Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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1939 H. M. S. PINAFORE Scholarship Honors HONOR ROLL This list includes all students having a general average of 9ofZ, and above. Gertrude Cohn Lucille Rita Desabrais Dorothy Anne Douglas Dorothy Evelyn Dressman Margaret Newcomb Fake Helen Finkelstein Benedict Richard Harawitz Shirley Ellen Keyes Friend H. Kierstead, Jr. Henry Andrew Kierstead This list includes all students having a general George Alden Adams Leonard Allen Gertrude Arrowitz Louisa Helen Ashton Doris Edna Best Angelina Barbara Biglia B. Cecile Bissaillon William E. Blackburn Frances Elizabeth Blaney Charles Everett Breizy Marjorie Ruth Cahall Catherine Jane Carroll Gertrude Ann Clark Gertrude Cohn Josephine Cominsky Verley Arline Connelly Loraine Marion Dakin Dorothy Eileen Dalton Frances Sharline Demos Lucille Rita Desabrais Garth Bryant Dettinger Dorothy Anne Douglas Dorothy Evelyn Dressman .seventy-eight Nelson Warren Linn Louise McEachron Esther Lee Mirmow Marjorie Bates Monroe Robert Coffeen Moore William A. Murphy Stanley Edward Parnish Patricia C. Plunkett Gerson M. Rosenthal, Jr. Aline Dale Schaffer average of 85W and above. Elinor Kaufman Marie Fallon Kenney Shirley Ellen Keyes Friend H. Kierstead, Jr. Henry Andrew Kierstead Linwood Darrell Langley Virginia Lennox Nelson Warren Linn Helen Marion Londergan Louise McEachron Tosca Margaret Manzolini Domenica L. Marchetto Audrey Hallene May Esther Lee Mirmow Marjorie Bates Monroe Robert Coffeen Moore Donald Robert Morrison William A. Murphy Frederick Merchant Myers Alice Helen Nascimento Shelah Elizabeth O'Connell Stanley Edward Parnish Domenica Margaret Petrini

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PITTSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 1939 of them are run like small hotels. The preservation of the American home is necessary for the preservation of this democracy. The home must become the center of love, fellowship, and mutual understanding. The world is in constant agitation. It is full of selfishness, in the form of aggressive nations who desire that which is anotherls. The people of America must resolve that they will not join in an offensive war, or for that matter, in any struggle that will deter the onward march of this great American republic. Any person, who for his own personal profit, desires or promotes the entrance of this country into a war does not deserve the name of American. Thrift is an essential factor in the building of a government that will function smoothly. Americans have earned the reputation of being a wealthy people. We are, in the sense that the workingman may enjoy every advantage that is offered to the rich man. Our natural resources are a source ofjust pride to every American. Still, if we are to remain a wealthy country, we must learn to conserve our rich resources. Denuded hills must be planted with young trees. VVe must continue to restock our lakes and streams with fish. We must jealously guard our wild life, so that no species of it may become extinct. We must try to utilize all waste material. We must study soil erosion and soil conditions in order to use our agricul- tural lands to best advantage. We must not sink money in projects which are not for the public good. Do Americans boast that they have built the latest, fastest streamlined car, or that they have, in America, the finest hospitals of the world? Let us make sure that we expend our money wisely and well. Wealth and thrift go hand-in-hand, without the one, we have not the other. America must continue its present high standards of education. We must not only produce the finest professional men and women, but we must send out, from our schools, men and women who have learned the value of brotherliness and fellow- ship. They must be unprejudiced toward all people, regardless of race, religion, or nationality. Thus will America become a nation of true Americans. I paused and looked at him. I-Ie was still listening attentively. What do you think we can do about these problems? Someone must take the responsibility upon his shoulders, but can a single man do it? I asked him. It seems to me that there is one great hope for America. It lies with her youth to face these frontiers and to overcome them. America must place her faith in her young people. They are America's Soldiers of Progress. It may take years of work, but in the end youth will triumph. America will become a great institution, composed of thousands of lesser institutions - each one being an Ameri- can home. Through these homes, her youth will learn the value of thrift, honesty, brotherhood, and peace. Through her youth, America will continue to advance throughout eternity. They are America I I suddenly realized that he had answered all my problems. I looked up, but the tall figure was gradually receding. It was then that I realized that I had communed with the Great Emancipator. A rising sun shed its crimson rays over the stars and stripes of Old Glory as she rose majestically to her post. I saw the new frontiers conquered, making a New dmerica! seventy-seven

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T'rsr1ELD HIGH HOOL I 939 Rita Christine Edda Margaret Newcomb Fake Helen Finkelstein Norma Virginia Fresia Matilda Dorothy Fulker Virginia May Gilchrest Shirley Mae Gordon Mary Jane Hanley Benedict Richard Harawitz David Leonard Harawitz Betty Jane Havener Dorothy Helen Hebert Phyllis Madelyn Heenan Laura Beatrice Hermanski Viola Hoffman Barbara Francis Howland Olga ,lasik Patricia C. Plunkett Shirley M. Raftery Edna Florence Rosen Gerson M. Rosenthal, Jr. Marjorie Ruth Sammon Jeanette Sari drew Aline Dale Schaffer Ethel Clara Scharmann Corinne Simkin Edward Francis Sullivan John Watson Talbot Margaret Eileen Tierney Dorothy Mary Torchio Marjorie Loretta Watkins Valerie Bessie Zarvis Leo William Ziemlak Francis joseph Zofrea SPECIAL AWARDS Maplewood Institute Prize Essay Louisa Helen Ashton W ashington-Franklin Medalfor Excellence in American History Benedict Richard Harawitz V Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gold Medals -for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Friend H. Kierstead, Jr. Henry Andrew Kierstead Thomas ff. Curtin, ffr. Medal for Excellence in Athletics and Scholarship Ralph Renzi seventy-nine