Cohasset High School - Tessahoc Yearbook (Cohasset, MA)

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A Decade in the Life The little world of childhood with its familiar surroundings is a model of the greater world, once said the psychologist Carl Jung. Indeed, anyone who has followed the career of the Class of ' 80 over the past ten years would be quick to agree. Beginning with the third grade, all the way through to graduation from Cohasset High, the actions and activities of this small group have closely paral- leled those of the real world. Remember? . . . In 1970, the era of the ' 60 ' s was just ending. America began to settle down in the wake of the Vietnam moratorium and the Kent State Massacre. Meanwhile, at Deer Hill, earnest third-grade flutophonists, perhaps inspired by Woodstock, tooted madly to produce Windy and other classics. At the same time, their Joseph Osgood counterparts engaged in prolonged chases during recess, much as the police were chasing mass-murderer Charles Manson. It was already evident that this class would distinguish itself in years to come. Fourth grade was our introduction to world culture. At the same time as President Nixon was visiting China, we studied Brazil, Ancient Egypt, and Switzerland. But 1972 grew discouraging: George Wallace was shot, Life folded, and Watergate darkened the country. So it was that we entered fifth grade with some apprehension and self-consciousness. In fact, fifth grade was when we all discovered our own talents: Nancy Laue ' s story, Doug Dillon ' s fashion shows, the class car wash, Activity Groups, and our free period crafts. However, we continued to interact with the real world, with Outdoor School for four davs (just after DDT was banned), banking in school (coinciding with the devaluation of the dollar); and who can forget Sex Ed with Mrs. McArdle (abortion having just been legalized)? The school year of 1973-1974 was a special one for us, because we were at last seniors, preparing to graduate from Deer Hill. Accordingly, our anticipation mounted through the year, while we paid close attention to current events. So as Skylab 3 orbited the earth on its record 84-day flight that winter, we busied ourselves with science projects of our own, culminating in the Science Fair. (Remember those cute little salmon, herring gulls, seals, and baboons?) And while Patty Hearst was running around with the SLA, while Alexander Solzhenitsyn was being run out of the U.S.S.R. and Richard Nixon got ready to run away from office, we were doing our own running, in the talent show ( The Streak ) and in Olympic Day — Mr. Levine ' s Greece naturally emerging victorious. The highest point of the entire year was, of course, graduation. As we received our diplomas, and John Aver and Yoanna Zotos their S-A-C awards, and while we patted ourselves on the back, we looked forward with some trepidation. What would life in the mysteri- ous and hallowed halls of the High School bring? We could only guess. So, in September we advanced to the seventh grade. And lo and behold, the place wasn ' t so bad after all. In fact, we adjusted quickly, and soon proved our ability to cope by studying independently in ISCS and OLU. And just as Muhammed Ali won back his world heavyweight championship, we displayed our athletic ability in a field day complete with pie-eating, a three-legged race, and track and field events.

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EDITORS: Rayna Sargent and Ellen McCarthy LAYOUT; Doug Dillon (Editor) SENIORS: Yoanna Zotos (Editor), David McCarthy, Heather Carroll SPORTS: Craig Langford and Jodi Sandblom (Editors), Lorraine Carroll, Charlie Coe ADVERTISING: Jay McNeill (Editor), Linda Whitlow, Marybeth Fasciano ORGANIZATIONS: Lynn O ' Toole (Editor) ACTIVITIES: Disa Pratt (Editor) PROOFREADING: Alexandra Mullen (Editor), Michele Fahey ART: Bonnie McClay (Editor), Susan Buckley SALES: Debbie Jancsics TYPING: Mary Frugoli BUSINESS: Kevin Crough UNDERCLASSMEN: Barbie Gurnis and Connie Grant (Editors) ADVISOR: Mrs. Wunschel ' Twas the night before the yearbook deadline and all through the school not a crop- per was idle and the work was so cruel. All the pages were .planned with the utmost care in hopes that with you they soon could be shared. The staff was all frantic; as busy as could be with visions of a finished yearbook being all that they could see. And Rayna with her candids and Ellen her pages, they all settled down for what seemed like ages Then there arose such a clatter we sprang from our seats to see what was the matter When what to our bleary eyes should appear but a station wagon speeding into 5th gear with a little old driver so lively and quick, we knew in a moment, it must be . . . Mrs. Wunschel? We said not a word and got straight back to work for fear Mrs. Wunschel would call us all jerks. Then sealing and stamping and taping the box we turned our heads to look at our clocks. When at last we were done and we sighed in relief and to the Class of ' 81 we leave you all the grief. 4

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iplicated. Prompted by Eighth grade was, for us, just as uncomplicated. Prompted by The Merchant of Venice, we held a magazine drive which netted us a sizable amount of capital, Lance Norris l eing the most successful. In this way we avoided the near-bankruptcy which plagued New York City in October of 1975. Then, early in 1976 was a time of scares: swine flu, the Concorde, Legionnaire ' s Disease, and the approval of the death penalty. And in Cohasset, one additonal scare kept the students in awe: a dominating, even terrifying social studies teacher. By the middle of 1976, the class of ' 80 had assumed, for the most part, its present-day shape. The notorious Jason Harris and the l elligerent Michael Sabini (poor Miss Chiminello!) had left, but were replaced by an equally infamous limey. And thus strengthened, we marched toward the challenges of ninth-grade life. While Vikings I and II examined Mars, we explored the world of the Egyp- tians, Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. As Jimmy Carter became President, we became counselors at Camp Wing. Finally our studies of SVM, the pattern paragraph, and Julius Caesar, seemed as enjoyable as the saccharine and B-l bombers being banned at that time. Even Renaissance Day in May of 1977 was a costumed production rivaling Sfar Wars, released just about then. Tenth grade, with the menace of the Green Pen, now loomed. As we studied immigration, an Egyptian president visited an Israeli prime minister. The Nixon memoirs came out at the same time as our research papers. Huck Finn ' s Mississippi River reminded us of Ronald Reagan ' s Panama Canal. And the nostalgia generated by Animal House also appeared in our ' 50 ' s sock-hop, particularly in David McCarthy ' s costume. The year of 1978-1979 looked more promising. Success increased in soccer, basketball, and drama, just as on board the Double Eagle II, But it was also a time of numerical difficulties: 14-12, 80 , 900 + . Thus we arrived at our Senior year. A feeling of general self-confidence, based on victories over Skylab, the Iranian crisis, and Hur- ricane David took hold. The result: the stunning successes of, among other things, the Class Play and the Powderpuff game. We would remain calm and confident right up to Graduation.