Middleborough High School - Timaron Yearbook (Middleborough, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1944 volume:

YEARBOOK OF THE CLASS of 1944 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS 0 XJ tXVCilx O ' F ijiVtjett tWir IVsft to f It) catt$je SENIORS Memorial Hi h School Class o£ Forty - Four STANLEY ALGER Classical Course Merit and good breeding tcill make their ivay aiiyichere. Activities: Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ; Football 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Constitution Committee 4 ; Traf- fic Squad 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Room President 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Presi- dent 1, 3, 4; Sachem 3; Gradua- tion Essay ; Pro Merito ; Senior Play ; Banquet Toastmaster EUNICE ANDERSON Secretarial Course Her stature tall. Activities: Hockey 1; Basketball L 2; Glee Club 1, 2; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Office Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4 ; Senior Play Com- mittee ; Pro Merito LILLLAN BANUS General Course Matches are made in Heaven. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 ; Defense Stamp Salesman 4; Girls ' League 4; Pro Merito MARY BANUS Secretarial Course Matches are made in Heaven: ' Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 ; Office Assist- ant 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Girls ' League 4 ELSIE BARTLETT Secretarial Course Vivacity is the gift of zvonian. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum Majorette 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Class Prophecy ; Girls ' League 4 ; Senior Play Committee ; Pro Merito CHARLOTTE BELL Classical Course The social smile, the sympathetic tear. Activities : Hockey 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Lunch Room Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4; Senior Play Committee ANTHONY BELMONT General Course Let the icorld slide. Activities; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 2 ; Red Cross Col- lector 4 WILLIAM BOUCHER Scientific Course A person that knozcs his oivn mi)id and sticks to it. Activities: Senior Play; Pro Mer- ito OLIVER BRETT Scientific Course He does nothing but talk of his horse. Activities : Basketball 1 ; Class Treasurer 1, 2, 3, 4; Band , 2. 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Con- stitution Committee 4 ; Home Room Secretary - Treasurer 4 ; Traffic Squad 4 ; A ' ice-President Pro Merito ; Yearbook VERNON BROOKS Agricultural Course It is the contest that delights us. not the victory. Activities: Basketball 1, 2, 3 , 4 ; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Football 4 ; Class Vice President 4; Class Gift First Team Letter Second Team Letter M emorial High School Class of Forty - Four PATRICIA BURNETT Classical Course The ivay to have a friend is to he one. Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Red Cross Collector 1, 2 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Room Treasurer 3 ; Vice President Red Cross 3 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Student Coun- cil 3, President 4 ; Traffic Squad 3, 4 ; Sachem 3, Treasurer 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Senior Play Committee ; Yearbook JEANNE CARVER General Course A harmless flaming meteor shone for her hair. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum Majorette 2, 3, 4; Basket- ball 3 ; Girls ' League 4 MARGARET CLARK Classical Course He that hath knozdedge sparefh his zvords. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Manager 2, 3 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Chairman Class Day Committee ; Cabot Club 4 ; Year- book Typist ; Pro Merito ; Grad- uation Music ; Class Song ALICE COBB General Course If strive tvith things im- possible. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Committee ; Girls ' League 4 DOROT HY CASWELL Classical Course hate to giggle, but I must! Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Red Cross Col- lector 2, 3 ; Junior Prom Com- mittee ; Librarian 4 ; Class Day Committee ; Senior Play Commit- tee ; Sachem Typist 4; Girls ' League 4 ; Yearbook Typist PEARL CHARTIER Secretarial Course Best Foot Forivard. Activities : Home Room Secretary 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Office As- sistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4; Class Gifts ; Senior Play ; Pro Merito DORIS CLARK Secretarial Course She zvas jest the quiet type zvhose naturs never vary. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum Majorette 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4; Senior Play Committee CLAIRE COLEMAN Secretarial Course Beauty is pozcer; a smile, its szvord. Activities : Home Room Secretary 2; Lunch Room Assistant 2; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 3, 4 ; Defense Stamp Salesman 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Class Prophecy ; Senior Play Commit- tee ; Treasurer Student Council 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Pro Merito ARLEEN CORAYER General Course I ' ve had a lot of fun. Activities: Basketball 1, 2 ; Field Hockey 1, 2, 3 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum Majorette 2, 3, 4 ; Girls ' League 4 EDWARD DEVLIN Classical Course Minds by nature great are con- scious of their greatness. Activities : Basketball 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sachem 2, 3, 4 ; Grad- uation Essay ; Pro Merito First Team Letter Second Team Letter Memorial High School Class of Forty - Four NATALIE DEWHURST Classical Course Br a live zvire and yon ivon ' t get stepped on. Activities : Home Room Presi- dent 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3 , Co-Captain 4 : Hockey 1, 2, 3 . Co-Captain 4 ; Student Nurse 3 ; Cheerlead- er 3, 4 ; President Girls ' League 4; Class Will ELEANOR DOUCETTE Secretarial Course A zcilling zvorker is in constant demand. Activities: Basketball 1, 2; Hock- ey 1, 2, 3 , 4 ; Office Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4; Nevvswrit- ers ' Club 4 ; Secretary-Treasurer Pro Alerito ; Yearbook ESTHER EDLUND Scientific Course Stiff i)i opinions. Activities: Girls ' League 4; Red Cross Collector 4; Sachem 4; Newswriters ' Club 4; Glee Club 4 ; Librarian 4 ; Senior Play Com- mittee ; Pro Merito ; Class Song ANNA EVANOFF Secretarial Course .Silence suifetli best. Activities: Softball 1; Basketball 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4 ; Librarian 4 KATHLEEN FARLEY Secretarial Course Naughty but nice. Activities : Class Secretary 1 ; Sachem 1 ; Basketball 1 ; Hockey Manager 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band Manager 3 ; Orchestra Man- ager 3 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Office Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League Secretary 4 ; Defense Stamp Sales- man 4 ; Senior Play Committee ; Pro Merito DOROTHY FOWLER Classical Course Mad about music. Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sachem 4; Chairman Hospitality Committee Girls ' League 4; Senior Play PATRICL FURLAN General Course A fair exterior is a silent recom- mendation. Activities: Drum Majorette 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee; Girls ' League 4 ; Glee Club 4 ; Sachem 4 : Yearbook PAUL GAMACHE General Course Quiet — but oh. my! ' RUTH GATES General Course Old fashions suit me best. Activities: Glee Club L 2, 4; Lunch Room Assistant 2, 3; Girls ' League 4 WILLIAM GAUDETTE General Course .4 lot of noise! Activities: Football Manager 1, 2 Now in U. S. Navy First Team Letter Second Team Letter Memorial High School Class of Forty - Four BEVERLY GAY Secretarial Course Success comes in cans : I can, you can, she can. Activities : Red Cross Collector 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basket- ball 1, Manager 2, 3 , 4 ; Hock- ey 1. 2, 3 , 4 ; Newswrilers Club 2, 3 ; Office Assistant 3, 4 ; Lunch Room Assistant 3, 4 ; Girls ' League 4 : Defense Stamp Salesman 4 ; Pro Aterito ; Banquet Speaker DELORES GIBERTI Business Course Art is poiver. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee , Sachem 3 ; Girls ' League 4 : Yearbook JEANNE GLOVER Secretarial Course A place for everything , and ev- erything in. its place. Activities: Glee Club L 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 2, 3, 4 ; Sachem Typist 3, 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Pro Alerito ARTHUR GORRIE Business Course like zvork. It fascinates me: I could look at it for Honrs. Activities : Glee Club 1, 2, 3 ; Football L 2, 3 . 4 ; Class Vice President 2 Now in U. S. Navy BARBARA GROWS Scientific Course you ' re there before it ' s over. you ' re on time. Activities : Newspaper Editor 1 ; Red Cross 2, 3 ; Marshal 3 ; Con- servation Committee 2, 3 ; Glee Club 2. 4; Alajor and Alinor Com- mittee 4; Girls ' League 4; Sachem 4; Basketball 4; Hockey 4 ; Yearbook ; Newswriters ' Club 4, (1, 2, 3, Framingham) CHARLES GUERTIN General Course have never given myself up to trifles. Activities : Football 2 ; Traffic Squad 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Com- mittee ; Senior Play Committee NATALIE GUILFORD General Course Oh, the men in Iter life! Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Hockey Manager 1, 2 , 3 ; Red Cross Collector I, 2, 3, Vice Presi- dent 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee ' 3; Sachem 4 ; Senior Play ALICE HAIRE General Course Oh, I could go thro ' all life ' s troubles singing. Activities : Basketball Manager 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' League 4 ; Sachem 4 ; Senior Play Com - mittee JOHN HALAHAN General Course He ' will succeed; for he believes all he says. Activities: Newswriters Club I, 2, 3; Sachem 1, 2, 3, Editor Pho- tography 4 ; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Dramatic Club 1, 3; Cheerleader 3 ; Junior Prom Com- mittee : Graduation Music ; Presi- dent Sachem Club 4 ; Yearbook ; Senior Play ; Reception Commit- tee Chairman KENNETH HANSON General Course Ei ' cry little boy ivill become a man. Activities : Band 3 First Team Letter Second Team Letter Memorial High Scltool Class of Forty - Four ROGER HARRIS Scientific Course The fczvcr flic x ' ords, the greater the profit. Activities : Lunch Room Assistant 4; Pro Merito LILLIAN HELEEN Secretarial Course A maiden never hold. