Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Still The Brownies The Orowmes. ir moy be o great name for young grl scours or chocolore coke. bur according to some orhleres. ir is on emborrassmg nicknome During rhe spring of 1987. over 600 ctossmores petitioned to hove rhe nome changed Hearing rhe name Orownies” just didn't ger them fired up Over rhe years many things hove been chonged Closs rmgs hove improved, groduorion ceremonies hove chonged from rhe Coliseum ro Symphony Hoi. and prom nighr has been chonged from rhe gym ro Chez Josef Also, rhe school, years ogo. hod much more spirit Every yudenr shored in school ocriviries During rhe lore 60's ond 70’s, rhe spirit began ro die Slowly, rhe spirir hos returned ro Agowom High Some orhleres feel rhor rhe ridicule rhor rhey hove ro pur up with mokes ir hard ro keep rhetr spirit up No one seems to Isnow exactly where rhe Brownie” nome come from After all, rhe bond goes by rhe Marching Mohawks. Looking bock or rhe records from rhe 1920's, it is believed ro hove come from muddy uniforms worn by rhe orhleres Decouse of these filthy uniforms rhe Brownie nome come obour Although rhe nome wos never chonged, it did moke heodknes oil around rhe world. In o let- ter received from on Agowom Hgh okjmm. now kving in West Germany, she told us rhor she roo hod learned of rhe controversy She hod read obour it in The Stars ond Stripes, o newspoper rhor reaches oil pants of rhe world She wos hoppy ro see. os well os mony other people, rhor rrodtfion hod won ond rhe Brownie nome still remans. Maybe it's nor rhe best nome in rhe world, bur ir hos shown people rhor rhe Agowom Brownies hove whor ir raises ro be 1

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In order ro produce o batch of Supreme Senior Drownies. one must firsr acquire the proper ingredients The basic reope begins with o young and mnocenr bunch of row Sophomores Choose your Sophomores carefully, they must be filled with idealism os wel os smorrs These Sophomores must be conditioned properly with intervals of excessive homework and school rotated pressures Corefully blend m 3 cups of deter minor on. the better is going to need it if you wont the correct results Place rhs mixture m o new. unfomior envronmenr for 1 yeor where they will be allowed to oge quickly without ony disturbances, then they ore reody ro be sifred ond blended mro o group of holf boked Juoors These Undercoolsed Junors require extreme core ond o cup of moral support if they ore to moke it through this cnricol ond rrying stage on the porh to completion Kneod in o heopmg roblespoon of effort, to assure rhar rhs botch of would be seniors doesn't burn, or become over boked With the fmoi yep neormg completion, the dptomos con almost be rosred Firy. however, the toy ingredients muy be blended m Add o box of energetic school spirit, o con of condensed moturity. ond o pnch of luck Demote mixmg is necessory for opproximorely 180 days, or until June 9th At rhot time, o botch of Supreme Senior Drownies 6 reody for whorever the future hos m store 6