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

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School S EPTEMBER 6, 1944, found 50 tiny Ereshmen eagerly tumbling from the buses to see just how it felt to be real high school students. Those wise Sophomores, however, were soon putting them in their places. The third-year students were happy, for now they were the Juniors and classified as the upper- classmen. Th e Seniors, well, they are Seniors, you know. Of course, the changes in our faculty were the first thing we noticed. Our beloved Coach, Mr. Knute Andersson, had left during the summer for a position in Montpelier, Vermont. Mr. William Butler is taking his place, and also teaching U. S. history and economics. Miss Hatch had left to teach at Milton Academy. Miss Marie Dodge is taking her place and is also the Ereshman home-room adviser. Mrs. Eleanor Eagerquist teaches introductory business and social living, besides coaching the girls in high school and being the physical education teacher in the grammar schools. Three boys have left from the Junior Class to go into the Army. They are Ralph Tucy, Jack Gardner, and Edward Besse, so that with William Phil- lips and George Bassett, of the Navy, we now have five of our classmen in the service. Ralph, having received his medical discharge, re-entered the Junior Class and has since become a Senior. The Seniors to leave for the service are William Parady and Maurice Fuller to the Army, and Thomas Masterson and Alex Consoni to the Navy. The Athletic Association was organized with the following officers: Pres- ident, Jerry Levinson, who took the place of Thomas Masterson; Vice-Presi- dent, Raymond Frederici; Secretary-Treasurer, Marie Cristofori. Before school closed last year, seven Cheerleaders were chosen. They are: Roberta Fisher, Martha Sanford, Marie Cristofori, Jean Grant, Alba Mar- chisio, Millicent Jarvis, and Ruth Raymond. Roberta Fisher moved away during the year, and Leona Dwyer was chosen to take her place. ' Page Twenty-eight

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School 5 K • EXPLANATION OF COMPOSITE PICTURE (Composite picture page 60) Reading Left to Right. 1. With a grin like that? Who else but Jimmy! 2. Alma Mater. 3. The paddy wagon. 4. The young lady in the express wagon — Pat Haslam. 5. The bridal couple — Thelma and Seaman Jackie Weeks, Class of ’43. 6. The glowering young lady behind the desk — Frances Berry. 7. With the horse — Ellen and a friend. 8. Mary — sweet sixteen? 9. Bunny in pre-Sadie days. 10. The coy little thing in pigtails — Janetta. 11. The twins. 12. Put and Mai giving Zeke what- for” at Initiation. Yes, that’s a real rooster! 13. A typical fall scene — do you see Mr. Murray in the foreground? 14. Your class president. 15. Your editor-in-chief. 16. Alba in pigtails. 17. Doris as usual trying not to grin. 18. That cute little boy turned out to be Zeke! 19. Jean Grant — nice telephone pole, too. 20. Coach Fagerquist with Nancy and Tede. ■Page Twenty-seven

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Canal Currents, Bourne High School A new system of assemblies was inaugurated this year. Each teacher has charge of one or more assemblies during the year. The Pep Rallies during the football season were conducted by the Cheerleaders and proved very en- tertaining as well as enthusiastic. The first assembly was conducted by Mr. White with the Student Council participating in it. Among the soloists were: Joyce Wallace, violin solo, ac- companied by Florence Byron; Alton Reynolds, singing Western songs, ac- companying himself on the guitar; and Francis Ojala, singing Ave Maria,” accompanied by Marilyn Wing at the piano. General singing followed, led by Mr. White. Miss Tuomi directed a play entitled What Price Glory?” for the Col- umbus Day Assembly. The cast w ere: Alex Consoni, King Ferdinand; Bar- bara Gardner, Queen Isabella; Jean Gibbs, Anita; Gordon Denison, Carlos; and Leonard Fougere, Columbus. Mrs. Dorothy B. Booth, Class of 1922, was the guest speaker at the Na- tional Education Week assembly. Alba Marchisio, Martha Sanford, and Rob- erta Fisher formed a color guard, after which they recited The Americanos Creed. This assembly was conducted by Mr. Coady. For the Falmouth Pep Rally, the football team conducted the funeral of the Falmouth team. The story was told in poem form by Mai Coady. This year we had not only Mr. Del Obert of Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., but a representative of the Curtis Publishing Co. to spur us on to a higher goal than ever in selling magazine subscriptions. The school was divided into the Army and the Navy, with the Freshmen and Juniors supporting the Khaki and the Sophomores and Seniors, the Blue. The General Chairman was Bar- bara Harrison and the Class Captains were: Freshmen, Florence Dixon; Soph- omores, Carol Young; Juniors, Thelma Rowe; and the Seniors, Millicent Jar- vis. The Army won. We were very proud of our football men who played eight games and won seven. A bonfire at the school was enjoyed previous to the Victory Dance, given by the Seniors, after the Wareham game. All the Cape Foot- ball teams were invited. On December 6, Coach Butler gave an interesting program about basket- ball. The different types of shooting, guarding, and dribbling were demon- strated by various members of the basketball team. An extra guest speaker in December was Comdr. Franklin A. Manuel from the Maritime Academy at Hyannis. He brought us a Message to Mod- ern Youth.” Santa Claus came to Bourne High as usual, after a Christmas Play directed by Miss Kelleher and a special chorus supervised by Miss Clark. Tfiat night the Girls’, Boys’ and Mixed Choruses, under the direaion of Miss Clark, put on a special Christmas Program which was open to the public. Returning from Christmas vacation, we discovered that Miss Tuomi had not returned; but a week later when she did, it was as Mrs. Erick Viik, wife of a ski-trooper in the U. S. Army. Our best wishes to you both, Mrs. Viik. Miss Madeline Hess substituted for Mrs. Viik during her absence. In January, Mr. White left us to be a field-worker for the American Red Cross. Miss. Hess then substituted until Mr. John Gray came to take over his classes. Page Twenty -nine