Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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4p i • •’ ' Mil LEFT: Carol Gavoorian and Senior Debbie Fitzgerald learn to handle typing in the cold. The faces of cross countrymen John Burke and Peter Adams show the struggle of the long, lonely run. v was struggle ■ ' x - . w m struggle 7

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Struggle is common to athletics and the band, although the latter is often unrecognized. Junior Linda Masters braves the cold and damp of Thanksgiving morning. A 4A good synonym for cope is struggle. Sometimes it seems as though struggling is the only way to deal with a problem. Of course, struggling is rough and is not usually the first choice of recourse. If the problem can be solved, then it is done. The other alternative is quitting, but this is unacceptable in our society. Struggling, contending, and fighting against a problem is considered valiant. Perhaps the point has been over dramatized. After all, what kinds of problems are we, average people, bound to run into? Occasionally something genuinely bad will happen, something that will cause great pain and suffering. For the most part, however, we tend to exaggerate; we make crises out of trifles. Nevertheless, a problem of any magnitude is going to create some degree of hardship. If we were to observe our lives in macrocosm undoubtedly we would find problems big and small. The problem dictates that we reshape our lives to make it bearable. When the price of gas goes up, more people leave their cars at home and walk or ride bikes. Or, when the great blizzard came people united to shovel out their streets and help one another. To some people, problems of this nature are terrible: just ask anyone who was stuck in their car for a day on Route 128. For others, the storm appeared beautiful as they watched from their penthouse apartment. Likewise, if we narrow our field of vision to include just Malden High we would find problems and people struggling to cope with them. There were problems native to any high school in America and problems unique, M.H.S. originals. Students have been waging war against homework, tests and school lunches for years. The hassles related to the construction were something that had not been experienced here before: extremes of climate, disrupted classes, strange men milling about the halls, fire alarms, closed stairwells, and a lack of classroom furniture all contributed to the atmosphere of confusion. 6 struggle

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close teams, good records, tough losses, great individual performances WFtruggle. The word seems to apply naturally to the wrestler, or the long distance runner. There is a quality of loneliness and self reliance that marks all the individual sports. When it really counts the swimmer, wrestler, rifleman or cross countryman is by himself and the season is marked more by individual accomplishments than measured by the team record. These seasons were no exception but were remarkable for the sense of togetherness that seemed to be the first thing most of the team Cross Country Malden 9 14 77 Peabody 24 31 9 23 77 Medford 22 23 9 28 77 Somerville 15 49 10 3 77 Haverhill 31 24 10 6 77 Chelsea 30 27 10 11 77 Revere 36 21 10 18 77 Everett 15 45 10 25 77 Arlington 20 36 Won 3 Lost 5 Cool Fall afternoons herald the return of the cross country season. Coach John O’Bfien and Mark Crowley discuss the course at Playstead Park in Medford. TOP: A sloppy Haverhill hold in the process of being broken attracts the close attention of an official. 8 swim, cross country, wrestling, rifle members remarked on. Cross Country lost only three to really tough competition and Scott Milliken seemed to be the first man across the line all the time. The record book for Wrestling does not show the remarkable work of first year coach, John LoPresti with a team of some talent and lots of inexperience. Brian O’Boyle, John Sullivan and John Rafuse had outstanding seasons. O’Boyle finished as sectional champ and a runner-up in the State Tourney. In Rifle, Sue Anderson, Steve Vining and Steve Walsh turned in outstanding seasons. Mary Fusco completed her second season as woman high scorer. The team suffered two disappointing losses but still had the highest average in the league. In many ways the Swim Team season was typical of all the rest; a close team, a good record, some tough losses and outstanding individual performances. Diver Cathy Butler finished her career undefeated. r dsfcij SWIM TEAM: FRONT ROW: Jackie Bello, Maria Gangemi, Kathleen Baglio, Patty Pellegrino. SECOND ROW: Mary Griffen, Neil Kinnon, Cathy Butler, Deena Bello. TOP ROW: Vinnie Valley, Brian Winrow, Steve Hussey, Chuck loven, Jay Koretsky, John Doleman, Carl Damelio. TOP: Frank Hood, Susan Anderson, and Steve Baberat in a practice session the afternoon before the disappointing Wayland meet at the end of the season.