Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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MR. CHARLES McKENZIE It is not often a member of the administration is considered a friend rather than a foe. It is not often that a man can command respect, admiration, and instill that hint of fear in students all at the same time. Not often does it happen that students receive an authoritative figure who can arouse so much enthusiasm, inovation and drive without sacrificing the individuality and comforting security of a first name basis. Here at the Ipswich High School we have been exposed to a diverse group of people who have added flavor and spice to our lives; but few have had as great an impact on our high school education as Mr. McKenzie. Through our experiences at the I.H.S. we have come to predict his arrival by his ever present keys and the quick dispersion of menacing groups. He has his other peculiarities: Nobody could quite look over his glasses the way he does, or lean back in that chair at his desk without falling over, and better still who could possibly perfect the duplication of his signature. Mr. McKenzie, you have bought our raffle tickets, eaten our pancakes, worn our carnations and measured us for the caps and gowns which we now don. You have held our class together in the most turbulent times always keeping our heads above water and our eyes on land. Now we ask our final favor of you. The class of 1981 has overwhelmingly voted you the recipient of the dedication of our yearbook. Please accept this as our apology for the headaches, ulcers, and any inconvenient pains we may have caused you. Your memory will be as vivid in our minds ten years from now as it is on this day; as for us, you have only to open this book and the memories will flow from its pages. Here ' s to memories! The class of 1981 j

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MR. PETER O’ROURKE Math Department “Originality excites curiosity by its rar- ity. -H. Larent He who has the esteem of others is a man much sought after; as is our Mr. O’Rourke. Mr. “Pete O’Rourke left us in March of this year after a teaching career at Ipswich High School of seven years. In the past four years he has be- come a friend, a teacher and an all around “cool guy. He has taught many of us the basic skills of math through algebra, trigonometry, calculus and fin- ite math. Mr. O’Rourke has been our homeroom bell for two years now. How many times have we heard, “C’mon, get to your homerooms, ’’ or “Where do you belong? only to find once we were dispersed he and his colleagues were forming their own aggregation in the front foyer. With these memories, and countless more, we will remember you, Mr. ORourke. Good Luck in Wisconsin. J.C. V