Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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CLASS ORATION By WiII1am Monahan LE to the stru11,f11c1Q occurrmg at present 111 var torn Europe and 1onQ1c1er1ng the tremendum 111f1uen1f1x xxhlch Such 1 cr1Q1Q cre11teQ among the m11QQu 1n our countrx, th1 xx11rc1 d1m111r111x 1tK 1111111111111 11111 1111111 f:1C3HLC 11115 131111 x1r1 much 1111w11111ktr111c1 11H1NlC1 111111 dlstortcd To undemtanci fullx the rn111111ng 11f f1c111111r11x ht us ta11C t111 x1t11 11r1n11p1cQ 01 1,1 dC111111r1t11 form 111 goxernrnent and C'xlTI1D111'X them 211111r111111:1x order t11 11111111111 mort 111z1r1x 1111 11111111 xx TTIDWTK t111 11TlI11t 12111111 112 111 111111111r11x t 1 IQ 111111 15111511 11 ru1 x1r1 11 1L 111111111 111 1111 1.1t 11r1 IL 1r1n11rx LNSQI1111N xx 111 1 111 YL 1111111 tat1Xc1 11f1111n111r11x Q n1111t1r111111rt111t 111t11r1 111 11111111 x x 116 t111 111111111 111 1 KN 11 1Q comm11n111t1r1St 1 11111rt1 I11t11L1F14 I c11111111r11x 1r1111 1 211111 t11 1111 1 1 It r11d111nt11111 1111r 11 1 1 1 11 1x11 v.11:1ts0u er' In one SQHXC 11 1K mix to 10r11pre11e111'1 the 1111 11111111 of llbertx If 111412111 O1-C1I'1IT1 1t171T1Q111'DE'I'1X x11 111 11x11 1tQ 1 11Q1tf 101111l11'11111NI11 xxv max 11 DX 11111 rm 1 mpkc 111 1ts 111111r 1111r11t1r I1 11 fi 1t111g 1111111121 1.111 r11111t f11r 11s xx1111t xxt 11111 11111 11g1t1I1g for V11 1r1 11111111s1C1 t11 t11t11'1t11r11111 f11r111w of goxernmcnt be111us1 1t 1N not 1uQt111 to Stl 1 11111n or 1 - - . In 1 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 -1 v' ' , I 111 CO 1 1 1 ' 1 '1 J 1 ' 1 1 11111 I1t'I vm, ' V '.1' 11 Qt 'I 1 ftl 1 1 1 1 1 1113: 'XX1' ' 1t111' 1 4115 '1 l1'1 T11 J ' 1 '1 ' As t1't 11' 11t x'1111'11 1111 un 1 1 1 1: 11 1111n1111 1 1111 1r11t 1 1111111111111 11111111 Th., ' 1 1 'U' 1 1 11 1 1 '1 V1'1111tc11111s111111rtx 111111111? C2111 1X1'f1l'1111l'11. Z111f1 1111Q1'r11111 it? IJ11 1x11 r111111x' 11111 -'11 1 its V11111t'? ls 11 111111rty 111 be 1 11' 111111 1111111i11s xx'1t111111t 11-t 11r 111I1f1I'1lI1L'l'? Is ' f 11 1 ' 11 1 1111 r11Jtr11111t1 1 I' 11 '41t1F- cpp.'1, 1-1,1 , ' -'111 1-' 1 t'ft1 gli ' J ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 . XX-121 xx11 1111x'11 1 11111 g1' 1 11' 5

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CLASS HISTORY By MARY CONWAY T IS the natural deslre of everyone in th1s world to accomphsh somethlng really great so that 1t m ly be recorded ln the xnnals of time and ln the pages of his tory Vle too the class of 1011 h ive th lt sime dcslrc and ln these few p xges Qlven to us set down for cvcry one to see our lnstory of the past three yc urs Let us bcgln m September of 1038 'lhit w as thc year we entered Holyoke High School lor the hrst txme We were wide eyed lncredulous sophomores and proud of 1t' However we gamed DOISS from the upper classmen and our nrst opportunlty to show our style came on Holyoke High at the annual Parents nlght Then came the day that we all had been waxtmg for we were to elect our class officers We made a fine choice electlng James Begley as presldent Mary kelly as VICE pres1dent W 1ll1am Stapleton treasurer Carol McManus secretary and James Cleary sargeant at arms We pass on to another year our Junior year a year m which we were to see many changes pattern themselves Our beloved Dr Conant had reslgned and ln hls Seat sat our new prlnclpal Mr Fitzpatrlck Mr Brown was not longer 1n our mldst and Miss Judd and Miss Spencer had ret1red Besldes th1s an old Holyoke Hlgh bulldlng was belng completely renovated And so we entered this year