Crosby High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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- ---- CLASS CF '55 SOPHOMORES Do you remember the hrst day of your sophomore year? Being an upper lower-classman had its advantages. You weren't the last group down to cafeteria any longer! Julius Caesar played an important part in your life that year. You spent at least an hour each night translating his Gallic Wars. As Sophomores, you displayed some fine Latin projects that year. Remember how your classrooms shed their drab colors and donned the coat of pastels which they now wear? The new School Library opened that year, too. Miss Dillon succeeded Miss Knight as English instructor. And Mr. Mc- Carthy became the new head of the English department. Our new typing teacher, Miss Stulginski, and our Mechanical Drawing teacher, Mr. Synnott, also joined the faculty. Mrs. Winton was another addition to our English Department faculty. As Sophomores, you were so proud of the outstanding skill your boys displayed on the basketball court. Two new courses were offered at Crosby then-Speech and Dramatics in- stead of Expression, and, for the first time, Senior English classes visited the Library to learn the fundamentals of the library system, The Modern Dance Club also had its beginnings in your second year. By the end of May, the Class of '55 was already looking forward to the approaching September when they would be real upper classmenf' lueffff hil'e

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THIS IS YOUR LIFE FRESHMEN In the early days of September 1951, you make your first appearance on the Crosby scene. Remember how you looked then, Class of '55? Heads per- petually in the clouds, searching for those confusing room numbers, legs aching, ffreshmen session rooms-three flights upj trying to locate those elevator tickets. just a poor little Freshie, the upperclassmen said. About your third week at Crosby, you make many amazing discoveries. You lind out that all the 100's were rooms on the first floor, all the 200's were on the second floor, and fjust imaginelj the 300's were on the third floor. How proud you felt when you recognized agricola and aqua, And who would have guessed that the x in algebra didn't mean love and kisses! The year of 1951 was a year of many firsts, the first football assemblies were exciting and fun-Hlled. Led by the pretty cheerleaders, you shouted with all your might for the Blue and White. Soon you were attending the games, cheering with the ease of a regular. You received the Argus for the first time, and anxiously pored over it, hoping someday to see your name in print. Report card time came around, and you quailed as yours was handed out. This was your initiation into the mysterious rites of Marking at Crosby. At Christmas, you listened, hushed, as the caroling of the Glee Club re- sounded throughout the halls. Gay decorations graced the doors and pun- gent odor of pine drifted everywhere. Now the year was drifting to a close, Class of '55. You were no longer inexperienced greenhorns. You carried yourselves with confidence, for soon you would be high and mighty Sophomores. Yes, Class of '55, you will always remember your freshman days. You may laugh over them and joke about them, but you will cherish their memories. luefri hil'e

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THIS IS YOUR LIFE JUNIORS Can you remember your entrance into the ranks of the junior class? You were in the Assembly Hall on the morning of a new school term. A group of students anxiously awaiting your respective assignments . . . waiting to advance another step on the Road of Education. The subjects seemed hard during the first few weeks, but later it became the old routine, as you were better acquainted with your teachers and schedule. Extra-curricular events entered into your life, and school was no longer the burden it seemed. It was during this year that the first all-Crosby Dress-up Day became a reality. A happy time indeed, when you could don your Sunday best. You cannot help remembering the first Inter-Club Dance held in the gymnasium, either. Music and gayety were combined into an evening of sheer delight. In passing o'er the printed pages of your life, you gloat over the success- ful seasons enjoyed by your teams-football, baseball, and basketball, and you remind yourselves of the fighting spirit of the Cheerleaders, sparking these teams to victory. In your Junior year, Miss Parker and Mr. McGrath succeeded two faculty members, Miss Goudy and Mr. Doherty, who resigned after long years of teaching at Crosby. In deepest sympathy, you are reminded of the passing of Mr. Doran, a superior math teacher. His position has since been ably filled by Miss Keenan. A memorable time of the year approached when you finally receive the long-awaited class rings. The gold letters 55 on the side of the ring were a sure mark of distinction and honor. Final exams in june mark the end of your third year in Ivy. A year full of happy memories and wonderful friends. Iuefef- hiI'e