Avon High School - Sonnet Yearbook (Avon, MA)

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Preparing for now . . . RICHARD PELLETIER Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” STEPHEN WOODWARD There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks all of them.” 29

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BEVERLY THOMPSON Knowledge may be gained from books; but the lore of knowledge is transmitted only by personal contact .’’ — Henry Van Dyke KRIS TIBBETTS It is much safer to obey than to rule .’’ — Thomas A. Kempis ROGER WASS Liberality lies less in giving liberally than in the timeliness of the gift . — Jean De La Bruyere ERNEST WELCH A man’s own manner in character is what most becomes him.”- — Cicero. 28

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. . . those gym suits that were so dirty they could walk away — and a few of them did . . . Kenya is in Africa ... the day the boys fell out of the truck on the way to the job . . . the Alleycats vs. Administration . . . Mr. Lander’s little white cards in our grubby little hands . . . operation J.P. — and how it failed — miserably . . . tapping our feet to the music of Swinging Safari as the typewriters wound their way through the jungle . . . pistachio nuts in sophomore biology . . . candy cigarettes in honor study ... the story of the first period honor study that grew and grew and grew, and of the sixth period honor study that diminished and diminished and diminished . . . the little excursions on the last day of school . . . the bomb scare . . . Harry Aristotle — didn’t he marry Joan Baez? . . . those two that got lost on that field trip to Duxbury Beach — were they hunting for crabs? . . . the day Charlie fell out the window . . . the almost tragic accident that happened on the window chains in the gym . . . those sleepless nights before term papers, and the hazy days afterwards . . . enforced nap time in English 3 . . . Dwayne and his swingin’ auto-harp . . . how mid-term blue books made us blue and afterwards black and blue . . . we go, you gp, we all go to Hugo’s — no more, after that unpaid bill . . . those raisins, cakes, and peanut butter sandwiches from the home ec. room . . . those Friday afternoon sessions with Prince Hal and Falstaff . . . when the mice got loose at the science fair . . . when the mountain came to Mohammed . . . the clash of odors in the corridors — - H=S, brownies, and formaldehyde . . . when Mr. Roberge was 99 and .44% correct . . . Q.E.D. . . . Mr. Luizzi’s fine, fine, super fine secret pen pals ... if you are among the Avant-Garde, this is a foreshadowing . . . when Beatlemania finally struck Avon, yeah- yeah-yeah . . . the victory dance and the Alleycat cake . . . the times I looked out the window and saw E = mc 2 . . . the Thunderbird Fund for Miss Trojano . . . Mylo Quam . . . the Academy Award winning movies in Driver Ed. . . . Mrs. MacLean’s candy treats on holidays . . . 2:15 . . . 30