Classical High School - Classic Myths Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1943 volume:

hr I I i ! CLASSIC NIYTH CLASS OF1943 WUBCESTER CLASSICAL HIGH SCHO0L ffxsf J Ty I Njf ftl ,'? XX r J Y J, , , mxvxl gf ,, ' NON NOBIS SED PATRIAE Not for Ourselves lu t for Our Country CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL HAROLD L. FENNER OUR PRINCIPAL CLASSIC MYTHS BOARD Front Row: MARCERY ANDERSON, CONSTANCE STEPHENS, MURIEL BEHGSTROM, LEANORE KAPLAN, EUNICE CLEARY. Second Row: CHARLOTTE MEYERSOHN, JOAN NICHOLS, SHIRLEY HERSOM, JEAN FREELANDER, LO1s BROWN, RUTH MEYER. ccllfn FOREWORD To the Tune of: AS TIME GOES BY Oh! please remember this Your yearbook, CLASSIC NIYTI-IS, On which you can rely To bring back golden memories As time goes by. Then when as you grow old Your yearbook you unfold And glance at times gone by, You'll find that backwards year As time goes by. Days as a freshman Innocence and light, Sophisticated sophomore Your Ais dropped out of sight, Junior year began, Then senior dignity That no one would deny. And so when you are through, We hope we've brought to you That which you cannot buy A memory of laughs and sighs As time goes by. 6537 s will fly T0 MARY M. FITZPATRICK WIIU lms 1f:Nn0wEn Us Wl'l'lI Incl: lNll0Ml'l'ABl.li Sl'lHI'l', SOUND WISDOM, ANU S'l'EAlll AST l.0YAL'l'Y Wm, 'l'lIE CLASS mf' 1913, IJI'IIJllIA'I'E 'rms VOLUENIIC ul-' Cla.v.sif- Mytlzs I-JCDNCDR PUPILS MURIEL L. BERGSTROM HOWARD H. HIATT MATHILDA L. DIRISCOLL SHIRLEY M. HERSOM DAVID A. CUTERMAN BARBARA M. LOONEY MARY C. CAMERON ELEANOR B. COHEN CYNTHIA COCHLIN RUTH E. HADDAD MARIE E. JONES ALLAN J. ROSENBERG GRACE A. KEEGAN SHIRLEY E. LOCKWOOD RUTH P. MEYER JOAN E. NICHOLS ROLAND W. URE, JR. 7'f'71'7n'0' , 9 1-Q-3017 f' Y J FACULTY CLASSICAL HIGH HAROLD L. FENNER, Principal ....... A.B., A.M., Clark WALTER E. BARNARD, Assist. Prin. A.B., Stanford, L.L.B., Northeastern School of Law MARGARET O. COOK, Secretary ....... A.B., Mt. Holyoke THERESA M. LYNCH, Clerk . . DAVID K. AREY . . ROBERT E. BODURTHA 9-63A-IJUV-N0'NNFRED J. BRENNAN . .G'..,..:L..J..C .9.T2-4--M ...c 1-m.u.Ja-Q8 SUSAN J. W. BROWN . JOHN J. CANTWELL . MATTHEW J. COUMINC ALFRED P. CRAVEDI . ROBERT S. ERICKSON . CEORGIANNA K. FISKE BERTHA M. FREELANDER MARY M. FITZPATRICK Josx-:PHINE E. HEALEY GEORGE D. HEARN . PERRY S. HOWE . GEORGE W. HOWLAND . A.B., A.M., Colby . A.B., Bowdoin . A.B., A.M., Clark, L.L.B., Northeastern School of Law A.B., Boston University . A.B., Fordham . A.B., Holy Cross . S.B., Holy Cross . A.B., Clark A.B., Wellesley . A.B., Wellesley . A.B., Wellesley . . A.B., Radcliffe, A.M., Clark . . A.B., Clark A.B., A.M., Wesleyan . . A.B., Harvard RICHARD G. MARDEN M.Ed., Boson Universityg B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute JOHN D. MCKINLEY . ELIZABETH E. PEIRCE RUTH C. PHILLIPS . MARTIN M. Posr ALLAN G. RICE . . WILLIAM A. ROURKE . FLORENCE E. RYAN . KASPER SERIJAN . NNA C. SHAUGHNESSY THEL M. SMITH . MARY A. WAITE . ARCARET M. WALSH AYMOND G. WARNER, JR. ALBERT W. WASSELL . ELIZABETH B. WATSON BESTER C. WEED . WARD A. WETMORE . SARA WI-IITIN . . GERTRUDE E. WILLIAMS RUTH G. Wooms . '1 Zf..Cc6 A.B., A.M., Harvard A.B., Boston University . A.B., Mt. Holyoke . A.B., A.M., Hamiltong A.M., Harvard . A.B., A.M., Clark . A.B., Holy Cross . State Normal Schoolg A.B., Radcliffe, Sorbonne, Paris . A.B., A.M., Clark . A.B., Radcliffe . Pratt Institute of Normal Art A.B., Smithg A.M., Clark A.B:, A.M., Radcliffe B.S., Fitchburg Normal Schoolg M.Ed., Boston University . A.B., Colhyg A.M., Tufts . A.B., Mt. Holyoke . A.B., A.M., Clark . . A.B., Brown . . Posse-Nissen School of Physical Culture . A.B., Wellesley . A.B., Wellesley CLASS OFFICERS O 'qi X. I O' mm' ,Q A K liumcm' ll:-1vl,lN Nlmuzl-zm' Awmznsow l',-f-.vllpfll I,7l-!'f'-lJl'f'Sl.1lf'llf num. Rl-zmzsmmr THOMAS O'C0NNm.L Sf-1-rpfnry Treasurer WNY QW 710 P P CLASSIC MYTHS SENIOR COMMITTEES FOR 194-3 CLASSIC MYTHS EDITORIAL BOARD Muriel Bergstrom ..... . . . . . Editor-in-Chief Margery Anderson Shirley Hersom Charlotte Meyersohn Norman Asher Marie Jones Joan Nichols Lois Brown Barbara Looney Constance Stephens Ruth Haddad Ruth Meyer CLASSIC MYTHS BUSINESS BOARD Joseph Sharry . . . Leanore Kaplan ..... Eunice Cleary Cynthia Coghlin MOTTO COMMITTEE Howard Hiatt, Ch. Grace Keegan Norman Asher Seymour Kunin Richard Green Roslyn Stone CLASS DAY COMMITTEE Charles Shaw, Ch. Elizabeth Cooney Eunice Cleary Emmet Kane Cynthia Coghlin David Reardon SOCIAL COMMITTEE Robert Horgan, Ch. Elizabeth Hall June Anderson Marilyn Lovell Richard Benson George Sundstrom RING AND PIN COMMITTEE John McCarthy, Ch. Robert Hoaglund Jean Crotty Lester Sadowsky Marie Donoghue Pauline Tait GIFT COMMITTEE Constant Machonis, Ch. Francis Pierce Robert Rollins Edmund Tivnan Lois Brown Marie Jones . . . . . Business Manager . . . Assistant Business Manager Dorothy Crathern Marie Jones Jean Freelander DEDICATION COMMITTEE Joseph O'Malley, Ch. Julius Palley Nellie Dawes Joseph Silver Frank DeMarco Constance Stephens PICTURE COMMITTEE Withold Bacauskas, Ch. John George Carolyn Carlson Donald Martineau Dorothy Donnelly Severin Stega WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE John Hunt, Ch. Robert Conlon Carol Bateman James Looney .lohn Callan .lane Zvlcil CAP AND GOWN COMMITTEE Joseph Sharry, Ch. Marion Lawless Nancy Hadley John McNamara Robert Kendall Taylor Nute PLAY COMMITTEE Arnold Chase, Ch. Charlotte Meyersohn Janice Osborne Martin Schwartz Irwin Aisenberg Jean Freelander SONG COMMITTEE David Guterman, Ch. Shirley Hersom Robert Brady Shirley Lockwood James Clifford 411: Shirley Stein BUSINESS Muulm. HIQMQSTRUM Elllllllll'-ill-ClII.P! BOARD G 4. ,lusl-:Pu Snfxxm LHANORI-I KAPIAN Business Mmzager f1ss't. Business lWal1a?aY' f W s A J , , 5 FACULTY IN SERVICE F ,.. RICHARD G. lVIARDEN WILLIAM A' ROURKE 'lr uk al' i' 'A' 'A' ALFRED P. CRAVEDI ir 'lr i' With this HV for Victory the Class of 194-3 salutes the three faculty members who are now in the service of our country. The corridors of school do not seem the same without them. We shall always remember their friendship and their help at Classicalg we shall always be grateful for their part in the fight for our freedom. THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED T0 THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1943 NOW IN SERVICE 'A' 'A' i' ALMA MATER Let service be the fountain head Of all thine inspirationg led By heroes, thy fair name we'll spread, Classical, Classical, here's to thee! 'I' 'A' i' Sidney Agulnick Army Richard T. Benson Army Donald W. Capman Merchant Marine Albert H. Carr Army Walter C. Dear Army Robert H. Hoaglund Army Emmett J. Kane Army Lester E. Kramer Army .lack R. Moore Marines Andrew Narus Navy Robert E. O'Connor Army David F. Reardon Army f Paul J. Recko Merchant Marfrisi David W. Sadick Army Richard P. Segur Army John G. Sinkavitch Army James R. Steinhilber Navy 'A' 'k 'A' CLASSIC MYTHS PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS ROBERT AHERN DEVLIN It is my privilege and pleasure, in behalf of the Class of 1943, to bid you. parents, teachers, and friends, a cordial welcome to our Class Day exercises. We wish to express our deepest appreciation to you all who have made this assembly possible, to our parents whose daily sacrifice has been put forth so that we might receive the lasting benefits of a liberal education, to our teachers, who through their unselfish effort, interest, and guidance have contributed to this cherished advantage, and to our friends in whom we have confided and from whom has come heart-warming advice. It is only fitting and proper, therefore, that you should be present here today to commemorate with us the passing of our high school days. Today, however, our country is engaged in a world conflict which seriously involves our way of living. It is our duty to preserve, at all costs, the freedoms which we possess under our democratic rule. Regardless of the war, we have the privilege and the right to exercise here, this afternoon, as all freemen do, one of the most cherished liberties of democracy - the freedom of public assembly. To be able to congregate when we wish and where we please is to be living in a free nation. We have tried hard to present a program which will prove both entertaining and enjoyable to you. We hope that in this short reminiscence of more pleasant days, you will derive a few moments of wholesome relaxation. Once again let me express our deepest appreciation for your presence here today. 41151: Jw CLASSIC MYTHS CLASS HISTORY RUTH MEYER E, , In accordance with Article I, Section 14, Paragraph 2A of the Emergency Draftee Act of Massachusetts, which states that, All per- sons between the ages of fourteen to eighteen must undergo four years of secondary train- ing at one of the approved camps located throughout the state , one hundred and eighty-six selectees entered Camp Classical on September 6, 1939, and were temporarily based at Camp North on the Salisbury Res- ervation. It was just six days after Great Britainis declaration of war on the Axis, and realizing that our turn would eventually come, the Draftee Act was passed to prepare the boys and girls for active service. After l receiving our barrack assignments, General Fenner informed us that we would be al- lowed to wear fatigue clothes three times a week, and on the remaining two, we would don uniforms for drill practice. With the exception of drill practice , which actually consisted of touching our toes ten times in a row, learning the latest army dances, and running around the drill hall, the rest of our time was spent in school. Here we learned the latest methods for solving gunnery problems in our course in azimuth and orientation talgebra to usj under Captains Couming, Wetmore and Howland, and unique ways of declining Latin verbs which would even confuse the enemy, as taught by Captains Peirce, Wormdis, and McKinley. Naturally enough the hardier soldiers volunteered for combat duty in football and basketball, the feminine soldiers for WAAC'S field hockey and basketball. Privates George Powers and Bohn Devlin were commended for showing courage in the line of duty on the football field, and the latter was also cited for exceptional accuracy in throwing hand grenades through the hoop. WAACS who showed promise of becoming stars in field hockey and basketball were Auxiliaries Shirley Hersom, Marge Anderson, Nat Fletcher, and Marilyn Lovell. Entertainment at the camp was provided by the U.S.O. Christmas presentation of Guest House, Very Exclusive , with the Class of 1943 represented by Shirley Gordon. On April first, orders were received to transfer the whole camp back to the as 16 av CLASSIC MYTHS Irving Street Reservation. Once again the Class of 1943 wandered around trying to -learn the location of the various barracks, while on furlough the soldiers' tennis team won the championship among the four Worcester camps, and the basketball quintet managed to secure second place. We began our second year with much enthusiasm for no longer were we the 'funderdogsf' Because of the crowded conditions at Camp Commerce, we received some of their soldiers. Once more our drill hall was transformed into its former self, two barracks. We did not lack exercise, however. for we engaged in a series of vigorous shaking-of-the-hands for five minutes every day. Citations of amazement were awarded to Privates Bohn Rollins and '4Bud', Sundstrom as the most energetic exercisers of Camp Classical. This year was very successful for camp athletics. The football, and the WAAC,s tennis and field hockey championships were won by Camp Classical. The second year trainees were proud to have such players as Dave,' Reardon, George Powers. 'Bob,' Horgan, Marie Jones, Margery Anderson, Shirley Hersom, and Natalie Fletcher on these teams. In March, through the co-operation of radio station WCHS the Wassell Variety Hour broadcast from the camp auditorium. Under the auspices of 4'Cliif Botway, Charlie McCarthy appeared as guest star. Other well known performers were Shirley Stein, world famous pianist, and 4'BobH Brady, Vernon Hill's gift to the world of jazz. Then, too, in May we witnessed the big U.S.O. show of 194-1, starring Nellie Dawes, Roland Ure, and one of the camp comedians, Leland Taylor. Imagine our surprise when we returned from spring furlough and found the camp in the midst of being re-decorated! Immediately the members of Captain Watsonis Poetry class held a contest to determine the best poet in the group. The results were First Prize, Mendel Kaufman, Scond Prize, Barbara Callahan, Third Prize, Eleanor Herman, Booby Prize, Gerald Teran. The winner was awarded an extra large piece of pie lany kindl from the mess hall. By our third year -we were all well trained and quite accustomed to the camp routine. We began by successfully bombing the enemy and winning the football and ice hockey championshipsi The WAAC's, not to be outdone, defeated the three other WAAC teams, and were hailed as the Inter-Camp Champions. ' One of the greatest discoveries of our four years at Camp Classical was made in -this year. Connie,' Machonis was discovered by the underclasswomen! For a time it semed as though the troops would have to be called out to preserve order. During the course of the year platoon leaders were chosen as follows: Bobs, Devlin, Master Sergeant, Margery Anderson, First Sergeant, Cynthia Coughlin, Corporal and George Powers, Private First Class. On December 8, 1941, we heard by way of radios placed in the various bar- racks, the declaration of war on Japan by Congress. From then on Camp Classical a17w CLASSIC MYTHS endeavored to do its part in national defense. The sale of war stamps was begun, and since that time has shown a decided upward trend. The present average is 8207 a week, and between March 1 to April 19 we bought S1982 worth of stamps with which we purchased two jeeps. Shortly afterward, the camp voted to discontinue classes for short periods of time while officers registered future soldiers, sugar eaters, and gasoline users. We all realized that it was our duty to relinquish the officers for this job. In March, by popular demand, the Wassell Variety Hour returned to broadcast from Camp Classical. This year again Charlie McCarthy was guest star, along with jovial Dr. I.O.U., Vitie Bacauskas in private life. Little did we realize that Private Bacauskas was destined to become a general. Other performers were Ruth Sweet and her accordian, golden-voiced Barbara Ostenkamp, and David Guterman, con- ductor of a famous two-man orchestra. The reveiw of the Class of 1943 took place on June 24, 1942, at which time Shirley Hersom and Roland Ure were awarded the Alethia and Harvard Prizes as the outstanding soldiers among the third year selectees. At last we have become the top ranking members of the camp. We returned a more serious group, as the war came closer to us. Many of the boys secured after- noon employment, and the girls devoted their spare time to Red Cross work, and service as Ward Aides at the hospitals. The season started very well as both the soldiers' football and WAAC'S field hockey teams won championships on furlough. In this our last year, something new has been addedn, the commando training course. Outstanding soldiers have already been awarded medals for action in the gymnasium. These include Private Julius Palley, who risked his life to lay under ground mines, in the sea, Private John Sullivan, who completed the running course in two minutes, twenty-five and one half seconds, Auxiliary Ruth Churchill, first WAAC to be able to chin herself, and Auxiliary Betty Hall, who was wounded when she made a three-point landing after flying over the gym horse. Their pictures appeared in the rotogravure section of a local paper. Other innovations at Camp Classical were Joe Silver's zoot suit, and the red stripe around Charlie Shaw's jeep. ln February, the following soldiers were transferred to special schools for more intensive study: Auxiliaries Rosalyn and Bernice Sirk to Communications, Private Graenem Yoife to the Photography Division, Auxiliary Lois Krintzman to the division for the study of Powder, Auxiliary Constance Stephens to the Cavalry Corps, Privates Frank DeMarco and Donald Martineau to the Chalk Gunnery School, Auxiliary Rosalyn Stone to the Signal Corps, Private Joseph Philbin to the special school for K.P. Duty, Private Jack', Hunt to Chemical Warfare, Auxiliary Eunice Cleary to the Army Male Division, and Private Joe Sharry to the Cuardhouse for extra instruction in A.W.O.L. QI8, CLASSIC MYTHS As a reward for completing the four-year course in three and one-half years, Private James Eliopulos, ,loel Goldberg, David Cuterman, Howard Hiatt, Mendel Kaufman, Lester Kramer, Seymour Kunin, Arthur Lagadinos, Joseph O,lVlalley, Allan Rosenberg, Gerald Teran, and Graenem Yoffe were sent to various camps for advanced training. Mathilda Driscoll, David Guterman, Shirley Hersom, Howard Hiatt, Barbara Looney, and Allen Rosenberg have been awarded their Wings for having worked diligently throughout their four years at Camp Classical. Our training period is now drawing to a close. Very soon the boys of our class will join the hundreds of others who are fighting for our country on land, in the air, and on the seag twenty-nine have already taken the oath of service. Of the girls, twenty will train to become nurses. When we entered Classical, the war clouds hung over Europe, as we leave, American soldiers are engaged in bitter struggle from Iceland to the Solomon lslands. We, of the Class of 194-3, enter a world of ablood, toil, tears, and sweat confident that victory shall be ours, and that the democratic way of life shall prevail. 4419n MW: Mix fb ff' :JL CLASSIC MYTHS1l3 X tc' A if if if M 'siiiii-f WA -1 W- x , . V 5 , ' I g Q ' X RIS CLASS ORATION: 'QA MODERN MADNE Sw? ' V ARNOLD DAVID CHASE QV Four years ago on entering high school, we found ourselves faced with many prob- lems. We were handicapped by the loss of our school and by the necessity of attending classes in the afternoon, but we met all these problems and solved them. Today as we enter the world we are confronted with even greater difficulties that we shall have to settle. We have heard many different plans for the post-war world, and most of them are good, - but none of them will work unless the people are equally as good. It is easy to see the type of world we are living in. ln the past fifty years there have been more inventions and discoveries brought to light than in the thousands of years before. We are today much better off materialistically than we were then, but we have not advanced in the same proportions in character. We had an industrial revolution. but we still have not had a spiritual revolution in which man will learn to live peaceably with man. In the past five decades we have built tremendous planes and boats which the ancients never dreamed of, but the planes instead of being messengers of peace are deliverers of destruction, and our boats are carriers of suspicion and hate instead of good will and friendship. ln America we shall have a surplus of doctors and engineers after the war, and those of us who are plan- ning to take up these professions should remember that our chances of doing the most benefit may not bring us the most financial return. However, where people need us, we can invest our influence and in our own humble way bring some good into the world. Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the greatest thinkers of our time, explains very well the difference between a good man and a religious man. He says that a good man is one who does things with enlightened self-interest. If it does not inconvenience himself too much, hf-'ll do his friend a favor. But a religious man is one who uses common sense and is a little bit nmadw. He illustrates this with a story. He tells about a widowed woman who is living alone in an apartment with just enough money to take care of herself. In the next apartment lives another widow with several children. This mother dies and leaves the children, homeless orphans. A good C4209 CLASSIC MYTHS person would have brought them to the proper authorities and seen that they were put in a worthy institution which the state and various charities provide for such unfortunates. But this woman was a little bit Hmadw. She took these children into her own home, and went to work scrubbing floors and doing housework in order to give them the proper kind of home life. It was not with 'fenlightened self-interest that she did this. No! She was religious. This woman is not the only religious person in the world today. Is it with enlightened self-interest that a young fellow enlists in the armed forces knowing full well he may never come back? Was it with enlightened self-interest that 'the boys who bombed Tokio volunteered? Was it with enlightened self-interestn that Colin Kelley crashed his plane into the Japanese ship, leaving a widow and a father- less child back home? All of these men are or were a little bit mad . Is it .with enlightened self-interestv that mothers give their sons? In war time these women carry all the heavy hearts of our nation. Think of all the men not accepted in the armed forces who have taken their places beside the women of the Red Cross on the far-flung battle areas of the world. It is not with uenlightened self-interest that these brave people of the Red Cross risk their lives rather than stay home in com- parative safety. We truly have a world today with millions of religious people. The object for all of us at the close of the war is to develop this constructive type of madness. We should question ourselves after the Biblical manner, Am I not my brotherls keeper? At the end of the struggle and when victory is finally won, we shall be one of the most powerful nations at the peace conference. It will be for us to use our tremendous resources of raw materials, manufactured goods, skilled labor, and food in helping the defeated and occupied countries of the world just as the woman in Neibuhr's story helped the orphans. We should not merely give some help, but we should do just as we are doing today without the enlightened self-interestw of the past. It will be for us as citizens of our country to decide: Shall we stay a little bit umadl, and help them or rather shall we follow our own immediate 'fenlightened self-interesti' and leave our selves open to a World War III? Let us, the youth of America, continue on our umadu path to victory and a lasting peace. 4212 fa- N Ui ll-,U ' CLASSICMYTHS CLASS WILL Hola:-:nr EDMUND HoneAN We, the class of 1943 of Classi-cal High School in the borough of Worcester in the heart of the Commonwealth, being still pos- sessed of our normal faculties render this our last will and testament. To the unsuspecting Freshmen we leave our undying sympathy for the four years ahead of them. To the pompous Sophomores we leave a smile and a prayer. The smile is for what they think they are and the prayer is for what they really are. To the Juniors our hearty congratula- tions pour forth for they are presently to as- sume the title of f'Seniors', and thus ascend to that lofty pinnacle which we shall soon surrender. We further bequeath: To anyone who wishes to become more familiar with his or her homework, pcrmancnt membership in that famous club which meets daily at 1:30 P.M. in Room 4. To those who find their classes boring we leave a recording of ,lohn Butleris argutncnl on Andrew Laskaii. Hob Rollins pipe will be left to anyone who can prove he has the price of a can of tobacco. To those who admire Harlenfs conception of a IIlil!llS attire we leave a picture of Marty Swartfs mot suit which can be conveniently hung in any part of the asscmbly hall if so desired. The gum chewer's club of Classical will be dearly remembered by its most famous member, Bud Sundstrom. Those students who are puzzled with the problem of using their spare time can remember ,Ioan Nichols and her books and be greatly enlightened. lint those who have other ideas about the useful art of studying can always recall llayc Reardon and John lVlcCarthy and pick up a cue stick. Those stricken with the malady of melancholy can always reminisce, and Marge Andcrsonis cheery smile will appear. Any pupil who fears the orations of Cicero too difficult to comprehend may apply to james Clifford personally and chances are for a small rate he will lend you his pony . Linc Tivnan has left. but his simple guide book of Wza1'e Prattis is always avail- able and as a special gesture we have left a few copies with the secretary of the Radiator Club . Bill Hair. 44229: CLASSIC MYTHS To the Debating Society we leave the lasting memory of Arnold Chase without whom the group will never be the same. With the passing of Jean Crotty and Eunice Cleary we leave the red-head ad- mirers of old C.H.S. pretty flat. Charley Shaw is leaving and so Irving Street will no longer be littered with a contraption that some ignorant people call a car but which was actually the father of the present time jeep . The space which it formerly took is left to Paul Degnan's beautiful and powerful station wagon . A box of anacin is left to a certain instructor to be used after each session with the future Chester Kaminski type and if this treatment is not satisfactory we have reserved a suite of rooms at a certain Belmont Street rest home. Lester Sadowsky's four year sentence is up in June-so a certain someone will have to find another escort mornings-therefore a select group investigating this problem have suggested that the diminutive Bill Wall take over. A pamphlet edited by Brad Gibbs on the Duties of an Air Raid Warden can be obtained by any Classicalite in the future, for he has at last permitted the distribu- tion of these precious leaflets and according to him copies will be widely circulated by the end of the summer. To the followers of Joe Sharry we leave a carton of Old Colds and a dozen packages of peppermint life savers. The cigarettes are to be used either immedi- ately before school or right after school and the life savers are to be used either to deceive the teachers or to fool the parents. Taylor Nute leaves to would-be flyers taking the aeronautics course his parallel rule, his notebook and his own theory on how such a class should be run. Joe Philbin is departing after all these years, and to Classical we leave the quietness that should follow. In the future the art department will have to find a new incentive for the course - for Shirley Lockwood is a member of our senior class. - we suggest the love of art. To up-and-coming candle-pin artists we leave as an inspiration those two ex- ceptional past masters of the age-old art, ,lim Looney and ,lack Hunt. Those who will miss Lois Krintzman's weekly report on the latest happenings in New York will be relieved to know that Sylvia Weinstock has consented to relay Krintzman's New York lowdown to the waiting gossip mongers of this school for next year. To future joke merchants, like a certain Withhold Bacauskas, we warn that ham is rationed just like all other meat and should be used sparingly. Now that the individual things have been dispensed we bequeath the books with which we toiled for four years to anyone who wishes to fill vacant spaces in dusty nooks. To potential supermen we leave our gym class and to future doctors, dentists, surgeons and dieticians we commend the health class. And now on this 21st day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three we the class of '43 submit this document signed and sealed. We name as executors J. C. Doublecross and Hubert Hewill. Witness-A. Snodgrass. Signed- Robert Horgan-Testator. 4:2312 Q ,I y c .sic Mvrns MJF DAVID GUTERMAN U- 5 ' Q 12110516 ASH N r CARVER-SYMBOL OF FAITH Vs P if B N J V George Washington Carver was born on Y- a date that we cannot do more than guess at. We think that the date was some time in l864-3 we know that the place was Diamond Grove, Missouri. When a child he was kid- napped with his mother by bushwhackers and sold into slavery in Arkansas in exchange for a race horse. He was soon an orphan - a sickly one - and the bare needs of life drove him from place to place through the South. He painted, he did the work of a maid, but in his spare time he worked with soil, doing ingenious things with it. He was nearly twenty before he had learned to read or to write, and at that age he attempted to gain admission to a Minnesota college. He was accepted, but returned home because the school refused to admit him when it saw the color of his skin. The negro finally gained admission to Iowa State College and met his expenses by cooking, by keeping house, and by ironing petticoats. When he was thirty, he was graduated and went to Alabama, where he built a simple laboratory. His beakers were sawed-off fruit jars, and his crucibles cracked china bowls. ln H596 he became a teacher of agricultural subjects at Tuskegee Institute. There his creative genius started to show itself. The list of bare facts will show that Carver took the simple peanut and extracted from it one hundred sixty productsg that cheeses, soaps, flours, inks, medicinal oils, washable dyes, a coffee, and a vanishing cream are some of them. The list will further show that from the sweet potato he made one hundred eighteen products and that some of those were shoe polish, tapioca, and imitation rubber, that his progressiveness saved the South from agricultural and economic starvationg that his work with the peanut alone netted that industry an annual business of S200,000,000. Other men have overcome adverse conditions imposed by ridicule, poverty, and discrimination, and have been able to transfer themselves from the failure side of Life's ledger to the success side. Carver is great, not only because he made up eco- nomic, intellectual, and racial deficits, but also because he became a phenomenally successful person. After he had spent much of his life merely overcoming handicaps, he accomplished things that geniuses. favored by fate have not accomplished. 124, CLASSIC MYTHS o Despite the fact that he had suffered harsh days, when he finally won recog- nition, Carver did not become greedy, conceited or revengeful. In fact, his modesty brings to mind a Horatio Alger hero. Carver did not claim that it was Carver who had done great things, but explained that the work came about because he and God were in partnership, that when he had an inspiration, he went into the labora- tory and God told him what to do. In the face of what it helped accomplish, we can hardly laugh at that philosophy. What it is important to know about Carver is not the miraculous things he did with a sweet potato or a peanut, but how he did what he did with his life. When discouragements came, he was able to overcome them. But why? Why did he not give up before he reached success? Vifhy, when he looked at himself, did he not say, I have tried to get education, but I have failed, I am a Negro, I can neither read nor write, I am poor, I shall probably not be appreciated . Why did he not begin to think that, in the light of years of failures, perhaps, even if success came, it would be so small as not to be worth the struggle. And if he ever really did wonder about the possibilities of things, why eventually did he regain the motive force to carry him on? The answer that will probably satisfy best is faith . A man cannot cheat about faith. Either he has it in the marrow of his bones, or, in a crisis, when he is dis- tracted and in sorrow, there is no conviction to support him. Without complete certainty, there is no real assurance. Carver did not cheatg he had a faith. Whether his faith was in Cod, in himself or in his creations - or in a combination of these - it was genuine enough to drive him on to greatness. Carver's life has importance today, because this is a time of especial disap- pointment, discouragement, even desperation, and his success in surmounting obstruc- tions probably greater than any we shall ever have to face could well suggest practical applications to our own lives. A certainty in ourselves, a stubbornness guided by reason, can carry us through life better than any single material advantage. Ultimately, how- ever, manis faiths - in himself, in his works - must stem from a faith in the Divine. The waves of creation from George Washington Carveris remarkable brain were stilled on .lanuary 5th of this year. The man was mortal, but his ideas are immortal. The life of the homely Negro is a primer for living fitted to accompany the educa- tion of experience far better than the utterances of such persons as myself. Carver is one of History's many great men. Yet all the men of his type had a faith like his. It will be well to watch the people in whom we find such a faith. It would be better to try to cultivate it in ourselves. 412517 F . A J. 1 I in Lifnllv A P n N . . 1 it , 7 I fl bbf.kl,rx X , A r' ,D ,x i I M ciAssu:MYTHs li T I . . X . yi ..f f J I w' , ffl, ' THE BUGLES BLOW - '61 - '98 - '17 I ' 'V . SHIRLEY HI-:asoM b. Today at Classical High School in the l midst of camouflage courses, gym work spe- cialized to meet war demands, and the latest returns from Stamp sales, one can hardly help being war-conscious, but, as I reflected that this is the fourth war inthe history of Class- ical, I found myself wondering whether the students in past years were as greatly af- fected as we have been this year. Accord- ingly, I thought that it would be interesting and worth our while to find out just what part Classical students did play. Twelve years after Classical High School was founded in 1848, this nation, supposedly united, was engaged in a bitter civil war. At first the over-confident people of the North little realized how heart-breaking the next A five years were to be, and, until their armies were defeated in several important battles, they looked upon the Southern secession with much scorn and little fear. In the records of The Thesaurus , the high school paper, published in 1860, the younger generation also refiected this derisive disregard for the earnestness of the South by proclaiming South Carolina and the other rebel states actors in a per- formance which, in their words, promised much amusement, if not excitement, to the northern spectators. As the war dragged on and the needs of the soldiers and their families increased, however, the young people raised a flag on the high school building and devoted themselves to the preservation of the Union. The Worcester High School Soldiers' Aid Society was formed to encourage humanity and patriotism at home. The young ladies in this organization gave two afternoons a week to making hospital gowns, slippers, socks, and handkerchiefs. Large quantities of food were collected and forwarded to wounded soldiers. It was amusing and rather touching to find that one little girl, whose eager sympathy outran her judgment, sent a dried apple as her contribution. Not forgetting the cause of education, the students also collected two hundred books for the use of the Confederate prisoners with the sincere hope of, as they ex- pressed it, spreading light and knowledge in the benighted region of Dixie. As in the war today, people became aware that the physically sound were best fitted to serve their country, and constant emphasis was placed on the imperative need of regular exercise. In order to appreciate existing conditions, we are asked by The Thesaurus to enter any of our public schools, see the pale faces, the at- tenuated forms, mark the physical inactivity, the lifelessness, hear the soft murmurs, the feeble, hollow voice of most of the young ladies and many of the boys , which would seem to some of us quite different from the youth of today. Yet Classical's greatest contribution to the war effort was not the devoting of labor, money, and time, but the giving of her own flesh and blood. At the battle of Ball's Bluff alone, on October 21, 1861, eight young men who were students in the high school perished. Among these brave soldiers was J. Willie Grout whose noble deeds have been immortalized in the poem, The Vacant Chair , by Henry S. Washburn, Esquire. 0:26, CLASSIC MYTHS Some thirty-three years after Classicalis sons first stained the battlefields with their blood in the Civil War, on May 3, 1898, the no-school bells were rung while teachers and pupils assembled to watch the parade of soldiers leaving for the Spanish- American War. Although this conflict came at the end of the school year and was short-lived, Classical again showed her patriotic spirit. At the next meeting after the declaration of war against Spain, the Aletheia Club, the girls, debating assembly, appropriated five dollars to the 6'Soldiers' Relief Society . Physical training was once more encouraged, but few of the participants in today7s gym courses would agree with The High School Sentinel , the school paper of 1898, that uthe strain is not spasmodic and unequal, but gentle and evenf, Still the boys of the last century must have been in good form, for they also organized military drill. Although the students training so energetically were not called, many fine lads of Classical High School did volunteer, some of whom never returned. Undoubtedly the outstanding soldier was Lt. Edmund C. Benchley, who, while carrying orders across a river under heavy artillery fire, was instantly killed. Senator Hoar himself, during the funeral services at the First Universalist Church, paid tribute to him and declared that the children of the school where he was educated will learn the lesson of patriotism from his silent, yet ever-speaking marble lips far better than from the lips of any living teacher. With just enough time in between wars to raise another generation, Classical students were given an opportunity to show how well they had learned the lesson of Lt. Benchley's patriotism when we entered the First World War. The details of student activities as given in the Aftermaths of 1917 and 1918, the year books, clearly prove that history repeats itself, for much the same efforts are taking place at Classical in 1943. During the Liberty Loan drives, six hundred dollars in bonds was sold, while thrift and war savings stamps were eagerly purchased in home rooms every week. In 1917 a Red Cross Auxiliary was organized. Many of the girls gave up their Friday afternoons and came back to school to sew, to knit, and to make surgical dressings. In addition, each girl devoted one study period each week to Red Cross work. The boys also aided, those who had taken manual training made checker-boards and puzzles, while others helped at Red Cross headquarters with such heavy work as packing. During a three-week period, eleven hundred books were collected at Classical alone and shipped to hospitals and camps. On one Saturday tag day, the girls raised nearly seven hundred dollars for the families of sailors and soldiers. When, late in December, 1917, an explosion in the harbor destroyed the north end of Halifax with great loss of life, money was collected in the home- rooms for the suffering survivors. Towards the end of the school year, because of the high prices and scarcity of food, the senior class decided to sacrifice the traditional banquet. The stylish girls proved how unselfish they were by limiting their very special graduation wardrobe to one new dress. The senior class crowed its services by dedicating the After- math of 1919 to the ten graduates of Classical who lost their lives. Special honor goes to Jimmie McGourty, a member of the Class of 1917, who held the rank of machinist's mate. Although his ship had been badly damaged by a torpedo, the engines continued to run, and the rocking motion made launching of lifeboats im- possible. When the Captain called for a volunteer to turn off the engines, Jimmie McGourty promptly responded, though he knew it meant certain death in the scald- ing steam below. He was never seen again, but his bravery saved the lives of the other men. Perhaps the Civil War, the War of '98, and even the First World War seem very far off to us of today, but the young men like Lt. Benchley and Jimmie McGourty, who died that others might live, were also eighteen year old seniors at one time. The same fighting spirit that prevailed in past conflicts is still present at Classical. By their contributions of money, labor, and blood, Classical High School alumni have shown and the Class of '43 will continue to show that service really is the fountainhead of all their inspiration. 