Plymouth Carver High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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THE CLASS WITH CLASS As the autumn of 1971 fell upon us, we began to experience four of the most memorable years of our lives. We entered P-C High School as freshmen, bringing with us an overall feeling of insecurity and inferiority. As the years progressed, however, this inferiority gradually transformed into the omnipotent attitude of superiority. The reasons for this radical transition are clearly evident, for we've done new things, made new friends and touched many fresh and sometimes even foreign ideas. We have achieved goals no prior class has or could have accomp- lished, because we are and always will be beautifully different. All that we have done we did in our own special way. . . the uniquely individual way of the class of 1975. It was this doing, this continual growing and learning that has taken us through the necessary metamorphosis . . . the transition from frightened little freshmen to the stable young men and women we are today. We are now ready to take on the responsibility for our lives, and yes, the lifeline of our great country. We have an inexperienced knowledge, but it is a youthful one and is eager to be of use. We have interacted with the town and the community and have had a taste of what it is to be free. . . we have the choice of creating our own destiny. Growing away from youth does not necessarily mean growing out of youth. In our hearts there will always be that youthful vitality and looking back into our memories will help reinforce that tremendous youngness. The following pages are dedicated to igniting these memories of the past four years, dedi- cated in hopes that in 20 years it will be possible to glance at the words written here and, relive momentarily the good ol' days of youth. But remember as you journey through the land of nostalgia that the past need only be recalled, the future need only be lived. ln the beginning, God created freshmen, fearful little people, no more than walking bundles of paranoia you know, afraid of the dark and all. Such a conglomeration of so very many different emotions and a rough start to the fleeting years ahead. We didn't think much about the rest of the world-we didn't even ponder over our eventual graduation. No, we freshmen were much too busy looking

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up at the upperclassmen who, by the way, were just as busy looking down on us. Remember.. . Hey, Frosh! . . . IVIe??? . . . Don't worry, someday you'll grow . .. locker combinations scribbled on little scraps of paper-just in case . . . Wow! You mean this class meets every day?? . .. Cranberries... and all the new faces from the 'other' towns. . . Pay your 50d dues, or else! . . . They're making us pay to go to school? . . . John, Paul, George, and Ringo, still the music. . . oh, those study halls. . . ZZZZZZ . . . What do you mean this isn't Algebra l??!! . .. drama club and Once Upon A IVIattress . . . the tears shed over the tragic loss of Lynn Furtado and Kevin King . . . Love Story and Romeo and Juliet... no one under 17 allowed in the theater!!! . .. I can't believe I ate the whole thing!! ... Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar were biggest . . . l'll join the chess club if you do . . . IVlidyears!l!?? What do they mean we gotta take midyears? ... all sporting POW-IVIIA bracelets and waiting for the return. .. Oh ! iiQl , I forgot my locker combination again!!! . . . l can't say thatl. Somebody might think l'm dumb or something! . .. Steve, Tommy, Bunny and Anne bellowing, How do you kids think we can do anything if we don't have any money? . . . sigh . . . lVlan, if I make it to 1975 I'lI be lucky . . The wise-fool is the Sophomore and finally we had freshmen to pick on. It was a year of superficial self-confidence. We were trying to convince everybody lincluding ourselves! that we were the greatest thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately,we wrapped up in what might best be described as an extremely obnoxious attitude and anyone who wasn't a member of our class coundn't stand us, especially the freshmen. Remember . . . the bells stopped ringing and for awhile, it was a good excuse for not getting to class on time... water pistols and yo-yos... our leaders: Steve, Robin, Tracy and Anne . . . busy afternoons at the movies Idrivers' education!! lVlan, if I could only drive!!! . . . Walking the halls with hands extended, I got my class ring! . . . Jeff Tibbetts sold how many candIes??? . . . All in the Family . . . Afro-American Dancers made quite the showing . . . who didn't see the zany Adaptation and lnfancy ?? . . . Ah, who worries about midyears?? . . .The Godfather. . . I want to join this club, and that club, and this club and . .. the band takes a trip. .. off to sunny Florida... I can't help it if I forget homeroom is after first oeriodl . .. loss of Jim Browning... You mean we get to choose what English we want???! . . . Maybe we should skip study halI . . . women's liberation movement . . . Somebody is actually attempting to revive the dead literary magazine? . . . Don't blame me, l'm from IVlass. . . . Nixon 49, America 1 .. . I told you, win some-lose some . . . Arena Scheduling. . FFGDTQUI, l'm number 499! ... I'Il never get that class . . . Vietnam finally comes to a close. . . l can say and do what I want . . . l'm a Sophomore. i Q gb! -l .I h .' : Nr' ,I ., .fl - rl' -- :.- I 34 f' C ngwi if 74: 6 - ff, An pk 'mn 10 1 .