Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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WALDO T. DAVIS Retired EDWARD I. SHERIDAN War Time Substitute SUSAN D. SMITH Retired MARY GIBBONS Secretary to the Principal

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ELIZABETH G. THOMPSON Modern History Household Arts HELEN M. BACHOSE Latin II, III, IV ELLEN M. McINTYRE French II English IV

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Freshmen Looking back to that September day in ' 45, when we entered high school, we re- member how we felt as we realized that at last we were in high school. Yes, we were big boys and girls now. This illusion did not last long, however, after we found our- selves confronted by upperclassmen who soon changed our attitude. We recall their superior attitudes and their misguidance which caused us to be late for our classes so many times those first few days although we seemed to be always in a rush (not be- ing accustomed to Clinton High School habits). Our first school assembly that year was a football rally. We practiced cheers and songs that we might lend support to our football team. The Town Hall rafters rang as we added our lusty voices to those of the upper classmen. 1945 was the year our Green and Gold Band made its first ap- pearance and that year our football team won the Class C Championship. After Christmas we heard talk of “Mid- years which were entirely new to us and we became a little worried and somewhat anxious since some of us had brought home sad tidings at the end of the first quarter. A high light in our first year was the Navy Day parade. We had not yet organ- ized as a class so we had adopted no class colors. Mr. Cobb had a beautiful felt ban- ner made up for us in green and gold, the school colors, and we were so impressed that when we organized as sophomore s we adopted green and gold as our class colors, therefore, giving these colors a two-fold meaning for us . . . our school and our class! Just before school closed for the year we had a field day . . . we marched, headed by the Band, from school to Savage Field, where a program of races and games had been planned for all classes. We had our first chance to show our athletic ability and it was on that day that some of our star athletes made their debuts. Some of us, young and timid, ventured to the Junior Prom and discovered the wonder of a formal. It was a night to be re- membered ... a land mark! When we returned to school in September we would be Sophomores! Sophomore September soon came, too soon, and we were returning to school but this time things were different. Instead of being pushed around, we went merrily about our busi- ness. We were no longer on the bottom shelf. We were now superior ... at least to the Freshmen. We witnessed another successful football season in which Clinton High retained the Midland League Championship and we were very proud of our own classmates who made the first team and contributed to the victory. We organized as a class and elected Michael Pizza, President; Janet Robichaud, Vice-President; Jean O ' Brien, Secretary; and Raymond Dyer, Treasurer. And we started our treasury by paying our first class dues. By this time, report cards gave us little worry as we had learned to prepare alibis in anticipation of the trend toward red ink. Mid-years came again and although still a great obstacle, we took them in our stride. June came and brought another Field Day . . . and another Junior Prom. And with it came the realization that we had completed half our high school course!