Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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. . • c. ■r 5 7 : ■ CLASS HISTORY J . In September 1971 the Class of 1974 entered Natick High School and like so many classes before it, for the first few weeks became hopelessly lost in the almost endlessJriaie of corridors that make up the however a Sophomore learned that if he had a common human malady the nurse ' s office offered no relief and if he had a common human urge the locked lavatories offered no relief either. We eventually became hardened to teachers’ demands for passes, librarians’ demands for silence, and class officers’demands for dues! - — , ]TIf Iff-Our years of walking the halls of Natick High School brought forth some latent talents that most of us weren’t aware we possessed; expertise in penmanship that .-;.a ..... •.. ... r.. J........ j 3 , ... - 7 • ...... : ..n r ch culminated in a magnificent display of handwriting on the Senior Lounge wall, inventing a new card game, 7Z© J whist” which became necessary after Mr. Sticklor confiscated the other half of the deck, and all the exercise we missed from skipping gym was made up by the nting we did past hall monitors! Naturally we spent a good amount of our= time at NHS on academics and not without just reward. What Mr’ Hennigar’s highly statistical speech at last year’s 9 W ; ■ a o , ... . 1 . . ....... . . . .a, . A a . idr Sbciety induction ceremony boiled down to, was that the Class of 74’ had a higher percentage of its students selected as members of that very elite group a-.any other claS has had in the annals of Natick High history. feffe =• J| s|gHjL - . fhere were individual honors as well. Peter Biagetti, jay Golan. Gary Guarino, Susan Kruger, Debbie Paquettefand Mary Young were all chosen as National Merit afists. Andrea Armour was recognized with honor by the Westinghouse Talent Search for her project on luminescece. Susan Kruger won first place at our own 1 . nee fair and Paul Urbanek placed first in the South Shore Regional Science Fair at Bridgewater State with his project on surface tension. During our junior Year ■Wh i i .. . — r . a . ... kAM I 1 Ml toM« I Mk A V aJ ... 1 |. V 4 y ' v 1 . AA m lA. 4 ■ 4 L% rv ma 4 k IrA m. I L .m. a Lni K . k J aa a a a. a aA. 1. a -- 4 La a aa yv l . a A A A A aa aa a a a a 4 .a . aA 4 a l a a a . a a-a 4 AV a aV a. A. 4 . aa • « 1A yv 4 • I . 4 k 4 4 4 I y . I A 4 aV % A « i y-v 4 t k y to Doran placed in the top one percent in the National Spanish Examination thereby ... • . . r- . . . • . ... r. ..... ... Deidre Doran placed in the top one percent in the National Spanish Examination thereby winning a trip to Mexico to continue her study of the language over the summer and this year Linda Fournier won a national prize in the Spanish IV competition. at a % Susan Geissler had the unusual distinction of winning, for two years in a row, the V.F.W. Voice of Democracy” contest, and continuing on to regional . - ' S 7 s 7 :. ' 7- : 7 ■ -■77 ■ -.H. £ » 7 , competition. Other prize winners included Lisa Alintuck, who won the art contest for the cover of the town report, Susan Kruger, who won a trip to Belgium in a ■■ y;1:; -7 g t;7 -V. ' ••• .777 7 ft ' ! • : , : j| I 7 . | L . • ' £ ;7 ' creative writing competition and the Wheaton Club of Wellesley prize book, jay Golan who won the Harvard prize book, john Hahn who was selected as 1 trombonist for the All-State Orchestra, and David Champion who was selected by the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra to travel as a member to Colombia, South America. This year, a number of Rotary Club Work Awards were given to seniors Richard Martin, Chris Dirienzo, Harold Gurney, Steven Arena, Daivid Cowern, Susan Chouinard, and Robert Carroll. The john Hancock Outstanding Business Students for this year are Sue Tatten and Betsy Hutchins and the Lester-Hill Corporation Employee of the Year is Gabriella Smith. | 3 ;s7 Our learning came not only from books, but from the people around the school as well. We were fortunate this year to have an exchange teacher from England, Mr. Gilkes7 tnd two A.F.S. students, Kelly Ntagozera from Uganda, and Scott Wetzel from Oregon, all of whom brought touches of their own cultures to the high school. 7 ; : 77-Iff -;7 :§s ' - 7 ' T S; - ; Even fhougha many of us spent almost as much time playing athletics as we did studying, our sports teams were not quite as successful as our students were academically. MVP Chip Child led the soccer team to its traditionally mediocre record. Then the hockey team, led by Dave Yancey as MVP and jim Duffy as a Bay iSfate Leagues All-Star, won one game and finished last. With almost undefeated MVP Steve Nicholson, the wrestling team decided not to show up the hockey team’s record and also finished last. 1 o complete the triple crown and to display that what most coaches like is consistency the gymnastics team also occupied last place m mBHp 18 sl i!ha 1- , : ' m i gymnastics team, led by MVP Sue Chouinard, the girls! tennis team, captained by MVP Andrea Armour, and the girls’ basketball, softball, and field .. LI A ll -II ' .1 Al i it • ■III 1 , , , c m , , . | » KV A V I I 4’ 7 ’-a iNk kAA jMlv: M IS k i-I » at . J AA k.AA ’ AA 4 Akj M . • A • A A a «M A « AA .A A.A4 to A AW 4 4 Im aa- Sa. a A I aI ▲ —. uA A A. ' S i w A ' A --a. --M a - - 1- - 5 7 . —. — .J a W I - a. a a ma.a.aa 4. I aa a a I a. a X. a a a . X. - - -» A A A A A. A aA.aaSSa 1 il Ia AW 4A llk ' lJll nM. A k • AA amJ hockey teams all succeeded in not showing up any of the boys’ teams wonderful . . . . 7-777 . . ' a 7 : 7 b -.. records. There were though, a few teams, especially the cheerleadiig squad captained by Tricia Breen and Joanne Indelicato, that did represent Natick with winning records Led by Tricia Breen, who was chosen as the leading supporter of . sports at NHS, the cheerleaders placed first in the Bay State League Tournament. The boys’ basketball team, led by captain Ron Davids who was chosen as the . 7 .. - . 7»7|;: ii fail . Outstanding Sportsman of the Team, and All-Star Chip Child, reached the finals of the Bay State Tourney. Football’s MVP and All-Star john Collier, and All-Stars Dan McSweeney and Chris Pallotta along with outdoor track MVP Dave Yancey, led their respective teams to the best two records at NHS this year. The baseball team, with pitcher Tom Sullivan as MVP, ended with a well-earned 10-8 record in a tough Bay State League. The boys tennis team, with the second best record in its history, and led by MVP Neal Rockowitz, made the state tournament for the third consecutive year. A much improved golf team also finished high in the league, led by captain and MVP Al Comeau, and finally outstanding skater, Paula Ziegler reached the Ne s England Regional Finals in figure skating competition. .... A mM. to the Catholic nationals in New Orleans, while Susan Geissler earned a trip to the. Forensic League Nationals in Dallas, Texas :77 ; : ' : :..:k : s.77-; ;• 7 ' :7?.. . K •V A M t m .4 • Vt ’ ■ 4 ■ to aa to ■ to A 4 A to to to to to Our class has also been active in dramatics. In our Sophomore year Stephanie Cochran starred Brigadoon” and a number of us participated in Fiddler on the ° ; : : ■ , and Pam Brown. Trojan Women” again featured Steohanie ol play Dames at Sea” starring Cindy Cobb. The Senior Class Carousel and Wondering ‘72 fe fM