44 D7 CLASSIC MYTHS THE BUGLES BLOW - 1941 BARBARA LooNEY Long before December 7, 1941, America felt the emotional impact of world catas- trophe. We read with horror of the bomb- ing of historic London, we felt the utter de- spair of Dunkirk, we thrilled to the exploits of the R.A.F. Some of us tried desperately to keep our country off on another planet, untouched by the hopeless fear then clutch- ing the rest of the world, others of us, real- . izing that the battle going on was our war as much as anyone else's, left all peaceful pursuits - jobs, schools, and homes - to become a member of some military unit. But pre-war enlistments were comparatively few. lt was very easy to say, War can never touch the United States , and go smugly about our accustomed tasks. Then came the day of the great awakening when even the l most rabid isolationist was forced to change his ideas. All over America attitudes changed, and ours at Classical were no exception. We learned to walk to school and leave the family car in the garage, to be grateful for even a few inches of standing room in a crowded bus, to treasure a Number Seventeen coupon, to spend spare pennies, nickels, and dimes on war stamps instead of sodas, to speak glibly of Guadalcanal, Luzon, Kiska, Dakar, and Casablanca. The list of names called in the selective service appeared with increasing frequency, and every list contained some familiar name. Boys who used to be just Joe or Bill ac- quired formal titles, private, sergeant, lieutenant, ensign, captain, or major. What the well dressed man wore was Army khaki, Marine green, or Navy blue. But the work in this new kind of war was not limited to young men. We learned that this was not merely a war of soldiers, and sailors, and marines, but a war of all the people. This meant young America, too, for young America has the biggest stake of all in victory, the world that the young people of America make is the world they will inherit. To help in this vast undertaking, the United States Treasury De- partment and the United States Oflice of Education initiated a gigantic Schools at War program. The chief responsibilities of the student-citizens were three: namely, to save, to serve, and to conserve. Many girls began First Aid training, spent long hours working in the Red Cross canteen, became Ward Aides in the overtaxed hos- pitals, and took Red Cross courses in Accident Prevention, Nutrition, and Home 4128s CLASSIC MYTHS Nursing. Others knitted countless articles for the men in the armed services, as well as for government hospitals, and community institutions. Being in the coastal area, Worcester immediately became a center of Civilian Defense activities. In this phase of war work many Classical students found an important place. We became air-raid wardens, plane spotters, air-raid messengers, victory gardeners, and salvage collectors. We started a War Savings program and set aside one day each week for the purchase of War Savings stamps and bonds. We collected books for the service men, donated blood to the Red Cross bank, and, perhaps most important, entered defense indus- tries. Meanwhile the teachers devoted long hours to the arduous. task of registering the men of all ages for the Government Selective Service Act, and consumers for the sugar, gasoline, fuel oil, and food rationing. The high school teacher, along with the high school student, became an important part of the battle plan, and each fully realized his responsible position. Every individual student felt the effect of new conditions, but the war changed many aspects of Classical as an institution. ln April 1943, more than four hundred Classical graduates and students were already in the armed forces, and, of this num- ber, ten were listed as Hmissing in actionn. Vacant spaces were left not only by students but by faculty members who had answered the call to the colors. - Mr. Cravedi, Mr. Marden, and Mr. Rourke. ln many students the former somewhat lackadaisical attitude toward school and study was replaced by a businesslike man- ner and a desire to become useful and skillful in some line of work. Plans for col- lege, which until now had more or less dictated our choice of subjects, had to be postponed or abandoned, and fields of study changed. To meet new needs and to prepare pupils for possible war-time roles after graduation, Classical added to its curriculum such subjects as camouflage and Latin American history. A special emphasis was placed on mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and the following sem- ester found a decided increase in the number of students taking these difficult sub- jcts. A course in aeronautics was added to the list of electives available so that the boys might realize the fundamentals which the Army and Navy were stressing. Such subjects as history, and problems of democracy were enlarged in scope to show the areas of the world affected by the war, and to delineate the daily progress of troops engaged in the conflict. At the specific request of the United States government, we stretched our precious school time to include an extensive program for the develop- ment of physical fitness. This new course was required of all junior and senior boys, and of second-half junior and senior girls, with swimming an additional require- ment for the boys. Furthermore, twice a week seniors were obliged to attend health classes conducted by the gym teachers. The most essential thing that we of the present generation must have is faith. At the close of the first eighteen months of this scond world war, it may be truly said that the spirit of Classical has been tried and not found wanting. 429s 1 . iw CLASSIC MYTHS JEFFERSON - MODEL FOR OUR POST-WAR WORLD HOWARD H. HIATT rr ' I It is perhaps significant that 1943 should mark the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, one of the finest thinkers and greatest leaders that America has ever produced. We are today confronted with the task of proving to the people of Axis- dominated countries the superiority of gov- ernment based on the principles which Jef- ferson declared essential to a true democracy. These principles are embodied in the epitaph which he left behind, and which may be found on his tombstone at his beloved Monticello: Here was Buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia That he was twice President of the United States, Vice-president, Secretary of State, Member of Congress, Governor of Virginia, and Minister to France he did not consider important enough to be remembered by the world. The only heritage he wished to leave to future generations was faith in democratic institutions. His desire to be remembered as the author of the Declaration of Independence arose from his burning devotion to liberty.i His interpretation of government as an instrument for restraining men from injuring each other takes on new meaning in a world in which some governments control almost every detail of the lives of their citizens. To those few among us who still feel that war is too terrible a price to pay to rid the world of dictatorships, those oft-quoted words of Jefferson, inscribed on the magnificent new Jefferson Memorial in Washington must stand out as a remonstrance: I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of manf, He did not consider the condition of the Negro an exception, and con- sequently he strove to bring about the emancipation of slaves without disrupting the Union. Jefferson refused to believe that Americans could continue to enjoy the fruits of liberty, while in their midst human beings groveled under the lash of the overseer. We might do well to remember his words, for in spite of our noble plans to free the peoples of enslaved nations, millions of British subjects in India, millions of Dutch subjects in the East Indies, - yes, even many American citizens in Puerto Rico today live in virtual servitude. These peoples must be freed from tyranny before we can expect our enemies to place any reliance in our statements of the principles of de- mocracy - those very principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence. a30n CLASSIC MYTHS ,leifersonis recognition of religious freedom as necessary for a true democracy probably made him more enemies than any other of his many deep convictions. It was he who dared to demand the separation of church from state, a condition which even today has not been fully realized. Here, again, is a doctrine of Jefferson's which is a major issue in this war, for among our enemies all semblance of religious freedom has disappeared. The Japanese regard their ruler as the Deity, while the Nazi demand that only the state itself be the object of worship. It is interesting to note that both these attitudes, as is the case with so many other practises of the dicta- torships, may be traced directly to pagan origins. During his lifetime Jeiferson's view was generally considered heresy. But he maintained that religion, if it was fundamentally sound, did not need the support of government, but could stand by itself. His sentiments were later aptly expressed by another great American, William Cullen Bryant, in his stirring poem, The Battlefieldv: Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers, But error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippersf, ,leHerson's third great bequest was his faith in education. Before people could be entrusted with the liberty that was rightfully theirs, he said, they must first be taught to use it wisely. This lesson should be of prime importance in our post-war policies, for the German Storm Trooper of today is going to be even more unwilling to accept freedom than was his father of two decades ago. The cause of Hitler's rise to power was stated by this great democrat one hundred and fifty years in advance, when he asserted that even democracies have defects, and that unless we exercise great caution, these may be exploited by the unscrupulous. As he phrased it, In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover. Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. x31x CLASSIC MYTHS T H E S E N I 0 R S To the Tune of: THIS IS THE ARMY This is the Class of '43 Not quite so handsome as should be. We've had some worries to crease But our pictures are all taken now. our brows, These are the boys of '43, Loud clothes fit this gang to a T , They drove jalopies in days before, But they don't drive them much any more! These are the girls of '43, No nylons, formals, bobbie pins have they, But the 're the Red Cross knitters, the Nurses' Y All out for victory -- these patriotic maids! Now that the shock of proofs has eased Whether our friends are sad or pleased, Let there be no doubts nor haunting fears, We won't repeat this for many long years! 1132 xv Aides SIDNEY AGULNICK Sidney is one of those rare in- dividuals who laugh at all your jokes. Consequently a perpetual stream of merriment flowed from his corner of Room 5. He was also musically inclined. since he played thc clarinet for hoth Or- chestra B and the Band. With the latter he made trips to con- certs in Wellesley. Plymouth. and Lawrence. Sidney left us in ,lan- uary to work in the Independent Electro Plating Co. From there he plans to enter the Army. IRWIN AISENBERG Although he appears to he very quiet. lrwin has demonstrated his unusual ahility in speaking hy his memhership and service as Treasurer in the C.H.S.D.A. He was also an active memher of the Senior Play Committee. the Bomh Squad. and the Pythagorean liluh. where he was elected Sec- ond Vice-President. Next year he intends to study chemical engin- eering. RICHARD ANDERSON Seemingly another quiet member of our class. Dick surprised us hy the noise he created with the drums in the Band for three years. We know he plays well, however, since he was a memher of the All- lligh Orchestra in his junior and senior years. Pursuing his fav- orite suhjects, chemistry and mathematics. Richard hopes to study chemical engineering at Notre Dame. ,JUNE ANDERSON ,J One of the highlights of Alumni D y in 1941 was June's excellent iiiurtrayal of the attractive hotel cl -rk in the Christmas play. Be- sides taking active part in the Green Room Cluh, she found time to he a memher of the Tennis Squad. the Senior Social Com- mittee, the Agassiz Cluh. and the Student Council. ln the future she plans to ht-come a secretary. MARGERY ANDERSON Ilndouhtedly one of the most ac- tive and most popular memlters of the class is our l7.A.R. representa- tive. Marge. Her unusually long list of accomplishments. which in- cludes service as Vice-President of our class and as Secretary of the Student Council. and memhership on hoth the Argus and Classic lllvllis hoards, is particlllarly spec- tacular in that she is a three-letter athlete in school sports. This year she was Captain of the Baskethall Team and Co-Captain of the Hockey Team. She hopes to enter William Smith College in the fall. up JANE ANDREOPOULOS Clear evidence of ,lane's extraor- dinary talent in Art is the iuunher of heautiful posters she made for the senior plays and for the ,lunior Red Cross. Her gay cover designs for the Argus, especially last Decemhr-r's. were eagerly awaited and greatly admired. lt is not surprising to hear that she will attend the School of Art at the Worcester Art Museum. DONALD ASHER In his sophomore and junior years Donald took time out to join the Tennis Team and the C.ll.5.D.A., hilt at all other times his interest has centered around the piano and his Collection of records. Ilis hoh- hy apparently pays, for he plays the piano for various dance or- chestras. Next year he will devote his attention to engineering at NOR A ASHE 6 To appreciate Norman's famous sense of humor one has only to read his rollicking contributions to the Argus. or to watch him go through his antics with the Cheer- ing Squad. which he helped to or- ganize. His cheerful disposition often entertained his fellow mem- hers of the Classic illytlis Board, the C.I'l.S.lJ.A.. the Green Room Cluh. and the Senior Motto Com- mittee. lle plans to continue his studies at either Yale or Cornell. VITIE BABONAS Aviation seems to he the watch- word in Vitie's life. for when he isn't drawing or huildiug model airplanes, he is most likely read- ing a hook or magazine ahout them. We wonder whether even his joining the Pythagorean Cluh this year wasn't closely connected with a desire to discuss mathe- matics for his aeronautical en- gineering course. which he intends to study next year. if his draft hoard approves. THEODORE BAGDIKIAN Another music-lover of the class, Theodore sang haritone in the Clee Cluh. and liked to play the piano in his sparc time. Ile holds a responsihle part in the war ef- fort as a memher of the Massa- chusetts State Guard. hesides do- ing guard duty in air raid prac- tices. Soon his contrihulion will he even greater, hecause. after graduation, he will enter the Merchant Marine. 01 J CAROL RA'l'I'1MAN s her contrihution to tlu- war ef- fort Carol has heen performing the vital tasks of a Ward Aide at City Ilospital. At school this year she was Vice-President of the Agassi! Clulv. and a mcmhcr of the Ilistory Cluh. She also helped to organize thc Classical Girl He- servcs at thc Y,W.C.A. Carol in- tends to go on to collcge. prel- erahly Mount Ilolyokc. RICIIARD BENSON We shall always rcmcmlier Ilick as the hoy who entered Classical. a pigmy. and left. a giant. In his junior and senior years his good lvuild made him a decided asset in two vigorous spo.ts. foothall, where he played right tackle. and hockey, where his position was defense. We have all missed Ilick very much since that day in .lan- nary when he entered the l nited States Army Air Corps. MURIEI. RERGSTROM I'rctty and popular Nluriel was very active in school affairs. Slu- was President of Alethcia. Co- Ifditor of the Argus. Vicc-I'resi- dent of the Student Council. Sec- retary of the scnior class. and a memlner of the Agassi! Cluh. A Ifirst Ilonor pupil. she played class lxaskctliall for I5 years and was on the Varsity during her junior year. As a senior she was lfditor of thc fflrissic ,-llyfhx Iloard. Classical's representative to the Intcr-Iligh Red Cross Council. and a Student Council- lor. Next fall Muriel will entcr coll:-gf' and major in linglish. LOIS ll Ii'l I' 'RLEY ler 'il' a s will rcinemlici' .rt y and wi ling to help somc- -. 'i nate her a wonder in her favorite pastime, taking marc of and entertaining children. ller work left her little I ne for extra-curricular activity, who was always 1 4 Illls qikilty I I Vxglffffit as a freshman she was a guard I tn thc Ilasketlmall Squad. llpon graduation she plans to take a secretarial coursc at a junior college. t1I.II-'FORD RIITWAY Few of us will forget the uproar caused hy Clilford's realistic im- itation of Charlie NlcCarthy in the Mock Radio Show. Along with his aliility to act we must also place his scnse of leadership. for he was President of three or- ganizations. the Agassiz Cluh. the Grccn Room tllnln, and il1et1.II.S. ILA. Next year lu- plans to further his studies at llarvard. vnuzinm noumv 'f Though a littlc girl in size. Vir-O ginia was great in her interests and activity. She was a drum YZ majorette in the Rand. a memher 4 of the Ilistory Clulv, Secretary of the Agassiz Cluh. and a memher E of the Girl Reserves Tiger Club. As Ginny's plans lie in the direc- - tion of the husiness world. in the very near future. some poor ex- ecutive's hcart will he gladdened when she achieves her amhition and hecomes a private secretary. GEORGE BROUGIITON A former student at Brookfield Iligh. George considers trigonom- etry and aeronautics as his fav- orite suhjects. llc was a member of Nr. lIearn's Ilomh Squad. hut. as he was employed hy the Nor- ton Grinding Company. his spare time was very much limited. and hc was unahle to participate ac- tively in school affairs. George was Assistant Scoulmaster of the local troop at Brookfield. and finds his greatest enjoyment in the interests of his liohlvy. photog- raphy. LOIS RROW'N Good-natured and carefree are, ls' indeed. two adjectives which fit Lois to perfection. Iler jovial manner makes her a pleasantrnvyf, addition to any gathering. and hcr friendly attitude has won for X X' 't hcr many new acquaintances. Lois was a memhcr of the Ilistory. Agassiz. Green Room. and Girls ' Glec Cluhs. proving that her in- terests are many and varied. She was a memher of the Student Council for two years, and also 3 mcmlver of hoth the Classic .llyths Iloard. and the Senior Gift Com- mittee. A real girl like Lois can not help succeeding at Wellesley. .IOIIN BlVl'I.ER .lohn has not liccn among ns long, since he attended North for his first thrce years of high school. yet he has made himself a well- known and much-liked figure at Classical. An avid sports fan. his lusty cheer is as certain to he at cvery Classical game as is the team. A firm hcliever in the good old days. john is particu- larly prominent in the Yernon llill section. where he is olten scen jogging aliout in a horse- drawn carriage. llpon graduation. john plans Io join the Marines. TNQ.:- A, 'N NN. JOHN CALLAN Because he has heen one of tho select memhers of Mr. Hearn's capahlc Bomh Squad. ,lohn's fav- oritc suliject is. consequently. chemistry. An enthusiastic sports- man. he spends his leisure time playing hasehall or Iiaskethall. or swimming. whichever the season permits. In his senior ycar. ,Iohn was chosen a member of the Senior Ways and Means Commit- tee. llpon graduation. he hopes to cnter the service of his country. either hy means of the Navy or the Coast Guard. I n- 4 4, ' . . ffl fl 'f f -A A - F , ,f ' 4 .' v r .Y gt -'.. . . K I, . K . , 1 3, MARY CAMERON ' , Fond of sports, Mary has been prominent in Classical athletics. She was on the basketball squad for two years, and played three years of field hockey. ln addition, Mary has won Second Honors, a scholastic record upon which she may look back with a great deal of satisfaction. She has been an active member of the History Club as well as of Aletheia, and has been a loyal and enthusiastic supporter of all school activities. Mary has chosen to further her education at Massachusetts State College. ALBERT CARR We haven't seen Al around this past half-year. for he completed his high school course in Febru- ary, and then. immediately, an- swered the call of his draft board. A brilliant student while at Class- ical. he particularly liked the study of mathematics. He was a member of the Stamp Club. and was well-known as an authority on rifles. having won more than one honor as an expert marksman. Without a doubt. the class of '43 will he proud of Al in days to come, for. after completing his basic training in the Army, he was assigned to enter Officer Candidate School. ARNOLD CHASE A very busy person was Arnie, who was Vice-President of the Creen Room Club, Chairman of the Membership Committee of the C.H.S.D.A.. Chairman of the Senior Play Committee, and Class Orator. lle was one of the or- ganizers of the cheer leading squad for the football games. and was a member of the C.H.S.D.A. debating team. He is interested in furthering his education at Yale. and plans to enter that uni- versity next term. RUTH CHURCHILL Ambitious Ruth was unable to take an active part in school ac- tivities, since her afternoons were occupied by outside work, but she still found time for her various interests and hobbies. She was a member of the Junior Red Cross Knitting Club, an active member of the Camp Fire Girls, and a school cafeteria worker. When not busy with other work. she spends ber time reading and draw- ing. Ruth's ambition is to be- come a Navy Nurse.and to achieve that ambition, she will enter Hahnemann Hospital. Eunic is one of the best known girls Classi l She wa a Stude Cou ' r hroughou ter three a d a f years 'ss- ical. a d ' her ophq r held ce of S cr a '. She was o 1' of the energwt' embers of the cheer leading s nad, was a Red Cross Representat've, and in her senior year was chosen Class Marshal. EUNICE CLEARY CYNTHIA COCHLIN This popular miss will long be rc- membered by her fellow class- mates as a young lady with an impeccable taste for clothes, and justly so, for throughout her years at Classical. she always looked as if she had just stepped from the pages of the latest issue of Mrzdcnioisellc. She was Secre- tary of the junior class. an active member of Aletheia. and a mem- ber of the Senior Class Day Com- mittee. Then, as a pastime, she played three years of field hockey and a year of basketball. A st cial whirlwind. in addition, shi Ox nevertheless found the time not only to become a Volunteer Worker at Memorial llospital. but also to gain Second Honors. Cyn- thia plans to enter Vassar in September. DORIS COHEN Doris has been an active member of the llistory Club as well as of Aletheia, and. with Spanish as her favorite subject. she was also a loyal supporter of the Spanish Club. ln November 1942, Doris displayed a talent for writing, when her theme, Portrait of II Young Aruericfzn, appeared in thc current issue of the Argus. Nt-xt year, she plans to go lo college, but has not as yet chosen a def- inite place. ELEANOR COHEN Because of her height, you will probably find Eleanor at the end of the graduation procession. A good student. she was also inter- ested in dramatics and was a member of the Green Room Club in her junior year. Next fall Eleanor plans to enter some col- lege in the East and major in so- cial servicc work. MINNA COHEN Minna is one of the many girls who will enter the nursing pro- fession next fall. She joined only one club while at Classical, the Agassiz, but she has won a great many friends. Her favorite sub- jects were history and biology. and her favorite pastime was read- ing. Outside school Minna was a ward aide: this work helped her to decide on her career. ROBERT CONLON Bob confined his extra-curricular activities to lce Hockey, but his ability in this made up for his lack of interest in other fields. For three years he played right wing and was a member of the cham- pionship team of 1942. ln his senior year he served Classical by working on the Ways and Means Committee. Bob expects to enter the li. S. Army after graduation. MARGARET CONNOLLY Sincc l clu'uary. l'eggy's cute. turned-up uosc and cheerful smile haw- lu-en missing from Classical. A truly popular miss, shi' was a mcmhcr of the Agassi! Club for lwo years. and played forward on the Girls llaskethall Squad in her sophomore year. P4-gay will in- dccd win many fricnds at the Worccslcr School of Business Science whcrc she is now enrolled. ELIZAIIETII COUNEY ll:-Ity's shy smile and chccry greeting arc famous among Class- icalites. and so shi- was naturally il welcome addition to the Pythag- orean Club. llistory Club. Student Council. and the Senior Class Day Cornmittcc. This year the girls in Alclheiu ch-ctezl her 'l'reasurr'r. She also played tcnnis and basket- ball. ln the fall llctty will take a husincss course. ALLEN CRAMER Allen was one of the quict boys of our class who worked faithfully at his studies. For this rcason he was not vcry active in school af- fairs, hut he was a member of the Pythagorean Cluh in his junior ycar. llis favorite' subject was physics. and his hobby. photog- raphy. Allen will add to the ranks of Classical graduates in the Army Air Corps aftcr graduation. DOROTHY CRATHERN The owner of thc most effervcs- cent pcrsonality in the scnior class was none other than llorothy. liyeryone was familiar with her infectious mirth. She was a mem- hcr of the llirls Ulec Cluh for three- years, and in lu-r frcshman and sophomore years played the flute in the Band. During the football scason she- was an en- thusiastic cheerleader and helped spur the learn onward to thc championship. JEAN CROTTY ., ,lean must he a clubwoman at heart. While at Classi-al. she belonged to the llist ' h. the Agassiz Cluih. th af, rcan Club. ant xqhc Ah-thei s wc as devoting t me Nigel ' ' tickets in the cafeteria. ln tc junior year. she led fourth hon crcises, and in her senior ycar. was appointed to the Ring and Pin Committee. ln the fall. ,lean plans to cuter Mary Washington. MARIE DALEY Marie was a very quict girl. a true iillt'Iltl to evcryonc she knew, and well-liked hy those with whom she came in contact. An enthusiastic member of Alctheia for Iwo years. shc was also a devotee of the in- tricacies of mathematics. her fav- orite subject. Marie will enter Worcester State Teachers' College in September to prepare for the teaching profession. ' fff,fff'l4.f.' ' ' -' ff- DAVID DAVIDIAN Such a distinctly original person as David could not fail to he an assct to our class. llis witty side- remarks made classes with him a keen delight. llc was a memher of thc C.ll.S.D.A. in his sopho- more year. and belonged to the Agassiz Cluh for three years. two of which he served as Treasurer. Ncxt fall will find David in some branch of the Armed Services. WALTER DEAR An exuberant personality and an evcr-ready wit have made Walter one of the popular boys of the Class of 1943. When he left Classical in February. he was truly missed. Besides being a Student Councillor and a .lunior Rcd Cross Representative in his junior year. he also belonged to thc Bomb Squad. FRANK Dc-MARCO -, llandsomc Fra k was evi a won' hater. no ee did he givc I ' . hreak. In his juni ' car he ' mgeg to the Chess 1' h, an 1. se ior ar he was a ' r ed Cross R re- sentati e and member of Dedication ' im' tee ' ,,his favorite sul ' autics. it is no wonder tat Frank will join the Navy Air Corps after gradua- lion. ROBERT DEVLIN In cvery way Boh was the out- standing.: boy of the Class of 1943. Ile was President of both his junior and scnior classes. and was a memher of the Student Council in his sophomore year. A sports- man in the true sense of the word. he was Co-Captain of the Football team. Captain of the Baseball and Basketball teams, and a memher ol the Tennis and Golf teams. As proof of his ability he was named to the All City Teams in Basket- hall and Football. Bob plans to enter Worcester Tech and major in chemical engineering. DOROTHY DONNELLY A winning smile and a gracious personality have won for Dorothy a host of friends during her stay at Classical. She did not join any clubs. bitt was a member of the Girl Reserves and the Picture Committee. Dorothy expects In enter Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston. and we know she will make an efficient and pleasant secretary. MARIE DONOGHUE Besides winning a letter C in hockey in her junior and senior years. Marie also revealed her powers in basketball and in ten- nis. To cooperate further. she be- came an energetic worker of the Classical Girl Reserves and a member of the Pin and Ring Comtnittee. Answering the call for more nurses. Marie will enter training at Memorial Hospital. MATIIILDA DRISCOLL llpholding the high scholastic record of the four members of her family to graduate from Classical before her. Malhilda has attained First Honors and will graduate a Horace Mann pupil. But studies did not occupy all of her time. for she was active in the Agassiz Club in her sophomore year and in the Aletheia and Spanish Clubs in her senior year. This fall she will matriculate at either State Teachers' College or Boston lni- versity. NORMAN EDINBERG Tall. good-looking Norman was certainly a favorite among the girls. But alas, all his interests were in his favorite subjects, math, physics. and camouflage. He also gave much of his atten- tion to his work in the Agassiz Cltlb. After school hours Norman was busy at work driving a truck for the J. S. Edinburg Co. Like litany of his friends, he will enter the Naval Air Corps after gradu- ation. JOSEPH EID All those who know Joe surely have noticed his dual personality. He may be up to some mischief when you first enter the class- room, and you may wonder if he is ever seriousg bitt once he be- comes absorbed in his studies nothing can distract his attention. ,Ioe was a worker on the bomb squad, and his interest in math led him to become a member of the Pythagorean Club. The pleas- ure he has derived from that sub- ject has prompted him to consider some technical school for further- ing his education. f f 1 er X..-f, -1 Ji NATALIE FLETCHER Natalie was surcly one of the leaders in our class. Slte was a member of the Student Council in her freshman year, Vice-Presb dent of the History Club. and a member of Aletheia. An out- standing athlete. Natalie was elected Co-Captain of the class basketball team in her second year. and for two years she played on the Varsity Team. She was also a member of the Tennis Chatnpionship Team in her junior year. Natalie plans to enter Smith College after graduation. I DONALD FOLEY Ask Donald any question about the chemistry problems. and you are sure to get the right answer, for he was one of the best stu- dents in the class and was always willing to help any one in dis- tress. To help the school further he also became a member of the Bomb Squad. Don completed his high school course in three and a half years. and he plans to enter either llarvard or the Naval Air Corps. FRANCIS FORMICA llave you ever noticed those pretty little drawings of kittens and elephants on display in the art room Yes. they are Francis' paint- ings. Ile was not only talented in art. bitt was also an accomplished saxophone player. For two years he was a menlber of the Band and Orchestra B. Outside school Francis is a very busy man. lle works in a bakery as an oven- dumper. ln September Francis plans to enter the Naval Air Corps. STANLEY FRAM The keen interest which Stanley has in mathematics was reflected in his activity in the Pythagorean Club. ln recognition of his splendid work. he was elected Treasurer of that club. Because of his pleasant disposition. he has also become a successful salesman in a shoe store. This fall Stanley will either continue his studies at Georgia Tech or join the Navy. JORDAN FRANKLIN - Whether it is Worcester Tecll, or the Naval Air Corps. w that Jordan will o well w ' r he goes. if he c tinu f' same good work he h' t do in high school. Here he w s a member of the Span's .Qluh nd played on the Tm ' eam for three years. n tis, nior year Jordan was h ' by his Ilome Room as its Cross Representative. X1 54.4 -1- KA.: I U-fl . A rf 4 XJ Lal ' ,,,zlrlAN FI EELANDER 'I lose were in llomc Room 6 wil .netnlmcr ,lean as one who 1' I d brigblcu up the class even ou the glooltliest days. Iler per- sonality. made hcr an imporant mombcr of the Creeu Room ' . nb for four years. She w' er-ted Sr-cr:-ta that or ' zation in her 'nor year. -r dramatic ' ' edge w' s immeasurable value-tn l .R-uior Play Com- ui ee. n the fall jean plans to ll cuter R dcr College. MURREI. FIIRIIMAN A pleasant disposition and a quiet nature have characterized Morrcl during his high school career. Ilis friends will always remember his clu-ery smile which greeted them in every class. Outside school lNlorrel's favorite pastimes were swimming and stamp collecting: while in school his favorite sub- ject was camouflage. 'lihis new camouflage course has proved to bc of such interest to him that after graduation he plans to cu- lisl in the Army Engineers Corps. MURIEI. CANZIIERG For four years Muriel has partici- pated in the musical organiza- tions, singing alto in the Ch-e Club and playing a bass viol in Orchestra A and the All lligb Or- chestra. She was also a member of the Pythagorean Club. and was on the Iixccutive Committee in the Agassiz Club in bcr junior year. lim-cause she enjoyed work- ing in thc hospital laboratory. Muriel has decided to study medicine. She will attend Clark University and then Tufts Med- ical School. AIIRAIIAM GARFINKEL l or tltree years Allie has played thc drums in the Baud. in Orches- tra A. and iu the All lligh Iland and Orchestra. llut his interests did not lic only in music. for his favorite subjects were math and physics. llc completed his high school course in lhrce years, and plans to attend 'l'ufts I're-Medical School or join the Naval Air Corps. ,IUIIN GEORGE A keen interest in photography lcd john to become a member of the Camera Club. liecausc of his helpful activities in this organiza- tion, he was elected its Treasurer in his scnior year. john also en- joyed outdoor sports, especially baseball. 'lihis fall he plans to enter Worcester Tech. twv-w ' ' 'Y ' 1 . as I I 1' I L Ir. RADFORD cuz s, JR. Midland Street School has sent to Classical a student who has be- come one of the best liked boys. Bradford Gibbs. Although he had little time for school activities, outside school he certainly was active in the war effort. He found time to work at the Crompton Knowles defense factory and be a Deputy Sector Air Raid Warden. Bradford has decided to join the Navy Airplane Ordnance Corps in the spring. .IOEL GOLDBERC Isn't the school quiet without ,Ioel Goldberg, the life of Home Room 5? When off duty from amusing the students, he spent part of his time working Nl as one of Class- ical's famous office boys. After his graduation in February he went to Boston University. ,Ioel has already enlisted in the Navy and he hopes to join the ranks of our Airmen of the seaw. the Navy Air Corps. SHIRLEY GORDON One of Classical's most ardent football fans. this young lady rarely missed a game. Knitting and doing other Red Cross work, besides being a Ward Aide at Fairlawn Hospital. kept her busy. but she still found time to be an active member of the Green Room Club throughout her four years at Classical. Comedy parts are Shirley's favorite. and speaking of favorites. ber pet subject is history. She may go on front Classical to Clark College after graduation. CALVIN COULD In his senior year. Cal was a mem- ber of the Creen Room Club. and of the Camera Club in his fresh- man and sophomore years. but his real specialty was music. Ile be- longed to nearly every musical or- ganization. In his first two years he sang bass in the Boys Glee Club and in the Mixed Chorus. and played trombone in the Band and Orchestra A. When he grad- uates frotn Classical. Cal intends to enter Syracuse University. RICHARD GREEN It seemed as though Dick's chief interest lay in swing music. for he was never too busy to engage in a heated discussion on the rela- tive merits of our bands. Owning a large collection of records he is constantly on the watch for an- other good one. In addition to this, he collects stamps and plays the piano. A Motto Committee Member, he plans to enter Syra- cuse University. Dork E f RO RT GRE Possessing a keen 'ense of humor. Bob was o e oft e xnostgenuinely affablei ' '1 choolj 'le was a membe t t ythagorean Club and of t e ,rt-en Room Club in his senior year. This year he re- ceived the Eagle Scout Award. the culmination of tive and a half years of devotion to Scouting. If lincle Sam does not prevent him, Robert hopes to go to Yale. HAROLD GREENBERC ln his freshman year Harold tried his hand at sports. going out for track. As a senior he was a mem- ber of the C.lI.S.D.A. and the Pythagorean Club. Ile was a member of Mu Sigma fraternity. and his favorite subject was mathematics. After graduation he hopes to get into the Air Corps where he would like to be a fighter pilot. RUTH HADDAD Ruth has participated in several of the clubs here at Classical. As a sophomore she was a member of the Agassi! Club: as a junior and senior she belonged to Aletheia and the Pythagorean Club. Mathematics was her fav- orite subject. as shown by the fact that she took math 9. She is a member of the Iflussic Myths board and a Second llonor student as well. Clark llniversity will probably welcome Ruth on her de- parture from Classical. NANCY HADLEY xTQ3llt IIl21fll'S and languages. par- ticularly Latin and Spanish, are Nancy's favorite subjects. As a member of the Cap and Gown Committee. she modeled one of the sample caps and gowns at a senior assembly. ln preparation for a proposed secretarial career. she plans to enter Salter Secre- tarial School after her gradua- tion from the old Altria Mater. BARTLETT HASTINGS The mile and the three hundred yard dash were Bartlett's forte when he was a freslunan. In his senior year he played in the back- lield on the Classical football squad. lle was also an active member of the Boy Scout Courier service. llis favorite subjects were the sciences, particularly mathe- matics. and. quite naturally, he ex- pects to go to Vlforcester Tech where he will study for an en- gineering career. SHIRLEY HERSOM A member of the Held hockey squad and. in her senior year. the team. Hers played left half- back. She was also on the tennis squad. the basketball class team. and later. the varsity basketball team. of which she was Manager. She was Librarian of the Girls Clee Club and a member of the Mixed Chorus. Shirley. a llorace Mann scholar and Latin student extraordinary. was a Student Council member and a Red Cross representative. ln her junior year she won the much-prized Aletheia award. On leaving Class- ical. she plans to enter Mount llolyoke College. HOWARD HIATT We never could understand ltow lloward could be so active in club work and still carry off First llonors and a llorace Mann rat- ing. During his first three years he was an active member of the C.ll.S.D.A.. of which he was President when he was a junior. On the Argus board for his last three years, he was an editor while a junior and senior. Beside all this. he was. in his junior year. a producer and an announcer of the Youth Spculrs radio program. llc is now attending llarvard where he is taking a pre-inedical course. ROBERT HOAGLAND Playing on the hockey varsity team occupied part of floagy's time in his first three years. ln his junior year. when he played left wing. the team won the Eddie Bates' trophy. lle went in for sports in a big way. for he also played some football in 1942. lle probably would have gone on with it, had it not been for a hand injury. lloagy swapped his traditionally flashy clothes for an Army Air Corps unifoily ' March. 1943. XWM4 ELNA HOLM ' ,L ,atv llere is the girl who is one o the leaders of her class. A member of the Glee Club in her last three years. of Aletheia in her senior year. and an outstanding basket- ball player, she was also a junior Red Cross Representative and a Ward Aide. After a summer course in sciences at Clark. she plans to enter training at City llospital. ROBERT IIORGAN Une of the most popular and respected students at Classical was Bob Horgan. lle was a bril- liant athlete. starring as second baseman on the Baseball Team. and this year as Co-captain full- baeking the Football Team to its tie with South. On innumerable occasions his coolness and spark- ling leadership proved to be the margin of victory. Treasurer of the Student Council and Class Testator. he could always be de- pended upon to do a job swiftly and thoroughly. 