorite  Expression:  "Is  that  so?" 

NINA  MAY  PIERCE 
Ambition:  To  become  a  surgeon. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Reading. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Dancing. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Putrid!" 

JEAN  ANN  POOLE 
An:b'ticn:  To  become  a  commercial  artist. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Ticklin'  the  ivories. 
Most    Disliked    Occupation:    Taking   an  after-gym 

shower. 

Favorite  Expression:  "My!" 

FRANK  WILLARD  PUTMAN 
Ambition:  To  own  and  run  a  print  shop. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Printing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Clam-digging. 
Favorite  Expression:  "You  think  so?" 

CHARLES  ELMORE  RANDALL 
Ambition:  To  be  a  millionaire. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Bothering  girls. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Studying. 
Favorite  Expression:  "She  did?" 

NATHANIEL  MORTON  RAYMOND,  Jr. 
Ambititn:  To  be  a  professional  baseball  player. 
Favorite  Occupations:  Baseball  and  swimming. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Working 
Favorite  Expression:  "For  crying  out  loud." 

JOHN  HAYWARD  SHIRLEY 
Ambition:  To  be  father  of  at  least  one  boy  and  girl. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Eating. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Reading  and  writing. 
Favorite  Expression:  "For  gosh  sakes." 

MARIAN  SHIRLEY 
Ambition:  To  become  a  nurse. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Knitting  . 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Washing  dishes. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Why-y-y-y-y ?" 

DOROTHY  ELIZABETH  STETSON 
Ambition:  To  be  a  dress  designer. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Sewing. 

Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Preparing  for  a  test  in 

American  History. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Oh  shucks!" 


GEORGE  FOBES  STETSON 
Ambition:  See  the  world,  then  settle  down. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Taking  things  apart. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Practising  on  the  trumpet. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Is  that  right?" 

CARLTON  LEWIS  TURNER 
Ambition:  To  enter  into  some  form  of  business. 
Favorite  Occupation:  Playing  basketball. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Shovelling  sand. 
Favorite  Expression:  "Hey"! 

LILLIAN  MAY  WHITE 
Ambition:  To  be  a  Nurse. 

Favorite  Occupat:on:  Swimming  and  dancing. 
Most  Disliked  Occupation:  Arguing. 
Favorite  Expression:  "0.  K.  something." 

SENIOR  BIRTHDAYS 

January  28,  1922  -  -  Phyllis  Dianne  Eldridge 
January  31,  1923  -  -  Anthony  Francis  LaGreca 
February  3,  1922  -  -  Dorothy  Elizabeth  Stetson 
February  5,  1922  -  -  -  -  Flora  Helen  Holmes 
February  21,  1922  -  -  Willard  Clayton  Mills 
March    3,    1923    -    -    -    Frederick    William  Lunt 

April  4,   1923   Jean  Anne  Poole 

April  16,  1921    -----    Dominic  E.  LaGreca 

April  29,  1922   Dorismae  Dyer 

May  9,  1922   Rita  Elvira  Dacos 

May  30,  1923   Hazel  May  Eldridge 

June  7,  1922  -  -  -  -  Charles  Elmore  Randall 
June  20,  1920  -----  Clifford  B.  Cornwell 
June  22,  1921    -    -    Nathaniel  Morton  Raymond,  Jr. 

June  30,  1919  Lillian  May  White 

July  8,  1923   George  Fobes  Stetson 

July  12,  1922   Marian  Shirley 

July  28,  1921   Arthur  E.  Howard 

August  11,  1922   Nina  May  Pierce 

August  16,  1921  -  -  -  -  Annie  Louise  Black 
August  21,  1923  -  -  Madaline  Gertrude  Churchill 
September  10,  1922  -  -  -  Dorothy  Jean  Horsfall 
September  23,  1921  -  -  -  Clarence  Earl  Peacock 
September  26,  1922  -  -  Florence  Joan  Eckersley 
September  29,  1922  -  -  -  -  Olive  Mae  Davis 
October  9,  1922  -  -  -  -  Carlton  Lewis  Turner 
October  26,  1922  -  -  -  Frank  Willard  Putman 
November  17,  1921  -  -  Nancy  Thereasa  Hanigan 
November  23,  1922  -  -  Marjorie  Ellen  Churchill 
November  25,  1920  -  -  John  Hayward  Shirley 
November  30,  1920  -  -  -  -  Earl  William  Ford 
December  1,  1922  -  -  -  Lloyd  Wilson  Chandler 
December  16,  1922    -    -    -    -    Cecelia  Jane  Mobbs 


THE  PARTRIDGE  11 


y  + 

PRIMITIVE  RELIGIONS 

By 

Flora  Holmes 

One  of  the  essentials  of  primitive  religion  is 
animism,  which  attributes  conscious  life  to  the  sun, 
moon,  trees,  rocks,  springs,  animals,  and  the  myst- 
erious manifestations  of  nature.  Primitive  people 
often  personified  these  objects,  and  imagined 
them  to  have  a  soul  like  their  own.  They  believed 
their  gods  had  power  and  control  over  their  daily 
lives,  and  that  it  was  to  their  advantage  to  placate 
them — an  attitude  which  came  to  be  worshiped. 

Worship  of  spirits  is  thought  to  have  originated 
in  dreams  of  deceased  relatives  and  friends,  and 
in  other  strange  visions.  When  magical  rites  and 
ceremonies  sprang  up  and  became  complicated, 
an  intermediary  was  needed  between  the  people 
and  their  object  of  worship;  hence,  the  priest  came 
into  being  to  perform  this  service.  In  this  group  are 
included  the  medicine  man,  the  prophet,  and  the 
inspired  believer. 

To  primitive  people,  each  deity  was  exclusive 
with  the  tribe;  but  as  tribes  became  nations,  and 
religions  and  gods  became  national,  the  individual 
became  farther  removed  from  his  god  or  gods,  and 
the  rites  became  more  extensive  and  formal.  Orders 
of  priests  became  necessary  to  perform  these  rites 
and  to  serve  as  guardians  of  the  morals  of  the  people. 
Thus  developed  the  mythological  religions  of  the 
Egyptians,  the  Romans,  the  Greeks,  and  other  people 
of  advanced  culture. 

Ever  since  the  beginning  of  history,  the  convic- 
tion that  a  Supreme  Being  or  a  number  of  spirits 
are  guiding  earthly  affairs  has  been  implanted  in 
the  human  breast.  The  desire  to  see  the  gods,  or 
to  look  at  them,  has  been  natural.  Thus  idols  came 
to  represent  gods  or  superhuman  persons.  The 
conception  of  what  the  ruling  spirit  really  was 
varied  according  to  the  locality,  imagination,  and 
tradition.  The  images  usually  took  the  form  of  a 
man  although  combinations  of  human  and  animal 
forms  sometimes  occurred,  or  even  animal  forms 
alone.  These  images  were  erected  in  prominent 
places,  sometimes  out-of-doors  or  in  temples.  In 
some  countries  the  people  believed  in  many  gods; 
therefore  numerous  idols  were  made,  each  represent- 


ing a  certain  deity.  It  was  not  long  before  these 
people,  who  had  made  for  themselves  graven  images 
as  symbols,  began  to  regard  the  images  as  true  gods, 
and  worshiped  them  as  such.  Buddhism  and  Brahman- 
ism  still  retain  images,  and  their  religious  ceremonies 
closely  approach  a  form  of  idolatry.  On  the  west 
coast  of  Africa,  and  among  some  inland  tribes, 
a  form  of  idolatry  known  as  "fetish  worship"  is 
still  common.  Even  inanimated  objects  are  ced- 
ited  with  great  powers  of  evil  and  are  worshiped 
according  to  the  extent  of  their  supposed  influence. 

One  of  the  earliest  and  most  interesting  of  prim- 
itive religions  was  that  of  the  Aztecs  of  Mexico.  The 
Aztecs  had  many  divinities,  and  a  chief  war  god. 
Their  worship  consisted  of  pageants,  dances,  pro- 
cessions, and  various  ceremonies.  Many  flowers 
were  used,  incense  was  burned,  and  there  was 
music  on  flutes  and  drums.  Human  sacrifice  played 
a  very  important  part  in  the  Aztec  religion.  The 
worshipers  and  victims  wore  brilliant  costumes, 
feather  ornaments,  and  headdresses.  The  victim  was 
sometimes  looked  upon  as  the  earthly  personifi- 
cation of  the  god  to  whom  he  was  to  be  sacrificed, 
and  was  treated  with  every  honor  up  to  the  day  of 
his  dearth.  One  of  the  principal  aims  of  Aztec  war- 
fare was  to  capture  victims  for  the  altars. 

A  later  race  of  people,  the  Incas  of  South  Amer- 
ica, who  claimed  to  be  "Children  of  the  Sun",  had 
a  divine  king-god,  somewhat  like  the  earlier  Egypt- 
ian Pharaohs.  The  Incas  adored  the  sun  and  its 
earthly  representative,  the  Inca  sovereign.  They 
worshiped  the  moon,  the  planets,  the  rainbows,  the 
earth,  and  the  sea,  as  well  as  many  minor  div- 
inities. They  held  great  festivals  and  occasionally 
offered  human  sacrifices.  In  convents  attached  to 
the  temples  there  dwelt  "virgins  of  the  sun" — 
girls  chosen  for  their  beauty  from  all  over  ti  e  empire, 
some  destined  for  the  Inca  ruler's  harem,  and  some 
permanently  devoted  to  a  religious  life.  There  were 
schools  and  an  order  of  knighthood  for  noble 
youths.  All  wealth  belonged  to  the  Inca.  He  him- 
self was  carried  in  a  litter  because  he  was  thought 
too  holy  to  touch  the  ground.  Everything  in  his 
palace  was  made  of  precious  metals,  even  the  palace 
itself. 

Brahmanism,  or  Hinduism,  is  listed  as  one  of  the 
great  primitive  religions  of  the  world  today.  Al- 
though it  is  not  Strictly  a  primitive  religion,  it  is 
a  very  interesting  one.  "Brahma"  is  the  Hindu  word 
for  God,  and  the  Hindu  priests  are  called  Brahmans. 
Over  230,000,000  Hindus  belong  to  this  faith.  There 
is  an  ancient  tradition  that  long  ago  a  prophet 
living  in  India  named  Brahma  received  knowledge 
from  heaven,  by  inspiration.  The  old  sacred  writ- 
ings of  Brahmanism  are  called  Vedas.  In  their  earl- 
iest forms  they  are  songs  of  supplication  and  praise 
to  the  personified  forces  of  nature:  the  sky,  the 
rain,  the  rain  winds,  the  thunderous  storm,  the 
kindly  hearth  fire,  the  "golden  goddess  of  the  dawn." 


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However,  among  all  the  Vedas  to  many  gods,  there 
is   a  poem  to   the  "only   God   above  the  gods". 

"The  Code  of  Manu"  is  the  great  Brahman  book  of 
laws.  It  presents  a  program  for  the  training  of 
righteous  kings  and  judges,  good  wives  and  husbands, 
godlike  Brahmans.  The  Brahman  philosophers  con- 
sider all  men  divine — that  man  wins  eternal  life  by 
studying  the  Vedas,  by  sacrifice,  by  meditation,  pure 
living,  and  self-control.  Since  only  a  few  reach  this 
state  of  perfection  in  a  lifetime,  Brahmanism  be- 
lieves that  most  men  and  women  need  to  be  born  on 
earth  again  and  again,  in  order  to  continue  their 
spiritual  evolution.  However  there  is  no  mention  in 
the  early  Vedas  of  this  doctrine  of  transmigration. 

The  Brahmans  have  tolerated  idols,  charms,  super- 
stitions, pantheism,  child  marriage,  "sacred"  animals, 
many  gods.  Now,  however,  great  Hindu  thinkers  are 
trying  to  reform  these  abuses.  They  want  all  India 
to  seek  the  path  to  brotherhood  and  religious  unity. 

The  belief  in  animism  which  primitive  people  fol- 
lowed is  still  well-known  even  today.  As  late  as 
1934  there  were  135,650,000  animists  in  the  world.  It 
has  been  the  religion  of  many  barbarous  and  partly- 
civilized  peoples  for  a  number  of  generations. 

This  belief  grows  out  of  a  fear  that  the  souls  of  the 
dead  live  again  in  animal  bodies.  The  belief  of  ani- 
mism or  transmigration  is  not  an  uncommon  one,  and 
is  found  in  many  parts  of  the  world  that  are  ap- 
parently civilized  today. 


THE  RESPONSIBILITY  OF  AMERICAN 
YOUTH  IN  POLITICS 

by 

JEAN  HORSFALL 

Tonight,  we,  the  youth  of  today  and  the  citizens  of 
tomorrow,  will  be  let  loose  into  a  swirling  political 
nightmare,  to  extend  a  hand  in  search  for  the  just 
and  the  right  in  order  to  reform  the  political  mach- 
ine which  is  our  government.  The  burden  which  we 
are  about  to  face  is  one  encumbered  with  swindling, 
with  corruption,  and  with  fraud.  We,  who  sit  here 
on  this  stage,  are  faced  by  many  staggering  prob- 
lems. I  should  like  to  mention  three  of  them  within 
the  next  six  or  seven  minutes. 

First,  why  are  there  such  prejudices  separating 
us  into  hostile  groups?  Too  often,  the  American 
voter,  when  going  to  the  polls,  is  swayed,  not  by  the 


candidate's  platform,  but  by  pi-ejudice  as  to  the  color, 
race,  religion,  social  class,  or  sex  of  the  candidate. 
In  1928,  during  the  presidential  campaign  of  Hoover 
vs.  Smith,  7194  of  the  nation's  voters  went  to  the 
polls.  Why  did  the  greatest  number  of  voters  up  to 
that  time  in  history  of  our  country  turn  out  to  vote? 
Certainly  not  to  elect  a  platform,  but  because  a 
great  religious  issue  was  seemingly  at  stake. 

The  American  people  seem  to  forget  what  a  dem- 
ocracy is — what  it  stands  for.  Leaders  of  these  United 
States  should  be  chosen  for  their  adaptability,  per- 
severance, their  personal  records  for  public  service, 
and  above  all,  their  political  platform.  Mahoney's 
definition  of  democracy  is,  by  far,  the  best  I  have 
come  across: 

"Democracy  is  a  state  of  human  relations  in  which 
free  men,  fraternally  minded,  voluntarily  and  per- 
sistently strive  for  the  elimination  of  inequalities  and 
exclusions  (political,  social,  and  economic)  to  that 
end  that  all  men  may  share  equitably  in  the  rights, 
privileges,  and  satisfactions  that  our  life  in  common 
affords." 

How  many  people  go  to  the  polls  in  a  reasonable 
s  ate  of  mind,  determined  to  vote  for  a  man  who  can 
most  efficiently  fill  the  office?  How  many  go  to  the 
polls  full  of  emotion  and  prejudice  acquired  during 
childhood  in  high  school  days?  If  a  candidate  for 
public  office  has  such  traits  as  honesty,  courage, 
and  brains,  does  the  voter,  if  he  knows  about  it, 
always  care?  Think  of  the  people  who  go  to  the 
polls  and  vote,  while  on  their  way  to  a  swimming 
meet  or  a  movie,  and,  faced  with  the  ballot  sheet 
and  pencil,  "stick  up  their  noses"  at  one  nominee, 
because  they  have  been  taught  to  be  prejudiced 
against  his  race  or  his  religious  affiliations.  And  yet 
ic  is  these  same  people  who  complain  most  acidly 
that  the  government  is  not  what  it  should  be;  who 
complain  that  the  political  world  is  too  indecent 
for  respectable  men  to  have  anything  to  do  with  it. 

People  must  be  taught  to  be  more  reasonable  and 
less  emotional.  If  parents  are  unable  or  unwilling  to 
teach  their  children  a  democratic  philosophy  about 
race,  creed  or  color,  then  the  public  school  must 
assume  this  duty.  Public  school  students  must  gain 
a  realistic  knowledge  of  this  world  about  them, 
and  they  must  develop  into  the  kinds  of  adults  who 
will  abandon  their  pet  prejudices  in  order  to  elect 
superior  political  leaders  at  the  polls.  Many  people 
are  cynical  about,  bored  with,  annoyed  at,  or  cras- 
sly indifferent  to  politics,  and  unless  these  attitudes 
can  be  changed,  democracy  is  on  the  way  out! 

Second,  why  is  there  such  a  scarcity  of  good  polit- 
ical leaders? 

The  United  States  has  a  notorious  reputation  for 
having  political  leaders  who  have  been  discovered 
to  be  the  basest  members  of  criminal  rings  and  fraud- 
ulent organizations,  men  who  should  have  been  hun- 
ted criminals  with  a  price  on  their  heads  rather 


THE  PARTRIDGE  13 


than  cabinet  members,  governors,  mayors,  and 
judges.  Have  you  been  able  to  pick  up  one  day's 
newspaper  in  the  past  four"  or  five  years  in  which 
you  could  not  find  one  headline  about  a  new  politi- 
cal fraud — perhaps  a  judge  found  to  be  bribed,  or  a 
mayor  found  to  be  selling  offices,  or  a  prominent  sec- 
retary of  some  important  bureau  found  to  be  swind- 
ling the  government  of  dollars  paid  by  you  American 
people  in  taxes.  We  saw  during  Harding's  adminis- 
tration in  1923  such  apparently  able  men  as  Forbes, 
Miller,  and  Dougherty  involved  in  the  greatest  pol- 
itical scandals  in  history.  Do  you  recall  Mr.  Harding's 
cabinet  ministers? 

