Classical High School - Classic Myths Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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in lst 372' ' 1 tla. .' lliutory Rita 272. Kdlihm Un a inenmraltle innrnirig in the Septemlmer nf nineteen hundred and thirty'-fiyle. an eager grunp ull yunngsters. lvulvlvling ysith enthusiasm and liursting with pride. assumed its new and weighty linrden as the 1-lass uf nineteen hundred and thirty'-nine. Warned hy a kind Nlr. 0'lleg1an almut Classieals faniuus eleyatnr seryiee and given a general yse might say tim getieralfffntitline uf the plan of the lvuildingl. this lie- yyildered assi-inlilage estalmlished itself nn the uppermust llmtr af the lrying Street Building. Frnni the untsel. a kindly Fate seemed tn direet nur euurse: fur with unly' three days of high selnml experienee a lxnee-lnreeehed lla! Sharry eaptured the emeted title of ulluys- 'liennis tihanipiun nl' tllassieal High. At an early date. alsu. the im- portant pusitinn nl' yxater-lmy fur the ftmtlrall team yyas awarded to lliek Ahlmt. fs . . . vw lu he sure. sinnlar sneeess was not at unee the gmail furtune uf the girls. lhe euniplete lQllHll'LiIll't' ul' ltlusl nf them euneerning field huelxey was lrest exemplified hy' Sue tiassels. Despite the fat-t that Sue later lveeame une ul nur stars. yy hen Miss Whitin lssllvtl a 1-all fur players. a puzzled Sue ysas heard tn remark. I wonder where they get the ree at this time ul year. lamlting hat-lx at this glnriuus year Intw. frmn the exalted eminence of Seniors. yye van appreeiate it as perhaps the must eninyalile uf nur high selimml eareer. llespun- silvilities then. were lets and light: the mode nf life nas nnyel: the pleasure of nialiing . . . . - 1 . neu lrlends yyas inealenlalile: and. like the ln-mtl ul l'reshmen eyeryyyhere. we did pt rlnrni the pranks and eutlltltil the fullies per-nliar tu that speeies nf heing. .Xs a yilinlt- ue ttmk sneh heed ul nur Slll'I'UllIltllllflS and the examples set by the npperelassnien that the fall uf nineteen hundred and thirty-six funnd us fully eapalile nl' asstnning nur neys rule as the lliizise Fouls. It nas during our Supliniiitwe year that yse really lieeame a part of Lflassiealis filfllffl r l

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Pre ident' Address Riaflumd Rackuxaad EMM Again il is llw limi- uf yvur fm' llw St'lli1Il'S lugLllh1'l'l4r hulml Class Huy i':Xl'I4l'iSl'5. It is with the QI'f'illt'Sl of plvusure that in In-half ui' nur 1-lass uf 1939 I xu-lmmw yuu 4 our frivnds. our parents. and llllJIlllN'I'S uf our fuvully. Mullu-rs mul l'wlllllt'I'S. yuu hun' svvn us rlvvfllup lllilll nwnlully and lJllySil'illlf., as full haw wzllvllvml us llll'HllQ1ll Hlll' fum' years of high svhmrl. Frmn uwkwurcl freshnwn. ynu Ilan' lwlu-ld ui 5311111111115 ucqllircl poisv and lllillllfily which il svnim' is vxpvvle-d lu lluw. Wv z1ppl'w'i41lv all lha! you haw dum- for us and we hope- lllul uv run wpux all xuur F-Llf'I'lfll'Q'S In lllilixlllfl il . . . . Q plum' im' m1rs,elx c's 111 lhls IIEVII1' wurlcl. I wish lu express also the gllllilllllk' of nur vlziss lu nur r'm'm'ml prillvipall. Mr. Ifernwr. and lu thuse PGVSUIIS whu haw been su pulivnl and kind lu us lllv lnvllnlu-rs uf our fuvully. AS we young people lulvv guns' lhfibllgll our svlnml cluys lugvtllc-I1 uml Imam- gained expm'ie1u'0. and sonw wisdmn pc-rhaps, ws- haw mum- lu rmlizv ullul your puticzlcfe and helping hand has meant tu us as we slrmc Inward nur gmail. Huw fur away and hms lIlt'iIIliIlglPSS gradlluliml seelncd fillll' years ago! Yun as le-zu-lxvrs. lhllllgll. I'PZlliZl:'d that all lou soon we might wish lu lllilkti applivaliml ln smm' inslilu- tion of higher learning and so urged us on to lwller effort. Our 1-lass had the experiem-e uf u century when llw hurric'um1 slrm-lx nur midst on that fateful Seplenllver twellly-first. Deprived of our hunw. mx haw had lu rv- adjusl nur lives lu new svheclules. Huwex Qr. despite this i111-mnwnnimn-1-. wc- all know that it has not deprivecl our Senior class uf that splendid spirit