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; Office Assistant 3, 4; Lunch Room Assistant 3, 4; Sachem Typist 3, 4 ; Defense Stamp Salesman 3, 4 ; Student Council Treasurer 4 ; Pro Merito : Senior Play Committee ; Class Day Gifts LAWRENCE HOLMES Business Course A good laugh is sunshine in a house. Now in U. S. Navy WINSOR HOLMES General Course Silence is better than speech. CAROLINE JOHNSON Classical Course Of manners gentle. Activities : Glee Club 3, 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Defense Stamp Sales- man 4; Lunch Room Assistant 4; Pro Merito JOHN JURGELEWICZ Business Course Worry has killed many men; ' ivhy die? Activities : Basketball 1, 2, 3 , 4 ; Sachem , 2, Business Manager 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Room President 1, 2, Secretary 4 : Traffic Squad 2, Deputy 3, 4 ; Class Gifts. CHESTER KENNEDY Scientific Course Every artist was once an ama- teur. Activities : Basketball 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Football Manager 2; Sachem 2, 3, Art Editor 4; Jun- ior Prom Committee ; Home Room President 4 ; Red Cross Collector 4 ; Senior Play ; Yearbook JAMES KILPATRICK Classical Course Young in limbs, in judgment old. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Sachem 1, 2, Assistant Editor 3, Editor 4: Home Room Treasurer 2 ; Band 2, 3, 4 ; Newsvvriters ' Club 3 ; Jun- ior Prom Committee ; Student Council Vice President 1 ; Senior Play ; Salutatorian BEATRICE KYROUZ General Course Silence is more eloquent than words. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' League 4 JEANNETTE LEIGHTON Business Course kinda like jes ' loafin ' around Activities: Glee Club 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Sachem 3, Co-Business Manager 4; Girls ' League 4; Lunch Room Assistant 4 First Team Letter Second Team Letter Memorial High School ★ Class of Forty - Four CHARLES LEONARD General Course Hear iiiiich ; sf cak little. WALTER LEWOCZKO General Course The imui ' a ' hti blushes is not (liiitc a brute. Activities : Defense Stamp Sales- man 4 ; Pro Merito ; Banquet Speaker LENNIE LOBL Classical Course I ' m a lover and have not found niy thing to love. Activities : Home Room Secretary 1 ; Student Council 1 ; Dramatic Club 1 ; Hockey Manager L -. 3 . 4 ; Newswriters ' Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Red Cross Collector 1, 2, 4 ; Basketball Manager 2 ; Sacliem 2, 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Girls ' League 4 ; Senior Play ALICE-MARIE MARCH Classical Course .A bright little, light little, trim little, slim little craft. Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Basketball L 2 , 3 , Co-Captain 2; Cheerleader L 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3. 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Room Treasurer 1, 3; Class Secretary 2 ; Red Cross Collector 2 ; Newswriters ' Club ; Junior Prom Committee ; Student Coun- cil Assistant Secretary 3, Secre- tary 4 ; Sachem 3, 4 ; Orchestra 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Senior Play ; Yearbook Typist ; Banquet Speak- er GEORGE McLEOD Classical Course There are tivo ans2vers to every question — mine and the Zi ' roiig one. Activities : Glee Club 1 ; Dramatic Club 1 ; Class Vice President 1, President 2; Orchestra L 2; Stu- dent Council 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Home Room President 2, 3 ; Sachem 2, 3, Athletics Editor 4 ; Newswriters ' Club 2, Assistant F ' itor 3, Editor 4; Traffic Squad 2, 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Basketball Manager 3. 4 ; Senior Play Committee ; Yearbook First Team Letter y 1 JEANNE MENDALL Classical Course She has a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to e.vecnte. Activities : Cheerleader 1 ; Dra- niatic Club 1 ; Red Cross Collect- or 1, 2, Secretary 3; Hockey 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2. 3, 4; Sachem 1, 2, 3, Alumni Editor 4; Home Room Secretary-Treasurer 2; Junior Prom Committee; As- scml)ly Committee 4 ; Class Sec- retary 4; Girls ' League 4; Grad- uation Reading ; Cabot Club ; Sen- ior Play ; Pro Merito ; Yearbook MARY AIOQUIN General Course Her ivays are ivays of pleasant- ness. Activities: Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Lunch Room Assistant 3 ; Girls ' League 4 JOHN MURDOCH General Course Deeds, not words. Activities : Basketball 3, 4 ; Football L 2, 3 , 4 Now in U. S. Navy LOUISE MURPHY Secretarial Course She zvas a little Irish u:aid. Activities : Basketball Manager L 2. 3 ; Home Room Treasurer 2 ; Newswriters ' Club 2,3,4; Sachem 2, 3, Editor School Notes 4; Student Council Assistant Secre- tary 3 : Constitution Committee 3 ; Office Assistant 3, 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; President Pro Merito JOHN PERKINS Scientific Course The land repays thy service icell. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Newswriters ' Club 2 : Sachem 2, 4 ; Home Room President 4 ; Vic- tory Corps 4 ; Lunch Room As- sistant 4 ; Banquet Committee Chairman Second Team Letter M emorial High School Class of Forty - Four DAVID PIMENTAL Agricultural Course Good humor makes all things tolerable. Now in U. S. Army Air Corps ROBERT POWERS Business Course A trudcsman thou! Activities: Basketball 1, 2, 4 ; Traffic Squad 4 ; Lunch Room As- sistant 4 ) MARJORIE QUELLE General Course She is a boiiuie ivec thing. Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Bas- ketball 1. 2, 3 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Red Cross Collector 3: Home Room Secretary 4 ; Elec- tion Committee Student Council 4; Girls ' League 4; Senior Play Committee PHILLIP ROBERTSON General Course Here ' s to women — and other expenses! Activities : Junior Prom Commit- tee ; Cheerleader 3 ; Band 3, 4 ; Sachem 3, 4; Senior Play; Traf- fic Squad 4 ; Red Cross Collector 4 ; Yearbook Now in U. S. Navy ROSE-ANNE SAVARD Secretarial Course The race by vigor is uon. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Hockey 1, 2, 3 , Co-Captain 4 ; Basketball 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , Co-Cap- tain 2, 4 ; Student Nurse 3 ; Office Assistant 3, 4; Girls ' League 4 JONATHAN SAYWARD Scientific Course Wit is the salt of conversation. ' Activities : Home Room Treas- urer 1 ; Glee Club 3 : Traffic Squad 3, 4 ; Senior Play ; Class Prophecy ; Yearbook WALTER SCHOLZ General Course A silent, shy, peace-loving man. RUTH SHERMAN General Course A pleasant smile is an assurance of friendship. Activities: Basketball 1, 2 , 3 , 4 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Hockey L 2, 3 , 4 ; Lunch Room Assist- ant 4; Girls ' League 4 BEVERLY SHURTLEFF Classical Course .S ' o tnuch to do! Activities : Home Room President 1 : Basketball 1, 2 ; Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4; Sachem 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Nurse 2; Red Cross Col- lector 3; Red Cross Treasurer 3, President 4; Band Manager 3. 4; Orchestra Manager 4; Girls ' League Civic Committee Chair- man 4 MADELINE SISSON General Course .She never talks except all the time. Activities: Basketball 1, 2 , 3, 4; Hockey 1, 2, 3 , 4; Home Room Secretary 2 ; Glee Club 2. 3 ; Student Nurse 3 ; Junior Prom Committee ; Newswriters ' Club 4 ; Girls ' League 4 ; Senior Play ♦First Team Letter Second Team Letter femorial Hi k Sckool Class of Forty - Four CHESTER SMOLSKI Scientific Course Much talk, much foolishness. ' Activities: Glee Club 1, 2; Bas- ketball 1, 2, 3 , Captain 4 ; Baseball 2 , 4; Defense Stamp Salesman 3 ; Class Vice President 3 ; Home Room President 3 ; Foot- hall 3, Co-Captain 4 , Senior Play ; Class Gifts ISABEL SOUZA Classical Course A merry heart maketh a cheer- ful countenance. Activities : Manager Hockey 1 ; Red Cross Collector 1, 4; Junior Prom Committee ; Lunch Room Assistant 4; Chairman Girls ' League Social Committee 4 ; Sen- ior Play Committee BEATRICE STANDISH Secretarial Course Our thoughts and our conduct are our oivn. Activities: Glee Club L 2, 3, 4; Office Assistant 4; Girls ' League 4 ROSE STANDISH Secretarial Course In each cheek appears a pretty dimple. Activities: Glee Club 3, 4; Girls ' League 4 HENRY SULLIVAN Classical Course He stands erect; martial in his air, his form, and movement. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; TrafTic Squad 1, ?, Deputy 3, Captain 4; Major and Minor Committee 4 ; Senior Play ; Pro Merito ; Graduation Essay ROBERT SULLIVAN General Course Young fclloivs i ' ill be young fellozvs. Activities : Basketball 1, 2 ; Foot- ball 1, 2, 3 , Co-Captain 4 ; Traf- fic Squad 3 BRUCE SURREY Classical Course A modest man never talks of him- self. Activities : Basketball Manager 3, 4; Lunch Room Assistant 4 Now in U. S. Navy ELLEN TORNARI Business Course .Serene amidst alarms. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2; Girls ' League 4 MARJORIE WAUGH Secretarial Course A ivoman is ahvays changeable and capricious. Activities: Basketball 1, 2 , 3; Hockey 1, 2, 3 4, Co-Captain 2 ; Defense Stamp Salesman 2, 3 ; Class Secretary 3 ; Home Room Secretary 3 ; Office Assistant 3, 4; Traffic Squad 3, 4 DOROTHY WILBER Classical Course Literature is my Utopia. Activities : Home Room Secretary 1 ; Sachem 1, 2, 3, Literary Editor 4 ; Orchestra 2, 3, 4 ; Chairman Publicity Committee Girls ' League 4; Glee Club 4; Librarian 4; Cabot Club 4 ; Yearbook Editor-in-Chief ; Pro Merito ; ' aledictorian First Team Letter Second Team Letter Memorial High School Class of Forty - Four FAITH WILLIAMS General Course Read, mark, learn, and uncardly digest. Activities : Dramatic Club 1 ; Glee Club 1,2; Girls ' League 4; Cabot Club 4; Lunch Room Assistant 4 ; Class Historian ; Yearbook- Typist JEANNETTE W. BIGELOW General Course My love is o ' er the ocean. Activities : Dramatic CIud 1 : Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' League 4; Senior Play Committee Most Popular — Ruimers-U p — Stanley Alger — John Halahan — Louise Murphy Best Looking — Vernon Brooks — Claire Coleman Runners-Up — Charles Guertin — Kathleen Farley Most Likely to Succeed — Walter Lewoczko — Margaret Clark Runners-Up — Oliver Brett — Dorothy Wilber — Alice-Marie March Class Optimist — William Boucher — Faith Williams Ruuners-Up — Edward Devlin — Marjorie Waugh Best Dressed — John Halahan — Kathleen Farley Runuers-Up — Chester Kennedy — Beverly ShurtlefF Class Wit — Chester Kennedy — Louise Murphy