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VENIHUS, VIDIHUS, VICIHUS HE CAME. Pour years ago, la alpteaber, 196l, we, the class of 1968, entered Framingham South High School as innocent, wide-eyed freshmen. Little did we realise what was ahead of us: four of the happiest and lost fulfilling years of our lives. He were to leave an indelible mark with all our achievements -- scholastic, athletic, and social. HE SAH. As freshmen we came and we saw what was happen- ing in this new world all around us. 1953 WIS B PPGS3-denfill election year, and a mock election confronted us in our first few months. For many, this was an awakening to the political situation which had hitherto been unknown. But we weren't the only ones to be confronted with a new experience. The rest of the school was confronted with us. Due to our large numbers, rooms, such as the girls' and boys' dressing rooms, had to be utilized as classrooms to accommodate us. We also brought into the school the new French program which had started in 255 fourth SPBGE classes. Many upperclassmen must have been amazed and humiliated when freshmen could speak French as well as they. we really began to feel a part of the school when we were allowed to attend the football rallies and show our school spirit. KA year later we realized how lucky we had been when the next freshman class and succeeding ones were denied this pr1v1leae.l And then there was more bustle of school activity and spirit as everyone participated in the candy sale, Christmas projects, and ned Cross Drive. Of course, our class sold more fudge than anyone else! Remember, as we all innocently trudged out of school lugging our ten or twenty pounds while the seniors scoffed at us? But we d1dn't mind. We were doing something for our school and showing that we were the greatest class with the greatest spirit. And then we were sophomores--no longer were we low men on the totem pole. It was s whirlwind year of activity, starting with our football team winning the Bay State League title. Later, to amuse the English teacher, we spent many an hour writing about our gloriously exciting lives in our sophomore autobiographies. Then there was the delicious odor of formaldehyde emanating from our clothes as we devotedly cut up frogs in our biology classes. The science department had instilled in us such a craving for knowledge, that we all eagerly entered astonishing projects in the Science Fair and were the best represented class there. This was also the year for us to take the traditional sophomore testing to tell us where our aptitudes and abilities lay. Many a girl was quite surprised to find that she was perfectly suited for a Job as a plumber or engineer. At the end of this second year of high school, we were allowed to conduct elections for class offic- ers, who would lead us on to fame. The campaign period was a vigorous one with posters plastered on the walls, tags fluttering from girls' pocketbooks, and lollpops issued before the campaign speeches. The results were John Ferullo, presidentg Paul Calderon, vice-president, Pat Ritchie, secretary, and J1. Natlchioni, treasurer. And when the summer flew by and we were all too soon back in school. For two years. mystifgpd, we had quietly watched the activities of the upperclassmen: the long serles of tests, choosing colleges, sending in applications, and waiting for acceptanoes. we had seen all this, but we d1dn't realize the importance of it unitl we experienced it ourselves. But then, we were finally upperclassmeng we were Juniors. The threat of college acoeptances and rejectlons fluttered all about us. we now reg11ze hon important they were. Also, to give us a first hand knowledge of the careers or vocations we were considering, occupational conferences were held. And then we relearned the letters of the alphabet: PSAT's. NMSQT's, SAT's, and achievements seemed to be the most important end made us wonder lf it was all really worth lt. BUD. there was a lot more to junior year thrn just college worries. In music appreciation we had advanced from Tony Soul as freshmen, to Ted Tuscont and the Wlldmen as sophomores, to the Boosters Club's first Homecoming Dance and the I.B.C. dance with M.C.'s from WBZ as Juniors. Our class celebrities included Sally Halsh, who was selected as the finalist in the American Field Service Program and spent the next summer in Italy, and Bonnie Wilks, who upheld the reputation of our class in Drama Nite. No memories of our Junior year would be complete without mentioning the Junior Prom. At the beginning of the year the class officers had selected a steering committee to aid in putting on this gala affair. For many months they met and planned the prom, and en arduous but pleasant task it was. The steering committee meetings ran long while everyone haggled over whether or not those attending the prom would like strawberries on their ice cream. Klt was decided not to have the strawberr1es.J That year our class decided to break trad1t10D by holding the prom out of the school for the first time. Another change was the three Grand Marches which were held to accom- modate all the people on the small dance floor at the Meadows. All in all, the prom was a huge success, except for one minor difficulty. The cameras were so astonished by all the 'Moonlight and Roses' beauty around them, they forgot to function corectly, and so there are very few pictures around of the best prom South High ever had. Therefore, posterity will just have to take our word for this. The only thing left to add about Junior year was the hard work we expended on our theses. we all remember well how horrified we felt when this assignment was first explained to us. How could we possibly do all that work and put it all together in one paper? But somehow or other we all managed, and marched around proudly showing off 'my thesisu to everyone. However, for many of us it was not just an English thesis with which we were confronted, but a U. S. History thesis too, and somehow the due dates on both seemed to coincide. Yet, we d1dn't mind Kmuchl. Dedicated students like us thrived on sifting through volumes of books on the Civil llfn Andrew Jackson, and President Kennedy. WE CONQUERED. Then all of a sudden it happened! The class ahead of us had graduated and we were SENIORSI Fatlently, for three years, we had watched and waited for our year of glory and now it was here. Did we deserve lt? Of course we did! How did we fare scholastlcally? Hell, we sure had a
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