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

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S C H0 L A fiS HIPS MARY GLENNIE Methodist Youth Fellowship Scholarship PAULA COATES Trinitarian Church School Scholarship ROBIN MUNROE V.F.W. Auxiliary and Post 2104 Business Education Scholarship St. Anselm’s College Scholarship MARY PHELAN Local 2917 United Steel Workers of America Scholarship VICTOR BATTAGLIOLI University of New Hampshire Scholarship CHARLES MATTRAW Rollins College Scholarship

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FRESHMAN YEAR One of the most significant days, in our four years of high school, was Septem¬ ber 5, 1954. This bright morning was the first day of high school for the conven¬ tionally baffled freshmen, and the first school day at the beautiful, new North And¬ over High School, within whose four walls we were to spend many memorable and fruitful hours. Our first dabble” in politics was the election of class officers. As president, we selected Mike Greenler. The office of vice-president was filled by John Minihan, and Carole Parker was our first secretary-treasurer. October 31, 1954, was the date. The occasion was the dedication of our million and a half dollar high school building. Karin Roebuck, a freshman, took part in the services. Our first social event of the year was the freshman-senior dance which was held on November 5. The money obtained from this dance was the first to be de¬ posited in our newly formed treasury, and it helped us break the ice” with the upper classmen. Two faculty members were also enjoying their freshman year at North And¬ over. They were Mr. Howard Crozier, coach of our football and track teams, and Mr. William Larochelle, basketball and baseball coach. Through their untiring work our teams have achieved many victories. The annual Brooks-North Andover Scholarships were awarded to John Pickles and Charles Warchol, as a result of their superior achievements in the competitive examination. Karin Roebuck won first prize in the annual Annie L. Sargent Memorial Speak¬ ing Contest, and Carole Parker placed second. As freshmen we enjoyed many interesting assemblies, including a House of Wax” program presented by General Electric, a talent show, a one-act play entitled Buried Treasure,” a science assembly, and a Christmas pageant. The school play, entitled The Goose Hangs High,” featured one freshman member, Karin Roebuck, who represented us well. Thus, we climaxed our freshman year. SOPHOMORE YEAR It seemed that the summer days fled with exceeding rapidity, and again we were students — a little older and wiser as sophomores. Our first duty as sophomores w as to elect class officers. John Minihan was elected to the presidency and Andy Zigelis to the vice-presidency. Janet Drummey was chosen as secretary-treasurer. As sophomores, we were thrilled by our 12-0 football victory over Methuen. This year our basketball team really gained recognition by traveling to the Boston Garden to play in the semi-finals of the Tech Tourney. Robin Munroe emerged as high scorer for the season. Three additions to our school faculty this year included James McDonald, teacher of speech, English, and world history; Thomas Powers, teacher of history, civics, and English; and Joseph Lynch, teacher of algebra, plane geometry, and general science. This year we enjoyed many educational, as well as entertaining, assemblies, one of which was presented by James Titus, a singer of spirituals and a story teller. Claire Oskar won third prize in the Annie L. Sargent Speaking Contest this year. We were very proud of the four members of our class who were inducted into the National Honor Society. The new members were Claire Oskar, Priscilla Watts, Karin Roebuck and James Valliere. The annual school play, Man of Seventeen,” was a big success. The sophomores who helped to make it so were Carole Parker, Mary Phelan, Karin Roebuck, James Valliere, Richard Lange, and Ben Ventura. School days swiftly passed; fall faded into winter, winter into spring, and then we were out for the summer vacation. JUNIOR YEAR We returned in the fall of 1955 as upperclassmen, for this was our junior year. Because of their outstanding work for our class we re-elected John Minihan