Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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which was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, was John Lally, Barbara Wagner, Marie Mahoney, Casimir Zielinski, Donald Ramsay, Doris Stephens, George Griffin. JANUARY 14TH, 1938. Last Wednesday was the dead line for placing subscriptions for the Year Book. It was announced today that we have a larger number of subscribers to the Annual than any previous class at Holyoke High has ever had. JANUARY 19TH. The first elections to the National Honor Society from our class were announced at Assembly today. In his introductory remarks, Dr. Conant explained that the election to the society, which is a nation wide organization, is based upon scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Ad- ditional elections will be made as the school year advances. FEBRUARY 18TH. There comes a day in the history of every class when the Senior Class files to the auditorium, takes their assigned seats, and then tensely awaits the announcements of the Honor Roll. This is what our class did today. Muriel Holden had the highest scholastic rating of all the seniors which thereby entitles her to the honor of being valedictorian of the Class of '38. Paul Schlessinger won the honor of being salutatorian of our class. MARCH 4'rH. Plans must get under way for Class Day. Therefore, the Senior Class met today and elected the following to be in charge of Class Day: Address of Welcome, John Lallyg Class Will, Barbara Wagner, Class History, Marie Mahoney, Oration, Edward Stapleton, Farewell Address, Raymond Egan, Class Musician, Barbara Brigham, Class Poet, Rosalie DiChiarag Class Prophets, Dorothy Watt, Ruth Ezold, Christine Gately, Bernard Gleason, Doris Partington, Madeline McKen- na, Myrtle Lippman, Betty Thompson, Francis Hickson, and Malcolm Miner. MARCH ZSTH. Something new, the Vocational Ability Tests, was announced to the Commercial Seniors at Holyoke High today. These tests are sponsored by the Joint Committee of the National Office Management Association and the Eastern Commercial Teachers' Association. It is the first prac- tical effort on the part of Business Education in America to measure the commercial ability of its students for the demands of the business world. APRIL 6TH. Today, our Year Book Staff was the sponsor of the play If I Were King by Justin McCarthy, starring John E. Hines. The students of Holyoke High were especially interested in the appearance of Mr. Hines not only because of his remarkable acting ability, but for a per- sonal reason also. His wife, the former Miss Viola Ormonde, had been a student at Holyoke High School about fifteen years ago. APRIL ISTH. Today was Junior High Day for our freshman brothers and sisters. Whether we were among the group of ushers or whether we acted as hosts and hostesses in the classrooms, most of us, I'm sure, gave much thought to the first day We saw the walls of this wonderful school. JUNE 10TH. Today is Class Day for us of 1938. We have but one more occasion, Graduation Day, on which we, as a class, assemble. Although we shall all receive a great thrill upon the receipt of our diplomas, I'm sure that most of us realize that there will be no more classes with our classmates, no more interesting entertainments in our auditorium, and no more proms which we can attend as members of Holyoke High School. Three of the most wonderful years of our lives are contained in this historical diary of ours. And thus ends all that I shall ever be able to enter into our diary which has now become pages of history for our Class of 1938.

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honey takes over the oflice of Secretary, Raymond Egan steps into the oflice of Treasurer, and John Lally becomes our new Sergeant-at-Arms. DECEMBER 23RD. The Christmas Holidays are here! The Juniors are excited over the success of our class play, which we presented today. The play which was in keeping with the season was en- titled One Gift Above Another. The following were the members of the cast: Doris Partingtong Doris Armitage, the heroine of the play, Helen O'Neilg Mary Lee, Margaret Marceaug Dorothy Lamang Maryellen Greany, whose acting ability is known to everyone in the class, Margery Best, Barbara Wag- ner, Marie Mahoney, John O'Connell, who acted his part to perfection, Howard Naughton, Leonard Lebel, who made a very fine doctor, George Kennedy, and Casimir Zielinski. JANUARY 7TH, 1937. Our club schedule is under way for the year. As we are now juniors, we have some new clubs from which to choose. Two of these clubs are the Junior Q and the Junior Classical. All full-fledged junior girls are eligible for membership in Junior Q' and the Junior Class- ical is for juniors taking the College Course. MAY l4TH. The Juniors are now parading around the halls trying to be nonchalant, yet very obviously displaying the new class rings which they wear on the ring finger of their left hands. OCTOBER STH. Now that we are another year older, we have become Sophisticated Seniors. As always, our first business of the year is to elect our class officers. It was a very lengthy and ex- citing election as we had to vote over several times. We were unfortunate to have our three oiiicers from the preceding year all up for President this year. At the last count those elected to take offices were John Lally as President of the Class, Barbara Wagner, who retained her office of Vice President, Marie Mahoney, who