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

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Shang-lo Crane, Fungus Fountain, Chip Chop Chmura, Chinese Cooley. The tennis team remained undefeated due to the valiant efforts of Confucius Shapiro. Lamb Chop Landis, and Ting Tong Tillman. Such worthy athletes as Chuch Roast Hulton, Cut Ting Scheer, Rice Patty O'Connor, Chip Chop Chmura, and Sing Sing Sims were members of Egg Foo Young's championship baseball team. BOY: Didn't they have no brains? MING FOO: Hold your thundering horses there, number one sonny boy! Many, many, many, fine scholars in fine class. At final assembly, Harvard Book Prize was awarded to Rangoon Lasky, Radcliffe Book Prize to Lilly Bud Best, and Williams Book Prize to Lamb Chop Landis. Morning Glory Brown received Third Year French Prize, while Certificates of Merit from University of Massachusetts Math Contest were presented to Lilly Bud Best, Slide-Rule Smith, Shang Haw Askinas, and So Sally Sack. BOY: I guess these kics aren't so bad after all. What else did they do? MING FOO; Many happy activities in happy junior year. Modeling kimonas and latest fashions in March Fashion Show were many happy students. Also, Pandemonium Carousel 1959, featured large amount of Junior people such as directors, Soo Zen Lysik, and Robert Gootzit, and thespians Matsu Posnick, Show Boat Shelasky, Pagoda Posnick, and Mau Mau McIntosh. At the Junior Prom, Drifting And Dreaming , dancing to sweet strains of They Try To Tell Us We're Foo Yung , the Junior Class marvelled at dazzling beauty of queen, Sal Li Heggie and her court, Shintu Mayer, Purple Passion Murray, Lilly Bud Best, and Iris Root Carabbetta. BOY; Yeah, but what happened when they finally became formidable seniors? MING FOO; Class officers remain same except one change, Tokyo Rose Taft as Member-At-Large. Most honorable advisors were Mrs. Conniff, Miss Dean,Mr. Girr,

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and When The Moon Comes Over The Pagoda , Then there was most exciting day when Matsu (the unleavened) Posnick had leading role in Celestiana , Carousel 1958. Some half-moons later, not-—so-honorable picnic was held at Look Park when most rucky, Number One Sun was shining blightly. At this tense moment in our drama, smoke begins to filter into the dark, gloo my little room and the loud patter of little feet can be heard in the corridor just outside. BOY: (who seems to have become a little smaller and a little more frightened looking) Er, Sir, what was that? MING FOO: Do not let honorable noggin spin with worry over such trivial occur- rences. It is merely Di Dubble Yu Hatch chasing Chop-Stick Anderson, who has been committing grave misdemeanor of playing with paper-wrapped tobacco. BOY: (shocked) you mean----- MING FOO; (quickly) Ah yes, most innocent frightened-looking freshman boy. You will learn. Now, we shall learn of events of Junior year in lives of formidable seniors. BOY: Ah so... . I mean Yeah. MING FOO; Class officers remain same. Most honorable advisors were Miss Dean, Mrs. Conniff, and Mr. Andrewes. In other areas of activities, many number one boys participated in top-drawer teams in field of sports. Kicking and running with football were Orin King Glass, Fungus Fountain, and Foo Cho Rubin, The basketball team also featured some outstanding juniors, Cut Ting Scheer, and Rik Shaw Callahan. Prominent members of hockey were, Shang-hi Shirley,

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and Mr. Andrewes. BOY: Who were the new teachers, Ming Foo? MING FOO; Ah, four formidable teachers added to Classical faculty, Miss Mills, Mrs. Cobb, Mr. Black, and Mr. Girr. BOY: Ah so, Yeah swell. MING FOO; But terrible misfortune occurred in Senior year, honorable Miss Stone, school secretary, retired from faculty. ‘Students showed their appreciation of her work by presenting her with beautiful bouquet of Lotus Buds. BOY; What about student activities in the senior year, Mingie? MING FOO: Ah, yes, my son, velly velly suc- cessful student teacher volley ball game pre- sented in Autumn of senior year to raise money for Senior Prom. One thing we cannot overlook, formation of two new clubs, most gracious Japanese Hebrew club and informative Spanish Club, a fine start for senior year. BOY: Japanese Hebrew Club, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha. MING FOO; Velly commendable literary awards bring much honor to class. Poetry awards presented to a ee Soo Zen Grodin and Purple Passion Murray. Honors also presented to Dragon Lilly Anop and Show Boat Shelasky for short story writing. Merit Scholarship semi-finalists and finalists were: Tokyo Rose Taft, Hung Ming Marion, Soo Zen Lysik, and Tung Lung Delizia. BOY: Seniors very good scholastically, mh, Ming Foo? But tell me about