Monson Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Monson, MA)

Page 117 text:

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN Tne openlng day of school brought nearly lOO Lellows together ln the Holmbrook dlnlng hall for thelr flrst ionson meal of the fall seme ter Meatloaf The Junlor Varslty football Team vlrtually slaughtered all oppos1t1on 1n recordlng an undefeated and untled season Tne Varslty Hockey Club gourneyed to tllnton, New York, to partlclpate ln a preparatory school hockey tournament sponsored by Hamilton College The members of the Varslty Bootball Team, after a very successful season, dunked Coach Strout, the managers and one of the captains 1n a sw1m 1ng pool adgacent to the new fleld The new atnletlc fleld was dedlcated on Parents' Day oefore qulte large crowd That day found the Varslty Football Team w1nn1ng a thrlller over Wllllston Academy lu 13, to start the ileld oif ln the proper manner The annual wlnter term dance was held 1n the school gym, and a nlsht of good danclng and dellclous refreshments were engoyed by all The Academy was quarantlned for one entlre week due to a sllght case of bcarlet Fever The Academ Masquer presented three very flne one a t plays 1n the Monson iown Hall lhe plays, Uln the Zone,n Curse the V1lla1n 15 Fblled and WDress ReversalQ'were expertly produced by the school's f1H6St actors The fast and furlous lntramural games were staged 1n the school gym liter several rounds of thrllllng basketball, the Morrls Maulers defeated the Cushman Comedlans for the Academy Chamolonshlp The Var 1ty Soccer Team, after an up and down season, came through w1th 6XCltlHg V1CtOT16S ln thelr two flnal games of the year and over strong college freshmen clubs! Charlie Szostklewacz non the school's annual P1ng Pong Tournament to become the top table tennls man in the Academy The Junlor Varslty Basketball Leam rolled through nlne stralght games without a defeat to give Monson one of the flrst undefeated basket- ball teams 1n a good many years The Varslty Basketball Club looked ln t1p-top form by dumolng a good Wllllston F1ve 58-31 D1x1e Dougan hooped 22 polnts to set the 1nd1v1dual scorlng mark for the season on that day A small but mlghty group of fellows got together and formed a Utremendousn wrestllng team The annual school p1CnlC was held at Crystal Lake, and everyone was treated to a day of fun and relaxatlon na. -quo? . . v Q Q e - o . . . . w ' a -1. n L' 9 ons o . . ,., . . . . - . Q . . -- , . 1 . . . . . - . , I ' NV Q - - . . O - . . . , - . a . . . . . Y I . . 1 ,. - 1 . - , . . Q . O . . . . . 0 . . . u - Q S -C H ,. , 6 . . . . H 0 A 0 . - Q I . . . O 0 , . . . 4 , . . . L 0 S . . . . . . . . 57 - - . . . , A - . 0 1 ' ' nv ' ' . . 0 . . . . 1 A .. . . . . . 0 . . . . o . . o . . - 0 0

Page 119 text:

AND D0 YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU had to get up before the entlre student body and faculty and dellver a three-minute, unprepared talk on some worthy subgect YOU gazed at your bn. weekly marks, whlch were posted on the b1iLl.et1n board in the bchool Bu1ldJ.ng, with awe, fear and amazement YOU YOU extra long YOU ate turkey and everythlng nice at the annual school banquets thought up extra-spec1a1 excuses so that we might enjoy an or short weekend had house and bounds or Nearly stuchrn or Saturday restrictmns or even a little extra work to do when you were a 'fbad boy YOU wav ted on tables and hoped that they would change darn qulck YOU walted at home over vacation w1th conslderable anxlety for those dreaded term marks to come through YOU hlked what seemed like twenty mlles to practlse on Sul11van's Field, or ollmbed the mountaln to the slte of the new fleld YOU graduated on May 28, 1950 All of these thlngs are Just llttle remlnders of what you, the Class of 1950, dld at Monson Academy during th1s past school year OOOCOIIIO? O 1 O C O ll ll ' O ' ' ll 1 I I O O O 2 '. I. y. Ji .