Easthampton High School - Echo Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR Chester Earus, '36, Chairman Barbara Walker, '36 Barbara Hall '37 Y Richard Underwood, '36 Warren Lux, '36, Chairman Julia Majka, '37 Mildred Culver, '37 Walter Ciak, '38 ten Theodore Adams, '39 ATHLETICS Peter Pacocha, '37 ALUMNI Anita LaPoint, '39 Vt VQVQH :, ?7fff M ' file V QL Helen Mieszkiewicz, '37 Marian McTurk, '38 James Ryan, '38 Albert Slavas, '38 Stanley Karella, '36 Alice Mitchell, '37 Amelia Cichon, '38 Julia Sefczyk, '36

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The gymnasium as it is now is in the basement. Indoor games of any kind are played at the old Williston Gym on High Street. Equipment to develop athletics is very inadequate. Our school is rated as an A-1 school, much to the credit of our teachers. In view of the fact that so many children are being educated by the three parochial schools in town without cost to the taxpayer and that such large fed- eral W. P. A. grants are being made by the government, it would seem that the citizens of the town would not be acting foolishly in asking for a grant whereby they might build a high school suitable for a town the size of Easthampton. The high school should contain adequate facilities to take care of its stu- dents so that they might have the same advantages that those of other towns our size have. An auditorium where the entire school could meet for assemblies, present plays and other educational and social programs, a gymnasium where our ath- letes could be developed, ample room for the pupils and teachers and an athle- tic field close by would all go to make up the ideal school for the town of Easthampton. Jacquelin Diamond, '39 AN APPRECIATION In the resignation of Miss Elizabeth Lynch, the high school is losing a teach- er who is held in high esteem by both students and faculty. She has always been especially well liked by the pupils because of her ready smile and pleasing manner. The fact that she would give unsparingly of her own time has also made her very popular. She will always be remembered by all that knew her as a real friend. Miss Lynch is an alumna of the Easthampton High School, having gradu- ated from it in 1925. In the year 1929 she graduated from Massachusetts State College, where she received a Master's degree in 1931. On November 28, 1932, she started teaching in Easthampton High School. Since that time she has taught science with remarkable success. All the teachers and pupils of this high school deeply regret that Miss Lynch is leaving us. Robert Riedel, '38 SHOULD TENNIS STAY? Following the example set by many high schools in neighboring towns and cities, Easthampton High School has organized a tennis team. Considering the fact that this is the first year of tennis at the high school, and it is only the second year that there have been public courts, a great amount of interest has been shown. The fact that tennis is rapidly increasing in popularity in all high schools is shown by the size of the schedule, as eighteen matches have already been ar- ranged. twelve