Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Pat. What was the Student Council, Mother? Mrs. Jackson. The Student Council, clear, was a group of students elected to assist in school management. Arthur. Boy! I’ll be the President of our class when Pm there. Maybe Pll get to be the President of the United States some day. (Looks pleased with himself.) (ice! W ouldn’t that be swell. Alice. Mrs. Jackson, did you have many parties when you were in High School: Mrs. Jackson. Oh, yes, we had quite a few parties The first year we had a Hallowe’en Party and a St. Patrick’s Day Party. We were supposed to have been initiated by the Sophomore class of that year, but I’ll never forget the surprise that they had when they found that there were so many of us Freshmen. Bob. What’s initiate, Mother? (Footsteps arc heard.) (.Father appears.) Mr. Jackson. Well, well, what’s all this excitement about? Mrs. Jackson. Oh, I’m just showing the children a few of the things that we did while we were in High School. Bob was just asking what it means to be initiated. Perhaps you can explain better than I can. Mr. Jackson. W ell, I’ll tell you what it's like. They usually do something very unpleasant, for instance, use a paddle on you. Mrs. Jackson. I was telling them of the Hallowe’en party we had while were Freshmen, and the Sophomores were afraid of us. Mr. Jackson. Lucky for us they were. Bob. Father, weren’t you captain of the basketball team that year? Mr. Jackson No, there was only one Freshman on the basketball team that year. That was Clark Jones. That squad won the tournament at Mass. State. ■ Mrs. Jackson. (Picks up another book.) Didn’t we have any members on the Agawam Mirror Staff when we were Freshmen. Mr. Jackson. Haven’t you got the Mirror for 1929? (Mrs. Jackson looks through books and picks one out.) Mrs. Jackson. Oh, yes. Here it is. Marcel Rioux and Frank Goss. By the time we were Seniors we had a great many more members. They were Justine Mealy, Robert Johnston, Ida Ricci, Elsie Schultz, and Alfred Davis. Art. What was the “Mirror,” Mrs. Jackson? (Mrs. Jackson hands one of the “Mirrors” to Art.) (He looks it through and then hands it back to her.) Mrs. Jackson. The “Mirror” was published four times a year and whenever any of the stud- ents had a good poem or story, it was put in the “Mirror.” The events of the school year were also kept in it. (Puts down book and takes up another.) Here arc our class officers for 1930. (Reads.) Richard Shields, President; Ida Ricci, Secretary; Francis O’Connor, Treasurer; Marcel Rioux and Anita Cacsan, Student Council. (Replaces book.) Didn’t we have a picnic that year? Mr. Jackson. Oh, yes, that’s right. We went to Congomond for a picnic at the end of the year, but it wasn’t much of a success because half of the class didn’t go. Mrs. Jackson. That same year Ida Ricci and Francis O’Connor won prizes at the Typewriting Contest. Ida got first place and Francis O’Connor got second place. Mr. Jackson. What members of our class played in the orchestra that received first prize that year? Mrs. Jackson. (Turns pages of book.) Here’s a picture of them. (Children stand around to look at it.) Here’s Francis O’Connor, and Arthur Johnson, Robert Raymond, and Margrethe Jensen. Mr. Jackson. And here’s Frank Goss and Doris Morrison. 1 guess that’s all. Page Twenty-one

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CLASS HISTORY Setting: A garden in the Jackson home. Scene: hour children playing in garden. Date: 1950. Characters Arthur Blaine Robert Jackson Patricia Jackson Alice Green Mrs. Jackson Mr. Jackson {Four children are seen playing in the garden.) Bob. Aw, come on, Art, let’s play a boy’s game. Them girls don’t know anything about playing ball. Pat. You think we don’t. We’ll show you, won’t we, Alice? We’ll go and play school. Alice. All right, I’ll be the teacher, though. Don’t you boys want to play, too? Art. Aw, no, we don’t want to play school. That’s a girl’s game. Anyhow, we have to go to school in two weeks. Pat. {To Alice). Oh, that’s right! I almost forgot about school. We’ll have some fun this year. We’ll be way in the sixth grade. Bob. Gee, that’ll be let me see. {Stops to figure on fingers.) If I’m smart 'nough and skip that special grade they have up there, it’ll make only three more years before we’re in High School. Art. Me, too. Gee! It must be fun in High School, with all their football games, and baseball and everything else. I’m going to be the captain of the baseball team. You wait and see. Boy! I just can’t wait. Bob. Yeah, Daddy was talking about what swell times they had. He was on all the teams in the school. And was he smart, or was lie smart! I’ll bet he was captain on almost all the teams. Alice. How could be be? My daddy was just as good as that and better, too. I Ic was captian of the football team, the baseball team and everything. Pat. All right, I’ll see who’s right. I’ll get Mother and she’ll tell us all about it. {Exit.) {Children resume playing.) {Mrs. Jackson and Patricia come out hand in