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

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1 Bourne High School Twenty-five Front Row (left to right) : L. Tripp, L. Besse, C. Phillips, G. Gallerani, S. Knight, L. Sylvia, S. Small, E. Waterman, M. Wallace, R. Blackwell. Second Row: E. Mitchell, I. Nightingale, C. Grist, O. Kelley, M. Robbins, J. Forrest, J. Draper, E. Swift, P. Sorenti, M. Keating, J. Barrows, R. Sawtell. Third Row: W. Harrison, S. Gibbs, H. Draper, E. Alden, R. Harris, M. Perry, F. LaChapelle, R. Eldridge. F. Oakley. Fourth Row: H. Philbrick, R. Holman, C. Bradf ord, J. Sorenti, J. Dixon, R. Anderson, B. O ' Rourke. ■f-, financial standing. The boys went out in trucks and did a swell job of canvassing the town for scrap j paper. Even some of the girls pitched in and gave a helping hand. With this all-out effon tons of paper I have been collected and sold to make a bulging treasury ' .” The moment was rapidly upon the class when they realized that their biggest problem and task was just around the corner — the Junior Prom. The Prom is always an outstanding social event, so no stone , w ' as left unturned in planning for it. Stuart Small was chosen chairman and Cecily Grist w ' as chosen co- chairman of the committee in charge of the Prom. It will be held sometime in the month of May and is sure to be a huge success. Another occurrence w ' orthy of note was the changing of hands of the yearbook. It has customarily been a Junior project, but in the past few years its improvements have been so great that it w ' as suggest- ed that it be made a school undertaking. The Junior Class readily and wisely agreed to this. Even so, much of the work in the yearbook this year has been done by Juniors. ! The three years past in Bourne High School have been years the Juniors will not easily forget. Their j high school days are rapidly drawing to a close and they all are sincere in their hope that their final year jj at Bourne High will be as worthwhile and useful as their Junior year has been. [

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Twency-four Canal Currents - 1950 JUNIORS S EPTEMBER eighth, 1949, found the Junior home room occupied by a new group of upper-classmen. After the usual hub-bub of the first day activities and the excitement of becoming re-acquainted with classmates, the new third year students settled down to the Bourne High School routine. Not long after the beginning of the month of October ,the class held its first meeting. This meet- ing was held primarily for the purpose of choosing class officers. They were elected as follows: President Leonard Sylvia Vice-president Stuart Small Secretary Gloria Gallerani Treasurer Shirley Knight Through the course of the year these officers have handled their respective positions very well, and the members of the Junior Class may feel assured that they are well represented. Once more everything began rolling along smoothly following the meeting. However, one bright day the Juniors received their class rings. As usual this caused quite a commotion, not only in the Jun- ior Class but also throughout the school. For a while some people had quite large collections. Wonder how come? There was very little time before the football season rolled around and the BHS gridiron was full of brawny Juniors. On the squad from the class were S. Small, J. Sorenti, R. Holman, J. Dixon, C. Brad- ford, L. Sylvia, R. Anderson, and B. O ' Rourke. With all of these Junior fellows on the team this past year, it might be said that Bourne High School’s football outlook is getting brighter. Football season soon came to a close and immediately following it the excitement of basketball de- scended over the school, for the girls as well as for the boys. Each and every afternoon they both prac- ticed dutifully and soon the teams were chosen by Coaches Holden and Butler. The girls from the Jun- ior Class on the Purple Wave ' s basketball team were P. Sorenti, M. Wallace, L. Tripp, G. Gallerani, S. Knight, J. Forrest, M. Robbins, and O. Kelly. Each squad was plentifully supplied with Juniors. Worthy of praise are these wonderful hoopsters on the boys’ team: R. Holman, J. Dixon, C. Brad- ford, R. Anderson, and B. O’Rourke. In addition, Stuart Small, another Junior, was the team’s student manager. It looks like Bourne High’s basketball teams will be of championship form next year since so many Juniors took part. Besides basketball there was another attraction for the girls. Miss Holden offered instruction in archery and tennis for the second year, and a large number of third-year girls participated. This train- ing has been wonderful for the girls and they feel that their time was put to good use. At this point, and to the consternation of alL Mr. Gray, the class adviser, called to the attention of the class the problem of next year’s class trip. Next year, when the Juniors become Seniors, ample funds must be available to finance the annual trip to New York and or Washington. After careful consider- ation, and after realizing the seriousness of the situ- ation, they decided to run paper drives throughout the rest of the year. Joe Sorenti was appointed chairman and the class set out whole-heartedly to increase the class’s Left to Right: L. Sylvia, S. Knight, G. Gallerani, S. Small

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Twenty-six Canal Currents - 1950 SOPHOMORES I N September a group of sophomores, more accustomed to the Bourne High School regime, gathered in the same room that they had occupied the previous year. Again under the competent guidance of Mr. Campbell as class adviser, their year was off to a grand start. On October 27th the first class meeting was held. Mr. Campbell presided until president Douglas Sawtell was elected, at which point the meeting was turned over to the new president. Douglas pro- ceeded to accept nominations for the remaining class officers. In concluding, Eleanor Gallo was chosen Vice-president, Karen Michelson was elected Secretary, and Martha Gibbs became Treasurer. After much deliberation, the class decided to let their dues remain at twenty-five cents, as in the previous year. . Gilbert Bradford, Donald Waters, William Tennent, William Wright, and Robert Chandler ably represented the Sophomore Class on the football field, devoting considerable time to afternoon practice sessions and workouts. In the future the football team is sure to profit through their efforts. Archery claimed many sophomore girls who constituted a considerable part of Miss Holden’s af- ternoon classes this fall. Those who participated, with an aim to better themselves in the athletic sense or out of sheer curiosity concerning Robin Hood’s pursuits, were Alynn Phinney, June Reynolds, Elea- nor Gallo, and Ann Hiltwein. Still in the athletic limelight of Bourne High the Sophomore Class kept up their high standard through their excellent contributions to both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. Experience of this sort will count appreciably in the next two years which this class spends at Bourne High. Left to Right; E. Gallo, D. Sawtell, M. Gibbs, K. Michelson The annual selection of class rings by the soph- omores has been the cause of much interest and con- versation recently. The class is contemplating the type of stone-set ring which is rather popular and has not yet been introduced to Bourne High School. The Sophomores are planning a paper drive to take place in May. By means of this project they hope to enrich their class treasury. Athletic activities have not completely outshone the achievements of those who have a scholastic bend as well as those artistically inclined. It is hoped that there will be an increasing number of students with the above interests in years to come. A new activity under the leadership of Mrs. Kiniry, the English teacher for the Sophomores, Jun- iors and Seniors, has had its birth in the form of a school library. This is operated seven periods a day by those pupils willing to give up study periods in order to act as librarians in supervising the checking of books. A number of the Sophomores have proved competent in handling this responsibility. Later on this training may become val uable to them. Who can tell?