Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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Pilgrim Staff 1954 1955 Editor in Chief Carol Foley Jumor Assistant Editor Claire Vancim Literary Editor Marcia Hasz Carol Ann Greaves Asst Business Staff Philip Canevazzi Manager Robert Mlskelly Alan Sherman Assts Peter Miller Ph1111p Sherman Elliot Segal Elizabeth Tubman William Horton Ethel Bussolari Stephen Buttner George Sampson Art Staif Carol Harney Editor Rlchard Fernandes Mary Po Wanda Weeks Senior Statistics Douglas Beane Ed1tor Sherman Patricla Stefani Loretta Borgatti Bernard Barufaldi Classroom Activities Mary Bradley Editor Judith Green Suzanne Lekberg Jacqueline Nunez Photography Staff Carol Melahoures Editor Mary Bradley Charles Barrett Senior Specials Patricia Brady Editor Theresa Furtado Don Medara School News Philip Rouvales Editor Janet Balbom Asst Boys Sports Editors Carlton Resnick Football Basketball Peter Miller Cross Country Girls Sports Editor Judith Nunez Typlsts Barbara Borsari Elizabeth Lemieux Dorothy Pacheco, Audrey Wood . , . I y . . , ., 1 Jean Caron, Asst.g Rita Dietlin, Winsor Savery, Elliot Segal, Phillip , . . .Y ., . ! ., . , . . u . , . .

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Our PrmclpaI's Message I want to pay a trlbute to a g1rl who was a member of th1s school a good many years ago before most of you were born I shall not attempt to descrlbe her lest she be ldentlfied and also because the descrxptlon m1ght well be consldered cruel And that glrl IS just about the last person Id want to do an unk1ndness to even unmtentxonally L1ke most g1rls of that age her physlcal appearance was lmportant to her Not that she had any notlons about becommg glamorous 1n fact 1n her mmost heart I th1nk she must have known that was lmposslble To put lt k1ndly her looks must at best have been a great dlsappomtment to her Take my word for It she was anythlng but easy to look upon And the poor ch1ld knew It When first she came to us her dlsposltlon was on a par wnth her ex terlor and she was a dlflicult person to get along wlth But whether It was because some classmate talked to her or lt may have been her mother or a teacher or an older frlend or whether she worked lt out for herself through the normal fr1endly contacts w1th the other puplls then ID th1s school a great change took place 1n her personahty toward the end of her Sophomore year Looklng back I cant pretend that I was able to see 1nto her mmd any further than at present I can see 1nto yours but It was as though she had sa1d to herself I shal never be MISS Amerlca nor come anywhere near that k1nd of d1st1nct1on but I can be a pleasant person so that people can grow to l1ke me Her first efforts 1n th1s d1rect1on were somewhat ludlcrous for she tr1ed too hard and the artlficxahty was all too apparent I thlnk there were tlmes when It must have been close to heartbreak for her But she per and less from her determlnatlon her personallty pos1t1vely flowered 1 know that lS an extravagant way of puttmg 1t but It does descrlbe what happened It IS pleasant mdeed heart warmmg to record that all of th1s pald off for her By the t1me she was graduated I thmk she was one of the most genulnely l1ked gxrls 1n the school Unfalllngly courteous always pleasant ready to help when help was needed I know that those of us who knew her then no longer saw the ungamly homely g1rl that our eyes rested upon but the steadfast warm hearted frlend always generous In sympathy and understand1ng I dont know where she IS now and I cant say that she had then or has now a song m her heart m fact 1n the early days I suspect more often had a lump m her throat but she d1d her best to put a song ln our hearts and more often than not she succeeded So wherever she IS I salute her and commend her example to you It IS all too easy for us to focus our attentxon on the sllghts and petty lnjustlces the world deals out to us to grxpe and grumble because we cant have th1ngs our way but too much concern wlth one s self Qand envy IS usually the root of th1sJ results only 1n an mgrown d1spos1t1on And few thlngs fester qulte so badly as that Perhaps we can t all have a song ln our hearts perhaps lf we dld even our fr1er'ds m1ght find all that Joy a b1t trymg at tlmes but slnce we do lxve 1n the world w1th many other people I don t thlnk It would hurt lf we all tr1ed to be more pleasant about lt Metaphor1cally I take off my hat to the glrl who gave me the most convlncmg practlcal demonstratxon of th1s EDGAR J MONGAN O O 7 , - . . 1 , . . T . , 7 . , . , . L v Y .. 7 Y . , . - y 7 ' , ll 1 ' ' . 4 , ' 77 sisted, and in time, as her response to people came more from, her heart , . 7 . . . . ,, . y ' y 77 ' ' , n , u ' , 1 J H 1 I 1 ' 1 Y ' 7 n 4 , 1 7 .T , . ' 9 . , . , . , . . . 1 - S . , . . . .

