Lynn English High School - Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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aaa I-Iwtnrg As we reconstder the past three years we feel nostalgla remembermg the pleasant events and rel et realtz tng that We are complettng the less en joyable part ot our htgh school career Our act1v1t1es have been so broad tn scope and so varted that tt would be rmposstble to tnclude them all tn th1s short summary There are so many ways tn whtch we have parttctpated watchmg or taktng part tn sports plays and assemblres go ng to dances and rallles and exhlbtttng leadershtp class ofhcers tn clubs and ln CIVIC groups outslde of school As we trace our path through these three ex ttrng years all of us should recall wtth pleas ure the happy tt not altogeth r care free t1mes we have had ln our sophomore year we can re member rt we try our hrst class dance the Sophomore Record l-lop wh1ch took place on May 9 l952 Our able Soph omore Executtve Board led by 1ts oth cers Peter Tobrn Carolyn O Shea Myr na Barke and Wtlltam Carroll and by 1ts taculty advlsor Mrss Comer d1d an excellent Job of organtzlng thts dance at whlch we all enloyed meettng Stan Rrchards and recetvtng records At the end ot our sophomore year we held an electron tor our Jun or class off cers The lucky otttcers chosen from the many destreable candtdates were Peter Tob1n the Brg Wheel of the class as presldent Ca olyn OShea that small actlve person often seen bobbtng a r o u n d as VICS prestdent Mary lane Eagan the tall stlent type as secretary and Rrchard Tobm wtth hts gen1al countenance and many Jokes as treasurer Chosen to ard these now famous off cers were the ex ecuttves Iudt l-lor a talented arttst who seems to brxng pleasure to everyone around her and Barbara Lord a real personallty g1rl and to quote a t1red old phrase more fun than a barrel of people In our Juntor year some ot our class a t h l e t e s were respons1ble tor our school s s u c c e s s f ul sport season Among those pushtng Enghsh to v1c tory on the gr1d1ron were Peter Soder holm Leonard Perry Norman Ellts Mtke Doyle Vtn Mar1b1to lack Gallo way Tom Kelly and Ztp McGlo n Among the Juntors on the basketball court that year were Bernte Rybtnskl Phtl Gallagher Roger Alley Ierry Onos Murray lackson Franc s Cooney and Ron S1egal lun ors 1n hockey tn ctuded Bob Boucher Dave Mathews Buddy Brown Bob Qutnn and lackte Eagan whtle some tumors 1n bas ball were Btlly Carroll Btlly Hyde and Ken Cutler Iuntor track stars tn luded Ken neth Barr and Btll Cooney ln the tall of our Juntor year Connte Kangts and Martlyn Matthews decor ated the Comrnuntty Chest Fund Float wtth thetr beauty All of us remember the lovely Chrtstmas Pageant tn whtch many Juntors took part Some ot these were Nancy Walsh Lloyd O Brlen Ken neth Barr and Ted Regnante Later on tn our Juntor year some outstand tng students from our class were elec ted rnto the Nattonal Honor Socrety and swore to uphold the tradlttons at Char acter Scholarshtp Leadershtp an d Servrce Those so honored were Roy Adler Phtltp Levtne Theodore Reg nante Morton Stlver Peter Tobtn Rtch ard Tobtn Carleton Varney Iudtth Adelman Martlyn Brenner Ianet Goan Betty Hurwttz Connte Kang s Kather me Kelly Nancy McRae Frances Mor tarty Iocelyn Nesson Ltnda Rothen burg Barbara and Beverly Tatham and Cynth1a W1ll1ams Elected as ot hcers ot the soctety tor the sentor year were lohn Arena Myrna Barke Mar 1lyn Brenner and Ted Regnante Among the GCl1VllleS of our Juntor year I.1ttle Women stands out Alter months ot preparatton mcludrng much horseplay besldes rehearsals on March 19 the play was ably deltvered and all the people on and oft stage who had helped tn the product1on could tm ally relax We can all recall the great performance of loanne Rooney Connle Kangts Connte Dow and Fran Mor tarty as the tour Llttle Women t loyce Fleld and Carleton Varney as thetr parents and ot lacob Segal Ted Regnante and Iohn Arena of the Law rence household Others 1n the cast were Sandra Poole Carolyn Larson and Norm Elhs Congratulat1ons too to Roland Lee who set up the mtntature theater whtch was dvsplayed 1n the mam corrtdor I 0 1 1 I 1 - 1 ' 1 1 . , - 1 A 1 1 - 1 . . Q , . - . .. . 1 I - 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . D , C - 1 1 . . . . ' . . h I - . . C . 1 1 A - 1 . . . , . . . .. . 1 , OS ' ' 1 1 ' 1- . , . C I - . . Q - , , 1 V 1 , 1 1 1 , . , . 1 ' - 1 1 1 - 1 1 , . - - ' 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 ' , ' ' 1 1 ' ' A ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 ' A 1 1 ' 1 . - - 1 1 . 1, . ,, . . . 1 - 1 . 1, - 1 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - I ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 , ' ' 1 1 ' - 11 - 11 I I O 11 , 1 1 I - , . ' 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 1 I I I - .1 . Y 1 , , r , .

