Major Edwards High School - Mesa Yearbook (West Boylston, MA)

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studies and activities. In November, we put on an assembly program. The Ghost of the Show , and were rewarded by winning the assembly banner. Later on, we ordered our class rings, since materials were becoming scarce because of the war, and we thought it better to get them early. For a couple of weeks after they arrived, there was much trying on and exchanging of rings. We lost one more member very near the end of the year, Marilyn Pierce, who left us to go to a Worcester School. You can imagine the boys regret. Since there were two whole cars owned by members of the class, the biology group decided to visit the bird sanctuary in Lancaster. We spent an interesting afternoon there, but our spirits were a bit dampened by a bad thunderstorm as we were returning home. As it was the custom, we put on a Sophomore Hop in February with music furnished by Hixon ' s orchestra. After all these activities, we were quite ready for a summer vacation in order to rest up for the coming Junior year. On September, 1944, we trotted back to school. We were all anxiously waiting to see who was to be our class adviser. Later we found her to be none other than our little commercial artist, Miss Jennings. By this time, our battalion had decreased considerably, from twenty-one to sixteen students. The first week, after settling down for another year of hard work, we elected our officers. We let no time be wasted, for before a month had passed, we were making preparations for the annual Junior Play. Mr. Namen was chosen as director and he selected Drums of Death . On December 8th, we presented this mystery play which turned out to be very successful. April 6th, 1945, we had a class par y at Myra Pfau ' s home. April 23rd, the girls, plus three or four boys, put on an assembly pro- gram, a pantomine Cinderella . Although the boys were not very willing to participate in it at first, it turned out to be fun for all. The year was now draw- ing to a close, but before it got too late, we decided to sponsor a dance. The dance was held June 1st, 1945, and was a gala affair. Just before the end of school, another pleasure giving event occurred: our Problems of Democracy Class went to Boston. Imagine the fun we had traveling on a train and attending a session of the Legislature. We all looked forward to returning to school the following September as 4 17 H-

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[lass flistek j After having been the big bosses of the Goodale Street Grammar School in our eighth year, it was a great let down when we entered Major Edwards High School to learn that we were the class that would be made the butt of all the jokes of the other classes and blamed for everything that went wrong. However, arriving with a battalion of twenty-seven members, we were able to defend ourselves fairly well against our oppressors. Although we were teased and jeered at, we were strengthened in spirit, when we seized Room 4, to find that the school ' s genius, none other than Mrs. Severance, was our class adviser. It was no wonder that we were considered inferior, however, since we were forever making mistakes, such as getting confused in our class rooms and passing on the wrong bell. At the beginning of the year, the faculty consisted of Mrs. Severance, Mrs. Gerald, Miss Howe, Miss Barrett, Mr. Chaffee, Mr. Fotis, Miss Reed and Mrs. Weaver. The last three were respectively replaced during the year by Mr. Namen, Miss Jennings and Miss Maguire. Early in the year, we elected our officers. Like almost all Freshmen, we had few activities. December 19, 1942, marked our best party, which was cele- brated in the school auditorium. The months passed quickly, and before we knew it, June was near which brought us both dismay and happiness since exams were approaching and the school year was ending. Our battalion wa s greatly demoralized by the thought of these terrible examinations since we had heard harrowing reports from the other classes about those taken in former years. Eventually, however, they were over and we were happy to say adios to our school until the following Sept. The day after Labor Day, we returned for our second year of high school. This time, however, our battalion was considerably weakened by the loss of six members: Costa Rotti, Guido DiPietro, Joe Ceredona, Frank LaComfora, Charlotte Reed and Clayton Primrose. Our class now numbered twenty-one students. We had no sooner become settled in Room 6, in charge of Miss Nut- ting, than we had to move to Mr. Namen ' s residence in Room 1. As soon as the officers had been elected, we settled down to school

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Seniors”. However, all too soon it was September, and we found ourselves back in M. E. H. S. We returned all peppy, ready for hard work and also some play. We were sorry to lose Mr. Chaf fee, who had taken a position as Superin- tendent of the Middleton, R. I. High School. However, our new friend and prin- cipal, Mr. Goodnow, seemed like a most wonderful fellow and as the year passed on, we found this to be true. The class now numbered ten girls and five boys. Before the year had rolled on too far, we elected our officers and yearbook staff. We decided to have our yearbook printed — an innovation in Major Edwards. In order to accomplish this, everyone had to do his share of the work of soliciting adver- tisements. Let us state here, that we demonstrated that we had unusual sales- manship ability. On February 13th, we had a roller skating party which was held at the Skate Arena. We kept the floor well dusted, but nevertheless, we all enjoyed ourselves. This marked our last class party with our class adviser, Miss Jennings, as in February, she left to take a position in West Bridgewater. We were very sorry to have her go. The following week, we found ourselves under the supervision of the school ' s favorite, Mis. Severance. On March 7, 1946, we Seniors sponsored a basketball game between the Varsity and the Ionic Boys ' Club Whizz Kids. The purpose of this was to raise money to help with our expenses. During our Spring vacation, six of us went to Plymouth to visit Miss Jennings. We toured a great part of the city and near-by country and found everything very amusing and interesting. This year, we discontinued the Newsletter to our boys in the service as most of them had returned home, but soon we had in full swing a new publica- tion entitled The Full Moon . The end of the year was in sight. We looked forward to the pleasures of a Senior reception, a class trip, Class Day, and our Graduation. Roses and diplomas . 1 8 ju-