6 ,IUIIN llliN'I' Niauy arc- llu' lllllt'!4.lil1'lx. through Iii. 4-low-r hall hantlling anti at'- vuruli- shooling. has pull:-tl has- lwthall gauu-s out of llu- lirf-. For tlirvi- yvars he- playful a forwarfl on that Il'2llll. Xlosl ul. his out ul 1-lass hours art- spvnl in skiing. ,Ns a rv-suit ho has lwvolttl' quite an 1-xp:-rl at this sport. lihair- man ol' tht' Ways anti Means liltIlllllllll'f'. lu' plans lo answvr thi- vall ol' tho- hugh' all:-r grail- ualiou. MARTIN ISRAEL Sinn- ha- was hh-ss:-ml with a line' lraritone- voirv. Nlivlwy amhlvml nuu-h lo thc' liuys' Ulm- liluh in all his vt-urs at lilassiral. .-Ks 11 Ii-ailingin-si-i'w on tht- Foothall 'l'o'am. lu- olite-n hi-lpm-sl the- lvain out ull mlillirult situations. Wh:-n ht- is al It-isurf-. lu- turns to stamps autl is au e-xpe-rt amatvur pho- tographvr. Now a llN'ltlll4'l' ol' thi' 1-nlistc-il l'4'H4'l'Vl'. Mivlwy plans to 1-nle-r Ihr- :Xriny 'Xu' l.orps. AR'l'lIliR JMIUISSON As a sophomort- :Xrthur he-vanu' u uivuilu-r ol' thi- Agassi! llluh mul also playm-tl foolhall. Ninth- 1-matu-s anel ollu-r sru-iuw-s art' his favorite- sulvjvvls: Ilu-i'e'loi'4' ht- woulul Iiki- to pursun- some- st-ie-utiliv voursv. Like' mauy othe-r lilassivalitvs lu' 1'xp4'4'ts lo 1-ntvr tha- se-rvim' alt:-r gratluation. 'lin ht- sp:-viliv. lu- inlvnmls lo 4-nlist in lhc' Xlarino- liorps wha-rv hc- wouhl tiki- lu ohtain a position in ont- nf tht- te-vhniral hram'lu's. IIAIU .IAIVFARIAN This l'Xl'l'lll'lll violinist 1'llIl1'f'll- Iralvtl his vllorls in svhool on lltllsiv. lfxpvrtly playing his rhosa-u iustrume-nl in Ort-lu-stra xl lor tlirvr- yi-ars zuul singing haritone- in tho Uh-v lilnh anil Nliu-tl lfhorus lu' 4-onlrilmtwl muvh to tht- musical organiza- tions ol' lilassiral. Ilis favorite' suhjr-rt was l.atin uuilt-r thu' tv-avhing ol' Miss l'4'ii'n'u. l.ilu- so many ulhv-rs, Haig 1-xp:-vls to :lon lsllxllsi alilvr gratlualion. ' ' 'flag Illl'l'll-lil.I.I-IN .IICWEIL This popular slutlvnl parlivi- palvil in many ol ilu- svhool am'- Iixilic-s. among tht-m liaslavthall anti 'l'1'nnis. :X nu-mlwr ol' thx- Jlgassif in hi-r junior yr-ar. anti a liountln-r of thu- lllassival llirl Ker- sr-rvvs. sht- still muiulainml a high 4-lassroom au-ragv. This Waril .litlv spvnmls hc-r sparn' time in swimming and in working for tho liauiplirn- llirls. Rutli-l'1lli-11 plans lo hu- a nursi- or a lahoratory twh- niviun. . I, NORMA JOHNSON This quivl and lilwahle' girl was a nic-tnher of tlw slgassiz, Ales thvia. antl Pythagorean ljlulys in her sr-nior year. fl Raid Cross worker. shi- also vontrihulml to lhv Argux in l'9-12. Uutsimh- svhool she enjoys skating. riding. swims ming. stamp volh-cling. and mu- sic. The nursing prof:-ssion will gain a valuable' lIlt'IlllN'I' whvn sh? coinphavs hvr projoctvml 1-ours? at the Me-inorial llospilal 'l'raiuiug School for Nurs:-s. MARIE JONES Emlowvml with a great vompvti- tive spirit. Marie took part in all tha' school sports. thosi- ol' Fic-hl lloi-key. 'l'm-nnis. and Basketball. This lilies-rlearlei' anrl Waril :Xinh- was a il-viiilu r of thi- lllvv lfluh. llislory lflult. Aletlu-ia. and in her svnior year was on tht- llifl Com- iniltw- anti lflusxif' ,llytlis lfonrrl. .N Sc-1-oiull llonor pupil. Niarif- ltopvs lo t'lll9l' Now Rot'ltPlh' liol- If-gf-. W if t fb f fs U . 11,-60515. .IALQ Ili KALETSKI This ew-r smiling stutle-nt mls'- voteml most of his time- to the Trai-k Tm-ann. Ilis specialty was the- -H0-yard run. Competing in the l iti'hhurg He-lays. lu' marie a lint- showing. A lllf'lltllf'l' of thi- lfanwra liluh in his fre-shnian yr-ar anil of the Crven Hoom liluh in his se-nior year. hr' was one- of lIlassical's most arilent lioothall fans. ,Ialw will prohahly Put:-l' llu- army in june. CHESTER KAMINSKI .Mit-pt at almost anything hc' triml was Kiln-t. A lorwaril on the Bas- kvthall 'l'4'am in his svnior yvar. he 4-ontrilmtetl lo vnu' hh' hy hm-mg a Snow Sliowlvr ami an Air Haiti xvillitlvll. A t'lr'v0r sm-iPm'P stumlt-nt. he spa-mls his fre-v mom:-nts pursuing his unique' liolihy of pigeon raving. llv hopes to :lo his hit hy vntvring ilu' :Krniy Au Corps in junv. EMMETT KANIC As lllanager of the Fuolhall, Basin-thall. and Bast-hall Teams in all his yvars at lilassival, linmu-tt hecaine one of tht- lead- ing figurvs in si-hool. A ine-inln-r ol' the Tiger lfluh. also Managvr ol' thi- llockf-y Tn-am in his junior and senior ye-ars. and a Student llounvilorz he still founml time to ushvr at the Plymouth Tlwatvr. Classical miss:-ml Ennnett sorely wlu-n ha- finished school in Feli- ruary to enter the army. LEANORE KAPLAN Versatility is one of Leanoreis leading characteristics. While a member of the History Club and of Aletheia in her senior year, and singing alto in the Glee Club in het freshman and sophomore years: she still found time to knit and make surgical dressings for the Red Cross. pursue her hobby of aviation. swim. skate, and teach dancing. Lucky will be the col- lege who claims this student for a business course. MENDEL KAUFMAN Perhaps one of the most talented writers in school. Mendy's works have afforded us many moments of pleasure. He was a member of the Argus liourzl. and his contri- butions to its literary success were innumerable. lle was Treasurer of the Chess Club and in his junior year was a member of the llislory Club. Classical lost a youth with tremendous journal- istic possibilities when he cn- tered Clar' in February. aj! T KENDALL lf Bo es not become ai-b ker. 'e s' l al be ve y ich sur- sed as bas' rked after school fo V years at the Wt 'cestett . unty Trust Com- pagff AJY-1 senior he was a mem- f,1n tif the Cap and Gown Com- , dt-ittee. the Bomb Squad, and 45 aided in civilian defense by be- ing an Air Raid Warden. Next fall will find him at Norwich llniversity. FRANCES KONOPKA l ranccs is a very clever twirler and this year has attained the po- sition of Head Drum Majorette. The band has listed her among its members for three years, Bc- sides twirling. Frances is known for her excellent piano playing which she displayed in l942's Mock Radio Show. Yet she does not intend to make music her career. Nursing is her goal and she will soon go into training at St. Vincent Hospital. LESTER KRAMER lnterestcd in current events, Lester belonged to the llistory Club in '41 and '42, He also went out for tennis and baseball and in his junior year was a lnember of the squad of the for- mer. Tbe football and baseball teams of his fraternity likewise depended on his athletic ability. ln February Lester entered Syra- cuse llniversity where he will major in business. LOIS KRINTZMAN Everyone who took Latin Amer- ican History must know Lois. the live wire in Mr. Lrickson's class. Having been quite active outside school, she never partook in many scholastic clubs. Yet for three years she belonged to the Glee Club and this year was secretary of her sorority. ln the line of patriotism Lois knitted for the Red Cross and made surgical dressings. Colby Junior College may include her among next fall's freshmen. MARION LAWLESS Tall, vivacious Marion contrib- uted greatly to the efficiency of the Band's twirling section in which she participated during her last three years here. Slle also went out for hockey and baskets ball in her freshman year. Re- cently Marion was appointed to the Cap and Gown Committee for which she modelled at one of our senior assemblies. Next fall will find her at Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. BEATRICE LEONARD Betsy came here in her senior year. At Auburn High School she took part in several plays. won a public speaking contest. and was on the stall of the paper. She continued to he active at Clas- sical by singing soprano in the Glee Club and by playing Mrs. Frank in the Green Room Club's Christmas play. Betsy will study dramatics at Smith College. Y T J , V , I l WV! 'sux srflizmv LIBMAN ' When not lmsy with homework, Shirley could be found pursuing her hobby drawing. in w :ich She was quite talented. ex to ary music lay in her li e offbin- terests, since Shirley bah 'ed to the Glee Club throughput ier high school career and to Orchestra A in her sophomore year. Then she was also a member of the Agassiz Club. Next fall Shirley intends to study teaching in New York. SHIRLEY LOCKWOOD Shirley was one of Classical's prettiest and most popular seniors. She made Second Honors in spite of graduating in only three and one-half years. The Glee Club and Mixed Chorus have welcomed her fine soprano voice for four years and she was ap- pointed to the Song Committee. Very much interested in art. Shirley has done several Argus covers and intends to major in fashion designing at Syracuse Universit .,, I , ,1 N J IIARRARA LOONEY liarhara undouhtedly was one of :Khua Nlateifs hriglitest girls. She was hoth a l irst llonor and a llorace Nlann student and an esteemed tnemher ol' the fflrrxxir ,lltlltx lioard. the Aletheia. Span- ish. figgassiz. and lllee liluhs. Re- sides he-int: a post-graduate stu- dent since l elu'uary. she attended the Worcester School of Business Science. llarhara is planning to spend at year at college ln-liore go- ing into Iltll'f-lllg. ,IAMICS l.00Nl-IY 'l'liat well-liked lirst hour oliliee hoy was Jim. Ile showed great ahility in athletics. playing out- tit-Id on the liasehall 'l'eam his last two years and forward on the llaskcthall 'l'eam during his scnior year. Un account of his popu- larity. .liui was elected to the Fitudeut Council in '-ll and to the Ways and Means Committee ill '-lil. When the war is oxer. .lim hopes to atlcud lloly Cross liol- lege, MARILYN I,0VEl,l. We ull 'know Marilyn lor her per- sonality and athletic alrility. She serviqd on the championship 'l'en- lllfz 'l'eani3 on t e 'lloekey Squad ' :ind 'll-am. ou tl ' Varsity Rasket- hall Squad. a as ilu- Captain of Nu- Freslmiau lllass Team. M1511-oh'r. lblarilyn was President - of the-Sphfnisli llluh, on the So- -'uial lfommittce ol the llistory' tlluh. and a Student Councilor. Versatile Marilyn will go into training at tlity Ilospital. lIONS'l'AN'l' MACHUNIS I Nlany oldis ill reuiem ner that -xcitinf st quarter ' the St. 'be .' xasket all 1 e. 'l'lie'l'ig- s were loosi ' idly hut sud- deny for i s quick action o 'z umeven points and thus sa ' t 'day. tfounie had starred on the Haskethall 'l'eam as guard and forward for three years. When a senior he was appointed lihairnian ol. the liilit llonuuit- tee, and he certainly made a handsome filtiss Nlarshal at grad- uation, Popular Connie hopes to join the Ariny Air Corps and to study at tloluuihia llniversity later. 'i'l'ANl,l'lY MALKUSKI We all rememher the chznupion- ship foothall teams ol' the past lcw seasons. l or three years Stanley has heen a valuahle mein- her playing hoth halfliaek and guard on these teams. lle also ran on the cross country lt'illIl for a year. During the past year he has added the duties of a M71-ssenger Courier to the rest of his activities. l,ike many oth- ers, he will enter the armed serv- ices after graduation. DONALD MARTINEAU Although Donald did not come to Classical until his sophomore year. he made himself many friends. lle sang tenor in the Boys' Glee tlluh in his second year. He was a member of the Senior Picture Committee. Out- side school he spent much of his time scouting and camping. lie expects to enter the armed serv- ices after graduation. JOHN MeCARTHY Was good-natured Mac ever seen without a smile? Everybody knew and liked him. lie was elected a ,lunior Red Cross Rep- resentative in his senior year and was Chairman of the Ring: and Pin lIomm'ittee. lle liked hoth golf and tennis and for two years he was an able memher of the golf team. ln his husy senior year he also found time to be a meiuher of the snow shovelling crew. FRANCIS Mc-COY For liour years Francis has lieen a pole vaulter on the Track Team. lu his third year he wou his spe- cialty in the inter-high competi- tion and helped Classical to win their first Field Day victory in ten years. llis last year he kept fit during the winter hy helping to clear the city streets of snow. lle expects to he called into the armed services after graduation. ,IUIIN M1-NAMARA Although ,lohn was rather quiet. he was popular with his class- mates and for two years he com- piled enough votes to he elected to the Student Council. Ile was also a member of the ilap ami Gown Committee. llis clear think- ing and good judgment were dis- played in the way he solved those prohlems in mathematics which had the rest of us stumped. He hopes to he able to go on to lloly Cross College in the fall. RUTH MEYER Ruth was a Second llonor pupil and a valuable meinher in many of the school activities. She he- louged to Alctheia as a junior and was Secretary in her senior year. As a drum majorette. she marched with the Rand for three years. She was also a memher of the fflassic Myths Hoarfl and wrote the Class llistory. ln- tcrested in English. she will go to Mary Washington College where she will major in this sub- ject for radio work. CHARLOTTE MEYERSOHN In her four years at Classical, Charlotte has been active in nu- merous organizations. She sang second soprano in the Glee Club and belonged to the Agassiz Club. She has been a member of the Program Committee in the His- tory Club, Vice-President of the Pythagorean Club, and Vice- President of Aletheia. She was also on the Senior Play Commit- tee and the Classic Myths Board. Now, she plans to attend Pem- broke College. FERDINAND MIKEL Most of us remember jolly Mike and his ever-present camera the last few months of school. Pho- tography was his favorite outside activity he claimed, but he also seemed to enjoy it in the very corridors of Classical. Proof of his ability may be found in the snapshot section of this book. Who knows but that in 1960 he may be the Class Photographer. If he had had the time he might have taken a few snaps of the Bomb Squad of which he was a member. SHIRLEY MILMAN Shirley has been interested in music both inside and outside school. For three years she has played the violin in Orchestra A. Outside school she finds much pleasure in collecting records of though, she has taken time to do Red Cross Volunteer Work She plans to attend Clark next year classical music. The past year, -Lv L f',tvL6,n ELINOR MINTZ Remember the many posters seen around Classical? Some of these were the result of Elinor's artistic ability. Besides taking art at school, she spent much of her time painting at the Art Museum. She plans on furthering her in- terest in this subject at Yale in July. As busy as she was, she found time to belong to the Green Room Club and to be a Ward Aide at Fairlawn Hospital. JACK MOORE As a freshman, Jack went to North, but he changed to Clas- sical in his sophomore year. In his third year he played Snug -in Midsummer Night's Dream , a Green Room Club production. He was a member of the Bomb Squad in his last year which was cut rather short because he joined the Marines and went to Parris Island, South Carolina, for his basic training. PAUL MULLANEY Paul was a retiring chap, but he always did well. He was a mem- ber of the CHSDA in his senior year and he was also a snow shov- eller. One usually saw Paul try- ing lo solve a problem in mathe- matics which was his favorite sub- ject. He hopes to be able to at- lend Tech in the fall. ANDREW NARUS Andrew was a quiet fellow with a deep interest in music. Out- side activities prevented him from joining any of the clubs or mu- sical organizations, but they have not taken away his love for mu- sic. He enlisted in the Navy and left school in February. The fol- lowing month he was called into service and he is now in basic training. J7o'l5tcfi-4w6.oe4u-50 -I 6411? JOAN NICHOLS ,Ioan sang soprano in both the Glee Club and Mixed Chorus for three years. She was librarian of the Glee Club and a member of the Classic Myths Board in her last year. She also played string base in Orchestra A for two years. She is a Second-Honor, Horace Mann student and hopes to at- tend Simmons College where she will study to be a nurse. TAYLOR NUTE Good-natured Taylor was always ready to lend a helping hand to a friend in need. He also had a good sense of humor. Taylor was a Grade A tennis player and for three years he played Number 3 spot on the Tennis Team. He was a member of the Senior Cap and Gown Committee and expects to enter the armed services after graduation. THOMAS O'CONNELL Did anyone ever see Tom when he wasnit rushing around trying to collect those class dues or an advertisement for the Argus? Yes, Tom was our Class Treasurer and a capable Business Manager on the Argus Board. He was a fa- miliar sight at all the dances and social activities of the school. His fame, however, rested chiefly in his ever present jokes and mim- ickings. He was twice a member of the Student Council. He en- listed in the Army Air Corps in February, but he will not be called until after graduation. dia 4-4.4 iss.: 4... ,' 'rx-. RUIIERT 0'CONNOR For three years lloh was a fa- luiliar sight at the athletic lit-ld as a memher of the Track Team. or running cross-country at his even pace. lle also sang baritone in the lllec lllulr for a year. llc left school in l chruary and his plans for the liuturc were indeli- nite although he hoped to lu- ablc to get into the Army Air Corps. MINNA ULCII An outstanding student. Alinua has lcd an exceptionally active scholastic lilc. ln her lrcslunan year she belonged to thc lllee liluh aml joined the Agassi! llluh. She was a member ol' the llistory and Ah-theia llluhs her last lwo years. After graduation Nlinna will either enter training at lieth lsrael llospital or will go to Skidmore College. IUSEPII 0'MAI.l.EY llis beaming countenance was familiar to most tflassicaliles. and .lov was one of those rare iu- dividuals who are well liked hy ull who know them. lluriug his senior year he was l'rcsident ol' the l'ythagorean liluh and te Spaui:-h filllll. Yice-President n thc C.ll.S.ll.A.. a mcmlrer ul ti llistory liluh aml 1' ' 'u' if the llcdication Com t On l elu'uary fiftetnll ,lr let ui y . enter llol ,IAN ICE USBORNE X' 19 ll'he distinction of being the y mgast g.,radu its ' ' . UI '. ' ' 1 ' l'4N'5 to ,IitllIt't'. 