Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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FEHTUHES THESE OUR DAYS Our aim success, our hope to win -whose aims? whose hopes? Ours-yours and mine! Long after we have gone our separate ways, memories vague yet poignant, will blur, then Hash across our minds. Memories of times shared with those at school-ordinary events, which in retrospect take on rosy hues, drift from that unfathombale closet of yesterday into our today-whenever that be! These are gems to be treasured. Can you feel again, as I do, the intensity of excitement during those keen basketball days, the anticipation of coming events, the laughter and thrills on trips away from daily school routine? All seem to spring alive, to live anew with increased poignancy. Can you, as I do now, feel the glow of commonplace incidents of school life: the dash through the corridors, the hurtle down to lunch, the strange and unexpected commercials over the loud-speaker, the shrieking cheers at the intramurals, the woes and wails at test results, the assurance that all is well upon receipt of the acceptance of that long-looked-for letter from college. And at last graduation! As part of the chorus, each graduation had seemed in a small 'way to be ours, but now, it really belongs to us-you and me! The time is here-these, our day, when we begin again to build a new structure of a way of life to be filled with more memories of our going forward toward our aim success our hope to win. DIANE A. DAVIS, '50 THE STORY OF THE GURNEY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Early in 1947 there came forward a man in Pembroke who sought a means by which he might encourage and inspire the youth at Pembroke High School. That man was Reg Gurney, a figure familiar to all of us at practically every school sponsored event. Mr. Gurney had always been interested in boys and girls, and he wished to bring close to their minds the values which make them into good citizens. He felt that ifa boy or girl had the mental and physi' cal qualities necessary to win an award which he intended to set up, a tangible recognition of these qualities would prove of much aid to encourage the youth of our town. And so with the values of quality leadership, courtesy, ability, co-operation, integrity, and reliability in mind, Mr. Gurney established the Gurney Sportsmanship Award. At the end of the school year the boy and the girl who best measure up to the rigid standards indicated above are presented one hundred dollars each and an appropriate trophy at graduation exercises injune. In addition, the winner's name is inscribed on the bronze plaque which is located on the wall in the main corridor near the front entrance of the High School. To further encourage the student body, the policy has been adopted that only once may any one person win the award during his or her four years at the High School. Since this is one of the most coveted prizes given out at graduation, early in the spring each year the buzzing begins as to who will be the winners! And so ends the story of a man's vision for the future-good citizens! Thank you, Reg Gurney! ALLAN ISHAM, '52 I-53 lt