Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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THE ENGLISH PACUELY Back row: Raymond E., Fenner, Edwin E. Smith, Harry R. Jeffrey. Front row: Teresa C. Boylan, Christine M. Sauer, Adelaide H. Brown, Sarah C. Porter. Not in picture: Robenia F. Anthony. THE LANGUAGE FACULTY Standing: Mary A. Esslinger, Isabel M. Kagwin, Edwin E. Smith, Signhild V. Gustafson, Elizabeth O. P . Lewis. Seated: Mary S. Holland, Florence Q. Smith, Mildred G. Auger, Ruth G. Shaffer. Absent from piciure: Robert W. Rosenberg.

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“Oh, Mr. Jackson, I forgot my excuse!” We bomen bee Oris Cr Like Grand Central Concourse or Lobby of Heaven Is the Classical Office — Room One Hundred Seven. Here hundreds of kids get careful attention: Their passes, their transcripts, their stretch in detention. A senior inquires for his rating in class, A mother demands that her darling must pass; A veteran with ribbons for valor in war Comes in for some English he flunked long before; And here’s a complaint of the girls’ room condition, And there’s a red-hot student petition; Teachers appear to plead for permission To rescue a boy who seems doomed to perdition; Now enters a girl with her head in the air Who wants a new deal: ‘‘Miss Black isn’t fair!’’ It’s “Oh, Mr. Jackson, I forgot my excuse!?? It’s ‘‘Can I go home! — My braces are loose.”’ It’s ‘Has anyone found my algebra text?”’ It’s ‘‘Is the principal in? May I see him next?” It’s ‘“‘When is the game?” or “‘Where is the gym?”’ It’s ‘I never can pass if I have to have him!” It’s “She kicked me out — I hadn’t done nuttin’?”’ It’s “I busted my zipper. Have you got a button?” It’s ‘‘How many scholarships are there in Yale?”’ It’s ‘Me old man ain’t home — we can’t raise the bail.”’ The wee Seventh Grader, the Senior so tall, To Room One O Seven they come one and all. And some they are sad, and some they are gay; But all, with their problems, make up quite a day. Yes, this is the Office, with counter and stool — It’s a popular spot, and the Heart of the School. BELDING JACKSON “Their passes or their stretch in detention.” 15 MARIAN HOLLAND Secretary RHEA BENNETT Tends the counter ‘It’s a popular spot, and the heart of the school.”

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ine Tits lORY FAGUE RY From left to right: Donald W. Ressler, David H. Brown, Irene Horrigan, Milton K. Corbin. THE MATHEMATICS FACULTY Back row: Dorothy Parkman, Margaret Kelley, Helen M. Flanagan. Front row: Marion C. Murphy, Leland W. Smith, Rolland R. Smith, Alma I. Bowles.