Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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TIGER ‘43 Class Day Program Part 1. “WHEN SHAKESPEARE’S LADIES MEET” by CHARLES GEORGE SCENE: The garden of Juliet’s home in Verona TIME: Problematical and indeterminate Cast of Characters JULIET, from “Romeo and Juliet’’ Joann Ross PORTIA, from “The Merchant of Venice’’ Jane Lathrop DESDEMONA, from “Othello” Carol Harris CLEOPATRA, from “Anthony and Cleopatra” Johanne Black OPHELIA, from “Hamlet” Joyce Bousley KATHERINE, from “The Taming of the Shrew” Eleanor Pickering Part IL Class History Maureen Sullivan Class Prophecy Time: 1963 North Station Characters: Rae Everitt, Thomas Bamford Gifts to Girls Gifts to Boys Class Will School Song 22 Sylvester Conley, Jr Barbara Swain Johanne Black

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TIGER ‘43 derived from air, water, and coal; packaged houses: television: auto- giros: decentralized cities: air express: new chemicals: and new medical in- ventions so revolutionary that Me- thuselah might at last have some competition. It is interesting to spec- ulate on these future changes. We wonder if delinquent husbands can maintain the atmosphere of the office while communicating to their wives through a two-way radio equipped with television. We can picture Sun- day autogiro jams in the airway with drivers freely insulting one another from two seaters and from family sedans, while beneath them people ' calmly view their antics from front porches. Or will there be front porches in the coming age? Will they too be discarded as decadent? At any rate, it is prophesied that in the home of the future there will be spacious kitchens designed as a simple unit and equipped with pedals to control tap water, mechanical dish water sterilizers, and vertical broilers (to broil steaks — imagine, steaks! — on both sides simultaneously) . There will be refrigerators containing violet- ray compartments for tenderizing meats and an ice-cube ejector worked by turning a crank (a button would be preferable to me) . There will be indirect lighting and a combination of fluorescent and incandescent lamps mounted in a cove two feet from the ceiling to diminish eye strain. Houses will be equipped not only with air conditioning apparatus, but also with ultra-violet ray germ killers. Radiant heating will be prevalent. Walls will be movable: in hot weather the liv- ing room will be extended into the garden: in cold weather 1 suppose the house will be folded up like a tent to make things nice and cozy. These are the changes and achievements we can look forward to. The question is, can America develop a spirit comparable to its physical de- velopments? “Modern man’s strength is greater than his knowledge or his will,’’ thought an aged Midwestern professor. “The vast economic ma- terial body of the world lacks a mind to match it, and is not animated by a commensurate moral spirit.’’ This is America’s choice: a re- newal of past trends and recurrent wars every generation, or an attempt toward physical and spiritual expan- sion to visualize new horizons. Heaven grant that we may win these victories of peace no less renowned than war. 21

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TIGER ‘43 Class Day Parts CLASS HISTORY By Maureen Sullivan There comes a time in every one’s life when one must face that long dreaded, long remembered, first day in high school. Our time came back in September of 1939. If the truth were told, that first day is only a mere trifle. The only days to be really feared are Thursdays, when Mr. Whipple’s absence causes the sen- iors to declare a moratorium on dig- nity and to indulge in so-called init- iations. The consequence in our case was that after cafeteria period many of us returned to our classes pig-tail- ed, smeared with lipstick, or minus a shoe! Our class was extremely large, that is to say, in number. In January with much hustle and bustle, about one hundred and twenty-five of us were herded into room 101, where we held our first class meeting. For president we elected the likeable Felix D’ Agnes. His partner in the romance of those by-gone days, Celia Mallard, was our vice-president. Eleanor Pick- ering was elected secretary, and Leo Marcorelle received the heavy-duty job of treasurer. In April we held a unique social introducing such innovations as ping- pong tables, side-shows, fortune tell- ing, and, most remarkable of all, an orchestra composed entirely of fresh- men. By students and teachers alike the dance was declared a great social success. (We shall not mention the financial returns.) As freshmen, our young and adventurous souls were constantly playing pranks and tricks that our dignity would not now permit. Our English teacher nourished a profound dislike for the numerous and annoy- ing squeaks that our Mexican sandals produced daily. Quite naturally our obliging souls sought a remedy: therefore like little Dutch children we left our sandals outside of the door in orderly rc-ws and entered the class barefoot. To our surprise and disappointment our teacher did not appear to like this any better. Not wishing to risk any further displays of originality, however, she decided to just grin and bear it. Mrs. Lord also bore patiently for a while the moustaches, monocles and spectacles that mylsteriously appeared on the little robins and other cherished birds on her bird chart. At length, however, her patience ceased to be a virtue — she grew so tired of erasing “dood- ling” from her winged friends, that she took steps to apprehend the clever artists. Needless to say, the artists 23