Bromfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (Harvard, MA)

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E UBrom? i QLJ. Be 31.05011 SOPll0M0liES SOPHOMORE ROLL CALL Alan S. Blue .................................................................. Alan Sings Beautifully Mona C. Callaghan ...... Susan L. Campbell .......... Donald D. Daugherty Chester M. Day .............. John E. Foss ................ Laurence R. Gates ...... John W. H. Hopkins ...... Nancy A. Leet .............. Robert K. Leet ......... Phyllis M. Perry ...... Paul H. Haskell .......... Glenn R. Sawyer ..... Frank P. Sloan ........ i N Sylvia Small ............... Robert A. Stephens ....... Marcelle O. St. John Robert F. Turner ........ Paul R. White ...... Tiiu Kruus ......... ..................Mona Carols Cheerily ........Susan's faJ..Latin Classicist ............Don Delights Drescher ............Clocks Minutes Daily ...........John Earnestly Fakes .........Lazily Regards Goin's on .........John Walks Home Happily .......................Naturally A Linguist .......Rather Knightly Ctoj Lassies ...............Phyllis's Mighty Pretty .............Polite, Merry, Healthy .............Gains Rather Slowly ........Fancy Pair Cofl Shoes .....................Speaks Softly .............Round And Soft Over Sports .....................Rather Fresh Toughy ..........................Patience Rewards Willingness 'n Keen THEME SONGS Alan S. Blue ................ ............................ I Must Have Done Something Mona C. Callaghan ...... Susan L. Campbell ......... Times Sue Donald D. Daugherty ........ ......... S inging My Way Back Home Chester M. Day ............... .... ............................................. I t Isn't Fair John E. Foss ................ .................................... W hy Can't You Behave Pace Forly

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Brnmijmeld Beacon that they were well cared for. I remember particularly the lovely hollyhocks that grew so tall and brilliant by the sidewalk. It seemed that they would bloom almost every part of the year for her. She loved cats and always had one in the house to keep her company. I gave her a kitten once, and she, in turn, gave me one of the cat's kittens. Birds, too, were her friends, and she loved to sit outside and listen to the birds sing. Anyone who came to her house was always welcomed. Shc was very liberal-minded and democratic in her own way. Her convictions about life and religion were strong, but were never inflicted upon those who did not wish to listen. Her religious books were always in evidence, and she read them many times throughout the day. She practiced her religion very strongly, faithfully, and proudly. She was very generous and enjoyed giving things to people. I remem- ber when I used to go down to visit her how I tried to play the piano and how I used to wish I had a piano of my own. Well, when she moved away, she gave me her piano. This was about the most generous gesture made toward me, and I have never forgotten it. Mary Ann Poitras '51 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Someone has said that the English language is the hardest of all languages to learn. I never tried very hard to learn any of the -others, but I've been seventeen years at the English language. And am I a success at it? I am not! Now, where does it get the name - English? Don't they speak English in England? Can an Englishman understand what we're talking about? He can not! Can we understand an Englishman? Of course we can't. If we mixed red and blue and green and purple and orange together, would we get red? I don't think so. So, if we toss in English as it isspoken in England, and French and German and Spanish, do we still have English? Another thing is the spelling. The psychiatrists say that if you can't spell it's a sure sign you're not a moron. Well, that, at least, is a comfort to my mother. She knows I'm not a moron. Take the word psychiatrist . What is that ps doing there? Why won't an honest i do instead of that y ? Why not a k instead of the Bch!! I? And, when I can't spell a word, my elders and more erudite friends say, Look it up in the dictionary! Now who can look a word up in the dictionary if he can't spell it to begin with? How, for instance, can you look up psychiatrist ? Do you know what letter it begins with? I don't. I'd look under the s's . If it was a large dictionary, I'd waste a lot of valuable, to me at least, time. So, it's quite likely, I'd slam the dictionary shut and decide to use another word which I could spell. But what word can I spell? Jean Ford '51 Page Thirty-nine

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' R. V, E UI3i-om? i el.cl Beacon Laurence R. Gates ....................,..................................................... Shenanigans Paul M. Haskell ............... ...................................................... T ell Me Why John W. H. Hopkins ......... ........................ . g ........................ g ...Lost in a Dream Tiiu-eKT'Tf1s '? .'.h. ..... Li.g.,p.i.f.'IQP6wder 'Your Face With Si1TISi'rine,,, Nancy A. Leet .................... ........................................... D ime a Dozen R-obert K. Leet .............. .......................... A Cockeyed Optimist Phyllis M. Perry ........ ....... H orses! Horses! Horses IX ' ff Glenn R. Sawyer ....... ..................... M y Last Cigar K F 1 ......... 'X Sylvia Small ............... . ...................................... Little Things in Life Robert A. Stephens .................................................................... Shame on You Marcelle O. St. John .......................................................................... Dark Eyes Robert F. Turner ........................ Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning :.:. . . :. . r. Onderiniiisife WE WONDER WHY Alan Blue studies his Latin so hard. Mona Callaghan is so quiet. Susan Campbell flirts with the boys. Don Daugherty walks up t-o the center of town every day. Chet Day always argues with Mr. Driscoll in history class. John Foss studies so diligently. Larry Gates can't sit still. 6 John Hopkins likes to play baseball so much. -. 'D Tiiu Kruus only associates with the girls. Q Nancy Leet always stands in a certain hallway at noontime. M Bob Leet is so popular. l Phyllis Perry dislikes the sophomore boys and likes the junior boys. : Paul Haskell has such a good sense of humor. Glenn Sawyer likes English class. Frank Sloan always wears cowboy boots. Q Sylvia Small always has the right answers. Bob Stephens visits the bowling alleys so much. s Marcelle St. John has so many boy friends. Robert Turner is always sleepy now. Paul White likes to play basketball so much. SOPHOMORE LOCALS Ek Latin Class: Mrs. Turner: Start at chapter twenty-nine in your Caesar book and L translate as far as you can. L Chet Day: What does the first word mean '? X English Class: . Miss Brown: At what period in history does the story 'Ivanhoe' take '3 place? if Alan Blue: lt takes place during the period of shrivelry'. Cchiv- alryj fu Page Forty-one