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

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were not dxscouraged On the contrary we lmmedlately organlzed and selected for our offlcers Pres1dent Donald Cheater Vrce Pres1dent Anthony Sohmme and Secretary Betty Faus For our assemblxes we enllsted the a1d of the Clly We were allowed to use the mag n1f1cent Clty Hall Aud1tor1um where we presented four assemblles The gymnaslum was soon repalred and there we held our school dances Our football team captamed by Fred Santangelo was one of the best Much of 1ts success can be attnbuted to the mauguratron of glrl cheerleaders who were of course selected by the volume 1n thelr vorces To us also came the honor of contrlbutlng to the flrst hockey team at Classtcal whlch was under the able coachlng of Mr Frlar The captaln of the team was Francrs Donahue Thts year the Gazette had a most successful year w1th Anthony Sol1m1ne the world s worst wretch as ed1tor Never before d1d the magazlne have so many new fea tures and 1nterest1ng stones Agaln the class of 50 was a part of somethxng new at Class1cal For the fxrst tlme a Drama Festwal was presented by the school Each class selected a one act play Our class put on The Val1ant one of the most 1nsp1r1ng plays ever wrltten Our semor drama Llttle Women turned out to be one of the frnest ever presented by Classtcal ln fact 1t was pronounced the worlds best play by that d1st1ngu1shed dramat1c cr1t1c E11 Mavros whose presenc 1n the audrence caused the cast to outdo themselves The Usherettes were part1cularly effectlve thls year as they appeared at the Chrlst to the consc1ent1ous work of the competent and able off1cers L1l11an McCarthy PTGSI dent and Adela Rampuh Captaln The pr1ze of the year for clever lnventlons came to our class only just recently when a few courageous sp1r1ts mtroduced the water plstol an unavoxdable torture to every senlor g1rl At mldyear the Year Book staff was organrzed wlth Henry Mosychuk as cha1rman Llttle d1d he know what he was gettlng 1nto when he accepted th1s pos1t1on But he managed of course w1th the help of p1cture cha1rmen Wrtteup cha1rmen rewrlte chair men boss cha1rmen answer the telephone cha1rmen and a few others One day toward the close of the year our usually casually attlred class appeared ln the unaccustomed splendor that mxght be found ln Vogue or m Hart Schaifner and Marx adds Leadmg the assemblage were Ken McDonald Don Cheater and Sully Sol1rn1ne The occaslon for th1s unusual event was the takmg of the class p1cture As the h1story of the class unfolded we became aware of an unusually l1vely group 1n our mxdst our n1mble and charmmg secretanes who tapped out all our not1ces and our class prophec1es To be sure m thxs task they were browbeaten by a slave dr1ver L1l11an McCarthy As p1ctures began to be exchang d and college acceptances were belna rece1ved we reluctantly real1zed that our hlgh school days were com1ng to a close Never w1ll we forget those many happy moments that we had at Classlcal espec1ally around the fountam of love on the second floor Feellng pfty for our underprlvllged predecessors who never knew the Joy of drama festwals Vanety shows c1ty hall a sembhes g1rl cheerleaders hockey teams and Junlor dances and envylng our lucky successors who w1ll take part rn the Gazette the plays the Year Book and all the other del1ghtful act1v1t1es we take leave of Classr cal and b1d farewell to our wonderful teachers and devoted classmates whom we shall never forget To Mr Buckley too as we say thls farewell we w1sh to express our apprecl at1on and thanks for the attentton and thought he has g1ven to the problems of our class on-1 B, - J , Mus ,. Y B -1, l ' . . - l. . I 9 - . mas Assembly in the gay, seasonal colors, and Wearing holly. Their success was due . 9 I . . I fifteen

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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

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if LAM! wlLL T ESTAMEN T I J ,ul I Q35 EXECUTED BY BOB CARTER We the graduat1ng class of l95O seemg that our days at Class1cal are swtftly com mg to an end and bemg of sane mrnd and sound body do hereby procla1m thls sa red parchment as our last w1ll and testament thus maklng any prevlous w1ll made by us null and vold In thls legal document we w1ll bequeath all that IS near and dear to us to our admlrlng undergraduates the Iunors To Mr Buckley and the rest of the faculty we leave our heartfelt thanks and sxncer appreclatlon for all of the effort they have expended for our beneht durmg our br1ef stay To the Iumors we leave the t1tle of Sen1ors to be used only as of September Tom Kelley George Bontos and Bob Thompson a tr1o of Central Square Turks leave the1r hand engraved cha1rs at the Waldorf to Dlck Kalapmskl Ioe Clsco Cag glano and D1ck Champa Pete Anastos leaves h1s book carry1ng proyect rn the hands of Gordon Westwater w1th the w1sh that Gordon w1ll be falthful to h1s dunes rn Room lO4 Ilm Mullen and foe McGhee leave Don Galv1n and Don Morgan 1n charge of re freshments at the Frtday Nxght tea partles Bea Chlpouras and Dxck Mlkzenas are rec1p1ents of Bette Gardynas and Balph Harmer s t1tle The Perfect Couple A yack knlfe and a brand new desk cover go along on that deal Iohn Nappl bequeaths a very healthy set of tons1ls to Chlcky McGovern so that the cheerleaders w1ll TGCEIVG some assxstance from the stands next year Fred Santangelo bequeaths a stamless whrte collar to Gabrlel Peluso who has as sterlmg a character and has led as perfect a llfe as our wonderful Father Daly of the stage better known to h1s class mates as The Salnt He also leaves h1s sctssors to Don Morgan wtth hopes that Don w1ll put them to good use on next years long halred sophomores Another locker room crooner by the name of Ttlly Kureta IS the future owner of Ernle Karavetsoss hbrary of Spamsh melodxes Norm Bydaren Blll Card and Gerry Pellegrmt leave thetr well rehearsed lyrlcs to Dom Dxllberto Stan Wemer and Iohn F1dler 1nd1v1duals who possess unusual har mony and can dodge the barrage of frurts vegetables and eggs that may come thelr way H fr L Y If Iso, ma, X 5.4 0 'l v, wifgzzmiiv tx - , . V . . ,- . ' e 1950. y sxxteen