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'waz ff sm, 71 an wma' Song IS the umversal language wh1ch people the world over under stand In song or muslc we find the language of human emotlon the express1on of the 1nexpress1ble Mus1c has the ab1l1ty to transform us and to make us strong We can llsten to The Mess1ah and find for ourselves the help to the solut1on of our problems and worldly oppresslons The most lmportant part of muslc IS not 1n the notes one can follow the themes and counter themes and the1r elaborat1on and one can know the score But that IS not enough It 1S the power and compulslon of muslc our response to lt the recelvmg of a message wh1ch everybody under stands and wh1ch anyone can translate for h1mself that g1V6S lt Slg mficance Through the years the tremendous movlng force of mus1c has lead men to overcome 1nsurmountable barrlers It was the power of song that encouraged the Volga boatmen 1n the1r arduous task of pull1ng the great barges up and down that m1ghty r1ver and the Allons enfants of the French patr1ot wh1ch he1ghtened 1ncent1ve 1n overcomlng the tyranny of Louls XVI Even the austere P1lgr1ms expressed the1r feelmgs 1n hymns of thanksg1v1ng and hope wh1le the Negroes on the plantatlons sang of the com1ng of Judgment Day and the fall of the walls of Jer1cho to make l1fe more endurable In all wars from as early as Davlds confhct wlth Gollath through World War II Korea and Indo Chma men have sung to forget and help themselves meet the 1mpend1ng challenge of battle The1r sp1r1ts have been uphfted and they have gone forth determ1nedly w1th the w1ll and fortltude In th1s twent1eth century world 1n Wh1Ch we are hurtl1ng towards the unknown and the unpredlctable at breathtaklng speed xt IS essentlal that there be the song that mdefinable someth1ng close to falth to allevlate the problems and tenslon of our fast paced l1fe Melody l1fts the sp1r1t leadmg us on to greater accompllshments even Whlle lt soothes the sp1r1t g1v1ng tolerance and understand1ng One of our greatest centers of the song of today IS ln the church lt makes no d1fference whether lt 1S the beautlful Ave Marla of the Roman Cathol1c the st1rr1ng Falth of our Fathers of the Protestant or the 1nsp1r1ng Hebrew A11 A11 all vo1ces are llfted 1n the reverence of one supreme bemg In Bruno Walters words Mus1c IS l1ke a seraph 1n the temple of the Lord It covers 1tS eye w1th two of 1ts wlngs Always It has been the song that has made a people stand wlth heads hlgh proudly and fearlessly when th1s song 1S sllenced the people have dled from w1th1n The hearts echoes render no song when the Splrlt 1S mute Wnth A Song In Our Hearts we hope that we too shall have the faxth and courage to meet l1fe s problems 1nd1v1dua1ly and as members of soc1ety wherever they may ar1se and whatever they may be CAROL BROOKS FOLEY Edltor ln Chxef v . H . ' 7 7 7 . . . ,, . . . ' 1 . ' ll ' 17 7 ' 1 . . , , - 1 1 ' ' ' . as 11 , . . . , . 7 . , . . . 1 1 ' 1 7 to trlumph. 7 7 7 - I , ' 1 1 7 . . . . U . ,, . . . H . ,, 1 1 . . . H . . ,, . . . 7 7 . , U . . . . ' 1 . .... . ,, , . 7 7 7 . . . H , . . . 77 . . 1 . , . . . 7 , .