Gardner High School - Wampanoag Yearbook (Gardner, MA)

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THE ARGUb l311S11'1tSS We must contlnue to study and learn In fact our days of learnlng must never end No other statement expresses thls fact any more clearly than the old proverb He who can learn no more has not really learned anythmg As We d1d four years ago We are now about to take another momentous step However the obstacles now con frontmg us are much more fornndable We are movmg xnto the most demand mg of all schools the world lhe World classroom IS one of tLlfITlO1l and confuslon COITIITIIIHISIH permeates the atmosphere of freedom Crlme and pol1t1cs are too frequently found keep mg company Fear of atomlc destruc txon rankles IH the mmds of all Yet these problems are not beyond solu t1on The first step ln conquermg these dlfflcultles IS a llberal educatlon and we can truthfully state that we htve made a Sl,lbSt3.Iltldl start ln that dlrectlon Wxth your contmued good mll and falth and mth the help of God the class of 1953 steps forth Wlth confidence and a hlgh heart always bearmg IH mlnd our class motto Not for self but for others 1 i . X 7 I . , . , .. c . , ' ' . . , U u f ' . ,, . . I . : . , . r r .1 . c . . 1 ' . , . . l . 7. . 7. . . , 1 . - , , - Q ,. . , . C , x t JT .' 'i , Y' we ., . , ,

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ICLJYETUJI Address of Welcome Martun Nucholson We the class of 1953 are assembled here th1s evenmg to celebrate the culmlnatxon of our school days at Gardner Hlgh We W1Sh to extend a hearty welcome to you our parents teachers and frlends who have done so much for us and to whom we owe a boundless debt of gratltude wh1ch we can never hope to fully repay You are the ones who have made thxs achlevement DOSS1blC for wlthout your guldance encouragement and falth We would have found lt lmpossxble to contlnue on the rugged path of knowl edge I am sure not one of us could adequately express our feelmg of thankfulness Wlth mere words but thls entxre graduatmg class IS deeply cogmzant of what you have done for us and we w1ll show our appreclatxon by whatever success we make of our llves 1n the years to come As we are about to leave the class room of our Alma Mater many memo rles well up whxch have made our four years IH thls school so satlsfymg If you were able to turn back the clock to September 1949 you would see us movmg tlmorously through the corrl dors of Gardner Hlgh Yes we were once the neophvtes of thls school Durlng the four years that have passed slnce that day a growth has occurred that has transformed us mto reasonably responslble and mature young men and women Durmg those years we gradually began to realize and appreclate what was being done for us ln order that we mlght galn a sound and well balanced educat1on Our study of the academlc subJects combmed Wlth such related act1v1t1es as the school clubs athletlcs and dances contrxbuted greatly to the change 1n our manner of thmkmg and our Hblllty to get along wlth others Today educatlon has reached m credlble proportlons ln the Unlted States No other expanslon of our democrat1c 1nst1tut1ons can compare m magnltude or IH slgnlficance w1th that of educatlon Just as one example IH 1870 about 350000 attended hlgh school now we have more than 7 000 O00 m our secondary schools As our secondary tra1n1ng comes to an end we may as well ask Just what does It mean to have a hlgh school ed ucatlon It certamly does not mean merely an academlc background What good IS any klnd of educat1on unless that knowledge IS functlonal ln our hves 1n brmgmg us success and happ1ness'9 We must utxllze thls edu catxon to asslst us ln lmplementlng and developmg our mdlvldual 1nterest Graduatlon from school does not mean the end of our educatlon Whether we go to college enter the armed serv lces or take up employment IH some 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 0 1 1 1 1 - 1 , . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 ' ' 1 1 - 1 , . , .

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KPDFEAX Class l-llstory Louxse Kraslcouslcas Chairman Barbara Bell Sheila Boliman Mary Ann Burns Sbella Duncan Audrey Gull Raymond l-laapaoja Wllluam Laalcso Helen Lashua Thomas parnsli Gordon Slwevls Beverly Stxclcney Norman Valley Dennis Wardwell Thomas Wlieelen R o Lxke those of all young chlldren who are first learnmg to walk our first steps ln the openlng days of the 1949 term were shaky and uncertaln but Wlth the upper class to help us we gradually galned confidence ln our selves and were soon to dlscover that hlgh school was really fun There was so much work to be done' We began delvlng enthuslastlcally mto new subjects both fascmatlng and lnterestmg Up there on the th1rd floor our senses became tuned to our envlronment The unfamllar odors emanatlng from the cookmg and scx ence labs the gay pamtlng ln the art room and the Welfd sounds lssulng from the muslc room cast a spell over us Everywhere there breathed an atmosphere of act1v1ty and an 1nsat1 atable appetlte for knowledge But our guardlans were wlse They carefully saw to It that we would not become mere bookworms by pro v1d1ng us wrth numerous athlet1c fields the boys lookmg forward to the days when they would spark our football team and the g1rls asplrmg to posl tlons on the hockey team Although our own freshman football team dxd well It was the g1rls who brought us our first athletlc honors Angela Zam pogna was given a place on the varslty team Durmg the wmter we took the g1rls lnter class volley ball champlon shlp a fine reward for our hard work Our sturdy legs had taken us up the first steps on our stalrway to success ln sports Many of us had begun takmg muslc lessons early that fall under Mr Henry Gates himself a product of G H S who had returned to head the muslc department When we were not busy on some athletlc field we were quick to don our snappy black and orange unlforms and tag rlght along and at times our freshman legs found the stretch a llttle long The hohday season soon was upon us and we maugurated our Chrlstmas vacatlon by presentmg Why the Chimes Rang It was that year that Homecommg Day at Gardner High was lnltlated a day on which we have our reumon The A A Ball was held the same evemng end1ng the gala pre yuletxde events There were many partles durmg our first year but the one that was of spe Clal lnterest to us was the Freshman Party It was held on St Patrlcks Day ln the gym which was gaxly deco rated 1n the colors of old Ireland As members of a large muslcal fa mlly many of us Jomed the Musrc Club We had a wonderful tlme m the Tourlsts and Native chorus ln the operetta Crocodlle Island None of our classmates had leads but sev 1 , A A ,,,, ,. . 1 .....A u l Q l I . . . l , . 1 , . 1 , . . . ., 1 1 1 . . . . . N . . ,, - 1 ' 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 , . , - v 1 , - n ' ' u ' H N ' H ' ' ' If ' if . , . . , . . . - - Y -