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

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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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MARSHALL (and Deputy, guns drawn, enter through swinging doors): Break it up! - What goes here anyway?” DEPUTY (quieting ED): ‘How would this look if it got in the papers? We've got to think of the record around here; MAJOR (stepping forwerd@ quietly but surely): ‘ We’z sick'n fed up'td dem lazy Fifty-Niners. I allus sez de ‘udn t make out no good nohow; - take dat lazy Baldwin feller, - or Strong. ‘N dey a'’nt got no senze of vslus 'n sich, - nilists, ‘n atheest’s, 'n whoozis whatsists ... dey gotta gO, - evy last o‘tem. CHARLIE (impetuously): and don’t forget that fire they set in the trash can last year, - or the fellow who dropved his . gym bag down four flights of stairs.” MOB: Ya, Yeh! ... DEPUTY: “Wait a minute, Charlie, we never pinned those wraps on the Fifty-Niners (smiling), even though we did try? VOICE: (from rear): Well, what about thet autographed table cloth Ronnie Grant tried to carry away from the junior prom? Whaddaya call that? MARSHALL: “A good try: . . Now look, you folks have any legitimate gripes you can bring them to me and justice will be done. But I don't think you know how much good the Fifty-Niners hawe ac- complished. (claps hands ... smoke begins to rise from large brass svitoon at left of bar. Smoke increases, forms figure, and, to the amazement of those sathered, steps forward, arms : crossed, with vindictive glance, as Larry, The Pellagra Kid, himself. At this moment, Fifty-Niners begin quietly entering through the swinging doors). “I have created a God-out- of-the-machine: LARRY: . Pardon, the History Committee created me, and I'tm out of a spitoon!:” MARSHALL: Very well, but I called you here... LARRY; The History Committee placed me here, - and I'll ave them know that this is the LAST time I enter through @ spitoon: it's wet in there, (shaking himself).

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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