1 ' - Une 'enerall saw her dlscussln-' le rs pigh' problems with thc great Lukmiiiilnt-i' ol male math fans who sat near her. She has ln-cu activi- in the l'ythagorean Club and was Secretary her senior year. She was also a member of the Girls' lilee lilula. the llrccn Room lfluh. and the St-uior l'lay lfouunittce. Next l all she will lac found at Syracuse. JULIUS l'AI,l,EY A quick wit and a contagious laugh were the two most im- portant factors in the vivacious personality ol' .lulius Pulley. llur- ing his junior aml scnior years he was a mcmhcr of the Student lfouncil and of the- Argux board. l or three years he played the tuba in the llund and was active in the C.ll.S.ll.A. ll' llnclc Sam docs not claim him first. he plans to enter Worcester Tech in the fall. Jn, 1 -v it JOAN PEMSTEIN lf some day ,loan is a famous singer. do not he surprised! For three years she has been a mem- ber of our Glee Club. and last summer she sang with various dance bands. Being extremely musical. she also plays the piano. Alter she has taken a merchan- dising course at Westbrook Junior College. she plans to study music in New York. FRANCIS PIERCE For obvious reasons Franny was better known as Blondie. lle was a familiar sight at all the athletic events and was an enthusiastic rootcr. lle played baseball his freshman year. and during his junior year was second man on the Golf Team. For two years he was a memlicr of the lI.l'l.S.D.A. and the Airplane Cluh. and also was on the Senior Gift Commit' tee. llc has enlisted in the Army Air Corps. Y: -.ch ' .vf S ' ma l t A EARL RANDALL L I ' ' 5 The tall and sincere Earl was the quiet sort of person who blushed at the slightest provocation. Al- though he worked afternoons. lfarl found time to get in twenty-live hoors ol' llying at Grafton. As one would imagine. he was active in the Model Airplane Club. Also during his sophomore year. he went out for Track. lfarl plans to continue his flying alter grad- uation. DAVID REARDON Everyone at Classical knew Dave for his name appeared constantly in the Argus Sport Page and Tickletoes. lle played football and hockey for four years. hase- hall two years. and one year of golf. Dave played on two Yar- sity l ootliall and llockey Teams and was named All City on the llockey Team. While at Clas- sical. he captured four W's aml live Us. llave plans to enter the Marines. j, ,.,- 1g,,,,, R am aoLLiNs Wliir will forget Bolfs energetic enthusiasm at all the sports events? lt was a rare game that did not have him either as a member of the team or as a spec- tator. For three years Bob was a member of the Tennis, Football and Basketball Teams. and was Manager of the latter his senior year. lle hopes tp join the Army Air Corps. T. ALLAN ROSENBERG Regardless of how many were talking in Room Five, Allan was always the one caught. llis sub- tle and easy-going ways were fa- miliar to most of us. Allan's scholastic ability was proved by his being a First Honor student. llc belonged to the Agassiz Club his freshman year and was on the Bomb Equad. ln February he entered Brown University to study engineering. MARIAN RUSSELL Marian was that quiet girl in the hack of the room who always knew the answers. She was a member of the Clee Club and Agassiz Club. and found biology her favorite subject. Marian led an active outside life for she he- longed to the Red Cross Knitting Club and various clubs at the Museum of Natural History. She intends to go to Clark. DAVID SADICK The honor of being a West Point alternate this year belongs to David. This quiet but popular member of our class majored in mathematics. He played the vio- lin in Orchestra A for three years and in his sophomore year be- longed to the Camera Club. In- stead of entering Tech as he had planned. David was inducted into the Army in April. RICHARD SARAPAS Although Richard was a quiet fellow. he was far from being an inactive member of the Class of '43, During his senior year he was a member of the Pythagorean Club, as well as belonging to the C.H.S.D.A. and the Bomb Squad. Math, his favorite subject, and swimming, his favorite sport, will both be useful to him if he joins the Navy, but he hopes to be able to go to Tech this fall. RICHARD SECUR Home Room 6 could stand a few more inhabitants like Dick, be- cause anything in which he had a hand was done very quietly. Modest, unassuming, and lots of fun. he has earned the title of be- ing a swell fellow. ln his fresh- man year. he went out for Track. but since then most of his free time has been spent in the busi- ness world or in skating, his fa- vorite sport. Since he is classi- fied as A-1. army induction is near, and he hopes to go into the Air Force. RUTH SELZO A live wire with an infectious laugh is a good description of Ruth. for she was certainly one of the most chuery and talkative girls at Classical. During her sophomore and junior years. as a baton-twirling majorette. she kept things humming on the trip to Plymouth. and she ably dis- played her skill in the Tech and Columbus Day parades. Since she left school last February, Ruth has been a telephone op- erator with the New England Telephone Company. JOSEPH SIIARRY There was never a more all-round. good fellow than joe. Playing forward on the Basketball Team. he starred three years. ln base- ball he was an outstanding catcher. Not only did he play on the Classical Tennis Team four years. but he won the City Tennis Championship in 1942. Ile also played the drums in the Band and Orchestra A, was a member of the Student Council. and Chairman of the Cap and Cown Committee. ,Ioe hopes to concentrate on ath- letics at Springfield College in the fall. CHARLES SHAW In a quiet sort of way. Charles has become one of the best-known and hes -d members of the senior class. l 't year's cham- pionship Footb eam. he was tops as left gluard. as a Red Cross Repfesenta '41, in his-junior year, on the Sit-:dent Cot as a freshman, Stud'eqj.Counci si- dent last year. a ienibeff the Class Day Co itttee. tie'- also was President t Phi Chi Fraternity. This fall, Charles hopes to study engineering at Norwich l'niversity. . At, 7 .1 NW lpn U , , lv BERNICE strut J A WJ A19 Whenever there is somethin ing on, Bernice is sure to be there. Her good sense of humor and friendliness have made her a fa- vorite at Classical. In her fresh- man year, she was on the Field Ilockey Squad, and, on the Bas- ketball 'Ieam, she was one of the most promising forwards. When a junior and senior, she also be- longed to Aletheia. Following up her work as a Ward Aide. Bernice plans to go into training at Beth Israel llospital in Boston. ROSLYNE SIRK Roslyne's beaming smile and pleasing personality have made her well liked both in and out of school. She has been active in Girl Scouts. serving as Assistant Captain. ller war work as a Ward Aide and a five-sweater knitting record puts many of us to shame. Roslyne plans to go to l7airchild's Business School this summer, and she would like to work in an insurance office after completing that course. I J. . Qt MII RIITII SIVOWITZ Classical woulll elo wcll to have' a fcw more- girls like- Ruth. AI- ways cahn anel ve-ry since-re. she- has a cle-ve-r way of enlivening convr-rsations with ht-r llright equips. She- was a me-tnher of the Spanish Cluh in hcr junior ye-ar, anel the Re-el Cross Representa- tive- from Room 20. Since- Ifehru- ary she- has he-cn taking a ma- chine- course- in elcfense work. hut she- hope-s to se-rve her 'coun- try cqually we-ll hy going into training. A A:lt,f' y All of us It Dnot It the- op- portunity Io ge-t iltqllliillllffll with Ili . I thc lllf'IlIlN'I'S of Room unanimously agree- on his friendliness anel high spirits. The Stamp Cluh only wishes that he- hael come- e-arlicr, he-cause he- is an aviel aml enthusiastie- phila- ze-list. Ilis cnthusiasm also huh- hlcs ovcr when haske-thall is thc topic of convf-rsation. The- fall will liml llarlan stuelying meeli- e-ine-. w come-r from North SHIRLEY STEIN Ilow thc musical organizations at Classical will miss Shirley ne-xt ye-ar! ln aelelition to accompany- ing the- Mixe-el Chorus, Ore-he-stra H. as a sophomore. anel Orchestra A. in he-r junior antl se-nior ye-ars, she- sang se-conel soprano in the lllce- Cluh eluring all he-r high school elays. She- was a me-mhe-r of thc Hong Committee. anel on Class Day. It-el the- Class Orches- tra. ln spite- of all outsiele ac- tivities, Shirley has also maelc tht- wonelcrful re-corel of graeluating in three- ye-ars. She- hopes to cn- tcr Raelcliflei- or llarnarel in the fall. JAMES STEINIIILBER Che-mistry is ,limmy's favorite- suhje-ct anel we who we-rc in Room 26 with hint can vouch for his se-ie-ntic ahility. Ile- also has a great fondness for hasehall anel comer Sprng he- can hc founel halting for the- Classical Tige-rs. CONSTA NCE STEPHENS Although Connie- eliel not rome- from way out in California to Classical until he-r junior year, she- has he-come one of thc out- staneling gals in school. She was at tncmhe-r of the- Ficlel llockcy Squael. the- class anal varsity Bas- kcthall Te-ams. the lleelication Committee- anel thc Classic Myths Hoarel. Ile-r greate-st prielcs are he-r two hcautiful show horse-s anel her aelmirahle trophy room. Next ye-ar, Connie- plans to stuely in another part of the country, this time- in the South at Mary Washington Colle-gc. JOSEPH STINES Une- of the prouele-st fellows at school was Joe. Reason? Ile- was awarele-el a very important certifi- cate- for making moele-l airplanes for the- Unite-el States Navy. We- are proud, too. Also. when not working on his plane-s. joe- was a hanelsome helllnoy at the llote-l Bancroft. ' f G EOR? . . DS I Sunky-for wroeve-r alls him Ceorgc? ---might he most famous for his flashy clothe-s, for his smooth car. for his many cute elate-s or for he-ing one- of the- Phi Chi hoys. But in case you never kne-w. he was a vital meulhe-r of the championship Ice- llocke-y Team and also won all e-nviahle me-dal lor his jumping ree-orel on the Track Team. The Army Air Cotps is Sunky's choice- for next ye-ar, GERALD TERAN Ce-rry was what you woultl call a downright swe-ll fe-llow for not only eliel he win hosts of frie-nels hut many oflice-s as well. Ile- he-ld the-m in the C.Il.S.I7.A.. the Agassiz Cluh. the llistory Cluh. ap e'Che-ss Clult. In his more- se- mome-nts, he- was f-x 'e- y intere-'te-el in Psychol- 4 fl re' erything and any- hitg I ie suhje-ct. You are , . irpriseel thcn. to learn that. e-rry is a pre--tneelical stuele-nt at M JOHN SINKAVITCH Me-nthe-rs of last ye-ar's Pinglish 8 class are still talking about the inte-resting anel amusing eliscus- sions which ,lohn use-el to carry on ahout his ple-asurc in life-. mn- sic. In his junior year he playe-el a saxophone- in the Band. and at the Mock Raelio Show he was one of the group of live that se-t the- fe-ct to going with the-ir popular music. He- eve-n hael a hand of his own outside school. lnelucte-el in April. ,lohn naturally hopes to join the Army Band, or. as se-conel choice-, the- Army Air Corps. EDMUND TIVNAN him- was always interested in photography and. as a re-sult. or- ganize-el a cluh of his own. An- other intere-st of his was Math. prove-el hy the fact that he took a post-graeluate course- in Math 9. In the- ve-ry near future he will he aelelresseel as Aviation Caelet Tivnan. .lust another point to make him even more attrac- tive to the fair sex. 6 ,v NORMAN TOROSIAN Conscientious Norm was a mem- ber of the Pythagorean Club and played intramural basketball. But his real interest was in avi- ation. Besides reading books on the subject. he made model air- planes. If the Army Air Corps does not claim him ETSI as a Hying cadet, he plans to enter orpester Tech. ' ,U-3,Ughy.!.f1f ft , 1----, ff- Ut! U n W, Maxi-g,fLfV.,f I I . , .JEAN TROW Mttrat-tive ,lean with the pro- verbial light brown hair was one of the most active members of the ,jfsmttsifal organizations. Besides singing alto in the Glee Club and ajflthe Mixed Chorus and holding I' foffices in both. she sang in the Mock Radio Show. ,lean was also active in her church young peo- ple's group. MANUEL WEINTRAUB Although his afternoon work prevented him from joining any clubs, Manny was well known to many Classicalites. His favorite subject was art in which he is very talented. He also went out for football and enjoys swim- ming. Outside school, his time was taken up with managing a Boy Scout Troop and his work in Civilian Defense. -ff ' .. 1,1 M LILLIE WINANS, Lillie's many friencg assical will long remember her sant disposition. She belonged to the Clee Club for four years. and the Mixed Chorus and the Creen Room Club for two years. Her outside activities consisted of horseback riding. swimming, and ice skating. At the present time Lillie is employed at Norton's but in the near future she hopes to go into training to become a nurse. JACK WOLFSON At Classical ,la k was liked by everyone. In ' soph m re year he layed rd on Basket- ba Team Howev he spent most of after s working as a to . s When Jack is ca e into s ' by the Army Air C ps ini ' h he has en- listed, he will very much missed. We wish hi V all the luck he deserves at his n career. MIRIAM YANOFSKY Wliile at Classical. Miriam ex- celled in music. She was solo trumpeter in Orchestra A. and in the Band for two years. and she also played British Crenadiersn at the Classical lligh School Con- cert. ln the Spanish Club she heid the office of Treasurer. Next year Miriam plans on playing a trum- pet in an orchestra or studying at the Conservatory of Music in New York City. LEON ZITOWITZ Leon will not soon be forgotten by his fellow chemists. In this study he was very much interested and proved himself to be a worthy student. llc was also a member of the Bomb Squad and Civilian Defense. After graduation, Leon plans to enter the Army and we know he will be a great success in whatever branch of the serv- ice he will choose. WITIIOLD BACAUSKAS Not only did Vvithold play for our football champions, but he was also on the lnter-lligh Team of 1942. He was well known by his performances in both the Christmas andr senior plays in i911-1 and in the Mock Radio Programs. This year he was President of the Clee Club and Chairman of the Senior Picture Committee. Next year may find him in the Navy. GRACE THAYER Gracie spent much of her time knitting. She made loads of really nice sweaters for the Red Cross so you can see she is quite accomplished. She was, also, one of the most active Agassiz Club members. Next year she plans to enter the University, of New Vt Miiaw-M ROBERT BRADY l, Having music as his primary in- terest. Bob is indeed a talented boy. An accomplished pianist, he has accompanied the Boys' Clee Club throughout his three years at Classical. ln his sophomore year, Bob played the trombone in both Orchestra A and the Band: then. in his junior year, he centered his attentions on the bassoon, only to prove himself more successful by being chosen to play the bas- soon in the All-lligh Symphony Oxchestra. Bob was President and Vice-President of the Boys' Glee Club in his third and fourth years respectively, and was a member of the Senior Song Com- mittee. el fs -J Y avi' .J 3 I I 5 T Fl: J be 'x TD sf ' X rf' j'l x I DONALD CAPMAN Already a midshipman in the Nll'l't'llilIll Nlarinc Reserve and the I nited States Naval Reserve. upon his graduation from Clas- sical ill l chruary. Ilon entered the Merchant Marine Acadenly at New Urlcans. Louisiana. Al- though he did not take an active intcrcst in school clubs. his ath- lctie ability was displayed to good advantage when he became a guard on the football squad in his senior year. Outside school. Don was an active member of the ltr-Molay. CARDLYN CARLSON A well-gro med, friendly girl is Carolyn WIX4 asfurcs us that bad- minton and ping pong are her favbritli- pastimes. A charter mem- hef of the Girl Reserves Tiger - Club. sll?,tGerved Vice-I'resi- Jdept- dm -.ecvre afy of that or- iayfation in 'third and fourth 'ars res e ivelyf- Active in the Aletheian, so. HIQH member ol' thq Senior Picture Committee. she ncvhrlheless found the time to knit sweaters for the Red Cross. Carolyn hopes to enter Clark in September. JAMES CLIFFORD ,lames has a varied field of in- terests. but has not participated in many school activities. Ile was a member of the Senior Song Committee. aml was an active member of the Green Room Club in his senior year. Ile likes all sports, so much that it would be diflicult for him to select a favo- rite. yet he does admit that hc is decidedly a boating enthusiast. .lames is very much interested in agriculture and hopes. draft board permitting. to further his education in that field, preferably at Dartmouth. NELLIE DAWES Nellie was both an actress and a singer. For four years she be- longed to the Green Room Club. the Girls' Glee Club, of which she was Secretary in her junior year. and the Mixed Chorus, of which she was Vice-President in her senior year. ller delightful act- ing in Lady Luck and in scv- eral Christmas I'lays will long bc remembered. As a final token of distinction, Nellie was ap- pointed to the Dedication Com- mittee. ROBERT I . GREEN Un' of Class-aical's two famous vert Greens, Bob I . was a mem- Hgr of the Agassiz Club in his X ggpliotnore year. llis strict at- I lllltlll Ill Hg I l t l'sNf v dllt IIS X ' ' ig 1.-1 -it.-. it Jzial in the art room proclaim -1 tl sc to bc l'.' f' iritc s 'nt Ili avr ubjt 's. ' tis first two year it ward rn ie uno I in I . . ,' s. he :-1y'I vor ' 1 tl ,I i r rsity basketball team .. Syra- Hlse llniversity may claim him ine. sa er graduation. NIL DAVID GUTERMAN ln his high school activities. llavt-'s literary and musical tal- ents came to the fore. Ile was Manager and later. President of Orchestra A. and also in his senior year Vice-l'rcsidcnt of the All lligh School Orchestra. Bc- sides hc was a member of thc C.ll.S.Il.A. aml an Assistant lfditor of the Argus, 'I'o top oll all this. he earned a Iloracc Mann rating and First llonors. with which distinctions he wcnl to Tufts College where he is now s'udvii'g, BETTY HALL The soprano section of the Girls' Glee Club and the Nlixed Chorus are going to miss Betty llall. She has been Librarian and Nlanager of thc Glee Club. Manager of the lllixed Chorus. and President of both organizations. Betty is ath- letic. too. She played both bas- ketball and field hockey. and also right wing and right inner on the field hockey team. Besides all her other activities. shc does her part as a Ward Aide. Betty. plus her famous ami ever-present gig- gle. plans to go to Centenary Junior College in llackettstown. New Jersey. ELEANOR HERMAN W ln her freshman and sophomore years. lfleanor went out for field hockey. Also she was a loyal member of the Girls' Glee C . When shc was not warl lflcauor found plenty to dr ' a member of the .-Xletheia and th llistory Club. ller favorite . - ject was biology. so naturally enough. she belonged to the Agassiz Club. She helps out as a ward aide once a week excel- lent training for her proposed ca- reer as a nurse. ' 6 SDNE H 'MAN Being one f the most brilliant math students in school was Sidis distinction. No solid geometry or trig problem could ever stump him. It is no wonder. there- fore. that he was President of the Pythagorean Club, as well as a member of the C.II.S.l7..'X. and the Chess Club. A very high ranking scholar. he is going to be a naval air pilot, GRACE KEEGAN This Second llonor student was one of the most conscientious people in school. A charter member of the Classical Girl Re- serves and a member of the Alc- theia in her junior and senior years. she was also a member of the Motto Conunittec. Swimming. skating. and badminton occupy her leisure hours. Grace plans to matriculate at Clark College after graduation, ARTHUR LAGADINOS Arthur is another senior who will have to cut college classes to be graduated from high school, since he entered Brown llniversity last l c-bruaxy to study engineering. At Classical his interest in math- ematics induced him to join the Pythagorean Club in his junior year. Arthur's popularity was re- warded by his election as Stu- dent Councillo and Lieutenant Governor' of 'L Order of Sons tiyric ' 1 BYRON LEIGH Byron is a well-known local tenor who sang on a weekly radio program. at the Auditorium, and at many other places. He was one of the best all round athletes and acrobats at the Y.iNl.C.A. and for three years was secretary of the lli-Y. The Track Team and Agassiz Club valued his mem- bership and we hear that the ll. S. Navy will do the Si-IITIC. .f'. .N 1 ,A ' Llc... . I - 0' 4 i ELIZABETH LCCAS ' Betsy spent only her last two years at Classical where she be- came well liked by everyone. Mu- sically inclined, she played the flute in Orchestra B in her junior year and sang soprano in the Glee Club during both years. Outside school Betsy worked and also found time to collect records and make her own clothes. Next year she plans to go to Mary Wash- ington College. JOSEPH PHILBIN Room Four was Joe's favorite for he spent many an afternoon there. He claimed that he held some sort of a record for P.M.'s. Even Miss Shaughnessy was never quite able to figure out his attendance t?l system. Joe was, however. good- natured and liked by all, and his very presence brought new life into a dull ciass. Upon graduat- ing, he plans to enter the Army. DORQT IY RACTQOT Her fc and qtfiet ways were kno to man 7' but the striking tl n one r membered about Dt thy w' 1 er charming smile. l was t ejwarm type of smile thy s vorite subject was science and she . ent most of her spare time reading. She plans to go into laboratory technician work but has not yet decided just where to pursue her studies. by t Qpe d friendliness. Dor- LESTER SADOWSKY Classmates remember Lester as that likeable fellow who tlitl so well in athletics. Baseball was his favorite sport. and, in four years, he became well known for his outstanding pitching. As a junior and senior, playing on the Basketball Team, he was tops as guard. ln addition, during the last season. he tried his skill at ten- nis. l'le was also a member of the Ring and Pin Committee. MARTIN SCHWARTZ Was there ever anyone more easy to get along with than Marty? llis friendly air and good sense of humor have made him one of the most popular members of the Class of '43. lle was a member of the C.H.S.D.A., serving as Treas- urer in his third year and Presi- dent in his fourth. lle also was Captain of the Tennis Team two years. His part of Will in the Christmas Play of the Creen Room Club, of which he was President, will long be remem- bered. He was also on the Bomb Squad, and a member of both the Student Council and the Play Committee. lle plans to go to Johns Hopkins or llarvard this fall. SEVERIN STECA Classical gsport fans wish that Severin had gone out for ath- 'letics right after coming from Grafton Street Junior lligh. for, in his senior year. playing right end on the Football Team, he did more than his share towards ty- ing the Inter-High championship, as wcll as playing center in Bas- ketball. When a junior. he was a Student Council Representative and a member of the Bomb Squad. He also served on the Picture Committre. Dartmouth College is his first choice this fall. HELEN STOMI Helen was one girl who, believe it or not. liked all of her sub- jects. Although she did not par- ticipate in any school sports, she was very much interested in them. Another of her interests was singing and she was an en- thusiastic member of the Clee Club. Next year. it is Fram- ingham State Teachers, College for Helen. ROSLYN STONE Rossie's time was pretty well taken by the Agassiz Club. the Orchestra, keeping up with her favorite hobby, snapshot collect- ing. and serving on the Senior Motto Committee. She was one of the few admirable girls who could understand chemistry and, naturally enough, Rossie's ambi- tion is io become a laboratory technician. JJ 't'i RUTII SWEET Red Inf-adv-rl Ruthie was one of thc most activc girls in thc mu- sical organizations at school. he- sidcs lneing a memlu-r of the llis- tory Gluh. She played the hari- tonc lor two years in ottr smooth hand and. also. sang alto in the Glcc Glulr. llcr plans for thc future? Studying music. of course! ,, ff l.!v!, 41 .w , A.