Marshfield High School - Tide Yearbook (Marshfield, MA)

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Among our social events of the year were the Touchdown Twirl and that unforgettable play. Mother is a Freshman, starring Maureen Whelan and David McMaster. We shall never know how poor Mr. Holden survived!! After many heated discussions we ordered green and white pennants to be sold for seventy-five cents apiece. We were very self-satisfied when all of them had been sold and we could silence those numerous skeptics who said we would lose money. We even had to order more! ! We had hardly recuperated from the play when it was time to plan the Junior Prom, and then the biggest event of the whole year, the Senior Recep- tion. It was at this point that we first realized how quickly our senior year was approaching. September 8, 1954, at 8:20 A.M. the beii rang and thirty seniors seated themselves in Miss Miller ' s room ready to make a fresh and final start at high school. Little did we realize then just how rapidly this year would pass. Our major problem seemed to be planning for next year and college. The class officers remained the same with Nancy Ela returning to her position as class secretary. These positions carried with them the extra respon- sibilities which would come to a climax in June with our graduation. Immediately we decided to continue the publica- tion of The Tide. Miss Miller chose the staff early in the fall, giving to Jane Foote and John Moran, co- editors, the responsibility for coordinating our ideas. Our campaign for subscriptions seemed to forecast another successful venture. As treasurer, Nancy Blackman figured and reflgured our income. The financial responsibility for advertising was delegated to Mary Ketchum, as Business Manager; her per- suasive powers were tried to the utmost, but the final result can be seen on page 67 and following. Other money-making projects included our first whist party — and-an experience! Some found it profitable; others wished they had learned the game before they started to play. The Grace Chapel Community sponsored another evening of whist in March for our benefit. A record hop in February presided over by various seniors acting as disc jockeys was certainly a welcome diversion. Broadway has nothing over our production of Arsenic and Old Lace! I doubt if anyone in his right mind will ever take a glass of wine offered by Nancy Ela or Mary Ketchum. Ad libs were certainly an improvement over last year ' s. Then there was only silence; this year ! Thanks to Mr. Martinez, John Moran did look like Boris Karloff! As in previous years, we were well represented in sports. Sandra Clark cheered for her fourth year and Nancy Ela and Mary Ketchum, for their third. Next year ' s teams will undoubtedly feel the loss of those of our classmates who have enthusiastically contributed their talents to the various champion- ships which have come our way. Many seniors were honored at the football-field hockey banquet given to the two teams and cheer- leaders by the Boosters Club. We attended our last Boosters Club Banquet in March when the basketball Squads were feted. Will you ever forget the “enter- tainment ? Peter Barry was elected by the student body to be our Good Government Day Representative. An- other honor was accorded a member of our class when the D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award was pre- sented to Mary Ketchum upon nomination by the class and election by the faculty. Alison Livermore received the Bausch-Lomb Science Award because of her high grades in the sciences throughout four years. Seniors became an active force in the Student Council when Mary Ketchum was elected president, and Nancy Ela, girls ' sports representative, secre- tary-treasurer. Other senior members were Peter Barry, boys ' sports representative; Jane Foote, head monitor; Alison Livermore, point system representa- tive; and Judy Martinson, school treasurer. This year our school became a member of the National Honor Society. With Miss McBrien as the advisor the Marshfield chapter consisted of ten seniors as charter members: Nancy Blackman, Bar- bara Blass, Nancy Ela, Jane Foote, Mary Ketchum, Paul Lennon, Alison Livermore, Judith Martinson, David McMaster, and John Moran. Gerting things done at the last minute seems typical of our class, one occasion stands out quite cleariy in everyone ' s mind I am sure. That is the Senior Prom which vras held just two weeks after the play. We hadn ' t done any planning for decorations or hiring an orchestra. However, on the night of December 17, many high school students and alumni were dancing to Ken Reeves ' music in a Christmas setting. Tomorrow night three of our classmates will grad- uate with honors. They are Nancy Ela, Mary Ketchum and Alison Livermore. Although these three girls have been very active in extracurricular activities they have not forgotten the purpose of school and certainly have earned their positions. As graduation draws near we extend our sincere thanks to Miss Miller for all she has done for us especially for her help and guidance this past year. Another part of our history has been our faculty and the student body to whom we express our apprecia- tion for making our life here at school worthwhile. We leave M.H.S. now with the hope that these experiences of the past six years will profit us as individuals and those who will be affected by ouf lives. 25

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