Burlington High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Burlington, MA)

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Class History September 1944: The war in Europe is coming to a close but the war in Burl- ington is just beginning. Twelve meek children, now members of cur present class, entered the Union School for the first time. It is here that we became ac- quainted with General Blanchard, and it was she, who stood over us and made us eat those famous ‘Union School lunches” so that we would be in condition for the battles to come. Many were the days that we walked back and forth to the High School for movies and instructicns, as though we were taking les- sons in close order drill. Since “all work and no play, makes Johnny a dull boy,’ we decided not to let this proverb apply to us. The two events which stand out in cur minds dur- ing our early years, are the fifth grade operetta, where we danced and sang in the choir and our sixth grade outing to Johnson's Grove where we learned ‘‘the a4 correct ways to play ‘spin the bottle’. We were soon in Junior High. Here began the problems of opening lockers, having detention, being called “‘little kids’’ by the upper classmen and who could forget our memorable class meetings. It wasn't long before we reached the front lines of the battlefield. At first, we joined forces with the enemy as Freshmen where we won our first skirmish. We ran our own dances and we were able to contribute to athletic events. Our Sophomore and Freshmen campaigns were otherwise uneventful. There were two big milestones in our Junior year: class rings and our long awaited Junior Prom which we held jointly with the class of ‘55. (It was a huge success). Now as Seniors, we are ready to retire from the battlefield for we have met the enemy and they are ours. We leave all our supplies and ammunition (water pistols, paper airplanes, and sling shots) to the future senior classes with the hope that they will fill our places to the best of their ability.