Holden High School - Clarion Yearbook (Holden, MA)

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CLASS PROPHECY 1954 bemg served to h1m by Martha Haynes Jane Dackman and Barbara Robuzson At that colorful Mard1 Gras 1n New Orleans I gazed w1th astomshment when I saw blame Johnson and Mary Illajewsks tw1rl1ng five l1ghted torches at one time They had come a long way s1nce the1r tw1rl1ng days at old Holden H1I Tuned 1n on my vldeo wave radar set I could see Shelda Jolly g1vmg an 1mpress1ve campangn speech for Judy Forsberg who was runn1ng for Presldent 1n the country s com1ng CICCIIOI1. When this was over Warren Young appeared on the screen w1th a few words to say about the new Wlldf0Ot L1n1ment for falling arches C1rcl1ng over the Holden Football Stad1um, the F1ght1ng Amazons were seen 111 a huddle w1th the1r coach Jerry Hyland who was g1v1ng them some last m1nute 1nstruct1ons These women really went 1nto act1on dur1ng the game and Dzck Wagner the water boy was also kept pretty busy Here comes Herb Sherwin test1ng out h1s new red convert1ble Jet engine and It looks as though he s try mg to gam enough speed to pass meI Oh Oh hes h1tt1ng my left propeller' I I I I I I I I I Wow' That was a fine way to end a wonderful dream fallmg out of a cha1rI Oh well I had at least found out the whegreabouts of the Best Class Ever The Class of 4I MARILYN ESTEY Clfewef .AJJPQJJ 'Ih1s IS a umque occasnon It IS one that brmgs w1th 1t more than the usual sadness of commencement partmg for tomght the words Farewell Address have a n1ore po1gna11t mean1ng for us all Not only are we sayxng farewell to our classmates and to the school Wl'llCll we are leav1ng but w1th the close of these CXBYCISPS we are wr1t1ng F1n1s to a chapter of Holden h1story that was begun nearly seventy four years ago It therefore seems appropr1ate that we t11rn back the pages of h1story to the year 1880 for a brief look at those early events In March of that year the Town of Holden aware of the sp1r1t of asp1rat1on pervadmg our schools and the 1I'lCl'Q3Sll1g number of good scholars 1n town authorlzed the estabhshment of a h1gh school The school was opened for the sprmg term w1th M1ss Corneha Thurston as pr1nc1pal IVIr Alonzo K I earned who was to rema1n w1th the school as pr1n c1pal for th1rty vears uas engaged for the reopen1ng of school 111 September at a salarv of about Let us 111 our 1mag1nat1ons attend one of the first whlte frame bu1ld1ng s1tuated nearly on the s1te of th1s h1gh school we are struck by someth1ng famlllaf about lt We suddenly reallze lt IS the bu1ld1ng we now know as the Holde11 Chmc mmus the front porch VVe watch the grammar school chlldren file 1nto the classrooms on the first floor wh1le we rhmb the stalrs to the two rooms above occup1ed by the h1gh school We are greeted by an erect dxgnnied man of about fortv w1th a f1ow1ng moustache We sl1p 1nto a seat along mth the seven pupxls SIX gnrls and one boy who compr1sed the first graduatmg class As we llsten to the opemng CYCYCISCS v1h1ch consnst of a t1mely passage of Scrxpture and a11 1nsp1rat1onal poem we recog111ze 1n th1s 1nan a perso11 of rare scholarsh1p and understandxng At 12 oclock we are d15mlSSCd for an hours noonmg After eating the lunch we have brought w1th us we wh1le away the rest of the t1mc play1ng ball 1n front of the school wh1ch faced the present athlet1c field or 1n s1tt1ng 1n the shade of a grove of trees about where the bleachers are today At one we return to the classroom and remaln untll school IS d1sm1ssed at four In the gather1ng dusk 1f it lb w1nter we walk the three mxles to our home nn Chaffins s1nce 1n those days there was no trans portatxon of any k1nd Such was school l1fe 1n the early 1880 s Ev 1888 1ncreased enrollment had made lt neces sary to move to larger quarters and 1n September of that vcar Holden H1gh School moved to the second f1oor of the Damon Nfemorlal Bu1ld1ng wh1ch had been erected to house both a lxbrary and the h1gh school Enrollment that first year was th1rty seven Mr Learned had the help of one ass1stant It s recorded that students were much 1nsp1red by the1r beaut1ful surround1ngs the broad SYBIFCZSC colored bulls eye lights 1n the w1ndows oak woodwork and the fireplace at one end of the ma1n room But t1me marches on By 1923 It was real1zed that the Damon Memornal Buxldxng was no longer ade quate 1f the town was to keep educatnonally abreast of the t1n1es A comm1ttee was appo1nted to cons1der the matter of larger quarters and 1n 1925 the town voted to erect a new h1gh school The or1g1nal h1gh school was purchased by the late Dr Frank Wash burn and moved to 1tS present locat1on on Boyden Road wh1le preparatxons were made for the erectlon of the new h1gh school on 1lS former Slte In June 1926 th1s bu1ld1ng was dedlcated as the Alonzo K learned H1gh School 1n honor of IIS former pr1nc1pal and the graduatmg CXEFCISCS of the class of 1926 were held here 1' he school was opened 1n September w1th sesen teachers and an enrollment of 135 Holden had come a long way s1nce 1880 and the people of the town proud of the1r new 750 pupll h1gh school were conhdent that It was adequate to take care of the needs of the town for many years to come years the populat1on of the town would have nearly doubled By 1949 lt became ev1dent some act1on must soon be taken to meet the expand1ng needs of the h1gh school I11 December of that year represen tatnves from Holden and ne1ghbor1ng towns met to cons1der the pOSS1b1l1ty of yomt act1on 1n erectmg a 118W h1gh school That meetmg marked the beginmng of the nnal chapter of Holden H1gh School hxstory 'lhe old order changeth g1V111,g place to new but although torught Holden H1gh School as an 1nst1 tut1on ceases to be ltS 1nf1uence w1ll cont1nue to l1VC on 1n the l1ves of 1ts graduates Hundreds of young men and women have spent the most formatlve years of the1r l1ves here and have gone out to hold pos1t1ons of trust and d1st1nct1on m the commumty and ln the world at large Por them Holden H1gh School w1ll alvtays be a l1v1ng memory the1r Alma Mater that started tl1e1r footsteps on the pathway to success And so tomght though we are sad at the thought of change we are most of all proud of Holdens glorxous past and the long l1ne of graduates who honor her name We too the Class of 1954 hope to perpetuate by our deeds the pos1t1on of respect and renown wh1ch she holds It IS appropr1ate to recall at th1s t1me 1n reded1cat1on the words dellvered by Dav1d F Estes at the sesqu1centenn1al celebrat1on of the town 1n 1891 Holden IS st1ll only a foundatxon What has been wrought IS but preparatory to what shall be wrought Iet us bu1ld upon th1s foundat1on so well that when the h1stor1an of another fifty years of another one hundred Hfty years shall take up h1s tale he shall glory 1n our work as we 1n the work of our fathers ROSE CONIRAD ' ' ' H ' , ' H ' ' I I ' Il I! 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