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

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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?

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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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Bourne High School Twentv-seven First Row {left to right) : R. Chandler, S. Silvia, G. Clouette, K. Michelson, M. Gibbs, D. Sawtell, E. Gallo, E. Neil, A. Phinney, M. Bassett, R. Cardoza. Second Row: J. Benson, J. Brightman, E. Bassett, M. Haskell, B. Cook, L. Handy, S. Taylor, H. Harris, B. Cassidy, P. Sylvia, C. Girard. Third Row: N. Blackwell, A. Hiltwein, J. Pippin, S. Robbins, P. Robbins, F. Kelley, W. Fielding, J. Porter, C. Water- man, J. Reynolds, C. Maki. Fourth Row: P. Gomes, C. Wallace, B. Jarvis, J. Ellis, R. Haslam, J. Gomes, B. Baker, K. Jones, R. Boyd, W. Ander- son, E. Sanford, E. Raymond. Fifth Row: J. Masterson, E. Mitchell, F. Hitchcock, D. Waters, G. Bradford, N. Eldridge, R. Dutra, B. Tennent, W. Wright, R. Collis. Spring is in the air and it is at this time that baseball bats, balls and gloves are brought to light. Baseball has captivated the interests of the majority, for praaice commenced with vengeance. Every af- ternoon the boys troop down to the field for the purpose of increasing their skill in this national game. Even the girls are not averse to trying their hands at softball. A new variety of spring fever seems to have swept through the school. At any rate the Sophomores are out there pitching! In a few weeks the school year will be at an end. The present Sophomores will find themselves Jun- iors next fall, (xcupying the Junior home room under Mr. Gray’s watchful eye. This past year has proved both profitable and enjoyable to those in possession of room 24. It is to be hoped that the next two years spent as upper classmen will hold as much in store. May the dreams of the sophomore class be realized in the latter half of their high school career, namely, a successful class day, class trip and the ability to leave the school with a memory of happy shared experiences which are never to be duplicated. Thanks are extended in closing to Mr. Campbell, who, for two consecutive years, has been the one to guide the Class of ’52 through the preliminary intricacies of high school life.