Durfee High School - Durfee Record Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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JOAN KAUFMANN VIVIAN BRABANT LEA OLIVEIRA JOAN SEAMAN CLAIRE PERRAULT ALTA LIST NOKEEN CURT BETSEY GOSS CECILIA FELIPE Most Popular Bes-t Look!urj Must Difjttifird Most- Athletic Best Dancer ('lass I! it Mas! JyitcrcsHng He.s Speaker Best All-around Student ANDREW FARRISSEY CHARLES CUMMINGS LEONARD HARRISON ROBERT McMAHON CHARLES PHILLIPS WILLIAM O’HARA ROBERT MICKOOL GEORGE SHAPIRO RONALD GOLZ DEBORAH RADOVSKY Most Brilliant FRANK PATTEN Mast Likehi To Succeed BERNARD FLETCHER NANCY POLLOCK

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}Jx)LL Of f JlHIF Ten Highest Ranking- Seniors NANCY T. POLLOCK L. DEBORAH UADOVSKY LILA C. ELLSAS FRANK W. PATTEN BERNARD F. FLETCHER ORA BETH RUDERMAN DOLORES R. NIGOLAU IRMA S. SILVA LILLIAN 0, OLIVEIRA JOAN M. SOUZA Class Officers ANDREW J. FARRISSEY, President JOHN BIANCHL Vice-President JOAN WINSLOW, Secretary President of the Students' Activities Association CECILIA FELIPE President of the Home Room Directors JOAN KAUFMANN Editor of the Hilltop ORA BETII RUDERMAN

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r r When to the sessions of silent thought- 1 summon up remembrances of things past— —Shakespeare. Shakespeare had the gift of expression, so we are going to borrow a phrase from the old master. Someday you, too, will sit down and remi- nisce. Do you think you can remember the outstanding things of your freshman year? No! — Well then, let us of the Record Book staff relate to you some of the things that were once fresh in your minds. One of the things that should never have left your mind was the winning of New England Interscholastic Basketball Championship. Many of our stars of ’51 and ’52 were starting then to mingle with those stars of ’48. When we arrived in ’48, most of us joined one club or another, and if we think real hard, we can remember the feats of the Music Club, the Dramatic Club, and all the clubs that we as freshmen helped to make better for next year’s members. We should also remember the opening of the Girls’ Gym in the Durfee building after many years. The beginning of the German Club and the Record Club were two other notable activities. Aside from social activities, we must not forget the scholastic end of school. During the first half of our freshman year we had two fellow students who made the A11-A list, and fifteen who made the Principal’s List. Arrival at Durfee for the first time presented its difficulties. There were two big buildings for us to roam through instead of the usual one. We should also remember how students separated themselves, the upper classmen under the Big Tree and lower in front of Tech. Everything was new but now things are old; it’s funny how we get to like the old things even though the new are better. It is now time for us seniors to pass or. to better things that are yet to come, but none of us should forget the good times spent under the influence of B. M. C. D.—