Runners-Up — Chester Smolski — Jeanne Mendall Most Studious — James Kilpatrick — Dorothy Wilber Runners-Up — John Young — Margaret Clark Did Most for the Class — Stanley Alger — Isabel Souza Runners-Up — John Halahan — Patricia Burnett Most Friendly — Chester Smolski — Patricia Burnett — Isabel Souza Runners-Up — John Jurgelewicz — Marjorie Waugh Best Athlete — Chester Smolski — Rose-Anne Savard Runners-Up — Robert Sullivan — Eleanor Doucette — Natalie Dewhurst Typical Student — Oliver Brett — Margaret Clark Runners-U p — Robert Powers — Barbara Grows Academy Azvard — Edward Devlin — Pearl Chartier Runners-Up — Chester Kennedy — Jeanne Mendall Best Dancer — John Halahan — Lillian and Mary Banus Runners-Up — Chester Kenned} ' — Alice-Marie March — Pearl Chartier JOHN YOUNG Classical Course It is the nature of a great mind to he calm and undisturbed. Activities : Pro Merito ; Class Day Committee PETER BECKER Business Course Vou arc fond of argument. Activities : Glee Club 1 ; Sachem 1, 2, 3; Red Cross Collector 3; Now in U. S. Navy Class Poll Chester Smolski — Jeanne Mendall HASTA 1� LU EGO Memorial High School ' ■ Class of Forty - Four History of the Class of 1944 FAITH E. WILLIAMS September, 1940, saw our class enter M. H. S. with high hopes but not a little timidity. Within a few days, however, we were able to find rooms 32 and 11 as easily as the most self-assured senior. As freshmen we buckled down to work, and for a while the teachers were aston- ished to find us so conscientious. After a couple of terms we began to grow tired of all work and no play ; so we allowed our- selves a note now and then, and perhaps we even chewed gum on occasion. Thus we set about enjoying our remaining school days as much as possible. At our first class meet- ing we elected Stanley Alger as oui presi- dent, Kathleen Farley secretary, and Oliver Brett treasurer. These officers soon proved our wisdom in selecting them for their respective positions. As sophomores we returned to school feeling ourselves veterans in the corridors and lunchroom rush. We elected George McLeod president, Arthur Gorrie vice pres- ident, Alice-Marie March secretary, and Oliver Brett treasurer. This was the year that our honored sub- master, Mr. Leonard Tillson, died. None of us had yet had Mr. Tillson as a teacher ; but we all felt that he was a close friend, and we were, many of us, looking forward to his chemistry classes the next year. Mr. W hitmore took Mr. Tillson ' s place as a science teacher, and we soon realized that, although we had lost one good friend, we had gained another. Later that year Mr. Ashworth replaced Mr. Maynard as senior- English teacher. As juniors we chose Stanley Alger pres- ident, Chester Smolski vice president, Alar- jorie Waugh secretary, and Oliver Brett treasurer. There were many more change in the faculty ; in fact, so many that they left us all rather bewildered. Aliss Keil was re- placed l)y Mr. Scribner, Mr. Farley by Mr. Teeling. Mrs. Moore by Miss Dick ' . Mr. MacGown by Mr. Spalding, and Mr. Hyman by Mrs. Sturtevant. Miss Allbee left us. to be replaced the next year by Miss Lewis. For our Junior Prom the committee and all concerned worked hard, and everv ' one ' s best efforts combined to make an at?air enjoyed by all who attended. Then the great day arrived when we be- came seniors, an event to which we had looked forward for three years. We elected Stanley Alger president, Vernon Brooks vice president, Jeanne Mendall secretary, and Oliver Brett treasurer. So the year of }-ears was under way. In the faculty Miss Armitage took the place of Mrs. Ring, who had left us to study occupational therapy in Boston. Miss Whit- ty also left our midst to do her bit in the war. The girls owe Miss Whitty many thanks for the help and friendship she has given us during our four years at Memorial High School. Our senior play Best Foot Forward was a huge success under the direction of Mr. Ashworth. All seventeen members of the cast proved to the audience that the class of ' 44 is not lacking in dramatic abil- ity. Thanks are due also to those respon- sible for stage settings and make-up. This year our school was invited to take part on x ' pril 8 in the broadcast of the Youth ' s Congress of the Air. Jack Hala- han was chosen to represent us, and he did so perfectly. During our four years of high school many of the class have shown themselves outstand- ing in one way or another. The Sachem has been a field where our class has not fail- ed to do itself proud. James Kilpatrick as assistant editor and then editor-in-chief has worked hard to make the Sachem the popular magazine that it is. Dorothy Wilber has been a member of the literary department all four years, and Beverly ShurtlefF has served four years in the school notes department. There are man others who have also worked faithfully to print this bigger and better Sachem. George Mc- Leod as editor-in— chief of the Newswriters ' Club has proved his journalistic ability. When we think of football, we think of fellows like Jock Murdoch, Arthur Gorrie, John McCarthy, Chet Smolski, Stan Alger, f emorial High School Class of Forty - Four and X ' ernon Brooks. Basketball brings to mind sucb stars as Chet Smolski, Stan Al- ger, Vernon Brooks, and John Jurgelewicz. Girls ' hockey can lioast many excellent play- ers. Eleanor Doucette, Rose-Anne Savard, Natalie Dewhurst, Ruth Sherman, Beverly Gay, and Marjorie Waugh represent our class adequately. M. H. S. is proud of its cheerleaders, too. Natalie Dewhurst as leader of the Nine Dynamos ' ' has spurred on enthusiasm and school spirit at the games. The class awaited with great expectation the time when the announcement would be made of students who would have graduation parts. Dorothy Wilber is valedictorian and James Kilpatrick salutatorian. Graduation honor parts were also assigned to Edward Devlin, Stanley Alger, and Henry Sullivan. 1944 is well represented by these honor students. The history of our class is certainly not complete without mention of former mem- bers who have .served or are now serving with our armed forces. We are proud of these absent friends, and we want them to know that we think of them at graduation time. Iemorial High School Class of Forty - Four The Prophecy of the Class of 1944 ELSIE BARTLETT GEORGE McLEOD Ruth Slierman is the owner of several beauty salons which feature the new up- sweep Bob. Stan Alger, who was always our class leader in high school, is vacationing in Florida ; but when he returns, he will be- gin his campaign for governor of the Com- monwealth. Jeanne Carver recently accepted the po- sition of stewardess for International Lim- ited. Many were the school days wlien she wished she were up in the clouds. Lennie Lobl ' s name glitters in the lights of Broadway these days. Her part in the senior play had great influence on Lennie. We hope stardom will bring her happiness. Ali-Rie has advanced since M. H. S. handed her a sheepskin. She went to col- lege for two ' ears ; then she joined the V. A. V. E. S. Now Ensign March is trying to teach some discipline to the new re- cruits with proper exercises for good health. We remember how energetic Ali-Rie was in school ; and if her pupils come out as peppy as she, they ' ll be o. k. According to Delores Giberti, the wide field of designing offers hopes for many. She has just designed a new gown without back, seams, or sleeves. You can see it modeled next Saturday at Macy ' s by IMiss Giberti herself. Beverly Gay is writing a love-lorn col- umn in the New York Times. Remember how she patched up the affairs of dis- puting couples of Fall Brook? Now we know where she got her experience. Madeline Sisson. just to be different from all the other senior girls, always favored the Army more than the Navy. But she still can ' t make up her mind ; so she is running a dating bureau, which dates way back to ' 44. We read in the most fashionable maga- zines that Madame Chartier is making a success of her charm school, the Stevens ' School for Reconstruction of the Face and Figure, featuring the use of whites of eggs, plus exercise, minus sweets. CLAIRE COLEMAN JONATHAN SAYWARD Beverly Shurtleff has surprised us all by becoming a school teacher. Her pupils claim she ' s aging, but she ' s nice. And-er- son is cute, too. We see, ' way in the back of a store, a prim, gray-haired figure selecting draperies, rugs, and color schemes. For her own home? Oh, no! If you will remember. Miss Farley wanted to be a buyer and also an old maid — oh, excuse us ! — a bach- elor girl ! Natalie Guilford has followed in her moth- er ' s footsteps and has become a nurse. That ' s the kind of nurse with the cool hand that you dream about, isn ' t it. boys ' Bob Sullivan is torn between two am- bitions these days. He ' s wondering whether to continue in sports — or has his old age made him decide to go into the diplomatic field? We hope this Waugh in his mind will soon be settled. Dot Caswell is now a theological student ' way out west. She had planned to go into missionary work, but the Army is the cause of her hesitancy. Ruthy Gates owns her own farm, where she has twenty-two cows. 333 hens, and four groves of Almon trees. Ah. at last Eunice and her Stanley have decided to take the fatal step. Wc know the Church-ill be packed with admirers. Dorothy Fowler has become a fashionable soloist at the Metropolitan in New York. Many were the days in glee club when her mellow voice rang glorious over al! others. Jeanne Glover has been teaching steno- graphy at Chandler ' s for the past few years but now she has accepted the position of private secretary to John Ashworth. Profes- sor. Lillian Heleen has been quite Bissey lately, as she is head bookkeeper in the Bissonette Milk Company, Inc. Caroline Johnson and Jeannette Leighton are popular music teachers here in town. Caroline still enjoys the accordion, and Jed gets her exercise and energy from beating out the boogie woogie on the drums. Memorial Higk School Class of Forty - Four Cliarlt ' S (iuertin, who always was a Moody lad, is sliowing his temperament in the motion picture industry as the Casinova of the Love-Lorn Studio. The memhers of the class of ' 44 will ai)preciate his talents in this field. Kenny Kohertson has become the lead- ing photographer of the Police Gazette. W ' e remember back in school days when