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C..- GCJLD BUG PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS OF AMHERST HIGH SCHOOL, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS C LIFE EDITION lune 18, 1940 THE YEAR'S EVENTS Foreword ............, School Statistics ..... Dedication ........,..... PrincipaI's Letter ...... Faculty .... SENIORS Class Officers ........ Graduating Class .. Pro-Merito ..,. Class Day ....., Class History ..... Class Prophecy ....... Salutatorian Essay Valedictorian Essay CONTENTS ACTIVITIES 6 Gold Bug ...II..,..... ,..., . 52 7 Student Council ..I. ...I. . 53 3 Tri-S ,......,,,...... ...,. , 54 10 Hi-Y 55 13 Orchestra 56 Band ,.,........., ...,.. 5 7 16 Junior Play 58 17 Graphic 59 35 ATHLETICS 36 Football 60 39 Basketball 61 41 Baseball 62 44 Track 63 46 ADVERTISING The cover and entire contents of this issue of the Gold Bug were made up by members of the graduating class with faculty help Seniors On the Steps. In this picture, taken one April day by Mr. Donald Lacroix, Well-known Amherst photographer, you see leaving the Amherst High School, only four of the one hundred and sixteen seniors graduating in the class of 1940. The first one out, leading her class by a comfortable margin of academic credits, is Esther Thayer, editor-in-chief of the GOLD BUG. Following her, with an enviable score in scholastic achievement, is Jane Lannon. Smiles and high marks seem to go together-for the girls. The boy in the center is John Har- rington, who ran and was elected class president for the third term . Beside him is John Deady, singeiwcomedian-athlete, business manager of the GOLD BUG. For further photographs and facts of these four, see the section marked Seniors , Life magazine chosen as theme of thc GOLD BUG--1940. FIVE
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SIX FGREWORD lri this issue ot the GOLD BUG We hove otterripted to hririg you o picture ot Lite iri Amherst High School. I-lere is o record ot our clubs, our sports, our ochieverrierits, orid our thoughts. With Miss Weeks to guide orid help us, We hove worked Iorig orid hord, It you eriioy the results ot our ettorts, We ore more thoh repoid.
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