Holyoke High School - Annual Yearbook (Holyoke, MA)

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Some two months after we stormed the portals on Pine. Hamp- shire and Sargeant Streets—1 will not mention the subway entrance on Beech Street- a teacher in a distant clime heard the reverbera- tions of our attack and, filled with the spirit of adventure, came posthaste to join our doughty warriors. Our ranks were strengthen- ed by the advent of a new Head of the English Department. We have enrolled him as one of our class, for he enlisted with us. Miss Gorman, Supervisor of Household Arts, left at the close of our Junior year to put into practice in her new sphere of life as Mrs. James Gearon the theories which she had taught us in our courses in domestic science. She was succeeded by Miss O’Hern, who needs no introduction to the members of the class. Another change in faculty personnel which falls within our generation is the retirement from active duty of the Dean of Girls, our beloved Miss Fay. We shall think of her as graduating with us of going on with us as we take our places among the alumni and alumnae of the school. We are unwilling to go without her. She is here in the auditorium this morning, and so I take this occasion to invite Miss Fay to enroll under our flag and to march with us as we enter upon our new career. Thus is our history gradually unraveled before your eyes and even though we graduates-to-be shall never again assemble under these same conditions, time will never dim our fond memory of this occasion. In leaving Holyoke High behind us we shall not be pro- claimed famous as the Class of ’33, but as La Derniere Classe under Miss Fay. eighteen

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We ended this year with a boost from Frank McKay, when lie was chosen to represent Holyoke High in the Holyoke finals of the National Oratorical Contest. In September 1932 we yere again seen around the haunts of H. II. S„ this time assuming our role as Seniors. What a thrill of satisfaction we derived from awing the lower classmen with our air of sophistication! Our class elections this year were probably influenced by the political situation outside, for there was a little variation in the choice. Those decided upon were President, James Dunn; Vice President. Helen Downing; Secretary, Phyllis Symasko; and Treas- urer, Edward Kurth. Halloween brought along with it our first dance of the season in the form of a masquerade. Again departing from tradition, we were given permission to take our dances outside of the school. As a result, we collected surprising amounts of money and so upon our class may rest the honor of setting a precedent for others to follow. With Carol Horrigan as editor-in-chief and John Bresnahan heading the business department, “The Herald made a fine showing. The clubs took up their duties and were faithfully supported. Robert Anderson and Madelyn Alderman were selected as President and Vice President of the Student Council. Then, too, a new organ- ization was formed. This was the Student Activity Fund, a system whereby a student, by paying a dime a week for twenty-five weeks, would be entitled to the benefits of various extra-curricular activities. It has worked out well this year and promises even better things for the future. The Senior boys exhibited their prowess in all fields of sport by downing many a difficult opponent and capturing high places. The most spectacular game was the Westfield-Holvoke basketball game played at the Valley Arena. Despite the fact that Holyoke was defeated, our players showed themselves to be good losers. Whether it was the depression or a sense of dignity that was the cause, our class, to our knowledge, lacked only one thing and that was the originality of having paint-splashed “Leaping Lenas parked out in front of the school. Otherwise, we consider ourselves as the best all-round class ever. One of the features of the history of any class is the changes in the personnel of the faculty during the school-life of that class. We of 1933 record with some personal interest several such changes. seventeen

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Who's Who In 1933 ■a? Most Popular Girl Most Popular Boy Brightest Girl Brightest Boy Most Versatile Girl Most Versatile Boy Girl Most To Be Admired Boy Most To Be Admired Girl Most Likely To Succeed Boy Most Likely To Succeed Glass Musician ('lass Artist Best Girl Athlete Best Boy Athlete ('lass Genius Prettiest Girl Most Handsome Boy Best Sutured Girl Best Sutured Boy Most Studious Girl Most Studious Boy ('lass Gloom Dispeller, Girl Class Gloom Dispeller, Boy Class Belle Class Beau . Class Beau Brummell Class Chatterer, Girl Class Chatterer, Boy Most Quiet Girl Most Quiet Boy Most Bashful Girl Most Bashful Boy . Helen Downing Janies Dunn Barbara (lately John Appel Madelyn Alderman Robert Anderson . Helen Downing James Dunn Barbara (lately . John Appel Edward Nowak Mildred Pampel . . Ians Fun Chester Wilusz Joseph Freedman Catherine Spooner Rodrique Valliere Mary Long James Dunn Barbara (lately John Appel Florence Klopfer Pasquale Sandrilla Caroline Cnderdorfel Robert Mooney Henry Campbell Elizabeth LaBreeque Paul Gingras Nellie Prior Ellerton Glover Nellie Prior . Edward Stiles nineteen