Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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'n ky. .ff My ol, w m cyiifo 'dana A great amount of time was spent when historians Evelyn Hassan, Larena Wilbar, Iennie Pelliqrini, Lawrence Brumback, Robert Nelson, and Robert Ryder pondered over the ancient class records to compile significant information of yesteryear for the Class History. 19

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Cfan chzrifcvz For many mrles the event was heralded that Iune l3' People as far away as Skowhegan looked 1nto the sky and wondered what had happened The sresmo graph at Harvard recorded a tremor more vtolent than any 1n the memory of even the oldest professor Waves buffeted shores from the Hebrrdes to the Cape of Good Hope as the MISSISSIDDI overflowed tts banks What was 1t'? A trdal wave? An atomrc bomb? Was the world comlng to an end? Almost the Brock on H1gh class of 46 was graduatrng The f1rst peace trrne graduat1on rn frve years found servrcemen who had come back to f1n1sh therr h1gh school educat1on recervrng the1r dlplomas Other vet erans were taklng postgraduate courses prror to enterrng college and many more took advantage of the even1ng school currrcula The armed forces however d1d not corner the market on V1ClOfY that year An eclucatlonal trlp through New York and Washrngton capped a ten game unde feated season of the football eleven A thlrd consecutrve Tech Tourney tr1p cllmaxed the flne season of the basketball team The baseball nrne not to be outdone roared off to a great beglnnlng and hopes were runn1ng hlgh for an other good record Track came back 1nto the roster w1th a f1ne lookxng squad No radlcal changes were made 1n the burldlngs or ln the currlculum Wllh the exceptton of the arrangement of recesses The number of recesses was cut from four to three consequently the number of puprls per stool was 1ncreased from eleven to fourteen and one half a def1n1te 1mprovement Faculty changes however were more numerous The greatest shock of the year came when MISS Slmpson dred The whole Clly especrally students and faculty teachers MaJor Swanson returned from the South Pac1f1c to hls old posltron as d1d Seabee Harry Reuell When Mrss Lane left MISS Evelyn Roblnson became llbrarlan Mr Merrltt of the mus1c department left at the end of 45 and Mr Spencer took over Mr Sandrock came as a new phys1cal educatron teacher as Mr Sanborn took over Mr Spang s place as head of the sctence department lhe gymnasrum program deserves some rnent1on Under the guldance of Mr Saba and Mr Sandrock the bodles of the Brockton boys were transformed rnaglcally from muscle-less sacks Just capable of dragglng themselves around to muscleless sacks that were not even capable of dragglng themselves around Those puprls who were not orlgrnally 4F were qurckly made 4F as future G I s rmrtated therr ancestors by crawhng about the floor on hands and knees or by swrngrng from ropes That year the annual Iunlor Senlor Prorn was named Cuprd s Capr1ce how aptly we do not remember lt was however the socral event of the year and a great success The Senror Class Play Tons of Money played only a one nlght stand but from the receptlon 1t could have run Just short of forever The musrcal organlza trons also presented programs rncludrng a f1ne Pops even1ng wh1ch was enthus1ast1cally emoyed Although our entrre three years were only sllghtly less catastrophxc than tu multuous graduat1on nlght we already look back on them not only w1th nos talg1a but w1th real longlng for the good old days at B H S 21 I i ' ' ' . of the High School, mourned the death of one of the most beloved of Brockton's ' I I I I . - 1