Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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F lash! The camera has tak- en your picture. Did you blink? You won’t be able to find out until you see your proofs in a few weeks. Senior pictures have vastly different meanings for differ- ent students. To some, they are extremely important. “I wanted my senior pic- tures to look perfect,” en- thused Kara Genevich, “be- cause your senior year of high school only comes once.” “These pictures are what you are going to have to re- member the many people you met in high school. A senior picture is a captive piece of history,” mused John Metro. Students spent varying amounts of time and money on their photos. Susan Geis didn’t get her pictures ready in time. “I didn’t get around to having them done,” she ex- plained. All students give out wallet size photos. Jacqueline Rojas put it best: “ I got them done so my friends can keep in touch with me after gradu- ation.” Several photographers were used in addition to the Cambridge Studio. Dan Allen explained, “1 got my pictures at the Cambridge Studio be- cause 1 didn’t feel like paying more.” Since this was the first year that pictures were in color, backgrounds had to be the same for printing reasons. But as Keith Higgins decided, “1 don’t care, it really doesn’t matter about the back- ground.” Other seniors were equally unenthusiastic. Steven White thought that his picture was “kind of dull, just me and my tie. I would prefer an action shot. Maybe me riding a me- chanical bull?” VARIETY Seniors had dozens of pictures — senior portraits, prom pictures and group shots, with special poses and backgrounds. ...and sometimes huge price tags. FRIENDS Looking at senior pictures helped kill time in the caf, as Barbara Morton, Bonnie Belyea, Kevin Sadberry, and Kelly Jones found out. CHIN UP Cambridge Studio photographer Henry O’Donnell made sure that Su- san Corsini’s pose was perfect. FINISHING TOUCH Jim Lockhart was all set once he’d straightened out his jacket. 28 Senior Pictures

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IT i fl BIRD, IT’i PLANE ....IT’S SUPERMAN!!! e all had childhood idols, right? Most of us have outgrown our idols, but there are still some who se- cretly admire theirs. There are people who have idols for pure entertainment. Such as Michelle Giacamozzi who said with a smile “1 love Mickey Mouse, because he’s so adorable and loveable.” Just being liked is a quality of an idol. Doing something for the good of others was another quality of an idol. Dante Var- raso idolized Theodore Roose- velt because, “He did so much for the country.” Being a leader could be a reason for being an idol. Being some one we wish to be like is also a fact of being an idol. We all try to be like someone. “My idol is my dad he did everything that 1 want- ed when 1 was young,” Mark Joyce said shyly, “In a way he’s still my idol.” Idols are important in our life because they give us a guidline to live by. ‘I look up to hockey stars. After watching the Canada Cup, my idols are Mario Le- mieux and Wayne Gretzky. They are the best.” Mike Lynn O ' ? The person I idolize is Rox Hexall, the goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers because of his aggressiveness on the ice.” Aaron Sanderson 30 Childhood Idols