North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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CLASS On a bright September morning, a group of timid freshmen noisily took their places in Stevens Hall. Mr. Hayes broke the ice and introduced us to our new Alina Mater. Then we were on our own. It was hard at first, getting acquainted with all our new teachers and knowing which room was which; more than one of us walked into a senior class, much to our embarrassment and their great amusement. We added a touch of “Americanism” to school by electing our first class officers: Tony Galvagna, Jane Broderick and Ellen Driscoll filled the positions very capably as president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. As another new measure “Bank Day” was started, so the pupils would develop responsible qualities and retain them as citizens. A host of kind teachers helped us along that year. Miss Pierce introduced us to Shakespeare—“Et tu Brute!” Miss Fitzgerald will ' song be remembered for the walks she took with her gym divisions. All of us came back from most of them with our hands filled with wild flowers for Miss Chapman and her flower list. Latin, civics, math, and all the other subjects took on new aspects as we plunged ahead. A new student came to us from Stoneham—guess who? Eddie Saul of course, who continued to brighten our ranks with his many quips. Bemember “I’m glad”? Our first assembly was given by Mrs. Aretta Watts (no relation to Babs), who gave an interesting and instructive program on the rising field of plastics. Of course you remember the dance instructions we had every Thursday. Oh—our toes!! But all of us certainly enjoyed our dances—we really were so-oo graceful. The days swiftly passed; fall faded into winter, then winter into spring, then the “last” day and oh, joy of joys, “no more school.” It seemed that the summer days fled with exceeding rapidity, and again we were students. This year wqs different though—a little older and a little wiser were we sophomores. There was a big faculty turnover this year: Miss Holz came to replace Miss Fitzgerald; Miss Mooradkanian took over Miss Pierce’s position; the proof of the many geometric theorems was taken over by Mr. Finneran and Miss Bascom left for a new position; Mr. Mosher filled the position left by Miss James and Miss Marino took Miss Murphy’s place in managing the caf. This was the year that some of the senior girls attempted to have a driver- education course in our curriculum. Mr. Fanning and Mr. O’Day, who came from the Registry of Motor Vehicles, showed an interesting film on “Safe Driving.” All of us appreciated and enjoyed this very much but, unfortunately nothing came of it. The Student Council inaugurated plans for recess activities. This was an excellent achievement for S.C.;it lias helped brighten recess, and make it more enjoyable. This year, Mike Schiepers was president of the class. Jane Broderick and Ellen Driscoll were re-elected to their former positions. The school assembled to hear Mr. Truman take the presidential oath of office on January 2. A month later we viewed a marionette show given by Mrs. Dorothy Rankin and sponsored by the Art Club. The days passed so much more rapidly than our freshman year; this time we didn’t want our vacation—well, for the first few weeks it was fun, but after that we were longing for school. We certainly missed it. We returned to school that September as upperclassmen—for this was our junior year. Our officers for the year were Paul Driscoll, president; Jane Broderick, vice-president; and Joan Nery, secretary-treasurer. After much competition and heated controversy, class rings were selected, much to the chagrin of the boys, who were more impressed by the “flashy” ones, while