Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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6 T II E ADDRESS OF WELCOME SASSAMON CLASS DAY Parents, Teachers and Friends: As President t the Class of 1941, I am very happy to welcome you this morning to these our Class Day exercises. At this time when we are assemhled here to take part in one of the last ceremonies of our class as a whole, we wish to express our deepest gratitude to you parents and teachers for your patience and generosity in guiding and directing us so far. e hope that we may reward you by being a credit to you in the years to come. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1941 Twelve years have past, twelve eventful years during which we have been constantly readjusting ourselves to changes and gradually learning how to successfullv combine ' work and play. Now, four days before graduation, which will mark the beginning of that new life, in which we will be free to try our own wings, we pause to look back upon the history of our class. As Sophomores, due to the double session, we were apart from the rest of the school, but were given the privilege of forming a Student Council and Safety Council. This helped to make us feel that we were a unit, that we really belonged. For our officers that year we elected Marjorie Sutherland, President; Jean Culbertson, Vice President; Muriel Church, Secretary; and Marian Cantrel, Treasurer. Our officers had very little opportunity for class organization. We anxiously awaited our Junior year. At the close of the 1939 football season George Barnicle was chosen to lead the team for the coming year. Robert Cole was selected to lead the hockey squad; Ralph Raphael, baseball; and Francis Branagan, track. W ith Spring came the Prom, one of the prettiest social events ever witnessed by Natick High. The grand march was led by our class officers, Ralph Raphael, President; Edith Casavant, Vice President; Muriel Church, Secretary; Marian Cantrel, Treasurer. In our Senior year we welcomed Mr. Woodbury as principal, Mr. Marso, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Carey, and Miss Bradbury as members of our teaching staff. Mr. Cronan came to us each morning from Junior High to teach mechanical drawing. The football team made a wonderful showing. Our Turkey Day Game, unlike previous games, was played December 7, just after a heavy snowfall. We were the victors for the second time in five years. In November when the nation was voting for a candidate for the presi- dency of the United States, we were electing as final officers of the class of 1941: Ralph Raphael, President; John Grady, Vice President; Jean McGrath, Secretary; and Alfred Saviano, Treasurer. Assailed by an epidemic in December of our Senior year we were handicapped in many ways. Our football dance was cancelled entirely and basketball games were postponed. In spite of this turn of fate we survived to return to our usual routine. In February, Natick High School was host to

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THE S A S S A M O N 5 CLASS DAY PROGRAMME GRADUATION PROGRAMME Processional, Pomp and Chivalry Roberts High School Orchestra Address of Welcome Ralph Donat Raphael Selections, Days of Youth Fenstad Ride Out on Wings of Song Berwald Senior Chorus History Virginia Elaine Ramsdell Class Poem Gerard Thomas Martin Class Song Class of 1941 Francis Doran Class Will Virginia Marie Simonetta Presentation of Class Gift Ralph Donat Raphael Awarding of National Honor Society Emblems E. Davis Woodburv Principal, Natick High School Presentation of Athletic Award Harry J. Kane President, Natick Schoolmen ' s Club Presentation of Good Citizenship Award Miss Ethel Lane Hersey State Regent Daughters of the American Revolution Awarding of Anna F. Goodnow Scholarship Mrs. Alice Woods Moore President of Natick Woman ' s Club Alma Mater Lucile Nichols ' 26 Class of 1941 Recessional, Festival March . . Mendelssohn High School Orchestra Melvin Freedman, 1942, Marshal Processional, Pomp and Chivalry ' - . . Roberts High School Orchestra Invocation Reverend James F. Cassidy .Address of Welcome Ralph Ronat Raphael President of Class of 1941 Instrumental Duet, Miserere Verdi Robert William Beale Thomas Francis Casey Lssay, Woman! The Hope of Humanity Elsie May Hussey Selections, Days of Youth Fenstad Ride Out on Wings of Song Berwald Senior Chorus Farewell Address Jean Alice Culbertson President of Honor Society Selections, My Redeemer and My Lord . . Buck Serenade Schubert Senior Chorus Address Hon. David I. Walsh, U. S. Senator from Mass. Presentation of Diplomas Harold H. Johnson Chairman of School Committee Alma Mater Lucile Nichols ' 26 Class of 1941 Recessional, Festival March . . Mendelssohn Melvin Freedman, 1942, Marshal

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THE SASSAMON 7 the Bath, Maine, basketball team. Natick won by one point and new friends were won by some Natick girls. A record breaking attendance witnessed the big event of this year, Young April, presented at the Coolidge Junior High School, April 18 We are grateful to all the teachers and members of the class who worked so hard to make it a great success both financially and socially. Mr. Higgins and the cast are to be commended for a splendid performance. This year due to the serious trend of events and unlimited opportunities offered to boys, many have entered military service. Among those in Natick High whom we are proud to list in Uncle Sam ' s forces are: Ramon Talvy, Lloyd Robertson, Lawrence Gerrity, Edward Stevens, James Niles, and Richard Brennan. Marian Cantrel, following in the footsteps of her sister, was chosen to represent the Natick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the State conference. The Senior Reception to be held June 13 will be our last social function. Then, with graduation and that precious diploma, we will enter a new sphere of life, justly confident that Natick High has given us the greatest possible training in those principles which should make us intelligent and appreciative citizens in our democratic society. Virginia Ramsdell CLASS WILL We, the class of 1941 of the Natick High School, being in the eyes of ourselves possessed with great physical and mental capacities and the consideration of the welfare of this gathering, do therefore truly and lawfully make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, and request that it be carried out to its very last word ' , without any legal entangle- ments. To Mr. Woodbury, we leave a new, spacious, and well-equipped high school with a map and compass in order that he may find his way about; and we also wish him every success in the coming years. To the faculty we leave our whole-hearted thanks for their helpful advice during our three years in high school. To the Juniors we leave our high positions as seniors, and we hope that with the help of the new high school they will cherish our Alma Mater as much as we did. To the sophomores we bequeath our sympathy in the loss of us, their upper classmen, with the hope that other classes will seem more close to them than we have. To Miss Bradbury we leave the memories of a class which enjoved all work done for our benefit. To Mr. Andrews we leave our best wishes for a successful basketball season and a chance for the Bay State Title and perhaps the Tech Tourney. To Mr. May we leave our thanks for his fine work at our assemblies and other exercises during the year. To Miss Nutt we leave our best wishes and sincere thanks for her friendly advice to this outstanding class of 1941. To Mr. McManus we leave the Public Speaking Classes with the hope that he will again present interesting assemblies.