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'Halehutnrg ani! Hrvaentatznn nf Gilman GMI Today we brd farewell to Englrsh l'l1gl'1 School Three years ago we lrttle real17ed the benefrts and achrevements that would be ours at thrs trme Even no v few of us fully apprecrate all that has occurred durrng our stay here W are aware of the many endurrng frrend shlps we have made both among fel low students and among the faculty we vrsualrze wrth clarrty and enloym nt the many soclal functrons rn wh ch we have partrcrpated we r e f l e ct wrth pleasure on our accomplrshments rn sports and rn drama More lmportant however than all these materlal thmgs but less palpably felt are the great sprrrtual values whrch we have ac qulred at Engllsh H gh School values whrch w1ll contrnue to exert lastlng rn fluence on our ltves Her we have learned that the r1ghts and prrvrleges whrch we enloy 1n th s our great coun try are ours only by constant vrgrlance by the practrce of self restrarnt and by due regard for the rlghts of others The guest for knowledge the preparatron for good cltrzenshrp and the develop ment of hrgh moral character are the perpetual goals of Enghsh l-llgh School T h r o u g h the trreles efforts of our teachers and our prlncrpal Mr Whelan we have been grven the opportunrty to make these asp1rat1ons of ours a realrty 'Vlr Kaplan tn apprecratron of all that Englrsh Hrgh has done for us the class of l954 presents to the school some grfts wh ch we thrnk wrll provrde pleasure and profrt for the students and faculty whom we leave behmd us One IS the complete eaurpment for a photo graphlc dark room wrth a press cam era and enlargers l-leretofore the stu dents at Enghsh Hrgh School have ex per1enced consrderable drfflculty rn ob tarnmg p 1 ct u r e s of our assemblres dances plays sports events and othe occasrons warrantrng photographwc record From now on the fac1l1t1es to talfe and to develop prctures wrll be at hand ln addrtron to thrs to contrrbute to the utrlrty and beauty of Mr Whe lan s off1ce we have chosen a lamp to complement the one already there And lastly we have decrded to devote whatever remarns of class funds after our class expenses have been pard to the purchase of books for the school lrbrary These artrcles are symbols of our last ng gratrtude for the prrvrlege of havrng graduated from Enghsh l-hgh School May we always be a credrt to our school and may those who follow us persevere rn the attarnment of the hrgh rdeals that Englrsh l-lrgh School has set for us all Peter Tobm Elm 2-Xrwptanre nf Gila,-an Gift Mr Tobln rn behalf of the faculty and the undergraduates of Englrsh Hrgh School l wxsh to extend to you our hearty and srncere thanks for thes very useful and wlsely selected grfts The complete modern darkroom wrll foster rnterest rn the raprdly develop mg art of photography and encourage talents that may be drsplayed 1n our s hool and communrty publrcatrons ll may even lead the way for some 'fo a means of lrvellhood 1n later l1fe I a 1 sure that the matchmg lamp for Mr Whelans offrce and the addrtrons ta our ever growrng school lrbrary wrll DG remembered for years to come lndeed these frne and extremely advantageo s grfts wrll be constant remlnders of a capable and thoughtful class We are deeply sorry that thrs cla s must take 1ts leave for rn many ways 1t has become permanent 1n our hea s and envlronment but The old ord 1 changeth yreldrng place to the new T speak ng for everyone here w1sh each and everyone of you l1fe long suc cess and the greatest happlness Melvrn Kaplan l955 . . . l . , . 1 . . , , X I ' Q. , U . I - I - 1 1 - 1 4 1 . . . . . Q . . - V . . . Q , . . . . - 1 1 . . Y I I I 1 . , - 1 1 - 1 , X - . L , . . i . . - r , . . . . . . . 1 . - I ' cl . V . . . . , . 1 1 A I - I 1 1 - I 1 , - . - I' 3 1 1 - 1 1 . 1 . , . . . , . , - - 1 11 1 .,. 9 . 1 . . , C: . - . I Y , . ' rf Q .M . . ' ll fl- , Q, A , . . . . . ,, X. , , . 3 . . x ., 1 , 1 . . . . . , I

