East Longmeadow High School - Aegis Yearbook (East Longmeadow, MA)

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SENIOR CLASS ,ggmd , 'mu new ff is A stack of pamphlets on a table lets one know' that education is a lifelong process. Graduation from high school is not the end of a career, only the end of the first of a long series of steps which men take through life. These pamphlets symbolize some of the many choices which face young people. Many of the class will go to college, others will work, some will enter professions, still others will serve their country in the armed services, some may be called to serve in another world in another way. All of us have a niche in this world. All of us have our lives to live. lt is up to us to make those sacrifices which are necessary in order that we may live our lives the best way possible, not only for ourselves, but for our society. What we do is up to us. But our world is watching us. if

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HISTORY of the CLASS OF 1964 We are seniors . . . The statement falls easily from one's lip, but let us consider the achievement it entails. First to be weighed is the fact that one must share with one's peers, the experience and accomplishments of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades. The latter part of this statement however harbors one of the more distinctive points about our class. That is, we are the first class that has spent four years at East Longmeadow High School. Also, we have been for two years the youngest class in the school. In the fall of 1960 we entered our Fresh- men Year along with the Sophomores and Juniors from the city schools. As Freshmen, we enioyed the privileges and responsibilities of a fledgling class in a fledgling school. We both set our standards high, and we lived up to them. Early ,that year our class took its first step toward school government by electing Brian Johnson as our president, Jerry Savaria, vice-president, Rosemary Roberts, secretary, Patricia Couri, treasurer. Led by this team of executives, and Miss Nancy Stewart, our class advisor, we made our first contribution to East Longmeadow High by sponsoring the Roaring Twenties dance, an event which prompted students to attend the affair in costume, suitable to the era. We were enter- tained by the two vocal groups of the school, the Charmers and the Gayblades, and were pleased that our first class event was a great success in boosting the school spirit and our own treasury. The rest of that year was de- voted to our ninth grade graduation which took place on the afternoon of June 15th, 1961 in the Frederic A. Wheeler Auditorium. As the first class to use the auditorium for grad- uation exercises, we felt greatly important The mark of a Senior, the Class Hat, stands out among other symbols of East Longmeadow High School: the Varsity sweater, the ever-present Corridor Patrol armband, the Spartan cover. and we knew that it was an event which would linger in our minds forever. That eve- ning, we escorted our dates to our graduation dance, which was sponsored by the Class of 'I963 . After graduation we held our class elections for our Sophomore Year. Philip Keith was elected president, Martha Bell, vice-presi- dent, Rosemary Roberts, secretary, Patricia Couri, treasurer. In a new position, member- at-large, was David Woodard. And we also selected Miss Nancy Stewart, again as our faculty advisor. As Sophomores we welcomed a newcomer, Frank Ochieng, a foreign-exchange student from Kenya, Africa. The week before our Christmas vacation, in an effort to raise mon- ey for future activities, we sponsored the Sleighbell Ball. Although there was little profit shown, we can still remember the big tree, decorated with many lights. Toward the end of the Sophomore Year we were measured for our class rings, which brought even closer the realization that soon we would be Juniors. With the completion of our sophomore year, we loaded a couple of busses and sought refuge from our books and studies at Look Park for our year-end picnic. Before school was dismissed for the summer, we once again marched to the polls and elected our favorites, Brian Johnson, president, Tim Moore, vice-president, Rosemary Roberts, secretary, Patricia Couri, treasurer, and Rob- ert Mosedale, member-at-large.