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

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NORTHEAST BLACKOUT: November 16, 1965. Mr. Smith discusses causes and results. “MR. PRESIDENT” is the lesson of the day in Mr. Kane’s Civics class. JOHN ROAN Department Chairman U.S. History, Problems of Democracy. CYNTHIA PAYSON U.S. History, World History HARLOW PENDLETON European History, U.S. History. RICHARD STENTA Economic Geography, U.S. History. 18

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(aside) “But Miss Gonyea, I thought Agamemnon was a tragedy!” Exit, Bob Shannon and Marlaine Hassin! ! DOROTHY ALLARD English 9 JOAN BERESWILL English 9 “The next voice you hear will be thj of Beowulf.” EMILY BLOWEN English 9,10 RICHARD GROVER English 10. More than any other subject, English will prove itself the key to op- portunity in our future lives. The ability to understand others’ writings and teachings, the ability to express our own ideas — that is, the power to effectively communicate — will be essential to any success that we may hope to achieve. Because English must be the beginning of our learning, we begin the Faculty section of Aegis ’66 with the ENGLISH DE- PARTMENT.

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To budd ou (legacy successes The HISTORY of man is a story of incessant struggle. From the earliest clays of his existence, man has struggled against hostile environments and savage beasts. Even with the appearance of civili- zation and more advanced cul- tures, the struggle did not cease: man was pitted against man. He was forced to fight to preserve his accomplishments from both bar- barians and political tyrants. Man has always struggled and will as- suredly continue to struggle, both to recover from his numerous fail- ures and to build a legacy of suc- cesses for the future. This is our history. S. GORDON SMITH Civics, World History DANIEL KANE Civics, World History. RUSSIAN STRATEGY: Mrs. Payson points out Russian advances during World War II. (Right) WILL YOU BECOME a U.S. Senator? Mr. Roan’s P.O.D. class discusses those who did.