he got his start by taking surprise shots of his girl friends. Dorothy Wilber is the prize professor at AL I. T. We see that her high scholastic standing in school has been put to use. Beatrice Standish is the owner of a large farm which supjilies vegetables to the lead- ing stores. This sure is a w ' oman ' s world. Elsie Bart ett is still the belle of the ball. Remember how she used to love to trip the light fantastic at the Grange Hall ? Well, now she ' s Arthur Murray ' s prize teacher. Louise Murphy is the head dictator in her own drug store. She owns the place, but she can ' t get over her school days when she was working part time at Giberti ' s; so she reminisces behind the ice cream counter after closing time. George McLeod is the sole owner of the New York Daily Bugle. His advance is largely due to his start here in Middleboro on the huge staff of the Gazette. ' ' ] lac some day hopes to give up his editorship and become a mere sports writer on his own paper. Career girl Margaret Clark fina ' ly de- cided to go into her father ' s law- office as a junior partner. She is supported very nicel} ' from money she makes defending her former classmates who w ere caught red- handed while fishing and swimming illegally in the lakes. Marjorie W ' augh, the girl who kept pet herrings in her home room desk, has be- come famous as the originator of well- chaperoned Lakeside female stag parties, and occasionally she lectures on the subject. In a recent lecture Miss Waugh pointed out that the parties were nice, but dates with football team captains were better. Being tied down to his job as a shoe clerk and able to go hunting and fishing only during school hours, John Jurgelewicz saved his pennies and bought out the Walk- Over Shoe Stores of America. He now runs his business as a millionaire sports- man. As the yearbook went to press in May, 1944, Art Gorrie, the dashing Rover Boy of the class, was expecting a call to duty with the Fleet. We ' re glad to hear that he is still in the Navy and expects to get ];)romoted to seaman 2 c any day in recog- nition of his fine record of getting a Jerry during the war. There was a tiiue when the Howa ' xl Ath- enaeum attracted men to its creaky doors ; but since Chet Smolski has signed as emcee there, the young women as well as men have been visiting Uncle Howard in the hope of seeing his latest protege. We un- derstand that Chet has had a gawking eye on that position since his hi-school days. The last time we heard from Billy Gau- dette, Bruce Surrey, and Jock Murdoch, they were in Sampson, N. Y. ; but latest re- ports claim that the three of them have taken over complete control of the American Legion of World War H, Post Number 44. By the way, we wonder whether the} ' will enjoy the conventions. They all had a flare for good times in Boston while in hi- school. After Oliver Brett sold his controlling interests in Nagging Stables, Incorporated, he immediately bought out Zimmerman Binocular Concern and distributed many pairs of opera glasses among the theatre- minded population. He did this in recol- lection of the night he took a telescope to the local movie palace to see Bettv Grable do a grass skirt dance in Song of the Islands. Charles Atlas, the ideal of the weaklings (when we were in school), had his beauti- ful ])hysiciue in every comic book we picked up : but today ' s children see an even greater personage when they read Superman. He is Walt Lewoczko, IM. H. S. strong boy, who pulled down the title of tlie best- built man in the class of ' 44. Memorial High School Class of Forty - Four Bob Powers, another of the Rover Boys, who adopted Boston as his home town dur- ing his Aloody high school days, is now out of the Navy and trying to make a Hving in a pro soccer league. It seems that dur- ing the winter months of his senior year he made quite a black name for himself playing soccer. If you doubt it. ask the fellows who became 4-F-ers because of cracked tibias. Vernon Brooks, the handsomest lad of the class of ' 44, is now breaking the hearts of all female movie goers and Demo - lishing all box office records as a second Charles Boyer. Vern kept quite a few hearts pounding while he was in hi-school : so he ' s not in an entirely new vocation. The class wit and champ hiccougher, Jonathan Sayward, resigned his Air Force commission after the war and recently sign- ed with Buccaneer Corn Distributors to do a series of programs during Bob Hope ' s summer vacation. If he kept in practice while in the Army, he ' s sure to be a suc- cess. Outdoor girl. Pat Burnett, the girl with the stage whisper who was never without something to say in study period, is doing an a la Sonja Henie. Pat not only pro- duces, owns, and stars in her own ia revue, but she sings also. Well. Pat always was pretty good at holding an audience spell- bound, especially while lighting matches in Professor Ashworth ' s classes. Mary Banus, a regular member of the Grange during school days, is now sole own- er of two dancing establishments located in Taunton and Plymouth. She seems to b? Happy only when jitterbugging. Yes. she was one of the most cheerful persons of the class of ' 44. You guessed it — Alice Haire. You could hear her merry laughter echoing through the school corri- dors. She now has a promising position in a vaudeville show. She sits out in the audience and laughs from beginning to end of each show, to make people think it is funnier than it really is. thus attract- ing more business. Ah, romantic Alaska! We can see Jean- nette Bigelow living in her new pre-fab- ricated house, although we should think she would prefer an igelow. Her home is one that she designed herself after her interesting discussions with Mr. Ashworth. At last EUy Doucette ' s dream has come true. She is now a sunbonnet baby on a chicken farm, ' way out by her lonesome. W ' ell, not quite lonesome, for, you see, Rose- Anne Savard was no pushover for a city job. either. She owns the farm next to Eleanor ' s, and many a night you can see them sitting by the fireplace, talk ' ng over the best way to raise hens. Deep in the heart of Atkins you once might have found Arleen Corayer busily at work making frames. Now, years later, she can ' t get over them. She is president of a framing company. Over the door you read as you enter. We frame every- thing and everybody. How can we ever forget when Kenny Hanson read Under Cover ? It must have had a great effect on him. for he is now an under-cover man for the Secret Service. He is stationed in Alaska, where he asked to be transferred, for he claims that he can work better with Snow a- round. In the center of a beautiful shop a mid- dle-aged woman stands admiring her sur- roundings. Yes. Claire Coleman has gone into business of her own. A sign above the store says. Ye Okie Antique Collequetor ; and below this, in small letters, In other words, dump your junk here. Izzie Souza was always very ambitious in the field of nursing : but. as time goes on, she seems to be successful in other fields. Although she has never seen him. she is married to an Earl of distant lands. Charlotte certainly rings the Bell when it comes to politics, but she shuns a political career. She often said she wanted a home with her kitchen large enough for her to do all the cooking with plenty of room. Her prayers have been answered. She is now chief chef in the spacious kitchen of the elaborate Ritz a la King Ballroom, ' way out in California. Anna Evanoff may have been quiet in school, but now she seems to Bob up at the most unexpected moments. She was once a secretary, but now she appears in various hit shows along Broadway and Allen ' s Alley. She is currently featured in Ash Biddle Dee Alten Doeten. which, translated into English, means, It ' s a Great Life. IVf emorial High School Class of Forty - Four Si)eaking of celebrities, do you all know the latest? Congratulations are in order for one Lil Banus, who has been Billed as Girl of the Year of Platoon 86, Parris Island. Keep up the good work, Lil. and you ' ll probably become a cover girl or pin-up girl. Well, so what, if you do just get congratulations as long as you know they ' re genuine? If you will recall a boy named Winsor, you will remember that he was one of the quietest boys in school. As he has grown, his independence has expanded. The last he was heard of, someone reported having seen him aboard a ship for distan lands. It is said that he has had more Holmes than five average boys put together. Jack Halahan holds an important political position in Boston. His regular speeches inspire the pupils who are still in Mr. Ashworth ' s Problems of Democracy Class. Jack needed a secretary. He interviewed many and finally succeeded. Although she doesn ' t have all the secretarial qualifications, Jeanne seems to ] Iend-aU situations to his complete satisfaction. Pat Furlan has become a social butterfly. She keeps poor Arnold busy Tripping the light fantastic, although he would rather be back in the Navy, fighting a quiet, peace- ful war. Remember quiet little Ellen Tornari ? Habits formed early last for some time, and we now see her in an elaborate room with half a dozen other middle-aged women, solemnly sipping and testing the different brands of tea. Now, don ' t get me wrong — she married the owner of the business. Beatrice Kvrouz is sitting high and pretty these days. She is a photographer ' s model in New York, where she lives alone and likes it. All we can say is, What ' s the secret of your charm, Beatrice? Do you use ivory, or are vou a swan babv? Mary Moquin always wanted to be a nin-?e and she always liked children : so she now has a job that completely satisfies her from both angles. She is a nursemaid to thirty children, who are refugees in a private home. .She helps them to paddle along in the pool, and she plays with them day after day. Ever since graduation Marge Quelle has been waiting for the day when she can go back west with her good friend Claire Cadorette. That day has arrived, and she is just about ready. But there is one catch. Everyone is wondering whether she will really go or just use this trip as a front and drop off at Tennessee. Natalie Dewhurst, queen of the local swimming pool in the year 1944, has re- cently won the title of America ' s smoothe.st swimmer, replacing Gloria Callan. Bill Boucher