-f 1 U- . JM. I I ff. 17-VA., f J X I'AIlI.INE TAIT Pussy was always lvusy. in school and out. She was Secretary of the llistory Iiluh. played tie-ld hockey. and sang first alto in the Glce Gluh. She spent many afternoons doing llospital .Aid work and was also one of the strappy Sea Scouts. And. oh ycs. we must mcntion her Saturday night dates at 'l'cch. Alassacliusetts State Gollege is Ilussy's choice for next year. 2 by 51 GERALDINE PIERCE Classic' will rcmemher Geraldine for uict ways and her easy- vring BY' ut hlush. She was one ,nf thoq gcntcel people so well hiked y all. She was a mcmher 1 ' ic Grccn Room Gluh and also was one of our Rand 'I'wirlers dur- ing her sophomore and senior years. As yet Geraldine has no definite plans for the future. GLORIA DAVIS Gloria was one of the attractive and popttlar girls of our class. ln hcr freshman and sophomore years she played piano in Orches- tra R and was a memher of the Student Council. In her junior ycar she hclonged to thc Agassiz Iiluh. and was a ,lunior Red Cross Representative for two years. the fall Gloria will enter training at llahnemann llospital. DORIS DIIMAS The industry Doris displayed in the classroom makes us fccl sure that hcr amhition to lnecome a good teacher will some day realized. A tncmhcr of Girl Scout 'l'roop lil. she is a Councilor thc troop's camp. lt is there she hest shows her alrility to handle children. lloris is undecidcd as to which school she will cntcr this fall. hut she is certain that she would like to tcach Spanish some- day. JAMES ELIOPULOS After reading .lamcsi Arglzs contrihution A Alan to he Re- membered , it is easy for us to understand why he is so proud of his Greek ancestry. Besides he- ing a successful writcr. .latncs was a violinist in Orchestra A and a lcllot' in the Boys Glee Gluh. Like many of our classmates, he left high school in Fchruary and is now attending Clark University. SEYMOUR KUNIN Since Fchruary Classicalitcs have had to manage without Seymour's wit and originality. for he is now a freshman at B. ll. 'l'hcrc he is taking a Pre-Law Gourse and is a mcmher of the R.O.T.ff. During high school Scy only had time to lwlong to the t1.Il.S.D.A. of which he was an outstanding memher. Ile held various ofliccs and last year showed exceptional orator- ical ahility hy winning the Dis- tinguished Speaking Award. ROLAND URE. JR. Yery much interested in electrical prohlctns. Roland was one of the tnotivating powers of thc Radio Iilulv. As a rcsult of his alvility. radios were connccted so that the wholc school was alvlc to lu-ar President Rooscveltis Ih-claration of War upon Japan. Incirlcntalty. Roland has travelled more than any other hoy in thc senior class. llawaii. California and the Na- tional llarks are familiar haunts to him. As a Second llonor l upil. Roland is thc only lnoy to achieve that distinction. MARION W'II.I.ETT Marion is a quict and modest girl. and a truc friend to those who know her well. She hclonged to the Agassiz and Green Room Cluhs. While in thc latter. she playcd the part of a fairy in Mid- summer Night's lirt-ant. Marion plans to enter City llospital next year as a nurse and her amhition is to hccotne atlilialed with the Navy in hcr profession. l5.,l1k,,: GR NEM Y FEE . ln the Camera Glu miipptqciiix ' an acti 'e 8015 l'f - ng elect llresidcn ' tis senior year. was also a tudent Gouncilor in thc samc year. On .lanuary 25. IU-Ili hc left us to start studying at Clark lniversity. where hc plans to major in history. Some Classical. as one of tho faculty l l RICHARD MITCHELL .,. . . . While in school. Dick en-ioycrl llnited States llistory and music. lle sang haritonc in thc Boys Clef- Glulm in his senior year and was a memher of the harmony class. Ile was also a mcmher of thc Bomh Squad. lle left school in Fcliru- ary. lle plans to take a position as ltlanagcr in a Ghain Grocery Store or lo join the Marines. .IOSEPII SILVER 'l'wo great distinctions helong to .loe. Not only docs he posscss a startling zoot suit. hut hc is the first memher of the Glass of '43 to he drafted. ln the Army. his athletic ahility ought to he help- ful. for hc was on thc Basketball 'l'cam and the .Iunior Yarsity Foothall Team during his sopho- more year. llc was also a mem- hcr of thc Dedication Committee. ,loc will he assigned to radio work. day wc may again see him ' CLASSIC MYTHS ORGANIZATIONS To the Tune of: WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN When the second War is o,er, and victory is won, Then the clubs at Classical will resume their fun, Planning roller skating dates and Saturday dances Holding meetings in odd places Mr. Weed fancies When new history is made and Wednesdays are free, Room 18 will once again hold a history bee. But until the ,laps are routed and the Nazis fall, Loyal Classical students prefer to give their all. 151, THE STUDENT COUNCIL It van he truthfully stated that this has been the most aetive year in the history of tht- Student Cuunc-il, an organization made up of a lmy and a girl delegate from f'ill'Il llmm-rmnn under the guirlanee of faculty adviser. IVIr. Erieksun. Almost as sown as st-lmul upenefl, after an eleetinn of nflieers. all the delegates 4'nergeti4'ally hikefl to a rullieking fall pienie at Silver Springs. xvil4'Ilt'Xt'l' there was a seryiee tu he perforniecl for the Sl'll0lll. the Student Coun- eillurs just naturally seeinecl to he the ones to do it. They set-ured subscribers for tht- Argus. ushered nn l'arents' Night. 4'llll9l'lt fl money for our new service flag. and faithfully anal ellieiently sulcl wlar Savings Stamps every week nf the term. ln lit-eeuiiwr their nriginal and lively Jinx Uanee was sueh a huge sueeess both snvially ami linanvially that the stuclent hotly 1lPlt1ilIll'lt'tl annther. anfl was rewarded with an equally unique rlanee. The Trolley Hop. llut the task for which we should praise them the most is that uf sending special. engrayeml vartls to ex-Classiealites who arc in the armecl serviees. It was no easy juli tu seeure and write the aclrlresses nl the lluntlreds uf servieemen. The Class ul 'll-3 eau elaim eaeh one of the ollieers. They are Charles Shaw. Presiflr-lit: Minh-l Hergstrmn. Vice-President: Margery Anderson, Seeretary: Robert llurgan. Treasurer. 445225 THE ARGUS If any school organization rates three loud and lusty cheers for its service, it is the Argus board. Although war-time exigencies have brought about adverse con- ditions, these individuals still spend more time by far than the rest of the student body realizes in order to continue this twenty-third successive year of publication. The appearance of the Argus each month is perhaps the most eagerly awaited school eventg school life seems to revolve around it. This year the literary themes ranged all the way from Doris Cohenis Portrait of a Young American, with its war- time problems, to Norman Asher's On the Barbaric and its zoot suit perplexities. As is the custom, the April issue was a surprise. lt literally transformed Classical into an army camp with its own M.P.'s, WAACS, and song. Although the literary staff originally consisted of eight assistant editors and Co-Editors-in-Chief Howard Hiatt and Muriel Bergstrom, by February it had sullered by the great loss of Howard Hiatt, David Cuterman, and Mendel Kaufman, who, all left for college. June Ure then was chosen as Co-Editor. The faculty advisers are Anna C. Shaughnessy and David K. Arey. cc 53 xp THE GREEN ROOM CLUB The lights lllllllllfxd, a hush fell over tl1e audienc-e, the t'lll'lillIlS were drawn, und revealed on the stage we saw the setting for one 3. of the Green Room Club Productions. lt was lllt' Llllllllill Cbristnius j Play entitled, UI lyllllil Believe i11 cTl'lI'lSllllllS.,i lVla1rtin Sl'llWill'll. Cliff llotwuy, Betsey lreonard, Calvin Gould, Carolyn Knight. and 'I BilI'lJ2ll'il Pattison all enacted their parts with ability. No one could if l1elp leaving the hall without being filled with the Clll'lSllllilS spirit. The Zllllllllll who were able to attend this lJl'6St'IllilllUll were well rew11rded for llll'll' efforts. The sueeess of this play was the result of the bi-nionthly lIli'1'llllgS of the rlub at whieh ltlillly short dranlas were presented. lll Oetober l.11dy l,lll'liil was produced with Betsey lJ3llIlill'Cl, ,lean Fl't't'lillNlt'l'. Shirley Cordon, und ,laniee Usborne lillilllg aetive part. This was followed by Hlllftllllldl' Bill i11 whieh two of our most talented stars, ,laniee Usborne and Arnold Chase. pzirtieiputed. fjlll' of the more reeent pl'Ulllll'llUllS of the Green Room Club, A Tune ol Ll Tune was eurried through to il great climax by the ability ol lvlllfy Canneron. llill Sweeney. und ,launes Clifford. Two other Zlf'l0l'S, Vilie lg2ll'illlSliilS und lvlilfllll Seliwurtz, helped in Illillilllg more interesting the meetings of the Green Room lilub. It has long been a tradition of Classit-al High School to produce ll senior play: ll0Wl'Vt'l', this year llCI'illlS6 of world conditions it was omitted. lnstead L'The Mayor ltllll the lVli.lllll'Ul'FM, u eoniedy, was presented at an ilS5l lllllly of the first seetion. ln this play Roberta Curtis, and Withhold llill'illlSliilS took leading roles. The ollieers of the year were: President, lVlill'llll Schwartz: Vive-l'resident. Arnold Cluiseg St't'l'I'li1l'y, jean l'll'l'Pltllldt?I'Q and Treasurer. Carolyn Knight. The 1-liib was under the direelion of Mr. Post. 44 54.9 ALETHEIA This year Aletheia had a very different and timely program. Because of the great importance of South and Central America, we decided to have a Latin American program. It was also agreed to have each month's meeting under the direction of a different member, thus enabling more girls to participate. The October meeting was held in Mr. Wasisellls music room where the club heard selections of Spanish music and a discussion on Latin American, Spanish, and Portu- guese music given by Minna Olch, Ruth Meyer, and Charlotte Meyersohn respectively. At the next meeting, Leonore Kaplan presented an interesting program on The People of Latin America , which was illustrated by colored photographs. Because we had so many books from the Book-of-the-Month Club , the January meeting was devoted to book reviews. Outstanding reports were given by Eleanor Herman on g'Creen Mansions and by Charlotte Meyersohn who read amusing selec- tions from Our Hearts We1'e Young and Gayf, But not all of our meetings were at home. ln February, the club attended the movie Random Harvestf' The Aletheia closed an enjoyable season with its annual picnic, which was held in May. The oflicers for the year were Muriel Bergstrom, Presiclentg Charlotte Meyersohn, Vice-Presidentg Ruth Meyer, Secretary: Betty Cooney. Treasurer. 445555 C. H. S. D. A. ll the meeting will please come to order, spoke Mr. Howe, in that singularly distinctive voice so familiar to all of us, 'gwe shall elect ollicers for the 1942 semesterf' Thus began the CHSDA meeting of October 7, 1942. Following this. meetings were held every two weeks under the guidance ol adviser 1V1r. Howe. At each meeting an informal debate was given in order to give members- experience in preparation for the debate to be held March 10, 1943, before the student body. The great day arrived and found the topic Resolved, That a federal world gov- ernment should be established, The alllrmative was supported by 1V1artin Schwartz, Arnold Hiatt and Allan Clazer, alternate. The negative was upheld by William Sweeney, Arnold Chase and Sidney Hoffman. alternate. The judges, prominent Wor- cester attorneys, deemed the negative team the better, and awarded the prize for the best individual speaker to Williailii Sweeney - a decision popular with the students. This was one of the most successful debates ever held before the student body. Orrletans October 19412-Jamlary 19-13 january 19113 --,Inne 1943 President .................. Clifford Hotway President ................ Martin Schwartz Vice President ........ Joseph O'1V1al1ey Vice President ..... .... 1 fred Brennan Secretary ,........ .......... 1' 'red Brennan Secretary .......... ............ A llan Clazer Treasurer ..... Martin Schwartz Treasurer .... ...... 1 rwin Aisenberg K 56x PYTHAGOREAN CLUB You are doing wonderfully if you are meeting as usual during these unsettled war days. We omitted a year during the last war, and now the schools are much more involved in war changes than they were in l9l8,', wrote Miss Harriet Pierce, founder of the Pythagorean Club, in a letter of thanks for the annual Christmas gift which the club gave her. Yes, in spite of losing their President in the middle of the season and having a small membership, this club held regular and interesting meetings. At the first gathering it was decided that the Vice-President, Charlotte lVleyersohn, should act as Program Chairman for the year and that Jean Crotty, Janice Osborne, and Stanley Fram be on her committee. ln November the life, school, and theorems of Pythagoras were discussed and problems were presented. Janice Osborne, at a later date, demonstrated the gyroscope, while Sidney Hoffman spoke on Mathematics and Aviationv and President Joseph O,lVlalley stumped the members with a diliicult cryptogram. Since the President had to leave for college in February, Sidney Hoffman was chosen his successor and lrwin Aisenberg was elected Assistant Vice-President. Then an exciting quizz contest took place in which Harold Greenberg was the final victor. At the March meeting the club learned about the life of Einstein and the use of the slide rule. Later Vittie Babonas presented some intricate problems. The oflicers for the year Were: Joseph 0'lVlalley, President, Charlotte Meyersohn, Vice-President, lrwin Aisenberg, Assistant Vice-President, Janice Osborne, Secretary, and Stanley Fram, Treasurer. lVlr. Couming was faculty adviser. 44 up HISTORY CLUB Bang-Bang-Bang - only three times did President Edward Early's gavel strike to call the History Club meetings to order, for after just three meetings this club, too, became closed for the duration of this year. Nevertheless, Pussy Tait's very eflicient notes which she recorded as Secretary, tell of a really interesting set of meetings. Such vital topics as 'Should colleges be closed for the duration, Civilian Moralef' and Service Morale, were but a few which were discussed. There was also the traditional History Quizz and the greatest honor - the booby prize - went to Gerald Teran. lncidentally, ,loseph O'Malley won the first prize. Treasurer Teran was in his stride at the meetings for what did he enjoy more than a real good discussion, especially with such an opponent as Joe 0,Malley? But lest you think that only the males were interes.ted in history, may l hasten to add that Nat Fletcher acted as Vice-President, Marge Anderson as Program Chair- man, and Lois Brown, Charlotte Meyersohn, Mary Cameron, and ,lean Crotty as able members. When circumstances permit Mr. Brennan, faculty adviser, to take down the closed for this yearn sign and put in its place open for actionf' you can be certain that the History Club will once again rank as one of Classical's best clubs. 4582 X 1lRLS llEE LILB CLASSIC MYTHS THE MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS Violins screeching, chairs shifting, dull thumps as the drums are tuned, cries of '6Give us an IA', Shirleyv or How about low 'C'?,' resound - bedlam? Well not quite, it's just Orchestra A tuning up. Give it time, though, and that strange conglomeration will resolve itself into a very respectable orchestra under Mr. Wassell's able direction. In years past, Orchestra A thought nothing of going to a Massachusetts or New England Festival and walking off with a first rating. Lately gasoline rationing has ruled out festivals, but the spirit of the organization is unchanged. The officers for this year were President, Shirley Stein, Vice-President, Jean Carroll, Secretary, Janet Laipsong and Ruth Raphael, Marilyn Bahr, Frederick Kuhner, Jay Kaplan, and Harry Howell. I.?l'Z1 ll fl 1 The Orchestra's sister instrumental organization, the Band, has become a familiar part of our football games. The only way some of us who could not see through the dust or over those in the first row, could tell when we made a touchdown was by the wild beating of our Non sibi sed omnibusw bass drum. The Band, with its snappy fleet of twirlers, has also participated in several parades and Bond drives. The officers were President, Arthur Youngg Vice-President, Robert Hanfieldg Secretary, Paul Coumingg Drum Major, Criliiths Dick, Head Twirler, Frances Konopkag and Harriet Brooks, Constance Savat, Irving Eison, Mitchell Jaffe, and Leon Kessler. The Girls and Boys Glee Clubs and the Mixed Chorus continued in their tradi- tion of good music and pleasure for all. The officers of the Cirls Glee Club were Betty Hall, Presidentg Jean Carroll, Vice-President, Shirley Hersom, Secretary, and Jean Trow, Nancy Quist, Joan Nichols, Ruth Raphael, Betty McGuiness, Jane Hatch, and Janice Osborne. Those for the Boys Glee Club included: Vittie Bacauskas, Presi- dent, Robert Brady, Vice-President, Harvey Howell, Secretaryg Robert Brady, Ac- companistg and Bernard Arnold, Norman Lurien, Robert Tillson, Robert Turner, Frank Wells, and Morton Gewandter. The Mixed Chorus is composed of some of the members of both Clee Clubs. All of Classicalis musical organizations joined forces to top off the year with a concert that made a real hit',. Both Glee Clubs presented a thoroughly enjoy- able variety of selections, and the Band did its part with an amusing novelty number that caught the audienceis fancy. Orchestra A was on hand with its usual good work as demonstrated by a delightful concertino, in which Shirley Stein was soloist, ana a rapid-fire overture. The Orchestra and Mixed Chorus together presented the beautiful Laudamus and the inspiring This Is My Country . The guest star of the evening was the well-known 'cellist from Boston, Mr. Vaska. The whole concert was a great success. So you see, to both participants and audiences, the musical organizations are certainly an enjoyable part of life at Classical. 