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

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Momriie Ha h Scliool Fifteen for baseball and the girls for soft ball and a successful season is being awaited. All in all we think our class proved its worth in the field and on the court. On February 22nd, we held a Cherry Tree Dance. Attendance was poor because of a snowstorm but all who were present agreed that it was fun. As there was such a small crowd the dance was very much like a large party — quite informal — stunt dances were held and movie tickets were awarded to tne winners. Also in February, eight of the girls journeyed to Plymouth to play in the tourna- ment. We defeated the Plymouth Sophomores, . 6-10. Eleanor Harding chalked up 25 of the points. We were served ice cream afterwards. We then went hunting for bubble gum. We got results, too. A ring committee was chosen and when the gentleman came they picked out three of the best looking rings and we chose the one that we all agreed upon. Now we can hardly wait until next fall when we shall have them on our fingers. Our sophomore year has been fun and now we are looking forward to the rest of the year and our Junior year at Bourne High School. II i 1 i| I I 1 m H 1 i| 1 rirst row. L. Bower, C. Tucy, S. Raymond. E. Harding, J. Besse, T. Tobey, E. Gibbs, F.Taylor, B. Downey, H. Harrison, L. Browne. Second row: D. Douglas, M. Lunedei, M. Jenkins. C. Gagnon, E. Stymies: A. Sylvia, U. Wing. E. Norris, J. Robbins, M. Rattray. Third row: R. Anderson, J. Bigelow, F, Anderson. W. Thomas. R. Nowlan, A. Fuller, G. Dodd, R. Kerr, E. Venn, R. Layton. Fourth row: W. Alden, W. Whittier L. Eerretti, R. Andrews, A. Booth, D. Handy, R. Burns, W. Cook, C. Eldridge. Fifth row: C. Harding, F. Manamon. P. Collins. E. Cannon, J. Lahretto. R. Hurley, C. Thamalis.

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Fourteen Canal Currents 1947 The Sophomores O N the morning of September 9, 1946, fifty-one new sophomores came tramping into the school building. We came upon many new faces in the corridor but they were merely freshmen. We did try to help them accustom themselves but we found they didn t quite seem to appreciate our helpfulness. We had forgotten that we were ever as perplexed as they were but our upper classmen, the Juniors, tell us we were. Upon entering our homeroom we found Miss Burns, a new teacher, waiting to greet us. Of course, a new instructor brings forth new tricks but she soon quelched them and we were well behaved students from then on. One of the first things she did say to us though was that she didn ' t believe in too many demerits. We agreed with her on that point naturally. The first thing we did was to elect class officers. We chose Charles Thamalis, President; Peggy Rattray, ' Vice President; Diane Douglas, Secretary-Treasurer; and Robert Kerr, Student Council Representative. These officers went right to work and introduced the paying of class dues. This is the first time that a Sophomore class has ever started the system to enlarge their treasury. In October came our Halloween Party. We weren’t allowed an initiation ( you lucky Frosh), but we did manage to give a swell party. With the able help of Miss Burns the gym was attractively decorated with the customary witches on broomsticks, black cats on the back fences and jack-o-lanterns. Prizes were awarded for the stunt dances and refreshments were served to all. Again we demonstrated that we were not a class to lag behind in competitive race when 100% of the class bought season tickets to the games. This was just a repetition of last year and each member was allowed a pass to the theatre. It was also football time and several of our boys went out for it, among them Charlie Thamalis, who won a spot in the starting lineup. The second team was made up of many Sophomores and they all made a fine showing. The girls hockey teams consisted of several Sophomores. Basket- ball season rolled around and again the boys gave a g reat per- formance. Dick Anderson, Roger Layton, and Lewis Ferretti strengthened the second team. Looks good for the future! We were very proud of our girls as they showed their pro- gress in basketball. Three of them earned first team berths. The boys have now turned out in full force

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Sixteen Cainal Carreiits 1947 The Freshmee A bout eight o’clock one morning last September a group of forty green, shy, in- experienced, and scared Freshmen stumbled up the steps to Bourne High School where they were directed toward the Freshmen home room. Although students came from both Bourne and Sagamore Grammar Schools, we had one of the smallest Fresh- man classes ever to enroll in Bourne. After a few days of confusing classes, study and home rooms, using the wrong stairs, on the advice of the upper classmen, we settled down for the year. It has proved to be a very busy year with elections, parties, all kinds of sports, plays, dances, . . . yes, studies too! Under the direction of our class advisor, Mr. Clayton Campbell, we held election of our class officers. By a very close vote the following were elected to lead us through the Freshman year: Richard Salsman, President; Carol Dwyer, Vice President; Theo- dora Thamalis, Secretary and Treasurer; and Judith Courtney, Student Council. The elections have proved to be very satisfactory. We had our first class meeting and it was decided that we would start early to raise money for our many future school activities. Previous Freshmen classes had never undertaken the collecting of class dues but nevertheless we decided on twenty-five cents a month. On October 1, 1946, a Halloween Party was held in our honor by the Sophomores. The only purpose of this party was not for our pleasure but to enable them to initiate us. These parties always seem to please the upper classmen ( could it be that they like to see us suffer ) . The hor- rible rumors from everyone made us all wonder what was in store and to dread the thought of the approaching date, but this fear ( as we later found out ) was all in vain. To our amazement in- stead of being initiated we played games, ate refreshments, saw mov- ies, and danced. Only a few boys in our class have shown prospects of becom- ing promising athletes, but in the future we are confident that we shall have the stars. On the other hand the girls were very active in the line of sports. They con- stituted a large part of both the first and second teams in hockey and basketball. The girls have shown us that now and in the future they will go all out for sports. During the month of February a team of girls from our class went to an interscholastic tourna- ment at Plymouth. Although we were not as fortunate as the Soph- omores and the Juniors, who won, we lost with the satisfaction of R. Salsman, T. Thamalis, C. Dwyer having done our best to win.