Fay School - Pioneer Yearbook (Southborough, MA)

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Frightfully Fearful Yet Dangerous- ly Curious and her friends put on a play for the school, and the creator of the play himself later visited the school, to crack the school up with his skillful and satricial mime. Ms. Sara Ransom met with the English classes in the library to enthrall with her enacted tales from foreign lands, depicting both heroes and villains in a one-woman theatre. Earlier in the year, the library had hosted the Book Character Dress-up Day, with the school donning the guise of their fa- vorite characters. Along with the constant influx of multi-talented people came the school ' s own productions. The lower school had their traditional play at Christmastime, this one with a mod- ern theme of striking elves and their rights. The Glee Club and Chorus per- formed the annual Festival of Carols and Lights elegantly. The major win- ter production was Thornton Wilder ' s The Skin Of Our Teeth, a satirical play based on the theme of the recur- ring hero. The spring musical was Bri- gadoon, a romantic play based on the legendary Scottish town. 91

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Nineteen eighty five was a year of change as much as the previous year had been. The new building was com- pleted, and while Dr. Heffernan had put many of his changes into effect last year, more came this year. Ef- forts became biweekly, and the advi- sor system was changed, so that stu- dents no longer chose their own advi- sors. The day student lounge was opened, and made available during the day. The dining hall acquired a new look, changing over to all round tables, and the study hall was no long- er a place of mass confusion during activity period. The new homerooms took over, and after activity, you wer- en ' t always going to sports; you could be going to any one of a number of activities, such as art, computing, photography, or pottery. Adding to this atmosphere of change and excitement, there was an extensive array of visitors who brought many talents and treated the school to audio-visual extravaganzas . . . Robert Cormier, author of The Chocolate War and I Am The Cheese, visited the library to discuss his writ- ing with students, and later shared lunch with them. Dr. Story Musgrave, a participant in a recent shuttle flight, also visited the school to captivate both students and parents alike with an informative talk and slide show. A select group of admissions officers and our own Mr. White gave a semi- nar for ninth graders and their parents on how to choose the right secondary school. 90

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While the shows were good, the dances left a little to be desired. Al- though the Valentine ' s Day Dance had a live band, it wasn ' t terribly obvi- ous from their playing. Theme dances prevailed, with a western dance leading off. Reinke Auditorium was transformed into the OK Corral, and the teachers had a great time shooting each other. While those fea- tured on the wanted posters were throwing each other into the jail, the students played poker and attempted suicide by downing Red Eye by the shot glass. The Christmas Dance was next, with a Spanish theme, and com- plete with a pinata that stubbornly resisted breaking. Halloween was original — a costume party! Accord- ing to those present, it was the best ever, and the costumes the most original and unique yet. The year was a good one athletical- ly, with many teams posting impres- sive records. The Sports Sentinel did well also, working diligently to cover the news, not only the sports. The paper made news itself; the South Middlesex News covered the Sentinel in an article. Varsity A Soccer went 14-1 in the fall, and girls ' Varsity Soc- cer also did well, posting a 9-2 record. The Fay Wrestling Team went unde- feated, and accumulated an envious amount of medals. Also, on the indi- vidual level, Lans Taylor made the Faces in the Crowd section of Sports Illustrated, due to his cham- pionship in the field of orienteering. Fay also received a Universal exer- cise machine. With up to fourteen stu- dents able to work out at a time, teams were able to gain an edge over their competition. 92