Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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I9 practical experience in following directions, for we searched through ex erv nook and corner in quest of our class rooms After the first few d ys ex ents occurred in normal order, and we serious and sedate Senior L s, elected officers lhe honors were conferred upon the following President William Greenwood Xice President Robert C infield Secretary Doris Hunt md lrexsurer our tnthlul guardiin ot thc purse strings Grace De X oe In our Senior I yc tr wc zppointed 21 ring committee of six, who selected fixe rings for our ipprox al lhe one the cl rss un inlmously xotcd to haxe h is a replica of the school dome in gold on 21 bl tck background is its outst tncling feature 'lhis ring was chosen bv the school as the standard one bx 21 ten to one vote Once again, this time in I4 ebruary when we became Senior A s we had to be different and chose some new officers Robert Canfield President I dward Hickey Nice President P zuline Kihan, Secretarx incl Grace De Noe was again unanimously chosen lreasurer lhese oflicers guided u through our best months at Pittsfield High School On Pridty evening NI xy li, we presented our cl iss pl xx lhe Royal l imlly by George S K tulm tn incl I dnt l erber, with 1 c ist ot filtecn mem Kelly plcked out those best suited for the characters lhe play portr tyed the trials and hardships of the C ax enclishes, 21 theatrical family and had its amusing moments as well as 1 s more serious ones As the few remaining e'cc1t1ng days of Max drew near at d graduation was ictually in sight the problem of weirmg apparel to be worn at gricluation exercises, had to be met by the illustrious cl iss of 1932 PX xote xx ls t llcen in the xarious home rooms to determine whether the members of the cl iss would wear caps and gowns, or white dresses lor the girls incl white tl innel trousers and dark blue coats for the boy s l he matter xv ls decided in fix or ot c tps md gowns by a majority ot thirty xotes rlhere was 21 near eruption in the class orgftnmation when the results ot the yoting were announced So .1 cl iss meeting w as held, in which Nlr Strout addressed the students He expressed his 'ipprox al of the x oting ind eicpl uned that the choice of cips md gowns w is 1 wise one as the rent il of the more formal ty pe of commencement xttlre would be consicleribly less excpensixe to the students th in the purch asc of new clothes Finally the entire cl rss w ls won ox er to the idet of c ips md gowns thc color chosen was black 'l he three years in which xxe haxe honored Pittsfield High School with our presence haxe been h tppx prosperous and beneficial not onlx for ourselx es but for the teacherstql As we close our school dax s here we the members ot the June graduating class of 1937, leaxe this place of learning to go forth un claunted as the crusaders of old, to malce ourselx es worthx CLKSS OF JYYH. 32 61 . a '., ' Q -- ,.' s ' Q72 4 ' . s 7' v 1 : . , 2 5 - , 2 3 ' 2 S 9 2 2: '2 ' g ' 2 A 5 - 1 I v i , ,Y I A L, ' ' . 1 ' ' - 4' f L . .. , , , 4 ' v' ' 2 . ' ' '. v- 2 ' ' 2 2 , ' ' . , c ' c l , c ' . W 0 2 1 I y L Z Y : xhs .2L4k4 zu, KAY! . 2 ' ' ' . 2 ' 2 2 C 2 4' ' 2 '2.' ' x - bers. Nearly a hundred pupils tried out for this play and the coach, Miss ,' . '2 :. 'Y 2 ' ' ' 'f - ' f 1 ' ' 2 ' 2 . .' 4 L m s ' 1 ry A 1. I V YK C wv r X I 1 . 4 sv 2 ' , 2 ' , 2 2 ' ' 1 . ' ' s ' . '2g: .Z . i ' '2 S 2 ' ' 2 ' - L. ' 2 L. , 281. 2 v 'W fs . ' 1 ' . 1 1 J ' ' 2 ' . ' ' S ' s ' ' . . 2 . I 2 ' ' ' ,2 ' 2' ' '2 .' 2 ' J '23 2 'i , ' 2 ' ' ' '2: f ' ' 2 -2 : 2 ' rg 1 j Q, ' ' 2 ' S ' ' ' , ' 2 j, 3 3, ' 2 , j : ' s S. . . 5 ' ' j ' , : C Li! u:Ll v T C y ' . C . 2 . - 2

