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Page 12 text:
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Open Letter to Faculty Dear Faculty: The Class of 1943 can well realize how you feel about our leaving, and we too are reluc- tant at parting. We know now how hard you tried to impart to us the little knowledge we now possess. We know, every one of us, the pangs of grief that you feel as our class, that gigantic wave of intelligence, drifts out into the wide world to seek its fortunes. The lessons you taught us will be our guiding light in a world that is so callous at our innocence. Yes, you have taught us something. For instance, we will never chew gum in the pres- ence of cultured people because Miss Flannery said it isn’t proper unless you can afford to give everyone a stick. We will never say ain’t and John O’Brien will learn to control his emotions and not hum in libraries. Miss Bunce taught us to love horses and frog legs and how not to shiver when we cut snakes to pieces. Miss Fowler left us with such an appreciation of Shakespeare that when dis- couraged and downhearted with life, we will quote his lovely passage: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” The Problems of Democracy have been made knowns to us by Mr. MacKenzie and we must admit our uneasiness in his class during he dis- cussion of juvenile delinquency. Miss LeVan and her Traffic Squad pointed out the lack of good manners shown by eating in the corridors, so we have now developed the distressing habit of sneaking food from our pockets to our mouths, which may prove profitable throughout life as a means of not sharing with others. Miss Barnes did well in discouraging the throwing of paper airplanes in class, but, oh, how we loved to watch them glide gracefully across the room. Most of the boys still hope to fly for Uncle Sam some day. We know Miss Lynch liked us particularly well. In fact, she always insisted upon our returning to class after school hours because our company was so entertaining. We hope that Miss Drust realizes all we learned in her French classes. Well, regardless of how much we can remem- ber, one phrase will remain in our vocabulary for a long time. Miss Drust insisted on saying Traissez-vous, imbeciles” to us. Then we learned much about character and personality from Miss Fatscher. She said we were now seniors and should act that way. Miss Wright taught the girls how to cook and the boys how to be hungry, and after a few samples of the girls’ cooking the boys would unanimously lose their appetites. Miss Theodora Bunce arrived late at our school, but she soon became one of our best friends. However, as far as grammar is concerned, adverbs, pronouns, and adjectives still remain a hollow nauseating memory. Orchids, however, to Mr. Goding. He definitely did leave us with a bit of first hand knowl- edge of science. After his bellowing for weeks, we now acknowledge that one should never leave a penny in a circuit box as a fuse because the government warns seriously against hoarding money. It leads to inflation. Miss Spangenberg taught us mathematics. She must realize now that Einstein had nothing on us. Our theories were usually so absurd that even we could not explain them. Mr. Messina never challenged or should we say tempted our integrity because he always locked up all valuables during our presence in his classes. Whenever we got highly excited, we crammed into the music room for some vocals with Miss Wolf. We acknowledge, however, that we were terrible singers, shutting all doors so that the student body would not get riotous over our music. Mrs. McNickle just loved our hanging around the office, but just couldn’t make out passes fast enough to get us back to our rooms. Mr. MacLaughlin, we know, must realize the loss to Berlin High School at our leaving. We can comfort him only by assuring him that there are not many more like us to come. Miss McBrien gave us our most useful lesson in discipline. We developed a definite skill in passing notes and whispering ultra-quietly in her classes. All in all, we had a lot of fun, and we hope you won’t be too hard on us in judging our intellectual ability. Remember, we have now all become teachers and are about to teach a cer- tain few men the meaning of democracy and how not to aggravate Uncle Sam. Most of all, dear faculty, we are go ing to defend your very right to teach others in the free and inspiring manner you taught us. Sincerely yours, CLASS OF 1943
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CLASS OFFICERS President ROBERT H. ORCUTT “Bob” “All In Favor Say Aye.” Honor Roll, 1, 2; Camera Club, 2; Student Council, 2; Vice President, 3; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Bea- con, 2, 3, 4; Oratorical Contest, 2; Intramural Foot- ball, 3; Literary Club, 3; Junior Prom Committee; Traffic Squad, 3, 4; Class President, 3, 4; Lamp Committee; League of Nations Contest. Ambition: Naval Air Corps. Vice President ROBERT DENNEHY “Bob” “That ' s How Spell I-R-E-L-A-N-D.” Track, 1; Honor Roll, 1, 4; Student Council, 2; Varsity Football, 2; Beacon Staff, 2, 3, 4; Intra- mural Football, 3; Junior Prom Committee, 3; Literary Club; Treasurer, 3; Traffic Squad, 3; Cap- tain, 4; Dramatic Club; President, 3, 4; Senior Ball Committee, 4; Police Commissioner, 4; Class Vice President, 4; Editor in Chief of Yearbook, 4. Ambition: Professor of History. Treasurer LOUISE J. NOTARO “Lulu” “Faithful Forever.” Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer of Class, 4; Motif Club; President, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Vice- President, 4; Palette Club, 1; Secretary, 3; Music Club, 1, 2; High School Chorus, 1, 2; Home Eco- nomics Club, 2; Yearbook Committee, 4; “Punkin” Party Committee, 4; Traffic Squad; Secretary, 4; Senior Ball Committee, 4j D. A. R. Award. Secretary GRETCHEN RELYEA “Gretel” “Green Eyes.” Geology Club, 1; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Literary Club, 3; Camera Club, 1; Motif Club, 4; Beacon Staff, 1, 2, 3, 4; Lamp Editor, 4; Class Secretary, 2, 3, 4; Stardust Dance, 2; Junior Prom Committee, 3; Food Commissioner, City of Problems, 4. Ambition: Journalism.
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