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

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Steinberg, Joan Erickson, Martha Morgen, Narleen Eisner, Ruth Orenstein, Dolores McCullough, laine Podell, Leurie Saxon, Harvey Weisthsl, Marlene Pellett, Valerie Smith, Martha Smith, Karen Romanoff, and Ronnie Grant all lended veluable assistance. And of course Wesley Miller organized and built un the Classical Historica Collection which is now in the library. MARSHALL: “Well, I must sey... ARNESS (now awake): Doesn't anybody wanns drink?” FEMINING VOICE (eagerly): I'll have a marshmallow fluff sandwich and ea glass of vischy wat... ARNESS: = ooph! my stomach! (collapses). MARSHALL (ignoring Arness): Will vou comment, Kitty, on your im- pression of these people? KITTY (smiling): Oh, I'd be sim- ply delighted. Although Mr. Brady hes Student Government this year, I think I was most impressed by their work there. The Fifty-Niners helped organ- ize the French affiliation Club, revised the Student Government by-laws, election rules enc honor society bv- laws, and, of course, worked closely with the P.T?s A. in the Band Uniform Furd Drive. Those Fifty-Niners who served included Judith Holland, Richard Glotno, Richard Levy, Larry Pellegrini, John Durocher, Cerol Riner, Velerie Smith, Jemes Heggie, Richard Willis, Teresa DeRiso, and Troy Murray. I also think that a listing of those who were elected Student of the month is a good indication of who some of the elass' other leaders were: .Phyllis Bailev, Troy Murray, George Sakellis, ; Lerry Pellegrini, John Durocher, and Jim Heggie .. and I guess that's about all I can add.” ANNIE: “Really, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned schol- estic honors. It should be brought out that there are over forty Fifty-Niners who are consistently on the honor roll. Last year, Natelie Herman received the Radcliffe Book Prize, John Durocher, the Harvard Prize, and Yale Kablotsky, the

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DEPUTY: Five hours unless you SUUterUD vis Sa eee en MARSHALL: (to Deputy, then Lerry); Please! It is most unfortunate, Larry, and IT told the historians never to do it agein, = but they so much wanted to tell their whole story in one short vee ow tell us about the organization of the Fifty Niners. LARRY: Well, first off, our class edvisors deserve a lot of credit. Let's see, there's Mr. Hargreaves, Mr. Mulek, and Mrs. Bale. Last yesr, Mrs. Flanagan was a great help until her unfortunate illness and subsequent death. Then, in 1957, there were Mr. and Mrs. Corbin. As for officers, I'm president, Jim Heggie's vice president, Jane Thatcher's trearturer, Valerie Smith's secretary, and John Gharkoudian's member-at-large. In 1957 Judy Holland was vice president, and Ruth Orenstein was member-at-large. Otherwise, they've been ths same.” MARSHALL: “Thank you, Larry. Oh Chester, could you interrupt your performance long enough to tell us about the music clubs? CHESTER: “Yeh, sure, heh, heh. Of course I'm new here, but we have lots of fine musicians among the Fifty-Niners. Take Desmond Clinton, = don’t know what I'd have done without him. Then, Linda Chalfin and Richard Ouellette won Junior dixtension Scholarships. But the musical interest of the Fifty-Niners is best represented by their part in the Christmas and Spring Concerts, the Carousel, and three years ago, the MIKADO. VOICE: “Tell us about the upper girls’ chorus, Chester, let’s not Weemsiate on this here history! CHESTER: “Well (shyly), girls will be girls. MASTERSON: (coming forward): I'd like to put in a word for the sports; many of the Fifty-Niners were valuable to Classical as athletes: in football, Charkoudiam, Johnson, Mutcherson, Cotter and Webster; soccer, Heggie, Radding, Durocher, White, Smith, Crump, Johnson, etc.; bssketball, Levy, Sakellis, Smith, Johnson, Dragone, and Biza; hockey, Heggie, Duvall, Hallahan, and Dupont; swimming, White, Coffev, Gonzales, Kelly, Jilson, and Halpern; tennis, Halpern, Murrsgsy and Jilson; and bowling, Burati, Baker, Lavoie, and Jilson. The Cheerlsaders were Burzinski, Underhill, Howes, Kober, Dearborn, Shaw, Jennings, Britton, Smith, snd Brand. Thank you.” MARSHALL: Thenk you, Masterson. Now, Francene, could you tell us about the tibrary?” Mm.FRANCENE: “Well, Marshall, really you deserve most of the credit for the new library yourself, - it probably wouldn’t have been re-organized if it hadn't been for your interest in it. From whet I've seen, the Fifty-Niners are a pretty | fair bunch, for they helped me a lot. Leslie Williems, Linda

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Williams Prize. Moreover, Archie Strong received an award in the U. Mass. Prize Mathematics Contest. This year, Milton Benjamin, John Durocher, Margaret Erickson, Mary-Kay Gemel, Archie Strong, and Richard Willis were Merit Scholar- ship semi-finalists, while Phyllis Bailey, Harold Baldwin, James Coyle, James Fitzgerald, Rahel Gottschalk, Hichard sloth, Natalie Herman, Yale Kablotsky, and Sallv Nystadt placed high. Also, Wesley Miller won first prize in the stste science fair, and Richard Gloth won first prize in the Spenish-speaking contest at Boston. Who knows what honors will be announced tomorrow? Also, I'd like to commend both the BLJE AND WHITE, edited by Barbara Roberts and Linda Johnson, and the RECORDER, edited by Jane Thatcher, Judy Husband, Richard Willis, Genevieve Reall, and Edward Dramin, and their respective faculty advisors, Miss Teresa Boylan and Dr. Jemes Brady MeQuire, for their excellent work this year. MARSHALL: To my mind, = Thank you, Annie, - To my mind, there is no question about the quality and sincerity of the work of the FIFTY-NINERS. I think that... LARRY (interrupting): . . . Excuse me, Marshall, but you've been far too kind already. But I should like to have a concluding word or two. We have worked for the last seversl years with some of the finest and most intensely inspired teachers, de- voted to education for its own sake. Ours was the last class to know Edwin Smith, beloved and respected chairmsn of the English Department. Likewise, all admired the late Leland Smith, many years’ chairmen of the Mathematics Devartment, who died in our junior year, Mrs. Helen M. Flanagen, who died last fall, Mrs. Florence Smith, Miss Ruth Schaffer, Mr. David brown, and Miss Marston. In spite of everything, we realize the great debt which we owe Classical, - the Law’s, the Orr's the McDuffee's, the Hill's, and the Smith's, who hsve made Clas:ical the institution which she is today. This, we can never repey, - but es a token, we say Thank you. Tempora mutantur, sed montani semper liberi.” 9) Waalley Yin Mh. luce tingle o A we) Qo rei