In  February,  1923,  the  senate  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  investigate  alleged  irregularities  in  the  Vet- 
erans' Bureau.  Three  days  later,  Forbes  resigned 
as  its  head.  He  was  convicted  of  defrauding  the 
government  and  sentenced  to  prison  for  two  years. 
Thomas  Miller,  Custodian  of  Alien  Property,  was 
also  caught  in  fraudulent  transactions  and  sent  to 
prison.  Dougherty,  Attorney-General,  was  the  center 
of  scandals  which  were  never  cleared  up,  and  later 
he  was  thrust  from  office  by  Coolidge  for  obstructing 
the  investigation  of  his  own  conduct.  Are  we  to  let 
such  disgusting  conditions  continue  in  the  American 
government  by  refusing  to  assume  our  responsibil- 
ity in  electing  honest  and  capable  men  to  political 
offices  ? 

Pupils  in  the  public  schools  must  be  taught  that 
to  take  a  deep  interest  in  things  political  and  to 
want  to  take  part  in  the  government  is  their  most 
serious  duty. 

Third,  why  do  so  many  people  fail  to  vote? 

It  has  been  proved  that  during  the  past  four  or 
five  presidential  elections  a  gradual  increase  has 
been  shown  in  the  percentage  of  American  people 
casting  their  ballots.  For  instance,  in  1920,  during 
Harding's  presidential  campaign,  only  49  per  cent,  of 
the  electorate  went  to  the  polls.  In  1924  the  per- 
centage was  but  slightly  higher,  only  51  per  cent. 
However,  in  1928,  during  the  Smith  vs.  Hoover  cam- 
paign, 71  per  cent,  of  the  American  electorate 
took  part  in  the  election.  This  percentage  has  grad- 
ually increased  until  1936,  82  per  cent,  of  voters 
went  to  the  polls.  The  regular  city  and  town  elec- 
tions do  not,  however,  draw  the  people  to  the  polls 
with  such  enthusiastic  throngs  as  do  the  presid- 
ential elections.  At  our  primary  elections,  which 
are  so  very  important,  sometimes  groups  as  small 
as  10  per  cent,  of  the  voting  public  turn  out  to 
cast  their  ballots. 

It  has  been  found  that,  as  a  general  rule,  the 
educationed  element  of  the  voting  class  tends  to 
stay  away  from  the  polls.  College  graduates,  who 
are  naturally  accepted  to  have  higher  learning, 
and  who  should  be  political  leaders  themselves, 
become  so  disgusted  with  politics  that  they  refuse 
to   vote.   Other   people,   who   have   an   interest  in 


things  political  and  who  would  like  to  do  something 
about  the  political  situation,  stay  away  from  the  polls 
because  of  a  vast  feeling  of  helplessness  over  the 
"whole  mess." 

In  deploring  such  conditions,  Professor  Wilbur 
Abbott  has  written:  "We  need  an  interested,  an  active 
electorate.  Such  an  electorate  is  a  dream."  But  such 
an  electorate  is  not  a  dream!  Democracy  and  liberty 
means  so  much  to  all  of  us  that  all  we  need  to  do  is 
wake  up,  educate  ourselves  in  political  happenings 
and  political  personalities.  We,  who  sit  here  on  the 
stage  tonight,  are  a  small  fragment  of  a  vast  new 
generation  which  does  not  want  to  lose  the  demo- 
cratic freedom  that  our  parents  and  grand-parents 
have  enjoyed.  To  save  that  democxat.c  freedom  we 
must  try  to  place  experts  in  power  who  will  straighten 
out  our  economic  situation.  We  must  make  politicians 
feel  that  we  know  whether  or  not  they  are  handling 
their  jobs  well.  We  must  make  the  old  practical  poli- 
tic ans  take  the  back  seat  they  deserve  for  giv.ng 
political  offices  such  a  besmirched  reputation. 
Future  politicians  must  be  looked  up  to  fcr  the 
simple  reason  that  they  command  our  respect. 

Everyone  these  days  knows  that  conditions  are  net 
so  good  and  that  our  traditional  American  opportu::- 
it  es  seem  to  have  disappeared.  We  must  never 
allow  that  dark  hour  to  come  when  conditions  get 
so  bad  that  we  will  in  despair  decide  to  put  absolute 
power  in  the  hands  of  one  individual  to  let  him 
straighten  out  our  country's  affairs.  Such  a  state 
would  be  a  dictatorship  and  fascism,  and  under 
fascism  liberty  does  not  exist.  It  is  not  too  late  if  we 
open  our  eyes  now  and  bestir  ourselves.  The  future  i ; 
our  responsibility,  but  hew  we  assume  that  respon- 
sibility will  be  our  reward.  Thank  you. 


VICTORY  OVER  PAIN 

by 

Nina  Pierce 

It  is  said  that  the  history  of  man  is  the  history  of 
his  ceaseless  warfare  against  physical  agony.  Pain 
haunts  not  only  the  poorest  in  the  most  lowly  hovels 
but  the  famous,  also.  Pain  racks  the  bodies  of  all 
men.  Our  heroes  of  history  suffered,  were  plagued, 
and  tortured  by  diseases  and  intense  paid.  Magellan 
suffered  from  wounds,  Columbus,  Luther,  Rosseau, 


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and  Rubens  were  tormented  by  gout,  Charles  Dar- 
win's son  said  that  the  great  naturalist  "scarcely  en- 
joyed a  day's  good  health  during  forty  years,  his 
life  being  one  long  struggle  with  pain."  Voltaire  and 
Sir  Walter  Scott  became  addicted  to  narcotics  to  get 
relief  from  their  distresses. 

Before  the  days  of  anaesthetics,  intense  suffering 
was  endured  under  the  surgeon's  knife.  Howard  Hag- 
gard in  his  book  Devils,  Drugs,  and  Doctors  describes, 
in  the  following  manner,  a  leg  amputation  before  the 
days  of  anaesthetics:  Having  been  given  stimulants, 
a  writhing  patient  was  laid  upon  the  table.  "At  the 
first,  clear,  crispt,  cut  of  the  scalpel,  agonizing 
screams  burst  from  the  patient.  With  convulsive 
struggles  he  endeavored  to  leap  from  the  table. 
Shriek  upon  shiek  made  their  horrible  way  into  the 
stil'-ncss  of  the  room  ..." 

Another  account  describes  moi'e  horrors:  "During 
long  and  murderous  operations — the  horrible  squash, 
squash  of  the  forceps"  and  the  patient's  cries  shat- 
tered the  silence  of  death.  A  patient,  half  crazed, 
viewed  the  "twisting  of  the  tourniquet,  the  first  in- 
cision, the  fingering  of  the  sawed  bone,  the  sponge 
pr°3f  ed  on  the  flap,  the  tying  of  the  blood  vessels,  the 
stitching  of  the  skin,  and  the  bloody  dismembered 
lirr.b  lying  on  the  floor."  Instead  of  this  long,  agoniz- 
ing method  of  amputation,  a  limb  was  sometimes 
"lopped  off  by  striking  it  violently  with  a  heavy 
knife." 

A  friend  of  Sir  James  Simpson  wrote — "Of  the 
agony  my  operation  accasioned,  I  will  say  nothing  . . 
The  particular  pangs  are  now  forgotten,  but  the  blank 
whirlwind  of  emotion,  the  horror  of  great  darkness, 
and  the  sense  of  desertion  by  God  and  man,  border- 
ing close  upon  despair,  which  swept  through  my 
mind  and  overwhelmed  my  heart,  I  can  never  forget." 

Having  received  a  shattered  elbow  by  a  French 
bullet,  Admiral  Viscount  Nelson  underwent  a  hor- 
rible amputation  of  his  right  arm.  He  lost  neither  his 
dignity  nor  his  courage  during  the  operation  but, 
because  he  recalled  the  feeling  of  the  cold  knives  on 
his  flesh  more  vividly  than  anything  else,  he  after- 
wards during  a  battle  kept  hot  water  handy  to  heat 
the  instruments  so  that  his  men  would  not  have  to 
endure  the  same  gruesome  experience. 

From  earliest  time,  however,  medical  men  and  men 
of  different  ranks  have  struggled  to  relieve  people  of 
such  severe  suffering  and  to  free  them  from  the  fear 
of  the  surgeon's  knife.  Mesmerism,  opium,  morphine, 
mandrake,  Indian  hemp,  and  alcohol  alleviated  pain 
to  some  extent.  The  most  important  of  these  meth- 
ods was  mesmerism,  popular  in  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury. Anton  Mesmer,  a  student  of  divinity,  law  and 
medicine,  became  famous  over  night  because  he 
claimed  to  have  the  power  of  working  miraculous 
cures.  Mesmer  believed  that  there  existed  a  universal 
healing  fluid  whose  cosmic  energies  could  heal  every 
disease  and  mitigate  every  pain.  He  asserted  that  he 


possessed  this  vital  energy,  as  it  was  called,  and  that 
it  radiated  from  his  body.  Because  of  the  magnetic 
force  of  magnets,  they  too,  were  supposed  to  possess 
the  healing  fluid.  After  Mesmer  placed  two  magnets 
in  contact  with  the  body  of  an  afflicted  person,  the 
vital  energy  was  supposed  to  flow  through  the  dis- 
ordered body  and  return  it  to  harmony  with  the  uni- 
verse. By  using  a  rod  invested  with  his  own  magnetic 
energy,  and  by  the  laying-on  of  hands,  Mesmer  cured 
enormous  numbers  of  people  who  flocked  to  him. 
These  people  were  cured  of  their  afflictions  because 
they  had  implicit  faith  in  Mesmer's  powers.  Mesmer- 
ism was  not  a  pastime  indulged  in  by  ignorant  people. 
The  Paris  court  idolized  the  wonder-working  physi- 
cian. Marie  Antoinette,  the  Duke  of  Bourbon,  the 
Prince  of  Conde,  and  Lafayette  became  his  close 
friends.  Even  a  princess  besought  the  favor  of  being 
n.itcd  to  his  presence.  Mesmer  tried  unsuccessfully, 
however,  to  apply  his  powers  to  a  person  about  to 
under  jo  an  operation. 

The  first  trustworthy  pain-controller,  nitrous  oxide 
ci*  laughing  gas,  was  secured  from  the  invisible  world 
or  g"ses  by  Joseph  Priestley  in  1773.  Priestley,  also 
ths  discoverer  of  oxygen,  sulphuric  oxide,  ammonia, 
a. id  fluorine,  was  a  pioneer  in  the  world  of  gases.  In 
h  s  book  Experiments  and  Observations  Concerning 
The  Different  Kinds  of  Air,  Priestley  tells  how  he  hit 
upon  the  idea  of  trying  the  effect  of  oxygen  upon 
Luman  organisms: 

"From  the  greater  strength  and  vivacity  of  the 
fhme  of  a  candle  in  his  pure  air,  it  may  be  con- 
jectured that  it  might  be  peculiarly  salutary  to  the 
lungs  in  certain  morbid  cases.  I  had  a  fancy  for  try- 
ing its  effects  upon  myself,  and  inhaled  a  consider- 
able quantity  of  it  through  a  tube.  This  gave  me  a 
remarkable  sense  of  freedom  and  lightness  in  the 
:hert.  Who  can  tell  but  that,  in  time,  this  pure  air 
may  become  a  fashionable  article  of  luxury  ?  Hither- 
to only  two  mice  and  myself  have  had  the  privilege 
of  breathing  it." 

Doctors  had  previously  administered  liquid  or  solid 
iredicaments  which  were  absorbed  in  the  stomach. 
Because  of  Priestley's  discovery  of  oxygen,  the 
lungs,  whose  alveoli  have  a  very  extensive  surface, 
proved  to  be  the  quickest  possible  way  of  getting 
certain  substances  into  the  blood  stream.  Other 
scientists,  Humphrey  Davy,  Faraday,  and  Hickman, 
were  enthusiastic  at  first  in  experimenting  with  the 
gases  but  became  discouraged. 

So  the  vital  usefulness  of  the  inhalation  of  gases 
remained  un-utilized  until  Dr.  Crawford  Long  of 
Georgia  heard  that  a  professor  had  administered 
ether  to  his  students  who  became  "quaintly  intoxi- 
cated, laughed,  and  talked  nonsense."  Long  then  be- 
gan to  make  observations  at  his  own  house  where  a 
group  of  college  students  came  to  have  "ether 
frolics."  After  noticing  that  students  under  the  effect 


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of  ether  often  received  falls  and  blows  from  which 
they  felt  no  pain,  Long  wondered  if  he  could  not  op- 
erate while  a  patient  was  under  the  influence  of 
ether.  Having  persuaded  a  young  friend,  who  had 
two  tumors  on  his  neck,  to  inhale  a  quantity  of  ether, 
Dr.  Long  operated.  This  was  the  first  painless  sur- 
gical operation  on  a  human  being  to  be  performed 
under  etlher.  Long  was  forced  to  give  up  his  won- 
derful work  because  people  refused  to  go  to  a  doctor 
who  carried  on  such  "devilish"  experiments.  So  Long, 
like  Faraday,  Davy,  and  Hickman,  bowed  before  the 
storm  of  discouragement  and  public  distention. 

Ether  was  thus  not  really  put  to  use  until  Dr. 
William  T.  G.  Morton,  a  Boston  dentist,  who  had 
learned  much  about  sulphuric  ether  from  Dr.  Charles 
Jackson,  a  Boston  scientist,  had  the  courage  to  make 
a  public  demonstration  of  etherization.  After  exten- 
sive research  and  experimentation  with  ether,  Dr. 
Morton  extracted  a  tooth  of  the  musician  Eben  Frost 
without  causing  the  patient  any  pain.  Morton  then 
neglected  his  greatly  increased  practice  and,  careless 
of  money,  health,  and  family  life,  devoted  himself  to 
the  task  of  regulating  artificial  sleep.  After  exten- 
sive study  he  invented  a  small,  two-necked,  glass 
globe  from  which  a  patient  could  inhale  ether  vapcr 
mixed  freely  with  air.  He  then,  after  considerable 
difficulty,  gained  an  interview  with  Dr.  John  C. 
Warren  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital.  At 
first  Dr.  Warren  was  incredulous  and  distrustful  of 
Morton's  method  but  soon  relented  and  became  as  en- 
thusiastic as  Morton  to  see  if  an  operation  could  be 
performed  on  an  etherized  patient. 

On  Friday,  October  16,  1846,  Morton  was  invited 
to  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  by  Dr. 
Warren  to  administer  ether  to  Gilbert  Abbott,  a 
young  fellow  who  had  a  very  large  tumor  on  his  face. 
At  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  amphitheater  of 
the  hospital  was  crowded  with  the  leading  surgeons 
of  the  town — W.  J.  Bigelow,  S.  D.  Townsend,  Samuel 
Parkman,  Doctors  J.  G.  Pearson,  Gould,  and  Welling- 
ton, and  students  from  Havard.  At  ten  o'clock  Gilbert 
Abbott  was  placed  on  the  operating  table.  As  Dr. 
Morton  had  not  yet  arrived,  Dr.  Warren  was  about  to 
make  the  first  incision  on  the  fully  conscious  patient 
when  Morton,  having  been  delayed  by  the  instru- 
ment maker,  burst  into  the  room  just  in  time.  Warren 
turned  to  Morton  and  said,  "Your  patient  is  ready." 
After  administering  ether  to  Abbott  for  about  four 
minutes,  Morton  said,  "Dr.  Warren  your  patient  is 
ready."  Dr.  Warren  then  made  an  incision  of  two  and 
one  half  inches  in  length.  Abbott  lay  motionless, 
breathing  deeply,  and  smiling  as  if  he  were  enjoying 
a  dream.  After  the  operation,  which  had  taken  but 
five  minutes,  Dr.  Warren  turned  toward  the  specta- 
tors and  exclaimed  "Gentlemen,  this  is  no  humbug." 
Dr.  Bigelow,  a  respected  professor  at  Harvard  and 
junior  surgeon  of  the  hospital,  said,  "We  have  today 
witnessed  something  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the 


art  of  surgery.  Our  craft  has,  once  and  for  all,  been 
robbed  of  its  terrors."  The  poet  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes,  who  was  also  a  physician,  later  declared  that 
"the  deepest  furrow  in  the  knotted  brow  of  agony 
has  been  smoothed  forever." 

"The  glad  tidings  spread  to  the  farthest  limit  of 
civilization."  Morton  became  famous  beyond  his 
wildest  dreams  but  the  discovery  brought  him  many 
misfortunes  one  of  which  was  the  controversy  with 
Dr.  Charles  Jackson  who  had  made  some  valuable 
suggestions  to  him.  Twenty  years  of  intrigue  and 
slander  followed,  Dr.  Jackson  campaigning  with  a 
string  of  malicious  accusations  and  shameless  lies. 
Morton  died,  poverty  stricken,  despised,  and  rejected. 
Later,  however,  in  tribute  to  his  humane  discovery, 
the  citizens  of  Boston  erected  in  his  memory  a  monu- 
ment inscribed  to  "The  Benefactor  of  Mankind." 

Because  of  Morton's  discovery  of  the  anasthetic 
properties  of  ether,  delicate  operations  are  today 
performed  on  etherized  patients  whose  eyes  are  closed 
in  gentle  sleep.  "Surgical  anaesthesia  has  become  the 
priceless  heritage  of  the  civilized  world." 


