Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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{)£ ©tul PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR BY THE PUPILS OF MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL UECEMUEIL 1940 Table of Contents Editorials 3 Activities -1 Picture — Candid Shots 6 Literary Sports I s Picture — Cheerleaders 13 Picture — Football Team i I Picture — Football Candida 16 Picture — Field Hockey Squads IS ' Fhe Mailman 21 Looking Back 21 Wise Old Owl 23 Screech Owl Staff Editor Assistant Editor .... Business Manager . Assistant Managers Photography Alumni Exchanges Activities Wise Old Girl Boys’ Athletics Girls’ Athletics Art Senior Literary Board Literary Department Secretaries Ann Freeman Joanne Paananfn Ari.ene Kaplan Frank Sotrines | Barbara Prosper Barbara Rich i Richard Walker [ Betty Lou Stow Betty Marchant | Lorraine Campbell Frances Cutteli. X Patricia Wehkoja Angie Greeno [Betty Ann Hatch Thomas Cocco | Georgia Hatch [ Janet Gentsch Robert Larson Janice Morgan Rachel Keto f Arthur Wirtanen Ann Weckstrom J Marjorie O ' Connell ! Rachel Keto Sara Boeske [ Edward Romanowski f Marie Sawyer Raymond Connors Henry Nowick Barbara Thumith Loretta Iannarelli I Barbara Mitzcavitch Sylvia Hill Betty Hatch Dorothy Dimery Albert Fava Ann Weckstrom Beverly Price Dorothy Statkus Joan Hinds Minnie Toretsky NJiss Mary C oi eman Advisers Miss Dorothy Marspen

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MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL

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Editorials Weeding Time Our government is not a stern government as the world today understands government. Perhaps her benevolent attitude toward her people is one of her faults, but that is what makes America democratic. We have laws and we have officials to uphold those laws. All Americans must obey or be pun- ished. For this we are respected and admired by foreign powers who envy us our harmonious system of government. Yet there are in our midst people who are trying to destroy the government which the majority of us want preserved. Communism would wipe out all the liberties we cherish. Is there an answer to this problem? I don’t pre- tend to try to solve a problem when I don’t fully understand it. But I do maintain that there must be a reason why some Americans turn against their homeland. Is it that they in their youth lacked reli- gious or moral training, or is it that they are nat- urally weak and easily led? What has this to do with us high school students? The problem of Communism shouldn’t be left like a bridge to worry about when we come to it ! It vitally concerns us. You see, if we find the answer to why we have so many Communists within our own country we will have the key to the door of Satisfaction. We have Communists today — dissatisfied people — they make the best ones ! As in every barrel of fruit there are bound to be a few rotten ones, so are they found too in groups of people. These must be culled out. Why? A man will not be satisfied with spoiled apples in his barrel — the same applies to Uncle Sam. He must not be content — we must not be content until we are united as one force of Ameri- cans All! It took a great many years to build America, but it was a fruitful fight! In this battle for freedom many great men learned that if a goal is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for — worth working for! America is truly a Garden of Paradise; Com- munism is the weed. We have the tools! Let’s clean up! A Question Has Arisen Why is it that we stand when the Star Spangled Banner is played ? Why do we look down on people who do not rise? Why do most schools have a special song to which every-one rises? Why? Because rising at the strains of the song of one’s country implies, not only respect, but also loyalty; it signifies pride and a feeling of unity. Maynard has a suitable song. Don’t we believe in it? Don’t we subscribe to the words? To the glory of our school We raise our voices to the skies; We pledge our faithful homage Where ’ere our duty ever lies; And in The tuneful chorus blending, Her fame And honor never die, To our grand Old Alma Mater, Our dear old Maynard High! This song was written by one of our own faculty members when he was attending high school. It was meant to inspire the students. For many students, this is the last school that they will attend, so why not let this song serve as a reminder of their high school days. Several years ago, the students always rose when the first few bars of the hymn were heard, but grad- ually they have become so lax that at the present it makes little difference whether the song is Yankee Doodle or White Christmas.” If this suggestion were put into effect immediately, the habit of rising for our Maynard High School Hymn might eventually become a tradition. JOANNE PaANANEN, ’SO ( 3 ) Ann Freeman, ' 50