Worcester High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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ClIhAiSfS llzifl' l3l l!ll!lll1f17lElE, l!T4lll-Al Helen Roy, Clmirmmz Celia Brown Elizabeth Murphy Leslie W. Putnam Varti Davidian Alice O'Day Donald Tupper Richard Gannon Jennie Pagano Lawrence Wagner ll ID ID Il IESS S- ll If WV'lElL Cl1ll!llE Eugene Gardiner, President, 1940-A l Principal Andrews, members of the faculty, parents and friends: As President of the 1940-A Class, I have been privileged to convey an invitation to you, on behalf of the graduates, to witness our hnal participation in the High School of Commerce activities. It is on this, our Class Day, that we wish to accentuate the happiness that has been ours during the past four years. Within these walls American youth has unconsciously woven together home and school, forming the fabric of a progressive generation. Gratifying indeed is the fact that our beloved principal, discreet in his guidance of each and every student, has deservedly won the praise and admiration of all with whom he comes in contact. To say but a word of thanks is in small measure the departing gesture we make to our leader, Mr. Andrews. Unreservedly also do we extend appreciation to the faculty members who have cease- lessly devoted their time, patience, and understanding that we may be the recipients of the necessary guidance which will enable us to grasp opportunities in industry, business, or other work, and reap success. Possessed with the knowledge of future unforeseen difiiculties, life's road has been simplified by the toil and sacrifices which afforded us an education essential to self- preservation. Our formative years of learning made possible the realization of the con- fidence that has been placed in us that we may elevate ourselves to a status which might be symbolic of the wishes of our parents. In words we express gratitude, in our hearts we carry the spark of forwardness that will someday compensate those hardships endured by our mothers and fathers. And so, friends of the Class of 1940-A, again I welcome you to these Class Day exercises, and may I offer sincere thanks to all those who have in any way made this day so memorable in our lives. I24l

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ll I.1l Ei Si SS il FU li Words by Peter V. Kolonia l T t fi T i T 0 F 1 9 4 0 - A Musir by Rose Papazian An anthem loud and clear we sing, With honesty and truth, To Thee, our Alma Mater dear The teacher of our youth. Thy tow'rs of learning reaching high, A picture in the blue, An inspiration through our lives In all the things we do. We cower not at strife and pain Or cannon's shot and shell, Our sword and shield you've given us, Our battles we'll fight well. We leave thy rempled halls and spite To go into the world. We have no feat of things to come, Our banners are unfurled. Clan Motto Clan Color: Hodie Sequimur, Cras Ducemus Orange and White i231

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fllall S Si ll I S 1713 Il 17 ID F' l 9P4r0P-Al Frances Alisauskas 't In the history shelves of the great libraries of the country, there is to be placed shortly a new set of books, the History of the High School of Commerce, and, as a member of this class, I have been elected to prepare an account of the principal events and notable happenings for the Class of 1940-A. While searching diligently through the stacks of old Rec- ords, and racking my brain for further enlightenment, many were the happy memories that came to me. It was in February, 1936, that the Class of 1940-A regis- tered at the High School of Commerce, the largest class in the history of the school up to that date. The students seemed par- ticularly bright, and promised unusually well. After a few days of confusion they became settled and adapted themselves very easily to their new surroundings. Of course some of us made the usual mistakes of finding ourselves in the wrong classrooms, or of asking some Senior if she were going to Business Ethics. Soon, however, technical matters having been settled we began to take stock of our surroundings. The new broadcasting system had just been installed. Each day we eagerly awaited the news bulletins of The Man of the Hour, Mr. Andrews. Among the social events of the Freshman year many of us enjoyed Pinafore, pre- sented by the Euterpean Musical Society and the Ghost Train, realistically offered by the Blackfriars. On Memorial Day the whole student body assembled at the Municipal Auditorium--an inspiring and never-to-be-forgotten occasion. We also enjoyed our first School Trip to Cape Cod--a real Commerce Day-and the memory of it will always be the happiest of memories of our four years at Commerce. - Sophomore year found most of us within the portals of Commerce again. Our deserters' ranks were filled by others, and we soon began to pursue the uneven tenor of our way. With Richard Sauncy as President, life began to assume some sort of order, Helen Roy was chosen Vice-Presidentg Pauline Forslund, Secretaryg and William Sarsfield, Treasurer. A funereal shroud twice encompassed the school as Dr. Albert C. Erickson and Miss Grace M. Lombard departed from our midst for that dim, mysterious land in the Great Beyond. However, the rigors and strains of daily routine were offset by the hilarious pres- entation of Love in the Mist by the Blackfriars and by the musical operetta, the Mikado, offered by the Euterpeans. Both were stellar performances and were attended enthusiastically by the student body. Last but not least, the annual excursion of the Commercites, under the guidance of Mr. Andrews and members of the faculty, brought us via the S. S. Steel Pier to Gloucester. l25l