CMS*  x 

y  HOTTO 

THE  CLASS  MOTTO 

By  DOROTHY  STETSON 

To  that  far  land 

Where  earth  attains  the  skies, 
Adventure  on, 

There  waits  your  enterprise. 

We,  of  the  graduating  class,  realize  that  this  year 
and  the  past  few  years  opportunity  has  not,  and  will 
not  come  knocking  at  our  doors.  In  view  of  this 
fact  we  have  selected  as  our  motto,  "The  Door  to 
Success  is  Labeled  'Push' ". 

When  we  leave  this  hall  tonight,  we  are  no  longer 
children,  but  grown-up  men  and  women  starting  into 
fields  that  are  already  filled  and  overflowing.  In 
the  work-a-day  world,  people  are  chosen  not  because 
of  their  good  looks,  not  because  of  the  clothes  they 
wear,  but  for  their  "pluck" — their  ability  to  push 
ahead.  Whether  we  make  a  place  for  ourselves  in 
this  work-a-day  world  will  depend  entirely  upon  our 
personality,  our  pluck, — our  "push." 

Positions  are  not  open  and  waiting  for  us  to  come 
whenever  we  feel  in  the  mood,  nor  are  employers 
coming  to  ask  us  to  fill  them,  for  there  are  many 


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on  the  waiting  list.  As  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  has 
said,  "Thou  shalt  be  paid  exactly  for  what  thou  has 
done,  no  more,  no  less." 

Most  of  us  have  decided  upon  the  career  which  we 
intend  to  follow,  remembering  that  there  are  many 
others  who  are  desirous  of  the  same  ends,  many 
others  who  are  equally  talented — some,  perhaps,  who 
are  even  better  equipped  to  cope  with  the  problems 
of  life  than  we.  Therefore,  it  is  our  duty  to  show, 
just  who  is  the  better — to  make  our  way  through 
life — to  "push." 

This  year  has  ended  our  high  school  course.  Dur- 
ing the  years  which  we  have  spent  here  in  Duxbury 
High  School  we  have  been  growing  in  knowledge. 
This  knowledge  has  increased  our  hope — hope  which 
is  so  necessary  to  all  progress.  When  hope  dies  in 
the  heart  of  a  man  or  a  nation,  further  progress  is 
impossible.  Knowledge  is  the  measure  of  our  hope. 
Ignorance  is  the  most  hopeless  thing  in  the  world 
because  it  knows  nothing  to  hope  for. 

Our  experiences  here  in  school  have  taught  us  to 
hope  for  a  full  life,  rich  with  intellectual  and  human 
experiences.  We  have  already  started  on  our  way 
and  are  slowly  ascending  our  ladder  of  success  step 
by  step,  round  by  round.  We  are  determined  to  make 
a  place  for  ourselves  at  the  top  and  not  to  wait  for 
the  world  to  make  a  place  for  us. 

A  passage  from  Shakespeare's  Julius  Caesar  seems 
to  express  adequately  the  period  of  life  through 
which  we  students,  as  members  of  the  graduating 
class,  are  now  passing. 

"There  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men, 

Which,  taken  at  the  flood,  leads  on  to  foi-tune; 

Omitted,  all  the  voyage  of  their  life 

Is  bound  in  shallows  and  in  miseries 

And  we  must  take  the  current  when  it  serves 

Or  lose  our  venture." 
People  have  been  telling  us  of  the  difficult  prob- 
lems youth  is  facing  today,  as  it  has  been  for  several 
years.  We  are  not  letting  these  well-meaning  friends 
discourage  us  concerning  the  world  into  which  we 
are  now  about  to  enter.  We  believe  that  America 
is  still  a  land  of  youth  and  hope.  To  the  young  man 
or  woman  who  has  prepared  himself  and  who  is 
eager  for  the  right  kind  of  success, — to  him  will 
come  the  just  rewards.  We  are,  therefore,  willing 
and  eager  to  prepare  for  our  life's  job,  no  matter 
what  that  job  may  be. 

"You  are  the  fellow  that  has  to  decide 
Whether  you'll  do  it  or  toss  it  aside. 
You  are  the  fellow  who  makes  up  your  mind 
Whether  you'll  lead  or  will  linger  behind. 
Whether  you'll  try  for  the  good  that's  afar 
Or  just  be  content  to  stay  where  you  are. 
Take  it  or  leave  it.  Here's  something  to  do! 
Just  think  it  over — It's  all  up  to  you!" 


CLASS  HISTORY 

By 

E  ORISMAE  DYER  and  CLIFFORD  CORNWELL 

Ihe  history  or  our  class  is  to  us  not  merely  a 
chain  of  events  and  activities,  bus  a  choice  and 
\  '.uc(!  collodion  of  memories  of  our  many  gay  times 
together  as  Duxbury  High  School  students. 

In  the  fall  of  1936  we  had  thirty-four  members  in 
ou--  freshman  class  but  Kathleen  Bergstrom,  Louis 
Br  -o,  Carl  Hill,  Stephen  Lambathos,  Aithur  Stud- 
ley  and  Charles  Watters  di-opped  out.  The  next  fall 
Wo  .eft  Richard  Prince,  with  his  well-known  horse 
teujyh,  and  Thomas  Taylor,  a  quiet  fellow,  for  the 
lie  hi  an  class  to  ponder  over,  as  we  turned  our 
at:ention  to  a  brand  new  crop  of  faces.  Being  a 
sociable  class,  it  did  not  take  us  long  to  get  acquainted 
inc.  \  ;ccn  und  cut  that  Ray  Lelano,  Ernest  Gos- 
be?,  Jean  Pc  ole,  Nancy  Hanigan,  Philip  Boucher,  and 
Anthony  LaGreca  were  all  worthy  of  admittance  to 
our  choice  group  of  sophies.  Ernest  Gosbee  was  the 
most  outstanding  newcomer.  A  human  questionnaire, 
he  saved  the  day  more  than  once  by  asking  numerous 
ouest  ons  when  we  did  not  have  our  work  prepared, 
."rry  Feeley,  who  had  joined  the  freshman  class  in 
April,  and  Merle  Simmons  were  among  the  missing. 
Az  juniors,  we  were  glad  to  welcome  Lillian  White, 
Margaret  Scott,  and  Morton  Raymond,  although  we 
were  sorry  to  have  Ernest  Gosbee,  Philip  Boucher, 
James  O'Neil,  Lyman  Howard,  and  Rexford  Randall 
leave  our  class.  No  more  get-to-gethers  at  recess 
to  sing  to  the  accompanyment  of  Rexford's  melodious 
guitar.  Oh  well,  we  had  fun  while  it  lasted!  As 
mighty  seniors — or  is  that  just  a  matter  of  opinion? 
— we  noticed  the  absence  of  Margaret  Scott  and  also 
Ray  Delano,  who  enrolled  in  a  Boston  school,  probably 
hoping  for  a  more  studious  class  than  ours;  but  we 
were  glad  to  welcome  Arthur  Howard,  who  came 
to  us  from  Boston.  His  nimble  feet  and  pleasing 
personality  attracted  our  attention  immediately,  and 
his  nick-name,  "Honey,"  became  a  familiar  call 
throughout  the  school.  Dominic  LaGreca,  who  stayed 
out  to  work  for  a  year,  came  back  to  join  our  class. 
Richard  Burt  was  also  an  addition,  but  he  left  in 
the  middle  of  the  year.  And  what  a  pleasant  sur- 
prise to  find  with  us  Nina  Pierce,  who  had  done 
three  year's  work  in  two,  a  feat  never  before  accom- 
plished. She  deserves  much  praise  for  her  industrious 


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17 


work  and  her  participation  in  so  many  outside  activi- 
ties. This  year  she  has  been  the  editor-in-chief  of 
the  Partridge  and  recording  secretary  of  the  South- 
eastern Massachusetts  League  of  School  Publications, 
and  she  was  chosen  for  her  good  citizenship  the 
class  delegate  to  the  Daughters  of  American  Revolu- 
tion meeting  in  Boston.  She  took  the  part  of  Aunt 
Millie  in  the  Senior  Play,  "Skidding,"  which  was  given 
successfully  on  December  8. 

Carlton  Turner,  Hazel  Eldridge,  and  Willard  Mills 
very  cleverly  characterized  the  other  well  known 
members  of  the  Hardy  family.  Marian  Shirley,  Nancy 
Hanigan,  Fred  Lunt,  George  Stetson,  and  Frank  Put- 
nam were  also  in  the  play.  The  senior  class  can  boast 
of  dancing  talent,  too.  For  three  years,  Mrs.  Harriet 
Crocker  has  coached  a  chorus  of  high  school  girls 
who  have  done  specialty  numbers  in  the  Parent- 
Teacher-Association  Minstrel  Shows.  The  first  year, 
Marjorie  Churchill  and  Phyllis  Eldridge  represented 
our  class  in  this  group.  The  next  three  years  Jean 
Horsfall,  Jean  Poole,  and  Dorismae  Dyer  were  also 
included.  Our  musical  talent  has  been  proved  several 
times.  Rex  Randall  and  Louis  Britto  won  the  first 
prize  of  five  dollars  by  playing  their  guitars  and 
yodeling  at  an  amateur  contest,  which  was  held  after 
an  entertainment  by  "Jimmie  and  Dick,"  a  program 
sponsored  by  the  Athletic  Association.  Carlton 
Turner  and  Clarence  Peacock  received  two  dollar 
prizes.  It  was  during  our  senior  year  that  Arthur 
Howard  composed  our  Victory  Song,  which  was 
recorded  with  the  School  Song  and  played  at  the 
basketball  games.  The  high  school  operetta,  "Star 
Flower,"  was  given  in  May.  Seniors  who  had  lead- 
ing parts  were  Nina  Pierce,  Anthony  LaGreca,  Hazel 
Eldridge,  Clifford  Cornwell,  Fred  Lunt,  and  Carlton 
Turner. 

Other  activities  during  our  four  years  were  as 
follows:  In  our  junior  year,  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  pupils  from  twelve  different  schools  of  the  South- 
eastern Massachusetts  League  of  School  Publica- 
tions were  entertained  by  the  Partridge  staff.  Carl- 
ton Turner  and  Marion  Shirley  were  the  two  physi- 
cal education  leaders  from  our  class  taken  by  Mr. 
Blakeman  on  a  sight-seeing  tour  in  Boston.  An  Old 
Maid  and  a  Bachelor  Club  were  started  in  which 
conversation  with  the  opposite  sex  was  not  allowed. 
Needless  to  say,  these  two  clubs  did  not  last  long. 

Several  innovations  were  put  into  effect  during  our 
four  years  in  school.  An  athletic  point  system  was 
adopted  which  made  it  possible  for  anyone  to  earn 
an  athletic  award.  A  new  citizenship  mark  was  given, 
and  one  had  to  have  A's  or  B's  to  become  an  honor 
student.  An  extra  ten  minutes  was  added  to  each 
school  period,  the  total  increase  being  forty  minutes. 

This  year  our  girls'  basketball  team  came  in  second 
in  the  South  Shore  League,  after  being  in  third  place 
for  two  years.  Evidently  the  girls  are  aiming  for  the 
top.  Marian  Shirley  was  the  only  girl  from  our  class 


on  the  team  for  four  years,  but  Hazel  and  Phyllis 
Eldridge  helped  to  uphold  the  honor  of  the  class  by 
being  on  the  team  for  the  past  two  years. 

Clifford  Cornwell  will  tell  you  now  about  boys' 
basketball,  the  dances,  and  the  class  officers. 


CLASS  HISTORY  II 

As  freshmen,  the  boys  took  a  very  active  interest 
in  basketball,  but  only  two  were  fortunate  enough 
to  make  the  team,  Earl  Ford  and  Clifford  Cornwell. 
Evidently  they  were  not  much  help  as  the  team 
placed  fourth  in  the  South  Shore  Basketball  League. 
Carlton  Turner  made  the  team  in  his  sophomore  year, 
and  although  he  was  only  five  feet  two  inches  tall, 
the  smallest  boy  on  the  team,  he  was  very  tricky 
with  the  ball.  The  team  finished  fifth  in  the  League 
this  year.  The  following  year  was  a  banner  season 
for  Duxbury  High  School.  The  team  was  defeated  in 
only  two  of  the  League  games  by  two  points  each. 
The  championship  depended  upon  the  Marshfield- 
Duxbury  game  as  both  Duxbury  and  Hanover  were 
t  ed  for  first  place.  This  game  was  naturally  the 
highlight  of  the  season.  When  the  final  whistle  blew, 
the  score  was  tie;  an  additional  two  minutes  over- 
t'me  was  then  played.  Duxbury  got  possession  of  the 
ball  immediately,  worked  it  down  the  floor  with  great 
speed,  and  scored  the  winning  basket,  thus  winning 
ths  championship.  In  the  senior  year  a  few  more 
boys  were  added  to  the  team.  The  squad,  however, 
was  not  qu  te  good  enough  for  Hanover,  and  con- 
sequently the  championship  was  lost  to  them. 

Though  basketball  was  a  favorite  activity,  it  was 
not  the  only  pastime.  Since  junior  high  school  days, 
tho  cla;s  had  looked  forward  to  giving  a  dance.  As 
freshmen  they  were  all  excited  and  tried  to  run  thb 
dance  as  they  had  seen  the  upper  classmen  do. 
Before  the  sophomore  dance,  several  "jam"  sess'on> 
were  held  in  the  hope  that  more  of  the  bashful  boy> 
would  dance.  This  dance  was  a  success,  not  onh 
financially  but  also  socially. 

In  the  junior  year  there  were  two  dances  to  look 
fo.ward  to.  The  class  relied  too  much  on  their  past 
successes  when  they  put  on  their  annual  dance  and 
as  a  result  did  not  live  up  to  their  usual  reputation 
for  having  gay  dances.  When  it  was  t  me  for  the 
senior  reception  to  be  planned,  a  little  more  time 
and  effort  were  put  into  the  preparations  and  so  it 
proved  a  success.  The  hall  was  decorated  effectively 
in  the  senior  colors  of  blue  and  white. 

By  the  time  of  the  senior  dance  most  of  the  class 
were  expert  dancers,  so  the  dance  was  quite  different 
from  the  first  one  when  everyone  was  shy  and  awk- 
ward. 

One  of  the  main  reasons  for  the  success  of  the 
class  of  1940  has  been  its  ability  to  choose  excellent 
leaders  as  class  officers. 

In  the  freshmen  year  Dorismae  Dyer  was  elected 
president  and  proved  dependable;  the  tall,  dark,  and 


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handsome  Marion  Shirley  was  made  vice-president; 
husky  Earl  Ford  became  secretary;  and  Richard 
Prince,  because  of  his  honest  looks,  was  chosen 
treasurer. 

The  following  year  the  old  maestro,  Rex  Randall, 
was  chosen  president;  Clifford  Cornwell,  vice-presi- 
dent; Dorismae  Dyer,  secretary;  and  that  cute  bru- 
1     te,  Jean  Horsfall,  treasurer. 

lex  Randall  continued  to  be  the  clr.ss  president  the 
j.  ior  year;  when  he  left  school  Marion  Shirley  took 
over  the  position,  and  Margaret  Scott  was  chosen  to 
fin::.'.,  t/.e  year  as  vice-president.  Because  Jean  Poole 
was  so  handy  with  her  pen  and  pad,  the  class  could 
not  resist  electing  her  secretary.  After  a  long  dis- 
cussion, Clifford  Cornwell  was  elected  treasurer. 

In  September,  the  class  elected  officers  for  the 
last  t'me.  Dorismae  Dyer,  who  did  so  nobly  her  first 
yea.-,  was  chosen  president.  The  up-and-coming  girl 
vith  knowledge  supreme,  Nina  Pierce,  was  elected 
as  secretary.  The  he-man  of  the  class,  George  Stet- 
ron,  took  over  the  responsibilities  of  vice-president. 
The  books  having  checked  so  well  in  the  junior  year, 
Ihe  class  again  elected  Clifford  Cornwell  for  treasurer. 

Now  that  high  school  days  are  over,  the  class  of 
19 -0  heads  into  the  world,  carrying  the  memories  of 
four  years  of  work  and  play. 


CLASS  GIFTS 

Hazel  Eldridge 
and 

Dominic  LaGreca 

(Hazel  seated  in  aim  chair  reading  the  Arabian 
Nights  Tales). 

"Oh,  dear,  if  I  only  had  Alladin's  Lamp,  it  would 
be  very  simple  to  figure  out  what  to  give  the  seniors 
for  presents  at  graduation  tomorrow  night." 

(Lights  go  dim,  symbols  clang,  and  the  dim  out- 
line of  a  genie  appears  in  background.  Hazel  jumps 
up  quickly). 

Genie:  I  come  to  you  from  the  Arabian  Nights  to 
grant  you  your  wish.  On  the  table  will  appear 
Alladin's  own  lamp.  Light  it  and  your  every  wish 
will  be  fulfilled. 

(Hazel  then  ivalks  over  to  the  table  and  lights  the 
lamp). 

Hazel:  Oh,  sir,  please  help  me  to  make  out  my  gift 
list  for  graduation  exercises. 