w1th melancholy in our hearts that was to be blotted out by our new accomphshments In November of 1939 we agam elected our clasS officers James Begley was unanimously elected presi dent Mary Kelly again chosen as vice presldent Roger Desroches treasurer Mary Conway secretary and James Lallberte class marshall In December of th1s same year we successfully 1ntro duced something new in entertainment to the teachers and puplls of Holyoke High At our class entertain ment we brought forth Russ Chase and his orchestra They were qulte sensational Afterwards they played for all our school dances Ours was a class that was destined to start omethmg new for the Iirst tlme the ,lunlor and Senior classes comblned to promote the famous and successful Yuletide lrom of 1930 Again we estlbhshcd '1 precedent by belng muted 'ls 1 group to attend th Senior f.,I'lClL1ll101'l exercises So came June and we were the last ones to sly good bye to '3 for upon our return ln the fill we were mtroduced to an cnt1rcly new numbcrmg system Our old 53 was now 710 At list we had attuned that envx lble goal we were Semors 'ind as SCUIOFS we had much to do As soon as everyone had settled down to school routlne we selected our leaders for the 40 11 season Our officers remalned the same w1th the exceptlon of the treasurer whose dutles w h1ch were now taken over by Russell Chase Once more our class took the 1n1t1at1Ve We the class of 1941 were the first to lnstall the Student Council formally James Dowd Mary Conway and Mary Wachon holdlng the respective officers of DFCSI dent VICC president and secretary took the oath of ofiice as adm1n1stered by Mr F1tzpatr1cl1 Then all cabmet members and section representatlves took the Athen1an Oath Needless to say the greatest success of our three years was the Senior Junlor Prom It was beautlful ' Lovely glrls 1n equally lovely gowns handsome escorts a wonderful orchestra and everythlng that goes lnto maklng a wonderful dance Then came February and we began to wonder whether or not we were going to have a Year Book A class meetlng was called by our pr1nc1pal and it was declded that we were to have an Annual Plans got under w ay and a comm1ttee was chosen wlth Alexander Gerardo as Editor 1n Chlef At last came t1me to make plans for Class Day Our speakers and partxclpants were chosen and a play selected And as our three years come gloriously to a close all th it remains unhmshcd ln tlllS recount IS the chmax It cmnot be recorded here for lt has not as yet tal cn place l'he hn il hmsh the end 1ll w lll take pl Ice as we walk across th it stlce on Hfldlldtltlll day ind receive our d1plomas . K I ' 3- .N ' c C s w c . . . .. 1 . ., , Y 3 V 'N C Zi' .111 2 . ' . ' ' . fn' fs- K' 152 ' 1 4 1 ' 'I u 1 '. , 'x f .' , 2 A Z fi ' 'f '1 4 e , 2 ' 2 ,Nl I ri Z ' IA VK-xx. ' 1 1 1 1 fy1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 V, Q ' 'e .,c x me 1, -.' x 1' . 1 .. . .. ..- -1 - ' , 1 DL ' ' 1 1: ' 11 .-' -1 - .. z 'z. x 1' . K .1 .' -1 1 ' e1 'r F 1 h ' 2 .1 1.1 V ,1.- vw ,Q V ,- X ' S ' mx L- 1.4 . 1 X L ' V .' -1,1 ' N , 5 ,V x .i X Y I ' E , . , . x Vx ' c 4 .,e e c . v , ' ' y , ,, L , . . Y Y ' It xv September 28, when we introduced our parents to - g- .' , - - 1 , ' , , v ' r . ' , v I I V - , , Y y , . , . i. .- , . Y - Y vi v ' , , . . . . 7 Y V . . . v . v ' ' l v Y . . . . , 4 Y ' ' , 1 1 , 7 I 7 . Y .. . . , - . , , , , V ! - ' Y - . . ' v 1 ' V 1 , , s ' - , z . , . ' x' .,', , , , - ' 1 1 'z x' X . ' cf ,.. H .4- . '. -z z'.'rz'r:'- . E, - '.'.e 2.11 2' c'z 1

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