hand.) Pat. Well, here she is. See who’s right now. Mrs. Jackson. Well, well, what’s all the arguing about? Pat tells me that you want to know all that happened at Agawam High School when 1 went there. {Sits dozen on reed chair and lays dozen books that she has. Children sit around at her feet.) I'll start it for you, and when Daddy comes, he might be able to help us. I’ll tell you all that I remember. I’ve brought some of the books that I saved. {Lays books on grass beside her.) Bob. {Puzzled.) I never saw those books before, Mother. Mrs. Jackson. No, I’ve had these put away. I don’t believe I’ve looked at them since I finished school, either. {Looks thoughtful, as if remembering the happy times she had during school career.) We did have some wonderful times in High School. Now,I’ll tell you some of the things we used to do when we went to school. {Picks up one of the books.) I.et me see, what’s this? Well, it seems that everything is coming right in order. Here arc the class officers for 1929. I'll read them to you. {Reads.) President, Charles Ardizoni; Vice-President, Ida Ricci; Secretary, Eunice Bitgood; Treas- urer, Francis O’Connor. We had a Student Council, also. Dorothy Geoffrion and Robert I Icnncsscy were elected. Page Tzeenty

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Bob. Where’s the teacher? Mrs. Jackson. Mere is Miss Perry standing at the side. Mr. Jackson. I ct’s see what we can find in the “Mirror ’ for J931. (Picks up another “Mirror”.) Here’s an account of the Junior Cabaret. {Reads.) Chair- man of the 'Picket Com Mrs. Jackson. {Interrupts him.) Why not tell the events in the order that they come. It would be a lot quicker. Who were the class officers that year? {Mr. Jackson hands her the book.) Here they are. Clark Jones was President and he was President when we were Seniors, too. Dor- othy Geoffrion was Vice-President and Ida Ricci was Secretary. Those two girls remained in the same position the next year too, didn’t they? Charles Ardizoni was the Treasurer. Francis O’Connor and Barbara Haliaday were on the Student Council. Art. {Uninterested in what is going on.) Never mind those people. We want to know who played on the football team that year. Mr. Jackson. I hope that you love games when you arc older as much as you do now. Some day may be you may become one of the great All-American stars. {Pats his shoulder.) That was the year our team was unscored upon. I ct’s see. Who was on the team that year? Clark Jones, Perino Devccchi, Robert Raymond, Edward Connor, Malcolm Smith, and er-cr Mrs. Jackson. {Reads.) Thomas Voislow, Frank Goss, Norman Roberts and Francis O’Con- nor were on it, too. Mr. Jackson. Those boys helped to bring the Western Massachusetts football championship to Agawam the next year. Mrs. Jackson. Well; I guess that’s all about football. You can finish what you were reading about the Junior Cabaret. {Father reads.) On April 8, 1932, the Junior class sponsored a Cabaret for the purpose of raising money for the Junior Prom. The Cabaret turned out to be a huge success, thanks to Miss Eleanor Miller, Faculty Advisor, and to the committee in charge: Donald Kenney, Chairman of 'Picket Committee; Ida Ricci, Chairman of Entertainment Committee; Richard Shields, Chairman of Refreshment Committee. Mr. Jackson. We had a wonderful Prom that year, didn’t we? The stage represented Mount Vernon to commemorate Washington’s Bicentennial. Mrs. Jackson. 1 wonder if we could name all the things that happened during our Senior year? We did so many things. Mr. Jackson. Yes, with all the class pictures and the Senior Play and everything else going on, 1 don’t wonder that anyone would forget. Bob. 1 saw the class pictures one day while I was up in the attic. Gee! You must have had a great big class. Mrs. Jackson. We had the same officers except for the Treasurer. Donald Kenney held that position. Rita Provost, Helen Donaldson, and Alfred Davis were on the Student Council. Mr. Jackson. Speaking of Donald Kenney, he was the leading man in our Senior Play, “Tons of Money,” which, with the help of other members of the class and Dorothy Brown as leading lady, was such a success. Mrs. Jackson. The property manager and all the other managers spent a lot of time on it, too. Mr. Jackson. Oh, we mustn’t forget the Kiel Party we had in 1932. Prizes were given for the best and funniest dressed boy and girl. Mrs. Jackson. The operetta, “Captain Crossboncs,” was quite a success that year, too. Marguerite Tatro, who was also the heroine for the operetta of 1929, “Pcpita,” was the lead. And speaking of operettas, Beulah Rivers took the lead in “Jerry of Jericho Road,” in 1930. Mr. Jackson. And how can we forget Ruth Abbott. She played the funny part in the operetta and the Senior Play too. She really was some actress. Art. You didn’t tell us about the basketball team that year; didn’t you have any? Mr. Jackson. Of course, we had one. And the team went up to Mass. State for the Tourn- ament. We won one of the games but were not able to play in the finals. Page Twenty- Two