Norwood High School - Tiot Yearbook (Norwood, MA)

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JUNIOR PROM FEBRUARY 16.1948

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CLASS OFFICERS AS JUNIORS Standing {left to right): Williamson, Ivatts, Pierpont, Turner, Fisher, Assim Seated: Poce (President) gold min€fss The beginning of another school year found us firmly entrenched in our new-found dignity as Juniors. Not to be remiss in our duty, we turned our attention, first of all, to another group of minors, the Class of 1950, misguiding them with all the zest taught us by our predecessors. Something new was added to our class this year in the person of Pluto, the crow — Kenny Halstead ' s pet — which, not to be outdone by Mary ' s little lamb, followed him to school each day and, to boot, showed a sur- prising yen for athletics by his attendance at all the local football games. With a new set of officers chosen: John Poce, president; Charlie Fisher, vice-president; Betty Pierpont, secretary; Margie Williamson and Bob Ivatts, treasurers; and Sally Assim and Arthur Turner, A. A. Council representa- tives, our activities for the year got under way. Our list of distinguished persons began to lengthen. In addition to our conttibutions to the sports world of last year who still con- tinued to be big names to contend with in athletics, we were beginning to branch out in other fields. Earle Legge represented us at a meeting of the New England Student Govern- ment Associarion at Milton Academy. To Paul Nichols went second honors in the Cham- ber of Commerce Essay Contest. In addition Arthur Vietze was named to the Bay State All- Star Hockey Team. Other celebs were Dotty McComb and Diane Weisul who made their radio premieres on the New England Junior Town Meeting of the Air. February brought the date of the most important event on our social calendar, our Junior Prom; and along with it came six-foot drifts of snow. Undaunted, we dug our way toward the school with real vigor, and were rewarded for our efforts when we stepped into a garden of roses and danced to the strains of Vin Pierce ' s music. Spring literally came along with a song that year, as the corridors echoed with voices of Prof. Dethier ' s newly-formed Boys ' Glee Club. Businesslike sounds ema- nated from another room as the Debating Club argued the pros and cons of timely topics. May found some of us with bad cases of spring-fever, while others were completely up in the air, striving for pilots ' licenses at the local airport. In the interlude that pteceded the term tests, another highlight of the year took place — Norwood Night at Pops in Symphony Hall. Not too long afterwards, as all good things must, another happy year drew to a close. Now came the time for our hail and farewell to the Seniors; so we set about pre- paring for Class Day, a day that will always be one of our happy memories.

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS (Left to right): Eklund, Gulla, Pierpont, Fisher, Turner, Davis, Ippoliti GOLD PflnnCRS Our return to school in the fall of 1948 for our Senior year began on a note of sadness, for during the summet we had lost, by death, one of our most able and energetic teachers, Miss Margaret Nicholson. Miss Nicholson ' s classes remain in our minds as a bright inter- lude in the daily routine. Hers was the happy faculty of being able to translate study into pleasure, and thus did she build her own memorial in the fact that she lives in the hearts of us all. Several other changes in the faculty of the English Department marked the early part of this year. Miss Elizabeth James, who en- deared herself to all who came into contact with her as head of the English Department, retired after twenty-five years of inestimable service. Miss Elizabeth O ' Sullivan was made head of this department. Miss Catherine Cole- man joined the staff and has proven indispens- able as a dramatic coach. Mr. John J. Flaherty succeeded Miss Nicholson, and also took charge of the Hilltop Highlights. As the fall season got underway, we re- solved to make this a boom year. With this in mind we chose Charlie Fisher as our leader; his assistant, Arthur Turner; our scribe, Betty Pierpont; comptrollers, Anna Ippoliti and Everett Davis; and A. A. representatives, Shir- ley Eklund and Arthur Gulla. Determined to strive for pay dirt in every field of endeavor, we buried ourselves in our books — for all of two weeks. Then began a whirlwind of activity. With Pete Lasinskas and Al Butters as co-captains, the football season got off to a good start, to finish on Thanksgiving with a record number of victories, and a new hero, Arthur Gulla, who made the All- Star team for the year. The yearbook staff published six football program issues which were in reality miniature newspapers and the money earned became the nucleus of the yearbook treasury. During this season, too, two of our brave knights, Paul LeBlanc and Tommy Collins, invaded the cheerleader field which for some years had been a No Man ' s Land. The donation by Sansone Motors of a Plymouth car with dual controls to be used to instruct our youth in the proper manipulation of a motor vehicle on the highway was the most startling innovation of the year. This {18}