Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School BOURNE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN YEAR 1 940- 1 94 1 The combined forces of Bourne and Sagamore Grammar Schools made quite a sizable group. We descended upon Mr. Campbell in room 24, and it would have been hard to say which of us were greenest and most awed. However, in no time we knew the building, the first names of the teachers, most of our schoolmates, and which classes to avoid ( that is, if allowed ) . Our officers were: President, Robert Dean; Vice-president, George Ham- mond; Secretary -treasurer, Catherine Handy; and Student Council member, Athena Karalekas. The most important event of the year was the Hallowe’en Party — Freshman Initiation, to us. SOPHOMORE YEAR — 1941-1942 In September, 1941, we moved across the hall to room 21, presided over by a new teacher. Miss Tuomi. Now it was our duty and pleasure to give fatherly and motherly advice and admonition to the contents of room 24. The initiation was conducted solely for their good. The officers elected for the year were: Sumner Small, President; Charles Forbush, Vice-president; Clara Cecchi, Secretary-treasurer; and Arthur Ander- son, Student Council member. Among the activities for the year was the beginning of War Stamps and Bond sales with Martha Gay as the class treasurer, the radio plays con- ducted by the Dramatic Club, the quiz programs, and selection of class rings. JUNIOR YEAR — 1942-1943 Now on the second floor with the Seniors, we have certainly attained an exalted position. Again we have a new home-room teacher. Miss Kelleher. Our time has been occupied by an attempt to put on a dance, to pro- duce an issue of Canal Currents, and to bring the Junior Prom into actuality. The latter two are now progressing well, and all of us, including our advisers, feel much encouraged. age Tiuenty-one

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School Many of us made frequent and extended visits to the cloak-room for whisper- ing. Manual training and sewing were added to our course of studies and finally we were grown up enough to have important roles in Jack and the Beanstalk, as well as a pageant on Betsy Ross. In history, we made notebooks. Important to a part of the class, Betty Fontes joined us — the foursome be- came a fivesome. Some of us were plugging away in earnest, thinking of high school. SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Chiefly memorable in this year were our model ship with book covers for sails and book characters for passengers and the new auditorium. Book- reading and the library were emphasized and 2 5 -book-certificates became the order of the day. We could hardly wait for the day when we would be head- men of the school. Mr. Wallace certainly instilled in us the desire to read books. EIGHTH GRADE— 1939-1940 BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL In spite of a tendency, to know-it-all, we studied hard under Mr. Smith, to make sure this would be our last year in Bourne Grammar. Then, too, we had tremendous responsibilities. Class officers, class pins, class colors, and graduation! After prolonged consideration w ' e chose Robert Dean, president; Ethel Parrott, vice-president; Marilyn Crump, secretary; and Hollis Phinney, treasurer. Following rather violent discussions, our class colors became maroon and gold and our pin a heart-shaped affair with guard and chain. Our graduation program, called Progress in America, depicted through song, dance, and speech, what happened in each decade. It certainly was fun to be excused from classes to practise marching. Our frequent candy and cake sales and the Bourne News Flash” made it possible for us to present a sun- dial to the school as a parting gift. The most important member of our graduating class was Mr. Smith, who retired from teaching. Mr. Wallace had come to us in the middle of the year when he changed places with Miss Magnusson. SAGAMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Mr. Young, the principal, guided us to the completion of our grammar school days. Never had we been so busy. Class officers were elected to help direct the proceedings for the year. They were: President, William Hart; Vice-president, Olga Marchisio; Secretary, Florence Forlivesi; and Treasurer, Arthur Anderson. We ran a Halloween party for Grades 5, 6, and 7, with prizes for the best costumes. Later, under the direction of Miss Magnusson, we presented Little Women,” which is undoubtedly our greatest triumph to date. All these by way of making money. Then we put on a public baked- bean supper. The girls waited on tables and the boys enjoyed ( ? ) washing dishes and cleaning up. Then having collected a goodly sum, we bought class pins, and joy of joys! went to Boston on a class trip. We visited Bunker Hill and the Harvard Museum. Our graduation exercises were on American his- tory. We gave up our right to lord over our youngers willingly, for all the thrills of high school awaited us. Page Twenty

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School School News On September 9, 1942, three previous classes plus a class of sixty-three green” Freshmen, making a total of almost two hundred, gathered at Bourne High School to start a new year. This year we, the former Sophomore Class, had become upper-classmen, residing on the top floor. This year we have three new members on our faculty: Miss Elizabeth Kelleher, Miss Eleanor Hatch, and Mr. Joseph White. Miss Kelleher re- places Miss Ruth Marr in commercial subjects. Miss Hatch teaches French and Latin, replacing Miss Sylvia Boyd. Mr. White is teaching English I and II, ancient and European history in place of Mr. Alfred Trask. Spanish which was added to the curriculum last year, is being taught by Miss Tuomi. The Athletic Association was organized on September 16, 1942. This year the membership improved considerably. The Sophomores, with 94 per cent, had the largest percentage. The other percentages were as follows: Freshmen 74 per cent. Juniors 72 per cent, and Seniors 88 per cent. The officers chosen were: John Jenkins, President, and Ruth Taylor, Secretar} ' - Treasurer. Another addition this year is a class to train the boys how to cook, conducted by Miss Martin. By the end of September, the class officers had been elected. They are as follows: the Senior class, Richard Eldridge, President; Bernard Aylmer, Vice-president; Helen Murray, Secretarv ; Margaret Boffetti, Treasurer; and Lucien Bachand, Student Council Member. The Junior class chose Charles Byron, President; Athena Karalekas, Vice-president; Clara Ceechi, Secretary and Treasurer; and David Norris, for Student Council. The Souhomore class elected William Paradv, President for a second term; Malcolm Coady, Vice-president; Marilyn Wing, Secretary ' and Treas- urer; and Barbe Putney, Student Council Member. The Freshman officers are: Roger Whittier, President; Ann McCraw, Vice-president; Titika Thamalis, Secretary ' ; Dorothy Tripp, Treasurer; and John Dixon, Student Council Member. Page Twenty -two