Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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leen Reilly, Helen Rockwood, Celeste Souza, Deborah Sullivan, Esther Wirth, and Doris Yerbury. By our third year our interest in the journalistic field had so increased that seven more of our class joined the staff of The Tatler. They were Mary Brogna, Verne Butts, Roger Everett, Helen Gegenheimer, Mary Ellen Gremore, Irene Kalvin, and Jean Paton. Upon returning from our February vacation, we were glad to welcome back Coach Certuse, although we were sorry to say good-bye to Mr. Gori. In order to mobilize students for more effective participation in the war-time effort, the Victory Corps was organized. The Victory Corps is made up of three divisions. Senior officers of the Air, Land, and Sea Division are William Cross, president; Arthur Robertson, vice-president; Betsey Fitzgerald, secretary; Roger Ev- erett, treasurer; and Fred Nielsen, representative. In the Community Service we find Deborah Sullivan, president; Jean Paton, vice-president; Jane Wynn, secretary; Doris Yerbury, treasurer; and Elsa Griswold, representative. Celeste Souza is the representa- tive of the Production Division. In February, we honored Miss Edith Boynton by selecting her as the Good Citizenship Pilgrim to the conference of ‘The Daughters of the American Revolution, in Boston. This Pilgrim is selected on the basis of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. In March the commencement program was announced as follows: Baccalaureate Service, June 13; Class day, June 14; Graduation Exercises, June 15; Senior Reception, June 17. Jane Wynn and Henry Collins were selected to write essays for the grad- uation exercises, Maurice Tretakoff was appointed to draw up the will, Priscilla Wheeler to prophesy the future of the class, and Evelyn Eldridge to compile the history. In April we chose navy blue and gold for our class colors, and the yellow rose for our flower. We took as our stirring motto “By Faith and Courage.” In a contest held in May, Celeste Souza was selected as Class Poet. In June we felt that we had worn the title of seniors with such dignity that we were entitled to a little frivolity before graduation; so we decided to celebrate the annual Bow Day. Not long after this we climaxed our fun with the long-to-be- remembered ‘Tramp Day. During our senior year thirteen members of our class left to pursue their studies in the new accelerated college program or to go into the armed services. Verne Butts entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bruce Bayley, Tufts; and Harold Chamber- lain, Paul Hicks, and Fred Morse, Brown University. The following members of our class are in the various branches of the armed services: Edward Julian and Eugene Britton in the Air Corps; Robert Eldridge in the Army; Edward Dalton and Earle Buck in the Navy; and Stanford Inman, Fred Garland, and Francis Green in the Marine Corps. The Class of 1943 is proud of these boys and we wish them to know that we think of them now at the time of our graduation and that we trust that God may bless them wherever they are and wherever they may go. Also serving in the armed forces of our country are the following, who left us earlier in their high school careers: Frederic Brown and Edward Unger, in the Army; Julius Wills, in the Marines; Raymond DePillo, Ernest Williamson, and Edmund Markt, in the Navy. Our best wishes go with these boys, also. On behalf of the Class of 1943, | wish to express sincere thanks to Mr. Craig and to the teachers who have helped us as we journeyed through Mansfield High School. Although June 15 brings to a close the history of the Class of 1943, it marks the beginning of a new life for us all—a life shrouded by clouds of uncertainty. We are resolved, however, that “By Faith and Courage” we will carry on and do our part to bring peace and freedom to the world,

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mes Play On Friday evening, December 18, the Class of 1943 scored a success when it presented the play ‘Big Hearted Herbert.’’ This delightful comedy of youth was ably directed by Miss Margaret L. Donoghue, who had as her student assistant Miss Betsey Fitzgerald. The plot centers in the Kalness household. Herbert Kalness is a self-made business man, who insists that his family shall be brought up according to the simple standards of the good old days. When his daughter becomes engaged to a Harvard student, he nearly goes out of his mind with rage. The Kalness home becomes safe for Harvard men only after his family has embraced his ideas literally. The sight of his wife, in an old wrapper, serving a supper of Irish stew and apple pie, at last destroys this curmudgeon’s resistance to ‘‘new-fangled notions.” The characters were portrayed as follows: Herbert Kalness, Bruce Bayley; Robert Kalness, David Jackson; Elizabeth Kalness, Mary Brogna; Herbert Kalness, Jr., Verne Butts; Alice Kalness, Priscilla Wheeler; Martha, the maid, Elsa Griswold; Andrew Goodrich, Paul Hicks; Amy Lawrence, Kathleen Reilly; Jim Lawrence, Frederic Nielsen; Mr. Goodrich, Frederic Morse; Mrs. Goodrich, Jane Wynn; Mr. Havens, Rudolph Menga; and Mrs. Havens, Helene Gallipeau.