Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT)

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:Zia 'R in .1-J lr ACKN OWLEDGMEN T The Sen1or class w1shes to thank Lorlng Studlos for the excellent photographs taken of the class and var1ous school HCEIVIIICS and Rlchard Hartley Class of 58 who has de pxcted the lnformal moods of the student body wnth hxs candxd camera Tlaanky joe or your willing and able help.

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PRECEPTOR ARAM DAMARJIAN B.A., M.A. Clark University ANNEM McDONALD B S College Mrserxcordra Home Economrcs ffs 'Q' 'Q' STELLA E MILESKI B A M A New York Stare College for Teachers Engllsh Socxal Studres ALICE M PASKERIAN HELEN ST GEORGE B A JANE RUTKA Boston Umversxty Umversrty of New Hampshrre Secretary to the Preceptor Busmess Education Forergn Languages 5 X I, is - C LN ll' C ' . U U ,B.s. I ' . ,

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SENIORS s CLASS HISTORY Browsmg rn the lrbrary has always been one of my favorrte pastrmes one never knows what unusual brt of lrterature one by mere chance may stumble upon By one such chance I prcked up a volume labeled Class Book Openrng rt casually my attentron was rmmedr ately caught by the numbers 1955 I realrzed then I was holdrng rn my hand a hrstory of my class Needless to say I was delighted and sat down rn the nearest chart to read avrdly relrvrng agarn those four memorable years of which I grve you a brref summary here CHAPTER I 1951 1952 The marn characters consrsted of Bob Morton presr dent Jeannette Stevens vrce presrdent Elizabeth Sher man treasurer and Elizabeth OMeara secretary What was to be our theme for the coming years began wrth the I-Iolrdance a joyous successful pre holrday dance Mr Mrschler another very rmportant mann character set the plot rn motron wrth hrs able advrsershrp super vrsrng the affarr and by drrectrng Hes Dead All Rrght our 4 One Act Play Contest entry Several of our supportrng characters Harvey Frredman Michael Begun Clrfford Rogers left for other schools but to replace them two others were rntroduced Margaret temporary enrollment CHAPTER II 1952 1953 The scene remamed unchanged Bacon Academy strll served as srlent wrtness to the capers and serrous efforts of the class The cast of V I P s was the same except that Jeannette Stevens became shrp s captam and Walt Lesnewsky was there rn case Jeannette was unable to carry out her dutres True to the desrgn of thrngs 55 sponsored Winter Wonderland and our Sophomore thespran contrrbutron was And the Vrllarn Strll Pur sued Her In all storres characters come and go and thrs hrstory was no exceptron Patrrcra Olubowrc left to become a student at a Hartford harrdressrng school CHAPTER III 1953 1954 The plot thrckened The class establrshed a one year resrdence as yolly junrors wrth the same offrcers The annual class affarr was Junror Talent Show and our play entry was further enlrvened by the replacement of the leadrng man at the last moment The clrmax of thrs year was reached when we won the coveted magazrne drrve the first trme any class other than senror won thrs grant yackpot Incrdentally rt was the brggest take rn the schools hrstory Before thrs chapter of our lrves ended we put on the mayor socral event of the year the junior prom justrfied rn feelrng as rf a farry godmother had touched us wrth her magrc wand we called rt our Crnderella Ball just as we were about to turn the final page of thrs chapter several more characters slrpped away Anna Begun Alrce Smrth and Theona Kaercher Julran Josypenko came to join our ranks And here also a mam character made hrs exrt Mr Mrschler our frrend and advrser for our hrgh school years resrgned to take a socral studres positron rn Cheshrre CHAPTER IV 1954 1955 It would seem that anythrng would be an antr climax after what had happened but the plot took a new turn and the theme was berng prepared for the crescendo At first the cloak of senrors lay uneasrly on our rnex perrenced shoulders but soon rt wore as naturally and comfortably as an old sweater Thrs was the true clrmax of our story thrs rntangrble feeling that we made rt we clrd not fall by the waysrde though the path was rndeed a narrow one and covered wrth many a thorn The plot was about to be concluded the characters re marnrng about to go through therr final pre destrned our new class advrser and Mr Damarjran co advrser to every senror class For the 3rd consecutrve year the class was piloted by the same ollicers old pros by now To add variety to the plot no senror play was presented thrs year srnce the class wanted to concentrate on two linancrally successful affarrs and also we must admrt there was a dearth of acting abrlrty Two new students Ronald Mercrer and Rosa Kopel added therr pleasant personalrtres to the class of 55 One trrumphant excur sron remamed to us the trrp to Washrngron whrch we enyoyed just before sprrng vacatron Then came the trme when all characters rnvolved became one Relrnqurshrng our rndrvrdualrty we were molded rnto one unrt une 24 1955 saw us graduate as the Class of 1955 collec trve noun and remarnrng so rn the annals of Bacon Academy EPILOGUE So ends the plot the theme has played rtself out the mam characters have disappeared Or have they? For every person of the Class of 1955 rs a marn character takrng up now the raveled sleeve of responsrbrlrty ac trve crtrzenshrp and the cares of linancral securrty Only the settrng has changed Bacon Academy rs no longer the background for our serrous and notso serrous en deavors The settrng rs now the world Compiled by Margaret Turner . . 5 . , . . u , I I , . ,, . . , . , ' . 1 1 1 I , . 1 1 1 ' 1 , , 1 1 , Q , 1 Q, 1 1 1 4 1 . H 1 , 1 1 1 . ' 1 , ' 3 . Q . 1 1 , i. 1 1 1 5 A 3 ' 5 ' - , . , I . . , I. , . , l - I. n ,, . ,, I . . D ' 1, 1 1 1 1 1 , , 1 ' . . . . . ,, , I - . . . i . - 1 yy , , 1 , , . ' , . I s 1 ' 9 Y S . 3 . - y - Turner and Arthur Dugas, the latter establishing only acts. To help with this conclusion were Mrs. McDonald, . , . . , ' - 3 - , , . a 1 , 1 1 7 1 3 , 1 a 9 i . l 11' - 1 ' n , ' , , 9 ' ' ' ' . . . I . 1 - ' . , . . I . . , . . . I 1 , , 1 1 1 , - I 7 ' ' a 1 ' u ' H ' . . l ' , ' ll II ' ' ' , - I A . 2 . , . . ' 7 7