Abington High School - Abhis Yearbook (Abington, MA)

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THE ABHIS A FORMULA FOR FOOTBALL I wonder il' you fans ever lend a thought To the endless effort and training that brought An ultimate victory to close the season. lf you have not please listen, for here is the reason. The fact, usually lost, amidst the tumult, Is that you miss the work and see, only, the result, The result of experience, plus youth and Ere, Times courage and staminag divide the entire Equation by pride and subtract the mistakes. The difference, my friends, equals all that it takes. The hardest part isn't a savage block Or vicious tackle, blow, or hard knock. Mlhat really spills you ofl your feet Is the withering brand that spells defeat. For, while muscle or brains play an important ' part, Defeat in anything takes its share of heart. Rickman DEVLIN, '52

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THE ABHIS 19 FOOTBALL FACTS Abington 41 - Randolph 0 Abington won her first game with the sen- sational score of 41 to Rando1ph's 0. The Green 1fVave's outstanding ball carriers in this game were Dick Devlin, who scored two T. D's and accounted for a large yardage gain, Char- lie Soper, who also scored two T. D's, and Bob Peterson, who scored one T. D. Outstand- ing linemen were Captain Gordon Bates, Dave Sprague, X'Vally Lindquist, and Bill Derochea. Ralph Thompson was successful for live straight conversions. Barnstable 14 - Abington 7 A 15-yard penalty - too slow on a punt and too long on a pass - caused the speedy Barn- stable lads to ruin Abington's chances of win- ning or even scoring a tie. Soper sccred the six points and Thompson split the uprights for the extra points. Hingham 13 - Abington 0 Abington owed her second loss to I-lingham, the score being 13-0. Sauna, Soper and Devlin made some good runs, but they were no match for the nifty Hingham team. Dan Lynch, 1'Val1y Lindquist and Gordon Bates were ex- cellent on defense. Stoughton 25 - Abington 0 An exceptionally strong Stoughton team whipped the Green Mlave 25-0. Bob Klim for Stoughton was a star performer. Abington 6 - Plymouth 0 Abington managed to break its losing streak ol' three straight losses with this win ol' 6-0 over Plymouth. Thanks to Fullback Charlie Soper. the 'li points were in Abington's favor. Penalties and fumbles marred the game for any higher gain in score. Outstanding players were Devlin, Soper, Brady, Bates, Greenough, Lindquist and Bowden. Abington 55 -Bridgewater 13 A great game and tremendous score which really swamped Bridgewater 55-13 making Coach Pastuszak really beam with pleasure! T. D's were scored by Dick Devlin QED, Fresh- man Tony Mahoney QQQ, Soper 111, Brady flj, and Peterson Qlj. Ralph Thompson made 7 points for splitting the uprights successfully. All turned in a terrific performance. Rockland 18 - Abington 0 Abington really lost a heartbreaker to its old rival Rockland with the score of 18-0. The game was played on a muddy Rockland field. Credit is really due to the terrifically strong Blue and 1'Vhites and the outstanding players: Gerry VValls, Leo Flannery and Fred Wood- bury. For Abington defense Lindquist, Bow- den and Bates were great and although Soper and Devlin tried hard they just couldn't score. Canton 33 - Abington 13 Undefeated Canton rode over the Green 1'Vave '33-13. Canton is one of the top school- boy teams in Eastern Massachusetts. Abington 14 -Whitman 6 The Abington boys came through victorious over their neighbors, 1'Vhitman, 14 to 6, on Turkey Day. It was a rugged battle from beginning to end, but the Green Wave Enallly toppled the stubborn Red and Blaek to give Coach Pastuszak a last game's win. Lynch and Soper scored the two T. D's and Ralph Thompson kicked the two conversion points. Devlin, Bowden, Bates and Torrey gave ex- cellent performances. Outstanding lor the riv- als were Clark, Derosier, Perron and Nunar. PATRICIA BENSON, '52 KEY TO WHO SAID THAT? 1. Mike Sauna tj -. Mr. 51. Mrs. Goodspeed . Cynthia Butters . . Chuck Nesbitt li. Dave Torrey 7. Bill Derochea S. Mary -Ioan Coughlan 9. Danny Lynch 10. Indy Gaffney 11. Bob Dennis 12. -Ioan Anderson 13. Pete Peterson 14. 'Ianis Lane 15. Mary Lynch 16. Coach Pastuszak 17. Champ Doughty 18. Miss Cummings 19. Martha DeCosta 20. Pat Benson JOANNE REYNOLDS, '52 li 5