Genie:  Your  wish  shall  be  granted.  I  will  send  you 
my  personal  representative,  Mr.  Horace  Horse- 
collar,  who  is  Employment  Manager  in  Hades  and 
is  in  these  parts  looking  for  young  talent  to  fill 
anticipated  vacancies.  He  is  well  acquainted  with 
many  of  the  ancestors  of  your  class,  and  he  is  ad- 
mirably  qualified  to  assist  you  in  making  your 
choke  of  gifto.  I'd  remain  to  help  you  myself, 
but  I  have  an  important  engagement — must  see 
Man  Mountain  Dean  wrestle  the  Angel  at  the  Bos- 
tm  Garden.  Goodbye  and  good  luck. 
(Symbols  clang). 

(Bones  rattle,  chains  clank,  and  skeleton  appears). 

LjiGroea  (Introducing  himself)  :  I  am  Mr.  Horace 
Ilors.collar,  All  High  Employment  Manager  of 
Hades.  Hmmm!  Fine  group  of  prospects  you  have 
i.e.*".  I  ought  to  be  able  to  fill  quite  a  number  of 
\a  r.ncies  from  this  lot.  Say,  who  is  that  fellow 
over  there?  He  looks  like  Old  Rattlebones  Pea- 
"oz  ,  who  plays  on  our  hillbiliy  program. 

II r  e1 :  His  name  is  Peacock  and  he  has  rattled  the 
!  ncc  on  many  entertainment  programs  here  in 
Duxbury. 

LaGr  ea:  Fine!  Give  him  this  big  bone  to  prac- 
t  c  on  so  that  he  will  be  able  to  beat  it  out  in 
r  and  sty"e  when  he  gets  down  below.  And  that 
fat  boy  over  there,  could  that  be  Ford,  the  lobster- 
man? 

Hazel :  Yes,  that  is  Captain  Ford  of  the  good  ship 
Lal'apaloosa. 

LaGreca:  Boy!  Do  we  need  him!  Old  Charon,  our 
ferryman,  who  carries  our  new  recruits  across  the 
r'ver  Styx,  has  a  bad  case  of  the  gout.  Here's  a 
map  of  the  river  Styx.  Study  it,  and  you  will  be 
ab'e  to  tr.ke  the  helm  the  very  day  you  arrive. 
Have  you  anyone  who  aspires  to  be  a  surgeon? 
All  we  have  to  perform  our  operations  at  present 
are  two  meat  cutters  from  the  A.  &  P.  at  South 
Duxbury,  and  needless  to  say,  the  mortality  rate 
is  rather  high. 

ITaie' :  You  bet.  Nina  Pierce  hopes  to  be  a  sur- 
geon. We  will  give  her  this  rubber  doll  and  a  saw 
to  practice  with.  However,  I  don't  guarantee  that 
she  will  do  any  better  than  your  meat  cutters! 
Could  Nina  use  three  of  her  classmates,  who  in- 
tend to  be  nurses,  as  her  assistants? 

LaGreca:    By  all  means. 

Hazel:  Madaline  Churchill,  who  likes  children, 
could  be  supervisor  of  the  maternity  ward,  and 
will  have  use  for  these  pins  and  diapers.  Lillian 
White  could  be  head  of  the  men's  medical  depart- 
ment. As  she  has  been  known  to  cause  tempera- 
tures to  rise  in  the  past  we  give  her  this  ther- 
mometer with  a  blow  off  valve  as  a  safety  pre- 
caution. And  Olive  Davis  can  be  Nina's  assis- 
tant during  operations.  Here's  a  bottle  of  smell- 
ing salts  to  revive  Nina  after  she  passes  out  at  her 
first  sight  of  blood. 


THE  PARTRIDGE  19 


LaGreca:    Say,  is  John  Shirley  in  this  class? 

Hazel:    Yes,  seated  right  over  there. 

LaGreca:  I  have  a  present  from  his  ancestor 
Square-Jaw  Shirley.  It's  an  iron  weight  to  be 
tied  around  John's  ankle  to  keep  him  from  flying 
that  wreck  of  an  aeroplane  he  has  in  his  back 
yard.  Square-Jaw  says  he  is  enjoying  peace  and 
quiet  at  present  and  doesn't  want  John  to  arrive 
too  soon  to  spoil  it. 

Hazel:  How  about  Carlton  Turner,  the  Captain  of 
our  baseball  team? 

LaGreca:  Fine:  Here's  a  contract  to  play  sec- 
ond base  on  the  Hades  Hambones  in  the  Putrid 
League. 

Hazel:  Rita  Dacos  is  a  good  dancer,  and  Jean 
Poole  a  piano  accompanist.  Can  you  use  them? 

LaGreca:  Of  course  we  can.  They  can  dance  and 
play  at  the  Hades  Hilarity  Hot  Spot.  Give  Jean 
a  set  of  horse's  teeth  to  practice  on,  and  Rita  this 
can  of  oil  to  keep  her  joints  well  lubricated. 

Hazel:  Speaking  about  oil,  Charlie  Randall  would 
make  a  good  politician. 

LaGreca:  Excellent!  We  need  a  young  and  vigor- 
ous campaign  manager  in  our  party  to  oppose  the 
spendthrifts  who  have  been  trying  to  spend  us 
out  of  the  Depression.  Here's  a  soap  box  to  prac- 
tice his  oratory  on. 

Hazel:  By  the  way,  do  you  know  Rudolph  Valen- 
tino, who  used  to  be  the  great  lover  of  the  silent 
films  a  few  years  ago? 

LaGreca:  Of  course — he  was  very  good  looking 
until  I  got  through  with  him  after  discovering 
that  he  was  giving  my  wife  too  much  attention. 

Hazel:  Your  worries  are  just  beginning.  Wait 
until  Clifford  Cornwell  gets  down  in  that  region. 
He  can  out-Rudy  Rudy  himself. 

LaGreca:  We'll  fix  him;  we'll  give  him  this  hair 
tonic  which  is  guaranteed  to  remove  all  hair  in 
one  operation. 

LaGreca:  Who  is  that  beautiful,  blue-eyed,  blonde 
over  there? 

Hazel:    Oh,  that's  my  sister,  Phyllis. 

LaGreca:  Hmmm — not  bad.  Here's  a  one-way 
ticket  to  Hades — she  can  go  back  with  me  any  time 
she  wishes  to. 

LaGreca:  Here's  a  basketball — that  ought  to  go 
to  the  captain  of  the  girls'  basketball  team. 

Hazel:    That  will  be  Marian  Shirley. 

LaGreca:  We  will  have  a  place  for  you,  Marian, 
on  Betty  Boop's  Bearded,  Barefoot  Basketball 
Beauties. 

LaGreca:    Does  my  face  look  worn  and  haggard? 

Hazel :  Now  that  you  mention  it  it  does  look  a  bit 
thin;  but  Cecelia  Mobbs  who  intends  to  be  a  ton- 
sorial  artist  might  be  able  to  give  your  face  a  lift. 
Cecelia,  here  is  a  bottle  of  NuSkin  for  you.  And 
Marjorie,  here's  a  jar  of  Pond's  cream  taken  out 
of  the  frog  pond  in  back  of  the  school  for  you. 


And  for  both  of  you  an  appointment  for  your  first 
customer.  Patch  him  up  after  graduation  exer- 
cises are  over. 

Hazel:  Nancy  Hanigan  has  all  of  the  qualifications 
necessary  to  write  an  excellent  Lonely  Hearts 
column  for  a  newspaper. 

LaGreca:  Then  she  can  write  for  our  Scandal 
Gazette. 

Hazel:  Here,  Nancy,  is  a  copy  of  Beatrice  Bare- 
fax's  "Advice  to  the  Lovelorn,"  which  will  give 
you  many  worth-while  suggestions  in  the  art  of 
harmonious  living. 

LaGreca:  Who  is  the  most  tempermental  member 
of  the  class? 

Hazel:  That's  easy.  Morton  Raymond,  by  a  mile. 
He's  always  losing  his  temper  and  coming  to  blows 
with  someone. 

LaGreca:  Evident. y  he  can't  learn  to  control  his 
temper,  so,  as  second  best  thing  we  give  him  this 
set  of  boxing  lessons  in  the  hope  that  he  can 
hold  his  own  even  though  he  has  the  indiscretion  to 
become  involved  in  an  argument  with  someone 
larger  than  he  is. 

LaGreca:  Who  is  the  thriftiest  member  of  the 
class? 

Haze  :  L'oyd  Chandler,  I  hear  that  he  saved  S200 
last  summer. 

LaGreca:  By  George! — Say,  any  fcl  ow  who  can 
do  that  during  Depression,  is  entitled  to  be  our 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.  Here  we'll  give  you 
th?  combination  to  our  safety  deposit  vau.ts  right 
now,  so  that  some  of  the  New  Dealers  won't  have 
the  money  all  spent  before  you  get  down  there. 

Hazel:  We  have  another  fat  boy  in  the  class, 
George  Stetson,  who  is  an  ice  man  in  his  spare 
time. 

LaGreca:  An  ice  man,  did  you  say?  We  need  a 
great  many  ice  men  in  my  country  because  as  you 
all  know  tho  average  temperature  is  rather  hijrh. 

Haze  :  Then  we  will  give  him  this  ice  pick  as  an 
emblem  of  his  trade. 

LrtGi^a:  Have  you  a  patient,  methodical  perron 
among  the  graduates? 

Hazel:    Yes,  of  course,  Wil  ard  Mills. 

LaGreca:  That's  great!  He's  the  man  we  need  to 
take  the  census,  that  is,  if  Senator  Tobey  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  some  of  his  census  objectors  don't 
get  there  first. 

Hazel:  Okay,  we'll  give  him  this  sponge  pad  so  that 
he  can  sit  and  figure  for  longer  periods  without 
acquiring  callouses.  And  Annie  Black,  who  is  an 
cxce.lent  typist,  can  be  his  secretary. 

LaGreca:  Yes,  and  because  she  is  so  quiet,  we'll 
give  her  this  rattle  to  tie  around  her  neck,  so  that 
Willard  will  know  that  she  is  still  around. 

Hazel:  Did  you  know  that  one  of  our  seniors,  Frank 
Putnam,  is  a  direct  descendant  of  Myles  Standish? 

LaGreca:    Yes,  Myles  was  telling  me  about  that. 


20       THE  PARTRIDGE 


He  is  still  a  little  peeved  because  John  Alden  ran 
away  with  Priscilla  and  sends  "Putty"  a  set  of 
brass  knuckles  to  protect  his  rights  against  any 
Aldens  who  may  be  contemplating  any  further  mis- 
appropriations. 

Hazel:  Dorismae  Dyer  and  Joan  Eckersley  wish  to 
be  dieticians. 

LaGreca:  We  have  no  use  for  dieticians  because 
you  sec  we  have  no  bodies  to  be  fed,  but  good  diets 
make  good  bones  so  let  them  ply  their  trade  here. 

Hazel :  Then  here's  a  string  bean  and  a  carrot  for 
you,  Dorismae,  and  a  pint  of  buttermilk  for  you, 
Joan. 

LaGreca :  Who  is  that  cute  girl  over  there  who  has 
been  flirting  with  me  all  evening? 

Haze  :  That  must  be  Jean  Horsfall.  She's  very 
popular  with  the  boys.  In  fact,  she  has  so  many 
boy  friends  that  her  front  yard  in  the  evening,  it 
looks  like  the  entrance  to  Fi.ene's  bargain  base- 
ment during  rush  hours. 

LaGr  ca:  Is  that  so — perhaps  we  had  better  give 
her  a  dog  house  for  rejected  suitors. 

HrjBsl:  What  are  we  going  to  do  about  Dot  Stet- 
son? Lhi  wants  to  be  a  model,  but  at  the  rate  she 
is  g.owing,  she  will  only  be  ab  e  to  model  tents. 

LaGr  ca:  Yes,  and  with  Fat  Boy  Ford  as  captain 
of  the  ferryboat,  it  is  doubtful  if  weM  be  able  to 
get  them  both  across  the  river  Styx  at  the  same 
time. 

Hazel:  Then  we'll  give  her  this  bottle  of  reducing 
salts  so  that  she  can  become  a  model  and  also  be 
sure  of  passage  across  the  river. 

LaGreca:  Oh,  I  almost  forgot.  Tony  LaGreca, 
your  great  grandfather,  Mussolini  LaGreca,  who 
died  several  years  ago  of  strangulation  while  eat- 
ing spaghetti,  sends  you  this  corkscrew  to  ream 
out  your  throat  in  case  you  find  yourself  in  the 
same  predicament. 

Haze  :    Don't  forget  Flora  Holmes. 

LaGreca:  Isn't  she  the  girl  who  comes  to  school 
only  part  of  the  time  and  is  late  on  those  days 
when  she  does  come? 

Hazel:    That's  the  one. 

LaGreca :  Give  her  this  stick  of  dynamite  to  make 
sure  that  she  will  never  be  late  in  the  future. 

LaGreca:  Say,  who  is  that  fellow  over  there  with 
his  teeth  shining? 

Hazel:  Oh,  that  is  Arthur  Howard.  He  is  so  proud 
of  his  new  teeth  installed  by  Dr.  Dyer  that  he  is 
keeping  his  mouth  open  to  show  them  off.  That  is 
nothing  new  for  Arthur,  however,  because  he  is 
the  most  talkative  member  of  the  class. 

LaGreca:  Then  we'll  give  him  Ferdinand  the  bull 
so  that  he  can  put  his  bull-throwing  into  action 
instead  of  words. 

Hazel:  And  next  is  Fred  Lunt,  who  is  the  pin 
boy  down  at  the  bowling  alleys. 

LaGreca:    We  had  better  give  him  this  set  of  shin 


guards  to  protect  his  shins  when  Miss  Fogg  mis- 
fires and  sends  the  ball  down  the  wrong  alleys. 
Hazel:    And  to  you,  friend  and  classmate  LaGreca 
and  All  High  Employment  Manager  of  Hades,  we 
give    this    little    lotion    invented    by  Professor 
Schniklefritz,  which  is  guaranteed  to  return  you 
to  your  earthly  existence.  We  need  you  to  help 
bear  the  trials  and  tribulations  here  on  earth  and 
when  the  time  comes,  we  will  all  go  to  Hades  in 
your  custody. 
LaGreca:    Say,  Hazel,  I  hear  you've  been  goin  steady 
the  past  year,  so  I  thought  you  could  use  these. 
Here's  a  marriage  license.   Make  him  sign  on  this 
line.   Here  is  the  minister,  and  just  in  case,  here's 
the  two  bucks.  And  if  you  need  a  best  man,  call  on 
"Yours  Truly." 


PROPHECY 

by 

Jean  Poole  and  George  Stetson 
INTRODUCTION:  Both  sitting  in  chairs  in  an  air- 
plane;— one  reading  Duxbury  Clam  and  the  other 
reading   Beanville   Gazette.  Jean  tries  to  attract 
George's  attention  by  dropping  things  and  clearing 
her  throat.  Both  finally  recognized  each  other. 
Jean:  I  was  just  reading  the  "Who's  What?"  column, 
and  noticed  the  paragraph  telling  of  your  return 
from  an  African  expedition.  Did  you  succeed  in  un- 
earthing any  fossils? 
George:  Yes,  that's  right.  Just  got  back.  I  hired 
Clarence  Peacock  to  come  with  me  on  the  expedi- 
dition,  provided  he  furnish  the  use  of  his  new 
twenty-mule  team  super-charger.  He  always  did 
have  a  flair  for  flashy  cars  back  in  the  old  days. 
At  present  Clarence  and  I  are  combining  our 
journalistic  talents  and  are  writing  a  book  on  the 
life  of  a  termite.  We're  dedicating  our  book  to 
Carlton  Turner,  our  old  schoolmate. 
Jean:  Well,  you  seem  to  be  pretty  well  occupied!  I've 
been    doing    the    illustrations    for    your  sister 
Dorothy's  latest  fashion  creations  in  that  new 
material,  spun  seaweed.  Its  invention  is  causing 
bankruptcy  among  the  woolen  mills.  Both  the  sea- 
weed and  Dorothy  have  certainly  brought  fame  to 
Duxbury. 

George:  Yes,  I'm  quite  proud  of  her  myself.  Say,  it's 
thrilling  to  see  one  of  our  old  classmates  sitting  in 
the  White  House  now,  isn't  it?  That's  one  time 
when  no  strings  were  pulled  in  politics!  Yes, 


THE  PARTRIDGE  21 


Honey  is  certainly  making  a  huge  success  of  him- 
self! ' 

Say,  I  don't  believe  I've  asked  you  where  you're 
bound  for  yet.  I'm  on  my  way  to  attend  the  big 
celebration  of  the  opening  of  the  new  White  House 
in  Duxbury.  You  know,  President  Howard  has 
transferred  the  nation's  capitol  from  Washington 
to  the  metropolis  of  Duxbury. 

Jean:  Yes,  "The  Clam"  here,  has  given  that  subject 
a  lot  of  space.  I'm  also  bound  for  the  same  place 
and  for  the  same  purpose.  Fine! 

George:  The  New  White  House  is  being  built  up  on 
Beanville  Boulevard,  near  the  old  Teravainen  home- 
stead. Yes.  President  Howard  is  also  financing 
that  new  clam-canning  factory  in  Duxbury  and  has 
established  dear  old  fiashy-dashy  Biff  Cornwell  as 
supervisor  of  canning.  Just  the  man  for  the  job! 

Jean:  I  understand  our  old  friend  "Honey"  is  trying 
to  balance  the  budget,  assisted  by  his  ace  account- 
ant, Annie  Black. 

