King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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'i ,.,,4' Y .ad rv rv lcv its best season ever with a record of 7-2. Three students on the basketball team made all-league. A student-faculty social was held which was a success, bringing in many members of the student body and faculty. Homecoming was a success, with the freshman class winning the float competition. The freshman class went on to win the float competition for the following three years-the only class ever to with all four of their Hoats. 1971 was also the mid-point of the Vietnam war. In the 1971 yearbook there was a poem written by a King Philip student: Seems like only yesterday, doesn't it? When there wasn't an endless war. When a lot of kids were young. And Alive. When a 13-year-old boy's chances of dying in Vietnam were remote. Think about it. We've been getting out of Vietnam for years now. Isn't it about time we got out? Let's not sacrifice another American life for a war we've already abandoned. Let's not put off until tomorrow what's costing lives today. Also in 1971, there was a proposal for a sex education class. The opposition to such a class was so strong that an appeal was made to nullify such a proposal. The class of 1971 graduated in an outdoor ceremony despite heavy rain showers. 1972 was a good year for athletics. First of all. the football team defeated Franklin in the annual Turkey Day classic. The track

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