160, C ll E S T THE BA THE CHESS CLUB Under the leadership of our principal, Mr. Fenner, their adviser, the enthusias- tic members of this very informal club engaged in internecine warfare each Friday afternoon in the Classical library. This year, because of the many wartime restric- tions, the club did not participate in outside tournaments, as is their usual procedure. However, elimination contests among the members were held throughout the year, with Clifford Botway emerging the victor. ln March, plans were made to attempt a tournament with Worcester Academy, perennial opponent of the Classical Chess Club. ln the meantime, the Classical organization took part in the Worcester County lnterscholastic Chess Tournament at the Worcester Chess Club in the Y.M.C.A., and Francis Wells, along with a Worcester Academy student, won through to the finals. Many of the members have come from the Providence Street Junior High where they learned to play, but many others were taught to play by the club itself. Indeed, the purpose of the club is to promote an interest in chess, and the club will at any time teach any Classical pupil how to play this ancient and royal game. fc62n CLASSIC MYTHS ATHLETICS To the Tune of: THIS IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR Out on the gridiron so dusty There our boys do or die for a score, For the honor of the Alma lVlater's Always worth fighting for. We freeze as we sit in the bleachers And we cheer for the team we adore, But the honor of the Alma lVlater,s Always worth freezing for. Or what if we missed that basket, What if we mulled the ball? What if our team so gallant Finished the season lowest of all? We'll win out yet, dear old Tigers, Fill the air with your glorious roar, For the honor of the Alma lVlater's Always worth fighting for. 0163, 2 L Q .... FOOTBALL The Classical stands were in utter despair. The gloom was thick enough to cut with a knife. On two previous plays we had hlocked South's. kicks from her own end zone for touchdowns, only to have them hoth called hack. Once again South called a punt , from the shadows of her goal-posts. Then the Classical team f proved its rightful place as one of the great teams in the school's history hy blocking a third time the South kick for a touchdown and victory. Pre-season experts had Classical figured out as a weak sister. The first game showed the result of Mr. Hrennan's hard drilling. Our inexperienced hoys held a veteran and heavily favored St. Peter's team to a 0-0 deadlock. in which hoth teams scored once. but each touchdown was nullified. ln the first Commerce game a new passing star was unveiled in the person of Harvey Curwitz, a slight, eagle-eyed lad whose long hullseye passes lead us to the I2-0 victory. North was an easy victim, al- though the score showed only 7-0 and Manager ,lim Redican also hecame the sorely needed point-after-tanuchdown specialist. ln one of the hardest fought and hitterest games of the campaign, Lady Luck dogged us all night with the result that South won 7-0. Although held in check for three periods hy a vastly improved Commerce team. we finally hroke through. With Joe Rathay running all over the opposition. we won in the last period I3-6. Classical's terrific passing attack was too much for the North hoys in our second encounter. Captain Horgan and Reardon put on a sensa- tional exhihition of pass catching as we easily heat them I3-0. The Next South game will be remembered as the high spot of the year. We went into the game an underdog, as South had heaten everyone including us, and cattle out the true master of the lnter-High race. The Classical rooters yelled themselves hoarse as we stcamrollerd a disorganized and hewildered South team I3-0. Round- ing out a very successful season. we gained an easy victory over Fitchburg l-1-0, in' which llathay and Struckus hoth scored on plays which had misfired. W'ith outstanding center Frank Kronoff and peppery joe Rathay as co-captains another successful season is in store for Classical. SCORES: Classical 0 St. Pete-r's 0 Classical I3 Commerce 6 Classical I2 Cotnmerce 0 Classical 13 North 0 Classical 7 North 0 Classical 13 South 0 Classical 0 South 7 Classical lil Fitchburg 0 44041-n CLASSIC MYTHS CROSS COUNTRY This year the Cross Country Team was entirely composed of the lower classmen. Of the whole group, which consisted of thirty members, fifteen of them were fresh- men. Among these, Mr. Cantwell sees many future stars. The boys who showed much promise in the annual Short Bun lone and three quarters miles! were MC men Fred Brennan, Captaing Horace Richardson, Thomas Thomas, and Bob Veinot, Sumner Sherer, Carleton Pierpont, Manager. Next year it will be compulsory for all freshmen and sophomores to participate in a course which will he called Military Track. This course will be conducted under the direction of Mr. Cantwell and Mr. Brennan at the Athletic Field. 4465, it' ' BOYS BASKETBALL flllhougli this yl'ar's mlition ol tht- Classival llaslwthall 'l'l'aun .s not u J s ' 'fr ' s s s ' ts 1 . . tonsnlmia . If xc f . s wc ,lan s 0 fl 'N he N Nl K was I to the unu, ually hi,,h stanclarrli :vt hy tht' onv: in tht- p'1.'t. 't llifl not ffm- loo lriflly, if ont' is to talw into ' tion th-it tl ' fi I'l'Q,lll'll'f V r' vallvrl upon to play l-omplvlv 1' io' 6 vwry limr- the-3 took the 1' url. Aft-' tht- first four f 'iim'.' 'l it-h ws- won quill- hanclily. healing Bartlvlt. South. Slirvwshury. and St. l,l'lt'l'.S hy 1'onvin1'ing sl-ores. talk spread that anothvr vhampion- ship array was in the olling, This was promptvtl. unforlunatvly. nu '- hy optimism than 'inylhinh 1-lsv. lor tha- rvxt ol our powl-rlul ollou' ls had yvl to hit thvil' slriclvs. bl! N c W N ll I ll 2 ln nnrlsvason l,lassn'al Sllll-t'l'l'll a major loss wht-n Lillllillll lie-vlni was SIlll'lIItl'll with a luaclly sprainml anlilv. Sinn' he was the infliviflual star anal tho huh arounll whit-h tht- tr-am rvxolwfl. his loss was lwenly fvll and acldvcl gre-ally to our clillirul- lil-s. Uno lvright spot. how:-vvr. was tht- Sl. ,lohn's gaimx Although wo lost hy thc slim margin ol ont' point. il was a sort ol moral xil-tory for us. Sl. johnis. who hoaslf-ll tht- most poxwrful loam in the vily anll lbt'2ilt'll hy no onv, vann' with tht- itlva of running us into tht- floor. Thx- Classival hoys fought xaliantly antl hrillianlly only to haw a luvky shot from noarly miclvourt in tha- final svvomls sllial our almost 4-vrlain vivlory. 30-29. ln tht- faux- of allwrsity iivwi' om-0 difl thv Classix-al hoys stop fighting or show poor sportsmanship. ln many QILIIIIUS., although hopvlvssly lwhinfl. tht-y still playvrl to vxhauslion in dvspvratv efforts to pull vivtory out of the firc '. lVlal'honis, Sharrv, Saclowsky. llunt. Kaminski. anrl Captain Bolt Devlin arf- lo lw highly K'lllt1lllf'IlIlflfl for thvir untiring: 4-lforts and tvrrifil' spirit. It was just a vasv ol thc' opposition's having too many hig guns with whivh to lorvv us into submission. Nl-xt se-ason wo may look forward to lVlr. Bl'f'ltIl2llt.S voining up with a more l4llt'l'l'SSl.lll tvam in thv matlvr of vic'torif1s. SCORES: lllassival 129 Bartlett 25 Classical 20 Sl, .lohn's fill lllassiral fill South 23 lllassival l-lf South 37 lllassival 312 Fhrvwsliury I6 lllassival 26 North ,lil lflassival 118 Sl. l'elvr's 13 filassival 32 Barth-tl 56 tllassival 211 North 46 lflassival 22 'l'l'K'll J. Yfs -12 Hlussivul 2l CtlIllIIlE'l'l'l' 28 Classical 30 ll0IIlIllf'l'l'K' 38 lilassival lla St. l,l'lf'l'.S 22 lllassivztl .25 'lirallt' A115 14 O0 mx BASEBALL At the half-way mark in the hasehall series Classical retains the lead. As things stand at present The Blue and White and Commeree are the potential winners. The team got oil to a marvellous start hy vanquishing the Commerce Nlercuries 5-l. ln the opening innings it looked as though the Tigers were doomed, hut then Sadowsky settled down to hurl a grand game. Wheli Classical faced South. Sadow- sky was again on the mound. This time his stellar pitching brought the Tigers a 2-0 triumph. In the 6-fl defeat of North, Larry Harney worked in the first part of the game until Sadowsky came in to squelch the uprising of the Polar Bears. Joe Sharry. who had two hits in three trips, led the Classical stickers. The Class of '43 was represented on the team by Captain Joseph Sharry, catcher: Lester Sadowsky, piteherg Robert Devlin and Robert Horgan, outfielders. SCORES: Classical 5 fiilllllllt6Il'f' 1 Classical 6 North -1 Classical 2 South 0 a6Tw GOLF Captain Blondyi' Pierce led the Golf Team into Z1 season that promised success for the club. Robert S. Erickson, faculty adviser, was pleased with the performances that the boys gave in their first two matches. Classical defeated North in the first match of the series 6-3, with low scoring honors going to Capt. Pierce and Bob Ayres who shot an 82 and 87 respectively. ln the tic game with South, LLM-Ll-16, Bob Devlin had low score with an Sl. Classicals moral victory came when they won the game with the members of the faculty. Members of the team included John McCarthy, Milot Underwood, John Sullivan, Paul Couming, Robert Devlin, Robert Ayres, and Capt. Francis Pierce. SCORES: Classical 6 North 3 Classical 452 South LUQ 1168s CLASSIC MYTHS BOYS TENNIS Under the direction of their new faculty adviser, Harold L. ':,.f'., Fenner, who replaced Alfred Cravedi, the Tennis Team opened : the season with high hopes for success. V Q ln their first match, Classical was defeated 5-4 by North, but QQ Captain Schwartz has protested the result on grounds of a dis- V puted default. The next match was a conclusive Blue and White triumph for Classical drubbed Commerce 6-1. In the third game, North edged Classical 4--3. Unfortunately three of the Tiger tennis stars were en- gaged in a baseball contest on that day. Their absence was sorely missed. Seniors on the team were: Robert Devlin, Lester Sadowsky, Robert Rollins, Martin Schwartz, and Joseph Sharry. SCURES: Classical 4 North 5 Classical 6 Commerce 1 Classical 3 North 4 44699 GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY Alltlllll'l' rulaluing of tlu' ralmlnitis loot. a las ' - ' u . g g s ' i . mains 1 1 1 ui anrl IVL f ruler on .nu u assiva i'. 'S ' gi. S ' ' ' . l'l ' .zcslva s s rir t ' 'r' ' ' 1 ' ' t nnnulm pi p h talk 'i tlu- inspiring Whitin ltl'lllllPl', t'llt'UlIl'il 'lll' pat' lu in fo Cal t J Nat l'll 't 'l ' 'lrgt' K 's ,' l tl 'Cl s lg tls X wvra- oil to anotlu'r virlorious se-ason in lfivlrl llovlwy. lbxy ln tlu' lit l two niu' , ont- L1 win owl t'onn1u'iu' inu l to '3 pi tlts ll u I INK uul tlu ollu a Nutolt out North nuuh to Northls tlvllatiou. tlu- thrvt' hall'-lmarlxs. Cynthia tfoghlin. Na l I4-t1'lu'r. aurl Shirlvy l'l4'l'SUIll. togvtlulr with that hghtiug goalit' lfunirv Cleary. tlitl nn- good tlm'l1'nsiu' playing in arlclition to two goals tnatlc' hy hat atul Shirlvy. 'l'lu' nvxt thru' ganu-s. howc-wr spoilvcl tht' vluuuw' for an luuliviclvtl vhauipion 1. for. in s aiu' of lVlar1f1' Atulcrson's -foal atul unusual stivk work at right wing' l l z- z- r- z- uul Mario ,lonvsi spovcl in m't'nlm'r position. tlu' result was oiu' loss atul two tivs. ll was a uvrxous group of girls that wvnt onto tlu' fit-lfl against North in tlu list ganu'. lor. if wi' lwat North antl South won, Classival alul South woulml lu' tivtl lrut. il' tIoinnu'r1'n- lu-at South. wt' would haw tlu' vhanipiouship alonv. Haiulylt-gs' ll ill. tlu' vollapsilvlc' right innvr. clitl stay up long vnough to malu' a goal. anal. aitlvtl In tlu' outstanding tlvfe-rlsiw playing ol lm-fl-fttlllravk arul lVlanagt'r. Marilyn Lou-ll wc again cln'fc'at4'tl North. Sinrw' tlu'ir llulian ralnlmitis foot has lwvn lu'qu1'atlu'tl to all future' llot'lic'y tvants tlu- girls of W1-3 fm-I sun' that morn- thampiouships arm' inexitalvlv. SCIURICS: tllussival IZ fllllltlllf'l'l't' 1 Classical l fl4lllllllf'l'l'tJ l tllassival 2 North U Classivul U South 0 tllassival U South -l lllassival l North 0 cc 77 GIRLS BASKETBALL Stacking hands, taking solver liAIll'y'7, to the games, even Miss ll ins nonnse a s e wou Une em 1 an ue 1 ex won Vtlt I thth ld th bqtfth the championship were not strong enough thnms to piexent the The season did start and end with a fl0UllSl'l howexei fo1 the Ulllc beat then Field Hockey rivals South Hlvh in the Hrst Ulme 6 , a , 1 D 1 L 1 , i x 5 . D F . 2 . k. lx E-JY Varsity Basketball TCLIIII from taking the accustoined last place. kf ., ' . . . r 'Iv5fJ:'vg L I x L I 1 v W I , .. . likely . Q . V . I Q. v x . . 1 ' r- - C ' , -1 rw 1 - of 1 with the result that they became hopeful, and Miss Whitin began to wish that she had not made such a rash promise. Then followed those four def- initely unsuccessful games which brought the series to a standstill with North, South, and Connneree ties. for first place. By a queer turn of fate North and South had a tie score which would give Com- lllt'I'i'F the title if they heat Classiral. ln spite of Nat Fleteheris omnipresent guard- ing and Euniee Clearfs fighting spirit, no matter how rough the umpire said Andy was, or how determined Herse became, yes, they lost! Marge Anderson was Captain and Shirley Hersom was Manager and high- scorer for the season. SCORES: Classical 23 South 20 Classical 25 South 31 lflassival 18 North 38 Classical 26 North 37 Classical 22 lfonimeree 35 Classical 25 Commerce 28 44 rv G I R L S T E N N I S Rain, rain, go awayii. heeame the popular expression of all the girls who went out for tennis this year. Of the four praetiees he-fore the first mateh. three were eaneelled heeause of deluging downpours, hut even this misfortune did not hamper Classieahs Q tive. SQ Lots were drawn for partners with South High Sehool. anal followmg the example of Laptaln lVlar1lyn Lovell, the girls more than overrame their opponents with a 5-0 score. Nat Fleteheris powerful serve and hrm lraek hand made her the envy of all, while lVlarilyn l,ovell's steafliness and plat'- ing eoultl not he heaten. The only new memher on this year's team was Shirley llc-rsom. The seeonfl game with Commeree was postponed heeause of rain, hut a safe prophet-y would he a Classical vit-tory. The last game with North is always too 1-lose for eomfort. Nevertheless, if history repeats itself. the Tiger will he tri- umphant. At this time, the annual tournament has reached the quarter finals with Rosa- montl Rollins. Ann Carhutt. Natalie Fleteher, and Marilyn Lovell still competing. lleeause it promises to he a hard struggle, no attempt will he made to foretell the winner. lioaeh Whitirfs team was composed of these five girls: Captain lVlarilyn Lovell. Natalie lflett-her. Shirley Hersom, Hosamond Rollins, and Ann Garhutt. SCORES: Classix-at 5 South 0 Classit-at tlommeree lllassieal North 44 xr WEA R E R S FIELD HOCKEY llflargvry AIlClPl'SUIl. Cu-Captain Natalia- lflt-t1'l101'. Cn-Captain Marilyn lmwtt. Maumger lfuniw Cleary Cynthia Cnghlin Bt-up Hall Shirley Hersmn Marie ,Innes FOOTBALL Hulbert D Pvlin. Cn-Captain lit l m wrt l'lthl'Q'lll 0 F T H E HW Cu-Captain Witllllold BElL'illlFliilS Kivlulnl Bensun David R0a1'dm1 CllZlI'll'S Shaw St'Xl'I'lIl Stl ,ga BASE BALL Joseph Sllillty Captain Hulbert Dvvlin Hulwrt l'l0I'lLKilIl john Hunt .lanws LUUIICB liulnerl llullllls lrstvl' Saulmvslq WEARERS OF THE C FIELD HOCKEY Mary Canierun Marie Ilonughue Cunstanee Stephens GIBLS BASKE'I'BALL Margery Anderson. Captain Natalie Fleteher Shirley Hersuin. Manager Ruth-Ilfllen Jewell Euniee Cleary Cunstanee Stephens GIRLS TENNIS Natalie Fletm-her Shirley Hersmn Marilyn Lovell BOYS BASKETBALL linlvert Devlin. Captain james Lmniey John Hunt llulierl Ilurguti Chester Kznniniski IVIurtin Schwartz. Captain joseph Sllilffy Iiulvert Dex Iin Ilnhert Devlin Severin Stega BOYS TENNIS GOLF I'Iraneis I'ierm e Constant IVIac-Iinni Lester Saduwsky juseph Sharry Herbert Fisher Robert Rollins Lester Sadowsky ,Inhn IVIeCarthy CLASSIC MYTHS S N A P S H O T S To the Tune of: THERE ARE SUCH THINGS A day too bright, There are such things. A light-struck sight, There are such things. A snap so unexpected that her eyes are closed Or else a grin too wide because she posed, A day too dull, A black-out null, There are such things. A misty face whose movements could not be controlled But don't be fooled - there really are such things. 4752, Munn. N 1 n , Q- cn m QC -I CJ DG O v-4 Z I-ll L K V1 5 , 1 I CLASSIC MYTHS SENIOR SUPERLATIVES BOY Howard Hiatt Robert Brady Robert Devlin Joseph Philbin Robert Horgan Constant Machonis Irwin Aisenberg Vittie Bacauskas Arnold Chase Joseph Sharry Francis McCoy James Clifford Joseph Silver Francis Pierce Norman Torosian Seymour Kunin Robert Hoaglund Charles Shaw Gerald Teran John McNamara David Guterman Allan Rosenberg Harlan Beach David Reardon Charles Shaw Robert Rollins George Sundstrom GIRL Most Likely to Succeed Shirley Hersom Most Musical Best Athlete Most Loquacious Most! Popular Best Looking Most Studious Best Personality Most Friendly Most Energetic Most Quiet Best Sport Most Original Most Persevering Most Eflicient Most Argumentative Best Dancer Best Dressed Wittiest Most Dependable Most Versatile Most Conscientious Best Mannered Cutest Class Heartbreaker Best Blusher Most Sophisticated 179, Shirley Stein Natalie Fletcher Bernice and Roslyne Sirk Margery Anderson Betty Hall Ruth Meyer Lois Brown Ruth-Ellen Jewell Dorothy Crathern Ruth Churchill Marie Jones Nellie Dawes Marilyn Lovell Ruth Haddad Betsey Leonard Virginia Boulay Cynthia Coghlin Eunice Cleary Geraldine Pierce Shirley Lockwood Matilda Driscoll Carol Bateman Betty Cooney Muriel Bergstrom Constance Stephens June Anderson CLASSIC MYTHS CLASSICAL LETTER Dear Classical Doughboy: You'd have a terrible time recognizing the inhabitants of your old alma mater. Our new gym commando training, designed to either make or break us, has pro- duced some very interesting and strange results to say the least. Sunky actually has the ambition to raise two arms and sometimes a leg at the same time now, and I have learned to polka beautifully. We almost lost ,Iulitus Palley the other day when he went down three times and only came up twice. What would the Argus have done without him? The few remaining Senior boys are having a field day with competition cut so drastically. The defense plants, the colleges, and the armed services have raised havoc among the poor girls, having enticed and emphatically invited the boys away from Classical. Gone are Hoagie's flashy outfits and ever-empty pipe, Gerry Teran's perpetual stream of words, Emmett Kane's antics and activities, Allan Rosen- berg's original theories and theorems, and Joe O'MalIey's vigorous grin and greetings. Dressed in natty navy blue, both Angelo Petrone and Carl Johnson came back and visited us, standing up very well, too, under the boys' envious words and the girls' envious sighs. Can you imagine addressing classmate Albert Carr as Lieutenant? Lieutenant Albert Carr. Doesn't that sound wonderful? His is the distinction of being the only one of our boys at Officers' Training School. Dick Benson, our handsome and big football player, is training too. I guess he intends to score some touchdowns for the Army Air Corps now. But not even a war has put much of a damper on our good spirits. There are still some of life's little joys left here. With seven periods now each recitation is shorter, and assemblies deprive us of our fifth hour classes. The Student Council kept up the old morale with two lively dances, The Trolley Hop and The Jinx Dance , and this year's maniacal mechanism fliemember Eddie McCarthy's?J is a little old gray affair with a stripe to match the hair of its owner, Charlie Shaw. Around February time we had some true enough sub-sub-zero weather like what Grandpa used to tell about, producing some costumes the likes of which Classical has never seen. Every day a huge, six-foot racoon came pufiing into school. Some claim it really was Arnie Chase. The girls used the cold as a good excuse to wear slacks. 480: CLASSIC MYTHS Then, too, the German measles reappeared to plague us again with the happy victims merrily going home UI by the dozens. Some fortunate individuals who had them last year were able to catch them aain, and here I couldn,t even get them once. There's a star for all the Classical boys and gals who have gone to help to win this fight, on our Service Flag hanging in the Assembly Hall. 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Dial 3-4410 Worcester Mass. , Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Mutual Fire Compliments of Insurance C0 Beck's Fur Shop 29 Elm Street Worcester Mass. BUSINESS BOARD Classic Myths - 1943 Joseph P. Sharry - Business Manager Leanore Kaplan - Assistant Business Manager Jeanne Freelander Marie Jones Eunice ,lean Cleary Cynthia Coghlin Dorothy Crathern Fred J. Brennan - Faculty Adviser PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS ADVERTISEMENTS The CLASSIC MYTHS was printed by the SEVEN TEEN FEDERAL STREET WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS PRINTERS OF LETTERPRESS AND OFFSET PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS ' 1 4. f ' 1 1,, J 1, -11 ,.. 1 FH' J, .4 A. .. .,. ,. 1. HQ' T21 . '1,',. 5211 1' v... .iff 125' ' 1 1 , , ' 1 . 1' Q1 ,11 .af 1 1 1 . ..., ., if 31 7,,.-'J. M',1,A .' ' 11Lf' ' 1 -,,. , 3-.v.,1-fp 1. V- x KL V 1, . K, 5-111' 1 - 1 zz 1 111g11f1,. .. ' 1.1 il '-..': , -5 glfzv ,, .1 l .W 1 u I , f WA '1 f' . . 4 v',51f ' A ' 5 ,.. . ,J N A .X 'rr-1 . 1 . 1 - f'11'?:. 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