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

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ILL cnlss oi 1954 by John H. Berg We, the Class of 1954, being of sound mind and body, do hereby take type- writer in hand to set down our last will and testament. We make the following generous bequests: To Classical, the hope that our future achievements may reflect approvingly upon her efforts. To Mr. McKinley, a police dog to help him patrol his beat on the first floor. To Mr. Couming, a lie detector to check the stories of the people who arrive at 8:15 every morning. To Mr. Weed, a bottle of air-wick for his biology lab. No explanation needed. To Mr. Powers, a pamphlet to be distributed to all his classes entitled, The Crime and Punishment of Gum-Chewers. To Mr. Daly, all the success in the world in his new work as secretary to the Mayor. To Miss Gilbert, a Sophomore class iust bursting with dramatic ability. To Mr. Johnstone, a length of chain to keep the people who procure basement slips from disappearing permanently. To Mr. Butler, a complete set of Classic Comics so that he will be able to keep a total check on all of his English classes. To Mr. Hearn, a large, golden test tube in memory of all those that were broken this past year. In addition to the above gifts, I will make mention of the following personal endowments: To all future Classical athletes needing transportation, a slightly used Model A belonging to one generous Neil Heffernan. To Debbie Johnson, Ann Kelly's position as head of Classical's Lovers' Bureau. To any young car owner with a fuel problem, Bill Leahy's secret formula: tur- pentine, rubbing alcohol, and aspirin. Bill Riley leaves-Sue Boyle looks forward to a monotonous future. To some undernourished young Junior, Pete Levenson's and Sam Martin's bar- bells and the book entitled Why Tuba Players Need a Strong Set of Muscles. To any loquacious Junior lady, Judy Chasen leaves her oratorical ability and one loudspeaker to be used in that order. David Sanger leaves . . . his sister, Diana. To Bernie Mclean and Frannie McNamara, the scholastic record of Cay Herlihy, Sandy Willson, Elaine Garabedian, and Elwood Ede, to show that it can be done.

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Hl 'l'llllY CONTINUED FROM PAGE ll tion? Ruth Hodes and a certain Miss X missed the bus! A few weeks later under the leadership of Mr. Tisdell, we boarded a bus for Mr. Weed's farm. While a group of us were getting lost between the lake and the alfalfa fields, Tom McGowan gathered up enough courage to crawl under a supposedly electrified fence and made friends with a little black lamb. Covered with mud, we started for home almost to lose Tom at a roadside stand that specialized in frozen custard. Our honor was restored in the Variety Show by the dancing talents of Carolyn Sarosick, Elaine Epstein, and Roberta Maki, while scholastic honors went to Jeanne Heon, Beverly Israel, Elaine Garabedian, and Susanne Salomon, who added their names to the E list. The year was 1952. A general had been replaced in Korea. We civilians expounded our theories on what should have been done and turned anxious eyes to the field of battle. Fervently we prayed for peace, and then we forgot the world for a moment to do our best to act out the roles of upper classmen. Now we were seasoned veterans, and it was the first for many thingsi Ann Coghlin was the first vice-president of the newly formed Girls' Varsity Club, which boasted of Classical's finest women athletes. We had our first election and Ted Wynne was our first president, Ann Kelly, vice-president, Ann Coghlin, secretary, and Bernard McKernan, our treasurer. Spurred on by their leadeship and Harold Marcus's unforgettable words, Do you have a date yet? The dance is only four months away , we made our Junior Prom the highlight of the year with Mr. Daly dancing with those lucky iunior girls. Honors were ours as the Choralettes went to Springfield for the All-State Chorus, Ted won the Harvard Book Prize, Catherine Herlihy won the Aletheia Club Award, and Mary Sinnott, Jacqueline Taft, Burton Mindick, and Barbara Wilensky became Horace Mann students. It was that year that Bob Paige began shouldering his way across the football field to fame. We formed a chorus around him and sang, l'll Never Stand in Your Way . Nor can we forget that Variety Show. Judy Cotton and Nancy Dwyer kept us laughing as they sang Doing What Comes Naturally complete, or shall we say incomplete, with costume. Bob Goldsmith immortalized Big Steve who, Somewhere, sometime, somehow, would be someone, somewhere, sometime, somehow , and whose life became a part of ours for six months to come. June l953. The year was coming to a successful close. We had a new President who promised us peace and we felt secure in our hope. Then, on June ninth, came the tragedy. Whenever we think of that terrible tornado, however, we have to think of the scores of our classmates who unhesitantly stretched out their hands and hearts to help wherever they could. Marsha Shulman and Glory Kramer worked at the Red Cross, Phyllis Greene and Rachael Seder worked at the hospitals, Harold Marcus, Tom Sabin, Ted Wynne, Stuart Smith, and Jack Berg were in the disaster areas, while John Fitzpatrick and Tony Navickas were with the National Guard. We had reason to be proud. CONTINUED ON PAGE 37

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To some future Classical comedienne, Jo-Ann Carron, Nancy Dwyer and Judy Cotton leave their wit, anecdotes, and personality, respectively. To Cliff Thayer and Bill Jenkins, Larry Riordan and Dick Paduch leave their indomitable ability to stay out of trouble. Ann Coghlin leaves-all homeroom teachers may rest in peace. To the school library, the best seller written by Dave Dick and Jack Keenan, Going Steady in High School or How to be Sure of Having a Date for Every Dance. To the biology department, Tom Sabin leaves his body, so that some lucky underclassman will have the chance that he never had. To some hungry Junior, Fred Baron leaves his delicatessen which is found in the fourth desk in the fourth row in Room l8. To the future class treasurers, Jim Christo leaves his new green Cadillac convertible. To future dance committees, Harold Marcus leaves lO rolls of green streamers, 15 rolls of white streamers, l ball of twine, 3 thumb tacks, and 2 slightly damaged balloons. To any aspiring Sophomore cowboy, Carol lTexl Cannon leaves her sixshooter and Bill lDurangol McGrail leaves his leather jacket. ' Granger Norwood leaves his tuba to any Junior who is willing to play and able to carry the monster. To any Junior girl who wants to help her fellow men, is left a copy of the book Practical Forgery by Loretta Lemay, who shall remain anonymous. Bernie McKernan leaves the memories of his parties to those who are able to remember. To some fortunate Sophomore boy, Alex Casanova Drapos leaves his way with the fair sex . . . and one large stick to be used in that order. To the Sophomores we leave faith, to the Juniors we leave hope, the Seniors will accept all charity. Thank you. To the custodians, we leave a huge, mechanical waste paper basket with twenty arms, to collect stray papers thrown about by prospective basketball players. To Mr. Fenner and to our faculty, we leave our heartfelt gratitude for their unquenchable enthusiasm in preparing us to adavnce into our future. To this last will and testament of the class of 1954, l set my hand and seal on this twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four. John H. Berg, Testator