George:  Yes,  and  did  you  know  that  President  Howard 
has  contracted  the  nation's  No.  1  architect  Lloyd 
Chandler  to  make  plans  of  this  new  White  House 
everyone's  so  excited  about?  My!  This  paper 
states  that  the  Lunt  &  Putnam  printing  establish- 
ment is  working  on  three  shifts  to  supply  Presi- 
dent Howard's  progressive  party  with  platform 
pamphlets  recommending  "Honey"  for  a  third  term, 
using  the  slogan,  "Clams  for  All"! 

Jean:  There's  an  item  here  saying  that  Tony  La 
Greca  is  busy  geting  ready  his  squadron  of  new 
Shirley  Weizel-Powered  clippers  designed  especially 
for  distributing  these  pamphlets.  In  the  Calamity 
Column,  special  mention  is  given  to  Charlie  Ran- 
dall's illness.  The  noted  zillionaire  is  here  on  his 
death-bed,  suffering  from  a  shock  caused  by  fear 
of  a  financial  crash  of  1965.  However,  the  whole 
thing  was  a  farce;  the  crash  didn't  occur,  but  poor 
"Rugged  Randall"  is  in  a  very  much  weakened  con- 
dition. His  present  condition  requires  the  constant 
attention  of  such  a  capable  nursing  staff  as  Olive 
Davis,  Marion  Shirley,  and  Lillian  White,  all  former 
classmates.  Nina  Pierce  is  the  attending  physi- 
cian. 

George:  Oh  yes,  and  "Slippery  Nick,"  the  well-known 
criminal  lawyer  is  at  Mr.  Randall's  bedside  legal- 
izing Mr.  Randall's  last  will  and  testament.  Wil- 
lard  Mills,  the  mathematical  wizard,  is  assisting 
Nick  with  these  transactions.  The  will  states  that 
Mr.  Randall's  entire  fortune's  left  to  his  lifetime 
friend,  Clifford  Cornwell,  who  is  now  struggling  to 
support  a  recently  enlarged  family.  Mr.  Cornwell 
was  formerly  employed  as  superintendent  of  the 
parking  space  across  from  Duxbury's  Powder  Puff 
Bridge.  It  is  intimated  that  Mr.  Cornwell  will 
greatly  appreciate  this  financial  aid. 

Jean:  Well,  I  seem  to  have  a  later  edition  than  you 
have,  as  this  paper  states  that  Charles  Randall  is 


showing  much  improvement  and  is  expected  to 
recover.  It  looks  as  if  Biff  will  have  to  look  else- 
where for  financial  aid,  especially  since  he  has 
hired  Flora  Holmes  and  Madaline  Churchill  as 
tutor  and  governess  to  look  after  the  sextuplets. 
George:  My!  Oh,  and  here's  an  article  in  the  Snoop 
n'  Sniff  column  about  Marjorie  Churchill,  Nancy 
Hanigan,  and  Cecelia  Mobbs'  forming  a  beautician's 
corporation.  This  trio  became  nationally  famous 
for  their  miraculous  conversion  of  the  president's 
wife,  a  former  South  Boston  jitterbug.  They  are 
also  noted  for  their  latest  beauty  aid  which  is 
sweeping  the  country  and  known  as  the  Fried  Fish 
Facial. 

Jean:  I  understand  that  President  Howard  has  a 
weak  stomach  and  has  employed  two  of  our  old 
schoolmates,  Dorismae  Dyer  and  Joan  Eckersley, 
to  plan  foods  for  his  delicate  system. 

George:  Yes,  and  his  private  physician,  Nina  Pierce, 
claims  that  his  present  delicate  cond.tun  was 
caused  by  excessive  indulgence  in  that  well-kncwn 
dance  of  yester-year,  jitterbugging.  I  imagine  the 
last  jitterbug  contest  which  he  entered  and  lost  to 
the  champion,  Rita  Dacos,  was  quite  a  strain. 

Jean:  Yes,  and  the  President,  unknown  to  his  ad- 
miring public,  is  rather  backward  at  speechmaking. 
He  has  secretly  hired  Jean  Horsfall,  the  former 
star  jou.nalist  on  the  Partridge,  to  cempese  those 
eloquent  incomparable  speeches  v.e  ha/e  previously 
given  him  credit  for. 

George:  The  entire  front  page  of  the  Beanville  Ga- 
zette is  crowded  with  information  concerning  th>2 
President's  declaration  of  a  baseball  convention  to 
be  held  on  the  old  home  diamond  of  our  alma 
mater,  Duxbury  High  School,  to  celebrate  the  com- 
pletion of  the  new  White  House. 

Jean:  In  the  opening  game  of  the  series  to  be  held, 
that  famous  trio  of  Big  League  Baseball  stars — 
Ford,  Raymond,  and  Turner — will  plry  the'r  origi- 
nal high  school  positions.  That  grand  old  favorite 
of  baseball  who  has  mellowed  with  the  years  ol 
coaching  the  nation's  big  league  stars,  Ralph 
B'akeman,  will  coach  the  guest  team. 

George:  Two  other  old  classmates  will  be  at  the  celt 
bration,  also.  Phyllis  and  Hazel  Eldridge  have  been 
inv.ted  to  umpire  this  game  of  games.  Their  word 
is  to  be  lawy — significant  of  their  sex. 

Jean:  That  new  White  House  is  to  be  built  on  Pill 
Hill  amid  the  healthful  surroundings  of  Bay  Farm. 
It  is  stated  in  The  Clam,  here,  that  the  new  White 
House  w.ll  be  dedicated,  at  the  President's  sug- 
gestion, to  our  kind  old  schoolmaster  of  our  senior 
year,  Mr.  McKenney. 

George:  We  seem  to  be  landing  now.  Since  we're 
both  staying  in  Duxbury  for  the  celebration,  per- 
haps we  could  organize  the  class  for  a  reunion 
soon.  I  have  a  business  appointment  in  just  a  few 
minutes.  I'll  have  to  hurry.  It's  been  nice  remi- 
niscing with  you.  So  long. 
■  Jean :  So  long. 


22       THE  PARTRIDGE 


CLASS  WILL 

By  ANTHONY  LaGRECA 

We.  the  class  of  1940,  having  withstood  the  trials 
and  tribulations  of  the  past  four  years  and  declaring 
ourselves  to  be  of  sound  mind  do  make,  publish,  and 
declare  this  to  be  our  last  will  and  testament,  to  wit: 
Annie  Black,  our  super-super  bookkeeper,  leaves  to 
Mona  Scholpp  and  Eleanor  Raymond  a  goodly  share 
of  her  shyness  and  demure  manner.  Split  it  up  be- 
tween you,  girls. 
Lioyd  Chandler  leaves  to  Danny  Winsor  his  man- 
ners aid  cooperative  attitude,  sincerely  hoping  that 

 j  s  friends  and  teachers  will  still  recognize 

him. 

Marjorie  Churchill  bequeathes  her  technique  of  hold- 
ing her  man  to  Martha  Nickerson.  But,  remember 
Martha  you've  got  to  catch  him  first. 

Clifford  Cornwell,  our  dashing  young  "Romeo,"  be- 
queathes his  sex  appeal  to  any  blushing  and  bashful 
backwoods  boy  in  the  freshman  class. 

Olive  Davis  leaves  to  Nancy  O'Neil  her  ability  to 
influence  the  boys  at  the  Coast  Guard  Station. 

Dorismae  Dyer  bequeathes  to  the  lucky  junior  who 
fills  her  shoes  as  class  president,  her  power  over 
the  class. 

Hazel  Eldridge  leaves  her  athletic  ability  to  Doris 
Prince,  her  originality  to  June  Barclay,  and  to  any 
girl  seeking  popularity,  her  example. 

Carlton  Turner  leaves  to  John  Alden  his  hidden  ambi- 
tion to  be  tall,  dark,  and  handsome — someday. 
Well  miracles  do  happen! 

Earl  Ford,  nicknamed  "Skinny,"  is  bequeathing  a 
little  of  his  excess  weight  to  Melvin  "Chesty"  Sin- 
nott  to  keep  "Chesty"  from  taking  off  when  he 
catches  a  pass  while  playing  basketball. 

Jean  Horsfall  leaves  her  vivaciousness  to  Gladys 
Black,  her  literary  ability  to  Mack  Mosher,  and 
her  volatile  atitude  toward  boys  to  Barbara  Morton, 
sincerely  hoping  that  the  recipients  will  prosper 
from  their  inheritence. 

Arthur  Howard  leaves  to  any  man,  woman,  or  child 
the  choice  of  either  his  poetical  ability  (?)  or  his 
dancing  feet. 

George  Stetson  leaves  to  Jack  Donahue  the  little 
advantage  he  had  over  him  at  "slinging  the  bull" 
with  the  hope  that  Jack  doesn't  get  gored. 

Flora  Holmes  leaves  her  placid  temper  and  sagacious 


mind  to  Marguerite  Chandler  who  academically 

is  seeming  to  follow  in  Flora's  footsteps. 
Nina  Pierce  leaves  behind  a  record  of  getting  through 

high  school  within  three  years,  for  anyone  to 

imitate  or  better. 
Jean  Poole  bequeathes  her  talent  at  the  piano  to 

Marguerite  Chandler,  her  ability  as  an  artist  to 

Eanny  Winsor,  her  "all  innocence"  expression  to 

Helen  Mosher  and   her  precocious  grammatical 

knowledge  to  Larry  Raymond. 
Clarence  Peacock  leaves  the  art  of  snoring  noislessly 

in  hlstcry  to  Clint  Sampson,  who  seems  to  be 

merely  lacking  in  experience. 
Morton  Raymond  gladly  leaves  behind  a  little  of  his 

fieiy  temper  to  Milton  Ellis,  the  abused  boy  in  the 

freshman  class. 
Li.lian  White  leaves  to  any  junior  who  promises  to 

be  absent  at  least  once  a  week,  a  list  of  unexcelled 

excuses. 

Nancy  Hanigan  leaves  her  proficiency  at  type- 
v.  r  ting  to  the  writer  of  the  next  class  will  for, 
confidentially,  it  is  an  art  sorely  needed  by  writers 
of  class  wills. 

T  r„t!  y  Stetson  adds  to  Betty  Green's  stock  of  jocu- 
lirity  her  ability  to  instantly  change  a  quiet, 
Lcricus  classroom  into  one  of  mirth  and  merriment. 

To  anyone  who  is  interested  in  politics  Dominic 
LaGreca  leaves  his  live  and  alert  mind  in  history; 
tj  Frances  Burns  he  leaves  his  boisterousness  in 
the  hope  that  she  will  someday  be  noticed  by  her 
classmates. 

Marion  Shirley  leaves  to  Edith  Peterson  an  open 
field  for  the  honor  of  high  scorer  for  the  girls' 
basketball  team.  It  is  yours  if  you  can  get  it  and 
you  can  get  it  if  you  try. 

Fred  Lunt  leaves  his  ability  at  setting  up  pins  at  the 
bowling  alleys  and  his  histrionic  skill  to  Winnie 
Hagman,  the  "Lone  Buck"  of  this  year's  operetta. 

John  Shirley  leaves  his  ingenuity  at  picking  up  odd 
jobs,  and  mechanical  mindedness  to  his  sole  bene- 
ficiary Arthur  Bradford. 

Charles  Randall,  that  speedy,  quick,  lithe,  and  rugged 
he-man,  leaves  to  Dicky  Verge  his  habit  of  getting 
no-place  fast. 

Rita  Dacos  leaves  a  manuscript  "How  to  Develop 
a  Perfect  Figure"  to  the  members  of  her  sex  in 
the  lower  classes. 

Joan  Eckersley,  tall  and  tempermental,  leaves  a  few 
inches  of  her  height  to  Mona  Scholpp,  who,  we  are 
sure  can  find  good  use  for  her  inheritance. 

Willard  Mills  'leaves  his  orderly  business  mind  to 
Robert  Herdman,  who  still  gets  mixed  up  on  which 
class  to  go  to. 

Madaline  Churchill  leaves  to  Irvina  Jones  her  miracle 
working  recipe  for  getting  thin. 

Phyllis  Eldridge,  "Venus"  of  the  class,  leaves  to  her 
sister  Dorothy  the  art  she  has  acquired  of  wearing 
her  hair  a  different  style  each  week. 

Cecilia  Mobbs,  the  torn  boy  of  the  class,  leaves  to 


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very  feminine  Norma  McKenny  her  habit  of  wear- 
ing dungarees.  Can  you  imagine  Norman  wearing 
dungarees  ? 

Frank  Putnam  leaves  his  languor  to  Clint  Sampson 
Who  has  already  shown  a  good  deal  of  accomplish- 
ment along  this  line. 

And  to  those  worthy  of  worthies,  the  incomparable 
and  incomprehensible  members  of  our  faculty, 
we  bequeathe  the  following: 

To  Mr.  Green,  a  drawing  of  his  faithful  old  Buick, 
that  passed  away  last  fall,  to  be  hung  on  the  wall 
of  his  office. 

To  Miss  Fogg,  a  set  of  false  fingernails  to  replace 
the  real  ones  that  she  chewed  during  basketball 

season. 

To  Mr.  Blakeman,  an  axe  to  whittle  the  Hanover 
team  down  to  the  Duxbury  team  size. 

To  Miss  Downey,  a  baton  to  wave  around,  to  keep 
her  arms  in  time  with  her  foot  at  assemblies. 

To  Mrs.  McClosky,  a  slingshot  to  get  the  attention 
of  the  individual  talksters  in  her  music  class. 

To  Mr.  Geradin,  a  girl  to  break  the  monotony  of 
having  all  boys  in  his  class. 

To  Mr.  Smith,  a  number  of  screens  to  be  put  around 
the  pupils'  desks  when  he  is  conducting  his  ex- 
aminations on  the  so-called  honor  system. 

To  Mr.  McKenny,  we  leave  a  radio  given  over  to  static 
so  that  when  he  begins  to  miss  us  he  can  turn  it 
on  and  bring  back  memories  of  us. 

To  Miss  Sanders,  we  leave  an  adding  machine  to  help 
her  in  figuring  out  her  simple  mathematics. 

To  Mr.  Glover,  a  bcudoir  cap  to  replace  the  turban  he 
uses  when  cleaning  out  the  boiler. 

To  Mr.  Butler,  a  book  of  new  jokes  to  replace  the 
outmoded  jokes  he  still  uses. 

To  Mr.  Warner,  an  artist's  dream,  a  perfect  master- 
piece. 

To  Miss  White,  a  doll  for  a  chaperone  while  she  is 

taking  Mr.  Warner  to  the  different  schools. 
To  Miss  Cushman,  a  school  day  that  doesn't  begin 

until  10  o'clock  to  give  her  a  litle  more  time  to 

sleep  in  the  morning. 
To  Miss  Schopfer,  a  Fanny  Farmer's  cook  book  for 

more  variety  of  lunches. 
To  Mr.  Macomber,  a  good  excuse  to  evade  helping 

the  writer  of  the  next  class  will. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hand 
and  seal  this  will  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  June  in 
the  year  of  Our  Lord  One  Thousand  Nine  Hundred 
and  Forty. 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  as  and  for 
the  last  will  of  the  class  of  1940  in  the  presence  of 
the  undersigned  witnesses. 

ANTHONY  LaGRECA 

Attorney-at-Law 

(Witnesses) 
EGBERT — Class  Mascot 
PINNOCHIO 
RHETT  BUTLER 


CLASS  SONG 

By  Dorismae  Dyer 

We  leave  you  now,  oh  dear  Duxbury  High, 

As  we  start  life's  work  to-day. 

Tho'  temptations  we  meet, 

We  will  never  retreat 

From  your  path  in  any  way. 

Your  precepts  true  forever  will  guide 

And  teach  us  ne'er  to  fail; 

To  be  fair  and  right; 

Fight  with  all  our  might, 

As  we  blaze  our  upward  trail. 

We're  off  to  search  for  companions  new 

On  the  rocky  road  thru  life. 

Then  let's  always  prepare 

To  be  kind  and  to  share, 

In  this  world  of  grief  and  strife. 

As  we  turn  back  to  memories  fair 

In  life's  book  of  mystery, 

We'll  recall  these  days 

And  we'll  sing  your  praise, 

"Little  High  School  by  the  Sea." 


SENIOR  CLASS  OFFICERS 


President        ....  Dorismae  Dyer 

Vice  President        .        .        .  George  Stetson 

Secretary     .....  Nina  Pierce 

Treasurer     ....  Clifford  Cornwell 

Council  Members        .        ^     .  .        John  Shirley 

Class  colors        .        .        .  Maroon  and  White 

Class  flowers        .        .        .  White  Carnation 


SENIOR  HONOR  ROLL 
FOR  FOUR  YEARS 


Black,  Annie — 1 
Churchill,  Marjorie — 2 
Dyer,  Dorismae — 9 
Eldridge,  Hazel — 6 
Eldridge,  Phyllis— 2 
Holmes,  Flora — 12 
Horsfall,  Jean — 12 

La  Greca,  Anthony — 3  in  2V&  years  here. 

La  Greca,  Dominic — 3  in  2%  years  here. 

Mills,  Willard — 3  in  3  years  here. 

Pierce,  Nina — 10  in  3  years,  covering  4  year's  work. 

Poole,  Jean — 3  in  2%  years  here. 

Morton,  Raymond — 3  in  2  years  here. 

Stetson,  Dorothy — 4 

Stetson,  George — 4 

Turner,  Carlton — 2 


24       THE  PARTRIDGE 


Nina:  Excuse  me  for  stepping  on  your  feet. 
Mr.  MacKenney:  That's  all  right,  I  do  it  myself  all 
the  time. 

