Lynn Classical High School - Classical Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

Page 15 text:

To our principal and faculty we leave our gratitude and thanks for their kindness and counsel during our high school days although now that we are leaving, we must admit that said faculty were very annoying at times. To this faculty we leave the suggestion that th ey be more amenable in the future. To our parents we leave our love and deep appreciation for all that they have given us iespecially the money to get through the Senior Year.J Farmer George Pike leaves his mouldy hat and comb to Latin Quarter Dick Costin, the Al Jolsen of the locker room. The monster Harry Brown leafes to Slats Bulpet his dainty little reindeer sweater along with his gigantic shoes, size 6. Shoulders Anderson leaves his masculine build to Dick Hanna along with four used razor blades and also a good blood absorber for occasional cuts. Gym teacher Alta Brooking leaves her Senior Drama gymsuit to both Ioan Pelley and Lillian McArdle, - a leg and a sleeve to each. Shy Dave Warden leaves his method of curling hair and his familiar quotation Today's assembly to -next year's Senior Class president. Quiet John Anastos and the more quiet Claire Carmody leave their present fruit markets to a pair of peaches of the Junior class: Ted Roderique and Joan Ventre. Mary Emanuel and Patsy Sullivan leave their charming Little person- alities to pretty little Blondy Copolous and Patsy Sullivan. Fred Smith leaves to Chippy Chipouras a beautiful ten pound shot- put along with a few freckles and a sling shot to help him in his ambitions to heave the shotput over thirty-five feet. Little Rose Nuccio leaves her Jo Stafford voice to Nils Dick Haymes Strom as he parades through the long corridors between periods. Jeanne Waterman leaves to Lois Philpott a ten volume edition of How to Dance , with music provided by Sam Binder and his Pennypinchers. Betty Spencer and Lorraine Britton leave their soft little Hi's and Hello's to pretty Carol Smith and June Kidger. Edwin Russell and Clem Calder would like to leave their pictures and address books to all those who might wish to go to Miami. Lois Landers and Barbara Mudge leave their girations to next year's wonderful Drum and Bugle Corps. Leo Duprey and Tarso Papazogolou leave their flying feet to any of the undergraduates who will attend all the dances at Classical next year. Art Leavitt and Martha McGhee leave the Aldrich Family to Mr. Buck- ley and his faculty. Our remaining gifts will be distributed by Robert Green. Joseph Kerwin leaves to Miss Merrill's next year's class his suggestion about Lucy's Juicy, Double, Bubble gum. Practice has made him so perfect that he can tutor anyone. Leo Duprey, alias Playland Kid leaves to Donald Barker his worn out pair of shoes. Bob Potter leaves to Classical High his famed Jet Chevrolet to be used to drive Harry Agganis back and forth to Classical so that he may be on time, occasionally. Senior Class lovers Jack Thomson and Lois Landers leave their periodic hall rendezvous to Harry Agganis and Joan Fitzgerald. Jackie Anderson leaves to Phyllis Connolly her ardor in writing love letter to out of state fellows. Kenneth Nelson leaves to all the lucky Classical Junior and Sophomore girls for them to frame and cherish as long as they live, a live red hair and one genuine freckle. He is so well supplied,he will not need either. Clem Calder, leaves to Classical High School to be put on display in the library his precious volume consisting of How to Obtain H's by Brutal thirteen

Page 14 text:

