Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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Folk and rock: that ' s our kind of music Sounds of Silence is certainly not the theme song of the Guitar Club! Each week this year, Old Hall re- sounded with the din of simultaneous tuning, twanging, plucking, and strumming on guitars of various sizes and shapes. But Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, for the true purpose of the club was to provide guitarists with a chance to learn new playing styles and to ex- change songs. So many teen-aged guitarists don’t even read music, that song-trading is an essential part of expanding the repertoire. You listen to the new song enough times to learn the tune, and then you get the chords and all the words from someone, unless you can figure them out yourself; in that case, someone will want to learn the song from you. The Guitar Club welcomes all, expert or not, to Walk Right In and share what they do know. The beginning guitarist espe- cially needs encouragement, because too many begin- ners give up. As Tears Go By, on account of sore fingers. Even the experienced and iron-fingered some- times suffer from a lack of material, one of the major obstacles on the Rocky Road to becoming a Baez or Dylan. Someone has said that the guitar is the easiest in- strument to play badly and the hardest to play well. Fortunately, years of practice are not needed to gain great enjoyment from a guitar. As almost every aspir- ing folk-rock group knows, many things can be hidden under the camouflage of accompanying kazoos, tam- bourines, harmonicas, and voices. That the club was named “Guitar” and not “Folk Music” shows the extent to which folk and rock music, the two major fields for non-classical guitar, have merged. Under the leadership of the one and only Dylan, the first folk-singer to popularize electric guitar, swinging rhythm and blues has been blended with the more meaningful words of folk music to produce folk- rock with the merits of both its sources. The Guitar Club includes players of both electric and folk guitars, and even a few people who listen to Segovia. The aid of Mr. Leone has been indispensable, for only he, by humming a bit of Hush-a-Bye, or Quit Your Low Down Ways, has been able to conquer the pandemonium when someone needed to continue a Dangling Conversation. First Row: P. Byrne, J. Walsh, H. Stockman, D. Narden, R. Chalpin, A. Palombo, D. Konick. Second Row: R. Abruzzese, J. O’Neil, J. Fitzgerald, C. Annese, B. Erickson, M. Toulo- poulos, P. Heaslip, M. Herzog, M. Tibbets, F. Walsh, B. Pellegrini, W. Souza. “That’s really got soul . . . “Hmm . . . 4th finger, 2nd string, what fret? 27

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What will the Science Club think of next? First Row: L. Dohlman, J. Comeau, T. Prato, J. DeVries, K. Forest. Second Row: C. Jay, J. Kleban, J. Manfredi, J. Hil- ferty, C. Bresnahan, J. Matheson, S. McLean, L. Contos. What does the Science Club do? Every day, in the closely guarded confines of room 36, dedicated young scientists gathered, but for purposes of national secu- rity, their activities must for the present remain secret. It can only be said that some rather strange experi- ments occurred! The Science Club does have some programs carried on in full view of The Public Eye. Numerous field trips have been financed by car washes, bake sales, and a school-wide protection racket. Various speakers have come . . . and gone, to the immense delight of the sadistic young mob listening to them. A first this year was our intrusion into the realm of movie-land. After seeing many films supplied by the department, we decided to make our own avant-garde attempt. It was a time-consuming, intricate job of syn- chronizing sound and pictures. Then, at the world premiere; the audience came . . . and left. One event that was successful was a trip to the dump. This rock-pile, the refuse from the construction of the Ouabbin Reservoir Aqueduct, was a source of some very exciting rocks. Throughout the year, members enjoyed other activi- ties, such as thumb wrestling and intimidating Mr. Meserve, our beloved leader. A few radicals even en- tered the Science Eair. “With these hands . . . ” “They’re obviously better than paper ones.” 26

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I Maiori diligentia laboramus Noslri socii. Voyageons a Paris With the aid of Magistra Rotunda, and the supervi- sion of Vergil, Aesculapius, and Cicero, the Latin Club explored its chosen theme for the year, classical art. Social events included a Roman Christmas party fea- turing imitation wine, cookies, dates, honey and nut pastry, and, of course, grapes. Sooner or later, every Latin Club member tried on a toga, and became familiar with the art that transforms an ordinary sheet into a gracefully draped garment. Togas (togae) are comfortable, but not the ideal cloth- ing for climbing onto concrete railings or for running up stairs. Following tradition, the Club planned colors and a motto to decorate a shield. Crimson and gold were selected, and the motto for 1967 is: “All things change, and we change with them;” omnia mutantur, in illis mutamur. Once every three Thursdays in room 94, the French Club engaged in more or less riotous goings-on. The glib, glorious tones of Frangoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, and other soulmates provided a musical background. Once it happened that we took a trip to Paris, mecca of civilization and culture, during Christmas vacation. The trip, of course, took place only in the minds of our President and Vice-President, mais c’est la vie! Miss Blackall, our adviser, often watched our activities rather calmly, perhaps because she doubted that what she saw was real; Those parties in the back of Jean’s VW . . . Her- shey’s milk chocolate, of course . . . cross-word puz- zles en jrangais . . . speakers (?)... would you be- lieve a movie? ... “1 can’t wait for the banquet” . . . is it Susan B.’s group this time? . . . where’s Jim — he has the money! . . . where’s Jean? . . . (she has the car) . . . special guest speaker: Louis XVI . . . Honi soit qui mal y pense . . . Liberte, Equalite, Fraternite! . . . and we try harder too! First Row: S. Elliott, K. Licata, F. Brit tan, M. Gotsell, S. Jarvis. Second Row: R. Velardi, S. Antonakos, A. Roach, B. Farinoso, F. Walsh, C. Cooper, B. McCall, S. Stiles, Miss Rounds. Third Row: D. LaFauci, L. Lanza, C. Cole. Les miserables. B. Kantrowitz, J. Matheson, J. Madden, S. Borghesani. 28