is following in the com- bined footsteps of Einstein and Tom Edi- son. The Boucher Research Laboratory, Inc. is doing a tremendous volume of business. Our class will long remember Bill for his brilliant remarks in physics class and his original proofs in geometry and trig. Ted Devlin is a prominent physician in Middleboro. His practice, as well as his bankroll, is steadily growing. (It seems to us that after all that schooling he should be through practicing now, but you know Devlin) . Two competitors in the long-haired field of music are Henry (C sharp or you ' ll B flat) Sullivan and James Kilpatrick. Com- poser Kilpatrick maintains that the young- er generation will revert to the classics in spite of, or maybe because of, the influence of swing. We understand that Mr. Sulli- van ' s piano and violin playing are something to listen to and really enjoy. Maestro Sul- livan has an assistant who sees to it that his fiddle is correctly tuned and that his piano stool is exactly 21 3 4 inches high and 7 2 3 inches from the piano. Roger Harris is now one of the country ' s leading bacteriologists. We well remember his intense concentration for one study per- iod after another on such books as Microbe Hunters and Madame Curie. Woe to the germ under Roger ' s microscope ! The greatest chain of greenhouses and flower shops in the country is now under the direct management and supervision of John Perkins. We understand that John sends the finest orchids obtainable to Miss Caroline Johnson, whom he met in his school days at M. H. S. Memorial Higk Sckool Class of Forty - Four Chet Kennedy, who was the Casanova and top (and only) band leader in M. H. S. in the class of ' 44, now has made a name for himself in the movies as a great lover (spelled W-O-L-F) and band leader. We think his success is due in a large meas- ure to the fact that his very first fee (col- lected at a social at M. H. S.) was fittingly donated to the Red Cross. Speaking of lecturers, two young notables in this field are John Young and Faith Williams. Mr. Young has been offered sev- eral professorships at various universities, the last of which he accepted. Jolin al- ways did have a yen for the schoolroom anyhow. Miss Williams has turned out to be a professional book reviewer. A taste for that which is literary has followed her even this far. We all remember the com- positions she would whip up at a nioment ' s notice. Ask her the definition of objective criticism and she. in a few thousand well chosen words, will enlighten you. Remember how bashful Walt Scholz used to be? Well, some people change over night, and Walt is no exception. You can find him most an) ' time on the corner of Hollywood and Vine streets, shouting away at a great rate about some handy litth gadget which is guaranteed not to rust, rip, tarnish, bend, break, buckle, or blow out at the knees. Esther Edlund spent one of the coldest nights of February, 1943. wondering just how much of her home the firemen would he able to save. Apparently this impression stuck with her, because she is now busily engaged in the manufacture of fire-fighting equipment de luxe. Imagine Esther in overalls ! Paul Gamache is now a farmer par excellence who raises the best there is. His ambition is to invent a gar den hose which will water grass and plants but not weeds. Barb Grows has opened a ake Up Your Personality and Charm School. The spon- taneous approval which greeted her arrival in the Class of ' 44 from Framingham proves that she really knows her business. As might be expected, she has literally thou- sands of friends. She took up where Emily Post left off. Anthony Belmont is delivering a series of lectures entitled Should I Reduce, or How to Get the Most out of My Figure. We can remember Tony when he was a shy ( ?) little lad back at MHS. with noth- ing weightier on his mind than whether or not he should feed his cows that even- ing or wait till next, to save money. We hear that Larry Holmes has now at- tained the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Navy. Apparently his mechanical ap- titude stood him in good stead when he applied for Diesel Engineering School ' way back in ' 44. The Navy ' s acquisition of Larry undoubtedly shortened World War H by a month at least. Remember the record Alice Cobb made as our star salesman for the senior play? That gave her a good start, and now she is publicity manager for the Cobb Cobb Laundries Inc. Doris Clark always wanted to be an actress. Well, she has reached the first rung of the ladder. She raises a victory garden out West. Well, aren ' t they always looking for new faces and isn ' t a farm a logical place to look? Charlie Leonard is now a lieutenant in the (you guessed it) State Guard. He al- ways was a military man by nature, as proven by the fact that he enlisted in the Air Corps in ' 44. It ' s a great life if you don ' t weaken. Another air-minded voung lad is Dave Pimental. He left M. H. S. in the fall of ' 43 to become one of Uncle Sam ' s fledglings. Our fathers were content to keep their feet on good old terra fir ma (the more finna the less terra!), but not the fellows in the class of ' 44. Peter Becker ' s hostility toward the traffic squad at M. H. S. was amusing in a way. Just a few more rules was what he used to say. He sort of jumped from the frying pan into the fire, though, by join- ing the Navy. Remember Rose Standish, who used to walk over to the Walk-Over Store on Cen- ter Street every afternoon? She formed the walk-over habit, walking over all ob- stacles until she finally walked over her- self as manager and became sole owner of the huge Walk-Over Emporium at Thomas- town. The Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1944 NATALIE DEWHURST We, the super-magnaninious seniors of 1944, being the only class to leave M. H. S. sound in mind and body, and realizing that we shall have no further use for our many envied possessions (with the exception of our obvious wings and halos), do ordain and definitely establish this, the last will and testament of our unequalled class, making all other documents (signed at class meetings or elsewhere) completely void. We, the sublime and eminent class of ' 44, do appoint R. Delmar Giberti, the factual owner of Sullivan ' s Apothecary, as our ex- ecutor, knowing full well that he would be the only logical person to carry out the absurd wishes of this immortal class. Firstly, we request that he deliver to the ration board all the tires of the jalopies which the senior boys will not need for the duration. Secondly, we request that he deliver to the class of ' 45 that thumb- worn book of Par- liamentary Law and wish them luck at next year ' s class meetings. Thirdly, we request that he carry out to the best of his ability the following personal bequests : Lnto certain stupid underclassmen, we leave Jack Halahan ' s ability to beat around the bush and come out with the l)ird in his hand. Unto Beanie ( Never a dull moment) Bell, we leave the laboratory, in hopes she ' ll go beserk and blow the joint up. Unto the teachers of M. H. S., we leave a book entitled How to Train Wild Ani- mals, so that the said teachers may learn how to deal more competently with all future freshman classes. Unto anyone who wants them, W alter (Girl-crazy) Lewoczko leaves women. Unto Richard (Drive slowly, that ' s my motto) Tavlor, innocent Chet Smolski leaves that little Blonde Bomber, IMarilyn Demers ; he might as well, since Taylor already has the situation well in hand. Unto Dogface Mills, George (Always in hot water) McLeod leaves his new inven- tion — the unbreakable, unshatterable, and inexpensive lenses which took the said McLeod twelve years to perfect. Unto some lonely junior girls, Jed (Kru- pa) Leighton and Nat (Babyface) Guil- ford leave their dates with the Army. Unto the energetic Watson Baker, we leave Chet Kennedy ' s wit, knowing that W atty will use it to the (ahem) best of his ability. Unto Miss Erickson, we leave a two-way telephone system to assure her that we comprehend that old familiar statement, Now class, you ' ve got to get this; it ' s purely mechanical ; and to assure her that repetition is unnecessary in every class. Unto Jean Shore, we leave demure Pearl Chartier ' s ability to win friends, in hope that the said Jean will be an extrovert rath- er than an introvert. Unto a certain few energetic sophomores (a very few) who wish to ride to the foot- ball games next year (We ' re not promising you ' ll ride back), we leave Jock Murdoch ' s car, which can probably be found in Mr. March ' s backyard. Unto the cast of characters in next year ' s senior play, we leave Ted Devlin ' s accurate eye. Unto Burhead Mitchell, Swivel-hips Sis- son leaves the lengthy corridors of M. H. S., knowing full well that the said redhead can never escape her magnetic charms. Drawn up on this beautiful day of June 13, 1944, — beautiful because it ' s one of the last we shall spend here — is this last and final will of the exalted class of 1944. Signed : Witnessed bv Class Lawyer The little man who wasn ' t there Captain of Basketball Knowing that these will be the last words I shall ever utter, God save me and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the class of ' 44. Memorial High School Class of Forty - Four WHEN YOU AND 1— Ole Rockin ' Chair ' s Got Me— Dotty Wilber 2 — Blonde Bombshell — Jed Leighton 3 — That Hepburn Look — Snookie Waugh 4 — Self-made Man — Billy Boucher 5 — Bored — Ellen Tornari 6 — A Bundle for Britain — Chet Kennedy 7 — Little Women — Rose- Anne Savard (left) 8— Down by the Old Mill Stream— Win- sor Holmes 9 — The White Way — Paul Gamache 10 — Just Common Curtesy — Beatrice Stand- ish H — Beau Brummel in Stripes — Charlie Guertin (right) 12 — Little Sweetheart — Dotty Fowler 12a — Tweedle dee — Lil Banus 13 — Little Fur Baby — Eunice Anderson 14 — Demure Little Miss — Ruthy Sherman 15 — At Your Service — Peggy Clark 16 — The Lull Before the Storm — Pete Bartlett 17 — Veronica Lake — Margie Quelle 18 — Smile, Brother. Smile ! — John Young (left), David Young (right) 19 — Who ' s afraid of the big bad wolf? — Anna Evanofif 20— Man about Town — Phil Robertson 21 — The Over-all View — Izzie Souza 22 — The Little Man with Big Ideas — Kenny Hanson 23 — The Mug and His Thugs — Jock Mur- doch (left) 24 — Hail, hail ! The gang ' s all here — Char- lotte Bell (smallest girl) 25 — Beauty in the Tub — Nat Guilford 26 — The Gob Who Became a Doughboy — Dave Pimental 27 — The Bald Facts — Roger Harris 28— Profit by My Experience — Mac Mc- Leod 29— Yeah ! You and Who Else ?