Lynn Classical High School - Classical Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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f AS HIS T0 BX SELMA ZINKFINE 8 30 A M September 8 1947 and two hundred and forty ftve humble ftgures are slowly approachlng a huge tmposmg ed1'1ce located on North Common Street Thls group IS the class of 1950 when ftrst rt gazed atClass1calH1gh School Lost to these poor ch1ldren ts the beauty of the autumn day as they ftle 1nto ltne w1th apprehenstve hearts to see to what home room they would be asstgned Once 1ns1de the bulldmg tn a frantlc search for rooms they see among them those br1l11ant upper classmen tthat you ftnd 1n almost every 1nst1tut1on of learmngl havmg no trouble at all as they chat ga1ly through the corrldors completely lgnortng these frustrated newcomers How ever much to our SUFPIISS we were soon adjusted and had no trouble tn f1nd1ng our way around the bLl1ld11'1QS except for the fact that 1t took us a year to understand that the A after certaln room numbers rndtcated the Annex At once we became aware of the many act1v1t1es that took place at Classxcal Smce we had asptrattons of bemg an actrve class we ele ted three of our rrost competent lassmate as offtcers The prestdent was Anthony Soltmme our v1ce presldent was Wtl ham Connelly our secretary was Wtrufred Burger Th1s group a1ded by our adv1ser Mr MCGIHHIS took over the management of our affatrs And we d1d prove ourselves Northy ln the dramattcs department we had the good fortune of be1ng able to parttctpate rn Peter Pan presented by the comb1ned efforts of Class1cal and Enghsh Although the Iunlors and Semors had the mayor parts 1n thts play we also had two of our own Thesptans 1111 Roland and Betty Faus gave excellent performances as the Lost Boys and strangely enough these two 1nd1v1dua1s havent yet found themselves Also we were a part of someth1ng new at Classlcal the mtroduchon of the Classtcal Var1et1es tn whlch every talented member of the school had an opportunity to perform before the publtc Here too the Sophomore class was shown to be full of talent Nor tn the held of sports d1d we go unrecognlzed as our own Lou Pollack devel oped mto one of the most promlsmg members of a great baseball team To our number was added that dtsttngutshed ball player lohn Carter who came tn search of a fem1n1ne plt her Of course we d1d not go through one whole year at Class1cal w1thout be1ng edu cated We learned the meamng of such terms as detent1on sktp a per1od meet you at Sams and many other s1m1lar expressrons but durlng thls entlre year w never d1d comprehend the profound mean1ng of See you 1n 104 second pertodl As we were just becommg adlusted to thts new school and learnlng the names of all the teachers the summer came and we departed for our vacatlon f9Gl1Z1I'lQ that we really had enjoyed our hrst year at Classxcal 1. 644154 5 X S Mt 1 flu t X T V5 thirteen

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Many countrles xncludmg our own are tnterested and acttve rn thrs exchange sys tem There are fellowsh1ps scholarshtps and atds of vartous krnds furntshed by gov ernment by pr1vate and by college organtzahons for students golng from our country and for v1s1tors to our shores Through travel fellowsh1ps and scholarsh1ps through exchange of students teachers and workers the real Amenca of the average man can be mterpreted to the rest of the world So too can the rest of the world be xnterpreted to Amertca So gtganhc a proyect requtres careful study and orgamzatlon Above all tt demands the expend1ture of huge sums of money More organrzattons need to be xmpressed Wllh the need of actually contr1but1ng funds to rmplement th1s 1dea Cer tarnly the exchange plan should rece1ve our full co operatton Such a movement as the exchange plan has tts ortgm 1n youth ltself When students were asked what they constdered to be the factors for culttvatmg world mtndedness and an 1nternat1onal outlook they gave the hrghest vote to the rnfluence of teachers mlsstonanes and G I s who had vrstted fore1gn countrtes Th1s op1n1on would sug gest that we mrght be w1se to have an exchange of teachers as well as of students As the frrst few lxnes of the Un1ted Natrons Educattonal Sc1ent1f1c and Cultural Organx zat1ons Const1tut1on says Slnce wars begtn 1n the m1nds of men rt IS 1n the m1nds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed and undoubtedly teachers tore exchange teachers would assrst 1n promotmg 1nternat1onal amxty for they would make the1r natlve countr1es more than names on a map The teacher as a mature per son lmparts to h1s students knowledge not only of hlS subyect but also of h1s country Thus through teachmg wr1t1ng and research the teacher makes everlastmg frrends not only for hlmself but also for h1s country Thus large goodwtll drvtdends come from the exchange of teachers As of Chaucer s Clerk of Oxenford tt rnrght well be satd glad ly wode they learn and gladly teache Perhaps one of the greatest servtces a person can make 1n