Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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Weekend With Cheers, Speeches, And Music As we file into the Jenkins Auditorium for our an¬ nual Thanksgiving football rally, there is something present which we all feel very deeply, a sense of pride, a sense of exhiliration. As seniors we feel a lump in our throats, for we know that this will be our last rally as M.H.S. students; as juniors we are somewhat care¬ free, for we ' ve done this once before and shall do it once again; as still-confused sophomores we stare in awe and bewilderment at our first real taste of M.H.S. spirit. We all feel marvelously alive, brimming with energy for the approaching game. At the rally we cheer and yell; we are young and happy, for Malden is going to win tomorrow and Mom has a twenty-five pound turkey and we have our dates for the Victory Dance. BEAT MEDFORD! And when we hear the speak¬ ers, we feel a sense of tradition, a sense of heritage, as we look forward to an old New England Thanks¬ giving with the yearly football game and turkey and cranberry sauce and apple cider. Old grads come back each year to try to recapture their high school days and the fun of the M.H.S. Thanksgiving weekend. BEAT MEDFORD! We go home and then to the square for our evening rally. We scream, we flirt, we forget our worries and lose our inhibitions. This is a time for fun and laughter. COME ON FELLAS, LET ' S REALLY HEAR IT! screams Peggy Hughson, trying to pep up the team. The boys, although silent here, were surely saving their energy for the big game. HOLDING ON TO THEIR FEATHERS, our smiling cheerleaders, fol¬ lowed by the excited Pep Club of over one hundred members, proudly began their march to Pearl Street Stadium and Victory in the cold November wind, outside of the high school at nine o ' clock.

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Sponsored by the Blue and Gold . . . The Beat Medford Rally ' Kicks Off Our Homecomin LYNDA GUILD, BAND MAJORETTE, raises her baton on high to lead the majorettes in their sparkling performance. WHAT ' RE WE GONNA DO? shriek Malden High ' s cheerleaders, and the Jenkins resounds with BEAT MEDFORDI cheers exploded as 1700 M.H.S. supporters encouraged our boys on to victory. 16

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Wow! Malden 20 — Medford 0 OVER 11,000 FANS turned out to witness the Malden victory over Medford on Thanksgiv¬ ing 1959, arm ed, like these majorettes, with coats, blankets, and enthusiasm. FOUR FORMER MALDEN HIGH .E.OOTBALL GREATS, John Murphy, William Brown, Ralph Gallezzo, and George Mancini, were among the many fans who came back to this game. MABEL MCQUESTEN AT HER 38th M-M GAME and Mr. Matthews show mixed emotions over the game from their ' p ress box ' seats.