Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Bk Olbe will anb Eestament E, the hundredth senior class to be liberated from Pittsfield High, being of unsound mind and similar body, bequeath the following: T0 :- Mr. Strout: a large smoking room. Miss Parker: a class of Quakers. Mr. Hennessey: a larger detention chamber. Dr. Van Dusen: a diploma. Mr. Leahy: a recording of the Donkey Serenade. Miss Bulger: longer periods. Mr. Massimiano: a shovel. Miss Pfeiffer: a subpoena for her lost dictionary. Mr. Gage: a book on the mechanical possibilities and physical potentialitics of a ping pong ball. Miss Enright: recognition from Uecil B. DeMille. Mr. Geary: a triangular slide ruler to work exclusively on circles. Miss Whitmire: erasers for her typing classes. Mr. Davison: a new undertaker's coat for lab work. Miss Hutchinson: an ineinerator for the disposal of eommunistic propaganda. Mr. Reynolds: boys with definite', future plans. Miss Kaliher: a heart to be used on her students. Mr. Conroy: our Senior Vlass debts. Mr. Gorman: a raccoon coat. Miss McNaughton: a class of Babe Dedrieksons. Mr. Green: a bottle of anti-termite tonic. Miss Madden: a lovelorn column for cheerleaders and athletes. Coaches Carmody and Stewart: a class of dumbbell lifters. Miss Daly: a two-cent gum machine. Coach Fox: a purple and white toupee. Miss Haylon: roller skates to help her in distributing The StlLl16Ilt,8 Pen. Janitors: wider brooms or narrower halls. Future Seniors: a trip to the dome. Future Juniors: a fraction of our intelligence. Future Sophomores: Adler's elevated shoes. Future Freshmen: maps of P. H. S. All the teachers who have stood by P. H. S. during its first one hundred years we leave. Thus we bring to a close this will a11d depart fron1 these precincts, hoping our good thoughts, if any, will live forever. Tom Kigmy The Knee Grandma Moses

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Dec. Jan. Feb. 25-llelp! Quick! Santa's caught in the chinmey! 3, '49-194-9 sure rolled around in a hurry! 10-ll-P. H. S. is invaded by a band of pirates who give a wonderful performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. Feb. 14--St. Valentine finds us all busily writing essays, entitled Why Democracy Works. Feb. 19-2'7MVacation-at last! Mar. 8-Basketball tournament in Springfield-lost by one point! Mar. 1Q-Congratulations. The Pen wins a first place at Folumbia again. Mar. Q4-31-Career Week. What shall we be if we ever grow up? April 4--Debate with Lee High School. Should the voting age be lowered to eighteen? Yes, yes, of course. April 5-Easter Vacation. April 17-We all go off to church to show Our Easter suits and new chapeaux. April 29MOur big night. The Junior Prom. June 2-Band concert. Any ear plugs in the house? June 18-Congratulations to Uoach Fox and his baseball team for winning the State Baseball Championship. '- June 22-Just one more year to go! Sept. Oct Oct Oct. . 7-Adams booster game rally-Yay! Yay! VVe get out at one today! . ll-School Department receives a dual-controlled car for teaching us to drive Senior year 1949-1950 7, '49-lley, we're SENIORS! ! Our class rings have arrived-how long will you keep yours, boys? . All others using public highways do so at their own risk. 10-Senior Class elections-ltlorehead by a landslide! Oct. 20-Archery assembly. Only Cupid's shots could be more accurate Nov. ll-P. H. S. 4-9-St. Joe 0. Aren't the new band uniforms snazzy? Nov. Q4-Thank the Lord for Thanksgivingg we get two days out! Dec. Q1-Au revoir, auf VViedersehen, Hasta la vista, and farewell, Mr. Innis. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb . Feb . Feb. Mar. Apri 22-Merry Christmas to all, and to school a not-too-fond goodbye for 1949. 3, '50-School again. NVhere did that vacation go? 12-Class meeting. Seniors, class dues are just that-due! Q3-A week of mid-years. 0 death, where is thy sting? Senior girls win the volleyball championship-It was worth waiting for, champs. 20-P. ll. S. 39-St. Joe 35. lteport cards. Null' said! 10- Meet Me in St. Louis, Broadway, here we come! 17-Hallelujah, we're liberated for nine whole days. 27-Only seven more weeks until vacation! P. H. S. 29-St. Joe 30. 3-M 15- l 9-Easter bunny, bring me a nice big basket-basketball player, that is! April 16fAnother blessed vacation. May 12-Glee Club Foncert. Young ladies CPD should be heard as well as seen. May 41- These Flags Still Flyf, Mr. Edward L. Jeambey's theme is Freedom: soon it will be ours, too. May 5-Junior Prom, 'Tm gonna dance with a dolly . . . May.30-P. II. S. Band' members spent a quiet afternoon with their throbbing feet. lov- 1 June ugly arranged on pillows. 1-Oh, what is so rare as a day in June? One when we're not in school. June Qfliand concert. 'l'here's something about a hometown band . . . .lunc 9--f'lass Day. Gad, these gowns are hot! June 18-Graduation at last. And what now, O Future?

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