Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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year. The track team's sprinting has won the Southeastern Massachusetts championship tor the past three years. The social tunctions of the class could not all be sponsored because of the clos- ing of the hall last January. l-lowever, the senior class play, The Bat, was highly successful. The Pageant of the Nativity has been presented for the past two years at Christmas time by the combined musical organizations of the school and the Dramatic Club, This year the presentation was made public for the first time. As Juniors we had a most enjoyable time at the joint Junior- Senior social. ln conclusion, we wish to extend our hearty thanks to the members of the whole teaching force, Our teachers have helped to make our sojourn here at Brockton l-ligh both educational and pleasant. 949 . By Shirley Tevlin High on wind-swept hills we've stood Beneath the sun, no cares, no fear, Had not to run, shed not a tear, And viewed the years ahead as good. We now move down through tall, green grass Feet so swift and hearts so free, Eyes which, wide, yet cannot see What the future holds. Alas! We come upon the dirt and rock, Trip and fall upon our knee. We pray to God that we may see, And in our hearts the pain we lock. Black clouds above make dim our way, But in the darkness we shall know There is a place where no winds blow, Where golden sun shall bring new day. l4

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CLASS HISTORY These four yeors through which we hove just possed were filled not only with much hord work ond grove disoppointments, but olso with mony well-eorned ochievements ond o greot deol of hoppiness, This is o groduoting closs of which we con rightfully be proud. Brockton High hos been compored with other schools in scholorship, music, ond othletics, ond hos never been found wonting. The foculty of Brockton High hos been oltered considerobly. The promotion of Mr, John L, Miller to superintendent of schools left the heodmoster's position vocont. This wos obly filled by Mr, Ruel E Tucker. Upon the morrioge of Miss Kotherine French, of the domestic science deportment, Miss Doris M. l-lothowoy wos oppointed. Miss Rochel S. Pope, Miss Morito Cooley, ond Miss Morgoret Robertson olso resigned to be morried. Mr, Wesley I., Merritt wos nomed in the music deportment, Mr. Doniel Creedon wos odded to the commerciol deport- ment, ond Mr. Joseph Spong wos elected heod of the science deportment, Lost June, becouse of the resignotion of Dr, MocGregory, o mon respected by every- one with whom he come in contoct, Mr. Williom J, Montgomery ond Mr. Rolph S. Frellick were given the positions of mosters. At this point we should pouse to poy tribute to Mr. Edword Boiley, former heod of science deportment for mony yeors, who possed owoy shortly ofter his resignotion in l938. The closs enrollment in September, l936, wos 982 pupils, The totol number of pupils enrolled on Moy l, l94O, wos 698. This shows o decreose of 284. Although this moy seem to be o lorge percentoge, it is no more thon con be expected from such o lorge closs in four yeors. There hove been importont chonges in the curriculum offered by the school. The most populor oddition, perhops, is the driver troining course with Mr. George F. Loing in chorge. Next is the greotly increosed interest in the music progrom of the school. Since the election of Mr. Wesley L. Merritt to the teoch- ing stoff, the bond hos shown greot improvement, Both the boys' ond girls' glee clubs, which were presented with moroon choir robes this yeor, hove members who ore tolented, The orchestro, under the direction of Mr. George Sowyer Dunhom, hos delightfully entertoined the student body ot mony on ossembly. There is olso on increose in the music courses offered. Lostly, is the recently inouguroted port-time system in the commerciol course. In this plon, the better pupils, with the Consent of their porents, ore ploced in the offices throughout the school system, ond thus get experience which should better quolify them for jobs ofter groduotion. Our othletes hove brought mony honors both to the school ond to themselves. In our sophomore ond senior yeors the footboll teoms coptured not only the Closs A championship, but olso the stote title. Agoin in our junior yeor the footboll teom wos presented with the Closs A title. The boseboll teom wos put in the spotlight by winning the stote chompionship in I938. The hockey teom, leogue chompion in our sophomore yeor, hos been greotly oided by the construc- tion of o hockey rink on Eldon B, Keith Field, The cross-country teom reoped its shore of glory by hurdling to the New Englond chompionship in l94O. The golf teom putted its woy to the Southeostern Mossochusetts chompionship lost I3

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