was reelected secretary, Casimir Zielinski, who became our treasurer, and Donald Ramsay, our new sergeant-at-arms. OCTOBER ISTH. Now that we are seniors, we realize that there are a great many clubs which we may join. To recount the activities of all of them would be a history in itself. The names of a few of them are the Senior Q, the Senior Classical, the International Relations Club, and the Science Clubf' ' NOVEMBER STH. A harvest atmosphere with the typical pumpkins, corn-shocks, and scare-crows was the setting for our first Senior Dance, which was held tonight at the Knights of Columbus hall. There were several spot numbers and novelty dances with prizes for the winning couples. The con, mittee in charge of the arrangements consisted of John Lally, Barbara Wagner, Donald Ramsay, Marie Mahoney, Casimir Zielinski, Barbara Brigham, Mary McNulty, Raymond Egan, and Joseph Lyons. NOVEMBER 17TH. What would graduation be without a Year Book? So to the selection of an Editorial Staff. -After we had duly nominated several candidates, we chose the following to under- take the responsibility of Editorship: Louise Koegel, Yvette Meunier, Erika Mueller, Doris Armitage, David Teahan, and William Ferguson. NOVEMBER 23RD. The Rivals, a comedy of manners, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was pre- sented by our class this morning in the auditorium. The untiring cooperation of Roger Beaupre, How- ard Naughton, Doris Armitage, Dorothy Laman, Malcolm Miner, Casimir Zielinski, Henry Mauer, Maryellen Greaney, Mary Lee, and William Ferguson gave the pupils of Holyoke High an opportunity to witness classic drama without the usual expense of attending a professional performance. DECEMBER l0TH. Every senior is just bubbling over with enthusiasm about the success of our Senior Prom, which was held this evening. Despite the formality which is connected with the Senior Prom, everyone attending reported having a superb time. The committee in charge of this dance,

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616440 ' EDWARD J. STAPLETON That her people may he strong and ejieient citizens, Holyoke builds this Temple of Science, Literature, Industry and Art. You shall know the Truth, and Truth shall make you Freef, These inscriptions, carved in marble over the entrance of Holyoke High School, symbolize the purpose and ideals, not only of education, but of democracy itself. Freedom and education are essen- tial to democracy. Th truth shall make us free, and we shall learn the truth by proper education, the cement that holds Hrm the structure of democracy is education, and the foundation is freedom. These two, freedom and education, thus so closely linked, will strengthen and perpetuate our democratic form of government. The chief purpose of education in a republic is to instruct the people in order that they may as- sume the responsibilities of citizenship. It is necessary that the citizens of a nation should be conscious of their duties as well as their privileges. They should be trained in the fundamentals of citizenship, and it is through education that the best qualities of a citizen can be brought to the foreground. Amer- ican citizenship is indeed a great privilege and a great honor, but with every right there is a responsibil- ity. Our freedom can be maintained only by eternal vigilance. It is therefore our duty as citizens ever to be watchful for dangers which may threaten this precious freedom. It is also our duty to manifest an intelligent interest in our government, to select public officials carefully, and to perform all the ob- ligations of citizenship in a worthy manner. Democracy today is on trial before the world. We have seen several nations abandon democratic government in favor of dictatorship. In these countries the school is merely an instrument for political purposes. Education is used to indoctrinate the masses in order to mould and shape the minds and spirit of the people in accordance with the ideals of the state. Students in these countries have little or no liberty of thought, they know only one side of the case--that side which their government wishes them to know. In a democracy we are taught how to thinkg in a country where an autocratic form of government prevails, they are taught what to think. The ability to discriminate, to distinguish that which is right from that which is wrong, the wisdom to choose between the true and the false are qualities which we must foster at all times. Our education should help us to discover the truth, reason and logic must point the way. We, the youth of America, face a grave situation. Ours is the world's greatest experiment in democracy, and the world has thrown a challenge to us. There are dangers that we must face, but we should rejoice that we have before us the opportunity to prove to the world the advantages of preparation by truth and education. We must be loyal to our idealsg we must prove that our education has been successful in instilling in us the love for God and Country. Let the accomplishments of American education be exemplified in usg let us be worthy of the democratic training we have received. Then we shall go forth, confident of victory, prepared for any eventuality by our education. May we measure up to Holyoke's expectation of us. May we be strong and eflicient citizens of our city, our state, and our country, ready to carry on the ideals and tradi- tions for which our American democracy was established one hundred and fifty years ao.