— Stan Alger 30— The Petticoat Brigade— Ali-Rie March 31 — Personal GHmpse — Billy Gaudette 32 — Underbrush — Patty Burnett 33 — The Admiral — Tony Belmont 34 — Must you keep your heart in cold stor- age? — Lil Heleen 35 — Johnnie Doughboy — Charlie Leonard I WERE YOUNG 36 — Sucker — Bob Powers 37— Tough Guy— Bob Sullivan (left) 38— Oh. You Dog! — Brettie Brett 39— Don ' t try to kid me— Walt Scholz 40— Leg Art— Bev Gay 41— Ready and Waiting— Ruth Gates 42— Rock-a-bye, Baby — Elly Doucette 43— Young Allan Ladd— Walt Lewoczko 44 — Walky Talky— Doodie Dewhurst 45 — So What? — Jeannie Carver 46 — Short and Sweet — Bunny Haire 47 — Ready to Sling It Again — Esther Ed- lund 48 — Sweater Boy — Sully Sullivan 49 — Tweedledum — Mary Banus 50 — So Coy ! — Arleen Coraver ■ 51 — Runner Up — Jeanne Glover 52 — Mighty Sweet — Faithy Williams 53— Parking— Bev Shurtleflf 54— Pucker Up — Mary Moquin 55— Bashful !— Dotty Caswell 5 Tub-be or Not Tub-be?— Jack Hala- han (left) and Ted Devlin (right ) 57 — Sunburn Patrol — Beatrice Kyrouz 58 — Freckles — Chet Smolski 59 — Stalking — Kippy Kilpatrick 60 — Lap-lander — Claire Coleman (baby) 61 — Drawing Up to the Table — Delores Giberti 62 — Foggy or Froggy? — Jonnie Sayward 63 — Headgear — Kitty Farley 64 — Beech-nut — Barbs Grows 65 — ril Never be a Beauty — Vern Brooks 66 — The Ears Have It — John Perkins (left) 67 — Her Beau is Backing Her — Pat Fur- Ian 68 — Those Flirty, Flirty Eyes — Alice Cobb 69 — Cues for the Would-be Chorus Girl — Dot Clark 70 — A Perfect Doll — Caroline Johnson 71 — Mr. Churchill. I presume — Jurgle Jur- glewicz 72 — A Flower in the Field — Rose Standish 73 — Bowling — Art Gorrie 74 — An Exciting Prospect — Jeannette Wood 75 — Reduced — Madeline Sisson 76— Rare Bit— Butch Mendall 77 — Right to Laugh — Bruce Surrey 78— Belle of the Bawl— Lennie Lobl ACTIVITIES Faculty LINDSAY J. MARCH. Principnl First vow— Virginia Lcivis. Herbert L. Wilber, Henry E. Battis, Lindsay J. March. Ernest E. Thomas. Lillian M. O ' Neil. Bessie M. Vcazie. Second row— Anna C. Erickson. Sylvia G. Mathe- son. Arline Merrill, Edivard IV. IVhifmore, John E. Ashivorth. Walter G. Hicks. Margaret ERNEST E. THOMAS, Assistant Principal E. Dick. Jack Sturtcvant. Lazcllc Drake. Made- lyn Sturtcvant. Third row— Mary Brier, Luther Churchill. Joscpli Tceling. Harvey B. Scribner, Ruth Annitagc. Margaret H. Ryder Senior Yearbook ANNA C. ERICKSON, Staff Adviser WALTER G. HICKS, Business DOROTHY WILBER, Editor-in-Chief Barbara Grows, Jeanne Mendall, Assistant Editors Jonathan Sayward, Business Manager Oliver Brett, Louise Murphy, Assistant Business Managers Patricia Furlan, Delores Giberti, Chester Ken- nedy, Art Editors Patricia Burnett, John Halahan, Phillip Robert- son, Photography Editors Eleanor Doucette, George McLeod, Sport Editors Dorothy Caswell, Margaret Clark, Alice-Marie March, Faith Williams, Typists First row— Jonathan Sayivard, George McLeod. Barbara Groivs, Dorothy Wilber, Jeanne Men- dall. Phillip Robertson. Chester Kennedy Second row— John Halahan, Delores Giberti, Pa- tricia Furlan, Mr. Hicks, Eleanor Doucette. Patricia Burnett, Faith Williams, Alice-Marie March, Miss Erickson. Louise Murphy, Mar- garet Clark. Oliver Brett Absentee — Dorothy Casn ' cll Walter Sampson Chapter of the Pro Merito Society LILLIAN M. O ' NEIL. Faculty Adviser OLIVER BRETT, ' ice President The Pro Merito Society is the scholastic honor group of the senior class. Membership is attained by an average of eighty-five percent in all sub- jects for four years. First row— Kathleen Farley, Henry Sullivan, Elsie Bartlett. Eleanor Doucette. Louise Murphy, Oliver Brett. Lillian Bonus, Miss O ' Neil, Lil- lian Heleen LOUISE MURPHY, President ELEANOR DOUCETTE, Secretary-Treasurer Second row— Margaret Clark, Esther Edlund, Caroline Johnson, Walter Lezvocsko, John Young, Jeanne Mendall, Dorothy Wilber, Jeanne Glover, Beverly Gay Third row-Eunice Anderson, James Kilpatrick, Edzvard Devlin, William Boucher, Stanley Al- ger, George McLeod, Pearl Chartic- Claire Coleman Absentee : Roger Harris Band LUTHER CHURCHILL, Director BEVERLY SHURTLEFF, Manager ELSIE BARTLETT, Drum Major This year the band, under the able direction of Mr. Churchill, played in the Armistice Day parade and will participate in the regular Memorial Day exercises. The main event of the season will be the band concert at the town hall on M;iy 19. First row — Elsie Bartlett, Charlotte Stcifl, Mar- jorie Moody, Miriam Thompson, Francis Gill, George Wood, John Rice, Henry Sullivan, Don- ald Pierce, Jeanne Carver, Arleen Corayer, Pa- melia Jones, Beverly Shurtleff Second row — Mr. Churchill, Helen Tarr, Jean Hornby, Jeannette Lcighton, William Rose. Charlotte Snow, Jean Bissonnette, Claire Dev- lin, Nancy Kendall, John Halahan, Winona Tessier, Shirley Wriglit. Jean Anderson, Pa- tricia Charbonneau, Mae McBane Third row — Grace Burgess, Jean DeMoranville. Mildred-Claire Riley, Alice Murdoch, Elinor Cassidy, Kenneth Crowell, Stanley Alger, Rich- ard Drake, Evelyn Snow, Margaret Clark, Richard Chaplain, Virginia Alley, Annette Per- kins, Delores Richardson Fourth row — Walter Campbell, Jane Becker, Dor- othy Fozvler, Edgar Gay. Walter Dunbar, James McQuade, Leon Corsini, Phillip Robertson, Oliver Brett, Robert Dyke, William Washburn, William Marra, Watson Baker, Herbert Thomp- son, Donald Wood Fifth row — Kenneth Wilbur. Margaret Burnett, Jeanne Mendall. Donald Mello, Jackson March. Jane Keith, Frederic Perry, Winthrop Win- berg, James Kilpatrick, George McLeod, Fred- erick Souza, Patricia Waitc, Florence Haire, Edzvard Poivell Absentees — Donald Atkins, Meredith Caswell, Doris Clark. Patricia Furlan, Barbara Jones. Alice-Marie March Senior Play JOHN E. ASHWORTH, Dramatic Coach All seventeen members of the cast, under the expert direction of Mr. Ashworth gave excellent performances in the hilarious comedy Best Foot Forward. The play was enthusiastically received by the audience and was enjoyed as well by the talented ones who took part. First row — Pearl Chartier. Stanley Alger. Ches- ter Kennedy, Edzvard Devlin, Alice-Marie March, James Kilpatrick, John Halahan, Jon- athan Sayzvard Second row — Marjoric Quelle, Dorothy Fozvler, Jeanne Mendall, Lennie Lobl, Henry Sullivan. William Boucher, Phillip Robertson, Madeline Sisson Third row — Alice Hairc, Alice Cobb, Patricia Burnett, Dorothy Caszvell, Mr. Ashworth, Charles Guertin, Esther Edlund, Jeannette Wood, Charlotte Bell, Chester Snwlski Sachem MARGARET H. RYDER, LILLIAN M. O ' NEIL, Faculty Advisers JAMES KILPATRICK, Editor-in-Chief The Sachem this year conducted its own sub- scription drive for the first time in many years, and with such success that the stafY was able to sponsor a social free for the subscribers, produce one issue larger than any other since the adop- tion of the present form of publication, and leave a considerable balance in the treasury. First row — Miss Ryder. John Jurgelewicz. Jean- nette Leighton, Chester Kennedy, Jeanne Men- dall. John Halahan. James Kilpatrick. Georgina Alger, Dorothy Wilbcr, Patricia Burnett, Louise Murphy, George McLeod, Miss O ' Neil Second row — Alice Haire, Claire O ' Mclia. Doro- thy Caszvell, Esther Edlund, Clarissa Bennett, Nancy Kendall, Dorothy Fozvler, Janet Fickert, Jane Keith, Jean Maddigan, Lennie Lobl, Bar- bara Grozvs. Evelyn Snow. Margaret Burnett. Claire Begley, Patricia iraife. Jean Dezvhurst. Alvina Joncas, Marilyn Currier Third row — Mae Shing, Anne Begley, Elaine Wil- bur, June Moffett, Isabclle Kennedy, Beverly Shurtleff, Jane Becker, Ethel Sulliz ' an, Beverly Gay, Edzvard Devlin, Richard Drake, Frederic Perry, Jean Bissonnette, Alice-Marie March, Barbara Jones, Miriam Thompson, Charlotte Snozv. Mildred-Claire Rilev, Pamelia Jones, Shirley [acNcill Fourth row — Elizabeth S kahili, Weston Sanford, John Perkins, Roger Tillsoii. John Rice. Her- bert Thompson, L)onald Mills. James McQuade. Phillip Robertson, Charles Jurgclezvicz. William Rose, Robert Maranville, Agnes Alger Student Council PATRICIA BURNETT, President JAMES KILPATRICK, Vice President ALICE-MARIE MARCH, Secretary CLAIRE COLEMAN, LILLIAN HELEEN, Treasurers The Student Council tlirough its committees has contributed to many school activities. It has brought new and different assembHes to the school, instituted Junior High and Freshman socials, formed a Victory Corps committee for war ser- vice, managed school elections, and organized a new point system for regulation of extracurricular activities. First row — iss Merrill. Jean Bissonnette, Claire Coleman, Patricia Burnett, James KHpatrick , Alice-Marie March, Nancy Kendall, Robert Maranville Second row — Helen Martin, Chester Kennedy, James Kenyan, Oliz ' er Brett, IVilliam IVash- burn, John Perkins, Marjorie Quelle Third row — Marilyn Demers, Carol Chaplain, Jackson March, Edmund Caminatt, Stanley Al- ger, John Rice, Eleanor Bell, Alfred Gauthier Absentees — Lillian Heleen, John Jurqeleivic::, Josephine Savard. IVinthrop Winher; Girls ' League NATALIE DEWHURST, ARLINE MERRILL, Faculty Adviser President ETHEL SULLIVAN, Vice President KATHLEEN FARLEY, Secretary The Girls ' League, organized this year by Miss Merrill, has offered a wide program for the girls, including talks of a vocational nature, war services such as making surgical dressings and doing office work at the Red Cross rooms, sponsorship of the afternoon victrola parties, a formal Leap Year dance, a spring fashion show, and the raising of money for war-fund contributions. BARBARA JONES, Treasurer First row — Barbara Jones, Kathleen Farley, Miss Merrill. Natalie Deivhurst, Ethel Sulliinn Second row — Dorothy Foivler. Beverly Shurtleff, Dorothy U ' ilber. Isabel Soii::a. Committee Chair- men Junior Red Cross MADELINE STURTEVANT, Faculty Adviser BEVERLY SHURTLEFF, President NANCY KENDALL, Secretary During the past year the Junior Red Cross has done very good work. At Christmas time the pupils provided boxes of small gifts for the sol- diers. In March they collected scrapbooks, play- ing cards, puzzles, and other such articles, to be sent to service men in the hospitals. The weekly Red Cross collections in the home rooms (up to May) amounted to $186.49. One of the social events of the high school year was the Red Cross Party. First row — Phyllis McLeod. Isabel Sou::a. Nancy Kendall, Mrs. Sturtevant, Beverly Shurtleff. Margaret Burnett, Lennie Lobl, Esther Edlund NATALIE GUILFORD, Vice President MARGARET BURNETT, Treasurer Second row — Alice Shazc, James Cadorettc, Olive Beal, Russell Snowden, Frances Murdoch, Joanne St. Amand, Charles Jurgeletvic::, Phillip Robertson, Nicholas Garafalo. Chester Kennedy. Elaine Wilbur. Henry Morris, Dorothy Davis. Eileen Casey. Anna Cola Absentees — Donald Pierce, Alfred Gauthier, An- thony Belmont, Bertha Huntley, Cleveland Burnham, Natalie Guilford. Edicard Travassos. Peter Becker Stamps and Bonds EDWARD L. SPALDING, Faculty Adviser The stamp and bond collectors have done a great job for the war effort during these past two years, and M. H. S. has won the honor of flying the Minute Man flag. In order to keep this flag flying, at least ninety per cent of the students must purchase stamps or bonds during the course of a month : if ninety per cent is not reached in any month, then the flag pole is minus the Minute Man flag for the succeeding month. Since the flag was put up at M. H. S., there has not been a month that it has been taken down. We pay tribute to the fine co-operation of the pupils and the sponsorship of Mr. Spalding. First row — Gloria Anternoits, Caroline Johnson, Kathleen Farley, Mr. Spalding, Claire Coleman, Madeline Sisson, Doris Taylor, Lillian Bonus Second row — James Cadorettc, Rose-Marie Quig- ley, Helen Perkins, Helen Tarr, Jean DeMor- anville, Nicholas Garafalo, Robert Dyke, Wil- liam Washburn, Charles Jurgeleivicc, Frederic Lincoln, Elaine Wilbur, Jean DcuJiurst, Olive Beal Newswriters ' Club LILLIAN M. O ' NEIL, Faculty Adviser NANCY KENDALL, Assistant Editor The ccilunin of high school news which appears in the Middleboro Gazette each week is written by the members of the Newswriters ' Ciub. This organization gives practical experience to those students who find journalism interesting and who plan to take it up as a life work. First row — Eleanor Douccttc, Barbara Grozvs. A ' ancy Kendall. Miss O ' Neil, George McLeod. GEORGE McLEOD. Editor ELIZABETH SKAHILL, Secretary Elizabeth Skahill. Esther Ediitiid. Leitnic LobI Second row — Euc cnc Kennedy, Miriam T hompson, Marion Angers, John Rice, Edgar Gay, Ian McLure. Walter Dunbar, Roijer Tillson, Geor- gina Alger, Janet Eickert, Jean Maddigan, Kathleen McCarthy. Dorothy Long, Phyllis Green. Isabelle Kennedy Class In order left to right — Class adviser, vice presi- dent, president, secretary, treasurer. First row, Seniors — Mr. Aslnvorth, J ' ernon Brooks. Stanley Alger, Jeanne Mendall, Oliver Brett Second row, Juniors — Mrs. Sturfevant , Ronald Mills, Robert Maranville, Nancy Kendall, Helen Martin Officers Third row, Sophomores — Miss Armitage, James Kenyon, John Rice, Margaret Burnett, Bar- bara Jones. Fourth row, Freshmen — Mr. Scribner. IVilliam Washburn, Alfred Gauthier. Jean Dezvhnrst, Lee Norton Traffic Squad EDWARD WHITMORE, Faculty Adviser CHESTER SMOLSKL HENRY SULLIVAN, Chiefs RICHARD DRAKE, JAMES McQUADE, Deputy Chiefs One of the accomplishments of the trafTic squad this year has been the introduction of the stagger- system lunch period, which alleviates much con- gestion in the lunch room. Besides this extra job, there have been of course the usual 7:55 to 8 :08 A. M. corridor duty, the fire drills, and one air-raid drill. First row — Jonathan Sayzcard, Richard Drake. Chester Sniolski, Henry Sullivan, James Mc- Quade, Phillip Robertson Second row — Alfred Gauthier, Miriam Thompson, Barbara Grozvs, Georgina Alger, Patricia Bur- nett, William Johnson Third row — Charles Guertin, John Jurgeleivicz, Oliver Brett, Stanley Alger, Winthrop li ' inberg, Mr. Whitmorc Fourth row — John Rice, Roger Tillson, Edgar Gay. George McLeod, Robert Pozcers. Donald Atkins Absentees — Richard Chaplain. James Mahonev. Arthur Mitchell Lunch Room CARRIE LUIPPOLD, Dietitian DORIS I. WEEMAN, Assistant Dietition The lunch room was organized almost immed- iately after the opening of the new high school building in 1927. Sandwiches, crackers, milk, and candy bars were sold, and frankfurts on Tuesday. Under the splendid management of Miss Luippold and Mrs. Weeman the lunch room has grown from serving on the average seventy hot lunches each week in 1935, to serving six hundred each week in 1944. Miss Luippold and Mrs. Weeman, with their student helpers, have set a high standard in planned variety of excel- lent food and cheerful service. First row — Faith Williams, Isabel Souaa, Mrs. Weeman, Miss Luippold, Charlotte Bell, Doro- thy Davis Second row — Miss O ' Neil, Ruth Sherman, Bar- bara Buckman, Jeannette Leighton, Georgina Alger, Miss Brier Third row — Alice Shatv, Gloria Anternoits, Char- lotte Snozc, June Moffett, Beverly Gay, Lucille Braley Fourth row — Herbert Thompson, Caroline John- son, Mr. Thomas, David Young, Roger Harris, Manuel Silz ' ia Football HENRY E. BATTIS, Head Coach ROBERT SULLIVAN, Captain Although starting the season with the smallest squad in the history of the school, Coach Rerl Battis put together a winning foothall team. With veterans Art Gorrie and Stan Alger deling the heavy ball-carrying, the Black and Orange racked up five wins against two losses and two ties. First row — Manuel Sik ' ia, Francis Tecs, WiHiaiu Washburn. John Nichols, George IVooJ, David Smarsh, Richard McDonald, Ronald Mills Second row — John Murdoch, H ' inthrop IVinberg, Leon Corsini, Robert Sullivan, Leo Gerrior, Robert Maranville. Albert Iamt ietro JOSEPH TEELING, Assistani Coach RICHARD BRACKETT. Manager Third row — Mr. Battis, Chester Sniolski, Watson Baker, Ralph Spurrier, Kenneth Baker. Stan- ley Alger, Arthur Mitchell, Arthur G( rrie Fourth row — Richard Chaplain. John Cayton, Ed- gar Gay, John Rice. JValter Dunbar. Henry Morris, Charles Griszcold. Eugene McManus Absentees — Mr. Teeling. Vernon Brooks. William Gaudette. Alfred Gauthicr. James Cadore ' tc, Edmund Caminati. Walter Campbell, Francis Corsini. Frederick Johnson. James Mahoucy, Lee Norton, Gordon Oliver, Donald Thayer Boys ' Basketball JOSEPH TEELING, Head Coach HENRY E. BATTIS, Assistant Coach CHESTER SMOLSKI, Captain BRUCE SURREY, GEORGE McLEOD, Co-Managers In his first season as head basketball mentor, with an absolutely green squad. Coach Joe Teel- ing worked patiently and well ; and w hen the curtain rang down early in March, his charges had racked up a not-too-bad record of 7 vic- tories and 10 setbacks. First row — Arthur Mitchell. Ralph Spurrier, John Rice, Chester Smolski, Robert Foivcrs. Joseph Minigcll, J- ' crnon Brooks Second row — Mr. Battis, Winthrop J1 ' i)il erg. Ed- gar Gay. Edmund Caminati. John Murdoch. Norman Duphily. George McLcod. Mr. Teeling Third row — Bruce Surrey, Ernest Butler, Stanley Alger. John Jurgclcivic::, Richard Drake. IVil- liam Rose. Kenneth Baker Absentees — John Cayton. Francis Gill. George Morris Girls ' Hockey EVELYN F. WHITTY, Coach NATALIE DEWHURST, ROSE-ANNE SAVARD, Co-Captains BARBARA GROWS, NATALIE GUILFORD, LENNIE LOBL, ALICE SHAW, Alanagers First row — Beverly Gay. Anna Evanoff . Helen Tarr, Ruth Sherman. Rose-Anne . ' avard. Nata- lie Dezchurst. Jean Bissonnctte. Ethel Sullivan. Georgina Alger. Elizabeth Skahill Second row — Eleanor Bell. Barbara GroKS. Alice Shazv. Barbara Jones, A)inette Perkins, Clare Begley. Elaine Doucette, Marilyn Dcmers. Pa- niclia Jones, Natalie Guilford, Lennie LobI Absentees — Miss Whitty, Eleanor Doucette. Rita Haynes Girls ' Basketball EVELYN F. WHITTY, VIRGINIA LEWIS, Coaches ROSE-ANNE SAVARD, NATALIE DEWHURST, Co-Captains BE ' ERLY GAY, ALICE SHAW, Managers The girls in Orange and Black who wielded hockey sticks had Plymouth for their only op- ponent. With co-captains Rose-Anne Savard and Natalie Dewhurst leading the way, they split even with Plymouth, losing the first and winning the second game. Before being called for service at the head- quarters of the Army Air Forces in Washington, Miss Whitty was able to complete the hockey season. Her capable leadership will be missed next year by all hockey fans. The girls of the basketball team have showed plenty of spirit and co-operation. They appre- ciate the way in which Miss Lewis took over the work of coaching after Miss Whitty had left to do war work. First row — Miriam Thompson. Helen Tarr, Jean- nctte Leighton. Ruth Sherman, Rose-Aiine Sav- ard, Natalie Deichurst, Ethel Sullivan. Geor- gina Alger, Elaine Doucette Second row — Alice Shazv. Jean Maddigan. Jean Bissonnctte. Florence Varney. Phyllis Austin. Patricia IVaite. Barbara Jones. Virginia Lezcis. Clare Begley. Marilyn Demers. Pamelia Jones. Elizabeth Skahill. Joanne St. Amand. Bez ' crlx Gay Absentees — Rita Haynes, Miss Whitty GKADUATION Memorial High Scbool Class of Forty - Four Honor Essays VALEDICTORTAX — DOROTHY WILBER SALUTATORIAX — JAAIES KILPATRTCK Salutatory and Essay JAMES KILPATRICK Superintendent Gushing, members of the School Committee, Principal March, Fac- ulty, Parents, and Friends : We, the class of 1944, welcome you to our graduation exercises, expressing our appreciation and gratitude for your untiring efforts on our behalf ; and we know, as we take our leave, many of us to fight for our country, that we will be fighting to preserve a way of life that you have helped to build. PROPAGANDA Propaganda, says Noah Webster, is a set of ideas which a particular group tries to spread. In a sense the speech of a states- man is propaganda, for he is trying to build confidence in the policies of his gov- ernment. A politician tries to put across the idea that he is the man for the office. His utterances, therefore, whether or not fair and impartial, are propaganda. When nations go to war, they do not miss the op- portunity to shout their grievances and to try to convert the rest of the world to their points of view. They use propaganda to instill in their own people a determination to win, and to promote fear and disorgani- zation in the enemy. Every war is likely to show the impor- tance of some new strategy or unused ]3hase of warfare. The American Givil War, for example, might be characterized by the policy of getting there fustest with the mostest men ; the Spanish-American War brought home to all the world the import- ance of sea power ; World