High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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RIGHT: Joshua Fontanez kicks his best foot forward while Carla Triplett gives him a hand. BELOW: Keeping a straight face is the mark of a good soldier for Lisa Czupryna. ABOVE: Clowning around as usual, Marily Rivera and Jeanette Thornton dust the hallway floors. RIGHT: The gruesome threesome: Michelle Wray, Linda Vaughn and Michelle Morgan. 48 Student Life NS S © q Ce ee eee FP Oeees

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OUTCLASSED “I can’t wait to be a senior.”’ o you remember being a freshman? It was a time for biology class, doubling up for locker assignments, oral reports in front of strangers, new friends . . . a time of looking up to seniors with respect and of not being quite old enough to get a job. Yes, even though you don’t want to remember, you do! You stared in awe at the formidable seniors who passed by and itched for a chance to be in their shoes. The time would come to pass, you knew, but not soon enough to suit you. It was also that time when all the so-called ‘upperclassmen’ picked on you and made fun of you in front of all your friends. That was embarrassing. You were too scared to ask directions of an upperclassman, because who knew where they'd send you. Why, an unsuspecting girl might end up in the boys’ gym lockerroom, or the boiler room, or even the teachers’ lounge. Then you got your revenge. You became the ‘‘upperclassman,”’ and you were able to pick on the new freshmen yourself. Ah! The sweet smell of revenge. But this year is even sweeter, because Commerce has at least two hundred extra freshmen thanks to the closing of Technical and Classical High Schools. It seems that everywhere you turn, there are freshmen. You can’t miss them. It is not uncommon to catch a glimpse of bemuddled freshmen in hallways, arms full of books, wan- dering aimlessly amongst a sea of threatening white sailor hats. . . the seniors, like sharks, preparing their attack. Yes, we seem to easily forget that we were once freshmen too, that during assemblies we were perched, like leftovers, up above the “‘real’’ students with our heads in the clouds. And so this wonderful cycle of the upper classes picking on the lowest class will, no doubt, continue for centuries to come. by Mary Kate Belniak | | fter following directions from a senior, a con- used freshman doesn’t even know which way is Student Life 47

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ALTER EGOS ‘This is a first at Commerce, and | hope we’ve started a tradition. “’ ctober 31, 1986, marked ae the first time that the High School of Commerce’s hall- ways were able to be filled with the most outrageous and creative ideas that students could muster. We never had a Halloween dress- up day in the past because Principal Basili felt the students couldn't handle it. This year, however, he decided to let the school have one because it has had such successful Red Days in the past, and the administration was not let down. Almost everyone was in the Halloween spirit. Even the teachers were not afraid to let their alter egos show. Miss Blakeslee was dressed as a bumblebee and looked the part as she fiew from desk to desk helping students with their work. There was even an unbe- lievable double of Miss Di Santi right down to her distinguishing hairdo. Another new element of our Halloween celebration was the $1.00 hallogram — a bag of candy with a personalized note that was sent to a friend or secret admirer. A terrific ‘thank you” is extended to Joshua Fontanez, senior class president as well as Mrs. Shumann and Heather Scannell for letting us experience this Hal- loween happening. Cathy Grondin expresses her feelings in a poetic way: It’s October 31, time to trick or treat, Students sending hallograms to those they want to meet. In the dark classrooms, sitting on the desk. Were big orange pumpkins lit at their best. Spiders crawling everywhere, blood flowing down the stairs, Teachers screaming from their chairs, pulling out their hair. by Tracy Truman Carla Nazario’s face expresses how long and tiring her day was. Student Life 419