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NIOR Gilman Qrntnrg I Il'l ISMPI li 4 1929 Nc frlends tvx ls not the mght before C hrlstmas the d zte of the Armlstlct nor xct the tune of the dlsc ox erx ol Amcrlcl as some hlstorv students m 1x trro eouslx SUTIUISQ lt xx 1 to be bxlef the d t of entrx of mother sophomore cl 1ss to lllttsfleld Hlgh School -Xl but xx h ft 1 class' So flllllQI'GHt from my other' So 1Ill6llQQl1l good looltmg md foul 'lgeousl llut let our achlex ements spe tk for themselxe On the day m questlon we tssembled it noon ldut to the double sesslon pl m then ln effectl IH the be tutllul skv blue pmlt xudltorlum of the cr bulldmg on Second Street to hear the lllStI'l1Ct ons of our llflllllll tl Nlr Strout At the close ofhlst tllt we m ide ourw 1x vxlth ibsoluttly no COIIIUSIOI to the home rooms isslgned md proceeded to get atquunted vxlth the school the teachers md each other In thxs ord1n 1ry w ty beg tn ther areer of the most mlm ordm 1rx lhen we entered upon our lllustrlous JUIIIOY' x ear I pon the adx lee of Mr Ford we selected a commlttee to choose thc ible t members of our cl iss to serx e 'ls our Junlor ofhcers 'lhe llst they submltted vxas xoted upon bx the mass Ihose finally chosen were Iresldent Ldwtrd Hlckex X 1ce Presldent Robert Canfield Secretary Ellnor Buck rlreasurer Grace De X oe As our class adxlser we deslred some sophlstlcated person xx ho vx is not bashful Ill anx sense of the word and who would not be embarrassed lf anx of our fennnme cl iss mates sought hls adylce lo fill tlns exalted posmon we those none other than Mr Mllon J Herrlck Lnder the guldance of these able OIIILQTS vxe started to plan our Junlor '1ct1x1t1es Outstandmg among these xxas our IUHIO1 Prom Junlor Proms had been held before but we xowed th xt ours should be one that vxould be re membered when all others were forgotten As our general chalrman we select ed VI 1ll1am Greenwood On the ex enmg of June 12 there was great 9XClt9ITl9Ilt m many homes ln Plttsfleld for that was the nlght chosen bx the commlttee for the Prom 'I h1s may seem tr1x1al to some but to us nt IN one of the greatest ex ents IH the hlstorv of the school It was a x erx spe 1al occaslon smee It was the last Prom to be hed 1n the Glrls League For the ex ent the hall was decorated ln our school colors of purple and vxlnte For muslclans vxe had our cholce of Rudy xallee s Connectlcut 'lanltees Guy Lombardo s Roy 'xl Clan adxans or Blll Dehey s Merry Makers Bellex 1ng that xxe should patronwe our home town muslclans vxe chose the lxlerrv lxlakers lo those vxho attend ed and wltnessed the large crovx d there the lmportance of tlns ex ent was ex ldent In September of the thlrty first year of the twentleth centurx a famous class stampeded through the front doors of a modern bulldmg to the tune of a cllck mg camera whlch was attemptmg to make a lastlng plcture of the rush In the audltorlum of the new Plttsfield Hlgh School 'XIr Strout proceeded to glx e us mstructlons about the letter E rather than A B or C Vl e soon gamed 60 Sl-ff KNYYKI, 1 6 F ' 4 ' 4' ' s ' . ' -. . ' ' ' 4 1 I A , 1 . . 1, , ., c. ,' if, , , .' .V .' S LA' 1 ti J Q' Q .' . Qs, ' , 1 21 e z 1. . Q . .' .. . 1, 'L z 1 - ' ' . v W ' l' Y' . , . ... 4 . I , , 1 - L S , ' 1.3 2 I 1 S z , 1 s .- - 'z -1 - . st , 1. .I ' ,I .l ' 2 ,. . . A , 1' , 1 z ', z aj Y' 2 . 1. ' 1 1 - . 1 . 1 1 1 4 1 ' v. 1 4 U 9 N 4 ink , C f C n Y V ny C ' . . 2 z , 2 I '-z s ' - z j 1 s v ' v . . ' . ' I ' class ex er to battle lts way through the courses of P1ttsne.d Hlgll School. , ' - ' s 11 : s ' ct .. .I . l . I ll , il tt. . D ' 4' . ' . v. . fs' L ' ' 7 4 ' .f r ' - 1 1 . 1 X 1 w 1 Y J I , , , . , f . . A l. f , . . . C f 'z. ', I . . , ss A Can' f - ' v' . 'l ' 1 , - ffe' - , fs s U L. Q n I A, , s v . . . . K 1 i ' n ' 4 A , ' 2 : . L f - 1 . . 7 ' 4 A L C , L ' 1 ' Cs 1 , . ' T Nl . . , .o . V . t t t . , . . , , N . 1 . gr ' , f ' I 7 ' 7 V fs v l v J sy lc f ' s, . , , . . ,, N , Y A V A pa V - , . . - . sv, , - . . I 1 A ' ' , ' ' li 77 ' v ' . , , .

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