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Toward the end of ths year came the Iumor Dance The theme chosen by everyone was Parls ln Sprlng Some students labored long and hard up ln the art department over the beau t1ful decorat1ons Wh1le others of a more executlve nature arranged the part1c ulars of the May dance For weeks ahead the brg event was the most 1m portant top1c of conversatfon Dresses corsages flnances and where do we go afterwards were promment 1n most d1scuss1ons In the course of the even mg the Klng and Queen Wflham Car roll and Betty Ann Barry were crowned At a suftably late hour amfd yawns and goodmghts a brg event faded avl ay 1nto another memory At the end of our 1un1or year we aga1n held elect1ons Chosen for our senlor class offfcers were Peter Tobm Mary lane Eagan Blchard Tobln and Iudr Hor New offrcers elected were the popular Luc1lle Qumlan as v1ce pres1dent and Gall Andraln an act1ve g1rl as executfve As our sen or year started we began the productlon of the hllarfous Moss and Hart comedy You Cant Take It W1th You Afded by the stage crew and thefr adult ad vlsors many thesp1ans from Llttle Wo men and some new actors and actre ses lncludmg Sdndra Osborne Mary Grady Berme Bybmskx lfmmy De Ee hce ferry Onos D1ck Tobm Boy Adler Kenneth Barr Morton Sllver and Phtl Gallagher gave ffne performances Gur semor sports fncluded mostly the athletes prev1ously mentfoned from the junlor year A successful season rn football culmlnated m an assembly durlng whlch awards were g1ven to George Durfee lack Galloway Marlo Carraba Dav1d Gosse Norman Ellls Francls Cooney Leonard Bradley Ken neth Barr and Elmer Wrlltams ln our senlor year captalns leadmg the teams to many successful games were Davfd Gosse tn football Ph1l Gallagher 1n basketball lack Galloway and Buddy Brown 1n hockey B1lly Hyde 1n base ball and Lloyd OBr1en and George Durfee 1n track All our athlet1c ven tures were 1nsp1red by the peppy and attract1ve cheerleaders Those on the squad for two years were Martlyn Douglas Pat Wescott and Barbara Lord co captalns and Marllyn Matt hews Ga1l Comfort Elame Madell Iudv Edmunds and Betty Ann Barry Io Cole stands out as the only one year 54 cheerleader The Lynn Band also boasted some senfors lane Kellett Del ores Crow Helen P1cker1ng Ann Des mond and Carol Greenlaw All through our careers here 1n hfgh schcol we have partlclpated 1n clubs and some other act1v1t1es not prev1ously ment1oned A Very lmportant act1v1ty mvolvmg many students has been the Red and Gray Some have wntten col umns edltorlals and short sto r1e s whfle others have supplled the maga zlne w1th poems humor cartoons and photographs The llterary art and pho tography staffs and the co edftors Bet ty Chaggarls and Carleton Varney have passed Judgment on th1s mater 1al The magazme has been supported f1nanc1ally by the actlve salesm n and saleswomen of the advert1s1ng staff and by the home room representatfves All these students have worked together under the1r respectlve advlsors to pro duce the magazlne wh1ch has adm1r ably reported all the school events Many other school clubs were fav the Home Economlcs club two prom 1nent homemakers are Ruth Corton and Barbara Parsons In T Q P Cynthla Wflllams wa the chlef executlve and Eleanor Connolly Barbara Tatham and Beverly Tatham were members of the program comm1ttee ln the Forum lacob Segal was the vfce pres dent Ph1l1p Levfne the secretary and Har vey Flshman treasurer 54 ers 1n the Art Club lncluded Carolyn Larson lud1 l-lor Loulse Bablne Pat Ellls Sandra Poole and Carleton Varney Chfef pro ject on1sts were Ralph Cash and Paul C1arlett1 Many of 54 helped also to make up the Chorus and Glee Clubs ln the busy Iune of our sen1or year we celebrated our leave taklng at Class Day and at the Banquet The event rece1v1ng most attentlon IS of course the Semor Prom We danced and d ned and chmaxed our three busy years at Enghsh wfth a most memor able evenlng Then on Iune ll 1954 We off1c1ally tore ourselves away from thrs spectal 1nst1tut1on of learnmg to go our separate ways ludy Adelman 1 . , ' - I I - A , . - - - . I . . . . ' I - I - I I I I - ' I I I I A ' I I - 7 ' - ' - . , . . I , ' 9 , , , - . . I I I I , . . - , , ' . I I I I ored by fmportant members of 54. ln , . - I - , . Q- ' X f . . . . l I I - . . S , . , , . ' - a I I . I ll . ' - - 1 1 1 . , . - I I ' ' I I I ' ' I I I - , . I . , I - . I ' , , I - I - I I ' I