Three  deaf  men  were  traveling  in  England. 
First:  Is  this  Wembley? 
Second:  No,  it  is  Thursday. 
Third:  So  am  I.  Let's  stop  and  have  a  drink. 

Norma:  Why  do  you  call  your  boy  friend  "Pilgrim"? 
Martha:  Because  every  time  Wayne  comes  he  makes 
a  little  progress. 

Teacher:  Now,  when  I  drop  this  silver  coin  in  this 

bubbling  solution,  will  it  dissolve? 
Earl  Ford:  No,  sir. 

Teacher:  Correct,  now  tell  me  why  not. 
Earl :  Well  if  it  would  dissolve,  no  one  by  the  name  of 
MacKenney  would  drop  it  in. 

Doc:  (to  Whitney  who  has  just  rushed  in)  Here  you, 

don't  you  know  my  hours  are  between  3  and  5? 
Whitney:  Yes,  but  the  hammer  that  hit  me  didn't. 

Clinton:  Is  he  a  good  watch  dog? 

Jack:  Rather!  If  you  hear  a  suspicious  noise  at 
night,  you've  only  to  wake  him  and  he  barks  at 
once. 

Customer:  I  want  some  apples. 
"Biff":  Baldwins? 

Customer:  Well,  you  don't  think  I  want  ones  with 
hair  on  them,  do  you? 

Eleanor:  If  we're  going  to  see  a  baseball  game  to- 
morrow I  want  to  know  a  lot  more  about  the  game 
than  I  do.  Tell  me  some  of  the  fine  points  of  it. 

Dick:  All  right.  I'll  begin  with  what's  called  the 
squeeze  play,  and — 

Eleanor:  No  you  won't!  I'm  talking  about  baseball! 

Dad:  Did  I  hear  the  clock  strike  three  when  you  came 

in  last  night? 
John  S.:  Yes.  It  was  going  to  strike  eleven,  but  I 

stopped  it  so  it  wouldn't  disturb  you. 

Hazel:  I  like  a  man  with  a  past;  then  he's  intei-esting. 
Dotty:  I  like  a  man  with  a  future;  there's  more  to 
him. 

Phyllis:  I  like  a  man  with  a  present;  the  more  expen- 
sive the  better. 


Seen  on  a  house  in  Boston  last  week: 
Knock  the  door  bell  out  of  order. 

Customer  at  "Ma  Pierce's":  Did  that  gh-1  who  took 
my  order  leave  any  relations  ? 

When  knights  and  ladies  were  on  stage 
they         danced         like  this, 
But  in  this  modern  day  and  age 
wedancelikethis. 

Malcolm  Mosher:    I  think  I've  got  a  flat  tire. 
Pick-up:    I  think  that  makes  us  even. 

Bob  Chandler:    What  makes  you  think  that  the 

teacher  is  old  ? 
Gordon  Cornwell:    Well,  she  says  she  used  to  teach 

Shakespeare. 

John  S.:    (preparing  for  reception)  I  think  I'll  get 

roses  for  my  girl.  They  just  suit  her. 
Stuart:    I  think  I'll  buy  a  cactus. 

Superintendent  of  Insane  Asylum:    "Did  you  get 

those  five  men  that  escaped?" 
Guard:    "Five?  We  got  thirteen." 

A  description  of  Jean  Poole:  She's  like  an  almond 
bar — sweet  but  nutty. 

Mr.  MacKenny:  What's  the  formula  for  water? 
Morton  Raymond:  HIJKLMNO. 
Mr.  MacKenny:  What  ever  gave  you  that  idea? 
Morton:  You  did.  You  said  yesterday  that  the  form- 
ula for  water  was  H  to  0. 

Recruit  LaGreca:    "Sir,  the  enemy  are  before  us  as 

thick  as  peas." 
Capt.  Smith:    "All  right,  shell  them!" 

Stuart:    My  singing  makes  people  say  'ah!' 

Bob  Bunten:    Yes,  they  have  to  go  to  the  doctor. 

Norma  Mac:    My  Scotch  uncle  sent  me  his  picture 

this  morning. 
Martha:    How  does  he  look? 

Norma:    I  don't  know.  I  haven't  had  it  developed  yet. 

One  heard  in  the  corridor:  "Some  of  the  girls  in 
school  remind  me  of  an  appendix — it  costs  so  much 
to  take  them  out." 

Miss  Sanders:    "Mr.  Peacock,  what  is  a  vacuum?" 

Clarence:    "I've  got  it  in  my  head  but  I  can't  say  it." 


THE  PARTRIDGE  25 


JUNIORS 

Front  Row.  left  i<>  right:  Helen  Mosher,  CHnton  Sampson,  Barbara  Morton,  Ann  Peterson, 
Earla  Chandler,  Thomas  Taylor,  Nancy  O'Neil.  Norma  MacKenney. 

Second  Row:  Evelyn  Edwards,  Edith  Peterson,  Irvina  Jones,  Arthur  Verge,  Frances  Burns, 
John  Donahue.  Martha  Nick  rson,     "udill  Blanchard.  Doris  Princ. 

Back  Row:  Arthur  Bradford,  Malcolm  Mosher,  Clarence  Walker.  Winthrop  Hagnian,  Freder- 
ick Harrington,  Richard  Prince,  Irving  Whitney. 

Absent:  Lawrence  Raymond. 


The  Junior  Class 

The  officers  of  the  Junior  Class  for  the  year  '39  and  '40  were  President,  Frederick  Harrington;  Vice- 
President,  Martha  Nickerson;  Secretary,  Norma  MacKenney;  Treasurer,  Irvina  Jones.  The  Student  Council 
Members  were  Norma  MacKenney  and  Kendall  Blanchard. 

In  September  there  were  twenty-five  in  the  class  but  John  Donahue  and  Barbara  Morton  joined  the 
class  early  in  the  year  and  Carl  Heise  left  in  April. 

Those  on  the  Honor  Roll  during  the  first  five  marking  periods  were  Irvina  Jones  -  5,  Edith  Peterson  -  4, 
Francis  Burns  -  4,  Ann  Peterson  -  2,  Martha  Nickerson  -  4,  Barbara  Morton  -  3,  Norma  MacKenney  -  1 
and  Earla  Chandler  -  1. 

In  the  past  year  the  Junior  Class  has  been  very  active  in  school  activities.  Their  first  social  event  was 
the  dance  held  on  November  3,  1939.  The  boys  who  went  out  for  basketball  were  Arthur  Verge,  Malcolm 
Mosher,  Lawrence  Raymond,  John  Donahue,  Clinton  Sampson,  Assistant  Manager,  and  Clarence  Walker, 
Manager.  The  girls  who  went  out  for  basketball  were  Doris  Prince,  Edith  Peterson,  Helen  Mosher,  Earla 
Chandler,  Martha  Nickerson,  Assistant  Manager,  and  Irvina  Jones,  Manager.  The  last  event  was  the  re- 
ception which  the  Juniors  gave  the  Seniors  on  June  20,  1940. 

The  class  looks  forward  now  to  senior  activities. 


26       THE  PARTRIDGE 


SOPHOMORES 

Front  Row.  left  to  right:   Lloyd   Blanchard,   Mima   Scholpp,   Helen   Taylor.   Rose  Burdick, 

Laurel  Cahoon.  Zulmira  Fernandes,  Gladys  Black,  John  Alden. 
SbCOND  Row:  Marshall   Freeman.   Harriet  McNeil.  Eleanor  Raymond.   Marguerite  Chandler. 

Robert  Herdman,  Phoebe  Shirliy.  Norma  dates.  Elizabeth  Green.  Daniel  Winsor. 
Rack  Row:  Dorothy  Bldridge,  Lawrence  Marshall.  Robert  Runten.  George  Teravainen,  Stuart 

Lagergren,  I  etitia  LeGain. 
Absent:  Sylvia  C'-Neil. 


The  Sophomore  Class 

The  officers  of  the  Sophmore  Class  were  as  follows:  President,  George  Teravainen;  Vice  President, 
Robert  Bunten;  Secretary,  Phoebe  Shirley;  Treasurer,  Marguerite  Chandler;  Council  Members,  George 
Teravainen  and  Phoebe  Shirley;  Historian,  Harriet  McNeil. 

This  year  two  new  members,  Stuart  Lagergren  and  Daniel  Winsor,  f.llcd  the  places  left  by  Barbara 
Scott  and  Theodore  Whitcomb. 

The  Sophomores  proved  themselves  worthy  school  citizens  by  unusual  participation  in  schcol  activi- 
ties and  by  maintaining  high  scholastic  standing.  Many  participated  in  sports:  Baseball-  George  Teravain- 
en, Robert  Bunten,  Stuart  Lagergren,  Daniel  Winsor,  and  Lloyd  Blanchard.  Boys'  basketball —  George  Ter- 
avainen, Lawrence  Marshall,  Stuart  Lagergren,  Robert  Bunten,  Lloyd  Blanchard  and  Daniel  Winsor.  The 
Assistant  Manager  was  Marshall  Freeman.  Girls'  basketball —  Betty  Green,  Sylvia  O'Neil,  Dorothy  Eld- 
ridge  and  Gladys  Black. 

The  Sophomores  were  well  represented  on  the  Partridge  staff  by  Harriet  McNeil,  Dorothy  Eldridge, 
Gladys  Black,  George  Teravainen,  John  Alden,  Stuart  Lagergren,  Laurel  Cahoon,  Mona  Scholpp,  Phoebe 
Shirley,  Marguerite  Chandler,  and  Betty  Green. 

The  Sophomore  Dance,  held  on  March  29,  was  very  successful. 

The  students  on  the  Honor  Roll  were  John  Alden  -  2,  Robert  Bunten  -  4,  Rose  Burdick  -  5,  Laurel  Ca- 
hoon -  4,  Marguerite  Chandler  -  5,  Dorothy  Eldridge  -  1,  Laurence  Marshall  -  2,  Harriet  McNeil  -  I,  George 
Teravainen  -  2,  Phoebe  Shirley  -  4,  and  Mona.  Scholpp  -  1. 


T II  K  PARTRIDGE 


FRESHMEN 

Front  Row,  left  to  right:  John  Williams,  Constance  Lovell.  Miriam  Arnold,  Jane  Peterson, 

Betty  Lee  Peterson,  Marie  Reed,  Mary  Morton,  Arthur  Cornwell. 
Second  Row:  Robert  Short,  Winslow  Hagman,  June  Barclay,  Richard  Ford,  Virginia  Hurd, 

Richard  LaFleur,  Lucille  Short,  Gordon  Hubbard. 
Back  Row:  Robert  Peterson,  Lawrence  Govoni,  Philip  Mobbs,  Milton  Ellis,  Melville  Sinnott, 

Wlllard  Putnam,  Arthur  Edwards. 
Absent:  Charles  Olsen. 


The  Freshman  Class 

The  following  class  officers  served  throughout  the  year:  President,  Richard  LaFleur;  Vice-President, 
Arthur  Cornwell;  Secretary,  June  Barclay;  Treasurer,  Richard  Ford.  The  Council  Members  were  June 
Barclay  and  Betty-Lee  Peterson. 

The  freshmen  participated  in  many  school  activities  during  the  year.  Several  enjoyed  the  Parent- 
Teacher-Association  dancing  class  in  the  fall  and  really  profited  by  the  lessons.  A  large  number  of  candi- 
dates went  out  for  basketball:  Girls —  Constance  Lovell  and  Miriam  Arnold;  Boys —  Milton  Ellis,  Melville 
Sinnott,  Robert  Peterson,  Arthur  Edwards,  Philip  Mobbs,  Richard  Ford  and  Arthur  Cornwell.  Two  boys, 
Milton  Ellis  and  Arthur  Cornwell,  played  on  the  baseball  squad.  Several  freshmen  helped  with  the  cheer 
leading:  June  Barclay,  Jane  Peterson,  Betty-Lee  Peterson,  and  Richard  LaFleur. 

A  few  of  the  class  members  participated  in  an  Armistice  Day  assembly.  Richard  LaFleur  gave  the 
opening  exercises.  The  following  boys  recited  poems:  Arthur  Edwards,  Winslow  Hagman,  and  Richard 
LaFleur. 

High  school  work  was  new  and  though  many  tried  hard,  only  these  fortunate  few  attained  the  honor 
roll:  Richard  LaFleur-3,  Constance  Lovell-3,  and  Robert  Peterson-3,  Miriam  Arnold-1,  Arthur  Edwards-1, 
Willard  Putnam-1. 

The  Freshmen  held  a  successful  spring  dance  on  April  26,  1940.  The  music  was  furnished  by  Jay 

Mando's  orchestra. 


28       THE  PARTRIDGE 


GRADE  8 

Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Eva  Taylor,  Stanley  Nightingale,  Phyllis  Mosher.  Vera  Peterson. 
Vera  Randall,  Gordon  Cornwell,  Cecelia  Bulu. 

Second  Row:  Frank  Phillips.  Phyllis  Lovell,  Justine  Delano,  Mae  Barclay,  Alice  Caron,  Vir- 
ginia Merry,  Norman  SchafTer. 

Back  Row:  William  Eldridge,  Lawrence  McAuliffe,  Raymond  Randall,  Frank  Davis,  Wor- 
cester Westervelt,  Roy  Scholpp. 

Absent:  William  Murphy,  William  Soule. 


The  Eighth  Grade 

The  eighth  grade  officers  for  the  year  were  the  following:  President,  Phyllis  Lovell;  Vice-President, 
Mae  Barclay;  Secretary,  Phyllis  Mosher;  Treasurer,  Justine  Delano.  The  two  Council  Members  were  Eva 
Taylor  and  Norman  SchafTer. 

The  eighth  grade  students  took  much  interest  in  basketball  and  baseball.  Those  who  played  basket- 
ball were  these  girls:  Phyllis  Mosher,  Phyllis  Lovell,  and  Mae  Barclay.  Boys:  Stanley  Nightingale,  Gordan 
Cornwell,  William  Eldridge,  William  Murphy,  and  Frank  Philips. 

Justine  Delano,  Phyllis  Mosher,  Phyllis  Lovell,  and  Eva  Taylor  attended  dancing  school  regularly  in 
the  fall. 

The  seventh  and  eighth  grade  pupils  presented  a  Christmas  program  at  the  meeting  of  the  Parent-Teach- 
er-Association on  December  22.  Cecelia  Bulu,  Alices  Caron,  Justine  Delano,  Phyllis  Mosher,  Phyllis  Lovell, 
William  Eldridge,  Vera  Peterson,  Vera  Randall,  Eva  Taylor,  Mae  Barclay,  and  Frank  Philips  of  the  eighth 
grade  participated  in  the  program. 

There  was  a  skating  party  planned  in  January  but  it  was  postponed  because  of  a  storm  and  instead  a 
spring  party  was  held  in  the  school  auditorium  after  a  supper  down  stairs.  Games  were  enjoyed  by  all. 

Those  on  the  scholastic  Honor  Roll  for  the  first  five  marking  periods  were  as  follows:  Justine  Del- 
ano-3,  Mae  Barclay-4,  Alice  Caron-2,  and  Eva  Taylor-1. 


THE  PARTRIDGE 


29 


GRADE  7 

Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Dorothy  Black,  Richard  Washburn,  Lawrence  Lovell,  Elizabeth 
Muirhead,  Janice  Dyer,  Marie  Short,  John  Randall,  Clara  Morton. 

Second  Row:  Dorothy  Randall,  John  Friend,  Stella  Raker,  Betty  O'Neil,  Sarah  Black,  Ray- 
mond Caron,  Richard  Gessner,  Phyllis  Chandler. 

Third  Row:  William  Mosher,  Robert  White,  Richard  Olsen,  James  Mobbs,  Robert  Chandler, 
Lewis  Randall,  George  Damon. 

Rack  Row:  John  Santos,  Charles  Sibley,  David  Perry,  Richard  Putnam,  John  Monterio. 


The  Seventh  Grade 

The  follow. ng  class  officers  served  throughout  tae  year:  President,  Lawrence  Lovell;  Vice-President, 
Richard  Putnam;  Secretary,  Marie  Short;  Treasurer,  Lorothy  Randall;  Council  Members,  Betty  Muirhead 
and  Robeit  White. 

In  September  the  seventh  grade  had  an  enrollment  of  thirty-one,  including  three  new  members:  Rich- 
ard Gessner,  Charles  Sibley,  and  Elizabeth  Whitney,  who  remained  until  October  when  she  moved  to  New 
Hampshire,  J:an  S:he  ler  and  Alice  Mendes  also  moved  away,  leaving  only  twenty-eight. 

The  school  activities  participated  in  during  the  ysar  were  basketball,  baseball,  and  dancing  school. 
The  class  made  a  booklet  containing  pictures  of  all  the  presidents  of  the  United  States  and  wrote  a  biog- 
raphy of  each.  Everyone  in  the  class  made  a  "Poem  Booklet"  which  contained  selections  from  famous  poets. 
Many  of  these  poems  were  memorized.  The  seventh  grade  gave  an  entertainment  at  Christmas  and  a  musical 
program  in  May  for  the  P.T.A.  and  helped  with  the  music  at  the  church  on  Memorial  Day.  The  annual  class 
party  was  held  in  June. 

Those  on  the  honor  roll  for  the  first  five  marking  periods  were:  Elizabeth  Muirhead-5,  Marie  Short-5, 
Lewis  Randall-3,  Stella  Baker-3,  Robert  White-3,  Richard  Gessner-1,  Richard  Washburn-1,  George  Damon-2, 
Phyllis  Chandler-1,  David  Perry-1,  John  Randall-1. 


