Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Jennie Statkun Suffield St., Agawam '‘She keeps her old simplicity and truth.” Hockey 2-3-4; Glee Club 1-2-3; French Club 3; Usher 3-4. Mary Stocker 25 Kensington St., Feeding Hills Mew “My tongue will tell the anger of my heart” Glee Club 1 -2-3-4; Alpha Beta Gamma; Usher 3-4; Senior Play Stage Manager 3. Ernest Swanson North St., Feeding Hills Ernie “ Virtue has its reward ” Pro Merito; Ili-Y 3; Aviation Club 3-4; French Club 4; Student Council 4. Thelma Wright 17 Cooper St., Agawam “ ller friendship was exactly timed” Entered from Commerce in Octolx;r, 1931. Anthony Zerra Garden St., Agawam Tony “Always ready to lend a hand where one is needed.” Dramatic Club 1-2; Operetta 3; Business Manager of Operetta 3; Glee Club 4; Senior Play 4; Senior Play Property Manager; Business Manager Baseball Team 4. ball ' Colemore St., Feeding Hills “Gertie hearts by the qualities we display, retain them by the qualities we possess.” ic Clyb 2-4; Alpha Beta Gamma; Hockey 3-4; Basket- L I sfier3-4; Glee Club 3-4; Senior Play. Page Eighteen

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1932, having come to the end of our scholastic rope, find it necessary to dis- solve the scholarly bonds which for so many years have connected ns with every misdeed occurring within the halls of the Agawam High School, and hereby solemnly declare our independence of the shackles of pedagogical tyranny, leaving to our several victims, the disconsolate faculty, traces of our manly fortitude and womanly virtue, having survived the terrible tax imposed upon our brains during the four years of toil under the flag of the Agawam High School. To the Town of Agawam: Our everlasting pride in its High School — our Alma Mater. To Mr. Phelps: Our sincere appreciation for the many privileges enjoyed during our High School career. To Mr. Williams: Another chance to coach a play so efficiently as he has “It Won’t Be Long Now' To the Faculty: A lively interest in the development of another Senior (Mass as faultless and remarkable as our own. To Miss Lilly: An authorized bulletin explaining “Why Seniors Must Study Burke and Appre- ciate Him. To Miss W ard: A history class Economics expert to take Cleary’s place next year. To the J uniors: The long-awaited chance to wear the Seniors’ high hats. To the Sophomores: A group of financial exj erts to manage the class’s assets and liabilities. To the Freshmen: Another year with which to banish their shyness, (it they have any.) To Vincent Cirillo: Primo Mutti's verbosity. To Beulah Rivers: Our sincere hope that her voice won’t change during the summer months. To Elsie Johnson: A beauty parlor to furnish with the equipment she has in her desk. To Dorothy Geoffrion: Phyllis Jewett ’s eccentricities. To Charles I lamblen: A make-up set to hide the pencil-marks on his face. This is to be applied after each period. To Blanche Couture: 'Pen nights in each week so that she will be able to keep all of her dates. To Dorothy Brown: A boy friend from among her own classmates so she won’t be lonesome next year. To Leonard Belcher: An original wise-crack for use in French Class. To Irma Soper: Someone who will really appreciate those eyes. To Mary Tatro: A more sympathetic sister — one who won’t go home with a daily report. To Stanley Savage: A little more faith in his fellow men. To Madeline Haynes: A permanent position as French tutor among her classmates. To Helen I )onaldson: A leash so she can keep track of a certain graduate. To Barbara Halladay: The right to share her knowledge of Second-year Algebra with some of the less fortunate students. To Celia Grasso: Some of Ethel Robinson’s self-assurance so that she won’t be afraid to make herself heard. To Anna Piazzo: A standing order of eggs at Hastings’ farm. Then she’ll have plenty of material with which to make more remarkable caricatures of her classmates. To Josephine Penna: Madeline Caruso’s impishness to put one over on those presumptuous Sophomores. To Eleanor Wright: Our Thelma’s knowledge that she’s always “Wright until married. To Rose Pedulia: A clock that always runs slow so she can catch up with her homework. To Alice Scherpa: A love charm to enhance her fascination for a certain well-known Junior boy. To Josephine Tronconi: An opportunity to serenade her gentleman classmates with her spunky banjo. To Robert Johnston: One of Miss Button’s visionary thought-control machines attached to his chair to herd his thoughts when they’ve gone wool-gathering. To Alfred Davis: Ernest Swanson’s droll expression to match his own sparkling wit. Page Seventeen