uf l'LlI'l'j un xslnim-I1 is traditional of Classival High S1-howl. In the future. as we luok ham-k on our happy years logclllcfr. we shall haw lllllllf lll6'lIl0l'i6'S. especially. uf our last year when we wore allvmiing zlflelnumx sessions ut Nurlh High S4-11001. During those days. we alsu 1-unw lu knuw the fm-ully and studs-nts of our sister high sf-lmul. In fact. Illlllly. many friendships sprang up illllllkxdiilltqf aummg students of lmth instituliuns. Those of us in c-lulvs and Il1llSif'ill U1'gillliZ2lliUIlS l!t'l'illIlP more familiar with our Municipal Auditorium 1191111186 of our IHCPUIIQIS lhvrv. All in all. I believe- that the vlass and also the sf-lnml has au'mnplishPd an c-xv:-llmnl task of reacljuslment. and I hope that it has been rvgu1'de-cl with favor Ivy llmsc- in rharge of our sf-lwul system. Il has lwen little short of lvlllurkalmlv tllal il large slu- rlent body has 9lIl?l'g6'd daily from our building and another svtllvd down lo wurk in this same building. all in the period uf twenty minulvs. We have l'K'i'Uf2Ql1iZPfI all that North High has done- for us as our hosts. and hope that we haw not been tmp mm-I1 of a burden in them. In vlosing. I again l'UI'ditlllf welc-mn? all thus? thai uw prvsf-nl. lu WilIlt'4S our Exelwises ludav. and I hope that nvxt war will find these EYPl'l'iSCS in Clussif-ul High Sf-howl once again. Th l'I ivan

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D ' if fi easiest of HSSIC I Z.l7tllS 6 XlI'tl-Clll'I'lt'lllil activities. The l7r1-111-h lilnh 1llll'1lI'lt'tl il goodly IlllllllN'l'. and. to this day. Illlllly of 11s can I't'lllt'll1liPl' the llWt'-Sll'll'lxl'll lace ol l,l1l'5lS Alilml as shc llelt'llt'tl to those seemingly lnajestic Seniors coriycrsc i11 l'lI'l'Ilt'll. In th11t year. too. we Illiitlt' our lllllSll'Lll tltzlblll ill The lfoun! tlllll ilu' I.'o-laid. 'lia- le11ted perfor111ers were Nancy Synionds. now llillltllllllly lanions p1'ot1'-ge of lfddie Cantor and, lllill lIlUSl t'1lllllt'Lll of t'tllIlt'tllLlllS. llenry llotnck, still Ll lJt'11lf g1 ul Clas- sical High School. However, the sinile-provokirig elegarice of this fictitious t'1lllIll'XXLi5 soon 111 he overshadowed by' the serio11s z'!I'illlllC'lll' of the authentic lords and ladics i11 ll111'l11'll1: and o11r own B11rba1'a Alix was the star of the evening i11 the role ol' l,a1ly Nlacliclli. That year was indeed il success i11 every w11y Llllll Slllllllttll with inany Illt'llltll'Llltlt' and arnusing events. Who can ey er forget the Illttfllillg of the circus lllllltlll' on which Mr. Bodurtha found himself witlmout ll honie 1'1111t11'f And yyho will 1-yer fail lu he amused by recalling how sheepishly' Ll certain Don Juan of ltillily sniiled at Ll lovely' Noellag how he rushed upstairs ltt'Uyttt'll perio1ls for ll single hello. and how. as the case developed. they would e11cl1 leaye school hy Ll separate doorway to ayert sus- picion. yet to keep 21 o11e IPII appointineiit? As Juniors, the class of nineteen liundred and thirty'-nine showed its l1rilli11nt colors: for SUIIIE of the cityis best athletes and niost talented actors were found ill o11r midst. Kennny Yukriavich. Frariny Reardon. and Cleo O'liJonnell hecanie fanions as three letter Illell for Classical: and the beguiling yoice uf Dick Ahhot ill lkfggy' and the Pirate, the operetta of that year Illjl only hronglit down the house hut also the bench upo11 which he was inaking love to Ll thrilled sophoinorc. The three plays of the Green Room starred Ba1'h11r11 Alix. Anne Louise Brodeur. Waldo l'iieldin1f. Ceorue ZT 1. Becker. and Lillian Doherty. Despite the Illillly joys which we had experienced. Ulll' ulunior year ended with Ll note of sadness. caused hy' the sense of loss to Classical which caine with the an- IIOLIIICQIIICIII of the relirenient of 11 kind and llI1CltJl'Sl.tlIlCliIlg Mr. Oillegan Llllli of our beloved Miss Crawford. After spending a sunnner ill doing things as varied as 111'q11iri11g sun tans and new boy'-friends to owning and operating one of Worcesters greatest gasoline sta- Fiftecrz