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THE. ABHIS 21 SCHOOL DAY TRIBULATIONS School! Boy, do I hate that word! I can never get a night's sleep anymore. After watching T. V. 'till midnight, I stagger into my room, banging my shins, tripping over the footstool, and breaking a lamp. Climbing into bed with my clothes on, I am no sooner asleep than I am shaken awake. There, beside my bed stands a gorilla. Yelling, I duck under covers. Upon peeking out, I see that is only my father. My eyes have deceived me again. Wadda want? I ask disgustedly. Get out of bed and get those clothes off! he roars. O'kay, O'kay, I yell. I'm not deaf. Sometimes I wonder, he says under his breath. Finally I flop into bed for the last time and doze off to sleep. The next morning I awoke to the cheerful voice of my mother quoting an old saying, Rise and shine. Falling out of bed, I stagger to the kitchen where my mother tells me I have fifteen minutes to get to school. I'm off like a shot. Rounding a corner close to sixty miles an hour, whom should I meet but my dear little brother. There is a loud crunch. As I pick myself up off the floor I reply, Boy! Has that kid got a hard head! I get dressed and arrive at school just as the bell rings. During the first two periods I manage to keep myself awake with a struggle. Suddenly I get a brilliant idea and put a package of gum into my mouth and start chewing away. just then the teacher catches sight of my mov- ing jaws and yells, Hey you, take -an hour detention. Of course I can't be impolite, so I answer, Thanks, After a little while longer my gum is good and sticky, so taking it out, I stick it on my eyelids to aid in keeping myself awake. After getting three more detentions I end my school day and trot down to detention. After that ordeal is over I thumb a ride home and start all over again. GEORGE FARQUHAR, '55 GETTING INTO ACTIVITIES I think joining activities is very good for a pupil. It helps everyone all round to know one another. It teaches us to get along with our enemies as well as our friends. Belonging to activities helps the shy ones, by drawing them into a group of other young people. It teaches them leadership and helps them to forget to be self-conscious when speak- ing before a group. Being members of various activities teaches the popular pupils to help the shy ones who are slow at standing up and speaking to a group, but who otherwise, probably have just as good ideas as the popular ones. All in all, I think activities are a very nice thing as long as they don't run away with the pupils. ADELAIDE SPENARD, '55 WHAT DOES AMERICA MEAN TO Us? America, the land of opportunity! As chil- dren we take advantage of the freedom we have. How would you like to spend one week behind the Iron Curtain? I am sure you would be glad to come back home and that after returning you would give the oppor- tunities offered here more thought. As citizens of this great country we have the right to vote and to go to Boston or Brockton without first getting a card signed by the Chief of Police in our town. Editors say what they believe about the rackets in the United States and fight with the Police Department. I am sure if the people in the Iron Curtain could vote freely there would be peace in the world. Stalin wants all of Europe anti then the United States and then all the other coun- tries. He isn't getting enough power. Caesar, Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler all tried to conquer the world. No one will ever rule the world but the one who made it and that is God. The Stalius and Hitlers and other big time operators will never get enough power to suit them. The communists tried to take over Korea in a sudden attack, but when American troops with spirit and the thought of freedom for all fought and died for our country we knew that they were heroes in the eyes of all Americans. If we take advantage of school and freedom and the right to vote we can stop Stalin and his communist friends. Instead of fooling in school we should study and go on to college and make something of ourselves so that people will look up and follow us. Don't let anyone tell you whom to vote for. You have a mind of your own. IfVhy don't you use it? LEO DoNovAN, '55