30       THE  PARTRIDGE 


GRADE  6 

Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Harriet  Scott.  Richard  Gates,  Marcia  Eckersley,  Donald  Washburn. 

Sally  Hennett,  Philip  Delano,  Irene  Damon,  Elizabeth  Mosher. 
Second  Row:  Lillian  Randall,  Virginia  Glass,  Mabel  L'hlman,  Elizabeth  SchafTer,  Eveline 

Starkweather,  Patricia  Murphy,  Lena  Parkman,  Ann  Peterson,  Leona  Pierce. 
Third  Row:  Henry  Hurd,  Robert  Byrne,  Natalie  Raker,  Shirley  Hughes.  Jean  Barclay,  Jose- 
phine Peterson,  George  Taylor,  Stella  Wager. 
Back   Row:   Willard   Barclay.  Raymond   Montcrio,   Alfred   Marshall.    Amancio  Fernandes, 

William  Hagman.  Robert  Randall.  Walter  Starkweather. 
Absent:  Virginia  Murphy.  Francis  Walker,  Nancy  Soule. 


The  Sixth  Grade 

The  class  of  1946  had  for  its  class  officers  this  yaar  the  following: 

President,  Sally  Bennett;  Vice  President,  Amos  Fernandez;  Secretary,  Jean  Barclay;  Treasurer,  Willard 
Barclay  (1st  half),  Irene  Damon  (2nd  half). 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  there  were  thirty-seven  in  the  class.  Ludlow  Baker  and  Theresa  Sheehan 
left  early  in  the  year.  Sally  Bennett,  Mabel  Uhlman,  and  Nancy  Soule  were  newcomers. 

The  activities  of  the  class  have  not  been  very  numerous  but  very  enjoyable  and  worthwhile.  The  class 
edited  a  magazine  called  "The  Tattletale",  which  contained  original  stories,  poems,  jokes,  editorials,  and 
advertisements. 

For  Washington's  Birthday  the  play  "All  for  Washington"  was  put  on  in  assembly.  In  the  spring  a 
Caterpillar  Catching  Contest  was  held,  at  the  end  of  which  the  winning  team  was  given  a  party  by  the  others. 

The  Honor  Roll  for  the  five  marking  periods  is  as  follows:  Irene  Damon-5,  Natalie  Baker-3,  Jean 
Barclay-2,  Ludlow  Baker-1,  Donald  Washburn-4,  Marcia  Eckersley-1,  Sally  Bennett-1,  Virginia  Murphy-5, 
Patricia    Murphy-4,    Ann    Peterson-4,    Francis  Walker-1. 


THE  PARTRIDGE  31 


GRADE  5 

Front  Row.  left  to  right:  Barbara  Kins,  Nathaniel  Thayer,  Doris  Parkman,  Frances  Bulu, 

Marian  Peterson,  Norman  White,  Frances  Ivanoff,  Bernard  Mullaney. 
Second  Row:  Dorothy  Santheson,  Robert  Gessner,  Russell  Sprague,  Mildred  Torrey,  Elizabeth 

Glass,  Regina  Peterson,  Stuart  Lovell,  Constance  Hagman,  Helen  Parkman. 
Third  Row:  Esther  Monterio,  Genevieve  Mendes,  Lydia  Lund,  Faith  Bolton,  Barbara  Eldridge, 

Gertrude  Phillips,  Beatrice  Alden,  Walter  Churchill,  Elsie  Perry. 
Back  Row:  Carlton  Torrey,  Arthur  Grace,  Robert  Green,  Howard  Blanchard,  Richard  Schaffer, 

George  Nathan,  Robert  Merry,  Guild  Rosengren,  LeRoy  Randall. 


The  Fifth  Grade 

The  class  officers  of  the  fifth  grade  were  President,  Faith  Bolton;  Vice  President,  Robert  Gessner, 
Secretary,  Helen  Parkman;  Treasurer,  Lydia  Lund.  The  Student  Council  members  were  Doris  Parkman  and 
Guild  Rosengren. 

In  geography  the  class  took  an  imaginary  trip  across  the  continent  and  back.  Letters  were  sent  to 
schools  in  the  states  through  which  they  passed.  Interesting  letters  were  received  from  Albuquerque,  New 
Mexico;  Mansfield,  Ohio;  Hastings,  Nebraska;  and  Detroit,  Alabama. 

In  December  at  the  P.T.A.  meeting  the  fifth  grade  had  a  Christmas  sale  for  which  they  had  been 
preparing  for  many  weeks.  For  the  occasion  candle  holders,  calendars,  package  decorations,  sleds  topped 
with  candy,  and  gourd  strings  were  made.  The  purpose  of  the  sale  was  to  purchase  a  radio  with  the  money 
received. 

The  class  assembly  program  of  "Hiawatha's  Childhood"  was  quite  a  success.  Those  who  played  the  parts 
were  Robert  Gessner  as  Hiawatha,  Mildred  Torrey  as  Nokomis,  and  Bernard  Mullaney  as  Iagoo.  The  speak- 
ers were  Faith  Bolton,  Nathaniel  Thayer,  Barbara  Eldridge,  Constance  Hagman,  Frances  Ivanoff,  Bea- 
trice Alden,  Helen  Parkman,  Lydia  Lund,  and  Guild  Rosengren. 

The  Honor  Roll  pupils  for  the  first  five  marking  periods  were  as  follows:  Robert  Gessner-5,  Guild  Rosen- 
gren-5,  Faith  Bolton-4,  Nathaniel  Thayer-3,  Frances  Ivanoff-1,  Bernard  Mullaney-1,  and  George  Nathan-2. 


32       THE  PARTRIDGE 


OPPORTUNITY  CLASS 

Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Eden  Peterson,  James  Andrews,  Stanley  Clover,  Edmund  Peterson, 

Clarence  Parkman,  Francis  Hall,  Lawrence  Barbosa. 
Back  Row:  Joseph  Bulu,  Alfred  Fontes,  Arthur  Fernandes,  Sverre  Strom,  Joseph  Fernandes, 

Manuel  Grace,  Tony  Fernandes. 
Absent:  George  Santos. 


The  Opportunity  Class 

The  fifteen  boys  of  the  Opportunity  Class  take  in  many  activities,  such  as  basketball  and  baseball 
and  take  part  sometimes  in  P.T.A.  programs  given  by  the  Junior  High  School. 

Some  of  the  class  members  have  music,  drawing,  and  physical  training  with  the  Junior  High.  All  have 
manual  training  and  the  following  projects  are  completed  or  about  to  be  completed:  waste  baskets,  bird 
houses,  door  stops,  broom  holders,  flower  boxes,  book  ends,  lawn  ornaments,  fruit  baskets,  and  seed  markers. 

Every  pupil  has  a  definite  job  toward  keeping  the  room  neat  and  clean.  In  the  room  there  is  a  new 
bulletin  board  and  map  table. 

Four  of  the  class  are  about  to  complete  the  eighth  grade  work  and  hope  to  be  promoted  to  the  ninth 
grade. 

A  class  meeting  is  held  once  a  month.  The  following  boys  were  class  officers  this  year:  President,  Sverre 
iftrom;  Vice-President,  Joseph  M.  Fernandes;  Secretary,  Arthur  V.  M.  Fernandes;  Treasurer,  Edmund 
Peterson. 

Alfred  Fontes,  Joseph  M.  Fernandes,  Arthur  V.  M.  Fernandes,  and  Sverre  Strom  have  made  the  Honor 
Roll  this  year. 


THE  PARTRIDGE  33 


PARTRIDGE  STAFF 
Fbont  Row,  left  to  right:  Miss  Sanders,  Gladys  Black,  Mona  Scbolpp,  Annie  Black,  Malcolm 

Mosher,  Nina    Pierce,  Jean    Horsfall,  Marjorie    Churchill,    Madaline    Churchill,  Earla 

Chandler,  Mr.  Macomber. 
Second  Row:  Miriam  Arnold,  Harriet  McNeil,  Martha  Nickerson,  Norma  MacKenney,  Dominic 

LaGreca,  Anthony  LaGreca,  Jean  Poole,  Edith  Peterson,  Doris  Prince,  Dorismae  Dyer, 

Willard  Mills. 

Third  Row:  Daniel  Winsor,  Carlton  Turner,  Phyllis  Eldridge,  Hazel  Eldridge,  Earl  Ford, 

Dorothy  Stetson,  Nancy  Hanigan,  Betty  Green,  Laurel  Cahoon,  Arthur  Bradford. 
Fourth  Row:  Marguerite  Chandler,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Dorothy  Eldridge,  Irvina  Jones,  George 
Teravainen,  Robert  Bunten,  Arthur  Howard,  Marian  Shirley,  Olive  Davis,  Ann  Peterson. 


The  Partridge 

A  new  Partridge  of  four  pages,  published  ten  times,  was  a  pioneering  attempt  this  year  to  print  the 
school  paper  without  advertisements. 

The  Partridge  was  financed  by  two  magazine  drives  and  the  Town  Meeting  lunch  under  the  direction 
of  Miss  Winifred  E.  Sanders,  the  faculty  advisor.  Carl  Heise,  Earl  Ford,  and  Robert  Bunten  were  the 
managers   of  the  Crowell   Publishing   Company  drive  and  a  small  group  conducted  the  Curtis  drive. 

Delegates  were  sent  to  four  conventions  of  the  Southeastern  Massachusetts  League  of  School  Pub- 
lications held  in  Weymouth,  Middleboro,  Stoughton,  and  Holbrook.  The  Partridge  was  awarded  honorable 
mention  for  last  year's  paper.  This  year  Nina  Pierce  served  as  recording  secretary  to  the  League  -  the 
third  consecutive  year  that  a  Partridge  member  has  held  office  in  the  League. 

The  Staff  has  tried  to  make  an  improvement  in  this  year's  Commencement  Issue  of  the  Partridge. 
The  paper  is  of  superior  quality,  the  pictures  are  larger,  and  the  arrangement  is  new.  The  Partridge  has 
been  printed  this  year,  as  in  previous  years,  by  students  in  the  school  print  shop  under  the  direction 
of  Mr.  Kenneth  Macomber. 


34       THE  PARTRIDGE 


STUDENT  COUNCIL 
Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Alfred  Marshall,  Robert  White.  Norma  MacKeuney,  Eva  Taylor. 

Retty  Lee  Peterson,  Doris  Parkman,  Guild  Rosengren,  Hetty  Muirhead. 
Second  Row:  Ann  Peterson,  Hazel  Eldridge,  Mr.  Macomber,  Mr.  Blakeman,  Mr.  MacKeuney. 

Nina  Pierce,  Phoebe  Shirley,  Norman  Schaffer. 
Back  Row:  Jean  Rarclay,  Carlton  Turner,  John  Shirley,  George  Teravainen,  Kendall  Rlanchard, 

Willard  Mills,  June  Barclay. 


The  Student  Council 

The  officers  for  the  Student  Council  were  as  follows:  President,  John  Shirley;  Vice-President,  Hazel 
Eldridge;  Secretary,  Phoebe  Shirley;  Treasurer,  George  Teravainen. 

The  Student  Council  has  been  the  best  Council  Duxbury  has  had  for  a  long  time.  One  of  the  first 
projects  taken  up  was  the  purchase  of  a  large  supply  of  record  books  which  the  classes  were  compelled 
to  buy.  The  books  are  large  enough  to  contain  complete  records  from  the  fifth  to  the  twelfth  grades. 

Because  play  in  the  auditorium  was  unsatisfactory  the  Council  drew  up  a  set  of  regulations  and 
appointed  leaders  as  supervisors.  A  committee  was  also  appointed  to  deal  out  punishments  for  those  who 
broke  the  rules. 

Many  miscellaneous  tasks  were  assumed,  such  as  fixing  the  movie  booth  so  that  the  operator  could 
run  the  machine  better,  taking  care  of  tennis  tapes  and  nets,  and  approving  purchases  of  all  athletic 
equipment  and  awards. 

Another  important  innovation  of  the  Student  Council  was  that  the  representatives  gave  oral  reports 
every  week  to  their  classes. 

The  main  purpose  of  the  Student  Council  is  to  make  a  better  school.  This  year  the  Council  has  accom- 
plished much  toward  this  goal. 


THE  PARTRIDGE  35 


ORCHESTRA 

Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Dorothy  Stetson,  Virginia  Merry,  Frederick  Harrington,  Melville 
Sinnott,  Hazel  Eldridge,  Mr.  Smith,  Marguerite  Chandler,  Jean  Poole,  Clarence  Walker, 
Stuart  Lagergren,  George  Stetson,  Raymond  Randall,  Robert  Bunten,  Daniel  Winsor, 
Robert  Peterson,  John  Alden. 


The  Orchestra 

The  Orchestra  bought  new  music  this  year  and  they  have  progressed  very  rapidly  under  the  able 
supervision  of  Mr.  Smith. 

The    Orchestra    played    the    following    selection:  at  the  Senior  Class  Play,  "Skidding". 

1.  Overture-  "Les  Graces"  -  Minuet  -  Jean  Devereux  Opus  108 

2.  "The  Cossack"  -  Russian  Choral  and  Dance  -  Howard  S.  Monger 

3.  "East   of   Suez"   -   Intermezzo   Orientale   Carol  Strebar 

4.  "Dreams  Come  True"  -  Harriet  J.  Link 

The  annual  concert  given  by  the  Orchestra  was  held  May  17th  in  the  High  School  Auditorium, 
at  a  P.T.A.  Meeting.  The  selections  which  were  played  are  as  follows: 


1.  Melodies  from  the  Mikado         -       --       --       --       --  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 

2.  La  Donna  E.  Mobile  (from  Rigoletto)  ----       -  Verdi 

3.  Soldier's  Chorus  (from  Faust)         -       --       --       --       --       --  Gounod 

4.  Toreador  Song  (from  Carmen)         -       --       --       --       --       --  Biset 

5.  Country  Gardens         -       --       --       --       --       --       --  Seauyer 

6.  Home  on  the  Range      -       --       --       --       --       --       -           De  Laurater 

7.  Sailors'  Hornpipe         -       --       --       --       --       --       -           De  Laurater 

8.  Evening  Star  (from  Tanhauser)         -       --       --       --       --       -  Wagner 

9.  The  Desert  Caravan         -       --       --       --       --       --        .  Zanecuik 

10.  Hungarian  Dance  No.  5        -                                                                                     -  Brahms 


36       THE  PARTRIDGE 


SENIOR   CLASS  PLAY 

Fhont  Row,  left  to  right:  Hazel  Eldridge,  Marion  Hardy;  Nina  Pierce,  Aunt  Milly;  Miss 
Hausman,  coach;  Nancy  Hanigan,  Estelle  Hardy;  and  Olive  Davis,  Mrs.  Hardy. 

Back  Row:  Carlton  Turner,  Andy  Hardy;  Fred  Lunt,  Judge  Hardy;  George  Stetson,  Grand- 
father Hardy;  Marian  Shirley.  Myra  Hardy;  Frank  Putnam,  Oscar  Stubbins;  and  Willard 
Mills,  Wayne  Trenton. 


The  Senior  Play 

Skidding  was  a  humorous  play  which  told  the  "ups  and  downs"  of  an  ordinary  family.  The  main  inter- 
ests were  the  attempted  engagement  of  Judge  Hardy's  daughter,  Marion,  to  a  New  Yorker,  Wayne  Tren- 
ton, who  w-as  deeply  in  love  with  her;  the  settlement  of  the  quarrels  between  the  eldest  girl,  Myra,  and 
her  husband;  and  between  the  next  daughter,  Estelle,  and  her  husband;  and  the  parents'  ability  to  keep 
their  son  contented  while  a  campaign  was  going  on  for  the  nomination  of  Judge  Hardy  to  the  Supreme  Court. 

Everyone  enjoyed  the  play  immensely.  The  cast  and  committees  were  complimented  many  times 
on  their  fine  work. 

Miss  Hausman  was  the  coach  and  director  and  Mrs.  McClosky,  the  make-up  artist.  The  committees 
were  as  follows:  Publicity —  Marjorie  Churchill,  Jean  Horsfall,  and  Jean  Poole;  Stage  Properties — George 
Stetson,  Earl  Ford,  and  Anthony  LaGreca;  Personal  Properties — Flora  Holmes;  Candy — Dorismae  Dyer, 
Madaline  Churchill,  Dorothy  Stetson,  Phyllis  Eldridge,  Joan  Eckersley,  Rita  Dacos,  Annie  Black,  Lillian 
White,  and  Cecelia  Mobbs;  Tickets — Dominic  LaGreca,  and  John  Shirley;  Ushers — Lloyd  Chandler,  Clif- 
ford  Cornwell,   Clarence   Peacock,   Morton   Raymond,  Arthur  Howard,  and  Richard  Burt. 


THE  PARTRIDGE  37 


Physical  Education 


This  year,  Physical  Education  has  played  an  active  part  in  the  curriculum  of  t1  e  Duxbury  High  School 
Students.  Each  pupil  was  required  to  take  gym  twice  a  week  and  after  it  an  invigorating  shower,  unless  the 
doctor  could  give  a  satisfactory  reason  for  the  pupil's  not  participating  in  athletics. 

