Monson Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Monson, MA)

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THE J V BASKETBALL TEAM The Junlor varslty Basketball comblre wound up tne regular season undefeated, w1th the lmpresslve record of nlne wlns agalnst no setbacks Coach san nowell molded together a strong qulntet composed of Bob Green nan James, EQ Foley, Jael bwenson and Art 'lune Vlrtually ro1l1ng over all opposltlon, the J V Basketeers comblned a fast break, flne set- SHOOtlHb and plenty of nelght to plle up 352 po nts, as agalnst 280 ior thelr opponent nlgh scorers ior thls powerhouse were Bob Green and Dan James who garnered 88 and 86 polnts respectlvely Ed Foley and Jack bwenson were also reatly responslble for the tean's scorlng punch H0Op1Dg lO8 dlglts between them Much of the credlt must also be glven to Mr Hovell who inaugurated hls flr t season as a basketball coach ln the proper fashlon THE J J V BADKETBALL TEAM engoyment and, although they were unable to wln any of thelr games many valuable polnters were plcked up by everyone on the club Aldlng the younger fellow' on tue pollshed courts were a group of older boys who comblned fO0tOall and basketball every aiternoon at 2 35 THE CRODS COUNTRY TLAL The Academy harrlers, captalned by Bob Carpenter and sparked by Ray Pauze and John Voods, gave a flne account of thenselve 1n all of thelr meets Although they never took wlnners' laurels, thls group, coached by L R. Howell, galned excellent experlence and ran second to none ln thelr abundance of Splrlt THE HOCKEY TEAM The Hockey Team, led by the versatlle Rlch Golden, engoyed a successiul season even though the lack of 1ce caused a number of games to be w1ped off the schedule Under the au plces of ooach Bus Reed, the puckmen Journeyed to QllDtOH, Nev York, to take part 1n the preparatory school hockey tournament sponsored by Hamllton tollege W.ll1ston was readlly defeated by the Monsonites, but two successlve defeats at the hands of Nestmlnster and Mt Herman schools put the team 1n a tle for thlrd place honors Sharlng the spotllght wlth Golden were Blll Mack and Jav LaGasse, who carrled the offenslve burden, wnlle Henry Paszko, Jerry McGarte and Andy Townend were the key men on the defense. 0 0 ' : X A ' A 1 . .... . . , . ,,. I ' ' ,f ' x . A 4 J , 1 4. I I u g . . . . A .V . I. . 7 . . A . A i . . . S, 0 h : l L ' , . . . X 1 5 f - . s .I . . , ' . . . I . . S . O O O I I , The Junior School Basketball Team played the game strictly for ,, Q I o ' ' ' 'z J. . 1 . . J , 2 ' ' . S ' ' . . W . . . . . O L , 1 . . . . . . S . , . , . I . . , 2 . ,Q ,H I , , If ' ' I , O 5 .

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THE VARSITY BADKETBALL TEAM The Varslty hoop Hen encountered a rough schedule thls past year, w1th several strong college Frosh teams llsted as thelr opponents Nlth the start1ng f1ve, conslstlng of Uougan and bZOStk16W1CZ at the guard berth Pulsford at center, and Edson and Bacon at the forward posts, the Monsonltes were a pollshed group of ball handlers At tlmes thelr shootlng eye was off but never dld thl lub stop trylng The flnal record for the season was elght w1ns agalnst ten setbacks V1CtOP19S were recorded over nllbraham Worcester, St0CkbPld59, School of Pharmacy, Cush1ng and u1ll1ston, whlle a palr of w1n were racked up agalnst the at Thomas hoopster Leadlng the scorlng column for the Monson F1ve thls season was B111 Edson, who ablf hooped up a total of 157 polnts ne was followed 1n the bCOT1Hg department by Charlle bZOStkl9WlCZ who posted l3b markers on the boards chuck Pulsford helped hlmself to ll8 polnts, whale Fisk Bacon and ulxle Uougan were also rlppllng the strlngs, contrlbutlng lll and 105 polnts over the season' play No matter hat the record, however, everyone on the btrout-coached team galned valuable experlence, whlch w1ll probably be put to good use ln the future RIFLL CLUB Phe Academy sharpshooters emerged from thelr Range 1h the basement of Cushman hall upon hearlng that sprlng had arrlved lhey reported that the ln varlous Department Among W Langdon Postal matches sponsored by the Natlonal Rlfle Assoclatlon, the of Defense and the Hearst newspapers the leadlng scorers were w Johnson, J Abbott, R Carpenter and R Cnapman PHE MONSOA ACADEMY GL CLUB The Academy ulee Club, dlrected by oeor e L Roger and Douglas R F Borlen, held several excellent concerts thls past year Ionday evenlngs after supper were espec ally re erved for the Acadeng vocallsts, and, w1tb Mr Poser at the plano and hr Borlen dlrectlng, the fellows would slng a serles of college songs, followed by the harmon zlng of some popular tune All who partlclpated ln thls flne club engoyed themselves thoroughly, and the5 w1ll certalnly be experlenced vocallsts, worthy of ang college glee club YLARBOOK COIiITlEh The Yearbook uommlttee declded to produ e a dlfferent type of book thlS year, Wl h the empHaSlS on more plcture and WT1tt6W materlal The staff hopes that all who read thls Yearbook w1ll flnd lt a i1tt1n re mlnder of the Class of 1950 . . V D .. M . 1 . ,,. . . , . . S, . 1 a q. . . . . ..S C . . . . . I . Lg. . . Hp , . 7 . K,. . . . . S L . , . S. 3 Y . . . . 1 . . . . , . . S 0 . I ,A r . . 1 ' O, ' ' ' . 1 1 ' club fired two shoulder-to-shoulder matches with Wilbraham and participated . A I O 0 , O O A O ' , ' ' L EE A A . A g H a S o 9 . . , . 0 XV i 1 fs u f ' ' . . . , g s s' J . ' ' ' . Y i , . L. . . . . . V A , I . . . Q . r O 1 fl I 1 vm V - ' . - 1 C . ' ' 1 . A . S . A A . O + , A . . . . .. . 3 - . I