Frontier Regional High School - Arrow Yearbook (South Deerfield, MA)

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First Annual Graduation On Tuesday evening June T8 1957 diplomas were presented to thirty eight members of the Class of 1957 culminating the successful first year of the new Frontier Regional School A capacity audience of parents and friends from the surrounding area gathered to hear traditional commencement speeches and to observe the es tabllshlng of several new traditions The new Principal s Trophies were given to Mr George E Bell Jr Chairman of the Frontier Regional School Committee for his outstanding service to the school and to Miss Joan Sheppard of the Class of 1957 The new Tim Kelleher Trophy named in honor of the recently retired veteran Deerfield school committee chairman was given to Leon lButchD Farrick Jr of Whately as best scholar athlete of the Senior Class Richard Grybko won several prizes including the Bausch 8. Lomb science award the Alan G Kenlston Memorial Award for dramatic ability a Pro Mento Honor Society pm and the new S500 00 Scholarship presented by the combined parent teacher groups of Conway Deerfield Sunderland and Whately Also given top awards were Leona Okula vale dnctorian and Emily Sadoskl salutatorlan Miss Okula received the DAR Good Citizenship Award a Pro Mento Honor Society pm and a gold medal awarded to the valedlctorlan To Miss Sadosku went the Pro Merlto pin the Polish American Citizens Club scholarship of 5100 O0 and a silver medal awarded to the salutatorian Other prize winners were Miss Beverly Walsh Montague City Chapter DCCN nurses scholarship William Tereshko American Society of Tool Engineers Scholarshsp for 5250 OO Pro Merlto Honor Society pins were awarded to Anne Stemert Joan Sheppard Nancy Savmskn Estelle Pekarski William Tereshko Loss Anderson and Nancy Hubbard The program opened with the processlonal by the Class of 1957 led by Danny Alvmo Jr as marshal Invocation was by Rev J Donald Johnston pastor of the Fzrst Church of Deerfield Emily Sadoski gave the salutatory address A New Frontier stressing the advantages of the regional schools of today as compared with llmlta tions of education in the 'l600s Halls of Ivy was sung by the members of the graduating class and a piano solo Stardust by Joan Sheppard followed Leona Okula offered the valedictory address What Next? Her topic concerned the thoughts of a graduate about to start forth on an unknown lourney into life which appears bright with promise Seniors presented the song Graduation Day followed by a piano solo by Emily Sadoskl of Chopin s Polanalse The commencement address was given by Dr Ernest Delmore Jackman of the University of Maine He spoke on important landmarks in the history of the world cautuomng the graduates to guard agamst racial and religious preludlce Awards and scholarships were announced and presented by Supt Principal Daniel W Alvmo Diplomas were awarded to members of the gradu ating class by Chr Bell who offered congratulations from the committee to each graduate The class ode by Joan Sheppard with music composed by Harry Culver preceded beneductlon Church The program concluded with the recessuonal Rosemary Grltz was accompanist Class officers were Leona Okula president Marie Podlesney vice president Lols Anderson secretary Evelyn Konvelskr secretary Joan Sheppard Student Council Boys of the class wore royal blue caps and gowns with red tassels and the girls wore white caps and gowns with red tassels Members of the graduating class formed a receiving line at the rear of Veterans Memorial Gymnasium to accept congratulations from the many friends and relatives present Members of the Class of 1957 were delighted to learn that at a special assembly held on the morning of June 18 the school of which they are the original graduates received from Jim Fox Recorder Gazette sports editor the Small Schools Athletic Trophy This trophy has been awarded by the newspaper durmg the last ten years to a county area school In recognition of outstanding general achievement I I ' ' ll II I I I ' ' ' ' ll ll ' I r 1 I I ' s 1 n ' I II II ' . ' II ' ll ll ' ' I ' ll ' I I ' ' - I u - ll I , . Il ' II ' ' ' . I . I I . . 1 -1 I ' ' I - . I ' . Q 0 . . . . . - , I n , . ' I I I I ' I ' , given by Rev. William Fahey, pastor of St. James I . . I . .I . I . . I . . t I . . I . . . - . . . , 5 , ' 5 ' I n u 1 ' ' I ' I I I . , ' - , 2 , . . . I . , . ' I I I . . I . . . I , , . . . , I I . .I .' . . I I ' ' I I I ' ' I . . I , . . . , U . . I - ' ' ll ' ll I ' II I I ' . ,, . . I

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Salutatory A NEW FRONTIER Members of the Clergy Honored Guests Parents and Fraends On behalf of the Class of 1957 I welcome you to our Graduataon We are honored to have so many of you at thas occasaon an especaally memorable one for us sance we are the first class to be graduated from Frontaer Regaonal Hagh Ideas regardang educataon ats purpose and methods change wath the passage of years The educataonal adeals of early New England for example are not those of today Three hundred years ago a students school actavataes were very lamated Educataon then concerned atself largely wath matters of relagaon and wath the study of the classac laterature of Greece and Rome There were reasons of course why at was lamated and narrow an scope Educataon then was not wade spread It was neather free nor compulsory but belonged to the few who had money to pay for at and at had lattle darect bearang on actual preparataon for lafe It dad not especaally aam to teach one the means of gaanang a lavelahood At the end of the last century many educators realazed that the course of study an our secondary schools were too narrow and lamated and they therefore should be enlarged to meet the new and changang condataons of present day lafe Thas Regaonal School as an example of the developments takang place an the educataonal system of our country Frontaer as not only the goal of labor of four towns, but the goal of years of labor by early educators The anterest an the obaectaves of thas educataonal anstatutaon has not been confined to a few exceptaonal leaders but to catazens parents and taxpayers who support and partacapate an the means of educataon Many parents especaally those whose own educataons have been lamated know that the possessaon of knowledge wall make thear chaldren happaer and more successful Practacally every parent shares wath Enoch Arden To save all earnangs to the uttermost And gave has chald a better brangang up Than has had been From thas desare emerges an array of educataonal obaectaves an the form of methods thought suatable for attaanang the clesared goals The advantages thas school has thus far anstagated wall not termanate here because of the ever progressang world Not only as there a varaety of subaects whach may best fulfill the students chaef anterests and traan ham for has years after hagh school but the treatment of thas subaect matter as quate as varaed In all types of classes, ancreasang use as beang made of vasual educataon Because of small classes there as more andlvadualaty The teacher can better become acquaanted wath the students and know what each as capable of doang As Henry Van Dyke once stated Indavadualaty as the salt of common lafe You may have to lave an a crowd but you do not have to lave lake at nor subsast on ats food The field of vocataonal guadance as an outstandang asset an the school system ats purpose beang to help the student dascover where has own abalataes lae and to guade ham an has preparataons for a lafes work As a result of much tame assastance, and guadance gaven by our teachers and parents the tame has come for partang the tame when each of us goes out anto the world to take up the responsabalataes assocaated wath the vocataons we have selected We have been led forward through the steps of educataon and now are about to be separated wath the hope that the daversafled results of our knowledge may more wadely enrach the world 68 II ll I I I : , . I I , , ' I I , . . . , . I I ' , I , , , , ' I I II ' . ...the noble wash ' II . . . . , . I - . , . ,, .. . . . , . . . . . . . . ,, I I ' I . . . . ., I I -