Pembroke Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pembroke, NH)

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Welch with 90, The team scored 483 points to the opponents 435. We scored double victories over Hillsborough. Goffstown, Pittsfield, and Warner and took one each from .Raymond and Penacook. High points of the season were 40-26, 46-25, and 37-8 victories over Warner, Pittsfield and Pi'ttsfi.eld,respectively. Captains this year were Weloh,and Gile after Welch left. 0ur stellar players were Beal in the backcourt and Gile in the forecourt. They were ablyaaded by Co1by,Williamson, Wells, Ohickering, Fife, Bailey, and Welch, The baseball team this year has been successful so far,' boating Goffetnwn, 6wO, Pittsfield, 19-O, and losing to v V ' Pinkerton, 4-12. In the Goffstom game our stellar moundsman, Roy Sabean, checked Goffstown with 3 hits, while Nutter and Paskowski led the hitting attacks, the former driving in 3 runs and the latter getting 5 hits. In the Pinkerton game, we succumbed to a good hitting attack but are confident of beating the score next time. At Pitts- field a quiet slaughter was at Pittsfieldis expense, as conducted Pembroloe bettered its batting average bygetting 17 hits. The leading hitter so far is Wells with a .462 batting mark, closely followed by Paskowski and Nutter. Charles Whittemore fu s 4 e o e SERVICEMEN We feel very proud that our class should have so ma.ny boys who have Join- ed the service of Uncle Sam, Although some of them could have waited to be drafted, they were anxious to do their part in this world turmoil. Gerald Gagne left for the Navy in his Junior year, Later that year Rudolphe Duford Joined the Armys Willard Hayden Join- ed the Marines last falls This year we lost our class pres- ident, Jack Colby, UsS.M.C.g Bill Ed- ENTRAN-QQ Q13 EXIT For three long torturing weeks I had known what was coming, but no matter how long I would have had to wait, I would have 'never succeeded in imagining the terrifying truth. 'A Scholastic Aptitude Test, a college entrance examination, that is all it was I Glanc- ing across the first page, I felt it should have been a college exit exam, First, came the verbal test, con- sisting of six pages of words, which, unless one knew their meanings, he cou1dn't possibly lmow thol answers, Of course, if they had been words you had seen at one time or another, you could have, at least, guessed at their meaning, With these words, staring at you like a fleet of invulnerable ships, waiting for your sigaal to start mov- ing, 8.11 you could do was sit quietly, with a blank expression, returning their stare. Having turned the pages of your monde, U.S.N., our vice-president: and James Cormier, U.S,M,G., our treasurer. Even whileweare preparing for grad- uatlon Maurice Duford, Arthur Fowler, and Howard Robinson are awaiting call to active training in the Air Corps: Duane Keeler in the Navy. We salute all these classmates and former classmates, and wish them the best of luck in the future as they've had in the past. as nw uv s 4- e leaflet, your heart sank deeper, your eyes shimnered beyond a thin,colorless liquid: your mind raced on to what the possibilities might have been if you had passed this test, Your hopes rose a little as the in- structor said, 'The following hour and a half will be given to mathematics. You remembered those two years whax you sweated at algebra and geometry -prob- lems, You said to yourself, 'Oh boy! I got Us and IB s in that. Of course, you didn't think that out of seven pages of it, you would know approx- imately four problems: but skimming through them, you understood win' it was an entrance exam, If one ever passed one of these, he wouldn't have to go to college, After three hours of seeing your hopes and dreams :fade away in , the distance, you were told to go home and walt patiently for the reports, Georgette Cournoyer

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class showed interest. Frances Chronlalc made the first team, and Anne Farmm played in three games At last, after mam' notes about the affair had been written in my margins, the night of February 18 and the Val tine Dance arrived. You see, Betty had had quite e lot to do about this, her first Freshman dance, and she was happily awarded by a grand time. t Ihu-ing Fe'oruary,a new face was seen around P. A. Nancy Huguenin had come to enlarge the freshman class. The most exciting game of the year proved to be the one with Raymond Riga. My owner writeo that she yelled hen- self hoarse. Last week, the baseball season started with one fellow from Betty's class on the team. His some is Stanley both males and females of the freshmen en- SPO GIRLS' SORT! The girls' basket ball tem showed s great improvement this year under our new coach, Miss Thomas. Fourteen girls appeared at the first practice. Most of the team was new and lacked- exper- ience. We had co-captains this year. who were Mary Elizabeth Farnum f-.ndRQ1 Chickering, We were fortunate in having Bernice Higgins as our Manager and Jeanne Levesque as Assistant Manager. The season opened by a. was with Hillsboro High School as our opponents. The Hillsboro girls won the game, but we made good showing with a score of 26-16, We also played the following teams: Pinkerton, Penacook, Warner, Raymond, Goffstown, and Pittsfield, The team BOY' S SPORTS The basket ball team this year was notably successful, winning ten out of sixteen games. Several members of the Pnskowski. W - Betty reports that her class has a good debating team which spoke beibre two clubs in Pembroke. Those on the team are Glenna Yeaton, Clayton High gins, Arnold Lewis, Don:-.ld Robinson, and Arthur Williamsons Last night's scribbled report to me reads: Dear Diary: Only a mouth more of school, then I won't be e. 'hnshie' any-more, Next September, you will be hearing from a Sophomore. Just think, dear diary, 'he' graduates this year-- fend off she goes 8.5.1110 Yell, folks, I'm afraid I'l1 have to say so-long, for I think I hear Betty coming, and she wouldn't like it lf she knew I was telling any of her f1Hu' l noses secrets. ' R T S broke even at the end of the season with seven genes won and ,. seven losts Us lost many games by s very fewpall. To end the basketball season, titl- murel games were played. 'lbs Freshman- Sophomore gens was von by the-Sqirmores 1?-ll. The Sophomores then played the Seniors in a real exoitingbgame. The score was tieg at the end of the first over-time it was tie again, but the Sophomores came out on top at the end of the second over-time, leaving the score 19-17. Miss Thomas hadc class of beginners in basket ball. These girls came along fine. Some of them will probably be on the team next year, taking the places of four Seniors who graduate this yean RUTH GHIEING ss-sus team improved much during the season. Our leading scorer was Stuart Gile who pumped in 170 points, an. average of more than ten a game. Other leading scorers were Ray Fife with 92 and Bill

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