Monson Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Monson, MA)

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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

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ixii I I VA.RbITY BASHITBALL FRONT ROW, L fe R I- Ed-3011, R Haggerty, D Dougan, Captain C SZOStk18WiCZ F Bacon, C Pulsford, BACL. ROW- Coach G Strout, J Whalen, H Burbank, M Warren R Jaslnski, W Rex, D Swanson, R Sherman, Manager P Gnsnold J V BASKL 1'BAI.-L FRONT ROW, L to R R Simons, E Foley, P Palmer, Captaln A Clune, J Swenson Green D James BACK ROW Coach S Howell, J Snft, R Wh1te, R Llebe, D Griswold E Carey, Manager R Hall 0 0' ' , ' ' ' 2 o . o . . 0 . 0 I 0 Q 0 . . o o M 9 0' 0 c 0 . o 0 , Rg , 9 9 0 0 Q 0 o , Q 0 n