Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THE SASSAMON 9 To Miss Connolly and Mr. Marso, our class advisors, we leave our grate- fulness for their many helpful suggestions during our three years at high school. To Miss Griffin we leave a pair of blood hounds to enable her to immediately obtain a trail of the lost persons. We the following members of this vast body desiring to make individual bequests do hereby give from the great generosity of our hearts the following gifts. I, Arthur Fair, leave my football captaincy to Mickey Burke's successor. May he lead Natick through as prosperous a season as Arthur enjoyed. I, Ellen Carey, leave to anybody who will manage as I have done my troubles as Class Secretary. We, Robert Mahoney and Lucy Lentini, bequeath our dancing ability to Jean Riker and Robert Marden. We, Joann Sweeney and Charles Musgrave leave a cheer for Natick High School on the condition that it be used at all football games, and it must be thoroughly inoculated with the spirit of victory for our gallant players. I, Miriam Ingalls, bequeath my good looks and pleasing disposition to Bobbie Grant. I, Mary Burke, leave my sweet and quiet manner to Dorothy Killeen. I, Mary Jane Powers, leave to june Brennaman my ability to please teachers and friends under the most trying circumstances. We, Marion McGovern, jean Simoni and Dorothy Munro bequeath our beauti- ful voices to Harriet Hayes, jean Riker and Dolly Grupposo. I, Ann Ahern, leave my overwhelming sense of humor to any underclassman who will giggle at the most inopportune times. Apply early and avoid the rush. I, Earl Chase, leave my ever present gaiety, with or without the teachers con- sent, to james Lockhart. I, jean Huleatt bequeath my attainments and other deserved notoriety to any Junior girl who will serve as an inspiration to my' classmates. I, Robert Byrne, leave a portion of my height and weight to Albert LePage. We, Robert Thurston and john Rego, leave the secret of our methods of playing baseball to john Noonan and Leo Grady. I, Edward Clasby, leave my willingness to serve Natick High School to Daniel Dunn. We, Bertha Jackson and Theresa Berthiaume, leave our ability to be helpful to Nancy Angelo and Christine Boucher. We, the Senior Class, leave to Natick High School the responsibility of keep- ing the Minute Man Flag waving over her gallant students who are always striving to purchase more and more War Bonds and Stamps, with the hope that victory will soon be ours. In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal, and in the presence of two witnesses hereinafter named, declare this to be our last will and testament. BARBARA A. BUELL Witnessed by: Edith M. Nutt Emily L. Shannon

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S 'I'Hl'i SASSA MON CLASS WILL IN behalf of my client, the Class of 1944, of Natick High School, of the town of Natick, State of Massachusetts, l'. S. A., we have gathered together upon this solemn and serious occasion to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the many gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Owing to the tlighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance of its gray matter, she begs me to state for her that she may quite possibly have been mistaken in her inventory but such things as she thinks she has, she hereby gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. The document as duly drawn up and sworn to is as follows: We, the Class of 1944, about to pass out of the sphere of education, and in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory and almost super- human understanding do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time hereto- fore made, or mayhap, carelessly spoken, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. To the Sophomore we leave the hope of climbing the ladder of success and one clay reaching the ultimate goal of possessing the honored and glorious title of Seniors. To the juniors we leave a vivid definition of how to maintain the position of Seniors without exerting their mental capacities. May they uphold our dignity in spite of their natural light-mindedness and irresponsibility. To our beloved faculty we give all our amazing knowledge and startling in- formation. We know the knowledge which we have imparted to them must be en- tirely new to the world as well as to all the great professors in the country. If the faculty see the need, they are authorized to give out such of this informa- tion to the world as they may feel the world is ready to receive. We leave to Mr. Sears our sincere thanks for his advice and never ending efforts to aid us in our studies. Also we make over to him, a heavy mortgage on our future in the great unknown beyond. To Mrs. Hayes we leave a snow plow to enable her to plow through the mightiest snow drifts between Natick and Somerville to bring sunshine to Room 37. To Miss Crocker and Miss Davis we bestow the book How to Apply Stage Makeup with or without lightsf To Mrs. McManus we bequeath a diligent group of Red Cross Workers, also an extended additional structure to Room 26, to be used for the sole pur- pose of storing Red Cross donations. We leave in the hands of Miss Shannon our ever improving SASSAMON with the sincere wish that she will encourage her staff to supply news items of all the events of lives, past, present and to come. To Miss Donahoe we leave a complete Fifth Avenue wardrobe to enable her to supply the future Senior Play Casts with their ideal costumes. We give and bequeath to Miss Rafferty a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need she lie awake to worry over temperamental seniors, since we have proven our worth, our merit and our attain- ments.

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IU THE SASSAMON CLASS POEM 'IU THE GRAlJl'A'I'I'IS l. 'l'he Vhallenge to Youth l'ourl1.' Van you meet the stirring challenge Which a wearied world submitsl Prove the trust it places in you, it? liase the wounds which rupture Van you take the shattered fragments, Take the Hope which yet survives, Vonquer Fear and Hate with justice, Shape a world for which the lives Sacrificed in Freedom's battle Never shall have ceased in vain? Hazte Van you guarantee that Freedom Soldiers give their all to gain? Opposition great confronts you. Forces never tamed by man Strictures, through the ages fhwarting Great Crusaders' caravans Still are poignant. Are you able? Have you strength with these to cope. Van you meet this stirring challenge? Youth!-Are you a source for Hope? D 2. Youths Reply We are strong, endowed by Nature With the armor for the fight. Buttressed by youth's valiant courage We can conquer with our might livils which disrupt man's progress lf we toil with steadfast will. There is wealth in each past failure Source to aid us to fulfill This great task entrusted to us. We have heard the plea of man. Faith! We take up our challenge crying, Youths undying creed- We can! Classmates, you approach a world which looks to you. Keep in heart this challenge, promise you will see it through. Falter not: Be strong! Remember always Youth's reply As you strive to conquer, make We can! your battle cry! JEAN HULEATT CLASS SONG Our Alma Mater, doors are Hung wide, The time has come to bid adieu. tflassmates and friends so dear to our hearts to you well be true. Sad the farewll to many golden hours, Sad the farewell to joys that were ours. We will never forget the days spent beneath the red and the blue. .Ks we go forth your teachings will guide us, ln each trial great and small. llear Natick High we'll always uphold your faith in us all. As we go forth, may we be strong and true, may we fulfill all that we strive to do. Always steadfast and stalwart we will vo forth to meet our great call. P' Words by Jean Spinazola Music by Paul Shakespeare