Brockton High School - Brocktonia Yearbook (Brockton, MA)

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,A -:P 1 I I ,av W ,Z 4' .' ,av A sv' 1 .-ld-A flu 1, vi f .Mdforiand Frances Connell, Alice Georgandas, Iarnes Healey, Antoinette Minerva, Margaret O'Conne11, and Edward Tarkinson poked and prodcled through volumes of class records to present the senior class with an accurate and interesting account of their years at Brockton High School. 20

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1 x fqfeaiclenf li ,xdalclredd By EUGENE NAWROCKI Superintendent Nelson, Headmaster Frellick, Assistant Head- master Montgomery, Dean Sylvester, Members of the gradu- ating class, and friends:- F or most of us, today is one of our last appearances as stu- dents of Brockton High School. lt is, for us, a very proud day. This occasion marks the culmination of three years of work and pleasure. We hope that you, our guests, will enjoy this afternoon with us and will share the satisfaction which we are deriving from this week of festivity. This is a special occasion, not only for us: it is also an important event for you, too. The understanding help which you parents have so generously given us has been an important factor in our success. Our triumph is, in this respect, yours also. Superintendent Nelson, Headmaster Frellick, and the entire faculty of the high school can feel proud of the role which they have played in our training and education. Their untiring and sympathetic efforts, their endless patience were always present when these qualities were most needed. lt is difficult to express our gratitude to them properly. Those three not-so-long years have given us all much pleasure. To those who have been athletically inclined, the high school has presented an opportunity to participate in sports, with good equipment and under excellent guidance. Doubtless, the students who have confined their athletic interest to attending the various games have enjoyed themselves also. ln our memories of our high- school days, those of us who have been interested in drama and in dancing can recall with gratification the Class Play and the school dances. Most of us have made many good friends, both with other students and with teachers. Naturally, many of these bonds will, of necessity, be loosened by the rapid changes soon to occur. Thus, although we are looking forward to the future with anticipation, we have a mixed feeling of regret for those companions whom we shall see so seldom in the coming years. We can, perhaps for the first time, realize the great benefits of a high school education. We have learned many things-the written knowledge of books, the practical knowledge in various crafts, but most of all, the fact that we have certain obligations to ourselves, our friends, and our country. This year, Brockton High School has lost two outstanding figures in its history. We of the graduating class regret deeply the death of Mr. Clinton H. Bonney, Continued on page 24 19

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Cfaaa .Mdfory No more pencils! No more books!- How often have we quoted this time- worn phrase in our carefree, younger days. For those of us who are not going to college, Iune 9th will afford the final opportunity for cursing the three R's. Seriously, as we reminisce over our three hectic years at Brockton High School, we realize with pride how actively we have participated in the traditional school affairs. On the sports parade, we proved victors in almost every field. After compiling excellent records in our sophomore and junior years, the champion senior football team climaxed a brilliant season with a second battle of the North and South, in which the Red and Black defeated Edison High of Miami in the Orange Bowl. Our junior year was a bonus one for the baseball and golf teams. The Baseball Nine sparkled as much as the proverbial diamond when they won the Eastern Massachusetts State Championship. While the golf team won the State Championship, the '49 hockey and track teams showed the stuff they were made of along with the basketball, cross-country, and tennis teams. The girls, not to be surpassed by the stronger sex, were avid participants of the intramural sports. The shining attraction of '49 was the high school band, which established for itself a name as one of the great bands of the state. Another group which became prominent during our senior year was the Galloneers, sixteen deb- onair men of song, who by their unusual interpretation and styling won the plaudits of all those who heard them. The Sarah Bernhardts and Iohn Barrymores of our class were given a chance to display their talents in the hilarious success, The Fighting Littles. We at last came into our own when as seniors, we tripped the light fantastic at the merry Forty-Niners' Frolicf' Changes occurred. At the close of 1946, Headmaster Haskins accepted a posi- tion at Westfield, and, coming in as juniors, we began our last two years under Mr. Frellick, who has proved to be an inspirational leader and friend. The resignation of E. Marion Roberts, director of athletics for the past thirty-five years, came as a surprise to all. Mr. Roberts is now planning to guide young apple trees rather than champion football teams. Brockton High School will miss this capable and gentlemanly member of our faculty. ln our senior year, our happiness was dimmed by the untimely death of Clinton Bonney, beloved head of the history department, and the deaths of Richard Obert and Iames Alden, two of our classmates. We realize full well the significance of the saying, In the midst of life, we are in death. Along with the joy and thrill of graduation, we shall momentarily be saddened at this step in our lives. We shall no longer see many of the familiar faces which have passed us so frequently in the corridors. But, looking back, we shall always consider our years at Brockton High School part of the best years of our lives. 21