Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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So far you ' ve been hearing about those who have charge of the school. Now it’s time to tell you something of the ones for whom the school is run — the students. We oj the senior class number more than five hundred, made up of all kinds; big and little, reserved and expansive, quiet and noisy. To sketch the characters oj so many different seniors was no mean task. We on the yearbook staff will soon hear about our imperfections and the errors which have crept into our copy. These pictures and biographies, we hope, will revive memories oj friends and classmates in years to come; at any rate, here we are, just as we are. I think you ' ll discover you’ve met many of the Class oj ' ft. (On the opposite page we are pictured attending a favorite assembly on a bright morning at 8:05 with no home work done and the “S” period taken aivay.) 0 Continued on page 26) •{ 24 } ecu ots

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Frank Melanson, Pres. C t z£4 194-1 In March 1939 “M. H. S. ' s best, then composed of 750 students organized under the direction of Head Adviser, Miss Spencer. Burt French was elected president by one rote. His co-workers were Allan Drake, treasurer; Frances Griffin, vice president; and Jean Harrington, secretary. Here it is our custom to confer the offices of president and treasurer on men and give over the less taxing (?) duties of vice president and secre¬ tary to girls. A council composed of two members from each of the seventeen sopho¬ more home rooms was elected to carry on class affairs and decide class problems. At the opening of the Junior year, September 1939, we changed leaders because Prexy French and Treasurer Drake could not give the time required for weekly meetings. A new Council was also elected. Joe Raso, hero of the gridiron, became our leader and Arthur Whitaker took over his duties as guardian of the treasury, an office he still holds and executes with efficiency. As Dorothy Benoit, V. Pres. Roger Brown, Ass’t Treas. seniors we again changed officers because it was, and is, the policy of the Class of ' 41 to enlist the interest of all the members of the Class, rather than hare the class “run by a few. “Frankie ' ' Melanson has been our standard bearer this year. He has been assisted by “ Edie Wymer and “Dottie Benoit. Arthur still holds the purse strings, but this year we gave him an assistant, Roger Brown, who took full charge of Maldonians collectors. Our council is pictured opposite. (Continued on page 116) { 26