War I saw the innovation of mechanized equipment — tanks, trucks, airplanes. General Marshall has said that in this war morale is to phy- sical force as six is to one, and j ropa- ganda is an important instrument in creat- ing or destroying morale. Ask the Germans, who started this war, on what phase of warfare they would concentrate. The Ger- man General Geyer put it this way: The aim is now, he said, not to destroy the gun, but to paralyze the finger which pulls the trigger. All through the ages great men have shown that they realized the value of publicity and psychological warfare. Julius Caesar is an excellent example of this fact. He saw the importance of morale when his troops were afraid to fight the German tribes. He showed his recognition of it when he spread propaganda among the hostile tribes on the eve of the battle. His famous book itself was a most successful piece of publicity. At the time of the French and the American revolutions the pul)lic was stirred to action by a mass of propaganda by thinkers like Rousseau, Vol- taire. Thomas Paine, and Benjamin Frank- lin. The governments, however, did not understand the use of psyciiological war- fare. Up to that time most wars had been fought by professional armies for the benefit of the ruling nobles. The attitude of the common people was, therefore, less import- ant. Since then the common man has gradually attained more importance, until today it has become an absolute necessity to have the entire country solidly behind any war effort. George Creel, director of our country ' s first attempts at scientific propaganda twenty-five years ago. said : Give me two weeks and the proper machin- ery, and I ' ll change the mind of the Am eri- can public on any given subject. Today tlie public is more accessible than it was then. Improved communication and trans- r)ortation and a conflict primarily of ideo- logies combine to make propaganda as im- ])ortant a weapon as battleships and bomb- ers. It was the enem - who gave ])ro] aganda the prominent place it has in this war. The publishers of TIME and LIFE estimate that in 1942 Germanv spent the equivalent of from $250,000,000 to $500,000,000 on overseas propaganda, the latter figure twen- ty times the amount America was spending to combat it. Michael Sayers and Albert Kahn in their book SABOTAGE name eight different German research bureaus whose Memorial Mi h School Class of Forty - Four chief i)urpose is to study how to ex])loit American ])rejudices for the ]mrpose of (lestroying morale and lessening America ' s war effort. The Office of War Information has prepared a great deal of evidence like its pamphlet, DIVIDE AND CONQUER, to prove that it was Nazi propaganda which weakened most of Europe so that it was easily conquered, and that the present chief l)r()paganda aim of the Axis is to create fric- tion and distrust among the United Nations. Altliough the individual dissenter in Ger- many lias little power to assert himself, it must be remembered that the Nazis were a minority party, which rose to power by using skillful propaganda. The Nazis, since 19v33, have controlled press, radio, theater, and all other public channels of expression. It is the task of American propagandists to send their views into this strictly censored country and multiply the dissenters. Toward this end. shortwave station W R U L in Boston is being built up to greater strength than any other station in the world. The Nazis can no longer drown out the truth from the airwaves. Yankee ingenuity is displayed in the ways our point of view is being made to reach neutral and enemy countries. There is a decided pro-American slant in the col- oring books which are distributed with other- wise unobtainable crayons to South Ameri- can children. Tempting invitations to sur- render have been used with success in Italy. There are propaganda leaflets in the clothes sent to occujjied territory. Propaganda is dro])])ed from planes, shot from guns, and sold in merchandise. At home and abroad America ' s skill in commercial advertising is being used to advertise America. After the victory it will be the tremend- ous task of American i:)ropaganda to edu- cate the Axis populations in the ways of peace and democracy and annul all the psy- chological warfare that the Axis govern- ments have been carrying on for twenty years. There will be the even bigger assign- ment of combatting local interests and na- tional prejudices in order to prepare the world for closer international co-operation, friendship, and prosperity. Because the word projiaganda has been misused by people like Hitler, it has ac- quired an unpleasant sound for many peo- ]:ile ; but propaganda, like any other powerful force, can be used for good, as well as for bad, purposes. It is up to the American peo]:)le to ally themselves with those or- ganizations and interests which are using propaganda to make a better world, a world of freedom of s])eech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Essay and Valedictory DOROTHY WIL.BER PROBLEMS OF POSTWAR TELEVISION A popular new American pastime has been the wishful anticipation of the wonderland that electronics will produce after the war. Magazines are filled with predictions : elec- tronics will cook our food in five minutes, print our newspapers, regulate our heat, answer our telephones. And, of course, there will be television, ready to bring us the world series or the presidential inaug- uration with the turn of a dial. The com- mon belief seems to be that television will appear on three-foot screens over our living room fireplaces just as soon after the war as factories can begin manufacturing equipment. Technically television is ready. Eight months before the war, televised news events were a regular feature of London cinemas : here in America General Electric and R. C. A. had overcome the familiar problem of television ' s short line-of-sight range and had connected Albany, Troy, and Schenectady by a radio relay system. For the duration of the war the civilian radio industry has been suspended ; but research in radio has progressed rapidly under war pressure, and discoveries and improvements that will have a direct bearing on post-w ar television have been made. However, post- war television wmII have certain economic and political problems to surmount before it can become a firmly established industry. The greatest problem of all is the per- fecting of a radio television receiver that will be low enough in cost for the average man to buy. Before the average man can be expected to buy a receiver, however, there must be assurance that there will be tele- vised programs for a receiver to receive. Television needs sponsors. Memorial High School Class o£ Forty - Four An illustration of television ' s economic problems, cited by Fortune magazine, is the attempt of R.C.A. to place television on the market. In 1939 when R.C.A. was giving demonstrations of television at the New York World ' s Fair, the Federal Com- munications Commission recommended a cautious approach to the presenting of tele- vision to the public. The Commission warned against overselling ; television trans- mitters and receivers must be synchronized for the receivers to work, and new develop- ments were likely to make the sets obsolete a few months after their purchase ; there- fore R.C.A. should wait until television could become more standardized. But R. C.A., having invested something like ten million dollars in television, was naturally anxious to begin making profits as soon as possible, and launched on a major selling campaign immediately, neglecting to men- tion to the public that there were as yet only a few hours of televised programs each week. The F.C . promptly acted against R.C.A., and the company ' s competitors applauded the action, accusing R.C.A. of monopoly. The political problems of television do not all stem from Washington. As might be expected, there are financial groups with heavy investments in existing communica- tions who are anxious that television should not upset these investments. There is Hol- lywood : television threatens to revolutionize the movie industry. Hollywood executives look askance at the possibility that free, on- the-spot television may supplant the movie house, even as some looked askance upon the intrusion of talkies ' ' on the silent films. And within radio itself television must con- tend with another recent development, fre- quency modulation. This is a new, high- fidelity, almost static-free radio system, op- erating, unfortunately, in the same ultra- short-wave region that television uses. In general, there are three opinions as to the broadcasting band in which tele- vision should go : those who have done little research and have small investment in tele- vision maintain that it would best be for- gotten for the time, as it will be going nowhere for a long while yet ; those who have great monetary interests in radio as it is today advise that television should not move, as a shift would create delay because of retesting and redesigning ; but the ven- turesome engineers argue that television could and should be moved now into the furthest reaches of the ultra-short-waves, beyond the regular broadcasting bands. The coming of television may be more gradual than optimists would like to be- lieve, but it will come. Its establishment will require cooperation and compromise within the industry, and the investment of millions of dollars. There are those who argue that we do not need television ; but according to their kind twenty years ago, we did not need radio. VALEDICTORY Class of 1944: With these graduation exercises our ac- tivities as a class are nearly at an end. The occasion is doubly significant ; not only does it mark the official close of twelve years ' education in the public schools, but it marks also a last union of our class in its entirety. We shall be widely separated in the months to follow ; many of our number will join the armed services, others will immediately take civilian positions, and still others continue in school. Whatever our futures hold for us, may we profit from the instruction and personal advice of our teachers, who have endeavored to teach us more than facts, to instill in us a curiosity to probe the unknown. 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