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

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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

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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

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If America as a nation is to work for peace, we must be unyielding in our morals and idealsg but we must compromise on many questions of a materialis- tic nature even as our Lord sacrificed his life for the benefit of humanity. As a nation we are strong, and therefore ,we must take the leadership in seeing that all wars are forever abolished. Our leaders, and the other statesmen of the world have already taken a step in this direction, and in so doing, they have helped form the United Na- tions, an organization which they hope will be the basis of a permanent peace. Although they have undertaken this task, they will not be able to achieve their object unless they have the support of their various fellow countrymen. And this support they must have, for in the unity of the nations of the world we will find the necessary strength to force recalcitrant powers into a peaceful mode of life. ' However, our weapons in this struggle must not be implements of war, but rather those synonomous with peace and love. We must subdue our lusts for greed and power, and advance our cultural and social ideals. We must learn to live with our neighbor. We must study his character and his habitsg and thus we will be able to analyze his way of thinking. With this necessary information we will be able to guide our course and conform. somewhat to his ideas. In this spirit of cooperation, lies our chance of promoting harmony rather than foment- ing that discord which has prevailed among the nations of the earth through the ages. We must also endeavor to educate our youth on the problems so essential and so necessary if we are to obtain this lasting peace, for it will be to the hands of youth that the great responsibility of securing and holding world harmony will be entrusted. In the homes, in the schools, and in the churches, youth must be taught by example to lo've their neighborg and thus they will be more basic- ally assured of the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness with which they have been endowed from birth. In the homes, they must be taught to honor and obey their elders. The schools must further advance this training, giving pupils the knowledge and ideals that will make them clean and upright citizens. In the churches, youth must be taught the philosophies and laws set down by God. Thus, from these three sources, they will receive the essential training needed for the good man who desires to make friends and not enemies. This future man must be superior in his ideals, his morals, and his inferencesg and he must lack those evil traits which have been so predominate in the hearts of those who have preceded him. With such a man of higher ideals and morals, the task of reconciling the differ- ences between races and creeds will not be so impossible as it now seems. But this ideal relationship cannot be realized in the short span of one life. It will take many years of planning, sparked by the firmest determination. We must remember as we approach this problem of lasting peace that our basic task is to promote harmony with our neighbor, a harmony which can be obtained only by making a thorough but sympathetic study of his character, his ideals, and his modes of life. If we do not learn to live with our brethren, if we do not compromise on certain ideas, the results for humanity will be disastrousg for all previous indi- cations point to the destruction of the world in the struggle of nation against na- tion. So let us take up this task of conciliation, but let us remember that the fu- ture of posterity depends on what we are able to accomplish today in securing a basis for permanent peace. fifteen