Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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THE PILGRIM 21 GILBERT TAVARES He played Mugzie With such finish James Cagney's fame Will now diminish. ROBERT TAVERNELLI That he's a jolly good fellow Let no one here deny- We can find no glaring fault No matter how we pry. ROBERT TEDESCHI You can't find Robert? We're most sympathetic, But didn't you know That he's peripatetic? MARTHA TEXEIRA The time has come. the seniors said, r To think of many things: Of Martha and her basketball We think the nicest things. ANNA THIMAS By no conceivable reasoning Can we hold you to blame For the fact that many teach- ers Mispronounce your name. RICHARD VAUGHAN Raleigh founded the colony. Richard discovered the girl: Sharper darts than this we lack At this boy to hurl. CHARLES WALKER The leopard cannot change his spots, At least so we have read- But when we look at Charlie, We fear we've been misled. ALLEN WALL We hope the weapons that he draws Are no indication Of the course that he'll pursue After graduation. BEATRICE WEST Moderate is her middle name. We've noticed this. to wit: When opening a school book She takes her time at it. ELEANOR WELCH Late to bed And late to rise - The standard version She decries. DOROTHEA WOLLASTON If you ever go to Plympton To breathe the country air, Look up and down the main street And you'll Iind Dolly there. COLBURN WOOD Useless, I find it, To hurry and skurryg I make haste slowly, Refusing to worry.

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20 VIRGINIA SAMPSON Books and games were once her world, There were no other things- Now she lends a willing ear To the song the tuba sings. HAROLD SCHEID In the midde of a dream, Hidden behind his hand, On the beautiful isle of some- where He's in a foreign land. BARBARA SHERMAN Silver threads among the gold, If my life I give to books, Boys, don't let her anyhow, 'Tis said that this girl cooks. DOROTHY SILVA That she's not ultra-modern Is a fact we all well know, For on her comely features Cosmetics never show. ALFRED SITTA Do you like things That are cold and bitter? I like lem hot! Says Alfred Sitta. LESLIE SMITH Through silent corridors On pussyfoot feet While the rest of us study He covers his beat. RONALD SMITH Give him a story to write And he will earn his B- His style is unpretentious, But it suits us to a T. MARY SOUZA Trim and sedate, Right on her toes- Welcome as sunshine Wherever she goes. OLGA STANGHELLINI Her wit is dry, Her humor sly- But a kind heart Her words belie. UMBERTO STANGELLINI To say he craves his name in lights Is not just idle chatter- And we acclaimed him to the skies In his role as Poppa Hatter. PETER SYLVIA If facts or figures you desire In sports of any kind, You needn't seek a record book- He has them in his mind. CHARLES TAVARES He had planned to graduate With the class of '39, Then he reconsidered- He found us rather ine.

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She can bake a fine cake, She can sew a fine seam- To a thoughtful young man These real virtues would seem. 22 THE PILGRIIVI NELLIE YOUNGMAN ALTON ZANUSONI No use for Kreml Or other tonic, So short his hair It won't stay on it. THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKS UIQNOW thyself -yet who does? Of all the complexities on this earth none surpasses the human spirit. And none so richly rewards study by sustain- ing interest and increasing wisdom. The Senior Class has chosen a fine motto. It is also a very old one. The Greeks, I believe, built a whole system of edu- cation on it, which is a tribute to its use- fulness as well as its antiquity. They discovered land I suspect that other peoples before them, back to that twi- light time before the dawn of history, discovered it alsoj what every thought- ful man discovers for himself, that no matter what qualities of body and mind a man may possess, one quality must underwrite them all if they are to reach their greatest effectiveness. Courage is that quality. Without courage tact may be no more than cowardiceg forbearance, weakness, generosity, a covert form of bribery. And strength without courage may be- come merely contemptible bullying. Consider the past year. When school began here last September, war began in Europe. It dragged along in the west for three months only to burst out with savage violence in the north. As our Thanksgiving season ended, bombs were raining on Finland. Now that war is over, and as I write these words, a shameful peace is about to be imposed on a gallant nation. Finland has been defeated. But no man possessed of any self-respect would hesitate to take his stand with the Finns in that defeat, and be proud to stand there in defeat. For the Finns possess courage. Does anyone envy their conquerors? When the threat of this war lay over the land, the Finns, an intelligent people, knew the overwhelming odds against them. They knew that, hemmed in as they were by unscrupulous enemies, separated from their fearful friends, they could expect but little assistance should war come. But they also knew themselves. They knew their national honor, their integrity, their ideals, their very existence would be at stake-and they knew they possessed the courage to defend these. It must have been a source of strength and comfort to them as in- dividuals to know that as a nation they possessed the inner resources of the spirit which could and would sustain them in adversity. And to a man or a boy, to a woman or a girl, to each of us in his station as the trials of life press in to overwhelm, such knowledge can be a prop and a stay. We must examine ourselves, discover our resources, and supply such lacks as the examination discloses. Should cour- age be among these, we must work to increase it, for courage is a quality which grows readily if the will be resolute. Re- member the Finns and fear no defeat. Even defeat can be glorious - with courage. OUR HERITAGE A heritage is ours to guard: The mighty deeds our sires wrought, Those pioneers of ancient days. Who on these shores their freedom sought. No suffering, sacrijice, or death Could their brave hearts dismayg Their vision of democracy Is our birthright today. At tyrant's frown we do not quake, Nor live like slaves on bended knee, We stand erect, with courage strong, To guard our sacred liberty. If to our heritage we're true, We shall live in brotherhood, One aim through all the coming years- Our country's greatest good. RONALD SMITH '40