you been going with? ------ Not that man! Classical was now our second home, a place to haunt when we wanted fun! And did this year turn out to be event- ful! We promptly elected class officersg Dave Warden, president, Joe Kerwin of the ARTS , vice-presidentg and Marion Howard, secretary. By now, I feel quite safe in stating that Marion knows her job. After three years, who wouldn't? This year Classical took her place in the field of sports. After a grand pigskin season, our famed football team was invited to play Granby High of Norfolk, Virginia, in the famous Orange Bowl in the sunny city of Miami, Florida. Never before in the history of Lynn had a high school football team played an intersectional game. To the joy of all, our beloved Coach Joyce, his assistants and Captain Crombie led our boys to a wonderful victory. As for the regular season games, BILLY our mascot stole the show. Many were sur- prised to see adorable George Manos, the Soda-pop king back to haunt the halls of Classical as a P.G. Oh, well, that's just one of the many tragedies we have to take in life! This year we welcomed back another coach in basketball. With our two expert helmsmen and Dave Warden as Captain, Classical found the season an easy one with many victories. Our school play and Senior drama gave our 'hams' a chance to do their stuff. And did they love it! QSO did wel. This year to our surprise we became wretches or members of the 104 Club. Here we struggled with the Gazette, The Year Book, and what not mostly what not! Before we realized how time was fleeting the Senior contests were up- on us, with a new one this year to spur us to competitive effort. The Robert Zimman Memorial Fund gave us an added incentive to write about the appalling cost of war. In this endeavor Rodney White was our most successful author with Phyllis Hafter receiving honorable mention. In the Lucy Allen Essay Contest Dave Warden was the winner, with Sandra Kaplan the runner up. In the dramatic contest--Lorraine Brilton captured the hearts of her audience CNote: I this sentence was written not by me but by a censor.J and Aram Chorebanian was runner-up in this contest. And so the years which is ours alone quickly has come to an end. The day we have dreamed of all of our lives will soon be a reality, a reality which all too quickly now will turn into memory. But with its approach our hearts are saddened, for We realize that now the world is ours and, we all must go our separate ways. Soon We will have only memories of our work and fun at Classical. But those memories are such pleasant ones! Surely no other class has achieved so much, surely no class has been so closely knit as ours And these ties we will keep alive in the years to come. So I do not bring our class history to a closeg rather I launch it on a new chapter in which the friendships made at Classical shall continue to ripen during our adult years. Last Will and Testament Lynn Classical Graduating Class of 1947 Ralph Butler, '47 Robert Green, '47 We the graduating class of 1947 being in our usual state of abnormality and lapse of memory, and knowing full well that our days in the protective portals of high school are numbered, do hasten to make this our last will and testament, hereby nullifying any and all wills heretofore made by us. We bequeath our most cherished properties s follows: twelve

Page 16 text:

Force, Better Your Marks by Domineering the Teachers, and also his hand- book that has never yet failed, Black-mail in 10 Easy Lessons. Dick Crombie, Dick Devine, and Bob Croft, known as the Big 3 of the Arts leave for the benefit of Sophomore and Junior girls their life-sized pictures to be hung in the corridor of the main building. Under these pictures in large letters will read: Our days of school are over and done, We now rejoice and sing. But our courting days have just begun, So please, girls, give us a ring! Lovely Helen Goodwin leaves her towering height to any girl who needs it for any boyj ! The seniors leave to ambitious Juniors the memory of Sam Binder's lunch counter. We give you the assurance--it can be done. Now you know what it is. In witness whereof, we, the Graduating Class of 1947, here unto affix our mark CXJ being unable to write after all these years of Education. CSignedJ Sophisticated Seniors fSealJ X Witnessed: Robespierre Davernport Mebitibal Mollycoddle Scarface Skawkigan ir GZDinnin3 gpapaft in inc 5211105 gamut? Ganfeoi Basis for Assuring a Permanent Peace David Warden, '47 Today more than ever the urgency for permanent peace among nations of this world must not go unheeded if civilization itself is to survive. If this peace is not achieved in the lifetime of our younger generation, it probably will never be attained, for we are living now in an era capable of bringing atomic destruc- ton to all the peoples of the earth, exempting none. Through the ages, man has always had a radical instinct to indulge in the destruction of his neighbor. Great civilizations have been built only to be destroyed by the iniquities of war and by hatred, and so this tide of ill-feeling has risen to its present-day status and God alone knows what the future may hold if we do not assess our present situation accurately. However, the Almighty has endowed us with this earth, and if we are to be true followers of the teachings of Christ there is no alternative for us. We must all lay down our swords and strive to carry on the work so nobly advanced by our Lord. And with the thought of the great golden rule, Love thy neighbor as thyself, still fresh in our minds, we must and will strive with all determination possible to secure peace and har- mony among the nations of the world. However, this task will not be an easy oneg nor Will it be a short one, for manhas been indulging in this instinct for war since the beginning of time, and the effects of this hereditary training have become imbeded in the characters of the people of this earth. fourteen