Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Our .Cast Will cmd Testament NOW ye that we, the Class of 1940, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, but mindful of the uncertainty of life, do make this our last will and testament. We make the following bequests: To Mr. Conroy - we leave all our gratitude for his untiring efforts in guiding us through our never-to-be-forgotten years at Pittsfield High. To Mr. Strout - we leave a permanent and well-earned position on the school ski team. To Mr. Leahy - we leave another skier of the high calibre of Bill Eckerson. To Miss Kaliher - we leave the million dollars she's been longing for, plus a fervent hope that her benevolent autocracy may outlive those of her fellow dic- tators. To Mr. Joyce - we leave a group of radio actors comparable to the outstand- ing Thespians of the class of 1940. To Mr. Carmody - we leave a hockey team that will be ever willing to co- operate in shoveling the rink. To Miss Daly - we leave a senior Spanish class whose interest is other than the writing of letters to alluring seiiores and seioritas in foreign lands. To Mr. Herrick - we leave a set of girl cheerleaders to inspire our teams to victory. To Mr. Stewart - we leave the hope for a successful athletic season of 1940- 1 94 1 . To Miss Murphy - we leave a set of literature books equipped with maps for the enlightenment of her pupils as to the whereabouts of the action of the stories. To Mr. Lynch - we leave a carload of meter sticks with which to reprimand his recalcitrant pupils. To Mr. Maloney - we leave higher wages for all the teachers. To Miss Hodges - we leave a presentation of Hamlet in the high school so that her senior students may appreciate the intrinsic value of Mr. Shakespeare's work as much as she does. To Mr. Geary - we leave our heart felt appreciation for the important part he played in the success of The Mikado. To Mr. Hennessy -- we leave an adequate supply of little frogs so that each member of his classes may have the unbounded pleasure of dissecting the little things. To Miss Musgrove - we leave some senior girls who will go to their lockers on the correct bell. To Mr. Gorman - we leave a medal of honor for The Mikado. 83

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To Mr. Herberg - we leave a class which will not secure answers to problems by means of telepathy. To Mr. Hayes - We leave a new set of bookkeeping books which will present the details of that subject as he wants them presented. To Miss Pfeiffer - we leave our sincerest appreciation for her invaluable guidance in The Pen and the Year Book. To Miss Madden - we leave a cafeteria equipped with robots who can slice sandwiches, peel oranges, season hamburgers, and what not for the lazy patrons of the cafeteria. To Miss Nagle - we leave a horse equipped with the very best of shock ab- sorbers. To Miss Ward and Miss McLaughlin - we leave a thoroughly obedient group of girls who will present a flawless gym exhibition without greying the hair of any of their teachers. To Mr. Innis - we leave a supply of notebooks for his classes, who will obed- iently take notes on all he says. To the junior Class - we leave the record of two previous class operettas, Pinafore by the class of 1939 and The Mikado by our class, that they may equal the success of these productions. To Miss Morris - we leave a class comprised entirely of ladies and gentle- men. To Mr. Murray - we leave some cages in which to isolate the popular traffic officers. To Miss Parker - we leave girls whose conduct will be such that they will not be habitually frequenting her office. To Mr. Carey - we leave the hope that his very satisfactory golf game will improve with the years. To Mr. McKenna - we leave a pennant for the Red Sox. To Miss Prediger - we leave a studious, serious-minded history class that will be ever eager for new knowledge. To the rest of the faculty - we leave sincere thanks for their efforts in impart- ing to us their very useful teachings. In testimony whereof, we, the Senior Class, affix our name to this document this eleventh day of june, A.D., 1940, in the presence of these three witnesses: Superman Scarlett O'Hara The Little Man Who Wasn't There 84