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

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IPRIESIIIDIENTTQS Aion hnrss by Glen W. Salmonsen Mr. Fenner, Parents, Teachers, and Friends: The Class of l955 is pleased to have you with us today, and on behalf of its members l welcome you to our Class Day exercises. Four short years ago our class came here to start a new chapter in our young lives. Today we have reached the position for which we have long been striving. lt seems eminently fitting that we should have with us today those who have made possible our high school education. To our parents, - who have made untold sacrifices that we might have a more complete education, - we owe a debt of gratitude which mere words cannot pay in any measure. To our teachers we owe a heavy debt for many hours of drudgery and self-sacrifice. lt is they who have helped and instructed us through high school, using all their years of experience to prepare us for life's rugged path. To our friends also, whose words of encouragement have brightened many seemingly dark days, we owe much. To all then, - parents, teachers, friends, --I extend in behalf of the Class of l'-755 a most heartfelt greeting.

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Shall I not Elaine S. Adelson Paul A. Bronczyk Eleanor L. Caron Eleanor M. Clifford Evelyn Farber Claire N. Garabedian Anne E. Haberstroh llilpiwpias crown them with immortal praise.. .H FIRST HONORS David A. Jaffee Judith L. Klein Richard H. Krock Joan E. Lang Patricia J. McSheehy Merna S. Medlinsky Mariorie A. Mellquist Maureen J. Dillon Stewart Economou Judith A. Horne i . ,3-S 5 Class Day Speakers ORATOR . . . HISTORIAN . .. TESTATOR .... GIRL MARSHAL . . . BOY MARSHAL . . . . . Mel Greenberg . . . Judith Klein . . .Gene Taillon . . . Audrey Aslanian . . . Dennis Hennessey Naomi B. Meltzer E. Gail Newman Danute l. Paiauiis Alan H. Robbins Edward M. Safran Anastasia Vaitiekaitis Joyce C. Wilk SECOND HONORS Susan Iyok lrene J. Moore Linda L. Lichtenfels Arthur Olsen, Jr. Naomi Z. Miller Carol E. Stanick Graduation Speakers David A. Jaffee Joan E. Lang Patricia J. McSheehy Naomi R. Meltzer l -'27 if!- GRADUATION SOLOISTS CLASS DAY SOLOISTS Monique L. Eisenberg Joanne E. Currier Marilyn G. Mleinek Shirley A. Harizi

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IHInsiroRv cmss or Tess By Judith L. Klein The Sprit of Classical High School removed the stylus and tablet from his shelf, wrapped his toga tightly about him, descended the winding, creaking stairs from the tower, and opened the doors wide. As I entered, he approached me saying, To you I present these writing implements. Record here the events of the class of '55. In the I IOth year of Classical High School, we came, we saw, and we felt com- pletely conquered. Had we studied Milton, we should have wailed, Hence, loathed Melancholy, but having studied Milton Berle only the night before, we cried in des- peration, I could give myself a shot in 'da head! The thousands of eyes peering at us in the assembly hall .... our first cafeteria luncheon .... the mistake of asking a senior for directions .... and our first day had passed. Eyeing an enormous pile of books, we wondered whether WE wouldl' We were a curious class - - always wondering why the third floor smelled so bad. We were a class that did things together: - every girl wore a pair of white bucks. We were a class with the same motto - - That's George, and MeIvyn!' In February, when we were no longer the lowest form ofanimal life, we proceed- ed to welcome the new class in the same manner as we had been initiated. Had we realized that graduation speakers, .loan Lang and Patti McSheehy, were among the arrivals, we should have been more kind. It was a lucky day when one of Mr. Weed's pet reptiles entered Miss Kennedy's room and crawled up Linda LichtenfeI's leg. To this we attribute Linda's basketball prowess, though they say she has never lumped quite so high since then. A new club, the Miserable Misers, was formed, and for initiation, Geri Mellquist wanted Mr. Daly to stand on his head so that she could collect the money that fell from his pockets. For once she found Mr. Daly uncooperative. Another group of Freshman girls who liked to sing left their fifth hour classes to ioin the Glee Club and wondered why Mr. Kaplan did not welcome them. Some sorority pledgees who were made to wear two different kinds of shoes to school were asked to go home to change them - - all except Roberta Norman who had sat through the whole day on one foot. Our freshman year - when no one knew who Gene Taillon was .... when Irma Levine represented us at the Senior Prom ..... when Blanche Talman sang in our first Variety Show ..... when no one had ever heard of Bermuda shorts ..... when both tennis teams were city-wide champions ..... then, before we knew it, we were Sophomores. I like Ike hearalded our second high school term. We followed the country's example and formed a government of our own with Stewart Economou as president, Ginny Good, secretary, and Glen Salmenson, treasurer. We also became active in the Student Council. Merna Medlinsky, Dick Cipro, Phyllis Marsolais, and Franny Gilligan were some of the representatives. Our names and faces became well-known in school clubs when Jean Butler was elected madame president of the orchestra, Sue Boyle was a librarian for Mixed Chorus, and Arthur Olsen and Evelyn Farber were new Argus Board members. The only place in which our names were not familiar was Mr. Cre- vedi's room. In one geometry class we had such notables as Suzan Sandbox, Hi Ho Silver, Teddy Lamp-post, and Ethel Gasoline.