At  the  first  of  the  year  Mr.  Blakeman,  with  the  help  of  Miss  Williams,  took  phys'cal  fitness  tests 
which  showed  how  much  each  pupil  had  diminished  in  strong! h  since  June  of  the  last  year.  With  this  infor- 
mation, Mr.  Blakeman  computed  index  numbers  which  very  closely  indicated  the  physical  condition  of 
the  pupils.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  during  the  summer,  th's  index  number  goes  down,  while  it  rises  during 
the  winter,  due  to  the  extensive  physical  education  schedule.  For  example,  in  September,  1938,  the  average 
index  number  for  boys  was  101  —  for  girls,  98.4.  By  June  of  the  following  year,  this  index  number  rose 
to  114.9  and  121.1  respectively.  Then  during  the  summer,  the  numbers  reduced  to  103  and  102. 

During  gym  the  upper  classes  participated  in  the  folllowing  sports:  tag  football,  basketball,  baseball, 
tumbling,  volley  ball,  indoor  baseball,  relays,  calisthenics,  field  hockey,  track,  and  soft  ball. 


38       THE  PARTRIDGE 


BOYS'  BASEBALL  TEAM 
Front  Row.  left  to  right:  Richard  Prince.  Arthur  Verge.  Kendall  Blanchard.  Carlton  Turner. 

Earl  Ford.  Clarence  Walker,  Arthur  Howard. 
Second  Row:  Lloyd  Hlanchard.  Dominic  LaGreca,  Robert  Bunten.  Mr.  Blakeman.  Mr.  Macom- 

ber.  George  Teravainen.  Arthur  Cornwall. 
Back  Row:  Daniel  Winsor.  Morton  Raymond.  Milton  Ellis.  Clifford  Cornwell.  Malcolm  Kosher, 

Stuart  Lagergren. 
Absent:  Lawrence  Raymonu. 


The  Baseball  Season 

This  season  there  was  a  large  turn-out  for  baseball.  The  positions  were  assigned  as  follows:  Pitchers- 
Clarence  Walker,  Clifford  Cornwell.  Milton  Ellis;  Catchers-  Earl  Ford.  Kendell  Blanchard.  Lloyd  Blanchard; 
1st  base-  Richard  Prince.  Robert  Bunten;  2nd  base-  Captain  Carlton  Turner;  Short  stop-  Sammy  Teravain- 
en; 3rd  base  -  Morton  Raymond:  Outfielders  -  Dickie  Verge.  Stuart  Lagergren,  Danny  Winsor.  Arthur  Corn- 
well,  Lawrence  Raymond,  and  Malcolm  Mosher;  Manager-  Melville  Sinnott;  Scorer-  Dickie  LaFleur. 

The  baseball  schedule  for  the  1939-1940  season  was  as  follows: 


April  26    at  Norwell 

May  3    Kingston  here 

May  10    at  Scituate 

May  IT    at  Pembroke 

May  21    Cohasset  here 

May  24    Hanover  here 

June  4   at  Marshfleld 


THK  PARTRIDGE  39 


GIRLS'  BASKET  BALL 
Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Miriam  Arnold,  Helen  Mosher,  Earla  Chandler,  Marian  Shirley, 

Hazel  Eldridge,  Phyllis  Eldridge,  Constance  Lovell. 
Back  Row:  Doris  Prince,  Edith  Peterson,  Irvina  Jones,  Miss  Fogg,  Martha  Nickerson,  Dorothy 

Eldridge,  Elizabeth  Green,  Gladys  Black. 
Abshnt:  Sylvia  O'Neil. 


Girls'  Basketball 

The  Duxbury  High  School  Girls'  Basketball  team  enjoyed  a  very  successful  season  this  year,  tying 
for  second  place  with  Marshfield,  1st  place  honors  going  to  the  Hanover  Girls'  team. 

The  girls  had  for  their  first  team:  Phyllis  Eldridge,  Marian  Shirley,  Helen  Mosher,  Hazel  Eldridge, 
Doris  Prince  and  Edith  Peterson. 

By  far  the  most  exciting  games  were  those  played  with  Hanover  and  Marshfield.  There  was  such 
competition  throughout  the  games,  that  it  was  unpredictable  as  to  who  would  be  the  winner.  Excitement 
was  keyed  to  the  highest  pitch  when  Duxbury  encountered  Marshfield  there,  on  Friday,  January  19, 
and  lost  by  a  score  of  13-12. 

The  Duxbury  High  School  Girls'  Basketball  team  will  be  faced  next  year  with  a  momentous  loss 
of  three  team  players,  Phyllis  Eldridge,  Hazel  Eldridge,  and  Marian  Shirley.  However,  three  of  this 
year's  squad — Edith  Peterson,  Doris  Prince,  and  Helen  Mosher — will  report  for  next  year's  team  and  be 
a  credit  to  it. 

The  final  scores  for  the  season  are  as  follows: 

D.  H.  S.  defeated:  Norwell  17-6,  Alumni  22-12,  Avon  35-17,  Pembroke  36-9,  Kingston  23-15,  Scituate  10-9, 
Marshfield  18-10,  Norwell  36-10,  Scituate  35-20,  Kingston  23-21,  Pembroke  41-9. 

D.  H.  S.  was  defeated  by:  Hanover  24-21,  Marshfield  13-12,  Hanover  31-29,  and  Avon  37-34. 


40       THE  PARTRIDGE 


BOYS*  BASKET  BALL 
Front  Row,  left  to  right:  Daniel  Winsor,  Lloyd  B'.anchard.  Arthur  Edwards,  Richard  Ford. 

Earl  Ford,  Dominic  I  aGreca,  Arthur  Howard,  Carlton  Turner.  Arthur  Corn  well. 
Second  Row:  Clarence  Walker,  Clinton  Sampson,  I  awrence  Marshall.  Arthur  Ver,;e.  Robert 

Bunten,  Sverr  -  Sirom,  Giar^e  1  era-.i=i:»en.   Iliiton  Ellis,  Clifford   Co.  r.well,  Marshall 

Freeman. 

Back  Row:  Morton  Raymond,  John  Shirley,  Robert  Peterson,  Mr.  Blafcrman,  Mr.  Ifacomber, 

Melville  Sinnott,  Phillip  Mobbs,  Stuart  Lagergren. 
Ahsknt:  Lawrence  Raymond. 


Boys'  Basketball 

Duxbury  High  School  this  year  enjoyed  a  successful  basketball  season,  finishing  second  in  the  South 
Shore  League,  losing  but  two  of  its  12  official  games  to  Hanover,  who  recovered  the  basketball  trophy  from 
Duxbury  who  won  it  last  year. 

Throughout  the  season,  there  was  much  enthusiasm  and  excitement,  with  two  buses  going  to  each  of 
the  out-of-town  games.  On  the  whole,  much  cooperation  was  shown  on  the  part  of  Duxbury  High  School 
students. 

Coach  Ralph  Blakeman  will  be  faced  next  year  with  the  loss  of  many  of  his  senior  veterans  of  the 
basketball  teams,  including  Earl  Ford,  Carlton  Turner,  Clifford  Comwell,  and  Morton  Raymond.  But  what 
has  Duxbury  High  to  worry  about  with  such  players  as  Sammy  Teravainen,  Milton  Ellis,  Philip  Mobbs, 
and  Arthur  Verge  coming  into  play? 

This  year,  in  addition  to  the  official  12  games  of  the  League,  Coach  Blakeman  scheduled  several 
practice  games  with  Thayer  Academy  of  Braintree,  with  Avon,  Plymouth,  and  Hanover. 

The  following  are  the  final  scores:  D.  H.  S.  defeated:  Norwell  17-6,  Alumni  49-28,  A 

von  37-28,  Pembroke  33-20,  Marshfield  34-15,  King-ston  29-16,  Scituate  47-33,  Marshfield  42-27,  Norw 
ell  39-24,  Scituate  43-17,  Avon  47-20,  Kingston  32-16,and  Pembroke  30-18. 

D.  H.  S.  was  defeated  by:  Hanover  34-22,  Hanover  26-23,  and  Thayer  Academy  37-32. 


THE  PARTRIDCF 


11 


HALL'S  CORNER  MARKET 


GEO.  R.  TAYLOR,  Prop. 


May  we  respectfully  solicit  your  patronage. 

We  carry  only  the  highest  grade  merchandise  in 
Groceries,  Meats  and  Vegetables.  Also  Frosted  Foods. 

We  have  the  best  delivery  service  possible,  operated 
by  competent  clerks. 

A  trial  order  would  be  appreciated. 


Tel.  18 

SOUTH  DUXBURY,  MASS. 


42       THE  PARTRIDGE 


"Success  to  the  Class  of  19 W 

BROWNIES  DEPT.  STORE 

STANDISH  STREET                                                             SOUTH  DUXBURY 

if  A  V 

HAIRDRESSER 

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

C.  H.  JOSSELYN 

PERIODICAL  and  VARIETY 
STORE 

Subscriptions  taken  for  all 
Magazines  and  Papers 
Duxbury  Mass. 

KsU  fiipilTn  iiJiiS  OJ 

BUTTNER'S 

PLYMOUTH  MASS. 

PERCY  L.  WALKER 

REAL  ESTATE 

Tel.  120 

GEORGE  W.  HUNT 

PHARMACIST 
Prescriptions  compounded  with 
highest  quality  chemicals  and  drugs 

So.  Duxbury               Tel.  688 

JOHN  E.  JORDAN  CO. 

Your  Hardware  Store 
for  114  Years 

PLUMBING  HEATING 

SHEET  METAL  WORK 
Plymouth          Tel.  283  Mass. 

Mitchell-Thomas  Co. 
HOME  FURNISHINGS 

66  Court  Street  Plymouth 

CUSHING  BROS. 

DODGE  &  PLYMOUTH 

SALES  SERVICE 
South  Duxbury 
Telephone  5-R 

GRANT'S 

THE  VALUE  SPOT 

in 

Plymouth,  Mass. 

Peterson's  Drug  Store 

Established  1895 

In  the  forty-five  years  this  store 
has  been  operating,  many  Partridge 
Academy  and  Duxbury  High  School 
graduates  have  held  positions  here. 

We  are  always  glad  of  an  oppor- 
tunity to  co-operate  with  the  school 
activities. 

PAUL  PETERSON 

Registered  Pharmacist. 

FREEMAN  MOTORS,  Inc. 

J*r  Economical  Tronsportotio* 

/jri!iSp|i**y 

South  Duxbury 

SHOO  ID'S 

Fashion  Center 
A  Store  Devoted 

Exclusively  to 
MISSES'  AND 
WOMEN'S  WEAR 

36  &  38  Court  St.  Plymouth 

B.  F.  GOODRICH 

OIL  SERVICE 

Dealer  in 
Hay,  Grain,  Coal 

Poultry  Supplies,  Lumber,  Roofing, 

Cement,  Etc. 

THE  PARTRIDGE  43 


RAY  A.  STEARNS,  Agent 

Insurance  of  Every  Description 

St.  George  Street                     Telephone  3                      Duxbury,  Mass. 

WHEN  BETTER 
SHOE  REPAIRING 
IS  DONE 

THE  PLYMOUTH 

SHOE  HOSPITAL 

WILL  DO  IT 
S3' 2  Main  St.  Plymouth 

Next  to  Walk-over  Shoe  Store 

Churchill's  Riding  Academy 

A.  S.  Churchill,  Prop. 
Now  is  the  time  to  sign  up  for 
Summer  Classes 
Duxbury,  Mass. 
Chestnut  St.  off  Route  3A     Tel.  42 

SOUTH  SHORES 
FINEST 

CLEANERS 

TAILORS 

TAILORING  DEPT. 

Puritan  Clothing  Co. 

Plymouth,  Mass. 

Compliments  of 
LESTER  E.  BRADFORD 

MASON 
ANTIQUE  AND  MODERN 
FIREPLACES 
Winter  St.                 West  Duxbury 

JOSEPH  J.  WOOD 

Dealer  in 
Fresh,  Salted  and  Pickled  Fish 

Lobsters,  Oysters,  Clams 
Plymouth                  Tel.  261  —  262 

Duxbury  Coal  8C  Lumber 
Boat  Yard 

Lumber                         Oil  Service 

Tel.  Dux.  81 

Freeman's  Variety  Store 

Duxbury  Headquarters  for 
COLUMBIA,  VOCALISM, 
and  BRUNSWTCK  RECORDS 

Best  Wishes  to 
The  Class  of  1940 

HERMAN  KEAY, 
School  Representative 

THE  REMICK  CO. 

QUINCY 

WALTER  T.  CHURCHILL 

NATURAL  ICE 

Chestnut  St.               So.  Dux. 

H.  L.  WEBSTER 

Watch  Maker  and  Engraver 
Main  Street  Ext. 

PLYMOUTH,  MASS. 

School  Pins  and  Rings 

Art  Jewelry  Co. 

WATCHES  JEWELRY 
15  Main  St.           Tel.  Plymouth  65 

The  Shops  of  Distinction 

LEO'S 

Beauty  8C  Barber  Shops 
Hall's  Corner  South  Duxbury 

Franklin  Auto  Supply  Co. 
DIAMOND  TIRES 

REPLACEMENT  PARTS 
FOR  ALL 
MAKES  OF  CARS 
37  Main  St.  Ext.  Plymouth 

39  Court  St.  Plymouth 

DEXTER'S  SS»°EE 

THE  STORE  OF  VALUES 
STYLES  and  QUALITY 
Tel.  183-W 

44       THE  PARTRIDGE 


BATES  &  DYER  AUTO  SUPPLY  CO. 

WHERE  QUALITY  AND  SERVICE  COUNT 

1A  Main  Street 
Tel.  1138 

OPPOSITE  POST  OFFICE 

Plymouth, 
Mass. 

FOR  A  CAR  OR  REPAIRS 

HERRICK  AUTO  SALES 

Home  of                     Since  1914 

Tel.  95 

FOR  RECREATION 

MATTAKESETT  BOWLING  ALLEYS 

Tel.  282 

FOR 

A  SWIM  OR  REFRESHMENTS 

DUXBURY  BEACH  PARKING  SPACE 

1H   ADL  t\  1  ,     .'l  An", 

BEST  WISHES  FOR 

FUTURE  SUCCESS 

JOHNSON  BROS. 

Compliments  of 

TO  THE  CLASS  OF 
1940 

Puritan  Clothing  Co. 

"Home  of  Dependability" 

FLORISTS 
Elm  St.           Phone  Kingston  36-4 

DUXBURY,  MASS. 

Sweetser's 

GENERAL  STORE 

56  Main  St.  Plymouth 

We  Telegraph  Flowers 

Duxbury  Mass. 

Compliments  of 

Compliments  of 

First  National  Stores,  Inc. 

Compliments  of 

GOVI 

South  Duxbury 

Duxbury  Boat  Yard 

Govi's  Tailoring 

EARL  W.  GOODING 

(Inc.) 

Mayflower  Cleansers 

Jeweler  —  Optometrist 

Established  1802 
PLYMOUTH 

WM.  W.  TAYLOR,  Mgr. 

Koblantz  Bros.,  Mgr. 
FIRST  CLASS  TAILORING 
Altering  and  Remodeling 
Main  St.  Ext.             Tel.  Ply.  1240 

THE  PARTRIDGE  45 


THE  ROGERS  PRINT 

PRINTERS,  PUBLISHERS  AND  PRODUCERS  OF 
PREFERRED  PRINTING 
School  Publications  a  Specialty 
20  Middle  St.  Plymouth,  Mass.  Phone  165-M 


Compliments  of 


WINSOR  HOUSE 


Compliments  of 

SMITH 

SHELL  FISH 


JAMES  H.  PETERSON 

FISH  MARKET 
FRESH  FISH,  CLAMS,  WOOD 
Fire  Place  and  Kindling  Wood 

Cor.  Tremond  &  Tobey  Garden  Rd 
So.  Duxbury  Tel.  Dux.  380 

"TOABE'S" 

DUXBURY  HARDWARE  CO. 

Everything  in  Hardware 
Hall's  Corner  —  So.  Duxbury 


R.  M.  BRADLEY  8C  CO., 
Inc. 

REAL  ESTATE 

JOSEPH  W.  LUND 
8  Newbury  St.,  Boston 
CONSTANCE  YOUNG 
St.  George  St.,  Duxbury 
Tel.  Dux.  11 


LOREN  C.  NASS 
Plumbing  and  Heating 

Florence  and  Delco 
Range  and  Power  Burners 

Electrolux  Refrigeration 
!  So.  Duxbury  Tel.  474 


PARKER  B.  CHANDLER 

Carpenter  and  Builder 

8  Cove  Street  Duxbury,  Mass. 

Telephone  233 


BENJAMIN  D.  LORING 

Diamonds,  Watches,  Jewelry 

Silverware 

GIFTS  AND  CLOCKS 
Fine  Repairing  a  Specialty 
28  Main  St.  Plymouth,  Mass. 


Oil  Burner  Service 

Plumbing  8C  Air  Conditioning 

WIRT  BROS.  CO. 

SO.  DUXBURY 


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46       THE  PARTRIDGE 


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Burdett  College 


156  Stuart  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


Send  for  Day  or 
Even-rig  Cata!o~ue 


HANcock  6J00 


Fall  Term  Begins 
September  3,  1940 


Compliments  of 

School  Lunch  Room 


Compliments  of 
LOUIS,  THE  BARBER 

LOUIS  BERGONZONI,  Prop. 
Kingston*  Mass. 


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 


H.  P.  HOOD  8C  SONS 


THE  PARTRIDGE  47 


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THE  PARTRIDGE