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To Patsy Fcrrero: A copyright on Robert Raymond’s contemplated essay, ‘How I Survived English Grammar.” To Ruth Abbott: Helen Squire’s “drag” so she can get all the milk-shakes she wants free of charge, gratis, and for nothing. To Edward Connor: A portable bed to carry from class to class. To Albert Wieland: Alfred Goulet’s fatal charm. To Thomas Voislow: Edson Ferrell’s wise-cracks. We arc sure that when these are added to his supply, he’ll have enough for his entire Senior year. To Richard Shields: A set of parallel bars so he will keep off the gymnasium walls. To Rita Provost: A bottle of smelling salts to use during the girls’ basketball games next year. To Thomas Ramah: Fifty pounds from a certain Senior lx y. To Norman Roberts: Everett Pond’s position as best looking boy in his class. To Francis O’Connor: A supply of McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets (These are supposed to pro- mote growth.) To Peter Kaskeski: A megaphone to use during class recitations, so his classmates and teacher can tell whether he knows his lesson or not. To Clark Jones: A private dentist to repair the teeth knocked out during next year’s football games. To Perino 1 )evecchi: Abram’s ability to speak in assembly. To Charles Ardizoni: Mutti’s talent for keeping the scores of the next year’s basketball games. We feel sorry for the person who tried to puzzle them out. To Doris Morrison: A ribbon to tie onto her glasses so she won’t be continually losing them. To Edna Rust: A photographer to take her picture when she is sitting in one of her thoughtful moods. To Barbara Wright: Some of Helen Squire’s capacity to make noise whenever and wherever she happens to lie. To James Goss: Anthony Zerra’s notoriety as class pest. If he is as successful as Tony, he’ll deserve a medal. To Donald Kenney: Swanson’s ambition added to his own ability so he can always be at the head of the class. To Marcel Rioux: A supply of gum for the whole of his Senior year, enough in fact, for several wads in one day, when some of the teachers happen to see him chewing it. To Virginia Brin ton: Della Lamson’s ability to tell amusing stories. To Norma Best: The confidence that no matter how bad she is. she’s always “Best ” To Anna ('ascella: A dose of Bernice Merrill’s “go-as-you-please” manner to keep her from getting discouraged. To Lucille Danforth: Dorothy Neill’s sunny disposition in case she loses sight of her own. To Valentina Agnoli: A gentleman valentine so she won’t miss Nina Arnold next year. To Rena Raffinetti: An enlightening booklet (used by Mary Stocker with remarkable results) entitled, An Appreciation of the Fascinating Art of Shorthand.” To Elsie Schultz: A bit of Jennie Caruso’s playfulness to make her well-known as well as efficient. To Ida Ricci: Another chance to “bring home the bacon” with the aid of Miss Mclntire’s pig. To Anita C'esan: A stool to see into the girls’ mirror when the beauty line becomes too congested. To Margrethe Jensen: A ball and chain to keep her tied to Catherine Moccio for better or worse. To Catherine Moccio: Helen Squire’s hair-breadth escapes to surprise the class from its dignity. To Mary Kalinowski: A new acquaintance to take Frances Figiel’s place next year. May she impress upon Mary the fact that there is freedom of speech in the U. S. To Barbara Grout: A shiny badge in reward for handling United States Mail so efficiently. In Testimony Whereof, We, the Undersigned, Do Set Our Hands and Seal This Fifteenth Day of June, In The Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Two. NORMA I). BROGGI WALTER MOSELEY Page Nineteen