Febulldlng our world IS by v1s1t1ng a war torn country ln order to help the people of such towns who ar stlll sufferlng from the wounds of war Last summer some 40 U00 purposeful men and women used their hol1days 1n th1s way They constructed homes schools play grounds parks cleared away rubble repa1red roads rebullt brldges and returned to the1r vartous countrles ennched by new frtendshtps strmulated by the heartfelt gratttude of the1r fore1gn ne1ghbors and tmbued by a vrgorous fatth 1n the ab1l1ty of the 1nd1v1dua1 to lnfluence the world These people remade not only burldmgs but also souls They gave dlscouraged people new hope and fa1th that the world was tnter ested IH the1r welfare One cannot vtew the confused s1tuat1on ln the world today wtth llS sorrow and sufferlng WllhOUl feel1ng that humamty has mtssed the real meanlng of ltfe The rules and gurdeposts for understandtng and fo happtness have been clearly g1ven us by great teachers ot the past and present but we have chosen not to follow these leaders and unt1l we do we shall not have the peace whtch humamty seeks Cifxisii have a great part in forming the minds and ideals of the citizens of tomorrow. There- , . . . - . S twelve

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When we returned to Classlcal 1n the all as Iumors we had a feelmg of secur1ty and sen1or1ty However we soon were deflated by the Semors They remmded us that we had to wa1t one more year for super1or1ty and that we were st1ll under thetr power Nevertheless we st1ll onsrdered oursleves above those unsoph1st1cated sopho mores Th1s year we found among us a few new faces as there were many transferees from other schools who reallzed what a grave mtstake they had been makmg IU not attendmg Class1cal We began the year by electtng as our class offlcers Presxdent Anthony Sol1m1ne VICG Pres1dent Donald Cheater and Secretary Betty Faus Agam we proved ourselves a most exemplary class We took an actlve part m all school GCl1V1l1eS The Gazette was fortunate enough to have the honor of publlshlng ome of our storles and poems and some of us were even on the permanent staff Those of us who took Spamsh d1scovered that we were under the tutelage of a new teacher new to us but not to Classlcal MISS MGTIOD O Keefe who had just returned from a delxghtful four year tmp to South Amerlca Llfe was made a b1t more compllcated by this event for we had only just learned to dlstmgulsh between the other two Mlsse O Keefe When we stepped Lnto the Pubhc Speakmg Room we found a new member of the faculty Mtss lanet Healey was the name of the newcomer and she was a very welcome add1t1on to our school Agaln we presented the Vartetxes thls t1me a b1gger and better show Wllh many of our classmates part1c1pat1ng ln th1s revlew a new type of entertamment was pre sented as Ceceha F1shman stepped to the stage f1ve mlnutes before the regular per formance and announced that the car wtth the number plate two four SIX e1ght zero was ln a dr1veway and asked the owner please to remove 1t The class of 50 wlfule st1ll Iumors felt that a bl1tz had come but when the exctte ment dled away we dlscovered that the confuslon had been caused only by the arrtval of Ioe McGhee From our class on the football team were hm Mullen Len Goodman and Fred Santangelo who contrxbuted conslderably to the1r successful season by throwxna the1r we1ght around on the txeld The cr1me of the year was the 1nvas1on of Room lU4 by Stella Sabanty who suc cessfully d1sgu1sed herself for one whole year as a Sen1or Th1s year too we showed our 1r11t1at1ve by holdmg an mformal tumor dance ln stead of the usual yumor prom And not all of us were frequent rec1p1ents of fallure notlces as thrrteen of our more mtelllgent students were 1n1t1ated 1nto the Natlonal Honor SOCIETY So enthuslastlc a class were we that at graduatlon t1me some members of our class won honors along w1th the Senlors Donald Cheater was awarded the Harvard Book for bemg selected the most outstandmg Iuruor Stephen Pannes rece1ved the Un1on College Book Award for excellence 1n athletlcs and scholast1c ab1lt1y Cla1reRamsdell rece1ved the class glft for the school Then the summer came and w nt and we were returnmg to Classlcal as mlghty Semors Proudly d1d we strut back 1n grand array that beautlful September morrung Ours was an attltude qulte d1ffere1'1t from that of two years ago We wer lust about start1ng to establlsh ourselves tn our kmgdom when Alasl on the thmrd day of school we awoke to the ry of The school burned down' And th1s IS no mere quotatton Much to our dlsmay we dlscovered that durlng the ntght a f1re had broken out tn the school and our assembly hall and the boys gymnastum were de stroyed Now 1ndeed the semor class was at a d1sadvantage For us no more stu dent assernbltes no more ralhes no more gym classes no more anythmg But we .. , , . F . . . 1 . , .. , . . , 5 , . Q . - , . . , ' s , , 5 , I - - - - I , . I I - , , , , - f - I I - . . - - - , Q - - - - D . , , . . . . Q 9 , . - . . , , n . l ' I I A ' fourteen