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

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was time to elect officers for the senior year. The members of the class, after long de- liberation, selected Dunking Dobie Gillis to lead us into our last year. Steve Robinson was elected official flagbearer, and Donna Blazer won the Secretary's iob. After being pro- moted to grade XII, we left for the beaches to rest up for the coming year. The senior year's activities began with the cheerleaders' dance. Everyone enjoyed mak- ing fun of the funny-looking cheerleaders, not the girls, the drawings on the wall. The next big smash on the social calendar was the play, Androcles and the Lion. Boxcar Schnurbush was the hit of the evening. At last came the event the senior football players had waited three years for. The foot- ball dance. It seems that all senior football players and their dates got in free. Our Sen- ior Parents' Night boasted a large attendance and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The year's second play, under the direction of Mr. Marcoux, was a bigger suc- cess than the first. The only person who didn't enjoy it was Coach Moriaty. He kept thinking how the outcome of the season might have been more pleasant if he had Ginger Dobrowski at one of the halfback slots. As the weather got warmer the lines in front of Mr. Hutchin's office got longer. The warm weather brought on the institution of a new club. It was called The Sun Worshipers. However, as we might have guessed, this club didn't last too long. The completion of final exams left us in a won- derful mood. The gang practicing for the Banquet Show practiced eight periods a day. Well, that's what they told the teachers, any- way. Suddenly we were shocked to find the prom at the New Ocean House was only a few nights away. After several days of panicky preparations, the big night came. Everything went off like clockwork, and the prom was a magnificent success. At the con- clusion of the prom we hopped in our ve- hicles and dashed to Judi Giarla's post prom party. The foundation nearly buckled under the weight of the crowd who attended. After the party we went home to get some much needed sleep. A few hours later, we left for Salisbury Beach. When we were through battling the bugs, a sizeable number of those in attendance swarmed to Kathy Coyle's wilderness outpost. After being driven away by the Indians, we returned to Lynn to rest. An hour later the locusts in- vaded Phyllis Warden's home for a cookout. With the elimination of the food supply, our weary celebrants finally went home, sup- posedly. With only graduation day left, we look back on our years at Classical, and realize that we will miss all of our friends. No longer will the boys meet in Pete Marvin's car to ex- change stories. No more will we see Bob Osiecki and Dick Neenan running to Miss O'Keefe for passes. We've attended Mr. Horne's singing math lessons for the last time. The second period physics class will be without a chain. We will lose a great class advisor and friend in Mr. Todd, and a wise councilor in Mr. Buckley. But we may rest assured that we, the Class of '61, will not forget, nor be forgotten. jYQ12zy Eewanogwsir'

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M ZS :O - Q 4 r I g CLASS HISTCRY I Upon graduaTing from Classical mosT of us will go our separaTe ways. BuT as we leave, we hold fond remembrances of The Three years we have spenT here. Who can forgeT The many wonderful Times ThaT we, The Class of '61, have had wiThin The walls of Classical. We will always remember ThaT firsT horrible day of school in our sophomore year. We waTched in dismay as The seniors ripped up program cards of innocenT newcomers. Our fears were somewhaf lessened, when under The direcTion of Uncle Tom Todd, we chose Charlie VeradT To be our firsT presidenT. One year rolled along and before we knew iT, iT was April. Realizing ThaT The class Treasury was empTy, Mr. Todd decided we should run a record hop. We finally made our mark, as The dance was a huge success. The feafure of The dance was The beauTiful, lifelike carica- Tures of The class officers. Many nice remarks were made abouT These works of arT, which, by The way, were done by one of The class' mosT accomplished arTisTs, Hank Lewandow- ski. ln order To geT even wiTh The seniors before They graduaTed, we puT on a Talem' show for Them. Then came The sad day when we losT some of our classmaTes. We received our reporT cards for The lasT quarfer. WiTh The sophomore year under our belts, we dashed off madly in all direcTions. We will always remember ThaT firsT wonder- ful day of school in our junior year. We waTched wiTh glee as our classmaTes ripped up program cards of innocenT newcomers. AlThough The fooTball season wasn'T Too suc- cessful, The Rams, wiTh gre-aT help from our iunior players ended English's nine-year vic- Tory sTreak by compleTely immobilizing Their offense To The Tune of 8-O. The following week John LeBrasseur was elecTed To cap- Tain The fooTball Team nexT year. ThaT same year we decided To geT some money fasT and we held anoTher dance. All The sTudenTs came To sTomp aT The Reindeer Romp, and our Treasury grew. Abouf This Time, Mr. Buckley announced ThaT we would have a ParenT-Pupil Ba-nqueT. This evening was iniTiaTed To beTTer acquainT The parenTs wiTh The Teachers. AlThough we were fearful of The indirecT consequences of an affair of This Type, The weighT of worry upon us was considerably lessened, when Mr. Buckley announced ThaT The Teachers could speak no evil of us. Then came The Washingfon Trip. Many of our classmaTes packed Their bags and Took off for a glorious week of fun and frolic aT The naTion's capiTal. Upon reTurning, The Tra- velers celebraTed aT a parTy wiTh Their parenTs in aTTendance. As The year drew To a close, iT

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